The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-05-17
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Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene D. Lounds have
moved into the Austin house on Pros.
pect street.
Torrey's furniture store is constantly
adding new and attractive goods, such
as mattings, stoves, etc.
Miss Mary Alice Eaton expects 10
leave early in June for Asheville, n. c.,
where she Will enter summer school.
B. f. TillinghaSt and +. L. Bills left
on the early train Monday for Miami TO
attend the meeting of the State Horti-
cultural Society.
Mrs. ]. c. Grimsley has been spending
the past week or more visiting her brother
Capt. Tom Haddock, and her sister Mrs.
Geo. ID. Lowe, in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Richard F. Adams of Palatka has
returned home after a pleasant visit of
some two weeks with her father, Hon.
J. ii. Harp, and sister, Mrs. l.. Eaton.
Rev. Or. and Mrs. G. H. Ward of
Leesburg are expecting TO spend some
little time this summer at their pretty
grove home on the west side of Lake
Stella.
Her +. Babers has bought the 40 acre
peach orchard and crop of Mr.. Deem at
Seville, and is already engaged in ship
ping the crop. He is also shipping
fruit from his Crescent City orchard
Mrs. Frank Gautier has gone TO Lees
burg 10 spend some time with her par
entS, Rev. DR.. and Mrs Geo. H. Ward
Dr. Ward is rector of the Episcopal
church at Leesburg.
The base ball boys received their new
suits on Friday last They are of
pretty white flannel, and have the clubs
monogram over Crescent moon in a
dark color on the breast.
Members of the Methodist church
surprised Pastor and Mrs. Dieffenwierlh
recently with pound party. Some Is
or 80 were present and royal good
time was enjoyed by all.
Miss Grace Burton celebrated her
18th birthday anniversary last Monday
by entertaining a large party of her
young (and some of her older friends
al her fathers home on North Summit
street.
E. NJ. Ballard is leaving this week for
Chicago and other points in the north
and northwest. He expects to return TO
Crescent City early in the fall and will
then set out 20 acres in peach trees on
his property near Huntington.
Mothers Day was observed at the
Methodist Church last Sunday morning,
and the sermon by the pastor, Rev. D.
D. Dieffenwerth, was appropriate 10 the
occasion.
Mrs. C. C. King and Mr. J. N. King,
mother and brother of Cashier c. T.
King of the Bank of Crescent City, arriv-
ed on Saturday on visit to Mr. and Mrs.
c. T. King. The brother, who is also
banker at Rochelle, Ga, could only
make short stay, but the mother will
visit here for an indefinite time.
The beautiful houSeboat, "Victoria,"
property of Edward Andrews of Chica.
go, arrived here from Daytona last week
and will rest at anchor for the summer.
Mr.. Andrews has had its furnishings
removed and stored at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Cartledge, near Hunt.
ington.
Mrs. S. B. Shaw is completing new
tenement house on Park street in rear
of her store. 1t will be a small, though |
convenient house with bath and other
improvements and will find ready oc
cupant. Fred Andersen is the builder
and he is doing fine job.
The population of Crescent City is
growing steadily but surely though |
during the past month the increase has
consisted wholly of young ladeS-very
young-who have arrived in the fami |
lies of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Newman, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hall. There may be
others, but if so their daddicS are not
making any noise on the streets.
Rev. DIR. P. r. Danlev, Presbyterian
pastor at RockIedgc, will preach at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday morn
ing and evening. DR.. Danley is on his
way to Ohio, where he will spend the
summer. He has been referred TO as
the most eloquent preacher of his de
nomination in Florida. Ii is understood
that if he likes our place and the people
of the local church are agreeable, that
DR.. Danley would entertain a PROPOSE
ton to become pastor.
The wainwright Mercantile Co. will
probably be fully settled in the new
store next week. The company'S new
store is on the south side of Central
avenue, between Prospect and Summit
streets, and the building is both neat
and substantial, with pretty plate glass
front. 1t is two stories and painted
white. lis location is admirable Tor
business purposes, and the new compa-
ny will undoubtedly get its share OF the
business. The building was erected by
MIR. r. F. wainwright, a carpenter who
recently came here from Georgia.
The Crescent City baseball club had
uninterrupted victories for IFS portion
last week, and were il not for the
memory of a "reCent trip 10 the County
Seat" as the Bingville Bugle would say,
the boys would be stepping so high as
TO render themselves unfit for vulgar
trade. AS il is some OF 'em are neglect
ing Sunday school. On Wednesday the
San Mateo "Hard Hitters" came up for
game and went home with their club
tail pointing toward their face. Our
boys beat 'em by score OF TO Z, and
il wasn't specially good day Tor ball
PLAYING either. On Friday the club
went over TO Seville where they had
GOOD game with the team of that town.
They brought back 4 victory, but ii was
a we'll earned one of to S-neverthe-
less a victory and something Pitcher
Perry, even though he brought his arm
home in a rag, had reason TO crow over.
The club is looking for other fields to
conquer, and may soon hike for George
town, WeIaka, Pomona or Satsuma on
the Heights.
Frank Buck, one of the most popular
of Crescent City'S big contingent of
northern men who have come here to
engage in the orange industry, has been
quite i'll during the past two weeks at
bis apartments in Grove Hall, but late re-
-.,e,ric ,,.ero 10 the effect that he was i'm.