The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-07

lature. The doctor is serving his
second term in the house, and says
he will not care to return for the
third time. The doctor will not re-
turn to Crescent City until after the
adjournment, about the first of June.
The children's dancing class which
has been meeting on Saturday after
Moons at the home of Mrs. Henry G..
Hubbard, held its final meeting last
Saturday afternoon, when the little
people gave an exhibition dance to
parents and friends. The children
have received instruction from the
Misses Morse, and have enjoyed the
lessons greatly. The final dance
was very pretty affair.
The News has had many letters of
inquiry concerning the orange crop
prospects for the coming year. In
reply to these enquiries it will pub
lish during the next week the opin-
ions of some Of our leading growers.
At present the prospects do not ap-
pear bright for big general crop,
though some growers here and there
will have an abundance of fruit.
Some are pinning their faith to la
ter bloom.
Paul Q. Smith has just completed
a very pretty desk for the use of the
president of the town council and
which will also serve us the bench >
In the mayors court. The desk is Of
cypress and will be both ornamental
and useful. Now that the common
council is to meet in the new city
building it is proposed that the meet.
ings shall be conducted with great,
er show of dignity and this desk is
in furthemnce of this idea,
The Crescent City base ball club
played with the janiors on Friday
afternoon last, beating the little fell
lows by II score of 80 tot. 1t is wor-
thy Of remark, However, that Ores
cent City in its junior aggrc gHti n,
is raising up Il batch of. coming ball
players who in II very short time
will be able TO go out into the world
and play ball. They have the fever
good and hard and many of these
little fellows show surprising ability
even now. All they lack is strength
Mrs. II. Z. Harris returned from a
visit of several weeks down the east
coast last week and remained over
at Grove Hall until Monday, when
she left for her home, Eridgeton, n.
J. Mrs. Harris enjoyed her visit to
the east coast greatly, but says that
for real rest and comfort she is con-
tent with Crescent City. She eX-
poets to return here for brief time
next season, when she hopes to take
a trip TO Tampa, Key West. HavanG
and Nassau,
Mrs. NJ. h. Traile of Chautauqua,
New York, always popular visitor
here, spent last week at Grove Hall
and returned to Jacksonville Mon
day. She has been spending the
winter in Jacksonville. Mrs. Traile
is the proprietor of one of the leading
summer hotels Mt Lake Chautauqua
and during the season has from lie
to 1870 guests all the time Many of
our winter guests have visited her
hotel in the summer and pronounce
it perfect. Florida people going to
Chautauqua in the summer will find
a special welcome at her home.
Hon. james r. Howe Of Brooklyn,
n. Y. who had been II guest at Grove
Hall for the past two weeks left for
home last Wednesday, He wanted
to stay longer but the press of bust
ness engagements prevented Mr.
Howe is perhaps the heaviest owner
of unimproved property here and is
extremely anxious for the develop
ment of the place The News will
not be surprised to hear any day of
some great scheme of Mr.. Howe's for
the places upbuilding. He is anx-
ious for better railroad connection
and will work to that end.
Probably the finest showing for an
orange crop in this section for the
size of the grove, is to be found on
the 10 acres of trees owned by Chas.
S. Gowen at Fish Hawk point. Mr.
Governs trees were not injured by
the January cold, not even losing
their foliage, and the bloom of
week or two ago was as heavy as has
ever been seen in this entire section.
The trees are generally in very
healthy condition. 1t would be next
to impossible to estimate the coming
crop, but it will be all that the trees
can hold, and they are good sized
trees.
w. B. Campbell one of our old and
most respected citizens has decided
to quit farming for Il time and has
engaged in the mercantile business
at Lakeland, one of the growing in
land cities of Florida. He has form
ed partnership with his brother-in-
law, Mr.. ]. b. Smith. Mr. Campbell
is large orange grower and truck
farm owner here, and during his alb
sence. with a view to a change, his