South Side Messenger 19120705

              Freeport to Vote on PaS
Homestead Association Visits at Roosevelt
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4» Number 50
Eyenr Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JULY S, 1912
$1.00 Yeariy, Sfaicle Copy 5 Cento
Merrick
Cook   with comfoirtable.
gaa and keep cool
I The Lons: Island  Indians
I    The following interesting essay was ,j,^ ' delivered by Miss Julia   Burns  at   the JJ ' commencement   exercises  at the Mer- I rick School.
Servicea at tfae Church of tha Re- ^ Lon« I'land "ied to be a famous deemer Sunday, the fifth after Trinity, ! battle ground for the red man. I am at 7:80 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Cele-! •«" t^at if any settler could bave bad bration of the Holy Communion at tbe | *he misfortune to meet all the thirteen early service and Litany, sermon and '"^ian tribes of Long Island at one Celebration of the Holy Commanion at the 11 o'clock service. The Sunday School meets in the Parish House at 10 a. ro. No meetings of the Woman's Aoxiliary, Junior Auxiliary or Boys' Club ontil tbe fall.    A cordial welcome
! time, be would certainly bave called i thirteen an unlucky nomber. I The Indians east of the Mississippi I were divided into three great nations, the Iroquois, Algonquins and Mosko- I gees.    The Algonquins   inhabited  the
is extended to all to attend the Sanday | border lands of tbe Great Lakes,   New
Bellmore
Freeport
The Ladies' Society of the M. E. 1 The attention of automobile owners Cbarch will meet at the bome of Mrs. H" ""ed to the advertisement of tho Swenson   in  Merrick Ihursday,  July i Freeport Bicycle and   Motorcycle Ex-
11, at 2:80 p. m.    Friends are cordial¬ ly invited to meet with us.
L. I. R. R. Traffic
Howard Merritt is   confined   to his bome witb an attack of malarial fever.
change on West Merrick Road, who are advertising aatomobile tires at a specially reduced prices, for both shoes I in the next
and tubes. They will be glad to have you call and talk over the matter with tbem.
Over eight hundred trains daily—one going or coming every few minutes—is the program the Long Island Railroad will carry out during the continuance of the summer schedule which went into effect June 27. Tbis means that seventy odd days approxi
"Taxi" Horn is earring passengers to and from trains in Cbarles H. Rus¬ sell's t3uring eat.
John Adel  has   bad   a   curb   placed
L, P. Stone wbo was injured recently in an automobile accident, is improv¬ ing so rapidly that he will be able to be hrought to his home here from Nas¬ saa Hospital tomorrow.    On   Wednes-
¦ervices of this church.
mately 60,000 trains will be operated in and out of the various terminals, in¬ cluding Pennsylvania Station in New York, Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Long Island City.
Simultaneously with the above an¬ nouncement regarding summer train service comes the information from President Peters, that previous records
Roosevelt
England,   the   soatbem   and   eastern j aroand his place on Bedford and Grand J day he was sitting up in a wheel chair j for the sale of commutation tickets are
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Doer at their home in Manhattan on Sunday. Mrs. Duer was Miss Aline Haines.
parts of New York State and Long I Island. They had numeroas^ clans or sub-divisions.
In all probability the tribes of Long Island were descendants of the Algon¬ quins of New England. Some of the most important onesnn tbe Island were Sbinnecocks, Carnarsies, Rockaways, Massapequas, Setaukets, Patchogues, Montauk and Merricks, or Merokes. The Merokes inhabited the middle of the Island, the villaee of Merrick be¬ ing named for them.
In an old History of New York, now
strangely  tbey have decreased  by the : hand of God,   since   the English   first
Fire destroyed   the garage   on  the
property of Mrs. C. N.   Kent,  corner
Merrick   Ave. and   Merrick   Roatl  on
Tuesday   afternoon   about  6   o'clock.
A nearby carriage bouse was saved   by
the strenuous work of the firemen  and
neighbors.    The barn was entirely   in¬ sured.    The property is leased and oc- :4ji)pied for the summer by Mr. Heiden* " fich and family of Brooklyn. I 	
Bef^   an   audience    wbich   filled Fireaen'e Hall on  Friday   night last
the pl^ere of the   Merriek   Dramatic _^	
Sociaif presented two farces in excel- j aettled'in these parts lent ttyle, one in one act entitled "A j (^Vas it the hand of God or the white Kite In the Dark" and a two-act play-1 ^j^., g^j,^ j wonder?) let, "The Cool Collegians." Many ex-1 j^u^ g^jitj,, who was one of the first prcasions of appreciatiop were heard | ^^ gg^jig ;„ t^, beautiful meadowlands for the young people among the ^f Merrick, facing the Great Soutb audience after the performance. Miich g.y^ ^„ cordially greeKd by tbe In- direditisdae  Miss   Grace   Tween for I (jja^g     He was always   very  friendly
with them. In this he resembled bis famoua nameaake of Virginia, ^^e Indian's camp was Updm WtlUf was called "The Neck," and their barying ground waa in a nearby field which adjoins the property of what is now known as the Sapeqna.   The Long
Avenues.
A wheel belonging to Mr. Hilton, principal of the Smithville South School, was stolen from the Presbyter¬ ian Church last Sunday evening, while Mr. Hilton was attending serviees there. No cluafaas yet been obtained as to the whereabouts of the wheel.
at the hospital.
The Ladies' Guild of Rooaevelt wIbIh es to extend tbeir thanks to the [mer¬ chants who donated articles to them for their Lawn Party on June 22. ^,^
Sec'y of Ladies'Guild,   ^  ' It S. M. Carpenter.'
The members of the Roosevelt Board of Trade entertained sixty-five mem¬ bers of the Homestead Association of Woodhaven, Queens, last Saturday afternoon and evening. After observ¬ ing the various enterprises of this thriving village the visitors were con¬ veyed to the Board of Trade Hall, where  addresses were made by repre-
Mrs. William Schraft and son, "Ted- die," of Newark, N. J., are visiting at I month, which is 2,460 more than in the bome of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Sea-'June. 1911. and, incidentally, the man on South Main Street. When they j greatest monthly increase in the his- return home they will be accompanied ¦ tory of the road's commutation busi- by Miss Ella Seaman,   who will   spend i "ess.    The increases were made up
steadily being supplanted by new high | sentatives from the two   civic  bodies, marks.    The latest compilation  shows thac there were 18,668 commuters this
a short time in Newark.
An ice cream, strawberry and cake festival was held on the grounds of the M. E. Church, Merrick Road, last Sat
Claude V. Boiler,   of   Freeport  and William G. Bushnell   and   Pauline  A.
urday afternoon and evening. The i Thomas, of Brooklyn, are the directors very rare, bot exceedingly interesting, ] rain in the afternoon kept several i o^ the C. V^ Boiler Company, of New is recorded of 1670: "There are now people from going, but in the evening j ^orii City, incorporated with the See- but few Indians and those few no ways ! the affair was largely attended and a i "tary of State, with a capital of $50,- burtfnl.    It  is   to   be   admired   how   neat siim was realized, which goes  to-' 0(0 to do an advertising business.
I follows: Montauk   Division  638; Far [Rockaway     Branch   626;    Rockaway j Beach   Branch 394; Main   Line   880; I North   Side Division 203; Oyster Bay Branch 124; Wading River Branch 90; Hempstead Branch 77, and Lung Beach Branch   34.    There   was a  small   de¬ crease nn the Atlantic Avenue Division
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Were the guests of theTadifigi Auxili¬ ary. V^
William Ellison presided at tho meet¬ ing and Herbert Lytle recorded, Frank Klinzling, president of the Homestead Association, presented a silk American flag to the Ladies' Auxiliary. The other speakers were Police Justice Elvin N. Edwards of Freeport, Wil¬ liam P. Jones of Freeport, President Klinzling of Homestead, William Wag¬ ner, Henry Wagner and Herbert Lytle.
The oflicers of the Homestead Asso¬ ciation   are: Frank   Klinzling,   presi-
due to the opening of Brooklyn   Manor jdent; Henry Wagner,   vice president r"^
originating the idea of giving tfae flags and Ray Manger for directing tbe pro- ¦^ilfwthm. W*.^lMd}CS!ke togmiAit society continuisd as we think it fills a place in the social life of oor town's young people and serves to develope an art very worthy of interest. We are
glad tbat financial success was present j igian'd Indians, like those of other sec to encourage the plavdrs efforts, as tJo„g_ ^e„ jgll and had a lock of long well as hearty applause from  all   wbo  ^lack  hair whicb was   known   as  the
scalp lock.    They bad high cheek bones
ward help paying for the new site for the church which was recently por¬ chaaed.
Mrs. Fiank Maples of Brooklyn is stopping witb Mrs. George Feisler on Bedford Avenue, where she has been ill for some time, bot is now recover¬ ing nicely.
Saoaoel Self, real eatate  agent,   re¬ ports that be has rented for tba season . Ull las(i**sasas<ee—l>i<i>i^H%  H<ii ''
had the pleasure of being present. Dancing followed the play. The play¬ ers included Curtis Bowne, Gustave Muller, and the Misses Grace Tween, Bessie Angell and Louise Christoffel, for "A Kiss In the Dark," and Ray Mauger, Charles Kupfer, Arthur Hew¬ lett and the Misses Mabel Stout, Pauline Hill, Helen Cooper and Julia Burns In "The Cool Collegians."
Misa Bessie Angell gave a dance nnmber between the two sketches, ac¬ companied by Mrs. Robert Dewai at tbe piano.
and prominent noses. The squaws did all the work while the chieftain did the fishing and hunting. They were known to be of a remarkable cheerful dispo¬ sition and for this reason the were nicknamed the "Merry Indians."
The last of the race of the Merrick Indians, Tom Strong, married Squaw Betty in 1809 and their only child married an Indian from Patchogue. They lived in a house less tban half a mile northeast of tbe present railroad station.
Many places on Long Island are named after Indian tribes. Among them are Merrick, Wantagh, Setauket, Massapequa, Patchogue, Shinnecock Hills and the Rockaways. Also Mon¬ tauk Point, Syosset, Copiague and Great River.
The regular monthly meeting of the ;    ^"°l ''««'^« jl"! ^««" '"""'^ •"'"°»* .Ji! A^vi „.ii 1,- K-iH ;n  *h«  P«ri.h ! everywhere on tbe Island.    In our own
I Merrick  library we bave arrow  beads
I and red paint stones   which  look  like
; pieces   of   brick.    Also  a  clay   oipe
I which was smoked by the Squaw Syvie.
{ Syviv  lived   and worked on the  Rock
Smitb farm which is now part of Mrs.
'Elijah   Smith's   place on the  Merrick
. Road.    The house where Squaw Syvie
' worked is still   standing in the rear of
[ Mrs. Smith's present residence.
,   /It is not BO many   years ago since in
! the old burying grounds one might find
' remains of the grave stones used.
I     Wm. Cullen Bryant,   who   lived   in
Roslyn, L. I.,   for   many   years,   has
written thus of the Indians:
Look  now  abroad—another race  has
filled These populous borders—wide the wood
recedes. And towns shoot up, and fertile realms
are tilled; The land is full of harvests and green
meads: Stream numberless, tfaat many a foun¬ tain feeds,   Sbine,  disembowered, and give to sun
The baseball team from the Freeport; ^h", viVg" waters; the   full   region
leads New  colonies forth, that   toward  the
western seas Spread,   like a rapid fiame among the
autumnal trees.
Miss M. Bowne and Miss Martha Beetham of Baltimore, left yesterday for Lake George, where they will spend a week and then proceed to the St. Lawrence River and Canadian cities, being gone in all about a month.
Men's Club will be held in tbe Parish House on Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Theodore Acms Jr. and son are visiting at the home of Theodore Arms on Camp Ave.
The Misses Fannie and Marcia | Snyder were the guests of their cousin i J. J. Littebrandt, at the rectory Satur-1 day-Monday. Miss Maria Snyder is | the author of the book entitled "Eight | Weeks In Eight Lands." j
Henry Schwab gave an interesting i travel talk at the Merrick Clab House j on Wednesday evening with illus-1 trations, I
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land, corner Merrick Road and Bell¬ more Avenue, for Frank Hammond of New York City, who will take pos¬ session soon. Mr. Newland and fami* ly will spend the summer in the moun¬ tains up State.
George  R. Carman, the G. A. R. at Montclair, returned   bome after spending  several days with his sisters, Mrs. Etta J. Car¬ man   and   Miss Carman on  Brooklyn Avenue.
"Allie Lewis of this place is one of the heirs to the estate of her grand- igtAar. Ismati H-rnn. whn dinrl atRald- win in 1907. He left less than $100 personal and $1000 in real estate.
Amos Baldwin and Harry Apeler left today, Friday, for Philadelphia, where they will spend a short vacation.
J. Hayler Ellison and A. B. Wallace started Saturday morning on a month's j trip to San Francisco  and other points in the West, to attend  the   Elks  con¬ vention.
Station   and   increased  service to   the
Pennsylvania Station.
I     "Commutntion   travel on the   Long
commander   of i Island Railroad," says President   Pet-
N. J.,   has  ers, "has practically doubled in the last
six years.    Qpr jecords   show that we
carried   88,79S'^commoters   in   1906,
while in 1911 tbe number was 162,183.
Every aranth of 1912 from Janoary to
June ahows Increases ovfr   the same
montha of 1911,   and tba close of the
presebt   year   will in   all  probability
sbow that nearly 200,000 commatatio.^
tickets were sold."
Indicative   of the steady  annual in¬ crease  of commuters is the   following table furnished by President Peters: Number of   Monthly
The holes in Church Street and Rail¬ road Avenue have been filled with oys¬ ter shells.
The Bellmore Baseball team added another game to its list last Sunday, making it nine straight, when they met and defeated the strong Clarion A. C. of Brooklyn in a close and interest¬ ing contest, the score being 8 to 7. It was certainly an off day for tbe local team, it being charged with nine errora, and had it not been tbat tbe visitors did not play up to their usual standard, defeat would have been the resalt, although Bellmore received some raw decisions from the umpire, a man from  Merrick.
Harry Merritt occupied our pit¬ cher's slab and pitched a steady game, striking out 14 men. The vis¬ itors touched him for 9 safe hits, but it can be safely said that it was due to Merritt's pitching and not the support he received that the game was won by the locala
On Thursday evening of last week, fifteen of her friends gave Miss Hannah Cornelius a surprise party at her bome on Grand Avenue. The party was giv¬ en as a celebration of the anniversary of her birthday and as a farewell re¬ ception, as she will leave this week for Sunset Park, Haines Falls, N. Y., where she will spend the months of July and August The evening was very pleasantly passed and refresh¬ ments were served.
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
Commuters
88,795
106,208
108,429
126,873
142,427
162,318
Average
7,399
8,851
9,036
10,489
11,869
13,626
Total 734,060
Yearly Average 122,341
Officials of the Company also an¬ nounce that the work of oiling the roadbed of the system will comence im¬ mediately. Owing to the long season of cold weather, the maintenance of way work has been somewhat delayed and the oflficials say that this is tbe reason the roadbed was not oiled prior to this time.
The case of Helland vs. Bedell was again adjoorned Tnesday morning ow¬ ing to the fact that there were not enough jurors to try the case. The examination will be held next Wednes¬ day morning at 8 o'clock.
Seaford
Andrew C. Waltera of Washington Avenue, died Saturday aftertioon at the age of 71 years, from an attack of heart trouble. For the past two or three years he has been a sufferer from weakened heart and although he has been in ill health since Decoration Day, his death was somewhat sudden. 9 Mr. Walters was born in North Amityville and has lived in Amityville and Seaford all his life. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Walters, and   lived on the farm   where he  was
Tbe marriage of Miss Eliza S. Fond, Coney, a young lad, did the twirling ; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. for his team, and bis work was good, | Pond, of 71 Rose Street, and Wallace holding Bellmore down to 8 hits and ! M. Catler. both of this place, was per- striking out 7 men. Bellmore started ! formed at the home of the bride's par- the scoring in the first inning when ! ents Wednesday evening. The cere- they were credited with one run, to be | oion  was performed by Rev. A. W. E.
tied by the visitors in the^third inning. I Carrington, in the  presence of a small  ___     ^    ^ ^
In the foorth, by  heavy   hitting,   the | "umbef of the relatives and friends of j born. "untiraboiTt'sixyeM  ago," wh^^ local team managed to  get   four  men ' the bride and groom. |,e   erected   a  house   on   Washington
across the rubber and   in   the  seventh! -•—-  .   [Avenue  and   moved   to  Seaford.    He
i two more.    The visitors  brought   two :     Ernest   Smith   was   arrested  again |
1 men home in the seventh,  and   in  the i Saturday by Officer Baker on a charge ;
i ninth   they tied the   More by  getting  of assault in the third degree in strik-
i three  more,   making it 7 to 7,   but in j '"8  John L. Ohrenberg,   while on tbe
j the last half of tho ninth Bellmore got j P/f P^^^y.f/ "'• ^' ^' ^*^°" °"   ^°°^^ '
! one   more   run  and  won   the   game. '     '
Baseball
GAMES NEXT SATURDAY. Hempstead at Cedarhurst. Mineola at Lynbrook. Rockville Centre at Freeport.
Club defeated the Merrick Club, in an interesting game on tlie grounds at Merrick Satarday afternoon. The score was 16 to 8.
The Freeport Baseball team was [* beaten laat Satarday afternoon by { Hempstead by a score of 19 to 1. | Tbe battery for Freeport was Campbell and Pettit; Hempatead, Sehafer and I Dempsey. |
Roekville Centre won the baseball | game last Saturday from tbe Lynbrook team, in the Nassaa   Coanty   Leagae games..   The score waa 8 to 2.
Julia E. Burns.
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by Initial yaot
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New Fone Calls
Freeport Brandes, Mrs. Mary, Mount Av., 89J Canalizo,  Rennee   H.   de,   Merrick
Road. 579W Donn, Wm. J., S. Long Beach Ave.,
762
Raynor A Brower, Steamboat Dock,
838R
Small J.. So. Bay Ava., 671W Kooeeke, p. Harry, Main St., 81J
Main Street. Smith pleaded not guilty | before Justice Edwards and was held i in $200 bail for examination this Fri-! day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Mel- { vin Smith, his motber. and Henry Sig- { mond famished tbe bail.
Seore by innings:
Bellmore 10040020 1—8
Clarion A. C.     00110020 3—7
Thj summary—Earned  runs,   Bell¬ more 5, Clarion 4; base   on   balls,   off
Merritt 2, off Cooney 6; hit by pitched i  '—
ball, by Merritt 1 by Cooney 3; struck! We do not claim that a gas range out by Merritt 14, by Cooney 7; left i *>ll n>*ke cool breezes, but we do on bases, Bellmore 9. Clarion 10; doa-1 ''"OW that it will make a cool kitchen, ble play. Seaman, unassisted. j Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Co. It
Next Sanday we have for our oppon-1 ents the fast Hickory Field Clnb ofi Commander William H. Patterson Brooklyn at 3 o'clock. This team j and a nomber of bis comrades of the played four games bere last season, j O- B. P. Mott Post, No. 627 G. A. R.. being defeated in three good games by ' returned home Friday evening from tbe the locals. They have greatly IG. A. R. Encampment. The encamp- strengthened their team tbis season, j ment was beld at Newborgh, and tbe and a good game can be looked for.       I members of the local post left Freeport
There has been several changes in j on Taesday. All report a good time, tbe schedule for the season and next 1 Tbose in tbe party besides Commander week we will pablish the correct { Patterson, who was a member of the scbedale of games for the remainder Encampment, were: James C. Cornell, of the season. |delegate; Leander Losee, George Kel¬
logg,   Jobn   Hessen,    and     William Hedges.
followed the vocation of a farmer.
In 1870 he was married to Bertha E. Verity of Seaford, wbo survives.
He is a veteran of the Civil War and doring the fighting period was stationed at Key West. While there he was at¬ tacked witb yellow fever and was ill in a hospital for a long time. He has I never been in good health since. I The funeral services were held Wed- j nesday afternoon at his late home, Rev. I Mr. Jones, pastor of the M. E. Church, ! officiating, assisted by Rev. J. W. H. I Fortescue-Cole, rector of tbe Episcopal I Church of St. Michael and All Angels. I Members of tbe Amityville Post, G. j A. R., of wbicb he wae a member, at- I tended in a body. Interment was in I Greenville Cemetery.
Singie copies of the Messenger can be had at William Wolfe's drug store, Bellmere, L. I. at 6c each. tf
if yeu want te reaeh the people rt in the "Meaaanger."
put
Peekakill grave! has been   piseed on Pennsylvania Avenue, between Rassell I Jone 26.
" A danee will be beld in the Y. M. I.
C. Hall on Tharsday, July 11, under tfae auspices of tfae Seaford Social Clob. Muaic will be   famished   by  Hirsch's
Orchestra.
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About $210 was realized by tbe fair given by tbe Seaford H. and L. Co. last Wednesday and Tbarsday.
A daogbter  arrived at tbe heme of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Baylis Taeeday,
(Continaed on page 6)
AdvarUaa It in Everybady'a Calumn
William E. Wagner,   Jacob Gabel and Harry J. Neushafer, secretaries.
Your neighbor is cooking by gas, why aren't you? It's the coolest, quickest and most comfortable way.   It
The Presbyterian Sanday School will have their annual beach party to Point Lookout next Wednesday, July 10, leaving PAtterson's dock, Freeport, at 9 o'clock.
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Prof. LeRoy, former principal of tbe Roosevelt School, moved to Franklin Square on Wednesday, where he will have charge of the school during tbe coming year.
A good example of the ambitious yoong man is seen in Charles White- house, jr., who spends his school sea¬ sons at Princeton University and his vacation time growing and selling vegetables to pay his way. Early this spring "Charlie" came home on a va¬ cation and utilized bis time in prepar¬ ing the soil for his garden. He planted it during trips home over Saturday and now has the finest vegetables in the locality. He made a small cart and can be seen nearly every day disposing of his wares.
L. B. Story and family are occupy¬ ing one of the new houses on Woods Avenue adjoining the Board of Trade Building.
Walter Kane of Brooklyn bas been visiting friends in this village. He was a former resident bere.
The telephone poles that were erect¬ ed on the property line on Manfield Avenue have been moved to the curb line during tbe week by the workmen of the New York Telephone Company.
William Bourdette and family, who have been residing on Mansfield Ave¬ nue, bave moved to the Alvin G. Smitb house on Lincoln Avenue.
Jobn McClinchy has retarned to hia bome here after stopping in Baltimore daring the past two months.
The picnic of tbe Sanday School of the M. E. Church will be held some¬ time late this montb or in the early part of August. It has been decided to hold it on Roslyn Beach.
Tbe M. E. Choreb 8o<;iety has taken title to the plot of land at the corner of Whitehoase Avenae and Union Place and will now work to raise funds for the erection of a church on it.
The charch fixtures have been moved from the Board of Tirade Hall to tbe hali of Alpha Hook and Ladder Com¬ pany on DeBevoise Avenne, at which place the first services will be beld Sunday evening.
Tbe Roosevelt Water A Power Com¬ pany bas given out a contract for a doplieate pump and engine in tbe pow¬ er bouse on Whitehouse Avenae and it is expected that tbey will be installed within a montfa.
Tbe Ladies' Aid Society of tbe M. E. Chorcb held a meetiog at the homa of Mrs. Bert Lytle, Wednesday after¬ noon.
Prof. Cameron, wbo will bave ebarga of tbe Roosevelt Sebool next year, bas rented the bouse of Jobn Whita- boose, wbicb is in tbe eoorsa of eree¬ tion on Wbitelioose Avenoa. fle will mova bara abopt Aogost 1.