Nassau County Review 19101014

              Freeport Official Paper
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 1910
Vol. XV, No. 50
FREEPORT NEWS
Single copies of the Review'fo^ sale at Greenblatt's. Railroad Ave.; Kirf- er's. Review ofiice and Gobetz', Sonth Main street, and DaSilva's, West Mer¬ rick Road. tf.
Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., wil) hold a class initiation November 4.
Misses Hannah and Mabel Cornelius attended the Rally Day services of their old Sunday School at Amityvilie last Sunday.
Mrs. Seth Pelton of Monticello has been spending a couple of week^ with Mrs. Timothy Sheehan. While here she became a member of Alpha Coun¬ cil, D. of A.
Last week, Tuesday, the entertain¬ ment Committee of Valley Forge Coun¬ cil, D. of L.. comprising about tv,-enty members of the order, spent the day with their sister, Mrs. Walter Fullag- er. bringing with them a handsome fern for Mrs. Ful lager. They had a very pleasant time and were loud in their expres.sions of appreciation of the beauties of Freeport.
The firf department had a call for a real fire Tuesday night about 7 o'clock for district 31 following closely on the three false aiarms sent in last week. A heap of wood uncomfortably close to the saw mill of the Freeport and Mil¬ ton Construction Co. near Merrick road east of Henry street was burning brisk¬ ly and would have done much damage, if started later in the evening. As it was, the truck company put out the blaze with their chemical extinguishers and water from the brook about ten feet away.
Vandewater Post had a narrow es¬ cape late Thursday afternoon. He went over to the racing course of the firemen on the New Boulevard to watch the contests. After being there some time he found that there was trouble with his clutch and that some part of it had been broken. He decided to go home on slow speed, and as he stood in .front of bis car to crank it, it jumped forward, catching him on fhe front of. the radiator and crashing him into an¬ other automobile near by. He was considerably bruised, but otherwise un¬ in jured.
The Stanley   W.   Roberts   Memorial Organ will be iledicated in the Baptist Church this P'riday   evening.    Follow¬ ing is the program : Organ Prelude Urban L'Africain
Invocation Rov. E. 1'. Farnham, D. D., PaetoT Hymn, No. 480 Congregation
"Nearer My God to Thee" Scripttire Reading Rev. VV. A. Richard. Prayer Rev. C. H. Scholey
Addre.'is Rov. H. P. Vaughn
"An Appreciation of Mr. Roberts" Anthem   ¦* Choir
Address Rev. F. J. Soule
"A Spiritual Interpretation of Music" Soprano Solo Miss M. I. Pitcher
Address Rev. A. J. Culler, Pastor
"After Gleams"
"Lead Kindly Light" Mr.  II. L'Africain Remarks    Rev. E. P. Farnham, D. D. Hymn, No. 718 Congregation
"Jerusalem the Golden" Benediction Rev. J. Whitehurst
The organ, which is an Estay make. was installed in the church at a cost of $1200 and is of very sweet tone.
The funds for the purchase of it was raised by subscriptions both in this place and Boston, Mass., and its sub¬ urbs. Mr. Roberts's home was in Somerville, Mass., although he was boarding here when he was drowned.     I
Organ,
Space to rent with side t^ack for loading and unloading cars at Freeport, L. I.
John J. Randall Company, 6_Brooklyn Avenue, 3t Freeport, N. Y.
There are some knife  facts in Smith ¦ & Bedell's ad in this   issue that should be known to prospective  pocket  knife buyers.
j Scott's  remnant  store,   18 N. Main street,   Freeport.   retiring  from busi-' ness,   goods  sold at wholesale   and re- taiF^-House and store to rent. ll-;i
The Village Board of Tmstees holds its regular meeting next Friday even¬ ing.
E. V. Baldwin has secured appwint- ment as agent for Nassau County of the Hammond typewriters.
A number of friends called on Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Lamb Wednesday evening and helped them celebrate merrily the first anniversary of their wedding.
Freeport High School foot ball team journeyed to Rockville Centre Tuesday afternoon and played a tie  game  with the team from South Side High School; 1 score, 0-0. j
A copy of the Suflfolk County Tax ' Sale for 1910 is on file at the Review i office, where it may be seen by any one i interested. Also the Nassau County; "Redemption Sale" notice. ]
A primary will be held this Saturdav 1 Deputy State Councilor Joseph evening, October 15, for the election o"f D. Tunison will make his official visit delegates to attend a town   convention   to   Freeport Council,   Jr. O.U. A.M.,
this Friday evening. This is his sec¬ ond time as deputy over Freeport Council, and he will be given a warm greeting. Visiting Juniors will be welcome.
The children had a harvest Monday during the moving of the carnival stands and tents.    At one   time   there
HKNRV L. STIMSON
Republican Candidate
FOR GOVf:RNOR
will speak at the
fref-:port r. r. depot
—on--
S.\TURDAY, OCT. 15,   10 at 12:20 P.M.
.\LL .\RE INVITED
to  be  held  at  the Town Hall, Hemp¬ stead,   on Monday, October 17, at 2 p.
m.
Just after the firemen's parade start¬ ed Thursday moming the whistle blew for a District 16 call. It was thought to be a fake alarm as the three previ¬ ous ones were, but the firemen respond¬
ed promptly leaving their places of were at least 25 children scraping formation, an^l found there had been around on the Pike which was covered the nucleus of a fire until the blazing with confetti, and a number of them mattress   which   was   the cau=e of the Npicked   up pennies, nickels   and dimes
, alarm   was thrown out   doors   without ' and  one   found a quarter in   front   of
, any further damage. j the   voting     platform    for   king   and
- i queen.
Efforts are being made to locate the '  •
party or parties who destioyed several | Board of  Trade
' maple shade trees on the  south side of '
: Atlantic avenue, between Grove street i The regular meeting of the Board of and Ocean avenue, owned by John J. i Trade was held in Fraternity Hall Randall. The trees look a.s if some | Wednesday evening, 2nd Vice Presi- person, either mischieviously or with ^ent Douglas Lawrence in t|ie chair, deliberate intent to kill   the trees, had       ¦" ¦
walked from one tree to the other, nearly the entire distance from Ocean avenue to Grove street, and ripped large strips of bark off with a knife. Some of the trees have been cut the entire distance around them.
The annual smoker and famous Rny- nortown   oyster supper of the D. R. I'.
George B. Geller and Hilbert R. Johnson were elected to membership.
Committee on sewers requested that the consideration be laid over until a future meeting.
Captain Hanse reported that the trolley company had decided to have their tracks raised to the grade level on Bedell street.
Capt.   Hanse also called   atention to
Mott Post, No. 527, G. A. R. was held the fact that other villages the same on Saturday evening in the Post rt>0Ti : distance as Freeport from New York , on Merrick road. 'City   were   paying   a   lower telephone
The affair was well attended by   the Irate to that point.    The secretary was okl   veterans,   who   had   a   very   jolly ¦ directed   to   call   the   attention   ofthe time, swapping yarns of years gone by   telephone company to the fact, anil smoking the corn cob pipes. j     The   Board passeii a resolution   com-
The  oyster'stews disappeared in   an   mending   the   manner in which the pa-. amazing  manner  and   were   in  direct, rade. tournament  and convention were contrast   to   the   hard   tack and   black ; handled in our village   October (i,   but coffee   u.sed   during   the  years of 'iil-, recommending   that in future the Pike '05. ! be   omitted.      The   police   were  also
A   nuniber of visiting veterans were i praised   for   their very   efficient   work present from the Hempstead 'Poi.t. and-during the carnival week, others from Brooklyn. i     Rev. Charles Herbert   Scholey, Mrs.
' I Charles Huitfphfey, Elvin Ekiwards and
HYMENEAL i \jj-g  j_ £>. Kiefer gave short addresses.
JAGGS-SEAMAN. (	
Charles   Jaggs  of  .Main   street and Death of Major AnderSOn
.Miss Grace Seaman Carman were mar- '     ,,   •      .   j 11 r
.,,.04 . ..1.     u        1     -Major Anderson, an old pensioner of
ned   ast Sunday  morning at the   home   .,      /¦   •, ¦.,       ¦    ,     ¦      j   u    •   j     i - , 1     /-.        1-     1-   o .   the  Civil War, is dead and   buried, al¬
oft er uncle, Cornelius \. Seaman,    at' .,        . *      ¦    *i,       n i
„    . ,.,    ,•     . T-, jl .iliough   very   few in the village   knew
Port Washington.    The   ceremony was,        JZ-        if   . ¦*     tu   _   • u
, 1   u    r.       »i    VT • ..    i anything about it.    The major,   whose
performed   by Rev. Mr. Neise,   rector'     ¦>       '-' j    •
of the Episcopdl Church of that  place, j
but   formerly   of   Kockvill-;     Centre. ]
Mrs.   Jaggs   has lived with her   uncle I
ever since she was a little girl, until a-
fow years ago when she became house- j
keeper   for Mr. Jaggs,    following   the;
death of his first wife, and their friend- j     Anderson,   or   McLean,   was born in
ship   ripened  mto affection,  which re-[ ^^^j^^^^^ before the out
suited in their marriage. j ^,^^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^     j^^  ^^^  ^^^^ -^
slavery, and   when a middle-aged  man
he  was  sold   to a new master   and   it
was while he was working on the plan-
. tation that the Northern trooos made a
H. P. Libby elected superintendent I raid on it and destroyed   neiffry   every
Presbyterian Sunday School. hhing on the place   with the  exception
Bowling  alleys to open   October 31,1 of what was taken for food, under charge of G. Bennett Smith.        I     jhe colore man was at once ready to Ten   pound   hoy arrives at .Mr.   and  enlist   and fight.    He joined   the 90th
ri.pht name was Henderson McLean, died on June 3rd at his little cabin on Shell Road, Turk's Island, at the age of over 100. His exact age could not be ascertained, although it was reck- poned up to be several years over the century mark.
Fourt«eri Vears Ago
(Itt'ni.>< of interest from the R«-view files fourtwii years ago this wevk)
Firemen's Week Finished
With the crowning of the king and queen and their attendants of the Pike Saturday night and the celebration af¬ ter, the firemen's convention and carn¬ ival closed, with a very successful week. Z!^ StU
It had been anticipated that with so large a crowd,there would be more or less rowdyism, but there was none worth mentioning, and if there had been it would have been stopped up short as Captain Dunbar had the vil¬ lage thoroughly policed and a regular routine of inspection and reporting ar¬ ranged.
Owing to the stormy weather Friday afternoon the baseball game scheduled as one of the attractions of '' Firemen's week" was called off.
Tbe tug of war between teams rep¬ resenting the Roosevelt and Hempstead Fire Departments was held Friday ev¬ ening in a large tent on the pike, not¬ withstanding the drizzling rain, which had kept things disagreeable during the entire day. .\ small crowd was present as many thought that the event would be postponed for better weather.
The Roosevelt boys outclassed their opponents, which was easily shown in the first and only pull. The Hemp¬ steadites realized it and forfeited the game to the Roosevelt fire fighters, claiming that their belt was in poor condition. The Roosevelt aggregation offered to exchange belts with the Hempsteatl firem -n, but the latter de¬ clined to pull again. In the first pull the Rooseveliites won by 2i inches.
Each of the winning team, which were George Anthony, foreman of the Alpha Hook & Ladder Company, cap¬ tain; Martin Kane, anchor; Everitt Smith, Arthur Abrams, George Delap, Charles Whitehouse, Edward Montross, Thomas Mulrannan, Benjamin Rhodes, Coles Williams, John Boston, and George -A. Smith, was presented with a silver medal.
The losers were George Fletcher, captain; Richard Gunzer, anchor; John Schinkel. Thomas Healey, Emil Gran- bow, C. Bedell, Nicholas Floor, Frank Jacklitch, Marcus Deyo, Rudolph Pow¬ ell, Frank Conory, and P. McKinley. Jaines Biggam of Hempstead and Ed¬ ward Uhe were the judges and A. B. Wallace of Freeport, starter.
FIREMANIC COMMENTS. Wantagh and Seaford with their new uniforms and new apparatus, being two of the young companies of this vi¬ cinity, made a fine appearance in the parade.
Boy Bitten By Dog
A dog. which, it is claimed, iso\Anied by Dr. Evans, bit little Charlie Ander¬ son, the seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Anderson, Sunday, while he was lapsing through the yard adjoining the JEvan? property.
The Anderson boy says that while returning from the home of Karl Kranz the dog rushed out of the gate and sunk its teeth in the flesh above his elbow.
The boy ran home screaming, and his mother sent for Dr. Evans to .see what the dog had done, and also for Dr. Carman to attend the wound. i
It is claimed that Dr. Evans reiiuest¬ ed Dr. Carman, as Health   Officer, not to have the dog shot,  but to allow hirn. a chance to fasten the dog for observa- tipn.
Dr. Carman stated that he tJiought the dog was simply cross, but not mad, and that the Board of Health would probably  take no action in the matter.
Mr. Anderson will apply to a Justice to have the dog killed, as it is claimed - that thesame animal bit Mr. Kranz. — Times.
Rhodes For King
Rhodes For Queen
Local Topics
more attractive.
The «cheme of Village President ; After staying in fifth place for s«?v- John D. Gunnng to have all firemen ! eral months in the contest fnr Oop<>n and policemen in the village aecure I of the Carnival, Miss Blanche Rhodes, buttons designating that they are ; Assistant Village Clerk, went to tbe from the village of Freeport is an ex- \ head  of the   list   ten   minutes   before  cellent  one.    The present   buttons, of
closing-f ime and stayed there.    During  the  firemen for instance, merely  have ' the   last minute Joseph Ritchie, father  on them F. D. and are rot at all diflfer-
of Miss Prudie Ritchie handed up a ten   ent   from   those   used in   hundreds of
dollar bill, thinking to cover the differ-  other  places, while if they  were made
ence between the two contestants, but up with "Village of Freeport" on they lit fell 30 short of doing so and the would be distinctive and con.sequently j time was up before he conld get more I money from his pocket. Between 4 and I 5 o'clock the contest was very interest- : ing.      Miss   Rhodes'   vote   was  2^4''
while that of Miss Ritchie was 291o at ; the close. I     Archer B. Wallace also  got   left   at
the post.    Prior to Saturday afternoon
he   was   over a thousand   ahead of his
nearest  opponent,   Oscar  Rhodes, and'
had   exprest a firm conviction   that he
would   be   king,    but   during the   last
few   minutes    VVallace   stood   still  at
4325,   while   the   votes   for    Rhodes
soared to 90J3.   Nearly ?600 was spent
Saturday in the last hour for   the   fav¬ orites,   making a total of about   ^la'.'"
which   is for the   benefit  of   the   Fire
Department.
At   the   close of   the   contest    Miss
Rhodes was notified that stie was elect-
Weall know what the word knocker means when applied to a person who delights in finding fault with the ef¬ forts of others. Before you begin knocking the efforts of those who worked so hard to make the recent fire¬ manic ever.t a success, stop and ask yoarself if you could have done any better, and if you could, why didn't y<->a? The firemen will miake good use of the money received from the events, a considerable amount of money was bivught into the village and there were very few if any objectionable incidents connected with the affair.
FreefHTt does things up brown, all right. The "Pike" was crowded Sat¬ urday night, but it was a good-natured ed Queen and Oscar Rhodes. King, arid crvwd. and everylvKly had a good time, to appear at the Carnival headquarters No ••ther village on Long Isiand ever at 7:30 o'clock. Others who were lighted a''streetas that one was lighted, notified to appear were Miss   Prudence
Ritchie, princess: Archer B. Wallace. . \f^ vou proud of vour village? I prince; Miss Minnie Baer of .\ew ^, jj^ij j-^ glad I belong here. It Hdye Park, duchess, and James W. j^g^^ j^^ f<^j f,^,^.^ t^ pge the way Vil- Cheshire as duke. j^ge Captain Dunbar   with his corps of
At 8 o'clock the royal party went to mounted pi>lice lead the firemen's pa- the crowning platform on the Pike. ^^^ ;ast Thursday and the very effi- where J. Huyler Ellison,  Chairman   of  ^jent wav in which the other members
the  General   Committee, otficiated the  coronation   ceremonies   before    ; large crowd of people.
After the crowning  Chairman   Elii son   presented a   gold diamond ring   to
of his force kept the way clear for the fiicraen to finish the parade after pass¬ ing the grand stand.* There seemed al¬ most an impassable crowd on "The Pike."" but it was readily cleared to al-
\Ve are pleased to note the Jittitude of the Village Board of Trustees in re¬ fusing to allow banners to he strung across village streets, exceptions lieing ma»!e last week, during the special fire- xx.er.'i affa'.r.'to accommodate many re¬ quests for j:)€rmission tr) use this doubtful means of advertising. These banners as viewed in passing thru neighboring villages are not ornament¬ al and the streets might well \te kept clear of them.
ut tho Board
Mrs. Timothy Sheehan:
Daily   consumption of water at Iage plant about 2400 gallons.
vil-
One of the , main attractions of the Tillage of Freeport is the facf that rAarly all the residences have beauti¬ fully laid out grounds, decorated with ahrubs, bushes, trees and plants. Now is the best time to select for the Fall and Spring planting. A fine assort-'. ment at reduced prices can be seen at the nursery of John J. Randall, corner j of Oeean and Lena avenues, as M:^. ' Randall is closing out his itoelr.        4t j
All goods promptly delivered. Gofd Bronze, 10c bottle White Enamel, life can Stovepipe Enamel, lOc can Stovepipe, 15c joint Stove Elbows, 15c euch     - Stove Boards, 4i>c to $1.25 Dampers, 10c Stovepipe Rings, 5c Galv. Coal Scuttles, 29c Jap. Coal Scuttles, 19-25C Stove Shovels, 5-lOc Flue Stops, 10c Stove Lifters, 10c Siove Poif^Ts, 10c Perfection Oil Heaters ?3.25 Rayo Lamps, $1.49
DaSilva'9.    Tel. 2-W
If yea jy le "arti-aittariitt year ttaga fm a whii*—/eal be tkaaUtk lUl Mcfc a "oasy 'tiaa" aati ftt fgta year imaiL
New York Infantry, and there is some question as to what capacity he served his three years. His discharge papers say that he was a captain's cook.
While he was in the service he was shot by a Confederate sharpshooter and to this wound was laid the indirect cause of his death from a canceral growth. The bullet lodged in his breast.
At the close of the war he with an¬ other of his 'regiment came to East Rockaway and worked on a farm and at which place he was married. His widow resides at their late home on Turk's Island.
As he grew older his breast troubled him and he wap sent to a hospital for an operation but hit weak condition would not allow it anc h" w<«s brought home where he was nursed by his wife nntil his death.
During titt last few years of his life he received a pension of $45 a month whieh supported him and his family.
Unclaimed Letters
Unclaimed tetters are advertised for the following at the Freeport Post OflRce:
Davis, Mrs. LOui*e~>v
Donald, C. D. \
Ford, Mrs. E- Spencer*
Ging, Miss Lillian
Harcourt, Clayton
Hazelsteus, .Mrs Robert
Junk, Miss S.
Kramer, Mr. Joseph
Meissner, Mrs. Wm. C.
MacMurray, Miss Lina
Pidgeon, Mr. George
Rauley, Miss Ella
Southard, Mrs. Pheebe A.
ROBT. G. ANDERSON, P. Oct. 10. 1910.
each the king and queen ; a watch to jow aimt^t half of the firemen to pass the prince and princess and a brace- j^.Ti it as before arranged, let to the duchess and a stick pir. to the duke. The king was also present¬ ed the key of the village which he opened up in the proper form. Each of the succe.ssful candidates made a few remarks and were cheered  lustily,/
Headed by M hand, the* royal party marched up and down the Pike, after which they wore taken to the (ii)era House where they occupied a box dur¬ ing the evening as guests of Village Trustee Sigmord.
After also doing the town i.i a dec¬ orated automobile the party returned the key to the Village President wh<> again locked the village, and ended the successful wi'ck.
The final vote in the king and Quee*-. contest"WJiS-^as follows: King—Oscar Rhodes, Freeport, 9043: Archer B. Wallace, Freeport, 4325; James W. Cheshire, Freeport, 1277; E. Francis ¦Hillenbrand, Freeport, 1117; Charies Rollbcrg, Inwood, 27r.; Stephen P. Pettit, Freeport, Sti; Ernest S. Ran¬ dall, Freeport, 30: Walter B. Cozzens. Freeport, 24 ; G. W. Padgett, F'reeport. 18; Ilenry Gobetz. Freeport, 12, and Village  'Trustee   Charles   Sigmond,  5.
Queen- Miss Blanche Rhotles. Free- port, 2940; Miss Prudence Ritchie. Freeport, 2910; Miss Minnie Baer, New Hyde Park, 106a; .Miss Hannah Geibel, P'reeport, <J6ti; .Miss Jennie Dolan, Far Kockaway, 523; Miss Flor¬ ence Lindsey, Freeport, 260; Mrs. Edith Sigmond, Freeport, 41: Miss A.i- na Marks, Freeport, 38; .Mrs. Wilfred Smith, Freeport, 17, and .Miss Ethel Carman, Baldwins, 5.
Saturday afternoon there was a game of ball at the corner of Bedell street and Atlantic avenue between teams representing the Freeport and Roose¬ velt departments but the locals went down in defeat with a score of 6 to 3.
A feature of the evening besides the crowning of ,the king and queen was the tug of war between the Roosevelt Fire Department team and the "'Rum Point Tuggers." The former won two pulls out of the three, the third one lie¬ ing a ver>' exciting affair.
News of the Churches
The cake sale held at Mrs. John Kiernan'a home on Ocean avenue, wa* a very pretty affair besides being a financial success,   the porch
Village Trustees
.\V. men.tx.-rs were prtsent regular meeting of the Village of Tru»t«e& Friday evening. —
Mr. Con. representative of the New York Telephone Company, appeared be- fI re the Board in reference to the charuing of the pole line on Long, Beach aver ue from the east side to the wt-st side. It was decided to notify everylKxly concerned to meet on Long Beach avenue tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon to talk the niatter over.
Village Treasurer John E. Golding made his report of the totals in the various funds to the first of the month as follows: General fund, $814.01; .<treet: ?1144.43; water, $292»;.51; light, ?3»>85.72; BoanI <»f Health, *2u5.53; intereet, $87.07; tax arrears, |140<>.0»^: fire department, $007.28; street light, ?441.3.60; light extension, *1073.39; water extension, $82.27; water sinking, $629.3.13; light sink¬ ing, £7500; sidewalk, $12.72; and crosswalks. $457. .55.
Captain John J. Dunbar reported that during the carnival week there was little or no trouhle and that no robberies had been reported to him with the exception of thefts of chick-- ena.
Village President Gunning stated that several of tlia residents had s^wk- en tb him of the good work thst the police had done duil-ing the week and ' particularly the good showing that they had made mounted and leading the pa¬ rade on Thursday last. He thaoked Capt. Dunbar and through the captain, the pt'Uce force.
A   report   was   received   from   tha
M.
Passed Ci\i\ Service Exams
The State Civil Service Commission i announcea that Hilb«ftt R. Johnson, pf j Freeport; William L. Wim-er. of Rock- j Tille Centre, and Emily J. ChatUway, | of Rooaevelt, have passed the recent i competitive Civil Bodice examination I for the poaitioo of typewriter copyist j in the Naaaau County service. '
Hartford  Steam Boiler   A   Inspection -here die Company that boiler No. 4 in jthe pow- sale'was heirbeing've'nr" prettily deco- **• *>o«»e was in good condition'extem- rated   with   autumn   leave* and  large «'ly.   »^  also a communication   from jardiniers of asters.    The Misses Elsie *>»«  »*««  concern in reference   to the and Florence Kiernan were the attend- insurance  of   the   new   boilers.    The ants at the tables.    The proceeds went "i""*   was   placed   in   the  hands of towards   the building fund of the new Preaident Gunning with p->wer. Catholic Church. »««>W  D- ^Burton and E. Schwarbe ,. ,—..-«*           _____ were approved as members of the Wide The "Recognition Service," in honor Awake Engine Company, of the veteran   members at the Metho¬ dist Episcopal Church last Sunday was W. P. W: Haff, largest   coal  d*»8lar attended   by  an   unexpectedly    large on Long   Isfand.    The cheapest   piace  ——-— — — to boy coal.    Excltwive dealer In some
lore Freepert Kefs on Pi|e 8 of the be«t gr^de* of coai.           it
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