The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-14


after several weeks of illness and his
friends are glad he got off so easy.
Mrs. Dana Walden of Atlanta ar
rived in the city on Monday and will
spend some time visiting friends and
relatives here.
The postmaster at Tavares cut his
throat from ear to ear the other night
and gave no reason for the rash act.
To some postmasters the future does
look dark and dreary.
A Moving Picture benefit will he
given by the Woman's Club on Friday
evening, March Dist, at the Grand
Theater. The proceeds from this eX
hibition will be used for improving
the A. C. l.. lot opposite Walton's sta.
bles. An extra program in addition
to the pictures will be given. A large
attendance will be greatly appreciat-
ed by the ladies of the club.
Mrs. Geo. Z. Gay was hostess,
through the courtesy Of Capt. Sharp
of the U. s. Dredge boat Florida, to
a charming party of ladies on a trip
up the river last Wednesday. Among
the guests were Mesdames Gay, Wat
son, Elliott, Gibson, Vickers, Hoyt,
Walden, and Misses Pansy Devereuy,
Belle Welch, the Misses Phillips of
Kentucky, guests of Miss WEIGH, and
Miss Maude Kennerly. The party
was on the river most of the day and
report every minute as crowded with
pleasure.
The Baraca class reporter of the
Baptist church sends The News word
of pleaant entertainment given by
Mrs. j. H. Gelverton Jr, last Thurs
day evening at her home on Oak St.
The first part of the evening these
young men and the young ladies
whom they were privileged to bring
participated in an "old fashioned can.
dy pull" after which they returned
to the living room where fun making
games were played. Mrs. Yelverton
was a very charming hostess and the
evening was spent in a most enjoy
able manner.
The death is reported from New
York of Miss Kate C. Gardner at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Luther II.
Smith, on the 10th inst. Miss Gard
ner will be kindly remembered by
many Palatkans as a winter resident
of the place for number of years.
She was member of the Palatka
Presbyterian church and a worker
IN that body. The memorial windows
IN the church it will be remembered
were placed by Mr. Thomas Mellon
IN memory of her sister, Miss Mary
Gardner, a former efficient teacher in
the Sunday school.
Hon. W. S. Middleton, of Pomona,
gives more pleasure to the people
with his automobile than any one
man we know in the whole county.
On Wednesday he had party of la
dies from Pomona in the city on a
shopping trip. They were Mesdames
Worcester, Southwick, and Knowiton
and Miss Mary Williams. On Thurs
day another party from the same
place consisting of Mrs. C. C. Middle
ton and the Misses Mamie Morrison
and Edith Krook. Never a week
passes but the Middleton car is here
with a load of those good Pomona
people.
F. F. jenkins and County Commits
sioner E. B. Perry of the Melrose
section were in the city yesterday.
Asked as to his views on the new
county proposition which would take
nm IN to its territory, Mr.. jenkins
SAID: 81 am opposed to it. 1t is
true that many of the Merose people
have been caught by the selection of
their town as temporary county seat
of the proposed new county, and have
declared for it, but many of our lead
ing citizens are not having anything
to do with the movement. We are
quite satisfied with old Putnam
where we have resided many years"
j. B. Finn is not a farmer. but he
has a very pretty garden in the rear
end of his lot on Water street in
which can be seen all the ordinary
vegetables known in Florida, and ali
IN a most thrifty condition. While
Mr.. Finn is not a farmer he is
chicken fancier and knows sometime
about eggs. His Sunday eggs diffe,
from the eggs he has taught his hens
to lay on other days of the week. For
example, on his office desk is an egg
lald on Sunday, March I'd; it weighs
exactly . ounces. Another laid on
Sunday, March 9th, weighs the same
The, funny thing about it is that on
week days his hens lay average size
eggs: They are of the black monorca
breed. See Finn.
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