The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23

anu ol Gne peninsula do all in their
power to get together creditable
exhibit for the state Fair. The
county agents for the fair will be
here Friday morning.
The Carrier boys shipped 60 boxes of
oranges from their grove down the
Crescent lake shore last Monday.
There are probably 200 more boxes
on the trees. This little grove, best
known as the Bishop & Carrier grove,
is one of the prettiest small proper
ties ON the lake shore, and in another
year will be prolific bearer.
After her arrival here next Satur-
day evening the steamer Crescent
VIII Immediately return to Palatlla
VI re it will go on the ways for a
week. Parties having business with
the boat should make a note of this.
During the week that the Crescent
is laid up many needed improve
ments will be made.
Quite large crowd of Crescent
City people attended the campmeet-
ing at Fruitland last Sunday, among
the number being Hon. j. II. Harp
md family, X. M. White, f. ID.
IOunds, Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Johnson,
Mrs. w. d. Benham, Mrs. j. G.
Grimsiey, Miss May Hutchinson.
Miss Nellie Newbold, and many
others whose names the News did
uot obtain.
The ladies of the Village Improve
ment Association have had the
grounds around their Central avenue
property cleared and placed in first
class shape for the winter. If the
association never did another thing
for the town than to set this good eX-
ample to property owners, it would
be sufficient to entitle it to a voice
and respectful hearing in matters
municipal-but the association will
do more.
Messrs. MaXon, Geo. Neal, JAS.
Padgett jr. and others went over the
lake one night last week after deer.
EARLY the next morning they Were
rewarded by the sight of big buck
weighing considerably over 100
pounds. A shot from Mr.. Meals gun
brought the animal low. James
Padgett went to the same place on
Friday night and succeeded in get
ring another.
Mrs. Ezra Brown was entertained
at dinner last Saturday by Mrs. A.
B. Torrey. Mrs. Brown formerly
lived at Grovesdale and with her
husband and sons was we'll known to
all our old settlers. She is here for
the winter, and at present is stop
ping with Mrs. A. J. Smith, of Hunt
ington. Mr.. Brown died last year
as the result of an accident, in Mas
sachusetts,
Colored Baptist church workers
held a two days convention at Jeth-
70 Baptist church last Saturday and
with some 10 or 20 delegates
from abroad present. The conven-
ton raised considerable money with
which to Gefray college expenses of
young men who have call to
church and missionary work. The
Searchlight, published at San Mateo
by Rev. j. H. Newman, was made
the official organ of the convention.
Maj. w. L. Glessner, land commits
siOner of the G. S. & F. R'y and Mr..
F. H. Hafer, special commissioner
by the board of county
commissioners to take charge of the
work of arranging an exhibit for
Putnam county at the stat fair, are
due to arrive in Crescent City to
night in the interest of such an eX-
hibit. They will spend Friday
in town, and all who can
assist in the work should see them.
There are whisperings that the
stork has been seen lowering over
Crescent City a great deal lately, and
those who have paid attention to the
of this long rubber
necked bird are predicting that be-
fore he is through with the town
stockmen will no longer question but
that our population is sufficient to
put us out of the hOg-roaming class,
and that DR.. Sprague will not be
to annex Rossville to keep
the population above the 800 limit.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Payson and the
children returned last week from
six months visit to their old home
i'm Attleboro, Mass. Mr.. Payson says
that all have enjoyed the summer
very much, but that they are well
pleased to be back in Crescent City.
AS illustrating what visitors think of
Crescent City, Mr.. Payson tells the
following story: "a part of Main
street, Attleboro, is very beautiful
with it's pretty lawns, its shade trees
and numerous stately residences. |
was more than ever attracted by the
beauty of this street during the past
summer, and made frequent strolis
along its shady walks. Fred Torrey,
knowing my weakness for the beauty
of this street, frequently tried to get
me to say that there was nothing
about Crescent City to quite equal it,
would not, however, crafty him