The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-11-17
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

40 NiiilS puUlCllU
last Friday and for several hours
was in a most critical condition. 1t
was night before he could be taken to
his home in an auto. DR.. Beggs has
been working very hard and it is the
opinion of the physician attending
nm that a complete rest will restore
him to his normal condition of health.
Will he take it?
j. c. Grimsley who has been suf-
fering with one Of his eyes for some
time and the sight of which had fail
ed, underwent an operation for the
eyes removal on Sunday. The OPP
GRAFTON was performed by DR.. Jen-
kins, eye specialist of Palatka, as
sisted by DR.. E. W. Warren of that
city, and was successful in every way.
1t is thought that through this OPP
GRAFTON Mr. Grimsley will no longer
be subjected to the periodical suffer-
ing he has experienced in the past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira C. Pratt of Crop
sey, Illinois, arrived last week and
will spend the winter as usual in their
winter home here. With them was
Miss Patsey Gee, a young lady who
will be pleasantly remembered by a
large circle Of young people, and ia
son Long, who spends the winter reg
ularly with Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt. AL
so accompanying the Pratts were Mrs.
John Smith of Anchor, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Chas. Morris of Colfax, ILL.,, who will
spend the winter in the Coleman cot
tage. Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt, despite
their years, are well and hearty and
filled with the joy of living-especial-
ly in Crescent City.
The official board and congregation
of the Methodist church have unani-
mously requested Presiding Elder
Hardin to secure the reappointment of
Rev. G. w. Stubs to this church for
another year. They have also asked
that Crescent City be made an ap-
pointment free from other or outlying
work, and have agreed to give their
pastor an increase of salary during
the coming year. Under the pasto-
rate of Mr. Stubs the church has
made splendid progress during the
past year, the membership having
been largely increased and with stead
lily growing congregations so that now
the church undoubtedly has the lar
gest congregations in the place. An
other feature one can not fail to no.
tice is the large number of young
people who attend, especially young
men. Crescent City people of all de-
nominations will be pleased to learn
that Mr.. Stubs does not look with
disfavor on the prospect of returning
to Crescent City, though there has
been demand for his services at 9TH
er places.
A committee of the V. |. A. is OBJ
tanning signatures of citizens to a
petition addressed to the city council
asking that body to submit q bonding
proposition to the people for the pur-
pose of obtaining money to equip a
municipal water works and electric
lighting plant. When seen by the
editor of The News the petition had
been quite generally signed by lead
ing property owners, and the commit
tee was only fairly started on the
work of securing them. There is no
question but that there is strong
demand for these public utilities and
that if plan can be found for launch
ing them at reasonable outlay, that
the tax payers will vote for the pro-
iect. One citizen said that an ice
making plant should also be incor-
rorated in the general scheme, as it
could be operated without extra cost.
This will also appeal to all ice con-
sumers. Crescent City people have
for years been paying from % to
50 cents per hundred more for ice
than is charged in other Florida
towns and if the city starts into the
municipal water and lighting business
there is no reason in the world why it
should not also at the same time in
corporate an ice plant. Let every
body plug for these much needed I'M
provements.