The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-15
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
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week and has opened up her home for
the season.
Crescent City merchants have
generally laid in good supply of
articles suitable for Christmas gifts.
W. G. and C. w. Norton motored
over to Palatka on business Monday
morning, returning in the afternoon.
The Woman's Exchange is open at
the Club House on Saturday after
Moons.
Rev. A. C. Selby has been appoint
ed to supply the pulpit of the Meth
odist church here.
Mrs. Alvin Padgett of Grandin was
a visitor here for couple days last
week, her two sons being here en-
gagged in orange packing.
The churches have not yet an
nounced their programs for Christ
mas entertainments, but these will
appear next week.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church held most sue
cessful bazaar, apron and food sale
in the Horton building yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Shattuck of
Litchfefild, Michigan, arrived on Mon
day and will spend the winter as usual
here, guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. w. Cary. Their old friends
are pleased to see them again.
The officials of the Southield BIZ
BILE Conference and the Crescent City
public school have united for the pur-
chase of an electric lighting plant to
illuminate the school building and the
same is expected to arrive any day
now and be set up.
The Carlyle class will meet with
Mrs. Chas. S. Gowen this friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; all V. |.
A. members are cordially invited.
The meeting is held on Friday in
stead of Thursday as usual because
of the Presbyterian sale held that
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cary and Mrs.
Noyes of Lyonsville Mass, arrived
last week for their usual winter stay
at the Cary cottage on North Summit
street. Mr.. Cary seems in much
better health than last winter and all
are hoping they will have a pleasant
winter.
Rev. W. L. Atkisson, the new pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, has
written from his old home at Adairs-
vile, KY, that they will leave there
early in the coming week for Cres-
cent City. Mr.. Atkisson hopes, there
fore, to begin his pastorate here on
Sunday the oath inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Springer ar
rived last week and are again settled
for the season in their pretty winter
home on North Summit street. With
them for few days visit is their
son, Mr.. John Springer, who is max
ing his home at Orlando, four miles
from which place he has an orange
grove, on which he is making good.
Rev. Alfred Taylor, rector of the
Episcopal church, left on Tuesday for
Jacksonville, where he attended that
evening the banquet rendered Rt, Rev.
Edwin Gardner Weed, S. 7. D., bishop
of Florida on the anniversary of his
goth year as bishop of the diocese.
The banquet was held at the Aragon
Hotel.
Rev. S. |. Hendrix former pastor
of the Methodist church at this place,
who was suspended from the work of
the ministry pending his trial before
the annual conference at Ocala for
usury, had his trial last week and
was acquitted. This will be good
news to friends of the former pastor
in this place.
DR.. Thos. NJ. Kane, who has been
spending several weeks here assisting
DR.. T. R. Beggs in his practice, has
decided to return to his old home IN
Atlanta in order to devote his time
to surgery. The people of the place
are sorry to give him up. DR.. Beggs
hopes to have another assistant with
him, however, in a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. W. Hutchinson
of Cuba spent couple days here last
week on visit to their aunts, the
Misses Williams. Mr.. Hutchinson is
one of the Crescent City raised boys
who has gone out into the big world
and made good, now being the super
of the big sugar plantation
of the United Fruit Co. at Preston,
Cuba.
The estimated orange crop of Flori-
la this season as given out by the
Department of Agriculture, Washing
,on, is 1884, 100 boxes, an increase OF
$4,000 boxes over last year. The
Florida grapefruit crop is estimated
1t S92,210 boxes, a decrease of 1OO,-
700 boxes from last year. The Cali
'ornia orange crop this year is esti-
mated at 17,50O,000 boxes, an increase
If 2,45O,0O0 boxes over last year.
Not only the Methodists, but the
people of Crescent City generally
will feel a regret that the Conference
ust closed at Ocala has transferred
Row G. w Stubbs from this place to