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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
Vol  2, Number 43
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. MAY 13. 1910
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Cento
Merrick
"I'd like to bo an iditor. They'se nawthan' so hard as mindin' ye'er own business, an' an iditor never has to do that.''    Mr. Dooley.
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, Whitsunday, at 7.30 and 11 a. tn. and 8 p. m. Celebration of the Holy Communion at the early aervice. The Sunday School meets in the Parish House at 10 a. m. The les- The firm of (ly makers located in son will be a review m preparation for , preeport, of which Miss  Annie  Miller
was  in session during April:    Kitty
Mulcahy,  Julia  Burns,   Elliott Birch,
I Frank Harrison, Walter AngeU,  Wil-
' liam Otto, Joseph Birch,   George Mul-
; cahy,  Carl  Carson,    Arnold ..^artow,
{ Frank   Harrison,   Arthur Otio,   Wyatt
Anthony, WeJIman Miller, Perry Mur-
aglio and Lois Greaves. /
j     Caroline Carpenter and William Otto took   the  monthly  dictation    exercise i without a miatake.
Freeport
At the meeting Wednesday evening of the General Committee for the Parade and Carnival to be held under the auspices of the Freeport Fire De partment in October, it was decided to vote for a king and queen of the car¬ nival ; votes to be 5 cents each and the voting to start June 1.
Secretary Sammons read the follow¬ ing received from Theodore Roosevelt, in   reply to an invitation to attend   the
the examination upon the last five les¬ sons ofthe pamphlet. A cordial I in- vtitation ia extended to all to attend all the services of this church.
The annual meeting of the Merrick Library trustees will be held in the library building, corner of Merrick and Kirkwood Aves., on Saturday evening at 7.30.
was the head and the Misses Lina ler and Etta Miller partners, has been dissolved. Miss Lina Miller continues the buisness to a degree and has estab¬ lished herself here in the rooms -over J. W. Birch's store.
Pure, Clean Water is an Adulterant
Mrs, William Rhame, who was oper-: ated   upon   by   Dr.   Lanehart    in    the | '
Hempstead Hospital on Monday for ap- i So Rule Wise Men of Washington
pendicitis, is doing well. It is expect¬ ed that she will remain at the hospital for the next two weeks.
A meeting of the Vestry of the Church of the Redeemer will be held in the Parish House on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Delegates will be elected at this time to represent the parish at the annual convention of the diocese to be held in the Cathedral in Garden City on Tuesday, and Wednesday of next | week.
An old landmark is gone in the re-: moval across the track of J. W. Birch's i store.    How odd it looks!
The Woman'a Auxiliary are present-' ing Miss Mable Mullins in recitation and story at the Parish House on Wednesday evening next at 8 o'clock. Admission 25 cefTts. Ice cream will be on sale.
The attractive Arbor Day exercises j were well attended in the school build-1 ing on last Friday afternoon and much ; enjoyed. We congratulate the princi-1 pal, Mr. Mepham, and his assistant, i Miss Conklin, upon the success of the ' occasion. A large bouquet of carna-' tions was nicely preaented in a neat little speech by Franc's (Carpenter on behalf of the school to Mrs. Mepham for her interest in the exercises of the day as shown by her serving as piano accompanist to the songs. Especially ; worthy of remark among the 'program numbers was an original composition ' by William Otto on "Birds."
as to Fattening-State Emphati¬ cally that Saltless Water Isn't Proper Food for Oysters Of¬ fered for Sale
At the recent meeting of the Execu¬ tive Committee of the Suffolk County Board of Trade, held in Patchogue, resolutions regarding the practice of floating   oysters   in   freshened   water
wj,   I carnival, dated from the Hague:
Dear Sirs: I wish I could accept but it is simply impossible for me to make I another engagement of any kind. I must wait until I get home; even then I ! fear it will not be possible for me to j accept one in a hundred of the invita- ¦ tions. I should be glad to, were it ' possible.
Faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. To Mr. William H. Sammons.
Next Sunday evening. May 22, Free- port Lodge, I. O. O. F., has been in¬ vited to attend services in the Wan¬ tagh Congregational Church, when the pastor. Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite, will preach a special sermon from the topic, "The White Stone." Special music has been arranged by the ladies' sextet and a solo by Miss Laura Cowles, a member of the church at Wantagh.
The hearing of the case of E. V. Baldwin against Catherine Schoen, who Mr. Baldwin claimed put up a house opposite his which did not conform to the  restrictions,   has  been   concluded
were   adopted   and   the clerk   was in-  There were fourteen  hearings structed to send a copy of   the   resolu-' ca^e, lasting for seven months, tions   to the   United   States   Board of  seven judges. Food  and Drug  Inspection,   Washing¬ ton, D. C.
Secretary J. F'red Flugrath received a letter in reply from the Chairman of the United States Board of Food and Drug Inspection which speaks for it¬ self.    The letter is as follows :
Sir: Receipt is hereby acknowledged
on   the before
E. R. Collard is driving a new Cadil¬ lac car.
Clarence W. Downs of Bay Shore has opened a fish and oyster market in S. A. Williams store building oppo¬ site the postoffice.    Freeport has   been
for the Board of Food and Drug Inspec-! w'thoi^t such a business place   since  I
Mrs. M. J. McGurn left the village on Monday to take up her residence with her son at 418 Lafayette street, Brooklyn.
tion of your letter of the twenty-sixth inst., together withthe resolutions con¬ tained herein.
In reply thereto we beg to call your attention to the fact which has been brought out in the hearing before this Board, that the priictice of floating oys¬ ters in waters of less salt content than those in which they grew is merely a fattening of the oyster by the taking in of quantities of this fresher water. In thia way a fictitious value is placed upon the oysters without the addition of any food value to the product. This fictitious appearance is deceptive to thc consumer, and it was upon this ground that the practice of floating was ruled against, even where the water in
Somerindyke closed hia store on the Merrick Road, and Mr. Downs should have a good patronage.
A change of time on the I^. I. R. R. is noted for the loth.
The fairy operetta, Laila, will be given at Sigmond's Opera House next Friday evening. May 20, under the aus¬ pices of the Kindergarten Mothers' Club. Mother Goose with a few of her= children will also be preaent. The en¬ tertainment will begin promptly at 8 o'clock.
A vaudeville jirogram is given at the Sigmond Opera House   eacli   Saturday
The Rev. William M. Downey,   first ^^ich the oysters were floated was not  -« --/^^^f
rector  of the Church of the Redeemer, ; -J--' ^^ sewage or polluted by other, ZTellnin^ the HHl Sto"k Company is
was here on Saturday and reported the sale of his property on Mersick ave¬ nue, between the Narwood-Northridge holdings to Mr. S. Cammann.
As the result of their cake and apron sale in the Parish House on last Satur¬ day afternoon and evening the Junior Auxiliary are richer by $23.25. The young ladies desire to thank publicly those who contributed to the success of the sale.
Roosevelt
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Roose-^ i velt Board of Trade   will hold a euchre j
this Friday evening in the Board ofl I Trade     Hall,   followed   by     dancing. |
Tickets are 25 cents each.
The Roosevelt A. A. ball   team  was defeated by '''reeport  Mechanics   team A well-attended meeting of the Men's last Saturday.    "They were outclassed Club held  in  the    Parish    House on j but played their hardest
announced to present "Ten Nights a Bar Room." Tomorrow night there will be vaudeville and moving pictures; admission 15, 25 and 35c.
Mrs. J. Foley is planning a May j walk for Saturday, May 28, at 26 Penn. avenue.
Miss Blanche Rhodes is employed at the village ofiice, copying the assess¬ ment books.
Tuesday evening was much interested in the experiences which ex-Capt. Law- son of the Brooklyn police related as happening to him while on thc force. The curios which   the captain   shov/ed
better luck ; the score was 15 to 0.
Fraternal Council, No. 1962,   R. A., and deserved ! will attend services in the M. E. Church
Sunday evening, when the pastor. Rev. W. A. Richard, will preach.
A. Mansfield Hobbs has formed a partnership  with Oscar  R.   Seitz
Work has been commenced on the improvement of Main street through | R- this village. Wagon loads of screen- law were handled rather gingerly as being , ings have already been dumpted along i and opened offices at 52 Wall street, too suggestive of the dangerous under- i the roadway, and the contractors are ! New York. Mr. Hobbs was formerly world. The Club voted to secure a cup j plowing up and carrying off the surplus ! at 76 William street. The name of to  be played for yearly by the married | dirt along the sides of the street, near i the new firm is Hobbs & Seitz.
and  the unmarried men in a  baseball I Raymond avenue. ; 	
Freeport   Lodge,   I. 0.  0. F.,   con-
contest. Frank Wolfe was elected captain of the married men, and James Mulcahy of the unmarried men. A committee of three, consisting of the two captains and Mr. Anthony was ap¬ pointed to look after all details in pre¬ paration for the contest on Memorial Day.
The regular meeting of the Board of; ferred the initiatory  degree upon  sev-
Trade will be held Tuesday night
Sloop and Crew in Peril
eral candidates Monday night. After the pleasing ceremonies all adjourned to DaSilva's ice cream parlors and en¬ joyed another pleasant hour.
^aptain  William  Metzler,    of   the sloop  Mattie B., of Patchogue, loaded The Citizens' League of Merrick will  *'*.** oysters, from Bridgeport, had his hold  its monthly  meeting in   the fire 11;"?";'"^^^^^"'*'* ^'''^y *hen off Jones- company's room  on  Tuesday  «v<>nin„ I Inlet, twelve miles west of Fire Island; fvening at 8 o'clock.
evening
Last week  by   a  mistake    we nounced Merrick We should have said Newbridge Road.
Three candidates  received   the   de¬ grees of V. L. and P. in Freeport Coun¬ cil,   No.   57,  Jr.   O. U. A. M., Friday Visitors were present from' Bar  last Friday i the councils from  Amityvilie,   Hemp-
The atrong northwest wind was driv-1 »^«^' Northport and Oyster Bay.
ng  the dismantled  vessel,   and    the!    „      ., u    ii j ...u-        i
'     For   those  who   like  good things to
are good
s ad  will
feen  Dy   a  mistake    we   an-  '"b   "•'= u.ou.aiiwcu   ycooci,   »iiu    tue,    p      ^ ,     ... ,
as  the   east boundary of the! vessel  and crew  were in a sad plight   ^^^^ ^^^^ ^°°  '^^e S district.   Meado_wb.ok Road.   ?apta.n Ira Ocke^        in sloop J a- ^^ ^gS ZI^Tb'^U-s
Miss Etta Miller, who has been com¬ pelled to go away for her health, has taken up her residence for the present in Connecticut Her addi'^a is So. Coventry, care Mr. Ryan.
The foUowing papils were in attend¬ ance at BchooI every day the school
cob"Ockers, hove in sight,   and  seeing!,'"   ^    "'7'.'.~" ;"
j the crew's predicament, bore down to | ^^ °^ ^P®'^'"' '"^!!!!! the helpless Mattie B. and aided in clearing the wreckage away. He gave her a stout hawser and towed her twelve miles to Fire Island Inlet and then Dp the bay.
Do YoH Want te Byy er Sell? everybody's Column.
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Daniel DaSilva has purchased the business of the late Charles B. Raynor at the head of Woodcieft canal and will conduct the same this summer.
Sunday School Conven¬ tion
Interesting   Addresses   Planned— Freeport Churches to Entertain
The thirty-ninth annual convention'! of the Queens and Nassau Sunday' School Association will be held next ] Tuesday, May 17, at Freeport, in the Presbyterian Church, afternoon, 3 i o'clock, and Methodist Episcopal ' Church, in the evening, at 7.30. i
Following is the program: '
Afternoon. j
Convention Called to Order,
Mr. Roswell Davis, President. ' Singing. Reading Scriptures,
Mr. Harold E. Brown, Supt. M. E. Sunday School,  Free- ' port. Prayer, Rev. Edwin B. Richmond,
Pastor Baptist  Church,   Rockville Centre. Greeting,
Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, Pastor Presbyterian Church, Free- : port. Response, Rev. William L. Darby,
Pastor   Presbyterian   Church, As¬ toria. Financial Report, Treasurer. ;
Singing. ;
Appointment   of   Delegates   to   State
Convention. Appointment ot Committees   -
Nominating,   Resolutions,    Audit¬ ing, Place of next Convention. Singing. ;
Memorial, to the late Isaac C. Hendrick¬ son, Member  of  Executive  Com¬ mittee, Jamaica. Short Adresses by Mr. P. B. Bromfield, Rev. W.   Jay  Peck, Mr. John H. Prall. A Study:    "A Bird's-eye   View of the Gospels." Rev. Benjamin E. Dick- haut.   Pastor   First   Presbyterian Church, Jamaica. Singing.
Address: "New Methods in the Sunday School," Rev. William Walter Smith, M. D., Secretary of the Sunday School Commission, Dio¬ cese of New York.
Intermission. A collatiofTWill be served to the dele¬ gates   by   the   ladies of the   Freeport churches.
Evening. Delegates   are   requested   to   be   in their seats promptly at 7.30   o'c'ock as the Song Service under the direction of Mr. I. H. Meredith, of New York, will be of especial interest. Anthem by Choir. Report of Nominating Committee. Election of Officers. Singing. Reading Scriptures,
Rev. James M. Dention, CorrcBponding Secretary Suffolk County S. S. Association, Yap¬ hank, L. I. Prayer, Rev. W. A. Richards, D. D., Pastor M. E. Church, Freeport. Offering.
Address: "The Bright Side of Things," Rev.   C.  H.  Mead,  D. D., New York City. Singing.
Report of Committees. Singing. Benediction.
Following are the  officers of the as¬ sociation: Roswell   Davis,   President; Percy  B. Bromfield,   Secretary;   John ! H. Prall,   Treasurer; Mrs.  B.   Black- ¦
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I   A petition to stop automobile pleasure < riding on Sunday is next in line.    Sup-. pose that's different though. |
!     If Halley's comet is responsible for ] the wet and disagreeable  weather we ' I have had this spring, we can be thank¬ ful   it visits   the earth but once every j seventy-five years. j
Moses Hunt with his family returned j to this village last Sunday, after spend- j ing the winter at Port Orange, Florida. Mr. Hunt will again operate his excur-1 sion boat between Bellmore and High ; Hill Beach this aummer, commencing! about June 1st. I
Appropriate  Arbor   Day    exercises I were held in the Public school last Fri- j day by the children. The exercises were of a high order and well rendered. ;
The  drug store  on Grand avenue   is j about completed.    Mr. Wolfe, the new druggist, has brought his fixtures  here i from Baldwin and will open up for busi- neA about June 1st.
Smithyifle South
WILLIAM KRAFT, JR.
Among the young men of this village
who  give  promise  of making a name
_ I for themselves in the years to come   is
.    ...      .      I,   ,        - ! William   Kraft,   jr.    Having  recently
An entertainment will   be   given   on j ^een elected valedictorian of the  class
June   20th   by the children of the Bell-jof   1910 of Freeport High School," the
more  Public   Sehool   m   the school   on j highest honor which   can   be   bestowed
Bedford avenue.    The proceeds are for |
,        . ,    J     r„- ,   .. ¦      J   ; upon a graduate, this seema an   oppor-
the piano fund Tickets are a.lready } 4^^^ ^ime to review his school work, on sale Everybody should attend, as ! ^r. Kraft was born in Brooklyn, De- '*«"   •^"P^V* f P™'=^^^'^«°^t*''s!cember23, 1892, and entered school in
affair will be large enough, so when ^^at city at the age of seven. After at- added to the proceeds of the last enter-1 tg„ji       tj,^^^   ^„g ^-^ ^^
tainments, will be sufficient to purchase | ^^^^^d to this village, where he entered
i our local school, from which he ~^a^ 1 graduated in January, 1907. He en^ I tered Freeport High School immediate- i ly after finishing his studies here, and j by diligent study has succeeded in pass- I ing all the.examinations of the school ! and will in June be graduated with a i percentage of 78.65, which, considering I the nature and number of studies taken.
the new piano, which will be an added improvement to the .school. The chil¬ dren are already beginning practicing, under the direction of Prof. John H. Harrington, and Mias Carrie B. Fish, assistant.
A regular meeting of Advance Hook, Ladder & Engine Co. will be held Mon¬ day evening.
Mrs. Lorenzo Bransford of Patchogue is spending a few days with her father, Mr. William H. Smith, on Bellmore avenue.
is a splendid showing for two and a half years' work. That Mr. Kraft has found time for other than work direct¬ ly connected with the school is shown by his winning the first prize, a set of Victor Hugo's works, at the prelimi- A petition was presented to the peo- ¦ "'^^y P'''^^^ speaking contest held in the
High School Auditorium in 1909, which also carried with it the honor of repre¬ senting the school in the Interacholastic Prize Speaking Contest,  eln the latter
pie of the village thi§ week, with an effort to stop Sunday ball playing in this village. The petition has been sent to  Albany.    As the   law   permits
Sunday ball playing, providing no ad mission fee is charged, and is not dis¬ orderly in any way, the petition will in all probability have no effect on the games.    Another petition is also being
contest, held at the Sigmond Opera House, April 30, 1909, he again won first prize, a $20 gold piece, defeating the best speakers from the leading schools in this part of the Island.    Mr.
circulated  for signers.    This   one is to I
Kratf has not yet definitely decided ask the City of New York to tap its i what he will do after leaving school, mains through here and furnish the vil-j but whether it be to college or busi- 'age  with running  water.    This   peti-'
tion will probably also be of no use, as the city needs all the water they can get to supply Brooklyn.
ness, we predict a full measure of suc- I cess for him, and an honor to our vil- I lage.
A number of Hazel Green's frienda \ tendered her a surprise party last j Thursday evening. About 30 guests ! were present an enjoyed themmselves ; immensely. !
To V/elcome Roosevelt at Mineola
At the meeting of the Roosevelt Re- .   „    -.7       TT     " •     1 L-   ' ception Committee held   in   the   Super-
Lewis E. Van Horn is having his i ^jgors room at Mineola, a large repre- house repainted by Wilbur Hubbel. | sentation was present and much enthus- Lew certainly takes great pride in ! iasm was expressed over the plan. "The keeping his place very neat and at-1 meeting was called to order by F. C. tractive.    He  has  one  of  the neatest i Hicks, the temporary chairman,   which
county homes in the village.
I selection was afterward made perman¬ ent. A. B. Cheshire of Oyster Bay was 1 elected secretary and Hiram R. Smith 1 of Freeport, treasurer. It was deemed ! the sense of the committee that a re- I ception be tendered Mr. Roosevelt I shortly after his return   with   approp-
It
Bellmore, N. Y., May Srd, 1910, Editor South Side Messenger. Dear Sir:- ,,     C5       .. TI r,        4.       ,.        As a taxpayer and voter of the  Sec
Z    ' «r   «^^        o   * ^Department;   ^^^ Election District, Town of   Hemp- i riate ceremonies at the county sekt. «r"-,^«"-^''"^'l^"^^^''^e^"T''^; stead,   I  wish  to  call the attention of! wa« thought that  by  having  a recep- Work; Miss Mary   Youngs,   Secretary ^j^^  ^^^^^^ ^^  ^^^^ district to the old, I Jl^"'" ^he county  and  making  it en-
vT^»~.oi w^-b-  •j,*„^  „u„^t„   h-^n„,„ „o t-u^ "„ij I tirely a county matter the  affair would
dilapidated shar.ty known as the old j ^e of far more importance than if the school house building on Wantagh 1 reception took the form of merely go- road, which the voters of this district | ingrown the bay to meet the ex-presi- are compelled to go in order to vote on j dent. It was thought that by holding Election Day. This building was used j this reception at the county seat, all as a school house nearly eighty years j citizens of the county would have an ago and from its appearance, very lit-1 opportunity to participate in it and that tie  repairs   have    been   made  since.   P^ »^^"; ™"'«^ .^^'"ad* 0"eof ^^^ most
c *     ,   ^tA„^t .n„iA^..t^„ nt-t^ j„j   important events   ever    held    in    the
Some of our oldest residents attended ^^^^ ^he chairman was empowered school in this building when children. I to appoint numerous committees to sub- At that time the building stood opposite | divide the work and active progress is the Smithville South School and at that ^ anticipated in planning what will un- time was known as "Shackle Point." | doubtedlv be the largest celebration The appearance of the building aa a j ever held in Nassau County.
Normal Work
Vice Presidents, W. A. Simons, Hempstead; James L. Dowsey, No. Hempstead; Charles W. Bell, Oyster Bay; Rev. W. L. Darby, L. I. City; Rev. H. H. Field, Flushing; John Eck¬ ert, Jamaica; Rev. W. Jay Peck, New¬ town.
Executive Committee, Rev. W. H. Burgwin, Hempstead; E. M. Hopkins, L. L City; Rev. J.N. Grace, No. Hempstead; W. J. Roberts, Flushing; Dr. J. S. Cooley, Oyster Bay; Rev. W. J. Miller, Newtown.
Town Secretaries, George W. Terry, Hempstead; George C. Conklin, No. Hempstead; H. N. Phillips, Oyster Bay; James L. M. Hathaway, New¬ town ; Charles L. Vaughan, L. I. City; Harry Dayton. Flushing; Bertram Blackwell, Jamaica.
Big Hotel Bumed
The Manhasset Hotel, on Shelter Isl¬ and,   one of the finest hostelries along the  Atlantic coaat, was bumed to the ground  at an early hour Wednesday   --   -    - morning, when it was struck by   light-1 darkness.
polling place of this town is disgrace ful, and without any exaggeration, itj is hardly possible for one to enter the j building without falling through the rotten, weather beaten boards on the front piazza or stoop. The walls are patched up apd in places are ready to fall at any time.
At roost elections it is necessary to have kerosene lights burning in the booths so voters can see their ballots. This is necessary, as the windows on the sides where the booths are placed are  so small,   leaving the booths  in
(contipded on page 8)
"I saw it in tho Mossongorl"
ning. The loss is estimated at $875,- 000 with an insurance of about $200,- 000. There is a rricrt-gage of $135,000 on the place.
Furthermore,  think of the Election Board, who are compelled to remain in thia cold, dirty, filthy place on election (Continued on page 4)
Epworth League Convention
The Annual Spring Convention of the Brooklyn South District Epworth League will be held on Thursday, May 26, at Rockville Centre.
At the moming session will be re¬ ports of officers, etc., In the after¬ noon the Hon. Lewia H. Pounds, Com¬ missioner of Public Worka, Borough of Birooklyn, will apeak. In the even¬ ing there will be an addreas by Rev. Robert W. Moore, the now paator of St. John'a Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. The program will be inter¬ eating throughout.
Atfvortlso in Evorybody's Column.