The Palatka news and advertiser., 1913-07-18
PALATKA REALTY
SHOWS ACTIVITY
Even in These Piping Times Of
Peace and Sun SWeIter.

The real estate men of Palatka are
not the ones who complain of business
being dull.
In fact none of our Palatka bust
ness men have been making COM
plants of the kind. Travelling men
who make the town tell them business
is dull, especially with lumber and
turpentine men, and the song, GO
ing from one to the other, takes on d
sort Of epidemic cast of countenance
and as most people must have some
thing new to talk about they get to
chewing the rag in place of the tag.
Business is not dull in Palatka, no
more so than in any midsummer Of
The general run of years.
Real estate is far from being dull.
All the dealers report enquiries al
most daily. The record books of the
county clerk show numerous transac-
tions.
When business is dull real estate is
one Of the first things to suffer. As
there is no suffering the natural CON
cusion is that no one has put the ring
in.
Last week The News reported some
mighty big sales of country real es-
tate by the P. j. Becks agency. This
week the same active agency has
been doing some more, though at the
time Of writing but one of the trans
actions has been closed. Linneus G.
Jackson bought 10 acres of the Palat-
ka Farm Cos tract in East Palatka.
This adjoins 10-acre tract bought by
the same man last week and on which
heis even now building a, home.
}. B. Finn, president of the I'll Per-
fecto Cigar Mfg. Co., and who has all
kinds of faith in Palatka's downtown
property and is also willing to bank
his gold on its suburban prospects,
has been buying more real estate this
week. He bought the old Mobley
home on N. Fourth street, next to the
lot on which the Masonic five story
temple is to be built. He also went
out on Lemon street near Seventeenth
and bought Of Henry Dargan lots /, 2,
3, 8, and 8, in block 334. These Mr..
Finn expects to improve shortly.
Through the H. Finley Tucker &
Bro. agency, DR.. Geo. E. Welch has
this week purchased blocks 152 and 157
out near the Davis tank factory. These
lots it will be remembered were sold
to NJ. Wall last winter, and on lot 152
Mr.. Wall built himself a pretty bun
galow intending to make Palatka his
permanent home. But a subsequent
business transaction necessitated his
removal some six weeks ago to Gads-
den county, hence his willingness to
dispose of his Palatka property. He
didn't have long to wait. DR.. Welch
probably knows as well as any other
man what city realty is worth and it
is said he gave nearly $4,000 for this.
The New South Farm & Home Co.
is always doing business, but it's
are confined to its own
rural holdings, much of which is in
this county and on which they are con-
stantly locating permanent settlers.
Then there is O'Haver & Knight,
who are also live wires in the real
estate game and from whom a deal
was also reported last week-they
have been doing something more this
week. They sold the NJ Haughton
lots on the Heights to Mr. ]. A. Dyer,
a recent Palatka settler who intends
to begin at once the erection of a
$4,000 bungalow for his own use.
Then Mr.. c. J. O'Haver, senior of
the firm, who has himself invested
heavily in Palatka property, has this
week purchased the house at SOB
Laurel street, just west Of his own
home