The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-12
JUST GOSSIP
By THE GoSSRER-

The Daily News believes the city
council did a wise thing IN taking
more time for the ordinance commit
tee and all members of the council
to consider and discuss the pro
visions Of the proposed street raa-
way franchise before passing it on
to third reading A majority of
the citizens of this city, this vicinity
and the county are anxious to have
the proposed trolley line built and
the Daily News believes it would be
one of the biggest possible things
to boost the Developments Of this
section of the great East Coast, but
the people should see that all prop !
osaions are made positive conditions
of the franchise that We may know
exactly what the company IS to do
and what the people may get
49,
Ormondites watch with much
amusemnet the many and varied flirt-
ationS of an elderly New York mll-
lionaire who is obey5ng the ancient
adage and getting IA good hay crop
under the smiling southern skies.
Glover, timothy and witch grass al
look alike TO him and from his ar
rival early in the season until his
late departure, he is busy in dark
corners of the veranda, or secluded
spots along the hammock trails whis-
permg honeyed nothings 10 various
pairs of shell pink ears. When his
wife is not changing her gowns,
which she does several times a day,
she regards him with jealous eyes,
but as she is a member of the bridge
playing contingent and depends upon
! the game for much of her social life,
the gay husband has plenty of heis
ure A NertaAn widow who recently
| left the Ormond, has been for long
the recipient of his attentions and
has contributed much to his enjoy
ment of a place that is somewhat
dull for one who plays neither golf
nor brbdge.-Town Topics.
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A recent issue of Town Topics
says: Visitors to the HoteV Claren-
don, upon descending to the Lotus
club grill room below stains are
confronted with tiers upon tiers OF
private lockers, each be-T.ng the
number of a room aid Dedicated to
the storage of private stock be
longing TO guests of the hotel Or
t mond and Seabreeze are as dry as
the desert and woe ul-o linn who has
not arranged with his wine dealer
for the delivery OF the cheerful lubri
cant so necessary in that climate II
is said that Sc carloads OF liquor
are shipped weekly from Jacksonville
10 Volusia county White the
statement of the amount of liquor
, shipped into this county is perhaps
exaggerated there is little doubt bu
what as much liquor IS consumed il
Volausia as would be if the county
!, was wet" Hotels of the largec
class suffer from the fact that Vo
lusia county IS a dry" county an(
many who would otherwise becom
guests of these hostelries pass on L
resorts where guests can be servet
with beverages. If the constitution
amendment were adopted allowing he
. tells OF certain capacities TO sen L
uuor to boni fide guests, the hotei
: in dry territory would then be in
position to compete with the hoste'
ries IN wet territory. The legif
7 lature has not the power to make
: law allowing such a privilege as tn
local option is an embodiment Of tn
Florida constitution. The Aw-makin
body, however, would have the pOwe
= to propose such an amendment an
= submit to the people for ratification
= or rejection. Thousands of dollar
are lost every year to connmunit
: like Daytona simply because tourist
= of the class who patroniDe the large
hotels pass on to resorts where the
" may be served their drinks of tn
: sparkling kind without a violation {
the law being committed. and witt
out carrying a wholesale stock (
: their own