The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-20
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City Happenings and
Personal mention.


week and they are going fast.
Mrs. C. H. Wigg has returned from
a two weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
P. NJ. Hagan in Jacksonville.
Rev. Archdeacon Wyllie entertain
ed the Putnam County Sunday School
Association at St. Marks rectory last
Tuesday night.
J. P. Warn, well-known farmer,
fruit grower and cattle man of the
Georgetown district was a business
visitor in the city yesterday.
Sheriff Kennerly has purchased a
new Ford touring car and IS now max.
ing his trips through the county i'll it,
thus saving much valuable time.
Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Schultz Of Bal
timore, Md, are in the city, guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. KupperDusch,
Sr.
Dr. Geo. Geo. Z. Welch is now ariv-
| ing new Cadillac roadster, his fourth
car purchased since he formed the
habit. But Doctor Welch does some
getting about.
Robert L. Arant of Valdosta, Ca,
has been spending the week in the
city and county. He likes Valdosta,
but every time he comes here he is
heard to remark: 81 like Valdosta,
but o, you Palatka.'
Mrs. E. W. Warren entertained the
Ladies' Aid Society Of the Presbyte-
rian church on Tuesday afternoon and
served delicious two course lunch
con. The next meeting OF the society
will be on March 10th.
! Miss Grace Hall of Bridegroom,
Conn, who is the guest of her grand
mother, Mrs. |. A. Boughton at Fair
view, was visitor in the city this
week. Miss Hall is a most charming
young lady who has large circle OF
admiring friends in Palatka,
Tax Assessor Billiard has received
information from the State Tax Com
mission that as body the plans of
the County Tax Assessors to assess
property on a 80 per cent valuation
had been approved, as if that made
any difference.
Mrs. J. B. D. WOODBURY. and daugh-
ter, Katherine WOODBURY., of Barnes
vile, Ga, are guests for time at the
Saratoga Hotel. Mrs. WOODBURY. it
will be remembered is largely inter
ested in Putnam county real estate
west Of the city, on the line Of the G.
S. & F. R'y.
Chas. II. Sieg returned on Tuesday
from an important business trip to
Chicago, Pittsburg and other p0inCS
in the north. Mrs. Sieg who accom-
panied him on the trip returned only
as far as Jacksonville, from which
place she left for her old home in
TT. Worth, Texas where she will stay
for visit of some two weeks.
w. B. Campbell and Thos II. Stry.
ker of Crescent City were here or
Wednesday, coming down in the lat
ter's automobile for the purpose OF
meeting Robert F. Hubbard, of Caz-
enovia, n. Y, now the owner of Oak.
wood. formerly property Of County
Clerk Hutchinson, north of Crescent
City and on the lake front.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward S. Glynn OF
Saginaw, Mich, and Mr.. W, F. Glynr
of Crescent City, were visitors fol
the day here on Wednesday and reg.
istered at the Putnam House. ThG
Messrs. Glynn are owners Of one Of
the most beautiful orange grove prop.
critics in all that section.
Pennants advertising Palatka were
presented by the board of trade tC
Mr.. X. P. Cooper, who was here from
the San Diego Exposition in his auto.
mobile, in which he is making a rounC
trip from ocean to ocean; and also
to President 0. Evinrude of the Evin.
rude Motor Car Company of Milwau.
kee, Wisconsin, who came down here
from Jacksonville and made the Ock.
lawaha trip with his wife and daugh.
ter. Mr.. Evinrude came from Nil.
waukee in his car and intends to re.
turn in the same way.
Miss Grill Burton of Crescent City
has been appointed Putnam county
agent for the Girls Canning Club
campaign. Miss Burton will go tc
Tallahassee, where she will receive a
course in instruction on this work III
the Woman's College, after which she
will return and take charge Of the
work in this county; going about or
ganizing clubs and making demon
STATIONS. Miss Burton is the daugh-
ter OF Mr.. Il. o. Burton, well-known
in IsJatka as many years the traffic
manager of the Beach & Miller line
and is young lady Of charming per
sonality and much ability. She was
to be in Palatka yesterday to get her
instructions concerning this appoint
ment, and to plan for the work.
Prof. A. P. Spencer, district agent
of the Farm Demonstration Work
and connected with the Agricultural
department of the State University
at Gainesville, was in the city yester-
day, making his headquarters at the
rooms of the board of trade. Prof
Spencer was here for the purpose OF
working up an interest in this work
in Putnam county. Other counties 2.
the state have taken hold of the work
and everywhere tried has proven sue.
cessful in getting larger yield tc
the acre in all kinds OF crops. The
United States government is back OF
the work, and wherever county will
organize to prosecute it the govern
ment will encourage it to the extent
of an appropriation of $675. In sew
eral. counties Of the State the yieIC
of com, for instance. has been in
creased from an average of IL to g
bushels to the acre. Prof. Spencer
hopes to get the people of Putnam
county interested in this demonstra
ton work for the coming year.
"Quo Vadis" the beautiful photo
drama, representing Rome in the time
of Nero, and his persecution of the
Christians, was shown at Kalbfeld's
Grand Theater on Wednesday night
to an audience which completely fill