The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-12
For sale oy Ackerman q stewart.
A. b. Torrey was called to Pomona

~ ID lOIIey WIS Cdlltu W IOilOlld
last week to take charge of the fu
reral arrangements of Mrs. Knowl-
ton. The death of this estimablt
lady will cause widespread regret
here.
II. III. Cooper left on Wednesday
=, of last week for Newark, N. J. Mr.
Cooper will spend the summer witt
his mother at some of the northern
resorts and in the early fall will re.
turn to Crescent City. He will b,
greatly missed by our people.
J. A. Icenhour has been at hom'
with his family during the pasr
week, having just completed toul
of the orange growing section of De-
Soto County for a fertilizer company
and where he has had remarkable
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. DeVeau have
sold their home at Bridgeport, Conn
They leave for that place the last OF
the present month, but as this is
their only real home now it is
thought they will spend even less OF
their time in the north.
Mrs. f. S. Crotty leaves this week
for Attleboro, Mass. Mrs. Crotty
will spend the summer in the north
and during her absence will visit
friends and relatives in several
Massachusetts towns. She does not
expect to return until November
1t is stated that Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Morrow will give up keeping hotel
in st. Augustine and return to thu
lower east coast where Mr.. Morrow
will engage in business. They have
been very successful in st. Angus
dine, and are making the move in the
interest of Mrs. Morrow's health.
Tuesday was q great day among
the colored people. A game of ball
between the local nine and club
from DeLeon Springs was advertised
for the afternoon and at night an eX-
cursion to Palatka on the Crescent.
The festivities were in charge of M.
G, Cooper and Malcolm Legree.
There will probably be new prin-
cipal of the Crescent City school the
coming year as Prof. Homer E.
Wakefield has made application for
and secured a school carrying with
it a larger salary and longer term.
The News understands that gentle.
man from Alabama has made appli-
cation for this school.
News comes from Miami that
Thos. N. Gautier has sold his grocery
business at that place to It. G. Darby
formerly of Lakeland and latterly
with the wholesale grocery firm OF
Pope & McLaurin, Jacksonville. Mr..
Mr.. Gautier had big business and
il is understood that he retires in or
der to give his whole time TO tomato
and pineapple growing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darling Varnes again
have q full house, their absent chill
dren having returned. Master Wal
ter, who spent several months down
the east coast, got home some two
weeks ago. Sidney Varnes' who
spent nearly a year in Opelika' Ala
returned last week and will remain
Mt home through the summer.
These young men are among the best
product of Crescent City and are
naturally a source of pride to their
parents, who are glad to have them
at home again.
Mr., and Mrs. w. C. Norton and
son Chester left for Hendersonville.
In. C. last Monday. Mr.. Norton has
secured a small but very neat and
new hotel at this popular North
Carolina summer resort ana will
Immediately open the same for the
season. Mr.. and Mrs. Norton expect
70 run the new house on the same
lines that have served to make
Grove Hall so popular with the tray-
cling public and tourists. They ex-
meet to return to Crescent Cit by the
FIRST of October. Grove Hall will be
kept open during the summer and is
lin charge of Mrs. Sallie Turner.