The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-01-27

SON spent pOGlOn OF Inc week In
Jacksonville.
Chas, Mathis of Saluda, S. c., is here
for visit of several weeks with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Mathis.
Arrangements are being made for
grand Washingtonian party at Grove
Hall on Wednesday evening February
22d.
Mrs. M. R. Traile of Chauauqua, N.
Y, arrived on Sunday and will spend
some time in the city guest at Grove
Hail.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Zimmerman of
Fairbury, ILL.,, arrived on Thursday of
last week and are the guests of DR.. and
Miss Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ThoS. Shinn and
children of Birmingham, Ala, are the
guests this week of their auntS, the
Misses Williams.
Mcintosh Morrow has resigned his
place in the C. H. Preston Co. store,
and the vacancy has been filled by the
employment of Perry Bartlett.
Miss Bessie A. Williams gave lunch
con to a number of lady friends on
Wednesday of last week in honor of
Miss Lewellyn of Jacksonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Hurlbut went TO
Jacksonville yesterday 10 meet their
niece, Miss Amy Pcalc of DanyerS,
Mass, who comes to spend some time at
their home.
MesSrs. Will and Sam Posey, Marshall
Long and DR.. Moral, after a ten days
visit here with friends, have returned in
Mr.. Longs touring car TO Edgetield,
S. c.
The orange market for Florida fruit
remains low throughout the country and
most shippers are holding up further
shipments until there is promise of bet
ter prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Wethcrell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Brownell and daughter, all
of Attleboro, Mass, arrived last week
and have leased the Jcal cottage on
south Main street for season.
The MesSrS. Hogan left on Monday
for Wiersdale, where they will spend
few weeks before going to ST. Peters
burg. They had been for some six or
seven weeks popular guests at Grove
Hall, and will be greatly missed.
Mrs. f. NJ. Payson and daughter, Miss
Miriam, arrived last week and will be
the guests for some time of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Torrey. Their return to their
old home after some two years absence
is indeed a great pleasure TO the people
of Crescent City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. D. Hcrrick of At
tIeboro, Mass, arrived on Saturday last
and are at Grove Hall for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herrick have been regular
season visitors here for some years, and
their return visit is always a pleasure to
their numerous friends.
VIM. C. Norton of Grove Hall has
purchased a second automobile to ASSIST
in the passenger carrying business be-
tween Grove Hall and private houses 10
all trains at the junction. The second
machine Ia Ford was purchased in "a
latka last Saturday and is now regularly
on the run.
Hon. NJ. S. Knight of Lake City, state
president of the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union OF America
passed through the city last Friday on
his way to St. Johns Park where he or
oanized a local branch of that society
Mr. Knight was on two separate occa'
sions a member of the Florida house oil
representatives. .,
The committee TO whom was entrusted
the work of drafting a new charter loi
the town expects to be ready to report
its recommendations TO mass meeting
/ Of citizens by next week. AS soon as
the work of the committee has been
completed Mr.. w. B. Campbell chair
man of the town council, will call inc
meeting.
5 Rev DIR. Fullerton, former modera
for of the Presbyterian church In Inc
Irnited States is expected in town lhi'
veek and announcement is made ina
no will address the people at the PreSDy
terian church this friday evening
DR. Fullerton now has supervision o
, PRESBYTERIAN churches for large part o
tho south, including Florida, and MI
visit NAV be said TO be an official one
Members of the church and clll1en
generally will undoubtedly give TINS us
tinouished divine a warm welcome u
Crescent City.
Some of our men went on a deer nun
last week, and succeeded in killing TWO
The she'll road between Crescen. CIV
and the railroad junction is rapidly 90 g,
ing to pieces for lack of material to II III
IN tho ruts This road cost nearly So
Z 0oO and unless something is done 10 pu
e if in repair the road will in short flm'
be utterly ruined. One hundred any
I til,v dollars spent on the road nov