The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-23
= CITY HAPPENINGS AND .
! PERSONAL MENTION I

L
Satsuma Heights were in the city
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. H. Merrill of
Tampa were up for the Rowlands-
Merrill wedding.
Edward North of Bostwick, former
County Commissioner, was a bust
ness visitor in the city on Wednesday
4 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will hold a cake sale
at the Ackerman-Stewart Drug Store
Saturday morning, Oct "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Gowen and
daughter, Miss Blanche, were here
from Crescent City to attend the
Rowands-Merrill wedding.
Mrs. T. X. Bates is here on a visit
to her mother Mrs. F. D. Alderman
Mr. Bates is expected in a short time
and will probably conclude to make
Palatka his home.
Have you seen the beautiful sports.
mans window display at the Tilghman
Hardware Co? If not, why not
That young man Hodge, window trim
mer for the Tilghman's is some ar
fist.
No less than six clergymen have
made application to the vestry of st.
Marks church for the vacancy caus-
ed by the resignation of the rector,
Rev. Archdeacon Wyllie. One of
them will be called.
Mrs. l. A. Boughton of Bridgeport,
Conn, is spending few days in the
city the guest of Mrs. H. A. Bulky.
Next week Mrs. Boughton expects
to open her winter home at Fairview,
opposite Federal Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Elliott of Pen
sacola arrived on Sunday and Mrs.
Elliott will remain for some time for
visit with her mother, Mrs. F. D.
Alderman. Mr.. Elliott returned to
his business in Pensacola on Tuesday.
The Palatka Auto G. Supply Co. has
supplied Louis Bailey of San Mateo
a 1915 Hupmobi]e. Mr. Currie, the
s turpentine man of fnterlachen, has
also been supplied with one of the
same beautiful machines by the same
supply company.
Judge V. Walton and Geo. w. Bas-
sett Jr., are Palatka attorneys who
have been arguing the J. j. Hennes-
sy habaes corpus case on appeal be-
fore the Supreme Court at Tallahas-
see this week. No decision had
reached US in time for the paper.
The band concert on Saturday night
by the Palatka Military Band will
draw the usual delighted crowd. Prof.
Chattaway says that by request the
band will repeat the program of last
week. In addition there will be a
clarionet solo, arranged by Prof.
Chattaway and rendered by Mr.:
Claude Shaw. entitled believe me If
all those endearirg young charms
James V. Dykes of PIP Dodge
street died on Monday evening after
an illness of several weeks in which
he has been confined to his bed. His
death occurred surrounded by mem
bers of his family. Mr.. Dykes has
lived in Palatka little more than
two years, coming here from Green
wood. He was born in Mariana,
jackson county, and had lived his en-
tire life of 80 years in this state.
Rev. p. Q. Cason of the Baptist
church attended the family in their
bereavement The body was shipp-
ed to Mariana for interment by
Mooney& Davis.
The Jacksonville Metropolis of
Saturday the 18th inst, under the
heading "Palatka Working for Great
est Season of Tourists in History, y
says: For the purpose of beginning
Palatkas advertising program for at
tracing more tourists and visitors to
/ that city this year than ever before,
Moses Folsom, secretary of the Pa
4 latka Board of Trade, was a visitor
B in the city yesterday. Mr., Folsom
4 made number of calls about the
1 city distributing enough cards show
4 ing the business district Of Palatka
4 to be sent all over the country"
4 Sidney Brown, doctor of pharmacy
4 Baltimore, Md, is here on a visit tc
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Brown
] and will stay a month. This is one
Of the Palatka high school graduate,
I who went out into the world and who
is making good. Since his graduation
in pharmacy after leaving Palatka
Mr.. Brown has been holding a fine pc.
sition in the drug trade in Baltimore
and each year has seen him advance
He will enjoy good rest with his
parents and will see many of his ole
school friends, and try his best &c
have a good time during the few
short days of his visit.
DR.. E. S. Grill who has been con
! fined to his home for several weeks
is said to be making improvement
DR.. A. NJ. Steen, who is giving him
4 faithful attention, states that one day
he sat out on the porch for an hour
or two and enjoyed it. For some two
weeks the distinguished patient has
shown a steady, though slow i'm
provement, and as a consequence
makes frequent enquiries concerning
his friends and talks of public mat
ters. DR.. Grill says he expects to
drive down town before many days
And we all sincerely trust his eX-
4 pectations may come true.
Andrew Shelley took a half hitch
8 in his belt the other day and scowl-
Z ed some as he Remarked: Half a
dozen men in this town during the
Z last week have taken Carleton for
+ my younger brother; guess my shape
I and steady ways have made'em think
so, but I'm the baby of the family, ]
4 am; Carleton is older than l am and
most people think much handsomer;
he wears the s. B. brand of clothes
and always buys the Edwin Clapp
s shoes; all these things help man;
yes, we handle these exclusively in
Palatka, and they're all right, you
know, coming as they do from Fearn-
sides"