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

sonville to work in the automobile
supply business Of Kingsbury Norton
Miss Addie Neal is spending a por
ton of the week at Satsuma flights
where she is the guest of Miss Net
tie Holly, teacher in the public schoo
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. G. Love of New
York were among the newly arrived
guests at Grove Hall last week who
made but brief stop enroute tc
southern points.
Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Clausen of New
York city were among the arrivals ot
note at Grove Hall last week, and who
come for a stay of several weeks
They will be pleasantly remembered
as visitors of year or two ago
Rev. Mr.. Clausen is retired clergy.
man of the Protestant Episcopal
church.
Mrs. Fred Hubbard and little daugh-
ter expect to leave this week for theil
home in Tennessee. Mr.. Hubb'
does not expect to go until he has his
grove work we'll up for the season.
Mr.. Hubbard, whose grove property
is in the Haw Creek section and whose
fruit has to be hauled good distance
for shipment, says that he has had a
good season, his fruit all realizing Z
fair price.
Mrs. Herman ]. Zeuch of Daven-
port, Iowa, was the charming guest
for a short time during the past
week of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Tilling-
hast. Mrs. Zeuch left early in the
week for the east coast where she was
to meet her husband, who is heavily
interested in that section of the state,
having sometime ago purchased some
$4,000 acres of land in St. Lucia coun-
ty.
Rt. Rev. Edwin Gardner Weed, S.
T. D., bishop of Florida, visited the
Episcopal church last Sunday in his
official capacity as Bishop of the Do
cese of Florida, preaching at both
the morning and evening service.
Bishop Weed is a strong preach
er and has been an interchangeable
worker for his church in Florida for
more than 80 years, and his name is
honored by the Christian people Of
the State of all denominations. At
the morning service Mrs. Thos. J
lies was confirmed.
w. j. Smalley of Coldwater, Michi-
gan, arrived in the city last week and
is here for an indefinite stay. Mr..
Smalley comes from the same place
as our revered fellow townsman, Mr..
W. ]. Norton, now verging close to
his Goth year and always close to
the affections of our people because of
his exalted Christian character. Mr..
Smalley served in the civil war and
was member of the same company
as Mr.. Norton. 1t is therefore only
fair to presume that they have had
some pleasant talks of old times when
they were comrades in arms. Mr.
Smalley who is still on the under side
If 70, in explaining the disparity of
age between himself and Mr.. Nor
son, said: eve enlisted in 1864 and
At time when the need of recruits
was so great that the government
'obbed the cradle and the grave.
vas but a boy of sixteen, while Mr..
Norton was even then an old man for
soldier, verging on 40. Mr.. Small
~ is also a friend of Mr.. Shattuck of
Mich, one of our honored |
winter visitors.
Hon. William Ryan and his nephew,
Ir. Burnes, returned last week from
heir trip through South Florida, and
re again at Grove Hall. Mr. Burnes,
ecause of slight accident at Orlan-
o wher he bruised his knee in
lighting from a cab, has been con-
ined to the house for several days
nd therefore deprived of getting the
ull benefit of this fine outdoor
yeather. Mr.. Ryan states that they
listed many of the interior towns Of
he State, going as far south as Fort
Iyers. He says that he was much
lterested in the sand-asphalt roads in
AXE county, and which were as
mooth as a floor-the prettiest |
ave seen anywhere in Florida. Mr..
.yan believes these roads will be
ound particularly adapted to Florida,
We have them in my section, said he, t
and the road from New York to New S
.aven, which passes through our t
lace and which is subjected to posi-
y more travel and as much heavy i
'affic as any road in the country, t
as now been down eight years and is {
5 good as when newly laid. Their" {
some objection to it from those
no use horses because of its beinp I
ore or less slippery in freezing /
Gather, but here you have none of q
lis weather" Q
Albert E. Lounds has been ap-
ointed postmaster at Crescent City .
place of his brother, Eugene D. I
ounds, whose term expires this I
onth, and who held office by vir- :
e of republican recognition, though II \
any one can show wherein he was
,er perniciously active politically d
ne News will be glad to hear of the
Sc. He has been postmaster here tt
lder several administrations, before &
id since the last Cleveland admins 8
alton. His last appointment was r.
lder President Taft, when the office Il
re was made presidential. Damo- W
ats of prominence, knowing that Il
cause he had been looked upon as C
republican official. and believing O.
at because of this he would natur- t,
w fail of re-apDointment. sent q RI