The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-24
e Personal and Social. e

Mrs &. Thomas Shinn and Mrs.
Piplar of Pomona were in town Sat
Grday, the guests of friends aud rela-
tives.
Mrs. w. B. Shotwell was equally
surprised one day last week by re-
ceiving visit from two of her cous-
ms, who came from South Carolina.
The Crescent City public schools
close to-day. after a most successful
term. Full particulars as to the
closing exercises will be given in the
next issue
Mr., and Mrs. NJ. Fl. Read visited
Jacksonville last week. Mr.. Read
is at the head of the real estate
agency which has managed so many
real estate transfers here recently.
Miss LETTERS of Atlanta, Georgia,
spent few days here last week the
guest of Mrs. Crotty. While this is
her first visit to Crescent City we
are sure that she will be with us
again soon.
The steamer Crescent is once more
on her regular run after being laid
off for some time for repairs. The
past season has been an unusually
busy one in both the freight and
passenger business.
On Thursday last little son came
to gladden. the hearts and home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Newbold Their
friends wish the elated parents every
joy. May the world ever smile
brightly on the little one.
Mrs. CORTLAND Middleton of Po-
mona, who us Miss Fannie Peck gave
instructions to large class of music
scholars, both in piano and violin, is
once more giving lessons in Crescent
City. Mrs. Middleton is brilliantly
gifted in music and is well liked
here rs II teacher.
Wallace Y. Reeves expects to leave
to- day for New York for an extended |
visit. He will be accompanied by
his sister, Miss Ida Reeves, who will
spend the summer and perhaps the
coming winter with her sister, at
larry town-o the Hudson.
Miss Mary Alice Eaton delight
fully entertained number of her
young friends last Friday evening at
the nome of her parents on Summit |
street Miss Mary Alice is one of our
most charming young girls and her
informal parties are always n social
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Darby are ell
tertaining Mrs. Darby's sister, who
as Miss Minnie O'Hem was well
known to the peOplcof Crescent City
several years, having made several
visits to her sister who at that time
resided here.
A. Ericsson of Sanford was the
guest of f. V. Lundberg last week.
1T is rumored that Mr.. Ericsson has
accepted II position with the McCor-
mick & Hubs groves, of which Mr..
is superintendent, and
will occupy the Finly house near
Miss Lucy Gautier was called to
Miami last week by the illness of her
nephew. The little fellow, who is
the eldest son of our one time fellow
townsman William Gautier, is quite
low with typhoid fever. There are
said to be over twenty cases of ty-
phoid fever in Miami.
The Crescent City friends of Miss
Annie Bruce of Palatka, regret to
learn of the death of her little
brother Charles, which occurred at
the Eome of his parents last Monday.
Miss Bruce has numerous friends
here who extend their most sincere
sympathy to her in her recent be-
Rev. L. r. Lynn of Palatka, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church at
that place, came up on the Crescent {
Thursday evening and stayed over
for the commencement exercises,
returning home Friday afternoon.
While here Mr.. Lynn was the guest )
Of Mai. j. l.. Burton. MI. Lynn
offers the invocation at the High
school commencement at Palatka
Tonight.
Our Welaka correspondent seems
to think that as Welaka has also
had an auto and II show it is as
much of city as Crescent City, and
that as Welaka has newspaper we !
folks over here must take a back
seat. Shucks We had q newspa-
Ger here over twenty years ago,
Now, friend, you're just twenty
years behind us.
The street lights of Crescent City
happened to a deplorable accident
asst Friday night Some one on
malicious mischief bent, smashed
,be glass globes of the lamps, The
amp by the V. I. A. hall, another at !
he corner of Summit street and Cen
raj ave, and another at the corner
If Prospect street and Central ave.
md the lamp which stands in front !
If the Southfield Auditorium. The
own authorities are keeping quiet" 8
,owever they are working hard on "