The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-01-09
THE Crescent Cry News.

Mrs. j. j. Horto and Mrs. Hert ert
M. Williams and little daughter, of
Attleboro, Mass, arrived last week
and are stopping at Grove Hall. Mrs.
Horton is the owner of the Hutchin-
son place at the corner of Central
avenue and Summit street, now &C.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Torrey.
Frank Haddock Lowe is his name
and he makes his home with his pa
rents at Baxley, Ga. He weighed
eight pounds en- his arrival, Thurs
day, January 2, and brought joy and
| increased prospects for happy New
| Year into the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Lowe, nee Miss Marquee
rite Brown.
Mr.. &. ]. McGrady left for Jack
sonville last Monday, at which place
he expects to engage in plumbing
work, with view to perfecting him
self in that trade. He has given up
| his contemplated saloon enterprise
in st. Johns county owing to the OPP
| position of the Bond Lumber COM
pany to having a liquor saloon so
near their extensive mill operations.
Mrs. J. L. Overstreet writes to
| friends here that she expects to come
| to Crescent City as soon as she can
dispose of the matters now pending
for settlement in her late husbands
estate. There is much in stock to
be disposed of, but she hopes to be
here early in FEBRUARY. She will be
accompanied by her parents, and pos
Sibly other friends.
There was a delightful dancing
party held at Chamberlin's Hall last
Friday evening, the same being Civ
en- in honor of Miss Redfern and Mr..
Charles Hutchinson. Miss Redfern
is charming young lady, who is
| here from South Carolina on a visit
to her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
! Appleby. Mr.. Hutchinson, an
old Crescent City boy is being made
much of by his former friends, who
hope to make his 20 days vacation
| from the wilds of Cuba memorable
time for pleasure.
Mr.. F. S. Cone will re-engage in
the orange tree nursery business,
this time being associated with Mr..
l.. S. Turner, of Denver, as working
partner. The nursery will occupy
the whole of block 20 on Summit ST.,
and already one-third this space is
set out in pretty rows of young trees.
Mr.. Cone is we'll known in this sec
ton as successful nurseryman and
Mr.. Turner also has had large eX-
perience. They will undoubtedly
make big success of this present
venture.
Charles Hutchinson, eldest son of
Mr.. Henry Hutchinson is home from
! Cuba for vacation which is to last
until the Goth. He went to Porto
| Rico in the summer of 1900, and after
| spending the winter on that island
in charge of the fruit packing house
of well-known Boston firm, joined
his uncle, Goldsmith II. Williams,
at Sagua de Tanamo, Cuba, where
| he is employed as assistant paymast-
er and cashier of the Cuba Fruit Co.,
one of the largest tropical fruit grow
| ing companies in the world.
Mr.. Allen B. Maui, former Cres-
cent City boy, but now residing in
Baltimore, Md, is home for a brief
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. L. Maull. Mr.. Allen Maui is well
known in Putnam county. He was
one of the publishers of the Crescent
City Gazette, the first paper printed
here, and which cut some frozen
water way back in the early SOS.
He was later foreman of the Palatka
Herald, when that paper was in the
hands of the Pratt family, and did
the Newspaper Union business now
operated by E. o. Painter, of De-
Land. Mr.. Maui has beeh in Balti-
more for the past eight years, where
he holds responsible position on
one of the leading dailies.