Nassau County Review 19080515

              VOL. XIII
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908
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FREEPORT   NEWS  -    |     The higher grades in the school  are
 .        .   _   'so overcrowded  that  it  will   soon   be
The regular  meeting of the Village I "^^"^^«,«'"y  ^"   ^""S^ge   rooms   outside Board of Trustees will be held this Fri- i *^^ «^^o«' building.    An  extra   school
I or an addition to tho  present   buiidjng   ' must soon again be considered.
day^evening.
Misses Edna Eldridge and  Florence ' Miller^have been spending aj'short  va¬ cation   from   Hackcttstown   C.   C.    I. witb yieir parents.
John Halliday, while moving a ho>>se
across   the   trolley tracks just north of
Seaman Avenue, got in a dispute   with
the trolley company as to his   right   to
Mr. and Mrs. Thos.  Robertson,   who  cross their track.    During t|je  contro-
have been spending .several  months   in   versy between the  superintendents  of
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, have   return-   the trolley  company and Mr.   Halliday
ed to their home on Smith St. the   latter  was  hit-in the head by an
iron   bar in the hands of an Italian em- Owing to inability to secure the hall   ployee of the company.    Counselor Ed- on  or  about  the  date  planned Alpha   wards, who was appealed to to look af-
Council was obliged to postpone its en¬ tertainment "A Rice Pudding" which will, however, be given later in the season.
The regular May meeting of the Im¬ provement Society of the Presbyter¬ ian Church will be held Wednesday at the chapel from 2 to 5 ji. m. Mem¬ bers are invited to come and bring their sewing.
The Woman's Relief Corps will con¬ duct an entertainment and dance in Opera Hall Wednesday evening. May 29, when the two-act drama, "On his Last Legs," will be presented by Wantagh talent.
The thirty-seventh annual convention of the Queens and Nassau Sunday School Association will be held at the M. E. Church, Lawrence, next Thurs¬ day, May 21. The afternoon session will commence a t 2:30 o'clock; even¬ ing at 8 o'clock ; collation at 5:30 to 7 o'clock.
Rev. Stanley W. Roberts of Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. City, who has preashed in the Baptist Church fre¬ quently of late, will begin next Sunday to act as special supply for an indefinite period, preaching morning and even¬ ing. All who have heard Mr. Roberts have been greatly pleased not only with his preaching but with his person¬ ality. All friends of the church are invited to come and hear and meet him and help to make successful his efforts for good here in Freeport.
Sunday School as usual on Sunday af¬ ternoon at 2 :30; prayer meeting Friday at eight o'clock.
ter Ha 11 iday's welfare, says he has affidavits from witnesses that the Italian acted under orders from his su¬ periors.
There has been "bad blood" between the company and Halliday for some time. Th» company claims no pne has a right to cross and obstruct tbeir tracks without J;heir permission fo% which they want a $25 balm, owing to the inconvenience to their passengers having to transfer from one car to anothet at either side of the point of 1 eye obstruction.    They also want the work I and
Now  is  the  time to plant dahlias. I See adv. of Mr. Homing, who  has  the best that grow.
The new hotel built by John J.. Ran-' dall at the head of Randall Bay is near¬ ly completed.
Work has been started on the hand¬ some club house for tbe South Shore Yacht Club.
Miss Frances Shief of Brooklyn is' visiting her friend Miss Florence' Wulff on Henry Street for a few weeks. '
Mrs. Charles W. Bedell and famiiy have moved to corner Bayview Avenue and Archer Street.
During the heavy storm last week the roof was blown off the judges' stand at the Hempstead Bay Yacht Club.
Rev.   Charles  H. Scholey will be in- i^Ued   as   pastor of the  Presbtyerian ; Church Sunday evening, May 24,   with ajipropriate ceremonies. !
Oliver   Losea,   a   carpenter  of   this!
village, while enjraged  in  working  on;
a house he ia building for himself  and!
family, met with an accident   Monday, :
which destroyed the sight of his   right'
A piece of timber fell upon   him i
struck   the   eyeball in such a way j
done after their  last car goes north at j that the oi b was made sightless.
night.    Fortunately  our   village    and i 	
town authorities are men of strict fidel-1 The Roosevelt Board of Trade   has
Ity,   and   standing    by    the    people s | i^^g^ j„porporatetl with the Secretary of
State, with the following   as  directors
rights, gave Halliday permission to cross the tracks after due notice to the trolley company as to when he intend¬ ed to do the work. We presume the trolley company felt inclined this time to question still further the right of any Board to give such permission af¬ ter allowing them to lay trolley tracks.
While HaJliday's skull was not frac¬ tured he is in a precarious condition and his recovery to his right mind is doubtful.
The Italian was held under $5000 bail, roadmaster James VanNostrand and Superintendent James Kineon un¬ der $1000 each, for examiniation, which will be held before Justice Ta¬ tem Saturday morning.
Rev. Robert Wasson, a former pas¬ tor of the M. E. Church, died at his home in Brooklyn Thursday morning, aged 72 years.
The opening game of the Frceport Club baseball team is to be played Decoration Day. Tho members are busily practicing.
The Freeport Fire Department will hold a week's fair commencing July 20. The firemen are in need of money and are entitled to your help. Particulars later.
Geotge H proprietor of the Manhattan House and Cafe,   died   Monday   morning   after   a short   illness.    Funeral   services were held Thursday morning.
Plans and specifications are com¬ pleted for a third story to Henry Harm's building, corner Main and Pine Streets. H. L. Trubenback is the architect.
The Imperial Hotel, sold under fore¬ closure last week, by William S. Hall, Town Treasurer, holder of the first mortgage, was bought in for $15,500. The buildinfj; jirobably cost $30,000.
Board of Trade
Fraternity Hall was well filled with women Wednesdhy evening when a special ladies' night of the Freejiort Board of Trade was hekl. Considerable business was disjiosed of before the so¬ cial features ofthe evening were taken up, including the adoption of resolution thanking Charles A. .Sigmonii for im¬ proving the grounds ojiposite and north of the railroad station, which he has made into a jiark at his own cxjiense, and recjuesting Senator Burr to sujijiort the anti-race-track gambling bill when it comes before the Legislature again. It was also voted that the senator and assemblymaB Miller be urged to support the bill to place the telegrajih j and telephone systems of the State un- Wicks, for several months 1 der the control of the Public Service Commission.
When the husiness session was over the Rev. Ceorge Thomas Dowling, D. D., rector of St. James Episcopal Chiirch, delivered his lecture "The Good Old Times." It was an interest¬ ing and instructive talk and was well received.
This closes the series of lectures that have been delivered under the au- sjiices of the Freeport Hoard of Traile, through the courtesy of President Fos¬ ter, during the past season.
At the next meeting on Wedenesday evening, June 10. the annual smoker of the board will be held in conjunction with the annual election of officers.
NO. 29
I We presume the drinking fountain in front of Fulton's will soon be put in operation for the Summer.
Roy Miller and Jesse Ryerson, who have been South all Winter, have re¬ turned to Freeport for the Summer months,
BELLMORE
A valuable work hor^^e belonging Chas. Russell died Monday night.
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Daniel VanNostrand has opened the hotel formerly run by Wm.   Fountain.
Frank Roberts has broken ground for the erection of a residence on Oak Street.
Advance Hook. Ladder and Engine Co. will give a supper and dance in their Hall Wednesday evening. May 27.    Music by Wreith'.s orchestra.
A social will be held in the M. E. parsonat^e next Wednesday evening. May 20, under the ausjnces of the La¬ dies' Aid .Society. Proceeds are for a new carjjet.
A few May Ladies' Home Journals left at the Nassau County Review Stationery Store.
M. E. Church Notes Rev. W. A. Richard will be out of town over Sunday attending the ses¬ sion of the General Conference ol the Methodist Episcopal Church in Balti¬ more. This pulpit will be filled by Rev. 0. R. Miller.
Sunday  evening  a union service, to
which all the residents of Freeport are
invited, will be held at 7:30 o'clock   in
the  interest of some national  reform
Now is the time to  think  of  paint- \ measures   in  general but in particular
ing and decorating; see L. Komestick's I to  express  and  create  sentiment    in
adv. in the Review this week. | favor  of the anti-race-track  gambling
— 1 law now before the Senate.    The meet-
A valuable piece of real  estate  in \ ing  will   be addressed by Rev. O.   R.
Freeport is to be sold at auction by  C. | Miller. Field Secretary of the Interna-
'S. Powell, auctioneer; see adv. j tional Reform Bureau of  Washington,
  ! D.   C.    Rev.   Mr.   Miller,    though   a
Havo yoo a stove yon  want  to sell?'young  man, has spent several years a,' Ohas. S. Powell,  Freeport,  L.  I.,  will | Washington, working with Dr.   W.   F.
forthe first year: E. D. Seabury, Charles Edwards, Chrales E. White- house, Garland Gaden, Frank A. Wood, ; J. F. Best, Conrad Gaenger, Frederick i Mollineaux and Charles DeLap of Roosevelt and John J. Taylor and Wil¬ liam P. Jones of freeport. i
A great musical treat will be given by the Freeport Choral Society in the M. E. Church next Tuesday evening, when the societ.y will render Mendels¬ sohn's "Elijah," with a full orchestra and some of the best soloists from the city.
New magazines received at the Nas¬ sau County Review Stationery Store: New Idea, Delineator, Designer, Peo¬ ple's, Popular, Motor Boat, Pictorial Review, Circle, House Beautiful, Yachting, Argo.sy, Ainslees.
Arrangements have been made for a Union Memorial Day service of the Sunday Schools to be held in the M. E. Church, Sunday afternoon. May 24. The Grand Army of the Rejiublic, Corps   No.   527;   the   Woman's Relief
Corps; and jierhaps other organizations'   ¦"
will be Jiresent. An address will be The Friday Knights Club met at the given by the pastor. Rev. W. A. Rich- home of Miss Dorlon Friday evening; ard, and other appropriate exercises much amusement was caused by a will have place on the program. The millinery contest between the gentle- Junior Epworth   League   will   furnish   men.    The prize went to   Mr.   Denton
If you think of moving away and | want to disjiMsf^ of your furnif ure (jnick- i ly, Chas. S. Powelf. of Frtsejiort, L. I.,j will buy it. He buys anything from a I kitchen chair to a furnished hotel, and! pays-spot cash. It     |
The Bellmore Juniors defeated a team from Amityville on their own grounds last Saturday morning by the score of 17 to (i. Next Saturday the two teams will cross bats at Bellmore. Saturday the 23rd, the Juniors will play the Amitvyille High School team.
BALDWIN
button-hiile boutjuets for   the veterans.
bny it and pay you cash.
It
Crafts, and has^traveled throughout the country, to secure the passage of good laws along all  lines of moral reform. He is familiar With the great victories won in Congress in recent years  bear¬ ing on  temperance.    Sabbath   obser¬ vance,  divorce,   polygamy, gambling, : opium, etc., and is a  very  interesting I and  effective   platform    speaker.    It I will be a privilege to hear him. i     Last  Wednesday evening  a   recep¬ tion was tendered Dr. W. A.   Richard,
Peter Rickmers as she looked af ter i **'®, "®^ P*^^''°f l'^® **' ^- Church, she struck at Short Beach are op sale ! *nd Mrs. Richard, by the congregation at the Nassau County Review Station-1 and  friends of the church.    Although
Ladies desiring fine dressmaking should read the adv. of Mrs. J. Flack Best in the Review, and give her an ((jarly call.
There are apt to be hidden dangers all about you, even in your own home. Smith & Bedell's ad. in this issue tells how to avoid them. It.
Post cards of the wrecked  steamer \
ery.Store.
An old chair can be refinished and made to match other furniture by ap¬ plying one coat of Campbell's Varnish Stain. Anyone can use it and do good -work. Ross & Randall Co. sells it.   It.
Letter to Hon. Ediiar Jackson
the weather was unfavorable there was a large gathering, and a pleasant time was had. The program opened with singing "Blest be the Tie that Binds," followed by prayer by Rev. H. D. Munson of the Hempstead M. E. Church. Addresses of welcome were made by Wm. G. Miller for the Official Board and Ladies' Aid Society, Hiram R. S^nith for the Sunday School, and Arthur Whitehouse for the  Epworth
Without informing the teachers or pupils Chief Wallace went to the school building at the corner of Grove and Pine Streets on Tuesday afternoqp and he and Princijial Barnes imme¬ diately sounded the fire alarm for emp¬ tying the school building of pupils and teachers. The building was entirely emptied in one minute and ten seconds, thus showing the efficiency of the fire drill. As soon as the alarm sounded two boys from each of the rooms near¬ est the exit rushed to and opened the doors, holding them open until every¬ body had passed out. From the time the alarm was given until the pupils and teachers were back in their room again was but a little more than three minutes.
for the best trimmed hat and Miss Bet¬ zig was voted as leaving the most be¬ coming one. A very pleasant evening was spent. Those present were Misses Betzig, Chapman, Dorlon, M. and G. Dusenburg, Eldridge. Hibbard and Miller; Messsr. Chapman, Denton, Earle, McCary. Examinations detained other gentlemen of the club.
The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Hibbard Friday evening. May 22.
W. K. Andrews and son have remov¬ ed to Brooklyn.
Miss Ilenriettta Hutcheson of   Blair Academy is home for a few days.
A little son arrived at the home ofi Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wolfe   Wednesday, j
Mrs. A. R. Fullarton of Montclair, | N. J., is visiting her jiarents, Mr. and I Mrs. Richard Mott. i
SEAFORD,
Mrs. M. J. Vooris is visiting her sister, Mrs. Underbill, at Amityville.
Wilbur Hendrickson of Brooklyn has been visiting friends in the village.
Complimentary Resolutions
Following is the report of the Com¬ mittee on Resolutions of the Teachers' Institute held here last week :
Nassau County, N. Y., May 8, 1908. Your committee  on  resolutions  re¬ spectfully  submits  the  following  re¬ in accordance with the resolution  of i P^whereas the    teachers    of    Nassau the department passed at last Friday s ; County, in Institute assembled at Free- meeting of the fire department   Chief ^       ^  ^^^1 t^at the week spent here has Wallace  has  appointed  the following  i^ggj^i^,,       ofitable and  instruc-
DearSii: The wear of paint goes j Le««"e; Mrs Wrn. G. Miller, also on by gallons; the less gallon paint wears 1 behaji °^ **>« Ladies Aid Society, re- longest. The reason, of course, is its I "ted an "original Freeport poem, strength. It takes less gattons. be-1 which elected much applause, cause it is strong; it wears a long time. ^r. Munson made an address of wel- because it is strong. It is all paint and ^o™® on behalf of the clergy of Nas- the strongest paint. ?f."u^°;    In  well-chosen  words,   Dr.
There is a best paint among all paints 1 ^y^^^'l^,, "'"^f an appropriate reply. No two are alike or wear alike. OnefThe" followed an hour of sociability, is thin,   another is thick; one has  too during which ice cream and cake were
much zinc, another is right    The right 1 served?)y the lad^e^.   	
is Devoe. so far as is yet known.    Per
general committee^f arrangements for the department fair: Chief Wallace, Assistant Chiefs Cameron and VanRi¬ per, ex-officio; Henry C. Schluter, Jesse F. Bedell, Robert G. Anderson of Ex¬ celsior Hook and Ladder Company; Alexander C. Ackerman, Charles Schneiker, James Hanse of Wide Awake Engine Co.; Sylvester P. Shea
five to  all,   therefore  be  it  resolved that
We extend our sincere apppreciation to Dr. James S. Cooley, the school commissioner, for his efforts in our be¬ half net only at this institute but also for his interest in the public schools of this county at all times.
Wililam Beniston and family are now occupying their cottage here for the Summer.
Chas. Jag>;s will r(>ni<ivo his shoe store to tbe building now wimpied by .T. D. Kiefer, on May ]; Main St., Freeport.
Mr. and Mrs. William II. Condit sjient Sunday and Monday with friends in Hrooklyn.
Miss Winifred Fortesque-Cole start¬ ed Monday for a visit with friends at Canton, Ohio.
The Unity dance in the'hall Wednes¬ day evening was very successful, the best of weather serving to increase the crowd.
Revival services are being continued in the M. E. Churcji this week, with a gradually increasing attendance and interest. This Saturday eveiiMf Rev. Gibson of Bellmore will occupy the pulpit.
WANTAGH
.    ^ ^,      ,     ^    J ..,   ^ ,      Also that we assure Conductor J. M.
A. James Cronly. Fred W. Greaves of ; Thompson of our gratitude to him for Ever Ready Hose Company; Cornelius I j,j3i„gt3king interest in arranging Braren. Walter B. Cozzens, John D. , f^r us a schedule of work so thorough Gunning^of Vigilant Hose Company; I ^^^ so fitting to the needs of the Lewis,   Walter    Fullagar,   teachers  of  this  county and in bring-
Arthur  P.   Lewis,   Walter
Archie Verity of Bay View Hoee Com
pany
ing to us such a competent and  inspir- I ing corps of instructors.    We hope  to "" I have Mr. Thompson with  us  again   in
Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 an in- i the near future, teresting game of baseball will be i Also that, irealizing the task of ac- played at Freeeport Athletic Park, be- I comodating such a number pf teachers tween the Married Men of Freeport '• has been cheerfully done by Principal and the Married Men of Rockville' A. E. Barnes and the faculty and the Centre.    The teams will   be   made  up ' Board of Education of Freeport, vve ex-
A suprise party was tendered Fred Schaardt, Sr., on Friday night last.
The King's Daughters held a meet¬ ing at the home of Mrs. Warren Jamea on Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the Memorial Church will M held in the church next Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis and family of Brooklyn have returned to their Summerv honKT.
haps somebody else will find out a bet¬ ter paint than Devoe; then Devoe ^'i\\ become a more gallons paint, a costlier paint, a weaker paint, a less durable paint, a less economical paint, a timid paint.
Bigger changes than that have come over tho world.    Devoe haa the^lead, why ahould we lose it to somebody else? Yoora truly,
F. W. DEVOE & CO.
P.  S.   C paint. ^
See S. P. Pettit's adv. of real estate and household furniture, also automo¬ bile, for sale, at Rockville Centre.
Chas. Jaggs ha.s removed his shoe store to the building formerly occupied hy J. D. Kiefer, Main St., Freeport.
All those goods yon have stored in the
attic   grow   less   valuable   every   day.
Why uot turn them into cash?    Write
, to Chas. S. Powell. Freeport, L. I.   Ho
Milton Foreman Mils our j will haj anythiag yoa hare and pay
joo, spot cash. It
as follows:
Freeport-S.   P.   Shea,   s.s.;  C.   E, j Mackay cf.; Leo Fishel, p.;  J.   Mun- zinger, c.; Paul Campbell, lb.;  G.   B. Underbill,  2b.;  Jack ' Lynch,   3b.;  C. M. Pulver. r.f.; C. E.iMack. I.f.
Rockville  Centre -- Mauley    Dunn,
press our hearty thanks to them.
Also to the local clergy for their kind administrations; to the towns¬ people for the entertainment of Mon¬ day night; to the Freeport Club for its cordial welcome at the reception Wed¬ nesday night; and to all for  the   many
3b.; D. Longnecker, c. ; Howard Tut- courtesies extended throughout the en- hill, lb.; Ge.'. A. Powers, cf.; J. Fred  tice week.
White, I.f.; Henry DeMott, r.f.; Tom Further, we would commend the Thorpe, 2b.; L. Abrams, s.s.; Elmer general spirit of good feeling and co- Quinn, p. i operation so manifestly existing among
Umpires—F.   H.   Stevens of  Free-; the teachers of this county, port and Dr. J. E. Hutchinson of Rock- j Signed by the Committee on
ville Centre. Resolutions:
George  Roeckel,   the    well    known base-ball sport, will sell peanuts. I
The proceeds of this event are forj Nassau Hospital, and everyone should 1 purchase a ticket at least. {
Arthur B. Vossler,
Chairman, H. H. Chapman, W. S. Covert, Miss G. T. Austin.
Chas. Jaggs will remove bis slioe store 1 to tbe building now occnpied by  J.   I). Kiefer, oij May 1; Main St., Freejiort.
The little .son of Mr. and Mrs. John Herbert received severe injuries from a fall Saturday. He was removed to Nassau Hospital, where an operation was performed but the doctors there ex¬ press little hojie of his recovery.
The last ref;ular meeting of the La¬ dies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church with Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Thomas was well attended. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Wesley Sprague next Tuesday at 2:30 P. M., at which arrangements will be completed for a strawberry festival to be held May 28 at the chapel under the auspices of Mrs. E. E. Acker for benefit of the Society.
Because of the stormy weather Thursday night the reception ^to Rev. Wm. D. Tuckey the new pastor of the M. E. Church, was held Friday night. Ice cream and cake served by the young ladies of the Epworth League and Sunday School fonowed an inter¬ esting program consisting of piano so¬ los by Mrs. J. Schmidt, addresses by C. H. Southard for the Church, Fran¬ cis W. Miller for the Epworth League, Eklward Sprague for the Sunday •School and Home Dept., Mrs. Wm. Stoothoff for Ladies' Aid, and a talk by the pastor.
Dr. Geo. G. Kelley, V. S., is still witb the Freeport Veterinary Hospital at 7(! N. Main St.; *<el., 160-1^1; spavins, curbs aud Bpliuts treated while the animal works. tf.
After the regf'ir business meeting of the Woman's Advance Club at its May meeting at the home of the pres¬ ident on Monday afternoon the follow¬ ing program was provided by the com¬ mittee in charge: ,
Piano Solo, Miss Mavis Ross of Rock-, "*ay ^ '' ville Centre; duet, Mrs. Ross and Miss j ^^ entertainment will be given un- Ross; humorous clippings read by sev-; ^^^ the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So- eral members; reading "Her Hat"; ^j^^y of the Memorial Church next from Youth's Companion,by Mrs. Rob- i Thursday in Ultsch's Hall, to consist ert L. Smith; verses on " How I tarn-! ^f n,usic, tabeaux and farce entitled ed a Dollar," Miss M. Sherer; reading, ^..y^ Happy Pair" by Mrs. Bagnall of "He Had No Show," by Miss S. Scher-: Amityville, assisted by local Ulent.
er.    Particularly interesting was Mrs.	
Hawkins'rendering of "Love Letters! Mrs. F. Semps was struck and in- of Smith" by Henry Cuyler Bumer; ^ stantly killed by the west bound express the original papers of Mrs. Acker on ^ train from Amagansett Wednesday "The Name of Our Club" and "The'morning. She was crossing the rail* March of Spring," by Mrs. Rose, de-| road track when the fast express train, serve special mention and were heart- which ordinarily does not stop between ily applauded. Babylon and Jamaica, struck   her and
The June meeting at the home of her body was mangled under the Mrs. Mott will be a social affair to' wheels. The train was run by Con- which members are requested to bring' ductor Olin and Engineer Edward Mur- friends. | phy.
A meeting of f the teachers of the Sunday School was held at the parson¬ age Monday night, when preparationa were made for Children's Sunday.
Chas. Jaggs has removed his shoe store j to the bnilding formerly occupied by J. D. Kiefer, Main St., Freeport.
Very complimentary to "Wantagh talent" is the fact that they have been engaged by the Woman's Relief Corps of Freeport to present their drama, "On His Last Legs" at Opera HalL^ Freeport,     on    Wednesday    evening,,i
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