South Side Messenger 19110217

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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER. NASSAU  COUNTY
Vol 3» Number 30
Merrick
Shades of Washington and Lincoln! What a Legislature!
Gaaton, the second son bf Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCord, has been confined to St Vincent's Hospital, New York for tbe last two weeks, suffering ftom blood poisoning, dae to injariea re¬ ceived in play at St. John's School where he is studying in preparation for St. John's College, Fordham. Gaston will not be able to leave the hospital for at least five weeks more.
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. FEB. 17, 1911
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Rev. William H. Littebrandt was in attendance at the Clericus of Qaeens and Nassau which was entertained by tbe Rev. Mr. Homans at Jamaica on lliursday. An interesting paper was read by the Rev. J. Kimber on "Faith and Works."
Experts Agree on In¬ sanity Causer
Freeport
Trolley  Fare  Reduced'
Bellmore
Wantagh
400,000 PampUeU,   Endorsed  byi EmincDt Experts, Sent Out
Single copies of the Messenger can be Hempstead to Qoeens for Ten Cents' u/S'^'STi'mam *wnifS'rHJ!fr«t?^' A^r'- n"^^"- ^"^1 '^¦•J?""V^'*-
secured   at  Greenblatt's news store on ,   be had at William   Wolfe s drug  store  ed for Port Orange, Florida last Friday
Railroad Avenue. tf. Through   the   efforts  of  E. J. Jen-  and from Anderson Bloomer, news deal-   for several weeks' stay   for the benefit
 . I nings.   President of the   West  Hemp-   er, at 5 cents per copy. tf  of Mr. Young's   health.    Mrs.   Voung
Albin N. Johnson. Elvin N. Edwards I stead, Hempstead Gardens   and  Lake- i — i expects to see her brother, Mr. Smith,
and A. B. Wallace   are   annoanced  as [view    Association,     Hempstead   will      Mrs. S. J. Arkels entertained the J.   at Port  Orange.    Mr.and   Mrs. A. T.
  ' candidates for  the office of Police Jus-j profit by the reduction of  fare  wbich , F.   F.   Pinochle  Club last   Wednesday i Haff also will spend their winters there
STATE   MIGHT SAVE   MILLIONS  tice  atthe  coming   village   election, j he has just succeeded in getting on the { evening. and   near  by   is Mr. and   Mrs.   Mooes
I The  office   pays a salary of  $250  per  cars  of  the  N.   Y.   A  L. I. Traction | —  Hunt and family of Bellmore.   wbo for
year. Company,   between    Hempstead   and j     Don't  forget  the  calico  hop   to be  number  of years have  gone  South  in
  Queens.   The original franchise of this ! held Tuesday, Feb. 2l8t. at  Firemen's   the winter.
A  regular   meeting   ofthe  Village i company   gives   them   the   right    to i Hall, Smithville South.   The following'
Ex-Embassador Joseph H. Gioate, President of State Charities Aid Association, says Elimination of Preventable Insanity Would Save
Board of Trustees will be beld this Fri¬ day evening.
Karl V. Anton and Effie L. Dunbar, State $3,000,000 Annually—Edu- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dun- catiomil   Movement  Against   I^. I b". "«"'"^"i«<^ Saturday evening at
sanity Begins.
What IS home ger? And only scribe.    Do it now.
withoat the  Messen- $1.00  a  year.    Sub-
'~ A little girl arrived last week to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston, jr.
Services at tbe Charch of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, Sexagesima, at<l^ snd 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Celebra¬ tion of tbe Holy Commanion at the early service. Morning prayer and sermon at the second service. At the moming service the cboir, aasisted by Mr. Robert Humphrey of Freeport, tenor, will render Ashnall's "Benedic- tus" in F by F. E. Armstrong. Sun¬ day School meets at 10 a. m. in the Parish House. The Woman's Auxili¬ ary meets weekly on Thursdays at 2:30 p. m. in the Parish House. The Junior Auxiliary meets each Satunlay at S p. m. Boys' Leacrue meets Wednesdays at 3:15 p. m. Cooking school holds its sessions Saturdays from 12 to 3, Miss Huger in charge. Choir practice to¬ morrow at 3 and 7 p. m., Mr. Marry R. Zeiner, choirmaster and organist.
Aroong our little folk sick are Lulu Mecking, Howard Bartow, Arthur Ver¬ ity, Robert Miller, Wella Mepham, David Greaves and Gladys Greenwall. All are doing well except little Miss Gladys, who has been threatened with pneumonia.
The Merrick Gun Cub invites the populace to their happy hunting ground north of F. S. Miller's, on Washing¬ ton's Birthday at 2:30 to watch them slaughter the eiay pigeons. :
Remember the entertainment and i 'dance to be given in Fire Hall on Washington's Birthday evening at 8 o'clock by Merrick Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1. The performers will be the Knickerbocker Four, "Black, Clever anci full of .Melody," and Mart King, humorist. A good, clean show is promise. Ice cream will be on sale. Admission 25 cents; children 10 cents, i
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Harvpy and son Dan were the guests Sunday of Mr. anci Mrs. P. R. Jennings at "Edge¬ hurst."
The first step in the educational movement against the causes of insan¬ ity was takan Tuesday when, from the office of the Committee on Mental Hy¬ giene of the State Charities Aid Asso¬ ciation,    105   East 22nd   street,   New
six  o'clock,   at   the M. E. parsonage,
by Rev.   W. A. Richard.    Miss  Mabel
Pearsall   was   bridesmaid  and  Harry
Rosenkranz,    brother-in-law    of   the
bride, best man. The bride was attired   );!'"j"u'°«7'^n„^jV_V«;*u„ j , , , ..     . .        J   _-4.u 1 and H. Willard Griffiths,
in a dress of blue satin   trimmed  with  ^.^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^
white  lace, and  carried a bouquet   of  , „.. .„„j„ * ,   *.•
..       '     . ,.,    1       .,_  having made two tn
carnations   and roses, as did   also   tbe
bridesmaid.    After the ceremony a re-
I A number of people surprised Mrs. j James Moore at her home last Wednes- ' day evening, the occasion being her The  evening   was  spent in
The Gun Club held a shoot last Mon¬ day but the weather or some other cir¬ cumstance affected the shooting as most of the members made poor scores. The club is to hold a shoot on Washing¬ ton's Birthday when, no doubt, they wi^l do much better. »¦
Don't  forget the annual   sapper and dance of the Hook and Ladder Co. next
York City, the first installment of the | <=eption was served at the bride s home, 400.000 pam..hlet8, entitled, "Why j bedell street. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Should Anyone Go Insane?" which the l «''« "«'' residing at Baldwin, committee plans to distribute broadcast Among those present at the reception throughout the state, were mailed. : were: Mr. J. B. Anton Miss Vera The   pamphlet  is  sent  gratis  and  i- I ^nton. Miss Kate Heck. Mr. and Mrs,
charge ten cents between the corner of ladies will act with the chairman. Mrs.
Main  and  Front   streets,   Hempstead S. J. Arkels: Mrs. John Seaman, Mrs.
and the junction of Fulton  street   and McGlincey, Mrs. J. Johnston   and Mrs.
Jericho   Turnpike,   at   Queens.     'The Gardiner, company was charging ten cents   from here to Belmont Park, and an addition¬ al five cents to Jamaica.
Monday   morning a hearing   on   tbe matter was given by the Public Service , birthday Commission   for  the Second   District, who has car-
for Mr.   Jennings, Van   Seht.      Refreshments    were   in
ng made two trips to Albany in its charge of Mrs. Von Seht.
interest,   presented   the   case  to   the 	
Commission.    The troliey company put       There will be a three scene farce en-
in its answer, satisfying the complaint, titled   "Tbe   District  School at Blue-
and agreeing to charge a ten cent   fare berry   Corner,"   given   at   Firemen's i fined to her home by illness for several over  the   route   described,   beginning Hall,   Bellmore, under the  auspices of | weeks. March   1,   1911.    The   answer   reads, tbe Pastime Club, on Tuesday,   Febru-1 ' ^ however, tbat the company will   carry . ary 28th, at 8:15 o'clock.    Tickets for      Several  cases of measles are report- passengers from   Hempstead to FuIto:) this attractive   show will be 25  cents, i fd among the children, but no epidemic
¦- '->-'--'' *"-  " -   all   are   having   the
playing cards and dominoes   the favors , j^ggj      ^^^^j       ^^en a good  time is being won by Mrs. S. Hunter  and Mr. i g^pg^j^^     ^he   women   of   Wantagh
have the reputation of putting ap a good supper and the people appreciate it.
Miss Gertrude Hopper has beencon-
ine   pamiJiiiei,  is  oeni  grauB  anu   ib i-;--    '„,    ,       ,   ,,    .     „ oi   a    passengers irom   Mempstead to ruiTo:)  tnis attractive   snow will De 1:5  cents, ir",—,   f,	
hoped that a copy of it will   ultimately I ""'TyJ?'"°<^«°?^' ^^f ^' "^^^ ^'TJ  str-^et and Jericho   Turnpike.   Queens, : which can be had from any of the mem-!!« ^°^^f ^°'"' «« reach_ every   home   inthe  State.    It  f"^^'^'^;^'l"!^"" ^if;tfl"^^^^^^^^ for   ten   cents.    This  may   bring   up  bers.    Tbia is an  opportunity to enjoy   best of care.    ^^_
Mr. Welling andrfamily, who occu-1 pied Dr. Donald Cammann's house last; summer, have leased Mr. E. C. Cam-j mann's new house on Byron Road for! this summer. The new house not yet finished, corner of Merrick Ave. and ' Byron Road, has been taken for the , summer by Mrs. Herman Sebwab and [ her  two son? of New   York,    There
will be printed in several languages and will be distributed through the physicians, health officers, ministers, lodges, labor unions, and, in fact, ev¬ ery religious, civic or social organiza¬ tion or individual that can be interest¬ ed in the movement.
The leaflet of eight pages was writ¬ ten by Homer Folks, Secretary of the State Charities Aid Association, and Everett S. Elwood, Assistant Secretary of the Committee on Mental Hygiene. It is endorsed by eight of the most eminent specialists in nervous and mental diseases in New York who sign the following statement: "We have read the foregoing pamphlet and find it thoroughly in accord with present scientific authority."
The signers of the pamphlet are: M. Allen Starr, Professor Neurology College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; Charles L. Dana, Professor of Neurology, Cor¬ nell University Medical College; Dr. Frederick Peterson Professor of Psy¬ chiatry, Columbia University, and former President State Commission in Lunacy; Bernard Sachs, Neurologist, Bellevue and Mt. Sinai Hospitals; Hon. Albert Warren Ferris, M. D., President State Commission in Lunacy ; August Hoch, M. D., Director Psychi¬ atric Institute, Ward's Island; Wil¬ liam L. Russell, M. D., Superintend¬ ent Long Island State Hospital, and William Mahon, M. D., Superintend¬ ent   Manhattan   State   Hospital,    and
i former Presideht   State Commission in
] Lunacy.
The importance of the campaign from the point of view of the taxpayer is established by the pamphlet when it says that "about one-sixtn of the total expenditure of the State is for thc in¬ sane. It equals an annual tax of sev¬ enty cents on every man, woman and child in the State."
Ex-Ambassador Joseph H. Choate, President of the State Charities Aid As.sociation, in a statement accompany¬ ing the copies of the pamphlet sent to the   newspapers   says:    "Itis   highly
and Eugene Austin, Misses Susie and i Irene Johnson, all of Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith of Trenton, N. ' J. ; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenkranz ' and son of Ozone Park ; Mr. and Mrs. i Leonard Golder, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph i Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilde, J Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Miss Mary Crevoiserat, Miss Alice Raynor, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Raynor, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Combs, Miss Mayme Whaley, all of, Freeport; Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Scud¬ der of Bayblon.
The bride received  very many beau¬ tiful presents. -''
another  question, should the  company   a good laugh—better than   medicine— I attempt  to charge  an   additional five   better than a doctor.
cents from Queens to Jamaica.   Under 	
the new charge, to take effect next Our popuiar Assessor, Charles W. month, it will carry passengers one Smith, was initiated into freeport miie in Queens County, and   the   Rail-' Lodge, I. 0. O. F., last Monday night.
road law foi bids  the company to make ! —-
an additional charge. Inasmuch as; Should a financial storm break who the Queens line and the N. Y. & L. 1. I would flee fastest to the "cyclone eel- Traction Company are owned by the ; lar?" Why, the man who has unad- same people, Mr. Griffiths contends : vertised goods, for he knows that there that it will be compelled to give one ' would be no established demand for his continuous rirfe from Hempstead to Ja- products, maica for ten cents,—Times. i -   	
Rockville Centre
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knettel have moved to Syosset where Mr. Knettel will go into business with is father, who is a florist there.
"Serenity; how to get it and what it accomplishes," will be the topic of the Christian Endeavor meeting this Friday evening.
The Lincoln  memorial   service  held in the Sunday School was very success¬ ful.    A responsive  service on the  life of Lincoln was used and Mrs.   Cowles' CONSOLATION. i class sang a selection which was   very
A little girl of 13 or so found herself ' appropriate to the occasion.    The mis- one day   possessed of a new emotion, a i sionary   offering   by   the   school was
~" I desire  to  be  pretty.     She  struggled | 5^*"^^^ 	
"Pious Inconsistencies" will be the with it, but finally went to the long theme of the Rev. A. H. Rennie. pas- ' mirror in the hall, and for the first At the village primary to be held on ' tor of the local Presbyterian Church on , time in her life looked at herself criti- March 11, 1911, considerable excite- i Sunday morning next. At the evening cally from head to foot, ment is expected. Archer B. Wallace, I service he will take for his topic, "In- She saw what most girls see at 13, a Elvin N. Edwards and Albin N. John-1 consistencies of tbe Devil." A pastor's lanky creature, mostly legs and arms, son have each announced their candi- | church class meets every Thursday af-. hands and feet. It hurt her, and she dacy for the position of Police Justice ! ternoon at the homes of one of the went out doors to think it over, of the Village of Freeport. Judge ^ members. Parents deairing that their Thought resulted in tears, and inj Misses Bertha and Mattie Box spent Swezey has announced that he will not i children should attend this class will tears she was found half an hour later j last Sunday with their parents, Mr. be a candidate for re-election. j kindly notify the pastor.    The   Friday   by her particular chum, a boy near her j and   Mrs.   George   Box.    Their young
Archer Wallace is'an ex-Police Jus-! night   prayer   meeting  is held at   118  Own  age.    Anxious   inquiry as to why j friends   were  glad   to see   them   once tice   as   well   as an ex-Justice   of  the I Maple avenue. she was crying induced her to speak.     \ again.
Peace.    Mr.   Johnson is a well   known j -   - i     "Oh,   Harold!"   she   wailed,   "I've;     ^^   ^^^
lawyer,   having his   office on Brooklyn I    Burglars effected   an   entrance   into   just looked at myself in the glass,  and avenue,   this village.    Mr. Edwards is   the residence of Frank Hill  Eisemann,   I'm so homely!"
a member of the   law   firm of Edwards ' 228 Lincoln avenue,    on   Friday   night ^     The boy was puzzled but sympathet- & Levy and has been actively   engaged j last^ by forcing a window  in the lower   ic, and   made  an   effort a consolation.
The following item regarding village 1 primary is sent in by a friend of Mr. ! Edwards:
I Mr. and Mrs. Krause spent Monday I here at tbeir summer home. We un- ; derstand Mr. Krause has offered his {home to Mr. and Mrs. Adel, who re- ! cently lost their home by fire, to be .used by them until they hiSve found a ; suitable place for a home.
in the practice of law in this village ; portion of the house, and made their for a number of years. He has resid-; escape with' plunder valued at over ed near Freeport from boyhood, was' two hundred dollars. As usual, no educated   here   and is proud of  it.    It   clue.
was through the active work of Mr. Edwards that the carfare from Hemp¬ stead to Freeport was reduced from ten cents to five cents.
Mr.    Edwards   is   a   public   apirited citizen and one   interested in all meas-
A pleasant time was   enjoyed at the South   Side   High   School on    Monday
night, when the Sophomore Class tend-   ^j^^^ j^^j October, mysteriously disap ered a reception to   their   class  mates
He patted her, saying soothingly: !
"Not homely, Alice; just funny look-' ing." !
Henry Lawrence Wolfe, brother of Diuggist William Wolfe of this vil¬ lage, who has been attending the Academy of Fine  Arts at Rome, Italy,
regular meeting of the Queens County Mutual Assistance As¬ sociation next Saturday night officers for the coming year will be nominated. The election will be held the following Saturday evening. A full attendance of members is desired.
Rural Church Con¬ ference
of the   High   School   Department.    A ures calculated to improve this village, ; ^^gt enjoyable evening   was pasjsed in
and his friends promise that if elected he will administer the duties of his office fearlessly, honestly and effi¬ ciently.
tbe   manner people.
customary   to the young
gratifying   to know that   scientific re search   has made«it possible for   eight   Twenty alrfeJWy a loud clamor for'houS^rhere | ""^^^^ eminent specialists as have signed for the coming season. ' t^'s pamphlet to agree ai to the causes
*.      .  iof   insanity.    The  application   of this
Harry Walker and Walter Link were ' knowledge furnishes a wonderful op- winners of the medals in the Sunday ; Portunity for social betterment. School last Sundav given for perfec-i Wjiile, of course, the humanitarian con- tion in the recitation of the Creed, the s'derations in a movement of this kind Lord's Prayer and the Ten Command- • ""^^ ™o8t compelling, the economic side ments.    A new teacher in the school is  of this undertaking is highly important
A large   crowd   attended   the   mas¬ querade   ball   of   the   Committee   of held on Monday   evening
on that date, going to a bank where he had a check of   $70   cashed   and   also
Dr. .lohn V. D. W. Turner, one of the oldest rsesidents of Rockville Cen¬ tre, died at his late residence,   Lincoln drew $5 from a personal account.
and Rockaway avenues,   late   Saturday 	
the Sigmond Opera Home. The grand : nigbt, in his 7''th year, after a short James A. Stiles, who is now located march was lead by Village Trustee illness, incidental to old age. During at Chatham, N. Y., and who is associ- Charles A. Sigmond and hif sister, Miss his early life he wa* a re.sident. of ato editor of the Chatham, N. Y. Re- Marie Sigmond. The prizes of the Brooklyn, but he removed to Rockville publican, spent Lincoln's Birthday at evening were won as follows: Lady's i Centre many years ago. where he prac- his residence on Pea Pond Road, this prettiest, firat, diamond ring, Mrs. F. ticed as a veterinary surgeon with re- , village. A. Ware, dressed as a Spanish dancer;   markable success.   He leaves a widow,
second,    gold   watch,    Mrs.   John   T. , two son and on^  daughter; Mervin M. j Jack   Shields,    proprietor of Jack's
Powell of Seaford.ijadies' comic—first,   and   Joel   Turner,   and   Mrs.  J. Ensor Tavern on the Merrick    Road, who has
A Rural Church Conference has been' announced for Feb. 22 and 23 at the peared from that institution on Mon-: ^ew York State College of Agricul- day, February 6. The police at Rome tu^e at Cornell University, at Ithaci, and the United ^States Consul to Rome ;„ connection with the Fourth Annual have been working on the case ever Farmers' Week, Feb. 20-25. In view since, but as yet have been unable to of the attention that is now centering locate  him.    Wolfe left the  Academy   „„ the work of the country church, this
Mrs. Henry Offerman.
i and, I believe, will interest every tax-   Mrg. Hyman Schloss.   Morinda, a slave   Hutcheson, of   Rockville  Centre.    He , been suffering nearly all winter with a ¦payer  and public'official in the   State,   ^f Lincoln's time; second,    jewel box,   was a member of   Massapequa  Lodge, i severe attack of gout, has gone to Mt. Our old election district has been di-   Merely to eliminate the preventable in-1 Miss Daisy Raynor, college girl; third, . No.   822, F. &. A. M.,   and   Rockville ; Clemons,   Michigan,   where it is hoped vided we are glad to announce and now j sanity would decrease the total amount je^e\   box,   Mrs.    Walter  B. Cozens, i Centre Lodge, No. 279, I. 0. O. F. he will be restored to his former health.
we   shall not have   to  travel    further! fifty   per   cent,   and   would  save the  jevil girl. ]     The  funeral   service  will be held at: 	
than the Fire  Hall to vote.    The Mer-: State $3,000,000 a year." \     Men's   prettiest-first,   gold   watch, ; the residence of his   daughter, 59 Lin-       Mrs.   John   Keenan of   New .^ork
rick boundaries are Merrick River, the : WHAT THE CAUSER ARE. ; R. D. Thum,   Scotchman ; second   pair ' coin avenue,   on Wednesday afternoon , City,   spent   Sunday   and      Lincoln's
bay,   Newbridge  Road and  Jerusalem i     The authors enumerate   four causes, I field   glasses,   William   E.   Ellison of  at   2:30  o'clock, the   Rev   D. Herbert  Birthday  with her   brother,   James J. avenue. immoral living, alcohol ind other pois-  Rockville   Centre,   as  a  West   Point  O'Dowd,   rector  of the Church   of the  Molloy, on lieclford avenue.
ons, physical disease and  mental   hab-1 cadet; third, leather wallet, Sylvester i Ascension, officiating, its,   and  treat  them frankly  and in a ! P. Shea, as Abraham Lincoln. |
imanner.ichat will be understood by the j ^n's comic—first.gold watch, Ches-i Under the auspices of the Ladies' ; laymen. It is a pamphlet of scientific! ter A. Falton, as a straw man; second, ! Society of the local Presbyterian ' facts in language that tbe every day ! field glasses, Daniel Hausey of Roose-1 Church, a George Washington and a I man can understand. Immoral living, ; velt as a Hollander, and third, leather | Martha Washington supper will be i says the leaflet, results often in a dis- j wallet, Thomas W. Murray, as Humpty I served in the Reliance Hose House on ease  which brings about that   form of j Dumpty. j Wednesday  evening,    February   22nd, i
Mr. Hamilton R. Fairfax   and   Miss j Katherine   and   Mr.   and   Mrs.   E. C. Cammann were the ^ests for the holi¬ day of  Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cammann.
Miss Isabel Weeber entertained a few of her friends at her home on Mil¬ ler Place on Tuesday evening with a valentine  party.    Among   the  guests
Sero Mr. H. R. Zeiner, Gertude pad lizabeth Link, Vera Tbann, Bessie Angeli, EInora Carmaa, Julia Burns, Qiarles and William Vameke, William
(Continued on page 6)
Aggorthto ft in everybody^ Celwmn
incurable insanity known popularly as softening of the nrain, and scientifical¬ ly as general paralysis or paresis.
Of tba relation of iromorality to the^ insanity problem the pamphlet says that every man and boy  should  know
will be one of the most important con- ' ferences to be held. Visitors are as¬ sured of a profitable convention, since the foremost stadents of the problems of the Country Church in America are to be on the program.
Some of the leading  addresses   are: "The Church for.the   Working   Farm¬ er," by Dr.    iVarren H. Wilson, of the Presbyterian    Board   of  Church   and Country   Life; "Community   Coopera¬ tion,"   Rev.   C.   S. Tator,   Northport; "The Bural   Young  Men's   Christian ¦ Association,"   A.   E.   Roberts,   ofthe International Committee, Y. M. C. A.; "County     Community"    Protection," 'George Frederick Wells of the,|^ederal i Council of Churches of Christ in Amer¬ ica; "The College of Agriculture   and the  County  Cburch,"   L.   H.   Bailey, Director of ihe College of Agriculture. One  half day is to be devoted   exclus- At the meeting of the   Town  Board   'vely to a country pastors' round table, beld   Tuesday,   the   Second   Election \ Opportunity for free discussion in to b^ District  was   divided.    Bellmore  and'«>*«" at all sessions.    County pastors, Smithville South are now  District No. 1 theological  students  and   Y. M. C. A. 2 and Merrick is District No. 20.    The I secretaries  will be   present.    Coming westerly boundary   line of the  district | i" the midst of Farmers'   Week,   with is Newbridge road.    This   takes effect  •*" '"any  attractions,   this conference
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AdvaHJs* It In Ewerybedy'a Ceiumn
The judges of the event were Rand i from six to eight o'clock. The Rev. W. Sutherland, Henry C. Schluter, 1C. H. Scholey, Moderator of the Pres- Henry De Beau, and Cbarls Lenz of | bytery of Nassau,'and pastor of the Freeport, Andrew Lister of Rockville { Freeport Presbyterian Church, will de- Centre and Paul  Halpin of NjJW  York   Uver  an address on "Colonial   Days."
City.
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Advertise   in Ewet^bedy's Ceiumn
Music and other features of interest will help to make the evening patrioti¬ cally pleaaant and inspiring. A cor¬ dial welcome is extended to all.
in about two weeks.
Several of the members of tbe Sec¬ ond Election District Democratic Asso¬ ciation have organized a bowling clab. The^lub meeta every Monday nigbt at
(continaed on page 4)
"I saw K in tlie Messenaer"
off^ an especial inducement for rural Christian workers to get togetber. The special rates on the railroads will m^e it possible for many to take ad¬ vantage of the conference. >>-
If you are thinking of ranning for village office at least show yoa are enoff interested in this village to have yoar printing done at bome. »
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