The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-02-20

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with the Canadian mounted police,
is now in the same service in, South
Africa.
The prospects are most favorable
for large crop of peaches the COM
ing spring. The trees are full of
buds, and nothing but killing
freeze stands in the way of bounti-
full crop.
Mr.. I. N. Harris and son of York
vile, Ill, spent last week in town,
as the guests of Crescent Inn, Mr..
Harris stated on Monday that he
never felt so bad at leaving a place
in his life"
Mr.. w. d. Benham who left here
several months ago to occupy a po-
sition with the Pierpont Mfg Co.,
Savannah, is now in the employ of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway in
that city, and is said to be prosperous.
Mr.. A. L. M. Swabey who has been
visiting in England during the better
part of the past year is expected to
return in few days, and reopen his
home on the west side of Lake Stel-
la. Mr.. Swabey will be accompanied
by his two young daughters.
Capt. VIM. M. Ritch and daughter,
Mrs. Oxer, of Port Chester, N. Y,
arrived on Friday last and have
opened their pleasant home on South
Main street. They were accompa-
MED by Capt. Ritch's grandson,
Mr.. VIM. r. Oxer, his wife and in.
FAINT son.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Merritt Clifford. of
New Bedford, Mass, who have spent
the past several weeks at Grove Hall,
started on their return trip home last
Monday. They expected to spend a
few days in st. Augustine before
leaving the state. Mr.. and Mrs. Gift
ford made many friends among our
people during their soiourn here, all
of whom hope to see them again an
other year. Mr.. Clifford came for
rest and states that he found it.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Preston enter
tanned number of their friends at a
"Fagot party" at their home last
Friday night. Among those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Carter, of
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. La
Bree, Mesdames Bunker, R. G. Will
liams and J. F. Rhoads, Misses
Blanche GOwen and May Hutchin-
son and Mr.. E. D. Lounds.
The Crescent City Discipline club,
under the tutilage of Mrs. John w.
Miller, will present cantata enti-
tied "Gypsey Festival" at Chamber
Inns Hall, on the night of Friday
March 18th. The young people COM
posing this club are hard at work in
rehersals. and all who know of the
former entertainments under Mrs.
Miller's management are satisfied
that there is in store for them an
evening of much pleasure.
Mr.. w. j. Pierpont of Savannah,
spent part of last Friday in town
on some matters of business. He
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
H. White. Mr.. Pierpont is anxious
to dispose of his mill site here, and
we are told has made price on the
property much lower than that at
which it was formerly held. The
site and buildings would serve ex-
cellently for almost any kind of
manufacturing enterprise.
The Misses E, Agnes and Elizabeth
Ryan, daughters of Ex-Congressman
VIM. Ryan, of Portchester, N. Y, ar
rived at Grove Hall last Sunday
night. With them were Mrs. Addi-
son Johnson of Ossining, N. Y, and
Miss NJ. Letter, of Saratoga. The
young ladies came for stay till the
close of the season and being golf
enthusiasts that sport will now be-
come more epidemic. Mr.. Ryan ex-
poets to join his daughters in few
days.
w. G. Tappan and wife of Attle-
boro, Mass, came last Friday for the
purpose of stopping, but not being
able to secure desirable hotel accom-
left for south Florida the
following day. However, Mr.. Torrey,
and former Attleborers made their
short stay so agreeable that they
may return later and make longer |
stop. Mr.. Tappan, like all other
gentlemen from his town, is a manu-
featuring jeweler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse CARL, of North
port, L. 1. are on a tour of the state
and it is probable that they may
make a visit to Crescent City. Mr..
and Mrs. CARL have not been here
for several years, though through |
the News they have been kept posted |
on the affairs of the place. Mr.. CARL
is a brother of the late David CARL,
and is a prominent shipbuilder.
Last year Mr.. CARL was detained in
a New York sanitarium, and the
fact that he is again in Florida is
evidence that his health is now bet
ter, and this will be pleasant news
to his friends here.
A Long Island paper of last week
has this to say concerning Mr.. Chas.
d. Smith, the hardwood ashes man