The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-07-15
Crescent City News
q Personal and Social, .


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Mrs. V. ]. Herlong is visiting her son,
H. c. Herlong in Jacksonville, this
week.
The Misses Lucy and Charlotte Cham.
berlin visited in Palatka one day last
week.
Rev. J. H. Davis is holding special
meetings this week at Georgetown. The
service will close tonight
The Omega baseball club came over
here to play last Saturday, but the local
nine could not be gotten together there.
fore there was no game.
The recently organized Epworth
League of the Methodist church is hay.
ing some we'll attended and interesting
Sunday evening meetings.
Judge J. L. Burton expects to go 10
Summer Haven this week in order to
get his cottage ready for the family who
will go over in about two weeks.
The Junior baseball club returned
from Palatka on Thursday of last week
quite elated over their victory in that
city. Oh! they are ball players, all
right.
DR.. D. H. Calhoun visited PaIatka and
Green Cove Springs early in the week.
The doctor says that an occasional trip
of this kind increases his pride in and
love for Crescent City.
There are some weeds growing in the
gutter from Darby's store to the post
office that should receive the immediate
attention of the man or men whose bus
mess ii is to cut them down.
Work on the new Catholic church is
progressing rapidly under the supervis-
ion of Mr. Eaton. The roof is complet-
ed and work on the interior is now in
progress. 1t will be very neat and at
tractive little edifice.
w. R. Saunders has purchased two
lots in the block recently purchased by
F. S. Cone, and known as the Carll
block. The two lots purchased by Mr..
Saunders front on Prospect street, and it
is his purpose to put up at least one cot
tage home soon.
c. L. Chamberlin is building large
front porch over the entire front of his
building for the second story and which
same is to extend over the sidewalk.
1t will prove pleasant and cool retreat
for the family in the afternoons and
evenings.
The Mathis Mercantile company be-
gins special reduced price sale in all
lines of goods, especially dry goods, TO-
day. The company has issued small
dodger with the reduced prices printed
thereon. The sale will continue several
days.
M. H. Reads real estate agency has
sold to Mrs. j. D. Hill, of Beaver Falls,
Pa, lot on Summit street, in the block
next south of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Hill will build pretty cottage i'm
mediately, and lumber is being hauled
on the ground now for that purpose.
Mr.. Meals new house in the same block
is nearly ready for occupancy and will
be for rent the coming fall.
The Bank of Crescent City publishes
in this issue, in condensed form, the
statement of its condition at the close of
business on June 3Oth. The bank was
opened for business on Nov. LIST, 1909,
and this statement is the showing for
only eight months of business. 1t is
tale of our little city'S prosperity, told in
figures, which do not equivocate, as do
words. Read the statement.
Specially interesting services are prom
ised at the Methodist church next Sunday
morning, both in preaching and in the
singing. The newly organized choir
under leadership OF Mrs. C. T. King, with
Miss Ruth HerIing organiSt and Albert
E. Lounds violinist, rendered some spec
ially attractive music last Sunday, when
Mrs. King sang most beautifully the
solo, "Face to Face" The musical
program next Sunday will be equally at
tractive.
Miss Mary Graham entertained at a
miscellaneous shower last Friday in
honor of Miss Ruby Mathis, the bride of
this week. The attendance OF young
ladies was quite general and many pretty
gifts for the bride resulted. With each
gift was an original verse and much fun
resulted in their readings. There was
card guessing contest as to where the
bride was going, and Miss Bessie E. Neal
took the prize-a very pretty banker
chief. Ice cream and cake were served.
Rev. r. N. Cate has been obliged to
at least temporarily give up his PastorateS
here and at Green Cove Springs and re-
turn to his old home in the mountain
sections of East Tennessee in the hope
of recovering his health. Mrs. Cate and
the children will either go with him or
follow in few days. The good people
of Crescent City deeply sympathize with
MIR. Cate in his affliction are hope
,ul that few weeks of recreation in the
higher altitude will restore him to health
and that he can then come back and re-
sumo his work.