The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-02-16
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

the Catholic chapel last Sunday and
Monday.
Miss Dora Squires of Mathews, N.
c., is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
c. Branch. Miss Squires arrived
last week.
B. F. Tillinghast and Hon. William
Ryan made an auto trip to DeLand on
Monday, going down with Capt. La
Bree.
At the Woman's Exchange on Sat-
urday the 18th, hot waffes and coffee
will be served and several kinds Of
cake will be on sale.
The V. l. A. cleared exactly $250.17
by their one day fair last Saturday,
and the ladies composing the associa-
ton are bubbling over with thankful
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Cowburn went
to Palatka on Wednesday to see the
picture-play, "The Birth of Nation" )"
and on Thursday continued on to st.
Augustine for short stay.
Col. John Mccormick left last
week on his annual visit to Cuba,
where he goes to look over some
business interests and possibly to see
some green fields and get his mind off
certain discolored orange leaves which
confront him everywhere hereabouts.
DR.. and Mrs. E. F. McCarty of Chi
cago arrived in the city last week
and are guests for an indefinite stay
at the Turner House. DR.. and Mrs.
McCarty are very pleasant people to
meet, and assure The News that they
are greatly pleased with Crescent
City.
The Tennis Club will give an enter
tainment at the theater on Friday
night, Feb. 23rd, which promises to be
most interesting. All we could learn
concerning the nature of the enter
tainment was that it would contain q
laugh for every minute. 1t is to be
benefit performance for the Tennis
Club.
Quite party of Crescent City peo-
pie went to Palatka in autos and by
train on Wednesday evening to see
the picture play, "The Birth of Ma
tion," and instead saw perturbation
of the Rev. Tom Dixon's "Clansman.'
This nation was born several years be-
fore the advant of carpet bagism in
| the south.
The Fair and supper under the aus
pices of the V. l. A. last Saturday
afternoon and evening was most
enjoyable and profitable affair. The
ladies took in nearly $500 in money
of which something between $240 and
$3.50 was profit. Of course nc
charge was made by the ladies who
worked night and day for a long time
in getting up the atfair-they gave
that work. But they got money in
exchange for it which will be used
for the public good. All the ladies
are we'll pleased with the result of the
one day effort.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Russell Of
Portland, Oregon, arrived in Crescent
City today to be the guests for a day
or two of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Russell
They have been on a tour of the east
coast and Cuba and are now en- route
to New York to visit their daughter
This is the first meeting of these
brothers in 35 years, when both were
young men. The ladies had never
met before, both brothers having mar
ried since their last meeting. Mrs
Russell is daughter of the late Hon
Sylvester Pennoyer, some years age
the democratic governor of Oregon
This is their first visit to Florida, anc
their experience because of the unu,
sual cold has not been as agreeable
as would have been the case had We
had our usual balmy winter
weather. They frequently spend Tho
winter season in southern California
and Mr.. Russell tells us that he is
personally acquainted with Milo Pot
ter, who, previous to 1886, was pro
prietor of the Potter House in Cres
cent City.