The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-29
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City Happenings and
Personal Mention.
H. II. Hayes of Pomona was visi
tor in the CITY ON Tuesday.

me crop OF SdJSunld oranges Which
will soon be ready for the market.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. LeIIardy have
returned from six weeks stay at
their summer home cottage on Anas-
tasia Island near st. Augustine.
Miss Ellene Merryday returned
home yesterday from visit of several
weeks with her sister, Mrs. HarwoOd
Rosser, in Jacksonville.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap-
list church will meet on Tuesday
Sept. End, at 300 p. m. with Mrs.
j. II. Yelverton at her home, 6O8 Oak
street.
DR.. Warren was called to Crescent
City this week in consultation with
one of the physicians of that place.
He went over in his auto and returned
the same day
Walter w. Tilghman returned from
his visit north on Wednesday after
roon, bouyant in spirit and prepared
to supply the increasing demand for
Ford motor cars.
DR.. Geo. E. Welch who spent last
week with his sister in Kentucky re
turned home on Sunday night last,
and is again deeply immersed in min
.stering to the sick.
II. Z. Day of Jacksonville, former
president OF the Florida Railway conf
mission, was at the Saratoga hotel
en- Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr.. Day
is now the claim agent of the f. E. c..
R'y.
l.. c. Canova and son, Carlos, came
down from Fernandina this week to
superintend certain improvements be-
ing made to the Canova building.
The family is spending the summer
at Fernandina.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gillespie spent
the first few days of the week here
on visit to Mrs. Gillespie's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, W. S. Fry. They re
turned to their home in Waycross, Ga.
on Wednesday.
Hon. and Mrs. F. J. Fearnside are
now at Asheville, N. C. Frank
Fearnside Jr. who was only last week
able to leave the Philadelphia hos
pital where he had been operated on
for appendicitis, is with them.
Mrs l.. B. Curtiss and little daugh-
ter, Ruth, returned today from Palat
ka, where they have spent the past
, week. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtiss will soon
be located in one of the Anidown flats
on Palm Row.--St. Augustine Record
, Or. z. Brantley of Grandin was a
visitor in the city Wednesday. Dr.
Brantley was on his way to Crescent
$ City in his motor car, and with the
purpose Of locating for the practice
, of his profession in the orange grow
ing town.
The Kennerly Hardware Co. has
purchased and is now using in it,
I business one of the international Au.
to Trucks of which the Palatka Au
I to 4 Supply Co. is local agent. These
! seem to be the very best thing in au.
to trucks now made.
Eli Barket, young man and neph.
I eW Of John Mallem the well-knowl
J fruit and tobacco dealer, has purchas
cd the shoe repairing stand next tC
the Tilghman Hardware Cos store
and will take charge on Monday. He
! is said to be an expert at the shoe
business.
The ice now furnished by the Pa.
Z Iatka Ice foundry may be made
I by trust, but it is certainly the best
!, ice that has ever been furnished the
: people Of Palatka; it is thoroughly
frozen and cake of it that, manu-
: featured under the previous manage
Z ment, would last but two-thirds of tbs
day, now requires all the day and part
( of the night to melt.
{ William Turnage left yesterday
morning for his new home in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, and where he will soon
( open a business. Palatka accepts
! The loss Of this pleasant, kindly gen
I tleman and citizen reluctantly. His
departure is a distinct loss which all
will feel, but as it has to be we will
: all wish him success and happiness in
: his new field Of endeavor.
E. E. Weeks of Florahome and one
: Of the leading farmers of that section
! was visitor in the city last Tuesday
Mr.. Weeks thinks the heavy rains OF
I the past week may have done consid.
! cradle damage to the crops in the
: muck lands of his section, though
( they were needed on the uplands. H,
: has very fine crop of beans which
( will soon be ready for the market
! Mr.. Weeks also states that the PEG.
Z pie of his section are greatly encour.
( aged over the prospect of immediate
drainage and that it. will be worth
much to them.
L. W. Fennel of Melrose, best
known to the people of Putnam coun.
J ty as Wash Fennell, was a visitor If
I the city on Wednesday and many ole
friends had the pleasure of a Short
I visit with him. Mr.. Fennell, like his
I father, the late James Fennell, is one
of the most influential men of the
Z county and his influence has ALWAYS
I been for the best interests of his sec
ton and county. Mr.. Fennell states
( that there was no uniform move OF
demand on the part of the Putnam
Z county residents of Melrose for the
! formation of a new county.
! Capt. and Mrs John d. Lane and
children who only last week returned
I from their summer cottage at Cres-
: cent Beach, expect to leave next Mon
day for New York. Master Davis
! Lane who took high rank as a gradu
ate last spring from the Putnam High
I School will leave at the same time
! for Davidson College, North Carolina,
Z and which institution he will enter as
I a student in the Latin-scientific
! course. Davidson College is a Pres
I byterian church institution and is one
! of the oldest Of our southern COLLEGES.
as well as most thorough. Mr.. and
I Mrs. Lane will be absent from home
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