The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-01

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Miss. Blanche, We're passengers on thu
Crescent last Monday morning, Ell
route for their home in Attleboro
Mass. Mrs. Gowen has been greatly
! benefited by her winter in Crescent
City. Both the ladies expect to re-
turn next fall.
During the coming summer Grove
Hall is to be thoroughly renovated,
replastered and repapered. These
improvements were decided upon on
the occasion of the recent visit of
Mr.. Angus and Mr.. Mooreman, rep
resentatives of the owners the Flor
ida Finance company.
Prof. Homer Wakefield, of PaIat-
ka, came up on Saturday to see the
base ball contest between his pres
ent, and his old time pupils, and was
an interested spectator of the game
as well as one of the official scorers.
Many of the professors old friends
had opportunity to greet him, and
the pleasure seemed to be mutual.
Rev. J. X. Wight, first pastor of
the Presbyterian church here, occu-
pied the pulpit of that church last
Sunday, morning and evening. DIR.
Wight has many admirers in Cres-
cent City who are always glad of an
opportunity to hear him. During
his stay in the city he was the guest
of his daughter, Mrs. w. G. Norton,
of Grove Hall. @ EFEs
Mr.. Robt. j. Hubbard closed his
lockwood" home last Tuesday, on
which day he started for his home at
Casnoyia. N. Y, accompanied by the
Misses Stryker and Bingay and Mr..
Thos. H. Stryker. Both Messrs.
Hubbard and Stryker have growing
orange groves in that vicinity from
which they will probably gather a
good crop the coming season.
The small barn on the farm premi-
SEES Of j. L. Burton was destroyed by
fire early last week. There was
nothing in the building but some
corn and fodder belonging to Samuel
E. Neal. Mr.. Burton's property
seems to have been hoo .dooed, as
this makes his third loss by fire
since the freeze. Mr.. Burton's farm
home has not been occupied by the
family in over a year, and their loss
is confined to the building which
was inexpensive.
The steamer Crescent will be so
busy carrying potatoes to Jackson
vile from points beyond Palatka
that it will not be able to resume it's
regular run until the middle of next
week. In the meantime the steamer
is making a round trip daily between
Palatka and Jacksonville. except
Sunday, when it will come to Cres-
cent City, leaving at 4:30 Monday
morning for Palatka and Jackson
vile. Our people have fully realized
the value of this steamer. during the
10 days it has been off its regular
run.
The announcement of DIR. G.. F.
Sprague for the legislature, which
appears in another column, will not
come as a surprise to the people of
this place, very many of whom have
been urging the doctor to announce
himself. The thing for Crescent
City and Fruitland peninsula people
to do is to rally to the support of the
doctor, and see to it that this sec
ton has representative at ITALIA
hassee. The News predicts the doc
tors selection by large majority.
He is a pronounced anti-dispensary
candidate.
Mrs. DIR. A. f. Sanderson, for the
past four months guest at Mrs. F.
S.Crotty's, left for her home, Milton,
VT, last Monday afternoon. This |
was Mrs. Sanderson's first visit to
Florida or the south, but she stated |
that she had enjoyed her visit and |
had been greatly benefited, In fact
that she was so pleased with Cres-
cent City that she should look no
further for choice of winter home. |
Mrs. Sanderson is a lady of charm
ing personality, who easily became
popular with our society people, all |
of whom will be pleased to know
that she was so pleasantly impressed
with our little town.
Most people hereabouts will be
pleased to hear from our old friend,
j. w. Harrison, formerly of Hunt
ington, who some time last fall went
to Hollendale to reside. In recent
letter to the News Mr.. Harrison
says: Business is good here all the
time. Teams are passing and re-
passing day and night loaded with
tomatoes and other vegetables,
which are being shipped daily in car
loads, both by freight and express.
Over 400 acres of tomatoes are being
from the Hollendale depot.
The growers are all smiles now the
checks, you know" Mr.. Harrison is
and manager of the hotel,