The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-06-25

Capt. j. D. Lane and family Will
leave for their summer cottage at
Crescent Beach next Tuesday.
P. H. Denneen, young law gradu-
ate of Stetson University has taken
clerkship in the law Offices of Hilburn
& Merryday. 10
S. R. wainwright the lumber manu-
facturer at Volusia, on the east coast,
has decided to make Palatka his home
and will move here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Merriam will
motor over to Atlantic Beach on Sat
urday where they will be the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Wilson.
Mrs. T. M. Hyers was called to
Pensacola Monday on account Of the
serious illness of her husband, who
had gone there to recuperate.
Miss Ida B. Leib, who has been
spending some two months with
friends at Asheville, N. c., is expect
ed home today.
Richard Bryant, a white escaped
convict from the Georgia state camps
at Moultrie, was captured by John w.
Gibson near Bostwick on Wednesday.
There is a $25 reward for the man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Smith, Miss
Edith Kupperbusch, Hubbard Vinegar
and E. Perry Ross motored over to
Atlantic Beach last Sunday in the
Smith car.
Mrs. VIM. M. Boyd of River street
has been entertaining her sisters, Mrs.
John M. Dickinson and two children
from Lake Helen, and Mrs. Joseph
Henderson and baby of Leesburg, Fla.
The Kalbfeld's-Louis and his
splendid womanly wife-are enthusi
astic baseball fans. They would give
their last dime to help their home
team, and as for boosters, they lead
all the "fans" in Palatka. Last night
they gave over their theater for a
benefit to the club, and provided pro.
gram that cost money to secure.
School Commissioners Wattles and
Owens visited the rural school houses
in West Putnam on Wednesday with
the view of ascertaining by person
al inspection just what repairs will
be necessary for the coming school
year. The present county school
board seems to be onto its job very
thoroughly. Anyway these members
propose to know what they are voting
on when it comes to demands for
money.
Mrs. Mcintosh who has been max
ing her home with her brother for
two years, will return to her home in
Canada, on Monday, June 2Sth. Mrs.
Mcintosh has endeared herself 10
many people while making her home
here, and they will regret to hear of
her departure; especially will she be
missed by the young ladies of the
Fhilathea class of the Presbyterian
church of which was the beloved
| teacher.
Palatka's up-to-now baseball club
can't always win; that would be too
much to expect. And besides if they
took every game the people would
soon lose interest. They were beat
en- at Hastings on Tuesday, but it
was a great battle; a beautiful exhi-
hition of real ball playing. The Hast
ings team won by score of to 2.
The features of the game were the
two home runs made by Hunter and
Davis of the Hastings team.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Sutherland of
Fort Mccoy were in the city last
Monday and were among the call
ers at the board of trade rooms.
They originally lived in New York
city and they have found quite a con-
trast between life in the big metropo-
lis and that in the Ocklawaha river
town. There are number of pleas
ureS and conveniences which they find
they are obliged to forego, and they
do not like the sacrifice. They liked
Palatka; liked it so well after a talk
with Secretary Elliott that they have
about decided to cast their lot with
US.
Col H. E. Merryday is in Tallahas-
see today with several Jacksonville
attorneys arguing the constitutional
ity of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit
law recently enacted by the legisla-
ture. Col. Merrydav says that in his
opinion the law is constitutional. The
doubtful point being the feature
which confers power on the governor
to appoint an additional Judge for the
Twelfth circuit, which embraces Du-
val county. Even should this section
be knocked out, Col. Merryday states
that, the other sections of the law
would be sustained. Col. Merryday is
especially associated with Col. P. H.
Odom of Jacksonville, and together
they prepared the brief which looks
after the maintenance of this, the
Fourth circuit