Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-27
CRESCENT CITY

to the Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation
of New York, at the same time sell
ing his half interest in the packing
house to the owners of the other
half, the Standard Growers EX-
change of Orlando. The amount
represented in the transaction was
around the six figure mark. The esale
to the DiGiorgio interests did not in
cmde the presenet crop of about rs
carloads of fruit now in the groves
ready to be harvested, nor the fruit
purchased in this territory by the
Standard Growers Exchange this
season. 1t is understood that the
Standard Growers Exchange has
sold the packing house to the Florida
Citrus Exchange, leasing it from
them for this season, and where all
fruit owned and bought by the STAN
dard Grokers' Exchange will be grad
ed and packed, according to Florida
Citrus Exchange methods, and sold
through that organization. This sea-
sons operations will continue under
the management of Mr.. Middleton.
The grove property consists of about
seventy-fve acres in fee simple, and
twenty acres under long term lease,
all of which is in the highest posi-
BILE state of cultivation. The packing
house is the largest one ever built
in this part of the state and is equip
ped with the last word in orange
packing machinery. 1t is understood
Mr. Middleton is not retiring from
the fruit business, but will remain
with the Standard Growers Exchange
with headquarters at Orlando, to
which place he will move in the
spring.
Mr.. C. A. Ferris of Seattle, Wash,
who has been the guest of our people
for four weeks, considering our no.
tel project, announced Thursday
morning that he would that day leave
for Jacksonville to spend week. AL
though there had been necessary de-
lays incident upon the procuring of
the corporation charter, The Crescent
City Development company matured
their plans Friday night when splen-
did reports were received from the
board members who were completing
the subscription list. On Monday Mr.
Chafer received a letter from Mr..
Ferris written at Chicago in which
he said he did not feel that he could
wait longer for US to mature our
plans. Tuesday night the board of
directors met at the home of Mr.. B.
F. Tillinghast to face the situation.
Although universal regret was ex-
pressed that Mr.. Ferriss did not
wait for the completion of our plan,
it was decided unanimously to go
ahead. Crescent City needs better ho-
tel facilities and we cannot afford to
abandon the plan because Mr.. Ferriss
failed to keep his part of the agree
ment. Just what the company plans
to do will be announced soon. The
charter of Incorporation will be re-
ceived in few days.
Crescent City people who date
their citizenship back to anti-freeze
days have been reminded of the old
time this week by seeing announce
ment of the death of Hon. John Wes-
ley Davis, which occurred in st.
Augustine last Sunday. Mr.. Davis
came to Crescent City in 1882, and
and was the first marshal of the in
2orporated town. Since moving to
St. Augustine he has served turn
as d member Of the House of Rep
ITpsentatives in the Florida legisla-
tur.e
The ladies Of the VIA. will serve
4 "covered' supper next Monday
CHallow'een) night at the club house.
The supper will be served at 6
o'clock, and it Is hoped all will make
arrangements to attend.
Wednesday morning at II o'clock,
and it is still raining, The rain be
gan a little after midnight Sunday
morning and has been continuous
since-a period of over 50 hours.
Some of US are gettin' soggy, but
still have faith that behind the
clouds the sun is still shining"
Lieut.. George Sutton, who has
been spending much of his time in
Paris, France, since the close of the
war, arrived here last week for a
short visit with old frinds.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. George H. Ward
arrived last week and are now COM
fortably settled in their new home on
Park street. Owing to feeble health
DR.. Ward, who has served some IS
years in the ministry of the Episco-
pal church in Florida, has retired
from the active work of the church,
md expects to rass his remaining
days in Crescent City, where he
spent twenty-five years of his pas
torate.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Hulbut, wh5