The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-14

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

WI. anu MrS. 1. y. lies Went over TO
Palatka in their Maxwell touring car
on Tuesday.
Mrs. E. G. Sackett spent few davs
IN Palatka last week on a visit to her
sister, Mrs. c. C. slade.
Mr.. T. H. Stryker and sister, Miss
Phoebe Stryker, expect to leave next
week for their home in Rome, N. Y.
Miss Grill Burton will go to Rome,
N. Y, this summer as secretary of
Mr.. T. H. Stryker.
c. W. Norton drove his motor car
to Palatka for the day on Tuesday.
having as guests for the trip his moth
er and Mrs. Frank Buck.
Miss Anselina Burton will take a
place in the Bank of Crescent Citv
upon the retirement of Mrs. Branch,
who goes to Georgia presently.
Miss Eva Bethel who is now living
in Jacksonville, spent the weekend
at home with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Bethel
Miss Noyes of New York arrived
last week and will remain here for a
month on a visit to her mother, who
has been occupying the Purringtin
cottage for the winter.
Mrs. R. c. Williams entertained a
large party of ladies at cards on We'd
nesday afternoon of last week. De
licious refreshments were served dur
ing the hours of the party.
F. w. Baby, who has been spending
the winter at Grove Hall, left OH
Monday for Jacksonville to remain un-
til after Easter, when he will return
here for short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Walker, former
ly of Huntington, who have been
spending the winter at Daytona, have
returned to their home in Digby, No
va Scotia, Canada.
Mrs. c. H. Cash entertained num-
Der of young people one evening last
week in honor of Mr.. Roberts of New
York and Miss Knox of Savannah,
guests of Mrs. Wilson, who left for
| thelr homes on Saturday.
Mrs. Reuter-, who has been the
popular guest of Mrs. Coutant, at the
Hotel Coutant for the past several
weeks, left on Tuesday for her home
in Philadelphia, much to the regret
of many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. C. Herlong of Mic
anopy and Mr.. H. w. Herlong of
Jacks nville spent Sunday here the
guests of their mother and other rel
atives. The former drove over in
their motor.
R. l.. Boyd district manager of the
Southern Bell Telephone 4 Telegraph
Company, was in the city last Satur-
day on a business visit to James Pad
gett, Jr., local telephone owner and
manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph office.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. earns expect to
move next week, the house they are
now living in having been recently
purchased by DR.. T. R. Beggs. They
expect to move into the rooms in
Miss Bessie Meals building, on Cen
tral avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccormick left
on Sunday for their home in New
York, after long stay at Grove
Hall. They went as far as Jackson
vile with Mr.. w. F. Glynn in his au-
tomobile, from which city they left
for New York by train on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul C. Smith drove
over to Archer, Alachua county on
Sunday, returning on Monday. Their
daughter, Mrs. Roy P. Perkins, who
has been their guest for some two
weeks, returned to her home In Ar
cher with them.
Geo. w. Seaton gave a motor par
ty to Jacksonville on Saturday, re-
turning the following day. In the
party were Misses Ruth Herlong, An
selma Burton, and Mrs. Cleo Gautier,
and Messrs. Seaton and Cash. While
in Jacksonville they were the. guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Chamberlln.
Mrs. T. C. Darby probably gave the
most interesting and popular social
event of the past week, the same be-
ing reception in honor of her sis
ters The Darby home was beautiful
ly decorated for the occasion and a
delicious line of light refreshments
served. Each guest carried away a
unique favor in the shape of a can
dy flower. The attendance was large
Capt. and Mrs. Warren of Boston,
who have been spending the winter at
the Sprague House, left this week for
home. Capt. Warren it will be re-
membered, recently purchased the
Libby property on the lake front
and for this reason it is only fair to
assume that both he and Mrs. War
rem will return to US. They not only
acquired the Libby place, but they
took a liking to Crescent City and
the people, feeling that is fully re-
ciprocated.
Complaint is made that the autos
quite generally pay little attention 70
the speed ordinance, especially on
Central avenue, very many OF theh.
running up this street at the rate OF
25 and 80 miles an hour-some even
faster. Little attention is PAID 10
speed laws in any of the cities anc
town and the impression generally