Nassau County Review 19100708

              Freeport Official Paper
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1910
Vol. XV, No. 37
FREEPORT NEWS
Single copies of the Review on sale at Greenblatt's, Railroad Ave.; Kief¬ er's, Review offiee or Gobetz's, Main St., and DaSilva's, West Merrick Road.
A   SLIGHT   TRIBUTE   TO   UNCLE
SAM. Yes, Uncle Sam is a grand Old Man,
He ever pleases whon he can As we to-day have seen ;
No longer tread we o'er roads rough That often put us in a huff.
So hateful did all aeem. Now when Apollo rules the sky
And the thermometer is high -.•Sdfe have no cause for fear;
F'pr Uncle Sam our want descried And our desire haa gratified,
Now all is fair and clear. And when the days are cokl and bleak,
We need not think that we must seek The office to inciuire
If mail there is, and none we find,- So homeward marcii with vexing ibind ,> And thoughts that makes yoii tire. Dear Uncle Sam we love hirn well,
Our gratitude we cannot tell, Expression fails, in truth ;
The   boon   we  craved is  ours   today (.July 1st) A carrier speeds o'er the way
And leaves our mail, forsooth. All hail to those who helped along
The favor ihat was carried stiong And benefit obtained;
For nrjw we are within the pale Of service and we have our mail
Without our feelings pained.
E. A. N.
Freeport, L. I.
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Frederick A. Ware and fainily are residents again of this village^ occupy¬ ing their Ocean avenue home.
Miss Emma Courtney of New York was the guest of Miss Bessie Sprague of North Grove street Saturday.
("ounselor John E. BuUwinkel of Brooklyn and family are occupying C. H. Piatt's house, Roosevelt Place and Rose St.
Miss Helen M. Storer, formerly a teacher in our school, is visiting Mrs. George   Howard   Randell   and     other
friends.
The Town Board will hold a meeting to grant oyster and clam planting li¬ censes at B. T. Smith's hotel on Thurs¬ day, July 21.
Mrs. Sidney B. Walters of Archer street is recovering from her recent at¬ tack of appendicitis at her father's house in Oyster Bay. %
Among the latest adtiitions to tho local flotilla of motor boats is the Rheingold, owned by Messrs. Malcom¬ son of .South Ocean Ave.
The Woman's Relief Corps will have a beach party Tuesday. July 19, to High Hill Beach; boats start from Patterson's dock at 9:00 a. ni.
Mrs. Lumley has resigned her posi' tion as soloist in the Presbyterian Church. The people of the church very much enjoyed her singing and-d*egret that she is leaving them.
The Long Islanil Branch of the Na¬ tional Letter Carriers' Association will be the guests of the carriers of the lo¬ cal office Sunday at the Wide Awake Engine Company House, corner Pine and Church St.
Miss Grace Andrews, who was oper¬ ated upon at the Albany City Hospital, has been spending the past three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bentley for the recuperation of her health, re¬ turned home Friday accompanied by Arthur Keens, jr., who is enjoying the beautiful mountain scenery and trout tishing wilh his friend, James Hamil- tnUj .Sandgate, Vermont.
HYMENEAL
ALDRIDGE BENNETT. Mr. Bennett, bookkeeper in the Columbian Brass Foundry, and Miss Minnie Aldridge, stenographer in tlie same oflfce, are marrie<l. They met at their work in January, mutual admira¬ tion terminating in an accepted projios- al. and marriage in June.
Village Trustees
Local Topics
The Long Island Railroad sokl ten per cent more commutation tickets in June, ituii, than the previous year, but Freeport bought fifteen per cent more.
Pay your village tax by next Monday or you will be'subject to an extra per¬ centage. The tax collector will be at the village oflice from -now till that day; after that at his resitience. 122 Chur'ch street.
Francis Pearsall has gone to Monti¬ cello for ten days.
Mabel Cornelius leaves today for Haines Falls, Catskill Mountains, where she will spend the summer.
A regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees Vvill'be held next Friday night.
The   newly  elected   officers of Free- port Council, No. 57, Jr, O. U. A. M., \will be installed next   Friday evening, July 15.
The estate of Jo.s'eph H. Germond, who left .$5000 real and .$500 personal, is in Surrogate Jackson's court for set¬ tlement.
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Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., were the invited guests at^ the Episcojial (Church of the Transfigura¬ tion Sunday evening, when about thirty members were in attendance. An ap- "jiropriate sermon was delivered by the rector, Pelham St. George Bissell, who is the newly-elected Councilor of the Order.
With fine weather a large assem¬ blage of members and friends wit¬ nessed the races at the South Shore Yacht Club House Monday afternoon, in which fifteen boats took part, the winners being:
Class A—C. E. Jones' Hatetoquitit, first; second, M. Millbank's Viking; third, M. Nosworthy's Roxie.
Semi-Speed Class—First, Gypsie, Mr. McBrindley; second, Sadie L., John Hendrickson.
Speed Class—First, Kid, J. Luning; second, Marie, W. Smith; third, Jack: Gordon, Thos. Forbes. The Cricket put up a good race but did not finish on acount of engine trouble. The Kid made an excellent showing and \vas applauded all along the line.
There was also an interesting sched¬ ule of swimming races, tub races, etc., between the boat races.
Those who have no fountain pen or have a pen that's unsatisfactory will be particularly interested in Smith & Bedell's ad In this issue. It
FOR SALE:—Boat, 25 ft. by 7J wide; 7 h. p. M. & W. kerosene en¬ gine; also small house, 17x20, on Sea Dog Creek, west of-^Hemp-stead Rod and Gun Club House. Charles L. Sea¬ man, 71 North Main St., Freeport.    It
Freeport Airdome has opened its third season and preparations have been made for large crowds. There is in addition to the excellent picture pro¬ gram, a band concert tind illustrated song by Miss Myra B. i)liver, late with .Keith & Proctor's, and also violin solos by Mr. Marat Metsen. Price of ad- misiion remains the same, adults, 10 cqnts; children, 5 cents; reserved seats; 5 cents extra. F. Nugent, Lib¬ erty Theatre, 1510 Broadway, N. Y. City.   ^ It
Nexti Sunday morning at 11 a. m. there vfill be a Eiwimming race at the Woodcleft Bathing Pavilion. All those wishing to enter can do so by applying at the bathing house. It
The Mystic Rebekah Lodge will hold a lawn fete next Wednesday and Thurs¬ day on George W. Smith's grounds, corner Futlon and Church streets.
The Village oflicials are anxious thax all trees be trimmed without having to go to additional expense. Take a pride in our village and keep your trees trimmed properly.   ,  .,,*•-
No work was done in Freeport Lodge, I. O. O. F., Mondav evening. D. D. G. M., A. B. Wallace and staff from Freeport Lodge installed the ofli¬ eers of Hollis Lodge.
John R. P. Goller, salutatorian of the Class of 1910, Freeport High School, won the Cornell scholarship of Nassau County, at the examiutition held at Minoola early this month.
A bread and cake sale will be held uiider the auspices of the Woman's Re¬ lief Corps Saturday, July 10, afternoon and evening, on Mrs. VV. H. Patter¬ son's lawn, 127 South Main street.
The regular monthly meeting of the Freeiiort Board of Trade will be held in Fraternity Hall, next Wednesday evening, July 13, at n.lh: o'clock. There shoukl be a full attendance as 'important business is to be trans'acted.
Freeport Public Library
During the year ending June 30 iast onr public library in the Freeport High School building has lent without any charge 6i;i8 volumes to adults, 5'lt)7 of which were fiction, and 201'f to child¬ ren, of which 1415 wero of fiction, or altogether 8451 volumes for home use at different times during the year. The total number of registered borrowers is 1065, an increase of 193 during the year. 17 leading periodicals and news¬ papers are currently recoived. The library is open every week (lay excejit Saturdays from 2:30 to 5 p. m. and from 7 to 9 on Wednesday evenings; care is taken to keep it iij) to date in tnethods and literature provided, and the advantage of such a library is inucli appreciated by our reading public.
All the members of the Board of Trustees were present at the meeting Friday evening, with President Gun¬ ning in the chair.
Police Captain Dunbar reported he had served notice upon all saloons in the village to close promptly as re¬ ijuired by law.
Fire Chief Van Riper recommended thnt firemen be placed in the fire houses as usual Fourth of July from midnight July 3 to midnight July 4, also that horses be placed in the hose houses and
the truck house, which would mean an | Under direction of Fire Chief Van extra expense of .$1-1 for horse hire. Rjper new fire cards are being dis- The Board acted favorably upcm the | tributed for the telephone calls. Here- rccomrftendation. With horses in the , after for a fire call vou get Central in harness ready for all calls Freeport was ] the regular wav. :isk for " Fire Alarm" merely giving another illustration of j and when you get the call, give vo.ir the fact that it is right up-to-tjate. j Hre district number.    Chief Van Riper
Joseph   Bedeii   complained    of    the j will furnish copies of the   list  of  dis¬ placing of a lelpehone pole in front   of | tricts upon request. his property on BayView avenue where j
the sidewalk v.-as very narrovV. Thei W'e respectfully commend to the at- inatter was left to Road Commissioner! Mention ol' Village President Richen- .^prague and Electritan Walling to ; wteen of Rockville Centre, who w.is settle with Mr. Bedell, and try to ar- j bragging some recently about the num- range a satisfactory iilace for the pole, i ber of commuters in his village, the re- John Dunbar al.«o spoke of there be- ! |><>rt of the L. 1. R. R. of commutation ing no sidewalk in front of propertv of i tickels sokl for June, 1910: Freeport, W\ Cornwell on south end of Bedell OIU; Rockville t;entre, 591; I'.ni'J. streel: referred to street committee.       Freeport, 52:'.; Koekvilie Centre, 5-4o.
The special franchise assessment  ofi     Inother  words   Freeport  increased the   L.   I.   R.   R.,   by order of the Su-! about 15 per cent in one year and Rock- iTieme Court, was reduced  from   ••?25()0 ' ville Centre less than ten per cent. to $1025. i     Rockville Centre is a nice  place and
Counselor Fishel   reported   that   the : vve have;rt the first word to say against village law, subd, 4, sec. 90,  referring   it. and we hate to boast,   but   the   fig- to anuisenjents, gave the Board   ample -ures talk for themselves, power, through its president,   to  regu
WANTAGH
A section of Wantagh avenue sout^ of the track is being macadamized and put in fine condition by Andrew.sjBros. . contractors. '
On the Fourth of July the Guii*^Club held a clay pigeon shoot, but there were only 5 members at the shoot. The following are the scores mado: Class A, William Dean, 19; Walter .\sh- down, 12. Class B: Elliott VanNos¬ trand, 18: George Seaman, 13; Harry Braithwaite, 10.
Complaint is left with us of tlie prac- I tice of shuttirg off lights at the pt.wer I house on stormy "nifionlight nights." I The statement is niRde that the amount I of money appropriated should be 'enough to pay for running the lights I when needed, rather than shutting j them off when the almanac says there I is a moon, but which cannot be seen for jthe heavy cloifds. We presume the I village boartl will take this matter up ; with thc installation of the all-day ciir- ' rent, as we certainly need lights when- i over it is dark. This one thing must \ be remembered though ; The amount I for lights has not changed for several years, while the number of lamps   and
Dr. Harvey Wilcox Bentley, who graduated last week at the University of Pennsylvania with high honors, has been visiting his uncle, William Henry Bentley on Newton Boulevard. Dr. Bentley returned to Philadelphia where he will begin his practice.
Village Tax Collector D. Frank Sea¬ man is now receiviijg taxes at the Vil¬ lage Clerk's office with 1 per cent fee. After Monday the fee will be five per cent for collection. The rate is $1.1226.
For acoommodation of taxpayers, Mr. Seapian will be at the Village Clark's office each Monday to receive tn*es. The rate after next Monday will bo 5 per cent for collection. __a	
Willis A. Gibbons has been very successful at Wesleyan University.* At the commencement exercises on Wednesday he received the degp-ee of B. A., and aleo passed examination for
i M. A., which is to be conferred a year later.    He alao captured  the  Warkley
' prize for best examination in psycholo¬ gy.   He is just 21 and has made a very
' proud record for that age.—Observer.
George A. Fanjoy of 516 S. Bayview ; avenue, attended the annual reunion of his regiment,   the  One   Hundred   and Seventy-Sixth   New   York   Volunteer Infantry, at  their  old   camp   ground near  Dunton,   L.   L, Saturday   after¬ noon.    Originally, when'the  regiment was mustered into service, it numbered | ' more   than  one  thousand men, but it! left 569 dead on fourteen bloody South- i em battlefields,   and all the rest  have ' since passed away  with the  exception ; of thirty-six men who opt of one thous- ' and are known to be living. j
I Freeport Airdome, Open Air Thea- i tre, every night Motion Pictures, Band Concert, Illustrated Songtl by Miss Myra B. Oliver, late with Keith & Proctor's; Violin Solos by Mr. Marat Mesten. Admissiop. 10 cents; children, 5 centa; reserved seats, 6 cents extra. Get to coming, then for¬ get to stop.- It
The f^ourth in Freeport
As seemed prevalent through the country the Fourth here was passed without (luite so much noise as usual but there were plenty of attractions for the day. Moat of those looking; for pleasure seenictl naturally drawn toward thf; water, and the bay was thickly dotted with all kinds of boats from the smallest skiffs and row boats to the handsomest yachts and motor boats, all filled with happy throngs of pleasure seekers, enjoying the ti.^liing, swimmin„', snibng or racing.
In the afternoon the South .Shore Yacht Club house was crowded by the members and their guests for the rac¬ ing events wnich took place at the channel on which the house fronts, and in the evening the place was again filled to its limit when dancing was enjoyed till after midnight. Day fire¬ works furnished during the afternoon were not a big success probably on ac¬ count of the heavy north wind, but they were only a minor attraction and no one worried about them. \
At the Freeport Club in the evening the fireworks exhibition attracted an immense crowd, the number being es¬ timated at anywhere from 3000 to 10,- 000. Anyhow, there vyere lots of peo¬ ple there. During the exhibition music was furnished by the Freeport Enter¬ prise Band, and it wasgtxid too. After the fireworks good music for dancing waa furnished in the Club house.
The auction sale by the John J. Ran¬ dall Co. during the afternoon in Wood¬ cleft drew a large crowd. Tho sales are being continued through this week.'
Chief .Van Riper had good plans for fire protection during the day, with men on duty at all the fire houses the entire day, and horses ready for im¬ mediate use. At the fireworks exhibi¬ tion in the evening Vigilant Hose Com¬ pany waS|6tationed on Grove street and Ever Ready Hose Company on Railroad , avenue, with horses attached to the. wagons. I
late amusements and refu.se or cancel licenses when in his judgment such per- furmances^were "immoral or improp- -ex."
Mr. Fishel was not ready to report on the (luestion of the part of a house left standing on the new conduit line by the Gillespie Company, but would try to do so at the next  meeting.
He said as to the ijuestion raised by City of New York, refusing to pay their taxes on land, only part of whicii belonged to them, because the assessors had not divided, it as - they (tho city authorities) thought proper, was an. absurd one.    The v'illage was protected
and the lien is good.    It would  reuuire:-", , , ,.
a Board of A.s.sessors to engage a man ' [»'« '•""'""« expenses have been .steaili- reguUirlv for transfers if such a'coii-! >''"'r"""*^'- \h«.^-'"«i~''''''¦=>'•'" ">='.v tention held good. " '>".^' '* necessary to increase the a,)pn.-
(The lien does not amount to much i P'""'\"'." ^'"'^'^'¦^ •'"'¦'"'^^h'.'VT^'u' though unless some property is sold for | "".\, ^5 "">' ^'T '-'""'{'''""t'„" ^^p- ta.xes which has not been done in Free- ;^'''' "^ H high enough to allow the port for ten years and somo t^eonle 1''g^^^ °" ^'^°" "^^''^"^ - have taxes unpaid fo^a good part of | We are glad the June Grand Jury that time). V i commend.-^ the raising and ei(ualizing of
It was stated that the U. S. census ' assessments. There is not; now and enumerators had reported a>total popu- j „ever was anything right in assessors lation in Freepori of 4844, and the i assessing property for one-fourth of its opinion was expres.scd that this total | market value and then taking affidavit was entirely too low; that the number! that thev had assessed, at full value, to should be surely over 5000 and nearer i t^e best"of their ability. But someone six thou.sand. President Gunning stated ! started the fashion ami no one man has that with over eleven hundred men | i^pgn able to change it. . Now that the voting at a village election and over i Qrand Jury makes it obligatorv for the 1200 school children the figures certain- a.ssessors to bring values .'K.mewhere ly looked too low. Three members of j near what thev should be, no one else the Board said no enumeratof had been j can be blamed and the as.sessors can do at their houses for statistics. The j their full dutv, which we think will particular cause for complaint was the | g^it them much better than the pre.sent fact that Freeport with less than five i custom."ISo one will suffer as the thousand inhabitants is designated as | rates will go down as the assessments a second-class village and with over | g„ „p_ and there will be the advantage 5000 inhabitants would be in the first | of the apparently lower rate as an in- class. Counselor Fishe! said he doubt- ducement to outsiders who do not un- ed if a United States census would be j derstand the present plan which makos used in determining this fact anyhow ; u^ appear to have a total tax rate of - that the state census, Uken each nearly 5 per cent, instead of really not four years, was the proper standard j over 1 per cent, for securing   the    figures.    President
There will bo regular services in the Memorial Church next Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours with sermons by the pastor. In the evening' the sermon will be the seventh in the course on Paul; subject "Paul, the Be¬ liever in the Present arid Future Lifo." The Sunday School will meet at_,two- thirty in the afternoon.
The picnic of the Memorial Sunday School held last Friday was very suc- lessfii! and much enjoyed by the chil¬ dren, especially the ride in automobiles to and from .Mr. Powell's gmve. Mr. Cowles provided sp.irt for tho young¬ sters who .'^iicceede.l in carrying off many prizes. The pastor and officers of the school wish to thank all 'ihose frietids wh.i coiiveyed the children to the grove, also .Mr. \'an Nostrand for his wagon and .Mr. Cowles for superin¬ tending the games and Mr. PowelTfor Ihe use the grove.
SEAFORD
William Post spent Saturday and Sunday with frieiids in Jamaica.
Anna McHugh is ontortaining Miss Jennie Kovaltsik of Bay Sliore.
George Lush and family have gone to .Monticello for a short vai-ation.
Miss Nellie Hawxhurst is visiting with hei: aunt, Mrs. Seaman Smith.
.Mrs. F. 1'". Coons of Union Course is visiting at the home of .Mrt. C. G. ¦ .Mills.
Kev.    .Mr.   McKeihnie of Tjtusville, N. Y., preached   in the   M. E.   Church
Sundav evening.
Norris Weeks and charge of the fniit owned by \. Merritt.
Gunning was designated to consult with the Superintendent of Census from this district and see what could be done in the matter.
It was decided to employ Latimer, Marshall, Rhodes'& White, certified ac countants, to audit the books of the village,   and   prepare   to  put  them in
In our village board minutes this week we report a discussion regarding the recent federal census. No one says tbe enumerators were to blame for the low figures, but the Board regcaLs that everybcKly was not counteiT. ^ The blame was not with the men an the work as they frequently called   several
Shape as required by the Public Service j times at the .same place without being Commission. I able   to   find anyone at home, and they
A petition was presented, signed   by | even asked for more  time  which  was about thirty taxpayers, asking for five, refused.
more arc lamps in the Bayview section, I But the Board does not need to wor- On Archer street. Rose street and Lo-1 ry over the matter anyhow.. Section cust avenue; ;there being no money in'- 321 of the Laws of 1910, published be- hand for this work, and the plant not low gives them full power to take their being in shape   to  take  on   any   more  own, census  and   submit the   same to
Base-Eiall
Games for Saturday: ;
Roslyn at Freepori.
Hempstead at Valley Stream.
Woodmere at Rockville Centre. JR. O. U. A. M. LEAGUE.
Freeport Council was defeated at Roslyn laat Saturday by score of 7 to | 6. Roslyn made 6 of th^ir runs in the j eighth inning.
The game for Monday with Rockvilje Centre waa postponed to the end of the | season owing to lack of playing mater-1 ial on the holiday. ,
lights, no action was taken
John J. Randall Company were granted permission to have a wagon driven through certain streets, cont^- ing a band, to advertise the aucton sale of Woodcleft property.
The Fireworks Conimittee of the Preeport Club, by Thomas Burliegh, chairman, was granted permission to use the New Boulevard, north of the Club Housa, for a "fireworks exhibition on the Fourth and place seats on one side of the thoroughfare, but not tp in- trefere with traffic.
A cof»tract was executed with the New York Telephone Company for a special  fire alarm   line  to the power
lore FrMp«n lets ob Pi^e g
the Secretary  of  State,   showing   the total population of the village:
"Whenever any village has^a popula¬ tion as shown by the latest -anumera- tion, VlLLAGf;, state or federal, in"^ excess of the papulation required to be a village of a certain class, and suffi¬ cient to entitle it to bc a village of a higher class, the board of trustees of ' such village, by resolution duly adopted i at a regular meeting or a special meet¬ ing of said board of trutsees called for the purpose, shall caase a copy of such ; enumeration and resolution to be filed ! in the office of the secretary of state,; and upon such filing and thereafter | such Tillage aball be a village of the; class denoted by its population, and en- j titled tc all privileges governing vil- j lages of such class."
Miss .Mabel and Charl.-s Mar.-\rthur s[)ent the Fourth \Vitli thoir graiidiiioth- or, .Mrs. John Alliro.
Thc Episcopal Sunday Scho.'.l will hold their cxcur.sion to High Hill Beach on Tuesday, the 9th.
The 'Ladies' Guild of.the   Episcopal. Chruch   will   hokl their   annual fair on the 27th and 28th of July in the 'Guild room.
John W. Hendrickson won second prize in the second class speed boat races held under the auspices of the South Shore V'acl^ CAu\> at Freeport Monday. The prize was a silver lov¬ ing cup.
At DaSilva's.
Money refunded at once artd withont question on all purchases found unsat¬ isfactory.    Lower prices, too.
2 lb. Butter Crocks, 10c
Swift & Co. Toilet Soaps.
Cherry Blossom, 3 cakes 10c
Almimd Blossom, .'! cakes 10c >
Witch Hazel, 3 cakes LOc
Oat Meal, 3 cakea LOc
Violet, 3 cakes 15c
Oil Stoves
Single Burner Oil Stoves,  OOc
Two Burner Oil Stoves, 7.0c
Double Two Burner Oil Stoves, $1.6»
Favorite Blue Flame Oil Stoves, $.3.69
Perfection Blue Flame Oil Stovea, .$4.85
New Perfection, 2 burners, S6.50
New Perfection, 3 burners, 18.50
Gasoline Stoves, 2 burners, $3.50 Window Screens
Compare these prices with what yofl have usually paid:
18x33, extended, 23c
24x33, extended, 25c
24x37, extended, 30c ¦"     2.^.
28x37, extended, 36c These will help get rid of 'em:
Tanglefoot Fly Paper, 8 double sheets for 5c
Flistikon Fly Ribbon, 6c
Poiaon Fly Paper 5c pkg
Wire Fly Killers, 10c For Summer Amusement and Comfort
Croquet Sets, $1.00, $1.25. |L76, $2.60 and up
Hammocks, 60c, $1.00, $1.60, 12.60, i $3.25, $d.50
Lawn Settees, 9»i
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Son   now   have store   formerly - A