The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-12

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Jason Long has arrived from Crop
sey, ILL.,, and will spend the winter as
usual with Col. and Mrs. Ira C. Pratt
T. J. Capers of Jacksonville spent
Saturday here on visit to his mother,
Mrs. Capers, and his sisters, Mes
DANES Miller and Clark
Mrs. M. B. Herlong has gone on q
visit of some ten days to her sons in
Micanopy and Gainesville, and will at
tend the Alachua county fair.
R. C. Middleton has shipped several
cars of well colored tangerines this
week for Schrader & Co. The fruit
has been packed by Her F. Babers.
Orange buyers have been here in
numbers during the past ten days and
the effect of their work is being seen
in the shipment of considerable fruit.
w. c. CARTRIDGE of Huntington has
bought several car loads of fruit dur
ing the past week, all to supply the
demands of his customers in southern
cities.
Mrs. R. B. Young of Quitman, Ca,
arrived on Friday last and is spending
the week with her sister, Mrs. L. Ea-
ton, and at the home of her father,
Mr.. j. H. Harp.
E. L. Mathis went to Palatka on
Monday to bring his automobile ba
the same having been undergoing re-
pairs at the shops of the Palatka Az
to & Supply Co.
Mrs. Sprague has some excellent
rooms for dodgers or for light house
keeping in the Sprague house, and any
one desiring rooms of this nature
would do well to see her.
The moving picture theater at tho
|. A. will from now on give enter
tainments every Thursday and Satur-
day nights. Later in the season three
entertainments will probably be given
each week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Pratt, who have
been visiting with their daughter, Mrs.
Porter Pierpont of Savannah, for some
time, arrived here this week for their
usual winter season in their cottage.
All are glad to see them again.
C. o. Chamberlin left on Sunday for
Oklahoma, where he goes to be with
Mrs. Chamberlin during an operation
she must undergo at hospital in her
old home town. Mr.. Chamberlin eX-
poets to be away some ten days.
J. F. Ganas of Huntington lost his
most valuable mule last Sunday, when
train So south hit his mulship amid
ship and split him all over ten feet
of ground 1t is heavy loss to Mr..
Ganas, the mule being worth $500
any mans money.
Col. Ira C. Pratt of Cropsey, H.,
with Mrs. Pratt, arrived on Wednes-
day of last week and are again occu-
plying their cottage on Summit street.
They are both quite we'll and appear
as glad to get back to their winter
home as we all are to have them.
The new packing house of the citrus
exchange is now fully equipped with
the latest model machinery for clean
ing and putting up oranges and grape
fruit. The exchange packing house
here is one of the largest in this sec
ton. 1t is understood that the eX-
change will make no very early ship
mentS.
Chase & Cos packing house has
been running pretty steadily during .
the past ten days and is making some
heavy shipments of early oranges and .
grapefruit which stands the govern
ment test. Grapefruit shipments
from this house has been well colored .
fruit. They have also shipped some
we'll colored tangerines.
Miss Abbiejean Miller returned on
Saturday from an extended visit in
Tennessee and Virginia, where she has
been since June. Most of her time
was spent at Monteagle, Tenn, where
she took a post graduate course in \
music at Paramount college, and where
only recently she was prevailed on to
give a recital. Miss Miller is consid- !
cred one of the best pianists ever
graduated from that school. 1t is to
be hoped that her many admirers IN
Crescent City will soon have oppor-
tunity to hear her.
Chas. w. Benham of Evansville,
Ind. arrived in town last Sunday and
over for a day at the Ho-
tel Coutant. During his brief stay
Mr.. Benham called on a number Of his
old friends, but it is only the older
citizens of the place who will remem-
Der him. Mr.. Benham came to Cres-
cent City in 1880 and lived here until
1888. 1t is nearly p years since he
left us, and there have been many
changes in that time, changes which
Mr. Bcnham did not fail to note. He
has changed somewhat himself, but
though older in years, he seems 10
most of us the same happy, go-lucky
boy as of yore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coe D. Smith arrived
home on Saturday from their summer
home at Smithtown Branch, Long Is
land, N. Y, and are again at their
pleasant cottage on Prospect street.
Mr.. Smith is looking well and says he
has had a pleasant summer. He has
purchased a new Buick motor car {
which he expects direct from the fac |
tory in a few days. Mr.. Smith is I
one of the oldest of our winter resi- i
tents. He has spent his winters in t
he state for about 40 years, and has !
been coming to Crescent City regular. {
V for some re wears And vet he is |