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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4, Number 8
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. SEPT. 15, 1911
18 Pages
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy S Cento
Roosevelt
The two new houses being er.ected on Woods Avenue, adjoining the Board of Trade Ha'l, are nearing completion. The houses, which are up-to-date in every particular, are owned by J. J. Taylor.
Improvement at  Free- port Depot
Conunktee Finishei Work of Laying
the Sidewalk, with Money
to Spare.
Bellmore
William Bovne, Elbert Reddiek, El- ttle Crevoiserat, Lillian Bosch, Garland Gaden, Joseph LeRoy and Alice Lott |B,ookVn and Railroad Avenues, ]ncon-
The following report is kindly sub¬ mitted by Isaac Van Riper for walk and   curb at Grove   Street   between
Single copies of the Messenger can be had at.Wm. Wolfe's drug store at 5c each. *      tf
have been presented with diplomas by the Board of Education for the com¬ pletion of the work of the Grammar department.
Last week  the   attendance   at the
school was 286, and   the registration	
on the  first   day   was  256.    Already j Qeo. Howard Randall some of the rooms   are well filled  and | ^^gg ^ Randall steps will have to be taken   for  more 1 j_ m. Hewlett room in the near futrue' j George M. Randall
Freeport Artificial Stone Co
nection with the Park Commission
Contributions as follows W, G. Miller H. P. Libby Fred Ortell Edward A. Rice
$20 00
10 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
A young son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kane last week. They are under the care of Dr. Skou and are doing nicely.
The moonlight sail last Saturday night by the Bellmore Pleasure Club to High Hill Beach was largely attend¬ ed. Everybody had a good time and the boat returned to Bellmore  aboot 3
PostMaster and Mrs. Lorenzo Heine, accompanied   by Mrs.   Samuel   Wilson and  daughter Ethel, left this  village 10 00 I Sunday in Mr. Heine's  automobile   to
Isaac Van Riper G. T. Meadon Jacob Post G. A. Newton, M. Daniel Morrison C. M. Foreman S. Dimon Smith E. R. Collard C. C. Moore
D.
Preparations are being completed for' p^g^j g  jjo^ell the   annual   fpir   of   Roosevelt  Hose Company to be held here starting next Monday evening.    On   that night there will be some speaking and other inter¬ esting features   while    Tuesday even¬ ing will  be   Board   of   Trade   night. Wednesday evening  there   will   be  a prize  presented   to   the  organization which has the largest number of mem¬ bers   present.    Voting   for   the  most  SmUh'Cox' popular lady and  the   awarding   of.aicjj„,ggj   ggt^ig- prize for such will be   the   feature  of i jj   ^   Walling Thursday evening whle the voting  fori Elbert S. Willets the   most   popular   fireman   and   the | Qgg^,
awarding of a prize for the  same  will'p q  &G  T  Van Riper Co take up the time on   Friday   evening. | Thomas Lucas The fair will close on   Saturday   even-j jjjj.gjj^ jj   smith ing.    Up to the present time the mer-1 ^   jj. Mayland chants from this place, Hempstead and i /^\y\^ q   Smith Freeport have been very   generous  to I p   Wesley Pine the new company. j g' g   g^uj,
visit friends at Inwood. While pass-1 ing through Ocean Side, when at Dav- ibon's corner they were run into by i Charles W. Hendrickson  ot  Rockville |
Centre.    All    the   occupants  of   Mr. !        . ^.        , _       ^ . r,^ ^    r
Heine's  machine were  thrown out, he i consisting of Secretary   of State  Laz- tosaed   Dverthe   privet   hedge I a^sky   and   Commissioner   Byrnes   to
Assessments too Low?
Franklin B. Lord Accuses Assessors of Underrahdng for Assess¬ ment Purposes.
Complain About
Assessments
Franklin B. Lord, a prominent resi¬ dent of Nassau County and counsel of the Nassau County Water Company, has filed cnarges with the State Board of Equalization against the assessors of Nassau county. In a letter to State Tax Commissioner Thomas F. Byrnes, Lord alleges that the assessed value of property in the towns of Nassau coun¬ ty was only 24 per cent, whereas the law requires that the assessors laase their tax levy on approximately the full value of the property.
The board decide<l>to investigate the charges and appointed a sub-committee
Freeport
being
hear the complaint made by Lord
The sub-committee began its hear¬ ings Monday at the Court House in Mineola.    Mr. Lord charges   that  the
along the street,   and all  quite  badly scratched   and   shaken up.    Two  doc¬ tors  were summoned  and after an ex¬ amination  found no broken  bones, al-, , . .    , though   all ^ere more or less   bruised.'• ^"••P"''?*"'';'   ^,'"f*' „^«   "PJT"'^   '^ A car was summoned from George Ben-  ^axed by the State Board of Tax Com-
00 , nett Smith's garage and they „ere "?'."'°""'°" TT' ""* °* "'^T' 00 taKen home. Mr. Heine's car was also I "^hise value and other property in the 00 towed to Mr. Smith's garage quite i "^^un^y- ^^ contends, is taxed on an av 00 I badly broken, for repairs. That none 00 ' of those in the car were not serious- 00 j ly injured was very fortunate, as Mr. 00 Hendrickson was traveling at a fast 00 i rate of speed when the collision oc- 00   curred.
Charles E. Whitehouse, one of the! Assessors of the Town of Hempstead, was before State Secretary Lazansky and Commissioner Byrnes at a hearing on assessment matters in the County of Nassau, last Monday morning. The assessors of all the towns of the Coun¬ ty were before Albany officials and werc^questioned.
Mrs. William J. Gillespie and Miss A. Gillespie of this place are spending a few weeks at Hamilton, Bermuda. They are accompanied by friends from Manhattan.
Last Saturday the Roosevelt Yank¬ ees met the Hempstead Juniors on the diamond here and were defeated to the tune of 9 to 3, and the Monday previ¬ ous they were defeated by the team representing the St. George Church of Hempstead, one of the league   teams
First National Bank
Total
Bids for work as follows O. W. Humphrey A. S. Johnson Joseph Farmlet
Mr. Farmlet   made his   donation by doing work at cost.
Tptal collected $167 00
Contract 150 00
Matilda, wife of Cornelius   Merritt, died   at her  home on   the   Newbridge 16 00  Road  Sunday   morning,   after a short
    illness of a complication   of   diseases.
$167 00 ' The deceased was 37 years old the day
' of her death.   Besides her husband she
$240 25   leaves three small   children.    Funeral
200 00  services were held at Greenfield Ceme-
160 00! tery Chapel   Tuesday   afternoon,   the
erage of only 24 per cent.
This, he claims, makes his company pay a greatly disproportionate share of the taxes in the various towns. Mr. Lord gives a long list of properties which are under-assessed in the vari¬ ous towns, citing the prices at which the property was sold as recorded in the register of two prominent practic¬ ing attorneys in the town of Hemp¬ stead, to which he has added all the sales about which he has personal knowledge.
He says that the Attorney General wrote a very strong letter to the Dis¬ trict Attorney of Nassau  county   last
Timber and Sodding
Rev. R. N. Cox   offi' iating and the in- j year,   directing hjm to punish   the as- terment was in Greenfield Cemetery.     | sessors   for not  making  adequate  as-
——  j sessments.    He says   that   this   com-
Willie Mohrman, who was charged | munication was utterly ignored by the with setting fire to the Long Island assessors of the towns of Oyster Bay Railroad freight station here last ] and North Hempstead, but was fol Spring was up before   Judge James P. | lowed to some   extent by the assessors
$17 00
10 00 - - - , ,  i Niemann at Mineola this   week and on   of the  town of Hempstead,   who "im
A good evening's enjoyment may be had by visiting Gere's bowling alley and shooting gallery on N. Main St. Mr. Gere has just installed this latter attraction, also a large fireless cooker and is prepared to serve all kinds of refreshments, making hot roast beef sandwiches a specialty.
The annual election of officers of the S. S. Y. C. was held last evening, when the following officers were unani¬ mously elected: Charles H. Southard, Commodore; D. S. Mackay, Vice Com¬ modore ; Thomas Forbes, Rear Com¬ modore; Louis J. Hall, Rec. Sec'y; James Dean, Treasurer; Clarence E. Jones, Financial Sec'y; A. Sidney Melcomson, Measurer; Board of Gov¬ ernors: Nichcias Cunningham, E. C. Southard, R. A. Mansfield Hobbs, Wm. Schumacher, J. H. Canalize, C. J. Bet- zig, H. L. MaxBon, Dr. F. A. MyricV, George B. Paterson, William P. Miller. Regatta Committee, Arthur Noswor- thy, Charles Hill, Paul Halpin, David Kennedy, F. Alcern.
Village President John D. Gunning and Dr. F. A. Myrick are on a short auto trip up state.
Mrs. W. S, Teas and son Howard have just returned from a seven weeks trip through Kansas and other western states. They had a fine trip, but in Kansas the weather was too hot for comfort.
Hempstead
The sheep grazing on the Henr^ Gil« lam place on Fulton Avenue, is one of the sights of the Meadow Brook Col¬ ony.
J. H. Teske local manager of the New York Telephone Company, is on his vacation.
Two new fire boxes are to be placed, one on the corner ef Fulton and Frank¬ lin Avenues, No. 66. The other on the corner of Fulton Street, No. 73.
Elvin N. Edwards, who has been ill with typhoid fever, is slowly improv¬ ing.
Mrs. Susan Pettit. of N. Centre ave¬ nue, set a pace on Labor Day for the young people to emulate. Mrs. Pet- tit is 97 years of age and spent Labor Day taking an automobile spin over Long Island roads.
When the auto passed through Free- port Mrs. Pettit, who was born in Baldwin, made the remark that the place had cnanged considerable since the last time she had been there, when it was known as Raynortown.—Herald.
Balance $7 00
Balance  $7.00  handed over to Park
Commission for general improvement.
Surrogate's Court
[ Wednesday Judge Niemann suspended sentence. He must leave the County and not return unless accompanied by his father, or until he can get a certi¬ ficate from physicians that he is safe to return.
By the terms of her will Mrs. Char¬ lotte L. Tredwell late of Freeport, The boys state there are several more I g'ves all her property to her daughter, games to be played and they have | Sarah S. Tredwell of North Main hopes of coming out ahead yet. Street, while the personal   propery .is
  divided   equally   between   her  sister.
On Sunday, Rev. W. A. Mueller, I Marie A. Smith. The will, which ap- pastorof the M. E. Church, will preach! points Miss Tredwell and Fred 0. on "The Kingdom of God First." Ev- Drew of 454 Franklin Avenue, Brook- erybody is invited te the service, which lyn, as executors, was executed on will be held in the Board of Trade September 21, 1901, and was signed Hall.
mediately raised their assessment from $21,000,000 to $68,000,000.'
Mr. Lord gives numerous instances of inequality in the rate of assess¬ ments, and the total consideration re¬ corded for these properties amounts to $360,224, on which the assessment is $10,395. Mr. Lord says that to con¬ firm   the  ratio of 30 per  cent  assess
One night this week   William   War¬ ing and his four children,   while  driv» ing home   after his  day's  work,   was by Henry P. Libby and   Jacob   Barker j run into by an   automobile.    The wag- ; as witnesses. .j on was upset and Mr. Waring   and  his
I     Mary A. Southard  of Bellmore  has i children   were   thrown  heavily   along j been appointed   administi;ator   in   the  the roadside, all receiving more or less I estate  of   her   mother,    Mrs.   Esther  cuts  and   bruises.    The  party   in the Mrs. John Vallely of Boston and Mr.   Smith of Baldwin.    The estate consists  automobile drove right on at top speed, and Mrs. Frank S. O'Neill  and daugh-1 of no real property and about  $100  in  not waiting to ascertain if any of them ter of Sheepshead   Bay,    are   visiting  pergonal.    Mro. Smith died on   Febru-: were   injured or not.    A few  minutes
Through the columns of the Messen¬ ger Mr. Samuel Self extends his hearty
appreciation to the Epworth League of {ments in the town of Hempstead he the M. E. Church for a handsome bou- went to the County Clerk's office and quet of flowers, which he received last j made a list of all the loans made by week   and for other   acts of kindness j the  SouthoW Savings   Bank,   the Sag
I Harbor Savings Bank, the Eagle Sav- j ings and Loan Association, the River- I head Savings Bank and the East New i York Savings Bank, during the period I between September 1, 1910, and Aug ;u8t 18, 1911.
extended to him during his illness.
Smithville South
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schneider,
Wilbur Hubbell and family will move to Freeport next month for the winter.
He then looked up the assessments. I A savings bank, he points out, is ncrt ! allowed to loan more than 60 per cent ! of the value of property, and it is like {ly that the ratio on these loans is less i than that, from which lie concludes I that the ratio of assessment in Hemp- ! stead, notwithstanding the increase made by the assessors last year, is not
It is rumored that Chas. O. Colyin has exchanged his property here with Mrs. Alexander Merritt for her prop¬ erty in Wantagh, L. I.
The Board of Education has awarded the contract for the concrete cellar bottom at the school house to Chas. Johnson.
A very pretty wedding was that of Miss Ethel Kraft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kraft,   of  this   village,   to
Arthur  Watson   Goud, of Merrick   by I  g^, ^„j J4000  personal,    to   his  two Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite.   on Sun '
ary. 23 years ago. There are five, later another automobile i)arty came heirs, Thomas L. Smith, her father, of i along and seeing the predicament Mr. Bellmore; Mary A. Southard, a daugh- ! Waring  was in stopped to assist  him, ; .,„ »   * 4.u ,.    i       i
Alfred Smith, sons, all of Bellmore.     ' they put chase after the reckless driv-
Marietta Mott of Inwood   leaves  an | ers   and caught them at Farmingdale. estate of $7000 real and $600, personal; i Th'ey were   brought back to   Bellmore
Laura  Mott   Beacket,   administrator. ' again, but what was  done  with   them i ^. ....„„„„.„„.,„„-„,,..    „.„ Mrs. Mott died on August 16. we were unable to learn.    People who  ^J"* J*thT.n.^ntv fs nnlv S82 «Ir^T
Charles G. Peters, whe died at East; play such a trick as that should not bel!i'L'^i'l^?."-!^..iK.°"'/,!u?•*i^:?f.• Williston on July 29, leaves five heirs-  allowed to have a license and should be i at-law and an unknown estate. I punished tu the full extent of the law. ;
There are twelve heirs to share the ; —    	
estate of Winifred Reardon, late of Clarence D. Harse will immediately ] Glen Cove. The estate consists of! erect a bungalow ort Linden Street, I $200 real and $476 personal. j where they will   reside as soon as it is '
Alexander Pearsall of Roslyn leaves I completed. <
his  entire estate   consisting of  $3800
Mr.   Lord believes   that the   ratio
I North Hempstead is only about 14 per
,, cent,   and   about   the  same in Oyster
Bay.    He ends   with   the   statement
while  the actual value of the   real es¬ tate in the county is $387,400,000.
Marriage Licenses
Sept. 6—Howard E. Pearsall of Freeport and Mary Augusta Condit of Seafoid.
Arthur W.   Goud   of   Merrick  and
The Town Board at a special meet- ing last Thursday designated Firemen's ! EthelTKraft orSmithville South. Hall as the official polling place of this district for primaries and elec¬ tions. We are glad to see this change made as the former place was unfit for
and
Wilbur E.   Clark   of-Merrick Naomi Voigbt of the same place.
Sept. 7—John V. Deur of New York and Aline S. Haines of Merrick. They were married by Rev. J. Clayton Mitchell of Gormantown,   Pa.,   on the
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day, at the bride's home, which was ^ Frederick and Henry Wilkenlon of very artistically decorated with pink Brooklyn are the only two heirs in two tf'' S«%Hf''"/tf' ^f «'"''"^- estates. One that of Sophie Wilken- "*'!u ^r^-/".'* ''i.u '¦°*''.r'   ''*"""[!  »°n who died at Valley Stream on June  .„ .  „„,„„,„
of the br.de played the wedding march  35, and the other their father,   Ernest  ""'*' P^'PO-es.	
as the bridal party entered   the  room,   vvilkenlon, who died fn Jamaica about      The days for registration are Octob The bride wore a white satin gown em-  ^^^ ^^^^^s later.    The former  estate  er 13, 14, 20 and 21, and the Republic-1 aame day.
broidered^with^ pearls, and  carried a  consisted of $7000 real while the latter , an primary will be held Sept. 29 at the !     Sept. 8—John McConnell of   Cedar- .,-,,»   ,„»..= ..,^  ™o=   o.  ^gg ^300 personal and $9000 real. new polling place. j hurst and Margarete Mega of the same
The two  sons   share   alike   in   the j   ! place.
estates. The Republicans of the  Second Dis-1     Sept. 9-Edgar A. Rice of  Baldwin
  itrict,   with headquarters at Firemen's'and i/osephine Joy of the same place.
Did you ever look at Olsen's stock of  Hall^are receiving   enrollments   from ;     George A. Ahlstrom  of  Hempstead
bouquet of white roses ; she was at¬ tended by. Miss Anna Hohms, who act¬ ed as maid of honor, and Miss Ethel Kimball, of Hempsiead, as bridesmaid; they wore pink satin gowns  and  car¬
ried bouquets of pink rosea and maiden furniture, etc? And if he haant what the Republican voters, preparatory to j and Marietta Weeks of the same place, hair ferns. Theo. Bedell, jr., of Free- y^y ^g„t gee how quick he will get it > a general meeting, when officers <Jjrthe , Sept. 11—Frederick Dressier of In- port, acted as best   man, and   Wm. F. for you; knows what's right, too. I associaiion will be selected.    ThiiTdis-i wood and Adelaide Hughes of the same
Kraft, jr.,   brother of the  bride,  as   | trict at one time, covered the  villages j place.
oaher.    After the ceremony a wedding      No one can overestimate   the  value I of Merrick, Bellmore   and   Smithville | 	
repast was served.   Mr. and Mrs. Goud of the service and the security outlined i South,   but   as a result   ef a petition, i    Single copied of  the  Messenger  can
left on a wedding trip to Niagara Falls in Smith & Bedell's ad this week.      It i there were two districts   created:  one 1 be secured at Greenblatt'4  news  store
Mui on  their   return   will   reside  at  — I   ; on Railroad Avenue or Kiefcr's, Main
Rooaevelt. Advertise it in Everybody's Column I (continued on page 8) • Street. tf
A regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held this ev¬ ening. ^	
Mr. and Mrs. A. Grebel of Lexing¬ ton, Kentucky, after spending several weeks with Mr. Grebel's sister, Mrs. Henry Gobetz, have returned home.
Announcement is made of the' mar¬ riage of Elizabeth Alice, daughter of Mrs. Philip J. Fleming, of 532 Flat- bush Avenue, Brooklyn, to Martin Van Bureii Wood Hall, son of William S. Hall of this village, on Tuesday, Sept. 5. They will sail Saturday tor Europe on the Carmania, to be gone about three months.        ,
Capt. Geo. E. Benn, secretary of the Mission Yacht Association, was in Freeport last week soliciting subscrip¬ tions for his excellent work.
The objects for which the Mission Yacht Association became incorporated are: "To distribute without charge, literature among seamen, including books, magazines, tracts, Testaments, Bibles and periodicals ;to provide, with¬ out charge, for destitute and stranded seamen, food, clothing tlnd lodging; and to conduct religious services among seamen."
Capt Benn's address is P. O. box 157, Brooklyn, N. Y., where contribu¬ tions can be sent.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Herman and Miss Minnie Norman have just return¬ ed from a very pleasant and interesting vacation at Block Island which has a few days since* celebrated the 250th anniversary of its settlement.
Excelsior Hook and Ladder house is draped in mourning for thirty days in memory of James H. Nichols, who was a charter member 01 the company, and an active member for twenty years.
Mrs. C. A. Fulton is at Dr. Lane hart's hospital at Hempstead, where she is improving nicely.
The funeral of Mrs. Alfred DeMott took place Saturday from the home of her son, George DeMott, corner of Hempstead Road and DeMott Avenue. Mrs. DeMott is survived by two sons, George and John W. DeMott, who live in Brooklyn. One of her nephews i« Charles DeMott, of Fulton Avenue.
Samuel Hartog has 'opened an auto supply house, corner of Greenwich and Henry Streets, formerly the P. M. Brown property.
Trustee and Mrs. Charles W. Car¬ man are on an automobile trip through the northern part of the State. They went by boat us far as Albany, where they took their machine for the trip to Saratoga, Lake George, Lake Cham- plain, etc.
Mr. and Mrs, W. L. ThompsonJof Glencairn, Hempstead Manor, spent their vacation at Bermuda.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis [Cohen" of 47 Cathedral Avenue, announce the en¬ gagement of their daughter, Miriam,, to Mr. Arthur Loewy 01: New York.
After a brief summer vacation,, members of Morton Lodge were wel¬ comed again on the llth, at a stated communication, by the Master, Walter R. Jones. '
Miss Sarah E. Ketcham has gone^to Auburn, where she is engaged for an¬ other year to take charge of the French classes in the High SchooL
William Manion of Hamilton Col¬ lege, has been engaged to take charge of the German and public speaking classes of the High School; Miss Leila Eysaman of the Syracuse University, of history and geography; and Miss Minnie B. Hilbert of Qswego, ^Normal School, 6th grade.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stoffel and William H. Stoffel, Jr., of 259 Fulton Ave., are visiting at Bristol, Ind., with Mr. and Mrs. Myron C. Hilbish.
Wantagh
The "Alumni Record" for 1911 is an interesting book of about 100 pages, issued as a result of the vaca¬ tion work of Cliflford«Colyer and Ed¬ ward Tree as editor and assistant re¬ spectively and James E. Stiles publish¬ er. It is dedicated to Hiram R. Smith, "a former trustee, in recognition of his faithfulness of and loyalty to Free- port High School."
There are a number of very interest¬ ing photos in the book, as "the faculty
(continued on page 4) Advertise it in Everybody's Column
The news items for Wantagh were duly despatched to the Messenger last week but through some cause, never reached the Messenger ofi[ice. This accounts for our failure to greet our readers as usual last week. We re¬ gret this omission, which, however, was unavoidable.
The Daisy Club of tho Memorial Sunday School organized by Mrs. John T. Cowles enjoyed a pleasant day at High Hill Beach last Saturday through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Birdsall Jackson.
There will be the regular services of the Memorial Church next Sunday with preaching by the pastor, Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite, morning and evening. The Sunday School meets in the Par¬ ish House on Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Boys' Brigade meets there also for regular drill on Wednesday nights at 8 o'clock while the Auxiliary League holds its meetings every second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Christian Endeavor meeting on Friday night next; leader, George Siems.
The Union Free School opened for the fall work last Monday. Profeasor Frank Schorr is principal. Miss Stel¬ la G. Paling and Miss Estelle Jones are the lady teachers.
Marion Jackson and Mary Garner have entered the Freeport School.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Krause and family have returned to Manhattan af¬ ter spending a pleasant summer in their cottage here.
Miss Ella Haviland of Asbury i'ark is staying with Miss Helen Jackson for two weeks.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at the home of Mrs. A. E. Hunt on Wednes¬ day afternoon.