The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-07-29
Crescent City News

Elsie Padgett and Grill Burton of thi
place as reward for high scholarship il
the Crescent City high school.
Mrs. A. ]. Smith, of Huntington, lief
on the Clyde Line ship from Jackson
vile, last Saturday, for an extended visi
in Boston and the New England cities
Mrs. Smith, whose health has been poor
ly for some time, is now improving
steadily.
The Musicale and Porch social giver
by the Musician club at the home of Mr.
M. H. White on Friday evening last
was most pleasant affair and grea
credit is due the hostess, Mrs w. D,
Benham. The musical program was o
high order. From the sale of ice
cream quite nice little sum was real
lied for the piano fund.
Rev. J. H. Davis sermon last Sunday
morning was on the topic. "Why am
a Methodist" The attendance wa.
good. Mrs. C. T. King and Miss Lucy
Gautier sang very beautifully the hymn
81 Surrender ALL" 1t is not likely tina
there will be service at this church fol
the next few weeks, as the pastor ex
pected to leave this week for visit of !:
month to his old home in Kentucky.
The town authorities have had goot
job done the past week by cutting dowr
the street weeds. Now if the marshall
could get his hand on the parties who
have been in the habit of dumping tin
cans into vacant lots and back streets
and the mayor would soak them good
and proper, every one would feel better
The latest outrage of this kind was a
wagon load of empty cans dumped on
the lake Stella front.
The baseball game on Saturday after
noon between the Bunnell club and the
home nine, on the new north park dia.
mond,w was most interesting and cleverly
played contest, the home club showing
a little the better in both fielding and
batting. There was good attendance
of ladies and gentlemen present, and
there would undoubtedly have been more
had the game been better advertised.
The home club won by score of 4 to
in seven innings. Capt. S. M. LaBree
umpired the game TO the satisfaction Of
both clubs.
Mrs. E. H. Prior of Jacksonville who
nursed her sister, Miss Florence New
bold, through her illness oftyphoid fever,
was herself taken ill with the same fever,
and on her return to Jacksonville was
taken to St. LukeS Hospital. Here she
has been since the 9th inst. Mr.. Prior
writes under date of last Sunday that
Mrs. Prior has passed the crisis of her
fever and is now thought to be getting
along finely and out of danger. The
many friends of Mrs. Prior in Crescent
City and other parts of the county,
will be rejoiced to know of her i'm
provement.
Mrs. E. W. Andrews, who had de-
lightful winter home at Huntington, died
some three weeks ago in Chicago. Mrs.
Andrews had spent many winters a!
Huntington and the old Deacon Stone
place, which she purchased some ten
years ago, had been transformed under
her direction and made most beautiful.
Mrs. Andrews had been i'll some time,
and some two or three months ago she
was brought to her Huntington home in
a private car in the hope that she might
receive benefit; failing, she was taken
back TO her home in Chicago, where
she died. Her son was at Daytona
Beach at the time of his mothers death.
Here the Andrews were preparing TO
erect fine cottage at cost of $40, 600
and the concrete foundations were al
ready completed; the garage and shed
for young Mr.. Andrews aeroplane were
already completed, and the son was en-
gagged in experimenting with the latter
when the news came of his mothers
death. Mrs. Andrews was most charm
ing lady and was greatly loved by her
neighbors and friends in this section.
She made frequent trips to Crescent
City in her automobile while occupying
her winter home in Huntington. Mr..
Andrews is said TO be a Chicago banker
and spent but little time in Florida, where
Mrs. Andrews came originally for the
benefit of her sons health, and to whom
she was greatly devoted.