The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-02-23
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

c. P. Hale is spending much of
| his time in Jacksonville.
Frank Sands of Palatka is here
wiring Grove Hall for electric light
ing. This hotel recently installed
its own lighting system, and is even
now lighting part of the house with
electricity. All should be finished
by the end of the present week.
Members of the city council had a
meeting last week with parties in
Jacksonville who want franchise
for lighting Crescent City with elec
tricity. An ordinance has been
drafted and will be submitted to the
study of the people soon at a called
mass meeting. 1t is understood
that the rates are the same as are
now in force in Palatka. The ordi-
nance will be acted on at the next
meeting of the council.
An entertainment given by the pu-
pills in the public school on Friday
/ night in the Auditorium drew a big
audience and all left highly delighted
with the affair. The flag drill by the
children was especially interesting;
showed excellent training by Prof.
Wheatley. There was one little skit
entitled "Time Table" in which the
parts were filled by Miss Tillighast
and Prof. Wheatley, which was par
ticularly well rendered and was most
amusing.
Time has told US that the damage
by freezing to the tangerine trees
has been slight and there is reason to
expect fair crop Of this fruit next
season. Orange trees have been hurt
somewhat; they had started a new
growth and some bloom and this was
killed. Same is true of grapefruit
trees, though young grapefruit trees
have been injured more, in some cases
the injury going down into the trunk
Too early yet to know the full extent
of the damage, but there is every rea-
son to believe that it is not as bad
as thought ten days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Austin have
the frame of their now store up and
enclosed and work of finishing is pro-
crossing rapidly, so that in a week or
two they will be doing business again
at the old stand, with a fresh stock
of goods. They received that part of
their insurance which was placed
through Mrs. LaBree in the Aetna
Fire ms. Co., promptly and wish to
express their gratitude to that COM
pany and it's local agent for the
prompt and courteous settlement of
the loss on the building destroyed by
fire on Jan. 18th. The payment was
made in full.
Silas Green's negro minstrels and
vaudeville show under the manage
ment of "Prof." Eph. Williams showed
under tent on the LaBree lot last
Monday night to a big audience.
"Eph'9" been here before, always
gives a good performance and nearly
every one went who had the price
There was an excellent band in con-
nection with the show. 1t was unfor-
tunatc for the cause of foreign mis-
sions in the Presbyterian church in
the U. S. A. that returned mission
ary from Korea lectured the same
night at the church. 1t put people to
the test and showed the trend of their
minds. They argued that 1--WE have
the missions with us alway, but Eph's
here but once a year."
Beginning next Wednesday, Feb.
2Sth, the Mathis Mercantile Company
in this place will begin a big special
sale of merchandise at wonderfully
low prices. The sale begins at 8
o'clock on Wednesday morning and
continues ten days. Of course the
time to secure the best bargains is
during the first days of the sale All
who have ever attended Mathis
mark-down sale will be able to appre-
ciate the bargains in store for them.
All past sales are to be outstripped
by the one now approaching. There
is reason: Mr.. Mathis has decided
to do away entirely with the credit
business. Hereafter all trading done
at this store will be strictly on the
cash basis. Mr. Mathis believes that
this will prove to the advantage of
all. The stock to be sold is a big
one and embraces all dry goods. cloth
ing, shoes, notions etc. Prudent
housewives will no doubt scan careful
ly the big poster and which has been
printed and which contains some of
the rare bargains offered.
The Fourteenth annual session of
the Southfeld Bible Conference open
ed on Tuesday with Rev. DR.. C. I.
Scofeld in charge assisted by Rev.
George F. Guile of Chicago. Mrs. L.
s. Chafer is also present this week to
lead in the singing; Rev. Mr.. Chafer
will not arrive until next week. Rev.
DR.. Scofield is perhaps the most pop
ular of the divines who have been con-
nected with the conference, and it is
a pleasure to the people of the place
to know that he will be here through
cut the sessions and is to deliver 4
course of lectures covering the whole
New Testament. DR.. Scofeld is the
editor of the Oxford Bible and the
author of the Scofeld Correspondence
Course in Bible study. He is a splan-
did preacher and his discourses are
always intensely interesting. DR.. /
Scofield is a southern man and Con-
federate veteran. Rev. Geo. E. Guile /
is lecturer of the extension depart-
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