The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-04-30
CRESCENT CITY NEWS
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

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Many tangerine trees are just now
in bloom-a little late, but in time
to ripen for the low market and glut
of just before Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Cary left on
| Tuesday for their summer home, in
western Massachusetts; we will all be
glad for their return to Crescent City
in the fall.
Huron Hahirah Jones can play real
ball when there is a real need-he
keeps his head cool, and is "hot-stuff"
when it comes to grabbing grownders,
hittin' and hot-footin'
Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton Cliff left on
Tuesday for Pautucket, R. l., where
they will remain only couple Of
weeks before sailing for England to
spend the summer, and in which coun-
try their little daughter is in school
William Gautier of Miami is here
this week on visit to his mother,
Mrs. R. A. Gautier. Crescent City
is the home of his boyhood and young
manhood, and there is pleasure
enough for all in his annual visits
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Lyon who
have made their home at Grove Hall
for the season, left on Tuesday for
their Connecticut home, greatly to the
regret of large circle of friends. all
of whom will look longingly for their
return in the fall.
P. Herlong is some pitcher. He
went over to Hastings last Friday
and occupied the box for the club at
that nlace in it's game with Palatka,
and the county seat boys never got a
hit or a run. P. Herlong is also 50
Long that he's almost a furlong-
anyway it wouldn't take many more
than eight of him to make mile.
The foreign market is about as
GOOD for the Crescent City seller as
for the farmer who has a surplus of
wheat. Among the best prices re-
ceived this wear for grape fruit came
from a carload sold in Calgary, city
in Alberta, Northern Canada; The
buyers not only paid the price but
the long-haul freight bill AS the
quality of this lot of fruit was eX-
cellent it is likely that the Northwes-
tern Canadians will want more.
Special meetings each night have
been held at the Methodist church
with sermons by the paste Rev. s.
T. Hendrix. Last Friday night the
sermon was by Rev. W. A. Louder, a
former popular pastor of this church,
now because of feeble health, super
anuated and living at Seville Cres--
cent City people were greatly pleased
over the visit of this much-loved and
godly man, and are sorry that atfiic-
tions have visited him and for the
time being made his retirement from
the active ministry imperative.
Tom Russell, now in the ninth
week of his confinement to bed with
typhoid fever, began to show slight
Improvement on SATURDAY. and Sun
Iday last. which same has become
more marked as the days pass. His
fever on Tuesday and Wednesday
was but slight, the temperature run
ming from a little above normal to
100 and at times as high as 1O1. He
is greatly reduced from his long con-
fnement, but is withal cheerful, and
his parents and friends have every
hope to believe that the battle with
fever is nearly won.
The bank was closed on Monday
because of a legal holiday-Confed-
crate Memorial day These bankers
certainly have an easy time with all
these holidays so steadily accumulat,
ing on the calendar. The good
things of earth are not evenly dis.
tributed. Who ever heard of hare
working man like Martin La Bret
taking a holiday? Paul Smith didn't
do much in that line until after hi
got to be president of the Bank Of
Archer, and now he rides about in ar
: automobile and thinks nothing at al
of closing his store for business
day. Oh, for a bank!
No, the proposed Crescent City
Cemetery fence has not been buried
1t is among the living and will be II
evidence one of these summer days
The committee having the matter IL
charge has examined hundreds o.
STYLES of fence, corresponded will
different manufacturers, and consider
ed prices. The order is ready, ant
most Of the money to pay for the i'm
movement, though more is needed
The outlay will be somewhere
around $500, but this means per
manent fence of wrought iron pickets
and cast iron posts every eight feet
well anchored and stable. There will
be two large concrete posts marking
the corners, and four more showing
the two drivewavs. One of thes'
main entrances will have a email a
foot gate on either side. There arr
to be 4S0 feet of frontage, $50 for tht
Crescent City Cemetery, and $50 fo'
the Catholic Cemetery adjoining OF
the north. The fence covering botl
cemeteries will be uniform, solid, AM
credit to the living as well as
mark of respect to those who hav
passed away.
A movement has been started to i'm
prove the outlook from the window
of cars passing over this division o
the Atlantic Coast Line. 1t woul
be rather painful if we could hear tn
comment made by passengers whe1
they gaze to the west. the east, tn
north, or the south. They naturall
wonder what sort of hole Crescen
City is; in fact, whether or no ther