The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-04
crescent City News


direct from Norfolk, and they are
shipped to him under seal. The oysters
are exactly as dredged from the deep
sea and have the real oyster flavor.
lhey are not touched by any water or
ice in transit. Mr.. Crotty is building up
a nice trade in these oysters, as he
should. He has them on hand fresh
each day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Pomeroy who
have been spending the summer at their
former home in Massachusetts, returned
on Sunday evening and are again at their
old home in the Presbyterian parsonage.
They made the trip as far as Savannah
by water and were at sea during some
severe weather. Coming with Mr.. and
Mrs. Pomeroy were Miss Edith Hubbard
and Messrs. Campbell and Goodyear of
Sunderland, Mass, who will likely re-
main throughout the winter, the former
as the guest of Miss Edith Butler and
the latter TO take positions with Mr..
Pomeroy on the grove of w. F. Glynn.
Everybody was pleased 10 extend the
glad hand of welcome to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Buck who returned home last
Wednesday (weeD from a summer in
the Quaker City, and who are again in
their old quarters at Grove Hall. Mr..
and Mrs. Buck are held in high esteem
by all the people of Crescent City and
their annual return from their sum-
mer trips is always looked forward
to with pleasure. Mr.. Buck ii is under
stood will ship the earlier varieties OF
his oranges Immediately through the
wellknown house of Chase & Co., who
have been handling his crop satisfac-
torilly for number of years.
Miss Ruby, twelve years of age and
only child of Mr.. and Mrs Startling Pad
gett OF this city, died at an early hour
last Sunday morning of typhoid fever
and heart failure. She had been i'll
something over week, but fatal ter.
mination was not seriously entertained
until the last day. Ruby Padgett was a
pupil in the city school and was a great
favorite with a large circle. She was
the idol of fond parents. The sympa'
thy OF the entire community goes out to
them in their terrible bereavement The
funeral occurred from the Padgett home
on Union avenue Monday forenoon and
was largely attended; Rev. ]. H. Davis
of the Methodist church, which the lit
tie girl attended, officiated. There were
numerous floral offerings, many coming
from school mates of the little girl in
both the day and Sunday school.
VIM. T. Knox, vice president Of the
well,known fruit commission house Of
Nice Hubbs & Co., New York
was in town for short time on Satur
day. Mr. Knox was on his way home
from an extended trip through the citrus
fruit growing districts of south Florida
and is familiar with the damage wrough
by the recent hurricane in those sec
lions. He was at Braidentown during
the storm, and after ii broke made trips
to points on the Manitee river-wen
through DeSoto county, and the For
Myers sections. 1t was in the latter sec
ton that the greatest damage was done
to the fruit crop. Many of the groves
were under water, and the fruit wa
floating off down the river. The croI
damage in that section has been fully u
per cent. There was also great damage
in the Lakeland section. From thes'
reports il is certain that the CreScen
City growers will see that they have
favored section.