The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-15


with fruit.
Mrs. M, H. White and Mrs. Me-
Meekin have gone on a visit-of a
week or two to Mrs. McMeekin's old
nome, McMeekin, Fla. They left on
the Crescent last Monday morning.
Mr.. X. M. White accompanied his
mother as far as Palatka..
l.. f. Causey one of the leading
men of Volnsia county, and pro-
gresslYe member of that county's
school board, was II visitor in town
last Saturday. Mr.. Causeys home
is at Seville, where he is a success
fnl farmer and fruit grower.
Capt. j. w. Miller is leaving this
week for DesMoines, Iowa, whittier
he goes to accompany his aged moth
er who has spent the winter here.
Capt. Miller may also visit the
Worlds Fair at st. Louis. He does
not expect to be gone over two weeks.
G. l.. Chamberlain has been in poor
health since going to Seabreeze and
his return home has been delayed ON
that account. The business is run
ming on smoothly, however, under
the management of his son, Oliver
who Is developing into an aggressive
business man with up-to-now ideas.
Blaine Shiver thinks the estimate
of 10000 boxes rs the orange crop of
Crescent City for the coming season
entirely too low. 1T it is a fact that
we shipped 10000 boxes last season, -"
said he, "then it is safe to say that
the crop for the coming fall will be
at least three times as great. Many
young groves which shipped 100
and POO boxes last season will ship
800 and 200 boxes this fall. Then
there is the big Williams grove
which shipped 1000 boxes will go
$500 this year; and the Mccormick
d Hubbs grove will make even
greater increase. But it is the
smaller groves upon which | make
my estimate. Therc'll be lots Of
oranges shipped from Crescent City
this winter, and great many more
than the people think possible. The
trees are all full and the indications
point to an old time Crescent City
crop" Mr. SILVER says the Buck
and French groves will each have
big crops this season, groves that
had but little fruit last winter.
Although it is midsummer and
the time of year when one naturally
expects to see little doing in the way
of business, as matter of fact the
merchants Of Crescent City are not
experiencing the proverbial dull sea-
son. The stores are employing the
same number of clerks as during the
winter months, and none of them
have complained of dull trade Our
merchants have established Il repu-
tatloh ior CARRYING "'l"S""''H '"is
stochs anu s"''' " al 'e'' DC - 80
dom found in small towns and as a
result are p"ll"'lH an" ''"'"'''s "
large tr"ue rom '''t sur '",'''''7
country. This, with the largely i'll
,r,,oad hanna trade has made "A
creased i'ol'le 'i'"7 '''' maui
haTkeu "uN"'''' III VI, ''i"'''' W.
business. mere are p"' WV VI
three aNaliaple ''"''HeS III ''"'' '''"'
are vacant Inc "l"'S' ''"l' W Wv
past winter toSe'iier WIFI N"i ''''
OF other lrhltS ana veg ,""''S N'''e'
have Drought collS'"'I"p'e '''0''I ~,
To the haloS ol ,le Pe'i,e anu NV
they are SPeHoi"S 'oi III. '''l, ~? Wv.
= ment OF orange property III '''''' pa
ton OF all Ola t'ine crop '''e ' ,'
season Ifes ',' L' o:r.n NJ n
Vi "''o''''i '''''''' W =
George Hall, the young man al
present employed as assistant t'
) Capt. 5. NJ. haBree on the NoI'"ol'
was shocked into insenslDlllty aho
partially paralyzed by bolt OF IIght'
ming during the rain storm last sun
day afternoon. Hall lives Win NE
, foster parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 'haS
, Slade, just north Of town, ana at ''''
time of the shock was lying ON cot
in the sitting room of his foster pa
t rents home. Itseems that the SAME
bolt struck tree near tlle lo"se ",''