The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

MI. anu WIS. d. L. L 144SS Ol AIdIlS-
field, Mass, We're guests at Grove Hall
last week.
Miss Annie Mathis came over from
Hastings on Saturday to spend few
days with home folk.
Lucius Turner estimated his orange
crop too low; for it packed just $50
per cent higher than his estimate. I
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Shattuck of
Litchfeld, Michigan, arrived last week .
to spend their usual winter season in
Crescent City.
Miss Addie Neal spent several days
last week with her sister Mrs. Berry
at st. Augustine, returning home on
Sunday evening. i
Phillips Cash, now a corporal in the
306th U. S. Engineers, writes his peo-
pie that he expects to come home on
a furlough about the goth, for nine
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. lies and Mrs.
Elks and children motored to Orlan-
do last week Mrs. Elks decided when
there that she would remain for a
few days.
Serg't Thos. B. Russell of the ma
chine gun company, 324th U. 5. in
fantry, expects to get short Christ
mas furlough and viii spend the holi-
day season at home.
"No, my crop is short, very short"
said Julius Grimsley, but at the
prices received from Mccormick &
Hubbs l believe that l will get just
as much money as l did with the big
crop last year"
The Methodist pastor has gone to
Miami to attend the annual conference
OF his church, which met on Thurs
day morning. 1t is stated that he
will ask to be assigned to other work,
but The News could not learn this
definitely.
James Padgett Jr., 7. ]. lies, Geo.
W. Neal and others whose names we
could not learn are spending the week
or a camp hunt in the Norwalk scrub
and are expected home to-day with
some venison and wild turkey. They
left on Monday morning.
The report that Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
~ Pomeroy of Sunderland, Mass, had
secured the Phillips cottage for the
winter is a mistake. Mr.. Pomeroy
did have refusal of the cottage, but
neglected to take it. 1t is not GER
tain that they will come here this win
ter.
Mr.. ]. H. TenEyke Burr Of Cazen-
ovia, n. V, arrived last Saturday
evening and is stopping at the Iur-
ner House for the season. Mr.. Burr
owns valuable grove property on the
lake next north of lesmere and de-
votes his time while here to improv-
irg his property.
The Mccormick packing house has
been busy the past 10 days putting
ND tangerines, and those who have re-
/ ceived returns from the McCormicF
& Hubbs company realize that ever
THE fruit grower has his moments o,
/ compensation for the high cost of lly
ing. Prices are the highest known Il
many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Callstone o
| WhaIev Lake Inn, Pawling, n. y.
| have been guests for a week or NOR.
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Durling on Soutl
| Prospect street. Mr.. Callstone say
he only expected to stay a day or two
hut was so charmed with the plae
that he was easily persuaded to pro
long his visit.
| Mrs. Hattie Cullum and daughter
Miss Kate Cullom, son Curtis, an
granddaughter. Frederica, Of Bates
| burg, S. c., arrived last week for
! two weeks stay with Mrs. T. =
Cheatham. Mrs. Cullum and tn
Young people are on motor, trip
Miami and are stopping over here 10
their visit en- route.
!, Tom GrimsIey is in the Naval Re
: serve. Tom has been living in 5
Augustine for several years and HI
enlistment is credited to that tow
but all the same he is Crescent Clt
nroduct and is entitled TO nave NJ
name on our IOlL VI
T sides Tom is a graduate Of the IRE;
bvterian Sunday school.
Some very pretty fruit IS BEN
shipped by Mr.. Shiver at the mas S.
narkinr house. In fact it is so pre-
: " as to do away with the report tn5
tLare is no fine fruit in Crescent Cl'
tbis ti, season. 1t is understood tn;
Chase & Co. are putting up the III
inghast fruit this week, and 1T ma
! he that Mr.. Tillinghast IS guilty
!" producing this excellent variety
oranges.
Mr.. E. D. Sackett received a tel
n, cram on Friday announcing the dea,
Il Of his brother, Mr.. Austin D; Sac
X oft at the Soldiers Home, CheISe
"a Mass. on the night of ThanksglviI
~ ~ dav, The deceased gentleman was
IL Years of age, and will be pleasant
remembered as a visitor here son
ep five wears ago. He was a veteran
he tbe civil War and for some time n;
ut lived at the old Soldiers Home
ne Chelsea.
The alarm of fire Sunday mornn
rk was occasioned by a telephone me
e sage coming to the city and annoHE
-, ING the fire as being at the nome