The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-27

Major and Mrs. j. L. Burton anC
Miss Jessie Burton left on Tuesday
for their summer cottage at Summer
Haven beach, where they will remain
through the balance of the summer.
The Crescent City bottling company
is selling its product all over this and
adjoining places and the drinks are
rapidly getting a reputation for eX-
cellence which assures the success of
the concern.
The dry weather has ruined all
prospects of good corn crop in this
section. c. J. Hunter, who had pre-
pared field in which he confidently
expected to gather an average Of %
bushels to the acre, says that its all
off now.
Mrs. w. C. Norton entertained the
Ladies Aid Society of the PEesbyter-
ian church on Wednesday afternoon of
last week at Grove Hall. Delicious
refreshments were served to the
guests. This was the last meeting of
the society for the summer.
Miss Mary Frierson is spending
the week with friends in Jacksonville.
Messrs. Hardee and Campbell of
the firm of Hardee, Mcfarland e.
Hunt, arrived in the city this week on
business connected with their fruit
packing house here, and are making
headquarters at the Coutant.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ward of
Leesburg, formerly of this place,
have gone on their annual vacation
to the north, where they will spend
the summer visiting relatives and
friends. DR.. Ward has not been in
his usual health for some time, but is
said to be improving now.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Grimsley en-
tertained picnic party on their
launch with trip to Haw Creek and
to Grimsley grove last Friday. Fish
were caught and fish fry at the
grove added much to the feast which
was spread at the grove. The party
returned late in the afternoon after
a joyous day.
Town Marshal Stokes has announc-
ed his purpose of resigning the mar
shalship at the end of the month. Mr..
Stokes insists that he was engaged
at the salary of $50 per month and
that the recent action of the City
Council in cutting his pay to S35 per
month is the moving cause for his
proposed resignation.
Mrs. Rankin who sometime ago
opened up a neat, Well-stocked 10
cent store on Central avenue, has
lately added daily supply of bakery
goods, including bread, hot rolls,
cakes, cookies, etc, and is selling the
same to many people, but not to half
the number she will sell when the fact
that she is making these homemade
products becomes generally known.
Goldsmith H. Williams, Central
American superintendent of the Unit
ed Fruit Co., of New York, arrived
home last Sunday to spend few DAYS
with his sister, Miss Bessie A. Will.
Jams, before proceeding to New York
Mrs. Rich, who has been spending
the winter with her daughter, Mrs. c
P. Hale, is leaving this week for hel
old home in the west to spend tht
balance of the summer.
Remember the Grand Free Barbe
cue given by the Crescent City Ban'
Association in Crescent City on tn
Fourth of July. An experienced MAJ
at barbecuing meat has been engage,
for the occasion and the meat will b
to your taste. The barbecue will b
held at noon on the V. |. A. grounds
Come and Join in the feast. A fin
/ program of sports will be featur
of the DAYS celebration. Every on
] is earnestly. invited to spend the da
in town.
Misses Bessie A. Williams and Jan
B. Bowman entertained a large part
of friends Saturday evening in homo
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. NJ. Nickers of Pa
latka. A large part of the evenln
was devoted to instrumental and VIC
cal music, with vocal numbers b
Mr.. Vickers, Mr.. and Mrs. c. ?. Hall
Miss Anselina Burton and Miss Rut
Herlong. Miss Herlong also playe
. some exquisite piano selections. Tn
hostesses served ice cream and cak
The guests greatly enjoyed the ever
ing of high grade music, the perform
ers being very generous in RESPOND
ing to the hearty encoreS which TO
lowed each number.
y Still the charges are pilling u
against the poor band boys, who's
chief sin seems to consist of the la
that they are some one else's boy
1t and therefore, bad. The late
r charge made by some goo-goo IS, thu
= when the evenings practice. IS oV'
Il the members, or some Of them, S
g down at tables and play cards. lie
70 rible! Of course the fact that son
n of our good church members pla
'e at the same wicked games at the
y. psk teas doesn't count in the bar
r boys' favor They are to he Judge
ie according to their own deeds; and
~ long as there are little souls about
Judge EN-, it will go hard with Il
RS bovs-provided they pay any ate
5y tion to these old Aunt MaryS
u pants. So long as the boys dor
gamble land they do not) what sort
business is it of these goo-goo critic
u anyway?