The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-27

Deen attending the past year. Both
returned home yesterday.
Since the resignation of Mai. G.
G' Westcott, Crescent City is with
out justice of the peace. The Off
Ice is notaprotitable one in this town
OF peace and plenty. During the
year Maj. Westcott was in office he
dld not hear IA single case.
Mac Davis has had returns from
the 2l9 barrels of potatoes recently
shipped by him to New York. They
brought the snug sum OF s7S2. lG. or
$500 per barrel, net The potatoes
were all handled by the wcll-known
commission house of S b. Downes
d Co., of New York.
The peach crop is going forward
rapidly this week. X. NJ. White be-
gan shipping last week and will finish
this. BY the end of the week all the
earlier varieties will be gone. The
Waldo peaches are earlier than usual
this year. l.. A Ballard has fine
crop, although his peaches are small.
The poor man whose steady diet
consists of corn bread, grits and ba-
con is now having his picnic with
green corn, Cuculnbers, tomatoes.
squash, new potatoes, peaches, plums
and watermelOns. And his liver is
all the better for the change. This
is the good time of year to be in Flor
ida.
Miss Jessie Burton, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Burton, who has
been attending the Putnam High
school at Palatka during the school
year just closed, is expected home
tomorrow. Miss Jessie will spend the
summer with her parents and the
young people of the place will be
happy over her return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman S. Hodges
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell and Mrs. G. S.
Gowen of Jacksonville and Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Crosby of San Mateo
were here Friday on roOmy naptha
launch inspecting the various groves.
Mrs. GOwen remained over until
Monday morning, when she returned
to jacksonville on the Crescent.
Thos. n. Gautier, n former citizen
of this place now living at Miami,
was Il candidate in the late primary
for tax collector of Dade county. Mr..
Gautier will have to contest for the
office again in the second primary,
and his friends here trust he will
land the 'plum,' for they know Dade
county people will never regret such
choice. Mr.. Gautier led all other
candidates in his home town, Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Buck and Mr..
Coe d. Smith, the last of Grove
Halls contingent of winter guests,
took their departure on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buck will spend the
summer in Philadelphia and Mr..
Smith will, with headquarters at
Smithtown, L. L., spend the summer
touring through New England in
his automobile. They expect to re-
| turn early in the fall.
Mrs. NJ. r. Traile left Jacksonville
for her home at ChautauQua, n. y,
last week. Her departure was de-
layed owing to illness. At Chautau-
qua Mrs. Traie is the owner and
manager of the Lake Front" hotel,
one of the most popular resort houses
in that intellectual center. Floridi-
ans going to Chautauqua for the
summer will receive a hearty well
come at the Lake Front, for Mrs.
Traile loves Florida almost if not
quite as well as she does Chautauqua.
Rev. DR.. P. X. Johnson, pastor Of
the African NJ. f. church. is i'll at his
home with-small poN. Now don {
he alarmed, for there is little danger
of q spreaG. As soon ms the Rev.
Johnson was taken he sent to Df.
Sprague for medicine. The doctor
was not satisfied with the symptoms
ms explained by the messenger, VINO
called it conference chicken poN, so
he went tC the home of the SICK
minister and on looking him over,
was satisfied that it was n real, Juicy
case of small poX that allied hln' DE-
Sprague prescribed for his patient
mt the house under quarantine ana
notified the health Office in Jackson
willie by telegraph. The health Office
has placed DIR. Warren in charge OF
tbe case. The type of small poN hao
in Florida is not serious. Out OF 'oo
cases reported to the health ONCE III
Florida during the past year, not one
has proved fatal. The patient Is
= never very i'll. In fact the MAJORITY
never go to bed at all. The disease
is both contagious and infections,
You might pass case one 'houS""u
times on the street and never eaten
if. But it is always best moi
70 rnb Yourself into it. The resi-,
, dence of Parson Johnson is guarded
dov and night by colored man wn'
e immune. he having. had the aIS'
case n little more than year ago
4 POSITIVE NECESSITY.
Having to lay upon my G ,o, I T't orI,
= -. g., n cnunrnlN hrniSed neg W :.