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OFFICLAL PAPKK OP THE TUiLAGE OF FBEEPORT.
THF KASSAI POSI', FKKEP0K1. OKI EJIHEK 1. 1911;.
OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN PAPER OF JT.ASSAl COI .\TY.
PRICE TWO CK5X1I
VETERANS RESENT AN iCHURCH FAIR WILL DR. TREE'S DEATH |RECKLESS DRIVERS FREEPORT'S BIG SIX ATTACK ON THE FLAG! OPEN DECEMBER 7 LOSS TO VILLAGE BREAK R. R. GATES PAY ELECTION BET
Patriotic Citizens Pledge Support to Punish i^"^ ^^
Offender for Slurring Remarks. Bazaars Ever Held in the Village
the Largest Roosevelt Pastor Leaves !^atal Accidents at the
Garden City Crossing ^^^^ Banquet at Nassau to Town Committee- -Two Are KiUed ^^^ ^"^ Officials Elect.
New Church Edifice as Lasting Memorial
i<KI'flK'ri-:i; V.Y CO.VR.XDl': C\ J.'brotlu-rs killed tn llu- vsar, and 1 (iKKKNl^EAF, IVXTHIOTIC lX-[.v-on't stand for such talk," STRUCTOR, NASSAU CXHJNTY. ' "Can yon name witnesses of this?" The Mott f-'ost of the (jrand .-Xriiiyiln wa.s .tskcd. had a lively session at tlicir regu- '! ran—a number of thciii. 1)t. Iar meeting on last Saturday I'vcning. ' L'ofit, l)r. Newman, jolin J. Dolan, There was thc very rare inridint of [ l-'ranl; Ke-ynolils, W'.'ilter Ketcham, thc ceremony of initiation .of a ncw : Howarel .Sniith, Robert Cliaiihie and incmhcr. This was i-noiigh to make ,James Mines. These gctitlcmi-n will It unique—over a balf century since testfiv to substantially what I liavc Ihe close of the' war, 'I'his aileiition said." made just a score of ve-tcrans in at-i l.awve-r Klvm .N'. I.dvvarels vvas
tendance, trejin a total of about thirty members, wliicii is .i rcin.irkablc showing for men, all of wlioiii arc beyond 7'> ye-ars of age.
Thc following notice- hael lu-en sent emt to a number of citizens, and, when the post bail closed in due order. Officer of the May C'omrailc loseph Wright came in with sojiic thirty citizens wbo bad rcsponele-d to the following:
Thc intclligcnc- has come- to lhe mi'iitbcrs of the (irand Army , I'o.st of tbis villagi- tbat a resi¬ dent of tbis community bas made insulting remarks dircctcel to the; President of the United .States and tlu- flag of our country.
Thc members of said .'\rmy Host wish to secure legal opin¬ ions as to such offence- and con¬ sult as to the iiianne-r of punish¬ ing snch offender.
You arc courteously ami carii- i-slly rcejucste-d to bc prcse-nt at a meeting of t^iranil .-Xrmy iin-n and other citizens, to be- held at thc i'ost Kootiis, over Sea¬ man's grocery, Merrick reiad, Saturday evening at ') o'clock, to listen to sucb opinions anei consider what actiem it is wisest to take in tlu- matter K'rsiie-rt- fully yours. Signet!)
\V. H
called for .ind made thc feillowinv;
One of Ibe biggest fairs ibat l-'ree¬ porl bas tvv-r wKne.-;sed will be- hi'ld on the Till, 81 h, and 'Jth of Uecember in the baseme-ni of the Hburcb of the TransfigiiraHe n.
It is expected that Supervisor IHiaiii R, Smilh. Le-one I), Howell, Surrogate elee-t, and possibly Con¬ gressman I'red (.', Illcks will open thc Fair, On thc flrst night music wil! be fuinisbeel by an orchestra of seven
report that bc bad written'J^it-, fear-| I''<'''»"^. «t"'' an entertainment will be
I'A'I'Tl'lHSON,
Coinmandii ; K, H, kOSF., Adjutant, (', J, GKKKNLEAI'',
I'atriotic Instructoi. Tlie person referred to in tliis no¬ tice is Charles I^cnkcr, florist, of
.¦^orth Main street, just beyond Sea- - , , c,
man's avenue. He is a CJcrman, buti"l''. •*"<• constituted a defilement, dc- .;. naturalized citizen, and ha.s lived ! "y"'^' »"',' ea.sting contempt ^tpon the in this country many years
lUK In- iiiiglil In unable 10 ritti-nd in
(le-rsoii :
"Hon. .\Ii-inliers of tlu- (.. A K. I'ost,
\illagi of t'"rei-|iort, .\'i-w Vork.
"(icntle-mcn: I have- been asked by your mcinbcrs to give an opin¬ ion as to wliat legal steps iniglit bc taken against, and in vvliat manner a certain resident of tliis conimunity iniglit be- punished for making cer¬ tain insulting, di-tilinn anei defama¬ tory ri-itiaiks dire-itcd against thc I'resident of thc United State-s and till- ll.Ig of our country,
"The penal law of the State of New Viiik .See. i-iJrt) is inti-neicd to cover sncb roneliict; it provides in part:
" 'Snll. Hi. .-\ny person . . . wbo -,l-,ill imblitl) iniitilatc, de-fare, de-file, or el.-fy, trample upon or cast con- temiit, cithi-r by word or act, upon any such flag, standard color, or en¬ sign, siiall bc elecmcd guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punisiied hy ;i fine not e-xcccding one hundred deillars or by imprisonment for not more tlian thirty da>s, or both, in till- discretion of thc court; ami shall also forfeit a penalty of fifty dol¬ lars for each surh offence, to bc re¬ covered with costs in a civil action, or suit, in any court having jiiris- eiiction, and such action or suit may be brought by eir in thc name of any citizen of this State'
"The words spoken against thc flag as they arc brought to my atti-ii- tion, and thc occasion of their ut¬ terance-, is, in my opinion, within tlic piirvievv of the above mcntioni-ii stat-
Commandcr Patterson welcomed the gcnttctiicn in bis usual graceful manner anei asked Mr. A. L, Gately, of I.i-na avenue-, to make- such state¬ ment as he dcsireel,
Mr, (lately stateel that soon after e-lcction a niiinber of iiu-n were in a public room in tlu- village-, and l.enker began to make insulting re¬ marks directed to the President of tbe United States and the flag
"He said," \tr "that vve- bael in
flag of the United States, The per son employing such language in thc manner indicatcij may bc propcrlv punishcd luirsiiant to siuli statute by roinlilaint fili-d before the proper po¬ lice magistrate,
"I am also uneicr thc impression that there is a Ke-doral act in re¬ lation to naturalized citizens pursuant to which snch a citizen, having de¬ ported liimself in a manner violating the eiatli of allegiance taken at ttic (iate-iv continued i'inu.of his naliiialization, may be- elc- I'ri-siilcnt of the i'"""''''' "om Hn Unitci! .States anei
l'nited Slates, tint In
lei sweep the K.iiscr's stre e-ts
llic Hag, it vvas a ilirty rag, anil li
would not vvipt- bis bands with it.
This tiraelc was niixi-el with oath
anei laniruagi- Inn foul ,inil olisi-iii
Io repeat,
' i warneej ly conlintie-ei si-ize'el nn- b back against hcail. .IS mav li Ililll. M.v f.itli llu- Union ,\r
vvas not fit i'"'' eitizensliip rcvoke-el. With re garel \s for ' ^" '''''^ ''''^' slatiiti-, I bavc bi-cn iin- I able tei loeil; into tin- Feeieral ^lav\' I in lln- sbeirl tinu- al'mvi-il to me, anil i cannot e .\pre ss as my opinion that smli is llu- law anei lliat llic coinlitcl in tbis case ciniie---; witliin llu- ]inr- \ ie vv eil am smli I'l-eli-ral acl Ki- s|ii-.-tiiillv, (Signeil)
"i-:i,v 1 \ .\ i-:i)WAKi)S'
SiijHivisoi 11 nam R. .Smith saiel
lliere roiilel In- but one verdict from
Ibis entire- roiiiiiuiiiity ri-gartling such
! an iilTcnri-, ,inil |i(-rson.illy be- wenilel
given at the fair nightly. Light re frtshments v*ill be one of tbe atrrac- tlems.
Honations ol mone-y as well as ar¬ ticles from a nuinbe-r of the retail and wholes lie heiuse-s in New York and lirooklyn have been received, .Mr. (', ,\l, Vaneleieie-f is Ibe general chair¬ man anil dlree-tor of the arrange- nients, assi,'iled by .Mrs, Kdward Cheshire,
Tbe fancy table will be in charge of .Mrs, .M. J. Sulzer, assiste-d by ,MrK. Tbeimas Spence, .Mrs, Frank Devlin, -Mrs, Charle:-!* Heach, .Mrs, Clinton Donaldson, .Mrs, J. Harrington, .Mrs. Arthur Frank, .Mrs, Roberl Kelby, .Mr, August Jobnson, and Mr, Arthur D, .N'osorth,
Apron table-, .Mrs. Hende-rson. chalrlady; assisleil by .Mrs. A. E. Hoag, Mrs, Arihui- Nosworlhy, .Mrs, J, Van .Ness, .Mrs, T, Hiirlelgh, .Mrs, Ldward .Miller, .Mrs. Hcrkeley Smith, .Mrs. lAiuis Amariiian, Mrs. W. W. I'liilip;;, ,MrF. Frazer,
C.".ndy table, Mrs, .Montgomery .Mil- bunk, e-bairlady: assistanis, .Mrs, .Marshall, ,Mr,s, August Johnson.
Cake and bread table, .Mrs. Ralph .'Austin, chalrlady; assistant.'^, .Mrs, Ralph Kalkins, .Mrs, Swain, .Mrs, Kd waids, -Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Harren. .Mrs, Ward ,Moon, -Mrs. H, H, Arthur, .Mrs. Jones, .Mrs, Lumley, .Mns, Tue-ke-r.
Pri'serve and grocery table, Mrs, H, Starr, e-halrlady; assistants, .Mrs, John Faw-.s:ett. .Mrs, Coller, Mrs, Ash- ton, .Mrs, '^^'al¦d, .Mrs, 'VN'illiam Van .N'ess, .Mrs, Ixiuls Wells.
Flower table in charge of Mrs. OeorKe W. Weslcott, Haberdashery table. Mr. Kdward Cheshire, chair¬ man, -Mrs, H, Starr, .Mrs. Marshall, l-.'ntertainme-nt committee, .Mr. H, F, Kelsey, .Mr, Herbert Keluni, Mr, Wil- li.ini Van ,\'e'ss, .Mr, H.arrcn, Klec¬ lrician. .Mr, Weslcott, Refreshments, .Mr, Thomas Spene-e, .Mr, Montgomery .Milbrink,
Tbe voting e-enitest in e-barge of .Mrs, Zulzer is attrae-ting miub at- teiill.ii , lllill will add much to inll rt: I of the I'air.
A photograph of Reverand R S(-ott vvill be- on sale to swell fui'.il, ami iinynne i-.:n avail
The- death ol the Heve-iaiul K, O. Tree last Thursday was a great loss and ,sbock lc the comniunity, .Mr. Tree had oeen in poor health ever since the death of ils wife, about a year ago. Although'It was known bv a few intlniale friend-s that bis death was .si.methll.g to be L-xpecteJ In tin; near future, still the demise of a man who had endeared, hfmself to bis people- as -Mr, Tree had done, was a lihock that was felt by all who had kuown bim.
Reverand E. O, Tree was born 5'.i years ago In .Manhattan, and it was in the Thirty-seven'th Street Church in .New Yorlc (-ity that he was eii- daiiu-d. He w as a i,'niduate of tlie- Drew Theological Semenaiy in .New Jersey, and had been preaching for the past twer.ty-nine years.
His first appointiaciit ^^¦as in 1887 at West Farms, followed successively by designations al Rowaylon, .NauK- atuck, Brooklyn (Poweis street), Huy side, Windsor, Shellon, .New Haven. Hamden Plains, Haldwin, and finally Roosevelt, which he held from IbL! up to a short time before his death. During his pastorage al Roosevelt, the new .Methodist Kpiscopal ('hurch of that village was built and wus su pervlsed by him personally,
.Mr, Tree is survived by two sons and a daughter, Kdward Tree, who is a teacher in Polylechni.- Institute, and Russel Tree, w-ho is attendint; tbe same college, and Lillian Tree, who is living with an aunt in .New Jer¬ sey.
The funeral services were- held last Saturday afteinoon in Hie Roosevel' .Methodist Eiii.scopal Chure-h, The oiiening service and Hie Invocation was offered h> Reverand A, S, Kava naugb. The .Scripture selections were read by Reverand .Mr, D. Stanley Coons, piese-nt pastor of tbe Roose¬ velt .\l. i;. Church, The funeral ad¬ dress vvas by Reverand D, A, Jordan, and the closing prayer and benedic¬ tion by Reverand i^ul O, (Curtice,
The interrneni i-as at Gree-nflelil Cemetery, Tbe remains vvere coin- niitted to the .earth by Dj-, Saul O, Curtice iia-stor of 'lhe l-'reeport .M, E. Church, Hevi-rand 0(-roKe Adain.s, of Lynbrook, and Reverand W, S, "Wynans, paf.'oi eif the ,M E. ('biiii-h at Hempsteid.
nil lu .)iiil," Ml (i;ili- "Inil iic ilovr al Illl, llie- lliroat, Ihn-vv nn- till- vv.ill, iiillini; tnv 111- sri-n, Hun I struck ,is v.iiiinelcil in 111- li;iel two
.lelvcs of si- popular past 0;ii- of til- Fa i. will br Siuita Claus Wrlenine- all
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ADDITIONAL CLERKS FOR TAX OFFICE
:ir.
:-pi-ci;il fl attires of ibe- a Christmas Tree and who will 111' Hie-ie lei the- (-hildren.
Stop That Bark With
White Pine and Spruce Balsam
If ynn have a sliililiorn e-eiiiirh, if ,>e>ur luiiKs lire in- i!anie-el Hint yiiir ttir piL-Miiges irotateei, lliisspleniliel Ceiiigh Syriip will iiU'urel tbe- re-li'-f yeiu .se'ck preimptly nnel viill,- eiul unv liarmfui iifte'rH-lFe-e-Ls.
Penslar V> bite i'ine und Spnie-e nid.sam is a he-iiling reilieeiy eeimiiotinele-el of Pino Hark, .Spnie-e- (Jum, 'I'anuiriie^ Ibirk, NN ilel ('lii'rry unel oilier well-kiieiwn ingivdi- ciits of receigiuze-ei iiie-rils.
(Jet a beiHio of tliis efl'iH-t- ive reminiy ussoein as iMissitili; anel rid yourself of thut Cough. Sold in twei sizes,
25c and 50c
CHUBBUCK'S Drug Store
FREEPORT, L. I.
i|il.-(li;.- llis moral siiii|ioi-|, llis li-iaii- ri.il aiil and evrrytliing in his jiowi-r 111 ,ii(l tlu- ve-ti-rans ;iiul tlu- pr.Mi r ¦iitliorilies lei pnnisli sii.-li olTi-nelri, vvlii-n proven v,nilty
.Similar pb-il'-'e s v-.i-n- iiiaeli- t.-, a niiinln-r of ge-til Iciiie-n. \ resident of i\oosi'vi-lt saiel it vv.i>- ,i m.iHi-r of comtnon knowlcelgc in that village that l.inki-r was j;ivi-ii to making S'uh ii-iiMrks on <t niiiiiln-r of oce',i- si.ins. ki\. Mr. lieitilel saiel tin- man ^Iieiiilil 111- initiislieel, but counselled iiioiIi-r:itioii and tlu- fiilbst proof.
\ ii'cnilier from the J. (). U. .-\, M, s:'.iil llis seiciety bad a[ipoiiitcd a coiii- iiiitte-c- to investigate tbe m.ittcr, and plcelge- any anel cve-ry aid tei thc ve-te-rans of tbe- (irane! ,\rm>-,
,\ iiu-nilicr from the I'.Iks club sl.iU-el llnit a cotiiiiiittee- from that Hocii-ly bail been aiipoiiite-el to ascer¬ tain till' facts. If Kiiilty. lie would bc i-\[ii-lli-d from nu-inbcrship in that so¬ ciety "Wc arc patriotic people," he saiel. "a patrieitic society, and we st.inel by tlu- Grand Army in this matter in e-vcry way."_
.\ cominittee of vcte-rans consislinp, of ('oniiiiaiide-r Patterson, Coiiiraeics Gri-e-nb-af. Reisc anel Grimiii wen- ap- lioinle-d to iin-ct similar committees from the ()relcr of ,-\tiicrlcan Mechan¬ ics and the F.Iks club, at thc ollice of Mr, F''.dwards, on December 2, at 8 o'deick, p. Ill Mr. Gately promiscel to bc present accompanied by bis witne-sse-s of tlu- encounter, and wbo Itcarei tbe- lanKlla^^c used. Mr. Ed- warels said he would be able to re¬ port at tbat time as to the liabil¬ ity under thc Feeieral laws.
Mr, Aschi' was asked to co-operate with l"otiiinatui(-r Patterson to secure further proof :is to present anel pre¬ vious iittcranci-s by Lcnkcr,
The meeting; ctoscel witb three renisiiiK oliccrs for Mr, Gately.
I( E CARMVAL.S IX .VEW YORK
Do you know where to find them? Santa Clam, the Immigrant, and how he makes his dolls In his new home. These and many other Interesting stories will i^ppear in the Nev* York Herald, Sunday, De<- 3. 1916 It
YOUNG PEOPLE FORM A SOCIETY
The 'i'own Hoard at their im.-etiiig Tuesday, approved three more ap- IKiinlmenis for the offiee of ther Re- e.eive-r of Taxes. Klvin A. Dorian, of Fri-epoit, was appointe-d casbie-r, and U, l-'rank Whelden. forniep town aud¬ itor, and William Daytiiri.' both of Lynbrook, e-lerks. The cashier Is to get ,^1.5Uii a .venr, and the- cle-rks, $1,- '2nlt.
Charles Lv nbrook,
K, Schweitzer, a lawyer of made written application for the position of town auditor tc sue-cied .Mr, Whe-lilon,
The- Yeiuiig He-oplcs Social Society „ '^^ ''"' '.''''1'^^ "'¦./^^r''^';*/ '>[ ^'"
of the Churcb of the Transliguration, j '.•"", ^l'"]'^ Haininill Hie Heianl an-
Freeport. was eirganize-d on -M'uiday j JH^'lf.^''../,''? .".''^°' .^!'.^...?.'^".''^"\*'."\."'
eve-ning last. The meeting was
the hospital at the- alnisbeiihse by llie eiverseeis for the- e-are- of teiwn pa- tie-nls where condliiiins warranl,
Tlu- li'irsi National Hank and the- Hempstead Hank and the F''irsl Na¬ tional, of Rockville Centre-, and of lle-mpslead, wete approved hy the Hoard as depoHiiories for the- nioiu-v ree-e-ive-ei freim taxes.
Four different antomobile iliiverii ran their inae-bines tbreiu^;b lowered protce-tion i;aies at the same i-ross- ing in the pa;;t three weeks This contlnuenl disrespect of the law and display of recklessness by motorists, brinmbt forth the following state- me-nts freun J. A, .McCrea, Heneral .Manager of ibe Ixins Island Kailreiad Salurday;
"Either the safety of life anel limb n^ean liltle .n notbini; to seime- [le-ople- or else vehicles of transpeirtation. re- quirins skilled anri le-vel-be-aded operators, ar- beiiiR entrusted to in¬ competent f-nd irrespiisible drivers. By this I ine-an that on Lang Island there is a certain type of automobile driver and the number ,--eems to be Increa.sing- who stiibornly re-fuse to stop at a lailnud "rade e-rossinR where the gales have been let down to protect Ibe public on the high¬ ways against collision v^itb trains,
'H hardly seems possible, yei our re-e-eiiels show that four times .so far this month, automobilists have- run through and broken off the ciossini; gates at Franklin ave-nue. Harden City, On .November Oth, Dr. Charles Thall, of IV22 Kast !»2nd street, Hrooklyn, 'Irove throuKb the- south gate breaking it. On .Novembe-i Sth, J. C. Ferguson, of .Mineola, run tbroiiKh both the norlh and soutii gates, and on Novemher 20tb, Hi. L, I.', .Ager, of 137 Cllnlem avenue-, Hioo'iHyn, luiinin;; at about forty miles an lioui, dtove bis anto HiiouKh both gates.
Although liains weie approaching ill eaili iii,-,ian: e, Ihese- ihree eiffend- e.-is all maiMged to clear tbe tailroad tracks in ,safcty. Hut in the fourth e-ase, a fatal accident lesiiliwl, Con¬ rad, Fereliiiiuul and Kobe-rt lleieffner, tltt-ee- bi-eabi'is. of F'loral Park, while ejn their wa;,' home from a sbootini; Hip, ran their ear throuKb the gales at Franklin Kvenue and collided with a train, Cot-rad was killed instantly and bis !mo brothers vvere injiirc-d,
"In every e Tie of these four cases
of recklesii driving, the crossing
gates had bee-n lowered on account
of approae-hiiig trains, ThouKb dark-
nes prevaile-1 in eae-h instaiiee, lamps
showluK bright red lights aiid faciii'<
the bii^hway, we-re siii;peiidi>d em tlie
¦ noith and south gates, He'ing painted
with black and while- diagonal stripes
rlu- Kales e-e.ulll be easily .se.-en from
' 'l'.l' roadway when ibe- autouiobili-
biadligbts dashed against tbem. Fui-
: ihermnie, there ifl absolutely nothiiu:
I on e-itbe-r si.Ill of the- ciossillg to eib-
siriie-t tbe view of motoi ists, so thai
! II ains i-oiiiiiii.: fmni hoth elire-ctioiKs
an- visible- for a e-onslelerable dis
j iHiii-e- aleiiiK till- iMilroael light-nf-wa.v
.\ wati-hinan is eoiitinnally mi ilutj
I at this crossing,
I "Do not these- fae-ts pi ovi- thai v.i- ai'i- doing our jiail in uveiiil ai i i I ilents','
! "If the di-vil-ilarini; i-li-iiniil aiiinn;
I automobile drivi-rs i-ould be- made in
realizei the- folly aneV dant;e-r eif talc
lllg chances al railroad graib- e-ros,s
I iiiKS, then- would piohably nevi-r bi
I anolhe-r life- lust at a Utii.t; Lilain!
I crossing, Thi.s Is a matier wliirli i
i woulel i-ecoiiiiiie-iid fur disi-USHioii al
: lhe liri-a'ffa'-;!. dinni i anel supper
I table, in the homes of those who usi-
: aiiionioliiles, FJiscuss it lo-day; Hn
warning may save your life- tei-moi-
row,"
l-'iee-poii lo.<i. The' ¦¦Hraiich weni The elecliiiii wa«er was paid in a most happy manner last .Monday everting. Anil incldently there was a .glorioii.s jeillilie-alieiii over the over¬ whelming Re-publie-an victoiy in .Nas¬ sau County on ,N'ove-mber Tth.
Tie six t^eiunty Conimitttiu-n from Flccpoii were hii;-its to their breitber e'omiiiHeeint-n from the town of Hem;istead, Supervisoi- Hiram K. Smltb, Sheril' Stephen V. PetHt Cad man 11. Frederle-ks, Ueibert (1. An¬ derson, Clarence Lewis and Ge-ori;i- H, Aring provided a iiuiiiptous ban¬ quet "tit for a klni;,'
Nearly liftv-e-ighl we-re- pre-seni in- e-liieiiiii; lhe 'leiwn Comniitteemen, tbe County Office-is elee-t and the le-ii- resentaiives of the- press. James F. Sliles, eif lh- .Nassau Post, and .Mich ai-l ,1. .\le Naiiiaiii, uf the- Roi-kavvay ,N'e-w s
Tbi iliniie-i was ,se-ived al the- Heiie-1 Na.isaii, Umg lie-ue-b, under the per- semal direction of .Manager Parse, .Mr, Haisi- and tbe- .Supervisor b.id direct i liaige, and as the Hi-mpste-ad Hiiiiiiie-r of Tueisday well said, "Su¬
pervisor Siuiih aemoiislrute-d his ability to do Ljuch things right,"
It was Petlil who made tbe wager with State Ceinimitte-eiiiaii Doughty, that l-'reeport would beat out the Uranch in tht- size- of majorities giv¬ en on .Noveiiil er Tth and it was Pettit who was deslgnait-d toastma.ster by the Supervisoi.
There was speakiuK li> Judge U-v*is J Smith, Suri-OKale 1. D. Howell, As- se-niblyinan .McWliinney, District Al- loriuy Weeks, Claude Van Huesen. Wilbur Doughty. "Jere" Wood. C.eorKc 1, Hubbeli, liy ron Levels M Kaisif; ami .M tuura.
There wi-ie e beers tm Harse and Surroj;a!e Hnwe'll, there w-e-re predii-Hiuis of an almost unani¬ mous ie-elei-i:oii of Supervisor Smith and lliere- were l-cnriv i-ongratula- lii.iu; till "uimel natiire-il" 'I'lini Ches¬ hire'.
Pntrioiic seiiigs wen .sunj; during the bauque-t leail by ih,- Miite'l br- e-be'Stia unile-i (he- directiem eif Mr. .Ne wiiian.
Fre-eiKirl -He-i em ii|i' in gwtd style.
I' Ciould. J McNa-
,Munage-r
CLEAN SLATE FOR BIDE-A-WEE HOME
oiieni'd by llu- Pev, R, H. Scott, whei acted as e-hdirman. Tbe officers el¬ ee u-el for the year were-: president, .Mi,-;H .Marian Paterson; vice-presi- .di.'iit, Wallae-e W<-lls; i:ee-retary. .Miss Floiiiice Well:-, and treasurer. Ilar¬ old CoJiler,
(.Heat credit is due- lo the commit¬ tee- e-oinpose-il of .Mrs, Frank Devlin,
Ml,., John Fa-vcett, .Mrs, .M, N, .Mil-| OI>l> FLI.LOWS .MKKT DUC. ITII. baiiic, and ,Mrs, William H, (Hace, who! Kreeport l.oiK'e-..Nei, 6iiO. I, O O I'¬ wi.e- Instiiimental In lirini;inK Ihe-j will meet 'in .Mondav cveniiiK De-' young people together, | e-e-mber 4th, All are 'invited to'e:ome i
organization | i„it and meet ibe new D. D, K. .M.is- ! III-. John Finley, of Husti-d LeidKi-, I No, Ul Nas.sau Dist. No. 2. wbo will | be- here to e onfer some weirk. A ,
.\X the close of Hi nue-iinn, refreshments were serve-il and ilanclng enjoyed. The first reg¬ ular meeliiig will In- beld on next .Monilay, December 4, at 3:30 in the hasenient of ihe- church, .Miss Helen K, Wicks of Port Washingion will be liiese-nl to j:;!-e- spee-ial instruction
'".e!'"'f"i^ , .V. ! ^OH>l^:R frkkfort ma> ihi.s
The following young couple are the i .. i . .i \ ,. ""-^•
fll.Si 10 join, and It is expected that L -^ 'V'' /-? ^'''^ 'Z-\l "' '"^ "'=*">•
, , , .,, ... , , ilrii-nds, ( I.Trcnce \V i hams on v
the iiieinbership will double before!,,,- Mr, and Mrs, CIs
nuniber of visiting brothers froin sis¬ ter lodges are expected to be pre-seni Refreshments will bo served.
son arcncc Williams Massed away at Saranac, K, Y., on Frielay last, Mr. Williams was for¬ merly a resident of Freeport, and bv his pleasant and happy disposi¬ tion, hael won Tiiany friends licrc who all join in extending their sym-
p.n thv
young
en.e month, who was Mis ()'.\e-il. of Klincola.
bnd.
of \nna
the winter is over. Holmes Swezey, wiiiiuiii iHaee-, .Ne-wloii Carman, Rigb- ard Carnian, Adolph Hottenroth, Dal¬ las Reach, Eicon Austin, Charles Mil- bank, Thomas Spence, I .aw rence Cummings, Frederick Henderson, Wesley Devlin, ^S¦allace Wells. Har¬ old Ooller, Charles .Miller, Lesier Dan- by, Willis Jeihnson, Kaymond Tnylor, Edelic De.Nuih, Fred Joerlson and Carl Kemp,
.'vlisses ,\lai i.'in Paterson, Gladys Dover. Orel eben Boeruni, Ruth R.tji- dal'
Lillian Cross. Eleanor Finch Kath- j semblyman MeWhlnney will speak to eri..I uucilsseiji. Gladys Austin Ella a group of women who are Intcresteil Lawrence, Llda Lawrence, Helen In matters of this sort on legislative Hanibler, Marie Milbank, Florence procedure,
Taylor. Lillian Amerman, .Marjorie | Any one interested in hearing Mr. Bartholomew, .Margerite Gatter, Flor- j .McWhinney are cordially Invited to ence Wells and Edna Braren. ' come.
TO TALK TO LADIK.S.
On Frld.aj afternoon to-day at thi-e-e o'e-leick, in tbe Hempstead Kstelle Fawcett, Fanny Devlin, | P.nnk building hall. Henipstead. As-
THE COUNTY BONDS BRING GOOD PRICE
l'lll- Hoard of .Supervisoi.s on .Mon¬ day approved the Hale of $100,001,1 : worth of County bonds for the- erec- ' lieiii eif a tiibe-re-ulo,sis liiis|iital. The bonds. which weii- autlnu l/e-d by a vote of the; people a year ago, we-re- seild by County Comptreillii ni-niii-H, They are in dcijomlnations of $l,OiMi e.-ie ll ami bi-ar Inierest at 1 per ce-nl Tbey sold at a pre'miiim of $1,H70, and ai-e-rued inierest whle IV means a net eeist of 3.77 per eent. They an payable $5,000 each year, beglnnim- Di-e-e-inber 1, Hil8, and ending In H»o7.
The Board flxeid January 12 as Hn- date of a beiarlng on lhe- Klmoni cemetery exte-nsiein, A he-aring wa>^ held some time ago and the permi.'^ sion was granted, but owliiK to Icual diffleultles encountered, the- cemeteiy company ha-; been incorpoi ati-d ami the malter will be heard again.
The Hoard accepted a proposition of tbe Garden City Company to pay Ihl' face amount of the taxes on a parcel of land in the town of Oyster nay for the years 1858, 18G0. 18G8 and I8iili. It bad bei-n found that taxes for theise years had not been paid and inigbl staiiei as a lien on j tbe properly. j
Tbe lmprov»-me-nt work on the | Merrick road from Merriek avenue to the Oyster Bay town line wa."? ap¬ proved and accepted.
Sheriff Pettit reported 66 prlsonem in the Jail during the precedlnjr week
Is,I.II- K I'.uker, iiuiii:igcr ol the Hielc-a-\Vci- I Ionic ,it Wantagh, was acqiiitlrd by .1 jury before Justice le:iiu-s, of i teinpstcad, on Thursday night last, on a chargi- of cruelty to animals brouglit by Supe-riiitcndcnt l'"ri-cl of the ,-\iiicrican ,Socicty for the I'rcvi-ntion ejf t'rue-lty to ,'\nimaLs The cli;ir|.;c was maile- by the- society that P;irki-r bad failrii to preivieli- Iiropi r food and care for tlu .iniinals, and had iilso allowcel sick dogs to iiiitigle with the well elogs Tbis was strcnoiisly denied by Mr I'arker .ind minurons witnesses.
'I'lu- following people siioke- hiv;lil>
.of thc conditions existing iU ll.c
nidc-a-Wcc Home: Justice Unroilein
Norton, Acting Hi-altli Officer Phipps
uf Lynbiook. :ind Deputy Hciltb Oi
ficcr Lindsay, of I-'rci port. Dr H. S.
!"ii-ld, of Hi-nipstcid, and Dr Gcor^;l-
Ki-lli-v, of Fre-eport, tc'tifu-el ,is vi-t-
crinarians as to thc health conditions
Till- prosiiiition was rciirese-ntci! bv
Mr I Hurv Ul Clock, of l<>i-i-poi i;
i Senator J, NLivluvv Wainriglit ami
jllcri-.-ii Cl Hfirry. r' ¦'^rw V...'-
(it-., wiiili llu- ele-fcncc was in cliarge-
I of I'.lvin N P'elvvarils, of i'Vccport;
llsailoi I Kre-sscI and William 'I'rav
..is IlT.lllie, [r. of ,\rw York Citv
A VOTING CONTEST POPULAR PEOPLE
Till- i-\liibiiion in l'liiiii|>.s ,\hhiIi window, shows a very hanelsome- e-anc of siiake--woiHl with an inlaid hamlb- of ste-t ling silver Tbis Is lo be awariled by vole- to the luenst popular Mian ill Fill poll. TliUs contest ii- '.pe-ii to i-ve-ry man Try for It, Votes i-ne- e-ent e-ae-b. l'p to date. .Mr A. lianiian .Noswenlliy, ,Mr. Henry C. I'idei, ,\lr. G«-eii kc Weste-eitt, .Mr. Word c. Moon, .'VH. Iloward K. Pearsall,, \lt- Charles Hav.l:ins, .Mr E. S. Ran- ' lall, JaiiK-s K, Sliles, Mr M Felleii lein, Mr Hiriiiu R. Smith, .Mr Harrv Starr, .Mr. Leonard .\liilie-e-. ,Mr Pe-|i-i Smith, Mv. C. M Vande-roi-f. .Mr. G. 1 Hraiihwalte, and ,Mr. Thomas Lucas There is also a contest for the- most Iiopular girl und boy. Prliiie-ss Syl via, whnh will Ik- uwarile-el by vote- to tbe most popular i;ltl is u bi-au tlful doll, i-xquisltely dressed In a bridal gown of white- taffeta, em- liroidere-d In .-¦ ilvi-i , With a breiad tram of silver cloth IH-r ve-ll of white net IS artisliiallj ilra|ii-d ami tiroiii;lit back off of tb-e fae e with a string of pearls. This lonte-st i.s open to all 'Hrls in Free-port. Votes one e-e-iil e.ne.li Tbe ceiiiti-slaiils to date- anel a Ii.-t of votes up tei .Nnvember 2Mtb an-: Floieme-e Van .Ne.-ss, ^2G veites; L'leiise- Summer, 271 vote-s; Hetty Commings, 220 votes: Dorothy Voung, t2.'i voti-s; Muriel Fraill<. 50 vntes; Ruth Ran¬ .lall. 25 voli-s; Einmlte C. Perry, 25 votes: fJrac- Rosensti-in, 20 vote-s; \di-laide- Sutbe-ilaiid, in votes; Reise- lin F<-Uenstein, one vole.
The boys' e-ontest is for a very fm" nair of Tublar Ua'ing HocKev :;kates. This contest is open to all eiyp old enough to .skate. Votes eme 1 ent each Contestants to date: John 'larshall, Jobn fHae-e. .Sidney Felten¬ stein,
All conIe^t,s will ejose Ihe last niKht -f the Fair of tbe- 1'i,an:s(iguralion, Deeember 7tb. 8tb and llth. Bulletins listing vote-s will 111- 'liaiii:eel eve-ry day In Plump's window. Now Ih Ibe time to beios; your friend's votes
OFHCIALS GUESTS OF NASSAU LADIES
At the Gaiden lun, Westbury, la«t Monday, ne-arly 200 women freiiu many villawe-s eif Nassau County met to honeir their guests Congressman and .Mrs, Frederick C Hicks anel As¬ semblyman and Mrs Thennas A Me- Wbinney,
Splendid mu.sic wius furui.sbed b) a number of musicians from tbe Mei¬ ropoliian Hou.se orcbi'stra.
After the luncheon each one- spoke to tbe asseinblaKe- after being Inlni- duced by Mrs. Fre'derick Gre'cne, chalrmnu of Nassau Ceiuuty.
Mrs, Greene said In her inirodne tion that the fain In Uic puXfra** r.inks hail been large during the past year In 1!H5 there were 3,00i) wo- i:n n si^ni'is feir suffrage In Naasau Couniy ami im I'jlC at the time of el- e-e Item the-ie- v ere- !l,tlOn, At Ihe polls ei.Omi nnn veiled in favor of glvlui; wome'ii Ihl Wile, 15,000 'ti Na.Hs.iii ( ountv III liivor of .stifTrago decidedly stii.iws H.,.- twVixx^ yf xhii county
'"|'ii,'-'if- :ni.in Hicks congratulaieel Ull V (..,1.1 ;. upon having sue-h an i n- tbiisiasti,-, iiitere-sH-d worker ur tlio Assi'i-iblyinan He called Mr. Mi- Wfiinni-y --||;|. m-i-utest rapid-fire- f-iiu III Na.'saii County." He as.«iure-d Ibe 'aelie.-i eif his Interest in the- eause - 'f :. -I : nd wishe-d tbem Geid- I" ' I ll -in 11 llghl III e-usi Iheii
vote.
Ml .Vie W tiiriiiey heil>e-d ili lhe ne;(t i-uinpaii;ii in be uble to aild res his Ullelii llie a,s le-lleiw i-itize-ns, neit l.-edll-il anil fi-llow ejHzi-iis He: speike- with ii,s,siiraiii e w lie a he- suid thut the ne-xl le Kislaluri would pa.ss tbe- siil.'iage aiiie-iidini-nt almost nnruilmeiiisly
Dislriel Attorney l/-wis J. S-utb iliaiiKi-d the- ladies for tbe-li a sis- lillK-e ill bis i-le-e-lion a.'i eeiimty Ji:i!u'e anel assiiri-,1 ihe-m he woulel v,,,ik « nil Hieiii ,4i any lime
CELEBRATE THEK STH. ANNIVERSARY
.Me)f>, of riiitoliei eif
The Patriotic Circle will hold their i next domino and euchre at the bome , of Miss Minnie Wlllet.q. r?0 rhnrch
street, on Fridav eveui:::, ! le e e-'-,ibe-r, 8th,
Ml ..111 Mis Wclisi lii-i 111.11, i-iiteit.,iM<-d ,1 niiioli Ilnir frii-iids S:iliirday eve-ning, No- v.!ii!je-r Js. IU beiiioi of thi-ir i-i^^^lith vvidiliiiK aiinive-isary. .Vf.inv v.iliia- ble- presents were- received \ viiy 1 pleasant eve-niiu' was spent in il.in- ring anel playing raids Ke fresh- incuts were served anel Hu gin sti departed in ibe .-.irl) lir,M,-s ,,f (he morning
Tliosi- |,I. Milt rt, :, Mi .mil Mik. V. iIImiii U.uIh bl. Miss M,ible V\,ii- fi'Id, Ml lie-rbi rt Walkei, „f ,\. .^ , ¦ irk, \ J ; .Mr, .md Mis' Willi.im Watts. Mr (barbs Watts, Mr ,,iid Mrs. Giorni- Mil), of Jamaica, Mi, Robert (ox, Mr. Joseph Morrell. e,f Valley Stn-am; .Mr ,md .Mrs i-.m- est Tooler, .Mi<,s.O^ Slorv, Mi. Wilbcr Story. Mr.JtaalM-Hi Mill.r ut kockville- Center, Mr. and Mrs Sm- ford Story, Mr. (ieorge- Story, ,Mis« .Mildred Story, of (Jccen Siili , Mr, ""I Mr^ ] C Whritcnour, M-ss ,Milelri'el Wbri-ie-notir, Mr Stanley Smith, Miss I.illi.in Merton, eif Me n f,'. st'-ad: Miss Annie Hcele-ll, Mrs C. .N'iclioles, Mr anel Mrs. Isaac Wb'ite- noiir. Miss I-",elna Combs. Mr. ,ind Mrs Willi.ini \i Smith, Miss SlelU Smith, Miss Addie- Tombs. Mr. and .Mrs I L. Johnson, Miss Ida John- son. Miss fllivi- Johnsem. Mr Fll-ott I.ilii.se,11, of I''rci-port
WIN MCKl Nl MRKR I)A.<I( K.
A large number attended the after- iifxjn dane-e at the Freeporf club Thuraday. The lucky numlx-r danee wa'i won by .Mildred L .Stlleo aod .Newton I'arman They received ap¬ propriate prize*
