Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-20

The report from the police depart
ment for the foregoing week gave the
city a clean bill of health. Not a
single arrest had beer made on any of
the long list of counts printed on big
sheets used by the chief in making
out his reports. Last week only two
arrests for drunkenness hadbeen re-
ported; not eleven as was stated in
one or two of the other local papers.
The Journal is glad to note that the
consumption of fermented liquids in
Wildwood is apparently on the de-
crease, judging from the police report
this week. This speaks we'll for the
efficiency of prohibition enforcement
in our city and the support given
thereto by the department of public
safety.
After the weekly reports were all
in, the Commissioners next took up
the subject of communications. Miss
Beatrice Maxwell of apartment No. s,
Washington building, corner of Young
and Atlantic avenues, wrote as fol-
lows:
CAS- secretary of the auxiliary of
Byron Pennington Croker Post, No.
1874, American Legion, l have been in
structed to ask you to designate or set
aside May 26th, as Poppy" day. We
would ask you to request the mer-
chants not to sell poppies or that day,
unless sold for the benefit of the aux
Hilary. This day is being observed all
owe the United States by selling pop
pies, the ven from which is to be
used in disqualification work for the
Legion"
H. Foster Goslin, secretary and
treasurer of the Wildwood Golf Club,
addressed a letter, in similar vein, to
the commissioners:
The trustees of the wildwood Golf
Club are sponsoring the Second An
nal Booster Banquet, to be held on
Wednesday, May 9th. A special train
will leave Wildwood for Philadelphia
at 4 o'clock P. M. In order to give
the local business men and store
keepers an opportunity to attend this
banquet, we wish to suggest to the
commissioners for their consideration,
the proclamation of a half holiday
on that date set, requesting all bust
ness places to close at 2 O. clock
P. M. In keeping with suggestion
the Mayor directed Solicitor Hand to
prepare such a proclamation for the
Mayors signature.
Another letter was received from
John Bright, attorney for the city in
foreclosure proceedings:
81 enclose, herewith, a statement of
costs due on twelve final DEGREES, OBJ
tanned recently; also the searches ac-
companying each case and the record
ed copies of the DEGREES in the Nelson
and Kemmerer cases. The other two
DEGREES are at the county clerks Of
flee for recording and will be forward
ed soon. I have also billed the re-
cording fees in these twelve cases.
Just as fast as we can do so, this tax
foreclosure business shall be closed
up. We have been greatly handicap
ped by our inability to obtain searches
promptly"
John J. Kay, Jr., secretary of the
wildwood Real Estate Board, in reply
to the city tax collectors letter OF in
curry, wrote as below:
"In reference to the sale of 81 lots
on account of non-payment of taxes,
1 wish to advise you that thismatter
was thoroughly discussed at u last
meeting and it was concluded that If
a public sale is to be held, it should
not take place later than May 18th.
If held later in the season, when the
rush is on, a bad impression might
be created on the many visitors here
at that time, by having their attention
called to the sale of so much proper
ty because of non-payment of taxes
due thereon"