South Side Messenger 19100909

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' Opening of Pennsylvania Tunnel Celebrated
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
Vol 3, Number 7
Smitfiville South
Mr. and Mra. H. Lannard and daugh¬ ters and Mr. E. Seaman apent Labor Day with Mr. and Mra.   George  Silea.
William Kraft, sr., who was shot in the leg at Kraft's Grove last week, is around again doing nicely.
Ansel Smith and family spent Labor Day in Jersey.
Tbe regular meeting of the S. S. A. C. waa helc^in the Club House last Fri¬ day night and the Board of Directors were authorized to ofder cement for the completion of cellar bottom. Cap- •tain Schneider reported the purchase of a new basket ball and that he had en¬ tered Amos Baldwin and Harry Appe- lar in the events at Westbury Labor Day, Sept. 5th. Mr. Appelar brought bome a solid silver medal.    This being
the second prize in the half mile run.
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Charles Johnson, wheelwright, in Fred Menendez' carriage shop, had a narrow escape last Saturday night. He was riding a wheel home and in the dark collided with the Bellmore hack on Newbridge road. Mr. Johnsftn re¬ ceived several bruises, none of which have pnfVed serious.
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. SEPT. 9,   1910
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Cents
Mrs. James A. Stiles is visiting her aunt at Weekapang, R. I.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday even¬ ings, Sept. 13 and 14, the Ladies'Aux¬ iliary of the S. S. A. C. will give a dance and fair in the Club House. The following is the invitation extended to ali:
Dear Friend: We would like to have you  attend  our
Fair, And spend what coin you have to spare. We'will serve supper from six to eight. But dancing  and fun, will be kept up
late; 	
We sell candy, ice cream  and fancy
goods by the score, We'll   have a Chinese   laundry  and an
old grocery store; You'll see Aunt Rebeca at the well. And  there'll  be an  old woman   your
fortune to tell; i
There'll be entertaining,   fishing and a
lemon tree. The proceeds are for the benefit of the
S. S. A. C.
Respectfully, ( LADIES' AUXILIARY.
Mrs. Charles A. Wood, Chairlady. P. S.—We  will be at home  in Club House, Tuesday and Wednesday   even¬ ings, September 13 and 14.
Rev. William N. Courtice of East Meadow M. E. Church, accompanied by Raymond Fish, has gone on a visit of three weeks lo Canada. They expect to visit aeveral places of interest, in¬ cluding Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toron¬ to, Montreal and the Thousand Islands.
Henry Epp and wife had a large crowd at their home on Monday, cele¬ brating their tin wedding.
Nothing Serious, by Matt.
Mike Ahearn has purchased Charles Buck's jack, but says when you speak of him please call bim a mule donkey.
Howard \yood, while riding his bicy¬ cle Labor Day, ran into a ditch bank and smashed his front wheel. Those who saw bim claim Howard's eyes were on the front porch of a building nearby where a young lady was sitting.
Censia Rq>ort for
Long Island
Nassau County Shows a of 50 Per Cent
CroMith
rreeport
I$2,000,000 Bond Issue! BeUmore
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Single   copies of the Messenger  can j PqUic Semce CoUUniSIIOn CoUCnts j be had at William Wolf§.'8  drug  store
be secured at Greenblatt's  news store on Railroad avenue.
"If Children disown you wherein lies
Figures given out by the Census Bu¬ reau show that Nassau County haa a population of 83,930 and tbat Suffolk County has a population of 96,138.
In 1900 Nasaau had a population of 56,448 and has gained 28,486, or a shade over 50 per cent.
Suffolk County in 1900 had a popula-  fnous and familiar hymns, tion of 77,682.   Her gain haq been 18,
Handsome  scbool  outfit   free  with every  pair of achool ahoes at Phil J a-1 cobson's, 81 S. Main St.
to Application of Long Island
Railroad Co. to Pay for
improvements
and  from  Anderson   Bloomer,   news- I dealer, at 5 cents per copy. tf
Mrs. liilewland and Miss Newland ! have retumed from Southampton, ' where they have been visiting friends.
Wantagh
The Second   District Public  Service! 	
the fault," is Rev. Charles Herbert! Commission announces that it has auth-; ^^.^^^^ Roberts, of the Messenger and Scholey's topic for the Sunday morning jorized the Long Island Railroad •'•om-- Business Manager of Murray Bros, service. Evening meeting will, be a pany to issue its four per cent ten-1 pointing Establishment at Freeport, is praise service with remarks about  fa-  year gold debenture bonds to the Penn-j ^g^j,, ^^^g^^jj^g ^^ j,jg  duties  after  a
sylvania   Railroad     Company   to  the  .^ygek's vacation, 'amount of   $2,000,000 in   payment of
566, or 23.4 per cent. Nassau's larg¬ er growth is undoubtedly due to tbe fact that she is nearer to New York City.
Oyster Bay now contains 21,802 in¬ habitants, an increase of 5,468 since 1900. .       ^
Under the heading of Nassau County the following towns were announced: Hempatead town, including lA&st Rock¬ away, Freeport, Lawrence, Rockville Centre and part of Floral Parjt Village, 44,297. North Hempstead town, in- Qiudlng Mineola village and part of Floral Park Village, 17,831; Oyster Bay Town, 21,802, an increase of 5,486.
Under Suffolk County the following towns were given: Islip town, 18,436; Southold town, including Greenport village, 10,577; Southampton town, in¬ cluding Southampton village and part of Sag Harbor village, 11,240; Brook¬ haven town, including Bellport and Patchogue villages, 16,737; Hunting¬ ton town, including Northport village, 12,004; Babylon town including Ami¬ tyvilie and Babylon villages, 9,030.
The population of Queens Borough is now 284,041. In 1900 she had a population of only 152,999. This is an increase of 86 per cent.
Roosevelt
Handsome school outfit free with every pair of school shoea at^Phil Ja¬ cobson's. 81 S. Main St,        "       2t
Next Sunday evening confirmation exercises will be held in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Rt. Rev. Frederick Burgess will be present and officiate.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Smith of Charles street are entertaining Marie and Ernest J. Augustine, jr., of Brook¬ lyn.
Walter Niebling, a student of the Universi^ of Pennsylvania, has re¬ turned to New York after spending a few days with friends in thie village.
The General Committee announce tbat i moneys advanced by the latter company j The Railroad Co. has commenced the in order to properly handle the annual! which the Long Island Company used j erection of a storm shed on the south convention of the Southern New York ! for the acquisition of property and the i 8,^^ ofthe tracks, which will be greatly Volunteer Firemen's Association which \ construction   of additions  and  better- j appreciated by patrons of the company.
will be hed in this village Octobre 4, 5 | ments. I 	
and 6, it will be necessary for them to '     Main   line   improvements,   between ;     ^^.^p^  f^Q^^g jjunt  has  discontinued
Mr. and Mra. Alfred Seaman enter¬ tained over Labor Day Frank, Daisy and Helen Kinsella, Mrs. M. Kirwin and daughter Margaret and Mr. and Mrs. Marton Kirwin, Helen Kirwln and brother from Brooklyn. Mr. Kir¬ win holds a responsible position with Lazelle Dalley & Co. A table over century old was used at this gathering on Sunday for the first time since the ruby wedding of ex-Asseasor Seaman and wife about six yeara ago.
Oscar Wiebell, wbo has been enjoy¬ ing a two weeks' vacation at his resi¬ dence, Wantagh Harbor, has returned to business at Providence, R. I.
raise within our village,   the sum  of | Winfield and Dunton, for whicb the ap-1 j,iB daily trips Vo High Hill Beach, but $2,700,   and they urgently request you ] plicant   company asked  authority also i ^jjj j.yj, g^^^^yg ^^ j^^g ^^ ^j,e weather to contribute your share.                           to reimburse  the   Pennsylvania   Com- They say there will no doubt be  be-' pany,   are left for  future   decision by tween  forty  and fifty thousand people j the Commission. ^
viat our village during tbe week of the j   -  . -
permits.
Convention and they have already made arrangements to feed fifteen hundred on Tournament day. Every merchant in the village will profit by the large number of visitors.
While it is an unpleasan* duty for the Committee to solicit subscriptions, it also behooves us to make this a decided success. Thus far the amount sub¬ scribed has been $819.50.
In looking over the amount sub¬ scribed it is interesting to compare it with the amount raised in the village of Sayville for tbe Tournament held by the Suffolk County Association on Au¬ gust 31. The Committee of the Say¬ ville Fire Department worked three weeks and raised the sum of $1378.25. This  amoubt was subscribed to by  85
Valley Stream
i Here's another opportunity for a - i good time. The Bellmore Pleasure Club will give a moonlight sail to High [ Hill Beach on the evening of Saturday, j September 17tb. The committee have With but a few more days the con-: engaged Capt. John Haff's boat of test for King and Queen of the carnival' Seaford, which will leave Bellmore remaining, the condition is becoming' dock at 8 p. m., returning from the more and more exciting, and the inter- beach at 1 a. m. sharp. Tickete. 35 eat therein considerably keener. The centa^ each, can be had from any of friends of the leading contestants are th« members. Dancing at the beach, leaving   nothing undone to assure   the j for which good music will be provided.
victory of their favorites, and the out-1  —
come will undoubtedly be looked for-i The picnic of Advance H., L. and ward for with keen interest. With but! Eng. Co. on Labor Day evening waa a few hundred votes between the lead-1 largely attended and furnished con¬ ing contestants it would not require any | siderable amusement for local as well considerable amount to make quite a \ as out of town people. The proceeds diflference at any moment. At tbe last I of this affair was small compared with i polling of the votes, the result   was as | picnics held by  tbe  company  In  pre-
Will Wantagh correspondent send us his post office address. His signature appeared on the letter but a letter from us to him is returned marked "Unknown."
In the Memorial Church next Sunday the services will be held morning and evening with preaching by the pastor. i Tbe meetings of tbe C. E. Society will I be resumed on Friday night and the j regular monthly business meeting held.
Elliott Van Nostrand, who was in¬ jured last week by tbe kick of a horse, is able to be around again.
The sessions of the Sunday School of the Memorial Church will open next Sunday afternoon when all memoers are requested to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sheerer of New¬ ark, N. J., are visiting Mrs. A. E. Hunt this week.
folows:
merchants  and residenta and when you j FOR QUEEN
realize tbe fact that the village of Say-; ville is about half the size of  the  vil-! Ethel Thompson lage  of Freeport,  tbe amount already i Elsie Muller subscribed is discouraging to the  Fire ! Freda Cronacher Department j Florence Smith
All   those  who bave not subscribed j Fanny Sumpter and desire to subscribe, will kindly send } Margaret Schmitt their subscriptions to William H. Sam- j Nellie Bolstridge
mons. Secretary, as soon as possible.
Miss^Florence Nightingale Walters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bel¬ mont Walters, and Henry Leray Max- son, both residents of this village, were united in marriage  yesterday af
Helen Stack I Lucy Westenberger j Clara Klein
Sally Chapman ; FOR KING
I William F. Smith I William Weise, sr.
I vious yeara.
I Help us secure the news. Any news i of interest sent to tliis office or left in I the hands of tbe local representative ! will be greatly appreciated and each I item will help to make the paper that i much more interesting. It is impossi- ^^ I ble for us to get all the news, but by ^^^ I your help we can get the lion's share ^zl! and that is what we wish to do. All ^^^ I news sent to this oflice must bear the ^^^ signature of the writer, not for publi- j cation, but as evidence of good faith.
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John F. Masterson, who was oper¬ ated upon for appendicitis in Roosevelt Hospital is getting along well and hopes are entertained that he will soon return to his home.
Among those who expect to attend the Freenort High School are Edith Schafer, Charles Schafer and Corodon Norton.
ternoon at 1:30, at the residence of the j H. Schluter bride's parent's, Archer street, by Rev. '^- ^- Dibble- Frederick J. Souk,   pastor of the Bap-  Fletcher Chambers
1873 1819 553 529 225 tist Church at Somerville, N. J., form-;    The  six   ladies  receiving   the next erly pastor of the First Baptist Church , highest   vote   to that cast  for  Qijeen of this village.    The bride was attend-' W'H be the Maids of Honor, ed by her   cousin.   Miss Grace I. Wal-;     The   contest   tbat  is at  presenting Miss May Bedell of Huntington spent | ters, of Pine street, as maid  of honor, \ creating the the past week with Miss  Alice Lott of | and^Leona   Augusta  Walters, a niece, ! Prince Charles street.
Money makes the mare go, but not the automobile, when it makes up its mind not to.
Miss Susan Downie of Long Island City has returned bome after visiting Miss Anna Lang of  Washington  Ave.
The tug of war team from the Alpha Hook and Ladder Company defeated a like team  from  Hempstead  Fire  De
Melvin.the 19 months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, died last Sat¬ urday afternoon about 1 o'clock from convulsions, after a short illness. Fu¬ neral services were held from the house Monday aftemoon. Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite,     pastor     of     Memorial
Inter- Cemetery, Hempstead.
most  interest is that for and Princess of   the  carnival, as flower giri ; while  A.'Sidney' Mai-i the  voting for which is  limited to the i ^|,;;;'^:{jy"^^j,j3'^g"jjy"^fp^.f3\;^^^^ comson of Ocean Ave. was   best  man.   children  attending  the two schools in | ^^^^^ ^^^   ^^    Greenfield    O The ribbon bearers were  Miss  Jessica ! Valley Stream.    The   vote in this con Wood Waltera, the bride's  eister,   and i test at the present is as follows: ber brother, A. Vernon Walters. | poR PRINCESS
The bride was becomingly attired in  Gertrude May Brown white lace over white satin with   veil, i g, ^^^^
and orange blossoms wom by her moth- j Q_a„ig Wright er, and carried a shower bouquet of lil-1 Florence Burke
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partment on Labor  Day  afternoon   at |'es of the valley.   The flower giri wore j j^.^^^^ ggj^^j^j.
the athletic games held in Hempstead. It is reported that Freeport has ac¬ cepted a challenge, contest to be held during their carnival week in Octo¬ ber.
Charles Hamaker of  Wood  avenue I having sold his house to Mr.   Lynch of
white lace over yellow satin, the maid of honor white embroidered robe an<l carried white chrysanthemums, and Miss Jessica Walters, as ribbon bearer, wore white silk mull. Tbe house was , tastefully decorated in yellow and white.
During  the  ceremony the   wedding
Rita Bauer Carrie Koelbel Angle Palmer Margaret Scott Gertrude Harris Dorothy Reilly Margery Dillon Carrie Brown
A special meeting of Advance H., L. and Eng. Co. will be held Monday night at 8 o'clock, to which all mem¬ bers are urged to be present. The -^f^; meeting is called to make arrange- 25 j ments for the Southern New York Vol- 22 unteer Firemen's Association touma- j21 ment to be held at Freeport on October 10 1 6.
Justice Corodon Norton spent the week-end at Saugerties, N. Y.,
Mrs." Corodon t^orton has been en¬ gaged as principal of tbe Jerusalem Public School for the current school year.
Baldwin
Handsome school outfit free with every pair of schoolshoes at Phil Ja¬ cobson's, 81 S. Main St. 2t
The  postmaster  has  an  up to date j the Doubleday, Page & Co., will  move  march from   Mendelssohn  was^slowly | g^j^^j gj.Q^jj alarm clock; Mike's wife's. l to his new home on N. Wallace street, \ recited  by  Miss Mabel A. Maxson,  of j yqh PRINCE
Mike say8"This world is nothing but I Freeport. j Plainfield,   N. J., sister of the groom:!
trouble.    I've sold  my  feathered  leg |   ! and a wedding  luncheon  followed   the l ^,7 h « k    f*
chick, fired my hired man and now I've j     Unclaimed letters advertised  at  the i ceremony, which was witnessed by tbe j ^"'¦®°?^"''" got to take care of a donkey." j poat office this w.eek: Caify M'f'g. Co., i immediate relatives of the contracting | h^?"^ oA®_T?u"_             jMiss  Beatrice  Hart, Henry Palk, Mr.
Adolph  Passell,   Gerard Remsen, Mrs.
Sadie Bright, Mr. N. Meyer,   Mr.   Ed.
Stone and R. Seymour Brown.
Must Not Walk Tracks!
Because of the number of peraons who have been killed within the laat yeai   wlk^le walking along the tracks
if tlie Long   Island   Railroad,   where,,       n     i    j m.     j        *
within  the   meaning of the-few, they I«"'Brookside avenue, on Thursday af-
were trespasaew upon   the  company's I *""»?" **^*J*''*^''* ^^f" "^^'f d«"«h- private right of way. the railroad com-' t^"^'   I"^"*  ^^ ^'^ ""'*«^ '" carriage
i parties and a few of their  friends, the  Mi'ton Schreiber j wedding  being quiet   owing to the re i •'"**•" *^''*^''' 1 cent illneas of Mrs. Walters. i Muriel Wright
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Maxson  started for New  York in an automobile  and   will
A pretty wedding was solemnized atj^P^P^^  ^^'^^ honeymoon in Maine; on
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dix-
Monroe Bauer Frank Dunk, jr. George Butler Bryant Durke Philip Greenwald, jr. William Shea Jacob Rnebl
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bell¬ more Presbyterian Church will hold a bazaar and supper at Firemen's Hall, Bellmore, on the afternoon and evening of Sept. 15. Supper will be served from 5 to 8 p. m. Proceeds are for benefit of the church.
Some men make love to a grass t^ I widow under tbe impression that tbey ^^  are making hay while the sun shines.
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JQ      The  public  school  opened  Tuesday
g I with a large  attendance.    The  atten-
rj I dance of pupils is   increasing  rapidly
Q ; and  if this increase keeps up it will
5 ' only  be a short time when the present
-t \ building will not be large enough to ac-
1 i commodate the pupils.
their return they will reside in their residence just completed on South Long Beach avenue, and will be at home to their friends after Oct. 15. Mr. Maxson is well known here from ,, .     .w   .     .        .., V waa ueriormeu ... u.«orcnaru lUBi norm , ^is Connections with the Freeport Club 12ning next at 7 o clock.
peraon   "diking the tracks wiU be ar-;-""^^-^'^^^^ tlje   South Sbore Yacht   Club, of !  '
rested.    To carry this decision into ef- \ °';»« ^«"^°- p^ft'^^ 'n^l' which  latter organization he has been ;     All penona   should avoid  travelling hnr-rin.,
feet Che railroad company has engaged | P^f.^/tina     Th^M^^rM-^^^ secretary for aeveral years.   He ia also  along the railroad  tracks now that the ! '«<=«' ^ ^ ">»"'* «' **>« *^"'« burating.
^y haa decided that from now on any i ^ Arthur W  Abrama.    The ceremony
This contest will close on Frid'ay ev-
was performed in the orchard just north J
August Umhauer, while opening a soda water bottle at the picnic on Mon¬ day evening, received a bad cut on the
W. B. Body haa   moved in the house of J. B. Stillwell on Grand avenue.
Walter Pettit and Mra. W. H. Sea¬ man were married Tuesday evening at the M. E. Church, Rev. W. D. Tuckey officiating. .
William B^rrian, who hafs been suf¬ fering for a long time with cancer, died at his home on Monday evening. Mr. Berrian was a member of Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. 0. U. A. M., which organization attended the funer¬ al service in a body. Funeral services were held Thursday aftemoon. Mr. Berrian is survived by hia wife and one daughter, Ethel.
a large number of special policemen, who wil] patrol the right of way and arrest any peraons found on the prop¬ erty of the company. I Following the large number of fa¬ talities on the railroad lately, the Pub¬ lic Service Commission called upon the company to better guard ita property. The company replied that it was more than willing to keep treapaaaen out of the way of trains by cauaing their ar¬ rest, but tbat when this waa done the diaehwrge of the prisoners itt the Mag- iatrate't ooort was almost certain.
; officiating.    The Misaea Margaret and, , - ^u    ,     i /.        -  ,.
Ruth Dixon, aiaten of the bride, acted' * "jember of the law' firm of Maxson |
third rail has  been   installed  and  the I
'I aavrw in ttie l>H>e—m^rP'
as bridesmaida and'Sherman Kenton, a cousin, acted aa best man. After the wedding supper, which WM served on the lawn, the guests mardied to the fire house where an informal reception was held. Excellent music for the occasion waa furnished by the Freeport Enter¬ prise Band. The young couple were very popular among the younger set of this village and w««« the recipients of many handsome and valaable iwesents. Mr. aad Mn. Abrama will reside in th«^ new home, which Mr. Abrams boili and Aimisbed tat his bride.
Thomas O'Donnell of New York waa
& Jones of Hempstead.    Mrs.   Maxson i electricity  turned  on.    The slightest,,      . ^ .. „
has been actively  connected  with  the i misstep   might prove   fatal, as can be  ^0""^ unconscious at Bellmore  avenue
Baptist Church since residing in Free-
port.
The annual clam bake of the^ South Shore Yacht Club was held Saturday afternoon with the -osqal good time.
The remaining special eventa for the season are a progreasiTe euchre for next Wedneaday evening, and a beef¬ steak dinner for Thursday evenini^, Oct. 6.
(continued on pife 8)
readily seen by the number of dogs ! ^^ ^^ railroad tracks tbis morning at that have been electrocuted where the | 6:30 by Hatfield and F^ward Smith, third rail haa been established.    Avoid  residents here. When revived he stated
all possible danger by not<swalking •long tbe railroad tracks. The Long Island Railroad has posted notices notifying all people from trespaasing- on their tracks.
There ia nosreaaon why small items should not be purchased aa carefully as large ones. See Smi^ & Bedell's ad.
It
that he had become involved in an ar¬ gument with tbe train crew of a late train for New York laat night and was thrown off. He had a ticket from Bell- port to New York and stated he lived there. The ambulance from Belmont Hospital took him sway and upon ex> amination was found to have both legs
(Continued on page 4.)
"Keep it.outofthe paper" is the cry which the local newspaper publish¬ er daily heara. To oblige often costs considerable, though tbe party who makes the request thinks'the granting scarcely worth saying "thank you" for. A newspaper ia a peculiar thing in the public's eye. The news gatherer is stormed at because he gets hold of one item and is abused because he does not get another. Young men, and often young women, aa well aa older peraona, perform acts which become legitimate item* £pr publication and then rush'to the n^spaper office and beg tbe editor not to publish iheir escapades. Tbe next day they condemn tbe same paper for not having publiahed another party doing tbe aame thing tbey were ^ilty of, forgetting apparently tbdr late visit t9 tbe prtating office.
Rev. W. A. Layton, District Super¬ intendent of tbe New York East Con¬ ference will preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday morn- , ing. At the close of the service Dr. Layton will bold the Quarterly Confer¬ ence. In the evening the pastor, Rev. W. D. Tuckey, will preach.
School opened Tuesday wkh Prof. Schubert in charge.
Henry Moore, who has been visiting witb his parents, has returned to Texas where he is engaged in business.