South Side Messenger 19080828

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(   'South Side of Long Island
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VOL. 1, NUMBER 6
fREEPORT
H. L. Trubenback, architect, re¬ ports the following buildings to be erected in Freeport: Tiuree-story store and office building, brick and blue stone construction, Railroad Ave. and Church St.; cost $25,000; owner, John W. Otten, Brooklyn. Five stores and fiats, Atlantic and West End Aves., A. W. Gallienne.
Plans and specifications are out for two stores and flats, Atlaptic and Bay- view Aves.; Fred Engraff, Roslyn, N. Y., owner.
Sunday afternoon there rolled into Freeport from the East an automobile party composed of Frank Smith of Ja¬ maica and the following gentlemen of Bellmore: L. A. Brown, James Mol¬ loy, Nick Meyer, Harry Scmidt, and Adolph Frisch, jr., of Smithville South, who by the apeed they were hitting up seemed desirous of getting into the vil¬ lage in time to enjoy the beauties of the place before it became too late, but a man with a -red flag held them up and invited them to explain the reason for their haste to Judge Swezey. Six men therefore went into executive ses¬ sion with His Honor and when they started homeward the outfttwaffTnin' $8.00, which the Judge figured was about the right price for them to pay for their indiscretion.
BELLMORE, L. I.
BELLMORE
Rev. A. B. Bouguard of Stockholm, N. J., will preach at the M. E. Church Sunday, Aug. 30.
The Republican Association of this District got on the job Friday night and turned loose several bundles of Ro¬ man candles and colored fire and spread its Taft and Sherman banner on Bed¬ ford Avenue so that not only Bellmore but passengers on the passing trains can see the faces of Big Bill and his running mate. After this detail was attended to the bunch piled into Fire¬ men's Hall and listened to the remarks of aeveral of the Big Ones hereabouts. John G. Deubert, who has been in the ring for some years now, took charge of the chair and started the ball going by introducing Dr. Leys of Roslyn, a patriarch of the Kepublican party if there ever was one; then came Assem¬ blyman Miller and W. W. Cocks, the Congressman from this district, who had their say. This was the opening meeting of the  Republican  party
PEQPLE^S COLIM^
N. Y,, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,
1908
PfelGE, 6 CEN
To the second question, I answer Yes. Sleeping the sleep that knows no wak- Correspondence addressed to ihe Mes-   ing.    With  only  vitality    enough  to stager will be printed under above hfading  snarl a^t-.those trying to n>use them, ere "'   '-"'     '"^-   attention paid to un  ''-" '"'^"'
as received.   No
signed communications. Letters con, be signed tvith a non de plwme, but name must accompany same as well, not to be printed hut as evidence of good faith,'
Aiaineda, Cal,,. Aug. 15, 1908. Dear Editor: ,,    .
Receiving a copy of the Mestehger in San Francisco the other day brought to mind that I {Promised a letter about our travels through the West, I fear I can not give you a very interesting one however as so many lakes, prairies, mountains, rivers, railroad accideuta, etc., mixed with boiling sulphur pools, geysers and mud pots have passed be¬ fore my eyes in the seventeen days of
raided 30x20
for the canipaign.    Its size is
too late.
The M. E. church at the extreme southem end of Bellmore has the solid advantage of retaining a few firm con¬ sistent, liberal supporters who attend public worship aa well as pay, yet, during the past three yeara two minis¬ ters of that church warned that people that there must be important, helpful additions to that body or the church must soon die.
That church is fully equipped, is both pleaaing  and  attractive;  well lighted
I with new gas apparatus and yet on a recent Sunday evening,, one of the most comfortable of this Summer, men, women  and   children,    preacher   and I
I choir  included:  numbered thirteen  or
I fourteen.
TJie  last  queation   concerning    the i
There j are certain groups of half grown boys in Bellmore promising candidates for ! prison and though of respectable par-; ents, are to the highest degree insult- . ing and dangeroua, scarcely restrained ; by the fear of the constable and court.
told them it wss alright now." "I'm glad to hear it" said I. "And John, Mrs. Murray told Mrs. Smith that its a good thing the mother died and left the money or else the Wilkins might get to be a County charge because they're so poor. I myself have noticed that she has been wearing that same dress for a long time and I thought that was the reason.    I never called on the
WANTAGH
Monday night a stranger to Want got I off the 1:17 a. m. train and mediately a series of incidents te place which would indicate that he been cheered by the raising ot an bow, several times repeated, before landed
here. Being a stranger Wilkins and don't know how they live, strange land he immediately attach and so I could only gueas. Mrs. Jones himself tothe hotel conducted by Hen was here to-day and said her husbiind I UJtsch. He was accommodated wi told her that Wilkins would now  sport
Freeport met defeat at the handa of their old rivals, Rockville Centre, at the latter place on Saturday by the acore of 1 to 5. While Freeport out¬ batted Rockville Centre, their hits did not come at the right time and went for nothing; on the other hand every time one of the Centreites reached first he wouid be helped around either by an error or a hit.
^¦ Rockville Centre started scoring in the" thftf^^t "lawatsaFWisl^ Mdtrtiy' struck out, Edwarda stealing second; Young walked, Ryerson forced Young at aecond, Edwards going to third; Ryerson atole aecond. Perry singled, acoring Edwards and Ryerson; Long¬ necker knocked a line drive at Raynor, which the latter caught, making three out.
In the fourth Ceroid was safe on an error, Seaman flied to Bristol, Gerhold stole second and third and scored on a wild throw by Levinus.
In the sixth, Ceroid flied out. Sea¬ man singled, went to third on Connor's error and sl^)red on a wild throw over Bristol's head by Levinus.
Freeport had a clrance to break up the ganne in the sixth when Levy singled, followed by another aingle of Briatol's, Raynor walked, filling the bases; G. Levinus struck out, C. Levin¬ us forced Levy at the plate, Connor grounded to Ceroid; no runa.
Levy jtarted another rally in the eighth, Freeport's lucky inning. Levy singled, Bristol walked, but waa forc¬ ed at socond by Raynor; G. Levinus singled, scoring Levy, and Raynor was caught at the olate on Betzig's poor coaching; Levinus singled, but Connor struck out, leaving C. and G. Levinus on base; the score:
travel to reach San  Francisco t^^t  it
will be too much  for  me  to  septate | -children'' is most^'important them.
Right here however I  want  to' say that the Raymond and Whitcomb tour¬ ist people are faithful to their jnxHniae this  coiinty  and the first banner to be  of giving one all the comforts of first
class travel in all details.    Just think, not a ticket, a room in a hotel,.#.^sec- i     tj^^ ..pinaj Judgment" will   bring a
  ! tion in a sleeping car,   or  carriagfe  ori fearful  reckoning  to many parents in
It must have been an agreeable aur- j baggage to Took after. AtT thlB; »«inthisvTlTageT on thTsaccounlT Scholars prise to Wiliiam P. Jones to have vice is first class and quietly planned j j.gij , ^^g ^^ey cannot attciul Sunday found out Friday night that Bellmore out ahead for you. At a hotel you is on the map. There are othera who j simply say, "Raymond and Whitcomb" learned it to be a fact before this and ' and the house is yours, they don't live here either. |     We left  the  Grand  Central d^pot,
  j New York,   at 8:45  in  the mortling,
reaching Buffalo  before  dark  W|i3
an automobile—gracious, she needa an auto—the same dress for years—fiasn't had a bonnett in goodneas knows when and now an automobile." "My dear are you^ure the Boy is, fast asleep?" "Yes John, why?" "I wasonly think¬ ing I could disprove part of my defini¬ tion of Scandal Lane and point out the path that his mother has made from one kitchen door to the other." How many readers have a "Scandal   Lane"
a room  and  in  the early morning hands were awakened by his yells whic indicated that something was wror "I've been robbed," the str^inger cri "Nonsense" aaid  Ultsch. tubbing aleep out of his eyea.  "I'll call up Judge," said the atranger.    "I'll up the asylum," said Ultsch, andtl it ended till Ju^e Tatem, awakened b^ the row,   calleo up Deputy Sheriff Palermo who hustled to the scene ai; learned that twenty-five dollars and
attached  to their kitchen  door?    Not j pin  Was missing.    Being a wise mawj:
one—of courae not—it is only in the crowded cities where there are from 10 CO 20 apartments under one roof and where the tenants don't know one another's names that such things can thrive.
"VeHtas."
who don't jump at conclusions, PalernK*! done a little Sherlock Holmsing of ' own and found the stranger's roll ar^ the pin under the excited one's piIlow| where he left it the night before, a little maneuvering around the room of the hotel where the cheerinl concoctions  are  served—the—inc idea
In order to take care of his increas¬ ing trade. Otto Schneider has has a large extension added to his store property on Belltagh Ave.
Brooklyn Timea givea ajj inch or so of its valuable apace to an article wherein it states ^at a crossing^ pro- tectimi 13 he§3ed fr Bglriibre "Ave. on the R. R. line. Thanks awfully for anything|that will help get this pro¬ tection.
the way. We noticed Detroit to be an especially clean ai'.d pretty city, with its beautiful park so low to the The Bellmore base-bajl team abso-! water's edge. As we pass through lutely refused to let the dark skinned j ^^^^ St. Claire and its river we see on enthusiasts of the game win last Sun-i either side very beautiful low green day and the two hundred or more i shores. Every evidence here of an people who assembled were entirely ' abundant rain fall—so different from satisfied    to  let  it  be  so.    Bellmore i what we notice further on.
School because th6ir parenta take them ;
on the bay, or riding in automobiles or j
similar pursuits. i
Although the Summer vacnt oi leaves i
our children every week day for pleaa- \
,   ^. ,   ,      ,    -m ^,     ure,   they  must  hava Sunday also and'
ample time to get settled on b(^i€. the   therefore the  Sunday   School is forced '
tl^^T^'J'''' P'^^'^^u- ^^.^ 1^®'"' ! to take a vacation for want of pupils, j the Northwest. IS about 400 ft^lcmg : what matters that extraordinary; and fitted up most sumptuously for ^^^e and energy is applied to our Sun-I every comfort. ,, ; day School and careful inquiry of  city ;
This trip lasts about three dam^and yjgjtora rfaiis-so far-to discover any i2I1i^ilfi^*^l££ii°.^'^*^!J^g^ other School so effectively inculcating iihe^imt^ktm',^^ \ S^riptnt^ trttthe.   8o^lo4 aa^ar^
cipal cities and points  of  interest  on   ^^e nartlv or whollv   indifferent-save
closed with apparent good  feeling al round.
j are partly or wholly  indiflferent a few marked exceptions.
To many parents will come, on ' crime of omission, the damnation nounced in Matthew 25, verses 45
46.        ^	
     James Hall.
thia pro- and
Belimore, Aug. 21, '08
Dear Editor: You are not very much elated over the coming campaign be¬ cause you only give names of the can¬ didates and haven't mentioned any¬ thing else about them. Why don't you come out and declare yourself for one side or the other?
Yours truly,'
A Reader.
The above was referred to the inves¬ tigating department to find a motive and this is the result turned in, etc.:' Next Tuesday the Willing Worker "That letter waa written by ^me wom-' will havo a reception in Firemen's Ha^ aft .who has marriageable daughters and in the interest of the piano fund. and has the fialMt'of"Asking t6d'*?young •^'-^^'a..:.-..-.>,-*"""m>"'''''¦"¦' ¦ ^-.-i^i^k--'jj men "what"^ your intentions?" The A common or garden varletfbl child is only five weeks old and still in ing picture show honored lohg dresses.    Too young to know any •
At   tho  "Cedars"  are Mrs.   Eli2 Bloomer, Mr.   and Mrs,   Walter Ten ^ nant and niece Marguerite, Mrs. F. HI Bartlett {and   daughter  Martha,   MrJ and  Mrs.   H.  Jaepel,   Mra. L.   Rowehl Theo. Shafer, Mias Minnie Shafer ar Misses Anna and  Bessie  Strong, likf wise Dick Strong, all of Brooklyn.
thing  of  politics,    "No cause for ac¬ tion."    (By Sweeney).
with ita presence on Monday night, eating at Ultsch's Hall.
turns out a good-sized number of base- ! ball "fans," ;
On the afternoon of the second day we come to the entrance to Lake Su¬ perior, and now here are subjects for Samuel Self reports the sale by him i a good writer in plenty. I will simply of eleven lota on Bedford Ave. to Mrs. | tell you to hvwit over your geographys William Woestendick. Two houses are ! and magazines that describe this planned by the purchaser of theae lots. | country and then come look for your- Through the same agency eleven other j selves.
lots were  sold  to  another  purchaser, j     The outlet to Lake Superior  is  sev- name not given. ; ^ral feet higher thah the  lower  lakes
  j and flowa through St. Mary's  river   in
The storm of Wednesday made it ex- ' rapids which the great and thrilling tremely difficult to navigate in the i sport is to shoot in canoes. In order watera of the bay and all boats run-! ^ enter the lake with large vessela an ning from High Hill to Bellmore and ! immepse lock and canal has been con- other ports were way behind in mak- ; structed which in on^ lift we are ele- ing a landing.     The  storm  prevented i ^ated suflSciently  to. enter   the   lake.
Freeport, Aug. 24, '08 Mr, Editor:—
Is  Veritas  a nomdeplume for J. Stiles?
Freeport reader. (Certainly not,    Ed).    .<
A.
To the Editor:
"Pa," said my small son, "are all the roads and lanes marked on the road map?" "Why I auppose so," I re¬ plied. "Weill can't find this one." "What are you lobkng for my boy?" "Scandal Lane," replied the boy.
Both his mother and myaelf looked up for a moment and finally I inquired where he had ever heard of such a place, and received as his reply that he had heard a man say,"Scandal  Lane.
. I     Well! Well! How about this? Chickl
The  Strollers  Column   ! en thieves are hitting the trail  here* : —_—_ ; bouts With one report m that 75  b
I     I am glad to learn chat my old friend I from one party are missing.    Any i Madam Neuville will be  on   Long  Is-1 sleuths around who are not working?
I land for a time, and hope she  will  en- j 	
I joy every minute of  her  stay  at  the      How about a concerted effort to oua I "Cedars." For many yeara the theatre j from the polea in the village all adverj I going public of the  continent  enjoyed  tising signs that at preaent are marrll
her  acting   and her   fame   is    wide-1 the streets around about.    Theae ;
spread.    She has retired  after many \ crop up like weeda and incrtease just;
rapidly.
Some one broke into the R. R. statioi here Tuesday night and then wenlfawaj again Withoot appropriating anything
the  Republican  Outing  from    taking i At this spot we are about as  near  an- | Believing  the  incident  closed   I place aa  per  achedule  and  the  event i other country aa is poaaible to be. One ' waa postponed till the next day. i ^Jde of  the ahip  touches  Canada  and   I the other our state Michigan.    As  we
Freeport R, V. C,
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Mrs. Francis Tyler of Union Course^ enter the broad lake the sun is setting is a guest of Mrs. George Baldwin, ^"d by dark no land is in sight. II Bedford Ave., thia week.
Tho notices that have been served upon ownera of property aflfected by the new water main pf the Water Worka to appear before the board for aettlement, will not have the effect of bringing these owners before the board as there are some, at least, who are inclined to put up a fight. This to¬ gether with a city taxpayer's action now being prepared by Attorney Ed¬ wards will block, immediate work on the proposed pipe line. This subject haa naturally come in for a great deal of discussion, it being the consensus of opinion that no littie litigation is due and in all probability condemnation proceedings will be commenced.
G. A. Stone, local barber, has re¬ ceived from the Weat a small sized bear (cub) whioh has been domiciled in his back yard. It furnishes enter¬ tainment for a number of our young¬ sters who hang oa the fences and watch "the critter" doing stunts.' It will probably stay but a short time in its present home as these kirid of pets are not easily handled when grown.
Samuel T. Weldon of this village was found dead Thursday a. m. under the trestle of the railroad at tho Mil- bum pumpiiig station. He returned from a flshing trip Sunday and wai^ not found until four days later. He was probably drowned after being stunned by a fall or a blow on the liead, Mr. Weldon was 30 yeara of age and well known here and in the oity. He was a member of the Long laland City Lot^e. Free and Accepted Ueeaee, ESka and other orde^. He alUiatad with ike Metbodist Church, waa onmar ied and lived with hia p•i^- ents on W. Randall Ave. ihia villi^^e.
The Republican Outing of the second district was post poned from Wednes¬ day until yeaterday and deapite the inclement weather a good sized crowd made their way on two boata to High HiU Beach. There were' in all over seventy who sat down to dinner and with good band music, some songs by Lutz and Stutz* and nnmerous other in¬ cidents ; Jthe outing was well worth while.
sumed my reading, only to be inter¬ rupted a little later with "Well, why did the man say that place if there aint any such place?" "My sbn, 'Scandal ,   ^ ,     , ,    .    .   ,   , .,  I Lane'   is  a  figure  of speech which is
was hot jiack on the tram between Al-! ^^^^ by people older than you are who bany and Buflfalo but now to be com- j understand how to use the language- fortable we must put on our oifercoate „ g^e yet too young to appreciate the and button them cloae up too, /meaning." "Iknow pa, but you Aa I have already gone beyond the haven't told me where it is yet,^' '.'I'm space allot^d.   111  say,   "continued in | afraid I'll never be able to locate it ex-
our next."
Yours truly,
Wm. F. Jeffrey,
years of success and now is making her city headquarters at the Knapp Mansion, Bedford Ave., Brooklyn.'
In   a   train   of   thirty-five    loaded freight cara  going  east  this  week   I
counted fourteen cars which  were  la-.    Rev. Thoa. Braithwaite will resur beled   "explosives" ami   I   wondered ^.^ ^    .      .^  ^     Memorial what 18 gomg on on Long  Island  that  g    .   „     ,      .     .     ,    ,    , . ,
explosives are bought by   the  carload.   ^^Pt- \ll%^;^:^^^il'ZT^^ Who knows.     _^ Yillg (.gntre ^j,j conduct the momi
Wonder  where  C,   Francis Murphy  service at the  Memorial  Church  Sl Tammany   gets   off   calling    Senator: day.    No evening service,
McCarran a liar.    Looks as if the  pot 	
was  calling   the   kettle   black.    The (    Mr.   and  Mrs.  John  T. Cowles Evening Telegram says Murphy wants i family have returned from the to live in Brooklyn and is afraid  to go | dacks.    Edwin  Seaman has ret home in the dark,   "But then the Tele- j from s^usiness trip through the W' gram is facetious at timea. i
John weeks'
August, 24, 1 908^
BALDWIN
Personal—Miss Phoebe Powers is en¬ joying a vacation in upper N.Y. State. RoYt, Tuckey and family are in Milford or the pastor's vacation. Miss Nellie Miller and Miss Harriett Robbiris are at New  London, Conn,, with friends.
Mr. Editor
Last week  "Veritas'"  asked three questions:
To the first, I anawer Yes, Bellmore is such an unGodly place that a house | run to bed and don't bother me further of God cannot prosper within our pre-1 aa I'm very tited", with which he re-
actly so you can put your finger on it, for Scandal Lane usually has a- clearly defined path from the kitchen door of one houae to the aame door of the next houae and while you might look long and earnestly for that path and not find j it, yet it's there alright and the only i-eason yoit can't find it ia because your eyes are not trained yet.    Now
Looks aa  if there will be a fire com pany established  in  Smithville  South
D.   State has left for a ts stay in the mounlainfl.  "U. 8^'i
tjaity   v^sn,ai.Mttottv\i    tii    kjiurbii v iitc    UMuvti i ,.,,',,„ ., ,     aj
after all.    Guess the  folks up there 1S^^,!!!!.!^'^^!^^ %S!!^T^H^i
can   do started.
something'  when   they    get
cints. It cannot even continue to exist unless there be a radical change of sen¬ timent and conduct.
Without sach change there will be no church services to disturb the present wholesale desecration of the Sabbath
In town are Mr. and Mrs, H. Moore j by the boisterous—well attended base- of Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. i ball games and the various pleasures Moore of Valley Cottage, this state, as and unnecessary labors of former guests of Cornelius Moore. "Christians" who were members or at-
__  '  tendants of church.
Charles Moore has just passed hia j    Some are looking for h^ ffom hew 82nd birthday, which proves that life j residents but every addition to our pop
on the south-side is worth living, as he can tell you.
Daniel Barker, for 25 yeai|i a resi¬ dent of Baldwin, dieid at his home here last Monday. Funeral servioes Wed¬ nesday from his home. Interment tb Cypress Hills. He was 76 years old and a former business man of New York. Hp left a widow and three married daugh^rs, residenta of this place.
Thursday Sept. 3, the La43UiB8 of the M. E. Chorch will bold their aimual init.
ulation makes Beilmore less Christian arvd more unGodly than before.
They tell us of their active Christian life in their former home, but'a short observation proves that if they ever had any religion or Christianity they forest to bring it with them to Bell¬ more.
Those who have property for sale are not slow to mention the church aa well as the school as necessary institutiona already provided, for the braefit of proap^itive settlers in Bellmore, bat we tail to discover any real estate agent or owner who ia not either active¬ ly or passively hostile to'the charcht
tired and I wa* left alone with hia mother' who after a silence began "John, I don't Mke the answer you made to the Boy on the subject he spoke aboat. I don't think ycu eveAjKould find such a path as you spoke of 4!|roing from my kitchen door—you knot^ John, I always attend to my own house, and have no time for gossip." "Yes, my dear, you attend your house, do allthe work arourtd, care for the Boys, large and snmH and are a model wife in every way and perhaps I was brute af¬ ter all to eay what I did." So saying we let the topic close and each resumed the duties or pleasui^es interrupted un¬ til suddenly the ot^er half says, "John did you see Mr. Wilkins Utely?" "Yes, he came up on the same train to-day aa I did. "How did he seem to act" 0! I didn't notice anything about him especially that would excite my suspicion." '*1Vell Mrs. Smith told rfe to-day that Mrs, Wilkins' mother died out West some time ago and left them some money and that it was tied up in some kind of a Court and that they couldn't get it bat they had received a letter from the lawyer, who
trip tiirouifh the State:    Mrs. John D] Asken and daughter are at, Atlantic % City for two weeks.
They don't intend to give the dog a j	
show at all, over in Suffolk.    Looks as      ^ dance and lawn party will be helda ^f Fido wont^get a run  for it as Jjieyjat Miss Kirti's, Mill Road, Sept. 5, fori
^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Catholic Church at Bell-I more. '^i
are after him with a licensed cat>ther, who is equipped with full powers to catch a dog wherever he can be found, even if he is on his owper's premised and unmuzzled. There is an enclosed wagon included with this outfit, so the report has it, and the Official Catcher has lots of enthusiasm.'
SEAEORD
The entertainment held in the Y* M. I. C. HaU Tuesday evening by the Parish Aid Society of the Episcopal Church was very successful, the Hall seldom before having held such a crowd. An excellent program was rendered, as follows: Selection, Miss Mae Covert; See-Saw, Miss Etta M, Beniston, assisted by Ethel Hasnader, Gertrude Haisnader, Myrtle Haff and Milton Haff; recitations, Arthur Col¬ lins; solos, Miss Etta Beniston; Irish cotoedy, J. Miclienfelder; violin solo, Wm. Beniston; songs, James Lauder and Miss Beniston; sketch, "When Ma Was Young," Miss Ada Conlon, Miss Nellie Poet and Miss Grace Con- Ion ; solos. Miss Kimball; solo. Miss Forte^oe-Cole; Dauenhauer and Laud¬ er in hiack-f acted sketches; solo, Mrs. J. Micbeitfeld^; CoOntown Living Pic¬ tures.
Notice to Messenger Subscribers and Readers
If yon fail tb receiv6 yonr paper un time, after a reasonable aUowance .fot those snbscribers served by the R. F. D.-^i yon wiU confer & favor on tliis paper by sending a postal to that effect to this offico, stating what week you failed t«: receive yonr copy. The Messenger'!^ oonnty subscribers have their papera maUed to them Friday P. M. aud out¬ eide the coanty Saturday moming. Messeii^is ou sale in the foUo^: villages:
Preeport, Kief»'8 Art Store, iSeSti
Marrick, J. W. Bi^ch.
Bellmore, Simth Bros.
SmithviUe South, Ohas. Wood.
Wantagh, Fussell Bros.
Seaford, General Store (Post
Maesapequa, General Store (P.
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