Nassau County Review 19090219

              VOL. XIV NO. 17
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1909
Oflacial Paper of Nassau County
FREEPORT NEWS       Civil Engineers Entertain
       Qp Tuesday evening, February  9th,
Siugle copies of the  Review can be  the  crowd   of Board of Water  Supply
necored at H. (UAmt'/.'n nm\ the  Ri-view office on Main St. aud DiiHilva's  on  \\ Moni ok Road.
Lent begins next Wednesday.
The report of the First National Hank appears in this issue.
fellows living at Mrs. Meyer's on Pine Street, entertained the rest of the NaHKau Division of tht- New York Board of Water Supply at a highly in¬ formal get-together evening.
The boys were entertained by F.   S. Pecke, A. H. Ros.sing, A.   B.   Kenney. Wm. B. Sinn and Henry Bock.    After- Mr. and Mrs-. Henry L. Crandell have  wards they sat down to a spread tit for
gone for a few weeks' stay in  l-'lorida. i the  kings,   which   was    prepared    by
Mrs. Meyer  and  daughters.    Dancing
,   A. S. John.son has returned from  his  ended the evening's  fun.    There  was
trip abroad, ready for his Spring rush,   plenty of ginger and other things in the
party from the very beginning, and  at A   regular  meeting  of  the  Village  the linish everybody willingly declared
Board of Trustees will be held this Fri-   that they had the time  of   their lives.
(lay evening. There were jiresent Mrs. A. B. Mey¬
er and the Misses Augusta  and  Eliza- Jesse Ryerson left Tuesday with the  beth Meyer, Mary E. Shanley, Elsie R.
Brooklyn   base  ball   team,    on    their  Hirst,   Willard   W.   Stone,   Edwin   F.
training trip South. Acker, James   E.   Beswick,   Chas.   E.
Chace,   Eldward J.   (>*15rien, James   P. Fred Ortell has purchased a   touring  Cavanagh, Harry O. Tafel, Henry Bock
car.    Robert G. Anderson has .sold   his, jr.,    Wm.    A.    Corbin,    Edward    A.
Buick runabout to Jesse Southard. (luissinger, J. V. N. Cowenhoven, John
Main St. was very much improved Wednesday when men with three teams were at work removing the mud. It is now in good condition.
Mrs. V. (i. Walters, who underwent an operation at the Brooklyn Hospital recently, is recovering nicely and is ex¬ pected home early next week.
K. Hopkins, Alfred  Linney,   John   W. liinney, Charles Meyer.
No Reflection Intended
.--A writer in a  village contemporary, calling him.self  "A  Rockville  Centre- ite,"     took     exception     to     an     ar¬ ticle in the Review last week   showing the tax rates in Freeport and   compar¬ ing them to those at Rockville  Centre Furniture    for Mechanics'   Hall   ar-   without  prejudice   to  either    village, rived the hrst part of  this   week,   and   He says "A statement of half truths is everything will be in readiness for the [ often more deceiving than a downright lodge to move in by March 1st. lie."    We have always opened the col¬
umns  of  the   Review   to  honest corn- Mr. and Mrs. Francis Pear.sall,   who   munica'tions  and   will   merely    repeat have been spending  .several   weeks   in  our offer to print any  communications Florida,   have returned to  their   home   with reasonable restrictions   providing here. the writer sends his name as a guaran-
 r'T-T   tee (tf good faith, and will allow him a
George E. Libbey's son, Robert, of column in the Review in which to N. Bergen Place, has gone to Burling- show if we told only half a truth. "A ton. Vt., where he has secured a   posi-   Rockville Centreite"   probably   knows
tion.    Robert   has   been schddl about four months.
home    from
.Miss lantha Hart of Ocean .Avenue, who is spending the Wiiit*^r in Brook- .lyn, was held up one night recently   by
what he is talking about when he makes this remark about "half a truth." We presume he was the same writer who said hisL March "The tax¬ payers (if Rockville Centre will jiay $11,748.-l'l less for taxes this year than
robbers, who>iok h<:r jiocket book  and   ^vill the taxpayers of Freeport,"  wh
the figures were $8240.22, which in¬ cluded a damage su.t for $;5,099.77, or a net excess of $5151. This does seem sdiriething like half a truth. Ahout l". per cent we might say.
No Profit to Village
The application of the T. A. (Jilles¬ pie ("o. for permission to lengthen the present railroad siding at the puniyiing station in   Freejiort   six   hundred   feet
valuable jewelry which she was   wear ing.
Mrs. Nelson S. Raynor entertained a party of her friends at a . Valentine luncheon, at her home, N. Ocea]\ Ave.. Monday afternoon. The dining room was tastefully decorated with red hearts and valentines.
Fred Smith drove his express wagon in   front  of  Sigmond's  Opera   House
Monday morning and one of the wheels vvas rejected by the Village Board of sunk in the ground where the water Trustees owing to the i)roposition not pipes had been laid, upsetting the being understood, or properly made, it wagon and spilling part of his cargo.       is not known which.     Engineer   .VI.   J.
ColYey, for the (iillespie Cumpanv, Wide Awake Engine Company had a who are engaged in constructing the good crowd at its annual entertainment pipe line for the city, offers to build and ball in Sigmond Opera House last gOO feet of railroad siding and when Thursday evening. The program was his company is through with it, present go<Hl all through, and it was the next same to the village without cost. The day when the merry parby dispersed.       matter will again be taken up  by   the
Village Board and the engineering com- h. A. Dorlon has been promoted to pa„y and with this extra concession the position of Chief Game Inspector of ^dded doubtless the permit will be the i.ong Island and Metropolitan pjven. The village needs this extra District, which comprises Staten Isl- trackage and if arrangements could be and, New York City and Long Island, ^ade whereby these tracks could be Mr. Dorlon has gone on a brief triji to raised to allow for coal pockets under- Bermuda. neath, which at present,   are  a  neces¬
sity, we think , the   Board   would   have covered   the   situation jiretty   well. Me ssenger.
We doubt very much if the Village Board of Trustees will consent to this new proposition any more than the old one. As we understand it, for the privilege of running their tracks We publish in this issue the adv. of through our park and tearing it all to the Garden City Garage, at Garden pieces, the revised offer includes the Gity, right on the trolley line. They privilege of leaving the old rails there advertise the Chalmers-Detroit car and when they get through with them. are alw^ays ready to give demonatra- The claim as to the advantage to the tions or to send you a copy of their village is absurd. Before the village li)09 catalog. Claude Landers, super- could use the rails for coal pocket work intendent of the company, ia in charge they would have to remove the rails, and is an agreeable man to deal   with ;  dispose of the old  sleepers  which   the
Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. 11. A. M., has accepted an invitation from Rev. S. W. Roberts to attend divine aervice at the Baptist Church, Sunday night. Mr. Roberts will pr*>ach a sei- mon appropriate to Washington's Birthday.
he will treat you right too.
Good dressmakers are reported scarce; see the adv. of Misses Johnson & Fried.
In   these  days  when  the   style    is
contractors would use and which would probably be of no service for the heav¬ ier work of a raised track, and then replace the rails if they were fit to use for the work required.
The  village  needs   its  coal pockets extended at  once  and  should  not  be
smooth faces for men it ia important to „   ,  . •,.  *i, tu-   «       „,f,
^       Q,    , compelletl  to  wait till this hrm  gets
through with  the tracks  before  they
could raise them.    The contractors we
Did  you  know you could get Denni-' presume are   able  to  pay  rental  and
son's crepe paper napkins at  the  Re-  can easily hire the ground for this pur
have a satisfactory shaving outfit.   I t%e Smith & Bedell ad in this issue.
view stationery Store, 62 S. Main St. Freeport? It.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool- fortPs Sauitarv Lotiou. Never fails. S(4d by ThoniAs Johustuu. Druggist.
Fraeport Vill«{K« Directctries are on aaia at tha R«v)ew Stationery Store, ft S. fllain St.; price $1.7&. 2t.
: pose alongside of the property which the  city  has  taken abutting the rai'-
¦ road track.
Our park   is  nothing  to brag much about yet. but it would be far worse
{by the time a few hundred of these pipes, which come one to a flat freight car, were unloaded and carted through the soft ffreandr
Where M. E. Church Is Celebrating 50th Anniversary
People's Primary Called
2 Elsewhere we publish a notice of the primary of the People's Party, which will be held next Wednesday afternoon and evening, at the truck house of Ex¬ celsior Hook and Ladder Company, to nominate candidates for village presi¬ dent, two trustees, treasurer and col¬ lector, in place of retiring officers. Everybody should be out and cast their ballot at this meeting, which usually amounts to an election. No announce¬ ment can be made as to the form of voting, which has caused so much dis- sion in tho past, as this must fie decid¬ ed hy the Primary: this refers to the question as to whether one ballot shall be cast for each office or all on one ballot. Ci-rtainly at a jirimary the for¬ mer inethud should be adopted but is not always done.
The only candidate we have to an¬ nounce having been rejiorted is (ieo. B. Patterson who is out for the office of tax collector. There are numerous othei's talked about and guessed but no others who have announced them.selvcs.
E. A. Dorlon,\'>the present efficient collector, i.s also out for the office again.
Methodists Fifty Years Old
.\s we go to Jiress early Friday morning_we arr unable to jiublish a full accomt of the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication of the .Methodist Episcopal iJiurch, which is being hehl now.
Last" night the jinigram include.: five-minute addresses by Revi. Albert Booth, C. P. Corner. W. K.' Webster, W. C. WiLson, M. F. Comj^ton, W. \v. W. Wilson, J. A. MacMillan and D. A. Jordan; "History of Methodism in Freejiort," Jere E. Brown; "Person¬ alia," W. E. (Jolder; "Reminiscences," H. R. Smith and S. R. Smith; "Im¬ pressions," Wm. G. Miller and Wm. S. Hall; concluding with a social hour for the renewing of acijuaintances.
To-night (Friday) the jirogram in¬ cludes a fine musical jirogram, Mrs. Geo. T. VanRiper, presiding, with se- lecticjns by a male chorus. There will be greetings from sister churches by the jiastors, as follows: Rev. H. B. Munson, Hempstead; Rev. W. E. 'Schoonhoven, Rockville Centre; Rev. > W. D. Tuckey, Baldwin; Fievs. S W. Roberts, PA.dham St. Geo. Bis.sel and Charles Herbert Scho ey, jiastors of the Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyter¬ ian Churches resuectively. The prin¬ cipal addresses will be by Rev. F. Watson Hannan, I). I)., of Brooklyn, on "The Chiprch as a Moral Correct¬ ive."
Sunday is to be a day of jubilee, .^t the morning service Bishop D. A. Goodseil. D. D., L. L. I)., of New York City will preach. Rev. C. S. Wing. District Superintendent, will preside at this service. There will be special exercises in the Sunday School and at the Epworth League service at 6.45 W. H. Jone? of Brooklyn South District Epworth League, will make an address. In the evening the pastor, Rev. W. A. Richard, D. D., will j>re- flide and Rev. Melville B. Chapman, 1>. D.. of Flushing, N. Y.. will preach.
lu the Baptist Church, .StauUy W. RolH»rts, minister, there will lie pnbhc worsliip Hauday at 7,30 p. m.; eveHing theme, "The Lai^r Patriotism." Bible School At v>.30, Y. P. S.  C.   E.  meeting
j at 6.46. mid-week 8er\-i<v Friday eveu-
\ inj< at 8 o'clock.
Thinks Lon^ Island Blood Tells
It takes a Long Islander to appre¬ ciate a Long Islander. Perhaps that is one rea.son why Roswell Davis, when he grew too big for the little village of Yaphank, in Suffolk County, was received with open arms at Freejiort and advanced to the foremost rank in local citizenshiji. -Brooklyn Times.
Lincoln, at Sanday School
Exercises appropriate to the Ljincoln i Centennial were held last Sunday aftei- I noon by the M. E. Sunday School. The j following program was rendered: Sing- I ing, "Star Spangled Manner," School; j reading of Lincoln's letter addressed to ; Methodist Delegation. Howard Oster- ihout; reading of Lincoln's letter ad- I dressed to Mrs. Bixby, Miss Ora i Rhodes; oration, "Abraham Lincoln," I Lawrence Wright; duet, liobert i Humphrey and .\. P. Davisson; re- ' marks. Rev. W. .A. Richard, pastor, I an>l Hiram R. Smith, former superin- j tendent; singing. "America." School. I The spt!cial collc-tion amounted to j.>:ii.r,«.
I     Just for Information
The Board of Trade at its last nieoL- ing adojited resolutions favoring a bet¬ ter fire alarm system. The Fire De¬ jiartment have had this matter under consideration f'or a long time but have not yet come to a satisfactory decision. The Board also went on record again favoring a regular uniformed police force. :^They can i.asily compel the Village Board to put this matter to a vote of the jieople by jiresenting a   pe-
I tition signed by twenty-five taxjiayers. We jiresume the reason the, Village Board has not jiresented the (juestion of its own accord is because they know the  Jiroposition   vvill   be voted  down.
•This is not an expression of our opinion
j of the necessity or value of jiolice   but
! of the idea of the majority of the voters
i on the subject.
As to Main St., we have positive as-
^ .surance that it will lie fixed as .soon as
' weather conditions jiermit.
j Mechanics Honor Lincoln
A   large   number  of members   were present  at  the   meeting  of   Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., Friday night and welcomed the members of  the  G. i A.   R.   Post   and friends, to   celebrate i the Lincoln Centennial.    Dejiuty State ' Councilor Josejih I).  Tunison   was   the sjieaker of the ('vening.     A short busi¬ ness meeting was held after which the ; following Jirogram was rendered:
Prayer, chajilain ; song, "America"; ' address, Wm. H. Patterson, Comman¬ der D. B. P. .Mott Post; address, "Our ! Order," J. D. Tun^ison; mandolin solo, j Charles Soule; addresses by Rev. VV. A. I Richard, Prof. A. E. Barnes, and Coni- I mander Leys of Roslyn; vocal solo, ' Clarence Camjibell; addresses by Rev. [ Charles Herbert Scholey and Rev. ; Pelham St. George Bissell; vocal solo, . H. J. Raymore; address, George Wal- ! lace.
Visitors from Brooklyn Councils, be¬ sides the deputy, were National Rep- I resentative Kleist, Past Councilor Rup- pel of Franklin Council. D. S. C. of Franklin Council; .Matthew Hull and P. C. Sigmond.
ON AND .VFTEPi VVAl 11 THE OFFICE OF KOSS \ RANDALE CO. WILL BE IN THE BKICK BUILDING, COIU NER BROOKLYN AVENUE AND MAIN STREET.
M.«».«-M.,v^^iai»^:;.aai8^,sBaitiiafcMii;;^^ i^:j^,,ii.ik.; ..Sg^.*.^. „:i^i^:.^.^ AoA.
The Woman's Relief Corps is to have a supper and apron sale Friday even¬ ing.
Clarence E. Jones, for several years manager of Ross & Randall's hardware department, will open a hardware store corner of Main Street and Merrick Road about the first of March.
Postage stamps specially f(ir Lin¬ coln's Centennial were on sale Lincoln's birthday. Postmaster .\nderson had a liberal supply as .soon as the city jiost offices. The stamps had a Lincoln head, with the figures-"1801) - 190;»."
The (iiuild of the Transliguration will hold its annual jiancake .social at Mrs. F. J. Spragues', ;{0 N. Grove St., next Tuesday evening (Shrove Tues¬ day), at 8 p. m. All friends of the Churclj and Guild are invited to attend and help eat pancakes and otherwise have a good social time.
The Men.'a Union Meetings, which have been so largely attended during the Jiast two months, held at 4 o'clock Sundays, will be continued for the next two Sundays at the Baptist ('hurch. These are very interesting and useful gatherings. .All men and youth arc in¬ vited.
Lent at Episcopal Chnrch
Ler.t beginning next wuek, on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 2, the services in the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration will be Holy Communion, 7.1."^ a. m.; Matins, Litany and penitential service, . 10:01) a. m.; evensong, penitential ser¬ vice and sermon, 8 ji. ni. Thursday there will be evensong and sermon at 8 p. m., and Friday even.song at -') ji. m.
The following jireachers have been engaged for the Thursday evening ser¬ vices during Lent: Feb 2"), Veil. Hen¬ ry Mesier, archdeacon of Queens and Nassau, rector St. John's (Church, Far liockaway; .March i, ,lUv.- liobert Rogers, Ph. D., rector of the Church of the Gtiod Shejiherd, Brooklyn; .March 11, Rev. !• loyd .Ajipleton, Rector St. Clement's Church, Brooklyn ; March is, Rev. Thomas James Lacey, Ph. I)., rector Church of the Redeemer, Brook¬ lyn; '2o, Rev. George Thomas Dowling I). 1)., late rector St. James Church, Brooklyn; April 1, Rev. Sjiencer Sum¬ merfield iUiche, 1). 1)., rector St. .Mark's Church, Brooklyn; Ajiril x, Vcry fiev. John Robert .Moses, Dean Cathetlr.'il of the Incafiintioii. Garden City.   "
Cost Pettit $300
Three hundred dollai's i.-; tln' juice of vigilance on the jiart of .Stejiheii P. Pettit, a constable of Hempstead town, a jury of the Sujireme (Jourt having decreed that he should pay that sum for taking into custody la-t Summer a young man named .fohn 1). Dt^Santo, near tht; Motor Parkuay. The con¬ stable arrested De.Saiito in a coriilielil, and, according to the ofiicer, he refused to give a .satisfactory account of him self. The constable had a warrant at the lime for another party. In search¬ ing for the Jiarty the constable came across a wagon bearing the name of the oarty for whom the constable was looking. The driver was searched for and the otlicer found De.Saiito, who af¬ terwards admitted he was the driver <.f the rig. A technical charge was made against DeSanto to hold him. .After a night in the county jail he was brought before Justtte George Tatem forexamination and discharged. De Santo sued for $10,000. Justice Black- -¦mar, in charging the jury, made i'. clear that a verdict for the jilaintiif was justified by the facts. Constable Pettit will apjieal from the \erdict of the jury.    Times.
Theatre INoles
.Sigmond Ojiera House, Freejiurt The lirst-class attractions at the new Sigmond Ojiera House at Freejiort drew another crowded houae last Saturday evening. .Manager Sigmond is deter¬ mined that nothing Itut first class at¬ tractions shall be shown, and with this in view he has jirepared the following excellent lull for Saturday evening, Feb. 20th:
The Trocadero Quartette, in a re¬ fined singing comedy act; Amann and Hartley, jiresienting their original com¬ edy playlet. "The Professor's Court¬ ship;" the Berkes, in a rural tornedy act, introducing Master Berkes, ju¬ venile come<]ian and dancer; the fa¬ mous Mrs. Jules Levy and Co., in a high-class singing and dancing act; Alrnu .Miller, singing comedienne; the Karrolls, in a comedy sketch, replete wi^.h songs, dances and laughable sit¬ uations; Guy Hunter, piano mono¬ loguist; Sid Baxter and Co., novelty gymnastics; illustrated songs; the Sig- i mond-o-Scope, showing motion pictures 1 never before seen on Long Island. All j seats reserved. Seats may be reserved in peraon, by letter or by telephone.
School  Notes
.¦yirs. B. L. Benedict has been visit¬ ing her brother. Prof. R. L. Smith, this week.
.A majority in the 7th grade are jia.-^s- iiig regents' examination in gt^ography and sjielling.
- The Kindergarten .Association met at the .Seaman Avenue School Wednes¬ day afterntion.
For the first time in the history of the school no geography class has been formed in the eighth grade.
Two hundred and twenty-six names apjiear on the report of the regents' examination^ this January against 20ii last June.
.Several new seats hioo been jiut in the high school and eighth grade to accommodate new jnijiils who are com¬ ing in rapidly.
Out of ()7l' fxaiiiination.s 'i'2\ art claimed as having passed, or "s per cent of those taken. That is 7 i>er cent above the average of the state. Fifty-one of these were given honor marks, that i.-, a standing of itO per cent or above; of these 7 were in read¬ ing, .") sjielling, .s arithmetic, 1 geog- rajihy, 11 .American history. ;'. element¬ ary algebra, •'! jilane geometry, 1 solid geometry, .") biology, 1 ancient hi.story, '¦'> advanced hookkeeiiiiig, :'. advanced drjkwing.
Pre-acadeinic diplomas lia\c just ;ir- rived from Albany for work comjileted last June, by Harry Apeler. Annie P. Bedell, Daisy Hoynton, Kuth ('arisen, Kathleen Greeiileaf, Florence (irifling, Ruth Jenkins, Mary Norton, Lucy H. Post, Raymond Post. Arthur Smith, Harold Smith. Bessie Stretch, („'litl'ord Teejile, Eleanor Trayer, Leroy T. Wells, Hazel Yaeger. .Academic • Harold C. Wilson, WiUiani C. Story. (!hloc Raynor; and advanced academic dijiloma to Norma K. Sanini-iMs.
Combine Raises Insurance
I'onccrni!!^; aiKanccs in rates for in¬ surance on .Main St.. on account oi the Sigmond Opera House, which we men¬ tioned last week, the district afl'ected extends from Schloss' on the .south to Van Wicklen's on the north, with the folli'iwing advances: il. Schloss, from 7r>c Jier .SlOO to .Sl.OO; C. Jaggs, from 7r>c to .SI..")!!; ('. 1). Smith, from 7:,c to ^I.'jU; W. Van Wicklen. from mic to $1.2'^. The rate for the Opera Hoii.^e is'.-^2.2". fier -SIno.
HYMENEAL POST -.MKRRITl' .N'elson Post of this jilace   and lii ace -Merritt   of   Bidlmore   were married in P.rooklyn   on   Saturdav   evening,   Feb¬ ruary ti.   They arc residini: m .-^(aford.
OBITUARY
.MRS. SARAH JANK Si:.\.MA,\ .Mrs. .Sarah Jane Serimaii, wife of John .Seaman, died at Ikt home on .North Main Street W'ednesday after¬ noon from an attack of lleart trouble following a short illness of grijijie. The deceased, who was dS years of age, was born in Merrick and was the daughter of the late .Mr. and Mrs. Roland Smith. About forty year> ago she was married to .lohn Seaman and nearly all their married life has lieen sjient in this vil¬ lage. She was a devoted (.'hristian, having been affiliated with the .Metho¬ dist Episcojjal Cliurch ever since she was a young girl, first with the East Meadow ('hurch and later with the local church. She is .survived by a husband aivl two daughU.rs, .Mrs. William H. Post and Mrs. Charles Conklin. both oi this jiiacc. I'uneral services will be held at the late home (in .Main Street .Saturday afternoon at 2::50, Rev. W. A. Richard, jiastor of the Freejiort Methodist Kpiscojial ('hurch, <ifficiatiiig. Iiitennent. vvill be in (Jreenfield Cemetery.
.\ ^till alarm of fire wa- r''j><i! n-ij for last Suiiihiy iiioriiiug at Frank .loJin- -on>; damngc aliout !f">oJ
Bug Houx' Hose Co. bad a lug crowd al their b.all Wednesday evoiiingaiid en¬ joyed (hniciii;.' till nearly moniii:;;
The Review ofiice will not be ojiened at all on .Monday (Washington's Birth¬ day ).
An enjoyable informal <lance wa.* held at the Freejiort (Jlub House Wednesday evening with music by Bishoji.
The Altar Guild of the Kjdscopal (Church will hold a cake sale at Mrs. Chas. .Millbank's. 211 Pine St., .Sat¬ urday afternoon, Feb. 27.
Harry Sunshine of Brooklyn was in town Wednesday'. Mr. Sunshine is a deaf man, but is in business for himself and IK do'iwfi nicely.