The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-06-02
Personal and Social.

Mrs. w. A. Russell spent Monday
and Tuesday in Palatka.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Deaton spent the latter
part of last week in Jacksonville.
Mrs. r. F. Adams of PalatSa spent
Sunday here the guest of her sister,
Mrs. l.. Eaton.
Mr.. and Mrs. x. Borsen spent the
first three days of the week in Jack
sonville and Palatka.
Last week shippers of squashes re-
ceived an average of Sl.25 per crate
net for their shipments.
H. G. Thurber left on Monday for
his summer home in AttlebOro,
Mass. He expects to return in Octo-
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Hawkins and
son and daughter left on Monday for
their summer home, City Island,
New York City.
Miss Jessie Burton attended the
commencement exercises of the Put
nam High school and remained in
Palatka until Tuesday.
Chamberlin is having fine trade
in groceries, dry goods and shoes
His stock is always kept to Il high
standard of excellence.
S. Z. Neal was first in the field last
week with some delicious ripe
peaches of the Jewell species. Now
they are more common.
Albert Lounds has received the
medal for first hOnors at the South
Florida Military Institute and has
also been promoted to be first lieu
tenant.
Miss Nora Mcneil, the guest of DR..
and Mrs. E. w. Warren for the past
two months, has retured to her home
in Georgia. Mrs. Warren accOmpa-
MED her guest as far as Palatka.
Mrs. Cornelia Lyon and daughter,
Miss Eva Lyon, are leaving this
week for their home, Crosse Isle,
Mich. This beautiful isle is in the
Detroit river about 10 miles south of
the city of the same name.
Ivan Waterman has returned from
Stetson University having completed
his junior year in the preparatory
course us one of the honor men" of
the class. He is one of the young
men in whom the whole town feels II
pride.
Capt. and Mrs. r. G. Ivory and
Mrs. E. d. Lynch and son, Master
Walter, left on Monday for WOrces-
ter, Mass, where they will spend a
large part of the summer. Capt.
Ivory expects to return the latter
part of September, and the ladies in
October
Miss Maggie Bard, assistant teach
er at the school, left for her home in
Norwalk on Monday. Miss Bard has
about decided to give up teaching, at
least for the coming year, owing to
trouble with her eyes. She is popu-
lar here with both parents and chill
dren and rs a teacher ranks among
the best.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Presbyterian church met with Mrs.
G. H. Cash on Wednesday of last
week and were delightfully."- enter
tanned. The ladies voted unani-
mously to give the old chandeliers
from the church, one to the colored
Baptist and one to the A. NJ. E..
church.
The public school closed last Fri
day with appropriate exercises held
in the morning. But few of the
children in the higher room were adj
vanced in their classes. Prof. Moi
fatt left in the afternoon for his
home in Micanopy He was gener-
ally popular with the pupils and
parents.
On every hand We hear the remark
uthere will be u good many more
oranges round here than people ex-
pect." Those who go about the
groves now can see the truth of this
statement. The fruit now forming
begins to show up. Then MANY are
looking for June bloom. Mr.. Hem
mig, superintendent of Collins B.
Hubbard's grove, states that while
it is early to make an estimate, he
feels confident this grove will yield
500 boxes. There is also considera-
BILE fruit at Oakwook and adjacent
groves.