Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-01-06

livered the principal address, most
forceful appeal listened to with the
closest attention; Rev. W. F. Hullett
of the Methodist church spoke most
effectively; and Rector C. H. Jordan
offered prayer. The amount realized,
including $4,000 from the local Red
Cross, was $4,000 and checks are
coming in daily to swell the fund.
The young people from the different
institutions of learning who have been
enjoying the holiday season at home,
have all returned to work. Miss Mar
| guerite Grimsley and Miss Dorothy
Burton to the Woman's College at
Tallahassee; Robert Atkisson, Borden
DeWolf, Roy Padgett, and Hayward
Braddock to the State University of
Florida; Kenneth C. Warner to Rol-
Inns College.
| Florida is the state of local show
ers rather than of widespread rains.
The record for Jacksonville will not
give one correct idea of the precip-
itation at Orlando, Tampa, or Miami.
And so there may be almost as. many
statements of rainfall as there are
counties and all of them may be es-
sentially correct. AS for this part of
Florida 1920 was rainy season. The
quantity of water that came down
was more than normal by several
inches. The heaviest fall during any
one month was in July, nearly twelve
inches. The month next to it was
September, eight and quarter inches
The dry months were March and Oc-
tober, not an inch of water falling
either month. The most damaging
cold came on the morning of the sec.
ond of March when the drop went tc
2S, catching the orange blossoms ant
new growth.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Reinhardt re
turned to Crescent City on Monda!
after spending the holidays at Lin
colnton, N. c., where Mr. Reinhard
has large business interests. 1t i:
hoped by all who know them that the!
will occupy their winter home herr
for the rest of the season.
The pastor of the Presbyterian
church Rev. W. L. Atkisson is putting
on for the Sunday evening services al
interesting series of Illustrated Ser
mon Lectures called Five Crises il
the Life of Jesus" and the "Greates
Question in the World" The slide!
are splendid reproductions of th'
worlds master artists and every slide
is beautifully hand colored. Thest
lectures will begin next Sunday even
ing, the 9th inst, and will continue
for six successive Sunday evenings
The titles and their dates are as fol
! lows: (1) "In the Wilderness Will
His Life Problem" 40 slides; ~ al
Conflict with Religious Customs" 81
slides, Jan. 16; 90 "On the Hillside!
: with the Common People," Al slides
Jan. %; (4) ain Wanderings with tn
Twelve" 40 slides, Jan. 80; (5) al
Gethsemane Alone with Cod" 81
slides, Feb. 6; (6) "The Creates
Question in the World" 80 slides, Feb
10. While the Sunday school lessons
are in the Gospel of Matthew thes,
lectures ought to be quite helpful a
) well as interesting.
The citrus fruit question is the mos
interesting one of all to the peopl,
in this part of Putnam county. TIL
situation at the present time may b.
Z summed up in this wey: From abou
, Dec. Is to the Sd of January the pack
, ing houses closed. The prices were a
the lowest of the season about tn
middle of December and the market
were stocked; there was no demand
The first of this week the situation
had frightened some; the packing