The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-01


Ira q. Pratt has made a really at
tractive and roomy residence out of
the old Beekman place The roof
has been raised and the house is now
two-stories. The grounds are as
pretty an acre as there is in town
and when Mr.. Pratt gets through
with the improvements now making
he will have an ideal winter home.
The shipment of oranges, grape
fruit and tangerines goes steadily on
from this point and it is predicted
that all the fruit will have been for
warded by the holiday season. The
Crescent has been carrying some
trips as high as $50 boxes of fruit
and r. o. Burton informes the News
that shipments of from 300 to 500
boxes have been of frequent ocur-
renee. Mr., Burton thinks the total
output from the Crescent City loca-
ton this season will be considerable
over the News summer estimate of
10000 boxes.
Maj. j. l.. Burton has received
many new and valuable testimonials
to the efficacy of his root tea for the
cure of kidney troubles and the de-
mand has been so constant for this
root that he has been compelled to
devote much of his time to securing
it. No one who has tried it has
failed thus far to testify to great
benefit. AS one gentleman has
stated, the real beauty of the RENE
dy lies in the fact that it cannot
hurt one, and dozens hereabouts
will gladly testify to quick and per-
manent relief"
Going down on the steamer Mon
day morning the editor of the News
noticed several boxes of tangerines
consigned to q Philadelphia firm
notorious for it's failure to make re-
turns. 1t is only little more than |
a year ago that the press of the
state, the News among the number,
warned shippers of this firm, and
many examples were given of its
failure to pay for fruit and vegeta-
bles received. The chances are that
the fruit shipped from here last
Monday Will never be paid for. But,
then, the people who shipped it do
not read newspapers. They prefer
the more expensive and exclusive
way of obtaining information"
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Norris have
returned from Wellsville, Ohio, and
are again in their pleasant home
at the corner of Summit street
and Florida avenue. With them
is their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace and their
little boy, and Ernest and Miss Ella
Norris. Miss Martha is not to come
this winter. Mr.. Norris has been in
poor health much of the latter part
of the summer and fall, fact which
decided him to come to Florida in
stead of taking a much contemplated
trip to the Mediterranean country in
Southern Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Buckets of Illi-
nois have arrived and propose spend
ing a good part of the winter. At
present they are quartered at the Bur:
ton house, but will probably rent
rooms and do light housekeeping. Mr..
Buckets is a representative and thrift
ty farmer of the northwest-the
kind who let modern machinery do
the heavy work and who pluck regu-
lar annual dividends from their
acres of waving grain with as much
certainty as the bond holder clips
his coupons. 1t is to be hoped Mr..
and Mrs Buckets will enjoy their
stay here.
Mr. and Mrs. G. d. Lyon of Mans
field, Mass. ID, who have been spend
ing II short vacation at Grove Hall,
left for their northern home last
Mr.. Lyon is one of the
jewelry manufacturers of
and of altogether too
strenuous tendencies to feel satisfied
with the easy-goiug life of II quiet,
fruit growing Florida town, but as
he is the owner of one of the best
grove prospects here it is likely that
he will make frequent future visits
to the place. This was Mrs. Lyons
first visit to Florida, and she has
frequently expressed herself as
charmed with our climate and the
beautiful location of our town.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will give dime
social at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. X. Borsen next Wednesday |
evening, Dec. 9th. There will be
music and literary features and
some delicious refreshments, and 10
cents admission provides for all.
The ladies have undertaken much
this year in support of the church,
and it is hoped there will be a gener-
al attendance of citizens at this,
their first social effort to raise help.
Mrs. Borseh has kindly thrown open
her big home for the occasion and
nnites with the society IN urging a
big attendance.
John Utter of Providence, r. l.,