The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-10-04
crescent City News

D pected home today.
Through the interest taken bv Mrs
- |. King the Presbyterian church ha
k neen re'painlcd and presents great,
improved appearance. The work wa
done by Fred. Andersen.
Mrs. H. S. Tebbetts of Lynn, Mass, il
gong to spend the winter here th,
guest of Mrs. ], F. Rhoads. Mrs. Teb
oetlS was long a resident of Crescen
City and social leader.
a Woman'S Exchange is 10 be estab
IIShed by the V. !. A. and is to be oper
I on wednesday of each week. AT The
exchange ladies can offer their fame,
work Tor sale, also cakes and other pro
uuclS IN which certain of them excel.
w. +. Glynn and his friend, Mr.
Edw +. Howard of Boston, arrived or
monday evening having driven through
from Jacksonville in Mr.. Glynns motor
car Mr.. Glynn has been viewing the
New England states in his auto this
summer and reports that he has had q
most delightful time. Mr.. Howard ex.
poets TO spend the winter here and dur.
ing The busiest OF the orange shipping
season will live with Mr.. Glynn al tho
grove.
crescent City grapefruit began NOV,
ing to the market this week. The W.
b. Carrier crop at Clifton is being shin.
ped by the Mccormick 4 Hubbs pack
ing house under supervision of Ed. V.
Lunberg; and Chase & Co. are also
shipping quantity of their fruit under
direction OF J. Blaine SILVER their local
manager. This fruit is pretty well
colorcd and tastes good. 1t should
bring fine price.
Capt George S. Crouy of the
steamer Crescent was called TO North
Carolina on Tuesday of last week on a
telegram announcing the serious illness
OF Mrs. Crotly with dypthcria. Capt.
Crotty had made arrangements for leav-
ing for his vacation in the mountains on
the following Saturday and was antici
pating pleasant time, until the arrival
OF this telegram. AT this time the News
has had no word concerning Mrs.
Crotty'S condition, which was certainly
serious.
Down al Arcadia in De Soto county,
a town nearly double the size of
this place, the question of permitting
The cows 10 continue in the use of the
streets was submitted TO the people at a
special election and the cows were
awarded the streets by vote of AZ TO
Is. There has been considerable talk
on this subject of cows roaming the
streets at will in Crescent City but
those who have done most OF the talk
ing are generally regarded as having
put their foot in it,"
The Presbyterian church is in the
way OF having pastor. Officers of the
church have been corresponding with
Rev. J. II, llunSberger of Jefferson, n
Y, with the view of securing his ser
vices and they are TO know definitely
soon after the 9TH inst, when the
rcverncd gentleman will decide the
matter. Ii is understood that Mr.. Huns
berger is 10 have the paStoratc for six
months, at the end of which time if the
desire TO continue is mutual, as between
the pastor and the congregation, he
will continue.
The Crescent City band has engaged
the services of Mr.. D. G. Wright late of
St. Johns Park as instructor and Mr.
Wright arrived here this week and has
taken hold OF the work. The first re-
herSal was held on Tuesday evening
The band proposed to hold two re-
herSalS each week, and under its con-
tract with Mr.. Wright that gentleman is
to give all his time 10 instruction of the
members much of which will be in
the shape of private instruction. The
new instruments have arrived and they
are said TO be high grade ones, manu-
featured by York & Co. of Grand
Rapids, Mich. All the members are
entering into the work of perfccting
band with enthusiasm and ii is likely
that within four months the boys will
be giving band concerts. 1t was Mr..
Wright who brought the ST. Johns Park
band to such high state of perfection.
Every citizen should do all in his power
10 encourage the band bows.
A mass meeting of citizens was held
at the Auditorium last Friday night,
called at the instance of Mayor G. I.
Graham TO consider the question of 4
municipal water and lighting plant.
The meeting was one of the most gen
orally attended public meetings ever
held in the place. B. +. TillnghaSI
was called on TO preside and c. +. Gut
teridge acted as secretary. Mayor Ora
ham stated the object of the meeting
clearly; the time had arrived when
Crescent City must do something in the
way of municipal improvement in order
to compete with other towns in tlori- |
da. A water plant and an electric light
ing plant he believed feasible, and there
was present in the audience civil en-
ginecr representing one OF the best
firms in the south and who had been
looking over the town with the view OF
giving expert advice; he would make a
talk. The gentleman (whoSe name the |
News has fOrgotten) was introduced. |
He represented an Atlanta firm. He |
stated that after casual examination he |
had concluded that Lake Stella as |
sourch of power supply was not practi'
cal; he thought that a water and lighting |
plant run by gasoline or steam power
was practical and could be made to pay; |
his firm made plans and specifications
for such plants and he would be glad 10 |
supply these TO Crescent City; he be-
Iieyed that $4,000 would be all the
money required for their establishments;
he could furnish plans and Speciiica- |
lions for S275. A number of questions
were asked of the speaker, and there
was a general discussion of the project,
Finally motion was madc-"that the
Town officials were 10 be commended
for their efforts 10 secure improvements
looking TO the upbuilding of the place
and that it is the sense of this meeting |
that the council would be justified in
securing plans and specifications and
making a careful enquiry into the prac,
ticability of establishing municipal
iightinp and water plant" The motion
was unanimously adopted, after which |
the meeting broke up.