The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08

Has anybody Saved a Baby GLIB?
If so, pease don't club the baby.
Clifford Martin of johnson Station
was in the city on business Wednes-
day.
Miss Ida Leib has been spending
part of the week with friends at Sill
yer Lake.
]. w. Tucker, road builder par
excellence of Pomona, was in the city
this week.
Lexington Barstow has returned to
Gainesville to resume his studies in
the University.
A. o. Dawson, commercial agent of
the G. S. & F. R'y was in the city
Wednesday talking Up business for his
road.
, Miss Jonita O'Haver has returned
from a delightful visit of few days
with Mrs. C. E. Bateman of McIn-
tosh.
Mrs. H. o. Hamm entertained yes
!, terday afternoon in honor of Miss
: Mary Tucker, the .bride-elect of the
coming week.
Some thirty-fve couples attended
the New Years ball at the Putnam
House. Said to have been a most
. delightful occasion.
C. o. Maltby, a wealthy farmer of
DEBORAH, Iowa, and decidedly pleas
ant gentleman to know, is at the Sar-
lofo 4a1 Co.,
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church meet at the home of
Mrs. H. M. Boyce next Tuesday af-
ternoon Jan. 18th at o'clock
G. L. Knight, c. G. Hardy and DR..
Sipprell, all of the Florahome section
were before the county commissioners
on Tuesday asking for a local road.
Capt H. E. Anderson of Interlachen
to Jacksonville. He still believes our
farmers are not raising enough cas-
sava.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodford Vertrees
Blackwell arrived in the city on We'd
nesday from their honeymoon trip and
will spend few days here before 60
ing to Their home in Miami.
Miss Anna Thompson of Gainesville
is the guest of Miss Susie Lee Wal
ton at her home on the Riverside
drive. On Wednesday evening Miss
Walton entertained in honor of her
guest
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Quick of De-
troit, Michigan, who are spending the
winter at the Putnam House expect
to leave tomorrow for two weeks
trip to Palm Beach, Miami and Ha-
vana, Cuba.
I Mrs. NJ. H. Boyce collected $5S.22
from people in this city which she has
turned over to the Children's Home
Society in Jacksonville. She has
been thanked by the superintendent,
Marcus C. Fagg.
Mrs. Geo. W. Bassett Jr., and her
little daughter, have returned from
their Christmas visit to Mrs. Bassett's
parents in st. Petersburg. Her sis
ter, Miss Bessie Devine accompanied
her to Palatka for visit.
S. C. Warner is spending the week
in Tampa where he is attending the
annual meeting of the Florida Citrus
Exchange, of which organization he
is director. Happy exchange to
have a man of Warmers ability to
assist in the directing.
Invitations have been sent out by
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Barstow f n
the wedding of their daughter, Mar
Il jorie Clare, to Mr.. Thomas Earle
Price, Wednesday evening January
goth, at eight o'clock in the First
Presbyterian church.
H Comfy Commissioner Turner of
San Mateo, who retired from Office
on Monday, had the board over to
/ his home on Tuesday where Mrs.
Turner had spread big turkey din
ner for the members. at was some
dinner" remarked one of the feasters.
Attorney A. H. Odom spent the
Christmas holidays with his mother
at his old home in Georgia. There
are but two of these Odom boys-the
Palatka Odom and his distinguished
brother Patrick Henry Odom, city
attorney of Jacksonville; both spent
i Christmas with mother.
Rev. DR.. H. H. Green of DEBORAH,
Iowa, is spending some time at the
Saratoga Hotel. DR.. Green is
brother of the late Mrs. Joseph Mess
mer of tbs city, and an rncle of Har-
ry Messmer He is a most delightful
gentleman and all Palatkans should
make it a point to meet him. He
may stay throughout the winter.
\ L. C. Canova lives in Jacksonville,
but before Jacksonville is Palatka
A was all in all to him. Perhaps that's
1.-THE reason of his frequent visits to
h the old town. He says it's business,
but what better business can man
hof the rich Canova stripe have than
J meeting old associates who appreciate
Ihim and tell him he made a mistake
lin going hencely?
n The postmaster general of the Unit
I ed States has had a stroke of bust
ness economy sieze him, but it is
hard at this writing to understand
whether il has struck in or not. But
\ he has proposed reduction in the sal
varies of certain Florida postmasters.
The Jacksonville office under the pro-
posed reform would be cut from $5,-
1000 to $4,000, and or own postmas-
tier, the ever genial Harry Gray
would suffer cut of 500 per annum
ron his present salary of $1,000.
II A Knights of Pythias district meet
ling will be held in the Castle Hall in
this CITY on Thursday night of next
week, the 14th inst. Representatives
from the lodges in St. Augustine,
,Bunnell, Green Cove Springs, Mid
dleburg and other points in the dis
ytrict will be. present, on invitation of