South Side Messenger 19100429

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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFriCIAL PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
2, Number 41
Merrick
"Turn failure into victory— Don't let your courage fade;
And, if you get a lemon.
Why, Just make the lemon-aid."
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, the fifth after Easter, at 7.30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. (Note the change to the summer hour for the evening service.) Celebration of the Holy Communion at the early service and celebration. Litany and sermon at the ^1 o'clock service. The Sunday School meets in the Parish House at 10 a. m. Lesson subject, 37 in the lesson leaf, "The End of the Perean Minis¬ try," Matt. 19:16-20:28. Thursday being Ascension Day, there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at 7.80 a. m. A cordial invitation is ex¬ tended to all to take a live interest in all the affairs of our village church.
Alfred Isaac Nostrand of New York and Mrs. Ursula Anna Jackson of Sea Cliff were married in the Church of the Redeemer on Sunday preceding the ev¬ ening service by the rector, Rev. Wil¬ liam H. Littlebrandt. Mrs. Nostrand is a sister to Mr. Walter Baldwin of this plaee.
The Junior Auxiliary will hold an apron and cake sale in the Parish House on Saturday, May 7th. from 3 to 9.30 p. m.
. One of the two houses being built by Mr. E. C. Cammann below Merrick Road near Merrick avenue, has been sold to Miss Duncan of New York. Dr. Donald Canjmann has rented his new house on Merrick avenue to Mr. John Welling and family of New York for the summer. Mr. Welling has been spending recent summers at Lawrence.
The proposition to light the L. I. R. R. station with gas, which we spoke hopefully of last week, has been turned down definitely by President Peters for the reason that the cost is prohibitive, being estimated at $180.00 for installa¬ tion and $250.00 above the present ex¬ pense for yearly maintenance.
The 1910 session of the cooking school which has been held weekly in the Parish House since the first of Jan¬ uary will close on Satun?ay.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of the Redeemer is planning to give an entertainment in the Parish House upon the evening of May 18th. Tbey will present Miss Mabel E. Mul¬ lins, humorous and dramatic reciter and impersonator. The committee in charge is Mrs. Curtis Bowne and the Misses F. Hewlett and V. Benner. As this is the first time that this strong organization of Merrick ladies has gone before the public, it doubtless will re ceive as it should, appreciative recog nition on the part of the citizens by a large attendance at the entertainment.
Mrs. J. J. Littebrandt of Yonkers spent a few days this week visiting her son here, the Rev. William H. Litte¬ brandt.
Erery Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y., FRIDAY. APRIL 29. 1910
$1.00 Yearly. Single Copy 5 CenU
Tunnel Service to Be Dekyed
A Failure to HaTC Cars in Readi-
ncM WiU Cause a Delay
Till Sammer
It is now decided that there will be no tunnel service to connect with the Long Island Railroad Until mid¬ summer. The Company pays that there has been a delay in getting their cars and that there is not equipment sufficient on hand to handle the summer trafilc. A statement issued by the Railroad officials in reference to the delay, embodies the following:
"The Long Island Railroad Company is having built 140 new steel cars tobe electrical equipped*for this tunnel ser¬ vice. The contracts, which were made early in 1909, provided for thier deliv¬ ery between February 1 and May 1, 1910. On account of delays which were beyond control of the Long Island Company, the first consignment of cars on this order will be received about May 15, and the deliveries will con¬ tinue from that date until about Octo¬ ber 1, when the whole order will be completed. The Long laland Company now has only fifty steel cars which can be used in this aervice.
"After very carefully considering the matter, the management of the railroad company has decided that it would be impossible to give satisfactory service through the tunnels to the new station with fifty cars, and rather than per¬ form service which they know will be unsatisfactory to the general public, it has been decided to delay the operation of trains through the tunnels until a sufficient number of cars have been re¬ ceived to enable the company to give prompt and adequate service. There- lore, announcement is now made that the tunnela will not be opened until about midsummer, by which time the railroad hopes to receive sufficient equipment to be able to give good ser¬ vice."
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Justice   Kapper   UenieS  motion  to j at Firemen's   Hall,   Smithville   South
Restain Town Qerk Weeks l Wednesday evening. May 4.    Refresh-
  1 ments  and a good  time to all   who at-
Supreme (Dourt Justice  Kapper  Fri- ,dayaftemoon  vacated  the  temporary!    ^he  wise   man   puts   his   trust   in ; injunction and denied the motion for  a | providence,   but   he doesn't    wander permanent injunction to restrain Town , ^^       ^^^ ^^^^^^   ^^^^j     ^^^ ^,^g ,^^
I Clerk Luther Weeks, of the Town of Hempstead, from proceeding with a I special town meeting, which has been I called for May 3, to vote on a proposi j tion to sell the town poor farm.   Argu
Providence to pull him out of.
The "What will,they call it club" of women met at the home of Mrs. F. M. Wood.   Wednesday,   to   organize,   eat
ment on  the  motion  was had before , ^„^j ^-^^^^^^^  matters in  general.    The Justice  Kapper  at the court house at j reporter who was seeking   information
i was told, "No, it is not a Suffragette's society, but strictly social."
Mike says he is going to stop saying things but if you want to see the comet . you must get up early.
The Opening Game will be Played Sunday, at Bellmore with the Freeport A. C. Good Schedule Arranged for the Season.    All Home Games
,      On   Tuesday   moming   at   11.30 an ^- alarm of fire telephoned  from the resi- I dence of Harold Bunker called the com- t pany   to the home of Charles  Doty  on I, Park avenue, in North Merrick.   While the   company   was still on  the nay, a '^' party of forerunners  returning   in  an automobile  met   them    and  informed tiviin that the fire was out.    The appa¬ ratus   was   returned to the house   but hardly had the men  left when a second alarm recalled them to the same place. It seems that the first fire had not been enMrely put out and  sparks getting in¬ to the wall  had   set   an   upper   room ablaze.    The second   fire was also sub¬ dued  before  the firemen   arrived,   but this time continuing to the scene  they made sure that no further alarm would be necessary.    The original fire, so far
Hempstead
Rev. F. M. Kerr of Hempstead is one of the ministers selected by Nassau Presbytery to give greetings at the dedication of the Russell Sage Memo¬ rial Church at Far Rockaway.
Don't forget the dance to be given by the Emerald Club on May 4 at Lor¬ etto Hall.    It's going to be fine.
Much fun was caused at a Hemp¬ stead meat market last week by the re¬ tum of u big basketful of sausages, bologna and other good things. These were bought by a prospective hoat for a prospective wedding. When the boy took the goods home on the day ap¬ pointed, the word was "nothing doing. No wedding, fellow backed out."
Freeport boys were all right on Wednesday afternoon last, but Hemp¬ stead got there juat the same; score, 11 to 13 in favor of this village. Come again High School.
On Saturday at 10.30 a. m. Bishop McDonnell is to confirm a class at Our Lady of Loretto's Church. It will be necessary for each child or adult to show a baptismal certificate to the pastor. Rev. Dr. Hara. It is hoped many will be present at the imposing ceremonies.
Freeport
Bellmore
Charles Johnson of Brooklyn was a guest of E. S. Deubert last week at the North House.
Addie, wife of Vasconsellos H. Woodhouse, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Widmeyer, died Thursday moming   after a two days'   illness   ofi ,
appendicitis, at her home on South I Last Saturday afternoon the Bell- Ocean avenue; funeral services will be I '"^''f' J*" • ''^s?^^'' *:'"'^ »"«* <^«^®»* »* private.    Mrs.    Woodhouse is survived ' '^"« "»"°8 of the Rockville  Centre, jr.,
team.    The game was well  played and
I Mineola,    Alfred  T.   Davison  appear-
I ing   for Supervisor  Smith  Cox,   who
i sought the  injunction,   and  Lewis  J.
; Smith  for Town   Clerk   Weeks.    The
! court held that the town law was man-.
j datory   in   its  provisions   relating    to
I special town meetings, and the election j'
I must be held; that the court could  not      Mr.   and   Mrs.   H.   Wohltman    are
j interfere where there were  no allega-   spending a few days with C. V. Powell.
tions of fraud or a willful waste of th§ 	
I public funds. Charles Johnson, contractor,   who is
The proposition, submitted by forty ; burlding the new school house at Hicks- taxpayers to Town Clerk Weeks, pro- i ville, hsd a narrow eacape while com- i vides for the selling of the town poor ing home last Friday evening. He was I farm, the buildings on which were ¦ driving hia thoroughbred colt who was I burned several weeks ago, and the pur- frightened by a dog that came barking ' chase with the proceeds of the aale of and jumping at his head. The animal I a five acre tract and the erectioir of made a bolt and ran into a tree nearby, ' suitable buildings. It is stipulated in i breaking himself loose tfom the vehicle i the reaolution that the poor farm, ' and throwing Mr. Johnson out. The : which comprises about sixty acres, horse then left Mr. Johnson and wagon i shall not be sold for less than $600 per j upside down in the roadway near I acre. Supervisor Cox said to a report-1 Hicksville and started at a breakneck er, after the hearing in court, that  he ] speed   for home.    One  of our  heroes.
by her husband,   who is at  Cincinnatti | ••^'""-.   i'«= k-"": woa wen  piayeu anu j ^^  ^^^ opposed   to  the aale of  the j Mat-Corcoran, who is noted for his fast
very   interesting;   acore 5 to 4.    Next L*   _ • •  j   ..u j •
Saturday   Rockville   Centre   u,ni .i.„ ^ ^^rm.          j running,   spied  the  runaway  --  -
here again at 3 o'clock. Nelson   Raynor, of Roosevelt,   and I Miss Irene Combs, of this village were {    Can you
on a business trip, and two  sons,  Vas consellas, jr., and Harold
farm. | running,   spied  the  runaway  and im-
"I do not think, however, that there i mediately   started a chase  after   him.
Ask Tony.
married  on Sunday,   April   24, by the , car?
Rev. Lewia W. Gordon, at the   parson- ] ~
a^eof the Methodist Protestant Church      Three   local   athletes   can   be  seen
at Baldwin. ^ nearly every night   running   along the
 '  j Merrick   Roads,   reducing   superfluous
At the Wednesday evening  meeting fat for athletic   eventa   this   aummer
will play I
I should be such haste.    There is no rea- i and soon had him  captured.    He  then tell-a-phone  from a trolley |°"  why  this  question should not lay ; turned over the frightened   animal and
held in October,   Robert  G.   Anderaon   Better be careful boya was added to the Finance Committee,    i exceed the speed limit
that
over until  next fall and be voted upon i a few pieces of harnesa   that   was left on the day of the general election,   "rhe! on him   to   Mr.   Johnson's   aon,    who property will not decrease in value."     ; hastily hitched   him to another  wagon The Brooklyn Times says: and hastened to his father and much to
"Speaking of  the  law  relating  to  his  surprise soon  overtook   him walk- special town meetings,   the  sentiment  ing home unhurt and ready for supper.
ofthe  general committee of the  Fire-; OnVFa a"mayayn'ru^^ Contractor   Frisch   reporta  that he
men's Carnival and  Toumament, to be , de rider and the other a P--   figjter , ^^^sSg the powTtorause such  meet-1 will have the club house   ready for the
yvu uuii    , .^^^ .^ twenty-five taxpayers was good I boys td hold their next regular meeting j enough  years  ago,   when  the  cost of : of May 6th in it. The   Minstrel   Show,   given by   thej     Mrs.    E.C.Stevenson   has  just  re-j holding town meetings was a small mat- Retran   is   making   hiir im
ceived a handaome full-fledged Turkish   ter, but times have changed.    For  in-   ^^^^Zllt.^^l^^ r.l^^rt«SihLZ Angora goat from Illinois. '        j stance, the cost of the town meeting to  provements on his property with drive-,
  ' be   held  in the town of Hempstead, on   ways, etc. _______
Miaa Daisy Creed of Brooklyn was | May 3, will exceed $4,000; thirty years | The regular meeting of the Willing the guest of Misa Ethel Wilson last j ago the expense would have been nomi- -yyQjijgrg ^^s held at the home of Mra week. ' nal   by comparison.    One man familiar | William Combs Wednesday.
  I ^jth auch proceedinga said to the writ- ; 	
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith of In-' er that the law should be amended so i xhe regular meeting'of the Ladies' wood, L. I., apent Sunday at the home i that in towns of counties adjoining ci-. Auxiliary of the S. S. A. C. was held of L. R. Smith. | ties  of the first-claaa the signatures of | Tuesday at the home  of Mrs.   William
at least two per cent of the  taxpayers ; f. Kraft in Freeport.
Mr. O. H. Burt has opened his fine home on Fulton avenue for the aum¬ mer.
Charles Noon, the well-known con¬ tractor, will dig the cellar for Louis Cohen's big hotel building on Main street, south of the National Bank.
Minstrel Show, given by young ladies and gentlemen of the Church of Our Holy Redeemer, in Sig¬ mond'a Opera House, last Friday night, for the benefit of the new Catholic Church, was a grand success. Stand¬ ing room was all that was to be had at 8.15, shortly after the doors opened.
An attractive prog;ram was arranged by their coach, Rube Welch. Part 1, consisting of the amateur perform¬ ers, waa ably done, songs being sung by Marion Reynoida, Toots Welch, Gertrude Nolan, May Coyle, Mra. Wil¬ liam F. Connolly, Teddy Moran, Billy Nolan, Bill Camman, Charles Egan, Jack Nolan, Joe Marion and Frank Keogh, assisted by a chorus of thirty- two.
Part two was one of the beat vaude¬ ville ahowa ever held in the Opera House, the actors giving their services gratuitously.
The proceeds amounted to $400, with which the young folks intend to pur¬ chase a window for the new church.
Services in the Bellmore Presbyter-1 would be required to make it manda¬ tory upon the Town Clerk to call a special town meeting."
"As the law now  atands,"  he  aaid,
ian   Church   Sunday   evening at 7.30. Sunday School at 2.30.    All welcome.
The special election is to take  place ,   , ,     on  May  3  in  regard  to the  sale  of
as IS known, waa started from sparks. Almshouse lands, which came from the cook stove and ignited the carpet or some raga which were gathered in the room while Mrs. Doty was out. The loss was about S50.00.
J. P. Hall   leaves in May for a forty acre farm near New Paltz.
At the annual meeting of the Arch- deaconiy of Queens and Nassau, held in St James' Church, Elmhurst, Mr. P. R. Jennings waa re-elected to the office of Treasurer which he has so ably fllUed for the last 10 years.
Thomas Johnston Drug Company has an interesting talk on drug's this week; see their adv.  	
To get the best results from the lab- I or of housecleaning note the su^ges- 1 tions in Smith & Bedell's ad in this is-
Do Yeu Want te Buy er Sell? »ryiM4y'« Column.
Two Auctions
Wallace & Abrams, auctioneers, an¬ nounce two auctions, "nie first one will be held tomorrow, April SOth, at 12.30 p. m., at 62 Lincoln avenue, Rockville Centre, and will consist of household fumiture, carpets, dishes, kitchen utensils, beds, bedding, etc. Al^, bam, 36x50; paint shop or gar¬ age, water closet, flag pole, lawn urns, etc.
On Wednesday,   May 4th, the   same auctioheers   will   sell the entire con¬ tents of Dr. Grain's residence, 80 Lin- '£(.' coin avenue,   Rockville Centre.    This
 j is fine fumiture, and is well worth bav-
Ueo I ins-    Also,  fine   sets of books.    See I posters for further particulars.
While auto riding on the Merrick Road last Thursday evening with his wife and baby at Baldwin, R. A. Combs, jr., was compelled to tum to one side of the road to get out of the way of a large touring car coming from the oppwsite direction, and blinded by the glare of their lainp he did not see a heap of stone, etc., lying in the side of the road, into which he ran, and upset his car, throwing all its occu¬ pants out onto the hard macadamized road. Mr. Combs was only a little bruised, but his wife and youngster were badly cut and scratched. The car was also wrecked.
Clarence A. Edwards' real estate agency reports the following sales for the week: For Ellen Hughes, house and plot on Hempstead and Babylon Turnpike to H. F. Miller, of Brooklyn; for Martin Southard, railroad property, Bennington Park, and two lots on Ben¬ nington Ave. to Beraherd Vbss of New York City.
A. A. Palamountain has sold hia house on North Ocean avenue to D. B. Raynor.
The villlage police have been in¬ structed to enforce tho ordinance re¬ garding riding bicycles on sidewalks in the village.
Miss Catherine Dehrberg and Peter Koehler were married Thursday night at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Dehrberg, Washington avenue and
John   Merritt,   who has   been ill for the past two weeks, is much improved.
A runabout wagon is  greatly   to be preferred to a runabout wife.
The sod along Grand avenue has been removed from the sides of the street by C. H. Russell this week, which is a great improvement. Mr. Russell al-; ways keeps our village streets in good ] condition. i
Miaa Ethel L. Simpson and Walter Smith, both of this place, were married on Saturday evening, April 23rd, by 'twVnty-fivrtaxpayeVa~'wli"owould"ma- R/V; Mr. Cox, pastor of the Bellmore terially benefit by the adoption of some ' Methodist Church. The happy couple resolution which would work injury to ! l«^*^ «".*'^e 10.16 train for a short wed- others  can get together and direct  the : *^',"K,.*'"'P-,. Cong-atulations are extend-
Town Clerk to call a town  meeting   to j ^^ through the Messenger.      	
vote  upon  this  favorite  project,   and I D la ^
then they could have it adopted by  us-1 aVOOSeVelt
ing  methods which   are  familiar to a
Tuesday is election day.
certain claaa of politicians. The law is antique as applied to Naasau towns and I will do my part toward having it amended next winter."
Justice Kapper evidently agreed with
in favor of selling the town   poor f^m I Supervisor Cox, who made the appliea. at Hempstead, you will have an oppor¬
tunity to vote for it at the polls. L, R. Smith's old school house. Polls open at 6 o'clock and close at 6 o'clock.
0. L. Schwenke has George Crowningshield
purchased  the farm which he
tion, that the holding of the election at this time was a needless expenae up¬ on the taxpayers of the town, but there was the Town Law, and the Statute is plain. Of the law Justice Kapper said:
"It is unfortunate that the law  per¬ mits  twenty-five  taxpayers  to compel
will   develope   and   cut up in building, ^^e holding of a special town meeting, lots this summer^  ;     yj^ jj^^^^ expressed the opinion that
T+ u«o   I....,-   „ t-^A   *u„4.  nr 1..    '¦¦ the law should be amended,   and  it  is
It has   been   reported   that  Walter i      u ui    iu    u- i.      -n   l Vt i j
.;xu    „ *j-c„„„      A     o_M.u 1 probab e the hint  will  be  taken  and
Smith,   son of George   A.    Smith, sr..
In the mean-
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must be all right Nothing has been seen or heard of them since. Good luck anyway to the newlyweds.
and Miss   Ethel Simpson,   daughter of! f.'^^^^P"" "^''^ Th .   h      „     .
Louis Simpson of Smithville South, i *""* S« P^^P" °f. "«'"?«*««d wil vote were married laat Saturday evening J "f" **'^.P'"°P°«'*'?"' ""•^*^«'^K^^^^f Walter   told the story   himself  befofe   f.^« f'"^'*'*'" P"^"""'^^^ *" ''«  somewhat
leaving on thc  10.16   train   Saturday       ®'^'  —
night    The   young   bride   who   went      Stafford's  Cinematograph  in   Free- with  him didn't deny it, so the report! port   opens   forthe   aeason   Saturday i 11        X     vT-xi L^_  1^        night, April 30th; high   class   motion
pictures, as usual, with  select   vaude¬ ville. \  It
The Hill 'Stock Co. will appear at the Sigmond Opera House in "The Triumph of Betty," under the auspices of the Freeport Enterprise Band this Friday evening. This company has ap¬ peared at this theatre several times and have gained quite a reputation for the good work they tum out Come and help the boys along.
Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., added another to ita list of members by initiation last Friday night
A regular meeting of Advance H. L. & Engine Co. will be held at Fire Hall next Monday. All members are re¬ quested to be in attendance.
The man who stutters~~-doertilt^jieed to be told to think twice before speaks once.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bell¬ more Presbyterian Church met at the home of Mrs. Gustav Bopp on Wednes¬ day aftemoon.
The annual meeting of Alpha Hook & Ladder Company will be held next Monday evening. Every member of the company is requested to be out, as officers of the organization for the en¬ auing year will be elected at that time.
Teams are busy grading in Woods avenue, carrying in dirt and putting a crown to the road, so the water can run off easily.
Charles Whitehouse and Thomas Mul¬ ranan are laying concrete sidewalks on Main street, mtdcing a long strip of im¬ proved walk. '¦
The Rockville Centre Windsors de¬ feated our local baseball team Sunday by the close score of 7 to 6. Next Sun¬ day the Roosevelt boys will contest with the Hempstead Crescents.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wood, formerly the custodians of Uncle Sam's mail at our post ofl[ice, celebrated the 10th an¬ niversary of their marriage Monday evening, when a large number of their friends were entertained at their home here. Cards were played which with other amusements and plenty of re¬ freshments kept the crowd interested till somewhere near moraing. The guests present at this time were Mr. and Mrs. P. Layton of Oyster Bay, MrJ and Mrs. T. Layton and Mrs. T. Lay- ton, sr., of East Norwich, Mrs. Benja¬ min Morgan of Port Washington, Miss¬ es Katherine Madigan, Madge Bolster, Martha Miller, Sadie Layton and Mary Whitehouse; Harry Seabury, George DeLap, Arthur Whitehouse, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hamaker, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Brown, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Loroy "Thomas and Mrs. Frost