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Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Fraeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1920
VoL XXm, No. 18
BOARD DESIRES TO
BUILD MEMORIALI
Library Suggested In d Set Of
Resolutiona Adopteel At
the Meeting
The Village Board of Trusteea met io session Wednesday and passed sev- plwal miiasures that will be of special rteterest and benefit to the town. The Imbst notable of these were the resolu- on as presented by the Village Presi¬ ent regarding the proposed memorial for which the village voted *10,000 at the last election. The Gas Company's application for bond that would give them the right 0 charge $1.75 for ga.s until such a tine as the' Public Service Commis¬ sion will have decided on the perma¬ nent rate, was again refused by the .'iBoard, even though the bond would *^aiiarantee that rebate checks would be •ent out if the Public Service Com¬ mission decided that the present rate was as it should    be:    The    Village
FOUND DEAD IN BED
p. H. Qalrk Dies io Saaiaur Bama Had Preceded Family to Freenort
Patrick H. Quirk, age 70 years, aj retired   soda  water  manufacturer  of New York, ^aa found dead in his aum¬ mer home in Freeport Friday mom¬ lng.
Mr. Quirk lived on West 17th street, in the city, and had come to his place in Freeport, at the comer of Bayview and Randall avenues, in advance of the family, in order to do some Work about the garden. Consequently he was alone in the house during the night.
He had made arrangements with a neighbor, Henry S. Lennon, to help him in the morning and when Lennon arrived he did ot see Mr. Quirk about the. house. Upon investigating, he I found him dead in bed. j
Dr. Steele was called and pronoun¬ ced him dead.    There was nothing to sh6w  anything   but   what   Mr.   Quirk I had   passed   away   peacefully   durinpr |
PRETTY  HIGH  SCHOOL  GIRLS  IN  GINGHAM
-[EDWARD COOPER DEAD CHURCH MOVEMENT
STARTS THIS WEEK
(Photo by Glickman)
SOME OF THE FAIR STUDENTS WHO REDUCED THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
Left to Right—Misses Edna Wright, Dorothy Fleming, Dorothy Gould, Ruth  Maek, Olive Po.st, Minnie Ham¬ mond, Evelyn Barker, Mary Cole
Well Known Banker Succumhs at the | Age of 81 YearK !
Edward Cooper, president of the Hempstead Bank and well known on Long Island, died at his home in Hempstead last week at the age of eighty-one years.
The death of his partner, Henry Powell, not long ago, dissolved the firm of C'.)oper & Powell, and Mr. Coo¬ per decided to give up the business. It was at the auction of the effects of the s'torc in early .A.pril, that he contract¬ ed the illness that resulted in his death.
Mr. (hooper was ono of the founder.*
I Three Hundred Milliona Are Sought for Aid In Better¬ ing Humanity
Will Freeport rsaliie the Inter- Church World Movement is on. this week here now? That united Pro¬ testantism of North America is co¬ operating to raise more than three hundred niillion.s to bring about a gen¬ eral uplift of humanity?
.\  great organization has been de-
LEGION'S MOTTO IS "BOOST FREEPORT"
Board felt that the matter should be decided  by  the  Public  Service  Com-i'"e night. mission, and that no bond of whatever should be accepted.
The loss of electricity, by the cur¬ rent running off inW the ground through  trees  adjacent to wires was
discussed, and  it was estimated  that' "7~ ,„  ,,
five or six per cent, of the current is , The Woman s Advance Club of Bald- lost in this manner. The village elec-; win nu-t last Thursday at 2:0(V p. m. trician v.as instructed to trim the i'" onitor to hear an excellent musical trees whnrc necessary, on ComnicrciulJ'roKi'am   and   to  enjoy   a   lecture   on
ADVANCE CLUB
Baldwin   Organization   Hax   Meeting for   Library   Fund
I Local Poat Plana Many Activ¬ ities—Stand on Bonus and Other Activities
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tion seems to be the worst.
The Police Department (requisition¬ ed the addition of three new men to the .Iprce in order that proper patrol- ing may be done in the town all day long and also that an extra man might be on duty at the desk at all times. A requisition for new uniforms and uipment for the entire force was al¬ so made and these requisitions were carried by the Board. Police Captain i ^.^jl ^^ gj^jj] Hartmann was ahso empowered to pur- -
"chase six guns of the type most suit-' »ble in his e.stimation as most of the ¦ members of the foirc are carryinfr' their own weapons, presenting a 'va-; ried assortment of firearms, of dif-', ferent makes and calibres. /In thej matter of the uniforms it was voted ) to get estimates from .some'reliable ; toncems immediately,
W. S.  Merrill  was  re-appointed  as I lieutenant on the force and Elm«r Ray-1 nor an4 Peter Elar were raised to that grade.    Arthur C.  Smith  and   W.  F. Combs appeared before tho Board and applied   for appointments   as   patrol-; men.   They were accepted and told to report on May 1.
The   pay   of  the   special   police   on duty was raised from forty cents an _     ^
hour to fifty and Charles Schopp was i tion of Mrs. Maykels and it was tjior appointed as special policeman.
f It was stated that a petiUon is be- lo';'^ lecture on the etching ing circulated in the town for the pur- ,. J^e affair was for the benefit of th.' pose of having Main street made a one ! ''brary that the Advance Club was way street, and in connection with I sponsor ot and Ij-jr, was donated at the this, the fact Ivas brought up that the j "'eetmr foi the beneht of that worthy bloc!: running parallel to Main street! '"'ly,'^'^'-     , ^.        ,,       ,.        ,,  .
¦would have to be improved if such; , ^^^ "e^t meeting. May 14, will be Were the case and should be anyway, fie annual election of officers. Mrs. Alvin G. Smith was instructed to re- -James Story will be the acting chair- port the number of square yards in 'V*" "^ ^^'^ "i'1!,'""*^V*>/'i'!'-n""f,'-' '" the project, figuring on an eighteen the absence of Mrs. .J. B Stillwell. foot road. I     ^^^  hostesses   for    the    afternoon
Bai>y
DROWNS IN TUB
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(Jlrl   Victim  of  (Jueer   Accident That   Ends   Fatally
FREEPORT BOOSTERS HAVE CAUSE
of the Hempstead Bank and was ah''''pP"' possibly one million workers, meniber of the Militia during the Civ- «"" 'his week the pledges are being il War. He had be.n very aetive in 1 taken to make paymenta within the town affairs <md was involved in most i "^-''t two years to bring relief to the of lhe  down's activities. | suffering   around   the  world.     Condi-
      ^.     tions   have   been   described   so   manv
COMMITS   SlJiriDF times,  we   need   not   repeat  here.     In
~ I help  is  as  great as  during the  war,
.Mrs.   .Vugusta   heifer,  a   RcHidenl   ot   when money for Red Cross, Y. M. C.
Bellmore,   Inhales  (ias
-A.,
Salvation   Army   and   other organizations was so free'v
The  organization   of  tiie  .Vnitriian
1-egion   has   brought  forth  many  iive
posts on Long Island, and anionfj' them
ia the Wiliiam Clinton Story i'o. t .No.
i teresting by the exhibition of several  3'*2' of Freeport    ..^
! originals. The question  of a soldier  bonus  is
The etchings were obtained and ar-   one that has assumed national import-
rsrlnt'e^reSglaTk'^Tfdr^^.::   «"-/"'i <>-  that  has  brought forth
and other interesting facts concerripv   much   comment   from   men   in   public
that branch  of art.    An expert from 1 life.   It is a question that deserves the
the  Brooklyn  Museum explained sev-1 deep thouMht of the ex-service man i-s
eral  cf the  etchinir,  f'jr  the  process     .,, „, ,,   < .    . . ,
¦ ol etCiiKK'   is a  most teaiuus one and j    '"''        -'^- °'^"^' •¦-•t-^-i" ol .tiv' lyuii-'
requires a great  deal  of  patience  as   '^'"y- »""  't 's one that the Aiiu'ricaii
At a  glance,  they do  Legion  cannot  imswer as  the  I»'"io"' not appear to be oause for more effort   without first cbiusulting the v'a.,t nu.n-
"ver^y^'hSsting mu.sical program 1'^^"'•'.'^ "¦^;' ^'^" have made the organ- was   given   by   two   young   pupils   of I'-'^tion wiTat it is today. Mrs. Devoe, artist and singing teach-       While it is a national question, it is | er.    One was her daughter, who sang   sub-divided    iiit'j    an    item   of     local I heautifully, and the other played. Both   interest,  because   every   villaKe,  town ' children were only about ten years of  and city in the  Uniteti States iias its age and  their ability was very won-  r,uota of bijys who did their bit in the derful and speaks well fcr the train-   Vs'ar of the 'U'orld. ing tjioy have received. . !     Is a man selling his patriotism when
Mrs. Soberinsky sang delightfully i he asks for further compensation from m a most pleasing soprano, and «he ; the government for his par-t' in the was accompanied on the piano by Mr-, war? That is one question that is H. Maykels. ! asked on all sides,
George W. Dunston, baritone, a pro
fessional opera singer, thrilled the usseiiiblage with his voice, which was perfection in vocal music. The musi- program was under the able'direc-
That, and sigiiiai' ((uestions have pome before the Williani Clinton Story Post and have been met intelligently and wisely. On the bonus question- the Post ia in favor of a cash oonipen-
oughTP enjVe'd"''aT'weTl""as\Mrg''. Tay-h^^'""; '?"!'. ""!^'."'.'^'' '^'^ "^"^'''^ "f the
•    ¦    ¦   I wounded   "buddies"  have  been   lookwl
after by an act  of Congress.
The policy of the Post is to •'Better and Boost Freeport" and if the men who bettered the world ,f annot better the town, who can ? •
Future activities in a social and ath- letic way have been planned and will be carried out in the near future.   The
John Rosenberg, who has the con¬ tract of unloading coal at the lighting plant appeared before the Board and stated that the price he was being paid per ton for unloading was not sufR- pient, as he had to pay his men five dollars a day in place of four. He asked for an increase of five cents a ton, making his price forty cents, and this was granted.
The Board of Education requested permission to uae the Home Defense whistle for the purpose of notifying parents of ihe days when the weather was too bad for school, one long blast to signify that the children were to be kept at home. The request was grant¬ ed.
President Edwarda presented a set of resolutions on the erecting of a me¬ morial library and bome for the American Legion, the additional cost of which, over and above the ton thou¬ sand dollars voted for the purpose at the last election, to be raised by the various organizations snd lodges in ' village whose co-operation could safely be relied upon for such a piir- The resolutions read as follows: , . WHEREAS, On the sixteenth day I of March, 1920, the people of Free- port voted the sum of Ten thousand ($10,000) Dollars for the purpose of a suitable memorial for Freeport, and.
WHEM/AS, A public library seems ! the most practical and sensible memor¬ ial that can be provided, and
'WHEREAS, A pablic Ifbrary can be so constructed and planned that within its walls a suitable tablet can be placed bearing the names of those brave sons of Freeport who so gal¬ lantly gave their lives for their coun¬ try, and
WHEREAS, A public library to be known by such name as shall here¬ after be decided, will not only com¬ memorate the memory of the duad, but will be useful and educational to the living, and
WHEREAS, Certain public spirit¬ ed citizen.s of Freeport have offered to assist the Village Board and show ;,'0ieir willingness to aid this worthy 'plan and are desirous of having a rea!
bstantial  memorial in a public  li-
ary and also have offered to donate ntial sums that this project may carried  out as  expediently as  is possible, and
WHEREAS. By the-formation of a Qommij^t^ for the purpose of organ iring a campaign to raise the sum of F-ifty thousand ($50,000) Dollars or so mucn thereof as is possible in addi¬ tion to the Ten thousand ($10,000) Dollars which has been provided by the vote of the people,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RE¬ SOLVED, That the president be and ht hereby empowered to appoint a com¬ mittee of not exceeding ten citizens of the Village of Freeport for the pur¬ pose herein above mentioned, which •aid cmomittee shall be under the jur- ' " tion of the Village Ekwrd and that •aid committee so appointed shall ts« immrxliately and take such
were  Mrs. Orvill George Loft.
Hawkins and  Mrs.
DINNER 4» VILLAGE
Town Official Honored by the
Elks As Token Of H»
Election To Office
A testiiuonal dinner was given^to Village President Clarence A. Edwards at the Elks Cluh at Freeport on Tues¬ day evening, In appreciation of his ad¬ ministration as Exalted Ruler of the lodge.
It was also in appreciation of a man who at an early age in life has felt
Legion has united with th
baby was'playing around "the kitchen j *•¦", "•   ;'"¦' '^^'^''^.^^ repr and   unnoticed  by  its  parent,  toddled ^'*'^«' tor an article on the lown that out of the door towards the sunshine I would  be  of  interest  to  the  citizens.
Mr. Hanse has the welfure of his home town very much at heart and knows a great deal about ii. He has been huic about eighteen years and has been village president and chief of po- 1 lice.
He possesses a keen knowledge and insight of the  town  aJfaird and  it is with pleasure that The Review is able to pass tlie following article on to it i renders.     It   is  the   rtrst of a  ser'ie ^ \vitten by the best known men of the town, and each   will have  a  message ..ror the Freeporter.
Thi.s is being .done for the purpose of acquainting the commuting resi¬ dent with the place of his abode.    A
.Mrs. .-Xugusta Keifer cf Bcllniori' avenue, Bellmore, committed suicide Wednesday in her home by inhaling illuminating gas. She was fifty-five years  old and  has  not been  well  for
  some time.
¦     Charles   Keifer,   her   husband,   ha' James Hanse, a well known real es-1 taken an  early  train, as was  his  us-
re the rest of the or   the   day,   .Mrs.
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James Hanse TeUs Facts On
Town for Commuters— I       Was Village President
Liltle Dorothy Butterwick, age one year an«l si.x months, fell into a wash tub on the back .steps of her home in .Massapequa and was drowned, on the 20th of April.
The mother was engaged in the week's washing for the household and
had set the tub of water out on the | tate dealer in Freeport was approach-1 ual custom, and befor teps, prep:.ratory toeiT.pt.vuigit.Thel^.^ 1„. j,,,  Review representative and ! f?mjly   had   ri.sen   foi
of the back yard.
After a time she was missed, and as the mother went in search for her, lier horrified gaze fell upon the tiny feet of her little girl sticking over the edge of the tub. Thep toid a inute tale of how the baby had gone to the edge of the step-, and losing her hil'Tce peniaps, had fallen ;:.i,o the tub and was drowned.
Frantic calls for a physician soon Drought Dr. Newson of Bellmore, but lie could do nothing, as the child was pa.st all humaii aid.
BALDWIN BOY KILLED BY PASSING AUTO
George    Lagazenski,    Eleven
Years Old, Is Hit By a
Freeport Car
-And now maay of our people are so much better able to give. The mon¬ ey will be expended through the reg¬ ular denominational boards of lonp experience. Only a small percentage goes for expenses. The great bulk ; goes directly to the needy fields, for hospitals, <lispensarys, schools, colleg¬ es, food supplies and general helpful- Keifer inhaled a quantity of gas in ness. Thnik of China with one physi- the kitchen and was found dead by her cian for 400,000 peopled' son Arthur when he came down stairs. Out of a total globe population ap- Mrs. Krifer hi.s beer, undtr treiitmcni proximately one billion are without for some years^, but for the las^t two or I the advantages pf Christian civiliza- " '  ^     """  ""'" '    tion.
three months sho was appai'ontly niucK ' better.     Ny   cause  can   be  attributed for taking her life.
The funeral was held at (1( ncc on Bellmore avenue, 2:00 p.. 111., and intoiineiil Greenfield Ce',ioteiy.
r  rcsi- (lav  al
FALSE ALARM
s Village  of   Roosevelt   Is   Victim   of Midnight  Hoav
e old  Free-
port A. A. in tbe matter of baseball, and a snappy, fa.st playing team will be the result.
A permanent entertainnnVit com¬ mittee, under the leadership of Fred- I erick Plump, jr., has made plans for the   coming   social   meetings   of    the
PRESIDENT EDWARDSirrin S^&^Z^^'li!:ttt
now that the immortal olive drab has come to take its place with the faded blue and gray.
Plans for a club house are in the hands of a committee headed by Har¬ old E. Brown. At the last meeting of the Post recognition was made of what the High School studenta and the Fire Department have done in planting trees to the fallen comrades whose Iiveil had Paid the great toll.
The slogan, "We Fought Together, Let's Stick 'Together Now" is being carried out bv all of the members, and and the local Post of the Legion will do what is posaible to hold the high standards of the organization free from the taint of politics and greed. Colored Poet
Henry Morrison Post, No. 1185, com¬ posed entirely of colored veterans, is not a bit behind the other posts in en¬ thusiasm and activity. Most of it.s members are veterans of the old 15th New York Regiment, and the record that they made during the war re¬ flects credit on the army today.
This is comparatively a new organ¬ ization and they will hold a dance in Hempstead on April 29 at which time the firemen's hall is expected to be packed with friends and relatives. Not Money Alone
According to a statement made pub¬ lic by Commander D'Olier of the American Legion, the ex-soldier and sailor insists upon the consideration of farms, homes nnd vocational train¬ ing, and not alone on a ca.sh bonus. It has beep suggested that Congress will deal only with the question of a cash
OliARENCE A. EDWARDS
the comforting hand of success upon his shoulder, for the public career of Mr. Edwards has been marked with succeas from the start. His first pub¬ lic office was as assessor of Hemp¬ stead town and he was a member of the Republican Town Committee. His race for village president was a red hot election with three candidates in the ring. Edwarda was elected on the People's Ticket over opponents from factions of the Republican party who tried to keep control after it was time for them to withdraw. He is a mem¬ ber of the Elks and has just completed a successful administration there as Exalted Ruler.
The main dining room of the club house had been arranged to seat two hundred diners, and many were tum^ ed down because of lack of space. From the opening chorus of "How Dry I Am," to the elosini stanza of "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes," the beefsteak dinner was a huge, entertainint; success.
Chairman Aircher B. Wallace and his hard working: entertainment com¬ mittee deserve mora than praise for (GootiniMd on Page 6)
George Lagazenski, eleven years old, of Central avenue, Baldwin, was accidentally killed by an automobile driven by Dou.^las Kirby, sixteen, of 418 South Bapview avenue, Freeport, Sunday afternoon.
The accident happened about two o'clock in the afternoon at a time when the roads were full of pleasure seekers enjoying the tardy spring air. ICirby had just purchased his car from a man in Lynbrook, and with him at the time were Ray Kiernan of 52 No. Ocean avenue, and Thomas Kelly, of 82 Wallace place. Coming west on [Merrick road, he had just reached Har¬ rison avenue when the Lagazenski boy stepped out from behind another auto¬ mobile, directly in the' path of his car, which was traveling at the rate of not more than twenty miles an hour at the time. Being so near the curb it was impossible to turn out, and as the boy was so near, the accident was un¬ avoidable.
According to two eye witnesses, Samuel S. Reese of Brooklyn and Dan¬ iel Copperfield, the boy was struck from behind and then run over. Kirby stopped his car immediately and car¬ ried the injured little fellow into the office of Dr. W. J. Steele, but he was past aid.
Kirby wa.s arrested but released without bail when his'identity was es¬ tahlished. He is employed in a local garage and has the name of being mo.st efflcient and careful.
The Coroner gave permission for the removal of the body, which Vas taken to Southard & Moore's and the stricken family were notified of the accident.
settlement when the time comes, and if thia is so, the Legion will bring its strongest pressure to bear on the gen¬ tlemen in Washington.
The man who wishes a home or a farm is thinking of the interests of his country the same as he did when he enlisted in its aervice and the wish¬ es of these men are going to be heard and respected before the question is settled for all time to come.
OM Landmark SoU
 T-
The former mansion of Count Von Micheroux, a showplace of Long Isl¬ and, has been sold to the Halliday brothers cf Brooklyn.
The house is situated on Grand ave¬ nue and is one of the old landmarks of the town. It contains four and one half acres of ground upon which are all kinds of fruit trees and rare ahnifca and flowers.,
A pretty fountain bttbhles in tho nddst of the green lawn and the count used to have it filled with gold fish.
1'he transaction was made through C. H. Luersson and i^one of tli* most important real estate deala uad* Ib the vicinity this spring.
DROPS MAD AFTER EATING HEARTY MEAL
Christian   Jooss,   Age   Sixty- Eight Years, Dies Of Apoplexy
Christian Jooss, age sixty-eight years, dropped dead Thursday after¬ noon while visiting his daughter on Franklin square.
Mr. Jooss was a large man of mus¬ cular physique, and apparently was as well as anyone could be, although at times he seemed to suffer from slight pains in his chest. He had been work¬ ing in the yard of his daughter's home, Mrs. May Reynolds, at 28 Franklin square, all of the forenoon and came in about one o'clock in ord¬ er to eat his dinner. After eating a hearty meal he complained of pains in his chest, but thought nothing of them, and decided to lie down for a nap befor" returning to work. He ar¬ ranged the pillows on the sitting room couch, made some joking to his daugh¬ ter and lay down and died immediate¬ ly-
Dr. Carman was called and pro¬ nounced him dead of apoplexy and the coroner gave permission for the re¬ moval of the body, whioh was taken to the home of aiiother daughfer in New York, Mra. Charies O'Brien, of 898 2nd avemie.
Fiineral services were held Mondaj- afteraoon and were in charge of the SocraUs Lodge, No. 696, F. and A. M.. of which Mr. Jooss was a Past Master, a position he had held for three con¬ secutive terms.
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MA8QUBRADB DANCB
The FnKport Club whoae member¬ ship ia eoBipoa«d at men vho bdieve in "ka^iag the haQ nUiM* «fll fol¬ low th* Mfostrd ahow amriMmy, with a !¦¦¦¦¦ iwiii iamam, yHdmy apmabag. Iter tlis 14th.
I ,,,.,. ¦      >       • The  residents   of     Roosevclt     were
man who has his business in the cty j startled out of th.'ir beds hy the sound- land who is not here except to sleep, | ing of the fire alann and the entire I know.s nothing of the town except j deiiartment respondd, only to find !what he may hear on the train. Free-j that they had been the victims of ,1 port is a place,to be proud of, and the'cruel hoax.
business  man  who  goes  daily  to  the:     Practical   jokes   in   their   place   are
city will welcome  the  opportunity to   pnjoyed  by any  hroad-ininded  person.
shake hands with the place that he i.-^ , but the sounding of a luc alarm in the
calling honu', ! tii-uil   of night  cciies  to  be  anythiii'i
).. _ , {but a joke, and it  wou'd probably gc
Meet   rreeport! hard  wiUi the per'-on or p'M-sons who
By did sucl#a thin^r providing they were
JAMES HANSE ^ " Knthusiasm  over the new apparal
"At the present lime I don't suppose , us is appreciated, bul such a melhod that there is any one" individual who of testing its worth is a cra\en thiii^' is held up more to public ridicule than I to do.
the alleged booster.    The 'booster' isi     p'jr,. apparatus dopieciates vvith the supposed  ftrst,  last  and  all  the time,: wear and tear of use, and in the cities, to be a man who is interested in the i the figure that it costs the city to an- disposal of real estate.   The time hon-   swer ;ui alarm i< appalling. The sanif ored jok"e8 about mothers-in-law, bald-   is   t'-ro   of  our  communities   and  the headed men, etc., have given place to ' town  is  entirely  justified  in   its con- the 'booster' who sells houses and lots ] demnalion of such an act. at Lonesoiuehurst, and the Sandy Land of   Luck,   and   various   other   enticini' propositions  and when  we are asked to 'boost' F'reeport,  we bear in mind Ih'nt there is a chance that we may be placed in the same class with the gen¬ tleman who is a combination of .uold brick and bunco man.
There are .some real estate men in Freeport, and as fair and impartial citizens of this vMlago, let its see just what the innocent victim of the 'boost¬ er' will have entailed upon him in tli' event of his locating in this com¬ munity.
Nassau County was organized in 1899, about twenty-one years ago. It waa then the sixty-first county in the state, and ranked in wealth and popu¬ lation the thirty-rst. There was thir¬ ty counties ab.ove it and thirty coun¬ ties below it. I am informed that to¬ day it ranks about eighth in this state, which would seem to imply that each year it has taken a step in advance of some one <eounty in the state. The county is composed of three towns. North Hempstead, Oyster Bay and the Town of Hempstead, in which Free- port is located. In 1899 when the county was rst organized, the Town of Hempstead's assessa* valuation was $8,000,000. Last year the as- N sessed valuation  was $'71,151,908.
The inconie from this sum invested in the town is devoted to the main¬ tainance of our public schools and for the support of the poor. Certainly the booster has not inveigled his vic¬ tim into a losing proposition when he has invited them to come in and par- ti''ipate in this comntonwealth.
The Village of F'reeport was incor¬ porated in 1894, and its assessed valu¬ ation at that time was $450,000. This vear its assessed valuation is $5,501^,- 670.
Freeport owns its own water wor, . and its own electric light system.
Last year the annual income from j the Army, Navy and Marine Corns, the sale of water amounted to $27,-1 added color to the gathering that was 760, and afler deducting the expenses ian array of beautiful gowns and flow for  repairs   and   pia'htainance,    etc., i ers.
there was a net prpt of about $11,000. •     Lieutenant   and   Mrs.   Torney   are In  addition  to  this  you have at the j now residing on Magnolia avenue, Ar- present time 323  fire hydrants.    The cad ia   Fla., where the lieiit-nant is  >n water consumer has paid for this, an 11 duty at t'le naval station there, it hasn't cost the village proper any-
you are not obliged to give. Don't .ifive if you will suffer thereby. Freeport is co-operating to possibly give everybody a chance to help in this movement as wide as Nortii AiDfrica,
The local Community Campaign Committee of the Inter-Church Move¬ ment consists of the pastors of the lo¬ cal churches and laymen from each church,  who are directing the distri-
  ; bution   of  literature  with  the  aid  of
A false alarm was turned in at 1 the ladies who made the survey and Itoosevelt at about 2:00 a. in. Monday,] the Bov .Scouts. Pledge cards mav he which was answered by all of Roose-j had at'anv of the churches, or from veit's apparatu... No fne was discov-! |„pn,h,,r.s of the committee. Make no ,:rcd. ! iij.MiKiits lo solicitors, but send after-
.•iid to Samue; R. Smith, local tre;is- iucr, l.'i.') .Smith street, for George .M. Fowler, general treasurer.
Docs This Mean You? In cvcij) community are found well to-do men and women not directly idcnlificd with any church and not con- tiiijiKin;;' to its support.. These peo¬ ple .ire guod citizens, paying their hills and making good neighbors. If the \illaire or < ily enjoys'a bettci' dc- irrec of civilization because of tho presence of the churches, and who shall say il does not, these citizens owe a debt to somebody, somewhere for this condition. Wouldn't this be a goofi time lo square this obligation to some degree by a contribution for *ucli a general good as is represented in the Intcr-f hurch World Movement'.' Here i'i vour opportunity.
M/\RKY W, BEEBE,
Director. S. K. SMITH,
Treasurer,
I'ublic Comment ('harles M. Schwab states that "in a strong religioiiH sentiment lies thi' firmest foundation for the. preserva¬ tion ofour civilization." This opinion is shared by E. H. Gary, presideid nf the U. S. Steel Corporation, who be¬ lieves that "a genunie religious cam¬ paign is of the highest importance in combating the Bolshevist spirit. Frank A. Vanderlip prefers the phrase "spii - itual revival" to "religious revival," for he feels that "it is not so much a matter of people accepting the tenetv of denominational churches as it is the genuine fundamental spiritual awakening that we need.
Politically at the opposite pole from Mr.  Gary,  William J.  Foster, of the National   Committee   for   Organizing Iron and  Steel  Workers, agrees with i hilll   in   the   fundamental  proposition, ! with the proviso that "if the churches will get back to their primitive posi lion of defending the interests of the week;   if they will become active and see to  it that some degree of indus¬ trial justice is set up in this country-— I as Ihere sceins a strong tendency on - their pert to do—I think they may be ' "f trreat service."
Coming  to  the   Presidential
jMRS. STEWART TORNEY !      A FREEPORT BRIDE
i Airplanes Dropped Rice Over
the  House On  Her
Wedding Day
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I Mrs. Stewart Torney, the popular Freeport  girl,  formerly     .Miss     Kdna
jMae Hutton, whose wedding on .April
114 was a brilliant affair.
Aviators,   who   dipped   and   circled
I over the house, most of the afternoon, showering it with rice in the rfiean- tinic. was one of the features of the wedding   day.     Officers     representing
thing and the rate to the average house holder has been reduced from $16 to about $12. If this was the property of a private corporation, its estimated value with the frunchise, would be cheap at one qu<irter of a million. The booster isn't giving the prospective home seeker a bad deal on this proposition.
The electric light plant of the vil¬ lage of Freeport was originally built from a bonded indebtedness of $20,- dbO, which was sub^qaently increased to $48,000. $38,000 of this indebted¬ ness has bckjn extinguinhc-d, mote than
ENTERS NEW FIELD
Smith F. Pearsall Opean Real  EsUte OlTice On  Railroad  Avenue
feniith F. Pearsall has leased the of¬ fice at No. 3 Railroad avenue and will enter tho real estate and insurance husine-.«= on May 10. He will have as- socdated with him, Arthur M. Fargo, formerly with the Sperry Aero Corpo- tion.
Mr. Pearnall is well known in Free- port and has a great many friends here.    He h(«s been active in  the af-
one-half  of  which   was  paid   by  the'fairs of the town and was owner of
earnings of the plant, and tiiere is at the present time in the sinking fund apfrafda of $6,500 for the extinguish- maotw the bonds a« they mature. Freapert has t>iree pablic a|ch96ls. (GoottDiwd oa Pac* 9)
The Review for nearly twenty years. The Review extends congratula¬ tions on the new enterprise and wishes Messrs. Pearsall and Fargo the grfat- est socceas possible in their new Mui- ness.
POKSI-
! bilities,   William   G.   McAdoo   writes: I "1   can  think  of  nothing  that would ' exert so powerful an influence upon I the  future  good  of  the    world  as a I great religious revival which will de¬ velop again those finer ideals of life and reverence for God which have aU ways been the greatest hope of man- ' ki'id."    ,
A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney-Gen¬ eral, declares that "first of al) the re¬ quirement is for a cleansed mind, a sterner conscience and a more univer- ;jal realization of the simple require- m^ent of being good."
William Jenninga ^yan is emphat¬ ic. "I have lonir since," he says, "reached the conclusion that the teach¬ ings of Citrist furnish not A solution but the ONLY solution of the world's difficulties, and would like to see the of the commission which it holds." church realize more fully the strength JoaephuB Daniels, Secretary of the Navy; J. W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce; W. B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor, and Louis F. Post, Assistant Secretary, a llexpress iiimilaT opin¬ ions, Mr. Daniels' i|tatement is that "the only real and permanent solution of the vexing problenu which seem more acute than ever since the end of the World War is the appIiGation uf the Colden Rule," while,Mr. JUexand* er declares that the churches were nev¬ er "charged with a greater responsi¬ bility to mankind tliaO taow," adding , thnt "we have too mach,churchan|ty amt too little Christianity."
Senator Ijiwrence Y. Sherman, of Illinois, goes so far as to say that the safety of the Repabiie deperf*!* upon religion. "I believe," he aa^,*, thxit a. repubiic will be an impni-ibility un- (Contlmied on Pag; 7)