The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-21
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
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Mrs. C. L. Chamberlin was a visi
tor to Palatka this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noel Nihoul spent
Sunday in Pomona.
Chas. Curtiss has gone to his ole
home in Illinois fer a visit Of few
weeks.
Miss Jennie Pigue is an accomplish
ed dressmaker and filter and shoulC
find plenty to do in this line in Ores
cent City.
Miss Mabel Andersen, who is tax,
ing a business course in jackson,
vile school, spent couple days al
home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il, H. Williams and
daughter, Miss Cardelle,' expect to
leave on their summer vacation next
week. They will go to New York via
the Clyde Line from Jacksonville.
Miss Jessie Burton came over from
Summer Haven one day last week to
look after matters about home. She
reports that all are well at the beach
and having a fine time.
There is a case of small pox at
Longs Station, the same having been
reported by DR.. Hardie, who is treat
ing it. "Not a serious case" said the
doctor. cts colored woman and
she has had but little fever"
"No, shall not go away this sum-
mer," said Blaine SILVER, "Pll wait
until next summer, then l mean to go
TO the Panama Pacific Exposition via
the Panama Canal route. want to
see the big canal and California"
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast and
Miss Tillinghast left on Friday last
for Jacksonville, where they took pas
sage on the Clyde ship for New York.
They expect to be absent some SIX
weeks.
]. w. Long has retired from the re-
tail meat business, and his clerk, Ed
die Sackett, who has served an ap-
premiership on the ranch and knows
good beef cattle from the hoof to the
horns, has opened market in the
old Babers stand
J. w. Tucker of Pomona has leased
the Chas. Cowart stand at Central
avenue and Park street and will open
up meat market, Mr.. Tucker has
been in the meat business about Po-
mona many years and is fine gen
tleman; he will receive a cordial wei
come to Crescent City.
Miss Dorothy Woodward of Jack
sonville arrived last week to spend
some time on visit to her sister, Mrs,
E. T. Clark. Miss Woodward will be
remembered pleasantly by a large
circle of our young people, as some
years ago she made her home here
for short time.
Capt. and Mrs. John D. Pigue and
their interesting family of young
people, who have been living in Pa
Ilatka for the past year, returned to
Crescent Ciey last week and are liv-
ing in the Ernest Jeal cottage on
North Summit street. All are glad to
have them back.
Mr. Pursell is hauling the lumber
for his new residence to be built at
the corner of Central avenue and
Main street. He expects to begin
building about the first of the coming
month. 1t will be square frame two
story dwelling, something like the
Cook house on Prospect street now oc-
cupied by DR.. Hardie.
Rev. Dr.. Smith Hardin, presiding
elder of the Palatka district Methodist
Episcopal church, South, preached TO
the congregation of the Methodist
church here last Sunday morning.
Rain in the evening prevente dmany
from attending the night service. On
Saturday Dr. Hardin held service at
St. Johns Park.
William Woodland Clark arrived in
the city on Friday morning the 18th
inst. and is making his home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Tom. Clark,
at their cottage on the lake front
This little fellow weighed 8 pounds on
arrival and gives every promise of be-
ing a lusty youth from now on. His
| father is doing as well as could be eX-
pected under the circumstances.
"The building of water works ir
Crescent City," said a well-knowr
business man last week, sis not sucf
great undertaking as some woulC
have you think. The town could have
its wells at the foot of Central avenue
with a pumping station, lay its pipe!
on certain streets, and have toWel
and tank at the top of the hill, NJ
especially wonderful engineering
ability is needed to lay out the sys
TEN in a place where nature has pro
vided for everything" When thi
conversation was reported to anothe
business man, he agreed with ii
That's all there is to it, said he
land we have a man right here VIII
could build it; who understands tn
pumping part, I refer to Charles Cur
it's" The opinion seems to prevat
that the council will take hold and d
something soon. The lights can com
after, or at the same time.
]. P. Cowbuln returned from Eng
land on Friday last. Mr.. Cowburn
return was FASTENED by the war event
in the old country and he secure
passage on big Cunard liner Maur'
tania, supposed to be one Of the la'
boats sailing from Liverpool for Ne
York. 1t will be remembered that II
Mauritania and Cedric left the Gu
tomary route and fled from Germa
cruisers, landing at Halifax, Nov
Scotia. instead oY New York. tt
t. Mauritania carried some 1000 pa
5 sengers. At Halifax all the passe
gers were subjected to strict eXamin
< ton by the military authorities b
q fore permission was granted for the