The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-15
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at Pomona on Monday and Tuesday
Capt. S. NJ. LaBree lost valuable
new mich Jersey COW last Friday.
Tom Russell is spending the week
at home from Stetson University on
account of Illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coe d. Smith are
now living in their new cottage home
on south Prospect street.
Mrs. II. q. Darby returned last
week from the st. Augustine hospit-
al and is rapidly improving.
Rev. Dennis Spencer prea ched to
the Baptist congregation in the
Auditorium last Sunday morning.
Rev. G. H. Ward has sold his fruit
crop on the trees and the same was
picked and shipped this week.
The boarding houses are well filled
with young men who have come here
to assist in packing and shipping
fruit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard of Prov-
dence, r. l., were expected this
week and will again have rooms at
Mrs. Borsen's.
Grosvernor Gautier and Harry
Chamberlin, who have good positions
at DeLand, came up to spend Sunday
with home folks.
A large number of new chairs have
been purchased for V. L. A. hall
chairs of the folding variety, like
those in the Auditorium.
j. r. Sattertield an orange buyer
of Baltimore has been here during
the past week or more. Mr.. Satter-
field bought oranges here some 10 or
IS years ago and is we'll rememered
by many of our leading growers.
Chase g. Co. have completed their
shipments of the Hurlbut crop, which
totaled over 1000 boxes, not incIud-
ing the round oranges of the Hart's
Late variety. These Mr.. Hurlbut
did not sell, and will not ship before
March.
With the arrival of the Pilot Boy |
the Beach & Miller line now offers
daily boat from Crescent City to Pal
atka and Jacksonville, and vice YER
sa. The trip to Palatka can now be
made in the morning and back in the
evening, with several hours in that
town TO do business.
The Crescent made a special trip
to Jacksonville Sunday in order to
accommodate orange shippers. The
Pilot Boy was expected on Wednes-
day to take the opposite run, so that
from now to the close of the orange
shipping season there will be daily
boat.
B. F. Tillinghast, editor of the
Davenport, IowW Daily Democrat,
arrived on Monday and will spend
two or three weeks here. Mr.. Til
linghast owns promising l0-acre
grove south of the town limits, and
while his crop this year is not large,
he has a fair yield of very excellent
fruit.
Chase & Co., the Florida orange
brokers, have just opened an office
in Washington with James Birss in
charge. The firm also has an office
Cincinnati. "With both these offices
in operation" says the New York
Packer, "this firm will be in better
position than ever to look after cars
in transit, effect diversions and han
lie the business promptly and prop
erly."
Mrs. G. S. Gowen, president of the
Y. |. A., who has been in New Eng
land since early in the spring, was
expected home this week, and for
his reason, and that she might be
present, the opening meeting of the
association for the winter series was
postponed from Monday to a later c
late.
r. B. Williams and J. H. King, i
yell-known, colored men of this
,lace, sent consignments of early q
,eans to Jacksonville commission
houses last week with poor results. C
Williams sent three crates, which '
letted him Sl.O5; King did little
better, getting sl.5O net for three
rates. Don't send early vegetables !
o Jacksonville.
The death is reported from WASH s
ngton. d. G., of Mrs. Agnes l.. G. {
French. wife of Rev. John Louis
french of that city and a frequent :
winter visitor to Crescent CITY,
where he has large grove interests.
The funeral took place from her late
esidence on Wednesday the 9th l
INST. Mrs. French was born in +
province of Quebec, v
canada, of long line OF distinguish v
ID ancestry. She was married to
Rev. Mr.. French, Oct. 18th, 1871, and a
lad lived in the same house in wash
ngton for SO years. ,