The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-07

business meeting at the home of Mrs.
]. H. Millican, Tuesday evening.
Misses Grizella Merrill, Leila Dukes
and Louise Uric left Thursday night
for Arcadia to attend the Baraca-
Philathea convention, in that city,
May 7, s and 9th.
The Economy Grocery store has
secured the store room in the Merry
day block only recently vacated by
the State Bank of Palatka and the
same has been fitted Up in royal
style for this excellent grocery.
Col. ]. N. Blackwell spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Tallahas-
see. 1t is possible that the Colonel
neglected to mention the fact while
there that he is candidate for the
new States attorneyship, but not
probable.
Mrs. A. L. Glass and her mother,
Mrs. NJ. |. Coke, have asked that their
sincere thanks be expressed through
The News for the many expressions
of sympathy, for flowers and to the
Knights Templar and Masonic order of
Palatka for their services and kind
nesses in their recent bereavement
w. Lang Cheeves is now driving
touring car of the Hupmobile pat
tern, purchased through the Palatka
Auto & Supply Co., the local agents
of this machine. With this new and
beautiful machine Mr.. Cheeves hopes
gradually to renew acquaintance with
many of his long neglected constitu-
ents in the country districts.
B. f. Jarrett has returned from
Gainesville where as president of the
Florida Association of Title Men he
presided over the deliberations of the
fourth annual convention of the as
sociation. This year Mr.. Jarrett was
made vice president for Florida for
the American Association Of Title
Men.
Rev. W. NJ. Poage is attending the
district conference of the Methodist
church at Orlando, and in consequence
there will be no preaching service at
St. James church next Sunday The
Sunday school will meet at the usual
hour in the morning, and in the even
ing the choir has prepared an excel
lent service of song, to which all are
invited. This service begins at 1880.
Will Fry's jewelry store had been
so long on the corner of Lemon and
Second street that it will take his
friends a long time to get used to
his new location, next door to Smiths
ice cream and confectionery store,
the place for so many years occu-
pied by Curry's shoe store. Mr.. Fry
has a great deal more room for the
display of his magnificent stock of
goods.
R. R. Brakeman of this city has
ordered material with which to build
small house on his hammock lands
at Florahome. He left yesterday
morning to superintend its construc-
ton. Mr. Brakeman says he intends
to plant hens and raise egg nogg, an
idea of farming he has undoubtedly
obtained from reading the farm de-
partment Of the Jacksonville Me-
tropolis.
Hon. c. X. McQuarrie of Gaines
vile. Florida State Agent of the U,
S. Farm Demonstration Work was
in the city on Wednesday. Mr.. Nc
Quarrie is very anxious that Put
nam county should join in this work
and his visit was to see what if any
growth had been made in sentiment
looking to that end since his last
visit, when he appeared before the
county commissioners in an unsuc-
cessful effort to secure county CO.
operation.
Messrs. C. E. and F. A. Rix of Edge
water Grove, seven miles up the river
are entertaining a delightful house
party this week. Among the guests
are the Misses Helen Drew, Pauline
Gilliland, Mary Alldis and Evelyn
Turnouist of John B. Stetson Univer-
sitv, DeLand. Miss Irene Gardner of
Palatka, and Messrs. Frank Turnuuist,
Garland Hale, G.. Key, Herman Dick
ey. of Stetson University, and Clar-
ence Gridley of this city. Mrs. J. F..
Alldis is the charming chaperon.
Hon. Robert w. Davis of Gaines
vile with Mrs. Davis end their chill
dren were visitors in Palatka early in
the week. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A..
S. Willard. Col. Davis will always
feel at home in Palatka and his ap-
pearance on the streets always means
rush of greetings from old friends.
Palatka was once the home and for
many years of this distinguished Flor
idian, and the people have never real
w gotten used to his absence. Col.
Davis is now the Register of the U.
S. Land Office at Gainesville.
Col. J. H. Won Engelken was in the
CITY on Wednesday, Mr.. Won En-
gelken, it will be remembered, has
been invited to address the Georgia
Bankers Association at the meeting
of the association in Savannah on the
2S-29 inst. on the subject of "Credit
and the Farmer" Col. Won Engelken
was a member of the commission en-
ployed by the government to visit
continental Europe last year and
make report on Rural Credits, and
his research especially fits him to
make an address of value on the sub
ject.