The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
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The post office has a new floor AM
has been otherwise improved.
Sam j. Sauders of Welaka wa
greeting his friends here few day
ago.
II Miss Lillian Appleby has returned
from an outing at st. Augustine anC
the beach.
Major G. G. Westcott has gone tt
Palatka where he will spend some
ten days or two weeks.
Ed. Newsom has gone to keeping
bachelor apartments in the Mizel
cottage on Market street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will NJ. Miller are
the proud parents of little girl
born on Sunday the 10th inst.
Mrs. j. l.. Burton and Miss Jessie
left this week for Palmetto, Manitee
county, where they will remain some
time.
Peter Jones and family have
moved into the house recently pur-
chased of Mrs. G. r. Thompson, at
Huntington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Phillips of Win
ter Park arrived on Saturday for a
brief visit with Mrs. Phillips parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Darby.
Mrs. r. G. Middleton of Longs
Station left yesterday for visit of
several weeks with her parents in
south western Wisconsin.
Mrs. B. B. Harris left this week
for visit of some ten days or two
weeks at her old home near Column
bia, South Carolina.
Mrs. L. Eaton and daughter, Mary
Alice, will leave this week for Sum-
mer Haven beach, at which place
they have rented the Burton cottage
for month.
Rev, G. IL. Ward is spending a
portion of the week in Jacksonville,
where as member of the standing
committee of the Diocese of Florida
he is assisting in the examination of
candidates for the priesthood.
Mrs. James Padgett, jr., and the
children returned last week Thurs
day from a three weeks outing at
Summer Haven beach, all looking
rugged and Drowned. Mr. Padgett
spent the last week with his family.
Mrs. B. n. Bradt of Huntington,
who is state agent for the Sunshine
Society, has decided her home, THE
Cedars," to that society, and the
same will be used as place for an
outing for poor people and children.
Shotwell's market handles only
Florida meats, and at this season of
the year there is none better on
earth, and then the price of home
grown beef is within reach of most
everyone. No beef trust here yet.
Very many of the orange groves
hereabouts have shown heavy |
June bloom rather July-for
some of the trees, particularly those
in the DeVeau grove, were quite
white with bloom during the present
month. This will mean a large |
quantity of late oranges in addition
to the already half-developed crop.
Mayo Dade of DeLand, represent
ing Chase & Co. the well-known Or
ange buyers, has been here during
the past week looking at crop pros
poets. Mr.. Dade made several offers
of 81. 20 per box on the tree for the
growing fruit, but up to Monday had
secured none. The growers here
abouts know that the demand for
high gaade oranges will be good
next winter and the prices high, and
they will be slow to sell thus early at
even these prices.
News of the death OF Mr.. w. p.
Lane, was received by w. q. Nor
ton of Grove Hall last week. Mr..
and Mrs. Lane of Boston spent the
winter of 1905-06 at Grove Hall, and
last spring Mr.. Lane came alone and
spent several weeks here. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Lane were popular with
the guests and all will deplore the
sad news of Mr.. Lanes death. He
had been i'll but II short time, and
was in Maine at the time. Death
was due to pneumonia.
Several weeks ago the News pub
lished news item to the effect that
several growers of oranges in DeS0to
had sold their fruit at $l.5O
per box on the trees. Nothing more
was thought of this until it was re-
ported that several of our local grow
ors had sold at $l.25 box a week or
more ago. Since then the editor of
the News has written to DeSoto
county for accurate information.
The reply has not yet been received,
but when it comes it will be reliable
Mr.. G. M. Barton of Jacksonville,
who travels for the w. A. Merryday
in Palatka selling orange
box material, was in Palatka on
Tuesday and he stated to the News
that he knew nothing concerning the
DeSoto county trades, but he DID
KNOW that several orange growers
On the st. Petersburg peninsula had
sold at 81 80 per box. This being the
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