The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-08
Crescent City News

about days ago for North Carolina.
IN the hope of improving her health,
dled last Saturday morning at an
early hour. No particulars other
IMAM the pare announcement of her
death had been received up to the
time of this writing. During her
stay here Mrs. Moore, together with
her little daughter, was the guest of
Mrs DR.. Spencer. Her home was at
Cambridge Springs, Pa.
The Crescent City base ball team
visited Pomona on the Fourth where
spirited game was played with the
club at that place. The game re-
suited in a victory for our bows by II
score of 10 to 8. Crescent City has
the best bail club this year ever
known here, and so far this season
1t has not lost IA game. AS soon as
the regular pitcher returns the club
will play a game with the "Ninp
C.hums' of Palatka from which club
our boys have already taken two
games.
Louise Moore worthy C0lored
woman whose home was in ROssyillr
suburb, dropped dead in her yard
last Friday. She had been in poor
health for some time, and the imme-
dlnte cause of her death is said to
have been heart failure. She leaves
n husband, but no children. Her
funeral was held at the Baptist
church Saturday, and the interment
was in the colored cemetery. There
was a large attendance at the funer-
al. Deceased was Il consistent mem
Der of the Baptist church.
Word comes from Rev. DR.. ]. X.
Wight, who is at his summer home
on the Hudson, N. Y, that he has
received II letter from Hon. Edwin
Gilbert, Withdrawing his proposition
to deed the auditorium to the Presby
terry for purposes of Presbyterian
seminary. It will be remembered
that at a meeting of the East Flor-
da Presbytery here in the spring
Mr.. Gilbert made this proposition Ia
the Presbytery, aud that Rev. Mr..
Wight was made chairman of com
mittee to consider the advisability OF
accepting the tender.
The glorious Fourth was ushered
in at : Il. IN. by the ringing Of the
church bells the work Of the small
boy. The bells rang long and extra
loud and woke every boy in town,
most of whom piled out of bed and
made rush for the streets, where
they began shooting fire crackers
and small arms, and which they
kept up until daylight After
breakfast the din was resumed and
continued till late at night. 1t was
the boys day and no one begrudged
them their pleasure. In the after
noon the ladies of the V. ia. sold
ice cream and cake and kept open
house at the hall. In the evening
DIT the hall there was Il very enjOya'
Die program of patriotic songs and
Rotations by the children, and Rev
Dr.. Reeves read the Declaration Of
Independence.
The cement coating to the outside
walls of the new auditorium is
breaking away in several places
At one place on the north side of the
| building there is il bare spot of fOul
feet which has fallen off and Il very
large space has bulged out so that il
is only question of Il little time anC
hard rains when it also will fall
This work was done by man whom
Mr.. Gilbert brought down from Con
nectlcut and who was heralded as al
expert in this class of work. An eX'
animation of the broken off wal
shows that it loosened close to the
wire and that the grade of cement
used there is inferior, there being toe
much sand and too little cement. \
very much better grade of cement
was used for thin outside coat ant
this is as hard as rock. Had this
same grade been used next to the
wire the wall would have stood fol
an indefinite period.