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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
Vol   2, Number 33
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Cento
Merrick
To insure prompt attention all let¬ ters etc., should be sent to the South Side Messerl'ger, l.i Railroad Ave., Freeport, N. Y., and not to any inrli- vidual.
Services   at   the  Church of   the Re¬ deemer  Sunday,   the   Fourth in   Lent, at   11   a.  m. and   7.30 p.   m.    Litany, Sermon   and   Celebration   of the   Holy Commflnion   at  the  morning    service, j The Sunday School meets in the Parish ' House  at   10   a. m.    The   practice   of; the Easter  carols will be taken up  un- ; der   the direction of  the  choirmaster, Mr. F. W.  Settle. Wednesday evening; service   is   held   in the   church  during j Lent  at  8 o'clock anrt a Friday   after-, noon   Litany  service   in    the    Parish I House at   4.1.5.    A  cordial   invitation! is extended to all to attend the services ; of this church.
Mrs. Henry Offerman   was  operated upon in the New York Hospital to-day, ; Friday,    for     enlarged      tonsils    andi adenoids.
Fred Hewlett was home from Wil-j liams following his success in the mid- j year exams from Friday of last week j until Tuesday of this. Fifty out of a j class of two hundred freshmen were • dropped for failure to pass. Fred says i they have the best basketball team at j Williams in the college world. Sur-1 passing strange. A boy in Freeport j from the Mlddletown college says j Wesleyan has. |
A change has been made in the fore-1 man of the Midmer Organ Works. I Mr. Tallman has left and Mr. Brand- up, who has been with Mr. Midmer for years in Brooklyn, has come to take Mr. Tallman's place. Mr. Brandup will live with his family in the house formerly occupied by Mr. Bergstrom, , cor. of Merrick Ave. and Smith St.
"Meet me at the tomb," meaning the interior of the Frepeort L. 1. R. R. station.
Miss Wella Mepham, aged four, en¬ tertained at the home of her parents, Mr. ancl Mrs. C. W. Mepham on Miller Place, on Saturday last a number of her young friends in honor of her birth¬ day.
Mr. John Carman, who has for years occupied his house on Merrick Ave., alone, has taken up his residence with his son Aaron on Smith St. and rented his home to Mr. Bergstrom, who is now occu piy ng it.
Protest Against "Food Law"
Oystermen Say Regulation in Re¬ gard to Fattening Oysters is Oppresive—Hempstead Town Board Takes Action
Freeport
Bellmore
At the Town Board meeting Monday afternoon. Supervisor Cox absent, Fred Ingraham adressed the meeting in reference to dredging of a channel in Woodsburg Bay and submitted a peti¬ tion.
The committee on town leases re¬ ported favorably on application of Wm. H. DeMott, Howard ,E. Mailler, and Henry Miller, and the applications were granted.
The Board passed a resolution direct¬ ing Congressman Cocks to use all possi¬ ble efforts to have the"Pure Food Law" bill, which would prevent the "drink¬ ing" of oysters as is now done, in waters of the town of Hempatead, al¬ tered so as to not include waters tested by the State Board of Health and de-, clared pure. <
The    Woodmere    Realty    Company applied for the widening of channel   at Woodsburg or Woodmere Bay, through ! the president of the company, Mr. Mor¬ genthau. j
Wantagh
To insure prompt attention all let¬ ters etc., should be sent to the South Side Messenger, 13 Railroad Ave., Freeport, N. Y., and not to any indi¬ vidual.
On Saturday, March 12, the Wantagh Gun Club will hold a clay pigeon shoot in the  afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Smith of Brooklyn have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Southard.
Mrs. Mahala Seaman has been visit¬ ing at her old home in Huntington.
Ellison & Co. have nearly completed the heating plant in the new school house, after which it is hoped the other work will be pushed rapidly so as to enable an early opening of the school.
Mr. and  Mrs.   P.   R.   Jennings   and their guests Mr. and Mrs. Spear,   have retumed to Manhattan after a week's "camping"   at their residence on Mer- j rick Road. !
Lorenzo or   better  known   to  us  as "Charlie"   Korhler,   the    young man who was 80 severely bumed at the  re- j cent flre in the bam of the Hotel  Mer- j rick,   is still confined to his bed at the i South Side Hospital but is progressing i very satisfactorily.    His eyesight  will j be unimpaired and no scars,   probably, will  mark  his  face.    His   hands  are not in as good condition as his face, but he will have the fuil use of them as it | looks now,    A collection was taken  at! a recent meeting of the firemen in  the man's behalf, and amounted  to $21.00.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of the Redeemer has interested itself in the case and has made some provision for the sufferer when he is discharged from the hospital.
j The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- ; per will be administered at the Me- j morial Church next Sunday morinng. The Pastor will deliver an address ! on "The Two Cups" previous to Com- I munion, and new members will also be I received.
Don't forget Corrie's popular moving picture show Wednesday night at Ultsch's Hall- all the latest pictures, songs and music.
A second test of the new gasoline fire engine was made last Friday which proved much more satisfactory. Water was sent through 500 feet of hose over the highest point of Young Bros.' coal pocket. The firemen feel well satisfied with this  demontsration.
I You can secure single copies of the 1 South Side Mes.scnger   at  Greenblatt's
stationei-y and news  office on   Railroad
Avenue.
To complete our files we would like copies of the Messenger , Vol. 1, No. 50, dated July 2, 1909, and No. 7, dat¬ ed Sept. 4, 1908, for which we will willingly pay 10c each, for the first copies presented at this office; also want a copy of Vol. 1, No. 1.
J. J. Taylor has returned from a two weeks' sojourn at a convention of ce¬ ment block manufacturers at Chicago, 111.
"Reasonable Wastefulness" will be the Sunday morning sermon theme of the Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the First Presbyterian Church. Th? subject of the evening sermon witl be "The Lord's Blessings."
The Greve Piano Company has rent¬ ed the vacant store in the Messenger Building and will open a branch of their New York Store.
While running home from school Thursday aftemoon Mortimer Post, son of Mr. and Mrs. Seaman Post, of North Grove Street, fell against a stone gate post on Grove Street and cut his head badly, so that the services of a doctor were required.
I The will of Jacob B. Smith, late of Freeport, was offered for probate in I Nassau County Surrogate's Court last j week ; The widow, Mary Emma, is be- I queathed property on Smith Street and I similar bequests are made to daughters [ Ada F. White and Annie E. Patterson. A trust income is fixed for son, I Ulysses G. Smith.
The services will be as usual on the j Lenten program during the week, in i the Episcopal Church of the Transfig- : uration.    'The preacher next  Thursday
evening    at    Evensong   will   be  Rev.
Winfield Scott Baer, rector of St. 1 George's Church, Brooklyn.
i At Christ Lutheran Church, there will be preaching .services next Sunday , at 10.30 in the morning and at 7.30 in : the evening; the Sunday School meets I at 2.30 p. m. Lenten services will be conducted at 8.15 next Wednesday ' evening in German and on Friday eve¬ ning in English.
At the Baptist Church, Rev. Fred- I erick J. Soule will speak Sunday morn¬ ing on the topic "Essential Things in Religion," the first of two discussions on the general subject of Religion. The evening topic will be "The Well- Rounded Life." The annual offer¬ ing for Home Missions will be taken March 13.
To meet the demands of their custo mers, Ross and Randall Company's store will be open Saturday evenings commencing March 5.
Prof. A. E. Barnes' neice. Miss Alice Kelley of Newark, N. Y., has retumed home after a two months' visit with her uncle at his home here.
To insure prompt attention all let¬ ters etc., should be sent to the South Side Messenger, 13 Railroad Ave., Freeport, N. Y., and not to any indi¬ vidual.
We are sorry lack of time prevents us publishing the complete program of exerci.ses at the sehool last Tuesday night aa promised. We guess our re¬ port of the event in our last issue covered the event pretty well though. Did you see as good a report of it in any of the other papers?
Why not patronize your home deal¬ ers instead of going "Globe" trotting. Do not pay any money in advance on orders to out of town people. It isn't good business even if they do claim they will sell the goods for half  price.
Mrs. Charles H. Russell has been quitevill this week but is much im¬ proved now.
A  young lady, giving  her  name   as Hattie E. Robinson, 28 years old,   and stating that she walked from Jamaica, came  wandering  into town   last   Sat¬ urday   evening.    She    inquired    from i Wm.   Brockman,   the    hackman,    the : nearest way to Hempstead.  Mr. Brock¬ man  directed  her,  and she started   on her   journey    up    Bellmore    Avenue. 1 Reaching   SmithviUe   South  she  went into  Charles   Buck's   Hotel   and   askd for something to eat,   and  a  drink   of water, stating that she  had  no  home,
¦ no money and had no where to stay over night. Mrs. Buck gave her some supper and told her she could stay over
! night. After she had her supper, she stayed around the hotel, drinking until ^ she became intoxicated. As Mrs. Buck 'had promised to keep her over night, I and did not want to put her out, she I was taken to her room. Sunday morn- I ing, after breakfast, Mrs. Buck told 1 her  she   had  better  continue  on   her
¦ journey as she did not care to have her i around the hotel, but she insisted on ' staying  there  and  would    not  leave.
Mrs. Buck told her she would send for i an officer and have her arrested but that didn't seem to frighten her away. After several words, Mrs. Buck went to the phone, called up Deputy Sheriff Palermo, who immediately went to the rescue and brought the girl here and 'put her in the cells, where she re¬ mained until Monday morning. On Monday morning she was brought be- I fore Judge Corodon Norton on a charge I of vagrancy and public intoxication. She pleaded guilty and the judge sent her to Mineola for 3 months. She ad¬ mitted in court, having spent several nights sleeping in barns or anywhere she could obtain shelter.
Sunday    with    friends    at    Rockville Centre.
Last Saturday morning, Thomas Buck, employed by C. H. Russell, while unloading wood from a wagon, had his left shoulder badly sprained by a log falling on it. ,
Lewis E. Van Horn is home again for a few days vacation this  week.
Work will be commenced next week on the new houses of A. Palermo on Centre Avenue.
A basket ball team was organized by the fire company a few weeks ago, but we haven't heard anything more about it.    What's the matter boys?
Church services are held in the Pres¬ byterian Church, Bellmore, Avenue, every Sunday evening. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
Archie Merritt ha>4hesigned his po¬ sition with C. H. Russell and is now working with Lewis Bros, at Free- port.
Smithville South
j     It i)ays to tell the truth.
Mr. J. A. Stiles and family are Smithville folks again, having returned to  their  home in this place last week.
They all had plenty of pie and lots of fun at the "Pie Social."
A number of the inhabitants have made a start towards boycotting the meat trust by purchasing an incubator for the purpose of raising'chicks. They claim they can raise their own food (corn, etc.) for these chicks, and have all the stews, roasts, fries, etc., with¬ out any of your cold storage stuff at high prices.
The meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary was held at the home of Mrs. Hariet B. Wood.
^^^•s.. 7. S. Miller has rented" her ^^ouse on Miller Place to a Mr. Perclval of Cypress Hills, who takes posscs.sion today.
An interesting and instructive'' lec¬ ture was given in the Parish House before a good sized audience last Thursday evening, Feb. 24th, by the Rector upon the Life of Christ illus¬ trated with stereopticon views. Mr. Geo. Muller was the etticient manipula¬ tor of the lantern. Another lecture, the second in a course of four, wa.s given this Thuraday night.
The following pupils wero in at¬ tendance at school every day during February: Charles Mecking, Walter Angell, George Mulcahy., Lawrence Burns, Kitty Mulcahy, Ida Bartow, John Burns, Bessie Angell, Katie Lloyd, Arnold Bartow, Frank Colvin, Wyatt Anthony, Wellman Miller and Kathryn McCord.
Arnold Bartow and George Mulcahy have been in attendance every day that school has been in session during this school year.
William Otto won the dictation con¬ teut for the month of February.
May Tregenza has left scbool to ac¬ company her parents who leave for Auatraila this month.
The King's Daughters will give a Two-Act Comedy entitled "Not a Man in the House," in Ultsch's Hall, March 17. There will also be other interest¬ ing features on the program. We ex¬ pect to give the cast for the play next week. ••
Mrs. Harrison J. Young entertained the members of the King's Daughters Society on luesilay afternoon.
Mrs. Birdsall Jackson has been quite ill for over a week following the illness of her daughter Gertrude.
The topic of the Christian Endeavor Society this Friday night will be"Christ Our Guide;" loader, Helen Jackson. The business meeting will be held at tho close.
Freeport Board of Trade
The regular monthly meeting of the Freeport Hoard of Trade, wiil be held in Fraternity Hall, next Wednesday, March 9, at 8.15 p. m. Important business will come before the meeting. All interested in village improvements i are invited to attend.
Counselor Elvin N. Edwards was one of the after-dinner speakers at the, Bayshore Board of Trade banquet held at the Cortland House, Bayshore, , Wednesday evening. The Counselor's subject was '' What the Inland Water¬ way of Long Island will mean to the Villages of ^e south shore."
AtfvaKlB* In Everybody's Celwmn,
Miss Lila Smith, daughter of asses¬ sor Chas. W. Smith, is confined to her home with a badly sprained ankle. About a month ago Miss Smith, while going to school, stepped on a stone, tuming her ankle over, but at that time it did not disable her. Sunday night she complained of her ankle be¬ ing somewhat swollen and Monday moming she was unable to walk at all. The injured limb is much im¬ proved, but she is still under the care of Dr. Rhame.
If you are not acquainted with the merits of the article mentioned in Smith & Bedell's adv, try it. You will like it. It
The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church was held Wednesday. The re¬ port of the treasurer showed an ad¬ vance from last year. A letter from Rev. Theo. F. Burnham of Valigo, Col., congratulating the society on the twenty-five years of work, was read.
A letter from the Normal and Col¬ legiate Institute, Ashville, N. C, was read by Mrs. Scholey. A letter from Elat, Africa, was also read. Letters from personal friends in China were read by Mrs. Wicks.
A short devotional service was con- ilucted by the President after which the study "From Darkness to Light" was taken up. A very fine paper on the religious tendencies of the negro race was given by Mrs. H. G. Clock.
At the annual election of  officers  of the Freejwrt Mutual Benevolent  Asso- | ciation    Wednesday   evening of    last week the officers were elected  as  fol¬ lows, to take charge at the  next reg- I ular   meeting;    Preaident,   B.   Frank | Post; vice-president,   James Goud, jr. ; treasurer,  John  T. Post;  sec'y,   Wil¬ liam H. Poat; collector.  O. W. Valen¬ tine; chaplain, Smith S.   Bedell; war¬ den,  Joseph  Lang;   conductor,    Wm. H.   Patterson;    trustees,    Ernest Ed¬ wards,   George M. Smith  and Jacob Williams.
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Last Thursday evening, Feb. 24th the Second District Democratic Club held its regular meeting in Firemen's Hall. After the regular business had been transacted, a supper was served to the members and a few of their friends which was of a high order and greatly enjoyed by all who attended after After supper had been served all those persent, several neat speech¬ es were made. Those who spoke were : Wm. M. Bedell, of Hempstead, former President of the Association ; Alvah R. Smith, Wm. E. Bowne, Charles Voor¬ ia, Elbert B. Fish, the present treasur¬ er; "Uncle" John Deubert, the "old Republican war-horse'" and the Presi¬ dent of the club, John J. Gangloff. Wm. E. Bowne, acting as master of ceremonies, in a neat speech, present¬ ed to Mr. Gangloff a handsome watch fob, as a token of appreciation of the members for his excellent leadership since he has been President of the As¬ sociation. Mr. Gangloff, not knowing he was to be presented with the token until it was handed him, was taken by surprise, but in a few words thanked the members for the gift, which he assured them would be greatly appreciated, William Raynor of Baldwin furnished music on the pi¬ ano and sang several vocal selections. Walter Gangloff and John H. Rehberg of this village also rendered several vocal solos. Dick Ralph, of Rockville Centre, was present and amused the guests with banjo selections and some of his funny stories and jokes, which were very interesting.
Frank Roberts,  and family,  spent
We understand the Fire Company are going to demonstrate their chemi¬ cal engine to the public in the near fu¬ ture ; nothing like knowing how to use it, so as to be ready in case of need.
A merry time resulted at the "Box Social" and supper given by the La¬ dies' Aid Society last week at the home of Mrs. F. M. Wood, for the benefit of the M. E. Church at East Meadow. About ninety persons in all attended thia affair, all of whom had apparently an enjoyable time, and a good feast at the supper; one could get as much as they liked for the sum of twenty-five cents. The boxes that were donated containing ten cents worth or more of various articles were sold for 10c each. The pastor, Mr. Courtice, and his wife, as well as the other members, were delighted, and a good aum of money was received.
The committee in charge were Mrs. Geo. 0. Pettit, President of the so¬ ciety; Mrs. Wm. R. Verity, and Mrs. Chas. 0. Colvin of Merrick, and each fierson who purchased a ticket for sup¬ per was presented with a Geo. Washing¬ ton favor, a Little Hatchet, with the words plainly inscribed "I cannot tell a lie." These favors were so arranged with a pin that one could wear them on their coat or waist, and some did wear them bravely, while others turned them wrong side in with embarass- ment, and all you could see was the hatchet without the Cherry Tree tale. The rooms were beautifully decorated with red, white and blue trimmings, which helped towards the pleasantry of the evening.
The S. S. A. C. Basket Ball team, played the Lindenhursts at that place last Saturday evening, with a acore of 11 to 6 in favor of Lindenhurst. The players were Walter Frisch, Samuel Seaman, Harry Merritt, Walter Smith and Harry Appeler. The boys hope to have the jileasure of meeting Merrick again in the near future.
The large farm of Herman Bruns of this place has been lea.sed to Charles W. Baldwin for farming piurposes. Mr. Bruns and family have moved back to their former home in Brooklyn.
Wm. Webster and family, who re-, cently hired the farm of the Geo. A. ; Mott estate are moving to Northport, ; L. I., the place now occpuied having; been aold to a land improvement com- j pany.
The young lady, who frequently hjts occasion to pass through the village, wishes to inform interested parties of the town that the parcel she carries under her arm doea not contain pants, and that she is not in the "pants-mak¬ ing" business as has  been reported.
Trolley Hearing at Free- port Friday
South Shore Traction Lawyer Bom¬ barded With Inquiries—Does the Company Wish to Secure Two Routes  Into  Freeport ?
The public hearing by the Village Trustees Tuesday evening on the appli¬ cation of the South Shore Traction Com-
i pany for a franchise to build and oper¬ ate a trolley line through this village by routes from the Hempatead and Babylon turnpike, to Broadway and Brooklyn avenuo, skirting the Long Isl¬ and Railroad from its station west, or from the turnpike along Seaman   Ave-
; nue, and thence to the westerly limits, brought out a large number of inter¬ ested citizens. The traction company, was   represented   by   Counselor   Hume
¦ and Engineer Weaver. j     Following the reading of  the  appli- ' cation.   Counselor Hume made a state- i ment to the effect   that  passengers   to . and   from   Freeport  would be   carried
from and into Manhattan for 15 cents ' and the fare to Rockville Centre would be 5 cents. He pointed out that the only objection to prior applications of the company was that of building on Brooklyn avenue. He said the com¬ pany was not asking the same thing in the present application, but the priv¬ ilege of coming into the village, and would get the consent of the city to go through the Brooklyn Avenue section of their land, which had been informal¬ ly sought, to build and operate on the aqueduct property.
Justice Norton made an inquiry of Counselor Hume concerning the provisions of connecting the easterly section between Massapequa and Free- port, and learned that over 75 percent. of the right of way had been acquired between Massapequa and Freeport.
Harold Brown of Brooklyn Avenue wanted to know if the traction com¬ pany wanted two routes through the village and expressed some doubt as to whether the Trustees had a right to grant both routes. Ex-Village Trus¬ tee Frank H. Stevens and Albin N. : Johnson also asked about the two : routes.
I Counselor Hume said he thought the Trustees had the right to grant a fran¬ chise for one or both routes. It was made plain by the company representa- ! tive that the Brooklyn Avenue route, : reaching the Long Island Railroad sta- ' tion, was the one the company desired moat.
The Board of Trusteea,  after  listen¬ ing to a thorough diacuasion, adjourned : the matter Friday night.
Girl  Burned to Death
Estella M. Rose, the eleven year- , old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Roae, died at their residence, Chris- i tian  Hook    Road,   on  Saturday   last,
¦ from the effects of the injuries she sus-
¦ tained at her home on Friday night last. While at home mothering her two little sisters, during the temporary
I absence of her parenta, the little child 1 attempted to prepare the evening '¦ meal.  While  thus  engaged,   her dress
¦ caught on fire from the stove and in a few moments ahe was   all   ablaze,   and
' wrapped in flames which she unsuc¬ cessfully attempted to beat out, the smaller children adding to the excite¬ ment with their screams. The par¬ ents retumed in time to prevent the flames from spreading to the house and succeeded in quenching the flames, but not before the child had been severely burned about the head, face, arms and body, and all of her clothing had been actually burned from her body. Dr. D. N. Bulson was immediately sum¬ moned and did all within his pov/er to relieve the unfortunate child from her agony, but he was unable to save her as she died on Saturday from the ef¬ fects of her burns, as well as from the quantity of  smoke  and fiames she had
' inhaled. The remains were removed to Patchogue on Tuesday where the service and interment were held.
Valley   Stream   Wants
Lights
A meeting of the Town Board was held in Firemen's Hall on Thursday af¬ ternoon last in reference to the petition presented for the establishment of a lighting district in Valley Stream. The full Board was present, and after the call and i^ctition had been read, there appearing no opposition to the peti¬ tion, the Board granted the petition. The following comrpittee was appoint¬ ed to confer with the Town Board in reference to the placing of the street lights: James P. Brown, Robert M. Dibble, William Knocke, Dr. J. M. Foster and Henry Keller.