The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-12-31

Jacksonville will be the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Millican for the Leap
Year Dance Tuesday night.
DR.. Sarah A. Davis entertained her
son, DR.. Paul Davis of Jacksonville,
over Monday. DR.. Davis come to at
tend the Osteopathic convention.
The schooner "Victor C. Richards
lis visitor of Wednesday, and will
load with cypress lumber from the
Wilson mill for northern ports.
The new schooner "The Palatka" is
anchored in the river at the usual an
chorage and is taking on lumber for
her maiden voyage to Sound Port
Hon. J. M. Chesser of Hollister, vet
eran soldier of the Confederacy, now
well advanced in years, was in the city
on Wednesday for few hours.
Tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Charles
Mcmillan Afford will give Philathea
Tea at a o'clock, in the Presbyterian
Manse to the young ladies and mar
ried women of the Philathea class.
Mrs. ]. H. Millican has issued invi-
tations to fifty guests for miscel-
laneous shower she is to give next
Thursday afternoon, January 9th, in
honor of Miss Charlotte Haughton,
the bride-elect.
F. L. Thorpe had as a "Ford" par
tv to Welaka and the Camphor farm
Tuesday, DR.. and Mrs. Charles M. AL
ford, Mrs. H. H. Mcdonald and Miss
Irene Gardner. The camphor farm
was thoroughly inspected.
Miss Kitty Sands gave Christmas
party on Christmas day at her home
in the Heights in honor of her niece,
Katherine Roes Sands. Each little
| guest received pretty gift from the
tree and enjoyed merry time. r.
Miss Irma Lewis, new conner in the
| city will render several solos at the
next meeting of the music department
of the Woman's Club, Tuesday after
noon in the Putnam House. Miss
Lewis possesses voice of rare cul-
ture.
Next Monday evening DR.. c. NJ. AL.
ford, pastor of the Presbyterian
church will entertain all the men of
the congregation, officers, and attend
ants, at the Manse. 1t will be get
together meeting and a good time is
anticipated.
| The Palatka Choral Society will
hold its first meeting of the New
Year on Wednesday evening at 8:15
o'clock, in the Palatka School of Mu-
sic. Let everyone who can sing,
come to the first meeting and help to
boost, so that Palatka may have a
first-class choral society.
Monday afternoon Captain and Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Dent of Missouri,
with boat party on the river, invit-
ing few friends including Mrs. ]. H.
Haughton, Mrs. George E. Welch,
/ Mrs. Ed. L. Mann and Miss Ida Leib.
Miss Nellie Lucas had as her guest,
Miss Blanche Hudson of Caledonia,
Mo.
Mrs. H. H. Mcdonald who has been
the guest of Mrs. P. Gardner, left for
Ocala Wednesday morning, accom-
MED by Miss Irene Gardner, who will
remain there till Sunday. Mrs. Nc
Donald will go on to her home in Lit
tie Rock, Arkansas. Her son, Dun
can Mcdonald, spent a few days of
last week with friends in the city and
departed Saturday for Arkansas.
Thomas A. Underwood, young Jack
sonville lawyer known in this city by
reason of being receiver for the f.
A. Gerber, and the Gem City Jewelry
stocks, committed suicide in Savannah
last week. He was "a years of age;
said he had made failure of life. It's
too late now, or The News would sug-
gest that he could scarcely make a
failure of something he had hardly
begun.
II The Christmas entertainment at the
Presbyterian church last evening was
pretty affair. A large tree adorn-
ed the platform which was artistical-
ly garlanded and trimmed for back
ground. After program of music
and recitations by the primary pupils,
each class in turn came up and laid it's
gifts at the foot of the tree. These
gifts will be distributed to various
needy institutions.
II "A story has gained circulation in
this city to the effect that one of our
popular and most attractive young la
dies had entered the Beauty and
Brains" contest now being conducted
by the Photoplay Magazine in CON
] junction with the Worlds Film Cor
poration, and in which the winners are
! to be employed as actresses. Lillian
Russell and w. A. Brady are to be the
Judges of the contest. Palatka has
scores of beautiful young ladies with
brains, in fact the young ladies of Pa
latka are the most beautiful of any
city in the world, but they are not
travelling on their beauty and none of
them are entering beauty contests.