The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-07-28
NEWS OF ST. JOHNS PARK

Rudolph Warner, while in his barn
recently heard rat give loud squeak,
and looking saw king snake hanging
from ralter with rat in its coil,
squeezing it 10 death. After killing the
rat the snake opened its mouth and slow.
ly worked the rat down its throat. King
snakes are not venomouS, but will attack
and kill poisonous snakes and rats,
whether hungry or not, on sight.
The St. Johns Park band gave its sec
ond excursion 10 Jacksonville and return
on Wednesday and Thursday of this
week on the steamer Crescent.
DR.. C. A. Wright spent few hours
in Crescent City on business on We'd
nesday of last week.
George SalyardS has received his last
check for his second crop of Irish po-
tatoes, and the prices averaged about the
same for potatoes shipped two weeks
ago as other farmers received for pota-
toes shipped in April
VIM. Black, agent for the Inter Ocean
Steamboat Co., transacted business in
Palatka last week.
Residents of the Park are Just now
getting the benefit OF cut price ice war
between one of the PaIatka and the
Crescent City ice factories. The price
has been cut from IS cents per hundred
at the factory to 50 cents per hundred
delivery weight from the Palatka people.
Ii is the Crescent City factory'S next
move.
This has been 4 remarkable summer
for garden truck and with the eXcep-
ton OF lettuce, green peas, and the more
tender plants which require cool wealth
err, there is all manner of garden truck
still growing in the gardens around ST.
Johns Park and tomatoes, watermclonS,
beans, green's, etc, are TO be had in
abundance.
Geo. H. Sphinx returned to ST. Johns
Park last week after several weeks alb
sence visiting at his old home in Cum
berland, Md. He is glad TO get back TO
Florida where he can keep cool.
A. Bolzil, formerly an engineer work
ing on the Panama Canal, but more re-
Gently engaged in the hotel business at
Charleston, S. c., has returned 10 St.
Johns Park, for short visit. Mr.. Bolzel
owns land here and is preparing TO have
it cleared and put in high state of cul-
tivation.
Joseph Darlington recently purchased
fine bay horse from the St. Johns De-
velopment Co. to help him out in the
working of his farm. The horse will
weigh about fifteen hundred pounds and
is calculated TO be large enough 10 pull
along side of an ordinary team.
Walter Sykes has returned to the Park
after couple of months absence at
Hastings where he has been employed
in the we'll drilling business. MIR. Sykes
expects soon TO start his outfit in this
vicinity and add a few more artcSian
wells to those already established.
A letter from the Hon. John S. Max
well, secretary and treasurer OF the 81
Johns Development Co. and who has
been spending the last couple of months
at his northern home in Milwaukee
Wis, states that the heat in that section
has been almost unbcarable for Severa
weeks past and were it not for the fac
that the Judge is so pleasantly situated If
that beautiful city he would be willing
TO spend the remainder of his life at. St
Johns Park, summers and all
The ST. Johns Development Co. ha
moved the old house which stood ii
front of MIR. +. F. Warmers residence tc
a lot on the north side of the Park ant
swung it around so it faces the beautiful
grove of royal palm trees, and workmet
are now remodeling the building ant
making a fine bungalow out OF it. WheT
finished the house will be occupied by
Mr. Carl Illig. cashier and bookkecpc
of the ST. Johns Development Co.
The recent rains have moiStened thu
Ground so the farmers have been able t'
plant their sweet potato crops, and lhcf'
are now several hundred acres of Swee
potatoes growing nicely in this vicinity
Considerable upland rice is bciIni
crown at St. Johns Park by many OF th'
farmers, although the dry weather o
weeks past stopped its growth TO Ger
tain extent, the recent rains have reJuvi
mated most of ii so that good crop VII
he harvested in the fall.
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