The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-10-06
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

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tie boy, and so there is more re-
Jolclng in the house of Hunter.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Harris who
have been spending the summer at
their old home, South Deerfeld, Mass,
Will sail from New York on the Le-
nape of the Clyde Line tomorrow
Saturday and expect to arrive in
Crescent City next Tuesday.
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Neal, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. E.
Neal Of this place, to Mr.. Boyd O.
Berry of st. Augustine, occurred at
the home of the brides parents last
Sunday afternoon, Rev. R. S. Burris
OF the Presbyterian church officiating.
Only the family and a few intimate
friends were present. Immediately
after the ceremony the bride and
groom left by auto for their home in
st. Augustine.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Weeks and
Capt. Samuel Brown expect to leave
Galesburg, ILL.,, for Crescent City on
Tuesday, Oct. 18th, and should ar
rive on Thursday or Friday follow
ing. AS usual they will have quar-
ters at the Turner House. Mr.. and
Mrs. Weeks have spent much of the
summer at their summer home at
Frankfort, Mich, on the shore of
Lake Michigan. Their friends in
Crescent City will be glad to well
come them.
The V. |. A. will hold it's first meet
ing for the season on Monday after
noon, October 9th, at 8 o'clock. At
this melting the new officers will as
sumo their duties, annual reports of
officers and standing committees will
be read and plans for the coming
season discussed. The V. |. A. has
need to be very busy during the COM
ing year, and every member of the
association is urged to be present at
this meeting, At half-past two the
same afternoon, the Executive Board
will meet to formulate plans to be
presented at the general meeting.
The work of grading and curbing
Central avenue is now complete and
the street is wonderfully improved
and well worth all it cost to the city.
The street is now 40 feet wide from
curb to curb and with space for a
Uniform grass plot from the curb to
; the sidewalk. This space is rapidly
being improved by property owners
who are setting out Bermuda grass.
The roadway is curved from the cen
ter to the curbs and covered with
she'll. 1t is presumed that the new
storm sewers will carry off all wa
ter now and that the improvement
can be considered permanent The
council is entitled to the thanks Of
the people for this work.
Notice has been received by B. F.
Floyd of the University Of Florida
Experiment Station that the Seaboard
Air Line will offer excursion rates to
the Citrus Seminar, University Of
Florida. October II to 20. Tickets
will be on sale from all points in
. Florida October 16 to 20 with final re-
turn limit of October D. The rate
offered by the Seaboard is three cents
mile plus twenty-five cents for the
round trip to Gainesville. This is the
same rate that was offered last year
and it is SO small that no citrus
grower in the state can afford to miss
the meeting. Railroad fare and lodg-
ing during the entire meeting will be
,, negligible when compared with the
value that will be received from the
meeting. The Atlantic Coast Line
and the Florida East Coast Railway
will offer the same rates as the Sea-
board.
Mcssrs. Barrett and Shepard, pres
idents respectively Of the National
and State Farmers Educational and
cooperative Union, accompanied by
Messrs. Walsh, Hutchinson, Murphy
: and Keller of the Palatka board OF
trade. and Secretary Leonard of the
Jacksonville chamber of commerce.
= were here on Friday afternoon last
! and were met by a number of repre-
sentative citizens in the office of the
E Bank of Crescent City. Messrs. Bar
rett and Shepard had been spending
good part Of the week in and around
Palatka making arrangements for the
coming big convention of the Farm
DlS Union WHICH 10 ~ bS IlSIN ~ l -
latka late in November. After an
informal talk and greetings the visl-
tors were shown over the place in au.
tomobiles by Messrs. Tillinghast and
Shiyer. They were greatly impress
ed with the beauty Of the place and
the surrounding orange groves. Mr
Shontz. the Putnam county organizer
for the Farmers Union, was also
among the visitors.
Fire at 2 o'clock last Thursday
morning destroyed the store and
home of B. S. Crenshaw in the White
willie section. 1t was fierce and hot
blaze and for time threatened to
burn many of the surrounding build.
ings, and which in this section are
unusually close together. A little
house next door, belonging to Ed.
Dav. was also burned. A good share
of the town was aroused by the yell
ING and many were there to help in
the work of subduing the flames and
prevent the spread to neighboring
buildings. Several times buildings
on the opposite side of the street
caught. but the fire owing to the work
of the fighters was put out before It
, could do much damage. E. d. Sack
a++'s house is directly across the