The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-02-25

Mrs. T. B. Gillespie OF ORLANDO was
the guest of her parents, M. ana
Mrs. w. S. Fry, the fore part OF the
week.
Miss Lallie Upton of Atlanta is
in Pa!atka and has taken position
as stenographer for the G. Lopez Bal:
lev Co. Miss Upton is niece OF
nr and Mrs. A. M. Eedlrk.
Mrs. A. S. Willard entertained the
Luncheon Bridge Club yesterday at
her charming home in the North
End. After the hostess had served
a most delicious luncheon, the guests
began playing bridge which was the
diversion of the afternoon.
Mrs. Charles ]. O'Haver and
daughter, Miss Jonita O'Haver, re-
turned Saturday from Atlanta, Ga,
where Miss O'Haver spent several
weeks getting ideas for spring styles
in millinery. Miss O'HaJer is now
trimming for Mrs. T. w. Tillman.
Miss Martha Warren and Mrs. J.
G. Harrison of Berlin, Maryland, are
spending several weeks with Miss
Harrison's brother, DR.. L. W. War
rem and family. They returned
Tuesday from sojourn down the
East Coast.
Hon Wheaton Cole and son, Roy, of
Pawtucket, R. l., are guests of Mr..
Coles daughter, Mrs. Lillian knight
Mr.. Cole will remain for the winter,
but Mr.. Roy Cole has gone back to
his home. Mrs. Alice Cochrane ac-
companied him as far as Jackson
vile.
John C. Let's and daughter. Miss
Minnie, of Washington, D. C., arliv-
ed in Palatka Wednesday to visit
Mr.. Let's wife, who is listing at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. u. 0.
Hamm, ON Riverside drive. Mr.. and
Mrs. Let's and daughter will travel
further south before returning to
their Washington home.
There will be very important
meeting of the Woman's Club in the
Putnam House this afternoon at 8
o'clock. All members are urgently
requested to be present. Business Of
Importance will come before the club
and a popular ballot will be cast for
the benefit of the nominating COM
mittee.
Mrs. Charles M. Afford and niece,
Miss Marjorie Cowles of Chicago.
and Will Boyd, Palatka boy who is
a student in the Florida Military
Academy in Jacksonville, motored 10
Jacksonville Tuesday morning after
a weekend visit at the Presbyterian
manse. Mr.. Boyd visited his grand
mother, Mrs. M. E. Boyd.
Miss nellie Foster who has been the
guest of Mrs. Edw. l.. Mann for a
week, left Sunday evening for Mill
Vile, Georgia, where she joined her
company of entertainers for a date in
that place Monday evening. Miss
Foster possesses a lovely voice and a
sweet and refined disposition that
made her social favorite while in
Pala tka.
The many friends of Jack HENS,
one of the potato kings of East Pa
latka will be sorry to hear of his Sc
we're illness caused by ptomaine poi
soning. Mr.. and Mrs. Helms were
visiting in Titusville. Mrs. Helms is
very anxious to bring him back
home, but on account of his serious
condition, this is not considered ad-
visable at present.
At a meeting of st. Johns Lodge,
X. of P. last evening, DR.. A. M. He'd
lex was chosen representative to the
Grand Lodge meeting in Key West in
place of Mr.. R. E. Neck, who finds
that it will be impossible to attend.
The Grand Lodge meets at Key West
March Sth, and the Palatka delega-
ton, consisting of w. C. Davis, F. D..
Wattles and DR.. A. M. Hedick will
go as far as Miami by motor car.
They will go as guests of Mr.. Morris
B. Cochrane.
R. S. Bohon of Decatur, ILL.,, and f.
j. McReynolds of Hopkinsville, KY.
have been spending most of the week
in the city guests at the Saratoga
Hotel. These gentlemen own large
tract of land on the east side of the
river, what was known as the Hilburn
tract, and which they will sell in
small pieces. They visit Palatka
from two to four times each year,
and are becoming more and more
pleased with the city and the pros
poets for greater agricultural de-
velopment of the country round about.
Doubtless our readers noticed last
week that like many of the daily and
weekly newspapers, The Palatka
News was printed on yellow paper.
This is because the paper manufactur-
ers can no longer get the chemicals
used for bleaching, and the paper is
now its natural color. Up to last
week The News has been fortunate in
getting its regular colored paper; but
our supply on hand has run out and
the new order was filled with the.
natural colored paper. The chemi-
calls are made in Germany and are
no longer obtainable. This may
make the newspapers eager for war
The losing side of the membership
contest of the Philathea class of the
PRESBYTERIAN church entertained the
winners with a delicious picnic sup
per at the home of Misses Winnifred
and Katie Barstow, Monday evening.
After the supper which was served a
la buffet, the evening was spent soci-
ally with conversation and music
Guests of the class for the evening
were DR.. and Mrs. c. M. Afford of