The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-09
= Personal and Social. .

tive board will meet at 2:30.
Thos. Fl. Stryker went to Palatka
en- Monday in his automobile, hav-
ing as his guest for the trip w. P
Campbell,
Mrs. G. E. Graham is visiting her
daughter at Lexington, S. c., and
also greeting little grandson
which arrived in her daughters fami.
ly during the holiday week.
Mrs. X. Carson has probably the
finest variety of roses to be seen IN
TINS county or state. hardly an en-
tertalnment but that is decorated
WIN roses from her garden.
Harry Fuller of Detroit, Mich, has
been TINS week on visit to his broth
Ell, ". H. fuller. lie owned some
property at Zephyrhills, which he has
disposed of and may now locate at
some other point in Florida.
f. W. burlington and family ar
rived last week and MI. turrn-gton
VIII go Immediately to building ms
new winter residence on Sammlt
street. In the meantime he Is oc-
cupyIng the Or. Johnson reslde.ce.
Mrs. M. r. Traile has left her
home In Chautauqua, N. T., for Bal
timore, Mo-, where she Will spend d
snort time before coming to Crescent
City to remain for the winter season
at Grove Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hutchinson
spent New Years here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w. Hutchin-
son, of Banes, Cuba, were here sew
al days last week on a visit to MI
hutcnlnson's aunts, the Misses Clar-
lssa and Bessie A. Williams.
Monroe S. Harris and family OF
Massachusetts, arrived last week. Il
is Mr.. harris purpose to complet,
the residence he built last year
lis home is of brick with slate roo.
and is one of the prettiest homes il
town. The new house is on Park
street.
Rev. Mr.. Pierce, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Green Cove
Springs, will officiate at the loca
Presbyterian church next Sunday
both morning and evening, exchang
ing pulpits with Rev. j. H. Huns
berger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitaker of Daven
port, Iowa, are ing some time ii
me city the gus of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. l.. Bills. Mr.. Whitaker is tn
present Grand Master of the Mason
Fraternity in Iowa. And by the way
Mr.. Bills once held the same exalte
office in that state.
w. A. Sturdy's rebuilt house o.
South Prospect street will soon b. |
ready for occupancy. Mr.. Sturdy has |
made many improvements to the |
place and greatly improved it's ap->
pearance and also added to the con-
veniences. Miss Sturdy is expecte,
this week, while Mrs. Sturdy will.
delay her arrival until the
house is completed.
Col. and Mrs. John Mccormick of
New York have arrived at Grove
Hall for stay of some time. Theil
auto was shipped to Jacksonville on
a Clyde Line steamer. Mr.. McCor-
mick is the senior member of the
wholesale fruit commission house of
Hubbs & Co., New York
and the largest individual fruit grow
ar in Crescent City.
Capt. H. j. Rogers and family Of
Setauket, L. l., spent a few days
here last week, a guest at Grove
Hall. He came all the way down i,
mis- big Buick car, and was attract
I'd to Crescent City as the home
ais friend, Mr.. Coe D. Smith. Capt
Rogers, who is an old sea captain
will spend the best part of the white
in Jacksonville, to which place ht
last week.
The Crescent City Order of the
Eastern Star will give a box supper
1T V. l. A. hall tonight, to which
all the people of the place are cor
lially invited. The supper will bc
ready at 6 o'clock and the ladies Of
he order are hoping that everyone
will take supper with them. The
Crescent City band will be present
% discourse music and after the sup
Der other forms of amusement will be
lad.
Paul C. Smith who has held the
,ffice of town clerk for the past Il
n Is years, has announced that it is
lis purpose to resign at the next
Meeting of the town council. Mr..
smith says he is simply getting
ireG Of being obliged to attend ev-
ry meeting Of the Council, and wants
rest. He has been a faithful Of
icial and is so well posted on affairs
if the town that his advice is much
ought. The aldermen will miss him.
lis successor to fill the unexpired
ERIN will probably be chosen by the
ouncil.
Every citizen who would vote in
he coming primaries should remem-
er that in order to do so he must
egister now. The registration
ooks for Precinct No. /, Crescent
,ity1 are open at the store of Paul
}. Smith, where Maj. Burton will $
ee that all callers are properly reg I
stored 1t won't do to say that you d
re already registered; under the new
Urinary law every citizen must re- o
lister if he would vote. The books h.
will be open daily until The first =
ionday in March, and on Saturday
lights until 10 p. m.' Don't put off
i'll tomorrow what you should do
0 day. F
In their letter to the trade this
Teek Chase & Co. say that shipments
ut of Florida for the last week or
en- days have been very light. The d
onsumptive demand during this time
as been heavy We understand that
ractically all markets are well clean 7
d up and that there are very few cars l
either oranges or grapefruit en-
QUITE unsold. Our present plars are Q
. move moderate shipments during n
anuary. We believe other shippers
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