The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-28

All the members of Saracina's Roy
al Italian band, which is to give
daily concerts in Daytona through |
the months of January, February and |
March, will be in Daytona in plenty |
of time to give the opening concert |
the afternoon of the first day of the
new year. The innovation of having
daily band concerts in Daytona is |
one which will be thoroughly appre-
ciated by the citizens and visitors |
alike. Soon after the first of the
new year the new boat of the Coast |
al Inland Navigation company will |
make its initial trip from Jackson |
vile to Daytona. The officers of the
company have honored the city by |
naming the boat the City of Daytona,
and it is suggested that when the
vessel makes its first landing at the |
dock in this city it should be welcom-
ed by the band and a demonstration |
in which every man, woman and child
in Daytona should take part. The new
ship should be welcomed to its new
homel in royal style.
President Taft will pass through
Daytona Monday morning for the
second time in two weeks, but with |
out stopping or even having a chance
to get a look at the prettiest winter |
resort in the country of which he is
the executive. If the engine pulling |
the presidents special does as much |
whistling going through the city of
Daytona as a majority of the East /
Coast engines do, the executives T
slumber will be disturbed for sew
eral minutes
The manager and several members 4
of the Saracina Royal Italian band, /
which is to play in Daytona during
the remainder of the tourist season,
arrived in the city during the past
week. The chilly weather this I
morning caused the manager of the +
band to suggest. his players should
have some kind of a shelter as a |
protection against chilly weather,
and Ed. Oates suggests the city bar
row the Opera House" standing be- |
side the DeLand road, bring it TO
Daytona, have some curtains made
90 hang on the windward side and
donate it to the use of the band.
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congestion of express at this place
during the past week or more, due
to the parsimony of the Southern Ex-
press company in not providing suf-
ficient room and competent help to |
handle the extra business of this
season Of the year, was the delay in
shipment and consequent suffering of
live stock billed to or from this
place. One case which may be
cited was that of a turkey consigned
to a point on the lower coast that
remained at the depot for three of
four days awaiting shipment. The
bird in the first place should not
have been received as the box in
which it was confined was not of
sufficient size to permit the bird to
stand erect. No provision for water
or feed seems to have been made, /
probably because the sh pper sup
posed the turkey would reach its
destination within a few hours. The
employees Of the express office were
overworked and worried by people
clamoring for packages and the
turkey stood a good chance of starry
ing, but for the pity OF bystanders. .
who fed and watered it when they
discovered its plight
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1t is needless to inform the agents
OF Uncle Sam that the people IN Day
tona will begin to patronize the new
parcels post system Immediately al
ter it is put into operation next We'd .
nesday morning. The increased bust I
ness through the Daytona postoffice 4
will be demonstration enough that .
the suffering people Of this city viii
welcome the relief from dependency
on the Southern Exprss company.
The operation of the parcels post
viii be a new thing, but there won't /
be the usual skepticism about taking
up with a new venture, so far as the I
people of this city are concerned =
nothing can be worse than the ser
vice of the express company. When /
The Gossiper declares the express I
service is rotten. he speaks advisedly. I
and here is at least one instance TO
prove it: Last week the Daily News