The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-06-12

ton lii the city this week.
st. Marks Guild will hold a cake sal
at the City drug store Saturday Jun
18th, beginning at 10 a. m. :
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Earnest an
their guests left on Monday in thei
automobile for a trip to Miami, ex
pecting to return on Saturday.
W. H. Owen, of Satsuma Nights
accompanied by his granddaughter
May Harden, left yesterday on al
extended visit to Loughman, and 9th
er points south.
The Red Men gave a smoker a
their hall on Wednesday evening il
honor of State Organizer Bowen
who was here on official business con
nected with the order.
The Atlantic Coast Line is reall,
spending some of its money in reno
waiting the Union depot, and tits sait
has actually gone to the expense o.
spraying disinfectants.
Mr.. Clarence Kennerly, manager Of
the Palatka baseball club, and son Of
Mayor S. J. Kennerly of the Gem City
was in Ocala yesterday, coming ovel
with the Union picnic excursion
Ocala Star.
R. E. Neck the photographer will
spend next week in Atlanta in at.
tendance upon the annual meeting
of the Photographers Association OF
America, where he goes to get the
latest and best of everything in pho
Biography.
Secretary Folsom of the board of
trade wired an invitation to President
William D. Jones of the State Board
of Pharmacy in session in Jackson
vile on behalf of the people of PaIat-
ka, for the board to hold it's next
meeting in this city. D. w. Ramsaur,
secretary of the board also received
a telegram from Mr.. Folsom, and he
is expected to use his influence Tor
Palatka, which he undoubtedly will.
Among the prominent PaIatkan's at
tending the union picnic at Silver
Springs yesterday were Rev. William
Poage, pastor of st. James Methodist
church, a former pastor. of the Meth
odist church in Ocala; Mr. Ed. M. Err
nest, superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday school; Rev. ]. W. Purcell and
W. E. Anderson, pastor and superin-
tendent, respectively, of the Presby-
terrain church and Sunday school, and
Rev. P. Quintius Cason, pastor of the
Baptist church.-Ocala Star.
Deputy U. S. Marshal P. M. Hagan
was in the city one day this week
summoning witnesses before the
grand jury in the U. S. District Court.
Mr.. Hagan is always surrounded with
his friends when in Palatka and acts
as if he liked to be with US. 1t has
been whispered about some lately that
it is his purpose to enter the contest
in the next primary for the office OF
sheriff. Mr.. Hagan still maintains
his legal residence in Palatka and was
here to participate in the primary.
Miss Inez Merwin, who was among
the Palatka eXcursiOnists, and visit
ed the Star office yesterday, can boast
Of quite a distinguished ancestry. She
is from Kinderhook, N. Y, and is the
great granddaughter of the gentle
man who was believed to be Ichabod
Crane, the schoolmaster in Irving's
classic story, "The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow" Miss Merwin is a.
very pretty and charming young lady.
and if her noted ancestor was noted
FOR gawkiness, the strain has long
since ran out.-Ocala Star.
Miss Birdie Reed entertained the
D'Haver house party of last week on
Tuesday night in honor of Miss Rob
Die Baldwin of Mcintosh. Among
hose present were Miss Baldwin,
Miss Reed, and the Misses Olive
rilghman, Thelma Hyers, Stella
Browning, Jonita O'Haver, and the
Nessrs. Fred Lecks, Albion Hutchin-
son, DeIbert Gilpatrick, Lew Barstow,
Henry Baker, William Reed, William
Walton and BERTHE Hodge Games and
lancing were the order of amusement
md sumptuous luncheon was pro-
yided.
One of the surprises of the prima
" Of last week was the election of Mr.. |
". S. Middleton of Pomona to a seat
n the florida senate from the 26th |
district putnam county,, defeating
Mr.. VIM. A. Russell, the brilliant edi-
or Of the Palatka News, and Senator
John P. Wall of Putnam Hall, the lat
er one of the old wheel-horses of Put
lam county politics and Familiarity
Known in Tallahassee as the "watch |
log of the treasury" Mr.. Middleton
las served in the lower house and is
peculiarly fitted for the duties of the
upper branch.-Ocala Star.
J. H. Haughton is the secretary or
he State Pharmaceutical Association |
which has been holding its annual SEES
ion at Atlantic Beach during the
present week. 1t is presumed that he
enjoyed himself with big bunch of
nen engaged in the same line of bust
less. There is a difference in the |
Onduct of lot of druggists off on
Holiday and the same. number of |
PREACHERS. The druggists are more
ike crowd of editors.
abroad near the station and those
Who have seen them pronounce his |
Melons as about the finest crop ever
crown in the State. They are large
mes.
W me VIC IC" olJdpSl DOSS IlIu- |
nut the state did not fare so we'll in |
he recent primary, there was one
member of the fraternity who made
record run. We refer to Mr.. Hen
y S. Mckenzie, editor of the Palat-
"a Times-HeraGd, who led the ticket |
n Putnam county for representative
n the lower branch of the Florida
legislature. Mr.. Mckenzie is a young
nan of sterling worth and is a son OF
IIr. H. A. B. Mckenzie, a veteran
florida newspaper man, and that he
will serve the people with credit goes
Without saying. Mr.. w. G. Tilghman,
leader in the temperance forces of
'utnam county, is the other member
# the Putnam county delegation. Mr..
'ilghman is a business man of wide
experience and known to many people