Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-03-31

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get in touch with our people and write
you a little later.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE n. SMITH,
Secretary of Committee.
And subsequently Secretary Smith
wrote:
wildwood, July %, 1911.
Hon. WOODROW WILSON,
Governor of New Jersey.
My dear Governor:
Acknowledging receipt Of your let
ter of the 10th inst, / beg to inform
you that our committee will be pleased
to revise their program for your en-
tertainment to suit your convenience.
The Club desires to take you owe a
portion of the Inland Water Way by
daylight, which Mr.. Slaughter informs
me can be arranged without Interior
ing with your other arrangements. If
agreeable to you l will arrange all
details with Mr.. Slaughter.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE N. SMITH,
Secretary of Committee,
Holly Beach Yacht Club.
Several meetings of the Club were
held and the following subcommittee
appointed.
Banquet Committee-H. B. Wools-
ton, Fred. Himmelein, Jr., and F. /.
Cation.
Boat Committee-W. L. Dickel, Neal
MacNeill and James H. Glenn.
Automobile Committee. P. Downs,
D. NJ. Rigor and William Bechman.
Decoration Committee. G. Eng
lish, Ed. Austermuhl and w. R. Pinker.
Music Committee-C. A. Norton, ].
A. Harris and Curtis Baker.
The committee having made COM
plete arrangements for the visit of
Governor Wilson, which had now be-
come known as Governors Day in
Cape May County, on the morning of
August IA, 1911, the following mem
bers of the committee repaired to
Philadelphia, where at Broad Street
station they met the Governor at 9.35
o'clock. This committee consisted of
William Cakes, George N. Smith, c..
A. Norton, 1. o. Blackwell, Evans
Slaughter and Michael Kerns, the lat
ter a member of the Democratic
County Committee of Cape May County.
Taxicabs were taken at Broad Street
and the partywere taken to Kaign's
Point, N. j., at the Reading Railroad
Station, where was in waiting the OBJ
servation locomotive and Pullman car,
which had been obtained through the
efforts of Mr.. Evans Slaughter, man
ager of the Wildwood and Delaware
Bay Short Line Railroad. 1t was sug-
gested to the Governor to select either
the Pullman car or the locomotive, and
he chose the latter. At 1915 A. NJ. the
locomotive left Kaighn's Point and ar
rived at Cape May Court House at
lips. From the Court House the Gov
ernor and the committee were taken
by automobile to Green Greek, and
thence to the Fishing Banks, the Gov
ernor being interested in the COM
plant of local fishermen, who were
protesting against a law that had been
enacted at a previous session of the
Legislature %abridging their rights, and
regarded by the fishermen as highly
detrimental to their interests. Re-
turning from the Fishing Banks to
Green Creek, the Governor addressed
a crowd of five hundred c~ongregated
under the Shade of the Big Tree. He
said in part: One year ago I came
down to this part of the state seeking
your suffrage. Today 1 am here to
render an account of my stewardship
1t seems to me that you have been
sending men to Trenton who did not
represent your interests, but the in
terests of others, which I might name
My advice to the people is to get to-
gether, discuss these matters and send
men to Trenton who will represent
you. From what I learn you people
understand the issues involved and
your gathering here today shows that
you are prepared to do your part
From Green Greek the party pro-
ceeded by auto TO Cape May City. ar
irving at the Lafayette Hotel about
o'clock. Here the Governor was al
lowed an hour for rest, as the pro-
gram schedule was 8 o'clock for the
luncheon, which had been arranged
under the direction of Col. John Tracy
and Michael Kearns, under the aus
pices of the Cape May County Demo
cratic Committee. About thirty guests
were present Governor Wilson in
voked the blessing, and after the meal
the Governor addressed a large au-
dience from the balcony of the hotel
A tour of Cape May City wound up the
proceedings at this point, after which
the Governor and the committee pro-
ceeded to ~Schellenger's Landing. Here
the party were met by the members Of
the Holly Beach Yacht Club, and the