The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-20

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Central avenue, is doing good bus
mess, and is serving meals at popular
prices.
w. E. Hobbs, late of Pomona, has
moved here and has opened a little
grocery and provision house in the
telephone building. Good man and de-
serves to do well.
Miss Jessie Burton visited the We
laka school last week Friday, going
over in her auto and having as guests
on the trip Rev. and Mrs. R. Shull
Burris.
A Play and Clip Social will be CIV
en- at Grove Hall under the direction
of Misses Tillinghast and Norton next
Monday night at 1880. The usual
stars will take part. Refreshments
will be sold. Every body invited.
Mrs. Allen and daughter, Miss Min
ME Allen, of Chattahooche, Fla, have
been here the past two weeks on Wis
it to their relatives and friends. Miss
Minnie expects to return to her home
during the coming week.
Mrs. Peter Jones over at Fruitland
has raised number of fine turkeys
this year and if any one wants fine,
fat Florida turkey for their Thanks
giving dinner, and will write to her
Immediately, she will bring it in am
pie time for the feast.
The town council has reduced town
occupation licenses generally to one
half the amount charged in the State
schedule. The feeling is general that
occupational licenses have been too
high, and tie reduction meets with
general approval.
Miss Florence johnson arrived on
Thursday of last week and for the
present is making her home with Mr..
and Mrs. Hurlbut, and until such
time as she can get her own home in
order. Her aunt, Mrs. Harrington, is
expected in a short time and will live
with Mrs. johnson this winter.
Mrs. C. T. Darling and her accom-
plished daughter, Miss Josephine Oar
ling, arrived on Friday evening last
from the west, where they have been
spending a couple months since leav-
ing the Maine coast. Mr.. and Mrs.
Darling and Miss Darling will make
their home this winter with Mrs. S.
H. Wilson, on North Prospect street
Miss Bessie A. Williams is spend
ing the week at Lakeland where she
is attending the annual meeting OF
the State Federation of Women's
Clubs. of which Federation she is the
State treasurer. The Crescent City
V. |. A. delegate to the State Fed
Grafton is Miss Florence Johnson,
who left with Miss Williams for Lake
land on Tuesday.
Orange growers are generally en-
couraged by the upward tendency of
the citrus market and the feeling is
general that with the green early
| shipments out of the way the pros
poets will further improve. A tele-
gram received by Mr.. E. H. Williams
lon Saturday from Mccormick, Hubbs
G. Co. predicts good market for ripe
fruit.
The Crescent City band is practic-
ing three nights each week under the
direction of Prof. Wallace and is max
ing fine Roadway. Prof. Wallace
states that when the band makes its
next public appearance the public will
have no difficulty in noting the i'm
provement. Prof. Wallace, who is a
trained musical expert, is giving one
day each week to teaching the band
at Pierson.
The Young people (as we'll as some
who are not quite so young as they
were) are looking forward with pleas
ant anticipation to the Cotton Par
| ty," dance, to be given under the
auspices of the V. l. A. at the hall on
THANKSGIVING night. At this party
the ladies will be required to appear in
gowns made exclusively of cotton,
provided they would dance. Gentle
men who dance must at least wear a
cotton necktie. Spectators will be
charged 25 cents. This will be one
occasion when the V. l. A. hall will be
crowded to the limit.
Mrs. E. H. Williams, librarian of
the V. l. A. has made report of the
work for the year which shows that
the efforts of the association to sup
ply reading matter to the people is be-
ing appreciated. There was a bal
ance of $11.49 in the library fund at
the beginning of the fiscal year; there
has been received from rental of
books during the year, $37.40, making
total of $4S.S9. The disbursements
were: For books $24.98; for locks
and bars, $3.50, total of $3O.4S;
leaving balance of $18.41 in the
treasury. Miss Stryker donated five
books and Mr.. Wadsworth, one.
The town council has awarded the
contract for building the concrete
sidewalk the full length of Prospect
street to Mr.. Jacobs of DeLand, who
was recommended by Mr.. Webster,
the man who built the Central ave-
nue. walks. These walks are not au-
thorized by ordinance, as where that
is done the city pays one-half the ex-
pense. The walks were arranged for
privately with property holders along
the street, the city agreeing to pay
one-fourth the cost. Prospect street
property holders united in request
that the work be let to Mr. Jacobs,
on the ground that he had experience
in walk building, and they didn't want
to take any risks.
Nearly $1,000 has been given by the
business men and fruit growers of
this place within the past year for