The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-13
Crescent CITY News
l.. c. Turner was among the Mon
day visitors to Palatka.

A party OF fifteen tourists arrived
on Saturday evening on the steamer
Crescent and are spending the week
at the popular Turner house.
Mrs. Mack Hardy and little son,
John, are here for a short visit with
Mrs. Hardy's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. l.. Chamberlin.
Geo. C. Benedict of Albany, N. ",
an annual visitor here whom all are
pleased to welcome, was among the
arrivals last week at Grove Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Capers of jack
sonville spent the week end here with
their mother and sister, Mrs. Mary
Scott Miller.
DR.. ]. w. Inches, of st. Clair, Mich,
who has been regular visitor here
for some seasons, arrived on Sunday
ard will make his home with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Pipe.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Tweedale of
Port Chester, N. Y, who formed the
Crescent City habit several years ago,
arrived last week for their usual stay
at Grove Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. Glynn, Of
Saginaw, Mich, arrived on Sunday for
their usual stay of several weeks at
Grove Hall. Mr. Glynn, who is a
banker at Saginaw, is interested with
his brother, w. F. Glynn, in extern
sive orange grove properties here.
The real event of the year in Cres-
cent City is tie County Fair and TENTS
Tournament given by the ladies of the
v |. A. at the hall and grounds, and
which will continue through today and
tomorrow. Don't miss it, Lunches are
10 be served afternoon and evening.
The young man who recently Sc
cured the contract for carrying the
United States mail between this point
and Crescent City Junction, has
thrown up the job; there wasn't mon
ey enough in it to make the work
attractive. The government is there
fore again receiving bids for the work.
These bids are to be all in by the
10Th inst, when the best bidder will
be awarded the contract. The pres
emit contractor has only held the joo
a few months; previous to his get
ting it the contractor was Henry
Fleming, colored man who, with his
team, only got $1.40 per day. The
Job is easily worth at the lowest cal
culation $3.50 per day. We hope the
next man will pull down that much.
Last Monday, the 9th inst, was the
Goth birthday of Rev. DR.. j. X. Wight,
father of Mrs. w. c. Norton and Mrs.
E. H. Williams of this place. DR..
Wight, after long and useful life
in the ministry, is now living in re-
tirement at his old home in New
Hamburg, N. Y. AS young minis
ter, in 1913, he went to China as a
missionary, returning to this country
after several years service because of
ill-health brought about by climatic
conditions there. He has given one
son and one daughter, however, to the
cause of missions in that far away
country, both of whom died there. DR..
Wight was the first pastor of the
Presbyterian church in this place, and
it was during his passionate in 1881
that the present house of worship was
erected Since relinquishing the pas
torate here, however, he has made
frequent visits to his daughters and
has kept in touch with the church
and the people His last active work
was as pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Green Cove Springs, work
which he relinquished some three
years ago. For the past two or three
years DR.. Wight has suffered from a
stroke of partial paralysis, but his
mind is clear and with daughter to
care for him he is passing his days
in comfort and such degree of joy
BUSINESS as can only come to a man OF
his years who can look back on a life
of devotion to his Master. Many of
his old Pensioners and friends here
sent him letters and cards of con-
graduation on his anniversary. DR..
Wight's host of friends in Crescent
City do certainly feel like congratu-
lating him on his long and still useful
career, but they also are congratula-
ting themselves that it was here for a
time that he was permitted to minis
ter, and that the influence of his ki7Fd-
ly, Christian life is still felt among
us.