The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
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LllIle MISS hduuC w hooh p@J y
that her niece is one of the prettiest
young ladies in town.
Big crowd attended the "Cotton
Party" at V. l. A. hall last night-g-
-lorious time.
Miss Stone has arrived for the win
ter and is making her home with
Mrs. Frank Gautier.
Miss Eva Bethel has been home for
a short time; Miss Eva is taking a
business course in the Jacksonville
Business College.
Miss Jessie Burton is in Palatka
where as county demonstration for
the Girls Gardening clubs, she is
supervising her first county demon
stration.
The Methodist and Presbyterian
churches united in a union Thanks
giving service at the former church
last night, with the sermon by Rev.
R. Shull Burris of the Presbyterian
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton Cliff arrived
last week Friday and are again in
their cozy winter home in the south
end. They have been spending the
summer in England, from which coun-
try they only arrived about three
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bartlett Of
Decatur, ILL.,, arrived on Monday to
spend their third winter with their
son, Mr.. J. E. Bartlett, at his home
near the junction. Their hosts of
friends here will give them cordial
greeting at the first opportunity.
The small dwelling on the grove of
j. C. Grimsley across Lake Cres-
cent was burned to the ground on
Monday night of last week. A white
family was living in the house and
it is said they lost everything. The
News could not learn their names,
the cause of the fire, or the amount
of loss. But Grimsley is rich and
can stand it as we'll as any man we
know.
Mrs. G. H. Ward of Leesburg is
spending week or two with her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Gautier. Mrs.
Ward is very popular lady in Cres-
cent City, where she lived some 25
years before going to Leesburg,
where DR., Ward is rector of the
Episcopal church. DR.. Ward Yves for
|25 years rector of the church here,
and is known throughout the south
as one of the most scholarly men in
the church. The News along with
many of his old friends here regret
that he could not have visited US at
the same time.
The cold Friday night and Satur-
day morning following the stiff north
wester which blew a hurricane all
day on Friday was according to L.
! A. Hurlbut, a man who keeps tab
lon such things, 7 degrees colder than
any thing we had in the shape of
weather all last winter. His Their
mometer showed a little above 2S
deg. The cold in Crescent City gen
orally goes in streaks. In some places
the temperature will touch from two
to three degrees lower than in other
places. In the west end of town near
Lake Stella, the average thermometer
showed but 80, and at six o'clock a
M, the mercury had generally risen
two degrees. There was no damage
from the cold except to some gar
dens and plants. The fruit herea-
bouts was greatly benefited by the
cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Whiteside anC
daughter, Miss Alice, and frienc
Miss Mamie Clark, all of Edwards
VILE, Illinois, arrived on Friday
for a visit of some time witt
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Bartlett
Mr. Whiteside is Mr.. Bartlett
uncle. The party landed in blizzart
with the breeze coming down from
Chicago and other Illinois towns a
1.-THE rate of rs miles an hour, ant
when they got off the train they haC
their first taste of Florida sunshine
in such an overdose that they are no
likely ever to forget the experience
But if they will only stay long enough
they will see that such little t1urrie
are only vouchsafed to US occasion
ally in order to make us appreciate
our steady diet of good weather ant
other good things.
The congregation of the Presby
terrain church is going in for ney
pipe-organ, and led by the younl
people we have sort of a hume
that they will make it. Last Monda,,
night Misses Helen Norton and Hell
en- Tillinghast entertained at Pla
and Clip social, (whatever that is
at Grove Hall and this was the frs
of a series of entertainments to b
given in aid of the organ fund. You
Uncle, Andie Carnegie, the Laird
lSkybo Castle, has promised tina
whenever a church raises and has l
hand one-half the amount necessar
to purchase pipe organ. he Will
on hand with the other half. 1t
estimated that such an organ as
. needed here will cost about 81 20
To properly place it the church WI
need to be enlarged back of the pulp
for an organ loft. There is already
fund of some $3.50 which will be al
, appropriated to the organ fund and
times are at all good and the Peep
can afford to show their usual llbe
, atty, why, the balance will be cas-
A pipe organ would be big draw
t ing card for any church. Get busy.
The Young Mems Club of Il
! Presbyterian church met in the chap
i on Thursday evening of last week al
0 effected a permanent organizati
I with the following officers: Pres
: dent, Rev. R. Shull Burris; vice pre-
ident, C. Oliver Chamberlin; secretal
T. C. Darby, Jr.,; treasurer, Carr
Kinard; librarian, E. c. Braddock:
social committee was appointed
follows Rev. r. Shull Burris,
Clinton Cr1ii