The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-23
. Personal and Social. /.

bury, Mass, is one of the more re
cent arrivals at Grove Hall.
Miss Elsie Padgett has resume
her studies at John B. Stetson Uni
versity, the same having been inter
rupted last year by illness.
Chas. Earl Curry, prominent res
estate broker of Louisville, KY, spen
Saturday ard Sunday here, a CUES
at the Coutant.
H. c. Fuller, late of Zephyrhills
Fla, has decided to locate here an
will open a shoe repairing shop i
the old Lounds drug store building
Mr.. Fuller is brother of w. H
Fuller, town treasurer.
Mrs. Leroy w. Denham arrive
on Saturday evening and will in flu
ture make her home in Crescen
City. For the present DR.. and Mrs
Denham will board with Mrs. S. B
Shaw.
The Turner House, which has ;
host of fast friends among the win
ter visitors to Crescent City is a!
usual doing nice business this win
ter and the guests as usual are wei
pleased.
Foster Watts, long with the Lounds
Drug Co. has been given employment
with j. H. Babers & Sons. The pop
ularity of this young man can bt
counted on to make new friends fol
his enterprising employers.
Mrs. C. Lyon and daughter, Miss
Eva Lyon, of Detroit. Mich, arrived
on Saturday and until they can gel
their winter home in readiness are
stopping at Grove Hall. All theil
old friends are pleased to see them
again.
Next Sunday night Mr.. Springer
will conduct a song service at the
Methodist Episcopal church. During
the week he will organize a special
choir for this service. Mr.. Gutter
idge will preach at the morning SER
vice.
Mrs. Edward Smith of New York
arrived on Friday last to make stay
of some time with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. H. Campbell. She will
be best remember ed here as Miss Bes-
sic Campbell, and this is her first Wis
it in three years.
James T. Long has Just received
a car load of stall fed beef cattle
from Ocala, and from which he will
supply the market of J. H. Babers &
Sons. Beef-eaters will not be able
to find any fault with this brand of
Florida beef. There is nothing bet
ter.
Hon. Albert Williamson of Jack
sonville, candidate for Congress
form this (the Fourth) district of
Florida, spent a few hours in the
city Saturday meeting the voters.
Mr.. Williamson was raised in Ala
bama and in the same town as Major
j. L. Burton, who has known him
since he was little lad.
Mrs. M. L. Black and little daugh-
ter of Jacksonville are here for a
weeks visit with Mrs. Blacks moth
er, Mrs. Mary Newsom Benham, and
to attend the wedding of her sister,
Miss Stella Benham. Mrs. Black
will be best remembered as Miss
Mamie Lee Benham.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Pixton have
leased the Lundberg house on the
Lake Stella front and expect to oc-
cupy it the first of the coming month.
This is new house and has never
been occupied. 1t is most delightful
ly situated with grounds running
down to the lake, and in a grove of
trees.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel P. Read of
New York city arrived early in the
week and will spend the winter sea-
son with Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Read at
their delightful bungalow on South
Prospect street. Mr.. Read is the
younger brother of our fellow towns
man and will be pleasantly remem-
bered as visitor of last season.
McCarty's Lawn Party, a combina-
ton minstrels and farce comedy with
vaudeville acts interspersed, was CIV
en- by local talent at V. |. A. Hall last
night under the auspices and for the
benefit of the local band. Of course
it was given too late for the News
to get report, but the boys de-
served, and probably had full house
DR.. H. H. Mcclellan announces that
DR.. 7. R. Beggs of Ell Paso, Texas,
will arrive in week or ten days to
take. up his residence here for the
practice of medicine, and that they
will form partnership. DR.. Beggs
is young man and at present a IL
cehsed physician in Ell Paso. While
on recent visit to the Lone Star
state, DR.. Mcclellan induced him to
come to Crescent City.
Orrel Prevatt a former pupil and
a graduate of the Crescent City high
school, has been appointed postmas-
ter at Seville. He will be remember
ed as bright and popular young man
here and the son of the late George
NJ. Prevatt well and widely known all
over this section and whose death oc-
Cured on December 21st last at San
ford. Well known as Ia was few in
this section knew of his death until
within the past week or two. The
young man is said to be most worthy
son of a noble father, and all his old
school friends here will watch his
career with pleasant anticipations for
a bright future.
The Savannah Morning News of
Saturday last announced the death at
6 o'clock on Friday evening the 10th
inst, of Mrs. Harriet S. Capwell, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George U. Beach, No. 2205 Bull street
in that city. The body was prepared
for shipment to her old home in Con-
necticut for interment. There were
no other particulars. Mrs. Capwell
was in her seth year. She was one
of the early pioneers of this place
and for many years her home was
the one now occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
X. Borson. Mrs. Capwell was the
widow of the late Thos. A. Capwell,
whose remains are buried in Palmet-