The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-26
Crescent City News

The public school closes a very
successful year today with simple
exercises. Only good words are
heard concerning the work of Prin-
cipal Motfatt and Miss Bard.
The Presbyterian church has been
furnished with new hanging lamps,
the same being a big improvement
over the old ones in Illuminating
qualities, The lamps were purchas-
ed by the Ladies Aid Society.
Messrs. James and b. A. Combs
who recently purchased homes and
land north of town are making quite
success of gardening. A large part
of the fresh vegetables and all the
tomatoes and celery in the local
market comes from their places. Mr..
B. A. Combs shipped a half dozen
crates of cucumbers to the northern
market on Monday and other ship
ments followed later in the week.
Mr.. Combs has been shipping vege-
tables for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Dawes left on
Wednesday for New York where
they will spend the summer, and
where Mr.. Dawes will fill the place
of superintendent of the grounds of
the Richmond County Tennis Club.
The change is made in the interest
of Mr.. Dawes health and all his
friends here are hoping for his speedy
recovery. They will be gone until
the first of November and during
their absence their grove property
will be under the management of
Mr.. Hunter.
This is important. A prominent
citizen of Crescent City was asked
by the News if it was his purpose to
build home here. This is his an
swer: "Well, Pm on the fence.
Don't know. It's going to depend on
what is done in this school matter
If the graded school is established l
will stay. If it is not Ishall be COM
PEELED to move away. My children
must live where they can get an ed
ucation.n Crescent City will begin
to grow when it has the right kind OF
u school.
H. n. Antisdel of Denver, Colo,
was in the city from Wednesday, the
18th to Monday the 22d, during which
time he looked over the town and
contiguous country with the view. to
locating here. Before going Mr.
Antisdel made two contingent offers
for properties, and it is likely that at
least one of them may be accepted
IN which event he would return
Mr.. Antisdel has been a commercial
traveller for many years, but as he
was born in the country and is get
ting tired of the road, he wants tt
get where he can garden and grow
fruit. He likes Crescent City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Buck left OF
Wednesday for Philadelphia where
they will spend the summer. Mr.
and Mrs. Buck are generally the
first of our winter residents to arrive
in the fail and the last to leave il
the spring, and their going is Away
cause for general regret. Mr.
Bucks grove and garden is one o
the beauty spots of the place, all du
to the painstaking care with which
the Enclosure is cultivated. Acros
} the entire street front of his grow
! aud next to the fence is a row o
roses, and at all times of year it
t possible to pick IA beautiful boquet q
> these flowers. The entire place
= well cultivated, the trees look thrill
| ty and trip through the grove Wi
convince one that Mr.. Buck wi
/, have many oranges to ship the con
ing winter. Near the lake fror
6 there is thrifty garden and cor
field, and Mr. Buck says that tn
y corn will bear in the proportion
q 40 bushels to the acre.