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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
For the
South Side of
Long Island
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VOL. 1, NUMBER 35
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 19,  1909
FREEPORT
The South Shore Yacht Club have contracted with Louis Long to act as steward for the coming season. Mr. Long is a man of large experience as a steward, having acted as such for many years. He comes to the ciub highly recommended. The Club's restaurant will be run on a high scale, everything will be served in first class style. The cuisine will not be eqiialled outside the city.
Many entertainments are being pre¬ pared for the coming season by the House Committee. The club house will be opened shortly after May 1.
The dance of ;he Mail and F^xpress Clob at Fraternity Hall Friday night drew one of the biggest crowds of the season, over one hundred persons be¬ ing present. A full orchestra fur¬ nished the nius.c and the promoters are so pleased with their success that upon request they will run a similar affair every month at this hall.
\ 'Pie Review Office is being altered to permit a private sanctum for the Kaitor, Smith F. Pearsali.
"According to his deeds" will be the sermon theme of the Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the morning service of the First Presbyterian Church, The evening aubject will be "JSod's De¬ mand." "
At High School Chajiel Tuesday, March 23, there will be an entertain¬ ment furnished by high grade artists from the Star Lyceum Bureau, Tribune Bldg., N. Y. The affair is under the aaspices of tho Kindergarten Mothers' 'Clab of the Village.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Smith of N. Ocean Ave. entertained a number of their friends Friday night with danc¬ ing, singing and cards. Refreshments were aerved and the crowd weht home happy. A number of the Phi Alpha and several of the Board of Water Suppply engineers were present.
The  time,    to-morrow    night;    the I place, the Jakesonia Club; the  attrac¬ tion, a shad supper; the  sequel,   wait for the cold gray dawn of the  morning after.
The following first-class program will be presented in the Sigmond Opera House, Freeport, on Saturday evening, March 20th.
The Flying Zarnes, gymnasts; Haley and Bond, in a comedy musical act, introducing and playing on a number of novel musicaf instruments; Fred Crane, comedian and monologui.st; Mr. and Mrs, Ward, in a singing and talk¬ ing act; Chester Brothers, singing and i dancers; Mabel Wright, high-class vocalist; John F. Heaney, Jri.Hh come¬ dian and humorist, in hi; specialty, "The Alderman;" Metropolitan Come¬ dy F'our, in laughable comedy.
On Wedneaday evening, March 24th,
the Sigmond Stock Company, with Miss
Alice Donaldson and Waltpr 0. Hill as
j leading   characters,   will   present   the
I famous drama, "The Convict's Daugh-
; ter," ' whioh   had   such a long and sur-
I cessful run in the New York   theatres.
I It tells the story of a man who is false-
i ly   accu.sed   anti   suffers   for  another's
I crime.    Miss Donaldson, who  appears
i as the daughter,  plays   her  part   in   a
most convincing   nianner.    She   has   a
winsome personality, together withuii-
d.iubted talent, and it is no wonder that
she reaches the heart-! of ail who are in
the audience.
Tickets for Saturday and Wedne.sday evenings' performances are now On sale at the box office, which is open every evening, or during the day may be pro¬ cured at 24 Broadway, Freeport. Tele¬ phone 176.
A proposition to be vja'ted upun at this Spring election is one to permit tho Town of Hampstead to sell to Oscar Rhodes of Preeport five acres of beach and meadow land where his hotel (for¬ merly Sigmond's) now stands at Point; Lookout, at $.500 an acre, subject to all leases made by the Town of Hempstead. The Estates of Long Beach have an 18 years' leaae on this beach, and Mr. Rhodes states that if he is permittpd Skating has caught on here, judging h" ^ake title he will be able to leave from the crowds who patronize Sig- h^^ hotel where it is and will put in mond's. Almost all the young people I P"l>|''^ f'"^-'^^ «"f' "therwi.-.e improve the in town are there on skating nights j P'^^t^'- and  many   from  neighboring  villages |
come over to get on rollers. , ;     The voting for  the  electioi* uf   vil-
)^ Some of those noticed on the tloor | iage officers Tuesday brought out a vote were Miss May Cameron, Miss Lila | which was the largest in the history of Raynor, Mra. H. L. Trubenback,   Mrs. ] the  village,   1100  votes  being    cast.
BELLMORE
Saturday evening, March 13th, 11>09, at the home of Mrs. .1. J. McConlogue was held a surprise party in honor of ; Miss N. Louise Schwicker. She was i presented with a large bouquet of car- i nations. The evening was spent in j piaying games, dancing and singing. I Supper .served at twelve P. M.
Among those pre.sent were as fol¬ lows: Miss Mae Trautmann of Jersey City, Misses Bessie Flynn and Cathe¬ rine Collier of Hoboken, Misses Kittie Sohn and Belle Dunlop of Weehawken.. Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick of Hack- ensack. New Jersey; Miss Mae Matthews of Brooklyn, Misses Ethel Ketcham and Ethel Velsor of Amity¬ vilie, Miss Minnie Sander of Roosevelt, Misses .Margaretta Mackentosh and Marguerite Schwicker pf Bellmore; Fred Fiesleu of Brooklyn, Geo. Platt of Bay Ridge, Albert Bradshaw and Ralph Tucker of .Jersey City, James Welsh of Morristown, New Jersey. W. ,Seeley and W. Kane of New Durham, N. J., Warren Th'jrnp.son. Walter Gangloff, Wri). aiul Chris. Schwicker, Mr. and .Mrs. Louis Schwicker, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McConlogue of Bell¬ more.
Yesterday tho delegati(jn from here journeyed to Oystei Bay to pay their respects to Theodor" Koosevelt, with the rest of the Nassau County Repub¬ licans who went to Washington to the inaugural. John Deubert, A. Paler¬ mo, "Bob" Wlimarth, A. L. Brown, Chas. W. Smith, were included in the 'number from Bellmore.
At the meeting of the Fire ('(jmpaiiy Monday iiight in Firemen's HaU, George Palermo, Otto Schneider and William Brandt were accepted aa mem¬ bers of the Advance H. & L. Co.
H. O. Smith is putting up a new renidence on his property south of the tracks in tho Jiellmore Vflla .Site Go's .section.
Republican primaries tu-morrow night in Smith's Hall, Belltach Ave¬ nue.
Albert Cornelius, Miss Grace Tuthill, Miss Edna Braithwaite, Mrs. John Ermine, Miss Ethel Carman, Miss Ruth Pearsali, Miss Alice Schneider, Mrs. Wilfred H. Simth, Miss Edith Combes, and any number of others. Among the young men who were noticed swinging the circle were Amos Pearsali, Frank Cotte, Henry Hebenstreit, Frank Duruz, Wilfred Smith, John-Mauers¬ berger, Edward Smith, George Dick¬ son, Clarence Williams, Albert Bishop, George Smith, E. L. Wittmeyer, Mar¬ ahall Smith, Douglas Trayer, Andrew leister, Guy Smith and William   Wood.
Dan. Combs, shipbuilder of Free- port, has a number of orders on hand for new motor boats and has sold three that he has finished during the Winter.
The following is the result, giving number of votes received: Daniel Morrison, President, 627; Franklin Bedell, GOfi; Chas. A. Sigmond, 533; Wallace K. Post, Village Treasurer, 547; Village Tax Collector, D. Frank Seaman, 641. R. A.. Mansfield Hobbs, 444; Chas. Connor, 514; Chas. F. Schneiker. 426; John Golding (for Treasurer), 510; George B. i^att6rsr>n, (for collector) 416.
The Peoples' Party polled 402 straight votes and the Citizens' Party received 347 straight votes. There were 381 more votes cast this election than at the last. The weather was perfect and perfect order prevailed all over the village.
" To-morrow the cake sale by the la¬ dies of yie Episcopal Church ^ill be held for the benefit of the folks who love good home-made cake, pickles, preserves and candy, at the residence of Mrs. Harry Starr, Long Beach Ave. These sales are real interesting, if for no other reason than to iind out which particular lady has made the best cake so far. It's a whole lot to know who are the best cake makers in town, and from what we hear there aren't any on tho list so far that have failed to make good so you had better get in on these good thinga that are offered as stated above.
A^rs. Frank Williams, aunt of Mrs. Reginald Lea, of W. Merrick Road, ha's returned from a trip around the world which is the second time she has made this interesting journey.
During one of the recent stormy nights Dr. Carman was called to Bald¬ win to attend a patient and arriving there the sick one told him she felt better and did not need his services. Now the doctor wasn't phased a bit for be was heard to remark that it didn't matter, for he had another patient down tbe road a ways, and he might as well kill two birds with one stone. We can prove this story and will upon re¬ quest.
Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist. 01 W. Mer¬ riok Riad, Freeport; 'Phone 86-R.      It
Progressive Council. D. of L., are. arranging a show for March 29 at I Fraternity Hall. They will present i "Our Country Cousin" and "Tabitha's ¦ Love Affair."
This council entertained their  .State ^ councilor and a large number of  State j officers and  visiting members at  the Octen  Building  last   Monday    night. About three hundred in all  were  pres¬ ent.    A set  of  handsome  table  linen was presentee the State Councilor dur- : ing  the  evening  and at the close  re¬ freshmenta were served.
Wednesday at the Episcopal Church, Rev. George Seymour Adriance will preach the .service.
The rsgular Wednesday night in¬ formal dance was held at the Freeport Club   the 17th and was well  attended.
John Ermine of Freeport died in the Harlem Hospital Thursday morning. He leaves a widow.
In the Freeport Baptist Church (Stanley W. Roberts, Minister) there will be Public worship at 10.30 a. m. and 7.;10 p. m. Sunday; evening theme, "Expansion.'' At the evering service the Ordinance of Believer's Baptism will be administered. Bible school at 2.30. Y. P. S. C. E. meet¬ ing at 6.45, Friday evening at 8 o'clock, regular mid-week service.
Everyone most cordially invited to attend all services.
Do You Want to Buy or Sell? Uso Evorybody's Column.
Advertise   It   in    Everybody's Column.
'i'o John Adel There is a butcher in Bellmore, For serving his customers, be can't be
beat, He is on the job from  early   morn   till
night, Assisted by his jolly wife, cuttinL'   the
best of meat.
He purchases the best that money   can
buy. His beef, and lamb, for them you would
sigh. And   his   provisions   and   ham.s,   they
would make you sing. For they are fit for the  table  of  any
Emperor or King.
Every morning early, you will find him
always on time. He is Johnnie on   the   spot,    through
snow, rain or shine. Always perched  on  his  wagon,   in  a
cosy little seat. Behind a fine horse, he says you  can't
beat.
For   pleasing  his   patrons   he  always
does try. And if he fails in his trying,   you  will
hear a faint sigh. Far and near you will find, he is known
very well. His shop is on the corner, his name  is
John Adel. Don't fail to get one of   Mr.   Adel's Easter Cards.	
The  recently    organized     Epworth League of the Bellmore M. E.   Church i held its monthly business meeting j and i social March lOlh at the home of Jesse !
; Harriaon.    After  business affairs had !
i been gone over a "guessing contest" with incidental music and refresh¬ ments followed. The social committee plan to provide something new  in  the
' line of entertainment each month. The i increase in the membership of  the  so¬ ciety, and  the genuine  interest mani-
^ fested by members and guests for this organization and the church generally speaks well for a prosperous  future.
G. F. Newland has rented his  house on Centre Ave.     A large number of de¬ mands are  being   made  for  deairable homes to rent in this vicinity  and the supply  will,   in   no  way,   fill  the de¬ mand.    Most    people coming    to  the i country prefer to rent before  purchas- I ing.   Building ia i^llmore and vicinity : has assumed great proportions, but  in imost  cases noted each house is being ' built for the owner to live in, no houses I are  reported  going  up  "forepecula- jtion."    There  shou'd be more houses I available for rental and at the present prices for building lots, the venture would not be risky in any sense.
The Calico Ball to be given by the Ladios* Auxiliary of Smithville South is postponed until April 13.
I A. Palermo has received a request I from a Long Isiand druggist who has . Seen Bellmore and likes it. At pres- j ent he cannot be accommodated with r a store suitable for his needs. This ; is the .second man in the same line of j business who has been turned down lowing to lack of accommodation.
Forty-two years ago there came to East Meadow, George Coggeshall Ta¬ tem, and he has lived there ever since. In that time he has been a teacher of the school there, and a school trustee : of the school for twen ty-one years, ! which position he does not now hold, but instead he was elected to the posi¬ tion of Justice of the Peace of the Town of Hempstead, eight years ago, ; by the Republicans of his district. Judge Tatem was born in New York City and during the Civil War wa.s con¬ nected with the ((uartermaster's de¬ partment of the Northern Army, but was too young to be eniiated in the ranks. He is proud to remember that his first vote wa.-i cast for Abraham Lincoln for Pre.sident, the second time he ran for that office. Judge Tatem was organist and musicai director of . the Church of the Ascension, New ' York, for twenty;-seven years, is a widower and the father of nine boys, the eldest forty-two years old and the youngest twenty-two. There are eleven grandchildren.
Judge Tatem's court roum is in liell- more. His section is the Eastern Dis¬ trict of the Town of Hempstead.
SMITHVILLE SOUTII
We are glad to note that there has been an improvement i-eported in the ; condition of William F. Jeffrey, who, tl.e doctor states, is gaining instead! of losing. While Mr. JeflPrey is par¬ tially paralyzed and will remain so. his , ! condition is much better.
William F. Kraft is becoming known as a hustling real estate man and re¬ ports many iiKjuiries for property on the -southside. He is aided greatly by an automobile which he gets arbund in in great atyle.
The Calico Ball to be given by the Ladies' Auxiliary will be postponed until April 13th.
A box social   will   be  given   at   the
home of  Mrs.   John   Schneider.    Gen- i
tlemen   will   he  assessed 25c each and !
each  lady   must  bring a box of  lunch |
' sufiicient for two.
Next meeting of the Ladies' Auxil¬ iary will be held at the home of Mrs. Adolph Frisch.
The regular meeting of the Fire Company was held at Headcpiarters last night.
SEAFORD
A social was held at the home of Mrs. Smith VanNostrand Wednesday evening, March 17. Refreshments were served after they had finished playing their games and a collection was taken up.
A dance will be held in the Y. M. I. C. Hall by the Unity Pleasure Club on March 31.
Last Friday Father McMuUen of R. V. C. preached here, Friday the 19th, Father Drew of AmityviUe. The offerings at these special Lenten ser¬ vices are devoted to foreign missions. Last Tuesday, March 9, Rev. For¬ tesque-Cole preached  at  .St.   Josephs'
! at Queens, and March 10 at St. Mary's
¦ at Amityvilie.
The   Red   Bird  Bosco  Club  held  a masquerade ball in  the  Y.   M.   I.   C. Hall on Tueaday evening. Mar. 16.    A I large crowd attended the ball.
Roosevelt Water Co.
Awards Contract
]     The  Roosevelt  Water    Power    and Light Company awarded  the  contract for the erection of its power house at Roosevelt    to    David   H,   Brown,  jr. Thursday, March 11.    Work will com¬ mence at once and the contractor must ! finish  by   September   1st.    It will  be ; located    on   the  company's property, I Whitehouse Ave.    The directors decid- edmto put in what is known as a com- ' pressed air system.    The  water is  to I be stored in two tanks  of 25,000  gal- \ lons capacity eaeh, under a preaaure of ] 90 lbs. to the square inch.   The oflBcets jand directors of the company are:   J. j Huyler Ellison,  Pres.;  Edward Uhe, I V. Prea.; Frank A. Wood. Secy; Arthur ^ Whitehouse,    Treas.;    Elvin N.   Ed¬ wards, Charles Whiteliouse and Charles DeLap. dircetors.
I s«w it In tho Mossongorl"
IWhoMakesUsDM?
"You may take a hor.se to the water, I but you can't make him drink."
If you have the price, you can buy I what you please, and you can drink I what you please. But you don't have i to drink sarsaparilla or anything else I if you don't want to, and nobody can compel you to swallow anything.
The    ambulance-doctor    can    pump everything but.your immortal soul out of you, if he has force enough  tf) over come you, but the  whole   police  force can't  pump  thinga  into  you  against your  v/ill.    FJvery  man   has  one  big duty.    That is, to take care of hia own .self, to make thc best of  himself.    Ifi he does thi.-;, he will at the aame   time ' be doing his duty to society.    But,   to ( (luote  Professor Summor of Yale ; i
"We are conatantly annoyed by jieo- ple who havo made up their minds that it is wise and conducive to happiness to live in a certain way, and who want to compel everybody else to live in their way. ^lome poople have resolved to be teetotalers and they want a lav.' passed to make everybody a teetotaler, i
The fallacy of all prohibitory, sump¬ tuary and moral Ifgislation is the same. A and B determine to be teetotalers, which is often a wise determination, and sometimes a necessary one. If A and B are moved by considerations which seem to them good, that is enough. But A and B put their heads together to get a law passed which shall force C to be a teetotaler for, the sake of D, which ia in danger of drink¬ ing too much. Thero is no jiressure no A and B. They are having their own way and they like it. There is rarely any pressure on B. He does rot like it, and evade.s it. Tho pressure all comes on C. The question then arises. Who is C? He is the man who wants alcoholic liquors for any honest purpose whatsoever, who would usu his liberty without abusing it, who would occa¬ sion no public (|uestioii, and trouble nobody at all."
The (]ue9tion for the votera of Hem[i- stead township i.o settle is aimply this: Will you have Evasion or Regulation?
Remember that No-Iiicense simply means local Prohibition—of the sale of liquor, or water, of the local licen.scd sale of it. It doesn't atop the pur- cha.se of it, or the drinking of it. Any man can buy it, by sending for it -and he can ahvays buy some sort of alcohol locally, if he is not particular as to the quality, and is willing to patronize the illicit traffic which is .sure to spring up under prohibition.
Read the recent articles in Harper's Weekly, Appleton's and Putnam's magazines on the conditions in Maine and Georgia and Iowa. Read the rec¬ ord of Kansas, with its thousands of "mush-room" drug-stores. Search the story of Worcester with its 400 Kitchen bar-rooms. Learn the facts about the Dry towns in South Jersey, as published by the State Excise Com¬ miaaion in it.s recent reports. The evidence as to the failure of No-License ia simply overwhelming. Government itself breaks down under the strain of enforcing prohibitory laws.
Prohibition is said to have started two centuries ago right here on Long Island in the town of East Hampton. It has been tried locally time and again in various Long Island towns with un¬ varying failure. The opponents of prohibition are not recruited merely from the ranks of the saloon keepers, and their patrons. From the aeat of our National Government, the pulpits, ediotrial sanctum and places high in our civic life, come the voices of pro¬ test against prohibitor legislation of th liquor traffic.
Prefl!ident Taft, un his brilliant treatise of "Four aspects of Civic Duty," said:
"itothing is more foolish, /lothing more utterly at variance with sound policy than to enact a law which, by reason of conditions surrounding the community, is INCAPABLE OP EN¬ ACTMENT. Such instances are some¬ times presented by sumptuary laws, by which the sale of intoxicating I liquors is prohibited under penalties in localities where the public senti¬ ment of the immediatb community DOES NOT AND WILL NOT .sustain the enforcement of the law."
Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New ', York Evening Journal, one of the : ablest editors in the world, among many i thinga he has written on the subject I says:
"The human race may sometimes ; do without meat, but it will be a differ- i ent human race. The human race may \ sometimeu do without the uae of wines I and mild stimulants, but it will be a different human race."
"You cannot say what racea have gone down that drank, that races have gone up Ihat did not drink., There has been steady progress in France, Germ¬ any,   England, America—all <b'inking
PKICE, 5 CENTS
countries. There has been stagnation among the Mohammedans, Asiatics and other tee otal nations."
The Outlook, the great magazine of which ex-President Rwsevelt has be¬ come associated editor, in discussing the small vote cast for Mr. Chapin, the Prohibition candidate for president, concludes:
"The election shows that, in spite of the greait "temperance tidal wave"^ the American people are not allowing themselves to be swept away by en¬ thusiasm for drastic but unenforceable laws.    This is nnt to be deplored."
Thejate Bishop Potter, Mr. Charles H. Parkhurst. Cardinal Gibbons, Rev. Dr. Rainsford of New York, Biahop Clark of Rhode Island, Bishop Hall of Vermont, Bishop Webb of Milwaukee. Bishop Crafton of Wisconsin, Bishop Lines of Newark, N. J. and a hoat of o'her eminent divines are outspoken in their disapproval of prohibtion. Their experiences in dealing WiXti conditions of everyday life, has long since con¬ vinced them, as it must every man, that'thd hope for true temperance lies not in prohibition, but in regulation of tho aale of Ji(]Uor.
The license aystein simply means that the liquor traffic is brought under aocial control. The man who gets the licenae, gets a limited franchise, .sub¬ ject to good behavior. If he abuses it, this franchise can be cancelled. His premises are open to public inspection at all times. Incidentally the town and the State gets a revenue out of it, which helps to run the affairs of the Community,   and reduces the tax rate.
Will you, -Mr. Voter, keep your hand on the lever by licensing the sale of liquor—or will you let it go un-li- cenaed, and unregulated? If you want regulation, Votp Yes.    Advt.
WANTAGH
Dr. VV. Cr. Smith, Dentist, (il W. Mer¬ rick Road, Fret-port; 'Phono H.">-R.       tf
The Calico Ball to be given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of Smithville .South is postponed until April l.l.
On Saturday afternoon laat the Wan¬ tagh Gun Club held a shoot "at the gounds. 1 The following are the scores, only the highest being given : Class A—Walter Aahdown 16, Wil¬ liam Dean 15.
Class B—Jamea M. Seaman 16, J. J. Fussell 1.5.
Class C—Harry Braithwaite 13, George Smith 9.
The Sigma Euchre Club met at the home of Mrs. James M. Seaman Thura¬ day afternoon.
On l-'riday night the Christian En¬ deavor Society will hold a meeting in the church. The topic will be "Pil¬ grim's Progress Series," "The Wick¬ et Gate."   Leader, Harry Braithwaite.
i The topic for the sermon on Sunday evening will be the third in the series "Messages of the Christ." The topic ia "The Mes.sage of Christ in Relation to Sin."
Henry J. Smith, who has been suffering from a stroke, is recovering.
The Choir of the Memorial Church has commenced to rehearse the special music for Easter.
It is expected tFat Miss Laura Cowles will sing a solo at the evening service in the Church next Sunday.
New tenants have moved into the houae owned by Mrs. J. M. Delacroix on Park Avenue.
The.entertainment given in Ultsch's Hall Wednesday evening by the What- .soever Circle of King's Daughters was one of the best given by this society and was very successful .socially and financially. The presentation of Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works reflects great credit on all who took part. The fol¬ lowing is the Jirogram:
Part 1 Selection by Orchestra   Waldau   Bros. Co.«y Corner Girls By eight girls
Elsie Young, Helen Jackson, Ethel James, Edith Schafer, Emma Box. Lucy Seaman,   Agnes   Box,    Mar¬ garet Braithwaite. Monologue Telephone Romance
By Mrs. Ada Thomas Solo tfiss Laura Cowles'
Part 2 Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works
In three parts Medley: National Airs
Eight girls Finale The Star Spangled Banner
At the close a reception was held, music being furnished by Waldau.
Mrs. J. J. Fussell was chairman of the committee for arrangements, Mrs, Rhoda Jackson accompanist: Mrs. Chas. Schafer acted a? Mrs. Jarley and Alexander Avagadro and FH^d Wiebel Mrs. Jarley's assistants.