The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-08
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Monday morning-the first of tn,
4 season.
James w. Long is doing hi,
grocery and meat business, anc
every week adds to the volume.
Mrs. Smiley and daughter of Fruit
land are now living in the Sanders
home just south of town and on the
Seville road.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Pierre Ravens Of
Jacksonville came up on Saturday
to spend few days with Capt. and
Mrs. Ivory.
Capt. and Mrs. John d. Pigue and
family and Mrs. f. J. Harper went
to Palatka and back last Monday on
Capt. Pigue's launch
Rev. DR.. Kilburn, former mis-
sionary of the Presbyterian church,
is here for a time, the guest of Rev.
and Mrs. j. c. Dorward.
Mrs. Henry e. Hubbard and two
youngest children, Alice and Guern-
sey, arrived last Sunday and are at
Hubbard park for the winter.
The Crescent carried out over 900
boxes of grapefruit and oranges on
Friday the LIST, and about the same
number on Monday, the 4th.
Mrs. R. G. Ivory and granddaugh-
ter, Miss Ethel Lee, of Worcester,
Mass, arrived last week, and with
them was Master Walter Lynch.
James r. McGrady of Denver
brought to town on Saturday bar
rel of new syrup made on his own
place last week. It's good.
Chase & Co have big force of
men sizing and packing fruit in the
old warehouse next to the Crescent's
landing and during the past 10 days
have been packing the Hurlbut crop.
W. F. Glynn of Boston has termi-
mated his visit and returned to his
home. During his stay Mr.. Glynn
made arrangements with Her F.
Babers to ship his fruit, estimated at
about $500 boxes.
home was discovered one morning
last week by Mrs. Howard Mathis,
who with the help of the children
was able to put it out.
The Haw Creek Security Grove
Company has been sending forward
some excellent fruit. Over l5C boxes
went out on the Crescent Monday
morning consigned to S. B. DOwnes
& Co., New York.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse
but why remain ignorant when you
can buy a neatly printed pamphlet
containing the codified laws of Ores
cent City for 10 cents. Town Clerk
Paul G. Smith has them.
The young people are arranging
for frequent dancing parties at V. |.
A. Hall. A good sized party assem-
bled on Thursday evening Of last
week and some pleasant dances were
held to music furnished by w. G.
Carrier.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Buck arrived
last week and are again at Grove
Hall. They have spent the summer
season as usual in Philadelphia and
environs and at Atlantic City, and
are both in excellent health. Mr..
Buck has q fine crop of fruit on his
grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. p. Hale of
Denver, Colorado, arrived last week
and are pleasantly quartered for the
season at Grove Hall. Mr.. Hale has
had large packing house built on
his grove, and will soon begin ship
ping big crop of fruit.
f.. S. bearing, representing Chase
e. Co., the orange brokers of Jack
is here looking after ship
ments for his firm, and is again at
the Turner House. Mr.. bearing
made many old friends during his
stay here last winter, all of whom
are glad to see him back.
The V. I. A. will resume its regu-
lar monthly meetings and the first OF
he series will be held at the hall
next Monday afternoon at $3.50. Mrs.
2. L. Preston. secretary, earnestly 1
requests that all the members be
Mt this opening meeting.
Mrs. Vandegrift of st. Augustine
with her interesting family Of little
children, is here for time and the
ruest at the home of her brother, Mr. |
Mathis Mrs. Nqndegritt
was formerly Miss Sudje Mathis OF
and is pleasantly re-
nembered here by large circle OF
Did friends.
The "Alma May" f. M. Robin e
,on's new launch which is anchored
n the lake just off south park, will
soon leave for the east coast, either
Il. Augustine or Miami-whele Mr.
Robinson will engage in the eXcnr-
,ion business. This launch, which Is
10 feet in length and IS feet beam,
carries a 20 horse power engine ana {
,er cabins are finished in beautiful