The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-26
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City happenings and
Personal ttlenticn.

T. ]. Knight is visiting his mother
in Jennings. Fla.
Albion Hutchinson is at home from
che university at Gainesville to spend
the holiday vacation.
| Charles Phillips, a law student at
Stetson University, DeLand, is at
home for the holiday season.
Mrs. T. X. Bates of Sanford arriv-
ed in the city this week on a visit to
her mother, Mrs. F. D. Alderman.
Woodford Blackwell is here from
Miami to spend Christmas with his
father, Attorney J. N. Blackwell.
Miss Ellene Merryday is spending
the holiday season in Jacksonville,
The guest of her sister. Mrs. HARDWOOD
Rosser.
Miss Susie Lee Walton has returned
from an extended visit at the home of
her uncle, Hon. John j. Vertrees at
Nashville, Tenn.
Delbert fitzpatrick is another of Pa
latka's student colony at Stetson Uni
versity who is spending the holiday
season with his parents.
Miss Frank Hopson, for a week or
more the attractive guest of Mrs.
Norman Rifles, has returned to her
home in Leesburg.
Miss Serena Bailey has returned
home for the Holiday season after
several months spent in North Caro-
lima.
Miss Helen Cochrane and Miss Mae
Boyd, students in Brenau College,
Gainesville, Ca, are home for the hol-
iday season.
The Ford Sales Co. of this city has
just received another car load of the
Ford touring cars. These cars were
lined up in front of the garage on
Tuesday and made a pretty sight.
The Howell theater was crowded on
Monday night to see the minstrel
performance, one of the most enjoy
able events OF the kind ever witnessed
here.
DR.. Albert Mckenzie is spending
his holiday vacation from the Atlanta
Medical college at home with his par
ents, Hon. and Mrs. H. A. B. McKen-
zie.
j. H. Randolph of Baltimore. Nd,
arrived in the city this week to spend
the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Ran
dolph at the home of their parents,
DR.. and Mrs. E. S. Grill.
Aaron Varnes of Bannerville has
been among the prominent farmers in
the city this week. Mr.. Varnes, who
was a former popular county COM
missioner, is the father of Mr.. Roam
Varnes, Palatka's well-known cl!ief
of police.
The Palaltka high school basket
ball team defeated the Daytona high
school team last Friday night at the
Athletic club by a score of 46 to 16.
After the game pleasant dance to
the music of the high school orches-
ira followed with refreshments served
by the young ladies Of the high school. |
The farmers of Putnam county
needed the rain which came in such |
quantities on Wednesday, but they
would have preferred that it should |
have fallen some other time so as not |
to interfere with their Christmas
shopping. And the Palatka mer-
chants; well they like rain, but
Allie M. Steen is improving slowly |
in health. Since his arrival from Ari- |
iona some four or five weeks ago he
has gained over nine pounds in
weight He is following his physi-
clans directions to the letter and his
parents have every reason to believe
that he will soon be himself-the one
time young hustler for business.
There will naturally be dearth of
local news items in The News this
week. It is Christmas week and
Christmas coming the day before ouI
regular publication day makes it i'm
possible to get out our usual amount
of news and gossip. The Office was
closed all day on Christmas that pro-
prietors and help might enjoy the day
to the limit.
Judging from all the reports COM
ing this way, the Putnam County
Fair, held in Palatka last week, was
a great success, and our sister coun-
ty deserves congratulation for fine
exhibits and well conceived and
smoothly carried out program. Put
nam is one of the best counties in the
state in location, resources and posi-
bilities.-Ocala Star.
Tho Norr,o,, E;olJ plo,yorc n cnlor
Id stock company has the boards at
the Kalbfield Grand all this week anG
are playing to good houses every
night. Tonight, Saturday matinee
and night entire change of program
at each performance, and at popular
prices. Next week Mabel Paige ana
her company, always popular with Pa
latka theater goers, will be at the
Kalbfeld Grand all the week.
Rev. J. N. Hall of Bannerville with
mis- two sons were visitors in the city
Tuesday, doing some Christmas shop
ping. Mr.. Hall had strong backing
for the Office of deputy game warden
for Putnam county, but the appoint |
ment fell to Capt. Causey. AS Capt |
Causey resigned the Office last week,
and the office is now vacant maybe |
the powers that be will reconsider
Mr. Hall for the place. He is now
deputy, or special game warden for
the Bannerville district.
The Kalbfield Grand has arranged |
for some more Of those high-class
pictures. Next Wednesday night he |
will present Daniel Frohman's pro-
duction of Laura Sawyer and House
Peters in a startling scientific detec-
tive play, "An Hour Before Dawn"
This is a sequel to "Chelsea 7750"
presented to patrons of the theater
last week. For Friday night Jan.