The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-07
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

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last week; also the teachers institute +
in Palatka.
Tom Russell sold a Maxwell tour
ing car last week to Mr.. and Mrs. j. }. !
McGrady, and as is usual with pur-
chasers of this type car, they are well
pleased.
Col. W. C. Kelley of Oak Tree, N.
j., arrived last week and will spend
the winter with his daughter, Mrs. ].
H. Campbell, at the Campbell home
in the north end. Col. Kelley is one
of our most popular winter visitors
and all are glad Of his return.
M. G. Darby of Jacksonville with
his son and daughter, Mr.. H. E. Dar-
by and Miss Mary Anna Darby, ar
rived last week and spent few days
on visit to Mr.. Darby's brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Darby. They
came over from Jacksonville in their
motor.
DR.. and Mrs. Graham E. Henson of
Jacksonville, motored up one day last
week and were the overnight guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Gowen. DR..
Henson formerly practiced medicine
in Crescent City and will be pleasantly
remembered by very many of our peo-
ple, as will Mrs. Henson. Their
little daughters were here several
days last week, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eaton Cliff, but returned home
with their parents.
Thos. H. Stryker and Miss Phoebe
Stryker arrived last week for the
balance of the winter season and are
again comfortably settled in their
pleasant winter home. Mr.. Stryker,
who has not been we'll for some time
lis accompanied by his personal ply
sician. He is said to be feeling
much better and is to be seen on most
any pleasant day driving about in his
motor car, and with smile that indi :.
Gates that he is glad to get back to
Crescent City. AS usual Miss Stry-
ker brings her companion and Mi.
Stryker his private secretary.
| DR.. and Mrs. E. H. Deyoe of Saulte
Ste. Marie, Mich, with Mr.. F. w.
Baby Of St. Clair, Mich, arrived last
week and spent a day or two at
Grove Hall. DR.. and Mrs. Deyoe
were induced to come to Crescent
City by Mr.. Baby, whom all here viii
pleasantly remember as a winter vlsl-
tor of the past several seasons. They
liked the place so well that, though
they had made arrangements to GO
. to another resort, they will cancel
! that program and come to Crescent
City instead The party returned tc
Jacksonville on Saturday, but will be
!; there again in a few days.
The "Week of Prayer" is being OBJ
served by union services conducted by
t the pastors of the Methodist, Baptis
5 and Presbyterian churches. The ser
! vice for Monday and Tuesday night:
| were held at the Methodist church
with sermons by Revs., Burris an'
Bonsteel; those for Wednesday an'
: Thursday nights at the Presbyterian
a church with sermons by Revs. Stubb
!, and Bonsteel, and those for Frida.
and Saturday nights will be at tn
Baptist church, with the sermon to
! might by Rev. G. w. Stubbs, the ney
i Methodist pastor, and tomorrow nigh
a by Rev. R. S. Burris. On Sunda.
night there will be union service o
.lthese three churches at the Audito
t rum.
n There is lot of "gush" about muc
: of this Christmas charity, and espe
v cially is this true among those who's
s charitable deeds are performe
a through the churches. These peopl
/. want to do something good and ar
n to be commended for the desire. Blu
S they go too far. There is but on
person in Crescent City on the count
pauper pension list, and that an oil
7 colored woman upwards of S5 years O
2 age who has lived here many year
81 and is in need of assistance. We hav
poor, but honorable poor-people VIII
. are self-sustaining but who fail
e lay by. But there is less of povert
e. in Crescent City than in any simila
10 sized town in the world. Lately W
.. have had persons of the foreign mer
N dicant class come among US; they al
N too honest to steal but are not to
s. proud to put on begging face. a
this time there is plenty of work l
,r and about the place at good W
st No one has heard of this man askin
t. for work. 1t doesn't pay to encourae
V. mendicancy when there is no need {
" the person being a mendicant. Whe
a, an able-bodied man prefers to loaf an
lie take aims, rather than work and ear
lie his own and his family's feed, it is
s. community sin to encourage him. o
ye fer him work and if he won't worI
ID tell him to move on; if he doesn't NOV
v, p. d. q. give him 60 day senten'
ls in the chain gang where work is con
pulsory and the feed is also sure. B1
the worst case in Crescent City we
ly the humiliation meeted to a famil
to that has always paid its own wa
u. The father of this family was give
~ basket; he thought at first it ws
ne present for his children, and he toe
ne it. The basket contained provision
as When the man saw what it contalne
" and learned that it was sent him b
TX cause of his supposed poverty and IL
lie ability to care for his family, he W:
as mad-real MAD. And he had a rigl
a to be. He said: 81 work every da
us of my life except Sundays and new
in fail to earn at least $3.50 per da
:. NY family have all they want to ga
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