The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-22

= Personal and Social.


relatives al pierson last week.
i Capt Geo. U. Beach of Savannah
spent Sunday night with friends in town.
The steamer Clivedon was taken off
the run on. Saturday last and will return
TO Savannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Burns of Evans.
ton, ILL.,, arc among the recent arrivals al
Grove Hall
Mrs. l.. A. Hurlbut, Miss Johnson and
Miss Haake were visitors TO Palatka
this week.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church made over 500 by their
social and sale last week.
Mrs. Lloyd C. Preston and Mrs. Al
bert L. Lounds were among the Christ.
mas shoppers 10 Palatka this week.
Mrs. Haskell of Providence, r. l., ar
rived last week and will spend the win
ter at the home of her brother, c. C.
Slade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. II. Weeks and
Mr.. Brown of Galesburg, ILL.,, arrived on
Thursday of last week and are pleasantly
located at the Turner House for the sea
son.
Miss Martha Norris of this place and
Mr. Chester w. Baer of Palatka were
married in Palatka last week. The
young couple will make their home in
| Palatka.
DIR. James Ramsey and Mrs. Ramsey
of Texas spent Sunday in the city
They came up only for the river ride
which they greatly enjoyed. They
stopped at the Sprague House.
j. B. Hamln-a prominent timber OPP
orator of Massachusetts and MIR. and Mrs.
John B. Case of Acushnet, Mass, ar
rived last week and are making head
quarters at Grove Hall.
The marriage OF Mr. Audley Eaton
and Miss Vera Wilson will take place
at the home OF the BRIDES parents on
Union avenue next Wednesday evening
the 9th inst. Only the immediate fami-
lies and intimate young friends of the
contracting parties will be present.
Miss Abbiiean Miller arrived home
Saturday night from Brenau College,
Gainesville, Ga, and will spend the
Christmas vacation with her mother.
Master George Miller, a cadet in the
Georgia Military college, near Atlanta,
should arrive TODAY.
The various Sunday Schools are pre-
pairing separate Christmas treats for the
little folk Pity they couldn't all unite
in one big Christmas tree festival for all
the children of the town, with all the
older people present looking on.
Christmas is the children's day.
Mrs. ]. ]. Horton arrived last week
from Attleboro, Mass, and has opened
| up her winter home. II is two years
since Mrs. Horton was here and all her
old friends are therefore doubly glad to
see her. Mrs. Horton spent last winter
in Los Angeles, Cal.
Miss Helen G. Taylor of Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y, arrived last week and is
again at Grove Hall for the season.
Many will have very pleasant recollec-
ton of Miss Taylor's visit here last Win
ter and rejoice that she liked our place
and people well enough TO return.
Crescent City orange shippers have
little reason to complain of the market
this year, and this is especially true OF
grapefruit and tangerine shipments,
The News was shown some returns
this week for tangerines shipped TO Nc
Cormick, Hubbs & Co, and where
much of the fruit sold as high as 500
per strap. This firm is one of the most
reliable in New York and many OF our
Crescent City growers are shipping
them their entire crop.
Tom Carpenter of Auieboro, Mass.
arrived last week for short visit with
his aunt and brother, and many old
lime friends OF this popular gentleman
are getting a heap of pleasure from his
visit. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and their
two children spent the winter season in
Crescent City five years ago, and this
is MIR. Carpenters first return visit. lie
states that he can only make brief
stay this time, but may come down later
in the season with Mrs. Carpenter.
E. G. Sackett is having a happy time
and renewing his youth this week with
talk OF boyhood life "down east" On
Friday afternoon last he was pleasantly
surprised by the arrival of his brothers,
Messrs. Cornelius and Austin Sackett, OF
WeStfield, Mass, and a sister whose
name we did not learn. MIR. Sackelt
had not seen these brothers or his sister
in some rs years. It's a pleasant family
reunion and we will draw the curtain
and let 'em play. f. G. Sackett has
been an all-the-year round good citizen
of Crescent City for nearly 80 years,
and as he didn't seem inclined 10 go
and pay visit TO the old home, why,
n,,I fpCf hFnuOht
the old home atmosphere down here.
The Crescent City postoffice has been
advanced by the department authorities
| in Washington from the fourth TO the
third class, which makes it what is
| known as a presidential" oflice-lhat
is 10 say, the postmaster is appointed by
the president direct for term OF four
wears, and will receive a salary, rather
| than commission on the business, as
under 1.-THE old order The News joins
with other patrons of the office in con
pratulations to Postmaster LoundS. lie
deserves great credit for his conduct OF
| the office, and il he has not already
been named for the place by the preSi-
dent, he no doubt will be.
Miss Mary Alice Eaton entertained de-
| llghtfully on fTlday dlleInooh u iaS'
week, the occasion being linen shower
for the bride of the coming week, Miss
Vera Wilson. The guests numbered
nearly all the young ladies and younger
matronS of the town. One feature OF
the afternoon was word making con
test, each lady writing on slip OF pa
per as many words as she could com
pose from the word "matrimony." The
prize, a beautiful jewel case, was won
by Miss Helen TilIinghast Miss Eaton
served deliciously appetizing refresh
mentS.
The ladies OF the V. |. A. are greatly
distressed over The fact that the aSSocia