The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-30
PALATkA PERSONALS

Henry Wolf of Tampa is in the city
on a business trip.
0. H. Ewing of Interlachen was in
the city Wednesday.
The "Guardeens" are evidently
planning coup d'etat.
Miss Frances Gonzales of Sanford
is the guest of Miss Dorothy Davis.
Mr.. Tomas Mellon will be host for
boat trip on the river to several
friends tomorrow.
Hon. w. E. Baker, state senator
from Clay county, was a visitor in
the city on Tuesday.
Rev. c. w. Crooke, superintendent
of the Statewide Prohibition League
of Florida, was in the city this week.
There is a gospel tent at the corner
fo Lemon and Fifth streets. Night
ly meetings and a chance to accept a
"fad."
Mrs. Ridley Wilkinson and baby of
Jacksonville, are the guests of Mrs.
S. j. Kennerly and Miss Maude Ken
nerly.
The Boys Drum and Bugle Corps
of the Georgia Industrial Home will
give = concert at the Howell Theater
on Monday night.
Julien de Nazarie will leave this
week for Tallahassee where he ex-
pec's all appointment in clerica. ca
racity before the legislature.
Mrs. Gordon Murrah and two chill
dren of Orange Springs who were the
guests of Mrs. N. W. Keller, left
Wednesday for their home.
Palatka Heights is in the midst of
a lively mayoralty campaign. j. R.
Mullis is the regular nominee, and H.
A. Atwater is on the ticket by petl-
tion.
W. J. Smalley of Coldwater, Mich,
and G. A. Pratt, a hardware dealer
of Nashville, Mich, spent a day in
the citv this week, stopping at the
Hotel Saratoga.
A. S. Willard will attend the Flori-
da Bankers Association annual meet
ing at St. Augustine next week Fri
day and Saturday. Mr.. Willard is a
former president of the associa ton.
Judge Dewitt T. Gray and Mrs
Gray of Jacksonville spent the week
end with relatives in the city. Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Hoyt returned to
Jacksonville with them for short
visit.
Fine picture of the Columbia Farm
Loan Bank is on exhibition in Row
tons window. The president. F. II
Won Engelken, and one of the five
directors, Mr.. S. C. Warner, are Put
nam county men.
Sheriff Hagan drove through to Al
ken, S. c., this week in his Rec
touring car and brought back a negro
named Nose Matthews, wanted for a
shooting scrape at Pomona several
months ago. He brought him back
w. A. Williams of Horse Landing
whoc was before Justice Marshall last
Saturday on charge of carrying con
ccaled weapon, was found guilty by
jury and fined 500 and costs. But
his attorney. J. V. Walton, appealed
the case to the circuit court.
Mrs. Carswell was hostess for Z
lovely Bridge party yesterday after
noon, having ten tables and the
guests were Mesdames Warner
Hamm, S. C. Stallinps. Norman Riles,
Lisenby, Walter Tilphman, Aherna-
thy, and Reed. Delicious refresh
mcnts consisting of a salad course
and coffee was served.
Hon. Henry S. Mckenzie and Hon.
w. G. Tilghman. members elect of
the House of Representatives will
leave for Tallahassee tomorrow. Mr..
Mckenzie will remain over in Jack
sonville until Sunday morning, and
Mr. Tilghman will go direct through
to Tallahassee in order to attend the
Sunday prohibition rallv's in the
churches of that city on Sunday.
l. L. Nesmith of Cordele, Ga, ar
rived this week to take position in
the State Bank of Palatka. The
business of this bank has shown such
steady growth that three clerks are
needed where only one was needed
last fall. Then Mr.. Millican, who is
heavily interested in potatoes, has a
big S0-acre crop which is roing to
take some of his time from the bank
during the next month.
H. H. Caldwell, registrar of the
Georgia School of Technology, Allan
ia, writes to Mr.. J. H. Hickenlooper
cf this city that his son, H. c. Hick-
enlooper, has made the Honor Roll
this year in the sophomore class.
"His cl; SIS numbers about 200," con-
tinued Mr.. Caldwell, "and it is no
small honor for him to be among the
first ten. | assure you that it gives
me pleasure to congratulate you and
him on lis success"