South Side Messenger 19110602

              *ostal Bank at Hempstead G>unty G>urt Jurors
Dreamland Destroyed by Fire Last Week
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 3, Nuinber 45
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. JUNE 2, 1911
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 CenU
Merrick
Brave Rescue at
Long Beach
Services    at    the   Church    of    the Redeemer, Whitsunday at 7:30 and 11
a. m. and 8 p. m.   Celebration of the' Picked  Up Drowning Captain of
Holy Communion at tbe early service and Litany and sermon and celebration of the Holy Communion at the second service.    The Sunday School  meeta in
Yawl at Latt Moment
Freeport
the Parish House at 10 a. m. The Woman's Auxiliary meets weekly on Thursdays at 2:30 p. m. and the'Junior
Scores of people witnessed a thrill¬ ing rescue here, opposite the National Bathing Pavilion yesterday afternoon, when Captain   Charles  Ross,   putting
Auxiliary on   Saturdays at 2:30.    The ! °^ 'j"*"" ^^e yawl Bella B., of  Hobok Boys'League meets   each   Wednesday I «"• N-J., m a dory,  was  precipitated
at 8:16. A cordial invitation is ex¬ tended to all to enter into the work and enjoy the privil«e4a of this cburch.
On Tuesday evening as he was rid¬ ing along tbe Meadowbrook Road on fais motorcycle, Mr. Arthur Goud was violently thrown by a dog which ran from a hedge and became entangled in the macbine. Mr. Goud was catapult¬ ed a distance of 16 or 20 feet and suffered a severe wrench of the right knee which promises to confine him to his bed for at least a week. Dr. New¬ ton is attending Mr. Goud. It seems little short of the miraculous that a fatal injury was not the result.
The Rev. Frank Draper, rector of All Saints Memorial, New Milford, Conn., and Mrs. Draper were the guests of Mr. Draper's  sister, Mrs. L
into the water by the capsizing of the boat in a beavy sea. Captain Ross, witb two other men and a dog, had been lost in a fog at sea for three days and had had nothing to eat all tbat time. Consequently he was in no con¬ dition to swim, and had it not been for the prompt and efficient work of Alfred H. Parsons, jr.. superintendent of tbe bathing pavilion, and Joseph Saraniti, an employe, who went to the rescue in a lifeboat, he would have been drowned.
Captain Ross was about 250 feet off I shore when the accident occurred and I he was struggling desperately in the I rough sea. Parsons shouted to the I man to keep up courage as he and Sar- I anitl shoved oft from the beach in the I boat. When tbe lifeboat came within I a few yards of the struggling swimmer ! he gave a despairing   cry   and   sank.
r,   r.   1-      i rr     A     .   r„,       ,1 Hc had gone down for the  third   time
B. Cor hes, from   Tuesday to Thursday i „.      ^ * a-     t ¦ .   .t.        . a
this week I ^"®" Parsons dived into the water and
  j rescued  him.    He  was  taken  ashore
Mr. Hamilton R. Fairfax and family j ""'^ ^*'«" ^^« boat went out to bring in are occupying   "Sunnycroft" on Kirk
wood Ave. again this year as last.
The annual meeting of the Merrick Tennis Club for tbe election of five members of the Board of Governors to serve for two years, and sucb other business as may come hefore the meet¬ ing, will be held on Monday, June Bth, at 8 p. m. at the Club bouse.
Mis* Sarah Welles of Irvington, N. J., hsd been a guest this week at the home of Miss Mabel Stout.
tbe otber men wbo were   still   on   the yawl.
The dog, a little sky terrier, was also brought ashore. The ar imal bad suffered, as did the men, from hunger and thirst. The names of Captain Ross' companions could not be learned. They were all given a hearty meal and were then directed up the Reynolds Canal to their destination at Freeport.
According to the stt)ry which Capt¬ ain Ross told before they went away, tne Bella B. sailed from Hoboken on Friday afternoon The men had bought a picee of property at Freeport and were bound there to inspect it.
Shortly after they passed Sandy Soon they lost I their bearings and for three days toss¬ ed about in a rough sea. With noth¬ ing to eat or drink, the sufferings of the men and the dog became intense.
When the fog lifted slightly the mariners sighted land. They thought they were off Fire Island, and it was decided that Captain Ross go ashore in the dory and get his beaiings, but, most important of all, secure food and drink. It was while shoving off in the dory that the boat capsized.
—Eagle.
Roosevelt
The much heralded game of baseball between the married and single men | Hooka fog came up of the Men's Club came off on Memo- ¦ - - rial Day on schedule time before, all things considered, a sympathetic audi¬ ence. Of course such a thing as a smile was forgivable when the staid fatber of a family, falling down mid¬ way in a plunge for first base, made tbe bag on hands and knees. The old men went down before tbe rush of youth to the tune of 16 to 2. There was no scoring until tbe fourtb inning wben Mr. Curtis Bowne for the mar-1 ried men carried over the first run by j some daring base stealing which only | a life insurance solicitor would be i equal to. The next and last run for the | married men was scored in tbe eighth. The single man b'tgan scoring in the | fourth with 2 runs then continued with | The Board of Trade Hall on Woods 4, 5, 2 and 2. "Chief" Anthony was i Avenue was crowded last Friday even- hurt early in the fray by being hit j ing on the occasion of the entertain- upon the head by a thrown ball while ment and Japanese tea given under the taking second. This undoubtedly was auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of a severe handicap to the church fathers | that organization. Many were even as Mr. Anthony is a mainstay and was ' standing.
required to relinquish his place behind i The feature of the evening was the tbe bat to Mr. Geo. Carpenter, a will-j mock trial. Arthur Brown, who is ing worker but not in class "A," at i nine years of age and small even for least, so said; "Matty" Wolfe, was a that, was the groom, while Mrs. Le- big disappointment. His curves were , Roy, wife of Prof. LeRoy, was the the easiest ever. Back to the Bush bride. Mrs. LeRoy is about six feet League for him. His substitutes were ! in height. The officiating clergyman worse, Messrs. Anthony and Hill. , was    William   Brown   and   the  affair
Mr. Hill on first   was a distinct sen- \ caused one continuous round of  laugh- aation, more especially when he stopped ; ter.
aomething; but when he aspired toj Other numbers on the program were pitch be punctured a tire. Mr. Bowne | recitations by Susie George, Edith at short was good but possibly might | Whitehouse, Elizabeth Stretch, Mrs. have improved his play if instead of ' Stevenson and William Brown, while arguing whose ball flies were, be bad I the musical portion was presented by gone after them. Mr. R. P. Kent at j Olive Stretch, Mrs. Howard Douglas third covered the bag with a dignity | of Hempstead, Mrs. Grodski and Peter that   well   became tbe   secretary of a ' Beck.
flourishing Mortgage Guarantee Com-! After tbe entertainment all present pany. His specialty was running down I partook of tea and cake in the base¬ men between third and bome whom he ; ment of tbe hall which was prettily didn't get. Mr. Albert Doane in left decorated to represent a Japanese fiield was passive. He didn't even' dining room. The lanterns aud flags make at noise   like a seidlitz  powder,   seemed to be in every nook and corner
Single copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's news store on Railroad Avenue or Kiefer's, Main Street. ______ tf
9 Motor boat racing, with close and exciting finishes, followed bv a dance, were leatures of the season opening at the South Shore Yacht Club Tuesday. The races were witnessed by a good sized crowd of members and their friends and the dance at evening was very enjoyable.
The winners of the races were as follows: Semi-speed, Mildred V., C. Wihlkermor, Hempstead; Vida, second, M. Chapman.
Cabin Class—Viking, M. N. Mil- bank, first; Old Fashioned, Wesley Miller, second; The Flower, Mr. Moore, third.
Open Class—Roxie, A. Nosworthy, first; Varnita, C. G. Hill, second; Isa¬ bel, L. H. Hall, third.
Handsome cups were presented to the various owners who won with their boats.
James E. Stiles of this village won one of three prizes offered for excell¬ ence in declamation Thursday evening. May 25th. Mr. Stiles delivered Senat¬ or Bailey's speech, "The Senate on Trial," In a very impressive manner and won the Parker prize. He has been active in college enterprises since entering Wesleyan ; probably his stel¬ lar acting in Winston Churchill's "Title Mart," presented by the Wes¬ leyan Dramatic Club, is his most not able success of the year. He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
The Town Board has granted to Frank Willets of this village a lease of land at "Narrows Marsh" south of this village, for a term of thirty-four years at the rental of $100 a year for the fifty-four acres. Mr. Willetts agrees to dig a canal through tbe new land, 100 feet wide and ten feet deep at low water mark, the banks of which will also be raised one foot and a half above high water mark.
The Eagle reports the incorporation of "German House Construction Com¬ pany of Freeport;" capital, $10,000; directors, Bernard G. Heyn, William B. Thompson and N. R. Green of New York City.      	
Greenfield Cemetery at Hempstead was visited Sunday by large delegat¬ ions of members of Freeport Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., the local Councils of Daughters of Liberty and Daughters of America when the Mechanics decor¬ ated graves of departed associates. Exercises were held in connection with tbe decoration ceremonies. Singing of patriotic hymns, a brief address of welcome by William S. Hall, and a talk on the significance of Decoration Day from the fraternal standpoint, by Deputy National Councilor Joseph D. Tunison of Brooklyn, constituted the program. Twelve j^raves were decor¬ ated by the Mechanics with floral wreaths and American'fiags.
About half past eight Saturday ev¬ ening our No. 6 fire alarm (outside vil¬ lage help wanted) sounded, in answer to an appeal for help from Bald¬ win, where the store building of Chas. Smith, corner Merrick Road and Mil- burn Avenue was ablaze, and slightly endangering the two hotels on opposite corners. All the apparatus excepting Ever Ready Hose No. 2 was sent over and the engine supplied two streams of water to put out the fire after the building had burned down, as we did not get the alarm in time to save the building.
The fire was unusually spectacular, drawing a large "field" of spectators on foot, in wagons and autos, and the buildjng burning practically witbout interference lighted the surrounding territory almost like day.
Baldwin
BeDmore
' Making a Good Fight
Nassau   County  Supervisors   and
Senator Long Combatting New
York  City's   Effort Mo
Avoid Taxation
Following is the program of the me- j     The smoker giver   by  Advance   H., morial service on Tuesday  evening ar-1 l. & Eng. Co., No.   1,   last  Thursday ranged by the Woman's Advance Club: | evening was largely attended.    Every- Organ Prelude, Miss   Golder;  Chorus, 'body present enjoyed it to the full Iim- j America; Invocation, Rev. L. W. Gor-  it.    An entertainment  from   the  Star | don; ColumDia, the Gem of the Ocean, i Lyceum Bureau of New York City was :
Choir; Audience joined in Chorus; The I engaged   for the evening, and made  a ' fl|;» . ^no  i nur'c CTonur   daiut Story of "Old Glory," Mrs. Brubaker; | bie hit, and by the way, those steamed i •'tWAIUK LUHU 5 SJKUnii   rUINl The  Star  Spangled    Banner,   Choir; j clams prepared    by Jim   Baldwin   hit | Audience joined   in   Chorus; Lincoln i the spot all right.    Owing to the heavy | and the Sleeping Sentinel, Miss Tilden; I expense the   committee   in   charge  of Vacant Chair, Choir; Address, Rev. F.   the affair,  reports a small loss   to  the A. Scofield ; "Tenting   Tonight,   Choir; j company.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Ray¬ mond Smith; Just Before the Battle, Mr. C. H. Thomas; Battle Hymn of the Republic, Choir; Audience joined in Chorus; Benediction, Rev. L. W. Gordon; Postlude, Miss Golder.
The Public Servi e Commission has placed an embargo on shipments of manure by the L.. I. R. R. for this station.
Mrs. Oscar Sutton with little son of North Caro ina, is the guest of her sister. Miss Margaret B. Wheeler of Grand Avenue.
Miss Chrystal Raynor was tandered a surprise party by a number of her school friends and associates on Thurs¬ day evening of last week at her home on Central Avenue. The young people spent a pleasant time with games, etc.
Word was received at Roslyn on Sat¬ urday that J. Wheeler Glover, former¬ ly of Baldwin, had been granted a di¬ vorce from his wife, Sarah A. Glover, a daughter of the late Silas W. Albert- son of Roslyn. Mr. Glover went to Reno last October, and the papers in the divorce action were served a month later. Mrs. Glover made no effort to defend the suit, but has been living quietly in Roslyn since her home in Baic^win was broken up. The couple were married in 1897, and have no cbildren. They lived happily until about two years ago, when, after a quarrel over financial matters, Mrs. Glover left the house and never re¬ turned.—Record.
5 Walter Lubey, the thirteen-year-old half-orphan, who was arrested several days ago for setting fire to the woods of Warren Golder at Smithville South, was saved from going to a reform school last week by the pleadings of his mother and endorsement of good conduct at school. The school princip¬ al said that the boy had a good deport¬ ment at school, but he bad been in the company of other boys, who had led him into various criminal acts.
Lubey, who confessed to the Golder woods fire, also to another brush fire, and obtaining groceries from mer¬ chants in Merrick and Freeport, was paroled in the custody of Constable Murray, School Principal R. E. Hilton and his guardian, George Midger, and removed.entirely from the jurisdiction of his mother.
The Men orial service held in the Methodist Episcopal Church on Tues¬ day evening under the auspices of the Woman's Advance Club was quite well attended and a good program was rendered. 	
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church will hold a Strawberry Fest¬ ival on June 13.
Mr. John Wailmuller in centre field was strenuous and looked like a ball player but appearances are sometimes deceiving. They must have been in this case. So we bave concluded that tbe flies he caught were pure accidents.
and cups and  saucers  were  given souvenirs.
Althougb still so lame that be is forced to walk on crutches, S. Karscb, who was injured some time ago Right field was occupied by a wee boy ; while working at the Sergeant iire on who materially strengthened the team. Woods Avenue, is again home in this There were two umpires. We saw one | village after being confined to tbe bos- of tbem this morning.    The other we ! pital since his injury.
did   not see.    However, as yet we are \ 	
not feeling any special alarm. If he The weekly cottage prayer meeting ahould not be seen by next month, tbe {of the newly organized M. E. Church proper authorities will be aaked to in-1 wil be beld this evening at 8 p. m. at* tervene. In the meantime it will be | the home of Miaa Mary Whitehouse on advisable to see tbat all tfae married j Whitehouse avenue. On Snnday as man are preaent or accounted fdr. usual tbere will be Sunday School in Saapicion  pointa to the   pitchers.    As | tbe    aftemoon    at 2 :S0 o'clock  and
I preacbing by the paator. Rev.   W.   A. . Maellar,   in   the   evening    at   7:46 Ja*  In Cv«rylia«ly'R Calumn j o'eloek.
(Continued on page 8)
Freeport High School defeated Ami¬ tyville High School Saturday afternoon in a ten-inning game at Mechanic's Field; score 8 to 7.
The ladies of the Baptist Church will hold their annual fair next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening, June 6 and 7; supper served from 6 to 8 p. m. in the church building.
John Homan, aged 50, was arrested Sunday night, being without any home and was taken before Justice Swezey Monday morning, and sent to Black- well's Island for sixty days.
On Tueaday evening, June 18, Alpha Council, No. 11, D. of A., will present the   farce, "Tbe   Greatest   Plague In
(Continued on page 5) Arfvartiaa It In Evarybody'a Ceiumn
At the land sale of the Tho nas prop¬ erty last Friday and Saturday a num¬ ber of purchases were made.
Large developments are being plan¬ ned for the southern part of the vil¬ lage. 	
Mr. George T. Schuneman, the fam¬ ous sweet pea grower on the Merrick Road, will sail for Europe en the Kronzpriiiz Wilhelm next Tuesday, June 6. Mrs. Schuneman will accom¬ pany him. It is reported Mr. Schune¬ man is a large real estate investor in Germany. 	
There was a s)iectacular fire here Saturday night, when the Charles Smith homestead, a big, old-fashiOned house, built nearly a century ago and occupying a site at the junction of Mil- burn avenue and the Merrick Road, v^as completely destroyed.
The building was owned by Samuel Resnick
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Bransford of Patchogue were the guests of Assessor and Mrs. Charlas W. Smith over Sun¬ day. 	
Samuel Self, who was stricken with a slight stroke of paralysis on Thurs¬ oay afternoon of last week, is still confined to his bed, but is improving nicely under the care of Dr. Skou.
Advance H., L. and Engine Co.  will attend   the   Firemen's   tournament  at' showed by reference to a copy of May
The Supervisors of Nassau County, accompanied by the county's attorney, Mr. Deasy, and Senator Long, bad a partial hearing at Albany before the Committee on Taxation and Retrench¬ ment on the bill introduced for the City of New York to exempt from taxation all of the city's waterworks propertiea in Nassau County. Lawyer Deasy, Supervisors Christ and Cocks, and Senator Long spoke in opposition ! to the bill, and the points they made against its passage seemed to impress the committee.
It was shown that the city had al¬ ways paid taxes, and it was shown that the city had taken land in Nassau County for its pumping stations under a solemn promise not to ask to have the land and the improvements ex¬ empted from taxation, and the bill now before the Legislature is a violation of that promise.
It was shown that the sinking of deep pumps to get water for the city had dried up many wells and ponds and had destroyed a number of profitable trout streams. It was also shown that the pumps had sucked so much water out of the soil that farm lands had been rendered nearly worthless for cultivation because of the disappear¬ ance of the natural moisture from the soil, and when the injured persons sought compensation from the city for the damage, the best they could get was a mere nominal allowance.
Senator Long scored a big point that greatly interested the committee.    He
Lynbrook oh June 14th.
Samuel Kilpatriek, jr., and wife of Corona, spent a few days this week with Samuel Kilpatriek, sr. Sam has just purchased an automobile, too.
The program of the school exercises left out ot our last issue, appears on another page in tbis issue.
Contractor Stanford Smith is build¬ ing a two-story addition 14x20 to the east side of C. V. Sprague's residence on Bellmore Avenue.
Sunday evening, June 4, the D. B. P. Mott Post of the G. A. R., will at¬ tend memorial services at the Bell¬ more Presbyterian Church. The past¬ or will speak briefly on "The Value of the Soldier Virtues." The Rev. Julius Nelson, who carried the colors in some of the greatest battles of the war, will also give a brief address. Several special musical numbers are being ar¬ ranged.
In view of the fact that these veter¬ ans have already attended one memor¬ ial service, we consider it an especial kindness on their part to accept our in¬ vitation We trust therefore, that the community will show its appreciation by filling the church to overflowing. J.
A Saturday baseball team to be known as the Rambler A. C. of Bell¬ more. has be organized by the young men of the village, and they are desir¬ ous^ booking games with first-class local teams. Address Harry Muller, a dealer in hardware,  stoves, \ Manager, Merrick, L. I.
etc.,   who   occupied it as a store  andi 	
dwelling. The fire apparently origin- j Last Sunday aftemoon at the local ated in a room on the upper floor in! diamond the most exciting game of which  two of Mr. Resnick'a five child-  the season was played  wben   Bellmore
ren were sleeping. Mrs. Resnick ran upstairs and rescued the children with somO' difficulty. All got out of tbe burning building in safety, however.
The house was burned to the ground, and only a portion of the contents was saved. The loss is $6,000, partly cov¬ ered by insurance.
The Baldwin firemen answered the alarm promptly, but were hampered by lack of apparatus, and the Freeport department was summoned. It ar¬ rived in quick time, but the fire was then beyond control.
For a time the Nassan and Millburn hotels were menaced by the fire, but they fortunately did not catch.
A crowd of several thousand persons and probably a hundred automobiles lined the Merrick Road while the blaze was in progress.
Comments of the Epworth League Convention appear on another page of the Messenger this week.
Mrs. J. Sherwood entertained the Ladiea' Aid Society of the M. £. Church on Thursday wben ticketa were distributed to sell for tfa* atrawberry iMtival June 13.
met and defeated the strong Hemp¬ stead team by the score of 14-13. It was a game that most fans enjoy seeing—a game witb plenty of life— lots of heavy slugging, good base run¬ ning and some fast fielding by both teams; also some poor plays by both sides.
Still, who was not in the bestof con¬ dition, did the pitching for Bellmore. He struck out 9 of Hempstead's heavy
or Gaynor's proposed new city charter now before tbe legislature that the mayor was favorable to continuing to pay taxes on the city's property in Nassau County, because Senator Long said, the mayor knew all about the city's agreements not to object to paying taxes as a means of allaying the people's opposition to the city's pumping operations in tbe county.
The bill now before the legislature, said Senator Long, is in conflict with the mayor's draft of the proposed char¬ ter, besides being a violation of tbe city's agreement not to object to pay¬ ing taxes. There will be another bear¬ ing.
The city's exemption bill is a seri¬ ous matter. Not to tax the city'a property would cripple several school districts financially. School districts that have built new school houses on bond issues relied upon the assessment of city property to belp meet the obli¬ gation, and to release tbe city'a prop¬ erty from that obligation now would inflict heavy financial burdens on the rest of the property, besides being a dishonorable proposition on tbe city's part.
In speaking of this issue last week this paper fell into serious error. It was stated that the city's property car¬ ried an assessment of $265,00u, which was a stupid  blunder of two  millions.
The city's possessions are assessed for $2,266,000. It would be a very serious matter to strike that large sums out of the assessment rolls.
—North Hempstead Record.
Workers Supplied Free
Although we hear every day of tbe country's unequalled prosperity, the Free Labor Boreau of the Bowery Mia¬ sion, 227 Bowery, New York, reports tbat there are now in the city more idle men tban ever before, many able, honest men, qualified for any sort of farm work—laborers of every descrip¬ tion, skilled workers, and others, all wanting work yet finding none to do.
The Mission Labor Bureau exacts no fees whatever and welcomes communi¬ cations from anyone in need of capable bitters  and gave 4 men bases on balls j ^^^ f^^ ^ny kind of work.    Its  share
in relieving the condition of New York's unemployed has been very large and the manager of the Bureau, Mr. J. T. Hunt, to whom letters sbould be addreaaed, is constantly hearing from emplcyers, expressing gratitude for the men supplied and their proven worth.
and allowed 8 hits.
Bishop did the twirling for tbe visit¬ ors, striking out 8 men, gave 3 free passes t3 first, but got touched for 18 clean hits. His work was good at that.
There being no complete score kept of the game by the local club, we are unable to publish same, but give the score by innings:
Bellmore 00003261 3—14
Hempstead       00023014 3—13
On Tnesday Bellmore had for its op¬ ponents tbe faat Allan A. C. of Jeraey City in a double header,   and met de- (Continoed on page 4.)
"I saw It In th* M****nt*rr'
Tbe new musical comedy "Oh You School Girls," with Ev. Albin and his bost of pretty girls is the attraction at Sigmond's Opera House Tuesday even¬ ing, June 6. The cast also inclndes six big vaudeville acts, which inaure plenty of singing and dancing.
Iff you want t* r*aeh th* p**pl* rtinth* "M*aa*nt*r."
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