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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1»18
Enforcing the Speed Law.
Activity by the authorities of Nas¬ sau Coanty villaKM, particularly on the south side, to enforce the motor vehicle law, has bTou(?ht, as usual, criticism from some of the offendini? automobilistfl, wlio have been com¬ pelled to pay substantial fines for their speedy driving, and from some friends, who evidently sympathiMd with them. Occasionally, the criti¬ cism has been of the harsh variety, the apprehension and fining of the speeders being termed "unjust," "un¬ called for," "outrageous," " a money grabbing scheme," etc.
iWhile the ruffled motorists and their friends have been criticising the authorities, newspapers publish¬ ed in other sections, including Suffolk Ck)unty, are commending the enforce¬ ment of the law. The Babylon Lead¬ er last week, said:
motorists who are cU««eH *« care¬ ful drivers.
The Merrick road, where nearly all the automobilists and motorcyclists go for their south side trips, is narrow in many sections and every fine Sun¬ day fr^n spring to late fall it is bad¬ ly congested with traffic. Permitting speeders to go unmolested would soon convert the popular thoroughfare into one for racing rather than for pleas¬ ure driving and endanger the lives of not only hundreds of men, but women and children. Enforcement of the law appears to be a "sniendid" move. Let H eontiniM.
A Fme Start in Pork.
'In Nassau County, the officials; are doing splendid work enforcing the | motor law, and several Babylonians | havf been arrested and punished, while others have escaped with a rep¬ rimand."
The I^eader refers to the fine of $35 j imposed upon Mrs. Margaret Guggen- : helm of North Babylon at Freeport; la.st week by .Ju.stice Wilbur South- | ard, and says:
From the Ij. /. AgricvlturUff.
About two weeks ago there mate¬ rialized in the imaginations of the good folks of Nasaau County, visions of peace and plenty next winter, when one could "sit in" at one's festal board and eat hia fill of good old- fashioned pork and beans—now looked upon -as too purse-draining for poor people. The only thing necessary for the attainment of these luxuries is to 'find the beans and the feed for the.pigs, for Mrs. Arthur Scott Bur¬ den, through the Nassau County Farm Bureau, offered to supply the porkers at six weeks of aj?e during April to all who applied for them.
Aside from the economic value ac¬ cruing to the owner of pork on the hoof, it is pointed out that the pig can be said to "grace" the premises on which he is confined; that he is not the mud-wallowinjr yearner for dirt that he i.s commonly thought to be, and that he can conduct him.self with as much style on the lawn as- your pot collie. Manager Evans says that the housekeeper will find him as particu¬ lar about his habits as well as his food as any pet animal. He says that he found out on his own farm that _; the pig really wants cleanliness anc!
"The GugKenheims have been in sev enil accidents as a result of their fast I is himself clean, and that the old idea driving." j of keeping him in a dirty pen with
Mrs. CuK>!;enheim's husband is Capt. i ^^ .almost visible stench hoverinir
Roi)ert .\. (JuKKenheim, with the | American troops in France. She was charged with driving her car at 35 miles an hour and pleaded guilty.
.Mrs. Guggenheim ia only one of many automobilists who, when they get onto a fine stretch of country road with cars capable of making high speed, seem tn catch the inspiration to "let her out," and frequently, with¬ out consulting- their speedometers, are traveling far beyond the speed limit.
about his feeding trough does not now prevail.
Many re(|uests have come in for the little pigs, and if the treatment that Mr. Evans says is due them is ac¬ corded, there will go up from the yards of Nassau this sea.son a prrate- ful grunt of appreciation.
The Uncertainty of April.
"The uncertain glory of an April day," penned 'by Shakespeare, has
When they get "pinched" by some of the alert motorcycle patrolmen, and ' l'«" ^""y exemplified within the past are fined fcy justices who be- ''''fK ^'V t''^' weather which was any-
later
lieve in upholding the law, they ;,'et "sore-" and likewise their friends, to whoi>i, oftentimes, their tell their one¬ sided story to the effect that thei car was not traveling "one than the law permits."
It has been contended that warn- injrs should be given to flrst offenders rather than "soaking" them for S20 or more in a fine. The plan has been
thing but "jjlorious."
April is called a "weeping si.ster,"
and she has wept profusely, shedding
rain-drop tears, snow flakes and hail,
bit faster without smiling once with sunshine.
It has been said that .\pril pos- .-•jK.ses a ^tout heart and holds sway against all the counter attacks of re¬ treating winter, but there arc few who can accept such a tribute to the
tried, according to reports, and proved ; su(-''-'essor of blustering March when of no benefit, n majority of the first evidence of an undisputable nature is ofTeiuicrs forgetting the warning and presented to the contrary. A spell of within a short time were haled to '"ort? disagreeable weather than April court for a second offense. furnished last week is not usually
The assertion that money is an im.- forthcoming from the average winters portani part of the crusade against i"itl to sing praises for the early- speeders, has been repeated every time spring montli whose entrance is sup- the authorities became active. Tf such ' Po^ed to put a spirit of youth in ev- assertions are true (and The Nassau erything seems inglorious. Post does not believe they are) it' The "weeping sister" will probably would not take much investirating | brighten up for the remainder of her to disclose the scheme. Of course ; stay. If she fails everyone will de- money enters into the proposition of ' <^lare the ascribed Shakespearean enforcing the law when fines are im-j "Klory" more of u phrase than the
posed, but the pay of motorcycle pa-, truth.
I .^
trolmen is by guaranteed weekly or ' ^
monthly salaries or by fees for the; "Faimess" May he Camouflage.
hours they work. The town justices,' Reference by The Nassau Post to a
of which Wilbur Southard is one.' ofighboring weekly placing a "tag"
bave a fixed salary for criminal work, ] f,n contributed news as "official,"
so there could hardly be any incen-' brought forth this comment from the
live for them to enter into any money- j Nassau County Review:
making scheme. Police Justice Flint J '"We m'ght remark that we do this
of Freeport, a'^o recive? a salary,« for a reujon which w presume comld
a, d it is safe to assert S.i. not been \ "^'^ a^'P*^' ^ o' brother editor—« , . ^- de'5i"e to be fair wi^.i oui readers and
aciuuted by nierceaary '.lOtixts in; ., ^ u . <i»
' J j ^jj^jj ^^j. contributors as well.
fi-.ing offenders. ' jv^ N.issau Post uevtr know that
The entire .ri'icistn .ippeam un- the Kf>view had a monoooly on "fair- founded ftud unwarranted. The mo-j "ess," but us the c.-moulage period
tive.-. oMhe .uthvrities. so f:.r the I'« »«* ^°' '^'^ ^""' '"^ «^'''''»* ^^^^ _ ^, .^ . . , ^. . I Diis; any kind o' a prexniBo c»n be
The KM»»a Po.t ha^ information, i., ,.,,.,^^.4^, ^ ^^,.^^ ^p aom*thirv«
to !:^i> dovm the tendency of «utom> j vv»,j<.h does not reu ly exist Thid may
bjlibts to "burn up the roads" »nd to b* the poa.ao:. *l.va by •he He/i«w.
The sa>ru' of *h^ 'aitioi:t«d Liaculn
Cats and Birds.
The New State Collejre of Agricul¬ ture at Cornell University l««t week sent ont an interesting article for publication headed "How About the Cats?" In a Rub-'h«ading was this declaration: "Insects Destroy Crops, Birds Bat Insects, but Pussy Kills the Birds."
A strong boost for the birds and a stiff knock for pjissy.
The article in full sadd:
"With the return of the birds this sprinjf, their warfare on insect en¬ emies begins in all the crop-producing areas of the temperate lone. As far as results are concerned, the cats might as well be allied with the en¬ emy l-nse*^ hwatMe they destroy the friendly birds.
"A lecturer at the New Yofk State College of Agriculture said recently, that there may be som^ cats which do not catch birds. In fact for som« time he cherished a picture of one of these saintly felines only to discover afterwards that a former owner of
icnpts
BY THE TRAVELER
has been appointed, he will have am¬ ple opportunity to ntilise them.
Charles E. Whitehouse of Roose¬ velt, former Town Assessor, »h<rwed hi« worth as a neighbor at midnight Wednesday when he rushed from his comfortable home into the howling
Th| Sunday baseball bill, introduc- j northeast gale and sleet storm, to an ed at Albany, is dead for this year j swer an "S. O. S." call from a coupK
at least. Ix>ng live the King of Sports for six days a week!
A persistent effort v»iaa made to have the i>aseball measure become a law. The Senate passed it, but the
pii tect utl.i r clasaes of traivelerd, 1 which inchidiNi tfcoise goirf by foot.
vbofut fooluig the pi.blt> shoeld be l^jiit d conspicuously in the tancLuin
whose home near his was in flame*. He took a big ri.sk, after sending in •n alarm for the firemen, by enter¬ ing the dwelling: which warn a mass of flames to carry out some of fjhe effects. Another neighbor, who arriv¬ ed at the fire shortly before White- ,, ... ^ M /_ „ house, helped the imperiled couple
Assembly refused to report it from f^^^ ^ ^^^ch roof, wliitehouae had their Committee on Rules. In con- his best dress-up hat ruined by the nection with the measure, it appears ! flames and he had difficulty to keep peculiar to The Traveler that the le- , his clothing from taking fire The for- 1- • * ¦ »^„.--„. :* ».„, '"*'¦ -Assessor is a hastier in the fire
gaining of games is necessary, if per- | department of Roosevelt and also is mitted as they are at present, by j hustling daily in the Liberty Bond semi-professional and other teams for | campaign to help his home village an admission fee. In Queens County make its quoU.
and possibly others in Greater New j ™, _...;„„ t_r T" rr .- a ,, , *^ , ' , , , I The action taken by Town Superin-
York, plenty of games are played on ¦ tendent of Highways Archibald G. Soindays. At sofhe, collections are Patterson to stop farmers from taken, but in many instances 25 cents ' ploughing the gutters of roads is corn- is exacted for a score card. This , mendable. Nothing will affect drain- _,. , . , J i, I t *P^^ conditions more seriously than
th. r„t «hsolutelv knew that the tab- ! '"*^*'"^ " P»"ued evidently to get ploughing and the Superintendent has the cat absolutely knew tnat in« ^ao j ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ Camouflage, if a | issued warnings tw farmers that it by's record was by no means spotless. , jnodern term may be applied. The must be stopped. The warnings ahould Some 107 kinds of useful birds are | question arises: Who permits these b« suflScient "Archie" is not addicted known to be killed by cats. A careful ! baseball games to be played for profit, i to trifling. •
,j „i.^„„,i fi,of QOA ..afa itilUH fi24 i '^ the law prohibits them? It is for \
record showed that 226 cats k.llM 624 ^^^ authorities to answer. Nassau ; Assemblyman Thomas A. McWhin- birds in one day and that .» cats kill- , bounty has not been free from the , ney, who has been a busy Legislator ed 239 birds in a week. : playing of baseball games on Sunday, during the term just closed at Albany,
"The cat is supposed to kill rats; | but none, so far as The Traveler ! frequently calls on organizations sometimes it does, but as a result of '*1»w»' ^^^''^ charged a regular ad- 1 in his district and besides his tisual i. 1 .v., „ -«,~.,ai „nnnf ioo I "I'Mion fee. cordial greeting throws in some sub-
a census Uken in several counties! stantial bits of patronage if the or-
where cat owners were asked if they ] "Eat Potatoes and Then Eat Po- | ganizations are engaged in patriotic considered their cats good ratters, it tatoes," said the N. Y. World on Sun- j or other charity work. "Tom" would, was found that only a fifth of the cats ' day in headlines to an article on the | perhaps, want nothing said about this
f i„.„fo,a n„fl Qt/irplcpener "^cessity for eating tubers to help win j in print, but the organizations he were rat hunters. One storekeeper , ^j,^ ^^^ ., .^^^^^ ^^^ ^ g^^,,^^, j^ , ^.^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^^^ ^.^^
said he had had fourteen cata to keep ' the Slogan of the Food Board in Cam- ! both personally and for the patron- his store clear of the rats, and they paign to Save Wheat," continues the ¦ age bestowed. His name is frequently did it but the cats eventually proved 1 World. ; mentioned to the Nassau Post as a
' ' The potato campaign is to last three I visitor and patron at numerous events.
weeks. Hundreds of thousands of »^
In Memoriam.
A beautiful lily of spotless whit*
'Is folded away in the shades of night
Though the blackness of darkness !•
everywhere I know the lily is hidden there, by th*
sweet perfume on the eveninf^'s
air Which cheers my weary heart
A beautiful child came into my Kfe Bringing me joy in the midst of atrif* The baby's hands soothed my pais
away The baby's smile was so sweet eacli
day And brightened my sonS>wfat
heart.
My beautiful darlinir so spotless whit* Has been called away far out of mf
sight And though pain and sorrow aeeiA
everywhere 1 know she's with Jesus over there, by
the love and peace that come t»
me here And heal my breaking heart. By Hattie Hall Strang. (Written in memory of darlinC Hattie Joy, daughter of Austin anl Violet Joy, of Baldwin, who died' March 27 at the age of 5 years and was buried at Greenfield on Good' Friday, March 29, 1^18)
IS on vegetat>Jes, wnea neuis ; ^^^ ^ only for planting or the :• crops. Tliey eat he^tops of ^age heap, that some of the "hun-
owmg crops causing exten- ,,reds of thousands of bushels" did
as much of a bother as the rats, so he got rid of them."
Comment could be made at length relative to the asesrtion contained in the article, but it would be of little use, perhaps. Someone or some folks have it in their min<ls to get cats oiJt of the way and will probably^ keep pounding at it persistently ana sys¬ tematically as all reformers do, until the death-knell of many household pets and night prowlers is sounded by Legislators.
Everyone knows that cats have some bad habits and a great many persons also know that liirds have them.
Birds are attractive to look at and their songs are cheering, but they arc the bane of the farmer and those who plant gardens. Their "warfare on insect enemies," as the Agricultural College points out, is also coupled with raids on vegetables, wheat fields and other many growi
sive losses annually. Truck gardeners and farmers are obliged to place strips of cloth about growing plarkts and to place scare-crows in their fields to keep the birds from devasting them. The birds may eat insects, but it is a safe statement that they never took interest in potato bugs, r'abbage worms and other varieties of vegetable destroyers.
Some cats do kill bird.s, but if the felines were fed by their owners in¬ stead of being half-straved and con¬ sidered as not worth while looking >iftor, birds would not be destroyed to the extent claimed by the Agricul¬ tural College.
The statement that the cat is sup- pnp;'(l to kill rats, is true and they alio kill lots of mice. Every rat is not an efficient rat or mouse destroy¬ er ;:ut a great many do eflicient work in dispatching both species of the ro- d.iit tribe.
Viewing the situation from an im¬ partial standpoint, it would appear us if both bir(is and cats were created for some use to mankind and the do¬ ing away of "pussy" would not cure the evils which come from both. The birds will continue to eat the tops of the farmers' crops and possibly do other mean things which the .Agricul¬ tural College article fails to mention, but which country folks know ali:>ut. Let both creatures remain upon earth.
bushels of potatoes are waiting up state to J>e eaten, according to the World article, and 15,000,000 in Aris- took County, Maine.
On Monday, in an editorial headed, ".\ Food Drive on Potatoes,'' the World said:
Freeport Landmark Bomed.
Fire early Thursday morning part¬ ly destroyed a Freeport landmark, an old-fashioned farm house, Grand ave¬ nue, opposite GrafTing place, owned by ..Til. X iU A 11. 1 Mrs. iSusan Mount, whose last known
^'^.^*,*.*^*i A""""^*" P5*^Pi^,*^^^" ^. < residence was New York City.
be urged irrto a more extended use of the potatoe so soon after a general complaint of its cost and scarcity, is one of the curious features of the food situation. * * * It is an eccentric twist of war which drives us now to live more largely on our home grown potatoes, that we may send more wheat to the Allies and our own sol¬ diers abroad."
It sure is, and it is more of an ec¬ centric twist that with all the pota¬ toes reported available at this late period, when they will soon be sprout
The house was unoccupied. Its last tenant was C. Yongen, a truckman. William Cameron also occupied it at one time. The firemen made a quick trip to the burning building after an alarm had been sounded and extin¬ guished the flames in their usual ef¬ ficient manner. The general belief is that the old house was set afire.
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Seaford.L.I..
jfishine and Gnnninc Station
Row Boats, Power Boats, Motor Boats To Let.
Regular trips to Brant Point HouM on Great South Bay.
Centre of Fishing Grounds
Where Board and Lodging May:
be Had by the Day, Week
or Season.
For Information, write[lo
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Seaford Long Island
(>r Brant Point House
Box 107 Seaford, L. I.
Party^Boats for Fishing."^ Sailing or Beach Parties.
Drinks, Ents, SiiiokoN, Sweets
not get on the market during last fall and winter when prices were well up. To The Traveler it appears that some potatoe growers had the conserva¬ tion fever in a malignant form— dollars and cents probably being re¬ sponsible.
American Theatre
70 S. Main St. Freeport
Figui-es of the Long Island Railroad show that within a year lt)!» cross¬ ing gates low^ered for their protection have been smashed through by auto¬ mobiles. The report leads a city daily to comment: "If the 109 were tank drivers in France they would be worthy of praise. Here they are just fools."
The comment is to the point Fools there are and fools there will be, whether automobilists or otherwise. But when reports show that in New York state about every person in a dozen owns an automobile, 109 is a very small percentage of "fools" who meet with accidents other than smash¬ ing railroad gates.
POUTICAL AND PERSONAL
ROOSEVELT
Eugene P. Parsons, Clerk of Hemp¬ stead Village, has been elected Chief of its Fire Department. "Cene" has been an active fireman for many.years and a hard worker for the advance- ' _ ment of department interests. He is \ popular with the "boys" and the hon- | or accorded him is well-merited. !
Attraction Extraordinary WILLIAM FARNUM
"IN"
LES MISERABLES
A Stupendous Picturization of Victorf Hugo's Famoui
Story, Played at the Lyric Theatre, N. Y.
for the Past Three'Months.
Former Supervisor Smith Cox of Freeport is one of the few veteran politicians of Nassau Countv who
Horace David Palmer died of pneu¬ monia Monday at his home, io Debe-
voise avenue, of pneumonia, aged 'iS •~^hows little wear from the many l)at years. He had been employed as a ties which he passed through during superintendent in the Curtiss Engi- his active period, and considering the n-cring Corporation at Garden City, fact that he is quite a bit beyond the Ilis widow and two children survive, half-way mark in life's span. The T!;e funeral was held from his late "Boss," as he was familiarly called, home, Kev. I). Stanley Coors official- "t the zenith of his oflicial career, \:\'/.. Interment was at Warsaw, Wy- seldom failed to draw a full hand oming County. when he sliuffcd the political cards. It is said that he keeps his ear close
-'in inspiring and successful Liberty to the ground in local affairs, although Loan parade and rally was held Tue.s- retired from active participation in tluy evening. The parade was led by them, and often makes correct fore- former Fire Chief Pearsall, Chaplain casts.
Smith and the Roosevelt Field Music,
the'firemen, school children. Red Cross S. Dimon Smith, Treasurer of Free- Chapter, Boys' Brigade and delega- i port village, and Second Assistant tion of citizens composed the proces- , Chief of the Fire Department, is one
sion, which paraded the principal of the young men who has mad.- good, streets as the fire, sehool and church , "Di" is unassuming, gives close at-
MONDAY and TUESDAY!
April 22 and 23
Matinee 3.30
15c and 20c
Evening 7.15 and 9.1!
15c and 25c
WM. McMURRAY
AUCTIONEEI
WILL SELL AT
bells rang. At the Royal Theatre, where a large assemblage had gath¬ ered, music, a five-reel moving pic¬ ture and speeches entertained." Ed¬ ward I'R. Morawetz, chairman, made a short address and Miss Evelyn Ste¬ phenson folk)wed with a patriotic song. M. Feltenstein of Freeport, made an earnest appeal for Liberty
tention to business and unless some¬ thing unforeseen halts him, appears to have a promising future.
Democrats in the town of Hemp¬ stead are gradually warming up for the State Committeeman fight between the organization and anti-organiza¬ tion forces. The former eleini nt as
h^" 5.^^!!4"^fM""„.?"c'!.<f:^„"^ '**'°?^ i ^'^^ t^«t there will be "noth'r r to it" ~"""" ¦ " '" """" " "'""' when the vote for their cmdid-.te is
thoM with hers* and wtiiron, «»d even , f j^j ueiuhboriuy weekly.
were raised. "Mike" Sullivan, a war vet-era n, and Congressman Fped C. Hicks made forceful and interesting speeches. Sullivan also sang trench songs. The women members of the Loan Co: iiiiltoe, who had arranged i fide spread for the Aviation Field Hand, which could not nttrticij)ate in the pa>ade, as exp'Oted, because of quarantT*, due to measles, sent them all i,fi > iK'Uie nuule cakee donated for (he fe«st
counted. The anti ele:nent hold that thev have a strong 'ook In -ind will niafce a big noise during the campaign. Possibly the noise will be ail there is to count on.
AUCTION
On MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918
at 1.30 p. m.
at Auction Rooms, cor. Park Ave. and Observer St.,
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I.
Two Van Loads Household Furiiitur<
Sent there to be sold to tho hijjhent bidders. These gvfidii must be sold.
Th. ei.i''nt Jriik.- readin
erciw^ triotic
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Furniture eonsistf of two 5-piece Parlor Suites, 2 large Rooi
Ca£es, Folding Beds, large mirror front Wttrdrobe, Uii'iufe Koo:
The appointment by County TioM-1 Tiibles, Dining Roor» Chuirs, 2 Sideboards, Chiffori^rw. i Dret
urer Luyster of Waite." V. Morse of' ei'f, Bcddingr, S^tint a«d Mattresses, Cols, 1 Cook Stuve, 2 Gl
Fne,.ort to u temporary :l,'(-kah»p | Rjtnifes
|l'lceii.t'*T8'rnX'rV^ognii'^\l"f^be' J^'^'h«8. Kitchen UtenBils, Kit'ihen Tables. Kit. her. Chain!
'A77^i.^r^\n^\ .r-Hn-' ""th t^'ie section from w- h i ¦:„> lot Statimrj', lot Omaments. 2 Icu Boxes. 2 lawii Mowers, am '» he a^^i'm ^ I ^^"'"^^f '' •' *'*^*' ^'" '" '"*" ** '' ^^- i •**>«' K^'^'^^ ^^^ numejoun to mention.
. piogram' , ( lauaic.' »^«' j" .^^,;i*'**"V*'' ""'tfi^ f^''*'^', ti. !«. and putrifHic ex- i J»*nt M'- Morse has qaalificah-.v of aing Bird Day ii-.d r%- **>• """^ r/hi^ make good bu.mew
toei and in the poa.Jon to which he
Sale rain or shire.
DONT MISS TKIS SALE
