The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-06-28
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Mrs. 5. d. Capers and Mrs. ]. w.
Miller and Master George Miller Wis
tied Palatka on Monday.
Next Thursday will be the Fourth
OF July, but there will be nothin'
dom in Crescent City this year.
Coe D. Smiths pretty cottage has
received its printing coat of paint
and is fast nearing completion.
Capt. and Mrs. F. M. Paysor and
family left last week for Daytona
Beach where they have rented cot
tage for the summer.
Mrs. E. N. Maui and little daugh-
ter of Palatka spent several days
here last week and until Monday
visiting relatives and old friends.
Rev. ]. G. Dorward, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, will leave early
next month for a visit with friends
in the north. He is greatly in need
of a change for the improvement of
his health.
Mrs. James Padgett, jr. and three
children left this week for Omega by
boat, from which place they go over
land to Summer Haven with Mrs.
Daughtry. They will spend about
month at this pleasant seaside resort.
j. Mac Maui went to Palatka on
Monday for the purpose of making
out his pension application. Quite
number of old soldiers in this section
will obtain pensions under the new
law who could not previously get
them.
James Padgett, jr. will rattle his
black colt on the Fourth of July.
The tick ets, which are selling at a
dollar each, are going rapidly. The
colt is beautiful animal and fav-
orite with all. The lucky winner
will have something to be proud Of
Will M. Miller has new steel gas
oline launch, delivered last week,
which he will use for fishing pur-
poses and other pleasure trips. The
launch is light, has air tight COM
partments, and is of beautiful model
and swift.
l.. Eaton returns tomorrow from
DeLand where he has finished his
building contract. Mr.. Eaton was
strongly urged to make DeLand his
home, and where he was promised
plenty of business, but he preferred
Crescent City.
Miss May Burton who has spent
several months here the guest of her
cousin, Miss Jessie Burton, left last
week for her home in Pasco county
Miss Burton made many warm
friends among the young people dur.
ing her stay here, and all are regret
ing her departure.
A. P. DeWolf visited Palatka on
Monday, going down to that place to
deliver the wet or dry" election pc
tition secured from voters OF this
precinct. Mr.. DeWolf states that he
had "a names to the petition; that
there were several others whom he
wished to see, but could not.
The town council has just COM
pleted the work of revising the town |
ordinances and Clerk Paul G. Smith |
now has the city laws in shape so
that the people can know just where |
they are at. All the useless ordl- |
nances and those that have been re-
pealed were stricken from the list.
Mr.. Darby, the merchant, states
that Rev. Mr., Geiger, secretary OF
the State Baptist association and
one of the most eloquent preachers
of the state, will soon visit Crescent
City and will preach here, provided
arrangements can be made for hail.
This arrangement can be easily
made.
The fried chicken crop here this
summer is small and this toothsome
article of diet will be luxury. Far
mers and chicken raises complain
that the little chicks have died in
clusters and that so few have sur
vived the epidemic of pips, belly
ache and sorehead that there is
scarcely enough left for breeding
purposes.
The Preston-Miller company is do
ing a specially large business IN It's
cypress tank department. Just now
some % orders being booked ahead,
one of which is $4,000 gallon tank
for the Florida East Coast Railway.
The company's pail and tub Depart
ment is also rushed with big orders
and large force of men are employ
ed at the factory. TWO or three
more factories of this size would De
a big thing for the town.
The orange crop prospects for Cres-
cent City and vicinity the coming
winter are very bright. with put
few exceptions the groves hereabouts
will have as large, or larger, crops
than last winter. The exceptions
are mostly in the vicinity OF cross
and the DeWolf neighbour
hood, where last winters cold dld
damage. Mr., DeWolfs
crop will be short as to tunSerihes,
and this will also prove true Mt the
groves of Thos. II. Stryker'
also in the hammock, at the Oak
wood and Lisnaro groves and some
others. At the Glynn grove the
are good for about the same
sized crop as last winter. The out
look is flattering for high prices the
coming winter owing to scarcity VI
fruit in south Florida and othefparts
of the state.
Crescent City people who DO not
feel equal to the expense of Vaca-
tion have the means at their door
for a short and most enjoyable out
ing and one that is both rustful ana
cooling. 1t is the boat ride to jack
and return. A trip OF this
kind on the steamer Crescent, afford
ing two whole days sail on the broad
and beautiful st. Johns river, With
several hours Of the afternoon ana
evening and two hours of the fol
lowing morning in Jacksonville,
n trip that the people OF
Florida towns not so admirably STU