The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-26

his sister, MIS-. y. u. bikes, is SO
well pleased with Palatka, that he
has decided to make this city his
home.
In cranking his Ford motor car on
Saturday, Mr.. J. A. Higgins, manager
of the Hart Furniture Co., had the
misfortune to break his arm. At
present the broken bone is mending
nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blackwell Duke
announce the engagement and early
marriage of their daughter, Leila
Edna Duke to Mr.. Lacy Day Edge, Of
Groveland, Florida. The wedding
will take place at st. James Metho-
dist Episcopal church in January.
Col. S. J. Hilburn of Palatka is at
tending the Circuit Court, appear
ing as leading counsel for VIM. Las
sitter indicted by the grand jury in
the first degree for the murder :
Charles Wambles at Spruce Creek
bridge, between Port Orange and
New Smyrna few weeks ago
DeLand Record.
DR.. Sidney j. Brown, son of Mr..
and Mrs. M. S. Brown, who has been
visiting here for the past month or
more, left this week for his home in
Baltimore. Mrs. Ross, also of Bal
timore, who has been the guest Of
Mrs. Brown for several weeks, also
returned, much to the regret of a
large circle of Palatka friends.
Secretary ]. D. Rooney is back
from Palatka, where he attended q
| big booster banquet, and if only half
of the plans materialize that have
been put on foot great things are
going to come to pass for this imme-
date section of Flrida. Secretary
Rooney will tell of these movements
at the next meeting of the Marion
county board of trade.-Ocala Ban
ner
There will be a public reception
rendered the new pastor and wife of
the First Presbyterian church, DR..
and Mrs. C. M. Afford, in the par
lors of the Putnam House, next
Monday evening at 8:15 o'clock.
Chattaway's full orchestra will fur
nish a program of good music, and
the local churches are invited to
participate in extending a welcome to
Dr. and Mrs. Afford.
The Palatka News is hastily pre-.
pared and made up this week in order
that the publishers and employees may
have full holiday for Thanksgiving,
The paper was made ready for the
press on Wednesday evening, but not
printed until the usual hour on Fri
day morning. In this way it is posi-
BILE that some important matters Of
news may be left out. Of course that
would be too bad, but it would be
much worse if The News force were
deprived of a holiday and the privi-
lege of giving thanks. We all have
much to be thankful for.
Gov. Park Trammell arrived in the
city last Monday from Crescent City
where he had spent Sunday with Mrs
Trammell. Gov. had but little more
than an hour in the city, and of course
saw but a few of his friends. He
was on his way to Ocala, where he
delivered the opening address at the
Marion County Fair on Tuesday
morning. Gov. Trammell states that
while he has been able to give but
little time to his campaign for thu
Senatorship, he is confident that The
sentiment throughout the State is ia
vorabe. at is much the same al
here in Putnam county, and you know
something about the sentiment here.
Chas. W. Hutchinson of Banes, Gu
ba, is here on visit of few day
to his parents, Hon. and Mrs. Henr!
Hutchinson, Sr. Mr.. Hutchinson i
manager of large mercantile interest
for the United Fruit Co., Inc, of New
York, and has lived so long in Cub
that he has acquired a sort of Span
ish cast o cOuntenance. Neverthe
less he is Putnam county produc
which we all feel a special pride in
young man who can go out int
the big world and unaided except TO
Florida public school education
make name for himself in the com
mercial world. He will spend fey
days here and at Crescent City, the
go to New York and return to Cub
on one of his company steamers.
DR.. and Mrs. L. w. Warren wer
due to arrive here from their sum
mer home in Berlin, Maryland, Wed
nesday night. As usual they vii
spend the winter with their son an
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Thigh
man. DR.. Warren will again Civ
his personal attention to Bungaloy
Park, one of Palatka's most attraC
tive and exclusive suburbs, and wher
the homes are all of the Californi
bungalow pattern. These homes, q
has been repeatedly announced in TIL
News, are sold on the easy paymen
plan, where the rent money goes t
reduce the principle and on som
sweet day, not so far away, eithel
the payee quits paving ANYTHING bu