The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-03-05
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

NlolCOlo VI WCCh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H. East of Nor
folk, Va, were among the prominent
arrivals at Grove Hall last week.
Harry Lake of Louisville who has
been the guest of his brother, B. E.
Lake, at his pleasant home on the
west side of Lake Stella for couple
weeks, left for his cold Kentucky
home" last Monday. But his time in
and about Crescent City was passed
so pleasantly and he liked the place 50
much that he has determined to come
back and make the place his home.
DR.. Scofield, who will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the coming Bible con-
ference, was due to arrive at Grove
Hall on Tuesday or Wednesday for a
few days of rest before the opening
of the conference. Crescent City peo-
pie have a warm place in their hearts
for this learned and veteran preacher
and not only enjoy his able discourses,
bit enjoy his presence on the streets.
A large party of friends of Mr.. ana
Mrs. W. W. Cary surprised them last
week on the occasion of their 44th
wedding anniversary. Mrs. Cary was
let into the plot, but Mr.. Cary was I'M
aware of what was coming. The
guests to the number of seventeen met
at the home of Mr.. Purington and
went in body to the Cary home. A
delightful evening was spent and a
sumptuous collation. was served. Most
of the guests were from New England
and constitute what might be termed
Crescent City's New England Society.
DR.. ]. W. Inches of St. Clair, Mich,
whom all Crescent City people have
every reason to remember pleasantly
from several winter visits here, seems
to have gotten into a regular church
row in his home town. DR.. Inches is
the senior warden of st. Paul's Epis-
copal church in st. Clair. Recently
! some "poison pen" letters were put in
circulation in that place attacking
certain people, among them DR.. Inch
es. The doctor charged that they
were written by the Rev. F. S. Devo-
ma, rector CT the church. The rector
charges that they were written by the
doctor. The writing is acknowledged
to have been at least intended as a
counterfeit of DR.. Inches hand writ
ing. The church is divided. The
bishop of the diocese is with the
Inches side and has expelled the rec
tor. The rector demands an investi-
cation and insists that it will exhon-
crate him. He will demand judicial
hearing. The Methodist pastor has
"butted in" and asks the people to
suspend judgment and says that the
whole thing appears to him to bear all
the ear marks of a plot to ruin the rec
tors life. Rev. Devona wGs formerly
a Catholic priest and holds certifi-
cate of ordination issued at Suicide
Parocchi ALBANIA, May 18th, 1894, to
FIR. Enrolla Scolton Celestine Devona.
At a meeting of. the Presbyterian
church at the close of the prayer ser
vice last week unanimous call was
extended to Rev. r. Shull Burris to
serve as pastor during the coming
fiscal year. The pastor was in the
manse during this business meeting
and is consequently ignorant concern
ing the many nice things said of him
and his work. The. unanimous call of
the church is but the echo to the call |
of the town. The meeting also de-
(his stipend is not enough to dignity |
with the term salary and a commit
tee was appointed to raise the sub
scriptions to make good the promise.
1t was also decided to make needed re-
pairs on the manse to extent of 5000.
AS yet Mr.. BIrris has not signifed his
acceptance of the call, but it is likely
that he will. A little enquiry will
convince him that he is in the house
of his friends. He has been in Cres-
cent City five months and has greatly
himself to the people irres-
pective of church utilization. He is
good gospel preacher, one whose
and work appeals to all the people.
Mrs. Burris is also highly esteemed,
and their baby is one of the best
ever, in fact it is so pretty and ro-
bust and bright and winsome that !
it captivated the judges at our re-
cent baby show and came off with
one of the prizes. Now what are we '
going to do with people like that? '
Why we must keep 'em if we can. '
John McGrady had the misfortune !
o lose his pocket book last Saturday. I
t contained $40, too much money for /
| rich man to lose, let alone one who
arms his bread in the sweat of his .
,row as does Mr. McGrady. If the 9
nan who found the money is honest, /
Mr.. McGrady will get his wad, but if "
lie is a man who cannot withstand i
well, Mr.. McGrady might S
IS well say good bye to the $110. He n
vas over to the junction to take the v
II p. m. train for Palatka on Sat
rday. He stepped up to the ticket .v
window and purchased his ticket, TAX Ii
ng the money from his pocket book,
81 bill. Mr.. McGrady thinks that Fl
n placing the pocket book back in his +
ocket the roll of bills fell to the W
oor He didn't notice his loss until n
e reached Huntington, two miles
way. He had only an empty pocket C
ook. He left the train and walked f;
ack to the junction; no one there had G
cen it. Mr.. McGrady says there was IL
o one in the waiting room when he k
ought his ticket, and the station &C
gent says he doesn't recollect MOTTO m
Ig any one enter it after Mr.. Nc I'll
rady left. And yet there was no
oney to be found. While Mr.. Nc di
rady and some others were talking ia
the loss, strange negro sitting by W