Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-09

was partly wrecked Wnen an empty
trolley a running north crashed into
it before the motorman could apply
the brakes. An hour later an accident
of this nature, particularly at this
point where parking is heaviest, would
have caused untold damage.
Robert Harris, beach cleaner in the
third ward, received the reward of $15
offered for the return of a valuable
diamond ring lost by a lady on the
beach while playing ball. This proves
how well Harris performs his duties
for not a corner of the beach in his
district that is not always immaculate.
Joseph C. Arnhold was the special
officer at the Pennsy station in Wild
wood this summer, and it may be u
in a measure to his caution and alert
ness that there were no accidents. In
a few days he goes back to Philly to
resume detective work for the COM
pany.
Pennsylvania Railroad policemen
were active again last Sunday, three
arrests being made on the premises OF
the West Jersey station at Wildwood
avenue. Sergeant Joseph A. Tully ar
rested a man from Philadelphia by the
name of Adolph Grandmother, on the
charge of buying or Offering to buy
return coupons of one-day excursion
tickets. He was given a hearing be-
fore Justice of the Peace Byrne, plead
ing guilty to the complaint OF d1sor-
derby conduct on the companys prop
erty. A fine of $500 was imposed by
the magistrate, plus costs of prose-
cution. total, $3.50. officer Robert S.
Kennedy made the other two arrests
at the same station, on similar charges
and brought before Justice Byrne
Max H. Roth and Paul L. Deire, both OF
Philadelphia. Both pleaded guilty to
complaints made. Each fine was fixed
at $500, plus costs of $3.50. 1t was
said the railroad detectives were very
numerous h~ereabouts or Labor Day,
but failed to bag any game, contrary to
their expectations. The railroad COM
panies entering here seem determined
to eventually break up the alleged IL
legal practice of t%raficking in "un-
used tickets or portions of tickets"
County Clerk A. Carlton Hildreth
and J. Albert Harris were among the
first of the seasons gunners, bagging
eight mud hens on Monday.
Only one case was heard at court
on Wednesday, that of Ira Champion,
of Ocean City, in a suit of discovery,
claimants endeavoring to I'M
der an old judgment, but were unsuc-
cessful.
The annual dinner rendered to city
officials and their wives by Mrs. Leh-
man, at the water works farm at Rio
Grande, was given on Thursday with
a large number of guests present.
Morris Leedom, the druggist, is the
-possessor of a new StudebaKer Special
Six auto, purchased through the Pier
pont & Brown agency.
Mrs. Benjamin Gliding, who has
been seriously ill for several weeks
in an Atlantic City hospital with ty-
phoid meningitis, is now slowly re-
covering and is expected home in
about two weeks. Her many friends
will be pleased to learn of her i'm
p%rovement.
Edward Armstrong, formerly with
the Shaw garage, but the last year
proprietor of a garage on West Rob-
erts avenue, will take charge of the
repair department of the Shaw garage
soon.
Paul Sjostrom, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Sjostrom, of East Montgomery
avenue, left last Friday night for
Trenton to join the new State Con-
stabulary for which he had been Sc
Paul is a former wildwood
school boy and served in the Canadian
army all during the World War.
AT the monthly meeting of the Wild
wood Board of Trade last night quite
a little applause was provoked when
L. S. Johnson, manager of the Ocean
Pier, as chairman of the Boardwalk
Committee, reported that the board
walk and beach conditions had been
better this year than ever before. He
praised the new Wildwood City Com
missioners for their efforts in keeping
the beach SO clean this summer. Mr..
Johnson objected also to the daylight
saving plan and moved that recon-
m~endation be made to the city not to
adopt it for next year. Hotelkeeper
D. j. Woods led the opposition to the
movement, the hotels generally being
in favor of daylight saving. Presi-
dent Crane stated that he thought day
light saving was detrimental to sea-
shore business generally. The meet
ing was pretty evenly divided on the
question and Mr.. Johnson's motion
carried by 10 to II. Secretary Court
right Smith, who happens to be the
Mayor of Wildwood, announced, upon
being questioned by the meeting, that
there would be no gambling on the
Wildwood boardwalk next summer.
Perhaps he meant this to be an answer