The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-18

astonished to receive advice of his having sai'ed
for New York and thus the Disputes still pending
and seems no nearer ettement. We would ask
you therefore kindly to make all inquiries re-
srecting these advances, etc, and inform us the
result. We have desire that thisbusiness should
be conducted in otherwise than perfectly
straightforward manner
We are also afraid that our name has been con-
siderably dragged through the mud before shir-
D. rs, and we are anxious to clear ourselves, and
in order to do so, we tOurt inquiry and will will
ingly produce our books nd accounts and give
any information in our power to attain this OBJ
ject; thel efore you have but to comm u.s. In
addition to this We do not intend to sit quite
still and allow ouls selves to be mulct in a loss
over this transaction of over $780, which it al
pears Mr.. G. is endt avO ing to bring about; and
we enclose herewith also list OF shippers and
amounts which he states arenOt recoverable from
them and which also shall be extremely
thankful fer our observation and opinion upon
We are as you may imagine much disappointed
by the n amer in which Mr.. q. has handled us in
connection with the "EthelwOld" and we dare
say no one could be found in the United Kingdom
who were repaired give equal facilities with our
selves in order to foster and endeavor to create
a trade here for Florida oranges, but the results
sofar have been very disheartening, and we should
not be prepal ed to undertake the business under
any cir un st ances y ith the aforesaid gentleman
again. In conclusion We may Us well tell you
that sometime prior to the sailing Of the "Ethel-
void" all the fund for the aforesaid advances,
etc., viz. So 400 ($12,OC0 were cab ed by us to
Mr.. G. thus he had our money i'll band the whole
time and never disbursed u cent OF cash himself.
Awaiting your valued news and with kindest
r, CARDS, we dearsir,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) B. j. SHAW.
From the above it will be seen just
how the matter lay between Mr. Good
sell and Messrs. Shaw. To ascertain
whether or not such advances had been
made we wrote the following to each
shipper:
DELAND, FLA, August %, 1898.
DEAR SIR:-Laet fall we were chosen by the ship
pers as supercargO of the steamship Ethelwold
to look after their interests. We have reason 10
believe that everything connected with this cargo
was not as straight as it should nave Deen ana
therefore we trust you will not consider the ques-
tiOnS We ask lmperGlnenU DuC anS"eI IhoM Wy A0
turn mall
l. What was thefreight ratefrOm your shipping
point to Fernandina?
.. How many boxes did you ship to go on the
Ethelwold?
3. Did you receive an advance, if so, how much?
4. What were your net returns?
Ifyou have the return statement as sent you
we would be pleased to have you mail it to US
which will be returned.
We hope to have full and prompt reply as
this is done in your interest as we'll as that OF
other shipDers. Yours respectfully,
(Signed) f. O. PAINTER.
AS we expected the fact of our lnvestl-
cations reached Mr.. GoOdSell and we re-
ceived the following letter.
Mr. e. O. Painter, DeLand, Fla.
IEAR SIR:-I am informed that you are send
ing printed circular to shippers OF 1rult Dy the
Ethelwold to the effect that trau hSu Deen
claimed in The returns of the EthelWod shlpmeho'
Inasmuch as L was identified with the same
sha | ask you to send me copy oil thaU clFt u-aF'