South Side Messenger 19120816

              PresidentTlters' Talk on Long l§la!i3fs Advantag^ Annual Yacht Club Cruises
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER,N="REEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 5, Number 4
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FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y^ FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1912
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Merrick
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Servicea at tbe Charch of tbe Re¬ deemer Sunday, the eleventh afier Ttinity, at 7:80 and 11 4. m. and p. ta. Celebration of the Holy Conimun; ion at the early service and Morning Prayer and lermon at the aecond aer¬ vice. Tbe preacher of tho day will be tfae Rev. R. D. Baldwin, of Lawrence, L. I. A cordial welcome ia extended to all to attenO the aervieea of thia cbnrcb.
Henry Schwab, tbe elder aon of Mra. Herman Sebwab. will be married to Uiaa Kate De Villiera, of Paarl, South Africa, at Pittaburg on Thuraday next. The newly married eoople will aail at onee for Switzerland and the Alpa, tfaen to Brazil, South America, and tfaen after a atay witb Mrs. Schwab in New York, will establiah their own home here in Merrick next apring.
Inatead of being witb hia regiment, the Seventh, in their manoeuvrea, wbere he expected to be. V. R. Fair¬ fax la in tbe »reabyterian Hoapitai re¬ covering from an operation for chronic appendicitia performed laat Satarday afternoon. Mr. Fairfax ia improving daily, having stood the ordeal excel¬ lently.
J. W. Birch and family and Mias Lina Miller enjoyed an laland trip laat week in Mr. Birch'a automobile, being gone from Friday until Sunday night.
Mr. and Mr. Holmea Narwood and their amall nephew, Wyatt Anthony, left on Monday to follow op the war manoeuvrea in Mr. Narweod'a Metz for a day and then hied them sway to Boa¬ ton. They wera'cxpected to return today.
Mra. C. E. Morria, who baa been via¬ iting her daughter, Mra. J. J. Litte¬ brandt, at tbe Rectory for tbe last tbree montha, was seized on Friday last witb a stroke -if paralysis and haa remained in a more or leaa precarious condition since. She ia attended by Or. Witmer of Preeport. Mra. Morris ia in her 80th year.
The Merrick Hook and Ladder Go. No. 1 will hold ita annual fair in tbe Fire Hall on Wedneaday and Tfaoraday of next week, flf ternoon and evening. All contributions should be sent to Capt D. V. M. Lawson, Treasurer.
Rev. F. M. Townley and Mrs. Town- ley will be at Watch Hill. Rhode Isl¬ and, over Sunday. Mr. Townley preaches in the union church tbere on Sanday were alternate aervieea are faeld by the Epiacopaliana and Preaby- terians.
Tbe new teacber haa been aelected for tbe local achool, a yoang woman from Smithtown. Tbe aalary is $560. Witb the new teacher to take up the kindergarten work the local school will have a staff of three teachers including the principal.
Mrs.   R.   Narwood and  Mrs.   A.   J.
Nassau Ratifies
T. R.'s Nominatioii
ProgressiTe Party Gets a Boost at Meetfiif in Alinida
Mineola, Aag. 18.—The nomination of Rooaevelt and Jobnaon waa ralified by the party committee for Nassau County, at a meeting held at Weldmann's Hall, in this village, last evening. Tbe resolution offered by Robert Seaman, of Jericbo, was adopt¬ ed without a lipple of applauae, tiut the lack of a physical demonstration may bave been due to tbe excessive heat of the evening. Not a breeze was stirring in the ball until Propri¬ etor Weidmmann accommodatingly installed a large electric fan in a poai¬ tion where it would aweep the room.
The attendance waa amall, not moire than forty peraons being in the ball at one time, bat the delegates made np in the earnestness of their application to the business at hand for the small¬ ness of tbe attendance. Reports were received ffom a number of districts which gave encouragement to the leaders and led Chairman Bonheur to say that at State headquarters Nassaa Coanty stood at the honor place of be¬ ing the best organized county in the State.
After the minutea bad been read by Secretary Jamea L. Dowsey. Mr. Batea, the member of the Finance Committee from the town of Hemp¬ atead, reported tbi t although he had sent oift many letters he faad reeeived no response. He said thi) committ^ needed money and offered a resolution to the affect that eacb election dis¬ trict bs requested to contribute $80 towurd che expenses hi an active cam¬ paign ^rom now until after election. The resolution also provided that any surplus after the campaign should be refunded to the districts pro rata. Elvin N. Edwards, of Freeport, took exception to this olaase of the resolu¬ tion, saying that it indicated a lack of faith in the movement and that the or¬ ganization would go out of existence after election. Both Chsirman Bon- hear and Mr. Bates assured Mr. Ed¬ wards that it was not meant to create such an impression, but the clause was stricken from tba resolution just the same before it was finally adopted.
In the pledges of the $30 per dis¬ trict whieh followed every election district in the town of North Hemp¬ stead was represented, a few in Hemp¬ stead, bnt Oyster Bay was silent.
Cbairman Bonheur tben remarked that it would require more money to properly finance the campaign, but he expected plenty when the rich people bei^an to contribute. He said that in the selection of a treasurer for the committee the biggest man that conld be found in Nassau Coanty to take the job should be selected. Thereupon Robert Seaman . offered a resolution, whicb wai adopted, delegating to the chairman the power to aelect a treas¬ urer. The chairman was also author¬ ized to appoint a cahipaign committee.
Routine businesa was suspended at thia juncture in order that John W. DeMott, a delegate to tbe Roosevelt convention in Chicago, might faave an opportunity to tell of  his   experience.
Freeport
The Bellmore Yacht Club, on their First Annual Cruise, at Brandt Point Dock.
Bellmore
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On Tharsday the Trastees of the M. E. Chorch took title to the 10 lots cor¬ ner of St. Marks Ave. and Royle St.', on wbich they will baild a church in the early Fall. The ladies as well as tbe trustees have been active in solieit- ini^ subscriptions and have met with good success and oar friendi have con¬ tributed quite liberally, but we need mocb more fanda and the committee hopea that all tbat have not yet paaaed in their dfferinga will do ao auon, aa they believe it to be tu tbe intereat of all te aee an attractive cbnrcb building added to the many improvements now going on in the village.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Sorenson and daughter are spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bowne.
Held Up By Highway¬ men at Soothold
Former Freeporter Robbed While
on His Way Home With
His Wife
Anthony   and little   daughter  Marian ! Mr. DeMott aaid that be considered   it visited  at Patchogne   Wednesday-Fri-1 a high privilege and an honor to  be  a
day.
Mrs. Geo. P. Morris, of Yonkers, N. Y., bas been a guest at the Rectory tbis week.
Fred Perkins, whose illness we re¬ ported last week as taking bim to the Eaatern Diatriet Hospital, Brooklyn, Where lax methods prevented his fam¬ ily knowingof his confinement, returned faome and after consulting his phys¬ ician went to the hospital at Far Rock¬ away to b9 -treated for Uver troabia of which he has been complaining.
A plant bas been discovered in West¬ ern Africa known as the "Ocimum vir- ide," which is said to be the enemy of the mosquito. Tbat is as good news, •a we have heard in sora time. Iffs said that tfae merest sprig of tbe plant nortared in a room wiil keep all mos- qoitoa from attempting to enter, and one strong stalk on a porch will keep it clear of tbe pests. 0 goodie' So far as tfais country ia concerned, the plant ceold be only an annual at pres¬ ent but it ia koped that the acientiats may diacover tha aoil in wbich tbe plant may b« made perpetual and self- propagating. It ia thooght tfaat tfae berb woald faava no deleterioaa effect opOD bnman beings. Tfae discoverer shoald bave as large a reward as migfat be given to ¦ diaeoterer of a r«mady (oonUiHMd on page 8)
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member of that convention, wbich was j very inspiring. He was followed by ; J. H. Grey, of Brooklyn. Mr. Grey also talked of tbe convention and inci¬ dentally told the committee tbat the New York papers bad given the most complete, fair and detailed accounts of any papers in the country, so far as be knew. He said that «fter hearing ex- Senator Beveridge and Col. Roosevelt speak thev all felt that whatever the outcome of the election, "We win.' "Whether we lose tbis year and next year and four years from now, we win." He ventured the opinion that instead uf being tbe third party, the Progressives would be net less than the second and poasibly tbe first in tbe election.
The routine business being resumed, Harry Johnson, of East Rockaway, complained that nothing waa being done in tbat district by Diatriet Com¬ mitteeman Alexander Rhame. The job waa offered to Mr. Johnson, after H. Willard Griffith had explained that when appointed Mr. Rhame bad said be woald not be able to give macb time to tbe movement. Mr. Johnaon de¬ murred, bnt took along some blank forms with the idea of worlring in har¬ mony with Mr. Rhame. Mr. Johnson said that be was confident he coold carry the Bast Rockaway district for Col. Roosevelt.
Dr. J. D. Sayre, reporting for tfae foor alaction districts in Glen Cove, <ContiBDed on page 4)
"I few It In the Ma«s*ng«rr'
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith and son, of Farmingdale, are spending a few days with George A. SmHh on Beii¬ more Avenue.
Mr. Stovel, the piano tuner, bas started the erection of a cottage on his lots on Crescent Lawn.
Mr. Karp and son are conducting an August sale at their store on Bedford Avende.
A yoang daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Emeigh on Washington Avenue last Sonday.
Miss Lila Smitb and Master Percy Smith are spending the week at Patcb¬ ogoe witb their aunt. Mrs. Lorenzo Brandford.
The Democratic Association will hold an excursion to High Hill Beach in the near futore. The date has not been deeided opon yet.
The work of building the new fire hall is progressing nicely, onder Con¬ tractor Cbas. Jobnson.
Rev. Father Josepfa King is now tfae priest in eharge of the Catbolic Church of tbis village. Services are held every Sanday morning at Firemen's Hall and are largely attended. The new priest is from Brooklyn and will soon reside in this village on St. Marks Avenue. A building fund association ha» been started and a new chorcb will be erected on their lots on Bedford Avenue as soon as safficient money can be raised to start the work.
Tbe first annual cruise of the Bell¬ more Yacht Club was held laat Satur¬ day afternoon. Tbe atart was from Emeigb's dock at 2:45 and was com¬ posed of the boats owned by James Hall. James E. Place, Harold Bunker, Adam Emeigh, sr., John Hodgson, George E. Kilgore, G. Beachall, Lor¬ enzo Fallart and Peter Jobnson; about forty members and their friends parti cipating. After a run of about one and one-half hours a landing was made at Brant Point Hotel wbere a bay din¬ ner was enjoyed. At six o'clock the start was made for faome and all ar¬ rived at Bellmore dock about seven. Altogether the affair was a very pleas¬ ant and enjoyable one and it is tfae in¬ tention of tbe clob to bold a aimilar event eacb year hereafter and to make it more extended next season. The club bas a membership of about thirty- five, a majority of whom are boat own¬ ers and tbe officers are: James Hall, commodore; 4*eter Johnson, vice com¬ modore; James E. Plaee, flag officer; Jobn Hodgson and George Smith, re¬ gatta committee. *
Two more ir teresttng gamea of baae ball took place   Sanday   aftarnoon on the local diamond wben tbe bome team (Continaed on page 8)
Southold, L, I . Aug    18 —TMr.     and Mrs. Millard W.   G. Id. r,   cf  Southed, were held np iu a lonely  pptr ou  Uak- lawn avei IU'',  at   11   o'dook  last   night, by three masked meu, and nt  thepitint j ^f"8"'^^r8,   Mrs of reTolvers, were robbed of |60 in caah.
This morning rnsideuts of Southold huve taised a substantial fand and hare formed a committee to ruu down the highwaymen. The Long Island Kail¬ road bloo<ihonnds were sent for and will b« put ou tbe trail.
Following^thier custom, Mr. and Mrs. Golder looked their drug storo ou Main street just before 11 o'clock last night, and Mr. Golder, putting the casli from the store till iu his pocket, they mount¬ ed their bicycles and started for their bungalow on Jockey Creek, about a mile aud a half distant, where they are spending the summer. Mr. Golder rode ahead and was followeti by his wife on her wheel.
When jnst below the high school building three men wearing masks sud¬ denly jumped from behind a clump of bu«he8 auci knocked Mr. Golder off his wheel. One of the meu struck him on the head with a blunt iustrument while the second man shoved a revolver under liis nose and ordered him to pnt up his hands. One of the highwuymen at¬ tacked Mrs. Golder aud knocked her off her wheel and struck her in the face with his fist.
Tae brave yonng woman shouted for help, but when she saw a revolver point¬ ed at her aud was ordered to keep quiet she did so.
Another blow from a blackjack or cltlb felled Mr. Golder to the ground and dazed him When ordered to he readily gave up the cash. He had something more than |60.    The  robbers then fled.
Mrs. Grolder ran up the street crying for help and Benjameu Macomber, night watchman Frederick £. Booth and others hurried to the scene. Mr. Golder was bmi«ed and quite batlly hurt. Mrs. Golder also showed signs of the assault. It was quite dark aud Mr. aud Mrs. Golder are unable to give a very good description of their assailants except that oue of the men wae tall and ose of them ^as very short. The third mau waa of meditmi height aud bnild. They all wore caps a'ld masks.
Mr. Golder, when seen this moming by a Brooklyn Times man, was pretty well broken np over the affair. He says that he believes the robbers were not proiessionals for the reason tbat they knew of his custom of taking the money home nights. Mr Golder, althongli a young mau. is oue of the leading busi¬ ness meu in tbo village. Southold is very muoh exoitetl to day over the oat- rage.
Det«ctive8 are working on the case and it is hoped to make arrests within twen¬ ty four hours.—Brooklyn Times.
Mr. Golder has been in the drug store at Southold, aa proprietor, for several years. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gold^.of tbis village, and is a native of Fi jport. .Mrs. Goldbr was formerly Mias Reba Allen of tbis village.
Tfae 8 mile awimming race from the "bell buoy" oot at aea to Gere'a batfa- ing pavilion, Freeport, L. I., waa won by Leo Carrillo, Geo. Lynch second, Arthur De Kruijff third, Berniird Gran¬ ville foarth, Len Malone fifth. Carillo won the ra^e and repeated bia victory of the last "three seasons. Tbe time was 1 hour, 14 roin. and 62 seconds (with the tide). The swimmers had great difficulty in finding their way owing to the heavy fog and higfa sea running.
About 80 members of the Daughters of I iberty and their friends enjoyed an automobile excursion to Rockaway Beacb Wedneaday. The two large autos owned by F. W. Kosel and S. A. Williams left the Olive Building at 10 o'clock and returned home about 8 in the evening.
Tbe funeral servicea over tbe re¬ maina of Mra. Martha Aich, wife of Martin Aach, were held last Priday at the Catholic Cfaucth of Our Holy Re¬ deemer, with Rev. Cbarles A. Logoe, rector, officiating. Mrs. Asuh died on Tuesday and ia aurvived by her boa¬ band, one son, Joseph Ascb, and two Mary Wolfurst and Mrs. Martha Wolfurst. She was 62 years   of   age.    The   interment   was
made in the St. Johns Catholic Ceme¬ tery at Middle Village.
The following from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, of the engagement of Raymond Gunnison, who when a boy spent several summers in Freeport, will interest many of oor readera.
"The engagement ia annoonced by way of Boaton of Raymond May Gon- niaon, of of the well-known yoong men of Brooklyn, to Miaa Olive Maaon of Brookline, Maaa. They will be mar¬ ried tbe latter part of October and will live in Flatboab.
Miss Mason is tbe daogbter of J<ranb Mason, formerly a resident of Worces¬ ter, Mass. She is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, and it was there that Mr. Gunnison met her. Miss Mason was very popolar in college and is well liked among the yoanger aet of Brookline.
Mr. Gunnison, wbo in Brooklyn at¬ tended Public School No. 16, Erasmus Hall Higb School and the Brooklyn Latin School, was eraduated from St Lawrence University in tbe class of '09, and ia a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He ia well known and popular in Brooklyn, being a member of Squadron C, the Knickerbocker Field Cluh and other organizationa. He is aaaociated with the advertiaing de¬ partment of the New York World. Hia bome is at 1123 Albemarle Road."
The Bull Moose party in this village met in the office of Roland Lamfa, on Railroad Avenue, Thuraday nigbt and made campaign plana. The village will be divided into three parts with twenty-seven districts, ten in two and seven in the third. Each committee* man will report to the preaident of the local organization wbat work be ac- complishes and every new movement for tbe wellfare   of   tbe  Progreaaive j |°"
Long Island Advantages
Long laland, its railroad, its advant¬ ages from the viewpoint of the home- seeker, the sportsman, the agriclturist and the manufacturer—all- these funda¬ mental subjects are discussed by Presi¬ dent Ralph Peters of the Long Island Railroad, in an article which has just appeared in a current publication.
To begin with, President Peters says: ' 'One cannot discuss Long Island and its great advantages without speaking of the Long Island Railroad." "This railroad," he remarks, "perhaps more than any other, has had many ups and downs in its struggles for existence, and until 1901, when the Pennsylvania came to the rescue, there was always the grave question as to how and when the railroad could spread out and furnish the very necessary facilities properly and promptly to take care of the traffic which came to the Island natural¬ ly and in spite of the East River barrier which separated the Island and home advantages from the business centersof New York City. But the Almightly has been particularly good to Long Island and after endowing it with every natural advantage, certaiply must have had something to do it with directing the hand of the Pennsylvania in 1901."
To show exactly what the railroad has done and is still doing to make Long Island the playground of the metropolis, and the future refuge of Manhattan's over-crowded population^ President Peters adds;
"We have spent $36,000,000 for ad¬ ditional tracks, rolling stock, stations and safety appliances, m the last eight years. Work is under way which will cost from five to ten million doiiars more. The tunnels are completed and in operation, the New York subway has direct connection at Flatbush Avenue, and we are ready to carry safely and promptly an increase of ten million passengers yearly. In 1911 the road carried 34,000,000 passengers. In 1915, I believe, the result will show double that number. There is no pessimism on, or in connection with Long Island —nothing but glorious optimisim and > golden opportunity. There is a great neld for builders. In 1911, eight thous¬ and houses were built on the Island. There should be an average of 15,000 a year for the next three years and that number increased by 10,000 a year there¬ after."
To the permanent home-seeker Presi¬ dent Peters offers the following advice: "You can make no mistake by selecting Long Island for your home. You can make such selections at any point witb¬ in thirty miles of New York City and be within one hour's time between home and office. The electric service notv reaches many points where beautiful home sites can be secured. This service will be extended each year. Frequent and fast trains are run to all points And the service will be improved as addition¬ al business is developed."
The prospective summer resident ia told that every foot of the 260 miles of coast line of the Island presents varied attractions. The beaches at Rockaway, Arverne, Far fiockaway, Long Beach, Oak Island Beach, Fire Island, the Hamptons, Montauk, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island, Greenport, Port Jeffer- Northport,    Huntington,    Oyster
party will take shape in this manner.
BLOODHOUNDS  HUNT THIEVES.
Southold..L. L, Aug. 13,—Tbe men wfao robbed Golder were trailed by Warden Fury of Suffolk County witb the aid of .two Long Island Railroad bloodhounds, to the' shore of Great Pe¬ conic Bay here, but when tfae water waa reacbed tbe acent was loat, and the doga were of no farther oae ip tfae purauit of tfae robbers.
It ia believed the men made tfaeir escape in a boat, which they had left ready on tbe shore of the bay.
—N. Y. PreM.
Bay,   Port  Washington,   Great Neck,
  Whitestone, and in fact all around this
I magnificent island you can find places D. Frank Seaman, Village Tax Col- for rest, sport and all kinds of out door lector, will beat his office in the life, and you can enjoy these things and Olive Building each afternoon for the at the same time keep in close tonch next four weeks to receive taxes. The I with business in New York. Long rate is now 5 per cent. ! Island is rightlynamed 'the playground                             I for New York City,' but people from all
Races Sunday, Aog. 18. Open races from the Gun Club to Gere's Beach. Tuo races at the beach. Higfa tide after dinner, fine bathing. Gere'a Bathing Pavilion, foot of Grove Street, Freeport. • It
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Wedneaday afternoon little 7 year old Jack Luat of North Long Beaeh Avenue had a narrow eacape from j drowning off Gere'a bathing pavilion at the feot of Grove Street. Mra. Luat bad taken her children to tfae water front and after they . bad been in tba water a afaort time, took the aroalleit child in the bath bonae to dreaa bim, leaving little Jack* playing in a tub of water. He loat faia balance and fell in tbe water and a yoong man, wboae name eoold not be aiicertained, reacued bim. 	
Mn. Elizabeth Paolaen, mother of Mrt. Aonie Reynolda of tbia village, died on Wedneaday of laat week at ber boma at 264 Soutb Firat Street, Brook¬ lyn. Sbe waa 80 yeara of age aqd bad lived in tfae booae wbere afae died for over 50 yeara. Tbe funeral aervleee Were held Saturday afternooa with in¬ terment in Calvary Cemetery.
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over the United States are coming to Long Island shores for their summer vacation.''
' 'Oi^tdoor sportsmen and those seeking pleasure and health," says President Peters, "can go bathing, boating, fish¬ ing, gunning, golfing, driving, riding and motoring, in fact there is nothing in the vocabulary applying to these thinga which cannot be found in abund¬ ance on Long Island. The roads are good, the waters safe, and the prevail- mg southerly breezes make the nighte cool and healthful."
To the farmer, the market gardener, the chickeit) raiser, the fruit raiser, and the city man who longs for a half acre or an acre, or five acres of real soil on wbich to eatablish his home, President Peters says:
"There are probably 400,000 acres of land in Nassaa and Suffolk Coantiea waiting; for you. It is a strange thing that this is so, because of its close proximity to New York, the greatest market in the world, but the fact re¬ mains. I believe I am safe in saying that tbere is nothing grown in the Northern Hemisphere which had not been tried oatdSa Loog laland and the fact proved that itvdlFgrow abund¬ antly and profitably. I say this after experimenting and demonstrating at t<ro different parts of the laland for five yeara. 'The old tradition 'aandy waste landa on Long Island' iea myth. Tbere ia not a foot of waste land on tbe laland. It only needa willing handa to till tbe aoil, cMd plant tbo aeeda, and boontjfol nattfre doee tlie leat."