The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-13
Crescent City News

dence, X. l., arrived last week and
are occupying their pretty home in
the south end. They will remain till
spring. Mr.. Cliff has extensive in
terests here.
Col. d. b. Meredith, superintend-
ent of the Pennsylvania Forestry
Reservation at Graefenburg, arrived
here on Monday last and is the guest
of Capt. and Mrs. r. Z. Ivory. Col
Meredith and Capt. Ivory were COM
rades during tire civil war
The week of prayer was observed
at the Presbyterian church last week
with services every evening except
Saturday. The attendance, while
not large, was good and considerable
interest was manifest in the various
devotional topics up for considera-
tion.
The ste amer Crescent continues to
go out from the lake each trip
heavily loaded with oranges The
eastern quotations during the past
two weeks have made steady adj
vances and prices on good fruit is
now quite satisfactory. The chances
favor still greater advance.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Williams are
spending the present week at Tampa
and other south Florida points where
Mr.. Williams has legal business.
AS soon as his business is completed
Mr.. Williams Will return to New
York. Mrs. Williams will return to
Grove Hall and remain until April.
There are two good homes in Cres-
cent City now stfered for sale, and at
prices much under the cost of con
structiOn. We refer to the homes of
I. s. Bates and S. w. Goodale. In
both cases a sale has been decided
on under circumstances which the
owners feel warrant them in giving
up their places.
The V. |. A. held its regular
monthly meeting this week, when
offices for the year We're to be
elected. The association is DESTROYS
of inaugurating permanent public
library and at this meeting it is
likely that plan was formulated.
The News hopes to give report of
the meeting in its next issue.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Pratt left dur
ing the week for Savannah. There
they will spend few days with
their daughter, Mrs. Porter G. Pier
pont, before continuing their jour
ney to Milton, VT, their home. Mil
ton is on the Central of Vermont
Railroad, in the northern part of
Vermont and So miles south of
Montreal. 1t is chilly there at this
season of the year
Mrs. w. D. Williams has gone to
Maitland, Orange county, where she
will remain about two months, a
guest at the Park hotel. There are
living at Maitland, several families
of old friends of Mrs. Williams, who
have been anxious to have her with |
them, and she had looked forward |
with much pleasure to her visit
Mrs. Williams may return here for a
short time before going north for the
summer.
Among the visitors to this city are
Mr.. and Mrs, Thomas j. Capers, who
are returning from their bridal trip
down the east coast, including
brief visit to the formers mother and |
sister, Mrs. 7. j. Capers and Mrs. j.
w. Miller, at Crescent City. Mr..
Capers has a great many friends
here, and he was busy last night re-
congratulations Many met
his entertaining wife, which was a
pleasure. Mr.. and Mrs Gapers will
remain here during today, and will
be glad to greet their friends at the
Brown House. Gainesville Sun.
Hon. l.. X. Tucker, county super
intendent of schools, visited the
white and colored schools of this
place on Wednesday. On Tuesday
afternoon Mr.. Tucker visited the
school at Huntington. In speaking
of the white school here Mr.. Tucker
said to the News: 1.-THE Crescent
City school is one of the best in the
county, and l doubt if there is a
place of similar size in the whole
state that has a better one. | am
hearing good words constantly from
the patrons of the school, and no
aud this is good evil
tence that the work of Prof. Motfatt
is fully appreciated"