The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-22

candidate in the city on Tuesday.
There will be a called meeting O.
the U. D. G.. at Mrs. John Walton OF
Monday afternoon, at $3.50.
c. D. Galloway of Greensboro, Ky.
is in the city. He has invested il
land near Bostwick. From the boarc
of trade rooms he sent away litera
ture to his friends in old Kentucky.
Louis Gardner, who represents R. l.
Polk company, the well known direc-
tory concern, is in the city to look
over the situation as to getting up
a new directory for Palatka.
Mrs. R. A. Varnes entertained the
North End and Mid-Week Bridge
Clubs on Tuesday afternoon, when
the prizes were awarded to Miss Edith
Kupperbusch, Mrs. Fred Merrill, Mrs.
j. H. Millican and Mrs. Hickman Col
Inns.
he Steamer Crescent has changed
its schedule and until further notice
VIII leave Palatka for Jacksonville oQ
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings and for Crescent City on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday af-
ternoons.
Rev. P. Q. Cason returned early in
the week from Nashville, Tenn, where
he had been for more than week in
attendance upon the sessions of the
Southern Baptist Convention. Mr..
Cason reports grand gathering OF
the prominent church workers of his
denomination throughout the south,
the meeting with whom is an inspira-
ton to any pastor.
Geo. E. Gay is the republican can
didate for State Committeeman of his
party of Mr.. S. W. Rowley of San
Mateo is the republican candidate for
Congressional Committeeman. AS
there are no opposing candidates they
will be declared the nominees of their
party without going on the primary
ballot. There are no republican pri-
mary candidates this year.
No city is better physically or NOR
ally than its worst parts, in other
words, no chain is stronger than its
weakest link. 1t is the duty Of every
man and woman to help make better
and more beautiful home COMMUNE
ties. We need clean men in office, we
need clean streets, clean yards and
clean homes. Cleanliness is next to
goodness.
The board of trade had the munich
pal docks matter up at its meeting
Monday night. The Atlas Portland
Cement company had arranged to send
a schooner load of cement here for
shipment south, but the Atlantic
Coast Line refused to handle it from
a dock given to it by the city. The
city must either assert it's rights, or
let outside interests control it.
R. ]. Hancock for county tax collec-
tor, Geo. F. Billiard for county tax
assessor, and Henis Petermann for
of registration, having no
opposition have been declared the
democratic nominees for their respec-
i've offices, and their names will not
appear, therefore, on the primary bal
ot This is also the case with j. H.
Millican and E. B. Perry, candidates
for county commissioner
'orm the Second and Fifth districts.
They are all wearing smile which
'efuses to come off.
C. T. Shinn and Albion Hutchinson
ire arranging to enter the concrete
business in this city on an extensive
scale. They have ordered the latest
and on it's arrival will be
to do all kinds of concrete
work. They will make building blocks
md make contracts for any kind of
oncrete construction. Reinforced
concrete is the coming style of resi-
Ience in Palatka and other parts of
he country and these young men are
ut anticipating the coming demand. ;
food luck to them.
Mrs. Louis Kalbfeld was an enthu-
iastic visitor to the Mystic Shriners
onclave in Atlanta last week and at
ended all the great social functions {
I the week to which the ladies were t
1vited. She especially enjoyed the {
eception given by Gov. and Mrs. Sla- +
on and where she enjoyed a long in !
erview with the governor respecting
florida. Any one who knows Mrs. {
is sure that when out of the {
tate it doesn't take the people long t
0 learn she is from Florida and that f
he is an enthusiastic booster for the S
and Of flowers.
Suffragist Rally. q
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