The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-29
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

The public school will reopen for
the spring term on Tuesday of next
week.
Jim Coward celebrated his Goth
birthday last Tuesday in the morning.
He don't look it.
Miss Eva Bethel came up from
Jacksonville to spend Christmas with
her mother and sister returning on
the Tuesday afternoon train.
Tom Russell came over from his
business at Daytona Beach to spend
the Christmas holidays with home
folks.
A special program of moving pic
lures has been arranged for the V. |.
A. Hall on New Years night to be-
gin at 1880.
Rev. Father Charles of Palatka will
hold services at the Catholic church
next Sunday evening, and Monday
morning will celebrate mass
Leonard Eaton, who has been
spending the past several months in
Quitman, Ga, and other points in that
State, arrived this week for a few
days stay on business matters.
Mrs. Borson entertained the Carlyle
Club in a most interesting manner on
Thursday of last week. The club was
to meet yesterday afternoon at the
home of Miss Bessie A. Williams.
Rev. A. C. Selby, the new pastor of
the Methodist church, arrived last
week and has taken hold of the work
earnestly. He offciated last Sunday
at both services and madeia fine i'm
preston on the congregations.
Mcintosh Morrow came up from
Tampa and spent the Christmas holi-
days with his father, Mr.. C. B. Nor
row. He is one of the Crescent City
boys who is making good in the bust
ness world
Miss Cardelle Williams arrived last
week from Virginia, in which state
she is pupil in the celebrated Sweet
Briar Academy for young ladies at
Sweet Briar. She has vacation of
some two weeks. Not only her par
ents but all the people of the place
are pleased to see her.
The Baptist church ladies will give
their second supper for the season
at the church this evening, beginning
at $50. Like the former occasion, all
who attend (and the invitation is
generaD will enjoy good supper.
The following toothsome articles are
on the bill of fare: Boiled ham, mac
aroni and cheese, oatmeal bread,
doughnuts and coffee, etc. Suppose
you take the family to this supper
and thus relieve the wife of the
trouble of preparing it.
On Tuesday night the children of
the Baptist church had their Christ
mas tree in the church and another
/ large crowd was present to see the
! happy children. With all the beauty
of the place at this season, there is
nothing in all the world quite so
beautiful to the good people of Cres-
cent City as the face of a child at
Christmas time, hence all flock to
these entertainments. The exercises
consisted of an illustrated scripture
reading from st. Luke's story of the
birth of Christ, arranged beautifully
for the occasion by Miss Elsie Pad
gett. Following this came the distri-
button of presents. 1t was most
joyful occasion.
A recently signed petition of a
goodly number of citizens asking
that the question of a municipality
managed and owned water and elec-
trio lighting plant be submitted tc
the people came up before the town
council at the meeting this month
The matter is important. We need
the light and we need the water, but
before the question of bonding the
town for them is submitted to the
people, these same people should be
furnished with the facts necessary tc
correct information. How much will
such a plant cost? What would be
it's probable income? How much
would it increase taxes? What pro-
portion of the town would be bene-
fitted, ETC.? We hope that the coun-
Gil will see that all needed informa-
ton is given before the vote is ask
ed. When the people vote on an i'm
portant matter like this they ought to
be in a position to vote intelligently.