The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-18
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

The Misses Pitkin, three sisters
daughters of the late Rev. T. C. Pit
kin, at one time one of the mos
influential Episcopal clergymen il
Michigan, arrived last week from
Detroit, and are making their HON,
with Mrs. Frank Gautier.
The Mathis Mercantile Co. is this
week opening up new store al
Hastings-a store of much the same
character as the one here This
new store will be in charge of Mr.
Chas. Mathis, a brother who has
been living in South Carolina, and
not Mr.. John Mathis, as reported
last week.
The conference at Arcadia has re
appointed Rev. S. |. Hendrix to the
pastorate of the Methodist church in
this place. That will be good news
to the hosts of friends of this faith
full minister. None of US wanted to
have him go, but knowing the Meth
odist habit of moving good men at
will, we were little bit skeery.
' The attendance was not as large
as had been counted on for the en-
teTtainment at V. l. A. Hall last
Friday night in aid of the Episcopal
church guild, but despite the inclem-
ent weather the hall was over half
filled. The event will net the guild
something like 1914. All who attend
ed were delighted with the charac-
ter of the entertainment.
Rev. Charles E. Gutteridge of
this city has been admitted to the
Florida conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, and assign
ed as pastor of the church at Nichols,
in Polk county. This means that
DR.. Gutteridge will abandon the prac-
tice Of law in Crescent City and en-
ter the ministry as his life work. 1t
also means probably that Mrs. Gut
teridge and their interesting family
of young people will move from
Crescent City, something that will
cause no little regret among a large
circle of friends.
The property now occupied as
residence by Mr.. Gutteridge on Park
street, is to be sold by the trustee of
the estate of the late Miss Florence
Atkins on next Monday, the 21st inst.
The sale will take place in front of
the Crescent City post-office at ~
o'clock, noon. This was the home of
the late DR.. Josiah H. Harrison, one
Of the pioneer orange growers of
this section and long associated with
Maj. J. L. Burton under the firm
name of Burton & Harrison. At the
death of DR.. Harrison his home went
to his niece, Miss Florence Atkins,
and her death last summer has re-
suited in placing the property on the
market.
You wouldn't think business man
like our old friend w. j. Pierpont,
with his mind engrossed in counting
the dollars that are constantly roll
ing into him by reason of his big
crate and bucket foundry, and which
does business all over the country,
would have time for politics. But
he does; he has just been reelected
to the city council in Savannah oyer
which body he presided last year and
over which he is more than likely to
preside in the incoming year. Pier
pont may not know it, but he is the
political boss of the Savannah tam
many hall; and he is popular boss,
# one is to judge by the vote he re-
,eived, WHICH was the heaviest given
% any man on the entire city ad-
ticket. Pierpont is
pleasant, pugnacious and polite; the
sine qua non E plIribus unium in
politics and business. Viva la Pier
DON'T; long may he wave over the
lestinies of Savannah for Savannah
S destined to go on and up so long
Is Pierpont is at the helm.