The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-19

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL


of the John Mccormick car.
Ladies of the Baptist church will
serve an oyster supper at the church
this evening. Better all go.
Col. Graham returned last Friday
from a weeks visit to his old home in
Lexington, South Carolina.
S. Mullins who had been home for
week or more, returned on Monday
to Ohio, where he will be detained
several weeks.
Born on Wednesday, January 10th,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Edward
Lounds, a son. The father seems to
be doing very well.
]. Fairfield Carpenter has new
1917 model Overland touring cara
very pretty car, and something differ
emit.
Mrs. E. K. Sweet of Quincy, ILL.,,
who will be pleasantly remembered as
an annual visitor for several seasons,
is here as the guest of Mrs. w. M.
Miller.
Geo. w: Seaton celebrated his birth
day by giving a most enjoyable party
after the theater at the Hotel Cou
tant last Saturday evening There
was supper, gotten up by Mrs.
Coutant in her best style, followed
with dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. lies entertained
a party of young people, some Is in
number. at supper and followed with
a dancing party, at the Hotel Cou-
tant en- Friday. evening of last week.
The affair is said to have been most
delightful in every way.
Crescent City Baptists were well
represented at the Baptist State Con
venticn in Orlando last week. Among
those present were Rev. and Mrs. A.
P. Pugh, Mrs. L. A. Hurlbut,. Mrs.
L. j. Hughlett,. Mrs. E. E. Austin,
Mrs. Brown, Miss Lena Jones and L.
C. Darby.
The steamer Cliveden, which has
been on the Crescent City-Jackson-
vile run during the orange shipping
season, returned to Savannah last
week. The steamer Crescent it is
thought will be able to handle the
balance of fruit shipments. In fact
it will handle them, even if it has to
double back at night.
The G.. Huppel packing house on
the lake front has some 10000 boxes
of oranges and grapefruit to ship
from San Mateo groves, all of which
will be brought here on the steamer
Crescent and will be packed here.
Among this lot of fruit is something
like 5000 boxes from the grove of
the late Henry Strunz.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. Borson entertained
at splendid course dinner last Sat
urday evening following which they
entertained their guests at theater
party. Those making up the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. Borson and Mrs.
Walters, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Her
rick, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Weeks, Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Bills and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Middleton, Mrs.
E. X. Sweet of Quincy, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Chas. Cook, drove over to st. Angus
tine on Tuesday morning to attend
the Sarah Bernhardt performance at
the Jefferson theater that night. They
spent several days at sight seeing on
the east coast before the return home
The trip was made in the Middleton
car.
J. H. Yelverton, Jr., the live-wire
furniture man of Palatka, gave a
demonstration of the workings of the
celebrated Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet,
Duplex Fireless Stoves and Bucks
blue flame oil stoves at John Rey-
nolds' store last Wednesday. The
demonstration was in charge of Maui
rice Lamon and attracted large
number of people. The Yelverton
store is one of the most progressive
in all Florida and carries everything
necessary for complete house furnish
ing.
At the meeting of the city council
last week a Mr.. Taylor representing
the Florida Development Company OF
JackSOHNllle dPPcs'iSu oSioi
board and asked that his company be
given a franchise for establishing and
operating an electric lighting plant in
this place. He expressed his COM
pany's willingness to give "a hour
service. The council asked that the
company place its proposition in writ
ing and this will be done at the next
meeting in February. In the mean
time a council committee will look in
to the matter of franchises in gener-
al and lighting franchises in partlcu--
lar, and be prepared for an intelligent
handling of the proposition. The ma
ioritv opinion of the people seems to
favor the granting of franchise to
an outside company rather than the
; establishment of a municipal plant
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCormlck, OF
New York arrived on Saturday last
: and are at Grove Hall for stay o.
! several weeks. Mr.. Mccormick Is
Crescent City's largest individual
grove owner and head of the well
!, Known fruit commission house OF NC
:. Cormick, Hubbs & Co., New YORK
He is also proprietor of the big pack