The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
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a Personal and Social, .



Miss Helen TillinghaSt has been visit,
ing for some time in Savannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Balding of New
York are guests for a time at Grove
Hail.
DIR. and Mrs. F. II. Wilton of Man
chester, Conn, are among the more re.
cent arrivals at Grove Hall
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. +. Mills of Port Ches
ter, N. Y, are among the more recent
arrivals at Grove Hail.
Mr.. and Mrs S. D. Rankin of Boston
arrived this week 10 be the guests for a
time of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pratt.
The new Presbyterian chapel has re-
ceived its printing coat of paint, the
same being due TO the generosity and
labor of Rev. L. P. Butler, the pastor.
Mrs. Roland Woodward of Jackson
vile is spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. E. T. Clark. Mr.. Wood.
ward also came down for the week end
Harry Appleby is at home again from
Long Key, where he has been employed
steadily for the past year on the exlen-
sion work of the Florida East Coast
Railway.
Collins B. Hubbard of New York, for
more than Is years interested in grove
properties here and well-known 10 all
our people, is spending a couple of
weeks at Grove Hall, and is meeting
many old friends.
Mrs. NJ. R. Traile lost black flower
ed lace scarf, somewhere along Prospect
street TO Grove Hall, which she values
as keepsake, and for which she will
be greatly obliged TO the finder on re-
turn 10 her at Grove Hall.
Very many people are in favor of a
cheap and handy pavement for Central
avenue-pine straw. There is plenty Of
it TO be had in the neighborhood, and
the town council is being daily CenSured
for not having this natural paving ma
terial laid
Arthur F. Lane of Huntington was
called TO his old home in Maiden, Mass,
Monday by a telegram announcing the
death early that morning of his sister.
Mr.. Lane took the first train for Maiden,
which he expected would get him there
on Wednesday in time for the funeral.
Miss Lillian NJ. Appleby has been
obliged TO give up her position as teacher
in the St. Augustine high school in or
der that she might be with her father
in his illness, and has been home some
two weeks. 1t is said that Mr.. Appleby
is now improving steadily.
The Virginia Carolina Chemical Com,
pany, the News is informed from first
hands, has purchased a controlling in
terest in the peat deposit and plant on
the east side OF the lake, opposite CreS-
cent City, and will operate the plant TO
its full capacity.
The Cooke Comedy Company closed
a moderately successful weeks engage
ment at V. |. A. Hall on Saturday. Some
people have judged this aggregation OF
"barn stormcrS' by its band-not alto,
gether fair, but only the company is at
fault. Its management had the power TO
suppress the band, and didn't
Miss Lulu Mae Hunter won the prize
of set of silver ware, given to the
Young lady receiving the most votes
during the engagement OF the Cooke
Comedy Company at Y. |. \. Hall last
week Each ticket holder had the
voting privilege. Miss Louise klnard
was close second in the race.
Mrs. c \. Chcatham of Huntington
spent Sunday here with relatives. Mrs
Cheatham states that her son, Z. A.
Cheatham, of Jacksonville, expects
soon 70 build on the Lake Stella block
he purchased last fall, and on compile
tion of this house she will come to CrcS
cent City 10 live.
w. |. Woodward, prominent COTTON
manufacturer of Shelby, n. g., Spen'
several days here last week the guest o.
his brothcrin.law, J. II. Mathis MT
Woodward also spent several days WIFI
his sister, Mrs c. y. Chealham a
Huntington, and expressed himself al
e greatly pleased with what he had seer
of Florida. This was his first WISH ''
the state.
Practically all of the machinery at th'
tub factory of the PrcSton-MiIler Com
I p,pv has been moved to Palatka, and o
course Crescent City has lost its mos
: important manufacturing industry
something all regret. Mr.. Preston wh'
will manage the new company a
Palatka, will spend most OF each weeI
in that city, coming Saturday evening
4 each week to spend Sunday.
0 The March number of the Amerlca'
+ Motorist contains very eXcelleh. PIC
ture of a Crescent City road scene IN II
= story and accompanying map w rS,
shows an automobile route from Ores
cont CITY TO DeIand and also the roa
So far south as Punta Gorda' iurn'Sne
by Coo D. Smith who recently in CON
nspv with K. NJ. White drove throug
TO that place. As a result oil ln'S pu.
Iicity, grven by Mr.. Smith, |reS'e'