The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-26
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Capt. John ID. Pigue's new war
house and dock is nearly ready fo
occupancy.
!. VIII Newman the town black
smith and wagon repairer has al
the work he can do.
The big horse belonging to Capt
Hawkins, in charge of James Pad
gett, ST., died on Sunday.
Dave Baker, a prominent citizel
of Interlachen, was here a short tim
on Monday last.
Lloyd Preston will soon start on
visit Of a couple of weeks to tn,
jamestown Exposition.
Eugene d. Lounds spent Saturday
and Sunday last in Jacksonville, ,
guest at the Windsor Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Curtiss of Pa.
latka are spending the week here
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. White
E. j. Harper is building neat
kitchen annex to his house; also 8
wide porch across the north side OF
the house.
Rev. G. H. Ward gave notice al
the Episcopal church last Sunday
that there would be no more Sunday
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The council is holding sessions
each Monday night, its special work
being to revise the town ordinance
and to start off with a clean book.
Otto Kinard has rented one of j.
w. Longs new store rooms and has
opened the same as an ice cream par
lor, and for the sale of sodawater,
cigars etc.
Mrs. G. A. Cheatham, Miss Corrie
Cheatham and Mr.. Cartilage of
Huntington were among the guests
at Miss Ruby Mathis party on
Thursday evening last.
Saturday and Sunday last the heat
was terrific. The mercury went to
50 in the shade and there was little
or no breeze. They were the hottest
days of the summer thus far.
The steamer Crescent is undergo
ing its annual overhaulng on the
ways in Jacksonville this week and
is greatly missed. 1t will likely be
on its regular run by next week.
d. P. Quigley of Green Cove
Springs was here last week the guest
of f. V. Lundberg, and Miss Quig-
ley of the same place is now guest
for Il time at Mr.. Lundberg's home.
Mrs. w. d. Benham and Miss Ger
trude are having delightful time at
Chautauqua, N. Y, where they are
the guests of Mrs. M. r. Traile.
Quite recently they visited Niagara
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Mathis, after
a visit of several weeks with Mr..
Mathis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Mathis, left last Monday after
noon. After spending few days in
Gainesville, Live Oak and other
points, they will return to their home
in Alabama.
There has been some petty house
breaking going on in Crescent City
lately, the victims in all cases being
winter residents who are now away
and whose homes are shut up. The
presence of ladder against the front
part of Capt. Hawkins house last
week led to the discovery that
thieves had ransacked that house,
gaining entrance through window
in the second story that had not been
securely fastened. The discovery of
this led to an inspection of other
closed residences, with the result
that it was found that the home of
Mrs. H. A. CARL had also been en-
tered through an upper window.
In both these houses it was found by
those in charge, that bureau. drawers
had been opened and search made,
though it was not possible to tell
whether anything had been taken.
Clothing, bedding, ETC., was not
taken, and in Mrs. Carll's house the
silver ware was safe. 1t is thought
that the work is that Of negro boys
who were looking for something be-
sides heavy plunder. Two weeks be-
fore the residence of Ira G. Pratt was
entered by the thieves breaking the
glass panel of the rear kitchen door
and reaching in an nnloclain3 the
door. Mr.. Lucius Turner, who has
charge of the place, made this dis
covery, after which he entered the
house to find the bureau drawers
had been opened, with apparently
nothing missing. The people of
Crescent City feel very keeEly the
disgrace of this affair. Heretofore
the homes of our winter visitors
have been thought safe from thieves,
and there is but one known case OF
any house being entered before, that
of Mr.. G. A, Pratt, several years ago,
when nothing was taken, 1t is
thought the thieves were locking
for ieweriy, watches or money, ana
finding none LETT the place. They
certainly did not take clothes, bed
ding, table ware, or bric-a-brac,
and aside from the opening Of wind