The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
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| Duncan Mcdonald of Ocala spen
Thanksgiving in the city.
| Miss Thelma Hyers of Micanop,
was the guest of friends the latte
part of the week.
L. S. Bonsteel of Lake Worth, Fla.
spent the weekend with his brothe,
Rev. R. L. Bonsteel.
| Miss Ethel Hancock returned Sun
day from visit with friends in st
| Augustine.
| Miss Mildred Williams of Valdos
ia, Ga, is the guest of her mother
| Mrs. Coswell.
| Col. George Candy of Philadelphia
| is among the noted arrivals of the
| week at the Hotel James.
| j. H. Yelverton, Jr., is in Jackson
vile for few days attending to
| business matters and seeing the Du-
| val County Fair.
The county commissioners have or
dered electric wiring for the jail, so
that the place can be flooded with
light.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. O. Homel of Fern
will, Mich, are in Palatka and will
spend the winter with their brother,
George l. Homel.
Miss Lipford returned yesterday to
her home in Green Cove Springs af-
ter a pleasant visit with Miss Birdie
Reed.
Senator Middleton, H. H. Hayes and
c. c. Middleton, together with a num-
Der of Pomona ladies and gentlemen,
were in the city on Wednesday.
The Fashion" window is showing
some pretty evening gowns, simply
as samples of scores of others which
are inside.
F. R. Kennedy, a prominent real es-
tate dealer in st. Petersburg, has
been spending few days in the city |
guest at the Hotel James.
Miss Nellie Lucas is expected home
from Fairmount college this evening
to spend the winter holidays with her
parents, Captain and Mrs. J. E. Lu-
cas-.
Miss Irene Gardner and guest, Miss
Nellye Weymes of St. Augustine, re-
turned to that city Sunday afternoon
after spending the weekend with
Miss Gardner's parents.
Mrs. Josephine E. Grill is expec-
ting her daughter, Mrs. j. H. Ran
dolph, of Savannah, next Sunday to
come and be with her during the holi-
days.
Judge E. E. Haskell, retiring coun-
ty judge, will return to the practice
of law after January 1st, and will
open an office in the Abstract build
ing on Fourth street opposite the
court house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Hutchin-
son of Preston, Cuba, arrived in Pa
latka Monday, enroute to their home
after few weeks visit in New York,
They will spend few days with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hutch
inson, Sr
Mrs. Edward L. Mann and Miss Ida
Leib, leaders for the music classes of
the Woman's Club for November and
December, will combine their pro-
grams and have the meeting Monday,
the 11th inst. at o'clock, at the Put
nam House.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Arnold
NJ. Probst of "The Palms" gave a
most delightful auction bridge party
Of five tables in honor of Mr. Probst's
aunt, Miss Marie Probst, of Engle-
wood, New Jersey. The trip was
made to and fro on the "Margaret."
Mrs. E. Gerber, treasurer of the
Associated Charities, shows by her
report for November that the total
cash on hand and collected for the
month was $22O9O the disbursements
were $131,38; leaving balance in the
treasury Nov. 30th, of $685..
The Woman's Club will meet in
the Putnam House this afternoon at
3 o'clock This is the annual feder-
alton day and reports of the recent
convention held in Miami will be read
by Miss Ida Leib, the delegate sent
from the local club. The meeting
p " Dc Eeiy interesting.
The Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church will give a light
dutch lunch next Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. H. w.
Daugherty on Kirkland street. The
hours will be from 2:30 till 6 o'clock
and the public, old and young, are
most cordially invited to come during
those hours and partake, for a small
sum, of delicious home made sand
wiches, and coffee.
Mayor Merriam has vetoed the or
dinance recently passed by the city
council creating the office of city au-
ditor, not because he doesn't think it
wise to sometimes have the books and
accounts of city officials audited. but
he thinks the office too important to
be made political; that it ought to be
done by a professional accountant,
and not by just a good fellow" as
would be likely the case if the place
was a regular city office, subject to
all the intricacies and palaver of mu-
nicipal politics. And his honor is
right.