Nassau County Review 19081030

              VOL. XIV
FREEPORT NEWS
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The handsome loving cud won bj^he ITn.ln-rijI^P TolnnllAflP Preeport Department at   Hicksville  is ^ «Jp*ltl"UUlC 1 CltrpUUlIC
i on   exhibition   in   Smith   &   Fiedell's
C. S. Braren has been appointed jan-! itor of the Grove Street schfxil in })lace ' of Nicholas Blake, resigned.
Mrs. Wm. Dodge of liayport, L. I., has been visiting at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Helland, 27 Pine St. !
The Woman'* Relief Corps will con-' tinue their rummage sale in the former Robertson store Saturday of this week; j they will also have an apron table.        j
The Nassau County Teachers' Insti-1 tute, which was iield here last week, i closed Friday. The closing words of ', the session, which were very interesting
pharmacy, as are also the first piizes won by Wide Awake Engine and Bug House Hose Companj.es.
New Call System Gives Sat¬ isfaction—Bi(i Improvement
In less time than it takes to tell ab )ut it, the new equipment recently ' installed by the Western Electric Com¬ pany at the main (^ce of the New York and New .Jersey Telephone Com- j pany, was put in to operation on Tues- i clay evening, Sept. 8, and when com-; pleted the village of Freeport had one i of the finest equipped exchanges in the state.
All night a corps of expert elec- j tricians and telephone experts worked t Staf- i ^^""^ ^"^ swiftly with the idea of mak-; ing the exchange complete and ready j for service before morning. Long be- j fore midnight all the mechanical pdrtl and   instructive,   were  made  by Com':  appreciation of the best in  confection-i «f/h«  arranKem^^^^^^
•    • /^    1 r,      I  I- Arv rood cimifK * Rofioii'o nrl in fhia ia    but the othcial.s v/aitcd Until   the  calls'
missioner Qoole^,.    Resolutions   were , ery read Smith & Bedell « ^d in th^s^is^ ^^^^^^^^.^ ^^^^^^ few in order that ^
The Ladies' Circle of the Baptist Church will hold a .sale of second hand crockery and gla.ssware in the store op¬ posite .Johnston.'s pharmacy on Merrick Koad, Saturday afternoon and evening.
Ladies' Home Journal for November at the Review Stationery Store, 62 S. | Main St., Freeport. j
another trip to some other physician, j p^^t ^^„^ „f -Trade; there should be a To-day wo reach his residence by i jgrgj, ^^^nclance at the meeting phone in a few seconds and if he is out we call up another one in the same length of time, thus saving valuable time and allowing us to remain at home. We find we need something from the store or market in a hurry and still cannot find time to go for it. Without a 'phone we have to get along without it, but with one we call up and
tioned:
Sir:
On behalf of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of Wa.shing¬ ton, D. C., I have the honor to   inform
HYMENEAL
Johnson—Olson On Wednesday evening of last weak, Mi.ss Marie 0. Johnson was united in marriage with Sigfrid A. Olson of Brooklyn at the home of the brido't parents, Mr. and Mr.s. August Johnson, on Seaman Avenue, in this village, by Rev. D. A. Jordan. Miss Tacy D. Smith acted as bridesmaid, Charles L.
you   that  the Board   will hold a public  Olson, of Jamaica, as   best  man,   and hearing at Freeport during the  .second  Albin N. Johnson and August V. John-
week of November, relative to:-- "Jamaica Bay,  with  a view  to
ob-
A Great Hit  are  the  Talking tures  going  on  every  night ford's Cinematograph in Freeport.
Pic-
tf.
If your sweet tooth is educated to an
',izsiiied,ex^ire-*sif\9; gratitude to- Free* [xirt pt'ople for courtesies extended.
.Sometime during Monday night chewirig gum thieves broke open the double gum machine in the'Freeport station of the Long Island Railroad Company and disappeared with the money in it, but left the gum. The machine had been filled only a .short time ago, so i;he thieves received very little for their trouble. '
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"Heroism" is the theme of a series of .sermons to be delivered on the Sun¬ day evenings of November liy Kev. Charle.s Herbert Scholey in the First Presbyterian Church. The successive subjects are: "Heroism in National Service," "Heroism in Daily Life," "Heroism in Adversity," "The Hero¬ ism of Duty" At the Communion Ser¬ vice this Sunday morning an offering will we taken for Nassau Hospital.     /
' rth& expoi-ts'"Vnignt get in their work | ^^^ friend, undisturbed and without unnecessarily ' i'-'^ery day disturbing any business of telephone users. This work of preparation was watched vvith great interest: :>y the visitors present; in fact they looked witli wonder at the work of the tele¬ phone men. "What a masa of wir^s," said one man, "really 1 don't see how they can distinguish one from another." And little wonder, for the back of the board seeemed to contain thousands  6f
loosing any time. In case of rain bad weather, the telephone proves to; be the house-wife's best frieiul. One | woman in speaking of her telephone calls it "Her friend on the wall." Our. most distant friends are always within | call, ard in case of need can be sum¬ moned at a minute's notice. As a so-1 cial   aid   the   telephone   is     society's'
The Woman's Missionary Society  of the Presbyterian Church  will   be  held .injthe  Chapel next   Wednesday,   No¬ vember 4, at 2.30 p. m.
Subjects for the day are '' Korea,'' and "Mexicans in the United Statea," A very cordial invitation to be present is extended to all ladies of the congre¬ gation.
William Janecek, who secured a rig from S. A. Williams about two weeks ago and tried to sell^it in New York, was indicted by the Nassau Cjuncy Grand Jury for grand larceny. •
invitations are issued over a 'phone and arrangements made for these delightful informal parties and gatherings. Wilhout a telephone these informal all'air.s would bo dilficult. The business man already knows thej value of a telephone tv him and it ia j not a question of Ijaving a telephone but a reliable telephone that interests tlim. Many imjiortant deals are now closed daily over the lelephone and im¬ portant mattrs involving thousands of dollars are decided after a   conference
Next Tuesday, Election Day, the Re¬ view Office will be closed all day.
A. Anderson has opened a confection¬ ery and ice cream store in the north half of L'Hommedieu's new store.
To those whose knowledge of a phone system ia limited to the fact that if the receiver is taken from the hook someone will say "Number please" and immediately give you the party wanted, a visit  to
change  will   be  time   well  spent.    I
know we were  seeing  something  new
Anyone  wanting  a liouse to rent  at i every minute.   The lighting ofthe tiny
reasonable  prices  is  advised  to  read! lamps,   the    low    distinct    "Number
the "For Kent" adv. on page four this  please"  of  the   operator,    the  rapid
week. ! movements of the operator, goes on al-
•  ' most continuously. Every move counts;
Election   Day is next Tuesday.    See ; no time is wasted in idle  conversation that your neighbor William  G.   Miller ; and the ideal of system pervades.    We the ; receives  your  vote regardless of poll-; watched  with  deep   interest  all    the tic.'!.    You all  know him and his clean  operations neceasary to complete a call was   before    Police    Justice    Swezey  active record at Albany.     .    • ; but before we could really   understand
Wednesday on a charge of assault pre¬ ferred by one of her former employees. Miss Harriet Winterwer. The plaintiff stated that the defendant assaulted her after discharging her from her employ. Mrs. Georgens pleaded not guiltv to the charge and the caso was set down for trial for November 4.
wires.
The number of calls was now becom-, .,     , ,        ,   . , ,
ing less and with everything In readi-i o^^'" ^^^ phone between two men who nessUhe installers waited for their call, '"^y,^^' f *"?« time, hundreds of miles While waiting for the change to be I ^P"'".^- ^ reliable telephone and good made from the old .service to the new, ! ^^^^J'^^^ are necessary then our attention was called to the work-1 ^^"^ public convenience the telephone ing of a telephone exthange-and what | companies now-a-days have an inform- a revelation it was. I ation bureau which tells you practically
tele- i anything  you   want   to know.    Every
The services in the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Sunday will be Holy Communion at 10.30 a. m., and evensong and processional at 7.30 p. m. ; a. special service of music was pre- There will be no SunSay School service sented in the Presbyterian Church Sun- in the morning but in the afternoon at  day evening.
3 o'clock there will Ipe the annual prize j 	
giving with special services; all friends of the children are especially   invited. \
The Ladies' Guild of the Church will: hold a cake sale and tea at Mrs. C. R. j Lea's, W. Merrick Road, Nov. 14.
Mrs.     Annie    Georgens,    wife   of Charles  Georgens,   proprietor of Manhattan House on South Main Street
I but before we could really u    «»   ,-, "^ ! •'¦ all, we are totS by Mr. Fawcett, the
In the M. E. Church Sunday evening ; suoerintendent,   that soon the work of e  Pastor, Rev. W. A. Richard,   will   cutdnu' over the new
the
preach  on  "Can  I   believe
Christ the Divine?"
Jesus
A gentleman called in the Review Office Thursday ahd stated that he wished to -answer the communication from "Working Fireman" in our last issue regarding sending alarm for brush fire last Tuesday morning. He gave us the name of a lady who sent in the alarm: she heard someone shout fire, looked out and saw the blaze, and thought  it  time  to  call  the  firefnen
cutting over the new lines would start. When the foreman gave the order to ' cut  in  the  liew  apparatus how  those .    . I men  did    work.     They    didn't    tear
r. • .L ff .., .;r T-. ^. , -^\8^*°"ary i around madly like most people when in Society of the M. E. Chuych will meet i.^ ^urry but made every move count, at Mrs 0. W. Humphrey's, 258 South { E^ch man had his particular work Ocean Avenue, this Friday afternoon.   c„t out for him and he did it without
have the goods delivered to us_witbout. t^jn ^ channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet
deep to and through tJreat South Bay to Peconic Bay. including channels to Parsonage and Sumpwams rivers and Freeport and Massapetjua creeks."
It is requested that you inform all concerned that the Koard will hold this hearing for the purpose of obtain¬ ing the views as to tho necessity and propriety of the United States under¬ taking the improvements contemplated.
You are also informed that while oral statements are of value, important in¬ formation of a statistical nature should be submitted in writing at the hearing in order that it may become of iccord in accordance with la\^
'    Very resjieclfully.
John G. D. Knight, Colonel, C(»rps of Engineers, U. S. .\.
We have also sinco received a letter from Elvin N. Edwards, who i« representing the Freeport Board of Trade in this matter, in which he says:
This matter was submitted to Cul. Knight of the War Department, last year, and he held several hearings but through no one having charge thereof, little interest was shown by the public in the project, and Congressman Cocks, realizing the great value of an inland waterway to Long Island, immediately after hearing that Cfol. Knight had ad¬ vised against the undertaking, persuad¬ ed the Board of Army Engineers to re¬ consider the matter, which they have agreed to do as will apjicar by a copy of Cul. Knight's letter herein sub¬ mitted.
It is very impdrtaiit that every one interested in the advancement of Lohg Island will aid in b.'inging all facts rel¬ ative to freight traffic, to show the ap¬ proximate amount of tonage distributed each .year on Long Island, and to do this will mean that each merchant must co-operate with the committee and let them have approximately the amount o ' freight they receive each year.
A committee has  been   formed  con-
question imaginable from "What time isi it please," to "How did the game come  out,"   is  answered    each    day.
This   is indeeed a great benefit to  any ^ I   -11 the  telephone  ex-! ^''if^'^•''-   /.   ,   ,      .     ¦     u     •
Preeport is fortunate   in   having  so
modern an exchange and that it will have many advantages over other places having inferior service is apparent. The new Western Electric .switchboard recently installed is a marvel of com¬ pleteness and enibo|lies all the latest improvements known to stwitchboard practice. The local exchange is now equipped with the best apparatus eb- tainable. assuring its patrons the btst of service and with tho co-operation of
its subscribers hopes to makes its tem the best in the state.
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The  Woman's  Foreign
The Young Woman's Foreign Mis- j sionary Society will meet this after- ! noon at Miss Isabel Hibbard's, 71 \ Porterfield Place. i
The   monthly   meeting  of  the   Ep¬ worth  League  was  held  at  Mr.   and ^ Mrs. William G. Miller's, South Ocean Thus this communication clears up'the ' Avenue,  Weilnesday  evening.     There belief quite prevalent among  the  tire-' was a good atteiWance and a pleasant men thut  the alarm  was sent  in  by' evening was spent.
someone else.
Freeport Baptist Church (Stanley: W. Roberts, Minister)—Public wor-1 ship of God Sunday at 10.30, a. m. i .and 7,30 p. m.; Holy Communion at' the morning service; morning theme,, "Should the Church take sides in Poli-, tics?" ; Bible School at 2.30; Prayer service Friday evening at eight o'clock.
asking arty questions. Everything nioved smoothly and so rapidly that i tho8e\. .witnessing the addition of the nevlTiines hardly had time to realize what was going on, before it was all over. We were informed by their in¬ staller, however, that the time taken for this particular cut over was no shorter than usual which goes to show how well standardized the apparatus and methods must have been in order to put this number of new lines in oper¬ ation without k hitch of any kind.
To a  growing village like Freeport, nothjfll^ is more essential to  its pros¬ perity  and  advancement than a  good Freeport Fire  Department was  in ' telephone system and that it should be- the  front  ranks  in  the   parade    and i come ueceBsary for the telephone  com- tournament    of    the    Southern    New | Pa"y to make such elaborate extensions York Volunteer Firemen's Association i of the system  is good evidence  that
Bay View Avenue Clrossin^ sisting of one member from each Board The complaint of Counselor Elvin N. ' oi Trade on Long Island, who are as- Edwards came up for trial before the signed the/task of collecting in each Public Service Commission of the Sec- , village this data. The work is done ond Department on Thursday last and ' without pay, so it is requested of the was adjoufned over to a later date, committee to have the merchants aid on the statement of Counselor Edwards' the committee by forwarding not later that he could not get the witnesses and than tie 7th of November, the amount recorda down to the Commission rooms of tonage approximately whichthey re¬ in the Tribune Building, N. Y. City, ¦ <^eive through the year, and that if the Commission would meet If this project is carried through, it at Freeport, he would be able to show ' means the spending of large sums of them the crossing and also the records  money  by the Federal Government
A  Communion  collection  in the M, E. Church next Sunday morninn^ ia  for i the Nassau Hospital.
j of  the  deaths  and accidents  on   said
j crossing.
I The commission decided to hold a session at Freeport shortly to hear the facts in the matter and view the prem¬ ises.
This crossing is the one which is al¬ leged to have had more deaths to its credit than all thn other crossings at Freeport combined^
The  attorneys  for  the   L. I. R.
on Long Island; it also means the filling in of a large porticm of the meadow land, also cheaper freight rates, mak¬ ing it po.'-sible to bring coal and other supplies to all parts of Long Island, directly by water.
I will ask you, and all the papers of Nassau County, to co-operate in this matter, and to do all you oan towards encouraging  the  project,   and   a.sking
R. i anyone for any data or suggestions, to claim tbe cross'ing is no more dangerous kindly send them to me at my address than any other crossing and the deaths j before the 7th day of November, 1908, which have taken place on this crossing | so that all the data may be put in prop- are due to the carelesanesi of the peo-' er form to be prestnted to the Board at Hicksville Thuraday.   In the Engine ; 'his  village   is  not only keeping pace     ^^ ^^o were injured or killed. ¦ of Engineera, when they meet
Sunday evenmg the paator will deliv-  contest  Wide Awake    Engine    Com-i with the timea, but rapidly puahing to I  — Uth day of November, 3 .30 p.
er the laat talk in the seriea of "Short  pany'a new steamer took tirst prize, a  '•he  front.    The  rapid growth  inthe  Colored   Republicans   Busy  Opera Hall. Freeport, |N. Y. Journeys in Europe," the special topic  handsome gold picture frame, throwing ' ""'"^er of  'phones  in this village haa being "Rome, the EternallCity." Every i a stream 221 feet, 8 inches.    A  hand-''"ade this addition  necessary  and  tiie one  moat  cordially   invited to all ser-  aome ailver loving cup  waa  presented   "ew equipment will not only take  care
vices.
OBITUARY Nelson Pearsall died at hia home, N. Bay View Avenue, Thursday night. He retired about nine o'clock in good spirit and ipparently good ttealth. He woke liis wife about eleven o'clock and told her he waa afraid he waa going to choke to death. The family did witat Uiey could fur him and imme¬ diately telephoned for Or. Carman, but he d|,ed before the doctor arrived. Aftor an examination. Dr. Carman found that death was cauaod by parajtfc sla of the hoart Doc—ad was a ^1 votad Chrtitian. and in hia youufwr 4ajra took an aetivo |Murt in cluweh wotk. Ua waa a mfaaha of tibo Bald* wta K. M. Chank. Mr. Pianall w«a 77 nan «U. Md ia anrvivod hy a wtA- ow, pao oaa aai Hoto daat^aatm^ WUmb awl M«yiM INhkmU. of Rock- yilhiOMitM. aad Waom Ella. Hatio and HotMn Fawwill.   Wmaahk aorrUia^
hamTmat.  C   P.   Otam
to Freejiort Fire Department in. com¬ petition for the beat appearing depart¬ ment.
J.   Huyler  Elliaon    waa   re-elected treasurer of the Asaociation.
of the present demand but will also make adequate provision for future growth.
The  telephone  has  long paaa/id  the stage when it waa a luxury   to  be  en-
The Aaaociation will meet at Collie j Joyed by the well to do Ami haa become
Point next year. *  necessity  not only to public institu-
—i j tions and private enterpriaaa but to
If your sweet  tooth  is educated  to I ^^e home as well. The telephone of to-
of the best in confec- "*i' •" * servant to the villaj^e and the
' an appreciation
; tionery read Smith A Bedell's ad in this
i issue. It.
Miia HoloD Foamijpe has returned Bochootor. whua ahe is employed buaineaa with her aunt
Tbe roKular meeting of tiie Vilitfo Boardof Truateea will be held oast Friday eveninf.
TtM editor «f lAaVkafiow ropato iadb H 9a ak
aaAoo ha M^bMoli artioloa reooiwd aMha
a o'tkaatmhaakaf aitotasta (MkaoiA waar ks private i
people and a very useful servant it is. Evefy public building is equipped with telephones wbich are busy takin^e care of the villai;e'a alfairs. We ftnd then in the villa4(e oiBoea, in tlte fire dapertment's qiaartera tlunooghout the viJMfe, the |K>liee departmeot, axMl in the oOoo of tbe liirbt conapany: and thooa imbUe inrtitntioiia vaoid be at Ma if tlMir talli|ilMNM» fwiwantiiKM wara
*" r.   «le
It laat ae ¦¦nan
at *wkoaoa iHricfc
on   the m.,   at Colored  Republicans  Busy
The   following resolutions have been adopted  by   the    Colored    Republican'     fhe  Phi   Alpha  football   team  will Club of the 4tb Dist. of Freeport: P'^y   ^he  Spalding  A. C. at   Ireerxirt
We, as Republicans and American Ahtletic Park this Saturday afternoon citizens, highly indorse the present ad- «t half past three. Come out and root ministration of Preaident Theodore j for ^ur Freeix.rt players. They are lioosevelt for bia manly stand  and  for, deserving  uf  the  support  of   all  en-
his protection and remembrance of the ! thuaiaats of this game.	
people who atood for him and who still stand the same today aa before
son as u.shers. Immediate relatives of the bride and groom were present, the home being prettily decorated for the occasion and a wedding repast follow¬ ing the ceremony. The bride waa gowned in white crepe de chine trimmed with baby Irish point lace, and carried a bouquet of white roses, and the bridesmaid wore a dress of white mull over pink silk and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The bride received manjt beautiful presenta,,^ The couple after their wedding triV will reside irt*Brooklyn.
Communications
Froeport, L. I., Octdber 2t»,V1908. - Editor Review : - •
My attention has been called to the following communication in last week's Review, whose writecwas too coward¬ ly to sign his name, and who apparent¬ ly waa more anxious to rush into print rather than ask the Chief directly :
I have heard it quite frequently spoken that Chief Wallace was instru¬ mental in sending in the alarm of fire at about 2.50 A. M. Tuesday. Is this so'.'
Working Fireman.".
"Working Fireman" is a misnomer for the party who wrote the letter in que.stion. If he had been a "Working Fireman" he could have_ ascertained as easily as did I who sent the alarm in on the particular morning in questidVi. That he is not a "Working Fireman" is clearly evidenced from his faililre so to do. But in order to satisfy the probable narrow particles of the aoft whitish or greyish mass in the upper cavity of the skull of "Working Fire¬ man," though his intellectual capacity may not be able to grasp facts, I will state that [ was in bed in my home when the alarm was sounded on the morning in (juestion. As soon as I dressed I went to the Hook and Ladder house, and from there to the fire in the swamp, being accompanied by George Boyden, Sr., the village nightwatch- man, who informed me that hfe had in¬ tended giving the alarm, had not some one else done so. I am also informed by Mrs. N. T. Smith, who lives adja¬ cent to the woods, that she gave tho alarm over y^ie ^,elephone to thepower house. *
Trusting that thia will satisfy "Working Fireman." and that he may prove to be as good a worker at firea and in the general work of the depart¬ ment as he has in his formation of mis- nomcr epistles, I remain.
Respectfully yours.
Archer B. Wallace,
Chief Engijieer Freejiort Fire De¬ partment.
BALDWIN I
Miaa Katie   Hebenstreit    celebratedi her birthday on Wednesday.
The Ladiert' Aid Society of the M. B.| Church will meet with Mrs. A. C* Whealey Tuesday afternoon.
Wm. Orville gives his  moving  pio*; ture   shows   in   the Star Theatre, for¬ merly Birch'a Hali, Monday  eveninftl. J
Seventy-five of the finest stereopticon J pictures illustrating "Ben Hur," wil||| be given under the auapices of the Ep¬ worth League in tbe chajiel on Thura¬ day evening, Nt^v. 5. The atory wfll be told by Rev. Mr. Tuckey and is sure to prove both interesting and in- stryctive.
VALLEY STREAM
We also indorse the candidates for j President and Vice-President, •'W. H. i Taft and James S. Sherman.
We earnestly indorse the action of Governor Hughes and the Lieut. Gov^ j ernor foyr tbeir interest in the 'people of tha State; and be it further reaolved: j That we indorae tke workinfr of the j member of the Asaembly from Nassau ' Co. i
We will atmod by all the candidates ! who ara aeaninatiad bj the Republican i partf IWm tiM U. & a. forN. Y. State | aad tar MasHW Gaaaiy*
Tka akova are ow rell iotentiana as Colarod Baptthlieaua.
J. WUliami^ Fraa. Ilbire 8. Qraan,
ChalraMn. QaPMMa Lmard. WilUaNi tokot'
Gottlieb   Raichle  is  having  an ex tensive addition built to  his on Horton Avenue.
.Misa Caliata, daughter of Mr. Mra. John H. Carl, and Orville If J Hawkins, son of the late Justice Haw¬ kins, were married laat Wednesday eve¬ ning in a very pretty tiome cereraMjy, projierty at tbe residence of the bride's parent Rev. O. E. Tree, formerly pastor the M. E. Church, officiated, assist by the Rev. William Tuckey, tbe prea-1 ent pastor. The bride waa given away by her father,   waa attired in  white
While at work on a dwelling that he ia erecting  for George  Landgrebe   on
Brooklyn avenue, Carl Reich  fell from ^            	
the roof of the buiWing to the ground iJ^tinT'withlrish polnt'liii aiid  pearl
on Thunalay Ust and sustained numer- ^,i„   ,^ ^^^ the cuatonuu-y   veil,
uiu bmtsaa and injuries whieh will j^ with orange blossoms; ahe car¬ riaa a boiiqpet oi orchids and llliaa of
kc*n> him oonftnad to his home for sev¬ eral day,*.	
At a moatii^ of tike HigMaad Eu- chra Ook Md at the raaidaata ot Mn. I awiatnhs,   tha tavon wata iJ^MmTU. B. Wtya. Uta. iaaoa
Imdntkti.   The aast mutfog am ha Mfat the riiWiana ai Mia.
p.
tba vaUnr.   Sba waa attended br bar aiatar. Miaa Katharina GarU a* hrikm maid, aaitad in faUawaatia. Mtta4 aod with braid aim.   Bte earriad a Off jraOoar ehrraaatha- atdh. tfawkina.  bretbar at ^atpmoa was hoa tsoo, aad Uom aai iakam. Carl. it., iaathata ths hiMi.