Nassau County Review 19130411

              Nassau Coun^ Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAY. APRIL 11,1913
THE ELECTION D\Y FIKE
Photo by RliodPs,
Picture hIiows where the fire was stopped  by   tbe  FireiiuMi. bHrn, in wbich fire started, in backKrijiiiiil.
Vol. XVIII, No. 24
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INTERTOK GERP:S .\LLEYS AFTER FIKE
Fiii'iijf ir, after b.iid tittbt, save U'liidint^ Kecoiul time  wiiliin  .-i   year. File, of iinkiiowii orij/in, also tbii-ateiis lious(» of  Hnse 2
Plioto liv Rhodes. THIKl) IN .\ WEEK
Residence <jf Howard CniniiiiDys on South  Rawiew  .\venue,  where fatiiilv narrowly escaped with tlifir lives.
FREEPORT NEWS      |     \   D^y   of   Fire
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
Friday, April
Saturday,
Sunday,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thuraday,
Friday,
Saturday,
11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
10.41 p. rn.
11.28 p. m.
11.36 p. m.
12.43 a. m.
2.00 a. m.
3.16 a. m.
4.18 a. m.
5.16 a. m.
6.08 a. m.
Single copies of the Review for sale at GrL-enblatt's and Braithwaite's, Railrcad Avenue: Kiefer's, Nassau Couniy Review, DaSilva's and Go- lu'iz's. Main Street; DaSilva's, West Merrick Road. tf.
A. D. Murphy, civil engineer and surveyor, has closed his office on Rail¬ road Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Olson are the proud parenta of a young son, born on April 1. He has been named Sigfred Alexius Olson, jr.
First Blaze, at North Part of Vil¬ lage, at 5 A. M.    Second, South Part, 11 P. M.
For the second time within a week the firemen were called upon for some hard work Tuesday morning when the building of Charles F. Gere, on North Main Street, occupied on the ground floor by his bowling alleys and pool room, but with the second floor entire¬ ly unoccupied, was gutted by tire. This is also the second lime thi.s build¬ ing has been on fire wilhin a year, the other time bein(< on May 5, 1912, and the fire had gained nearly as much headway when the alarm was sounded.
The call. No 41, came at 5 a. m., and when Chief Cornell arrived, before the arrival of the first companies, he found the building a mass of flame in side. A second alarm brought out the entire department and Ho.se 2 had two lines on the blaze, while Hose 1 3 and 4 each had one line. With all this water being poured into it, and with the metal ceiling to hmder, it was an hour before the blaze was under   abso-
School Tax Collector Frank Ashdown has to turn his books over to the School Board this month, after which all tax bills for the 1912 tax wiil have to be paid at the County Treasurer's oflice at Mineola, with an extra   percentage. I jute control
Mr. Ashdown  can  be seen  any day at |     An inspector on a passing trolley had
his residence, at 20 Smith Street. i ggen the blaze and endeavored to get in
r~      . the building to see if there   were  any
If you   have a dollar  in your  purse j tenants on the   second  floor,   but  was * .!'u*" .u!.*"li^' ...^"!l..r.°^-'*r'^!"* I driven back by the smoke,   after being
cut by the glass in the door.    Had the
purchase, through your hithfts of read ing the ads, that dollar is actual evi¬ dence of your capacity to manage your expenditures. Pile up more and more of the same sort of evidence, until a full purse comes to be quite a familiar thing to you.
Work on the Freeport Park, located in the southeastern section of the vill age, is being carried on. The work¬ men have completed the scheme of shifting the stream that formerly crossed zigzag through the western end of the ground, making it run straight along the west side, and are now enr gaged in leveling off the old stumps and packing the ground. Immediate attention will be given to laying out a baseball diamond.
DaSilva's W. Merrick Road
Ball Bearing Lawn Mowers: 16-in. $5.00; 18-in. $5.50; 20-in. $6.00
Vegetable seed, pkg., Ic
Flower seed, pkg., Ic
Chicken Wire, 2 inch mesh, roll price, l-2c sq. ft.
Black Wire Cloth, 2c sq. ft.
Galvanized Wire Cloth, 3c sq. ft.
Chicken Wire 1 inch mesh by t|ie roll, lie sq.- ft.
Rayo Lainps, $1.49.
Garden implements, moderately priced.
Spalding Baseball Goods
Fishing Tackle
'Phone 885W.   (Orders delivered.)
Advertisement.
This extraorainary opportunity will appeal to all. The Distributors of "Onyx" Hosiery have set aside Mon¬ day, April 14, "Tuesday the I6th, and Wedneaday the 16tb, for your benefit. We are pleaaed to unite with thein and have maide apecial efforts to give you good service tn the purchaising of this world-renowned hosiery at greatly re¬ duced prices on theae three "Onyx" daya. Women'a SOc hoakiry, 8 pairs for $1.00; SSc hosiery, 25c per pair. Hen's pure silk hoaiery, black and all colors, regttlkr SOc value, 8 paUra for $1.00, during: these three "Oynx" daya. Other extraordinary values. Smith'a Shon Store. 88 Main Street.
Advertisement.
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rooms on the second floor been occu¬ pied escape would have been almost impossible unless the fire had been dis¬ covered when it first started, as the front stairs, the only means of exit, were apparently the first thing to go.
The intense heat, which had cracked nearly every pane of glass in the build¬ ing, including the big plate glasses in the front, made the work especially diflicult, and it was finally found neces¬ sary to pull out two of the large glasses which were in constant danger of fall¬ ing on the men. Frank S. Snedeker, jr., of Truck 1 was cut by glass and Clarence E. Jones, of Truck 1, by the metal ceiling, but after being at¬ tended by Department Surgeon Runcie reaumed their work.
The house of Hose 2, which is but ^three feet away on the north side of the building, waa in constant danger, and at one time it was thought advisa¬ ble to move the company property to a safer location. The building, however, was only slightly scorched.
Although the blaze this time did more damage than before, the total loss will probably be about the same, as the south alleys, which before were ruined by water were not touched this time and can be used immediately. The billiard table, however, in the front end of the building, was burned, besides the dainage to the other tables by water.
As in the previous fire, the cause cannot be ascertained. Mr. Gere and hia assistants had locked up the build¬ ing and gone home some time before, and can give no possible theory aa to ita origin. The most plauaible -Iheory seems to be that a cigarette or cigar had been carelessly thrown aside, and, unnoticed when the building was locked up, had smoldered for awhile, and then burst into flame.
The loaa will probably amoant to be¬ tween $3,000 and $3,500, covered by inaurance.
Hoae 1 in answering the alarm was held up by a freight train at the Main Street crosaing, and -waa forced to go to Grove Street, three blocks ont of their way to get across. This makea the third successive fire where appar¬ atus in answering has been delayed by freight traina at tfais croasing.
Church Notes
Subject of  Sermons,   Servicea of the we«lr
end other doins* in the ehurchee
•nd church eocletlee
The euchre, pinochle and dance by the Ladies' Aid Society attached to the Church of our Holy Redeemer, held at Brooklyn Hall last Friday night, was a pronounced success and was largely at¬ tended. The receipts amounted to more than $300. The pastor of the church, Rev. Chas. A. Logue, officiated as master of ceremonies.
We would like to announce the list of prize winners, which would inteftst many of our readers, but are unable to do so as it is against the postal regula¬ tions. Of course big papers like tne Timea and Eagle can violate the law with impunity, but if we do it we sub ject ourselves to the penHlty of havinjr our paper taken out of the mail. The law, as we have said before, is a faice, and it is quite evident no attempt i.s made to enforce it, but nevertheit-ss it is a law and must be considei'ed as such.
Miss Lois Gregg Secor, of the Le land Powers School of Expression, Bos¬ ton, will give "Polly of the Circus" in Brooklyn Hall, Tuesday evenirig, April 15, under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. The program will be interspersed with music.    Admission 25c.
The Grand Rapids, Mich., Herald says: "Miss Secor's interpretation of the delightful story, 'Polly of the Cir¬ cus,' was charming, and she seemed to catch exactly the spirit in the portray¬ al of the dilTerent characters. She was enthusiastically encored."
(n the Fire Department
Matter* of Interest to and about the fireniei
In our local department
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Chaplain Scholey is improving nicely at the Hempstead Sanitarium, where he went for an operation.
Our official photographer has been unusually busy this week and secured for us the cuts of the recent tires which afe used in other par:s ni mi;-, issue.
Saturday afternoon Chief Co, nell was called upon to handle anothei brush fire in the northwest section o( the vill¬ age. The wagon of Hose 4 was taken UJ), and with ihe assistance of a few department members in the neighhor- hf'Ofl, hose was laid and the blaze ex- tiiijjuished without the necessity of an alarm.
Local Topics
Comment* and explanation* not entirel), of
a new* nature, on village affair*
by the editor.
The April meeting of the W. G. T. U. was held at the home of Mrs. Geo. Hammond. The meeting was called to order by the vice president, Mrs. E. H. VanRiper. After devotional services the regular business was attended to. Refreshments were served and a social hour enjoyed, after which meeting ad¬ journed.
DR. KETCHAM GREETED. Many of his old parishioners were out at the Presbyterian Church Sunday moming to greet their former pastor, Rev. Dr. K. P. Ketcham, who occupied the puplit moming and evening, in the absence of Dr. Scholey. Dr. Ketcham was accompanied by his wife, who still holds a warm spot in the affection of her old friends in Freeport.
At about 11 o'clock the aame night Call 67 took tfae departinent to tfae ex¬ treme aoathwest aection of tbe village,
(Cootmned on page S>
Rev. L. D. Calkins, D. D , will preach in the Presbyterian Church Sun¬ day, moming and evening, in the ab¬ sence of the paator. Rev. Chas. Her¬ bert Scholey.
REV. MR. CURTICE PREACHES.
Sunday morning the M. E. Church seating^ capacity limit was almost reached when the new pastor. Rev. S. O. Curtice, preached hfs first sermon. Mr. Curtice made a brief preliminary address on his work plans for the com¬ ing yeai' and his g^eting was received with pleasure by his congregation.
In the moraing he read the 66th chapter of Isaiah and took for his text the Sth verse, "Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the clus¬ ter, and one saith. Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servant's sake, that I may not destroy them all," and apoke conceming the objecta which should be bccomplished by the charch in the community. He said in part, the text is Oriental and calhi to mind that as the gnarled vine and tapering branches are cherished for their frait so the charch justifies ita existence by definite results accom¬ plished. Some of thoee which the charch should do in Freeport are: To reveal Christ, to make Him real to others, to alao reveal men in the sense of development of manhood through Christian nurture, to bring forth a clearer realization of moral valuea, and to create an atmoaphere in which it (Continued on page 8)
Gere's fire must have awakened fond nif mories for Hose 4. If I remember rightly it was there that they received their first good initiation less than a year ago.
Hose 2 has had two as narrow es¬ capes from being burned out as one could wish to have. When a building next door to you is gutted twice, it is becoming a little too close for comfort, especially when the building is less than two feet away.
Don't gSt—jnixed on your company officers—the new ones do not take their offce until approved by the Fire Coua- cil, Tuesday, April 15.
The Fire Council this year will have but five of the members of last year's body in it, and will be made up as fol loWs: Hose 1, Edwin Stillwell and James Fitzpatrick ; Hose 2, Henry S. Starr and J. R. S. White; Hose 3, Mil¬ ton Combs and Robert A Patrick; Hose 4, John S. Sumner and Charlea F. Fritz; Truck 1, John J. Boland and Charles O. Niles; Engine 1, Charles Connor and Edward Rice; Chiefs Loon¬ am, Pearsall and Smith.
Old Wardens and,new are requested to attend the annual meeting next Tuesday night, April 15, at the engine house.
Hose No. 1 report that tickets are selling nicely for their moving picture show at the Crystal Monday evening, April 21.
Hose No. 4 has secured the Plaza for a benefit performance for Thursday evening. May 1.
The annual meeting of the depart¬ ment was held at the engine house last Friday evening, but owing to the small attendance little business was trans¬ acted beyond receiving the annual re¬ ports of the Chief and Secretary.
Your satisfaction is the first consid¬ eration. We want to naake sure that every purchaae you make proves satis¬ factory.    Try our
Children's Stockings, at 10-15-25c
Ladies' Stockings, at 10-15-25c
Men's Socks, 10 to 25c
Men's Collars with record for num¬ ber of trips to laundry, for 25c
Men's Working or Dress Shirts, GOc to $1.00
Men's, Ladies or Children's Under¬ wear
Seaman's Dry Goods Store,
Main Street, Freeport.
AdrertlsaiiMat
"Mother," a Pathe special in two reela. A beaatiful and pathetic pic¬ tore which touches every heart. It ia a story of a mother's tnut in her son. At the Plaaa Friday.
AdvsrtlaeaMat.
S. A. Williams' Sons are telling a high-class Garden and Lawn Fertiliser at cat prices.
IF YOU PLEASE.
Don't judge too hastily ! It positive ly never costs anything to reserve judgment. A case came to me person¬ ally this week where I appreciated the kindness of one of my customer- friends, when someone told him an un¬ truth about me. He sent me word what he had heard and it was no trou- lilf to straighten out the matter with¬ out any hard feelings; on the other hand if he had not told me he would have had the right to believe hard things which seemed to him might lie true but were absolutely without foun dation.
You can save yourself many heart aches "by just going a little slowly in judging things as they may seem.
CLEAN UP YOUR YARD. Spring time is here, when we natur ally think of a general cleaning. Le% this idea be carried out to its fullest extent, and include putting your yard, front and back, in the best possible condition. Clean up the winter accum¬ ulation of dead leaves and grass, tin cans, etc., and have them carted away. You will be surprised to see what a difference it makes if you have not tried this before.
GIVES REVIEW CREDIT.
Last week the South Side Observer remarked:
"The 'old Fourth' was the banner Republican district in the town Tues¬ day, giving a plurality of 186 for Hir¬ am R, Smith for Supervisor."
The Observer neglected to say any¬ thing about the reason for this plurali¬ ty. They might have added that in the whole Village of Freeport, comprising the 4th, 21st and 22nd districts, Mr. Smith had a plurality of •391, and a majority over the other two candidates together of 169. This in the territory in which the Nassau County Review is mainly circulated.
They might have further added that in the village of Rockville Centre, where the Observer is supposed to be mainly circulated, in three districts, the majority for Mr Smith was but 168, less than in one district in the Village of Freeport, and he lacked 93 of having as many votes as the two other candidates together.
In other words, in our territory Mr. Smith's plurality was 233 more than in the Observer's main territory. I don't like to call attention to these things, but make this exception be¬ cause of a mean and unnecessary re¬ mark in the last issifle of the Observer to the effect that the Review did not support the Republican ticket in the last election as it should.
A VANISHING TYPE OF WOMAN.
You used to hear, now and then, of a woman who "never reads the ads." Then there was the woman who "never went to the theatre," and the other woman who was "too bus;, to look at a newspaper. ' .
But theae are vanishing types of women. The conditions of life in these days DEMAND of a woman, if she would wisely manage her shopping for the home, that slie keep in close touch and familiarity with the ads. She cannot make a dollar always worth one hundred cents if she does not seek buy¬ ing opportunities—and these reveal themselves, in abondance, to the wom¬ an who reads tfae ada.
"Ignorance is like a hole in the pock¬ et," and ig^norance of advertised op- portonitiee is aasuredly nothing less tfaaa that.
Mrs. Stockman
Wants Another Trial
Freeport. 1.. I., April 8. —Abandon¬ ing all claim to a logal right, but claiming that in the intere.st of justice and in order that she might not be de¬ prived of her good name, her home and her two little girls, Mrs. F'lorence Stockman, yesterday, through her at¬ torney, Dana Wallace, made applica¬ tion to Justice Maddox in the Sapreme C'ourt in Brooklyn, to have an interloc¬ utory decree of divorce which was granted her husband by Justice Mad- I dox in January last, set aside and a re¬ hearing gran i eti.
Her husband was Max .Stockman, who started an action for absolute di- , voroe from his wife a year ago. ! The first trial of the action was in : October last, in the Nassau County Su- , preme Court at Mineola, before Justice ' Kapjier and h jury. After hearing the testiony the jury disagreed, seven be- [ ing favorable to Mrs. Stockman and ; for the dismissal of the action, and 5 favoring the granting of the divorce.
In the application which she'made to ^the court yesterday Mrs. Stockman al¬ leges that after going through tbe , ordeal of this trial she was almost be¬ reft of her reason.
j While in this condition she was anx- ; ious to avoid publicity and her attorn- j eys represented to her that the proper J thing for her to do was to allow the case to go by default at the January, [ 1913, term of the Nassau Supreme ' Court, and she did so. She says that , she did not then realize that this meant I she would be convicted of the charge, I that she would be robbed of her good name, that her children would be taken from her and she left destitute and be compelled to seek her friends for sup¬ port. Since that time she declares, she has recovered from the shock of the first trial, and has realized what her action meant. She therefore asks that the decree already granted be set aside and that she be given an oppor¬ tunity to defend herself. The motion will be argued before Justice Maddox Friday.—Times.
Both Operated On
Recently Mrs. Anna E. Mitchell, sis¬ ter of Thomas W. Murray of this place, was taken ill, and was removed to a private hospital in Hempstead for an operation. It was her wish that the news of her illness be kept from her husband, James Mitchell, who is in Ottawa, Ontario, where the Mitchells live.
She was able to write to her husband from the hospital, but she refrained from mentioning her illness. Mem¬ bers of her family were instructed to convey no information of her illness to Mr. Mitchell. She declared that she hoped to recover from her illness with¬ out serious complications setting in, and she was reluctant to arouse his fears.
Little did she know that while she waa undergoing an operation her hus¬ band waa under the surgeon's knife in a private hospital in the City of Otta¬ wa. Like his wife, he was anxious to keep the sad news to himself. He un¬ derwent an operation for appendicitis, and from latest reports it was suc¬ cessful. Mrs. Mitchell's operation waa alao successful, and both are on the way to recovery. Neither knows that while they were suffering, both minda were bent ou covertly keeping ill news from the otlier.—Eagle.
A chance to bay a piano at a bar- gain; on account of removal I would like to dispooe of my piano; will sell sain<a at a oaerifiee; can be seen tfaia Friday or Satarday; D., 81 N. Ocean Avenae, FrOeporC; fone<109J. 24
Private sale of fumiture at 282 N. Main Street, Saturday and Monday, April 12 and 14. Bedroom suit, coacfa, lady's desk, small refrigerator, tables, chairs, rockers, kitchen atove and furn¬ ishings ; all at half price. 24 AdvarUaeoMnt.
Attention is called to the adv. of the Acme Anto Rental Co., in tfais iiaoe. Teiepbone 796 Freeport
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