South Side Messenger 19110407

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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER. NASSAU  COUNTY
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Vol 3» Number 37
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y.. FRIDAY. APRIL 7, 1911
$1.00 Yearly* Single Copy 5 C«ito
Merrick
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, Palm Sunday, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Mornini; prayer and sermon at the 11 o'clock service and evening prayer and sermon at tfae second service. The Sunday School meeta in the Parish House at 10 a. ro. Servicea for Holy Week include the postponed special service and organ- recital on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Celebration of the Holy Coro- mnnion on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Morning prayer and addreaa on Good Friday at 10 and Litany and Penitential Office at 4:30. Evening prayer on Saturday at 4:30. Tfae Woman's Auxiliary meets on Thursday at 2:30 and the Junior Auxiliary on Saturday at 3 in the Pariah House.
The Merrick ¦ Tennis Club is putting a 12x12 addition to its club house on Merrick   avenue  to be  used as a store
The special Lenten aervice and organ recital which waa announced for Wed¬ nesday night last at the Church of the Redeemer was postponed on account of the illneas of Prof. Edward A. J. Zein¬ er who was confined to his home in Brooklyn with a bronchial affection. The event will take place on Wednes¬ day of next week at 8 o'clock, April 12th. Prof. Zeiner will be assisted by bis brother, Mr. Harry R. Zeiner, the church organist, and choirmaster, by the   regular choir, and by the   Nassau
Quartette   consisting  of 'Mr.    Robert ^Hall, Bnffalo (Erie Connty), 1600,
Humphrey, Dr. Albert .H. Hammond, Mr. OwA Humphrey and Mr. Lloyd Cutler.	
The monthly meeting of the Men's Club v.'ili be held in the Psrish Hocse on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. J. W. Birch sold last week for Miss Etta Miller her house, the old homestead on Miller Place, to Mr. Havens uf Brooklyn. Mr. Havens is a letter carrier. He and his wife expect to occupy the house themselves. Mr. Weeber and family are the present occupants.
Miss Lina Miller, the libr'-rian of the Merrick Library, reports for the month of March 75 uaing the reading room and 188 books tsKen out, 1 his¬ tory, 4 science, 1 education, 63 fiction and 69 juvenile.
Mrs. R. Narwood   and Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes Narwood returned on Thursday from a two months'   sojourn in Hamil-1 ton. Bermuda. !
State Civil Service
Examinations
State Civil Service ConuniMion
Announces Examinations
For April 29
The State Civil   Service  Commission will hold <>XAmin8tion8 on April 21), 1911, for the followiuK (xisitions: Htate Servioe
Assistant Inspector. Department of Agricaltnre, 1720 to |1000.
Assistant Superintendent of Nnrses, Department of Henlth Officer (Quaran¬ tine), Port of New York, $780.
Asflisti*nr Examiner of Values, State Comptroller'h Department, New York OitT, 11600.
ExaminerH, Kducation Department, 1720 to »00. The following groups only : Drawing, English Language and Literature; Mathematics; Sciences^ Bnsiness Subjects.
Physician, Regnlar and Homeopathic.
Statistician and Editor, State Com¬ mission in Lnnaoy, 13000.
Woman Officer,   State    Institutions, $300 to |S60 and maintenance. Connty Positions
Only legal residents of the (X)uutieH specified below can be examined. iThree months' resklence in the t-onnty retjuired.
Assistant Steam Engmeer, Onondaga Connty.
Assistant to Superintendent. lola Sanatorium (Monroe Connty),  flOO and maintenance.
Chief Eiipneer, Eiie County Peni¬ tentiary, $4.00 a day.
Elevator Condnctor, City and county
Freeport
New Law Into Effect
BeUmore
Wantagh
A Mrs. Jere De  Mott   isaturday   evening at her home on   Grove  street  was en¬ joyed by a number of Mrs.   De  Mott's friends as well as the hostess herself.
surprise  masquerade   party    for   a„„„.i c l^i ASaatittae  m  Haaaa»  v.   ilTtTxV      ^ ,*•   a i   L
JereDe  Mott   SaturdaJ   evening' A°°"*'School Meetings  U  Nassau  be bad at William   Wolfe's drug store
street was en-1        and Suffolk Counties Will        tf ^lT,t"'fj'!^\^l7"''''' "*'"' "^^"If
, er, at 5 cents per copy. tr
Be Held May 2 	
  I     The    pastor   of   the    Presbyterian
School Commissioner Copley has sent I Church will preach Sonday  evening;^on out the followioK letter wbich explains  "The  Tragedy In tbe Life of  Judas."
tbe change in   the   laws   affecting   the ; On   Easter Sunday at 10:30 a. ro.,   the  of tfhrubs and ornaroentartrees planted time of school meetinR, whuh is oliang-1 paator will  preach a sermon   appropri-  around  his residence on Bunker  Place
Rev. T. S. Braithwaite ofiiciated at the interment of John G. Baldwin of Islip on Monday afternoon in tfae Friends' Burying ground in Jerusalem. Mr. Baidwin formerly lived in Sea¬ ford.
The annual school meeting to eleet two truatees, for three years, in place of W. B. Cozzens and C. Milton Foreman, whose terms expire July  3,
and for  transaction  of other  regular,    oj'kue piuviBiuiis ui  vjui»iii«i   ^^i iit < .-„,:„.„¦,,] i^-„;,,-„ „..,, „,^.\, business, will be held in the Assembly i tbe Laws of 1910, the Education Law of; "ei^'ce win oe given next weex. rooro of the Grove St. School on  Tuea-  1910 was amended, so as to change the ' day evening, May 2, at 7:30. i ??** '"""   bolding   tbe   Annual School       We were misinformed as to the cause
John W. Seaman is having a number
ed from Augnst to Mav:
irrom AugnwiojiaT: ,  ate to the   occasion.
By the provisions of_ Chapter _442  of i ,„,^i^„ „;,, O .r5v«r
Details ^ of  this  adding greatly to the appearance of hia I property.
ust, the State law having been amend ed to that effect.
Uame Protecitor, Herkimer, Monroe, Montgomery and Saratoga Counties, $90.
Village Positions
Driver, Fire Department, Canandai- gna, $600. Open only to rei-ideuts of CJanandaigua who have resided there at least three months.
Applications mnst be flled ou or before April  21,   1911.    For  detailed   circular and application blank address. STATE CIVIL  SERVIOE   COMMIS SION
Albany, N. Y
Issued March 29, 1911.
D. Wesley Pine, vice president of the Freeport Bai^, broke a bone in his ankle on Friday while he was moving a barn at his farm in Merrick. Mr. Pine will probably be confined for sev¬ eral weeks as a result of his accident.
Mr. Fitzpatrick is having   his  farm
cut  it up
spring.
This is a chanee' from the retnilar! ^^^''*^' 'J""™ the first Tuesday of of the death of the child boarding at cleared up and is going to cui Hm* of holHincr thp m«.tinir in Alia- August to the first Tuesday of May. I Mrs. James Moore's. The oflBcial di-'' into building plota for sale thia time or holding the meeting,   in  Aug       ^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^  ^^.^^ ^^^^ \ ^^^^^.^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ diphtheria. ' 	
for the first time, dne notice  slionld be |   j     The new house being built by Birds-
given iu all  di tricts that the annnai j     William   Mohrmann,   son  of  baker  all Jackson is almost completed.
meetiug will be heid on Tnesday,  May ! ,„^^.   «„. ,^„_„   s. „, „ r'..-.^...   k«-  I 	
o.,A  loii   ... .i,„ _„„„! !,„.,« ....A .^i...rur,    I Jacob Mohrmann, is at a berman   hoe- '
M; rnJ^Sio'wr^tbtoblnge'lnhe P'tal. Brooklyn, where he recently had i. TheSpringelection passed off quietly date for the annual scliool meetings, at- an operation performed for a rupture, m this locality. Considering the tention is called ttf the foHowing. ! At latest  report he   is  getting   along »<»"«» good vote was cast.    The chief
1.    Trustees and other school officers  nicely.
should   submit   their   reports   to    this j meetiuK   in   M&y,   coveriuR   the    nine., D       iir     A     n- L    J    u    ¦       u        months, Anirast'l, 1910, to May 1,  1911, !^.^":^.:. i'- ^i".*'*!'''^'LT"!.^**"  "uce ti.e last ..u.aial meeting.
It should be distinctly i Dilcrstixxl, however, that this report, made to ili<- annual meeting iu May, is not the same '
returned by the recent  Conference the pastor of the   M.   E.   Church,   for another year,   will  occupy   his pulpit
Sunday morning and evening. Morn-1 and does not take the place of the usual ing subject, "A Cross Without a I annual roport, made at the end of the Cross;"   evening  subject,   "Is  Therei ^^ool year,  and ftled with the town
Meaning In Christ's Blood Today?"        ^'^f^^p.
•' '.    o     Tv,^   money    necessary
Joseph Brush of Brooklyn was the guest at the Worth House a few days this week.
John Hodgson has recovered from a severe attack of grippe.
Charles W. Smith,   Republican   can¬ didate  for Assessor,   was re-elected to for  the  the  four year  term on Tuesday   by a maintenance of the  school during  the : large majority.    Albert   Dean, Demo-
Last Saturday afternoon Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company was out for a drill at the old Imperial Hotel. They were called especially to get used to tbeir new 50 ft. extension ladder, which they took oflf the truck and had a   man to tbe   roof of the   building   in i however, uutil the usual time, after the i another column.
school year IDll-iyri, aud for the pay-1 cratic candidate for Assessor, and ment of auy bonds and interest which ; Adolph Frisch, Democratic candidate may become due during the year should , f PonstahlP hoth met defeat al- be appropriated at this May meeting i 1°^ u fiT u .u a ^^^f^^' "' and the necessary tax levy should be j ^j'^^K^' ^^ey both made a good run in authorized.    The tax will uot be levied, ! tn's district     bee election   returns   in
Baldwin
"Painting the States White" is the subject of the Christian Endeavor meeting at the M. P. Church on Sun¬ day evening. Miss Etta Carman will lead the meeting at wbich every mero¬ ber is requested to be present.
Miss Jessie Gordon of Manorville, sister to Rev. L. W. Gordon, is be'ng entertained at the Methodist Parson¬ age.
Rev. W. D. Tuckey, pastor of the M. E. Church for several   years, has been
Mr.   and   Mrs. P. R.   Jennings   are each  enjoying  the  pleasure of a  new i ....       .      .....,.,
Peerless   automobile,   Mr.   Jennings a , tf'^'"J^.,L*u^5„°U*i!,.^.!."*"„?*!*^^ seven   passenger touring car  and MrF.
Jennings a limousine.
M. E. Church   in   Brooklyn.    He  will j deliver his first sermon on Sunday and
Hotel Merrick has been dismantled of its piazza screens preparatory to re¬ ceiving a new coat of paint throughout at the hands of Charles Miller of Bald¬ win.
At the annual session of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Church, which closed this week at New Rochelle, N. Y., the Rev. A'. A. Lay- ton was re-aopointed District Superin¬ tendent of the section includins; this part of Long   Island.    The Rev. B. C.
cburch at East Meadow.
will move his family from this village during tbe first of next week. Rev. F. A. Scofield will fill the vacancy paused I by the appointment of Rev. Mr. Tuck¬ ey to the Brooklyn charge.
' Tomorrow aftemoon the members of I the Epworth League of the M. E. Church will hold a cake sale at the I home of Miss Florence Story on Grand I avenue. The proceeds of the sale will i be used to meet the yearly indebted- I ness of the Society to the Church.
The   home of Mr. Merkle on Central i
100 seconds.
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The regnlar monthly meeting of the j W. C. T. U. will be held at the home| of Mrs. Harold Maxson, 76 S. Long' Beach Ave., Monday, April 10., at 3 p.m. The roeeting will be addressed! Isy Mrs. Cora E. Selberry, national or- i ganizer of the W. C. T. U. |
town assessment  roll  has  been    com pleted. ,
3. The officers for 1911-1912 are to be elected ar this May meetiuif. These officers, however, will not assume office until August 1, 1911, as the present officers will continue the munaKemeut of district affairs until tbe end of the school year, Jnly 31, 1911
4.
I The baseball season is close at the school year 1 hand- the first game of the Bellmore team will be played on Sunday, April 30, at Farmingdale, and the following Sunday the boys will play at home. Already seventeen games have been arranged, and it is expected the sched- Where vacancies in board of tmst- j uie will be completed before   the   sea-
I ees bave been filled by appointment, | son starts, A hnndred students of   the  Freeport 1 trustees should be elected at the May j
Hi^h School, and perhaps two bnndred residents of this village heard fourteen students contestants—seven of them girls—at SiKnioud's Opera Hous«» Friday night, in prize s|>eakinir contests. The orchestra of the high sfOiool and the glee club supplied excellent music, and tha students shouted school yells with the vim that miKht have been manifest at a football game, or an athletic meet,
The ctmtest was oue of a series that is being conducted throughout Nassau Connty iu tbe bij?h schools. On April 28 representatives chosen from the win¬ ners of the local competitions will speak at Huntington in a county contest. Freeport, Rockville Ceutre, Hemp-tead, Glen Cove nud HuntiuKtou will be rep¬ resented.
The committee of judges found it diffi¬ cult to pi(;k winners, and for nearly an hour deliberated while the theater rang with school yells and the orchestra ac- comjianied the students in patriotic aud sohool .sonars.
The prizes were awarded   as   follows
meeting, to flll such vacancies, until the j The report in some of the daily pa- expiraiion of the several terms of offlce \ pers that the body of Henry Lawrence for   which   these    apiwintments   were j Wolfe, brother of Druggist Wolfe, had
made.
this storm a good vote was cast. ' topic  of  interest  was   the   question, "Shall we build a County Poorhouse?"
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Young have returned from Port Orange, Florida, where they made a stay of about six weeks. Mr. Young is mgch improved in health, and reports that Mr. A. J. Haff, a resident of this place, has gained much through hia stay in tbe South.
The Hook and Ladder Co. held ita regular meeting in the trucK house on Thursday night when important busi¬ ness was transacted.
"Shall we give Hini the Palm?" will be the topic of the sermon in the Me»- morial Church next Sunday evening, being Palm Sunday. In the morning the subject will be "The Invisible forces of life." The Sunday School holds its seasion at 2:30 on Sunday af¬ ternoon and the annual meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society will be held this Friday evening.
Emilio M. Costilio, well known in this community and the owner of a farm on the Merrick Road, died sud¬ denly laat Friday night of acute indi¬ gestion. His body was taken to Green¬ field and placed in a receiving vault awaiting the return of Mr. Costello'a wife who waa in Porto Rico at tfae deatb. Besides his wife several stepchildren survive him.
r     T    ,„i   <¦-..„  „,.v,.^i  Ai„t..i ,     „ I been found in a river at Rome is false,
5.    In union  free  scnool  districts,  a ,.      ,.,.... .       muLj
full and detailed account of all monevs i according to latest reports.    The body   ^ received and  of  all moneys expeudeil, | found   was thought to have  been   that  ^.^^^^ ^^ j^j^ giving the items of expenditure in  fall, . of Wolfe at first, but upon close micro- must be published by the board of edu- i scopic   examination of the   clothing it
cation, twenty days before the date of j was learned that it was not the art The Ladies'Committee of the Auxil the annual meetiug, in oue newspaper, | student who mysteriously   disappeared   :__„   r _„„„-,  Upij   -   meeting   at   thn
if there be one published in the district, Jfrom the Academy of Vine Arts atl^i^^^f^J.^ j Fus^dfinSSe^^^^^ aud by posting copies of such account d„„„ „h„.,» t™„ ,v,/„fk<. »«« "*""* " "'• ^'usseii on luesaay in five pnblic places in the  district,  if ' ^'""^ «''°"* two months ago. afternoon.	
"T'^Tn^l^C'^d^st^cl's^hiSbut oue ] ^^- and Mrs. Rhaosa of New York | The Young People's L^lcb^e was held trustee, the present trustee cannot con- j *^'ty. "•"• Crowley of Mt. Vernoon,  N.   in the Fire Hall on Monday night.
tract with a teacher for the next  school  Y.,   and Mrs. Benjaroin of New    York 	
year. The trustee elected in May, how- j City, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. The following children have been on ever, is authorized to contract with a | M. H. Skow on Sunday. Miss Benja-j the sick list: Marion Jackson, Viola teacher for the ensuing year,  at any . min is Mrs. Skew's sister. Abrams,    Gertrude   Jackson,    Lester
I Wiebel and ChristlKn Ludford.
time after the annual meeting has   been held, but has no fun her authority  in regard to school  matters until August Ist. 7.    In school districts where>  the el- Girls—First, recitation,  'Kiun Robert of j ectiou of members of the boanl  of edu Sicily," Miss Snsit^ George; second.   "A j cation is held on the Wednesday follow- Stringof Pearls,"   Miss Mabel Gaest;   iug the annual meeting,  the amended honorable mention,   "The  Si^n  of the  law provides that the  persons  having a  at Corona, L. I.
Cross" Miss Eleanor Trayer. j plurality, not majority, of the votes re-i 	
Boys—First, declaration, "Mr. Travis'jspectivcly for tbe seyeral offices shall be!     Mrs. Mary Wolf, who recently   pur- Last'Hunt,"  Edward  Boyce;   st^coud. j elected. i chased tbe  Thorn   property  on  Grand "The Man in   the   Sliaflov,"   Howard      8.    The special Acts of the Legislature j avenue, is having the same put in first Aldrich;"  honorable  mention     ''John  under   which   the   school   districts   of    ,3^3 ^4,^     The house is being paint- \ aljean and the Bwhop,    I^>o .Sc iloss.    I Hempstead village.  Locust   Valley  and   „j „„ j '    „:,„h   tK.^ „,„.,..^» „.„ k„-.. The judses comprised  Dr.   .Tames S. i Glen Cove are organized,  provide that i «f and repaired   the grounds are being killer   was" appointed   pastor of  the i avenue ¦'was'bVok;;' into on"e7,igTt'lasi I ,^'^'?' *i""i '""""niss oner „f  Nas.sau , the boards of education of these districts ; cleared up and trees trimmed. ,f i?»»f M»»,i«»                             L.oob «r,H/.nnairtorohiA i„r,f of Jw      M   K'0"°*->'=   Profcssor   Jolui   C.   Atwatcr, ' shall Call the  annual distnct  meetings week and considerable loot stolen.    No  Commercial   High   ScR,k)1,    Brooklyn. '¦ at such time in  the year as  they  may arrests have been made.                            j and Professor F.  E. Di'tJeleke, priucipHl! think proper.    Some ye irs since, it was
Albert H. King of Brooklyn, a form¬ er resident, was in the village Tuesday on a visit.
Mrs. William Byrnes and son have returned from their visit with relatives
Mr. Hermann and family, having re¬ turned from the city, are residing in for tbe summer at their home on Camp avenue.
Master George Gausmann was the winner of tbe medal on Sunday in tbe Sunday School for perfect recitation of
Following is the roll of honor f(u- thH Baldwin High School for month of i March; |
High   School—Harry     Boll,     Willis Duruz,   William   Bruckhauser,   Kdgar Hurley, Harvey Miller, William Papp, R:>ymond Smith, Vwfuon Smith,   Theo. WildlK^rger, Emil   Wildberger,   Philip thc Apostle's Creed, the Lord's Prayer | Zarsky, Emily Hulse,  Mildred  Hurly, and   tbe   Ten   Commandments.    Miss | Marion Whealey, Gladys   Austin.   Ora Mary Kent's class had the  higbest per | Smitb, Chystal Raynor, Edna Watrous
! high school, Sea Cliff'.—Eagle.
Charles H. Russell has received one of the town hones and will begin fix¬ ing up our village roads soon.
ciE'nt of iittendance for the month of March, 84, and so Ibecomes the posses¬ sor of the American flag for the month of April. Tbe otber marks for attend¬ ance were: Mrs. Henry Offerman's class, 74; Mrs. W. E. Spear's, 72; Mrs. Corlies', 71; Miss Lucy Kent's, 70; Mr. Littebrandt's, 67; Miss Edith Hewlett's, 66; Mias Petrina Burns', 53; Miss Lina Miller's, 51, and Miss Florence Hewlett's, 44. Sixteen thhiugh attendance of 13 consectntive Sundiiya have become entitled to ad- -vanced  pins which will be distributed
8th Gnwle—Cliarles Miller, Eunice Bedell, Lucy Lawrence, Flora Papp, Maude Pettit, Sadie Verity, Cbas. Smith, E mest Verity.
7th Grade—Kldoii Austiu, Hurry Cook, Paul Southard, Lt^slie Berriau. Hobest Carl. Foster Carman. Wesley Spn>Kne, Adele Kloiber, Mary Zarsky.
Oth (irade—Emma Carman, Irma Grimm, Ada Jobnson, Lulu Rebham, Viveii Brown, Gladys Jobnson, Asta Nvgren, Hnttie Smitb. Margnorite Suits, Jeau.McDermott, Walter Robins, W^alter Johnson, Leo Smith, Harold Thomas, George Ctxik, John Marsel, Frank Morse,   Walter Seaman,   Harry
Freeport Lodge I. 0,-6. F. will con¬ fer the third degree   Noonday  evening.
ivfo
Hempstead
agreed by   the  boards  of edocation   of j
these  three  districts  that the   annual ¦.
meetings should be called u{>ou the same ;
date as that flxed by law for the anuual i
meetings in  other   districts,   the   flrst I
I Tuesday of  August.'  Withont further       _, ^     „ ^. ,       .
is  confined   to'action, tbe annnai meetings in  these      The next suffrage meeting under the
street  bv   iU-: districts wonld   be   beld   ou   Tuesday, j auspices of the Political-Equality  As-
Augtust 1, 1911.    In  fhe opinion of the 1 sociation, of whicb  Mrs. O. H. P. Bel-
' Education Deiiartment, however, it  is I mont   is   president,   will   be  held  at
It is reported Hanse &   Fishel   have   a*iv>'»ble   that the boards of e<lucatiou , firookholt on Saturday evening,   April
¦ ^ There will be a aervice in the   Mem- , orial Church on  Good   Friday  evening
at 8 o'clock with   an   appropriate  ser- : roon by tbe pastor.
I Mrs. Harry Zeiner was called to the ', city suddenly on Saturday on account of tbe serious illness of her roother.
A very   fine dog  owned by Mr. Ash-
¦ down was poisoned one day last  week.
j     Mr. and   Mrs,   Fred C. Schaardt an-
' nounce     the     engagement     of   their
daughter, Miss Katherine, to Raymond
I. Corsa.   The wedding will take place
in the near future.
The regular meeting of the Auxili¬ ary League will be held next Tuesday evening.
Frank Snedeker, Jr., his   home  on   Wallace
Seaford
bought the Fraternity Building of Wil¬ lett G. Sroith for $12,000.
on Sunday.    The rector ia  urging  the ! Scha>>fer, Jolm Verity, Samuel Verity.
school'to a strong effort to return goodly sum in tbe mite boxes on Easter. The offering is for tfae oauae of Missions.
A service for tfae baptism of children will be beld in tfae ehurch on Saoday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Any w^bo de- Irire to attend are weleome at tfaia aer¬ vlee Tea or eleyen-chiklreu willTe- ««iT« tiw rit* of Baptism.
5th GYade—William Burbarer, Dewey Smith, Fred Webster. Oscar Nygren, Raymond Wbealey, Annie Verity, Majrion Miller, Sadie Dixnu.
4th Grade—Birdsell Bedell, Adolph Kloit>rr, William Watkinson, GonJd Carman, Paul Eldred, Arthar Pettit, Alan Smith, Albert Smith, Frank Seaman.     lilliyi     Maeller,     Mabel
(Cootinoed on page 6)
Agtportimo It in Cwoiykotfy's Colwmn
of these district.s change the date of their auunal meeti ugs to conform with that of the other districts.
9. The date of fliing the regnlar an¬ nual reports of all school districts, as heretofore made upou blanks furnished
Florence  (carpenter is announced  to lead the Epworth League meeting Sun¬ day   night in the M. E. Church; topic jb^^jJ^'^^^^kT^rn^&rn^'m.'h'as'T^^ A Good Servant but a Bad   Master." 1 been ciianged.    Trustees aud boards of
i\ai / iu • , i Education will carefully prepare  these I
Officers of the various companies  of ^   ^^ ^^ „,^a,^ ^^^ ^„^ file them with the fire department were elected Tues- ] the town clerk and at Albany on or be-! day evening as follows: | fore August first, as iu former years.       |
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. 10.    By   provisions   of    the    statute |
Foreman, Howard E. Pearsall; asst., i under which the school districts of the j Milford Van Riper; recording secre-| town of Hempstead share in the income j tary, Charles O. Niles,; financial aec-r™"* ***'* 8t«wart and Long Beach ^ retary, F. S. Snedeker, Jr.; treaaurer, I ^P^^' *-^° ^Pes of the annual report
Harvey B. Smith; trustee, Robert G. Anderson; wardens, C. O. Nilea and H. E. Pearsall; delegates to Naseau Co. Firemen's Aaan, Jease F. Bedell and Smitfa F. Pearaall; to SoutMrn N. Y. Assn.. H. £. Pearsall.
Wide Awake Engine Co.    Foreman, William Cooke;  aaat.,  Cfaarles   Con-
of each district must be flled with the I clerk of the town of Hempstead by the j 8(;bool aathorities of the several  school
districts of that town.
(continued oo page 8)
A4v*rtlao H in tmorgbmay'o Colwmn
By keeping tbe service in' mind which Smitfa A Bedell mention you can ¦ave a good   deal of time   and  annoy-
It
ahce.
Iflyow want to raaoh tko Moplo
I it in tiM "iMwMOBt«>'"
pot
Fire about nine o'clock Saturday morning entirely destroyed tbe bome 8, at 8 o'clock. Arrangements will be of William Brooks on Jackson avenue made for stages to leave Hempstead, and for a time seriously menaced sev- and further particulars will be posted eral other houses in the vicinity. Tfae on the suffrage posters. Mrs. Belmont; fire is supposed to have originated from will preside, and Miss Helen Murphy a defective fiue and had gained such and a number of other ladies will headway that the firemen, who re- speak. . sponded, could do nothing to  save   the
 . —^-       building, and turned  tbeir attention to
Mrs. Alfred K. Chapin, of Lakeville, saving other property. The bam Conn., and Brooklyn, announces the | standing to the east of the house was engagement of her daughter Marjorie | saved, and while the men were work- to John Kelium Van Vranken, of this ing on it, word was brought that the place. I faoroe of Jordan   Ketchart) on Washing-
    : ton avenue, over a blrx;k   distant,   had
caagbt fire from the flying embers. Tfae blaze there was extinguisbed after it had 'uurned a ho|e in tfae roof and faad done aome damage in tfae attic.
Tfae  buildins  was   owned by James
Hanse of Freeport  and   waa   inaored.
j A subscription was immediately  taken
A Maaonie Club has  been  organized Up for tbe unfortunate   family.    Tho
with   Robert H. Weymas,   preeident;{ finmen deserve great credit for tbeir
Carmui R. Loafa, vice preaident; JeMO ^ork. especially aa some of tbem auff-
Election of officers  of the  W. C. T. U. wll be bek) next Monday.
Miss   Elizabeth  D.   Hatehinson home from Swarthmore   College, the Spring holidays.
fori
Riebards,   secretary,   snd Arthar H. PhiiUpe, troaiMirer; clab   rooms in tfae 1 Maaonie Twnple.
ered from blistered facea from tfae in¬ tense beat wfaile tfaey were working to save tfae bam.