The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-25
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss Mary Alice Eaton spent the
week end with her mother, returning
to Palatka on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Williams are at
Asbury Park, N. j., enjoying the
ocean breezes.
Mrs. R. L. Bonsteel returned on
Tuesday from a pleasant soiourn at
Pablo Beach. The first of the COM
ing week Rev. and Mrs. Bonsteel will
move to Palatka.
Chester Norton and his sister Miss
Helen Norton, left last week by mo.
tor for Macon and other points in
Georgia. and to Chattanooga, Tenn
They will travel leisurly and see the
country.
Miss BESSIE A. Williams left on
Mondav for Franklin, Tenn, where
she will visit two or three weeks with
Mrs. Owen, nee Miss Jane Bowman
formerly q popular teacher in the
Crescent City high school.
Rev. H. S. Springer came down
from his New Jersey home last week
to get rid of hay fever. He spent
several days here and on Friday went
to Orlando to see his son. He ex.
poets to stop here on his way back
north.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Pursell left last
week for a visit at their old home ir
Kentucky, and expect to be away some
six weeks. Mr.. Pursell who was
somewhat run down in health needed
the change. and there was no place
that seemed quite so attractive to hin
as his "Old Kentucky Home"
Last week was the warmest of the
summer. The mercury went to from
90 to 97-according to the various
thermometers about town-each day
from Saturday the 18th to Friday the
18th, when northeast rain storm
gave us surcease. TIL rain was APP
preciated and the cooler weather
which followed found only friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast and
Miss Helen Tillinghast left on Mon
day for New York, making the TRIP
from Jacksonville on the Clyde Line
ship. They are to take motor TRIP
through New England as guests OF
ex-Congressman William Ryan OF
Port Chester. They will be absent
through September.
Mrs. w. NJ. Miller and the children
are at Summer Haven, instead OF At
lantic Beach as stated in this papei
last week. They have a cottage
Capt. Miller is with them for time
Mrs. R. C. Middleton returned from
Atlantic Beach last week, and after
spending a few days at home has gone
with Mr.. Middleton to Summer Ha-
ven.
COL ]. Blaine SILVER returned last
week from a trip of some six weeks
in New York, Philadelphia and the
New England states. From jackson
Vile to Crescent City Mr.. SILVER made
the trip in his new Paige-Detroit Six
which he purchased in that city; a
beautiful seven passenger touring cal
that has the date 1917 and is up to
the minute, if not little ahead.
A card from Geo. H. Herrick of At
tleboro, Mass, tells that Mr.. and Mrs,
X. Borson, Mr. and Mrs. Coe D. Smith
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herrick are touring
the White Mountains in motors. Mr.
Herrick's card was dated from Ports
mouth, N. H. Another and later card
from Mr.. Smith was to the effect that
they were all at the home of Judge
and Mrs. Z. E. Haskell in North Con-
way, n. H.
DR.. and Mrs. R. Raymond Beggs
have changed their plans for q sum-
mcr trip owing to the prevalence OF
infantile paralysis in New York. DR..
Beggs has not yet decided just what
his itenerary will be, but it will not
be New York. You see there IS a
little baby Beggs that doesn't need
to take any risk of the epidemic
which is playing such havoc with the
little ones in the metropolis.
Next Sunday night Rev. R. L. Bon
steel will preach his farewell sermon
to his congregation in this place. AS
there will be no service in either Of
thc other churches, this popular cler-
gvman should have IN audience TO
pack the Baptist editicc. Regret at
his leaving is not confined to the peo-
ple of the Baptist churchill IS pres
emit in every Crescent City home. Mi,
Ronstcel will begin his pastorate IN
PaIatka the first Sunday in Septem-
Der.
Can't. end Mrs. LaBree drove into
town one day last week in what look
ed precisely like a new Cadillac tour
inc car, but which proved to be the
captain's big car done over IN new
paint ard in such manner as to make
# nouol TO a new car. The car was
thoroughly ovcrhauled and is precise
Iv as coed as a new one, for Capt.
II Pree don't let his machine deterio-
rate: he knows how to handle EN-.
He is now already for the return peoo-
pIe who can always depend on MS
being at the train for them.
los. J. McGrady made trip last
week through Volusia, Seminole, Or
or@p Lake and Marion counties IN
HE motor car and made a pretty
observation of grove, c t2
lions. He says the people of these
counties will have to hand it to the the
Crescent City section as having the
froSt host Kent groves and crops of