The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-17
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Mr.. and Mrs. Coe D. Smith were du
to arrive the first of the present weel
from New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Pierpont of Savar
nah, Ga, spent last week here guests c
MIR. and Mrs. B. F. TiIlinghaSt.
Jason Long of Cropsey, Ill.,, is her
again after an absence OF two years, an
: all are glad to see him.
Postmaster and Mrs f, D. LoundS ar
the proud parents of little boy bah
which arrived last Sunday morning.
E. H. Williams returned on Monda,
night from week spent at st. Angus
tine with Mrs. Williams, and who ex
poets 10 return in few days.
The board OF trade met at the Audi
forum on Monday night to discuss
special matter regarding the location o
small factory here.
Miss Mary Graham returned home
last Saturday from an extended visit il
the north and west and TO her old homo
in South Carolina.
DR.. G. E. Henson has been spending
the week al HattieSburg, Miss, in at
tendance upon the sessions of the South
ern Medical Society.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres.
byterian church are making arrange
mentS 10 give bazaar and sale at the
church chapel on Dec. 18th.
Miss Bessie A. Williams and Mrs. l..
A. Hurlbut are in Jacksonville this week
attending the meetings of the State Fed
Grafton of Woman's Climbs.
w. f. Glynn and X. NJ. White went
TO DeLand on Saturday in Mr.. Glynn'S
auto TO see the State University and
StetSon college teams play football.
The steamer Clivedon carried out some
700 boxes of fruit last Monday, mostly
from the Miller and the Williams groves.
1t was all consigned 10 Mccormick,
HubbS & Co., New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Coleman and daugh-
ter are expected TO arrive this week from
their home in Cropsey, ILL.,, and will oc
cupy their comfortable cottage on Sum
nit street.
The Presbyterian, Methodist and Bap-
list congregations will unite in union
Thanksgiving service, and the sermon
mon will be preached by Rev. Mr. DEF
fenwierth of the Methodist church.
B. F. Tillinghast is laying pipe TO
supply his home with an abundance of
pure water from deep arteSian we'll on
the lake front and which will be pumped
into big 1000 gallon tank. He is also
having private sewer built TO the lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Bullock of Onset,
Mass, arrived on Friday last and have
rented the Pierpont house for the win
ter. With them are Miss Butler and
Miss Julia Breckenridge and the father
and uncle of Mr.. Bullock.
f. V. Lundbcrg who has been quite
ill for some time and was obliged to
submit TO a surgical operation in Jack
Sonvlle hospital, is now out again and
quite we'll Mr.. Lundbcrg states that he
feels better than before in several years.
DR.. D. H. Calhoun went before the
state board of medical examiners in
Jacksonville last week and took the ex
the latter part OF the week. DR.. Cal
houn has strong following of warm
friends here, and all are pleased that he
is again 10 settle down 10 the practice OF
medicine.
The people of Crescent City are be-
ginning TO realize the importance OF the
Crescent Hill section for residence pur-
poses. 1t is without doubt the growing
and coming residence section of the
town. Mr.. f. S. Cone was indeed far
sighted when he secured this valuable
piece of property.
Miss Kathryn l.. Kilc of Chicago ar
rived last week and is now with Mrs. 5.
B. Shaw, at whose store she will have
charge of both the dreSSmaking and mil.
inery departments Miss kilc is an cX
perienced modiSte and milliner, and her
coming will be glad news to our town
ladies.
Goldsmith II. Williams former
prominent citizen and potent influence
in the building of the citrus fruit grow
ing industry at this place, but now Su-
perintendent of the United Fruit Cos. |
plantations in Central and South Ameri. |
ca, is expected here this week on visit
TO his sisters, the Misses ClariSSa and
Bessie A. Williams,
Chase s. Company, Mrs. Mary Scott
Miller, E. H. Williams and the McCor-
mick & HubbS groves are shipping fruit
quite rapidly now, the same being the |
earlier varieties of oranges and some |
grape fruit. ChaS S. Gowen and w. +. |
Glynn are among the other large ship |
perS who are shipping or preparing TO |
ship this week. The Clivedon carries
out fairly good sized cargoS each trip.
The NJ. ii. Read real estate agency has
made some important sales this week,
among which was the east half of block
d, Crescent Hill subdivision 10 Ernest
Ieal. There are five lots, and it is I'M
dcrstood TO be Mr. Jeal's purpose TO put
I'D some neat cottages for renting. The
Read agency also sold TO Capt. John d.
Pigue the lot directly opposite the Cath
ole church on Main street, where ii is
understood Capt Pigue will soon erect
a house.
L.R. Hawkins, formerly local man
ager for the Beach & Miller Line and
who left Crescent City suddenly year
ago last June, has been heard from. He
is at Galveston, Texas, from which
point he recently wrote TO MIR. Miller.
MIR. Hawkins was man of very correct
business habits and was popular with the
people of this place as well as generally
liked by The guests at Grove Hall, where
he boarded. No reason for his sudden
departure was ever made known.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira c. Pratt of CropSey,
ILL.,, arrived for the winter season on
Thursday of last week and are again
settled in their pleasant
cottage on Summit street. Mr. Pratt is
one OF the solid farmers of Illinois, hay