The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28

SCHOOL lHurSuay evening.
The Philathea Glass OF the Pres
. byterian church, together with hus-
bands and friends composed a jolly
party that filled nine cars on a pic
mic to Silver Lake Monday afternoon.
The Putnam county delinquent
tax list will appear this week in the
Times Herald. 1t appeared in The
J News last year. Collector Hancock
, says that it is the largest list the
! county has published in many years.
An electric fan at a cost of less
than three-quarters of cent an hour
beats palm leaf all hollow. That is
the average price charged by the Pa
latka Gas Light & Fuel Co. which is
now giving an all day power current.
Some of the pupils of st. Josephs
Academy convent will give an enter
tainment at the Howell Theater next
Wednesday evening, June I'd, at p.
M, for which an admission of 25 cents
will be charged. But it will be worth
double the money.
Mrs. Grace Ogg of Valdosta, Ca,
and Mrs. M. P. Smith of Savannah,
Ga, have returned to their homes.
being called here by the serious i'll
ness of their brother and father, c.
j. OHaver Mr.. O'Haver continues
to improve under DR.. Warren's
watchful guidance.
Mayor and Mrs. S. J. Kennerly
think of leaving next week for a visit
of some weeks to Hot Springs. Mayor
Kennerly has been little disarrang-
ed internally for the past few weeks
and he is taking the trip for the rest
and to try the famous waters for a
restoration to his usual good health
George W. Bassett returned Sun
day night from a brief trip to New
York City, whittier he went on i'm
portant legal business. He was
Joined in Jacksonville by Mrs. Bas-
sett and little daughter, who have
been visiting relatives in st. Peters
burg for the past few dayy.-St. Au-
gustine. Record.
The Pythian Knights have been
planning treat for the sister
knights for some time, but the treat
came only last Monday night, when
all were taken for most delightful
trip on Noah Tilghman's boat The
"Etowah." About thirty knights
and ladies made the trip ten miles |
up the river under moonlight skies.
Punch was served by the host.
The Florida Woodenware's plant. /
destroyed by fire several weeks ago,
is being rebuilt as fast as possible. A |
large force of men are on the ground /
and officials of the company assure
The News that the factory will be in .
working order again in about 60, and
certainly in not more than 80 days. /
Quite large number of the compa- !
ny's employees have found work on
the rebuilding job.
The big soft drink fountain describ-
ed in last weeks Palatka News, and .
which was to be erected in L. A. !
Smiths ice cream parlors, arrived on /
Friday morning. A gentleman rep .
resenting the Lippencotts, makers of ,
the fountain, was on hand to set it up,
and the fountain was squirting good .
cheer on Saturday afternoon. 1t is
a beauty, and what should draw it
closely to drinkers of the soft varie-
ty beverage, is the fact of its abso-
Lutte sanitary equipment. Mrs. Smith
is proud of the new fountain; says the
reason she likes it better than her
new Overland touring car is the fact
that she can run the fountain, but
cannot run the car-not yet.
Had Henis Petermann lived in the
days when knighthood was in flow
er, it is more than likely that he
would have been appointed Cabinet
maker-in-C Chief to is royal 'ighness,
the king, which carried with it !
rank second only to the royal cham {
berlain. Petermann is an artist. Up t
at his home these days he is working
on some art pieces in the little shop t
in his back yard, pieces of work 9
that must be seen to be ap- !
preciated This week he delivered /
to Mr. ]. H. Millican a new war
drobe that will be an artistic addi- !
ton to the furniture of the Millican Y
home. The wardrobe is of birdseye a
cypress and lined inside with red G
cedar. But the outside finish is what
stamps it as artistic.
Improvement is the order among '
business houses along the downtown d
part of Lemon street. Now Jim Ray,
he ice cream and confectionery man =
S fixing up" There is to be new {
'front.', glass with receeding door II
way and in metal castings. Besides
here is to be some artistic decora- .
ions in the interior; the ceilings are .
o be of the heavy bean order like an
I'D Dutch ale house on the half shell,
,ut without cobwebs. Instead the
are to be of the Goth CEN :,
.ury order with soft electric lights = tii
rom the Bailey Light Foundry and VI
Power plant, which will also furnish IL
'ool air from electric fans. Palatka's
principal business street from the q,
,ostoffice to Fourth street is as pref G.
y as anything in the State of Flori- 7
la.
Kalbfeld's has shown some good v
pictures this week and the manage "
nent, because of the liberal distribu- n
ion of electric fans, has had uniform r
Y good houses. Possibly one of the p
,reatest pictures of the week was r,
Tuesday night, when "The Dancing w "
iirl" was presented. Tonight Man w
.ger Kalbfeld will present as his 6
eading attraction the favorite Amer h,