The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-22

Mrs. Williams.
Walter Sykes and Webb Chamber
lin left last week for Archer, Alach-
ua county, where Mr.. Sykes has
contract for erecting a pretty bunga-
low for Mr.. and Mrs. Roy B. Perkins,
formerly of this place,
Miss Grill Burton left on Monday
for Selma, Ala, where she, will enter
Young ladies' school for business
urse. Miss Burton expects to be
away about four or perhaps five
months,
Frederick Sanford, one of the par
ty of gentlemen who were here last
winter and occupied the Lloyd Z.
| Preston house on lakewood avenue
while engaged in a hunting eXpedl-
ton, died recently at his home IN
Plainfeld, N. J. Mr.. Sanford was
friend of J. H. Campbell.
John Damon, some 20 years ago a
resident of this place and engaged
with Mr.. Terry in the saw mill pusl-
ness, was visitor here for DAY or
two recently and the guest OF Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Torrey. Mr.. Damon
now lives in Illinois, where he is en-
gagged in the grist mill business.
H. H. Cooper one of the best known
and popular of our winter residents
and who for many years has made
his home with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred An
dersen. left on Monday for Phiiadel-
mia, where he will spend the summer.
/ Mr. Cooper has been spending MS
: (N5+Jv for some
thirty years.
Mr., and Mrs. John Johnson of Au-
gusta, Ga, and Col. o. F. Cheatham
of Albany, Ga, were guests, OF MRS.
IL A Cheatham last week. 1hey
came to Florida to attend the Conted-
crate reunion and then came on to
Crescent City. They were pleased
with the place.
Mrs. w. H. Rogers and her bright
little daughter, of Bailey, Ga, were
the guests for few days this week
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Grimsley. MRS
Rogers will be best remembered mere
as Mrs. Carrie Brown, who lived IN
Crescent City before her marriage
some 20 years ago. She is a sister
of Mrs. Grimsley.
The Steamer Crescent began It's
new schedule this week and until iur-
Their notice will leave Crescent Clty
for Jacksonville at $3.50 a; NJ on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday S;
and returning will arrive on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturdays in the even
mo. AS usual when on this schedule
the Crescent will lay over here on
Sundays.
Reed Spencer prominent rice far
| p,er Of louisiana, is here for visit
| of a few days with Mr.. ana Mrs. s., o. ..
F BARTLETT at their home IN the west
| end. Mr.. Spencer was formerly IRON
/ Decatur, H., and is an old acqualht-
i ance of Mr.. Bartlett's. Wmie mere
] there will be some fishing by the Two
Mr., and Mrs. Bartlett are expecting
: other friends from Decatur soon'
The Little Helpers, band OF young
' misses of this place organized 10 iehl
helping hand to worthy charltles
will give a sale of cake and punch TO-
morrow, Saturday, May 29d, to be
followed by a similar sale every tWe
weeks, In addition to these refresh
ments these young helpers Will alS'
. nrobably offer for sale fancy needls
work of their own make. This or
"anization of young girls has already
II Cont some S2O.3O to the Children
l. Home Society in Jacksonville. Inc!
# deserve your patronage.
e A. H. Engelbach an English sclen
e fist and author who has been spend
g inc the winter in the State with tn
10 purpose of getting material Tor
,, hook on Florida, was here for ola!
!; or two last week and was the CUES
= of John Mathis and Oscar Cheatham
Z They went on gator hunt one nlgn
IN and got their gator. Mr.. EngelDacI
I'd will probably return to Crescent CIT,
es about the latter part of the comlni
es week and deliver q lecture, he haVln!
ID heen eed to do so by his friend
,s here, If he finally decides to com
to it is the purpose to nave Ihe lec'ui
ho on Friday evening, the I'D.
% Mrs. X. Borson of this place has on
rio of the most beautiful rose gardens l
all Florida. Every variety of ros
- known to the state grows IN gfea
nr0fusion in this garden and tn
Creat bushes are filled with roses l
nj md and full bloom all the time. !
N is nossible to clip a bushel of rose
M anV day without seeming to mis-
iIv them from the heavily laden ,bushe
ri Mrs. Borson has given great boque'
Of these beautiful roses to almost eN
erv social entertainment of the pas
tha winter and scarcely Sunday passS,t
' llJ INIT some one of the churches is tt
''' u recipient of boquets for the chane
or desk.
.ng Miss Jane B. Bowman, asslstal
GS principal of the Crescent City ing
and school entertained the graduatilf
liv- class at a seven o'clock dinner la
The. saturday night. Covers were Ia
hes Gov aight The favors for the ella
members me- we're gold collar pins for Il
Hot m;r i. and scarf pins for the boy
AMI Tbo fable was deliberately decorat
solj With fpstoons of silver-gray and bI
rfbbons, the class colors, and GUAM
ti ;ooT Of red roses, the class fowt
. Tinv baskets in silver-gray and ol
trim baii candies and boutonniere OF r
,om mn r rosas for each diner, and the col
jaT- scheme was carried out as nearly,
lnin S[nsi in each course. The ella
,n,o ppons;sts of Mr.. Levant DeWolt, pre-
' nh G Jonf. Miss Addie McGrady, VII
Jor nrnSidont. Mr.. James Jones. sec