The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-04-09
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

COnn., is mere this week on visit to
her cousin, Mrs. S. G. Sails. Mrs.
Towle is the proprietress of famous
summer resort hotel-the, Hotel Loo
marWick-at Lake Waramaug, near
New Preston, and is returning from
an extended trip down the east coast
of Florida as far as Miamiy and
where she has visited some of the fa-
nous resort hotels of the coast. Mrs.
Towle is greatly pleased with Cres-
cent City, and regards it as one of
the most beautiful locations she has
seen in Florida.
Coe D. Smith, who was ill all
last week and confined to his home,
got out again in the warmth of Mon
days sunshine, and is rapidly recov-
ering. Mr.. Smiths illness was accen-
tuated by the distressing news re-
ceived early last week by telegram
announcing the death of sister, Miss
Phebe Smith, at the family home IN
Smithtown Branch, Long Island. This
sad news, together with his own Ill
ness made the past week cna Of rar-
ticular mental and physical hardship.
'"This sister," said Mr.. Smith, "lived
in the old home, and it was with her
that We made our summer home. The
knowledge of my own physical inabil-
ity to go to her in her last illness, or
to be at the funeral, was particularly
distressing. Another married sister
and myself are all that is left of our
family of eight"
The white democratic city conven-
tion met on Friday night, April I'd,
and took a recess to Monday night,
| April 5th, when nominations for the
city officers to be voted for on the
18th inst, were made. B. F. Tilling-
hast was made chairman, and A. E.
Lounds secretary. The following
nominations were made: Mayor, Her
F.. Babers; aldermen, E. R. Williams
and R. C. Middleton; assessor and
treasurer; W. H. Fuller; clerk and
collector, A. E. Lounds; marshal, Jas.
Padgett, Jr. AS the convention was
not held in time to certify the nomi-
nations the required 20 days before
the election, it was agreed to ask the
council to order a blank official bal
lot, and that voters would write in
the names of the nominees at the time
of voting A resolution was also
passed declaring the convention to be
a white democratic convention, and
pledging the participants to vote foI
the nominees; also that a city demo
cratic committee be appointed to cal
the next white democratic city con.
vention. 1t was decided on a com.
mittee of three to be appointed by
the chairman, who named sMessrs
Rorson, A. E. Londs and L. c. Pres
ton.
Tommie Ilse of Ilesmerely, is some
thing Of dead game sport himself
He didn't have any money on the
Johnson Willard fsticuff, though hi
, has all along had a hInch that the
white man would win; but he did have
some money last week on a stump
puller. Tommie is an agriculturalis
by profession. We say profession
because he is a graduate of AmeS
Agricultural College in Iowa, ant
when he came to Crescent City anc
engaged extensively in horticulture
and agricultural pursuits he wa!
.tHOCh-d-DlOCh Will SllCulJuldl Sl ulll
tion as you'd stuff a leather cushion
Of course as an educated agricultur
alist he knew all about stump-p1ll
ers; they are a necessary part of al
land clearing. Mr. lies has been pull
ing stumps with a new-fangle(
stump-puller. On his place is a bis
cherry tree some 25 feet in circum
ference: it was in his way and he de
cided to pull it up. Some of hi
neighbors who were present told hin
he couldn't pail it with his stump
muller; Tommy told 'em he could
Then they wanted to bet him $50 h,
couldn't; Tommy took the bet. Bu
he failed to pull the tree; there il
where his sportsmanship came in; h
wrote a check for $50 and handed i
to the winners. But Tommie ha
rot a new twist on that stump-pulle
now and says he'll pull the dodgaste(
old tree this week or bust his corset