Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-11-29

uiiiI hS Was Perfectly JTuGulul III mdh-
ing that statement; for Mr.. Kay af-
firms that "Whitesell didn't know"
because Mr.. Kay had not itemized the
bill. MI. Kay also explained the bill
for SIS paid by the city to ). Albert
Harris on October 31st, 1918. 1t was
incorrectly stated that Mr.. Harris had
taken the commissioners to Mays
Landing. He took only the mayor
and COPYRIGHT Smith, the managing
secretary of the Board of Trade. Mr..
Kay was to have gone along, but he
didn't. sit was really a Board of
Trade matter" e~xtenuated Mr.. Kay;
and met the charge that Mr. Harris
operated a jItney without paying a
license,fee, by saying that Mr.. Harris
is an ex-fiTeman of the fret ward COM
pany and therefore exempt from pay
ing any license for hacking or vending.
Mrs. Samuel Cooper and her hus-
band were silent listeners to all of
Wednesdays proceedings, at the close
of which she asked to see the docket
for 1917, in which is supposed to be
recorded the circumstances of her ar
rest, the penalty of a fine of $40 for
violating an ordinance and the remis-
sion of said fine. The mayor said TO
her so%othingly and cooingly on We'd
nesdsy p. m. "Why, Mrs. Cooper, you
weren't arrested; you were only asked
to come to the city hall to pay your
license fee of ten dollars for hal year."
Mrs. Cooper took advantage of her
opportunity Wednesday to prod Finan-
cler Ryan once again. She demanded
to know why he didn't pay a license
for running a poultry business 10 his
back yard and for selling eggs. Mr..
Ryan was quick to reply that the mer-
camille license he pays for conducting
his department store covers also the
by-product Of eggs in his back yard.
Mrs. Cooper could not see it that way
and insisted be should be made to pay
a special license for operating his hen
merry. Mr.. Ryan "got off" much
easier on Wednesday at the hands Of
Mrs. Cooper than he did at a previous
meeting. AT that time she said that
she wished she was able (she Is 81
years old to take the finance commits
sioner "across her knee and spank him
so hard that 1t would be necessary for
him to seek q tailor to have a new pair
of trousers made" Can any one con-
ceive of a punishment more severe
than that? After MI. and Mrs. Cooper
withdrew, the Mayor asked if Charles
s. Burk was anywhere about the build
ing? On being told that Mr.. Burk was
in the next room, the Mayor said:
"Trot him in" The charge of main
taining a nuisance was then read, and
Mr.. Burk proceeded to eloquently
plead his own case, making a marked
i impression on all who heard his plea.
Being thoroughly satisfied with MI.
Burk's definite assurance that the
nuisance was now temporarily abated,
the case against Burk was dismissed
by the Mayor with this admonition:
"I'm going to watch on you myself
every day to zee to it that you do not
repeat the nuisance complained of, for
you must stop it aud you will"
Collector of Water Rents Kay an
nounced to the Commissioners last
Wednesd ay afternoon hal the account
of John J. Giltinan had been credited
with the sum of $50, a remittance of
like amount having been received Ell
Their direct from Mr.. Giltinan or his
sureties. Giltinan was a former collec-
tor of water rents. A shortage of $50
was found in the water department
sometime ago, and after Mr.. Giltinan
had resigned. Oscar Risley had made
a payment Of this amount to the water
bureau and took a receipt for the mon
ey. For some unexplained reason
Mr.. Risley was not credited and no n
KIN ew what became of the money. Mr..
Giltinan, having been at the head OF
the water department when the loss
occurred, was of curse held RESPONSE
BILE, and the remittance referred TO
above balances the Giltinan account.
At the meeting of Wednesday May
or Smith accused the JOURNAL of
publishing "a deliberate damned lie'
about him. He was promptly assured
if he could show any error hat a
proper acknowledgement Of same
would be made. The Mayor referred
to a report of the proceedings at the
October meeting of the Board of Trade,
of which he is a member. Two big
subjects were up at that meeting, both
be gging for financial aid. The first
was the golf links proposition with a
d elicit of more than $500, and the other
the George l.. Porter baseball-prize
Golf aIo~Uo Tho old IF fhn (ffVy