The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-25
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Personal and Social. q

Letting your light shine does moi
mean turning u searchlight on youI
B neighbours weak spots.
3 Harry Chamberlin and Rudolph
} klnard came up from DeLand tc
spend Sunday at home.
a. j. Smith of Huntington was a
visitor on Saturday whom all were
pleased to see.
The new wire fence which is to en-
close the house and grounds of Coe
ID. Smith arrived last week.
Miss Hester McGrady of Jackson
vile has been the guest of Miss
Kathleen Sprague for some days.
The street committee is doing some
needed work OH the streets-cutting
away sandspur grass, trimming trees,
etc.
MIR. and Mrs w. j. Sanders were
expecting to move into their new
and pretty home in the Crescent Hill
subdivision this week
Mrs. James Mathis, who recently
arrived from South Carolina, is at
the home of her son, MIR. Howard
Mathis, for protracted visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borsen are going
down to Palatka today on their
launch to attend the presentation of
the musical comedy, 1.-THE Tourists"
at the new Howell theater.
Mrs. Mary Scott Miller has sold
the orange crop of the j. w. Miller
estate to Walter Hawkins of Jack
sonville. The crop is estimated at
something over 5000 boxes.
j. B. SILVER for Chase q Co. has
purchased the orange crops of David
Dawes and James r. Howe. Other
sales have been reported during the
past week as made to the same firm,
but lack confirmation.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Mccormick and
Miss Arrie Mccormick of Augusta,
Ga, father, mother and sister of Mr..
Jesse Mccormick and Mrs. S. A. |
Kinard, arrived last Friday and will
spend the winter here, and possibly |
decide to locate here permanently.
NJ. H. Reads real estate agency
has sold to Victor and Wallace Smil- |
ey two lots in the Crescent Hill sub
division for immediate improve
ment. There will be many newshous-
es erected in that section of the town |
the present season.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. Vincent and little
daughter of Brandon, Manitoba,
Canada, are here for the season and
are guests at Crescent Inn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent seem greatly pleased
with the place and may decide to
secure home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Jones of
jacksonville have rented the Wade
house just north of town and expect
to occupy the same in a few days
Mr.. Jones is a son of Peter Jones of
Huntington, and he comes here to
engage in orange packing.
Haywood Paxton of DeLand, son
of d. B. Paxton and former Ores
cent City boy, will be candidate
for sheriff of Volusia county to sue
coed Sheriff Turner, who has de-
clined to again enter the race. 1t is
too bad Haywood's old friends in
Putnam county cannot vote for him.
X. Borsen returned late Saturday
night from few days fishing for sea
bass at Daytona Beach with Capt.
II, Y. Snow of Palatka. During the
three days spent at this sport these
gentlemen succeeded in landing
total of 30 monster sea bass. Mr.
Borsen brought two of the bass home
with him.
]. Blaine SILVER has confirmed the
estimate of the present seasons cit
rus fruit crop of Crescent City as
made by the News two weeks ago.
Mr.. SILVER says that a careful In
vestigation warrants him in stating
that the crop will be between S6,OOO
and 10000 boxes.
DR.. and Mrs. j. N. Wickham OF {
New York came up from Jackson
Vile on the steamer last Saturday
evening with Mrs. 6. T. Thompson,
and spent Sunday at Crescent Inn i
They were greatly pleased with the
place and delighted with the river
ride.
Mrs. ]. P. Cowburn has given to
Miss Lillian NJ. AppIeby for the use
of the public school, fac collection
of mounted birds, the work OF her
own hands. 1t is a gift that is great
" appreciated not alone by Miss APP
pleby, but by all the teachers of the
school, and the pupils. The birds {
will serve as models for the classes
in drawing, and it is to be hoped be-
come the neucleus Tor large
collection of specimens for the study
of zoology. The school is going to
need eases in which to preserve these
specimens and the first man to speak
mn with such n donation VIII also ;