The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-13
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. Personal and Social. +.


The Guild of the Episcopal churc
will give supper and sale at V. |. A
hall on the evening of the oath inst
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccormick, VIII
have been spending the past tw
weeks an Cuba, are expected to retur
here this week.
David Weir and daughter, Miss Id
|. Weir, of Boston, were among tn
visitors last week who put up at Grov
Hall.
How would a "Dutch lunch" do TO
the next social event? This is mere
ly thrown out as suggestion to tn
ladies Of the various churches and so
cial organizations. Nothing of tn
kind has been given here this season
A letter from Rev. D. Spencer for
merly of this place but now living &
Surrency, Ga, conveys the news tina
himself and wife are in the enjoy
ment of good health and always gla
to get the weekly news from thei
Ole home town.
Mrs. M. r. Traile of Chautauqus
N. Y, arrived last week and is agai
at Grove Hall for the season. Mrs
Traile has been coming here for tn
winter season for many years and ha
host of old friends who are glad t
welcome her return.
The Ladies Aid Society of tn
Presbyterian church are arranging t
give chicken supper at the chape
Of the church on Friday night, tn
10th, inst. A splendid supper will b
served and an invitation is eXtende
to all the people to attend.
Miss Adeline Sample of Albany, N
Y, is the guest Of Mrs. X. Borsor
Miss Sample will be rendered pleas
antly for her former visit here in com
pany with her father, the late w. II
Sample, for many seasons and unit
his death one of the popular visitor
at Grove Hall.
Mrs. Ducharme and her son of De
troit, Mich, who have been guest
for a month or more at Grove Hall
left on Monday for Augusta, Ga
much to the regret of many who ha
formed their acquaintance and foun,
them delightful company. All ar
hopeful that they will come again.
The body of Thos. A. Capwell,
pioneer Of this place, and who die
some thirty years ago was disinterr
ed last week and sent to Connecticut
where it will be buried beside his wife
whose death occurred at Savannah
Ga, some three weeks ago. Mrs. Aus
tin, a friend of the family looked at
tire the disinterrment and shipment.
DR.. T. W. Beggs and wife arrive
on Sunday and will have apartment
in the C. T. King cottage. DR.. Begg
is a young man from Ell Paso, Texas
who has come here to enter a part
nership with DR.. Mcclellan for tn
practice of medicine. The doctor is
very pleasant gentleman and one VIII
will readily make friends.
During the past week the Misse
Clarissa and Bessie A. Williams ha
the body of their mother disinterre
from its long resting place under tn
vestry of the Episcopal church an
reinforced in the family lot alongsid
the grave of their father, the lat
Rev. C. S. Williams, the founder o
the parish and during his life promi
nent in the work of the church i
Florida.
The young man Babbitt, who wa
convicted of operating a blind tige
some two weeks ago, is now SERVING
a 40 day sentence in the State con
Wet camps. He was one of the mos
robust liars ever found in the bin
tiger business, and an all-round crook
Mrs. John Shields and little sor
John jr., of Dawson, Ga, have bee
the guests of Hon. and Mrs. j. Il
Harp. Mrs. Shields is niece of Mr.
Harp. They left this week for sout
Florida.
A number of Crescent City bushes
men went over to Pomona on Wednes
day night to attend meeting held TO
the purpose of organizing Fruit
land Peninsula Boosters Club" Ores
cent City is for any scheme that ha
for its object the boosting of the ter
ritory embraced in the section be
tween Crescent Lake and the st. John
river, known as the Fruitland PENN
sula 1t is one of the finest section
in all Florida.
Her F.. Babers has this week plant
ed some sixty acres in genuine Rock
ford cantaloupes, the seed bein
bought direct from Rockford, Cole
RADIO. When this young man goes in
to a thing he goes into it right, an
maybe this is the secret of his bus
ness success. The News trusts h
will make big uccess of this venture
A good cantaloupe is a sure-enoug
vote getter, and as Mr.. Babers is no.
candidate for the State legislator
his opponents can't lope, they'll hav
to run.
Deputy Sheriff C. ]. Hunter arrest
ed two young men near Denver G
Sunday TOR running a blind tige
They were seen by Mr.. Hunter, Win
was hid in the bush, to sell llquC
two four or five negroes, and sint
their arrest have admitted their gull
The names of these youngsters al
George Bell and Tom Reed. Bell
from Canada and Reed. came frol
Connecticut. They have been hel
some time and were at work a pa
of the time in a packing house. The
are both minors, nineteen and twel
ty years of age, and have been in tt
business some time. They were tai
en- to Palatka for trial on Monda
and pending an investigation wei
placed in Jail. Sheriff Kennerly wi
Communicate with their parents, pr
vided he can get their names.
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