The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Sails and the children
left this week for their old home In
Massachusetts, where they will spend.
the summer.
Mrs. Boose and her nephew. Harold
Bache, left this week for the summer.
Young Bache will go to Chattahoochee
and spend few weeks with his father,
who is state druggist there, before
going to the north.
, Dr.. and Mrs. D. D. Rae and their
little daughter, left on Saturday for
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have
been here a good share Of the winter,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Grims-
ley.
Miss Florence johnson closed her
home on Friday last and left for Hi
nois, where she will spend the summer.
Her departure was greatly regretted
by large circle of friends, who were
hoping that she had concluded to
make Crescent City her all-the-year
round home.
Miss Abbijean Miller left yesterday
for Atlanta, Ga, where she will attend
the graduating exercises of the Geor-
gia Military Academy, from which
her brother, Mr.. Geo. Miller, will come
forth. Miss Miller will go from At
lanta to Monteagle, Tenn, where she
will spend some weeks visiting; thence
to Virginia to be the guest for :. time
of an old classmate in Fairmont Col
lege.
U. S. Postoffice Inspector Henry
Curran stopped off at Crescent City
one day last week and made an in
spection of the office here. His re-
port shows that he has no fault to
find with the Crescent City office. He
found everything right up to the
minute. These postoffice inspectors
never tell a postmaster when they
may be expected, either. And the
majority of them will find the fault,
if it exists.
Gov Trammell has appointed Paul
C. Smith justice of the peace for this
the first justice district, in place of
Major J. L. Burton, resigned. Mr..
Smiths appointment came on Sun
day and his bond has been fled He
should make a good official; he is
quite familiar with the law and has
| had some considerable experience in
| legal matters as a notary public, also
as many years service in the office
of town clerk and collector.
Mrs. Anderson of Columbia, S. c.,
niece of Mrs. J. H. Babers, and
Miss Lillian Roseborough of Windsor,
Fla, have been here for week or
more on a visit to Mrs. Babers. Miss
Roseborough is a daughter of Gen.
u. A. Roseborough, commanderin-
chief of the United Confederate veter-
ans of Florida, a gentleman of dis
tinguished bearing and one who has
served his country as well in peace as
| in war. Miss Roseborough is an ac-
complished an attractive young lady,
and before leaving she took occasion
to voice her pleasure at seeing Cres-
cent City, a town which she says is
one of the most delightful in all Flori
| da.
At a late hour on Saturday night
the barn at Ilesmere caught fire in
some MYSTERIOUS way and burned to
the ground. Tim Allen discovered
the blaze while driving home from
the moving picture show and went to
the rescue; Mr.. lies was in Palatka,
and it is understood that the place
had been deserted since 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. When Mr.. Allen ar
rived Mr.. Hes horse was in the barn
enclosure, and was badly burned, and
it was with difficult that the animal
was rescued. The barn is a total
loss. Others arrived soon and pre-
vented the spread of the flames. Mr..
Allen took the horse home and treat
ed him for his burns, and he may re-
cover. How the fire caught is mys-
terry.