The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-12-16

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Tuesday.
Mrs. V, J. Herlong has gone TO Barn
well, 5. C., to be with her son, Henry
who is reported very ill.
w. F. Glynn is making heavy shin
mentS of fruit these days and seems +,
be realizing good prices.
Mollie lcenhour, niece of Mrs. M. Fl
Read, is quite ill at her parents home
in Jacksonville, with scarlet fever
Mrs. Will M. Miller gave reception
and whist party last Saturday in homo,
OF Mrs. DIR. Sandusky, of Jacksonville.
Harry Chamberlin, who has been at
tending school in Tennessee, has gone
to Oklahoma TO take good position.
The young people of the town had ;
most enjoyable dancing party at V. |. A.
Hall on Thursday evening of last week
Mrs. Rich, mother of Mrs. C. P. Hale.
who spent last winter here, has returned
and is at Mrs. F. S. Crotty'S for the sea
son.
Miss Gertrude Benham who has been
attending the young ladies seminary at
Monteagle, Tenn, returned home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs, ]. H. Stats, who are
stopping at the Turner House, are ex.
pecting party of friends this week from
New Jersey.
A. M. Kendall went to Palatka on
Tuesday. Mr.. Kendall expects TO have
his new steam laundry in running order
by next Monday.
Mr.. Boyd, who is interested in the
timber business at Shell Bluff, has rented
the Deaton cottage and will bring his
family here to reside.
Webb ChamberIin returned last week
from the college at Mortified, Mass,
and will remain through the HOLIDAYS
and possibly longer. He comes becau, e
of illness.
The very small sized tangerineS, run
ming as small as ESQ and $50 to the half.
box, wrapped, have been selling as high
as $3.50 the strap in the New York mar
ket.
Mrs. Lee Bolton and little daughter,
and sister, Miss Leon Dudley of Glenn.
vile, Ga, are here for brief visit with
Mr.. AIRY Bolton, and are guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. c. ]. Hunter.
E. G. Sackett has retired from the
draying business and has gone into the
fish business. He is one of the towns
old standby'S, and all will wish him
success in his new enterprise.
The Crescent City section is the lar.
gest citrus fruit producing section in
Florida. More boxes of fruit leave this
place than any other single shipping
station in the state. Not only biggest,
but best.
The LiSnaro grove of Mrs. Collins B.
Hubbard is shipping big crop of fruit
this year. This grove is cared for by
Wallace Smiley, who has been diigent
in his work and now sees the good re-
suits.
Miss Bessie Z. Neal who has been in
Alabama since early in November, is at
present the guest of Mrs. DR., D. NJ.
Reeves, at her home in Birmingham.
Miss Neal does not expect 10 return
home before the middle of January.
This is the season when the average
Crescent City man has money TO ere
mate, but that he doesn't burn all of ii
is seen in the fact that the Bank oil
Crescent City increased its individual
deposits by $21 900 during November.
The crowd around the poStofficc
these days on the arrival of the noon
mail is larger than ever before. The
Crescent City postofficc is rated only as
fourth. class, while as matter OF TACT
considering its cramped quarters, it is
really first class in its management.
Among the recent arrivals at the Iur-
ner House are Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Stats, Bloomsbury, N. J., Mrs. Charlotte
Bodine, Stockton, N. j., Mrs, Louise
Oakley, Elizabeth, n. j., Mrs, E. Tom
son, Clinton, n. j., Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Cobb, Miami, Fla, Jacob Brown ana
Mrs. NJ. E. Overstreet, Galesburg, Ill.
Rev. Father Barry held his first Sun
day service at the new Catholic church
here last Sunday evening, there being
good attendance. Father Barry is very
popular with Catholics and ProteStan'S
alike, and the church here would IN
deed be fortunate, could he come ire
ouently and hold Sunday service
Mr.. l. G. Lyon one OF the popular
winter guests for several years d. wv
Hall is again at that popular hosiery
and forms part of a groupe OF OLD
timers who love 10 swap summer eA
periences and play auction pitch about
the fire in the hotel office these cool
evenings. Mr.. Lyon is from New
York. ST,
Rev. ]. H. Davis who has served the
Howe Memorial Methodist church here
for the past three years, preached MS
farewell sermon last Sunday morning
Mr.. Davis, it is understood, has eN'
messed the wish to be sent to anolher
appointment the coming year lie Is
This week attending The Florida Annual