The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-23
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City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

j. J. Green of Bardin, one of Put
nam's best and most substantial men
was visitor in the city yesterday.
The Rebakah lodgp is to have a
benefit performance at the Kalbfeld
Grand tonight.
The boy scouts have re-organized
and will hereafter hold weekly meet
ings at the board of trade rooms ev-
cry Tuesday evening
E. e. Owen of Satsuma Heights
was prominent visitor from the pc
nlnsula section of the county in the
city this week.
Miss Alice Hutchinson will enter
tain the music class of the Palatka
Woman's Club at her home on the
morning of Wednesday, Jan. 2sth.
st. James Methodist Episcopal
church will hold it's cake sale at the
store of Miss Kate Lucas on Satur-
day morning.
Mrs. A. H. .McCraney of Bardin was
in the city on Friday of last week en-
route to Hawthorne, where she was
goiLlg to pay a visit to her friend.
Mrs. II. Matthews.
Miss Marie Merryday of Daytona
Beach passed through the city Mon
Gay on her way to Jacksonville to
visit her cousin, Mrs. M. w. Stewart.
Miss Merryday will probably visit
here ON her way home.
G. A. Andrew of the Barlow Cour-
lpr-InfnrnaDnf of
ahd ablest journals in South Florida,
and whose editor is the veteran, Gem
erai Law, was a visitor in the city
last Friday.
Mrs. Henry Hutchinson Jr., enter
tanned the North End Bridge club on
Monday afternoon, at which Mrs.
FRED. Merrill won the prize for the
highest score. Delicious refresh
ments were served during the after
noon.
Dr.. P. II. Rolls, director of the
FLORIDA Experiment station, and one
OF the noted scientists of the country.
spent a few hours in the CITY Tues
DAY on his way to Gainesville from a
trip down the east coast. DR.. Rolls
called at the board of trade rooms and
saw other friends in the city.
Man came into Palatka from North
Carolina with big supply of bottled
goods IN his luggage but he mistook
ms customer and sold the chief of no
lice. pint for dollar. Then he went
to jail. 1t must be awful to mistake
a chief-of-police for customer,-Mi-
ami Metropolis.
Inc next regular meeting of The
Woman's Club will be held at the
nome OF Mrs. Geo. E. WEIGH on Fri
Gay afternoon Jan. 30, at three O'Clock.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged by the literary committee and
several music numbers will oe rem
dered
II. K. Brakeman, the man who adj
Vocates identifying the city by the |
pahting OF more shade trees, is well |
pleased with the manner in which his
recent communication on that subject |
was received. Trees have been plant.
ca &c IN many parts of the city, and Mr..
brakeman urges that the good work
be kept up. O' WIN
Welaka is only small town. but if
proposes to grow. The Palatka News
tells that Welaka has organized an
actiVe and energetic board of trade
Whlch is going right to work to ad,
Vertlse the town. This is the Mace
mace famous by the Welaka Sprinos
Talks. 'hor'
-, The alarm of fire at 4 o'clock
thursday morning was occasioned NV
q Dlaze at the Stanton foundry. The
nfe engine was promptly on hand and
suodueG the blaze, though as it had
oeen smouldering for some time he
lore its discovery and the sounding of
me alarm, damages to more than
1undred dollars were sustained bv the
stanton company.
Miss Kate Lucas window is fuod ,
WITH harbingers of the sweet snring :
line IN the shape of all the new STYLES $
ladles Panama hats. Miss Lncas 2
WI leave next Tuesday for the New
ork market where she will spend
ONE time sci citing other things for |
ler spring stock and which as usual t
WITH this store always set the mace g
n styles for Palatka ladies. :
Luther B. Curtiss has returned from o
iohne, ILL.,, whittier he was called hv
ne SUDDEN death of his father M T
'ultlSs was absent much longer than t
ISL deemed necessary when he made II
ne hurried trip North, but varions a
etails concerning the settlement Of o
ne estate had to be given attention :
elore ne could return honest ,
ugustire Record. " 5
A letter received the other dav hv d
lie board of trade, from a man IN 81
ntario, Canada, said that Florida y
oked good to him from climatic ,
andpolnt to say the least, in com. =
arson with his section, where dur- ID
g the year 1913 there was onlv one y
ohth without frost, and that it was y
'C uncommon in the growing season y
nave from so to 80 degrees tenn \
ira n. lure IN the middle of the dav and :.
hight frost at night Sc
Miss Anna Belle Reed of Tamn. III
ana matron of the Order of tba AZ
astern Star for Florida, visited tbe de
alatka chapter on Tuesday night in
II official capacity. There were NAM ds
emoers of the order from surround :
Z towns present and splendid meet
g was held. Mrs Reed is a brill
MT woman and the order is fortn.
-te In having her at its baad n,