The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-07

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joicing over the arrival Of little
daughter on Monday.
Mrs. e. w. Elliott of Pensacola, af-
tat pleasant visit of several weeks
with her mother, Mrs. F. ID. Acker-
man, left for home last Saturday.
Tho ladies of the Catholic church
will hold a supper and apron sale on
Nov 18th and an oyster supper Nov
18th, in the Shelley building, next to
the Arlington hotel.
The w. A. w. contest at the First
Baptist Sunday school is full of mys-
terry, and the officers invite you 10
come out next Sunday morning at
9:45 and see the big thermometer
and get in the fight.
The Sanitary Pressing club is offer
ing $40 in gold to the patron holding
the lucky number in their contest
which closes January End. Full in
formation may be had at the club Of
flee on Second street.
H. Grill Merryday on Wednesday
bought a third interest in Calhoun
Bros. garage. He will give a part
of his attention to this, in addition
to his management of the Madison
County Abstract Co. The name of
the firm will continue as Calhoun
Bros.-Madison Recorder.
The County Commissioners have
asked Tax Assessor Billiard to at
tend the State Convention of Tax AS
SCISSORS in Tallahassee, and if he does
not go, Commissioner A. d. Curry,
who knows heep about taxation,
will.
The county commissioners did a
lot of routine business at their ses-
sion this week, but there was moth
ing startling in the way of new or
ders, except perhaps to take $1,000
out of the fine and forfeiture fund
and poke it into the bridge fund
where it will do some good.
Mrs. w. M. Boyd was the delegate
from the Palatka Woman's Club to
the melting of the State Federation of
Woman's Clubs in Orlando this week.
Mrs. Geo. E. Gay, Mrs. w. 7. Ledbet-
ter and Mrs. DR.. Davis attended as
visitors. Mrs. John A. Crosby and
Miss Crosby of San Mateo also at
tended.
The Kennerly~ Hardware o., is
making great showing of stoves this
wl9k-without doubt the largest as
sortment in the state south of Jack.
sonville. This is the time of year
when good stove is in demand in
every household and the Kennerly
Company has arranged to supply
this demand, both in heating and
cook stoves.
Col. H. M. de Montmollin has been
commissioned a Brigadier General on
cetired list of the National Guard of
Florida. Colonel de Montmollin en-
listed in the State troops in 1885, and
has served as private, sargent, First
Lieutenant, Captain, and has been
Colonel on the staff of four successive
governors as chief of quartermasters
department., and as such was the sec
ond ranking Colonel of the National
Guard of Florida.
Pat Murphy, lobbyist and intimate
associate of millionaires and states
man, mIgwumpS, progressive3 and
olutes, and equally at home in the
company of all, made Palatka a flying
visit on Wednesday in the interest of
Murphy's Official Guide to Florida, an
annual publication of great value.
Pat slid into this office on his gum
shoes, said "howdy" and a word of
encouragement to the editor, impro-
lised poem, and was gone: "Say
his" said he: "The tourist with his
grip and trunk, will someday go
lway; but Murphy with his Tourist
Guide, has surely come to stay"
The st. Cecilia club an organization
If the pupils of st. Joseph's Acade
NY, specially devoted to the study of
music, recently held its first meeting
at which delightful program was
rendered. Then followed the game of
Great Composers" by Glass A, while
Class B played Notes and Measures,
very interesting game Miss Hazel
8enbow won first prize, a beautiful
black, curly dog, Miss Susie Neu-
leck won the BOBBY prize In class
= Miss Eleanor Blackmer won first
prize, a pretty soap doll, and Miss
Iladys Register won the BOBBY prize.
Delicious bonbons were served. The
= St meeting of the club will be on
he 22nd inst, the same being the
feast day of St. Cecilia, the patron
eSs of the club.