The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-08-02
crescent City News
a Personal and Social. .

'~'"6 aaot liOHudy nlPnl.
Miss Bessie A. Williams is expectcf
home from New York in few DAYS.
M. II. White and family left this weel
Tor Daytona Beach for a months slay,
w. B. Carrier left last week for Mae
sachuSetts to be absent until October.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Gowen are nov
al their summer home, North Islesboro
Maine.
The public library has received m
inslallment of new books, some of
which are not so new.
Miss Grace Cash and Master Henry
lash lett last week 10 enjoy an outing al
the Summer Haven beach.
Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast and Miss Till.
inghaSt have returned from pleasant
months Sojourn at Daytona Beach.
There is new little daughter in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Newbold,
lis arrival being among the events of last
week.
Miss Minnie Allen of Chattahoocbcc
is coming to Crescent City in a shorl
time TO visit her relatives and numerous
friends.
Sam VarneS, who has been very i'll
Tor some months, is now showing i'm.
provement, though his recovery is
bound TO be slow.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borson left This week
for the North Carolina mountains.
where they will remain for the balance
OF the heated term.
Mrs. w. A. Russell who is summer
ing at Duluth, Minnesota, writes that a
CRATE fire has been necessary much of
the time since her arrival
The c. H. Preston Co. is building an
addition to its warehouse in order 10
provide room for large stock of
wagons and farm implements.
T. c. Darby has been spending some
time at Green Cove Springs in the hope
that the waters and a complete rest
would prove beneficial TO his health.
c. E. Gutteridge occupied the pulpit
of The Methodist church last Sunday
ihOihibS5 lhC pdolOl DClDR al inc quar-
terly meeting service in Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Williams expect
10 leave for their vacation in The north
on the 18th. They will go to New
York and from there 10 Lake Placid in |
the Adirondacks.
Don't get the idea that because of the |
absence of news items in this column |
that there is nothin' dom in Crescent
City. Town is all right but its been too
blamed hot 10 chase after news. This
is rest season, even for country news
scribeS.
The school trustees have been having
the woodwork of the school house re.
painted. They also have other i'm.
ordered, among which will
be cement walk TO the street and a
fence TO enclose the school property.
The new school board is going to keep
the school building in proper shape if it
never lays up cent.
Mr.. Parrott for the past year a popular
clerk in the G. H. Preston Co. store,
arranged TO leave there the first of the
present month in order to give his en-
ire time 10 his baking business. For
he present he will have his product al
he Chamberlin store. If Mr. Parrot
;an do as we'll with his pies, cakes, etc,
is he has with his bread, why, his for,
unc is made.
w. B. Maui and his mother were to
cave this week for the North Carolina
mountain country TO be absent till late
n September Mr. Maull has placed
lis ice cream and confectionery bust.
less in the hands of Dr. and Mrs. A. l. (
spencer TO conduct during his absence,
nd as soon as the building is ready they {
will open up for business in the new I
Jhamberlin building.
"Trouble with Daytona Beach" said /
certain recent visitor from this town, {
is the fact that no provision is made by !
he hotels or private houses for morning ,
hadc. The porcheS are all on the east
ng hour the glare of the sun is terrible, |
specially when there is no breeze from I
# the ocean. The hotel rooms are
mall and hot and many people leave |
lrgc, cool and comfortable homes in +
ne interior for the sake of putting up =,
nth this beach fake who are never :
aught by it the second time" !
David Dawes says that Florida should
ass a law requiring all commission
lerchantS dealing in Florida produce
} specify in their account sales where
nd to whom the fruit or produce was
Did and the price received, and he e
ants law TO cover these points placed II
n the statute books. Mr.. Dawes says 4
lat at the present time firms handling =.
lie fruit or produce simply send in /
atement covering the amount they are e
opposed to have received, with the Il
narges and commissions deducted, and it
check for the balance, and that in case c.
lie grower desires TO make enquiry as p,
the sale he cannot do so. -