The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-31

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brother, Victor Carrier, and Tom Rus
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DR.. z. Brantley was called to hi!
old home in Grandin last Thursda,
owing to the illness of his mother. HI
returned to Crescent City early in thu
week.
Mrs. c. S. Gowen arrived last Sat.
urday from Louisville, KY, where she
has spent some weeks with her daugh.
ter, Miss Louise. Mrs. Gowon spent
the summer months as usual in Maine
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Sauls and thei,
interesting family are expected among
the arrivals this week. They have
been spending the summer at Bur
lington, Vt.
Mrs. {. H. Preston, and her son, Mr..
Lloyd e. Preston, returned last Sun
Day from a visit of several weeks at
Indianapolis, Ind, and with health
much improved from the trip.
Mrs. DR.: Denham came up from
Jacksonville on Saturday and spent
several days with DR.. Denham. Mrs,
Denham expects to come to Crescent
City permanently sometime next
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Weeks and Capt
Brown of Galesburg, ILL.,, arrived on
thursday of last week and arc again
at the Turner House for the winter,
much to the delight of their host of
trends. ' Va
MIR. and Mrs. T. J. Barnett and
little daughter and Mrs. Howell A.
Davis of Palatka came over from
the county town last Friday in Mr..
Barnett's Hupmobile and spent the
day at Grove Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bartlett of
Decatur, ILL.,, who spent last winter at
the home of their son, j. E. Bartlett,
in the west end, arrived last Friday
and are again with their son. They
were accompanied on tho trip down by
their grandson, Mr.. Perry Fletcher,
who will spend some time here.
The board of trade is to be called
in special meeting by President Till
inghast in few days for the purpose
of selecting delegates to represent
that body at the Sixth Annual meet
ing 9of the Mississippi to Atlantic Wa
terways Association which meets in
Palatka on the 1918 of November.
Rev. I. S. Patterson, D. D., presid-
ing elder of the Jacksonville district
of the Methodist church, will likely
+ each at the Methodist church here
next Sunday evening. There will lie
no service in the church on Sunday
morning, as the pastor and DR.. Pat
tcrson are to be at st. Johns Park.
At business meeting of the Bap-
list church held at the close of the reg
war service Sunday night, a cali was
extended to Rev. Mr.. Farr, late of
Wisconsin, to become pastor. The
reverend gentleman has accepted. He
left on the early train next morning
for Gainesville, at which place Mrs.
Farr has been stopping.
Tonight at V. I. A. hall will occur
the Halloween party by the young
ladies of the association for the bene-
fit of the Tennis club. 1t is to be
ghost party and masquerade ball, and
there are to be fortune telling booths,
ETC., and othor pleasant ways of en-
joying oneself. Tickets at 25 cents
admit to the hall.
]. B. Pylant, one of the green fruit
inspectors, reports that he has cover
cd the southern portion of the state
thoroughly within the past few weeks
and does not think that the citrus
fruit crop will be any shorter than
last season but the fruit will run to
smaller sizes. The fruit has been col
oring slowly but the cool weather this
week has aided very materially in put
ting on the golden hue.
Rev. Father LaPlante tho new rec
tor of the Catholic church in Palatka
visited the Catholic mission here last
Sunday and celebrated mass at 1890.
Father LaPlante has his own auto
and it is his purpose to make semi
monthly visits to the church here on
Sunday morning. He also expects
to come over twice a month on week
days. He was greeted by good con.
gregation on his visit Sunday.
Phillip Herlong has purchased ell
the rights, title and interests of the
Erlggers-Reynolds syndicate in th>
Ores 'ent City pressing club, OF col.
GRAFTON and will continue with tnC
same skilled workmen to clean anC
press the clothes of the ladies anC
gentlemen of the place at the ole
stand in the Chamberlin block. PhilliI
ought to do a good business. He has
the winning ways and all that 60 t.
make a successful business man.
Orange shipping. began in earnes
last Monday when all the big packing
houses began operation. Business
men look upon the opening of thu
shipping season with favor as the be
ginning of the season of returning
prosperity. Chase & Co., Hardoe
Mcfarland & Hunt, Crutchfeld, Wool
folk & Co., and the Mccormick 4
Hubbs packing houses all made ship
ments last week, as also did some o
the other large private packing hous
es,