The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-05-04

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss Many of Atlanta, who has
been the attractive guest of Rev. DR..
and Mrs. A. P. Pugh for week or
more, left this week for her home.
Miss Nicholson whose family re-
Gently moved to Jasper, returned last
week to accept a place in the tele-
phone exchange.
Mrs. T. c. Darby returned from
Nashville, Tenn, on Friday of last
week greatly restored in health by
her long absence in the cool climate
Mr.. Darby met her in Jacksonville.
Through an unfortunate and regret
table error the name of Miss Grace
Pigue was omitted frorn the list of
Camp Fire Girls, and thct Of Carolen
Miller from the list of Blucbirds.
j. A. Widdis, operator at the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph office here, is
leaving this week for months visit
to his mother in Ontario, Canada.
Mr.. Padgctt will look after the office
during his absence.
C. E. Cove has some samples of
potatoes in Lounds' window that were
81 days in growing from the seed.
They are AA rs, and nothing better
was ever raised in America, including
Hastings.
Hundreds of acres north, south and
west of this town are showing beau
tiful fields of corn and other crops.
There are some mighty thrifty farm
ers about Crescent City, but there
ought to be many more making crops
who are not doing much in this line.
Tom Carpenter of Attleboro has
been spending a week or more here
visiting his brother, George Carpen-
ter. Crescent City people are always
pleased to have visit from this ge-
NAL gentleman, the only disappoint-
ment in this visit being the failure to
bring Mrs. Carpenter, who is also a
favorite with Crescent City people.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hill and daugh-
ter, Miss Mildred, winter residents Of
San Juan avenue, left Monday morn
ING for Hendersonvillc, where, as
usual, they will spend the summer
months. Mr.. Hill was in business in
Davtona for a number of years, and
the family have many friends in Day
tona and Neutrality-suspicious. Journal.
Mrs. J. Fairfield Carpenter and her
mother, Mrs. Rogers, left early in the
week for their home in Casnovia, N.
Y, much to the regret of every one.
These ladies have been the undisput-
cd social leaders in Crescent City the
past wintor, and their gracious pres
ence will be missed during the months
that must intervene before their re-
turn in the fall.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
has notified President W. F. Glynn
of the board Of trade TINT the COM
panv has acted favorably on the
boards request, and has Jdered that
the name of the railroad station be
ch7nrcd from Crescent City Junction
to CIcsc1nt City. The "irnctior" vii
be omitted from the time cards anc
folders to be igucd Sunday, May 18th
The company, however, will not s!oI
train No. so even on signal after tai
date.
Preston Jones of Huntington says
he has a fine prospect for big crops
of corn and sweet potatoes, beside:
other food crops; all he needs is ram
| which is bound to come. Then
have q cow that Yields about fou,
gallons of milk day." said Mr.
| Jones, "and we make two or three
! mounds of butter week, and sell TN
| skinned milk at ten cents per quart
| | am going to make everything need
| ed to live on except sugar and coffee
and will have considerable to sell.
! That's the way to talk.
"Did YOU ever think what truc,I
= patch could be made out of the land
$ bordering Lake Stella provided tn
water in the lake was lowered =!
foot?" remarked a citizen to the edl
tor ono dav last week. "Those farm
ers at Seville who are trucking o.
the border of Lake Louise are max
o irp all kinds of money, and they sc
cured the lands by lowering the wa
fer Our land is the same. Jlr
Coward would have five acres NOR
of trucking land on what is now say
Grass and Mn. Harp and many otrr
ers would have this land 1t WouI
bc a great thing for Crescent Clt
and would not interfere with inc looN
of the lake."
The local Red Gross appeals 1c
funds to place this branch IN the 1or'
front of Florida organizations as
worker for the Stars and STRIPES
e. the war against Germany IN WnlG me
this country is now engaged III
government is organizing an arm!
The Red Cross is planning on va
scale to care for the sick and woun' NJ
ed bows who are to make up that a; a
NV It is probable that within u
next wear two OF three hundred thou I
and American boys will be on u u
fields of battle in Europe, lighting 0!
battles of this number many WI
he wounded while fighting for Amer IN
can ideals and principles. Inc. le;
a wounded must be cared for II II
Of Red Cross must provide hospital
<. and supplies for those hospitals; t tn'
to must provide ambulances. Ih'S gre gre
in organization has Government al, apPa .