The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-30

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

JOS. wi. harp is dong jury duty in
Palatka this week.
Business men say business is pick
ing up. Of course.
Hon. Howell A. Davis and Mrs. Da-
Wis of Palatka motored up here last
Sunday.
The COW case has been docketed for
Friday, November 9Th. No bovine
virus in this case.
The steamer Crescent brought 1000
orange boxes on Tuesday for w. S.
Newbold. These boxes were made by
the mill at Green Cove Springs.
Three car loads of orange box ma
terial were received last week for the
John, Mccormick packing house. They
came direct from the factory at Sa-
vannah.
Miss Claiissa Williams spent Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday in Palatka
where she visited her sister, Mrs.
Henry Hutchinson, ST. Miss Bessie
A. Williams visited Palatka on Mon
day.
Rev. J. H. Hunsberger, former pas
tor of the Presbyterian church here,
has received a call to Oregon. His
goods which were left in crates when
he left here last July have been for
warded to that Pacific coast state.
Rev. Alfred Taylor and Mrs. Taylor
expect to arrive here today from
long visit in England. 1t is expect
ed; therefore that services at the
Episcopal church, with Mr.. Taylor Of
ficiating, will be held next Sunday at
10:45.
Pastor Burris of the PRESBYTERIAN
church is a fine tenor singer. He
sang a solo at the morning service
last Sunday. At the evening service
the solo was by Mrs. C. o. Chamber
lin. Miss Ethel Jones, a sweet,
strong singer, is also assisting in this
choir.
E. Thos. Shinn, the Palatka con-
crete man, was here on Saturday
with his weather eye fastened on a
chance at building our new sidewalks
E. Thomas is closely related to Cres-
cent City; some of US remember that
he married one of our former society
bellies.
Fred Hubbard was in town one day
last week and saw a number of his
| old friends. Mr. Hubbard only came
Gown from his home in East Tennes-
ee a short time ago and as last year
will make his home for the winter at
Seville so as to be nearer his orange
grove on Haw creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Weeks and Mr..
Brown arrived on the 22d inst. direct
from their summer home at Gail rs
burg. Ill.,, and will be at the Turner
House for the season. They all own
valuable orange grove property near
Hammond station and have excellent
crops to dispose of.
Five fast blacks, gambling. we
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hunter
and carried to Palatka on Sunday.
They were playing their favorlte
game, scraps" These negroes who
will gamble ought to take IN 800
or auction bridge or something more
recherche than craps.
C. L. Chamberlin has gone to work
in the Preston store. Mr.. Chamber
lin was for % years popular mer-
chant here. He quit business last
summer expecting to retire, but ike
all Young men who want to retire
from their life work, he found loafng
was not up to expectations
There is a chance that the Baptist
churches at Seville and Crescent City
will engage a pastor to serve them
Jointly, at least that is the present
plan. Services will be held at the /
Crescent City Baptist church next
Sunday when the pulpit will be sup
piled by the prospective pastor
Rev. w. A. Louder, a former pas
tor of the Methodist church here, IS
now superanuated because of age ana
feebleness. He has decided to make
his permanent home at Seville. lie IS
one of the grand old men of Method
ism in Florida and his friends here
hope that his days may be prolonged
and that his life may be as a benedlc--
ton on all who have known and loved
him.
The Womans Exchange opens ev-
ery Saturday afternoon for the sale
of pure food products. Some of Cres-
cent Citv's best cooks have food on
sale at this time, such as bread, rolls,
pies, cakes, etc. If your
cook is off for the day and you are
too tired to take her place, try the
Exchange. Get there early and avoid
the rush. Mesdames Bills and Bor-
son are in charge.
The steamer Crescent will change
its schedule next Monday when 1t
will leave Jacksonville, arriving here
on Monday night and leaving Cres-
cent City Tuesdays, Thursdays and
SATURDAYS hereafter, instead of on
Wednesdays and Fridays as
heretofore. This change is made IN
order to make close connections IN
with the. steamship lines
sailing for New York, Boston and
Baltimore.
Miss Louise Crosby Gowen will
open dancing classes for adults and
children the first week in November.
Ladies of the place who are listed as
are Mesdames Mary Scott
Miller, Frank Gautier, A. B. TOrrey,
s. NJ. LaBree, f. H. Williams, c. P.
Hale, William Pipe, R. c. Middleton
and Miss Bessie A. Williams. Last
night at the V. |. A. hall, assisted by
Mr.. George Seaton, Miss Gowen gave
a demonstration of the new dances
which she will teach in her classes.
Next Monday night at o'clock a
lawn social is to be held on the Pres
byterian church grounds. The social
is given by the Ladies Aid Society
and there will be Japanese lanterns
to illuminate and punch to liquidate,
as well as ice cream and cake to
masticate. The idea of this social
is to give the people of Crescent City