The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-30

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Thomas Murray and his niece, Mrs
Dana Walden, have gone to Herman
in southern California, where M
Murray has fine vineyard. They
will be gone some weeks.
William Turnage of Chattanooga,
former we'll known business man
and popular citizen of Palatka has
been in the city a day or two this
week greeting old friends.
Palatka's Rebekah lodge is to have
benefit performance at the kalb-
field Grand tonight, with a special
musical program which promises to
be most entertaining.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First
Baptist church will meet at the home
of Mrs. Adams, corner of Laurel and
/ Second strtets, Tuesday afternoon,
February 3rG, at three o'clock.
There will be an important meeting
of the executive board of The Wo-
mans Club at the Putnam House on
Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock. All
members are requested to be present.
Regular meeting of the Woman's
Club will be held at the home of Mrs.
Geo. E. Welch on Friday afternoon,
Jan. 30th, at o'clock. A very in
teresting program has been prepared.
The ladies of St. Monicas church
and the Sisters of st. Joseph enter
tanned on Wednesday and Thursday
night to a sumptous supper in aid OF
the church work, and large crowd
attended on both occasions.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howe and Miss Oma
Davis had good sized class in dane
/ ing at the Athletic Club on Wednes-
day night, at which special attention
was given to teaching beginners the
two-step and the tango.
DR.. and Mrs. Paul de la Barr If
Port Clinton, Ohio, with their two
charming and accomplished daugh-
tiers, passed through the city on Tues
day en- route to their winter home
on Drayton Island. They were at the
Putnam House.
! Hon. and Mrs. H. A. B. Mckenzie
spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at the home of their friend, Mr.. j.
H. Green, at Fruitland. Mrs. Nc
Kenzie also spent Monday and Tues
day with Mrs. Robinson at Lake Co
mo.
Mrs. Cornelia Van Dresar of West
erville, Oneida Co., New York, ar
rived in the city Wednesday to be tbs
guest for some time of DR.. and Mrs
4. S. Grill. Mrs. Van Dresar, who is
younger sister of Dr. Grill, is max
ing her first visit to Florida.
Warner T. Hamm, chairman of ths
entertainment committee of the boara
of trade, has been in Jacksonville this
week in meeting with the executive
committee of the State Horticultur-
al Society, making arrangements foi
the annual convention of that society
which is to be held in Palatka in May
Mrs. ]. 7. Barnett entertained al
auction bridge on Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. W. Hickman Collins entertain
ed the North End Bridge Club at hel
home on Monday afternoon. The first
prize went to Mrs. Henry Hutchin.
son, Jr., and the second to Miss MauC
Fry. The club will meet next Mon
day with Mrs. H, M. Fearnside.
The Palatka Sign Shop has just
completed beautiful gold window
sign for the Palatka Hardware Co
on Second street of which Geo. Weller
is the head. 1t is a beautiful piece
of artistic lettering and the artist
should be able to get all Of that kind
of work he is able to handle in Pa
latka.
! George A. Lewis of Yates Center,
Kansas, frequent visitor in past
years to Palatka and well-remember-
ed here, died of heart trouble at his
home on Wednesday. The news came
in wire to his mother, Mrs. Gather
inc Lewis who is here on visit to
her sister, Mrs. A. H. Holcomb, Of
500 Kirby street. Mr.. Lewis was in
tending to make his usual visit to
Palatka later in the season.
Sheriff Kennerly arrested at Cres-
cent City this week one w. L. Babett,
who was conducting blind tiger in
that place. He is the same young
man who was recently arrested by
Chief of Police Varnes in this city
for peddling whiskey in small packa-
ges. Before Judge Haskell on Tues
day Babbett was fined 500 and costs,
but being unable to gather the money,
will probably spend some time on the
roads.
! Mrs. J. L. Stone of Minneapolis,
Mimi, is spending the season at her
old winter home in Satsuma Heights.
All old citizens of the peninsula will
remember DR.. and Mrs. Stone and
their home at that place, home that
has not been occupied in many years.
Mrs. Stone remarked on a visit to
Palatka this week that it was 81
years since she last visited the coun-
ty, and that she saw many changes.
Her old home is to be repaired and
she hopes to make it frequent visits
in the future. DR.. Stone died last
year.
Capt. ]. d. Rayner, general passen-
ger agent of the Florida East Coast
Railway was in the city a few hours
on Tuesday and met many of our
business men. As a rule Capt. Ray
ner made inquiry of each as to the
condition of business, and he inva-
riably got reply that it was even
better than last season, which replies
seemed to please him. at is my pur-
pose," said Mr.. Rayner, "to make
more frequent visits to Palatka; you
have fine, wide-awake and appar-
emily prosperous city and | want To
know you all better. Our business
! this year is also better than last, al
though l am aware that some chronic
GROWERS say differently. But the
fact is that all Florida is prospecting
and it would be strange if Palatka
and other east coast towns did not
come in for their full share of it."