The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-26
Crescent City News

week OF MIR. and Mrs. Fred Andersen.
The city council on the 18th inst. in
open session passed most effective
quarantine ordinance.
X. J, Adams of Palatka spent Sunday
with Mrs, Adams at the home of Hon.
and Mrs. ]. H. Harp.
Miss Bessie A. Williams and Miss
Bowman expect TO leave shortly for
New York for visit of some weeks.
The big Mccormick & Hubbs pack
ing house is progressing finely. II will
be the largest, best equipped packing
house in this section.
Rev. A. McGinnis, rector of the Epis.
copal church, spent last week in Pensa-
cola, in attendance upon the meeting of
the Diocesan Council of Florida.
Mayor Graham is making the office of
mayor mean something. He is enforc-
ing the ordinances, and where new ones
are needed to fit special cases the coun-
Gil is helping him to the extent of pass
ing them.
E. G. Sackett was nominated for al
derman TO fill vacancy at a special eau
Gus of citizens last Monday night. 1t re-
qured "a ballots TO settle the contest
more politics than has been known in
the old town for many years.
The Crescent City Furniture Com
pany is the title of a new company
headed by Mr.. Clayton, that has leased
the laundry building and stocked the
same with all kinds of furniture. The
company is now open for business and
should do well.
The Misses Bowman, Burton, Brown,
Brooke and Butler, the five young lady
members OF the Crescent City high and
grammar school faculty-the five attrac-
tive, popular and efficient B's-are all
wanted for next year. 1t is to be hoped
the school board will make no attempt
TO break this benignant and beautiful
bunch so tremendously blended for the
work of our school.
Ii will be agreeable news to the peo-
pie of Crescent City to learn that with
the exception of short visit to his par
cntS in June, Mr. Hammer will probably
spend the summer here, having been
offered place in the bank of Crescent
City. Mr. Hammer has made popular
and efficient principal of the school, and
ii is more than likely the county board
will tender him the place for the COM
ing year, as his work has been entirely
pleasing TO the patrons and all who have
kept in touch with school matters.
Capt. w. M. Miller's big launch, the
St. Johns, which plies between this
place and St. Johns Park, was sunk some
five miles up Haw Creek last Sunday
forenoon while coming down with a
load of potatoes. The launch struck
some obstruction in the channel which
stove hole in its bottom and which
caused the boat 10 fill rapidly. Capt.
Miller who was in charge ran the boats
nose to the bank, and no sooner had he
done so than the launch settled. MIR.
and Mrs. Tom Clark and infant son
we're taking the trip with Capt. Miller,
and the only others on the boat were
Engineer Geo. Buckles and negro
helper. All got off without incident,
and while Mr.. Buckles went across the
prairie to his fathers home for horse
and buggy, Mrs. Clark and the baby
were sheltered on the bank from the
rain by an improviSed tent, and Capt.
Miller, Mr.. Clark and the negro saved
the IS barrels of potatoes which COM
prised the entire cargo. By this time
Mr. Buckles arrived with the horse and
took Mrs. Clark and the baby across the
prairie In a driving rain TO ST. Johns
Park, while Mr.. Clark and Capt. Miller
walked the distance of some six miles.
1t is going TO be difficult and expensive
lob to lift the boat, as the creek is so
filled with hyacinthS as to make it al
most impossible TO get lighters to the
place where the launch lies with the
windows of lis cabin showing above the
water line.