Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-01
TRADES LEAGUE MEETS
IN HOLLY BEACH AND
DRAWS RESOLUTIONS
Proposed Parade Postponed on
Account of the Unfit Condition
of Pacific Avenue
COMPETING RAILROAD TO BE URGED

UUIHi l. lNU NnlLNOnD III III oNoLD
An enthusiastic meeting of the Al
lied Merchants and Trades League of
Five Mile Beach was held at the Holly
Beach borough hall last Wednesday
night. Thomas Martindale, J. Thomp-
son Baker, Carl A. Haswin and others
made rousing speeches which ended
with Mr.. Martindale offering the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
TIE RESOLUTION
wv hereas, The inadequate facilities
given to the residents of Five Mile
Beach by the West Jersey and Sea-
shore Railroad during this season have
worked and is working such a grave
and serious injury to the resorts where
by it has made impossible the getting
of material and necessary supplies to
the island with any degree of punctu-
ality, either for the construction ofnew
buildings or the paving of streets,
"Therefore, Resolved, that this con-
dition induces the Allied Merchants
and Trades League of Five Mile Beach
to postpone their proposed parade
which was to have been held in Au-
gust, the same being utterly impracti-
cable by reason of the condition of the
streets caused by the inadequate ser
vice given by the aforesaid company
A committee was appointed, composed
4 ID hIar vi
dale, to draw up preamble to head a
subscription list fer Ia competing rail
road, the preamble to recite the pres
ent inadequate conditions of the trans
ortation facilities to Five Mile Beach
The meeting adjourned to meet again
at the call of the chair.
The Henry Cottage corner Andrew
and Holly Beach avenues. Open all
the year.
Attorney VIM. D. Collier, of Phia-
delphia, has rented Mrs. Young's ever
green cottage on Andrew avenue.
Norbert Whitley and Howard r..
Phipps, two lively Quaker Cityites
stopping at the Hotel Dorsey have
proven royal entertainers with their
marked ability as singers and monolog-
uists.
w. E. Downey, Josie l.. Downey
and Mabel Canghie, Pittsburg people,
are ocated at the Beachwood for "a So
journ by the sea.
Miss Elsie Wolf Thoeneber and Miss
Lenore Helen Dain, two Newark bellies,
are adding to the zest of the seashore
life here.
This resort is apparently the Mecca
for number of distinguished people,
who have visited here and are charmed
with the resort and its progress III gen.
eral.
The Lord Chauncy Bagot, of Ches-
shire, England, made flying trip
here yesterday in big automobile,
and stopped at the home of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. William O'Neill, and Miss Anna
i O'Neill, their charming and talented
daughter, to whom the Lord paid
marked attentions in London last sea
son, and who came all the way to this
resort to escort Miss O'Niell and her
parents home.
Lord Bagot came to this place in
big, red automobile, the property of
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, and after
taking dinner at the O'Neill's, took a
spin to Anglesea, where he was intro
duced to that irrepressible smoke bali
twirler, Rube Waddell, who is holding
forth at every opportunity at Colonel
Ent's famous Germantown house.
Rube and the Lord hit up compan-
ionship which was hard 10 break up
before train time
Philadelphia Jack visits the O'Neill's
home frequently and has purchased
property in Holly Beach, with the
object of very shortly building a sum-
mer home here. The party went into
the surf together and disported them
selves on the beach to the interest of
the strand throng, for an hour.
A colored man, unidentified, was
found floating on the sea about eight
miles from shore this Wednesday
morning by John Johnson, Holly
Beach fisherman.
$500 or $4,000 cash, balance mort
gage on easy payments, will buy
beautiful apartment cottage near
beach, occupied by good paying ten
ants. Owner having other business
might accept private cottage as part
payment Fullest investigation solic-
tied. What is offered? Lock box AS,
Holly Beach.
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