The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12

Capt and Mrs. S. NJ. LaBrce an
party OF friends; Mr.. and Mrs. K. Borso
and a party OF friends; Mr. and Mrs. +
L. Smith and party, and w. F. Glyn
drove their autos TO Palatka for lh
Fourth OF July celebration.
Maj Burton writes that the fishing :
Summer Haven is not very good at pre-.
ent owing 10 the fresh water, and ths
this water also ha, hurt the flavor of tn
oysters; another week or two, however
will remedy this condition.
Harrod Braddock who recently soil
ms grove property TO Capt. William
Miller, has returned from trip in Soutl
Florida and has about decided TO go I,
Mulberry TO live. He says il is one o
the best business towns in the state
Rev. and Mrs. f. w. Waybright ar,
rejoicing over the birth of a little son OF
Thursday last, the Fourth of July
This patriotic little fellow tipped thC
scales at nine and half pounds.
The following teachers have been as
signed 10 the Crescent City school 70
the ensuing school year: Principal, J
IL. Selden; assistants, Misses ]. B. Bow
man, Florence Crook, Daisy Brooke anc
Mrs. S. 0. Hammer.
Miss Lillian NJ. Appcby a former
popular teacher in our public school ha,
been visiting here this week, the CUES,
of Mrs. X. BorSon. Miss Applcby ha,
been teaching in St. Augustine for the
past two years, but has been engaged to
teach in Jacksonville the coming school
wear.
Paul c. Smith returned from a two
weeks visit to his mother and sister in
Louisville, KY, on Tuesday of last
week, and reports pleasant visit. His
mother, now SO years of age, will br
pleasantly remembered by all old citi
zenS of this place, where she resided
several years. Though advanced in
years she is still active in mind and
body.
The Steamer resent carried large
excursion load to Palatka on the morn
ing of the Fourth, returning aftcr the
close OF The FESTIVITIES. The baseball
boys who were TO have played a match
game with III PaIalka team were diSap
pointed in that the rain prevented lhci
playing The club had gone with tn,
intention Of carrying off the prize, and
had lis best team
The work o repairing the shell road
TO the junction was begun last week and
is now going on under the direction o.
Blaine SILVER. The county commits.
SionerS some lime ago appropriated II
car loads of DcIcon She'll for the work
aud $3.50 for the work of laying it,. Mr.
SILVER and Mr.. +. t. Mathis are asking
subscriptions to an additional fund for
laying the shell so that the $50 appro
priation for that purpose can be used tC
buy more she'll This is a most impor
lant road TO Crescent City and it is i'm
portant that ii be kept in repair The
additional money for shell is needed
and the News trusts that these gentle
men will have no trouble in raising it,
The road had been allowed 10 get in
bad shape.
a genuine old fashioned Fourth OF
July picnic was held on the Fourth al
he MCGrady park in front OF the home
Of Mr. and Mrs. T.. w. McGrady. The
picnic was inaupuratcd by NlcSsrS f. ",
md |. |. McGr dy and was all that these
good people could have anticipated in
he way of pleasure. OF course ii had t.
ain, as is the custom at all Fourth OF
July piCnicS, but the rain soon quit and
hen the table was spread under the
oaks. And such a table! II was loaded
o the breaking point with all the good
hings imaginable and even when the
Yearly 100 participants had gotten on the
outside of all they could carry there was
enough left TO feed as many more,
Quite a number went out from here,
That there is plenty OF the "old time
in this town was amply
proven last Sunday morning when to,
al of fifty-Scvcn negroes were baptiSed
II Lake Stella. The candidates were all
at the recent revival meetings
conducted at the a. NJ. f. church in
NhiteviIIe. OF the number an even
ifty have Joined the a. NJ. +. church
md seven the Baptist church. These
meetings have been in progress several
weeks and the Whitevillc settlement has
,een stirred to the depths of its emo
ional nature. The meetings were
ometimcs continued way into the night
nd the shouts of glory, the prayers and
he singing have reached TO the utter
most parts of the town. 1t is the most
ucceSsful revival of religion held here
n many years and ought to be bCnetiI
o the place in many ways.
monp the number being MIR. and Mrs.
Darby, MIR. and Mrs. Gulteridgc, Rev.
nd Mrs. D. D. Dieffenweirth, and a
,ig wagon.load in charge OF Charley |
iutteridge, who is an expert in the |
,oyipation of a mule team if there is
me in This town. There were people |
here from as far south as Seville and
rom Union avenue, among the latter |
,cing MIR. and Mrs. James Padgett ST.,
Who have lived here longer, perhaps,
han any one else now living. They
ave attended many of these old-tlme
icnics 10 their day, but none more en-
oyable than this. The MeSSrS NC,
Irady are being congratulated by all
rho were lucky enough 10 attend, and
n who did not attend are telling them
low sorry they are that they didn't get
n on il. MIR. Edgar MCtirady told the
Jews that il was only after they had ar
,nped for the affair that they heard oil
he proposed Palatka celebration, ana
$ they did not want TO appear as inter
prinp with that gala event they did not
dyertise the picnic. Possibly there Is
o holiday celebration that appeals so
lrongly TO children as a picnic WIN
,bles spread under the shade OF trees
nd when we say children, we mean
yerybody, for a man or woman never
rows old enough 10 loose interest in an
ld-iashioned picnic.