The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-20
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

MIS- ller F. Babers who REPRESENT
ed ed the local Eastern Star lodge at the
state convention in Miami lass week
was silgnally honored by the grand
oouy by, being elected to the office
Oh grand marshal. Mrs. Babers and
MRS ~ }. Hes, who accompanied her
10 Miami, returned on Saturday even
ing and report having an excellent
time.
Miss Grill Burton returned to
Crescent City last Saturday after an
absence of q year, most of which time
was spent at Rome and Clinton. N
y, as private secretary of the late
mos. II. Stryker, and later as private
secretary of Rev. DR.. M. w. Strvker,
president of Hamilton College. Miss
burton's many friends here as we'll
as members of her family were more
than rejolnced to see her. She is to
remain a month or more and then
return to the north.
Mayor and Mrs. Pierpont of Sa-
vannah, Ga, We're expecting to spend
some ten days or two weeks in Cres-
cent City this month. They had
written Mr. and Mrs. Tillinghast of
their plan to come to Crescent City
IN their beautiful launch A subse
quent letter, however, written since
the declaration of war, announces
that they have given up the trip, that
is so far as coming on the launch
is concerned. Mayor Pierpont has
rendered the use of his launch to the
U. 5. government for patrol duty and
1t has been accepted and is now in
commission. That is Just like Mr..
Pierpont However we all hope that
he and Mrs. Pierpont will not aban-
don the visit.
Mr., and Mrs. B. H. Weeks and
their father, Squire Samuel Brown,
left on Tuesday for their summer
home in Galesburg, Illinois This is
an annual leave-taking that everyone
in Crescent City has come to dread;
and yet we are hereby reminded by
way of alleviating our sadness, that
were it not for these annual leave
takings there could be no welcoming
rejoicings in October, the month OF
their annual return to Crescent City.
One reason for their leaving thus ear
ly is given by Squire Brown. 81
want to get home to attend to some
business matters" When it is re-
membered that on Wednesday of next
week this veteran American will Gel
ebrate his 91st birthday, the real sig
nificance of this business" trip will
be understood. Few men can look
forward to an ability to do business
at 81; it is only the very few who
do, and those few the product of a
generation that could boast of the
fact that there We're "giants in those
days" Squire Brown is a giant
Americana giant mentally, physi-
cally and spiritually. Don't know
about his church affiliations, but we
know he loves his neighbor as HIM
self, and he couldn't do that without
he loved the God who endowed him
with the ability to scatter sunshine
at 81. "When the roll is called up
vonder, he'll be there to he greeted
by four generations who knew and
profited by his kindly greetings here.
A telegram was received here on
Sunday morning announcing that Mr.
Ira c. Pratt had passed away at II
o'clock on Saturday night, The news
was flashed to Mr.. Allen, custodian
of Mr.. Pratt's home here, who imme-
diately circulated the sad news among
the people. Rev Mr.. Atkisson also
made announcement of Mr.. Pratt's
death at the morning service at the
PRESBYTERIAN church. Mr. and Mrs.
Pratt left Crescent City on Tuesday
the 18th inst, and arrived home on
| Thursday noon, of the 10Th. Mr..
Pratt was therefore safely in his old
home when the summons came. 1t
was a sorrowful surprise to the peo-
ple here to learn Of his death; he
was improving from his recent severe
illness and was able to get about
when he left here. Mrs. Pratt was
the more feeble. The funeral was held
on Tuesday last. Mr.. Pratt is sur
vived by his wife and two sons, Mr.,
Geo. W. Pratt of Cropsey, ILL.,, and
Mr.. C. II. Pratt who was here to ac-
company his parents on the home
,ournev. Mr.. Pratt was an old man,
he had passed the four score marx
hv some five years, and though his
death in the very nature or thlhgSS
was among the daily possibilities, 1t
w9s nevertheless none the less a
Shock to Us all. We had hoped so
strongly that he might be spared,
| Crcscont Citv people are the better