South Side Messenger 19091126

              FIRE DESMS FREEPOR! HOUSE
LEWS WHEILDEyEHO
SOUTHSIDEMESSENGER
VoL 2, Number 19
BiBLElCLlED
Erery Frida,;
FREEPORT JmD BELLMORE, N. Y., FRiDAY, NOVEMBER,26, 1909
BELLMUKt
FROM FREEPORI PUBLIC SCHOOL I
The  "gate" is down  ag.-iin.
George Hopkins is a new intinbcr of the tire company  here.
News From All Over Freeport
Miss Elsie Greve has returned to her   Star Novelty Company in a program
home   on   N.   Maiji   .St.   .nfter   being   in Germany for tlie past eiglueen monthi.
Vail crowds.
and    his    show    drew    gq>)J lo   l'"ire   Hall last   week.
P>ig Sale on at Ph. Jacohon's Family Shoo- Store 8i and {^:i So. Main St., Freeport, 2 t.
StafforfFs eo'iil crowi llall.
moving    picttirts    draw every  Tuesday   to   l-"ire
Brooklyn .Ave. and Railroad -Ave., fine   improvement.
Hig Sale on at IMi. Jacobsen's Fam- I     Dr.   W.  G.   Smith,   Dentist,   61  W. ly Shoe Store. Hi and i<3 South -Main   Merrick Road, Freeport,  'Phone 85-R.
Street, Freeport
2 t.
James Dugan of New York is erect¬ ing  a  handsome  cotta^fe  for  his  own occr.paney on  IJelltagh Ave.    Mr. Du gan is a relative ol' John   Pickle.    Hi a   i)ermanent  resident   here.
Resulting in an appeal made to him by the Rev. Charles A. Logue, pastor of the Church of Our Holy Redeemer of Freeport, State Commissioner of Education Andrew Draper issued an order this week prohibiting thc read¬ ing of the Bible, singing of psalms, or saying of the Lord's Prayer in the village public schools.
When this news reached Freeport it created great excitement in some quarters, principally on the part of many who feel that the word of God should find a place in the daily routine [ will of school work here. The controversy has appeared in the papers before, both as news items and in the form of letters from Father Logue and President of the Board of Education Samuel R. Smith. Folks believe, how¬ ever, that such an order would never be issued. The fact that it will not b«. allowed to die out or stand as it is is proven by the fact that the Board of Education has applied to the State Commissioner for a hearing, claiming that they have never been given an opportunity to present the opposite side of the case in full.
There are in Freeport siich organiza¬ tions as the Junion Order of United .Aniericrn .Mechanics, with a large roster, tin.' Daughter of Liberty and the Daughters of .America, each order standing for the reading of the Bible. Members of thescW4ers have stated that tliey will give the matter fullest consideration.
This   matter   has   stirred   the   resi¬ dents   of   Freeport     School     District! * Number 9 as    nothing  else    has   forj     Samuel  Self has about closed a deal
many   years   and   something   may   be I with  ^fr. W.  Wolf of Baldwin for the       _ ^
looked for in the way of a continuance | erection   of   a   building   upon   thc   land ! pears iri today V number! of tht,' discussion  of this  object.      Its; the   present    Self   office   building   now
of comediattas, sketches, costumes, songs and monologues. Dancing fol lows.     Admission,   including  dancin
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I     Alonzo     Foster,     President  of  the
Board of Trade, suffered the loss of
The     two   .Main   St.   crosswalks     at   ^'s «"<>ther   Mrs. Alice  Foster, NVed
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nesday. She died at her BrookljM' home at the age of 8g years and was a resident of the greater city all her long and useful life. She was a devot¬ ed church worker, affiliated with the Methodist Church. F'uneral services today from her home on Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn. We extend our sym- Ijathies to the bereaved.
MERRICK
ILOO Yearly, Single.Copy 5 Cents
IWHERE IS THIS MUN?
.•\ I'.MR—.A fair is to be held Monday i aires and steel kings. afternoon and evening Nov. 29th under -  —
the auspices of the Ladies' .Aid Society of .M. E. Church at Firemen's Hall. Many fancy and useful articles for sale, including   refreshments.
liefore you brush your hair the next
time take a look at Smith & Bedell's ad
ill  this issue. i     i-« 1 ^i.  i. ^   xi_
'    Do you know that  you   can  get  the
.   ibest  kind  of   imported and domestic
M. J. ColTi'y has returned Irom a trip i delicatessen articles in  the   new  store,
to Pittsburgh, thc home of the million- j at 15 Railroad avenue, Freeport? Clean-
I liness and home  cooking   predominate.
Mr. Wm. Midmer, who has been confined to his home for tl^e last week with illness, is able to be about again.
Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist, 61W. Mer¬ rick Road, Freeport; 'Phone 85-R.      tf
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The Midmer Organ F-actory is kept comfortably busy. They now 'have live organs in course of construction.
The receipts of the candy and cake sale of the Pansy Club held in the Parisli   House     last   Saturday     were
Mr. Walter Baldwin who was threatened with pneumonia last week, we are happy to report, is up again ancl convalescing.
C. O. Colvin of Merrick is oflfering some exceptional bargains in car¬ riages in l{vL'ryl)ody's Column this week.
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Fred- Wor-
Froni various .firemen in this section wc learn than the company is consider¬ ing the advisability of purchasing two lots on Bedford Ave., upon whicl^ at a later date, they will build a larger hall
Smith & Levy have purchased the property of Henry Rider situated on the West side of Main street.
Spec ial vaudeville  attraction   at  the
The idea of  purchasing at  the present   «-^P''''T ^^^7'''%^?-"   ''V^' t;n,»  ;=  t^   oo...>  iU„   ¦ I   *^  //i Sigmond   Theatre   Thanksgiving   Eve
"l?.? ^t.f'u^  '""'^'^^''   '°'' °^:Fu11 orchestra   and   fine  show. ^ Don'i
We  call  attention  to th« fact that the  .Men's Clnb is presenting a mosi ittractive entertainment  in   Fireman's Hall on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock r-       „     •    ^,       ,    ,- ,.    J    with   the   Three   Star   Novelty   Com-
r-irst Baptist Church, I'reeport. Pred- ^3,,^. „, _., programme of comediettas, enck J. Soule, Mimster Puhhc Wor-| si^p,,.,,,.., costume songs and mono- ship Sunday at 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 lognes. fDancing follows. Adm P. M. ..Morning theme Signs of the | i„cl„,ii„i; dancing, 35 cents. Heavens. hvening, Ine Sin of the KIrier Brother. Sunday School, 2:30 P.! .M. Christian luidcavor. 7:00 P. M. The I Junior   iMideavor   meets   cach   week   on 1 ,,,       ,
Thursday, at 3:.?oP. M-    Weeklv prayer   ^'"    luesday   evening,   Nov.   30.
ISSlOll,
The .Men's Club presents an attrac¬ tive  entertainment  at   Fireman's  Hall Nov.   30,   at   8 o'clock, consisting of  the. Three  Star
service.  }*"riday'eveiviiig. 8:co o'rl'cck.  .A ' x'-       ,.     ,- ¦ ,     r m-  i;_i ;.,..:,.„,;„., ;. „„. i.j ... .v            -N ovclty Company, composed of Mis
land at a later date
-A meeting "O-fi the Ladies' .\id Society of the M. E. Church will be held at the home of Mrs. F. L. Whitmore. Oak Sf
miss it.
Adv.
)oes it pay to be goodr" will be Sunday morning sermon theme of 'iev. Charles Herbert Scholev at the
cordial invitation is extended to al'i. ,¦ ,       ,--    ,,,-,,-      r>    ,   ,,.  ,,
Kimball. Miss  Ruth Wolfe and
IVarl   Skillen.        Press   notice* r 1     1 Ur . T tt 11     .1-""   vi^ry    highly  of  these    young
Inland Waterway League of Long Island 1 ^.^,y,^^ 'p^e pr.igramme includes corn- was here .Monday for the purposv ofAT-i^^.^i^,^. ^ketches, costume songs and ranging a mass meeting on the  '"hwHi: „Hinologues.    Dancing follows.    Tick-
VV^illiam  W.  Hulse,  Pre.ident  of  the 1 .,,,^,^1^.  ^.^.^y    highly  of  these
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BJILDWIN'FOLKS WM TO KNOW
A suave, well dressed, man who was a  stranger hereabouts became well ac¬ quainted    during his    stay here    from Thursday   until   Saturday.     There   are some of our residents who desire to con¬ tinue the acquaintance, but it is doubt¬ ful if they will.    The story reaches us .somewhat in this fasion.   A Mr. Moore, who recently purchased a house brought the man to Baldwin as a possible tenant for same.    The man  was charmed and paid $40 i)y check for the tirst month's rent.    Being short of ready money his new landlord obligingly cashed his check for   $30.     The   rest   of   the   stranger i victims followed in short order and they gobbled   up   the   strangers   checks   like chickens going at a pile of corn.    John R. Seaman fell for the sum of $14 and is still dazed over it.    He certainly was anxious to welcome the newcomer.    Mr. Sorrentino, the butcher, obligingly went into his till for ."f;2;. in rash in exchange for a check.    .Mr. James Story received an order fur coal and delivered it and also .separated $7 from his roll and re¬ ceived    the   customary    souvenir.     Mr. Storj',  we  understand  had   to  cart  his coal back again.    Charles Henry Verity was told to go to Hempstead and bring back a van load of furniture. .Mr. Verity went over to Hempstead but found only an empty house at thc address given. He had  his trip   for his pains and on the homeward journey had  plenfy of time tu meditate over the amount of money he advanced for one of the mainy checks. The   gullibility   of   these   gentlemen   is
and Bedford Ave., Thursday afternoon. ^^.^^.^^^.^'-S^^^""!^^/^^^'! waterway, or ton orrow night at the r,,, ,,,-,, .^nts. childVcn .5. and n^^V wonderful to insider. Th.?d;e;krwe;e Dec. 2d, 1909. at 3 P. .M. All members I „; ,„i,ject will he ^lial.akknk Stand.: ^^'«'"^""' '^^'^t''*-; '"^ "^^•^"^ '^ ^'' ^^: , be obtaine.l from any member of the all on a Washington. D. C. bank and the ..„   ..„......,,   .„   K..          r.......   i,,„",,, .|,,, .,^,,,,,,1   1^,;,,^. ,;,- '^•^;;?r    HI.   unaljje  to get^ the  opera house and I cluh. j authorities    have    been    notilied.    The
We call   your attention to tho report of the First National Bank of Fiecjiort
are   requested   t are   invited.   ' .Mr retary.
liresent.    Frictidj S.  J.   Osborn, "Sec-;
n this issue, and also the report <if thc Bank   of  Rockville   Centre   which   ap-
iK'iiig so little time to prepare an "tur place, the matter was liropped. Mr. liuL-ie is an enthusiastic worker for thj. pro.iect and hopes to see it put tnrough, a uisli that many of us are willing to ;ii(i  in  its  fullilhncnt.
importance demands  it.
stands. The building will be used by Mr. Wolf as a pharmacy. Mr. Wolf | was for some time in the Silver Lake I Pharmacy in   Baldwin. |
On Sunday morning. Rev. W. A.! Richard will preach as usual in thej Methodist Episcopal Church at 7.30! P. M. He will begin a series of four sermons on "Great Prayers of thc New
Freeport: Vil'.a^e Board
The Village lioard held it> meeting F'riday night with all thc trustees pres¬ ent, 'ihtre were no coinp'.ainis or peti¬ tions (lied with thc Board -hovving that it is strictly onto it's job and keeping village affairs in good shapi
President   Morrison   was   empowered i j^^^'j;^^   'haT^sold  four "lot s^T.^T imlTn ' ^^^"'"^JP^  Saturday,'our  souverirs; fhe beVt and'that there wili" ;,c'm> reason
St toMr  VanRiperofFVeeSort who'^ ^^^^'  '" ^'"^^-^l  *"  "^^ '^'y '^  ^hey
plans    o   put   ifptw? neit   cot;-«^^ ' ^"^' '-°r^''^ h'lve .lecded to have another   desire their wants supnlied at home. The This   has   become   necessary   ana   ^^" | ?^een\i,^l feood «ork '^o"'^^'-'^-   Grand Opening this Saturday land.: will   formal     opening   Saturdav     brought   a
.Morrison has rented a room in tht same   '^eep up tne feoo<l «ork. . give a souvenir to those   that   received | crowd   who   tilled   the   store   and   each
building   with  ithe   \illage   boprd,   but       , none.    We thank our  friends   and   pa-
Harry .\peler, secretary of thc  Ine i trons for their support, and will   prove and drum corps whicii the young nit.i   our appreciation by the*good|values we
Service-^  at   the   Church   of  the   Re¬ deemer  Sunday,   I'irst .\dvent, at 7.30 and II .\. ,M. and 7.30 P. M.    Celebra¬ tion of Holy Communron at the early service.    The Sunday School meets in : the   Parish   House  at   10   A.   M.,   sub- Thc Schloss department store on Main I jeict   nf   the   lesson,   "Jesus   Refuses   a St. is practically a new store for it hai ^ Kingship."    The   barrels   for   the  Ad- been  enlarged to twice its former  size, ; vent   offering   for   Diocesan   .Missions redecorated, and arranged in a way that | will    he   distributed.    Tuesday   being makes it one of the foremost department | St. Andrew's Day, there will be a cele-
to hire another room for th village    and    fire    departme
es It one o Mr. Samuel Self has sold two lots ' Testameilt." the first of which wilT be I ^'^"''^^ '" ""-' ^'""^ ^Z''"^"'' village^ There 1 bration   of   the   Holy   Communion on   Linden   St.   near   the   brook  to  a i "The  Suppliants'  Prayer" |''^'"^   V^"  entrances   from   .Main  St.   and   7.30  A.   .M.     During  .Advent   services
Brooklyn party who will erect a large ' ^'^'"¦^' '''"'*^'-' ^"'"'^^ window space which arc I will be held on Wednesday evenings at
dwelling at once f<jr which plans arti     n,„.-„„ f„ ft,., „. „„-„4^'„.,_  r.„_.-, ' !'"'V''"''^; jishted as is the -nsulc^   Mr. 1 8  and   Friday   mornings   at   10.
ered!''^'"^   prepared.       The    same    same storage or, 5^1'^^,''^^/'°^t.^.°"'¦„i°x.^'J"__^J"'^!" : ^^^e out before all orr vi^^tor^rroe-'vrd i for  folk
same man appeared in Hempstead under the name of Kugene Parsons, and if the native hy that ijame linds him, he will guarantee \#ork for sever.d parsons without doubt. Later. Huntington was visited hy the successful fiim-flam artist, but got away. In Haldwin he was known as Robert K. Smith, in Hempstead as Eugene Parsons, in Huntington as Mr. Scott. Wherever he went he got thc coin and is heating get-rich-quick- Wallingford of Saturday Evening Post J I faille at his own game. .A mere detail, but we forgot to mention t^at aforesaid checks were  N. G.
his   stock   will   he   of
upstairs.
The bill of the L"ng, Island Realty Co. for $765.80 for laying a four-inch water main was accepted and a separate! n"csting donations of    money    fro
on*   was soiuenir.
presented   with
attractive
of   this   section   have   formed,   is   re-
account opened
Messrs. Smith & Malcomson offered to make additional pipe line and hydrants data on the present village map, also place data of electric lighting system on blue prints. This data to be furnish¬ ed by the Board for the sum of $35.
Sidewalk applications were granted Smith F. Pearsali, Pine St., to be four feet wide and one hundred and fifty-five feet long. Also Helen A. Bissell, Long Beach Ave., four feet wide and sixty- four feet long. Entire cost of con¬ struction to be paid for by these own¬ ers.
Electric light applications were grant¬ ed E. S. Randall, Long Beach Ave.; C. M. Ptdver, N. Main St.; Freeport Brick Works, Henry St.
Water applications were granted Mary Wulforst. So. Main St.; Arthur Wilson, So. Bay View Ave.; Lewis Post, So. Bay View Ave.; George Stone, Lexing¬ ton Ave.; Daniel B. Raynor, East .Ave
will continue to give.    Yours to serve, Schloss Dept. Store, 80-82-84 Main St., Freeport.
the residents to be used in purchas¬ ing instruments. ..\ny one de.sir<ng to contribute can give auy amount  irotn
$1.00 up and it  wilf he spent to best 'the WeIden''coal office on   Lower"lifk^n advantauf. i St., gave the firemen a chance   to  get
! in a good run and digest their  Thanks-
Wc  call   attention  to   the  fact  that i ^^'"^ dinner.    The   alarm   called   the
the   Men's   Club   of   Merrick   is   pre ' department to the structure which was
senting   a   most   attractive   entertain-   ^"'""1"^ brightly at  4:30  and,   despite
ment    in    Fireman's    Hall,    Merrick i ^" ^^°^^? to save it, it waa  destroyed,
The choir of the iMrst Baptist Church nijikes pr^'liminary announcement of a concert to be held in the church, Tuei-
The
service on Wednesday will consist of evening prayer with a lo-minute aa- dress antl on Fridays of the Litany service. .A hearty invitation is extend¬ ed to all to attend the services, es¬ pecially during .Advent.
.About 30 ladies met at the Parish House on. T'riday last in response to a call by the rector and organized the .Merrick Branch of the Woman * -Auxiliary  to  thc   Board  of  Missions.
York, so that tlic people of Freeport are assured an evening of entertainment such as is rarely oflfered in the city. The following  artists  will  appear  upon  the
program of compdiattns. sketches, cos ,
tumcs, songs and monologues. Danc-i ^^*^ '^'V' ^^'^^"^'o" to the fact that ing follows. Admission, including ! f^^*^ -^^^"'^ C"'^ o^^^^^rick is present- dancing, 35c. 'PR a most attractive entertainment in
 —  Fireman's    Hall,    Merrick,    Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock with  the Three
Louis B. Wheilden Dead
On thc Ilight of November i6tb, 1909.
rri.    i:    >.       i     , 1 • , ,  ¦ ¦ 'l'''^' evening. IDcccmber 7th, the proceeds! Th,,   i-'.,iiV„.,;.,„     «•;„ 1    .   1
The fire  yesterday. whicV destro;.ed j to be ..vot^l to the fui/d of the'stanle, j J.^^.i^nrM^s.^^Vnt^rimer'^vk':
\\.  Roberts   Memorial  Organ     txcep-   president. Mr.s. J. W. Birch; secretary, tional talent has been secured from New   m;,,    Florence    Hewlett;    trea-surer!
Miss Mary Kent. Tea was served. The scope of this new society is broad. its object as stated in the constitution gives it a basis of appeal to every woman in Aferrick: "To encouragt the women of Merrick in works of charity and Christian labor; to co¬ operate with the Woman's Auxiliary in its efforts for the extension of Crist's-kingdom throughout the world; to bring the women of the parish into pleasant and social intercourse." .Meetings are held in the Parish House weekly on Thursday afternoons a, 2.30. Any lady who has not yet joined is cordially invited to do so.
-r       1 • . o    , .    -.      '•^"'*"''*'' as was the   home   whieh   wnc:   .^nrf "nf' I"'"8ram:     Lillian   Vernon   Watt.   Sop-
lor.  Pianist: and Philip Fitser. Accom¬ panist.    Tickets are now on sale, a can¬
vass being made by a committee frpm the church. Those who are not visited may secure tickets by notifying Miss M. Pitcher, 303 S. Ocean .Ave., Choral Leader.
^A HEMPSTEAD
The   fruit   stores   here   are   making'
Country,"   on   Thanksgiving   night, turtcy supper {.receded the lecture
at   St.   Francis   Hospital,   Ne(w   York,
Louis B.  Wheildon died suddenly after
an illness of only two weeks.
Mr.Wheildon has made his home in,      ^..^   ,.,...   .,lv^,c3   ncic   u.c   marine ¦      ^ t>  i 1 ,•     ,
Charles E. Gatter. two houses on  Pine-Freeport   for the past three years and j record sales for this time of the vea^ ,   ^^"«".'^'   Belmont   closes   his   home St.; Vandewater Post. Wallace St.;  P., has   for   the   past   two  years   acted   as' _ '"*^ y^*"^-1 here this week. .August Belmont, Jr., is
Anderson, Onslow   PI.;   Charles  Carey.| General   .Manager  for the  Great  South I     i,     , r- 1  •  .       .       ¦ j dl at his New York home with typhoid
Glenada Court; W. C. Raynor. N. Main! Bav  Ferrv  Company and had been  re-i ,   -^^ead Lolvin s advertising in Every-1 fever,   but   reported   improving.       As St.; J. J. Hand and J.  O'Hara,  Miller   ccntlv elected  its president. | body s Column ^his week. the   other   son,  Raymond  is  in   busi-
Ave., and Herbert Pettit. Nassan Ave.   I     Mr.  \Vheildx)n  was Iwrii  on January'     t?„„    V=tbt^r~rt'Ur,rV,- 11     . ^   1        ."^*^   '"   ^^^   ^^'^y-   ^^'^-   B^'n^ont-   Sr., Trustee Ellison oflfered the following! qth, i^M- in P.oston. Massachusetts, thei ni;r.^nM tS-^^^, i.f   nf/^^^      t   Z\^.^^  additional  reason for making his resolution:   That permission be granted! son   <.f   William   G.   Wheildon   and   L | A   M      ^'''^"'^•'^'""S ^'^^ ^^'^ oclock | Autumn stay here short. the   Long  Island   Realty   Co.  to* lay   a! Frances    Wheildon.    His    father    wasj*
four-inth  water main,  connecting   with i Trea.surer of the Boston Chair Company i     Mrs     Stiles'     Saturdnv    afternoon the present water main at the niter..ec-  and  Mr.  Wheildon, after he had com'| dancing class at larhh ^ouse ^Jo^s
pleted his education, entered the employ! in popularity weekly.
of  the   Boston   Chair Company  as  as-j 	
sistant to his  father.    From this posi-j     Irving Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs,
tion he became associated with Dwight,' E.  Lewis of 76' Henry St.  is now in
Bramann & Co., bankers in Boston. "The! Panama where he will be located for
engineering    field,    however,    attracted! some time.
Charge of the village Water Works andi hini and especially was he interested in i  —
in accordance with  specifications  to be j electrical  railroads. He built  the  Port-!     Union   Services   of   the   Preshvteria'n approved by the  Board and at a  cost  land &  Yarmouth  Railroad  and  man-1 MetS st and BloSt diurch  wi^l S not   to  exceed  fifty  cents  per  running  aged it in a successful manner and later UtthriaUe? church   on   Ma^in   Street foot  ftir pipe and  installing the   same   took  charge   of   the   installing   of   the I Thanksgiv ne   Dav'     Dr    Suim   de and  more than $35-   for  each  hydram.! water works system at Little Frills, N. J. i UverTdthef^ Burguim   de-
That the village shaH"maintain absolute; He    also superintended    the laying   of
tion of Grand Ave. and Columbus Ave., in village of Freeport and running north through Columbus .Ave. to Sea¬ man* Ave., with hydrants as may be necessary and directed by the Board under the direction, of the engineer in
.An uncommon feature of the serv¬ ices at St. Georges' morning servicci on Thanksgiving Day was the occupy¬ ing of the galleries of the Church by the Sunday School, the scholars sing¬ ing chorals. Dr. Snedecker preached a fine sermon. Miss Elizabeth Clowes is the organist of this church.
The weather kept many from atr tending the mass meeting of car¬ penters and joiners of America ac Munck's Hall Tuesday night. The matter of the local carpenters joining, or forming a union here is one which
thereof b*- fully met. The village re serves the »ight to pay the cost of same or any part thereof remaining unpaid at any time and to take title to said -main and hydrants. Seconded by Mr. Sigmond tnd carried.
At the Jackson Memorial O. M. E. Zion Church here. Rev. C. L. Brown, kn'wn as the wild man from SqualT Africa, delivered his popular lec^re, "Habits and  Customs of  My Natural
fore a decision is reached.
control of these water mams, that the, electric conduits in Brooklyn, and last!     Edward  Neu  made application  for will be considered for a long time be cost of construction be credited to the  summer, in addition to the management i lease of three acres situated on Bar- Ix>ng Island Realty Co. on a separate j of the  Great  South  Bay  Ferry  Com-j num Island channell and East Creek, account and that  all  water  rents  col    pany. he superintended the building of a  A map was submitted with the appli- itcted   from  the   same  be  paid to  the  large factory at Allentown. Pa. | catioh.      Referred   to   committee   on
Long  Island Realty  Co.^until the  cost|     Mr.   Wheildon  was an   eflScient  andi leases ""        " able  manager,  a  skilled   engineer  and
was particularly noted for his loyalty to the interests which he represented and his persistence in carrying out any¬ thing that he undertook. He leaves a daughter,  Marion H.  Wheildon.
At the last meeting of the Town Board it was voted to grant the re¬ quest of Thomas F. Gilbert, secretary and treasurer of Post No. 544 G. A. R. viz: that sum of $2,100. be placed in the annual budget for thc use of the G. A. R. relief committee in caring for indigent soldiers ahd their families for the ensuing year.
¦'^ Beefsteak Dinner Satisfying
When Messrs. Long and Norwood announced that they would give a beefsteak dinner last Saturday at the commodious Norwood Hotel on the bay those who/ knew went down an.i were prepared for the best and got it with bells on. The famous steward of the South Shore Yacht Club saw lo it that the guests of the evening were bountifully supplied with' beef¬ steak, squab, celery and plenty of "oil." Around the sawdust covered floor were spine notables who will always forsake other things for a beefsteak fe%t. and those present in¬ cluded James Keenan, who was toast- master; "Freddie" Vernon, "Andy" Merley, Ernest Bosca, Charles Stew art, Jonathan H. Bates, Leo Fishel, Stephan P. Pettit, Esquire, Roland H. Lamb. Isaac Tenise. Walter White. J. H. Fleming, W. E. Prickett, A. B. Prickett, Thomas Forbes, Smith Cox, Robert Anderson, Arthur Leveringr and Clarence Rigby, the daddy of all the newspaper men hereabouts. Ev¬ erybody had a good feed and they enjoyed the "specialties" of the even¬ ing, which went along with a few dozens o|- interruptions by the more vociferous ones.
Henry Hebenstreit, Jr., has been East cn a gunning trio.
Read .\. W. Pearsall's ad. in this issue in Everybody's Column.
Mervin Prince is on a two-weeks' vacation at Cariisle, N. Y., and Niagara Falls.
Big Sale on at Ph. Jacobson's Family Shoe Store, 81 and 83 So. Main St., Freeport.
, C. O. Colvin advertises ^'some car¬ riage bargains in Everybody's Column this week.
Big Sale on at Ph. Jacobson's Family Shoe Store, 81 and 83 So. Main St., Freeport. 2 t.
"B.II" Raynor gave a bachelor dinner to twenty of his friends, among \yhom were all the prominent bachelors in town.    "Bill" made a good host.
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We have the report that Chafles Smith will erect a $20,000 hduse'of modern architecture oiv his^ property here for permanent residence.
Go to the M. E. Church Thursday eve¬ ning, Dec. 2d. and see "Miss Fearless 8t Co." a faice by Miss Jennie K. Schu> man's class.
The T. A. Gillespie Company will finish their work on the pipe line in three weeks. This includes the entire job and is one of the quickest on record. The same company has another contract for the city in the vicinity of Aqueduct which they will start shortly.
While Mrs. John M. Vincent, of Grand Ave. was calling at a neighbor's across the street from her home Satur¬ day, sneak thieves entered her home through the cellar door and took $15 in cash, a book of postage stamps, a f.Mmtain pen, diamond stud and two rings. Other valuables were left be¬ hind No clues as to the thief. The slierifi['s oflfice was notified.
Justice C. F. Gittens made a record » this year in the collection of fines, the total ^ount beii>g $2,950. Qf this amoont $45 was paid to the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals; $ioo\o the Forrest, Fish and Game Com¬ mission and $2,805 to Supervisor Cox. —llempstead  Sentinel.
To the remaining $2,805, Motor-cycle Policeman Otto Payne ahs put in $2,245 in five months, which is also an excel lent record.
The MESSENGiER Xmas Number in colors will be issued December 10.   Be sure you order your copy in advance.