The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18

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will now find it easy to unload and
load freight.
The ladies of the Baptist church
have organized IL Ladies' Aid society
and are preparing to give some cred
liable entertainments for the benefit
of the church the coming season.
Mrs. j. l.. Maull and her son, w
b. Maull, returned on Tuesday from
their summer stay at Howartb, n
j., and are again settled in theil
home on Prospect st. Mrs. Maull's
health is said to be much improved
Mrs. Fred Andersen entertained
the Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church on Wednesday of
last week in her usual charming
manner. The society is preparing to
give big bazaar and supper during
the approaching season.
The Carrier Brothers were the first
to make fruit shipments from this
section this year and that a couple
hundred boxes of grapefruit some
two weeks ago. This fruit was ship
ped from their Clifton property, was
we'll colored and brought top prices.
W. B. Campbell went to Jackson
Vile. on Monday, and it is under
stood that he went to consult law
yer with the view of securing an in
junction to prevent the construction
of the bridge across the st. Johns
river at Palatka.
Capt. S. NJ. LaBree is moving the
old Canoe Club building up to the
Goudola landing and will fit the
same out for office purposes. He
will have a modern office and great
ly improve his warehouse facilities
The Gondola line is out for business
this year.
H. Z. Waid has leased the store
room in the Payson building at the
foot of Central avenue, now occu-
pied by A. B. Torrey's undertaking
stock, and he will open the same in
about two weeks as u pool room. Mr.
Waid has two new pool tables order
ed for the place. Mr.. Torrey will oc-
cupy the room now used as the mill
office and Mr.. Payson will build a
new office near the mill.
The sale of the l.. A. Hurlbut crop,
mention of which was made IN the
News of last week, was to Chase d
Co. of Jacksonville. Mr.. Hurlbut re-
serves the oranges of the Harris late
variety, but the balance OF the frult
goes to the above firm and is to be
shipped before the 25th of December
The oranges were sold at $l.oO per
box and the tangerines and grape
fruit at s1.75 per box. The latter
fruit is small. Mr.. Hurlbut's crop is
estimated at from $500 to 1000 boxes
Two or three citizens of this place
who are competent to estimate Che
present crop of fruit in this section
are of the opinion that the News es-
innate of $1,000 boxes is consider
ably under the actual yield, Is Will
later be shown by the shipments
This is quite possible, though MI II.
O. Burton, who at least made an ac-
curate estimate last year, says the
News estimate is not far out of the
way. Mr.. Burton's figures was 81
600 boxes.
w. B. Campbell is now the acting
mayor of Crescent City, the third IN
that many weeks. 1t happened this
way. Dr. Sprague, the mayor, re-
signed, and by reason of such resiG-
nation VIM. C. Norton, as president
of the council, became acting mayor
Then Mr.. Norton took sick and could
NOT attend to the duties. A week
AGO there were some arrests for mis-
demeanor, and the arrested ones
were in the "jugn awaiting lrlal'
The acting mayor was too i'll to try
them. Then the councii,got together
and Mr.. Norton resigned, and Mr..
Campbell. as the newly elected pres
ideut of the council took the office
and the prisoners were tried. Mr.
Campbell is good timber for mayor
bpt he don't like to be bothered with |
the Job. He has other things 20 do
and somt of these things take nm
awav from town for days at n time
AS soon as Mr.. Norton gets on his
feet again, Mr.. Campbell says he VIII
resign and MIR. Norton can wear the
robes of office again.