The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-07
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uouoeheeplHg IN nef new nome OF
,, North Prospect street, the house re
! Gently purchased of L. Eaton.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Pratt have beer
, spending some time in Savannah visi
ting their daughter, Mrs. Porter Pier
, pont, but are expected here today.
Capt S. M. LaBree is having a new
and substantial fence puilt arounC
his home place on Central avenue
with cement posts.
Mrs. A. j. Smith of Huntington has
been atGreen Cove Springs some time
taking medical treatment, and is re.
ported some better.
Mrs. Frank RuCk has indicated he,
purpose to spend some time in Ores
cent City this winter, and it is said
she will probably arrive here within
a few days.
The Turner house as usual will be
filled again this winter with pleased
guests and others who have heard of
It's excellence as stopping place.
The house is. even now filling up.
Pursell's new feed and livery sta
bio is now up and ready for occupan-
cy. Mr.. Pursell has some of the fin
est stock ever seen here and is bound
to do a good business. The stable is
an ornament to the street.
Alderman W. B. Campbell is having
the South Summit street roadway i'm
proved with clay. Properly mixed
with sand this makes the most dura-
Bile kind of road to be had in Flori-
da.
The Coutant has made arrange
montS for leasant rooms Guide e
accumulate the cvei flow of guests
this winter. Already there is CYL
dence of being big demand for the
Coutant brand Of hospitality this sea-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira C. Pratt with Mr..
Jason Long and their usual household
from Cropsey, ILL.,, arrived last week
and are again settled for the winter
in Mr.. Pratt's home on North Sum-
nit street. Crescent City is always
delighted to welcome these good peo-
pie.
Mrs. S. G. Sauls arrived last week
with tho young people of the family
and is again settled in their pleas
ant home on Park street. Mr.. Sauls
does not expect to come until the end
of the month, having to remain in
Vermont to settle some business af-
fairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borson went to Or
lando in their touring car last Tues
day, having with them as guests on
the trip, Mrs. Frank Gautier and Mrs.
F. l.. Bills, delegates to the State
Federation of Women's Clubs which
holds it's annual session in that city.
Also Miss Bessie A. Williams, who is
the treasurer of the State Federation.
The C. H. Preston Co. has just
placed new ice making machine in
tits establishment with a capacity of
2,400 pounds per day. The machine
is of the most modern make and it is
rumored that the Preston Company
will soon begin making ice for GUS
toners. Certainly they are we'll
equipped for such service.
A.-E. Lang, district manager of the
w u. Telegraph Co. was in the city
the latter part of last week whom a
contract was closed between his COM
pany and Jas. Padgett Jr., for the
opening of an office here, with all ad-
vantages, even to the sending and re-
ceiving money by telegraph. The Of
flee is now in full working order.
Judge Wills while in Palatka last
week signed the articles Of incorpora-
ton of the new Eden Cemetery Asso-
citation which will take over and i'm
prove the property owned by Mrs.
Sprague, and make into beautiful
home of the dead. This is another
work which owes its start to the V.
|. A.
Grove Hall is in fine shape to care
for its usual large contingent of WIN
ter visitors. The house has been
thoroughly renovated and cleaned and
much done in the way of improve
ments to make guests comfortable
From letters and other indications 1t
would arrear that Mine Host Norton
will have a crowded house as usual
this winter, if not little more so.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman of Cropsey
ILL.,, who own a pleasant winter home
on Summit street and who have beer
popular winter residents here severa
seasons, will hardly come down this
season owing to continued poor health
They were not here last year anC
their absence was the cause of mucf
regret among large circle of friends
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Darling of Dav
Import, Iowa, were expected among
the arrivals this week. They will oc
cupy the Benham cottage on Soutl
Prospect street this winter. MI
Darling has nice crop of fruit t
! keep him busy this season. Hi
grove is on the lake front at the mort
town boundary and was formerl
known as the Williams & Buckle
grove. 1t is one of the prettios
properties in all this section, and MI
Darling will improve it steadily.
From what can be learned outsid
the professor" in charge of the CO
ored school is making the most OF h
: authority. What he can't instill il
70 the minds of his pupils by close al
rlication to books he has a habit
: pounding into them with strap. Or
kid had his head cut open in tv
l places, besides a pretty good SIG
; iruisc across the back. Of course Il
= 'kid" says he only whispered, but
may have done more-any way
' got what was coming to him or
great deal more.
: The H. Hume Henderson gro
near Crescent City junction and co
tanning some II acres more or les
was sold last week by the Reed
smith real estate agency of this plaC
nj Ill Lo boct remembered as [