The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-18
JUST GOSSIP
By THE coSSIPER.

they say Manager H. j. Newman has
been having trouble In making his
feet track since last Tuesday night.
Common laborers are in big de-
mand in Daytona and vicinity at this
time and good wages are being paid
yet there appears to be plenty of
abie-bodied negroes with nothing to
do and with apparently no desire to
work. A few applications of the va
grancy Law might help some.
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Persons who have the interests of
Daytona and vicinity at. heart have
been fully shown that it does little |
good to '-holler," but just the same
the lighting and sanitary conditions
at the local Florida East Coast rail
road station are an abominable dis
grace.
People who have been caught on
the Ormond bridge at train time re-
alize the lax methods employed by the
Florida East Coast railroad in guard
ing the public against the danger
of being caught on the bridge by
tSains and the people in that sec
ton should demand a better system
| of protection.S
The town of Daytona Beach has
iset an example-for this city in the
recent passage of an ordinance pro-
hibiting roller skating on the side
lIwalks. and it is given out that the
new law is to be rigidly enforced in
the growing town across the river.
Roller skating on the sidewalks in
EDaytona should be stopped before
some serious accident occurs and
1.-THE city is held liable for damages.
| While members of the city council
are trying to figure out just who is
to blame for the city occupation take
Ebeing still uncolleeted in Daytona,
Ethe fact remains that there are a
large number of the city licenses
still unpaid, and the ordinance says
they must be paid before the first of
October. 1t is unfair to those bust /
ness firms which pay their occupa-
ton licenses on time to have to do I
business in competition with others I
which pay no attention to the city /
| ordinance in this respect and a few
drastic lessons along this line would
do no harm.
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There is no question but that deep
er water at Mosquito inlet would be
beneficial to Daytona. as well as ev
cry town along the Halifax and In
dian rivers and any movement to-
ward securing government aid to push
such a movement along should have
the hearty support of every business
man and citizen Of this vicinity. In
its present condition the inlet is
unsafe for any boat TO attempt pas
sage unless in the hands of a pilot
who watches the changing bars ev-
cry day. but with a proper amount Of
Improvement and dredging it could
be made one of the best along the
east coast.
An item in a recent issue Of the
Daily News has brought to the edit
or the following communication from
Henry Ames; In a recent issue Of
the Daily News you speak of the
boys throwing stones at the gulIs on
the river. Some clown is doing far
worse than this over on the beach.
Last week saw several dead gulls
on the shore, and last Sunday one
was found shot through the wing
and taken by kind hearted tourist
to DR.. Guy to see if the wing could
be set. Sunday afternoon I met two
men on the beach with shot guns and
a little farther on found the driving
part Of the sand covered with broken
glass, evidently bottles having been
used for targets. Perhaps a warning
IN your paper might set these cheap
sportsmen' thinking"
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Traffic on the streets Of Daytona
is growing heavier every day and a
careful observance of the traffic reg
uiations is essential on the part of
all drivers to avoid accidents and ,