South Side Messenger 19090115

              SOUTH SIDE
For the
South Side of
Long Island
VOL. 1, NUMBER 26
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A reliable-means o^ com munkfi^ion between the villages of Rock¬ ville Centre, Baldwin, ^^Freepdll:, Roosevelt, Merrick, Bellmore, Smithville South, Wantagh, Seaiford, Massapequa and Amityvilie.
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IfREEPORT AND BELLMORE,>if. Y., FRIDAY. JANUARY 15. 1909
PRICE, 5 CENTS
fREEPORT
Next Friday evening, January 22, Deputy State Councilor Joaeph D. Tunison will make his ofiicial visit to Preeport Council, Jr.O. U. A. M., No. 57. The entertainment committee have charge of the evening and all who attend to greet the new deputy will be well taken care of. -This is ^e first visit of the new deputy and alF mem¬ bers should be on hand to get acquaint- ¦ed with him and his fellow ofiicers who will bi-. with him.
The aixth annual dinner of the Free- port Club will be held at the club house Jan. 27th.
The recent cold snap brought the skaters out in force but at best the ice was in poor condition on the neighbor¬ ing ponds.
The evangelistical services are at¬ tracting wide spiead attention and an evening of commendable aupport, not only locally but from neighboring vil¬ lages. A degree of fervor is shown that is very marked. , j
In the  Presbyterian  and  Methodist I Churches      last     Sunday,     offeringa \ amounting  to $125 were received  for i the benefit of the earthquake  sufferers I in Italy.    This sum, with a  considera¬ ble amount from the Church of the Re¬ deemer,   Rev. Father Logue, was each sent in its proper channel to the aid of the unfortunates.
A great reduction is now in progress at H.JBarasch's, 65 Main St., Freeport, N. Y. Don't fail to pay us a visit during sale days.
I Sunday Mtaa^ Bessie Brower of Rooae- I velt and Harry Smith of thia village were united in marriage by Rev. P. A. I Smith of the  Baldwin M. P. Church. | They will reaide in Freeport.
A resolution was adopted putting the Board on record as favoring the  appli- I cation of the  South  Shore    Traction i company for a franchise to operate its ' lines through the village liiiiits and a | committee waa appointed to appear in i i connection with this before the Board ! j of Estimate and Apportionment in New | I York,   it  being the desire of this com- I pany to use the route of the city's pipe I line to the City Line.    The matter of I an oflicial organ for the board was dis¬ cussed and left over, at the suggestion I of a member, until the next, or a later I meeting.    The next meeting  will  be lin tbe^nature of a smoker; entertain- I ment will be  provided  for  the mem- ' bers.
New Home of ilie Hempstead Bank
BEUMORE
Mrs. John Pickle entertained a num¬ ber of friends over Sunday.
Mrs. N. N. Matthers and daughter Ada and Fred Fiesler are guests at the residence of Louis Schweiker, Bed¬ ford Ave. Mr. Schweiker has moved to his new home over his store on Bed- ' ford Ave.
! MERRICK
j Services at the Church of the Re- I deemer Sunday, second after Epiphany, j 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School meeta at 10 a. ra. A missionary pro¬ gram will occupy the aession with an I address by |the rector upon "Mis- i sions." The offering will be for work I on the foreign field.
j     Among the preachers for the Lenten I services are Rev. Dr. Rogers of Brook¬ lyn and Canon Swett.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
The ball of tbe Bug Houae Company
at Lynbrook   Wednesday night waa  a
successful alTair and despite  tbe in-
I clement weather drew a  big crowd  of
merry makers.
The Hutcheson >. brothera of Hemp* stead mounythe loss of a $100 ailver cup valued as a trophy, and other var¬ ious auto supplies stolen from their garage this week.    No clues.
From  the  Eagle,   we qoote the fol¬ lowing :
Congressman^ccks, the Long Island representative   at   Washington    and .,,    ,        . 7",      ,     .,, .  ,    [spokesman of the  President    in   the
^1^^. ^ri^I55J'^J5"^.!'i"A^u! I House, in  the course of a speech  Sat-
The offering taken Sunday in behalf of the earthqttake sufferers, amounting to $15.37, has been foJ-warded tO' the treasurer of the Red Crosa Society.
: advantage of the entertainment to be ; given under the auspices of the Men's I Club at Firemen's Hall Wednesday \ next, Jan. 20, when the Ladies' Guild ; of the Church of the Transfiguration of Freeport will appear in "An Old {Maid's Convention." Tickets are 35 ; cents; children 12 and under will be ad- I mitted for 15 cents. Dancing follows I the entertaipment with music by the j ' Waldau Brothers.   Special attention is |
urday night at the annual dinner ofthe West End Theodore Roosevelt Repub¬ lican Club, Woodhaven, declared that Roosevelt is much misunderstood by hia fellow members in the House. The rebuke given the Preaident by Con¬ gress, he believed, was really uncalled for. The speaker said that he felt prompted aeveral times to take the floor in defense of the Chief Elxecutive, while   the    controversy   raged,     but
called  to the provision for children.        ^j^^^^j^t j^. ^^y^^^ -^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^j,
We are to cloae out our entire fall and winter stock of bigh grade Men's and l^oys' Clothing, flannels and other merebandiae for the need of room for coming spring. It is to your own ad¬ vantage to visit this store on sale days. H. Barasch, 65 MfiiD St., Freeport, N. Y.
The complimentary dance of thei rp. ^ i^ ^ .„.„,„iUi, a„„j„„ j; j'„„<. „..^ Freeport Club «»ill be held Wednesday I ^^% ^^ wea«wr Sunday dd not pre- Z«alhZ To« on Tho !«,*-l*-Vr.m«rtf I ^eut folks from turning out in force to evening, Jan. 20. The entertainment I . ^. services at the little church committee, Chas. E. Mack, Henry L. j * "'^1 Me k Road We are ^ad to Maxson  and  Daniel   Morrison,    havel     ..    ,.u ^ xl-     u     L • •  ¦
planned ior an enjoyable evening  for ""^f.^    hat this church is receiving  ex- Jll attending. | cellent support.  ,,
Under the firm name of Moore andi The base-ball club ara planning Southard, Charles C. Moore of Free- ' f"other shovv at Bellmore Hall the port and John Southard, formerly of ! f«re-part of February. The boys ex- Seaford and Brooklyn, wiil open early ! P^^^^ to do even better than last time, next week an undertaking and embalm¬ ing establishment at 24 Brooklyn Ave. ; ^'^"•
At  the  meeting of the Men's  Club
: Tuesday  in  the Parish House reports
! showed  the Clab to be in a flourishing
It's worth a trip to Hempstead to iuspect  this   Imiulsoiue  ue^ | <=?"<l^<^f"-    Four new  members were
edifice located at tbe corner of Maia and Fulton Streets.    A depositor j ^i^''*^^^.^™^'"^ *^® membership now
1   J Al.  1. (I'l' J 1- t....      'i J •    i    •  Ul   j;       TI M^'    Ine new   members are:  Messrs.
remarked that   it a good enough for a city and just right for Hemp- ^^^^^^ vande Wright, Nolan, and Bar-
„*.„,!       rii,^,—1--.^ned  the  no^  building Monda.v.      The  above ^^t.    It is hoped that the coming enter-
I tainment will net sufficient to fumish if I—»i a comfortable and cozy club room where i
1 aome of the older members may spend '.a  sogial  hour now and then while the
  ; younger ones,   more   athletically    in-
j clined, loik to the prowress of the Club George: Aei^ef-^f-eeeover^ tjaSket t»tt team* of
stead."    The bank ot
picture is by courtes3' of the Sentictel.
BALDWIN
SEAfORD
,     We not6  tbo "iSftW^iwoem'ii***"^'^^^
wedding of Miss Maud Carman of this   from a S-weeka' illneaa, village anc:  George  Spires of Ocean Side.    The   report states the wedding took  place  Jan  3.    The   couple  will
f laie Club sHbwcid d^ciBted improvement
,   . .      ,.,,.¦ in their work on Tuesday  night when
A good time was enjoyed by all who j tj,ey made 11 points against the strong
reside in Brooklyn.
Proceeds for the benefit  of  the  home
CounseMor George Levy, one of our promising young men, will shortly es¬ tablish law offices in the new Otten Building. Mr. Levy has been tpr Tjome time in the law offices of e.x-Afi- .semblyman George Wallace in Jamai- 'ca.     We wish him much success.
The Jakesonia Club which is, gener¬ ally speaking, a name, for a lot of the good fellows of the village, had its beefsteak-fest at their headquarters on Main St. Saturday night. It was en¬ joyed so much that these dinners will be regular affairs during the season.
Ata meeting of the stockholders  of ' the   First National   Bank of Freeport: held   Tuesday evening,    January   12, 1909,   the entire old boardsof directors were re-elected.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis T. Wellsfhave been spending a few days this week with relatives in Greenport.
At a meeting Friday night of the Jr. O. U. A. M., No. 57, it was vot¬ ed that the order lease the lodge rooms in the new Otten Bulding for a term of five years. The lodge wlil fumish the rooms and sublet it to other lodges that desire to share in the facilities that the new hall contains.
Keeping up with the tinies Stafford's Cinematograph Wednesday evening ' showed pictures of the annual dinner of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. and the dinner of the Jakesonia Club, held in the miniature theatre on Main Street.
Six new applications for member¬ ship were received last Friday evening at Freeport CoUncil No. 57, Jr. 0. U. A. M. By the time of the clasa initia- ition, which is to be held February 5, there will be about twenty-five candi¬ dates. _
The new residence of Samuel R Smith, which Builder Fred Howell is finishing at Smith and Grove Streets, is being painted and decorated by G. A. Stone, who also has the contract for the new dwelling being built on Porter¬ field Place by C. L. l^ee.
ITThe Board of Trade had its regular montly meeting Wednesday night at Fraternity Hall. In the absence of President Foster, vice-president Elvin Edwards occupied the chair. He made an efficient chairman and during the general discusaions whieh toUowei was careful to keep'tbe armaments in Une.
The Bellmore Avenue Church is no \ longer Congregational. The services about to be conducted in that building will be under the Presbytery of'Nassau and will be commenced as soon as the matter of heating has been attended to ; by the committee in charge.  
A party of ladies, namely:   Mrs.   D. ' Heine,   Mrs.   C.   Smith,   Mrs.   A.   H. | Dean, Mrs. F. Hunt, Mrs. Theo.   Hop- | kins, Mrs. L. Smith, met at the home i of  Mrs." E.   Larkin  on   Wilson Ave., I Wednegjay^ for the purpose of organi- I zing a sewing and  social   club.    They have named it the Social Club of  Bell-1 more.    They had    an  enjoyable  time and  hope  for  a  successful   future to-' gether.   The next meeting will be held j at the residence of Mr.s. A.   H.   Dean, Wednesday, Jan. 20th, at 2 p. m.
Last night the ball of the Smithville South Hook, Ladder and Engine Com¬ pany filled the Fire Hall here and we understand everything went off smoothly. The music, dancing and refreshmenta and other requisites of a ball were enjoyed to the limit and that of course is juat what the committee in charge looked and worked for.
The barn at the rear of  the  Balcom property,    just    southwest   of    here, caught lire at  5.30  Wednesday  morn¬ ing.    The   origin   is    unknown.    The barn with its contents was entirely de- stroyed.    The Baldwin departmeiit did ; team of horses. not go to the fire, as it was outside the limits of t^e fire district, and hadv the j apparatus been dragged   to  thc  scfene ; it is doubtful if it could have   been Jof great  service   in  any case^ TWO^ar- riages,   an   automobile  aira hay  were | destroyed.    A Mr.   Crawford  lives   in! the Balcom house for the   Winter  and [ he was awakened by Foreman McColly
attended the Unity P. C. dance last night. Mr. J. T. Powell and Mr. Wm. Morgan  jr.   won the barn dance prize.
Phi Alphas of Freeport and held them to 34. A small billard table has been installed for the use of members.
an overwhleming majority of critic!}. Depsite che attitude of Congress," said Congressman Cocks, "the vast major¬ ity of the voters of this country are undoubtedly in sympathy with the' President, understanding and interpret¬ ing him correctly." This last remark evoked much applause.
The Nassau County Hospital is now debt-free. The $50,000 indebtednees has been cleared off the books of the association by the efforts uf various people throughout the county revenues fro;dn varioua n^w aoperlntendant in charge Mary MaciCechnie of the N. Y ary. Mias Mary Melville having re¬ signed that post a short |ti me  ago.   \^
and  by .Th« Mias nfffto-
The Y. M. I. C. will run a  dance  in their hail the 27th of this month.
Mr. Jess Smith has purchased a new
According to the shipments maae by Mr. R. Wanser to the fish markets it looks as though he is satisfied with the change he made from Canarsie to Seaford.
I     The Cooking School   began'its  ses sion on Saturday last, with Miss Huger
The next Fall Fair of the Queend- Nassau Agricultural Society will be held Sept. 21 to 25. Thos. H. Bacon remains General Manager.   The affairs
i in charge and an enrollment of  20  pu-i „£ t^e society are said to be in a  very , pils.    The  session begins at 9 o clock, '. excellent condition.
with   lunch  served  at   12,   the  resulti    '  '_	
I of the morning's work. All who de- i sire the advantage of this school, I whose privileges are free, are invited [ to meet Miss Huger in the Parish House
any Saturday morning at 9.
If you wish any news or .social note of yourself or family or friends insert¬ ed in this paper we wlil be glad to  be
ROOSEVELT
On  Sunday  evening, Jan. 10,   Miss
Henry R. Stiles.   N.   M.,   M.  D.,   a noted historian, died   at his  hom% in Lake George, N. Y., last Sunday, aged 76.    He was the author of the History of Brooklyn and was once Health Com- 1 missioner of that City  and was  prom¬ inent   in  passed  years   in  newspaper I work in different parts of the  United I States.    In  1856  Dr.   Stiles  married
of the Fox estate nearby, who first saw if3yQj.gjj   with your  communication   at | Bessie   Brower of this place was mar-j Sjjrah Woodward  of  Freeport,   L.   L.
The Epworth League was organized last Sunday at the M. E. Church with the following olficers: Pres., Mrs. S. J. Osbom; 2nd vice-pres,, William Workhauser; Srd vice-pres., Mrs. Stephen Clement; 4th vice-pres.. Miss Mae Newland^ secretary, Jesse Smith; treasurer. Marry Gangloff and organ ist, Mrs. Charles Harse. The Epworth League begins next Sunday evening at 7 p. m.
Geo. A. Smith, sr. and son are work¬ ing on the Motor Parkway at Glen Cove.
We have the following notice from (the pastor of the M. E. Church, for publication: Because of an error I have caused some of my friends to be called upon for extra postage. I am sorry and am ready to make amends f(y: auch mistake to one and all. G. A. <<jibson.
We have the report thac L. A. Brown, a local marksman, brought down two brown foxes in the woods Weat of here laat week. They have been mounted by Ed. Ascoli and will be kept aa momentoa of the seaaoni
the flames, but they could do nothing towards stopping the fire, which by that time had gained great headway. It is not known if there was any in¬ surance.
Lieut, and Mrs. Ernest Friederick leave here today for San Francisco, : where they will reside in the future. j Mrs. Friederick was Miss Mabel Claire I Southard whose wedding was reported in this paper last week.
Friends of Mrs. Wheeler Glover and I Miss Minna : Meinke fear for : their safety. They were in Sicily at j the time of the earthquake and were reported safe by the N. Y. Herald and later were mentioned in a cable report j to the N. Y. Sun as missing. No in- : formation has been received other than these newspaper reports.
Rev. Tree, former pastor of" the M. E. Church, was made an honorary I members of the Freeport Board • of Trade at its meeting Wednesday night. He made a very pleasing addreas of ap¬ preciation.
Andrew Rogers, newsdealer, has moved to his new home on Prospect Place, formerly occupied by A. C. Schuman.
At the regular Thursday night dance in Seaman's Hall a number of young people from this and surrounding vil¬ lages were initiated into the mysteries of the new "broom dance," and this win be a feature at these dances in the near future.
nay time.
At the annual meeting of the M. E. Sunday School Board the following of¬ ficers were elected for the ensuing year: Superintendent, Rev. Samuel E. Taft; asst. sup't, Mrs. Charles Mills; secretary, O. D. Baylis; treasur¬ er, Susie Vooris. Two new teachers have also been appointed. Miss Anna Noon and Mrs. Mills.
ried to Harry Smith of Freeport at the parsonage of the Baldwin Metho¬ dist Protestant Church, by Rev. F. A. Smith, pastor of that church. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rosenberg of this vil¬ lage acted as best man and matron of honor. The couple will reside on Washington Ave. this village.
On Monday evening the boys of this place had a jolly good time at the ser¬ enade on Washington Ave. Some stayed so long that they could not go to work the next morning.
daughter of Rev. Chas. M.   Woodward of that village.
He was prominent in the Presbyter¬ ian Church, was a 32nd degree Mason and connected with varioua historical societies. He leaves relatives and.' a host of friends who sincerely mourn the loss of so estimAfole a man, scholar and friend to the world's work.
Fulton Theatre
Heading    the    bill  at the    Fulton	
Theatre next week will be May Ward, j ,,0n Tuesday, Jan. 12. at 3 o'clock p. who will present her eight Dresden | „, the Town Board held a public raeet- Do'ls, in a novel song productinon.        ! j^g }„ the Board of Trade Hall for the
Another feature will be the appear- ; purpose of giving a hearinjon the re- ance of Mrs. Annie Yeamans, the : p^jt ^f t^g citizens' committee of the "Grand Old Lady of the Stage," whose j proposed Roosevelt Water District, monologue is as briskly rendered as j j^ was decided that Mr. Leo Fishel, though she were aome debutante, in- j counselor for the Town Board and Mr. stead of a veteran of honored  service,   glvin Edwards, counselor for the  Wa-
Daisy Harcourt, English cpmme- ter Company, should meet with the ci- dienne,   whose  aong  characterizations j tizens' committee and draw up a  suit-
The Queens Borough Gas and Electric Company receives the contract form the town board for street lights for the Cedarhurst Lighting District. There are to be 140 or more lighta, at an an¬ nual cost of $30 for each light.
render her a real rival to Vesta Vic¬ toria, scored very strongly in the Man¬ hattan theatres and should repeat her success here.
A Mr, Hendrickson of Merrick and a friend were driving a runabout along the Merrick Road about 6 p. m. and the horae became unmanageable and ran into tbe L. I. Express wagon driven by H. L. Wortman. The two men were thrown to the ground and the horae ran away, being caught juat this aide of Freeport. No injuries, except to the feelinga of the express wagon, which reaentod being rudely collided with by aueh a firail vehicle aa a mnabout.
Oo You Want to Buy or Soil?
able franchise.
The regular meeting of the Board of I Trade was held at the Board of Trade j
Shean  and  Warren have a splitting ! HalLTuesday evening.    The following | travesty in which "Quo Vadis" ia pre-  committees  were    appointed:    Public; sented upside down.    Mr. Shean is one I improvements,  Chas.  Edwards;  Rail- of the funniest of stage Dutchmen and { road   and    street,    Harlan  Crandell; Charles Warren makes a good  foil,   as i Press,   Harry   W.   Seabury;  Finance, the bold tragedian. iHenry F. Smith, D. Shultz and Edward
Canfield and Carleton  present  their | Uhe; Membership, Thomas H.  LeRoy, sketch entitled "The Hodoo." j Frank A. Wood and Chaa DeLap.
W. S. Harvey, a strong man and jug¬ gler, has a new idea in his Room Up- i aide Down. Everything in the room 18 made to serve his ends and even the heavy bureau and bed, no flimsy fakes but the real things, are balanced on hia chin with a aureness that" speaks both  for hia strength and skill.
Adamini-Taylor, the strolling mu¬ sicians, pruaent an instrumental and vocal act, with a special aetting and electric light effecta, while Adams & Mack, the Mysteriarch and the Mysta- gogue, present a comedy that ia funny, without relying upon expofiea of tricks for the laughs. Other acts will round out the splendid bilji, with aome new pictures on tbe Morriscope.
Afternoon at 2:16; evaningr at 8:15.
The dinner to President Gildersleeve of the Nassau Republican Club at the Hoffman House, Hempstead, to-night, promises to bring our a number of good Republicans to honor one of their most prominent party workers in the town of Hempstead. Some good addreesaa will be made and the menu is all that can be asked for.
Post Card Exchange
Freaporti Jan. 9, 1909. Editor Mesaenger:— J|i would like to exchange post from different placea with   your ers and others.    Why don't you sta a post card exchange and print nanMi of people who will return post cai^ for
  every  one received.    If you do I haTO"
Chas.' W. Davenport of Brooklyn has'. a number of friends who will send their; bought two lots in  Douglas Park and  names.    Hoping  to see this started, ( intends starting a dwelling  in a  short! ^^< time. i Yours truly,
MISS     -
The    Messenger agrees to  ]nit names of all thoae who wish to this exchange post card club, name must be sent on coup6n print in this issue and  those entering mc agreo to retura a post-card for one received.      Letters to the editor* will be printed with or without aigni ture, as deaired.    Send in the early to insure publication,  and wfll plainly.    Address Eklitor. South Sl Messenger, Freeport, N. Y.
Warren  Abbott of this place   has ¦ bought  some  property  from  Garland Giiden near Washington Ave.
' The Ladies' Auxiliary held its reg¬ ular meeting in the Board of Trade Hall Tuesday evening, at which meet¬ ing the following officers Were elected for the ensuing year: Preaident, Mrs. George Robinson; vice-president, Mrs. Charles ^Edwards; secretary, Mrs. Tbomas H. LeRoy; treasurer, Mrs. Henty F. Smith; financial secretary, Mrs. Fred Miollineaox.
Advortiso
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