The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-04-17
For Sale by Ackerman & Stewart.

JoS' blduuOCh says MS ltfln is III
excellent condition and the prospects
are tiattering for good crops of corn,
watermelOns and garden truck. His
peach and orange trees are also in
promising condition.
From last weeks issue of the Day
tona Journal it is learned that Mr..
and Mrs. }. r. Hill and their little
daughter, Mildred, now living at
Hendersonville, N. c., are in good
health. Miss Maud Hill still con-
tinues in poor health.
Mac Davis was to begin shipping
his Irish potato crop this week. 1t
is stated that he will have about 300
barrels. J. G. Grimsley, Tom Shir-
ley, j. H. Harp, and the Deem Lum-
Der Co. also are said to have fine
crops.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivory and daughter
left for their home, Worcester, Mass,
last Monday. They will stop for q
time at Jacksonville. Mr.. Ivory
likes Crescent City very much and
says that he hopes to return next
season, when he will probably pur-
chase house.
DR.. Edward S. Morse the distin-
guished biologist of Salem, Mass,
delivered lecture at V. /. A. hall
last Tuesday evening for the benefit
of the association. His subject was
Japan and the Japanese" The
News hopes to have an account of
the lecture in its next issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Preston issued
9j invitation for an "At Home at
their residence last evening. AS
this paper is published before the
event, though dated on Friday, it
was impossible to give a notice of
this important social function this
week. We hope to have a report of
the affair next week.
Morris Reeves, who has been
spending the past several months
with his parents, Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
d. M. Reeves, leaves this week for
Birmingham, Ala, where he will en-
gage in business pursuits. At the
morning service at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday Mr.. Reeves was
received into church membership on
profession of faith.
Mrs. F. P. Kellogg of Omaha,
Neb., has been spending a few days
here as the guest of Mrs. W. A. Rus
sell. Mrs. Kellogg has been at Mi
ami and Palm Beach for several
weeks, but states that she is going
to tell her friends that they will
never see the really pretty part of
Florida until they come to Crescent
City.
Prof. Edward S. Morse is author
ity for the statement that the fruit
commonly known as the loquat, or
Japanese plum, is not plum at all
Neither is it loquat 1t does not
belong to the plum species. Its
proper name is btwa, pronounced
bewa. Prof. Morse says this fruit in
Japan grows to larger size than any
specimen he has seen here.
A. NJ. Norris of Wellsville, Ohio,
who recently purchased the resi-
dence of Miss Hester Gilbert on
Florida ave-, with his wife and son,
left for their northern home on We'd
nesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Norris have
been occupying their new home here
for few days. They expect to re-
turn in the fall, when they will find
a hearty welcome.
BENZ. N. Bradt came up from Jack
sonville last Saturday and spent
Sunday at his farm near Fruitland.
Mr.. Bradt is now engaged in the sale
of farming implements at Jackson
vile. He has not been in good
health for some time, but is now inn
proving. He reports his farm as in
fine condition with excellent pros
poets for a crop of both sugar cane
and fruit.