Nassau County Review 19070118

              Nassau County Review.
VOL. XII
FREEPORT,   N. Y.,   FRIDAY,   JANUARY   18,   19a7
NO. 13
Village Comments
The Hempstead Republican says: "Patrons of the local post oftice who rent boxes were given a .surprise when they tendered their rental for the (luarter from Jan. 1 to April 1, learn¬ ing that the government had adopted an increased schedule of rales which <-ame out in the postal guide for De¬ cember. Those who ' had paid their rental prior to ("hristmas were immune from the increased rate but they who waited after tiiat date were taxed 10c cuts extra." '
The only instance of kicking we heard was from people who did not pay until after the first of .January. Unless we are mi.staken the Post¬ master is required to declare boxes vacant unless the rent is paid in ad¬ vance.
Did you ever travel around the streets beforo .si.\ nr half |iast si.v these winter mornings wiien it was so dark you had to walk baikward In keep from running your ii'i.-' inin a leie¬ phone poll' or a Hlii(-t sign pnst'.' If JOU didn't you tnnt nppruciate the grat¬ itude of tho.so who do, to Trustee Sig¬ rnond for having the streei lights burn- iri.g all night.
The (ireenport Wal(hm;iii, speaking of deer on Long Isliunl says;
Por some years we have been con¬ vinced that they art; a serious damage to farms and gardens in the area where they-survive, and the legal farce of al- liiwing lhem to bo slaughteretl on four days hy anybody who can point a gun is more than enough to ofTset any sen¬ timental plea fcr their preservation as a fanciful feature of the forest or as a "relic of antiquity". In our judg¬ ment the wild deer ought to "go" as fast as they can be marketed, and to that end the "open season" should he extended lo co, er the whole year.
Congressman Cocks has placed him¬ self on record in the House as being so full of patriotism that he wishes to see the United States flag Hying hereaf¬ ter from every Post Office in the eoun¬ try -big and little. In line with this idea, Mr. Cocks has introduced a bill authorizing the Postmaster tJeneral to take steps immediately to have flag poles erected at every ofTice in the United States, and to make arrange¬ ments also to supply Postmasters with the flags to place on them.
A regular meeting of the village Board of Trustees will be held Friday evening.
Teddy Bear Posl Cards at Pear; Murray's.
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For the welfare of your horses and cattle as well as for economy, don't fail to read Chas. P. .Smith's ad in this issue.
('has. Wulff, our local oil dealer, has installed a larger storage place for oil and gasoline. He has also secured a new wagon and another hnrse.
•J. Milton Southanl, vvho has beei-i sick for several months, started on a tour of the West Indies and Jamaica .Saturday. He intends to return in the Spring.
Daniel Morrison will attend the an¬ nual convention of the Interstate .Mantle and Tile Dealers' A.ssociation at Cincinnatti, Chio, on Feb. 12, i'd and 11.
Next Tuesday evening a ilinner will be served at the residence pf Mrs. Okie, Pine Street, west of Long Heach .^ve- nuc. for the benetit of the Churc-h nf the Transfiguration.
Hishnii E. C. Andrews. D. I)., L. j L. I)., preached in the M. F. Church Sunday morning. '
.-\ rummage .sale fnr the Alter Cuild of the (ghurch of the Transfiguration will be held Saturday and Monday, P'eliruary 2 and 4, in the vacant store under Opera HaU on Main Street.
Great  Clearing   Sah Main St., Freejiort.
.Mr. and Mra. R. A. Combes are proud parents of a little baby girl.
at  Harast^'s, Trolley  Hearinf^
^*- There were only about tifly residents
of Freeport present al the public hear¬ ing on the trolley franchise application of the South Shore Traction Co. at Opera Hal! Wednesday night.
A. G. Humes. Secretary of the Com¬ pany, read a prospectus of the terms of the proposed franchise, in which every particular was fully covered whereby the franchise should run for fifty years with an option for a twenty- five year renewal, and wherein the Pearsall & Murray have a large li„e!^omP«"y after the Iirst ten years was of prettv Post Cards -larger line  than ! *« P^y to tht^- village one per ct.nt of its
ever,    ("'ome in and see them. i ^'''''^ ^"^"-¦.^¦'P^-^ '" ^ ''^^f P'"'' ^"' ^^^^ «"'^-
I ceetling hve years;   two   per   cent   for
A dinner was cnjoved bv the Town i ^hf next five years, and three per cent Board and a few friends Tue.sdav after-1 f«'' ^^^- tl'""'! I^^'-'otl of five years. In noon ac the Manhattan House.   " a" ""'^^^•'^/- to a .luestion Mr. Hue   .stat¬
ed that the President of   the   companv
District Deputy Alice   Maidment   ..f ^^«'''./^«"'-^^, K. Fi.sher,   a   New   York Glen Cove wiil install the newly   elect¬ ed tifhcers of Mystic Rebekah   Degree,
.Mrs. Jnhn Raynor. who has been seriously ill with pleuro-jineumnnia. is slowly recovering. ,
Try a portabjie gas lamji. Costs a; trifle; insures eye ease. Clean, con-1 venient and inexpensive. \
had already secured a franchise cover¬ ing the entir-.» territory west of Babylon to the city line, exceptirg Freeport, it should at once coimmence physical con- strut.-tioii, and that by the time t'ley ^reached the limits nf Frceport, lhe residents would be assured of the good faith ui the company and would un¬ doubtedly then find some method whereby they could secure a right nf way through Freeport.
William S. Hall, Cashier of the PVeeport Bank, stated that although he was not acquainted with any knowledge of traction construclioii, still from what he could gather from the remarks made during the evening, a traction franchise was of material value, and in his opinion, if the resi¬ dents of Freeport desired additional trolley facilities, the franchise should be   put   up   at   auction and sold to the
LYNBROOK
Rev. C. J. North, corresponding secretary of the N. Y. East Confer¬ ence Eiidov^-ment Fund, will occupy the pulpit of St. James M. E. Church (.n Sunday morning. In the evening Rev. H. L. Glover will preach; topic. "A Secret Much Sought After."   |
I.   O.   O.   F.,   at   their (Thursday) evening.
meeting    this
The following oflicers of Red White and Blue Council, No. liii. Daughters of Liberty, were elected ;;i their an¬ nual meeling; Councilor, Mrs. Ed¬ ward W. Valentine; Associate Coun¬ cilor, .Mr.---. Tillie Vermilyea; Vice Cnuncilnr. Mrs. .¦\ddie Holmes; .\s- sociate Vice Councilor, MriS. Sarah Smith; Rei.-ording Secretary, Mrs. Sea¬ man; Financial Secretary, Edward W. Valentine; Treasurer. Mrs. Henry ."<. .'\bralIfS-^|tulde. Mrs. Carman Plant; Insitie Guartl. Carma-i Plant: Outside Guard. Mrs.  Coogan.
Miss Mabel Cooper attended the graduation exercises of the Heffley School, Jan. 11, 19(17, and received her diploma as stenographer and type- i writer. Miss Cooper i.s employed in the Hempstead Bank.
'i'he degree team of Freeporl Coun¬ cil, Jr. O. U. A. M. visited Amityville Council Monday night, where they worked the degrees on five new mem¬ bers of Amityville ('ouncil. After the meeting refreshments were served.
Owing Lo the mild weather we have plat-ed on sale il full line of Fall and Winter goods at less than regular cost. .\ dollar's worth of trading stamps i'ree -ivith every purchase of .'lOc and over. H. Barasch, Main St , Free¬ jiorl. It.
The annual re-union and oyster sup¬ per of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Com¬ jiany was held in the truck house Wednesday evening, the comjiany hav¬ ing as its guests its honorary members, departmenl officers and the village Board of hire Commissioners. Pro¬ gressive games were first in order. The favors were awarded: Dominos, Robert G. Ander-son, decorated clock ; Chas. P. Seaman, box cigars; Cards, first, .lesse F. Bedell, Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen with cliji caji; second, I). Wesiley Pine, year's suliscrijition to Tl|p Review; third, John Dunbar, pair buttons; fourth. Smith Cox, box (•(inclusion all adjourn-
hurg. Va., lu'esidenl of one nf th est Trust comiianies nf that   t-ily, had also built the   connecting   line tween I'etersburg and   Rithinonii,
larg-
who
be-
Va.
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Mr. Humes stated that ihey were in a jitisilion, should   they   iie  granted   a franchise, to commence actual jihysical ' work     theron     in   vhe   early   Sprin.g.
V'illage President Hiram K. .Smith staLe:l that this meeting was called for the jiu-rjiose of hearing the views of the residents nf Freepnrt uimn the questinn, hut no one ajipeared to be in favor flf the jirojiosition. Horace .Secor stated that lie apjieared in np- jjosition to the granting of the fran¬ chise along the rnute submitted, esjiecially along Hrotiklyn .-Nvenue, and that he hail three tlistiiu-t reasons for thus ajijiearing. He statetl that of the residents along Hrooklyn Avenue, he ajjieared for ali of them excejiting Ross & Randall; that his clients owned
cigars.    At th
ed down stairs,   where   Captain   Chas.   on               .    r .u   e      .          i - i
,,              f     .(.-  .                              t          ,80 per cent of the frontage along said
Raynor, for thirty vears a   member  of    .   '            , ,,.               .   7 -. , .,,•''                           1    u-              11     .street, and h4 per cent of   its   assesseil
the   comjianv,     served     his    f.'xcellent i      ,     ,.            rrJ       ,                   -     i i.    .
valuation.       lhe    law    retjuired that
comjiany, oyster   stews   and   army sociability was in order.
coffee,    and
BELLMORE
Frank    (jallet and   family moved to Amityvilie.
havt
Why stew over coal, ashes and cin¬ ders when the gas pipe will gladly do the work cheapej, easier   and   cleaner.
On Feb. 10 (Shrove Tuesday) a jian- cake social will be held at the resi¬ dence of Mrs. J. Frank Sprague, Grove Street, at 8 o'clock, under the aus¬ pices of the (Church of the Transfigura¬ tion.
A class initiation will be held at the meeting of Prtigressive Council, No. 1)6, Daughters of Liberty, Monday i evening, at which a delegation from a New York Lodge is expected to be present.
Sjiecial services in the M. E. Church are being continued this week. Next Wedne.sday evening the annual dinner and re-union of the Freeport Club will be held. Caterer Ketcham will serve the dinner.
'I'he Review acknowledges receijit ofl very pretty calendars from the bank of! Rockville Centre; (i. Howard Randall, | carjienter   and   builder,   and   Bingham]     Grade Bros., the New York tirm which makes i day in th our printing rollers.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel VanNostrand are entertaining a young daughter.
Misses Bartliman of Hrooklyn have been sjiending a few days at W. J. En¬ ters'.
George J. Baldwin anil Fr:ink Sea¬ man have taken positions with the Brooklyn Water Works.
Mrs. Frank Seaman is very seriously ill at the Nassau Hospital, where she was taken on Friday last.
Wm. Bedell cut himself very severe¬ ly with an axe on Monday and has been laid up, since, under the doctor's  (-are.
Edward Smith has bought the   sttire formerly occujiied by Frank Gallet and which he used when he first started   in business and will conduct a bicvele and ! Ejiiphany)     in   the   Epi.scopal   Church jihonograph store. " j will be:  Holy Communion at 8   a.   m.,
i matins and litany at 10:;iO a. m.,   Sun- upjjer   dav School at 2 ;80, even.song   at   7 :t^0.
A Jiublic installation of the officers of the Woman's Relief Corps was held at <Jdd Fellow's Hall Wednesday even¬ ing, at which D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R., was present. After the cere¬ mony addresses were made by the in¬ stalling President and stall", al.so Com¬ mander W. H. Patterson of the G. A. R. and Mr. W. H. Tabb of Roosevelt, followed by a social hour. The new officers are: President, Mrs. Ella H. Wyman; senior vice-jiresident, Mrs. Anna A. Patterson; junior vice- president, Mrs. .Matilda Smith; secre¬ tary, Mrs. Annie*DaSilva; Treasurer, Mrs. Ellen A. Golden; chajilain. Mrs. Mary Mrs.
pondent, Mrs. Annie Taft; conductor, Mrs. Alfreda Cameron; guard, Mrs. Ellen Smith; asst. conductor, Mrs. Erma Cummings; a.sst. guard, Mrs. Levinia Weyant; color bearer No. 1, Mrs. Mary Kerns; No. 2, Mrs. Edna M. Bachus; No. '¦'•, Miss Edith Sjiates; No. 4, Mrs. Rosa Lee Cornwell.
capitalist;   James   A.   Hawes,   an   at-I ^I'^^est   bidder  and   by    this    means,
tornev of   New   York   was  vice-presi-, ["^''^^-'P^^-   ,''   himji sum of money might
dent;'   he   was   the   sccretarv;   James ! ^^^ ^'?^'"''^''' '» ^-^^'hange for the frachise ^
F. Hayward at present genurkl manag- ' \'' "^^' ^'^^' P"''''^' -streets and  highways j
er t.f the .street  surface   lines   in   fin-! ^^'•""«'i""'-1''•^^"P^"'^-     Mr. Hall .staled j     An unu.suaily   large cinatti. Ohio, was the   Treasurer    and i ^"^^ he was mil ojijiosed to   trolleys  or | ,„t^^,„l,e,-s of the   Lviiln that the lirincijial backer nf   the   com-! "">'   P^^'''^"   "njirovement   that   would pany was Chas. Hall Davis   of   p^.tens-1 l"hance    or   further   the   intt.«rests   nf
hreejMirl, Iml he did believe that if by any mears Freejiort (-ould secure any V isible reliirns for the \ aluable frati- tliises (ksired, he desired to see ihal Freejiorl secureil as much as jiossible so that the residents of the village would be the gainer thereliy. Mr. Hall al.so stated that if it was not feas¬ ible In sell such franchises by public iiui-tioii jierhaj's snme resjionsible com¬ jiany might make an uiiev uf snme lump sum for the sanie.
The ()Uestioii was argued at length and althnugh there ajijieared a hidden sentimeiil thai ttie residents of Free¬ jiort wero desirous of securing ad- ditinnal trolley facilities, they were ojijin.sed to the granting of a franchise along the route so laid out in the jiro¬ jiosed franchise as jiresented, ami in accordance with this sentiment, Mr. Julius Detmer, who was President nf the village at the time the previnus franchise was refused' offered a reso- lutinii that whereas a similar jietition ¦fnr franchise liaii been refused by the previous Board nf Village Trustees nn the grounds that Brooklyn Avenue was not a legal and public street, it be the sense of the residents of the village hould be ' ^*^^'^ assembled that the jiresent jieti¬ tion for a franchise be refused in its present   form.      The   motion   was   un-
where a franchise was granted the company soliciting the same should have secured at least fifty jier cent of the assessed valuation, and that in hi.*- opinion, such valuation taken along such .street as a whole, and should not be   made   part   of   con-
Mr. Cohen stated that he ownetl i-i
sents along the entire route, sn that a ' anim"U-<v adojited company might acquire the consents of every tax-jiayer along one street to -'^"'erable of the jiroj.erty along Seaman counter-balance"the opposition of every ! ^^'^''U^- ^'h^-h I)arallels Brooklyn Ave- resident along a nearby street. i ""'-^' ^ ^'^^^  "^>'^'   ^P"'"^'   «"'!   that   he
2.    That Brooklyn Avenue is   not   a >'ould   be   jileased   to give his cnn.sent legal street while the balance is owned i ^V  ^   franchise for a trolley comj.any by the city of New York, and that   the | «'""g ^hat thoroughfare, village is allowed the u.se of  the   .same        ^^'' m^i'ting then adjtiunied. through courtesy only, and that at any ; time the City   might  close   their   part '. .Married
,       i of the thoroughfare,   and  as   the   law
Sprague:    patriotic   instructor. \ ,|i,tinctly states that a street must   be \ „ '^^ ' Matilda   I'anjoy ;   press   (.'orre.s-, ^^ ^^.^^^ j.^^,„ ,.^,^,^ ^^.j,,^. ,^^.f,„.^, j^ ^.^^ ^^   Rosen
the   .residence   of burg,     Roo.seveIt.
John Jan.
accejited by a vilhige, nue is therefore not a
Brooklvn   Ave
egal
Rev. Kneeland P. Ketiham, Hattie
iljih by E.
mimber td' llie nnk Club WCli- jiresent at the meeting nf the dull held at Blake's Hall. Atlantic .\venue. last Thur.sday evening, al which lime Walter S. "Cnat, Patrick ,1. Keill.v. James Burton. .August nfeldt. Dr. Creighlnn, .M. .1. Casey ami (itni-gv Meredith w-ere iidmiltetl tn mc ni! t.-r shiji,
.Mr. Havens, mi In-hall nl llie Riiil¬ road Committee, re]K.rlecl that In hiid called ujion .Mr. Kaljih I'eters, Presi¬ dent of the Long Island Kiiilroad'HTcn;- jiany and had jiresented In liim a luiir.- ber of imjirovements thai were- believ¬ ed that Lynbrool; was entilled to; ;il.-ti stated that the residents nl' Lynbrnnk were entitled tn more express liiiins. etc. He was informed that while the Long Island Railroad had in view a number nf imjirovements, holli as in numerous trains and otliei- facililies for the Iraveling jiublic. the officials were in no jiosition at this time to de¬ signate exjilicitly just what imjirnve¬ ments would be made, until such linn- had (-(line that it had been determined exactly what imjirovements were to Ik.- macle at Long Beach, but Mr. Havens statetl that while he was in no jiosition to slate officially the exactness of this report, still he believed thai within ;i short time a double track to Long Beach would be laid and the t-lct-lric- system would be installed.
The newly-flectcd officers were duly installed in their respective offices by Dr. James A. Ilulcheson, after whicii considerable time was sjient and con¬ siderable discussion ensued ujion methods to jiut a stoji to the fretiuent burglaries that have been taking jilace within the jiast few weeks. The bulk of the ideas jiresented ajijieared lo be in favor of establi,shing an electric light street system, but in the mean¬ while, it is intended to organize a local vigilance committee for home- jircitec-tion, and steps along thai lint- will be taken at once.
Following    the   meeting,   lhe   mein-
ti-t'et   and !'^"^^"^^''¦^ t" ^'"''"" "•   Moran,   both j j.^,,;;,.,.,,,; ;,„^^.,.tai,u-d   and   ban.|ueU-
School Notes
-hetoricals were held last Fri- e High Schfjol room.
the Board has no right tn grant a fran¬ chise over the same.
3. That v.'hereas the Hoard at a meeting held about two years ago upon the same cjuestion refused to grant a franchise over the same route now asked for by the petition, the Board acting then in its (juasi judicial jiowers has no legal right to over-rule its i previous action even if it felt so in- I clined to do, neither could it revoke its Jirevious   decision.    Mr.   Secor   stated
of Roosevelt anci Mary Rne of  .Merrick tn William C.  Rosenberg nf  Knnsevelt.
OBITUARY
The funeral nf Mrs. Christina Cad- dell Smith, the mother of .Miss May G. Smith, was held this Thursday morning frnm the Episcopal Chur(-h. Miss .Smith has interested herself in the singing of that Churc-h fnr some time, and the choir   attended   the   ser
bv Mr. Zeller.
"The .lolly Four" will give a mastpierade ball in Firemen's Hall, Roosevelt, on Monday evening, Feb¬ ruary 4. .Music will be furnished by Mole and Raynor. George Anthony and Jesse Mollineaux are the com¬ mittee in charge.
The   services Sunday  (Sunday   after
There were no merit cards presented   !i   . ¦    ' ,     ' i i.\.    n     r vii'n«   in   -i   Imdv      TMm   luiri-il  wuu In
fl . -fill, t.   ffV.ir   •   « .1,    1  1.   J that he was not opjiosed to trolley fran-1 ^"-*^''   '"   a   iiooj.     ine   tiuiial was in
to the students of the High School  last month
chises, but he was ojiposed to the granting of a franchise alnng Bmnklyn Avenue.
J. Huyler Ellison stated thai he   be¬ lieved that a large majority of the resi¬ dents   of   Freejiort   were   in   favor   (,if The regular   meeting   of   the   Board ] granting a franchise to another trolley
There has been «»ne new j.upil regis¬ tered at st-hool this week, in the 4 B (irade.
of Education will be held next Monday evening
The home of Mr. Robinson Bellmore Avenue was broken into and robbed early Monday evening, while Mrs. Robinson was at the station. The thieves secured about $40 in money and two revolvers.
"Cy's Search" By Jpo. J. Beekman IIpon my word I've looked for years
For my hapjiinoite, says Cy. liut I never seerri.,to find it
No matter how I try Just when everything is tine
As life's sea looks so calm Theres' something seems to   bob   right up
To ujiset this nld farm. When all your crojis are doin' well
There comes a sjiell nf riiin And then you start to worry, i-ause
Us ajit to sjitiil your grain; Or oUe u horse ia taken sick...
Right in the haying season. There always something coming uji
To rack a fellow's reason. Upon my word I've looked for yetu's
For happiness, says Cy ; But 1 guess the world don't hold it;
I've looked and looked, but I Have given uji my search for it.
It aint found on this earth It's found in the higher realms, Not on this ilrearv earth.
State Regents' examinations will commence next Monday and last the whole week. <*
The services in the evening Will be of sjiecial interest, when C"anon Bryan will make his archdeaconal visit. The offering will be for Diocesan Missions.
Following is the list of speakers for The mid-year jiromotions of the the Church of the Transfiguration dur- grades will be made on January 28. ing lent, so far secured : Thur.sday, Feb. I The examinations   for   the   same   will
comjjany,   but   he   believed   that   they wanted   such   franchise  granted   to   a comjiany that would build and   operate such a trolley anci was not in   favor  of granting a  franchise   to   any   corpora¬ tion that only desired a   franchise   for j the jjurjiose of selling it off to the high- Miss Dillon   has   been   absent   from i gat bidder, regardle ;s   of   the   comfort school for several   days   on account   of i ,jr convenience of   the  general   jmb!-;.-. sickness.    Mrs. C. M.  Flint   has   been       Mr. Ellisfjn read a Icimk   abstract   of substituting for her. i affidavits from the testimony   submitt¬
ed   before   the   Apjiellate   Division   in
14 Rev. J. H. Melish, rector of Holy | Trinity Church, Brooklyn. Sunday, ! Feb. 17 Rev. Robt. E. Wood of Wu j Chang, China. Thursday, Febr 21 ~ \ Rev. Dr. Lindsay Parker, rector of St. | Peter's Church, Brooklyn. Feb. 28 : Rev. Dr. Spencer S. Roche, rector of,; St. Marks Church, Brooklyn. March 7 Rev. James Clarence Jones, rector of St. .Marys. Broi^klyn. March 28 - Maundy Thursday —Ven. Archdeacon Bryan.
__At the annual meeting of the .M. E. Sunday School Roard the following officers were elected for the en.suing year: Hiram R. Smith, .supt.; (Jeorge T. Van Rijier. assistant sujit. ; Mrs. Thomas VV. Lucas, female sujit. ; Mrs. Wm. E. (lolder, primary suj^t. ; Mrs. S. R. Smith, sujit. of Home Dejiartment; Mrs. Donnelly, supt. of Cradle Roll; Lewis H. Ross, Ireasurer; Walter B. Cozzens, secretary ; G. Clifford Colyer. as.'jistant secretary; Sinclair Raynor. librarian; Wilbur Raynor. chorister; " Miss .\nnie Eldridge. jiianist. The fol¬ lowing were elected officers of the , Missionar>' Society: Harold Brown, president;    Albin   N.   Johnson.    Vice-
begin on the 22nd of January.
Miss Rena Dickey, of Lyons, N.   Y., ' took charge of fith B on Monday.   Miss Dickey is residing   at   Capt.   Norton's house  on Pine Street,  with   the   High. School teachers.
Efforts are being made liy the teat h- ers to decrease the amount of ta.-diness in the school. The jiarents of the scholars are asked by the teachers to co-optirate with them.
the case of the South Shore Traction ('ompany against the Town of Brook- haven, wherein it was shown that Mr. Hayward, who is mentioned as the treasurer of the comjiany, offered to disjiose of the intere.sts and title of this comjiany to William F. .Sheehan, rejiresenting the Brooklyn Transit Comjiany, last year. A   number  of   th
New York Hay Cemetery. Deceased is survived by nne .'-c.u'and Ivvn daugh¬ ters..
Annual Club Meeting
The f'reeiiort Club, at its aimual meeting Monday night, re-elected James Dean President for a seventh term, and .selected Frederick Hartt vice-jiresident; J. Huyler Ellison was re-elected secretary and Ernest Ran¬ dall was re-elected treasurer. Smith Cox, Charles J. Cartwright, Charles E. Mack and Platt Conklin were elect¬ ed directors for two-year terms and Albert L. Earle was elected to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of A. J. Smart. Rejiorts of officers show¬ ed tne club to be in excellent condi¬ tion, the treasury having a balance of $124;i.8(j and the roster nf members numbering '2',i0.
VALLEY STREAM
Services   will   be   (-(inducted   at   the • First M. E. Church this week bv   Rev. Jirominent   legal   George Freemon. gentlemen residing in   Freejiort   spoke
ujxiii tht'- quostion, ater which Mr. Sinith slated that the Hoard of Trus¬ tees were but Jilain laymen, and that they desired to learn the opinion of the ordinary laymun of Freeport  upon  the
Tht-ttt^-SeVHwI *4»efeoricHls will   1«.  qu«f'""
held this  Friday, Jan. 18, in the   High School room ; jirogram : Singing
1. Thanatopis
2. Calls :i.  Essay    The
Harry (aiiming Norma Sammons Telephone
Robert .Miller 4.  The Irrejiressible Boy
Beulah Humjihii
Ml
.Marie Bvl
lIo«v   Uc   Hose  to  tbe  Offlce.
"\^ere you carefully brought uji, my lad?" askod the merchant of the appli cant for a situation.
"Please, eir, jes, sir.    I came up iu   president; Miss ELsie Brotheridge. sec tbo lift," Mid tbe ^eslM;ct^ll yoatb,—   retary; Albert L. Earle. treasurer. Tit Biin.
A Tale of a
Singing At a Turkish Bath Essay    Our .ScIukiI The Owl Critic The Character of Washington
Milton Raynor
Singing
Herbert Clock Harry Miller Stephen Story
Henry L. T^randt'Tf sp(iFe"~;il~"Tengttr ujion the merits of granting the fran¬ chise and showed in its true light as it apjieared to him a long list of serious objections as to granting the franchise ill the condition it had been presented and ujion the terms .submitted. He objetted to the long tenure of life of the Jirojiosed franchise and stated that IVl franchise shoultl bt- grantetl for a haiger term than twenty-five years. That no turnouts or switches sho'atd bt allowed tn bt- constructed public stre».*ts, but should be
Mrs Charles Meyers and daughter .Mamie sailed for Florida on Friday, to visit ht-r tiaughter, .Mrs. J. James.
The meetings at (irace .M. E. (Jhurch will be continued this week. On Wed- ¦ehsday" evening the IVe^iding Ki«h-r. Rev. C. L. Wing will jireath.
MERRICK
The first annual reception of .Mer¬ rick H'Xik and Ladder Comjiany No. 1, will be held at Firemen's Hall on Lincoln's birthday, February 2'i. The Committei- are as I'oUtAvs: Chair¬ man. Charles J. Reid ; sec-retary, Wal- .Newkirk; tn^asurer. F. L. Wal- lager, D. (Jreaves;   assis-
ujion   the   lace J. .Newkir establish-   Kor; floor iiianf
ed upon the private property  the corn- tarrt   rt(xir   inanager.   Wm.   Wood, Jr. ;
pany must of necessity acquire; he -second tiotiv manager. D. Lawson; re¬ stated that if the company was acting ception comrnitK*, Robert Johnson, in good   faith,   having   stated   that   it A.   Hewlett  and H. Offerman.
HEMPSTEAD
J. Frank Baukney, as secreliiry nf the Hemjistead Board of Heallli, at a recent meeting of the Trustees of the Village of Heinpstead, submitted his aimual rejiort with most salisfat-tnry re.sults.
Among the items of hi:-> reimrt, the fact that during the last year there were f(-wer c-ases of contagious dis¬ eases rejinrled than in any jiii-ceeding yi-ar siiic-e the ciate nf filing and le- cortling was begun, in 180'.). During the year PMl^i, the total numlier lejmrt- edw as ;'4, while in llMl.'. ihc- Intal number was 12:5.
According to Mr. Hauknt-y'.-. rtpnii, the milk sujijily t.f the village still re¬ mains firsl-(-lass, and gives evidence of good work etrected by the visit of in¬ sjiectors from the Department of Agri¬ culture in lOd.'i, when a general insjiet- tit.n cjf all dleveries was made.
The prevalent cases of contagious diseases amcmg children in the village, and their (-au.-ie, has been the subject of much sjieculation in the village re cently. Mr. Baukney suggeslefi thai unhealthy (-onditions might lu- abal(-d should a lirst-c-lass system of jihimbiiig insjiection be instituted, lb- suggi-st- ed the jiassing of an ordiiiante rt-tiuir- ing the insjioi-lioii t.f all jilumbing, old and new, by a man of comjietent abili¬ ty, who would be in a jiosition to proji¬ erly jugde the need of the village in this line.
Owing to the failure of jihysiiians and clergymen to send in their rejiorts promptly that of births and (l(-ath,s wa.s not as t-omijlt.'te as might be desired. Their attention was (-ailed in this mat¬ ter.
Thc qut-stioii of seweragi- was al.^:<i taken up exhaustively. Mr. Baukney" statetjl that though tlie people lesttZPtt- the necessity fo taking uji this matter, if they did not act jiromjitly reganling it, the Stale Board of Health, in all probability, -A'ould do sn for tht-m. Statistics show that nine--t(-nths of all infe'-tion arises from bad wali-r. hence the net-essity for jiretaulion.
Thf figures showed that the i-ilies with th«- jiurest'water, free from i.iois- onous germs, have the smalle.st death rate. This fat-t, Mr. Baukney ccjiidud- ed, should be an incentive for hearty co-oj>eration on the part of the villag¬ ers, without any attempt of the Board of Trustees, tnward a l.ettir sewerage system.