The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-24
Fred Green of Grandin was a busl-
ness visitor in the city Wednesday.

Is Fred Green of Grandin was a bus,
ness visitor in the city Wednesday.
ID Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Messmer hav
'e returned from a visit to Seville an
Daytona Beach.
J. A heavy down pour of rain pre-
n vented meeting of the board o
trade on Monday night.
re Mrs. Allan Price of Melrose ha
= been the guest of her son, C. H
Price.
4, F. L. Thorpe has been called to All
e Logan, Mich, by the death of siste
!. at that place.
Abe Martin says that "a sweet tenn
= per has got linen suit beat mill
d in hot weather"
a Attorney Geo. w. Bassett Jr. spen
Wednesday in Lake City where h,
had legal business.
u J. V. Walton has returned from {
u trip to Georgia where he was calico
: on legal business.
: Mrs. Walter W. Tilghman and little
e son left Sunday for Berlin, Nd, where
they will visit her parents, DR.. anc
Mrs. L. W. Warren.
H. T. Joiner of Grandin has been ir
f the city this week disposing of a car
f load of fine watermelons grown on
his farm. He sold the melons to good
= advantage.
: Big crowd visited the Kalbfeld
Grand theater on Tuesday night To
see the pictures and patronize bene-
fit night in aid of the Ladies of the
Maccabees.
Will Merwin has purchased of DR..
Geo. E. WEIGH fine Rambler touring
car which the latter will use on his
public hack line. Mr.. Merwin is very
proud of his car, as we'll he may be.
A. J. Padgett of Grandin was in
the city Tuesday. Mr.. Padgett has
only lately been on a trip to Miami,
where he disposed of valuable grove
property at Lemon City.
There will be no services at St.
James Methodist church next Sunday
as the pastor, Rev. W. M. Poage, will
be in Tampa. Sunday school at GAS
a. M, as usual.
Samuel T. Kidder, representing
the Foster & Reynolds Company (Ask
Mr.. FOSTER is in the city this week in
a trip through the State to interest
Florida land dealers and boards of
trade in northern advertising scheme
of merit.
The Solomon-Norcross Company,
purchasers of the Palatka Gas Light
& Fuel Co. have asked the city for
30-year franchise. The matter has
been referred to council committee
to report at the next meeting. If
granted the ordinance will be dra t.
ed by the city attorney
Mr.. and Mrs C. ]. O'Haver had a
family reunion last Saturday in hon
or of Mr.. O'Haver's Goth birthday. |
Those present were Mrs. NJ Perman
Smith of Savannah, a daughter, and |
/. {. O'HaVer, a son attending the |
University of Florida, and Mrs. C. II
'r,,c and Miss Juanita O'Haver,
aau.hers living here.
The State Board of Health of which
our townsman, F. j. Fearnside is
president, is paying ten cents a car
cass for rats in Pensacola. But in
order to get Mr.. Fearnside to furnish
employment to our Palatka rat catch
ers, the people will first be obliged to
view with alarm" the possible inva-
sion of the bubonic plague.
Mrs. Norman Riles entertained
two-table bridge party on Tuesday
evening, her guests being Mr. and
Mrs. Carlton Shelley, Mr. and Mrs
Hickman Collins, Miss Florence Da-
Wis and Mr.. W. C. Davis. Mrs. Shell
ley and Mr.. w C. Davis won the high
scores and prizes. Dainty refresh
ments were served during the even
ing.
1htre is deep sympathy felt IN this
:itv for the Mullis brothers IN ,ha.r
recent loss of a brother at JaSpeI,
Mr.. ]. D. MulIis, a prominent citi-
zen of that city and man of fine
character and commercial standing.
Mr. J. D. Mullis was member of the
Baptist church, and of the F. & A. NJ
members of Orient Lodge of that or
der performing the last rites.
Issuance of new domestic postal
card was announced by the Postoffice
Department. 1t is to replace the
card now in use which bears the
profile portrait of the late President
Mckinley. The new card will be.r (
the portrait of Thomas Jefferson. The
only difference in the cards is that the
new one is printed in green ink, t
while the old one was printed in red s
Mesdames J. M. Harris and Evans
of California are spending the week
at the Saratoga Hotel. These ladies
some time ago purchased tracts OF |
land in this county Of the New South 1
Farm G. Home Co. and this is their t
first view of their purchases. They
have been out to the property and ex
press themselves as we'll pleased with |
the prospects. They will leave on
their return trip to California today, g
en- route at New Orleans for
a short visit.
Mrs. S. L. Webb, an aged lady OF =
Peniel died on Sunday last and the r
funeral on Monday was conducted by t
Rev. VIM. Wyllie of St. Marks church, a
he interment being in the Peniel Gem n
etery. Mrs. Webb was aged 10 years
and she had lived in Peniel some 20 a
years, being highly esteemed by ali +
he people of that section. Her hus- s
oand, who died some time ago, form n
erly conducted store at Pencil. Mrs. h
Webb has step-children living in Ko-
iomo, Ind.
Two new boats are being built at
Silver Springs for the Carmichael line
% run from Silver Springs down the g
Oklawaha river to Palatka. This lire t.