The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-11
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: CITY HAPPENINGS AND
: PERSONAL MENTION

.Rowton's store is certainly filled
with the Christmas joys of living.
Fred W. Griffin of Freeport, ILL.,, is
Palatka visitor this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Middleton with
some friends motored to Palatka on
Wednesday to do some Christmas
shopping.
Hon. VIM. G. Tilghman is attend
ing the Florida Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
South, at Arcadia.
o. G. Husband of Melrose was in
the city on official business this week
Mr.. Husband is now the assistant
State Hotel Inspector.
C. F. Black of Goshen, Indiana, is
looking over the opportunities of Pa
latka. He is an extensive traveller
and is impressed with the shipping ia
cilities of this city.
D. Lampman of Rosemont, Ne
braska, has been spending the week
in the county looking over a pur-
chase of land made some time ago.
He expresses himself as pleased with
the outlook for doing things on the
land.
Mrs. DR.. Geo. E. WEIGH and daugh-
ter, Miss WEIGH, Miss Ida Leib and
Mrs. Mclaughlin went over to We
Iaka on Wednesday afternoon in the
WEIGH touring car to attend the fu-
neral of Mrs. F. E. Reeder. Miss
,nh al OF ha
Marcus C. Fagg of Jacksonville,
secretary of the Florida State Asso-
citation of Charities, writes to Mrs.
M. C. Boyce that he expects to be in
Palatka early in January with view
of arranging to hold State meeting
of his organizations here in Febru-
airy.
Mrs. Richard F. Adams has return
ed from an extended stay of several
months in HendersonviIle, N. c., and
Hot Springs, Ark, and at which lat
ter place she spent some three or four
months with her sister, Mrs. Eaton of
Crescent City who has been a long
time sufferer with rheumatism.
The Janus Brothers who operated
the Tampa-St. Petersburg airboat
line last winter, are now travelling
through Florida. They are experts
at the flying business, and if you hap
pen to see either of these boys flying
over PaIatka, don't shoot 'em, they
have no bombs to drop on our cathe-
dral they are harmless.
Mrs. A. S. Willard returned on
Monday from ten days visit with
her daughter, Miss Margaret, who is
pupil in the State College for Wo-
men at Tallahassee. Mrs. Willard
expresses herself as being proud Of
Florida's college for young ladies.
There are over three hundred stu
dents in attendance.
P. P. Cross of Chicago was in the
city Wednesday. Mr. Cross was the
founder and for five years conducted
the well-known Chicago Tribune Land
Show. Owing to the two expositions
in California and general conditions
he decided to rest a year, and he is
in Florida to spend the winter with
rest in view.
Rev. Mr.. Sewers will preach at the
morning service in st. James Metho-
dist church next Sunday. There will
be no evening service. Sunday
school will be at the usual hour in
the morning. Rev W. M. Poage, the
pastor is absent this week attending
the annual conference of the church
IN Arcadia.
]. E. Marchelton is in the city and
comes from British Columbia He is
native of Minnesota, but has been
long on the Pacific coast Having
read good deal concerning Florida
he decided to come and look it over.
He says he is greatly impressed with
Palatka and intends to investigate the
farm conditions in the surrounding
country.
| Herbert B. Race who resigned the
presidency of the Jacksonville board
of trade to become a candidate for
mayor of that city, is Palatka rails
ed young man. Among other things
in Jacksonville, he is president of
big bank. Lots of Palatka boys are
making good away from the "old
home" and then there are good
many who are doing well at home.
DR.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Steen have gone
to Philadelphia, and Trenton, N. j., at
which latter place Mrs. Stems elder
sister is lying at the point of death in
hospital A telegram to this eff
feet was received by DR.. Steen early
in the week. Dr. Steen says that they
hope to return by the latter part of
next week. Dr. Steen came from
| Philadelphia to Palatka more than
twenty years ago.
P. M. Ball, who has charge of the
State news department of the Florida
/ Times Union, was in the city on We'd
nesday with a party of friends. They
came by automobile and left here to
visit San Mateo, the camphor farm
at Satsuma Heights, Crescent City,
Welaka and other interesting sections
of Putnam county. With good roads
Putnam county would be some county
for visitors as well as home people.
The board of trade has been in
formed by N. B. Stewart, American
consul at Milan, Italy, that phosphate
is needed in that country, and this
commodity can find a market at &C.
noa, Leghorn and Venice. Shippers
can cable "Frencotta, Milano," and
correspondence can be made in Eng
lish, French or Italian. We can fur
nish the phosphate or the correspond
ence in any language, including Hog
Latin, but we are shy on ships.
The Automatic telephone demon
stration plant was taken away from
the city Wednesday. For some two
weeks it has been on exhibition at
the board of trade rooms. Secretary
Folsom states that the board of trade
had no interest in the exhibit other
than for the rent il RECEIVED for the