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Drowned in Jones'Inlet ^^^^m. Freeport Elks in Oregorf
House Struck by Lightning
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4, Number 52
ET«ry Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y., FRIDAY. JULY 19, 1912
$1.00 Yearly, Sincle Copy 5 Centa
Mefrfck
Elks in Oregon
Services at the Chorch of -the Re-! Interesting Letter From J. Hayler
Bellmore
deemer, Sunday, tbe seventh after j Trinity, at 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. | Celebration of t)>e Holy Cornmunion at the early service and Morning Prayer I and sermon at the 11 o'clock tervic^. The Sunday School meets in the Pariiih House at 10 a. tti. A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend the aer> vicea of thia chorch.
Ellison, who is Attending the Elks' Convention
July 10, 1912.
r Portland, Ore Dear Friend:—
Laat night Wallace and I attended a beefateak dinner given by the recep¬ tion committee to the Press of the U. S. and of ail the Impromptu affairs I At a special meeting'of the Meirick : ever attended that one was certainly Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 held ' ahead of them all. In the Fire Hall on Monday night it; The officers of the Grand Lodge of waa voted to expend the aum of $840 : Elka were invited; also Admiral Rey- for 1000 feet of fire hoae and two reel 1 nolda and hia ataff of officers of the carriages. A subscription list is being ! Battleship Oregon, which is now anch- banded about for the securing of the ored here during the convention. The necessary funds. The hose was pur
Singie copies of the Messenger can i be had at William Wolfe's drug store, ' Bellmore, L. I. at 5c each. tf
M. Karp baa ataked out groond for ; a new atore on Bedford Avenue, ad¬ joining tbe Mobrman property.
The picnie of Advance Hook, Ladder
Reform Needed
in Jury Trials
Justice Edwards of -Freeport De¬ clares System Permits of Too Much Delay
Police Juatiee Elvin N. Edwards of
Freeport
Withhold Action
on Seine Fishing
Shirley Fulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Falton, gave a party
in bonor of ber fifth birthday, Thurs- Nassau Supervisors Heed Request
day, July 11. She waa the recipient - - —
of numeroua gifts, one of which waa a ' birthday cake made by Horton, the caterer, of Brooklyn. Among thoae who were present were: Mrs. H.
of Counsel For Baymen
The Board of Supervisors of Nassaa County, sitting as a commission of in¬ quiry, heard the'piotest of the Maaaa-
and Engine Company netted tbe fire-1 Freeport haa taken oeeaaion to cot.demn ' Thomas, Miasea Georgie Hicks, Beulah pequa Board of Trade against the ose
men about $78.
chased from the Republic Rubber Com¬ pany, of wbich F. G. Hill of Bayhamp¬ ton Park is the representative.
the present system of jury trial in ; Hicks, Editji Scholey, Marguerite
^— j justices'courts, following an adjourn-, Graser, Ruth Russell, Lucy Watkins,
The time for opening the bids for the ; ^lent in his own court, when a third Edna Schluter, Marion and Elizabeth erection of the new fire hall has been | attempt to call a jury to hear a trivial Wa'lace, Myrtle Shea, Gwendolyn extend«^d to July 26 at 8 p. m., when a | ^ase proved futile, owing to the privi-1 Hornbeck, Marie Glacey, Alice Dav- meeting will be heid in the hall. liege of peremptory challenges. On isBon and Martha and Mary Hoffman.
two former occasions, when the same ! The afternoon was spent playing gam^es
A yoong son, George Lawrence Betz, | ease was called, adjournments were : and having refreshments on the lawn.
,. ¦ ¦ .L t arrived at the bome of Mr. and Mrs. ! taken because six impartial jurymen
?!""oLT," f o!" .:'"J'l,^..P!:*"!:i"ri°.^ George Betz on Sunday night. ; wo lej not l,e obtained from the panel
Miss Wright of Brcoklyn has been visiting ber friend, Miss Louise Chris¬ toffel of Merriek Ave.
tb^ Portland Printing House Company and doring the dinner speeches w<3re made and when nearly completed, a paper was printed in sight of all, of which I enclose you a eopy.
Tbis eity is certainly one blaze of electric lights for hai'f a mile on two streets. Colomns are erected 50 feet apart; these columns are 4 feet sqaare at the base, tapering to 2 feet and on the top is a small elk. White and pur-
The Alumni of F. H. S. is arranging
!"bf >v)€lve. ^0 present the play, "The Dictator," a
The Independent Willing Workers i "The condition simply goes to show ^^''^^^'" ^'''^^^ °<^^"> ^V Richard Hard-
of Smithville South will hold a cariTv.,'the inadequacy of the law in jury trials
A game of baaeball will be played oii*the grounds at the comer of Kirk¬ wood and Wynsum Aves. on Saturday ^_ „„„„ ...„-..
afternoon at 3 o'clock, between a team pie lighta are studded 10 inches apart for dancing. Ice'
irom theMen's Club of the Church of on all four sides anf^ strung across the freshments wiil b
be Redeemer and one from the Mer- atreeta between each pair of columna is
rick Tennia Clob. „a atring of electric lights and in the
' centre a clock 2 feet in diameter indi-
Miaa Petrina Burns is spending tbe eating the hour ofll with electric
aummer at Newport, N. i., visiting jjghts inaide.
val and dance on Saturday evening, July 27, for the benefit of Advance Hook, Ladder and Engine Co. on the company's new ground^. Grand Ave¬ nue, between Bellmore and Bedford Avenues. Tbe proceeds will go toward helping the firemen build their new hall. Good music will be furnished cream and other re- be served. There will also be many novel and interesting features. There will be no admission
in justices' courts," he said. "It makes a farce of all judicial proceed¬ ings. It serves to bring witnesses and others here unnecessarily, when they have business that requires them else¬ where. Why? Because of the impos¬ sibility of getting 4ix impartial men out of twelve, due to the privilece of peremptory challenging granted to counsel for each side.
"One side can make any trial impos¬ sible if it so desim, because it can
ing Davis, at the Colonial Theatre on tbe evening of Sept. 3.
I J. M. Hewlett has had torn down the I partly burned barn on Olive Boulevard, I and is erecting another in ita place. ' Thia barn was burned last Tuesday morning.
her friend, Mrs. Bradford.
The Merrick Dramatic Society has organized with the following officers: Preaident, Ray Mauger; vice pres., Misa Grace Tween; sec, Chas. Kup- fer; treas., Gustav Muller. They faave an advisory board conaisting of C. fl. Bowne, Miaa Pauline Hill, A. J. Anthony, Miss Mabel Stout. The ob¬ ject of the Society "as stated in its By- Laws adopted at a meeting on Monday night, is "sociability and to lend a bwlping band."
One bnilding has 14 life size elks; another has a large clock 14 stories high, the Roman numbers in white el¬ ectric lights, the bands pointing at 11 o'clock aro of purple electric lighta.
A parade tonight of 19 floats repre¬ aenting all nationa beotifolly decorated with flowers, grasses, etc., carrying millions ot electric lights, with 10 bands of masic entertained the crowds. Ail street eara were stopped and streets entirely cleared.
>;|^It is now 1:30 in the morning and the streets are crowded with people. Two bands of music are now trying to outdo one another with popular airs.
charged, but dancing will be 26 cents chajjenge until the required six have for gents and Ifi cents for ladies, i been overreached. Something shoald Everyone should attend this aaffir and be done by the Legislature to facilitate
Postal cards received from Archer B. Wallace and J. Huyler Ellison, in¬ dicate that tbey are having a pleasant vacation in their trip with the Elks at Portland, Oregon.
_ Mra. Jamea S. Dean, of South Bay
lend a helping hand to the Willing ' tilings,' ao thai eiTher" therewIlTbeno | V'^" Avenae, with her daughtera, Mra. Workera in raising money for the fire- trial by jury in justices' courta or the j Mary L. Bouton and Mias Agnes N. men._ defendant will have the right to seek']?""•''^yf''«''«'^/°'«'<'"'" °'E"/oP«-
Rain last Sunday prevented the double-header which was to be played between tfae loeal team and the strong Bellwood A. C. of Brookljrn.
This Sunday we wiil have for our
the transfer of his case to the Connty Court" j
The case in question that brought I the judicial condemnation forth was ' tbat of tbe people against Elizabeth |
They will probably retarn around holiday season.
the
of the bay and inlets there by seine fisb ermen, at a maaa meeting in Pennel's Hotel Thuraday night. Prominedt residents of that and other Soath Side villages took part in the meeting, and arguments concerning the Board'a rec¬ ommendation that the limits of tbe Conservation law be extended to in¬ clude the "three-mile stretch" and Massapequa Bay.
The mass meeting was the outgrowth of numerous obections which have been raised by residents, yachtsmen and sportsmen of hia aection againat the Dse of the watera of the souther/i dis¬ trict of the town of Oyster Bay by tba net fishermen.
That section of the Conservation law which the Masaapequa Board of Trade would amend to include theae watera prohibits the use of the seine in com¬ paratively small area of bay west of a point near Wantagh and extending to the Rockaway peninaular. It waa brought out that ainee tbis law becatoA effective the fiahermen'a fleet haa con¬ centrated its effort to thla part of the bay, and particulary the "three-mile stretch," whieh ends at Maaaapequa.
The argament was advanced tbat tha fishermen's activities in theae watera haa aerioualy hampered line fishing. The offendera, it ia claimed, have been casting their neta acroaa channela and
^
feaaionala
teanTplayed here laat aeason under the I name of the Orchard A. C, and are a fast aggregation of ball players. A
_. „ . , TT I J T JJ ^ -- = - good game is promiaed. In the future
The Merrick Hook and Ladder Com- ^ outdo one another with popular airs. ] the games will start a^ 3 ?f",'!,^°-J' ^^'' new company will Jn closing will state that this is the ! 3 o'clock, owing to tho change blold a Country Fair on the Camp finest affair of its kind I bave ever at-, time of the train that the visiting team Grounda upon the afternoona and even- < tended. Yours truly,
inga of tr day and Saturday next, July Huyler.
26 and 27. A balloon aacension will p. S. I forgot to mention the fact take place at 7 o'clock on Saturday that the butter uaed at tho beefateak
•vening. Tha worthy object of thia tonight waa colored purple in honor of | A number of prominent men from fair ia tbe raising of funda for the pro- EUjg Convention. We leave here Fri-; the village apent a pleasant day in the viding of fire fighting equipmnet. ; jay morning for San Franeiaco for bay'Tuesday as the guests of Walter Contribotions will be thankfolly re- two daya and then Loa Angelea for one j Raynor.
week, where we will be tbe goesta of Lieut. Gov. Wallace of California, an uncle of Arcbie'a.
iniB ounaay we win nave ior our ; pedell. on a charge of malicioua mis- pponenta the faat Richmond Hill Pro-1 ehief, which grew out of an action eaaionala of Richmond Hill. Thia i,.„„„i,,. k« w,. d„.. h»ii„„j n«*k
come out on. , toj^ey
Be on hand early and help the local | c^nrk boya to victory.
Officer George Boyden, while patrol¬ ling hia beat Tbarsday night, tripped I bsu^'OK them after the tide had run, on a guy wire fastened to a tree on the; ^t was the viewpoint of one wealthy corner of Second Plaee and Pino Street, i member that no law could be too severe „ „ , „ ^ and fell, breaking hia right arm. that dealt with such condition,
brought by Mra. Roae Helland. Both, j While the great majority of the more-
women live on Nortb Columbua Ave-1 Alvin A. Sealey, local agent for tbe| than a hundred membera of the trade nue. Mra. Helland allegea that Mrs. , Onslow-Moore Development Company, ] board were in favor of excluding the I r ^*'^*" t*"*^' aahes on her clean linen, | bas placed a largo plot of ground in i fishermen from Maasapequa watera, s'o instead'of ""^ " * result tho small matter, was 1 the Bayview section at the disposal of i among the audience were several cham- lanpo in thP '"°"^''' into the local court, so that 1 the residente of that community, on pions of the baymen who won recogni- *' dirty linen could be judicially | ^hich to play tennis. Mr. Sealey haa j tion as tho arguments concluded. El-
washed." George Wallace was at- . .. _ .
for Mrs. Bedell, and Harry i Clock looked after Mrs. Holland's in¬ terests.
Two former attempts co hear botb sides of the neighborhood misunder¬ standing failed becauae of the impoasi- bility of getting the required aix men
Wantagh
"The Religioua Significance Social Work" will be tbe theme Rev. Thomaa S. Braithwaite in the Memorial Church next Sanday morn¬ ing. Tbere will be^ no evening ervice.
Mra. Emma Ladford, wife of Jobn
eral service was held Sunday after noon, the interment being in Green field.
B. F. Barthlomew is down with an attack of typhoid fever. We hope for! h's speedy recovery.
ceived by tbe committee in charge. We do not know the entire committee but communications addressed to Geo. Lottingahausen, Mr. Fahrenfeldt, Geo. Midmer or Frank Doty will receive a prompt reply.
The Sanday School excuraion of the Church of the Redeemer will take place thia year to High Hill beach on Wedneaday, July 31. The boata leave the Merriek dock at 9 a. m., retorning before 6 p. m. Tickets at 25 eenta for purchaae by those not members of the achool will be in the handa of the child¬ ren after Sunday. Only those pur¬ chasing tickets so that the scholars may report at the school session on the 28th, can be insured of tbe privilege of the boata. Thoae waiting to pur¬ chase on the morning uf the Srd muat, under the circumstancna, do so at their own riak, the capacity of the boats be¬ ing limited.
Tbe following ia somewhat late but we were not able to get it in print be¬ fore and, believing that our readers will be interested, we pi int at this: time.
Aboot fifty familiea of that aection ! of Merrick known as Meirick Heigbts ' Peekskill gravel haa been placed and Marion Park, participated in the : a part of Park Place, celebration of July 4th in the field on Camp Ave, midway between Merrick Ave. and Meadowbrook Boulevard. The spot was ideal for the occasion," .. . .. ^. ~ ~ ^ ^. , .,. being acreened and ahaded from the ^ Major Arthur R. Jarrett. chief mili- road and aurrounding property oy trees 1 '*'> "orgeon of the 13th Kegiment of •ndbedgea. The men and women of; Brooklyn, and Harry E. Seal viaited tbe locality bave been working for the R*^- •»?''.**". T. S. Braithwaite at the aucceaa of tbis oating for the past six . Memorial Paraonage thia week, when weeka and the varioua committees feel' '"^^ ''•° ? "'' °" *''®,H*^. f"° *''° ¦ deep satisfaction at tbe outcome of ""^ ¦ °"*>""« "«" Z"" " '"'«*• tbeir endeavora. Harry Leich, aa'
chaiman of the whole arrangement, Mr. and Mra. Cbarlea W. Abrama atarted eventa witb a ahort apeech of and family expect to move to Brooklyn welcome, after which under hia leader-' Manor on Monday next. Thay will be Bihp, tbe cbildren formed in line, eacb «'•«'> missed from the life of oor vil- carrying an American flag, marched 1«K« h«r«. *•»«" »hey have alwaya BiDgini "Columbia, tbo Gem of tbe taken a Ihrely Intereat In all ita affaira Oeean," to tbe end of tbe field and- '"d helpw) in a variety ot waya. sorroonded a tall flagpole. "The Star
M.
planned two double tennis courta. All; vin N. Edwarda, counael to the newly- propejty ownera and residents in thej formed Fishermen's Protective Associ- Bayview section have been invited to | ation of Long Island, humoroosly re- frequent the public courts and to play futed the worda of thoae who attacked on them. the practice of aeine fiahing.
I Lawyer Edwarda pleaded that the
Announcement la made of the mar-j Board of Superviaora vithhold their
riageof Marian Grace Cunningham, | deciaion until a caae which ia now in
on the jury. Five were obtained Satur- daughter of Rev. trank 0. Cunning-j the courta has been decided. He aaid
..« „„.„„. ^=„Ku= »,. ...» „^,.,.,u.« , ^'y- ''"* "^ **'* '¦" Bpecifically atatea | ham,> formerly paator of the First Bap- \ that according to Colonial granta and
E Church will conduct a home-^ *''"* ^'^ ""'^®<'"''"*<^-""'^ "**'® ^'^^'^^ I''"'^*'""''°, "'^''",S*''®' *° ^- ^«*-i chartera tht law prohibiting the oae of
The Janior League of the Bellmore
^^ . made bread aad cake aale on the church I groonda tomorrow, Saturday, July 20. I Attend thia affair and buy your bread of I and cake for Sunday, and by doing so of I you win help pay off the mortgage on tbe lot reeentiy purchased by the trua¬ teea of the'^cburch.
men empaneled were used up, there waa no alternative left Juatiee Edwarda but to grant a farther adjournment. Justice Edwards is atrictly opposed
lie Wooda on July 3. The couple will j reside in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
This kind of weather will cauae muat I
the seine ia uncunatitutional, and tbat the caae in qoeation would be carried to the United Statea Court for aucb a ruling.
i to thia form of court proeeedinga, and , people to become habitual drinkeraofi clarence Southard, Preaident of tbe has thus expressed himself on former ; ??°" *","/—®."P*^.'»l'y J, °f* TPJl'l"! I aasociation of fishermen, and Herbert
A. Bacon, of Freeport, addressed tbe
We underatand a catch baain like i *^'"^* »" '*>" ^^" futore to call togeth- tbe one at Meyer's corner is to be;«'"" ^^"^ Session judges in Nassau ^ ^ „ ^ placed on the corner of Grand and Bed-1 County, and try to have establiahed by
Ladford, died at her home last Friday ! f^^^ Avenues to carry off the water I legislative act a form of procedure in morning after an illness of several I ^fter a heavy rainfall. Water gtands !'^^''''ta of Special Seaaiona and minor weeks with a complication of diseases. 1 there ankle deep for several daya after i courts Besides her husband Mrs. Ludford each rainfall and the catch basin will "'^' left a family of 6 children. The fun- ^^ greatly appreciated by'property
owners aa well aa pedeatriana. ^^^«o Edwards told an Eagle reporter.
i"All jury trials ahould be taken to the
Local farmers are rnjoicing over the County Courts—courts of record. This heavy rainfall of late and from present reform must be adopted."—Eagle, indications the crop this seaaon should be plentiful.
occasions. In order to bring about a j the good fortune tb drink the kind that ayatem of reform. Judge Edwarda in-1 Smith & Bedell describe in thia week'a
ad.
It
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Krause and family are sojourning at their summer cottage bere.
Mrs. George Creed and family are occupying their cottage on Wilson Avenue.
Harry A. Seaman haa been engaged
to take the village census. Tbia ia
combined under the direction of the
Board of Edocation of the School Dia-
No jury system can be devised to I *«¦'<:' ^nd the Village Board of Trua-
meet the conditiona in justices'courta," 11"8. The diatricta are about the
same, with a few slight exceptions, and in this way it ia planned to curtail the expense to a consider><ble degree. About the only difference between tbe incorporated limits of the village and the limit of School District No. 9 are tbe Sehool District ^takes in a section in the northeast part of the village which is not incorporated, and there ia a slight difference on the south line.
Roosevelt
Capt. Will Hunt went out fishing ) '^e Berkshires last Tuesday and caught 75 fluke.
Mr. ahd Mrs. Newland and tf e Misses Newland left Lakeview on Mon¬ day,, 10 spend two months or longer in
Tl 3 Ladiea' Aid Society of the M. E. Cborcb will meet with Mra. S. J. Oa¬ borne at the home of Wro. H. Smith on Bellmore Ave., Thursday, July 25, at 2:3(f p. ji. Frienda are cordially invited to meet witb tbem at this time.
Single copies of the Messenger can be bought rrom S. Nathan, Main St
The A. C. haa been postponed to Aug. 21.
- ^
Mra. Franeea Westfield, witb her!
granddaughter. Miss Frances Smith, |
is spending the summer in Denver^ I
Colo. !
meeting. William Rohr and Dr. Gray, members of the Board of Trade, repre¬ sented opposite factions in the argu¬ ments. Supervisor Cocka apoke briefly. Supervisor Chriat, of North Hemp¬ atead, presided at the meeting. He granted Counselor Edwards' reqoeat to reserve deciaion antil the reaalt of the legal conteat coold be determined.
—Eagle.
Town Board
The Town Board met at thd Town Hall Monday afternoon.
The Queena Borough Gaa & Electric Company preaented a bond in tbe sum of $2000 of tbe Royal Indemnity cem-
^ , Z :,. p ,, making a difference of afew band»edjP""y''".t»'«J*"""' P"'""»"« «'
Century Run of tbe Rooaevelt j„ ,hc^n»nt Th«.. Hiff«-„,„-o .sn! service in tbe Woodmere Ligbting
in thp count. These differences will j
be nated by the enumerator, so that eaeh census will be complete when it is finished.
j Mr. and Mra. Warren Golder are en¬ joying a two weeka' atay at Hainea' I Faila, N. Y.
Mr. and Mra. David Coker enter¬ tained Misa Loretta Coker of Aatoria and Edward McCarthy and aon, of Fordham, N. Y., on Sunday.
Mr. and lira: Harry Katz and daughter spent Sonday at Farming- dale, N. Y.
District; accepted.
Chapter 72 of the laws of 1912, rel¬ ative to amending the town law, waa discussed and a reaolation was Folly five bondred members and Jntrodoced by Town Clerk Gilbert ! frienda of tbe Soutb Shore Yacht Club ! *'•''='' provided for compenastion in tbe I attended the entertainment held at the i amount of $6 per day for tbe Town I Club Hoose Wednesday nigbt. The j Auditera; unanimooaly carried. I large ballroom waa prettily decorated Alexander Hallock'a application for I with signal flags and other yachting '^-aPP**'"*™*"* *¦ ¦"^"•^ance officer in I emblems. The atage, erected in the I "cbod diatricta No. 8-6 and 26 maa re- I nortb /nd of the room, waa decorated ; ceived and filed.
I with palma and flowers, witb tablea | Application of Cbaa. S. Hulta for i arranged to represent the favorite cafe i '*¦"« ot land on Black Point Msrsb
Tbomaa J. Thornton, of tbe firm of < Mr. and Mra. Cbaa. Bebr and family F. G. A G. T. Van Riper Company, of I and Mrs. Mary Behr are spending tbe
Freeport, tion.
ia enjoying a week'a vaca-
Spangled Banner" waa tben aang and ¦t tbe line. "iT'ia tbe Star Spangled Banner, Oblong may it wave," Mr.' Jansen suddenly onfurled a beaotifnl large flag wbicb bsd previously been 1 roD op in a ball to tfae top of tbe pole,'
Miases Careline and Florence de Wilde of Brooklyn spent several days recently at tbe de Wilde cottage on Park Aveoae.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Avogadro^are apending aeveral weeka touring Maine in tiieir aatomobile. At laat bearing
(Continued on pa^^e 8)
H y»« want to rMeli the M«»le |Miti)»»«J' *•" »° Portland and report >.v- rt In the "MMMRger.*' I ^K ¦ «!«« "«>•
Baseball
Games for Satorday: Hempatead at Mineola Rockville Centre at Cedarhurat Freeport at Lynbroolt
if yae try la "mrm-eivertite ymar (tara far a wUia—y«i1 ba thaJthi tkat swb a "aaay i4aa" arar tat lata ymar bemL
"I aaw n. In tha Maaaangeri"
week at Naasao-by-tbe-Sea.
Mi^a Eaaie Carman and Bdward B. Cornell were married at Hempatead, on Thoraday, Joly 11.
Jobn J. Dixon, jr., wbo baa been at Providence, R. I., for the paat montb, | is visiting bis parenta on Brookaide Ave.
Harry Faatb baa aecared a position with Doubleday, Page Co.
C. H. Kelaey and family of Brook¬ lyn bave moved into the Rhodes eottage on Charlea St.
of a New Yorkei. Leo Corello and Victor Moore, aa waiters of the place, forniabed amosement in announcing! tbe different acta of the evening. j
Tbe following are tbe artiata viho j appeared;
waa refeirred to osual committee.
Renewals of oyster and clam plant¬ ing licenses were made to Samoel B. Smitb.
Mrs. Thomas Finnocan, jr., appeared before the Board relative to obtaining
Adelaide Stoblefield, Morris Gold-''"'**>"¦ ""o""™ **>• Overseers of berg and Harry Pock, Annie Stubble- \ Poo' '<"" herself and three cbiWren. field. Wro, H. Philbrick, Layton 1 Sba atated that appeala to Overaeer Bros.. Cbaa. Middleton, Dooley and! Williama had been entirely ignored. Sayle, Rene Riano, Arthur Deagon, I •'"•*'" *^»"'8 offered tbe following
McWaters A Tyaon, and Tom and Staaia Moore.
After tbe performance tbe floor waa cleared for daneing, mosic being fam¬ ished by Muller of New Yqr|(.
resolotian, wbicb was carried: Rs- solved, tbat tba Town Clerk b« f. qoested to notify Overseer of Poor Williama of the complaint made to tfaia Board by Mrs. Finoean and request him to extend fartbor relief.
A4wartlaa it in Cveryhetfy'a Calumn
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w Drowned in Jones'Inlet ^^^^m. Freeport Elks in Oregorf House Struck by Lightning SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE Vol 4, Number 52 ET«ry Friday FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y., FRIDAY. JULY 19, 1912 $1.00 Yearly, Sincle Copy 5 Centa Mefrfck Elks in Oregon Services at the Chorch of -the Re-! Interesting Letter From J. Hayler Bellmore deemer, Sunday, tbe seventh after j Trinity, at 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. Celebration of t)>e Holy Cornmunion at the early service and Morning Prayer I and sermon at the 11 o'clock tervic^. The Sunday School meets in the Pariiih House at 10 a. tti. A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend the aer> vicea of thia chorch. Ellison, who is Attending the Elks' Convention July 10, 1912. r Portland, Ore Dear Friend:— Laat night Wallace and I attended a beefateak dinner given by the recep¬ tion committee to the Press of the U. S. and of ail the Impromptu affairs I At a special meeting'of the Meirick : ever attended that one was certainly Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 held ' ahead of them all. In the Fire Hall on Monday night it; The officers of the Grand Lodge of waa voted to expend the aum of $840 : Elka were invited; also Admiral Rey- for 1000 feet of fire hoae and two reel 1 nolda and hia ataff of officers of the carriages. A subscription list is being ! Battleship Oregon, which is now anch- banded about for the securing of the ored here during the convention. The necessary funds. The hose was pur Singie copies of the Messenger can i be had at William Wolfe's drug store, ' Bellmore, L. I. at 5c each. tf M. Karp baa ataked out groond for ; a new atore on Bedford Avenue, ad¬ joining tbe Mobrman property. The picnie of Advance Hook, Ladder Reform Needed in Jury Trials Justice Edwards of -Freeport De¬ clares System Permits of Too Much Delay Police Juatiee Elvin N. Edwards of Freeport Withhold Action on Seine Fishing Shirley Fulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Falton, gave a party in bonor of ber fifth birthday, Thurs- Nassau Supervisors Heed Request day, July 11. She waa the recipient - - — of numeroua gifts, one of which waa a ' birthday cake made by Horton, the caterer, of Brooklyn. Among thoae who were present were: Mrs. H. of Counsel For Baymen The Board of Supervisors of Nassaa County, sitting as a commission of in¬ quiry, heard the'piotest of the Maaaa- and Engine Company netted tbe fire-1 Freeport haa taken oeeaaion to cot.demn ' Thomas, Miasea Georgie Hicks, Beulah pequa Board of Trade against the ose men about $78. chased from the Republic Rubber Com¬ pany, of wbich F. G. Hill of Bayhamp¬ ton Park is the representative. the present system of jury trial in ; Hicks, Editji Scholey, Marguerite ^— j justices'courts, following an adjourn-, Graser, Ruth Russell, Lucy Watkins, The time for opening the bids for the ; ^lent in his own court, when a third Edna Schluter, Marion and Elizabeth erection of the new fire hall has been attempt to call a jury to hear a trivial Wa'lace, Myrtle Shea, Gwendolyn extend«^d to July 26 at 8 p. m., when a ^ase proved futile, owing to the privi-1 Hornbeck, Marie Glacey, Alice Dav- meeting will be heid in the hall. liege of peremptory challenges. On isBon and Martha and Mary Hoffman. two former occasions, when the same ! The afternoon was spent playing gam^es A yoong son, George Lawrence Betz, ease was called, adjournments were : and having refreshments on the lawn. ,. ¦ ¦ .L t arrived at the bome of Mr. and Mrs. ! taken because six impartial jurymen ?!""oLT" f o!" .:'"J'l,^..P!:*"!:i"ri°.^ George Betz on Sunday night. ; wo lej not l,e obtained from the panel Miss Wright of Brcoklyn has been visiting ber friend, Miss Louise Chris¬ toffel of Merriek Ave. tb^ Portland Printing House Company and doring the dinner speeches w<3re made and when nearly completed, a paper was printed in sight of all, of which I enclose you a eopy. Tbis eity is certainly one blaze of electric lights for hai'f a mile on two streets. Colomns are erected 50 feet apart; these columns are 4 feet sqaare at the base, tapering to 2 feet and on the top is a small elk. White and pur- The Alumni of F. H. S. is arranging !"bf >v)€lve. ^0 present the play, "The Dictator" a The Independent Willing Workers i "The condition simply goes to show ^^''^^^'" ^'''^^^ °<^^"> ^V Richard Hard- of Smithville South will hold a cariTv.,'the inadequacy of the law in jury trials A game of baaeball will be played oii*the grounds at the comer of Kirk¬ wood and Wynsum Aves. on Saturday ^_ „„„„ ...„-.. afternoon at 3 o'clock, between a team pie lighta are studded 10 inches apart for dancing. Ice' irom theMen's Club of the Church of on all four sides anf^ strung across the freshments wiil b be Redeemer and one from the Mer- atreeta between each pair of columna is rick Tennia Clob. „a atring of electric lights and in the ' centre a clock 2 feet in diameter indi- Miaa Petrina Burns is spending tbe eating the hour ofll with electric aummer at Newport, N. i., visiting jjghts inaide. val and dance on Saturday evening, July 27, for the benefit of Advance Hook, Ladder and Engine Co. on the company's new ground^. Grand Ave¬ nue, between Bellmore and Bedford Avenues. Tbe proceeds will go toward helping the firemen build their new hall. Good music will be furnished cream and other re- be served. There will also be many novel and interesting features. There will be no admission in justices' courts" he said. "It makes a farce of all judicial proceed¬ ings. It serves to bring witnesses and others here unnecessarily, when they have business that requires them else¬ where. Why? Because of the impos¬ sibility of getting 4ix impartial men out of twelve, due to the privilece of peremptory challenging granted to counsel for each side. "One side can make any trial impos¬ sible if it so desim, because it can ing Davis, at the Colonial Theatre on tbe evening of Sept. 3. I J. M. Hewlett has had torn down the I partly burned barn on Olive Boulevard, I and is erecting another in ita place. ' Thia barn was burned last Tuesday morning. her friend, Mrs. Bradford. The Merrick Dramatic Society has organized with the following officers: Preaident, Ray Mauger; vice pres., Misa Grace Tween; sec, Chas. Kup- fer; treas., Gustav Muller. They faave an advisory board conaisting of C. fl. Bowne, Miaa Pauline Hill, A. J. Anthony, Miss Mabel Stout. The ob¬ ject of the Society "as stated in its By- Laws adopted at a meeting on Monday night, is "sociability and to lend a bwlping band." One bnilding has 14 life size elks; another has a large clock 14 stories high, the Roman numbers in white el¬ ectric lights, the bands pointing at 11 o'clock aro of purple electric lighta. A parade tonight of 19 floats repre¬ aenting all nationa beotifolly decorated with flowers, grasses, etc., carrying millions ot electric lights, with 10 bands of masic entertained the crowds. Ail street eara were stopped and streets entirely cleared. >; ^It is now 1:30 in the morning and the streets are crowded with people. Two bands of music are now trying to outdo one another with popular airs. charged, but dancing will be 26 cents chajjenge until the required six have for gents and Ifi cents for ladies, i been overreached. Something shoald Everyone should attend this aaffir and be done by the Legislature to facilitate Postal cards received from Archer B. Wallace and J. Huyler Ellison, in¬ dicate that tbey are having a pleasant vacation in their trip with the Elks at Portland, Oregon. _ Mra. Jamea S. Dean, of South Bay lend a helping hand to the Willing ' tilings,' ao thai eiTher" therewIlTbeno V'^" Avenae, with her daughtera, Mra. Workera in raising money for the fire- trial by jury in justices' courta or the j Mary L. Bouton and Mias Agnes N. men._ defendant will have the right to seek']?""•''^yf''«''«'^/°'«'<'"'" °'E"/oP«- Rain last Sunday prevented the double-header which was to be played between tfae loeal team and the strong Bellwood A. C. of Brookljrn. This Sunday we wiil have for our the transfer of his case to the Connty Court" j The case in question that brought I the judicial condemnation forth was ' tbat of tbe people against Elizabeth They will probably retarn around holiday season. the of the bay and inlets there by seine fisb ermen, at a maaa meeting in Pennel's Hotel Thuraday night. Prominedt residents of that and other Soath Side villages took part in the meeting, and arguments concerning the Board'a rec¬ ommendation that the limits of tbe Conservation law be extended to in¬ clude the "three-mile stretch" and Massapequa Bay. The mass meeting was the outgrowth of numerous obections which have been raised by residents, yachtsmen and sportsmen of hia aection againat the Dse of the watera of the souther/i dis¬ trict of the town of Oyster Bay by tba net fishermen. That section of the Conservation law which the Masaapequa Board of Trade would amend to include theae watera prohibits the use of the seine in com¬ paratively small area of bay west of a point near Wantagh and extending to the Rockaway peninaular. It waa brought out that ainee tbis law becatoA effective the fiahermen'a fleet haa con¬ centrated its effort to thla part of the bay, and particulary the "three-mile stretch" whieh ends at Maaaapequa. The argament was advanced tbat tha fishermen's activities in theae watera haa aerioualy hampered line fishing. The offendera, it ia claimed, have been casting their neta acroaa channela and ^ feaaionala teanTplayed here laat aeason under the I name of the Orchard A. C, and are a fast aggregation of ball players. A _. „ . , TT I J T JJ ^ -- = - good game is promiaed. In the future The Merrick Hook and Ladder Com- ^ outdo one another with popular airs. ] the games will start a^ 3 ?f",'!,^°-J' ^^'' new company will Jn closing will state that this is the ! 3 o'clock, owing to tho change blold a Country Fair on the Camp finest affair of its kind I bave ever at-, time of the train that the visiting team Grounda upon the afternoona and even- < tended. Yours truly, inga of tr day and Saturday next, July Huyler. 26 and 27. A balloon aacension will p. S. I forgot to mention the fact take place at 7 o'clock on Saturday that the butter uaed at tho beefateak •vening. Tha worthy object of thia tonight waa colored purple in honor of A number of prominent men from fair ia tbe raising of funda for the pro- EUjg Convention. We leave here Fri-; the village apent a pleasant day in the viding of fire fighting equipmnet. ; jay morning for San Franeiaco for bay'Tuesday as the guests of Walter Contribotions will be thankfolly re- two daya and then Loa Angelea for one j Raynor. week, where we will be tbe goesta of Lieut. Gov. Wallace of California, an uncle of Arcbie'a. iniB ounaay we win nave ior our ; pedell. on a charge of malicioua mis- pponenta the faat Richmond Hill Pro-1 ehief, which grew out of an action eaaionala of Richmond Hill. Thia i,.„„„i,,. k« w,. d„.. h»ii„„j n«*k come out on. , toj^ey Be on hand early and help the local c^nrk boya to victory. Officer George Boyden, while patrol¬ ling hia beat Tbarsday night, tripped I bsu^'OK them after the tide had run, on a guy wire fastened to a tree on the; ^t was the viewpoint of one wealthy corner of Second Plaee and Pino Street, i member that no law could be too severe „ „ , „ ^ and fell, breaking hia right arm. that dealt with such condition, brought by Mra. Roae Helland. Both, j While the great majority of the more- women live on Nortb Columbua Ave-1 Alvin A. Sealey, local agent for tbe than a hundred membera of the trade nue. Mra. Helland allegea that Mrs. , Onslow-Moore Development Company, ] board were in favor of excluding the I r ^*'^*" t*"*^' aahes on her clean linen, bas placed a largo plot of ground in i fishermen from Maasapequa watera, s'o instead'of ""^ " * result tho small matter, was 1 the Bayview section at the disposal of i among the audience were several cham- lanpo in thP '"°"^''' into the local court, so that 1 the residente of that community, on pions of the baymen who won recogni- *' dirty linen could be judicially ^hich to play tennis. Mr. Sealey haa j tion as tho arguments concluded. El- washed." George Wallace was at- . .. _ . for Mrs. Bedell, and Harry i Clock looked after Mrs. Holland's in¬ terests. Two former attempts co hear botb sides of the neighborhood misunder¬ standing failed becauae of the impoasi- bility of getting the required aix men Wantagh "The Religioua Significance Social Work" will be tbe theme Rev. Thomaa S. Braithwaite in the Memorial Church next Sanday morn¬ ing. Tbere will be^ no evening ervice. Mra. Emma Ladford, wife of Jobn eral service was held Sunday after noon, the interment being in Green field. B. F. Barthlomew is down with an attack of typhoid fever. We hope for! h's speedy recovery. ceived by tbe committee in charge. We do not know the entire committee but communications addressed to Geo. Lottingahausen, Mr. Fahrenfeldt, Geo. Midmer or Frank Doty will receive a prompt reply. The Sanday School excuraion of the Church of the Redeemer will take place thia year to High Hill beach on Wedneaday, July 31. The boata leave the Merriek dock at 9 a. m., retorning before 6 p. m. Tickets at 25 eenta for purchaae by those not members of the achool will be in the handa of the child¬ ren after Sunday. Only those pur¬ chasing tickets so that the scholars may report at the school session on the 28th, can be insured of tbe privilege of the boata. Thoae waiting to pur¬ chase on the morning uf the Srd muat, under the circumstancna, do so at their own riak, the capacity of the boats be¬ ing limited. Tbe following ia somewhat late but we were not able to get it in print be¬ fore and, believing that our readers will be interested, we pi int at this: time. Aboot fifty familiea of that aection ! of Merrick known as Meirick Heigbts ' Peekskill gravel haa been placed and Marion Park, participated in the : a part of Park Place, celebration of July 4th in the field on Camp Ave, midway between Merrick Ave. and Meadowbrook Boulevard. The spot was ideal for the occasion" .. . .. ^. ~ ~ ^ ^. , .,. being acreened and ahaded from the ^ Major Arthur R. Jarrett. chief mili- road and aurrounding property oy trees 1 '*'> "orgeon of the 13th Kegiment of •ndbedgea. The men and women of; Brooklyn, and Harry E. Seal viaited tbe locality bave been working for the R*^- •»?''.**". T. S. Braithwaite at the aucceaa of tbis oating for the past six . Memorial Paraonage thia week, when weeka and the varioua committees feel' '"^^ ''•° ? "'' °" *''®,H*^. f"° *''° ¦ deep satisfaction at tbe outcome of ""^ ¦ °"*>""« "«" Z"" " '"'«*• tbeir endeavora. Harry Leich, aa' chaiman of the whole arrangement, Mr. and Mra. Cbarlea W. Abrama atarted eventa witb a ahort apeech of and family expect to move to Brooklyn welcome, after which under hia leader-' Manor on Monday next. Thay will be Bihp, tbe cbildren formed in line, eacb «'•«'> missed from the life of oor vil- carrying an American flag, marched 1«K« h«r«. *•»«" »hey have alwaya BiDgini "Columbia, tbo Gem of tbe taken a Ihrely Intereat In all ita affaira Oeean" to tbe end of tbe field and- '"d helpw) in a variety ot waya. sorroonded a tall flagpole. "The Star M. planned two double tennis courta. All; vin N. Edwarda, counael to the newly- propejty ownera and residents in thej formed Fishermen's Protective Associ- Bayview section have been invited to ation of Long Island, humoroosly re- frequent the public courts and to play futed the worda of thoae who attacked on them. the practice of aeine fiahing. I Lawyer Edwarda pleaded that the Announcement la made of the mar-j Board of Superviaora vithhold their riageof Marian Grace Cunningham, deciaion until a caae which ia now in on the jury. Five were obtained Satur- daughter of Rev. trank 0. Cunning-j the courta has been decided. He aaid ..« „„.„„. ^=„Ku= »,. ...» „^,.,.,u.« , ^'y- ''"* "^ **'* '¦" Bpecifically atatea ham,> formerly paator of the First Bap- \ that according to Colonial granta and E Church will conduct a home-^ *''"* ^'^ ""'^®<'"''"*<^-""'^ "**'® ^'^^'^^ I''"'^*'""''°, "'^''",S*''®' *° ^- ^«*-i chartera tht law prohibiting the oae of The Janior League of the Bellmore ^^ . made bread aad cake aale on the church I groonda tomorrow, Saturday, July 20. I Attend thia affair and buy your bread of I and cake for Sunday, and by doing so of I you win help pay off the mortgage on tbe lot reeentiy purchased by the trua¬ teea of the'^cburch. men empaneled were used up, there waa no alternative left Juatiee Edwarda but to grant a farther adjournment. Justice Edwards is atrictly opposed lie Wooda on July 3. The couple will j reside in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This kind of weather will cauae muat I the seine ia uncunatitutional, and tbat the caae in qoeation would be carried to the United Statea Court for aucb a ruling. i to thia form of court proeeedinga, and , people to become habitual drinkeraofi clarence Southard, Preaident of tbe has thus expressed himself on former ; ??°" *""/—®."P*^.'»l'y J, °f* TPJl'l"! I aasociation of fishermen, and Herbert A. Bacon, of Freeport, addressed tbe We underatand a catch baain like i *^'"^* »" '*>" ^^" futore to call togeth- tbe one at Meyer's corner is to be;«'"" ^^"^ Session judges in Nassau ^ ^ „ ^ placed on the corner of Grand and Bed-1 County, and try to have establiahed by Ladford, died at her home last Friday ! f^^^ Avenues to carry off the water I legislative act a form of procedure in morning after an illness of several I ^fter a heavy rainfall. Water gtands !'^^''''ta of Special Seaaiona and minor weeks with a complication of diseases. 1 there ankle deep for several daya after i courts Besides her husband Mrs. Ludford each rainfall and the catch basin will "'^' left a family of 6 children. The fun- ^^ greatly appreciated by'property owners aa well aa pedeatriana. ^^^«o Edwards told an Eagle reporter. i"All jury trials ahould be taken to the Local farmers are rnjoicing over the County Courts—courts of record. This heavy rainfall of late and from present reform must be adopted."—Eagle, indications the crop this seaaon should be plentiful. occasions. In order to bring about a j the good fortune tb drink the kind that ayatem of reform. Judge Edwarda in-1 Smith & Bedell describe in thia week'a ad. It Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Krause and family are sojourning at their summer cottage bere. Mrs. George Creed and family are occupying their cottage on Wilson Avenue. Harry A. Seaman haa been engaged to take the village census. Tbia ia combined under the direction of the Board of Edocation of the School Dia- No jury system can be devised to I *«¦'<:' ^nd the Village Board of Trua- meet the conditiona in justices'courta" 11"8. The diatricta are about the same, with a few slight exceptions, and in this way it ia planned to curtail the expense to a consider> |
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