The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
Personal and Social.

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Rev. DR.. G.. II. Ward visited Pa
latka on Monday.
Mrs E, D. Terry went to Jackson
vile on Monday
Mrs. Capt. A. w. Brown has a
pretty new phaeton and horse.
Miss Kirkland, q charming young
lady of Fruitland, is here visiting
Miss Hunter.
Jas. w. Long sold 400 pounds of
beef at retail from his wagon on the
Georgetown run last Saturday.
S. j. Saunders and Abram Rich
ardson will begin shipping from a
large field of squashes this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. Borsen will rent
cottage and reside at Sebreeze for
two months of the coming sammer.
l.. M. Baker and family have
moved to Seville, at which place
Mr.. Baker has engaged in business.
Several people hereabouts who
have gardens are indulging in the
luxury of green corn--a la roasting
ears. Yum, Yum.
The delinquent state and county
tax list will appear in the News dur
ing the month of June, beginning
with Friday, June LIST,
j. l.. Burton has made several
shipments of squashes to the eastern
market during the past ten days, as
so also have several other growers.
1t has been said that Blaine SILVER
has the best corn prospects of any
of his neighbors. His best corn is on
the lower end of Frank Buck S
orange grove property.
The public school will close on May
10Th. 1t has been good school,
thanks to the patience, good sense
and ability of both Prof. Motfatt and
Miss Bard. They have had their
hands full.
The Nine Chums base ball club of
Palatka is going to come here next
week Saturday and play game with
the local club provided enough play
ers can be drummed up to constitute
nine. The Crescent City club has
lost several of its best players by
removal.
f. S. Cone is showing new line
of gentlemen and ladies tan and pat
ent Oxford shoes that are as stylish
aud well made as any ever brought
to the place A patent Oxford for
gentlemen is as pretty a shoe rs is
made Mr.. Cone buys direct from
the manufacturer,
Frank Buck, whose orange grove
on the Lake Crescent front is by all
regarded as one of the prettiest prop
critics in this section of the country,
gives it as his opinion that he Will
have about One-third the fruit the
coming winter that he had last. Mr..
Buck gives his entire personal atten-
ton to his grove property and the
hard, intelligent work performed on
it is the sole reason for the healthful
condition of his trees.
Capt. J. w. Miller is quite i'll at
his home, having been confined to
his bed since Monday the sth inst.
Capt. Miller has been ailing for some
time but would not give ur, prefer
ring to give personal direction to his
large and varied business interests.
It is a matter of deep regret with all
classes of people that he has finally
been compelled to take to his bed,
and all are hoping for his speedy
restoration to health.
Tom Russell caught big mouth
black bass in Lake Stella last Satur-
day morning that weighed l01S
pounds. This is one of the largest
fish caught here in several years,
though there are records of even
larger ones. A colored man named
Dorsey. who once had barber shop
in the Canoe club building, caught
one some 10 years ago that weighed
Is pounds, and the late DR.. Harrison
told the writer of one he saw caught
| in the early days that weighed Is
pounds,