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ISSUED ON FRIDAY.
GENERAL CIRCULATIOI
VOL. 8. NO. 23.
FREKPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY JANUARY I L 1918
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SUPERVISORS
EXPLAIN DELAY IN LONG ISLAND MAIL
REPORTS RECEIVED
New Member From
Glen Gove Filet His
Certificate
The oath of office and certiAeat* ef election on behalf of "Ward Dickeon wrr« flled, as the Superrieor for the city •f Glen Cove. The Supervisor from the city of Gten Oove was unable to be present on account of illness.
Sheriff Seaman reported 46 prison¬ ers in the county jail for tho week ending December 30.
Tho appointment of a atenographer in the Commissioner of Jurors office for fifteen days in Deceimber ia ex¬ tended to January, 1918, ior »uch aer¬ vice in said months.
A communication was received from Florence M. Chapius as executrix of the estate of Charles Chapius, for payment of property in connection with the planis of the Plainview-Mas- sapequa County Highway Improve¬ ment, at or near Central Park. The mattier was referred to the Commis¬ sioner on Condemnation for informa¬ tion.
The contract between the County and Arnold P. Kohler, dated August 24, 1917, waa amended to include that portion of the Glen Head Road from the ifoot of the hill to the railroad crossing at the station, a distance of approximately 700 feet, the terms and conditions of said contract to apply to this added portion as though the same had beien incorporated m the contract when originally executed. Geor^ E. Hart, C. E., ¦w&a appointed ss civil en^neer in connection -with the improvement of auch additional piece of road.
The Board accepted the work done by A. P. Kcftiler, as oomtractor, (for the inrorovement of the Glen Head Road, from Glen Cove Cedar Swamp Road (Tenk's <3omer) westerly to¬ ward Glen Head Station, to the foot of the hill just east of the station crossing, also from the foot of the hil! to the railroad crossing at the station.
Supervisor Smith was authorized to purchase a winter top for the coun¬ ty automobile uaed in connection with the duties of his office, and have the same installed and finished at a price not to exceed $350.
The Board accepted the work per¬ formed and materials furnished by Edward R. Dalton, of Port Washing¬ ton, as contractor for improving Main street, at Port Washinprton.
HKNRY S. WHITE DEAD
Henry S. White, aged 75 years, died at the home of his nephew, John R. S. White, on Sunday. He was a native of Scotland, coming to the lln ited States when four years old. His wife died several years ago, and there are no children surviving.
Mr. White was fifty years in the retail dry goods busijioss at 128 Smith street, Brooklyn, retiring four yenrs ago. He had resided with his nephew here the past nine years, and had nwny friends here.
The funeral was held Tue.sday ev- eniner with interment on Wednestlay up bv the Observer in (J rtH'nwxKxl cemetery; Fulton, f u ^ neral director.
DURING 1918
YOU WILL FIND IT A PLEASURE TO PUR¬ CHASE YOUR DRUG STORE NEEDS AT
CHUBBUCK'S
for here yu gel not only the best of qoalily merchan¬ dise, bnt courteous and pleasant service that makes yoo ieel Ihat your patron¬ age Is really appreciated. Hfe want to serve yoo aad we know that we can satisfy yon at all Umes. Lei BS convlflce yoa.
That annoying delay in the trans¬ mission of mail from Long Island vil- lagea to Broolclyn is due to a dewire on the part of the Long Island post¬ masters to increase the efficiency of the system, is the claim of the railway mail service oflicials.
Ijetters mailed in Lonf? Islamd vil¬ lages are in charge of the Railway Mail Service, ¦which is responsible for prompt delivery, and which operates with the assistance of local postmas¬ ters. Some of the trains canning n^ail go direct to the Long: Island Rail¬ road station in Brooklyn. There the mail is taken in charge by the Brook¬ lyn Post Oflice. From that point it is shot in a pneumatic tube to the main Brooklyn Post Office, at Washington and Johnson streets, for sorting and distribution.
But all trains carryinjjf mail do not go the Long Island Railroad depot at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. Many of them are "through" trains that pull into the Pennsylvania Rail¬ road Terminal at Thirty-third street, Manhattan. In the effort to keep their post oflices clear of mail, postmasters of some small and large Long Island towns dispatch their aacka on the first train leaving, irrespective of destina¬ tion, so tbat Lt often occurs that the great volume of Brooklyn mail that should be sent to Station "L" takes the long trip to the Peniosydvania Ter¬ minal before it ia returned to Brook¬ lyn.
Specific instances of tardiness of the mail delivery were called to the attention of J. Gray, representative of Superintendent Norris of the Rail¬ way Mail Division of the New York Post Office. One letter mailed in Pat- chogrue at 4.30 p.m. that did not ar¬ rive in Brooklyn until after 12 o'clock the next day was referred to him as an example. He said:
"There is no reason on earth why such time was consumed in the de¬ livery of this mail, even though it was in a sack that came to the Penn¬ sylvania Terminal for return to Brooklyn for delivery, From the Pennsylvania Terminal this Brooklyn mail is sent in a pneumatic tube to the General Post office in lower Man- nattan. Thence it is shot in another tube across to the Brooklyn Post Of¬ fice. I shall investigate the matter and see if it would not be wise to order the separation of Brooklyn mail."
Postmaster Burton said on Monday that he was annoyed by the insinua¬ tion in an article in the Eagle that the taidiness of the mail delivery was "up to him." He explained that any delay in mail ffoing to the Pennsyl¬ vania Station Tnu.st have been between there and the Brooklyn Post Office.
"1 have no jurisdiction over Long: Island postmasters, except that at C'Mnp Upton," he said. "I experienc¬ ed similar difficulty in slow mail de¬ livery, and now have all mail from the Camp sent directly to Broojtlyn. None of it takes the long'er route to the Pennsylvania Terminal."
The postal authorities apparently
p.iid no attention to this delayed mail
condition on I^ong Island until taken
and the Long
Island Press A.ssociation.
A letter mailed from Rockville Cen¬ tre to Ix)ng Beach (only five miles .mart) has to go from Rockville Cen- Itre to Pennsylvania station, Manhat¬ tan, and then is tranported back to [l-ong Peach, never the same day, and freciuenlly two to five days late.
The OBSEHVEits for Ixjng Beach, mailed at our office on Friday, fre¬ quently do not reach Long Beach until the following Monday.
I^et the railway mail managers get busy, instead of sitting at their ma¬ hogany desks, smoking fifteen cent cigars. Lot's have mail service! The local postmasters are not to blame.
ELKS CANT UGHT TIE CLUB EMBLEM
MUST SAVE COAL
Doinits of Freeport Or¬ ganization-Billiard Tonmey
CHUBBUCK'S
QUALITY DRUG STOKE
FRJSEPORT
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ODD FKLliOWS NOTEvS
Sylvester P. Shea, of Freeport I odge, is the new Wstrict Deputy Grand Master of Nassau District No. 2, of the Odd Fellowa, and he has appointed the following Past Grands of Freeport I.odge as members of hia suite to assist him in installing the oilicers of the various subordinate Lodges in the District: Grand Mar¬ shall, Albin N. Johnson; Grand War¬ den, Dr. Gordon Ijindsay; Grand Sec¬ retary, Gilson H. Raynor; Orand Fi¬ nancial Secretary, D. Frank Seaman; Grand Treasurer, F'rank M. Smith; Grand Chaplain, Frank A. Wood; Grand Guardian, Chester A. Fulton; Grand Herald, Peter Coaklet.
On Tuesday evening the Deputy and his suite in»talled the oflicers of Sea Side IxKlge, No. 260, at Inwood; Wednesday evening, Rockville Centre Lodge, No. 279; last ni^ht Hempstead Lodge, Nc. 141; tonight. Mineola Lodg«, No. 125. The officers of Free- port Ijodge will not be inatolled un¬ til Monday evening, January 21, when a big wvlcome wilt be tendered the homecoming officers.
This cold snap will cost the people of Freeport many dolars, to repair the damage doue by burt^tiiiK water Pipes d\iiiug the past two wueks.
Lawyer Levy Miflered Kre«t lose aad was obliged to move out of hia home which 1* OMrly rulaodL
By direction otf the Fuel Adminis¬ trator the lights on the lawn elk hava to be extinguinhed e\-ery nigh', except Saturday, unless public safety should necessitate otherwise.
The Club made an offer to the Vil¬ lage Board lo illuminate it every night, and pay for the current, if the village would like to dispense with its .otreet light at the comer cf West Merrick Road and South Grove street
The pocket billiard touinameni opened Monday evening with an in¬ teresting game between Philip Toalo of Brooklyn and Charles A. Sigmond of Freeport. It was a splendidly con¬ tested alTair from start to hnisih. At the end of the 22nd frame the score stood 128 to 127 in favor of Sigmond; he selected a combination shoto out of the bunch In the next frame, whioh he played nerfoctly, making tho shot and scattering the balls over the ta¬ ble, but leaving the cue ball in very poor position. As he failed on his next shot, Toale cleaned the table with a run of the 13 balls. Next frame netted each player 7 balls, and in the 24th frame, after Sigmond had gathered 7 balls, he scratcihed, and Toale ran out, needing only 4 balls to win.
Score:
Toale—Total, 1-50; scratches, 16; high run, 1?.
Sigmond—Total, 141; scratchea, 13;high run, 10.
On Tuesday evening the game was between Ferd Adam Unger, of Mont- clair, N. J., and Clarence A. Kdwards, the latter substituting in piace of George Bennett Smith, who found busineas too pressing for him to con¬ tinue in the tournament. Edwards was out of practice, but it was to his credit that he jumped in, so that the schedule wouldn't be broken up by Smith's abrupt resignation. We haven't the complete score, but Unger won by 1.50 to 110. After the game Unger entertained with an exhibi¬ tion of card tricks and sleight of hand.
Dr. William Runcie was taken ill Sunday, and was therefore unable to play his scheduled game on Wednes¬ day evening. Rudolph Domoschke, of Lynbrook, substited, though Leo Fish¬ el will finish the schedule for Dr. Run¬ cie. Domschke's opponent was Tom Plunkett, of Brooklyn Lodge.
The score: Plunkitt—^Total, 1.50; scratches, 9; High run, ll!.
Domschke—Total, 75; scratches, 6; high run, 7.
This Friday evening Sigmond will play Edwards.
Next week's games will be as fol¬ lows, and the public is invited. There is no charge of admission, and the games begin at 8 p.m.:
Monday, January 14, Fishel vs. Unger; Tuesday, January 15, Ed¬ wards v.s. Toale; Wednesday, Janu¬ ary 10, Sigmond vs. Plunkitt; Friday, January 18, Kdwards vs. F'ishel
Prize.s are to be awarded to the first three at the conclusion of tho tournament, and a gold ring will be presented to the player making the highest individual run during the tournament.
Several nigihts in every week this month are being ikjvoted to the pock¬ et billiard tournament at the Club. Clarence Edwards is substituting in the tournament in plaoe of Cicorgc Rennott Smith, who was too busy to devote the time to the tournament.
TOWN STATISTICS BY CLERK GILBERT
Town Clerk GiHiert has gottsn te- firether some interMting statistical fijrures conceraiac the torwn of Hemp¬ stead for 1916 and 1917. The figures show that in 1910 there were 701 births, while in 1917 there were 638. In 1916 thera irere 398 deaths, and in 1917 405 death* in tlie township. In 1916 there wers 82B cases of conta- flpous diseasei reported, whils in 191T, there wero 265, the poliomyeliti* •pi- demic being largely responsible for the largte nunober rerported in 1916. In 1916 there were 1152 hunters' li¬ censes taken out, snd in 1917 there were 1234 licenses issued to hunters. Over two hundred hunteri' liceneca have already been issued since 1^ ftrst of this year.
Frank J. Bradley, of Garden City, a well known member of the Lodge, has been very ill with typhoid fever, and now pleuro pneumonia has set in.
RK(aSTR.\TION FKJIRKS
The registration figures for the county completed by the Election Commissioner's office this week show a falling off in all parties with the exception of the Socialists and Pro¬ hibitionists. The former have jumped from 51 registrants in 1916 to 176 this year, and the la.tter have increas¬ ed from 64 to 82. Last year the Re¬ publicans had 11,596 on tJieir list. This year thei' regristry shows 8,977 for the county. "The Democrats had 7,265 adherents in 1916; this year they have 6,060.
The totals by townships ifor all parties in the 1917-18 registration is: Hempstead—Repubhcans, 5,659; Dem¬ ocrats, 2,445; Socialists, 1U3; Pruhir bitionists, 49; blank 464; void, 15; missing, 13.
North Hempstead — Republican, 1,382; I>emocrat, i>83; Socialist, 14; Prohibition, 14; blanks, 208; void, 6; missing, 6.
Oyster Bay—Republican, 1,936; Democrat, 1,632; Socialist, 59; Pro- hibiUon. 19; blank, 214; void. 10.
Ml^iSIOITABY MKKTINQ
The next regular niisslousry meet¬ ing oi the Baptist Church will be held at Mrs. Deacon Berbers oa Grove Street Monday afternoon, Jan. 28ih, a full attendance is deaireu. Tbe date of the meetings has been ciaused from the 2iiid to the Ith Muuday of eacli month.
ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY CLERK
The annual wport of the County Clerk of Nassau County shows that .$22,227.1T in feea was collected dur¬ ing last year, and that the county's share of the mortgage tax collected was $24,805.50.
Since the county waa organized the County Clerk's office has taken in $.332,252.27, the best year being in lyil, wheTi the proceeds totnled $25,- 562.49. Thtre were 24,920 papers filed and recorded last yoar, and $2,365 collected in fines, of which $1,000 was collected in the Supreme Court, and the balance in the County Court. The largsst fine, $500, was againat Frederidi L. McQueen, of Oyster Day.
The receipts were divided as fol¬ lows: Deeda, $9,269; mortgiages, 6 035; notary certificates, $288.26; notary qualifications, $317.75; lis pendens, $92.25; satisfaction pieces, $1,247.16; searches, $1,900.55; judg¬ ments, $846.80; transcripts, $66.65; executions, $148.30; mechanics' liens, ?.30.2.t; bonds and undertakings, f 38.25; certWied ,ipv p«apers, $792.35; chattel mortgages, $^11^; incorpor¬ ation certificates, $244.90; building and loan contracts, $36.40, and mis¬ cellaneous, $361.89.
Prominent Men In Nassau County jSCHOOU TO WAIT
FOR TBEDt MONET
I
BALANCE OF POWER IN COUNTY BOARD
The Board of Supervisors and the politicians of the county are trying to obtain some definite ruling es to how many votes each Supervisor will be entitled to when the new Supervi¬ sor from Glen Core City takes his place with the present Board. Under the law each Supervisor shall be en¬ titled to ca»t as many votes us the quotient in whole number, obtaining by dividing tho number of inhabi¬ tants, excluding aliens, of the town or city from which he is elected by the numlier of inhabitaivts, excluding aliens, of the town or city of the coun¬ ty having the least population, pro¬ vided that no supervisor shall have less than one vote, nor be entitled to one-half of the vote of the entire Board.
H. Stewart McKnight, counsel to the Supervisors, has written to the Secretary of State for a certification of the census figures for Nassau County. The last State Censas was taken in 1916, and ehows thst Hemp>- etead township has a population of 57,219, sxclusive of aliens; that Oya- ter Bay had 16,820, and North Hemp stead 18,581; G'len Cove's population, excluding aliens, is figured at 6900.
The law makes the population of Glen Cove the divisor in figuring the number of votes. This means that the Supervisor from Hempstead town will probably have live vote«, and maybe six, since he cannot have a fraction of a vote. North Hempstead and Oys¬ ter Bay will have two each, and Glen Cove City one rote. Thi* will mean that if there is a division of opinion between the Hempitead Supervisor and those from the other two town¬ ships, the Glen Cove memiber will be able to decide the question by his vote, if the Hempstead memlier is only allowed five votes. If the Hemp¬ stead Supervisor has six votes he will hold the balance of power.
Leading politicians about the court house have been tryimg to figure the exact vote for several days, and t>he best of them admit that they have become obfuscated in attempting to allot the vote according to the law.
It is not improbable that the mat¬ ter will be taken to the courts and a construction of the law asked for.
In January, 1916, Earl J. Bennett, of Rockville Centre, wa« appointed hy Governor Whitman to the office of County Comptroller of Nassau Coun¬ ty. In the fall of that year the voters ofo the county ratified the Governor's choice in electing Comptroller Betv- nett to office by a flattering majority. Having had an extensive law practice durirvg the past fifteen years Mr. Ben- net* took with him to the office of ('omptroller a broad knowledge of the law which has proven of great ad¬ vantage to him in conducting the bu«- inees of his ofTice.
Perhaps the greatest service the Comptroller has rendered the county can be found in the almost daily inr vestigations that he makes of claima presented to bhe county for audit. These claims must all pass under the trained eye of the Comptroller before they are approved and paid, since he ia the general superintedent of the financial transactions of the county. In the past year he has 5«aved the county over $9,000 on one bill alone. This was on a claim made by the Kings County Pentitentiary for the board of prisoners from Nassau Coun¬ ty. The Comptroller discovered that for a number of years charges had been made by the pentitentiary for •nany prisoners -who could not be com¬ mitted to that institution. He report¬ ed the matter to the Supervisors, and that body allowed the bill in the sum recommended by the Comptroller.
Another instance where the Comp¬ troller's quick action resulted in a saving to the county was where a cer¬ tain comp'any had rendered a bill for $1,152, covering work done and material furnished in the Nassau County Jail. The Comptroller, per- ;^onally, investigated the worlc and found it faulty in many ways. Upon his recommendation the Supervisors disallowed the entire claim.
The Comptroller's firmness and courage in standing for what he be¬ lieves to be rig'ht does not forsake him even when it oomes to disagree¬ ing with county officials. In 1916 Jas. H. Cocks, then Supervisor of Oyster Bay, mandamus^ the Comptroller in i an effort to compel the latter to pay a bill of $347 as compen'sation for '
;»rt«in tax extensions for extending a tax against excluded property on the tax roll. The issue was taken to the courts, where Comptroller Bennett waa t^e victor. Later the ConrptroUer was Biisrtained by the courts in hia re¬ fusal to allow payment to Supervisors as special compemaation for that body when it acts as a Board of Canvas sers.
While the duties of hi* ofRco com¬ pel the Comptroller to be critical in j pa.ssing on bills, he is never unfair in his dealings with claimant*. Con¬ trary to the opinion of many, he sel¬ dom ha« any arbitrary pow^er. The Comptroller's courtesy and (fairness usually satisfies the di^nati-sfied and sometimes petulant claimants. Comp¬ troller Bennett's way of handling the affairs of hie office has appealed to and won the approval of the people o' Nassau County.
It is the comptroller's duty to sell all bonds issued by the connty author¬ ities. Since the present Comptroller has helil office he has sold for the county $1,000,000 of county obliga- \ion8, and in each instance hae ob¬ tained an unusually favorable price for them. The Comptroller has con¬ sistently held that bonds should be issued only for permanent improve¬ ments, and that there should be no more issues for repairs to our county load system except in urgent cases and that then such bonds sihould be paid during the life of the repairs.
Further, it is his opinion that no type of road should be built or re- con.structed that cannot be guaran¬ teed for at least five years. During the past few months Comptroller Ben¬ nett has been making a special study of the financial transactions and methods of the county since its es¬ tablishment. As a result, he has pre¬ pared a statement which enables him, in a moment, to inform himself of the county's financial affairs. For a number of years bhe County Comp¬ troller has been vice president of the Bank of Rockville Centre, and has been one of the largest real estate owners and developers of the young¬ er generation in Rockville Centre— progressive, yet conservative in the up-building of the community in which he resides.
PARTIAL PATMENTa
CLAIM AGAINST TOWN HEALTH BD.
The citizens of Bellmore were scrry to learn that the L. I. R. K. have discontinued the employmeint of an assistant station agent, for the winter uanths, as the bu&iness trans¬ acted at the local station is cuiuiid- erably more than oae man cstn LXandie. Thlst position waa very capably held by Uudolpb Buiitb, who will probably be detailed to souui bther sutioia on tb* t^oA bsfore UxkM-
At its meeting on Tuesday the Town Health Board was presented with a claim for $100 by Mrs. Helen A. Faath, of 36 Whitehouse avenue, Roosevelt, who says that this sum represents the amount she lost after her home had been quarantined when a school teacher who boarded with her was .seized with diphtheria. Mrs. Faath claimed that Health Officer Rhame told her that four other teach¬ ers in her place would either have to leave or else stay in the house. The teachers loft, and according to Mrs. Faath their absence and the quaran¬ tine damaged her to the extent of $100. She alleges that the town ought to Ihave provided a hospital for cases ot contagion, and that if such an in- stitutioijj'had existed she would have suffered no financial loss. The Board referred the matter to the Board of Audit, with power to employ coun¬ sel in the matter if necessary.
The Board received a communica¬ tion from the State Board of Health in which the State Department ex¬ pressed its pleasure over the recent action of the Town Board in adopt¬ ing the State Health Regulations.
Justice Wilbur V. Southard, the new member of the Board, was pres¬ ent and was appointed on all com¬ mittees in which membership was held by his predecessor in office. Justice Corodon F. Norton.
The Board authorized the Health Oflicer to employ counsel in the mat¬ ter of sewerage at Ixjng Beach, at a IK)int near Washington and Penn streets, w^here the condition of the sewerage is said to constitute a nui¬ sance.
Tovm Clerk Gilbert was appointed by the Board of Health as Health Registrar for the next four years.
HOMK 6n^IBLOIGH
Sergeant Wallace Gueat, of Spar¬ tanburg, S. C, is home on a saort
11 Plough. He brings a Jovial report from Camp Wadswoiili, and says he enjoys tho Soldiers life, and Is anxious to go to Fnance and take a nand ia settling this great war quea- 'ion.
His time is so short here he will not have time to visit all his friends, without neglecting his family, but wi.shes to have a *cood word and a good bye to them all.
The Quest family will gather at tlie borne of Peter Berger's on Grove Street Wednesday evening for a fare¬ well visit. Wallace leaves for Camp Wedsworth Friday morning. His grandfather Berger says, a good son, makes a good solditri, so we know ;ie will fill the bill. Although we send hira away with a smile, he leaves many aching hearts behind.
With the many uiillious of men this couatry is Bending over to the front, Geimsny should be convinced that America is now neady to fight and
will flirht to the t>itter end. What a
wonderful day it will be when our American army sweeps triumphantly
through the Genuaa lines aJid on to
victory.
ANNUAL ELECnON OF DRIVING CLUB
The annual election of officers of the Nassau Driving' Club was held in Nash's Hotel at iCiineola on Thurs¬ day evening last, the following l>eing chosen as the club's ofhcera for the coming year: President, L. W. Boyn- ton of Brooklyn; Vice President, Wil¬ lard Thomas of Baldwin; Treasurer, Philip Hoeffner of New Hyde Park; Secretary, William Gartrell of New Hyde Park; Directors—N. Gunzfeld- er, J. Doty, E. 0. Binzen, Frederick Noon, J. Siehert, Edward Shoemaker and W, C. Urban. At the meeting it was announced the Junior League of Amateur Drivers' Club of America will hold a three-day meet at the Min¬ eola Fair Grounds in July.
The annual banquet of the club will be held on March 1, when cups will be awarded to the first fiive winners in the trotting and pacing events for the season. The winners and their respective points v.'ere:
Trotter.s—Bingen Worthy 49, Coun¬ try Tramp 47, Pearl Guy 45, Emma Tipton 39, Petra Cora 36, Se>tzer Mac 33, Nora Setzer 33, Nell McLintock and Cupid 29, Norbian 26, Toshie Cochato 26, Ethel B., 28, Bellfair 28, Terrace Girl 31, Brooks Worthy 25, Courier Boy 25, Amanita 24, Sarah Yorke 24. .Startle 23, Kinney McGreg¬ or 24, Signature 21, Prince Marmo 21, Badon 19, Lintico and Mayretta IH, Connie Mac 16, Aluna Cecilia Dil- lion 15, Flora Hal 14, Leo A., Lucy Rico and Anna Maloney 13, Dingee 12, Cecile AxwortJiy 11, S<iuirrel Brook 10, Nancy North 9, Batavia 6, Rutih Law 4, Morning Gossip 4.
Others who raced, but not a sufTi¬ cient number of times to figure, were Camelia Hall, Rita Frisco, Ten Bar¬ on, Lady Brook, Waldron, Sussie Set¬ zer, Litchen. tHylo C, Peter Gale, Norris Bona, Plancon, Marion Cod- dington. Honest Bob, Cora Set, Spe¬ cial Parole, Allerta, Rita, Baroness Ophelia, Barcelonia, Doctor Work, Monte Range, Fox Dean, Pearl Brook, Rhine Stream, Badon Second.
The higrhest in points among the pacers were Lillian W. 52, J. Potter 33, Patty C. 29, King Ashbourne 26, Countess Kohl 26, Maria Brigrht 25, Baronward King the Second, Hallie and the Ranger 23 each; Automoti- son, Baron Saturn 2Z each; Oakland Boy, Jr, 19, De/ldie 18, Peter Dillion, Don Patch, Esther R. 17 each; Sar«h Divine and Addielap 16 each; Lizzie March 12. Others to compete whose points were lower were Miss Kincaide,
wm Do Awiy With
Necessity of Borrow¬ ing By Gounty
Durbijr the present session of th* state legislature a -bill will probably be introduced which if enacted will effect a re-establishment of the meth¬ ods followed by tax receivers in tinn¬ ing over collected tax monies to tha school and special districts, and will go a great way toward obviating ths necessity forced upon the county un¬ der the present law of borrowing large sums of money in anticipation of tax levies, in order to pay cur¬ rent expenses.
Under the law passed in 1916, the warrants for the collection of taxea direct the receiver of taxes to psy over taxes collected in the following order:
First, to the sdhool trustees of th« several school districts the total amount of their budget.
Second, the Supervisors are to i«- ceive from the collectors the total amount levied for special districts, such as serwers, light, gas and water districts.
Third, the collectors turn over th* remainder to the County Treasoreir for the county budget.
The result of this method i« th«t t^e school and special districts !•• ceive in t^e aggregate, tiie Bum of several hundred thousands of dollan. which they deposit to the credit oi the respective district; only a emsll part of it is immediately necessary t* meet their obligations. The county, on the other hand, receives no nuwey until July or August, snd then only' pert of its share, as the largest part of its budget is represented in th* return by the receiver of nniMid taxes, and property on whicAi unpaid taxes constitute a lien cannot h« aoU at auction within six months after the taxes become a lien.
The county, in order to meet ita current obligations, must borrow money against the collection of tin- paid taxes, paying 5 per cent or more in interest. In the meantime there has been paid over the several sdiool and special districts, many hundred thousands of dollars not needed ta meet the necessary obligations of these districts, and the buHt of whicji during the greater part of the yoar lies in the banks.
F'or example, the majority of the school districts in Nassau County today are in possession of all monies tihat make up their budget for tne coming year. At the end of this month in the majority of districts where thj expenses run a normal course, about eleven-twelfths of-the budget will be in the bank.
The contemplated law would pro¬ vide in part that the tax receivers only turn over to the school districts, special districts and to the county tbe amounts necessary to meet debts as they arise, and would provide that the distribution be made so that no dis¬ trict would be entitled to moneys tliat- it did not have an i.Timediate need for. This would mean that each subdivi¬ sion would get in cash what would be required to meet its obligations and no more. Such a law would efTect a saving to the counties of the stato of a substantial sum each year, aud would obviate to a great extent tha necessity of borrowing by the county in anticipation of tax levies.
Last week Naai.au County was forced to borrow $200,000 Jn note* to pay for bills which were audited by the Board of Supervisors at the end of the year, and to meet the pay¬ ment of which insufficient funds were on hand, It is the opinion of those who have made a close study of coua¬ ty financial problems that Ihe neces¬ sity of borrowing sums of this kind could be partly if not wholly elimi¬ nated if the county could get tha money from the tax receivers without waiting almost a year for it, and could be placed on an even basis with the school and special districts in the matter of distribution Mf tax moneys.
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FIMILT SEBriCE FLAG
Among fj'ie prci'dest women of Se* Cli«r is Mrs. Ella Ranwm, widow of Samuel C Ransom, former Clerk of the Courvty and Supreme €k>ui<t, who has a service flag in her
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uel, who ia a meniber of the Kn^l.' neers' Corps, nov ii France Charl , a member of the Nav«tl Reserve foam, i stationed at Newport; Arthur a ma ber of the Naval Rtxaerve foro* «Aij Brooklyn; liarold RanMutn, wiao it] ia the Aviatnvn Corps at Mm*ol|t. ¦¦4^ Archibald Howe, a nwrnber oz IImj cavalry at Spartanburg. Tbe laMte! ul<M> aerved at the Mexican btnsdMr.l Mrs. Ran»o«n is iutensely prOaad «f| t.^e fact tbat ah* is the motBer of •al many bovs doing their bit Sfe* naM her daugnter are tampomiily rt ' witih aaother daughter st Port
TO AI»DHE8S ftUFFERiOlSTS
Mrs. Frederick Greene, leader of the Nassau County women voters, ha* invited Jeremiah Wood, County Chair¬ man of the Republican party, and State Committeeman Bertraiu Gard¬ ner, of the Denwcrsbtic party, to ad¬ dress a gathering of women v<»ter« at the Court House at Mineola some time in March. The flipealcers will be asked tu tell the wuiiien why tiiey ¦ Sfhould Bupport the principlwi and can-
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FullText	Wit ISSUED ON FRIDAY. GENERAL CIRCULATIOI VOL. 8. NO. 23. FREKPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY JANUARY I L 1918 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUPERVISORS EXPLAIN DELAY IN LONG ISLAND MAIL REPORTS RECEIVED New Member From Glen Gove Filet His Certificate The oath of office and certiAeat* ef election on behalf of "Ward Dickeon wrr« flled, as the Superrieor for the city •f Glen Cove. The Supervisor from the city of Gten Oove was unable to be present on account of illness. Sheriff Seaman reported 46 prison¬ ers in the county jail for tho week ending December 30. Tho appointment of a atenographer in the Commissioner of Jurors office for fifteen days in Deceimber ia ex¬ tended to January, 1918, ior »uch aer¬ vice in said months. A communication was received from Florence M. Chapius as executrix of the estate of Charles Chapius, for payment of property in connection with the planis of the Plainview-Mas- sapequa County Highway Improve¬ ment, at or near Central Park. The mattier was referred to the Commis¬ sioner on Condemnation for informa¬ tion. The contract between the County and Arnold P. Kohler, dated August 24, 1917, waa amended to include that portion of the Glen Head Road from the ifoot of the hill to the railroad crossing at the station, a distance of approximately 700 feet, the terms and conditions of said contract to apply to this added portion as though the same had beien incorporated m the contract when originally executed. Geor^ E. Hart, C. E., ¦w&a appointed ss civil en^neer in connection -with the improvement of auch additional piece of road. The Board accepted the work done by A. P. Kcftiler, as oomtractor, (for the inrorovement of the Glen Head Road, from Glen Cove Cedar Swamp Road (Tenk's <3omer) westerly to¬ ward Glen Head Station, to the foot of the hill just east of the station crossing, also from the foot of the hil! to the railroad crossing at the station. Supervisor Smith was authorized to purchase a winter top for the coun¬ ty automobile uaed in connection with the duties of his office, and have the same installed and finished at a price not to exceed $350. The Board accepted the work per¬ formed and materials furnished by Edward R. Dalton, of Port Washing¬ ton, as contractor for improving Main street, at Port Washinprton. HKNRY S. WHITE DEAD Henry S. White, aged 75 years, died at the home of his nephew, John R. S. White, on Sunday. He was a native of Scotland, coming to the lln ited States when four years old. His wife died several years ago, and there are no children surviving. Mr. White was fifty years in the retail dry goods busijioss at 128 Smith street, Brooklyn, retiring four yenrs ago. He had resided with his nephew here the past nine years, and had nwny friends here. The funeral was held Tue.sday ev- eniner with interment on Wednestlay up bv the Observer in (J rtH'nwxKxl cemetery; Fulton, f u ^ neral director. DURING 1918 YOU WILL FIND IT A PLEASURE TO PUR¬ CHASE YOUR DRUG STORE NEEDS AT CHUBBUCK'S for here yu gel not only the best of qoalily merchan¬ dise, bnt courteous and pleasant service that makes yoo ieel Ihat your patron¬ age Is really appreciated. Hfe want to serve yoo aad we know that we can satisfy yon at all Umes. Lei BS convlflce yoa. That annoying delay in the trans¬ mission of mail from Long Island vil- lagea to Broolclyn is due to a dewire on the part of the Long Island post¬ masters to increase the efficiency of the system, is the claim of the railway mail service oflicials. Ijetters mailed in Lonf? Islamd vil¬ lages are in charge of the Railway Mail Service, ¦which is responsible for prompt delivery, and which operates with the assistance of local postmas¬ ters. Some of the trains canning n^ail go direct to the Long: Island Rail¬ road station in Brooklyn. There the mail is taken in charge by the Brook¬ lyn Post Oflice. From that point it is shot in a pneumatic tube to the main Brooklyn Post Office, at Washington and Johnson streets, for sorting and distribution. But all trains carryinjjf mail do not go the Long Island Railroad depot at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. Many of them are "through" trains that pull into the Pennsylvania Rail¬ road Terminal at Thirty-third street, Manhattan. In the effort to keep their post oflices clear of mail, postmasters of some small and large Long Island towns dispatch their aacka on the first train leaving, irrespective of destina¬ tion, so tbat Lt often occurs that the great volume of Brooklyn mail that should be sent to Station "L" takes the long trip to the Peniosydvania Ter¬ minal before it ia returned to Brook¬ lyn. Specific instances of tardiness of the mail delivery were called to the attention of J. Gray, representative of Superintendent Norris of the Rail¬ way Mail Division of the New York Post Office. One letter mailed in Pat- chogrue at 4.30 p.m. that did not ar¬ rive in Brooklyn until after 12 o'clock the next day was referred to him as an example. He said: "There is no reason on earth why such time was consumed in the de¬ livery of this mail, even though it was in a sack that came to the Penn¬ sylvania Terminal for return to Brooklyn for delivery, From the Pennsylvania Terminal this Brooklyn mail is sent in a pneumatic tube to the General Post office in lower Man- nattan. Thence it is shot in another tube across to the Brooklyn Post Of¬ fice. I shall investigate the matter and see if it would not be wise to order the separation of Brooklyn mail." Postmaster Burton said on Monday that he was annoyed by the insinua¬ tion in an article in the Eagle that the taidiness of the mail delivery was "up to him." He explained that any delay in mail ffoing to the Pennsyl¬ vania Station Tnu.st have been between there and the Brooklyn Post Office. "1 have no jurisdiction over Long: Island postmasters, except that at C'Mnp Upton" he said. "I experienc¬ ed similar difficulty in slow mail de¬ livery, and now have all mail from the Camp sent directly to Broojtlyn. None of it takes the long'er route to the Pennsylvania Terminal." The postal authorities apparently p.iid no attention to this delayed mail condition on I^ong Island until taken and the Long Island Press A.ssociation. A letter mailed from Rockville Cen¬ tre to Ix)ng Beach (only five miles .mart) has to go from Rockville Cen- Itre to Pennsylvania station, Manhat¬ tan, and then is tranported back to [l-ong Peach, never the same day, and freciuenlly two to five days late. The OBSEHVEits for Ixjng Beach, mailed at our office on Friday, fre¬ quently do not reach Long Beach until the following Monday. I^et the railway mail managers get busy, instead of sitting at their ma¬ hogany desks, smoking fifteen cent cigars. Lot's have mail service! The local postmasters are not to blame. ELKS CANT UGHT TIE CLUB EMBLEM MUST SAVE COAL Doinits of Freeport Or¬ ganization-Billiard Tonmey CHUBBUCK'S QUALITY DRUG STOKE FRJSEPORT fi(ew?<9«i MMMH ODD FKLliOWS NOTEvS Sylvester P. Shea, of Freeport I odge, is the new Wstrict Deputy Grand Master of Nassau District No. 2, of the Odd Fellowa, and he has appointed the following Past Grands of Freeport I.odge as members of hia suite to assist him in installing the oilicers of the various subordinate Lodges in the District: Grand Mar¬ shall, Albin N. Johnson; Grand War¬ den, Dr. Gordon Ijindsay; Grand Sec¬ retary, Gilson H. Raynor; Orand Fi¬ nancial Secretary, D. Frank Seaman; Grand Treasurer, F'rank M. Smith; Grand Chaplain, Frank A. Wood; Grand Guardian, Chester A. Fulton; Grand Herald, Peter Coaklet. On Tuesday evening the Deputy and his suite in»talled the oflicers of Sea Side IxKlge, No. 260, at Inwood; Wednesday evening, Rockville Centre Lodge, No. 279; last ni^ht Hempstead Lodge, Nc. 141; tonight. Mineola Lodg«, No. 125. The officers of Free- port Ijodge will not be inatolled un¬ til Monday evening, January 21, when a big wvlcome wilt be tendered the homecoming officers. This cold snap will cost the people of Freeport many dolars, to repair the damage doue by burt^tiiiK water Pipes d\iiiug the past two wueks. Lawyer Levy Miflered Kre«t lose aad was obliged to move out of hia home which 1* OMrly rulaodL By direction otf the Fuel Adminis¬ trator the lights on the lawn elk hava to be extinguinhed e\-ery nigh', except Saturday, unless public safety should necessitate otherwise. The Club made an offer to the Vil¬ lage Board lo illuminate it every night, and pay for the current, if the village would like to dispense with its .otreet light at the comer cf West Merrick Road and South Grove street The pocket billiard touinameni opened Monday evening with an in¬ teresting game between Philip Toalo of Brooklyn and Charles A. Sigmond of Freeport. It was a splendidly con¬ tested alTair from start to hnisih. At the end of the 22nd frame the score stood 128 to 127 in favor of Sigmond; he selected a combination shoto out of the bunch In the next frame, whioh he played nerfoctly, making tho shot and scattering the balls over the ta¬ ble, but leaving the cue ball in very poor position. As he failed on his next shot, Toale cleaned the table with a run of the 13 balls. Next frame netted each player 7 balls, and in the 24th frame, after Sigmond had gathered 7 balls, he scratcihed, and Toale ran out, needing only 4 balls to win. Score: Toale—Total, 1-50; scratches, 16; high run, 1?. Sigmond—Total, 141; scratchea, 13;high run, 10. On Tuesday evening the game was between Ferd Adam Unger, of Mont- clair, N. J., and Clarence A. Kdwards, the latter substituting in piace of George Bennett Smith, who found busineas too pressing for him to con¬ tinue in the tournament. Edwards was out of practice, but it was to his credit that he jumped in, so that the schedule wouldn't be broken up by Smith's abrupt resignation. We haven't the complete score, but Unger won by 1.50 to 110. After the game Unger entertained with an exhibi¬ tion of card tricks and sleight of hand. Dr. William Runcie was taken ill Sunday, and was therefore unable to play his scheduled game on Wednes¬ day evening. Rudolph Domoschke, of Lynbrook, substited, though Leo Fish¬ el will finish the schedule for Dr. Run¬ cie. Domschke's opponent was Tom Plunkett, of Brooklyn Lodge. The score: Plunkitt—^Total, 1.50; scratches, 9; High run, ll!. Domschke—Total, 75; scratches, 6; high run, 7. This Friday evening Sigmond will play Edwards. Next week's games will be as fol¬ lows, and the public is invited. There is no charge of admission, and the games begin at 8 p.m.: Monday, January 14, Fishel vs. Unger; Tuesday, January 15, Ed¬ wards v.s. Toale; Wednesday, Janu¬ ary 10, Sigmond vs. Plunkitt; Friday, January 18, Kdwards vs. F'ishel Prize.s are to be awarded to the first three at the conclusion of tho tournament, and a gold ring will be presented to the player making the highest individual run during the tournament. Several nigihts in every week this month are being ikjvoted to the pock¬ et billiard tournament at the Club. Clarence Edwards is substituting in the tournament in plaoe of Cicorgc Rennott Smith, who was too busy to devote the time to the tournament. TOWN STATISTICS BY CLERK GILBERT Town Clerk GiHiert has gottsn te- firether some interMting statistical fijrures conceraiac the torwn of Hemp¬ stead for 1916 and 1917. The figures show that in 1910 there were 701 births, while in 1917 there were 638. In 1916 thera irere 398 deaths, and in 1917 405 death* in tlie township. In 1916 there wers 82B cases of conta- flpous diseasei reported, whils in 191T, there wero 265, the poliomyeliti* •pi- demic being largely responsible for the largte nunober rerported in 1916. In 1916 there were 1152 hunters' li¬ censes taken out, snd in 1917 there were 1234 licenses issued to hunters. Over two hundred hunteri' liceneca have already been issued since 1^ ftrst of this year. Frank J. Bradley, of Garden City, a well known member of the Lodge, has been very ill with typhoid fever, and now pleuro pneumonia has set in. RK(aSTR.\TION FKJIRKS The registration figures for the county completed by the Election Commissioner's office this week show a falling off in all parties with the exception of the Socialists and Pro¬ hibitionists. The former have jumped from 51 registrants in 1916 to 176 this year, and the la.tter have increas¬ ed from 64 to 82. Last year the Re¬ publicans had 11,596 on tJieir list. This year thei' regristry shows 8,977 for the county. "The Democrats had 7,265 adherents in 1916; this year they have 6,060. The totals by townships ifor all parties in the 1917-18 registration is: Hempstead—Repubhcans, 5,659; Dem¬ ocrats, 2,445; Socialists, 1U3; Pruhir bitionists, 49; blank 464; void, 15; missing, 13. North Hempstead — Republican, 1,382; I>emocrat, i>83; Socialist, 14; Prohibition, 14; blanks, 208; void, 6; missing, 6. Oyster Bay—Republican, 1,936; Democrat, 1,632; Socialist, 59; Pro- hibiUon. 19; blank, 214; void. 10. Ml^iSIOITABY MKKTINQ The next regular niisslousry meet¬ ing oi the Baptist Church will be held at Mrs. Deacon Berbers oa Grove Street Monday afternoon, Jan. 28ih, a full attendance is deaireu. Tbe date of the meetings has been ciaused from the 2iiid to the Ith Muuday of eacli month. ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY CLERK The annual wport of the County Clerk of Nassau County shows that .$22,227.1T in feea was collected dur¬ ing last year, and that the county's share of the mortgage tax collected was $24,805.50. Since the county waa organized the County Clerk's office has taken in $.332,252.27, the best year being in lyil, wheTi the proceeds totnled $25,- 562.49. Thtre were 24,920 papers filed and recorded last yoar, and $2,365 collected in fines, of which $1,000 was collected in the Supreme Court, and the balance in the County Court. The largsst fine, $500, was againat Frederidi L. McQueen, of Oyster Day. The receipts were divided as fol¬ lows: Deeda, $9,269; mortgiages, 6 035; notary certificates, $288.26; notary qualifications, $317.75; lis pendens, $92.25; satisfaction pieces, $1,247.16; searches, $1,900.55; judg¬ ments, $846.80; transcripts, $66.65; executions, $148.30; mechanics' liens, ?.30.2.t; bonds and undertakings, f 38.25; certWied ,ipv p«apers, $792.35; chattel mortgages, $^11^; incorpor¬ ation certificates, $244.90; building and loan contracts, $36.40, and mis¬ cellaneous, $361.89. Prominent Men In Nassau County jSCHOOU TO WAIT FOR TBEDt MONET I BALANCE OF POWER IN COUNTY BOARD The Board of Supervisors and the politicians of the county are trying to obtain some definite ruling es to how many votes each Supervisor will be entitled to when the new Supervi¬ sor from Glen Core City takes his place with the present Board. Under the law each Supervisor shall be en¬ titled to ca»t as many votes us the quotient in whole number, obtaining by dividing tho number of inhabi¬ tants, excluding aliens, of the town or city from which he is elected by the numlier of inhabitaivts, excluding aliens, of the town or city of the coun¬ ty having the least population, pro¬ vided that no supervisor shall have less than one vote, nor be entitled to one-half of the vote of the entire Board. H. Stewart McKnight, counsel to the Supervisors, has written to the Secretary of State for a certification of the census figures for Nassau County. The last State Censas was taken in 1916, and ehows thst Hemp>- etead township has a population of 57,219, sxclusive of aliens; that Oya- ter Bay had 16,820, and North Hemp stead 18,581; G'len Cove's population, excluding aliens, is figured at 6900. The law makes the population of Glen Cove the divisor in figuring the number of votes. This means that the Supervisor from Hempstead town will probably have live vote«, and maybe six, since he cannot have a fraction of a vote. North Hempstead and Oys¬ ter Bay will have two each, and Glen Cove City one rote. Thi* will mean that if there is a division of opinion between the Hempitead Supervisor and those from the other two town¬ ships, the Glen Cove memiber will be able to decide the question by his vote, if the Hempstead memlier is only allowed five votes. If the Hemp¬ stead Supervisor has six votes he will hold the balance of power. Leading politicians about the court house have been tryimg to figure the exact vote for several days, and t>he best of them admit that they have become obfuscated in attempting to allot the vote according to the law. It is not improbable that the mat¬ ter will be taken to the courts and a construction of the law asked for. In January, 1916, Earl J. Bennett, of Rockville Centre, wa« appointed hy Governor Whitman to the office of County Comptroller of Nassau Coun¬ ty. In the fall of that year the voters ofo the county ratified the Governor's choice in electing Comptroller Betv- nett to office by a flattering majority. Having had an extensive law practice durirvg the past fifteen years Mr. Ben- net* took with him to the office of ('omptroller a broad knowledge of the law which has proven of great ad¬ vantage to him in conducting the bu«- inees of his ofTice. Perhaps the greatest service the Comptroller has rendered the county can be found in the almost daily inr vestigations that he makes of claima presented to bhe county for audit. These claims must all pass under the trained eye of the Comptroller before they are approved and paid, since he ia the general superintedent of the financial transactions of the county. In the past year he has 5«aved the county over $9,000 on one bill alone. This was on a claim made by the Kings County Pentitentiary for the board of prisoners from Nassau Coun¬ ty. The Comptroller discovered that for a number of years charges had been made by the pentitentiary for •nany prisoners -who could not be com¬ mitted to that institution. He report¬ ed the matter to the Supervisors, and that body allowed the bill in the sum recommended by the Comptroller. Another instance where the Comp¬ troller's quick action resulted in a saving to the county was where a cer¬ tain comp'any had rendered a bill for $1,152, covering work done and material furnished in the Nassau County Jail. The Comptroller, per- ;^onally, investigated the worlc and found it faulty in many ways. Upon his recommendation the Supervisors disallowed the entire claim. The Comptroller's firmness and courage in standing for what he be¬ lieves to be rig'ht does not forsake him even when it oomes to disagree¬ ing with county officials. In 1916 Jas. H. Cocks, then Supervisor of Oyster Bay, mandamus^ the Comptroller in i an effort to compel the latter to pay a bill of $347 as compen'sation for ' ;»rt«in tax extensions for extending a tax against excluded property on the tax roll. The issue was taken to the courts, where Comptroller Bennett waa t^e victor. Later the ConrptroUer was Biisrtained by the courts in hia re¬ fusal to allow payment to Supervisors as special compemaation for that body when it acts as a Board of Canvas sers. While the duties of hi* ofRco com¬ pel the Comptroller to be critical in j pa.ssing on bills, he is never unfair in his dealings with claimant. Con¬ trary to the opinion of many, he sel¬ dom ha« any arbitrary pow^er. The Comptroller's courtesy and (fairness usually satisfies the di^nati-sfied and sometimes petulant claimants. Comp¬ troller Bennett's way of handling the affairs of hie office has appealed to and won the approval of the people o' Nassau County. It is the comptroller's duty to sell all bonds issued by the connty author¬ ities. Since the present Comptroller has helil office he has sold for the county $1,000,000 of county obliga- \ion8, and in each instance hae ob¬ tained an unusually favorable price for them. The Comptroller has con¬ sistently held that bonds should be issued only for permanent improve¬ ments, and that there should be no more issues for repairs to our county load system except in urgent cases and that then such bonds sihould be paid during the life of the repairs. Further, it is his opinion that no type of road should be built or re- con.structed that cannot be guaran¬ teed for at least five years. During the past few months Comptroller Ben¬ nett has been making a special study of the financial transactions and methods of the county since its es¬ tablishment. As a result, he has pre¬ pared a statement which enables him, in a moment, to inform himself of the county's financial affairs. For a number of years bhe County Comp¬ troller has been vice president of the Bank of Rockville Centre, and has been one of the largest real estate owners and developers of the young¬ er generation in Rockville Centre— progressive, yet conservative in the up-building of the community in which he resides. PARTIAL PATMENTa CLAIM AGAINST TOWN HEALTH BD. The citizens of Bellmore were scrry to learn that the L. I. R. K. have discontinued the employmeint of an assistant station agent, for the winter uanths, as the bu&iness trans¬ acted at the local station is cuiuiid- erably more than oae man cstn LXandie. Thlst position waa very capably held by Uudolpb Buiitb, who will probably be detailed to souui bther sutioia on tb t^oA bsfore UxkM- At its meeting on Tuesday the Town Health Board was presented with a claim for $100 by Mrs. Helen A. Faath, of 36 Whitehouse avenue, Roosevelt, who says that this sum represents the amount she lost after her home had been quarantined when a school teacher who boarded with her was .seized with diphtheria. Mrs. Faath claimed that Health Officer Rhame told her that four other teach¬ ers in her place would either have to leave or else stay in the house. The teachers loft, and according to Mrs. Faath their absence and the quaran¬ tine damaged her to the extent of $100. She alleges that the town ought to Ihave provided a hospital for cases ot contagion, and that if such an in- stitutioijj'had existed she would have suffered no financial loss. The Board referred the matter to the Board of Audit, with power to employ coun¬ sel in the matter if necessary. The Board received a communica¬ tion from the State Board of Health in which the State Department ex¬ pressed its pleasure over the recent action of the Town Board in adopt¬ ing the State Health Regulations. Justice Wilbur V. Southard, the new member of the Board, was pres¬ ent and was appointed on all com¬ mittees in which membership was held by his predecessor in office. Justice Corodon F. Norton. The Board authorized the Health Oflicer to employ counsel in the mat¬ ter of sewerage at Ixjng Beach, at a IK)int near Washington and Penn streets, w^here the condition of the sewerage is said to constitute a nui¬ sance. Tovm Clerk Gilbert was appointed by the Board of Health as Health Registrar for the next four years. HOMK 6n^IBLOIGH Sergeant Wallace Gueat, of Spar¬ tanburg, S. C, is home on a saort 11 Plough. He brings a Jovial report from Camp Wadswoiili, and says he enjoys tho Soldiers life, and Is anxious to go to Fnance and take a nand ia settling this great war quea- 'ion. His time is so short here he will not have time to visit all his friends, without neglecting his family, but wi.shes to have a cood word and a good bye to them all. The Quest family will gather at tlie borne of Peter Berger's on Grove Street Wednesday evening for a fare¬ well visit. Wallace leaves for Camp Wedsworth Friday morning. His grandfather Berger says, a good son, makes a good solditri, so we know ;ie will fill the bill. Although we send hira away with a smile, he leaves many aching hearts behind. With the many uiillious of men this couatry is Bending over to the front, Geimsny should be convinced that America is now neady to fight and will flirht to the t>itter end. What a wonderful day it will be when our American army sweeps triumphantly through the Genuaa lines aJid on to victory. ANNUAL ELECnON OF DRIVING CLUB The annual election of officers of the Nassau Driving' Club was held in Nash's Hotel at iCiineola on Thurs¬ day evening last, the following l>eing chosen as the club's ofhcera for the coming year: President, L. W. Boyn- ton of Brooklyn; Vice President, Wil¬ lard Thomas of Baldwin; Treasurer, Philip Hoeffner of New Hyde Park; Secretary, William Gartrell of New Hyde Park; Directors—N. Gunzfeld- er, J. Doty, E. 0. Binzen, Frederick Noon, J. Siehert, Edward Shoemaker and W, C. Urban. At the meeting it was announced the Junior League of Amateur Drivers' Club of America will hold a three-day meet at the Min¬ eola Fair Grounds in July. The annual banquet of the club will be held on March 1, when cups will be awarded to the first fiive winners in the trotting and pacing events for the season. The winners and their respective points v.'ere: Trotter.s—Bingen Worthy 49, Coun¬ try Tramp 47, Pearl Guy 45, Emma Tipton 39, Petra Cora 36, Se>tzer Mac 33, Nora Setzer 33, Nell McLintock and Cupid 29, Norbian 26, Toshie Cochato 26, Ethel B., 28, Bellfair 28, Terrace Girl 31, Brooks Worthy 25, Courier Boy 25, Amanita 24, Sarah Yorke 24. .Startle 23, Kinney McGreg¬ or 24, Signature 21, Prince Marmo 21, Badon 19, Lintico and Mayretta IH, Connie Mac 16, Aluna Cecilia Dil- lion 15, Flora Hal 14, Leo A., Lucy Rico and Anna Maloney 13, Dingee 12, Cecile AxwortJiy 11, Sui»»"« <^« «"• ^rs. W LenrX.. HaU S.. Nelson H., Bay "fl^ (""'v,'^ 'lw!:^"''"''^^ Mare, R chard Burke and Pet^r Ax- "th^« »Jt»" ^'f^ ^•"' »« »«• ' branch of the aervice. Tney are Sam. uel, who ia a meniber of the Kn^l.' neers' Corps, nov ii France Charl , a member of the Nav«tl Reserve foam, i stationed at Newport; Arthur a ma ber of the Naval Rtxaerve foro* «Aij Brooklyn; liarold RanMutn, wiao it] ia the Aviatnvn Corps at Mmol t. ¦¦4^ Archibald Howe, a nwrnber oz IImj cavalry at Spartanburg. Tbe laMte! ul aerved at the Mexican btnsdMr.l Mrs. Ran»o«n is iutensely prOaad «f t.^e fact tbat ah is the motBer of •al many bovs doing their bit Sfe* naM her daugnter are tampomiily rt ' witih aaother daughter st Port TO AI»DHE8S ftUFFERiOlSTS Mrs. Frederick Greene, leader of the Nassau County women voters, ha* invited Jeremiah Wood, County Chair¬ man of the Republican party, and State Committeeman Bertraiu Gard¬ ner, of the Denwcrsbtic party, to ad¬ dress a gathering of women v<»ter« at the Court House at Mineola some time in March. The flipealcers will be asked tu tell the wuiiien why tiiey ¦ Sfhould Bupport the principlwi and can- Read the Nasaatu Poat Kor local and didates of the politicMl partiw* wbkli violnlty Bwi. th ffmtkmn vfjji rmfintmi.

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