THK NAMAU POST: FAKKPORT, N. V^ TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1«14
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1914
Piib1u)i«: Tuendiiyii and Fridayi by
THB NA.SSAO P>,HT PCIIl.l.MII t.sO COMPANY,
t2-24 South Crove Street Kreeport. Na»««B
County. New York.
RAND W. .SUTHERLAND. Editor JAMES E. STILES. Buainesa MacuiKer
SiraSCRIPTlON TElfM3
I Ue is happy on the old farm. He i lores its bams and garden patch, its pastures and meadows,' Its beards end I iiocks. Tno routine of the farm has I an appeal which could not be satisfied ! elsewhere. No amount of money : could add anything to its simple pleas- I ures.
! "My farm is worth more to me than ' any amount of money," is hia way of i putting it. "Why should I<Bell if I am
ONE YEAR T. 12.60 : happy?"
SIX MONTHS tl.40
THREE MONTHS « » -70
ONE MONTH 26
No reason>lii the world. Farmer Gardiner. You have got to shape
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Applieation for entry a« »econil eliuw matter 1 market, •t the Po»t Offlee at Kreeport, L. L, N. Y pending.
AH eommunicatlnn itiould be addredied to THE NASSAU POST.
Main Office Freeport, L. I.. N. Y.
Manhftttnn Office, S Bieknian St., (fith Floor.)
liranclitt at Val.ey .Stream, Lynbruok,
Eaat R<jckawBy, Rockville Centre, Long'
Beach, Ocean .Side, lialdwin, Merrick, Ifell-
mora, Wantagii. Sealurd. iiempslead and Min¬ eola. Telephone 61 Freeport
Stick to the old place and Ihe old associations, and may your contentnient increase with your years until the day of the final harvest.
KICHES IN LAND According to Dr. Joseph Cacca- vajo, who is recognized as the highest authority on population and statistics of the Metropolitan District, the percentage of in¬ crease in population In Nassau County for periods of ten years •ince 1870 has been 15 per cent., from 1870 to 1880, 20 per cent., from 1880 to 1890, 24 per cent., from 1890 to 1900, and 35 per cent. from 1900 to 1910.
He predicts a 51 per cent in¬ crease for the ten years ending 1920, and 73 per cent increase for the ten years between 1920 and
"¦"igao.
The great growth in Nassau County is on the South Side.
Growth spells opportunity. Free- port is the centre of growth and likewise of opportunity..A conser¬ vative investor In property any¬ where from Lynbrook to Massa- pequa, who buys at fair value and is able to hold that which he buys, may be sure of a safe and profit¬ able investment.
No better time to buy a home than in the early spring. No com¬ munity will give you a more cor¬ dial welcome than Freeport and its neighboring villages. Come to the South Side. From The Nassau I'ost, Feb. 20, 19H
THB MINEOLA ORGIES The disclosures which have resulted in the indictment of five former ofli¬ ciais of Nassau County aro of so (flhocking a character as to seem al- ' most beyond belief.
The charges are set forth with spe- clflc detail. They show the county Jail to have been the scene cf repeat-
o
ed criminal orgies which sworn offi¬ cers of the law In the pay of the coun¬ ty actually planned for their criminal amusement. Nothing quite so un¬ speakably indecent has ever been charged In this county before. •
The District Attorney may be trust¬ ed to move the cases against these men without loss of time. Their trials Bhould bo conducted with orderly ex¬ pedition. If the legal guilt of the In¬ dicted men is established, tbe quicker Nassau County has sent them up the River the easier it will be to breathe without detecting the stench of the filth in which they were accused of wallowing.
CONTENTMENT "Work," said Alexander S. Gardiner, of Greenlawn, ''is the only thing that keeps men from dry rust." Tlils ven¬ erable Lojng Island farmer was cele¬ brating his seventy-ninth birthday, and had been asked by some of his rela¬ tives why he did not accept an offer Ol 1300,000 for hia goodly acres and retire for his few remaining years to take things easy. _ When a man arrives at the period where he may see the shadows gath> erlng for tho twilight of Ufe, he may with perfect propriety seek a degree of ease, but he should not retire from the activities to which he haa been accustomed. Instances are rare in¬ deed where men have worked them- eelverf to death, but in every neighbor¬ hood cases may be found"'where re¬ tirement from business bas been fol¬ lowed by a breaking down. There's danger in slipping out of the harness, i'armer Qardiher has the right Idea.
Roland M. Lamb standing at tbe motor of a snow plow on the road of which he is secretary and treasurer will certainly suggest to some of our citizens the thought that he Is compe¬ tent to produce a clean sweep. Some Of (Wfr over particular young men might take a lesson in industry from Mr. Lamb.
Answers To Correspondents
TO THE PUBT.TP GENERALLY —My specialty is the giving of advice, to which I am more inclined seeing the scarcity of true wisdom these days, and more particularly the absence of accurate information of pubilc affairs among the masses, due in part to their relentless pursuit of filthy lucre regard¬ less of the future of our beloved Republic, in part to the ill considered policy of the metropolitan dallies published hard by of giving them half truths and pillorying too few offefaders against our morals. I am prepared therefore to advise freely and without iharge, being not so lofty in my pretensions as -% Ignore the humblest cases, be they stone bruises, warts upon the body politic (which Is my long suit), snake bites, moral obliquities of every sort, even persons in travail. It may be considered tbat the merit of my advice lieth rather in its frankness than its wisdom, to which opinion I bow in all humility. BERRY BELL PEPPER, Esq., F.&Jl.
CHAIRMAN OSBOriN—Your deter- ¦ the Secretary of the Treasury. The mlnation to rehabilitate the Democrat-' relations between all three are so Ic county organlEations of this State | strained that if you lean to either you on sound lines wlih honest men In ' are likely to get a Jolt from one or control will be welcomed in Nassau i both of the others. The President County. The Congressional election ; himself seems to be getting S; grip is coming on and this district ought,' upon the conditions, to which in due if possible, to be saved to your party, j season, I bave reasons for behevlng, A glance at the party leaders in the j he will give the Jlu Jltsu. By the way
THE SHOW ME SPIRIT Rosalie Jones, the ubiquitous, ener¬ getic and conversational suffrage lead¬ er says that Freeport has the Mis¬ souri idea of wanting to be shown. We believe she is right. Not so long ago it was different. Time was when I'Veeport accepted things on blind faith hoping always for the best but I'eurlng the worst. Sometimes its hopes and and at other times its fears were realized.
Freeport takes fewer chance.? nowa¬ days. It Is doing more thinking. It no longer accepts argument for fact. It has grown in wisuoni. The show me spirit detects many a counterfeit .md there are still some in circulation light here.
BELlGION IN THE MELD
Tlie Rev. Theodore J. King, pastor ;)f a Bellmore church, will undertake the management of the local village basobal Iteam this summer, which -lives the town ground for hope that rhe showing on the diamond will be ;redllable.
It Is a fact of interest that among ihe preaclicrs of the couniry there are man ymen who have won fame on the ba.seball fieldjv as well as in others branches of sport.
A few seasons ago there was a foot- hall eleven in New England whose members usually prayed for guidance and support before they entered upon a game. The team's record of suc¬ cesses greatly outntrmbered its de¬ feats.
Former members of college teams are pastors of churches In a number of places on Long Island. In" these days when many of our churches are not overcrowded, would It not be helpful If more of our clergymen were to become acquainted with the youth of their towns by pleasant association on the lield of clean and wholesome sport?
The Y. M. C. A. long a^ learned that assocration with young men six days a week made it very much easier to keep them interested on the sev¬ enth.
districts of Hempstead, for instance, would show some very defective ma¬ terial, fit for the scrap heap and noth¬ ing else. Perennial defeat will be the party's lot unless changes and im¬ provements of some sort are speedily effected. You have helped clean up the Pulnam-Dulchess district. You can do as much for Nassau. Lead, i-Clndly Light, and give the Democrats a lift.
L. B.—You have paid your poHtical debts like a gentleman. The ethics of the game require you to do no more. Political wisdom would suggest that you attend more to your fences per¬ sonally and leave less to your de- [jutles. The eyes of Nassau are up¬ ou you. The hearts of Democrats generally still beat true to Poll.
CONGRESSMAN FITZGERALD— Your complaint as to "the lack of re¬ cognition of Brooklyn Democrats by the Adminhstration and especially by its New Yoi'k Collector is well found¬ ed. I am surprised that you do not p^iint out the fact that the same old Republican ring that bas been run¬ ning the Customs House since the days of Collector Bidwell in still in¬ trenched in power. Its members see to it that the correspondence of so inlportant an office ought at least to be allowed to filter through Democratic hands, hut it is still supervised by Re¬ publicans as of yore. The Wise out¬ siders never send a letter to the Col-
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lector himself except it is marked "personal." And if they telephone they are equaly cautious, being care¬ ful not to state their business to any¬ body at the other end of the wire un¬ less satisfied beyond all doubt that they nre talking with the Collector liimself or his secretary. As for breaking into his presence ,that can¬ not be done with a battle axe, so scru¬ pulously careful are the Republican atieiidants in the ante-room that he shall not be disturbed, so cock-sure are they that he is "engaged." I feel certain that these conditions will change in the immediate future. You do right to consult the President per¬ sonally. You would make little head¬ way with the Collector, the Senator or
have you noticed that the days are lengthening? What of it, do you ask? Only this—as the days lengthen the hlghts shorten. A Collector who has dedicated Ids nights to uplift¬ ing the leader of Tammany will have fewer afid fewer hours per night In which to perform his consecrated task. See? Meanwhile, the old Hall stands In Fourteenth street and Charley sits within wearihg the smile that won't come off.
brought into service in those good old days waa in for a good time when we> had good sleighing. On our Main street of a pleasant afternoon in those good sleighing days It was almost an impossibility to get across the street so thick were the cutters going to and fro. But how changed! During the past week we have had the best sleighing for years, and on some of the ijnest days when one looks out of his office window he might possibly see one or two sleighs passing hy. There does not exist the spirit and life in either the occupants or the team as manifested twenty-flve years ago. —Patchogue Argu.-^
A TIP FOR PETERS Another enigma: "why is it since a fire had to occur in Lynbrook tbat it did not get our handsome and conven¬ ient railroad station?" — Lynbrook I.«ader.
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Jlmettican Boy
at Oxfopd
by HERBERT IU. CLOCK
From the mo- uen t that the reshman, quaking n his hansom, ar- Ived at the gate of he college, until 'our years later as le bids farewell to a group of friends, '^SSmSi; assembled on the
Tom" strikes "101." He is also r«^ sponsible for all persons who enter college; he must keep undesirables out.
The "porter's lodge" is just within and to one side of the gateway. To use the gate one must pass his win¬ dow, and thu.'' cAme undr his insppo- ^ tion. All day long the porter—or the inessenKer—sits by the window in an arm chair reading the papers or talk¬ ing to any of the under graduates who have chanced to stroll In, "to see If the post is In," on their way to or from a lecture. As a shadow darkeno the window the porter glances up.
The lodge Itself is usualy a quaint lltle affair. It Is divided into two' roms. The rear one. which is used as a sleeping apartment, has a win¬ dow which looks out Into the street. By this means the porter is able to
' ON THE JOB
District Attorney Lewis J. .Smith was the only Couniy official to reach the court house on Monday. He walked from his home In Hempstead. —Hempstead Sentinel.
PEEK-A-BOO CLUB—These politi¬ cal scandals always run in pairs, some¬ times in triplets. The Republican had theirs in that Town Treasurer affair. Not to be outdone in the spectacular, the Democrats are now having theirs in the Mineola Jail. If a live baby is found on the doorsteps of any of your members. Just charge it up to tlie- Progressives. It's theij' inning now anyway.
THEODORE—Have no fears about the kid. He weighs eight pounds, is regulation size and is as healthy as his grandfather. In due season he will be registeied by the Health Depart¬ ment, anJ, of course, as Theodore— Derby—a happy blend of Dutch and Irish stock. Only those who are grandpops realize the full measure of life. You have much In store for you upon your return.
VILLAGE PULM'OTOR As a taxpayer of the village of Free- port deeply Interested in its welfare. and the saving of human life, I am re- qifestlng you to put in your next bud¬ get the sum of J185.00 for a pulmotor. —Sniith Pearsall to the Freepoit \'\\- lage Board.
\Wiy not be generous. Smith, and be our village pulmotor yourself?
WHERE PLUTOCRATS "ENTRAIN" When people can get into tiieir tar and drive to Syosset, a distance of four miles and there entrain, arriving in New York with less expenditure of time from their home than by taking a train from Oister Bay it prompts us to make .^ome Inquiries.—OysNr Bay Guardian.
ADVERTISER—Yes, Indeed, adver¬ tising Is the Aladdin of our modern civillzatlou. Anything from a boy t^ a bull pup, a power boat to a bunga¬ low, may be had through the columns of our newspapers. Our worthy ex- Comptroller can testify to its efficacy for it procured him a model office boy. I watched him in one-of his exercis¬ es in syntax, the other day. I looked about for his mentors,but neither Lind- ley Murray, Goold Brown or John himself was in sight. However, the boy was doing admirably with his shovel and soon had the office gutters well cleaned. I could not help think¬ ing as I looked on however, that If it was left to him he would probably parse that particular job.
B. B. P., Esq., F. S. A. '
LYNBROOK'S LOVE-SICK ONES W^e believe with the exception of u few love-sick couples, the jingle of sleigh bells lias lost Its music and the most of us will "be perfectly satisfied once the durned stuff is gone.—Lyn¬ brook Leader.
The sight of the love-sick swain try¬ ing to drive his horse with one hand 'necessary and use the other arm keeping her '¦ warm, reminds us of our own efforts.) SHAFTS along these lines at sledding time. Lynbrook Leader.
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Station platform to see him off. the ¦porter" Is a factor in the under-, ascertain the type of person who hHF graduate's life. aroused him from his plumoers after
The porter blonged to that great twelve, midnight.
class of university society known as "College-servant." There is very llt-
The messenger and the porter,-aH do the scouts, live out in the town.
ever. AtributPs b'etitling the charac¬ ter of a menial wree discarded years ago The college porter la nearly akin
tie of the srvant In the porter, how- ""«^ '"^ ""' <^'" '"'^'^ '"'¦'"" '" ''' " "'k'"
duty.
. Tho mesRenger is usually n younger man than the porter, and to employ a familiar expression, "is wnliing for n to a dignitary. He draws an excellent , ^^^f^ jn^n's shoes."
salary and wears good clothes. Stran-• ^oth the messenger and tho porter gers are contlnuaRy mistaking him i have. In all probability, risen from the
for one of the dons, and he shows i rank of scouts assistant to their pres-
¦ visitors I hrough college He does not j ^"^^ P°''^ "' ''°"<"" »" ddlstlnctlon. carrv trunks Many of them have grown old, whlte-
Ihe service of
The porter is a college gate keeper, and in this capacity he plays an InT- portant role. It is he tliat closes and
haired and rotund in
their colleges.
The metsenger. besides nervlftg as
an tinder porter, delivers college mall opens the eoliepe gates. It is his duty j around 0.\ford. If an under graduate to enter into his hook tlie names and wishes a quick meafls of loiiiiiiuiih ii hours of the return of all students j lion with anyone, the iiii-¥^,vn.i;ii is remaining out of college after "Old -sought.
tion of official Democratic papers oil and heating irons.]
these years, Kennehan has taken from "Unless he (Carman) Is liguilng tlie
this county approximately 1130,000 for same as he does when ho gets his
this alone. His total "pickings" from legal graft."
Nassau County in this time exceed "When he (also Garman) .noaked the
$150,000. It's fight we're going to I taxpayers of the town," -From one
wh.n they nominate supervigors in issue of the Rockaway TIiikh
Oysfer Bay and North Hempstead next
spring—llempVlead Inquirer (Dem.)
Mem.—This editor is red-headed. It is believed he will remove his shirt if Soak 'em, brother.
.MORAL; .MdVK Tt) li V c Hempstead hit hard h.\ liiiz/.aid No trains tn or out of ihis village loi thirty-six hours.' ('omiuuicis win'
; helpless. Hempstead received no
FROM HAFF'S QUIVER j mail between Saturday nitlii and "The matter was a lie out of whole I Tuesday morning. Ilcadllu. ^ m cloth." Hempstead Inqiiirei.
".\naction against Carman t»lant for
HEMPSTEAD WAR DRUMS BEAT j TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL AN INDCSTRIOCS LEGlSl.ATdU
Kennahan's papers have been desig-I LARS is uifder way." [Mercy, what. 1 shall introduce, next week, three nated repeatedly since 1903, eleven ] big letters are jeiinired and a lot of tax hills affecting Suffolk County. -As sucees.slve years, by Democratic super-I money.] iBemblynian Henry A Miiriihv lo iii«.
visors, most of which time Messrs. j "Haff is goin^; to show them some- | Bay Shore Journal. Christ and ('ox have been members of j thin new" [Meaning his enemies for, Wonder wimt llic foiimii'ihc will dd the board. By receiving the designs- '• who mhe Is now believed to be boiling with 'pm.
Placer Mining Among Our Exchanges
WAKE UP. POLICE
There should be bo further delay in movlpg; with concetred vigor to end the burglaries in Freeport. The thief and house breaker seldom operate where the police are keyed to high of- llclency. The fact that Freeport is just now recognized as a burglar zone in which there is great freedom of operation is a severe criticism of the police service which every nian in the force sbould feel is a reflection on his ability to perform blu duty.
Chief Parkerson and his men owe it their ofiQcial reputations to increase their vigilance and activities. Ex- pl.-inations as to why they are ineffi¬ cient are not the least Interesting.
If more men are necessary by all means let's have them. But the Chief sbould be the first to go forward to ask for them. The l>H|age election is close at hand and the people will then decide for themselves what is wanted.
In the meantime the problem mu^t be solved by those who are responsi¬ ble for the protection of the village.
THE ERRING EDITOR "To err is human" and no doubt
we have and will err.—The Owl. It is reported that John Lyon's new
syntactical offica boy is much puzzled
over this simple sentence.
WHO PUSHED THE TUB?
Don't make any mistake about this. This paper is the local official paper, absolutely without solicitation.—Nas¬ sau County Review.
Just unconsciously sat right down in a tub of butter. But who pushed the tub under Smith?
I. THERE ARE OTHERS i
I have been trying for some time to \ ¦
sift out the meaning of all this talk! COLDEST FEBRUAitV EVER
about a special charier for Nassau Everybody who has had normal toes
County, but I am still stuck In the mlie /ears and fingers, which are susceptible
of wondeiment.—Weary Willie in the to the cold winter's breath, has had
Oyster Bay Guafdlan.
IN MAt.VERNE'S "MIDST." It Is hoped that in the near future an auditorium will be erected to serve the need of Malverne. Nothing pro¬ motes the interests of a village like the opportunity for the residents to get together, and it is a necessity that some building where the public can be accommodated will be constructed in our midst. With tbe grolwth that Malverne has jhown there is at pres¬ ent nearly a tijousand people who are obliged to seek entertainment^ out¬ side the village, but also to conduct their own socials outside of Malverne. —Malverne Newa. *
his own troubles during tbe 20 days Just past. Few people, however, who thought aBout it all, realize that they have passed through the coldest Feb¬ ruary of which there Is a record, or since the establishment of the Weath¬ er Bureau way back in 1871. That means it has been some February. We are going to brag about the fact tbat we Burvlred it it, when we get to be a century or so of age.—Port Washingtou News.
LAMENTATIONS IN PATCHOGUE Twenty-five years ago when we had good sleighing every old bob-sled, every stylish cutter, and In fact, every¬ thing tbat had runners on. would be
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