Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-02-05

At AdAh buAtAAO5 ilIG AVWSAc oA0
brings them into life so did the rain
storm of Monday night bring the mem
bers of the Board of Trade together
and sailing into the several projects on
the table, they had a very good meet
ing. About twenty-five members were
present including Mark B. Reeves,
Frank L. King, Chas. VonKatz, l.. P.
Coney, John q. Funck, Robert ]. Kay,
J. E. Whitesell, Q. A. Norton, ]. f..
James, N. Diamond, w. e. Zeller,
Robert Pierpont, s. A. Laning, w. O.
Hunt, l.. F. Williams, George N.
Smith, Ed. johnson, ST., Harry
Greaves, VIM. @. Todd, Frank e.
Smith, j. O'Daniel, with President p.
P. Baker in the chair. A communica-
ton from Assemblyman Stevens, In
reference to his bill for the expenditure
Of county money for advertising pur-
poses was read. In his letter, Mr..
Stevens explained that he had intro
duced the bill. Walter l.. Butterfield
and s. d. Cooper were elected to men,
bership. Robert Kay reported that
the advertising committee had met
and laid out a proposed budget for
1915 with $500 for advertising in book
let's and newspapers and $2500 for use
of entertainment committee. He also
said that when in conference with the
city commissioners, they had approved
of a yearly paid secretary, but did not
see their way clear to appropriate any
more money for that specific purpose.
Mr., King then asked how the money
was to be spent, as he was compiling a
booklet and he was DESTROYS of the
board appropriating a small amount
of money for the outside cover of his
booklet and also several pages of read
ing matter, the only privilege Mr..
King asked, was that his name appear
on the top of the booklet. Mr.. King
stated he had conferred with the city
officials aud all three. had approved of
his scheme and two Of them bought
space for their private enterprises. Co.
ing further he stated that one hundred
business men of Wildwood had also
co-operated with him. 8. A. Laning
addressed the chair and stated that
such a booklet should have due con-
sideration by the committee. Mr.. Nor
ton took the floor and after explaining
that the money was distributed IN
towns from Ohio to New Jersey exclud-
ing Wildwood, and also for 25, 900 new
booklets aud bill boards at all the
stations on the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad. When asked by Mr..
King, why our own local papers were
given no portion. Mr.. Norton explain
ed that it did not pay to advertise in
ones backyard, neither would it bring
any results, as no paper here had a
large enough circulation, their copies
only going to our ~townspeople and
property holders and at the same time
the papers received about $4,000 a year
from the city. Mr.. Laning here inter-
rupted and explained that you were
compelled by law to publish your ordi-
nances, and that should not enter into
1t. Mr.. Norton then read some figures
prepared by the promoters of Stone
Harbor and tried to rub it in on the
Journal reporter, in reference to what
we should publish. which summed up
is advertising without compensation as
per his argument. The figues were as
follows:
The combined resorts of Five Mile
Beach including Anglesea, Wildwood,
Holly Beach Wild wood Crest has in
creased over $2422 a day for twelve
years. just about a new house daily
for that nariod