The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-16
CRESCENT CITY NEWS
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

w. F. Glynn spent Monday and a
part of Tuesday in Palatka.
Miss Anna Mathis has been spend
ing the week in Hastings.
Hon. and Mrs. J. H. Harp have been
visiting in Palatka this week.
Mrs. Edward Terry of Jacksonville,
N. Y, is among the more recent ar
rivals at Grove Hall.
C. Oliver Chamberlin and John
Reynolds went to Fort Pierce on
Monday where they were to testify in
a civil case.
Capt. and Mrs. S. M. LaBree went
to Palatka Monday evening to see a
picture at the Kalbfeld Grand. They
had as guests for the evening Mrs.
Reuter- of Philadelphia and Mr.. Lloyd
Preston.
The Tennis Court is being reshelled
and put in condition for better play
ing. The court has been very pop
ular resort this season and there is
little time during the daylight of week
days when it is not occupied.
Miss Gutteridge, the attractive
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Gut
teridge of Oveido, has been the guest
for the past week or more of Miss
Addie McGrady and other friends
here.
C. G. Trumbull, editor of the Sun
day School Times of Philadelphia, and
perhaps the leading organ of Sunday
school work in this country, officiated
at the Presbyterian church last Sun
day morning. A large audience heard
him.
Mrs. Maxwell of Davenport, Iowa,
arrived last week to be the guest for
time of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Tilling-
hast. Mrs. Waterman, also of Daven-
port, who was their guest, and who
made so many friends in Crescent
City during her all too brief visit, left
for home last week.
T. C. Darby is one of our leading
farmers now, just as he formerly was
one of our leading business men. Mr..
Darby is this week engaged in put
ting in large acreage in corn. He
says he has always averaged fully
25 bushels to the acre, but hopes to
make it 80 this year, as he has more
time and feels more like working.
The Lounds Drug Co. has a large
quantity of clean empty kegs of from
5 to 10 gallons capacity which are
suitable for many home purposes and
which will be sold at reasonable prices.
They have also a large number of
clean half-gallon bottles to sell. These
kegs and bottles are specially suitable
for putting up syrup and other things.
Miss Cardelle Williams is expected
home tomorrow for her short spring
vacation and naturally there is joy in
the E. H. Williams home over the an
ticipated visit of this charming daugh-
ter of the house. Miss Williams it
will be remembered is a student in the
celebrated Academy for Young La
dies at Sweet Briar, Virginia.
The Carlyle Club met with and was
charmingly entertained yesterday af-
ternoon by Mesdames Decker and
Clapp, who have apartments with
Mrs. Herlong on South Prospect
street. This club, literary in scope,
meets every Thursday afternoon at
the home of some of the members and
always delightful as we'll as profit
able time results.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhardt and Mrs.
Rankin of Lincolnton, North Carolina,
who have been guests at the home of
Mrs. C. A. Cheatham for some time,
left this week for their home While
the ladies were visiting here Mr. Rein
hardt made a tour of Cuba. He told
The News man that he was greatly
pleased with Crescent City, and that
he was coming back sometime to get
better acquainted.
The Misses Alice Torrey, Ethel
Heath and Mertys Paginton of Attle-
boro, Mass, three very charming
young ladies', arrived last week to be
the guests of the Misses Payson.
These five young bachelor girls, who
are chums in Attleboro, are also
cumming it here and are quartered
in the upper story of the Attleboro
fiat. They make very attractive
addition to the tennis court and other
social undertakings of the young peo-
ple's set.
Mrs. T. C. Darby, who is at Nash
vile, Tenn, with her sister, Mrs. B.
d. Fudge, is reported as steadily i'm
proving, in fact tits said that she has
already attained to her normal degree
of good health. 1t will be a piece
of good news to the people of the
place to learn that no operation was
found necessary. Mrs. Darby went to
Nashville to place herself in the hands
of specialist, and he it was who
decided that there was no necessity of
an operation. Mrs. Darby expects to
return home about the first of April.
Mr.. and Mrs. Startling Padgett; yes,
they stole one on US, but it isn't too
late even now to congratulate these
very excellent people on a marriage
that all believe will result in much
happiness and which by all is credited
with being tinctured with good sense
as well as the promise of connubial
happiness. Mr.. Padgett and Mrs. |
Long were married early last week in
Pomona, the ceremony being perform
ed by Rev. B. P. Capshaw, pastor of |