The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-18
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Personal and Social.

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last week.
Mrs. M. Fl. White is said to be
gaining strength slowly.
All the Crescent City stores are
well stocked with holiday goods.
The public school will close next
Wednesday for two weeks holiday
vacation.
Christmas services will be held at
the Episcopal church at 1O:3O
Christmas morning.
K. Borsen the big turpentine oper
ator at Longs Station has stock of
300 barrels of rosin on hand.
Mrs. and Miss Johnson of Michi-
gan arrived last week and have
apartments in the Benham flats.
Capt. Miller sent a force of men
down to his San Mateo grove last
Monday to gather and ship til" fruit
there.
Mrs. J. l.. Maui and Mr.. Will
Maull have returned from a two
weeks visit at Boynton on the east
coast.
r. o. Burton is packing and ship
ping tangerincs this week from the
old Burton 4 Harrison tangerine
grove, now his property.
DR.. Sanduskey brought his traps
over from Welaka last week and
with some sportively inclined friends
INDUCED in a clay pigeon shoot on
the golf grounds.
The groves hear Hammond, six
miles south of this place, in charge
Of Mr.. Sam Varnes, and owned by
several of our winter visitors, are
said to be making fine Roadway.
That belonging to Mrs. j l.. Over
street has quite fine crop of tanger-
ines,
Mrs. S. NJ. LaBree exhibited last
week one of the largest specimens of
roses we have ever seen. The rose
was delicate pink in shade and
was grown in her own rose garden,
which, by the way, gives promise of
soon being one of the prettiest sights
in Crescent City.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Driver enter
tanned for several days last week
Mr.. w. B. Driver leading mtr
chant of Selma, n. G. who is an old
er brother of our tOwnsman. He
seemed quite pleased with our eli
mate as compared with the raw at
mosphere of North Carolina.
The steamer Crescent carried 1896
boxes of oranges from Crescent City
last week. The total for the season
will probably foot up from 1000 to
5000. Capt. J. w. Miller has been a
heavy shipper and yet to go through
his place and see the trees one would
hardly suppose any of the fruit had
been picked.
Two miles south of Crescent City
on the Seville road is the site of the
battle of Braddock's Farm, the only
battle fought in this neighborhoOd
during the civil war. The spot is a
clearing, located on high ground
and is close to the roadway. The
confederate forces under Gen
Dickson won the day.
III. Campbell of Plainfield, N. J.
is here, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel f. Neal. Mr.. Campbell has
been spending month or SIX weeks
at Palmetto, where he has large
orange grove, and while there was
attacked with malaria. He is get
ting better now and expects to ell
10y himself for a season at bird
shooting before returning north.
The Willing Workers Of the Epis-
copal church will hold a sale of cal
endars and other small articles in
Guiding home made candy next
Saturday afternoon. The sale will
be at Mrs. Torrey's. The sale is in
the interests of the Episcopal church,
and the society conducting it is COM
posed of little people, who are
among the most energetic of church
workers.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
will have Chris tmas tree
and entertainment in Chamberlin's
Hall at Z O'Clock Christmas night to
which the people are cordially invi-
ted. All will be at liberty to put
gifts on the tree for their friends, if
they so wish. This is the only pub
lie Christmas entertainment thus far
announced, and it is likely that
every one will attend to witness the
Joy of the children.
Richard Oakley of Cleveland, is
here for the winter as the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Dawes. 1t is
Mr.. Oakley's first visit to Florida.
He has for years been connected
with the Standard Oil Company, has
made his pile and expects to spend
the balance of his days in the en-
ioyment of life. Mr.. Oakley Is an
old friend of Mr.. Dawes in Cleve-
land, where the lattcr lived before