Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-07-13

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We have a terrible namein being called
the worst in the county. We must
refute this.u
Mr.. Rigor verified the statement of
the mayor and further stated that
Henry Rutherford in the Star and
Wave, of June "a, 1916, wrote that we
are responsible for three-fourths of the
crime of this county. This man is with
the Fox clique. We must defeat this
group and the two new freeholders will
certainly help US win out.n
Edward Whitehill admitted that
there is much to be said on both sides,
but he warned the meeting that the
change of government would lay the
Crest open to ridicule. 81 have been a
voter here for a number Of years." he
continued, land / have watched with
interest the growth of this resort. The
change in government reminds me of
the pathetic story of Mckee City.
This town of about fifteen inhabitants,
somewhere in the wilds OF New Jersey,
was founded by a wealthy negro, one
Col. Mckee, He wished his name to
be perpetuated ard for this reason
founded a city. He further desired a
monument to be erected in his mem
DRY and shortly before his death forsook
the Protestant religion and embraced
the Catholic faith so that he would be
laid out in the cathedral. For this
purpose he left practically all his
money to the Catholic church. I'm
fortunately the church was unable to
comply with the ambitious request of
Col. Mckee. He therefore died a dis
appointed man for he conld not lie in
state in the cathedral. His heirs con-
tested the will and got some money,
but the Catholic churc h was awarded
the greater part of the will. We are
very much like this Mckee City if we
havesuch an elaborate system of govern
ment with a handful of people. We
are not ripe for the change
Charles RossKsm compared our
present condition with that of the
thirteen original states. 1--WE have
taxation without representation. This
is not fair and for this reason 1 am in
favor of the change in government.
Ernest Lloyd, ESQ.,, spoke as a loyal
friend of Wildwood Crest. He said in
part as follows: SIN answer to Mr..
Whitehill's objection / would say that
a city is merely a form of government.
1t may be either large II small. New
York is a borough and 1t is surely larg-
er than Wildwood Crest. We must
have this city form of government be-
cause we ought to be uniform with the
rest. We must all combine against
those pirates at the upper end of the
county. I must call them pirates for
they are nothing more. / am sure that
we have at least two honest men to
represent the Crest in the county board
of freeholders. The. Crest is paying for
the Improvements in Stone Harpor.
Ocean City, Sea Isle City-alI of those
cities represented in the county board
of freeholders. This is wrong, dead
wrong. Two freeholders are the only
solution"
Councilman Crane askedi if all discus
sion was finished and then said, 81 am
inclined to think that the wisest thing
to do is to give the people a chance to
vote on this question. And in view of
this I hereby move that we pass this or
dinance on its final reading.n The
motion was carried. Before the vote
was taken, Councilman James voiced
his approval of Councilman Cranes
action and said that he was convinced
by the arguments put forth by the
several taxpayers warranted them a
referendum.
The vote was taken and the ordin-
ance was passed unanimously. The
mayor said after the vote, that he was
sure that the Crest is going to stand in
a ridiculous light as a city. But he
was willing to have the change provid-
ed that the board of freeholders spend
money in the Crest's direction. The
election will be held Tuesday, August
9TH, 1917.
The Wildwood Crest Life Guards
will hold their annual dance benefit,
Saturday evening, August is, at the
Crest Pier. Tickets can be obtained
from the Guards. A jolly good time.
The best music has been obtained.
The Holly Beach Yacht Club will
give a dance this evening. Saturday
evening will be the regular Club night.
Rev. and Mrs. Leon II. Elmaleh are
occupying the Kean cottage on Pacific
avenue for the summer.