The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-06-21
Crescent City News

Up to last Saturday IS qualified
voters OF this precinct had signed the
petition for "wet or dry" election.
VI this number at least a dozen
names were those of colored people.
Mrs. 7. S. DeVeau and her sister
Mrs. Payne, have gone to New York
and their old home in Bridgeport,
Conn, for a two or three months
visit. During their stay in New
York they will be guests of Mrs.
Payne's daughter, Mrs. w. H.
Thompson, II Madison ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borson expect to
leave to day for Savannah and the
jamestown exposition. After a
visit of some time at each of these
points they will extend their trip to
New York, Niagara Falls and other
points of interest. They will be alb
sent about two months.
Sunday was observed as Children's
DAY at the Presbyterian church and
the morning service hour was de-
voted to u program appropriate to
the occasion, with songs, recitations,
and short, happy talk by the pastor,
Rev. j. q. Dorward. The church
was beautiful in its decoration of
flowers and the children had seats
in the choir, while the adults occu-
pied seats in the main body of the
church. 1t was pleasing and
profitable service throughout
w. b. Campbell entertained over
Sunday and Monday at the Turner
House the gentleman who comes
from Washington at the instance of
the entomologist of the Department
of Agriculture to make study of
the white fly in Florida with view
to finding a means to its eXtermina-
ton. 1t will be remembered that
congress recently made an appropri-
alton of So, 900 for this purpose. The
white fly has not yet made its APP
pearance at this place, but there
were signs of it at the Security grove
on Haw Greek, and on Monday Mr.
Campbell and his guest went to Haw
Greek
A New York Packer representa-
tive who has just completed tour
of the "orange belt" in this state re-
ports to his paper that "Florida is |
now emerging from one of the most |
disastrous drouths known in its his
tory" and as a result, the writer |
states that the citrus crop of Florida |
will be so per cent short. He pre-
diets that Florida fruit will bring a
much better price than last year.
From the best information obtain
able from growers in this section the |
Crescent City crop promises to be
much larger than last year, despite
the long drought.
This is the season of usual summer
quiet, when grove owners and far
mers have been busy with their
work and consequently the streets
have presented anything but an APP
pearance of business. However APP
pearances are deceitful. F. S. Cone,
our leading dry goods and shoe mer-
chant, reports that there is business
and that his sales show a constant
over former years.
This is largely true at this store from
The fact that Mr.. Cone keeps his stock
IN fine shape during the summer sea-
son. His line of dry goods is always
and his shoe stock con-
;ains everything needed for men,
women and children. Then there is
IN extra big stock of light weight
and of the celebrated Sweet
Orr company's overalls and other
garments for workmen. One of the
most popular attractions at Mr..
Zones store are the 5 and 10 cent
counters. These are laden with n
thousand handy articles for the
household, the stable and almost
very avocation of the common work
l-day life. These counters attract
purchasers from all quarters, and
when citizen needs some,
DOL or household article, it has be-
ome the custom to look over Cones |
bargain counter before making {
purchase. He generally has the {
hing needed and at a price that {
makes its nnrchase easy.