South Side Messenger 19100812

              Two Houses Burned at Long Beach Merrick Firemen to Have Big Fair
Ex-President Roosevelt to Speak at Freeport
SIDE MESSENGER
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FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y^ FRIDAY. AUG. 12. 1910
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Merrick
Eight citizens were in attendance ¦t the annual meeting of the school district held in the school building on Smidi Street the flrst Tqesday in Au¬ gust Mr. Curtis Bowne, who by ap¬ pointment of the comoiiaaioner had been serving the unexpired term of trustee Spiegel, resigned, waa elected trustee for a terra of two years and Mr. Reed Midhier for a term of three years. Mr. J. W. Birch is the third trustee. Mr. David Greaves was elected Clerk and Mr. ^. W. Walker collector. The budget voted for the coming year was $2800.00. A bal¬ ance from last year of $740.00 was re-
I Hempstead Planu Hum WithAdivity
Long blud Now tke Real Aviatkm
CcDtre ol ABMrica-How Navi-
gaton are Acconmo^ted-
Many l%ips and Tents
In recalling the remarkable progress made by aviators recently, the part of Lotig Island has played in the devel¬ opment will go down in history. It is a fact that in this country the enthu¬ siasm over flying was bom and waxed _, .        ,      J - strong through 5ie feats performed on
ported.    The teachers siped for next \ Hempstead plains, wonderfully located year are  the  same  as last:    Mr. W. , ^pj j^i^ ^,^4 f^y p„j.tice and and exper-
same as last: Mr. W. Mepham, principal, and Miss Conklin assistant, wi th salaries probably of $1000.00 and 1460.00 ' reapectively. The school tax last year was $0,626 on $100.00.    The City of New York
imen tation.
Situated in the rear of the Agricul¬ tural grounds the field, which is about four square miles in area, affords the areonauts   an  opportuni^    to  ascend
pays tijis dis^ict over $500.00 and the ^^j sail about to their hearts delight L. 1. R. R  about $100.00.    The school | .^jthout hinderance from wires, trees
registers about 50^  j^r impediments   of   any    kind.     Of
~~ i course there  is danger, and  accidents
One hundred and seventy-five schol- ^in happen, otherwiae perhaps human ars. parents and friends of the Sunday | interest would not be so keen as there Scbool of the Church of the Redeemer | would be no stories of daring to tell. enjoyed the annual outing to High Hill j But accidents, such as there have been Beach An Tuesday. Capt. John Haff | on this field, are generally attributed of Seaford with two boats was the j to motor trouble or atmospheric condi- worthy mariner in charge who took j tions and go toward increasing know- the party from the Merrick wharf at jedge about the machinery and appar- 9.40  a. m. and retumed them there at! atus.
5.30 p. m. without a mishap. Imme-1 it was on this field that such men as diately upon arrival at the beach the 1 Glenn H. Curtiss, Capt. Baldwin, teachers served the school with a cUfford B. Harmon and Charles K. sumptuous lunch preparedbythemselves | Hamilton startled the world by their and contributed to by the congregation | thrilling ascensions and sensational of the church, which is remarkably j fljghta and from whence they went careful and liberal in the  interests  of . forth to even more wonderful achieve-
Freeport
Single copi«e of the Messenger can be serared at Greenblatt's news stortf on Railroad avenue.
C. F. Gere haa leased from Fishel A Hanse the entire floor of the former F. C. Willis building now located just south of Vigilant Hose House and has it equipped for bowling, pool and billiards, with a first-claas equipment from the Brunswick-Balke-Calendar people. He expects to have it ready to open Wednesday and announces his intention of running it on best plans. The bowling alleys are separated from the rest of the building and can be se¬ cured for clubs or parties any aftemoon or evening. Mr. Gere is an enthus¬ iast and has an exceptionally well- equipped place. He is planning to sell hot lunches, sodas, etc., to his cus¬ tomers.
Prisons  Said to Breed TBibcrculoisis
12,000 CoBsoipthres in Penal Insti- tntiww of Country
"that there are 12,000 tuberculosis prisoners in tbe State, federal and lo¬ cal prisons and jails of the United States, with less than 25 special insti¬ tutions and hardly 800 beds for tbeir treatment, are some of the charges made by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber¬ culosis in the following bulletin.
From several investigations that have been made, it is estimated that on an average about fifteen per cent of the prison population of the country is afflicted with tuberculosis. On this basia, out of the 80000 prisoners housed in tbe penal institutions of continental United States at any given time, not less than 12,000 are infected with this
BeUmore
Single copies of the Messenger can be had litt William Wolfe's drug store and from Anderson Bloomer, news- dealer, at 5 cents per copy. tf
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Perkins of S. Orange, N. J., formerly of Bellmore, are spending their vacation in Cleve¬ land, Ohio.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church will meet at the parsonage next Thursday, Aug. 18th, at 2:30 p. m. All members are requested to be present    Fr^ends are invited.
its  Sunday School.    There were sand- j
wiches, cake, bananas,   pluma,   pears, |
apples,   peanuts,   ice cream and  birch j
beer.    The  sentiment was    universal |
that a more   ideal  day for the beach ;
could hardly have been chosen.    Many |
went in  bathing.    The  antics  of  the j tion fields resembles,   in   i^   present
little  tots  whose mothers had arrayed I condition, a large circus ground.   White
them in bathing costumes  caused  the j tents are scattered around   the course
onlookers  much  amusement     Finan-1 and  under  them  are kept  the  flying
ments elsewhere.
The course is about a mile and a quarter in circumference and every day many machines circle it watched by great throngs.
Looking from the distance the  avia-
machines of some of the aeronauts The  location  of the  aviators   was
,„, ^        7~r , , ' disease.    If the Philippine Islands and
The property and home of James, ^^^ i„g„,„ poasessions were taken in Hoar who was killed by a train while ! ^^ consideration, the number would be crossing the track at Wantagh  on  the j ^„^j,  ,„ g^^^ „f ^he prisons of
8th of October. 1908. WUl be sold at p^„„ ,^ «^j ^„^^^ and Ohio show pjbhc auction on Saturday August 13 ; g^^h shocking conditions with reference next at the County Court House at j ^ tuberculosis that many wardens MmeolaatlOo'clock, byorder of thej^^it that these places of detention County Court. This proper^ 18 farm ; „g deathtraps. Similar conditions pro^rty, consisting of about 8 acres I ^^j^ b^ found in almost every state, on East Broadway and some farm j ^^^j ;„ ^^e majority of cases the only buildings and 18 located at Wantagh. ,^ remedy is the destruction of the The late Mr. How- liv^ upon it at the : ^j^ buildings and the erection of new time of his death.    Bargain hunters  ones.
who believe that our aeighboring ham-1 Qnly twenty-one prisons in fifteen let of Wantagh IS destined by the open-jgt^tgg and territories!* have provided ing ^ tte East River subway and the , ^ j^j ^^^^ for the treatment of their onward march of thousands from the tuberculosis prisoners. These institu- cities to the country, to become a large | ^ions can accommodate, however, only and flourish ng village m the near fu-1 ^qq tj^^t, i„ three-fourths of the ture will at this sale have an oppor-, ^^j^^ j^^^^ ^^ -^ practically all the tunity to a secure a valuable piece of I j^i/g „^ the country the tuberculosis land at a very reasonable figure. | J^risoner is  allowed freely to infect his
_      ,       . .   .^ ,       • fellow prisoners. Very few  restrictions
By throwing a switch too quickly, j being placed upon his habits. When the rear car of the express section of 1 the congregate mode of prison life is the train arriving here about noon ! considered, the danger of infection Monday, was given the difficult task i becomes greater than in the general of riding on two tracks at the same i population. New York and Massa- time,   and  when the train stooped the | ehusetts are the only states where
cially, througn the efforts of some of the scholars, especially Wyatt An¬ thony, Anna Odell and Bertha Bums, in the sale of tickets, the expense and receipt  column  come  out about even. \ by  the Aeronautical  Society to meet i thg
The school is grateful to all those who i the requirements of its members.   Cur helped give it a good time. , tias always considered Long Island the
-r  j best place for trying out  his  airships
Regular services at the Church of the . because of the fact that its broad plain Redeemer. Rev. Wm. H. Littebrandt, i afforded greater opportunities for fly- rector. Sunday, the Twefth after Trin- ¦ ing than other places as near the city, ity, at 7.30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. ! A short time before he was about to Celebration of the Holy Communion at; compete in Rheims, France, contests, the early service, and Morning Prayer \ he picked out the spot in Mineola for ¦and Sermon at the second service. | his training grourids. There, for sev- The Sunday School meets in the Parish j eral days, he tested hia machine and House at 10 a. m. The lesson aubject placed it in condition for an ascension, is "Jesus in Gethsemahe."    The Jun- ¦ The success which Curtiss met with in
and the end was resting on the ground. . ,    ,      ..    ¦      ^,        r^    ^- Peculiarly  the  car  was   being    side-
picked  out    by  Glenn  Curtiss over a j tracked for the wrecking  train  which year ago and has since been  developed ; ^ad to stop and put a new truck  under
car, doing the work in less than an
iZ^l}^'^}^..'!."®_T-!fJ"^-*''"iJ^ ^*^*r' i BystTmatfrattempt'ha7b7en"made^^^^
transfer all tuberculosis  prisoners  to one central   institution.    The  largest
Alexander Wolf of Wilson Avenne, who has Deen confined to his home nearly all summer by illness, is able to get back to his former position in
the city.
Eddie Ascoli has sold his barber business to a Brooklyn party who took charge of the place "Tuesday. Mr. As- coil, with his brother at farmingdale will leave in a few weeks for Bermuda in the West Indies. Eddie will remain at Bermuda for a few months and then retum to Long Island again.
Smithville Sonth
The Independent Willing Workera of this viJlage will hold a reception in Firemen's Hall on Saturday evening. September 3. Good music has been secured for this occasion and an enjoy¬ able time is promised those who attend. During ihe evening they will formally present to the firemen the handsome new piano which tbey recently pur¬ chased for tbem. This organisation of ladies has been of great assistance to the local firemen since its organization a year ago, having besides ttie piano, furnished the hall with neW shades throughout, donated the chairs therein and supplied several other necessities to the building.
IthB annual meeting for the election of oflRcers of the Independent Willing Workers will be held at tfae home of Mrs. Samuel Lowden on Thursday af¬ temoon, September 1. A f^ill attend¬ ance of membera is desired.
To-night is the night of the big show in the Club House by th«» Ladies' Auxiliary of theS. S. A. C. A vaude¬ ville and dance is scheduled.
Harvey Smith and family have moved into A. R. Smith's house on Wilson Avenue.
Henry L. Wolfe of Baldwin spent a few days last week with his brother William Wolfe, the local pharmacist here. Mr. Wolfe's brother was award¬ ed the 3 years "Trip to Rome" prize given by the American Academy of Arts of Philadelphia, his work as an artist having been chosen as the best among hundreds of the best artists in the country. He will start on the trip October 1st. This contest for the trip to Rome is held every three years, and Mr. Wolfe captured second prize at the two previous contests but this year was successful in get'ting first prize.
Miss A. Buchholz of Brook lyh was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A- Wood over Sunday.
Jacob Seifer, a driver of Anton Jung's, is suffering from two fractured ribs. He was driving through Wan¬ tagh with three ladies in the carriage, relatives of Mr. Jung's, when some unknown lady in another carriage ran into them, upsetting their carriage, throwing the driver and the ladies out and under the wagon. They all received bruises and cuts but nothing serioua. ^'•
hour so the car could be sent in for re pairs, and then the wrecker proceeded on its trip east.
ior AuxiHary meets in the Pariah House on Wednesdays at 2.30 p. m. and the Boys' Brigade in the same place and day at 2. A cordial invita¬ tion is extended to all to attend the services of this church. '
Mr. Wm. R. Verity and Mrs. Verity are spending a few days in Connecti¬ cut.
his flights after his first experience on Long Island convinced other aviators that the Hempstead plains were about as good a place for trials as could be found around New York. Consequent¬ ly others went to Mineola to test their machines as their predecessor had done. During this time the Aeronautical So¬ ciety was busy helping to improve the grounds.    The firat improvement it de-
  I cided  on  adding  to the property was
A cake and ice cream sale was hdd j the erection of a large shed to be used in the Parish House on Thursday af-1 as a sort of workshop or hospital for ternoon, the proceeds to go toward 1 the airships. This building takes in a the apportionment of the local church : space of 150x48 feet It haa at pres- for Domestic and Foreign Missions, l ent under its roof seven craft, which The apportionment of this parish is | are receiving repairs or final touches $100.00 of which $56.00 has already i in their cpurse of construction. The K«-„ ^„*.JK.,»«^ ! workshop has  all of the facilities for
I building airships.    New appliances are
its
The Catholic fair closed evening after a successful run of ten nights. Owing to the rain the event was not 80 largely attended as the closing nights usually are.
been contributed.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill of Bayhampton Park and Mrs. bill's sister and hus¬ band, a physician of Brooklyn, .re¬ turned on Monday evening after a 1000
use an ^everything is kept in place. r
It is the intention   to  improve  the fields as steadily as the demands re-
mile automobile trip through the state ! quire and the funds of the society will inchxUng the Catskills. They had an 1 permit The present arrangement of exciting time near Haines Falls in a j charging admission, which for a time, daah down the mounUin which partly i met with a protest, waa adopted, it wrecked the car and might have ended 1 was said, for the purpoee of getting fatally, through the failure of the ] enough money to make more changes clutch to work properly. Mrs. Hill j around the ground. It is hoped in fainted as did also her sister, but no time to fence in a gr«at part of the aerioua reaulta followed. 1 field.
.    , .«     T 1 ''^he aviation  field,  which is as big
The hbrarian s report for July saya ^ attraction for sightseers as those of that tb«re were 60 visits and 107 | ^ acientific mind, is only a short walk- books takwi out Again we call atten- j jng distance from the Mineola station, tion to the advantages of our really ; Th^ ^jte haa many advantages over excellent semi-public ibrary Few other locations, inasmuch as there are places the sise of Memck could boast! „„ obstructions within the radius of each a co«y building as adorn, the cor- \ the four miles or more which the course ner of Memck and Kirkwood Aves., I takes in.
with over 2000 volumes of all  ^rpes 1 	
of literature and frequent additions of Why are the city papera, known to new fiction. Books may be drawn by {be controlled by corporated interests, any inhabitant of Merrick with no fur-j all outspoken for insurgency? I^ is ther trouble than calling when the li- i because the milling trust wants free brary is open on Saturday afternoons | (cheap) wheat, the brewer wants cheap from 2.30 to 4.80 and giving the name I barley and the manufacturer and job- to the librariag in attendance, Mias I ber want^eap wool and cotton. "Diey Lina Miller. bave no thought or care for tbe pro-
MiiM Petrina Boma left today with
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dueers.   Are yon wise, Mr. Farmer?— Menligha (Minn.) "Joonial."
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prison tuberculosis hospital is in Manila, where accommodations for 200 prisoners are provided. The next largest is Clinton Prison Hospital in New York, which provides for 150. The fact that 100,000 prisoners are ^J^. '; discharged   from the jails and  prisons
Wednesday , ^f ^^0 country annually, and that from ten  to fifteen  per cent of them  have tuberculosis,   makes   the    problem  of providing special places for their treat¬ ment while they are confined a serious one.    So  important  is    the    problem ; that  the Prison  Association  of  New York  in  co-operation  with the  State ' Charities Aid Association, is preparing ¦ to inaugurate a  special   campaign  for
  i the prevention  of  tuberculosis in the
' ; penal institutions of the state, and will
All the  members of the   Board  of; seek to enlist the co-operation of all Trustees were present at  the  regular i prison physicians and anti-tuberculOsis meeting   Friday    evening,    excepting  societies in this work. Trustee Bedell, who la on   a vacation up Btate.
On the application of Mrs. Abbott and other residents of the northwest section of the village, that the village board take some steps toward getting i the Nassau and Suffolk Lighting Com-1 pany to extend its gas service in that j aection.   President   Gunning   said  he
Christian Seien«"i Servic'es will be held in the Hempstead Bank Building, corner of Fulton and Main Streets, Hempstead, at 1 a. m. Sanday; sub¬ ject, "Soul.""
School Meetings Here¬ after First Tuesday in May
Under the provisions of an amend¬ ment to the general education law and had been trying to get some kind of an j wtiich was enacted June 8 last, here- answer from the company, but had | atfer school meetings will be held in been told the matter was up to Mr. this state on the first Tuesday in May MacDonald, President, whom he had I of each year. The school year will not been able to get in communication' begin August 1 and end the following with. A resolution waa passed re-1 July 31. The new members of the ferring the matter to counsel to see if bosfd of education or school district it was possible to hurry the company j trustees will take oflice on the first day in any Way. 1 of the following August
S. P. Pettit aaked that electric j The votera of any district may adopt lights be installed on tiie streets in the I a resolution to have the treasurer of Woodcieft section. President Gunning , the district elected hereafter. The aaid the Board  intended  to  insUll a {term of office if elected  shall be for
The S. S. A. '"C: will run another Dance and Amusements in Krafts' Grove," Wednesday, August 17. The committee of arrangements, consisting of twelve members, promises a good time to all. A regular Miniature Con¬ ey Island. Enjoyments for young and old. Everything new. Don't miss it, but come and enjoy the fun. The com¬ mittee have decided not to charge la¬ dies for dancing.
Mike says, "One extreme always follows another. It's started to rain now, suppose it will kee^ right at it."
Emil Decker,  a sauer-kraut manu-
Charles Bloomer of Brooklyn was in town Sunday. Charles is asaistant gar¬ dener in Greenwood Cemetery, Brook¬ lyn, and is doing well.
William   Smith  is   confined  to    his home this week, suffering from an   at¬ tack of appendicitis.    He is  being  at- , tended  by  Dr. Rhame, who thinks an ! facturer of this place, was badly   hurt operation will be necessary. *     1 last  Wednesday    morning.    He   was
  j climbing a ladder to the  hay  loft  and
"Steeple-Jack" Wallie O'Brien is !["«* as he was near the top the ladder busy this week painting the front of |^™''« ""^^ ^l; pecker falling back- the Worth House, and he understands I ^"^'^^ l^P} ^"' head on an open bam his business, too. I ^"P'^ '"hich was swinging to the inside.
  I He  cut  a  hole m his head above  the
left ear about 3 inches long. Dr. Rhame was summoned immediately and dressed and sewed the wound after which Mr. Decker was iable to get around and attend to business again.
John G. Deubert will start next Tuesday on a trip to Binghampton, JJ. Y., where he will remain for several days.
The annual outing of the M. E. Church was held this Wednesday to High Hill Beach, and was well attend¬ ed.
Birdsall Jackson, the Printer's "devil," at the oflice of the Messenger at Freeport, is enjoying his vacation about town this week.
number of new lights as aoon as the repairs and improvements at the power house were completed which would undoubtedly include this section
Captain Hanse complained of the Way in which the trolley company was neglecting to water the streeta along ita lines, also calling attention ..to places where the tracks are higher than the roads. It was decided to notify the company that it must live up to its franchise, or legal steps would be taken to compel it
Mr. Hendrickson of New Boulevard complained again of the assessments on his property. He said he was pres¬ ent to demand justice and equal rights to his children andLfamily and said he, "If I don't get it/bere I'll go higher np." He was preperly reminded that the papers in tbe village, had adver- tfaed tbe time foe. making complaints nasi nobbdy alse was to blame if he had not   (iMneluound at the proper time
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one year aa at present
The board of educition ahall provide ballot boxea in which shtfT] be depos¬ ited ballots for officers to be elected at achool meetings. The ballots shall contain the names of the persons votad for and designate the office for which each of said names ia voted. The bal¬ lots may be either written or printed or partly written or partly printed. There is nothing in the law to prevent, with the unanimous consent of the voters, the casting of one ballot for any nominee for member of tbe board or other office.—Long Islander.
''There's a little talk on soda water in Smith &. Bedell's ad in this issue that will be of interest to lovers of the beverage. It
She'll be agreeably surprised to re¬ ceive a pound box of Maillard's Chooo- lates and Bonbons.        DaSihra's.    It.
Aivertia* In Ev«ryb«ay'a Calumn
The Bellmore Pleasure Club will eon- duct a moonlight sail to High Hill Beach on Saturday evening, August 20, which means another good time for the young people of the village. Boats will leave Bellmore dock at 7:30 aharp, returning from the beach at about 12. Tickets are now fm sale and can be had from any of the members of the club.
The Long Island Railroad Co. haa shipped a carload of Itunber bere, whidi will be used for the erection of a waiting shed on tbe south side of the tracks. The shed will be about 100 feet in length, and will have seata for tbe public to use while waiting for trains. Tbe work will be commenced this week. This will be a great con¬ venience to tbe public—wont bare to
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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt baa ac¬ cepted saMnvitation tp be at Freeport on October 4, at the opening meeting of the Southern New York Volunteer Firemen's Convention.
A committee consisting of J. Huyler Ellison, Roland M. Lamb and Frank H. Stevena called upon the former President at his office in New York and after much earnest persuasion secured his oon8<Bit to coming to Freeport He said be bad two tbouaand invita¬ tions on band but decided to ace^ttbis one, being hia bome county and among Ilia neighbora.
The largest vote ever polled in East Meadow took place at the annual school meeting laat week, there being 149 votes cast and it is said that there were more suffragettes than men at the meeting, which helped to make things lively,, and interesting. Fred Menendez was duly chosen chairman and the clerk Frank Tatem acted as secretary of tfae meeting. There were two tickets' in the field, viz: Richard Lowden for trustee against Chas. Crowley; Arthur Leary for Collector against Geo. S. Fish; William Well- stood for clerk against Frank R. Ta¬ tem.
There wore 149 votes oast with the following result:
Crowley received 77 votes. Lowden 71, 1 void. Leary received 78 votes. Fish 61, 1 void, 6 blank. Tatem re¬ elected, received 61 votes, Wellatood 34, 1 void, 68 blank.
It waa decided at tbe meeting tbat a treasurer be appointed by the Board. Heretofore it waa tbe custom for the Tax Collector to fct aa the treasurer also, but hereafter tbe treasurer ia to be a separate office.
After general diacuaaions, snd re¬ ports on tibe propoaed naw scbool build¬ ing, tbe meeting was adjourned.
The regular meeting of the S. S. A. C. waa beld last Friday evening. Gap- tain Schneider waa authorized to pur¬ chase a new basket ball and commence training his team for the coming sea¬ son.
The large farm here of Iforrison and Abrams. formerly owned by Wm. A. Seaman, was sold at public auction at Mineola as per partition sale Aug. 9th, to the Long Island Realty Co. for $30,600.
Tbe aeeond of tbe aeries of entertain¬ ments to be given by tbe Ladies' Aux¬ iliary will be a be«eb party to High HUl on tbe 24th, Mra. E. D»eker be- ing chairlady of thia e<«)nitt«e.