The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-11
Crescent City News

In'fe was u good attendance at
J both the morning aud evening SER
vice. at She Presbyterian church last
Sunday, and DR.. Reeves preached
Interestingly, as he always does.
The people generally seem pleased
that their church vacation is at an
end
The white school opens next Mon
day for II term of eight months.
The school house has been put in
thorough repair by Supervisor
White, and has been freshly painted
on the outside, presenting a neater
appearance than before in many
years.
While the steamer Satilla was tow
Ing lighter load of lumber from
Omega to Shell Bluff last Friday
night the lighter was sunk and with
1t 10000 feet of lumber, A gale blew
up and swamped the lighter. Capt,
Pigue began raising and rafting the
lumber the next day.
Through oversight the News last
week neglected to mentlon'the birth
dav party given by little Miss Mollie
lcenhour to her numerous friends
among the children. The party was
attended by pretty much all the
little folk in Crescent City, and the
little hostess, with her "big brother"
John had II most happy-time, as did
all their little guests.
! A. V. Driver and family moved
away last Saturday, going to their
new home in Voiusia county where
Mr. Driver recently purchased tur-
pentine interests. The camp is a
few miles from Osteen, and that
place will be Mr.. Drivers post office
address for the present. There is
general regret among all our people
at the removal of this interesting
family of motherless little folks.
While the lightning was playing
fast and loose with Crescent City
buildings last week, it struck, in adj,
dition to the buildings mentioned in
this paper last week, Grove Hall also,
but did little damage beyond cutting
off telephone communication and
breaking out window casing. The
gate in front of Frank Gautiurs house
was broken into fragments and many
of these thrown to the roof of the
! house.
The steamer Crescent returned TO
Jacksonville on Sunday morning
where it will undergo important i'm
provements at the ship yard of the
Merrill-Stephens Engineering Com
pany. The boat will scarcely return
to its run under five weeks. AS be-
fore stated in these columns, the
! Crescent will be cut in two and
twenty feet added to her length, and
| besides, the boat will be fitted with
new boilers. When completed she
will have greatly increased carrying
capacity and will be the swiftest
freight and passenger steamer on the
st. Johns River.
The announcement that a begin
ming would be made this winter look
! ing to the establishment of great
southern Moody Bible Conference in
Crescent City was joyfully received
by the people of this place and sur
rounding country, and although the
announcement did not state that
other than beginning would be
made in small way it is generally
credited that as the matter lies next
to the heart of Hon. Edwin Gilbert,
that gentleman will, if he lives, see
it through. Mr.. Gilbert has long
wanted to do something for Crescent
ICity-something to bring this beauty
spot of nature more prominently be-
fore the eyes of the world. In the
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as is contemplated he will more than
realize his fondest hopes, for in its
consummation he will have been in
strunental in founding an institu-
ton of such power for good as will
constitute more lasting monuments
than could be constructed of granite,
Now that Mr.. Gilbert has entered
upon this work he can be counted
uron to see it through, but every
citizen in Crescent City, and the
city itself, owes it TO him that they
get to work now to put the town in
order for the coming meeting. Mr..
Gilbert and Mr.. Chafer will be here
November list to make arrangements
for the winter meeting. Clean up
the streets. Get rid of the weeds,