South Side Messenger 19140107

              SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
$1.00 Yearly* Single Copy 5 Cents
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 7, 1914
Every Wednesday
Vol 6, Nuinber 2
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Servieet Mt the Church of the Re- dsemer Sunday, the flrst after the Epi- phanjr, at 11 o'clock a. m. and 8 o'eloek p. m. Morning prayer and ¦ennon at the 11 o'clock service. The .jdnurch School meets in the Parish ifloQU at 10 a. m. The Woman'ti Atixiliary mfets each Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Tbe Girls' Friendly meets each Monday, the younger girls at 3 and the old«r ones at 4 o'clock. Tbe Boy Scoots meet on Thursdays from 7 to 8 o'clock p. m. A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend the services of tbis church.
"Billy" RohlfTs. tbe young son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Roblffs. entertained many of his little friends at a Christ- tneT'party on Tuesday afternoon last.
Tbe monthly meeting of the Men's Club will be held in the Parish House ^m "fuesday night at 8:30 p. m. The fifth anniversary cf this club will be celebrated appropriately in the Parish House upon the evening of the 15th, Thursday.
Bellmore
Mr. and Mrs. John Adel entertained a number of friends at their bome on New Year's Eve.
Robert T. Willmarth has received the appointment as a court officer at the Mineoia Court House and com¬ menced his new position there this week.
William' Ilseman of Baldwin has purchased several lots on the west side of Bedford Avenue, below tbe railroad tracks from William Gately   of  Bald-
Wantagh
Freeport
Single copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenb^tt's or Braith- waite's news stores dn Railroad Ave., or Kiefer's, Main Street, Freeport' L. I. tf
At the services in the Memorial Church next Sunday the pastor,* Rev. Thomas S. Braithwnite, will preach both morning and evening. The morn¬ ing Bii^ject will be a continuation of Studi^i in the Life of Jesus; subject. "The Seventy Sent Forth," or "The Rank and File."    In the  eveniiig  the
win. Mr. Ilseman will at once have paator's subject will be "A Look Back- the brush cleared from tbe property 1 ward and a Look Forward"—A review and erect a cottage.    He intends to re-  of 1913 and a glance at 1914.
side here as soon as the   house is com        „       ,   , .,       "" ,   ,
pjgtgj One of the swiftest  games   of  bas-
 ;— I ketball seen in the Parish   House   this
Mrs. George Baldwin has been quite j winter was played   last Friday night
ill for the past few days, improved
but is much
Dr. and   Mrs.   M.   H.   Skou   enter¬ tained a number of friends at a turkey supper at their home on Linden Street, Sunday evening.    An enjoyable  even- : ing was spent by all present.
LandauBros. is the firm erecting a; gt. Barnabas'Catholic Church will housbTor E. S. Miller on Miller Place. , conduct a euchre and dance at Fire- Thecarpenters have been busy this | n^^n.^ Hall some time in February. week placing the roof. | ^he date will be announced later.
The amount collected   by   the   local j     Advance Hook. Ladder   and   Engine
S^J!.™ i?^u'L°.'!."J:L"f^u^^^^^^ wi"   hold a masquerade   ball
at Firemen's Hall on   tha   evening  nf
aeason in their small barrels for mis ¦ion work in tbe two counties of Queens and Nassaa was over $26. The rector reports this as first rate and congratulates the scUOol.
between Amityville and the local team It was a close game and well played on botb sides and resulted in a victory for Wantagh, the score being 31 to 25.
The second number in the entertain¬ ment and lecture course will be given in the Parish House next Tuesday night, ISth inst. The Mable Mullens Entertainers will be the performers and it is hoped there will be a good j house to greet them.
The Union Free School opened Mon day with a fair number of pupils and I all the teachers in attendance.
Saturday,    Feb.
Birthday Eve.)
be given later.
21     (Washington's      Thomas B. Seaii.an has been visiting More particulars 'vill | fnends in Massachusetts."
j     Harold McCord has been confined  to The Merrick Gan Club   held a shoot   his home for several   days   by   illness on New Year's Day   in   contest   for  a  but is much improved.
cup   presented   by   Prince   Pignatelli! 	
D'Aragon. The Prince himself wasj Judge Corodon F. Norton has taken the successful winner of the cup, pot- up bis duties as Justice of the Peace ting 22 out of a possible 50 birds. The,«n his new term, which began Jan.  1.
records of the gunners   were   poor   all •	
•round but it is only fair to say^ that Walter Frisch has sold hia Sunday tba composition of the "birds" had I newspaper route to Andrew Rogers of much to do with this as some of   them | Brooklyn, who will take charge Feb. 1.
re.fused   to   break,    although   pierced! ~ ¦
with shot. !     Tonight is the last day on whicb you
; can pay yoor school taxes at 1 per cant; after that date, 6 per cent will be added.    J. H.   Weiner   is   the   tax
Gufltavus Krause of Yonkers, N. Y.. for 28 years in the employment   of J.
JL Littebrandt. visited him on Sunday. | eollTctori GrandAvenue Mr. Krause is now the manager of Mr. Littebrandt's former  business in Yon-i kers.    Mr. Littebrandt has so far   re covered from his long illness as to  be •ble to move about the house.'
A card received trom Frank C. Young in Florida, reports all the fam¬ ily well and having a good time.
The Christian Endeavor meeting and business meeting will be held in the church next Friday night.
Howard and Nellie Seymour of Cam¬ den. N. J., have been visiting tbeir grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sey¬ mour, this Christmas and New Years.
Mra. Ella Powell has been entertain¬ ing her niece, Miss Ella Morrison, of Manhattan, for over a week.
Mra. Albert Crosby Doane and Mrs. Cornelius Ironmonger are spending a fortnigh't at Lakewood. N. J. Mrs. Ironmonger is convalescing from a se- vere attack of pleurisy.
Lynbrook
I     Miss Ethel James, assistant   in   the The Public School re-opened Monday I Poatoffice, has been   laid  up with   the after the holiday vacation.
Motion pictures this Thursday night at Firemen's Hall.
Watch -James M
Night   service   at   the   St.
E. Church waa well attend¬ ed, as was the service held in the fire facose of the Lynhrook Hose Company, No. 1, under the auspices of the Men's League of Christ Church.
Owing to the frost in the ground, tbe machine for digging tbe trench for gab pipes has been laid up and tbe Gas Co. has a force of men digging by hand. It is doubtful if the digger will j be of any use until Spring, and we i will probably have to wait until then before our streets are illuminated.
grippe.
A meeting of tbe Junior League of tbe St. James M. E. Church will be held on Wednesday next, January 14tb, 1314. 	
Don't forget tbe card party that will be beld in Mechanic's Hall next Tues¬ day afternoon for the benefit of the Lynbrook Free Library Association.
A social evening will be spent at Mechanic's Hall on Thursday evening, January 29th, 1914. under the auspices of Pride of Court Seaside Circle, Lady Foresters.
For the purpose of bringing into closer connection the men of St. James M. E. Cbureh and the male residents of Lynbrook. a turkey sapper will be served in.the chapel on Friday evening at 8:15 p. m., for which tickets will be sold at SOc each. A nuinber of prominent speakers have been secured for tbe evening, and an effort will be made to organize a club for tbe aole purpose of boosting Lynbrook as a place of residence.
The committee in charge of the af¬ fair are William N. Ridge, Remsen H. Sbipway, Charles W. Fuess and the Rev. George Adams, D. D.
CY   PERKINS IS  GOIN*  TO  SELL HIS AUTO. By John J. Beekman. Well, I'm goin' to sell my auto
For I ain't got the dough To keep the dam thing runnin'
Takes a bank or more you know Crops ain't been up to atandard
I lost tbe old gray mare And the bank failed down at Pine Hill
I lost full fifty share. So I'm goin' to sell my auto
'Cause it's one great big expense And Mandy won't ride in it
And I can't see tbe sense In keepin' something ain't no good
'Cause wben I wish to go Why I'll book up the sorrel colt She fast enough, you know. I won't be fined for speedin'
lean use the money, too I owe a big fertiliser bill
That's long been overdue So that's wby I'll sell my auto
I have other reasons why I advise a lot of folks I know
To do the same as Cy.
Services will be held at the M. E. Church Sunday morning at ip :30 a. m.; Sunday School at 2:30 p. m.. Ep¬ worth League. 7:15; evening service, 7 :45; preaching by tbe pastor. Rev. Wm. Dalziel; all are cordially wel¬ come.
Rockville Centre
The regular monthly meeting of tbe Men's Club of the Church of tbe As¬ cension will be held on Wednesday ev¬ ening, January 14th. Edward M. Bentley will be the speaker of the«v- ening, taking for hie theme, "Sewage Installations." Ladies' Nigbt will be observed tfae same evening, and all are invited to attend, whether or not a member of the club or oi the parish. Let all the men come oat, attended by their wives. Following the address by Mr. Bentley, the men will famish refreshments to their guests.
A public installation of the newly- elected officers of Cassiopia Chapter, No. 463, 0. E. S., will be held on Monday night next, January 12th.
Tbe Rev. E. B. Richoaond, who has just severed bis connection as pastor of tbe local Baptist Church, will leave on Saturday for Cannonsville, Dela¬ ware County, N.' Y., wbere he will conduct for a abort period, a mission in tbe interest of the Baptist Church at that community.
I Under the auspices of tbe Mothers' ' Club a lecture will be given in the ! auditorium of the Clinton School on I Friday afternoon at 8:15 p. m., to I wbich all mothers and all interested in j the work are cordially invited. Tbere I will be no charge of admission made. I Refreshments will be served. Dr. i Philip A. Parsons, head of the soci- I ology department of Syracuse Univer- I sity, who is widely known all over the j country as a writer and speaker of ex I ceptional merit, will be the speaker of
the afternoon, and he will take for his I topic, "Consumers' League Work." I In his address Mr. Parsons will give a
resume of the past and present work I of tbe Consumers' League, and he will .relate many short cuts to the reduce i tion of tbe high cost of living.
I Rehearsals are still in full swing for the sACond annual minstrel entertain- ! ment which will be given in the audi- I torium of the Rockville Centre Club ' on Friday evening, Janoary 23rd, ander the auspices of The Wanderers.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baitinger and family spent New Years with relatives in Brooklyn.
Cox, Wendler & Van Tuyl have al¬ most completed building a new stable east of the lumber yard and also a wagon shed west of the stab'e.
New Year's Day was ushered in by i the customary ringing of the church I bell, the tooting of horns and firing of guns, but outside of these things a I quiet day was apent by most of o«r I people.
' The Good Cheer Citib held a recep¬ tion in the Parish House New Year's Eve, when all had a pleasant time as the old year dejiarted and the New Year came in.
The regular monthly meeting of tbe Hook and Ladder Co. will be beld in the Truck House next Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
A new fire well has been put in on Seaford Avenue, west of the black¬ smith shop and was tested by the fire¬ men last week. This well is close to the lumber yard of Cox, Wendler & Van Tuyl.
Lyon Commended
At tbe meeting of the Board of Sup¬ ervisors Monday, Controller John Lyon was presented witb a letter, in whicb the SOperviaors expressed their regret at the fact tbat bis term as Controller will end at the expiration of the year. When the Controller first assumed the duties of his office, there was consider¬ able unfriendly feeling between the two departments of the government, but as time passed and the acquaint¬ ance between the Controller and the members of the county board grew more intinlate. a better understanding arose and for the past two years the two departmenta have co-operated with each otber.
When the Controller entered tbe chamber of the Board of Supervisors, Chairman Christ arose and presented him with the following letter:
"Hon. John Lyon—The Board of Supervisors wishes you a happy and prosperous New Year and we wish to take this opportunity of expressing our regret that your services as County Controller are about to end.
It is with pleasure that we review our connection between tbis office and yours daring your incumbency and ful¬ ly appreciate tbe valueof yoar services to the coanty and the courtesies ex¬ tended onr department.
Philip J. Christ.    " James H. Cocks, Hiram R. Smith."
Controller Lyon made a brief ad¬ dress, in wbich he complimented the Board upon tbe efficient manner in which it is conducting the affairs of the coanty. I
Sintfle copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's or Braith- waite's news stores on Railroad Ave., or Kiefer's, Main Street, Freeport, L. I. tf
A large delegation of Freeport Lodgi, No. 1258. B. P. O. E., held a theater party Wednesday night at the Orphlum, Brooklyn, in honor of their fellow member, "Steve" Pettit, Sher- iff-elict of Nassau County. The ar¬ rangements were made by Arthur De- gan. Ivho is this week appearing at the Orpheum anc who is a close friend of Mr. Pettit.
Hempstead's New Accounting System A Success
"Of course  the system is very new
yet. but we feel that it will be a great
help.    One of the immediate    benefits
I from it wil! be realized now when   we
' bei;;in making up th<; unnual statement
for the C' nniriolier's officp.    Each de-
I partment, imu uucli   function   of  eacR
department is analyzed so that all   the
accounts are as plain as they   possibly
can be.
So far  as   the   new   system
my
Th(i New Year was ushered Thuritday morning by tbe usual shoot ing of guns and making of all kinds of hoiseh, blowing of whistles, etc. At tbe M# E. Church where watch night services were held, tbe New Year was also tilbered in by the ringing of the churoh bell.
Taxpayers and all others who take an interest in the welfare of tbe Town of Hempstead are watching with keen pleasure   the   successful    manner   hi
which the new accounting system there i °*'" ^''ice goes I may  say  that   I  am
very well satisfied indeed and look for¬ ward to its practical working out with pleasure."
Mr   Smith went on to   say   that   he
felt that the new   system   would   very
mnnow   tn   >   hi"^'h ^ greatly increase the efficiency   of  the
r^fc Ihn   hlltZ   '°W" accounting department, and would
in i followed the changeriS mSnidpal gov   ' .^^.J- -°^« satisfactory to   the   town
-    ernment all over   the  coontry  declare   P*"",*^^" ««   *°   ']^^  «='»'/«""  ^^
that the system now in   use in Hemp-   '^'^i^"".!/^^"'^   ^^f.^^T   "^^.^ook-
stead ranks right up with the best   inl ^.fP'"«-      0/^ <=«"."«•    he continued
the   country, in that it is   adapted   so ''   ""^ ^^"^^"^ **>** increases the amount
carefully to existing conditions.
This happy result has come about througb the hearty and open-minded co-operation of tbe town authorities with the Nassau   County   Association,
is working out. Also the office holders are delighted for they have the satis-1 faction of knowing that tfaeir system \ is one worked out along scientific lines, and has raised the efficiency of the ' handling of town standard.    Indeed
A nbusical comedy, as yet unnamed, writt(in by Harry Foster,  of Freeport, i which from the first han demonstrated son of Alonzo Foster, N. Bergan Place, j its purpose as constructive and helpful
has received the approval of tbe fac ulty committee, consisting of Profes¬ sors *Fupper anJ Baschen. and Harold Smithy of Pbillipsburg, and will in all probajbility be the play presented by the Sack and Buskin Club of Lafayette Collegfe, during Junior week.
The play was accepted over a num ber of others and is said to be one of the bast ever chosen for presentation.
rather than critical or destructive
The town officials fur their part have been eager to do everything pos¬ sible to raise the efficiency of the Hempstead government, as they have all agreed at one time or another that the old forms had become somewhat antiquated under the modern and more complex conditions of a greater Hemp¬ stead.    Hempstead is growing in   im-
Althotigh the executive committee  of j portance   and   population,   they   bold, Sock-and Buskin has not officially  act-1 and therefore should keep  abreast  of ed. it is the custom for them to accept {tbe time wich all the best  methods   of as final the decision of the older   com- 'efficiency in town government, mittee, i    The work was not  all  accomplished
Tho play is something of  a  change 1 in a day. for it   took   many   weeks   of
from former years in that the scene is laid in a camp of college  boys   rather
the most painstaking study of condi¬ tions and accounts. One of the most than at the college. The plot turns on important stages is yet to be finally a case of mistaken identity, which I adopted, but it is confidently expected brings about some developments which j that this will go through at an early are decidedly out ot the ordinary. A i meeting of the Town Board. This is number of clever lyrics are complete, j the segregated budget, drawn up on but the music is not as yet finished. ! scientific lines to take care of al) the Mr. Foster is a member of the class of I town expenditures with amounts speci- 1916, and is identified witb the board fied in advance for each department of editors of the Lafayette, the College | and each function thereof, publication.—From Pbillipsburg Daily i Preliminary to devising the new Press, Dec. 17. forms of ledgers, registers, documents.
of nr.alysis to be done means more work, bgt our new system ia so worked out that tbe present office force will , be able to carry it on without difficul¬ ty."
I Another point of view on the suc- : cessful culmination of the work is that expressed by Frank S. Stanley in I charge of the Nassau County Associa , tion experts, who in co-operation with ' the town officials put through the changes, Mr. Stanley said:
"Of course, there   were  some  diffi- I culties. no   big  thing   that   is   worth while   ever  is   accomplished  without ; difficulties, but I believe the system is I going  to be a success.    Certainly   we believe it to be an   efficient   one.   and j exceptionally well adapted to   the   in- i dividual conditions as they exist nowa- , days in Hempstead.    The   system is a thoroughly modern one and puts Hemp¬ stead right in the front rank of  town- I ships   which   are   administering   the I money of their taxpayers   in a scienti-' ¦ fie   manner.    Indeed,    Hempstead   is now far ahead of a great   many   large cities which still cling to the  old-time methods of appropriating lump   sums. ' ana   having   antiquated   bookkeeping methods."
i Mr. Stanley it) qualified to speak.Jfor he fs one of the experts from the Bu- I reau of Municipal Research, and he is naturally in touch with all that is best, as well as all that is worst, in munici¬ pal government,   and   misgovernment.
»      u ' '?Z^'' 'ffl •• " T?' '^"t r'-Twn   After completing bis   work
Beacb 1 of   the  offices   of   Supervisor.   Town   ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Association he expects
: to go to Pittsburg where   tbe  Bureau . will install a complete new system.
Mrs.A. Jung of South  Long  Beacb i of  the offices   of   Superviaor,   Towr  "-'-' -""'h-^-k ...-   -r^^r.   with  the Avenup entertained "The Chafing Dish i Clerk, Town   Superintendent of High Eight" Wednesd^ afternoon. ways and   Justices  of   the   Peace   ii                              : order to obtain an accurate understand
The next regular meeting of the , '"K of cenditions and to decide just j Village Board of Trustees will be held ¦ what needed changing and how. The : Thuraday afternoon, Jan. 15. At tbat: a'™ of the town officials and the Nas-1 time the application  of   the   Freeport' sau County Association experts was to ,
Railroad Co., for permission to extend i provide a system that would   be  tbor-!     _,, , ,_„, .„ . ,,     ...   .
their trolley line along Railroad   Ave-   ougbly efficient and   which   would   be      The sum of $525,664.11 will   be   re-
nue will be considered. simple enough to be bandied  properly , IJ^.'^ed to  run   tbe   governmental   m«
  by the present office torces.    In  order | chmery of Nassau   County  this year,.
Wm. G. Miller baa begun  the   erec-; to make everything clear the books of (!"_°'*^J"e ^^ the annua l^bud^^^t of ex- tion   of  a 2 story   brick   building   on
Nassau Co. Budget
Main Street, opposite the Poat Office, just north of the building occupied by E. H. Olsen. This will be for one stOTe, with a loft to be used in connec¬ tion with the store, on the second floor. F, G. & G. T. VanRiper Co. have tbe mason work on this building.
tbe town were re-written   from   April ] P^nses made up and   comp eted by the 1. 1913, right to the preaent time. Board of Supervisors Monday.    In ad-
: A brief glance at tbe various brancb-: ^'t'on to tbe amount raised for county I es of the work done will interest every I expenses tbere is a direct State tax of i voter, and every taxpayer. Tbe aim8^"9-236.a2 and Supreme Court ex- 1 of tbe work were as follows: ¦ Pe^ses amounting to $12,934.63.  mak-
i To provide for a scientific budget!'"K « total of $657,835.16 to be raised ; which would make it possible   for  tbe ;'" the county   this   year.    Tbe   gross
Jar. 14, at 3:30.    Dr. F. W.   Fletcher | will address the Club, and all  mothers i aod others interested are invited to at¬ tend.
Town Board to estimate tbe town meet'at the i Pei'^'tures to the smallest   detail ' make tbeir
in H lump sum as formerly
ex- The Mother's Club will   meet'at the i Peno'i""8 to tne smallest   uetaii   and Archer Street School   on   Wednesday, i ™*''^ ^}^'l appropriations accordingly, n      n-   IT   U7    TPi^*.! instead  of
this   year.    Tbe budget is $10,259.06 higher tban  last year and is as follows:
State of New   York,   general   tax, $81,254.07;  armory   tax.   $37,982.35;
Mr. and Mrs. I. Kingsbferg and son of the Bronx spent Christmas with Mrs. Kingsberg's sister, Mrs. Henry Gobetz.
The Freeport Club will hold a series of dances, beginning Friday evening, January 9. The dances will be beld every Friday evening during the sea- aon. Excellent music wiil be furn¬ ished. The committee in charge is Leonaid S. Mabee, Thomas J. Spence aod l^teodore H. Vought.
Tbe annual meeting of the Freeport Bank, for the election of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transac¬ tion of any other regular business, will be beld Tuesday, Jan. 13, from 8 to 4 p. m.
A similar meeting of tbe First Na¬ tional Bank will be held tbe same day at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Tbe Woman's Relief Corps has just sent a crate of oranges to the W. R. C. Home at Oxford, N. Y, This home is for tbe old veterans and their wives, and is maintained principally by the Relief Corps. Each year the Home has a large Christmas tree and tbe Re¬ lief Corps fram all parts send boxes of goodies tp help trim the tree.
Tbe Council officers of Freeport Chapter, R. A. M., and the secretary and treasurer were installed Wednes¬ day evening, instead of at the meeting of Jan. 7 us planned. A regular meet¬ ing will be held next Wednesday even¬ ing wben the remaining officers will be installed.
Dr. George A. H. Smith, eye treat¬ ment or glasses; Taesdays and Thurs¬ days. 8 to 11. and by appointment, at residence, 1 Wallace St., comer Brook¬ lyn Ave. tf.
,     To enable the  Town   Supervisor  to I Supreme  Court,   justices  and  clerks,
j keep a strict accounting of each  fund ^12.984.63.    Total   State  tax,   $132,-
j and prevent the expenditure   of  more } ^'l-^S.
j than the amount appropriated. Interest on   Queena   County bonds;
To provide for tbe purchase of all |'36,942.74; interest on Nassau County materials and supplies by one official, j huilding bonds, $8,760; interest on who also sboald handle the approprla-I honds, series H, $12,600; series I, tion account, In this connection it is j'!<^00; series J, $4,950; series K, interesting to note tbat no order would I 52,070; series L, $10,800; series M, be placed unless there  was a sufficient', 328.250.
I amount in the fund to meet tbe   claim:     Redemption   of   county's  share   of
i when presented. j Queens County bonds,   $4,209.52:   Su-
To safeguard tbe town from making i preme Court expense account, $28,665: duplicate payments of claims. ! County  Court  expense  account,   $28,
To insure the proper crediting of all! *60; salaries, $114,470; general ex- mor>eys received from lessees, town 1 Pense. 548,741.50; furniture and fix- lands, licenses, etc. I tures, $1,767.50; stationery, supplies To control time sheets and'payrolls I and printing, $27,895; road mainten> of employes and see tbat tbey are; "".oe. account, $223,000; County Sjup- properly certified before payment. I erintendent of Poor, $16,805; construe- To keep accounta with each high-1 tion of highway, No. 953, $2,460; No. way, tbat is tbe total amount expend-¦ ^88, $891.98: Post Avenue, grade ed on each and for what purposes the I crossing elimination account, $16,- amounts were expended. Ry this the i ^^4.28: void taxes charged to county. Town Superintendent of Highways will | $238.97: general fund, $50,000; total, be able to tell at a glance jast wbat! $781,282.49. amounts are spent for specific purposes I     Surpluses,   general   fund,   $42,000;
on certain roads; for instance for such   departments, $90,000; total, $132,000.
purposes as sanding, oiling, materials, i     ^et county budget,   including  State
etc. tax, $649,282.49.
To prevent the expenditure of funds I    Charged to the Town of Hempstead
appropriated for the yearly service   of | — f-unacy    examinations,    $1,004.16;
special lighting,    water  and  fire  dis- j void taxea charged to town, $1,180.08;
tricts during tbe flrst  few   months   of j town's  share  conatruction  of coanty
the fiscal year and thus making it   ne-! highway. No.   988,    $62.40;  highway
cessary to levy additional assessments | maintenance county highways, section
against these districts for past in^ebt-  172, $600: total, $2,846.64.
edness. |     Charged to the town of North Hemp-
To keep intelligent   records   of  tbe i "tead—Lunacy examinations, $459.71;
town's indebtedness, names of  owners  void taxes charged to  town,   $224.24;
of bonds, interest payments, when due, etc. *"
To show the cost of operating all offices, and in fact analyze all pay¬ ments made in such detail that the av¬ erage citizen could tell from an exam¬ ination of tbe books just what it cost for each function of tbe town govern¬ ment.
I'he satisfaction taken by the Town Supervisor. Hiram R. Smith, in the new system is shown by the following statement made recently to a repre¬ sentative of this paper:
town's share of construction of coanty highway, No. 988. $105.59; highway maintenance county highways, section No. 172, $660; total, $1.4fi9.54
Charged to town of Oyster Bay— Lunacy examinations. $309.06: net tax roll shortage, 1912, $1,407.06: void taxes charged to town of Oyster Bay, $210.87; town's sha.*-fi cAnstroction of coanty highway No. 968, $1,140; high¬ way maintenance county highways, section No. 172, $1,200; total, $4,- 266.49; gross coanty badget, $667 - 885.16.