The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-30
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

1 Inc new street lamps recently or
dered by the council were placed il
position last Saturday and at night
number of them were lighted. Be
sides six on Central avenue, there will
: be several on side streets near to tn
center of town and where they ar,
most needed. Harold Bache has beer
employed to look after the down tow
lamps.
The ladies of the V. I. A. are plann
ing to give a series of subscription
dances during the coming season
with probably two each month, the
first to be announced soon and the
second for Thanksgiving night. The
Crescent City band orchestra unde,
the leadership of Prof. Wallace, will
furnish the music, and the band will
join in the efforts of the V. l. A. to
make the dances most delightful &C.
casions. The price at which tickets
will be sold has not yet been deter
mined.
Judge Redmond B. Gautier of Mi
ami spent Tuesday in town visiting
relatives and friends. Judge Gautier
is the oldest son of Mr.. C. H. Gautier,
former prominent resident and or
ange grower of this place, now also
living in Miami. Judge Gautier is
now one of the leaders of the Dade
county bar, and for nearly four years
was county judge, a position he lately
resigned to become solicitor of the
Dade county criminal court of record
He is a native of Crescent City.
ALFRED Clay of Norfolk, Va, ar
rived last Sunday for a few days
stay and in order to make arrange
ments for occupying the pretty bun
galow he caused to be built here this
summer, and on which Mr.. Eaton,
the contractor has just been putting
the finishing touches. Later Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Clay will come here for a good
season of he year. He will have a
boat house built on his lake shore and
will do some fishing with rod and reel.
Everyone was glad to see Mr.. Clay,
but they will be several times glad
when he brings Mrs. Clay and comes
to stay.
Next Tuesday will occur the State
and county election. The only oppo-
sition to the regular ticket is for the
office of representative in the legisla-
ure, where Mr.. C. A. LeHardy Of Pa
latka, a socialist, is running as an in
depedent candidate. The democratic
nominees are Henry s. Mckenzie and
W. G. Tilghman. LeHardy is the
head of the socialist movement in this
county and as his party failed to make
nominations in the primary, his name
was placed on the ticket by petition
as an indepedent. His petition con-
tanned 26 names, several of the petit
TONERS being negroes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira C. Pratt and Mr..
Jason Long arrived on the 22d inst.
and are again at the Pratt winter
home on Summit street. This genial
couple are among the most popular
of our winter residents and their
comino in the fall is always a matter
of much interest to the people OF the
place. They are getting on in wears
now. therefore it is with special
pleasure that we heard them both say
in response to an enquiry as to their
health: "Never felt better in our
lives; had splendid summer and have
been we'll every day; we are glad to
get to Crescent City"
Word has come that Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. H. Libby of Portland, Maine,
will not come down this winter. Ma
ior Libby is not in good health and
feels that he will be better by his
own COSY Preside. Once here he
would be outdoors and would super
intend the packing and shipping of
his fruit, and his physician thinks
he ought not to work. You see, Ma
Tor Libby is a politician Of long stand
ing and in the practice of that pro;
fession he didn't get much physical
exercise, and to take it now it is
thought would be injurious to his
system If he could only content
himself to come down and loaf and in
dulge his soul with US, it would do
him good, but he can't; he amt
built that way.
Rev, Smith Hardin, presiding elder
of the Palatka district, Methodist
Episcopal church, South, snent Satur--
dav and Sunday here the guest OF
Rev. s. I. Hendrix, pastor of the
local church. On Saturday the fourth
quarterly conference was held. On
Sunday Mr.. Hardin preached both at
the morning and evening services.
Rev. Mr.. Hardin is one of the bio
men in Mthodism in Florida. He
came to this district last year from
A four wears pastorate in TAMPA.
where he erected probably the largest.
most beautiful and costly protestant
church in the State. This church
was comrleed only week or two a"A.
and on SUNDAY the 18th inst. Mr..
Hardin visited Tampa at the REQUEST
of his old congregation and preached
on the occasion of the dedication of
this church.
It is now First Lieutenant Geo. c.
Miller. And it sounds good to CreS-
cent CITY people. Lieutenant Miller
IS not in actual war; he is lust stu
dent of tactics in the GEORGIA Nilit'rv
Academy. at College Park. near A.
lanta. Rut he is studying othoT
thirUs, also. and when he comes
fourth next srring with his diploma,
earned from four years of study IN
that institution he will be nrettv well
fitted to take a hold on the actuah-
ties of life and make good. rs he in
tends to do. Lieutenant Miller has
risen from the ranks, each wear seeing
him assume heavier RESPONSIBILITIES.
Besides being lieutenant, he is quar-
termaster and has CHARGE of all the
rifles. cannon. ammunition and uniforms
and it is quite a responsible position
| All the school equipment must mass
through his hands and have his in
spection. The commandant has also
complimented our Crescent CITY lieu
tenant by SAYING that he is filling the
position better than it has ever been.
Tieenant Miller is the son of the late
Cant John w. Miller, pioneer