The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-02-11

| Hon. and Mrs. F. j. Fearnside ar
at Madison where Mrs. Fearnside wa
a guest at the Merryday-Beggs wed
ding. Mr.. Fearnside was compelle
to go on to Pensacola to preside a
the annual meeting of the Stat
Board of Health.
The County School Board will req
ommend a candidate to Superintend
ent Sheats for the vacancy on tn
board made through the resignation
last week of Chairman F. D. Waffle,
Z. II. Price, L. C. Stephens and J. I
Burt are said to be candidates fo1
the appointment.
The Florida Christian Advocate al
last week published a sermon bv Rev
N. ): Illghman, entitled Goods Dwell.
ing Place." This grand and kindly
old Christian gentleman devotes
large part of his time in writing
short gospel discourses many Of
which he has published for distribu.
tlon among his friends. He is Pa.
latka's grand old man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer E. Haskell and
Mrs. Haskell's mother, Mrs. Kent. who
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Silas R,
Wright after the Eastern Star con.
vention Wednesday, left for their
home in Palatka Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott, of Fl.
Meade, were also guests of the
Wrights, going the same, dav to
Sanford.-DeLand News.
A. D. Curry, for many wears a
prominent resident of this CITY and
former member of the board of coun-
W commissioners, but now living
temporarily in Hawkinsville, Ga, has
been spending the week in the citv
mingling with old friends, of whom
ne seems to have a good MANY moro
than a few. 1t is only a question
of time, little time, when Mr.. Cur
ry will come sliding back to Palatka
to resume residence. The man was
here too long and too intimately as
ISOLATED with our life and interests
to remain long away. He is in Geor-
gla more for the purpose of attend
ing to the business matters of a wild
owed sister. Give him time. he'll
come back.
Last Saturday afternoon Miss Bar
Der delightfully."- entertained a com
pany of ladies at the home of Mrs
j. n. Mellon with readings from Rob
ert Browning. Miss Barber possess.
es the rare gift of reading difficult
passages with an ease that charms
and interests her hearers and holds
Ihelr attention. The synopsis of Robert
lB.rowning's character as portrayed in
his works was very enlightening and
made the readings doubly interesting.
selections from "Pippa Passes" were
read and most thoroughly enjoyed, as
well as a number of shorter numbers
After the readings Mrs. Mellon invit.
ed the ladies tc the dining room
where delicious refreshments were
served. WIZ
Col. j. Letcher McMurtry of Nc
Meekin was among the distinguished
visitors In the city on Wednesday and /
notable spectator of the republican
tate convention proceedings from the
tage OF the theater. Before COMING
o Florida Col. McMurtry was a man
II great influence in the republican,
'arty councils of Kentucky. being
elative of Gov. W. o Bradley. He
indeed a type of the gentleman
I the old school," now rapidly mass
ng from the stage. Col. McMurtrv e
related to some of the more promi,
ent old families of Kentucky. and is
gentleman of culture and edncaO
ion-the latter acquired not onIv in
ne tleater of broad experience, but
S graduate of one of the LEADING
Universities of the country. It is said II
nat Col. McMurtry, who has latter
been affiliating with the democrat
party, is being importuned to en-
'r the primaries as a candidate for
le legislature. He feels that this
too much for his friends to ask Of
IN, but as he is thoroughly con-
need, to put it in his own language
lat our present legislators have been
much given to the enactment ~
umptuary" laws, it is time SONS
lie went tn Tal1abassoo -