The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22

D. w. Ramsaur has been in Tam
pa this week attending meeting OF
the State Board of Pharmacy, exam
lining candidates to practice pharma-
CIV. Mr.. Ramsaur is the secretary OF
the board.
Col. W. S. Powell of Maryland, a
former U. S. senator and an able
speaker of wide reputation, will de-
liver lecture on "The War Zone in
Europe" at 500 o'clock this evening,
at st. Marks Guild Hall. Col. Pow
ell will be assisted by Mr.. Frank Rix,
who will illustrate the lecture with
stereoptican views. A collection will
| be taken for the benefit of the Ma
tional Red Cross Society.
Sam Fletcher a farm hand at the
Chase farm in East Palatka, died
last Sunday afternoon from delerlum
tremens. His body was removed to
the undertaking rooms of Mooney &
Davis in this city and held subject to
the order of brother who lives in
WAYNE, Pa. The brother arrived on
"Wednesday and the body was ship
ped tn Wayne. Mr.. Chase states
that Fletchc. IVES a good farm hand
wAen hn would let liquor alone, but
! lat drirl: hal q hold on him which
could not be E~ol:en.
Last week there was some little
gloom about this office over the con-
dition of tLs.Ecs5 and the prospects
for. the immediate future. But the
cloud has liftcl, and the business
manager is treading on air. Busl-
moss with Mr.. Vickers is now of sec
ondary consideration. A little
daughter was born in his home Mon
day morning, and the week started
off all sunshine in a place of business
where gloom was thick only week
before. The sunshine is not con-
fined to the office. It's in the Wick
ers and Alderman home, and the bus
mess manager finds it at both ends
of his daily walk. He couldn't es-
cape it if he would, and he wouldn't
if he could; so there.
N. A. Kent, one of the finest old
Federal soldiers who ever drew a PEN
sion from the government of the
United States, and who several years
ago was induced to sell his home in
San Mateo and move to st. Cloud, an
old soldier colony in Osceola cunty,
spent a, few days here this week see
ing old friends. Mr.. Kent says
that he longs to come back here, and
means to as seon as he can sell his
property at st. Cloud. He thought
he had it sold few weeks ago, but
after the party had lived in st. Cloud
several weeks he became so disgust
ed with the weather that he flInked
on the purchase. 1t seems that
they have been having some weather
down at ST. Cloud as well as in other
parts of the state and country.
This has been good motion pic
ture week at the Grand. Manager
Louis Kalbfeld, always alert 10 Sc
cure the best in pictures has been
strictly on the job the past week,
and as consequence he has had a
week of cord-breaking houses. On
Tuesday night the attraction was the
fve-reel picture, "The Dollar Mark, y
| and it was a peach" Hosts of
strangers in the city, many of whom
had seen the picture before, embrac-
ed the opportunity to see it again
and they tell The News, some Of
them, that they never saw it to bet.
ter advantage. Last night was a
continuation of the million Dollar
Mystery" and tonight Kalbfeld ha:
spread himself to secure the beauti.
full annette Kellermann, the Per.
feet Woman, in Neptune's Daughters
gorgeous, spectacular play in sew
en- reels. It's something different
every night at the Kalbfield, anC
there is no let up in interest.