Nassau County Review 19080807

              VOL. XIII
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908
NO. 41
FREEPORT  NEWS
The Daughters of Liberty will go to Rockaway Beach   next   Wednesday.
Smith & Bedell's ad in this issue is strictly for men but will meet the ap¬ proval of the ladies. It.
Mi.-is Marion D. Kolisch of New York City is spending her vacation with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller.
Robert Riancj has started on his Western trip of the Orpheum circuit, starting in California and landing at Chicago about Christmas.
Miss Marie Lemmer, Henry Fritz, Miss M. M. Seewald and Miss Madden Muller have returned to their Brooklyn home after sfiending a few days with Mr. and Mr.s. Chas   Fritz.
See Swenson's special prices on gro- ; ceries this week.
The Johnson Realty Exchange has some^money to loan on bond and mort¬ gage; see their adv.
Harry G. Clock and -son Herbert sail¬ ed Saturday on the Columbia for a month's trip abroad.
.Miss Nina B. Humphrey was operat¬ ed upon at Seney llosjjital last Friday, for enlarged t(.'nsils.
Raymond J. Miller and Harold W. j Smith are spending a fortnight's vaca-j toin in the north wo(jds, up-state. !
I have moved to the old post otliee building, where I will earrv a large stock of shoes, slippers, etc; sp'-eial atteiitiou   to    repairing.     S.    Herzfi-ld.
Among the latest to secure automo¬ biles are Frank Caverly and Roswell Davis.
Howe's Shows Today
The excellent parade is a   guarantee that the show is all   right.     The   men- The regular meeting of   the   Village   agerie   jiart of the show is one   of   the Board   of   Trustees   will   be held   this   best extant, and fnmi the variety of its
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\J,7u.v-;e.-.i wa.s so high Sati^rday that it was irnpfJKsrhfe to measure the bcynci, at Brant I'oiiit House for the race to¬ morrow and it was ac'cordingly decided to iiostpone the races until a later date.
While opening a mess of hard (darns Sunday LeRoy Radcliffe of V.iH Atlantic Avenue discovered a pearl as   large
The annual fair ot the Episcojiai (Church of the Transfiguration will he held next week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The name of Austin Adams, Jr., was left off of the list of contributors to the Zaun relief fund in our last week's Review ; the total (-ontribuled to that date was $200..'iO.
"What shail he done with old mini¬ sters?" is the morning theme of   Rev.
evening.
Vesper services in the M. E. Church have been discontinued and evening servi^-es are now-/held al 7 .'lo p.  ni.
An entertainment, euch.re and dance will be held at the South Shore Yacht (,'lub house this evening.
The circus which haa been so widely I advertised will be here this afternoon ! at 2 o'clock and evening at S.
.Mrs. Jesse Covert of 71 New York Avenue, has been visiting at the home of Mrs. Jos. W. Ritchie for to weeks.
Mrs. Mattie Kelsey and her son from Bo.ston are spending a month with Mrs. Kelsey's father, John Anderson, drove St.
Rev. \y. -w'," W. WiLsor, D. D.;"a former pastor, will preach in tbe M. E. C!hurch next Sunday iiKjrning and evening. Geo. T. VanRiper will lead the Thursday evening jirayer meeting.
George H. E. .-\ring has resigned his office p(jsition with .Smith   Cox and se-
F'recfiort Club (i    College Point 2 On   Saturday   at   .-Xthletic Park   the Freeport   Club defeated   the    Vigilant A. C. of College Point by the score   of f' to   2,   after nine innings of the fast¬ est and most exciting base-ball seen in       Kev.   James   Coote Freeport in some time.     With the wind   with   .Mrs.   Charles   H behind   them   the   jiitchers   had    most   daughter.
for   everything   their  own   way,   it   being
are ' very   hard to drive the ball out of   the diamond.     '
The visitors .^coretl two run^ in the .•^ixth itming. Levinus fumbled Lewis' infield tap. L. Ruck was out Raynor to Bristol, Martinez singled ^ut the ball got through Thorp's legs letting Lewis score, Rogers flied to Levy, making the sei'ond out; then liCvy funible(l Roulf's hit and Martinez scored; E. Ruck struck out.
Freejiort was umdile t;> score until the eighth. Tooker started it by get¬ ting hit, Bristol sacrificed him to sec¬ ond, ('orby singled, scorini^ Tookir and got to third while they weri' trying   to
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spent    Sunday Thomas,    his
Misses Dura and   Mabel   MacArthur of Brooklyn are visiting Dr. and   Mrs W. J. StJele.
At the school meeting held Tuesday I veiling, Richard P. Suits and .Austin '1. Brvne were elected trustees.
a   pea.    it   i.s   a  peculiarly   beautiful   Charles   Herbert   Scholey at the  First   cured    another    with    the     Brooklyn
stone, a light jiurp under.
e on top and   wliit(.'
W<^ call the attention of our readers to the auction sale of valuable proper¬ ty which will take place on Saturday afternoon at :i o'clock. F(jr jiarticu- lars, see advertisement in another col¬ umn of this issue.
.. Business is Business A ri^markaljle display of endurance under pain was displayed by Jacob tiordman. a ped- dlar, who is known all over Long Isl¬ and, making hi.s head(|uarters at Free- port. Gordman drove into Fleetwood Farm at the Cove with a new h(jrse, purchased recently.    The harness broke
..{Uld the h(jrse kicked twice, striking Gordman once in the groin and again in the leg, fracturing Ids limb. He was taken to Nassau Hosfiital in un automobile by Elbert Tappen, and he ordered the car stopped four times on the journey t(^ transact business with customers, although suffering intense pain.    Times, Oyster Bay Item.
That justice is tempered with nieny in this village was shown last Saturday when a stranger was arrested for be¬ ing a vagrant.
The tramp was arraigned before .lu.-^- tice of the Peace Tatem. when he sur¬ prised all in the court room by stating that he did not want to go to jail as many of his kind who liko the good home and good food of the county, but that he wanted to get a chance to work, although his ragged and dirty appearance was against him. anrl he had no chance to do better. His aji- peal struck the kindhearted officials, and they tnok him across the street from   the court house into a livery sta-
Presbyterian Chuich. In the evening the pastor will preach ab(jut "Our right to cheerfully forget the past."
See what Thomas Johnston says in this issue about Peroxide Cream as an ideal skin fireparation.
Misses f^lorence and Adele Golder have returned to their home in New Amsterdam after spending two weeks with their cousins. Misses Annie and Edna Eldridge. They were accompan¬ ied by Miss Annie Eldridge.
branch of the International C'orresjion- 'leiue Schools.
The Observer does not use gloves in handling a number of our residents in its last issue when it says: "The par¬ ticular fool who tries to drive his ma¬ chine through a village of ;50()0 to uOdO inhabitants at a speed exceeding ten miles an hour should be sent   to   jail."
Mrs.   Jas.   Turnbu Monday afternoon exhibit.^, is instructive and intere.-^ting alike to adults and children.
The animals are all interesting to l"ok upon. The elephants and tho nii.nkeys are on deck to beg peanuts and pojicorn. The p(mies a delight to the children, and it is of¬ ten noticed that many of the older peo- pk' hec(jme enthusiastic to the |>lay, >-imply becau.-^e il w so jdeasing to the 'hildren.
This show will leave a lot of money in the town, paying out enormous sums a:- it does for suppilies. The (|uestion of meat alone is ((uite an item. Each lion eats (iO pounds-ot meat a day, and each tiger ;iO pounds; other cat animals eat from 12 to IS [wunds. Baliy, the largest elenhanl in the world, weighs   in.iidu jiounds.   and   is   eating
all the lime, and her infant .son, ".Ma- got to third while they weri'trying to The Fire Department will hold ita jor, .ll^os hfs best td keep up's-jith'^ih T....¦,^•-JVwt ^^c piate; i^vy rtat-hed-amiyf,':::-'i.a.)J^t^ht...s;jiJ, to .JRt. LooJcQij^t his mother.' Ariy one who has an op- first nn an error, Raynor singled,. G, on. W»><h\;a.sday,' Aug. 12., from Cdrn- |)ortunily of learning .something about; Levinus walked on four wide ones, fill- well's dock. Music will he furnished the supplies purchased for a birge ing the bases with the score tied. C. by Tucker's Military Band, show   knows   that they include two en-   Levinus put up a Texas Leatruer   when
lire beeves daily, hundreds of loaves; the visitors went up in the .-lir and .Tin,' M. L. S. had an extremely of bread, nearly 20 i)ushels of potatoes, Freeport scored four runs ; Thorp struck pleasant meeting at the homo of Mr. ir,o jKJunds of steak and stew meat,|2-5 | out, emiing the inning with the home and Mrs. Charles H. Thomas on .Satur- pounds  of   butter, ;U) gallons of milk, i team four runs to the good.
Al   tlie   basket   ball games Friday    night    in    M.     E. Amusement   Park.   Baldwin the   Teddy Bears and   Ocean feated Lvnbrook.
held laat LePine's defeated Side  de-
The anniKll outing of the Presbyterian .Sunday School will be held next Wed¬ nesday to High Hill Beach. The Pres¬ byterian t'alendar says: "The first boat will leave foot of Raynor St. at >< a. m. All the members of the Sunday ' School and friends are invited. The excursion is free, but a collection will be taken for the benefit of the school. "
Appplicalion has been made to Coun¬ ty .ludge Edgar Jackson by the Great South Bay Ferry Company for a license to   operate   a  .ferry on the Hempatead
ble, disrobed hitirand gaveVin'ra'good   ^"'^ Cireat South Bays, between   pretu-
bath with the garden ho.se.    After the   '"'•'•'^   '''^   ^^''   southern   terminus of the
bath,    various    members    scurried   to
their   homes   for wearing apparel, and
they returned with all sorts of (lothes.
Martin Asch was in Scott's hotel Monday when an automobiling party came in from Manhattan among whom he found,a number of his old friends. To have some fun the party engaged Mr. Asch in active conversation while one of Ihem deftly removed his watch from its chain and walked oil' with it. Mr. Asch did not say anylliing until the party w;is leaving when he wi'iil out with them and demanded the return The L. 1. Automobile Club sends out uf the "stolen good.s," which were the following notice: "The speeii law turned over to him. The jokers said is being strictly enforced on this road Mr. Asch was a very much surprised just beyond this point." The next to ; nian when he found his watch missing, expect is: "Warning, Thu murder While Mr. Asch .'-^aid he knew all about law is strictly being enforced just be- it. Mr. Asch has just returned from a yond this point. L(jng Island Killing trip to Germany, has been to Honolulu, C'lub." I California,   and   all   over   the couiilry
and   says   he is too experienced to   let
"I Wish I Had a Girl," the big .-^ong hit this season, played by (^reatore and sung   by   all   the leading artists,   will make   a   small   fortune  or the author. ; .Miss Grace   LeBoy',   a   very   talented i young lady of (Chicago. It.
Club sends out
a bunch to him.
)f "dubs" do a trick like that
dried   fruit   and   canned   goods   to the value  of   ,$iJO each   day.     In   addition! to this .there is consumed   large   quan¬ tities   bf   eggs,   poultry,   fish, vegela-. bles, etc.     For   the   horses   there   are ; (irovided oats, hay,  straw,   bran, corn, etc.    One   of   the   most   ccmimendable features of the   tJreat Howe Shows   is the gentlemanly   conduct^ of  everyone ' connected with it.    This is a subject of j much   comment in almost every   place ; this big show exhibits. i
Don't forget the   date    Aug.   7,   at] Freejjort. It.     ,
Annua! School .Mec(in(^
That the rcsiiients of Freei)orl are ; strongly iu favor (jf properly educating i the children was shown in the annual ' meeting Tuesday evening, when the. propo.sition to a])pr(jpriate .¦;;40,000 for ; the c<mnng fiscal year was carried \ without a dissenting vote, there being | oviM' 200 voters present, incliuiing: about ;'.o women.
William G. Miller was elected chair¬ man of the meeting, Francis C. Mor.se, secretary, and J. Huyler Ellison and William P. Jones, tellers, the olhcers being sworn in by William S. Hall, ! :iotary pulilic. i
Samuel   K. Smith,   president   (d'the I Board of Education, submitted   an   in¬ teresting report showing a remarkable growth in our schools.    The new   Sea-; num Avenue   school   had  been   put   in | service,   taking   l!ti>   pupils   from   the
Vigilant .\. ('. Lewis, ef. L.  Ruck. -Jb Martinez. ]). Kotreis. If. Hoiilf.   Ih r;.  Rm k. rt llrill. e. Morrison. :ib Watt. ss.
Totals Frt ('port Club Lew, s.-;. Ravuor, :ib Dury.^a. 2b.. ef ('•. 1-evinus. c. C   Levinus, p. Tbor]>. If. Tooker, cf.. 2b. P.ristol. 11,. (¦.,;l)v, rf.
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day evening. Several of the charter members who had not attended a meet¬ ing in years were j>resenl and added much to the interest of the meeting. A lively time was spent in making a idctorial record of vacation days, in which much originality was displayed. Miss Van Duesen and Miss Hamilton were the prize winners.
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Miss   Mary   Rhinehart  of   Brooklyn visiting at Mrs. Bernard Albro's.
Mi.- from Ohio.
Fortes(|ue-C'ole   has   returned month's   visit with friends in
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.Miss Emma Steck of New York   airtd
Ethel Frish   spent   Sunday lives here.
with  rela-
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Communication
Freeport, August ;!, lllos. Editor Review, Dear Sir:
As a resident of Freeport I   would like   to find out why the jieojile of this   (irove   .St. school, but the   increase   m town do not .support a ball team belter  attendance last year was l^ui   and   the
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.^unur.ary Earned runs, Freejiort :{; strcuk out, by Levinus T), by Martinez 'J; base on balls, yff Levinus 1, off Mar¬ tinez 2; hit by pitcher, Tooker and Brill; wild jiitch, .Martinez ;passed ball. Brill; doubk'jilays. Thorp and Levy; Tooker and Bristol; sacrifice hits. Bristol, C. Levinus, L. Ruck; st(den base, Rogers; Umpire, Stahl; time of game,  1 hr., 2-") min.
than they do.
1 have attended the last three games played by the Freejiort Club and must s»y that I have certainly enjoyed my¬ self   and   seen   some   good   fast   clean
The man was fitted out with a suit of (lothes. patent leather shoes and the officials gave him some money. The tramp, who came into^the village with an oflicer at his heels, went out dressed like a dude. And he went on his way rejoicing.—Times.
(Jreat South Bay Ferrry t'ompany's railroad, known as Ellison's clock, on Little Swift Creek, the Long Beach Transportation Company's dock at Point Lookout and the dock at Nassau- by-the-Sea and intermediate landings. Sentinel.
The regular monthly meeting of the Freeport Board of Trade will be held at Fraternity Hall next Wednesday, Aug. 12.
'This will be the annual Ladies' Night.    Congre.ssman t'ocks will make
The last of the series of three races for the fast motor boats in this vicini¬ ty   washeldonSaturdayoveracour.se   an address, describing his   recent   tour  to 5 they played good base ball and you   protest for its   ob.servance,   in   behalf
year before '.VA 24t'> in two years, so that there were more pupils in the Grove .Street school than ever. It would be necessary to hire 2 rooms outside the schools when the fall term base ball. opened,   aand    possibly    more  in   the \
On July iSlh, while in Patch(jgue, Spring. There were 4!S non-resident | I saw it advertised that Patchogue pupils last year. It was also deemed j would play Freeport, so took in the necessary lo furnish the Seaman A venue game. While Freeport lost by the school at once, for which $2r>oo had score of S to 4 they played a good been idaced in tho budget, game of ball .and would surely have Rev. Chas. A. Logue, of the Catholic won out in the ninth inning if they Church of (Jur Holy Redeemer, asked had been given a s(iuaro deal by the permission to speak, which was unani- Patchogue umpire. July 2oth, 1 vvas mously granted. He .said he wanted present at the game between Freeport to speak on an issue "which means and Rockville Centre and witnessed much to me and an awful lot to you • another good contest. Although that issue is a book the New York Freeport lost again by the   score   of   4   School law," and he felt called upon to
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Thorp tUb-d in nice
As ii.^ual Tooker wm d it going liy getting
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It was a hard game towiii   but   Fii port kOI then  in the eight b
.Mr. and Mrs. Percy Grifling of New York hav betMi visiting at the homeo: .Mrs. Selah Baldwin.
Missfs (Jladys ("arman and M. Ketch¬ am have beer, sjieiiding a couple week*, with ndalives in P.rooklyn.
William II. Condit and family ar«^ tniveling through upper New Yorit Stale and parts of .New England.
Mr. and .Mrs. .lohn MacArthur and family of Bro(jklyn have been spending some time at the residence of Mrs,; John Albro.
The young peojile of the Church ol St. Michael and All Angels will give an entertainment in the Y. M. I. C. onu or about August 2<i.
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(."¦aim   wa.s isoii: time
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laste>t   of
C. Levinus pitched lowiutr only lour hit?
a   great and one
Bristol play(-d accepting every wax
a   neat   uann tiling'   tliat
Kanie   id free pavs.
at   first.
CorliN ba.s imiiroved in In.s hat tint: aud with his fast base running should ])rove a valuabh- man to the t( am.
Until the eighth the Ixiysfrom ('(jll.f'e Point jJayed the faste.st and cleanest ba.se-ball of any team that has visited Freeijort tbis year.
from Ellison's to Point Lookout. In the race were the Hazel C. I, Hazel C. II, Vada and Atlantic. PVom the be¬ ginning the Hazel C. L, owned hy E. A. Dorlon. showed that barring any mishaps, she would be the wiimer of the race. When the race was partly finished,   the Vada, owiied by   Charles
around the World. could   see   improvement in their   work   of his townspeople and his children   in
Miss Louise Pertain, a talented   im- over the week before.    On August 1st,   sch(Jol.     He then read   the   law   which
liensonator.   will   also   take    part   and at the College   Point   game   with   the   provides   that   no   religiou.s    exirciscs
there will be  other   interesting   exer- score 2 to 0 against them in the eighth   shall   be   held   in  any publi
cises.    (Complimentary   tickets can  be inning   in   one   of the fastest amateur
secured from members of the Board. games I have se*=:n   in   some   time   the
  Freeport   Boys put six   runs   over   the
The village  officers   were   out after plate,   winning   a very exciting   game
(i. Levinus was there with   the   goods
as usual  catching  a   nice steady   game
and showing up well at the bat.    Ih    is
'l " ," Yp I last becoming a favorite anioiiK the fans
they always give him the hand   when
Combs, was nearing one of tho turning   reckless automobilists   Monday   morn- at the last moment
buoys,   when   it   is claimed the   Hazel   ing, most of the culprits being on their       Frjm what I have seen of the   Free-
C. II, owned by Frank   Combs,   fouled  way to "the city" afterjspending Sun- port team I must say that they play  a
the former boat by trying to cut across   day out East. firi:»t   class  article of ball for 2.")C, that
the   bow   and   crowded the Vada away       The following   were   taken   in:    Jo
from   the   buoy.    The  owner   of    tho   seph Midgley  of   Bay   Shore, speed 2'
Hazel C. II miscalculated his distance and ran into the stern of tho other boat. The Hazel (I. II was di.stjualihod.
Owing   to  the  accident    only    two boat.s   wore   loft   ii finished as follows:
Dorlon, tirst; .\tlantic, W. Warner, second.
, The three prizes offered by Cai)tain William Ellison were loving cup-'^. and were woi; as follows; First. Hazel C. I; second. Vada; third, .\t- lantic.
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miles an hour; John Dauphan, 2.') miles;   and put up a good attraction every Sat Henry W. Simpson, 'Mi miles; S. Boyce of this place, 20 miles.
any   taxpayer objects;   and that   read-   ,,,. ^.^,„^,.^ f„ tj„. i.^,.
ing the   Bible  or   repeating   a   prayer] 	
was a religious exercise ; he further] In the seventh Free]Kjrt pulled otf an said that he would like to make that objection. He was told by the chair¬ man that the meeting had nothing to do with this- he should bring it before the Board of Education.
they   take defeat gracefully,   act   like       When    Father   Logue   had   spoken,
gentlemen   on   the   field   as well as off   nominations for trustee were mad
ther fast double  jilay;    with  Moiri on first and  one  out   Watt   s<-nt   a fast bounder to T(Kiker wIkj  c-iuglit   Morris¬ on at second  aiifl  doulihd   up  Watt   at firs* retiring the sale.
A minstrel show was held in the Y; M. I. V,. Hall on Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the cohered wait ers of the Massape(iua Hotel, assisted by out.side talent.
The Unity Pleasuro   (Club   will   holo^ an   outing on Saturday evening,  going to   High   Hill  Beach and returning   tOj] the Praiil Point Hou.se   for   supper  at^ about midnight
The annual fair of the Church of St»? Michael and All Angels will be held ilK the (Juild Ro<jm of the church on Tues« day evening next, August 11. FanCf^ articles will be on sale.
The antiual beach party of the M. E. (Jhurch to High Hill beach was held Tuesday. The "(Carrie A." convey* the excursionists to the lK?ach and ried a large crowd.
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The speeders were taken to the Ex- the race aiKl they celaitir Hook and Ladder Truck house. Hazel C, E. A. which was u.sihI as a temjiorarylcourt room, where Justice Tatem, Acting Police Justice, in the absence of Jus¬ tice Swezey, presided, and after plead¬ ing guilty, were each tincHl.
A laughable feature of the morning's
follows
urday by I'laying only first class teams liam S.
from Long Island. Robert   G.  .Anderson,   and   Archer   B.
1 "understand   that   in   former years Wallace, by   Frank S. Snedeker.    The
Freeport has supiHjrted a g(XKi base ball polls   were   then   opened   and    ballots
team   so   why   can't   they   do it   now. cast.    The count of the tellers showed
The   Freeport   ("lub   certainly has a that W.     B.    Cozzens    received    101
fast   team   and   I   think   the people of vctes, C. .Milton Foreman 14',, an<l   A.
Freeport   should take a little pride   in B. Wallace, <;.",.    Cozzens and Foreman
it by coming out to see the games   and were accordingly declared elected.
Mr. Finch, the  new   manager,   is  al as   ways on the job: he   has  got   tr,getber a C.   .Milton Foreman, by Wil-   g'xJd   fast   team that   plays  first   chiss Hall;   Walter  B.   ('(jz^ens   by   '
l>a»e Vjall. H( also is liKikiiig out for tbe interest of those wbo attend the gaiiK s. He has iiad a large s<-<,re lj«<ard put ufi in the c< liter of tbe field
The   regular   annual school meettl (jf the district was   held   last   Tut evening in   the   scIkkjI   house.    Fr W. 'Kaynor   was re-elected ^to   succ himself for a term of three  years H. II. Graef was eleeted to fill the expired   term   of  John   Haff,   who^l signed.    The   apj/rojiriation   of  fj for scho<d needs during the corning;
.;;;;:;.;; was pas-sed.
a largi- number of s