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VOL. 1, NUMBEB 3
BELLCORE. L. I., N. Y., i^IDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908
PBiCIiJ, 6 CENTS
fREEPORT
BfLLMORE
WANTAGH
Counsellor H,   G. Clock and his son sailed lor Europe Saturday.
Mr. Allen Baldwin  passes birthday on Saturday.
his
Smith  Cox  returned trip],last Saturday.
from his auto
82nd I A quiet school meeting Tnesday night I did not upset tlie eqnilibriilm of any oue ' present.    An easy budget of $2100 was
An Automobile Club in Freeport, having for its members residents, not only of this village but of surrounding ones as well, is the rumor that reached -one (connected with this paper. The idea seems a good one if any thing of advantage can be gained by .such an or¬ ganization. Cities are not the only places in which an automobile club prospers and there are enough motor enthusiasts, in Freeport and vicinity who could doubtless d&rive much ben¬ efit from a well regulated club of this kind. Acting together thej' would have a voice in the making of roads andjrepairing them and aii roads in Nassau County are not just what they should be as yet; though thi.s does not mean for a minute, that a local club could be a factor of Kufficient size to make an immediate change, but the ball could be started rolling, neverthe¬ less.
The biggest crowd of the season was \ Passed. 	
fit   High  Hill    Beach    Sunday.    Thej    Rev. Thos. Braithwaite is having Ius i hotel and cottages were filled to  over-\ .^^^^^^^ ^^^^ f^om active pastoral work.
flowing and the excursion boats to this ; 	
place  were  all filled.    People are rea-      Mr. aud Mrs. T. B. Seaman are mak- lizing what an excellent place  is  here ' ing au extended  tour, going as far as i to find rest and quiet in. ; Newfouudlt^ud.
The Bellmore ball team lost their' The regular theatrical season of Mr. game with Freeport last Sunday; score ia°^„,^/«- ^- -J- Thomas starts ou of  11 to  9.    Next  Sunday  they  will ^ ^'^'''^'^"•
play the strong NasSau Colored Giants : Wantagh Gnu Clnb (there are some on the home grounds. This will be the : good Hhooters here) have a clay pigeon i great game of theseason and ought to siioot at Hungry Harbor the 15tli. There be  worth  seeing.       Batteries:   Bell-i will doubtless be a lot of dead  "birds"
more,   Pettit and  Lamb. Sampson and Saunders, hand and see the game.
N. C.   G's, Better  be on
around.
Up iu tlie Adirondacks tliey have a slKiet of water culled Rainbow Lake and to this place have gone .T. W. Oowles aud family, Mr. aud Mrs. Kropp and James Seamau, Jr.
In a little while ev«ryoue of the trav¬ ellers will bo comiug back to good old Wautagh aud then  affairs will   shape
¦    Freeport Club 6    College Point 2
On Saturday at Athletic Park the Freeport Club defeated the Vigilant A. C. of College Point by the score of 6 to 2, after nine innings of the fast¬ est and most exciting base-ball seen in Freeport in some time. With the wind behind them the pitchers had most everything their own way, it being very hard to drive the ball out of the diamond.
JJI^The visitors scored two runs in the i sixth inning. Levinus fumblejl Lewis' ; infield tap, L. Ruck was out Raynor to i 1,: Martinez singled hut the ball | bougw*^*hofyB Ig^s I'etfing l^wis I score, Rogers flied to l;evy, making ] the second out; then Levy fumbled Roulf's hit and Martinez scored; E. Ruck struck out. , *. j
Freeport was unable to score until the eighth. Tooker started it by get¬ ting hit, Bristol sacrificed him to sec-; ond, Corby singled, scoring Tooker and i got to third while they were trying to get Tooker at the plate; Levy reached first on an error, Raynor singled, G. Levinus walked on four wide ones, fill¬ ing the bases with the gcore tied. C. Levinus put up a Texas Leaguer when the visitors went up in the air and Freeport scored four runs; Thorp struck out, ending the inning with the home team four runs^to the good.
The annual outing of the Presbyterian Sunday School will be held next Wed¬ nesday to High Hill Beach. The Pres¬ byterian Calendar says: "The first; boat will leave foot of Raynor St. at 8 ; a. m. All the members of the Sunday •School and friends are invited. The excursion is free, but a collection will be taken for the benefit of the school." '
SEAFORD
Miss  Mary  Rhinehart of  Brooklyn | is visiting at Mrs. Bernard Albro's.      j
A minstrel show was held in the Y. M.   I.   C. Hall on Wednesday evening, i under the auspices of the colored wait-; ers  of the Massapequa Hotel, assisted I by outside talent.
The Unity Pleasure  CTub  will'hold j an  outing on Saturday evening, going j to  High  Hill Beach and returning  to the Brant Point House  for  supper  at about midnight
John Deubert and Charles Russell are finishing the concrete sidewalk in front of th(^r properties on Grand Ave. Russell has made a good job of his stretch, bringing it close up to his piazza,   with room for a flower bed   in
the  circle,   which  gives a general ap-  themselves for the Fall and Winter, pearance of neatness.    Deubert is car- rying the work right down to  his  cor-i Ye Editor:
ner. Concrete sidewalks are a neces- An old newspaper man, On my an- sity and the property owner who has nual Summer travels, in passing Bell- them is deserving of much credit for more station was surprised at the prog- his progressiveness. ress  of  that  ancient  village.    I was
—  once a sojourner at Smithville So.   a id
It is too bad that something less dis- was interested so remembering how agreeable cannot be found for the pur-, my dear old friend Artemas Ward found pose than disagreeable blacic oozy oil qut how many wives Brigham Young to place on the highways. This stuff ' had, counted the stockings on the wash will ruin anv good cloth it touches, line on a Monday and divided   by  two,
—-.—, . I following  his  method,  I  counted  the
Mrs. Ellen M. Ames, grandmother | carriages waiting at Bellmore station of Mrs. James A. Stiles of this village, on Saty. p. ra. and concluded by a has passed into the Great Beyond, {roatheniaticBl calculation that y'our leaving bfehind her a fnemory that is i village, burgh or ctty had prog<-f>tef,od at  once  full  of  sweet    recollections.   75 per cent.
Under the name of Eleanor Kirk she I noticed that Wantagh had made edited and published the world known headway since last year, the new lamps magazine,Eleanor Kirk's Idea and was I along the avenue being very conspic- the authoress of many strong well | uous. I was delighted to find Mr. written books that to-day are regarded ' Nathanael Inch had arrived by the same as standard works in their class. A train. Mr. Inch is a N. Y. banker wonderful woman, a beautiful mother, who visits this neighborhood for hunt- and a grand character. Editorially the ing and fishing and to gather strength Brooklyn Eagle, to which publication for the ensuing 50 weeks of the year, she  was  a  valued  contributor,   says:      Mrs. Inch, Miss Ruth Natalie  Inch,
"Her personal qualities were marked Mrs. Wells and her daughters Rena and by hospitality, service.uplift and char- Bettina have been visiting here since ity. Sorrows were born bravely, cheer school broke up for the Summer vaca- was ever her mood, her motive and her   tion.    Erasmus Hall, Packer andAdel-
method, and of ill-will or  distrust was incapable."
The annual fair of the Church of St, Michael and All Angels will be held in the Guild Room of the church on Tues¬ day evening next, August 11, Fancy articles will be on sale.
The annual beach party of the M. E. Church to High Hill beach was held Tuesday. The "Carrie A." conveyed the excursionists to the beach and car¬ ried a large crowd.
The regular annual school meeting of the district was held last Tuesday evening in the school house. Frank W. {Raynor waa re-elected to succed himself for a term of three years and H, H. Graef was elected to fill the un¬ expired term of John Haff, who re¬ signed. The appropriation of $2500 for school needs during the coming year was passed.
: Thomas Roberts was taken to Nas¬ sau Hospital on Saturday morning last; where it was"said lockjaw had develop¬ ed. It is not known whether this is caused by the wound inflicted upon Mr. Roberts by the bursting of his gun some time ago, pr whether it was cansed by a few grains of powder which he possibly got in his hand around July '4. All reports indicate that Mr. Roberts has a chance for recovery, although he i» in a very prc- <!ariou9 con^^'+>""
she  phi   are   represented   by   these   young graces.
— __ Mj._   Inch  has  been  enjoying   poor
Been several meetings in town dur- health lately. He fears the lobster ing the last few days. ' Last Friday ' palaces of little old N. Y. have not the Regular Republican Association of helped him; he thinks a dozen or two of the 2nd dist. of the Town of Hemp- Sister Shearer's flap jacks with about stead held their meeting in Firemen's a half pound of nice corn fed pork for Hall. The Secretary was impowered breakfast will restore him to normal, to call a special meeting when the ban- Ludford's lake at Beltagh ave, caused ner will be ready for raising. It will by a broken bridge has been depleted be strung across Bedford Ave. in front of nearly all its beautiful sheet of wa- of the Worth House; this banner is ex- ter, destroying the picturesqueness j of pected any day. A big turnout is ex- the scenery and.depriving others here- pected at- the raising. about of their boating and fishing.
Then there was the regular meeting I met my old veteran, warrior friend, of the Bellmore Fire Department at Captain Spate' this morning who is their headquarters, Monday night. ' chipper  as  ever.    By  the rule of  in-
Tuesday night meetings were held verse ratio he is getting younger every by all the school boards of the districts year. He extended a cordial invitation in their respective places of meeting,    to  dine  with him wjiich we  instantly
  accepted, and that gaflant old defender
of our rights and firesides added by the way of an extra honor to the ladies that he would hoist Old Glory the day we came over, and said: "We will reach down the good old bugle and have another song.''
I don't thjnk strangers  ever  die  of hunger here  if  I  may  judge  by  the
  hospitality with which I am received.
When the Republican? of this village Yours &c
fling  their  banner to the breeze there "Hancock."
will  be  a  great time in town.    They ,     Wantagh will   have    fireworks,    speeches    and;       Aug. 3.
large chunks.of enthusiasm.    The ban- ' ,	
ner will be located in front of the Worth House where alt who run may see and read.
The annual outing of the 2nd district Republican Club to High Hill beach will be held on Wednesday, August 26.
There will be entertainment furnish¬ ed, athletic games at the beach, and a royal good time for all.
The Fire Department will hold its annual moonlight sail to Pt. Lookout on Wednesday, Aug. 12, from Corn- well's dock. Music will be fumished by Tucker's Military ^am^
Bellmore Board of Trade meets to¬ night at Firemen's Hall to discuss mat¬ ters of importance.
Mr; and Mrs. Joseph Garra left Wednesday for Weatherly, Pa., where they will have their home for the fu¬ ture.
Where Politeness Doesn't Pay. "French and German hats," said a hatter, "only last half ns long as ours. / It Isn't the poor quality of the hats, I but the flne quality of the manners, : that causes this. Lifting the hat In sal- l utation Is the hardest work that falls on the headpiece, and the French and Germans  lift It to  men  and  women equall^v thus giving It twice as much , labor  as  we  do.   Naturally,  then.  It wears oot twicje as qnlckly. It goes L^ the brim In no time over the water.".- Cincinnati Enquirer.
SMITHVILLE SOUTH
aud EAST MEADOW
Tuesday night a good sized assem¬ blage attended the school meeting in this district. An interesting meeting took place; the new building came in for a deal of discussion, the budget for '08 was gone over and there was brought out at the meeting much that was of interest concerning the new structure that will in 1909 be ready to receive its pupils. W. E. Horn made an  efficient chairman.    All the  board
UBRARY THIEVES.     H
Aeeorted Into Four Classes by •' Ll' brary Official. "Library thieves fall Into four class¬ es," said the librarian. "The first and most numerous Is the umbrella class, gender, I regret to admit, femiulne.
VThls lady lounges about your libra¬ ry with an unrolled umbrella In her hand, if she sees a book she wants, ft magazine or a newspaper, pop It goes Into the umbrella's capacious folds. Her type Is well known. Never carry au unrolled umbrella Into a library If waa present excepting Trustee Jeflfrey j you would escape the s,urvelllance of who is away on a trip to the West, j the watchers and attendants. Speeches were made by Messrs. Loren- ; "Anothes class—malo—steals week- zo Smith, J G. Kelley, S. S. Smith, jlles. This daring thief rolls a weekly Frank Hack, John Deubert and others, j into a cylinder, slips his hand through Theso men showed a keen interest in It and works It un his sleeve. Fancy the matter of school work. It is. gen- running such risks for a flve or ten erally conceded that the present  board 1 cent weekly!
is capable and painstaking and Frank j "A rare genus, feminine again, is the Hack is an aggressive and progressive I partitive or installment thief, who Secretary-Treasurer who is always steals a book a few pages at a time, ready to advance a theory for what  he I Though this genus Is known to libra-
The Stroller's Column
Great place is High Hill with its comfortable summer cottages perched upon the surrounding hills ai),d all filied with folks seeking the rest cure by the sad sea waves. Last Sunday the place was packed by a week end crowd who find much to please in this seashore re¬ treat.
considers for the betterment of the work in queation. In the different bal- lotings about thirty votes were cast..
rles, I have met with but two speci¬ mens in ten y^ars. Oue stole a Hall Caine and the oth^r an'^H. A. Vachell volume in lustalliiients. Both were more or less daft.
In the issue of July 31 in Smithville i    "xhe most numerous class of all is South  notes  the    use    of    the   word j the  open,  daring  one.    These  people
j bluff. They walk out with a stolen j book or paper under their artns as If It \ were their own. And, hang It, they i escape, too. If they are careful that j our label doesn't show. I "Our percentage of thefts? Well, we i cpunt-to have about two books In every 'hundred stolen."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
A BORN TRADER.
.   But Yet a Man.
 <    UJ  giippoge I  have about  the, most
thoughtful, tlQd and considerate hus¬ band In  the world,"  she  was saying sadly.^ "When he comes hoitoe at abont Justice Geo. C. Tatem held an inquest  2 of the moming, turns all the lights ori the body of "Mrs. Jane G.   TumbuU, ' on and wakes me out of a sonnd sleep,
BALDWIN
who died suddenly Monday night around 5 o'clock at her residence. Mill-' burn Ave. She was bitten through j th© lobe of the nose by a pet cat, re- | suiting in what was considerod by the j symptoms to be hydrophobia. I
he always says In the roost polite way tmaxlnable:
"'Don't  let me  dlsturb^ you,  dear. But wUl yon please help mo nnfas-
"forced" was in error, the misplacing of one letter caused the mistake. The Ladies' Auxiliary has been "formed" ("c" being usefl instead of "m.") is the way it should have read.
Charles Johnson and Adolph Frisch, jr., both of Smithville South, have re¬ ceived the contract to erect the new school   house  ih  Smithville South,   to
cost when completed  $18,000.    These j 	
enterprising and capable men are to be! He Was a Bit Unlucky, but Then He congratulated upon receiving the award i ' Had No Dull Times,
for tit6 erection of this important build- j "One hundred dollars seems an aw¬ ing and much satisfaction is expressed! ful high price to pay for a typewrH- here that local people are to have the i Ing machine," said Mr. Jenkinson, who work in charge. They will begin oper-! had just bought one. "It may seem so to ations the 10th of August. ' you," anewered his friend, Mr. Hnnkln-
son, "but I bave oue at my house that cost me ?750, and I don't suppose It's 1 half ns good as yours."
"Yoa needn't tell me such a"— "It's u fact," broke lu thc other. "Why, how In tbe world"— "Well, I'll tell you.    A year and a half ago I  liought  an automobile for $(J00.    After  I  hnd  paid $150 for  re-
,    ,  „     ., . 4,, pairs, storage, flnes iiud other expenses
uniqueness but for the remembrance of I l^;^ ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^  „
the  times they had  at—, well enough '
The S. S. A. C. will hold a dance in Kraft's Grove on Tuesday evening, August eleventh. ¦
Come and enjoy a pleasant  evening. There will be a decided novelty in   the j line of refreshments   which  the   com- j mittee feel assured will   be   met   with ; favor by the visitors, not only   for   its '¦
said.
Mr. and Mrs, Raymond E. Hilton are entertaining a girl baby, born Aug. 4. Mr. Hilton will arrive here from his home at Orwell, N. Y., on Sept. 5, to get things in shape for op¬ ening up of our school, of which he is principal.    School will open Sept. 8.
Why He Was There. I
The occasion was the annual re- ' union of the survivors of the —th | regiment, volunteer infantry, and it j took placo in a thriving city in one j of the western states. Among the 1 veterans iu attendance was a sol- ' dierly, erect old man with the fire , of youth still in his eye, who had | journeyed across half a. dozen or j more states in order to meet once 1 again his comrades of the long ago. I It came his turn to address them, j He rose and began: j
"1 have traveled 1,700 miles"'—    j
Here the memories of the old [ days overcame him. and his voice | broke. Eecovering himself with an j effort, he tried again: I
"My dear old friends and com- ! rades, I have traveled 1,700 | miles"— I
Once more his emotions mastered 1 him. Dashing the tears from his | eyes, heisiade a third attempt: |
"I have traveled 1,700 miles," he j blubbered, "to do the crying for I this whole regiment!" I
Fruit and Sugar For Horses. Grain is not the only food'on which the horse thrives. In Egypt 'ihe khedive's best mares are fed largely on currants, and these fruit fed animals are noted for their en¬ durance and speed. Figs during the flg harvest form the food of the horses in Smyrna, They turn to it from oats or hay. The green tops of the sugar cane are fed to the horses of the West Indies, and for long weeks in many parts of Canada windfall apples form the horse's only food. Ia -Tasmania peaches and in Arabia dates take the place
ten  tkia coUar  button?'—New  York  of the usual hi^ and oats, com and Press. I bran.
BUburliau lot.
"The lot proved to bo In the middle of a swamp, aud whon a real estate man offered me a horse and buggy for It I took him up. -
"The horse ran away one day and smashed the buggy Into kindling wood. I traded the horae for a gold wateli? ¦
"The wntch wouldn't keep good tlm^ and I swapped It for a bicycle.    One' day I fell from the bicycle and put a flnger out of joint.   Then I exchanged the  machine for a  secondhand type writer."
"I see."
"And I've no use for the typewriter. Do you know of anybody that would give mo a good dog for It?"—Youth's Comp«"nion.
Order of the Golden  Horseshoe. How  many persons have ever heard of the Order of the Golden Horseshoe, the first order founded in America?
In 1724, when Virginia extended frbm the Atlantic Into the unknown west, few of her colonists had crossed the Blue Ridge or the Alleghanies. So full of dangers from savages and wild beasts and so full of natural difficul¬ ties was the passage of these terrible heights that Governor Spotswood, set¬ ting out to discover a pass, rooked on the expedition as so hazardous that he took with him a guard of "soldiers, gentlemen and pioneers," armed and carrying provisions. These scaled the pass with great hardships and perils and retumed after the goverhpr-fcad cut the name of King George In the rocks on tbe hlgh^est peak.   ¦
He then constitntod the society, or
order, of the Golden Hoj»e8hoe.   teach
man who had scaled thia high pass was
made a member of It, and to each one
he presented a golden horseshoe.    On
the side was Inscribed In Latin, "So It
Pleases Him to Cross Mountains."
Any man thereafter who could prove
i that "he had read with his own eyes the
! name of the king on the height was en-
\ titled to become a member of this or-
i der.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Firemen in Nassau County will be grieved to hear of the deathof William Post, which occurred at Mineola Hos¬ pital Friday morning, following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Post had been treasurer of the Nassau Coun¬ ty Firemen's Association since its or¬ ganization, and was one of the mojt popular members of that iarge organiz ation.
The steamers on the ferry from Free- port to Point Lookout have on all daily trips a two-piece orchestra to enter¬ tain the passengers making these tripa. In spite of the plague of mosquitoes there are a good sized bunch of cottag¬ ers located for their vacations at Nas- aau-by-the-Sea.
In conversation with John Schneider, Mr. Frisch and others in SmithviUe South,it was stated that a fire com¬ pany is being considered for that sec¬ tion. Roosevelt has one, and other villages of less importance than this are equipped with companies for fire purposes and the wonder is that a company has not been started before in such a well settled limmunity. Jf steps are taken it will probably be 1^ the organizing of a company which will have for its apparatus a chemical engine.
It was brought out at thb school meeting in Smithville South that the new school building will be equipped wth the old ilcoks and seats now in use in the present building; aside from that, everything else will be modern.
The Bellmore Board of Trade are working hard to get a signal beU at the Bellmore Ave. crossing. Success be to. th^ir efforts.^ For so important ah object, it ougrht not td fti^ire' m&ela'. efi'orl either.
Again is talk being heard that the Main Street from the railroad to the Merrick Road, in F'reeport, should be paved with vitrified brick and this is almost a necessity for the street at present is in bad shape and wiJI be worse Ib the Winter months, both for driving and crossing. It should be improved and made usable for hardly in any village in Nassau County can one find a more valuable stretch than this same street traverses. It does not require much of an eflfort for any one to concede that Freeport is one of the most important villages on the southside. There are others, to be aure but Freeport is more than holding ' ita own. •>
¦ There is one little street between Bellmore and Smithville South running from Thornton's corner to Andersens that is blessed with three names. Two land companies are selling lots there, one has it Bedford Ave. (the aecond in town, by the way) the other has it Maple Ave., and the maps name it Pea Pond Road. The residenta can take their choice.
Real Estate Transfers
Isidor  Lang and or. to Philip  Datz, Valley Stream; nom.
David  Driscoll  to J. C. Thompson, Lynbrook; nom.
James Armstrong to J.   A.   Chilson, Roosevelt; nom.
L. J. Smith, Ref., to Elmer Bedell Eaat IJockaway; $1200.
Andera Maffirusson to J. H. Bischofi Freeport; $300,
Sigmond Realty Co. to M. F. Jacko Freeport; nom.
'Henry Kohl to A.   S,   Knapp, port Manor; nom.
Same  to^H.   E. Williamson,  sam9| nom.    ;
S. J,' Harding ot T, A, Holmes, Lj brook; nom.
C. H. Foster to W: E. Sprague, wood; nom.
John VanWormser to  Amelia  Heil mann, Rockville Centre; nom.
Wiliiam  Lipfert to Frances Ana Lynbrook; nom.
M. E. Hunt to George Benzer. Bell-' more; $6000.
C. A. ComweU to  F.- S.   CJomwell, Rockville Centre; nom.
Sarah Bedell to J, J. Gangloff, Bell¬ more ; nom.
I. D. VanWickler to Sarah VanWic ler, Inwood;' nom. , ^^ ..^
Laura  Pearsali    to J.   L.  SdSribi RockviUe Centre; nopi.
HT 'C.   DeGraff to  K. B.   DeGri same; nom.
J,   H.   Southard to E. R.   Southard;^ nom.
Leonard Colson to WUIiam Kaiser,^ Lynbrook; nom."
L. J. Smith, Ref,, to Richard Dooleil East Rockav
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