The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
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: CITY HAPPENINGS AND .
: PERSONAL MENTION .

a MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EV
ERYBODY.
II Col. Chas. Francis of Interlache
was visitor in the city on Wednes
day.
| Miss Alice Sackett of Crescent Cit
Is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. {
Slade.
The Bardin Baptist Sunday schoo
held a happy Christmas festival witt
tree last night.
Well, they can't beat this in tn
moneyed north. Palatka has straw
berries for Christmas.
H. M ,sanderson, a young maj
from Milton, Vt, is spending a few
days at the Saratoga Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Cummings o,
Rodman were among the Christina
shoppers in the city this week.
Prof. Louis Eigel, principal of the
Pomona school, with his family, mo.
tored to the city on Tuesday.
B. X. Hanafourde of Chicago. who
managed the dry farming congress
at Wichata, Kansas, in October was
in Palatka this week.
Miss Dunsford, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. L. Dunsford, is here
from Jacksonville to spend the holi-
days with her parents.
Bob Smith of the Crescent CITY
section drove to the city in his Hup-
mobile last Tuesday to buy Christ
mas presents for his children.
City Clerk W. A. Williams Jr.. and
Mrs. Williams will take Christmas
dinner with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. McCraney at Bardin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Crandall of
Bardin were in the city Monday en-
route home from a weekend visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Matthews
at Hollister.
The store windows of Palatka are
the pride of the city. No where on
earth does a city of the Palatka class
beat US for Christmas decorations in
our store windows.
St. Marks church has called Rev.
John W. Hyslop of Aberdeen, South
Dakota, to the rectorship. Sufficient
time has not elapsed since the call
for the vestry to hear from the rev
erend gentleman.
Midnight service at st. Monicas
Catholic church Christmas Eve, with
solemn high mass and a special pro-
gram of appropriate music. There
will also be mass at 7 a. m. Christ
mas morning.
P. c. O'Haver, Miss Katherine
Cooper and Miss Jessie Rodgers, all
techers in Green Springs Academy at
Safety Harbor, are Christmas guests
ct the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. o'Haver on Laur-
ell street.
N. F. Pratt, mechanical engin-
eer of Atlanta, is spending a few
days in Palatka. He is interested in
water power propositions and is in
vestigating the possibility of develop
ing something worth while in the Vi |
entity of Palatka.
Chas B. Prescott of Chicago.
came this week. acHe has property
at Satsuma Heights and will spend |
the winter there and improve his
holdings. 1t is his first visit to
Florida, but has heard good things
prospects here.
Quintius l. Roberts, retired saw
mill baron and lumber king of the
Etoniah and Putnam Hall section was
here on Tuesday talking hard times
to the natives. and at the same time
loading up with Christmas presents
for his family and friends.
R. R. Tomlin, State Prison Inspec-
tor, was at the Saratoga Hotel on
tuesday, on his official rounds of in
spection of the tails and prisons of
The state. Mr. Tomlin's home is at
Plant City. He was one of the most
active members of the lower house of
he last legislature.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Spain have an !
bounced the approaching marriage of
heir daughter, Miss Florence, to
Mr.. Woodford V. Blackwell of Miami,
ormerly of this city. The wedding
o take place at st. Monicas church.
y Wednesday morning, Dec. 3Oth, at 8
o'clock.
D. Landreth Seed Company of Bris-
oil, Penn, has just issued its new re-
all catalogue for 1915. This cata-
ogue is large comprehensive one,
nd is Landreth's 131st annual edi-
ion, and can be had upon applica-
ion. See advertisement on the first
age of this issue of The News.
Bob James cafe is decorated par
xcellence for the holiday season.
loses bloom over you as you eat and
rtiticial flowers smile on you from
he walls. Bob is filled with the ioy
f living and he is imparting the same
ceiling to his patrons through the ex-
ellence of the cooking. Some folks
at to live, but James patrons live to
at.
Mrs. M. G. Stillman is EMPLOYED Y
$ demonstration for the Palatka Gas '
light and Fuel Co. at the company's
retty little store room in the Gerber
lock. Mrs. Stillman will tell YOU =
nat she is teaching efficiency and she -
Ill proceed to deliver an exegecis
I the best meaning of the word eff
cheney She will tell you it is get q
ne. the greatest possible amount of
ork at the least possible expense of
Dor She bakes biscuits and brews
flee and feeds it to those who call
Id shows how the trick is done on a
rs range. She will also tell you
w to get the greatest burning eff
lency from the gas. She has a