Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28

appeared in behalf of the local retail
liquor dealers asking for the unenforce-
ment of the ordinance that compels
liquor saloons to remain closed from
Sunday at midnight until the follow
ing Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
This ordinance specifies in full that
saloons having music and cabaret per-
formances shall close at 1890 q. M.
every morning, excepting Monday
mornings, when they shall remain
closed until 5 a. NJ. Saloons without
music may remain open until 2 a. m.
and not open until 5 a. M, but both
classes of drinking places shall remain
closed until 5 a. m. Monday. Mr..
Spang said that if this ordinance was
strictly enforced it would work hard
ships upon the saloon keepers and
cause those who wanted cafe refresh
ments to go to Anglesea. He further
stated that the hours between Sunday
midnight and 2 a. M, Monday, meant
big business to the saloon proprietors II
they were allowed to do business. Mr.,
Ryan answered the spokesman's argu-
ment by saying that he was opposed to
the concession asked for, as he could
testify to the annoyance of early morn
ing jewellers passing his home and be-
lieved that 1t was working no hard
ship on the saloon keepers to have
them keep closed during hours the
ordinance specifies. Mr.. Spang was
asked by MI. Hendee why he did not
object to the ordinance when 1t was
passed. Mr.. Spang claimed that he
did not know such an ordinance had
been passed, nor had read it, when Mr..
Hendee told him that 1t had been pub
lished in the newspapers. Bolton l..
Cannon stated that his saloon receipts
were away behind that of last season
and he hoped the commissioners would
enforce the early Monday morning
closing, SO that he could bring up his
receipts by doing business in those
hours. Mr.. Ryan asked him If he was
of the fact that the residents of
his section Of the city were better
pleased with the conditions now that
exist than when the matter was not
regulated. Mr.. Spang was reminded
by Mr.. Ryan of the fact that he had on
behalf of his guests, objected to the
Union Bank chimes and was it not
reasonable to listen to and act upon the
to boisterous auto parties
who frequented the saloons in the early
morning hours, especially Sunday
mornings. The discussion In general
was n having for its object the ques-
ton Of catering to those who wanted q
drink and something to eat at mid
night after "a hours of Sunday abstin-
ence. Mayor Smith moved that the
saloons be allowed to open up for the
next six weeks at 1901 Monday morn
ing and remain open until 2 a. m.
The motion was not seconded. Ryan,
Hendee and the Solicitor commended
that q motion could not suspend the
operation OF the ordinance, as that
could be done only by a repeal. The
Mayor said that he knew that, but If
the motion had been carried 1t would
indicate that the board was willing to
suspend the enforcement of the ordi-
nance, but as the matter developed he
would strictly enforce the law as to not
allowing the saloons to open until five
a. m. Monday. This protest arose
from the fact that the saloon keepers
had been notified to remain closed dur
ing the hours specified. They have been
opening up at 1905 Monday morning
previous to notice from the police not
to do so.
Mrs. John Goad, of West Schellen-
ger avenue, Is slowly improving from a
illness.
Miss Lydia J. Mech and Miss Ger
trude Broadway were in Pennsgrove
last week and spent a few days.
Mrs. George Crawford, of East Tay-
lor avenue, was called on Monday, to
the home of her brother, William
Pieffer, at Camden, who was suffering
from typhoid fever and who died
shortly after Mrs. Crawford's arrival.
Isaac Parsons, a we'll known Wild
wood business man, now doing BUSH
ness at Pennsgrove, visited his family
on East Taylor avenue, Sunday last.
Seidle's barber shop open for the sea
ION. Call around ON Atlantic avenue.
Polite attention by three BARRIERS.
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The Heart In the Right Place
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