The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-22
Crescent City News

Draccd visits 10 Niagara Falls. the Adj |
rondackS, and trip down the ST. Law
renee river and by the Thousand Is
lands, returned home this week
Mrs. l.. Eaton returned on FRIDAY of
last week after an absence of several
months, during a part of which she was
at Hot Springs, Ark, and part at Sky
land, N. c. Mrs. Eaton, who has been
great sufferer from rheumatism, has
been greatly benefited from The trip,
and her numerous friends are hopeful
that the improvement may continue I'M
Ill permanent cure is effected.
AT a recent meeting of the Village
Improvement Association (Womans
Club it was decided to take steps to
amend the charter of the association, in
which event other fields of activity will
open up for this splendid organization.
This association has accomplished much
for the welfare of the town in the past,
taking lead in all matters for the adj
vanCemcnt of the towns standing TO that
OF a ranking place among the smaller
villages of the state. The News hopes
TO sec the club grow in membership.
Capt w. NJ. Miller has purchased the
big launch Naruna of Capt John D.
Piguc, as well as the other property of
the last named gentleman in Crescent
City, including his dry dock and black
smith shop at the foot of Florida ave.
Capt Miller has placed the shop under
the direction of MIR. Newman, who is
one of the most efficient workmcn ever
to locate in this place. Capt. Miller
will also make two round trip cXcur-
SionS each week from ST. Johns Park
and Crescent City to Palatka on the
Naruna 1t is stated that the conSdcra-
ton in this deal was 50 600.
c. II. Cash proprietor of the Crescent
City ice factory was before Mayor Ora
ham on Saturday afternoon charged
with violation of the city ordinance
which provides that scales shall be car
ricd in ice delivery wagons and all ice
} weighed out TO customers. There were
some eight or ten witnesses, and Mr..
Cash himself made Il long statement.
) He admitted that he did not carry the
scales; he also pleaded ignorance of the
ordinance; said that when the ordinance
was first passed he did carry scales for
many months, but as none OF his Gus
toners ever asked him to weigh the ice
he discontinued the custom; he stated
that he didn't sell ice by the pound
that he sold it by the piece; he also said
: he did sell it by weight, and that he
weighed il at the factory. There was
no testimony to show that Mr.. Cash S
wagon carried scales or that the ice was
weighed out to customers. In fact all
the testimony was to the contrary, and
Mayor Graham imposed fine OF $40 on
Mr. Cash on understanding that in future
he was TO weigh all ice sold from the
wagon. The Colorcd driver of the ice
wagon was also fined S., which Mr.,
Cash paid. There has been general com
pIaint OF citizens against Mr.. Cash.
! method of selling ice. For several years
, and nm to the installation of his new ice
. machine these complaints had to do with
r short weight. Since the new machine has
, bccn in operation these complaints have
been reduced to- minimum-the quality
. nj the ice has been better. Mr.. Cash
evidently injured his own case by his
, sworn statement that che did not sell
, ice by the weight" AS matter OF
fact he has no right to sell ii in any
other way. As TO the wisdom OF the
ordinance there is a difference OF opln'
+ ion. but all agree that where a purchaser
thinks he is being given less ice than he
is asked TO pay for, he has right and rea
son in demanding the weighing. lie
=, has also inc llBuN " NNhA'''N
Cash shall sell his ice by the pound ano
not by thc-quart. Mr.. Cash is a plauSl
- bic takcr, usually, but he talked zoe
Il much in the case OF last Saturday. ZIG
V has monopoly in the ice business mere
> and he knows it, and that he has workc(
u fine thing for all there was in it Tor CaSf
. few will dispute. In fact a NUMBER
have already intimatcd that the 10 simo
l, Icons he deposited with the city las
d saturday will be gathered back into hi
u own treasury with interest p. d. q, an'
II that the dear people will pay it There
l. are no complaints that the News ma
1t heard lately concerning the quality o
i ,hc Cash ice. As 4 witness Mr. CaSi
is the biggest sort of OF failure 1T
l. did NOT make a single statement IN III
. testimony that he didn't follow with
5 contradictions