The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-17

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL


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Chas. S. Scott of Philadelphia i:
at Grove Hall for the season of thu
Bible Conference.
G. D. Fore and family have moved
from the cottage near the Episcopa
church back to the south end of towr
on Summit street.
Mrs. J. o. Stockton of Jackson
Ga, and Mrs. j. S. Hartsfield Of
Eastman, Ca, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Stockton. The for.
mer is the mother of our Mr.. Stock.
ton
Col. and Mrs. John Mccormick
who were called to New York last
week by the death of a relative. have
returned and are again at Grove
Hall.
Mrs. A. D. Woolman has purchase
the small cottage on Summit street
opposite the Methodist church of Mrs
Sanders, and is now living there. Mrs
Woolman formerly lived here, but for
several years has been residing II
South Florida.
Mrs. c. T. Shinn and children of
Palatka arrived on Saturday for a
visit with their aunts, the Misses Will
liams. Mr.. Shinn returned to his
home and business on Monday, but
Mrs. Shinn and the children will re-
main through the present week.
DR.. S. w. Clausen of Baltimore
connected with the celebrated Johns
Hopkins Hospital in that city, arrived
last week on visit to his parents
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. S. w. Clausen,
who are guests of the season at
Grove Hail.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Ounce, Mrs. L.
N. Pevey, Mrs. Edith F. Durrence
Miss Annie Parrimore and Master
Floyd Durrance, all of Jacksonville,
have been spending several days here
the past week, guests of Mrs. J. F.
Rhoads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coe D. Smith, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Herrick as
guests, left on Monday morning for
motor trip down the east coast as
far as Miami. They will be absent
most of the week. There can be no
more delightful outing than that
promised by this delightful trip in ia
vorable weather.
Rev. DR.. c. |. Scofield of New
York who has been an annual visitor
and the leading preacher at the Bible
Conference for several years, is alb
sent this year and there is general
regret In consequence. DR.. Scofield
is one of the eminent Bible scholars
of the country, and was always a
most popular leader in these annual
conferences.
Rev. DR.. VIM. L. PettingiIl of Will
mington, Del, is at Grove Hall. DR..
Pettingill is here to attend the BIZ
Bile Conference, and officiated at the
morning and evening services in the
Auditorium last Sunday. DR.. Pet
tingill is an, eloquent, able and most
interesting pulpit orator and his SER
mons of last Sunday stamp him as a
man whom Bible Conference attend
ants will hear gladly.
j. S. Ford and R. P. Keys of Au-
rora, ILL.,, with H. A. and G. H.
Brown of Streator, ILL.,, were guests
for few days last week at the Ho-
tel Coutant. These gentlemen had
been on tour through South Florida,
and stopped here for few days en-
route home. They liked Crescent City
opinion it was the best town they had
seen in Florida.
The town registration books are
now open at the Lounds drug store.
They will remain open until Saturday
the 25th inst. AS there will be a
town election early in April all who
participate, who were not already reg
istered, should do so. The books are
open each day, Sundays excepted,
from 9 a. M, to 1870 a. M, and from
2 to 5 p. m. A. E. Lounds is the
officer.
Frank Logan of Jacksonville, has
been spending a week here auditing
the books of the Beach & Miller Line.
Since the government requires a rev.
enue stamp on every bill of lading
and there are matters that require at
tention and accounting never dreamed
of before, transportation lines are re-
quired to make some complicated re,
ports. During his stay in town Mr..
Logan has been a guest at the Hotel
Coutant.
Rev. r. L. Bonsteel pastor of the
Baptist church, baptised four persons
on confession Of faith last Sunday.
The ceremony, which was a most sol.
cmn one, took place on the shore Of
Lake Stella in the north end at 2:30
p. M, and was attended by large
number of people. The candidates
for the ordinance were Mrs. W. c.
Misses Kirkland and Alice
Sackett and Mr.. Clinton Smith.
Contractor John Rafferty, is busy
This week laying the new storm sew
ers along Central avenue. The work
IS being done on plans laid down by
Civil Engineer Stallings of Palatka
who gives assurance that the sewers
will put an end to the constant wear
ng away of the street level by the |
heavy rains. Some comment adj
verse to the sewer pipe provided for
he work has been made. In a talk