South Side Messenger 19111006

              Terrible Auto Accident     ^^H^    Ritchie's Big Pumpkins
Woody Elkers, Wallace, Assembly Nominees
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. FREEPORT VILLAGE i
Vol 4, Numbw 11
Ewatf Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y^ FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1911
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 C«Hlt
Merrick
13,000 Tons of Fruits and Vegetables
The   world is full of people wbo are kind   without a motive; but few. o'l,    ,„„-,.  , i
tbeae to whom they   are Icind believe | L I. R. R. Carried Nearly 900 Car j this.—Jamea Lane Allen.
Servicea at the ChOrch of the Re-1 deemer Sonday, tbe seventeenth after j Trinity, at 7:80 and 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Celebration of the Holy Com-1 munion at the early serTice and morn-1 ing prayer and sermon at the second j service. Tjie Sunday School meeta in | tbe Parish Houie at 10 a. iq. The j Woman'a Auxiliary meeta weekly in l the farish House on Thucsday after¬ noons at 2:30.    The  Junior  Auxiliary!
Loads in August
Favorable weather conditions and the application of acientiflc farming methods in cultivating the soil—as practiced at the Long Island Railroad'a experimeotal atationa—have reaulted in the production of an unusually large crop from Long Island farnns during the season whicb ia about to close.
Some idea of the enormoua quantity of fruits and vegetables raised ia gained  from  statistics  just  prepared
days at the close of achool. To all tbe servicea, meetinga and work of tbia cburch a eordial invitatiun is extended.
meets Saturdays at 2:30 and the Boys' j ^y the freight   department of the rail- League of the Sunday School ^Wednes-, ^oad, ahowing tbat in August tbis year
113.316 tons, or 987   carloads of fruits,
' berries, potatoes, cauliflower, cabbage
I and other garden truclc,   were  abipped
I to weatem markets from   the   various
Mrs.H.   Schwab   returned   to  her j grgjcultural  districts of Long   Island.
town house for the winter   on   ThOra-  xhis  represents   an  increase of 8,087
day, tbe first departiyre of the summer | tons or 154.7 per cent over the corres-
colony-  I ponding month, of 1910.
, ^.~"     ,    "      _, ^.   I     According to the  latest  repocts  re-
At the meeting  of   the  Democratic Ueived, 1537   carloads, or 23,055   tons
Freeport
Single copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's news store on Railroad Avewie or Kiefer's, Main Street.  tf
Mrs. Anna Gothard, of Brooklyn, died at her home, 942 Green Ave., on Monday, Oct. 2. Her request while she was sick was to be buried from the home of her mother. Mrs. Geo. W. Seaman, of Smith Street, this village. She was taken tbere, where funeral services were conducted by the Rev. W. A. Richards Tharsday afternoon. Interment was in Greeniield. She is survived by her huaband and one c^ild.
It is now the proper time of the year j to think about making arrangements for increasing the beat at your house. Arthur Giidersleeve is advertising in the Messenger (he Stewart furnaces, wbicb he claims are very economical in fuel, and furnishing more comfort. Look up his advertisement in this issue.
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
Nicholas Reil of Bay Shore is carry- ; ing out extensive improvements on the
^. " k  u J      u P tU   ?'-'"''•'">  iO"'    tnriuauB, or £«),uuu   lonu  ing Out exiensive improveiii«siim uii iiii
I        Frimary held in the engine room of the) ^f f,yita ^„^ vegetables   were  sent to  The automobile which was struck by an express train at Grove Street crossing, ' grounds surrounding the Roman Catho
Fire Hall on  Tuesday the 26, a Demo¬ cratic organization for the   20th Elec-' tiun District was formed.    The follow-, ing  officers   were   eieeted:   John   B. i Christefel,   Pres.;    Peter   G.   Muller, j Vice Pres.; S. J. Rubin,   Sec.;  Henry i B. McCord, Dist.  Committeeman,   and Frank Wolfe,  Treas.    We  understand that Mr. Rubin has resigned from  the secretaryship.    Mr.   John   Swan   was' elected delegate for the Aisembly Con- \ vention and Mr. George Meuller   dele¬ gate for the County   Convention.    The organization started very   auspiciously with a most  encouraging   attendance.
Bellmore
There is an initiation fee  of 25c  with!
New York City and vicinity in the pe
riod   from August 28th ta   September '
19th,   and traffic officials of the   road j
predict   that complete   returns for the
month of September   will show   that a
new   highrecord   for  shipping   Long',    ,  =.   , ,«,      „, ,, ,  -\        " .
i Island farm products has   been  estab->,%\^,V '    ^^       V
lisbed.    The 1537 carloads   were made { 	
, up as follows: Potatoes 709 carloads; The Republican Primary of the Sec- ; cucumbers 424; mixed 112; cauliflow- ond Election District, held at Fire- ier 88; cabbage 88; pickles 3; apples j men's Hall, last Saturday evening, i86[ tomatoes 22; pears 6; carrots 3;] brought out 149 voters, which is more ! turnips 2; cranberries 1; watermelons , than usually voted at a prifhary even 11; beets 1; onions 1. : when we had   Merrick in our  district.
Like its parent company—the Penn-1 The  meeting   was   called to  order  at
Freeport, Sunday, and two people killed.
lie Church on Ocean Ave.
Dix Ends Sunday Flying I
sylvania- the Long Island   Railroad is j 7:30 by Leader John Adel.    After the
I        dues of 10c   monthly.    Meetings  will ¦ constantly demonstrating how farmers i call for the meeting was   read, officers
The meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held at the bome  of Mrs. Jobn Col- „.    . .       , „ /, .r I II     1   •     »   •      lins, Randall Avenue,   Monday, after-
Singie copies of  the  Messenger  can ] (jOVemor   lakes   a   Hand   m Avia-i noon at 3 p. m.
tion and Forbids Sunday Exhi-    i    ,,. „     , . —     ~ „ „    .   ., a ...        » »L    aa-      I     u    » '      ^ Grand Automobile Tour   Around
Dinon at the Mineola  Meet ; the World" starts   from the  Freeport
Bishop Burgess of the Long Island Presbyterian Church, Saturday Oct. Episcopal Diocese, appealed to Guver-114, Cars leave at 2:30 p. m. and ev- nor Dix to prevent the Sunday aviation \ ery 20 minutes after, visiting Dixie, contests at Nassau Boulevard, Japan,   Germany,   The   Tropics^ and
The Governor's instructions to Sher-: Fairy   Land.    Tickets for  round   trip iff DeMott in answer were embodied in the following:
"Residents of Nassau   Connty  have
be held once a month Tuesday.
upon
the  third !
'ihe monthly meeting of the Men's Club will be heid in the Parish Honse on Tueiday evening at 8:30 o'clock.
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may increase their crops per acre, how ' of tbe meeting were chosen. John G. abandoned farms may be reclaimed, i Deubert was unanimously elected as and how so-called "waste-land" can chairman and Harry A. Self, secre- be converted into fertile soil capable '•¦ tary. John Johnson and Morgan Horn of yielding the finest products. ; were   appointed   tellers.      The   polls
To this end   literature in great bulk i were opened at 7:30  and for  about 30
—  i is disseminated among farmers on Long I minutes   the   voters  flocked   intothe
The annual meeting of Merrick I Island and elsewhere and lectures are < polling place like bees, but after tbat Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 was ¦ frequently delivered to large audiences : the voters were few. There were two held in the engine room of the Fire j by the railroad's staff of agricultural' tickets in the fleld for delegates to the House on Tuesday evening. Tbere {experts. But tbe moat important fact' Assembly and County Conventions and waa an attendance of 27. Mr. Harold i of all is that thousands of people inter- i for District Committeeman. Tbe tick- Bunker was elected foreman over Mr. {ested in farm development visit the '' et nominated by the Second Election Robert Johnston by a vote of 8 to 19. \ experimental stations at Medtord and ' District Republican Association, head- The incumbents of last year were re-1 Wading River annually to see the mod-1 ed by Charles H. Russell for District elected to fill the other offices of the ' ern and model farms, and to leam how ! Leader, won easily. He was opposed 'company for the ensuing year. j more than three   hundred and fifty va-1 by Thomas   J.   Thornton.    After  the
  : rieties of vegetables  and other  kinds I polls  had   closed the tellers  fund   149
At the Republican Primary beld onjofplant growth are raised on a very j votes cast, of whicb Russell received iturday night the same delegates I'•'"•'ed acreage, which was only six 1103 and Thornton 46. Mr. Russell sre elected to attend   both   tho   As-  y«"" ^^o   regarded as worthless prop-1 takes office January 1, 1912.   The dele-
50c, including refreshments j stop. Children between 5 ' years,   balf fare.    If stormy
at each and 10 the   trip
Sat were
sembly and County Conventions. They were Messrs. F. L. Walker and H. M. Narwood. Benjamin S. Car¬ man was elected   this   year,   as   last,
District Committeeman.
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Note tbe change of the evening ser¬ vice at the Church of tbe Redeemer from 8 o'clock to 7:30 for the fall and winter months.
erty. 1 gates to the Assembly were Charles A
Agricultural exhibitions take place , Wood and Henry Bartinger. To the in different parts of the country every I County Convention, Robert H. Frisch year, and samples of Long Island's and C. D. Weeks. The Convention was products displayed never fail to receive i held at Mineola yesterday (Thursday), commendation—sometimes trophies At the New York State Fair in Syra ruse last week Long Island was repre sented by an entire carload of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves and   other     commodities—comprising
informed me it is proposed   to hold an | ^in be postponed one week
aviation  meet in your  county  on   the —      —i—.
first day of the week, October 1 next, | Wide Awake Engine Company won contrary to the provisions of law. Jfou | first prize in tbe steamer contest at are bereby directed to inform yourself | the tournament at Farmingdale Thurs- in the premises, and to take steps to'day, while Bay View Hose Co. secured prevent violations of law in that re-1 sixth prize in the wet hose contest, gard." >. I
Sheriff   DeMott   consulted    several i    George A. Stone and William Ander- lawyers and finally said: ison are on a gunning   trip in the wilds
"I shall not permit   any  meet to be : of Canada.
held on Sunday.    In view ofthe.Gov- 	
ernor's  instructions  an'd an investiga- j     The degree of the Royal   Arch   was tion  of the   situation, I   can   take  no I conferred in Freeport Chapter,   R. A.
M., Tuesday evening.
Wiliiam   Willets,   who   was   badly bruised   while   attempting   to board a trolley   car  at  Randall   Avenue   last bitions on Sunday.    The letter waa de- j Thursday evening, has recovered so as livered to Woodruff toward sunset and ' to be around again.
otber course."
Bishop Burgess write a long letter to Timothy L. Woodruff, president of the meet, with the hope of convincing him it is illegal to hold   aviation exhi-
was read with much interest, b^t it did not have enough presuasive appeal to get Woodruff to call off the Sunday flights.
In his letter the Bishop regretted he was not at home on Wednesday when T. O. M.   Sopwith   carried   W.   Irving
Mrs. Edw. Carter und Garden City are visiting Kent
children  of Mrs.   C.   N.
Next Thurday evening, Oct. 14,   the
Epworth League of the Methodist' Twombly with Woodruff's letter to ! Church wiil hold their monthly social ' the Burgess home. He said he bas not I at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred i undervalued the aeroplane from a sci- ! Grim at Freeport. The Leaguers and lentific vie^rpoint and has ceased to re- i their friends will go by "straw ride," j gard aviation as a sport since he saw a ! leaving the church   at   eight   o'clock, i man almost killed in an aeroplane.
Mr. and Mrs. Grim moved to  Freeport
Early Saturday morning burglars effected an entrance to the home of Thomas J. Gillen, on Rose Street, and, while tbe family were asleep, ran¬ sacked the lower floor, stealing $1000 worth of cut glass and silverware.
Mr. H. R.  Zeiner   and   family   will move to Merrick about the 15th,   occu-
from this place last   spring,    but   still hold their membership in the   League.
Christian Schwicker
has  purchased he  has
oiiC of the   largest and   most   compre¬ hensive exhibits ever made by a distant I transportation company in conjunction ! with the farmers along its lines.    Oth¬ er exhibitions in which the agricultural and horticultural   products of Long Is- pying the new house in Merricit square , [""^ "'" ''^ "'l''^" include: The Vege-  „ cottage at Wantagh,   where near the Fire Hall." *"^'^ Growers    Association Exhibition  ^oved with his family.
  : at Massachusetts   Horticultural   Hall, | 	
Boston; American Institute's Flower, The Bopp—Board of Health case Vegetable ana Fruit Show at Berkely comes up at Mineola on October 18 be- Institute, New York City, and the fore Judge Maddox. American Land and Irrigation Exposi¬ tion at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rohlffs and little son, and Mr. and .Mrs. Chae. Living¬ ston and baby who bave been spending the sammer at the Hoiel Merrick re¬ turned to their homes In Brooklyn thia week.
Mr. Samuel Benner and fomily after | • summer in Manhattan returned toj their home on Hempstead Boulevard i laat week. !
Baldwin
In the Church of the Redeemer laat in,..       ... Sunday morning   the   rector   made  , I Thursday afternoon^ plea for "Piritual  religion   as  against [     E,bert  B.   Rose  is   confined   to his theworshipof the time,   he place and, home,   baving   met   with an  accident the thing.    The preacher s  text   were i ^^ile climbing on a  grape trellis.   He
is gaining slowly.
text were the words of Christ to the Samaritan women after be had shown a prefer¬ ence as a place of worahip for Jerusa¬ lem over Mt. Gerizim, the woman's place of worship, to the effect that tbe time was aomo when the worship should be in neither place but "in spir¬ it and in truth." It was held that there are no bounds to religion as there are none to love. Religion is not identical with the church building, church institution, or church activity; with Sunday or with the Bible. The thing in wbich we are moat expert sbould be'the altar of our sacriflce. Religion is duty well performed. It ia not   a   part   of  life: it   is   tbe   all.
(Continued on page 4.)
A4wertl*«   in CveryiMtfy'a Celymn
Mrs. M. H. Skou has returned from a few days' visit with relatives in N. Y. City.
In the M. E. Charch Sunday morning at 10:80   there   will be «   children's ira.    r\     .   ^'~~i,~.\   . .l.     ii       J Service   with an   appropriate   sermon I^!»fL°"*!fi^ i!"'t] "'J*"* a.!lT.!  ""d special music.    At 7:4E p. m.   the *"" ""'"    "        ' "" ""  Advance   Hook,   Ladder   and   Engine
Company will attend divine service iti a body. There will be special music by the orchestra and a solo by Miss Grace Livingston. The pastor's aub¬ ject will be "How to Do Life'a Work." All are invited.
Department School   was
of   the held   in
M.
the
E.   Sunday Chapel   on ]
I am surprised," he wrote Mr. Woodruff, "at your statement there is no law prohibiting aviation exhibi¬ tions on Sunday. I am not a lawyer, but I have been a student of the Eng¬ lish language for many years, and I have no doubt as to the meaning of the statute." The Bishop then mentioned tbe law referring to exhibitions and sports on Sunday. He said it was in¬ tended to prevent such a show   as was
held in Nassau Boulevard last Sunday.   «„„ „,.,„,z..« ;., u;. ..t„Ai...  « j •. „*
u       tj u   JJ     * 1 „». J .1. . .i.   . fine progress in his studies, and is of a
He said he did not understand that the ; ,»„^,?l.,f ^.. , „;„.,   .„j';. .„ : »
State Legislature is endowed with pro-1
phetic power, nor does he consider tbat
exploiters  of a new pursuit   can  defy
the iaw. I
"Will   you   also   forgive  me,"   he
wrote, "if I express my surprise  that
one  who has held   almost the   higheat j
effice  in the State   should  so  frankly '
acknowledge  his   intention   to   ignore i
tbe spirit if not tbe   letter of the stat- {
Abcut thirty friends of Counselor and Mrs. Albin N. Johnson called on them uninvited to help them properly celebrate their wedding anniviersary Tuesday evening, taking with them a music cabinet as a token of their good will. Games, music and refreshments were included in the pleasant evening that followed.
Herbert W. Clock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Clock, sailed Saturday for London, preparatory to resuming his studies at Pembroke College, Ox¬ ford. Young Mr. Clock has been a student at Pembroke two years and is now in his third year.    He  has  made
Cbas. H. Southard haabroken ground fur a large store building adjoining the Baldwin garage on Merrick Road.
"The Gospel River" will oe the sub¬ ject of tbe sermon by Rev.   Frank  A.
One of C. H. Russell's horses was ¦ taken sick while driving along the Merrick Road last Sunday evening and died a few hours later.
If yoa have anything for sale, want Scofield at the Methodist Episcopal to buy something or if you need work Church at 10:30 Sunday. The subject or want help, try an ad in Everybody's at night will be "Concealed Fountains Column and see how quick you get re In Great Rocks."    The   attendance at salts; just try it.
the Epwortb League increaaes weekly. > 	
Miss Nellie K. Schuman will lead-Sun-'    The evening service at tbe Bellmore day night    The Sunday School will be ' Preabyterian Cburcb will begin at 7:30 at 2:30 p.m.    Mmiy welcomed the re-i ""stead of 8 as turn to tbe afternoon.
m  ,      Advari
J    The Long laland Railroad   has sta¬ tioned A flagman at the Grand  Avenue I crowing. .   .
heretofore. The ser- ! mon by the pastor will be on the sab- ijeet, "The Ambasaadorship of Men." ! (continued on page 8)
"I •mtsMt.in tiM Meeaenser"
ute of the State and to escape repon- sibility by tbe pleading of a technical¬ ity."
Canon William Sheafe Chase of Brooklyn, appealed to Governor Dig to direct Sherilf DeMott of Nassau Coun¬ ty to stop the aviation exhibition on Sunfiay. }
"Woodruff has fired on the church, the State   and the   lawufGod,"  saidj
Chase.    "Patriots »nd   Christians will' Freeport  Board of Trade   will be held not permit   the laws to be defied by an I at   Fraternity   Hall,   Railroad   Ave.,
studious turn of mind   and is an invet¬ erate reader.
He baa poblisbed many poems and short stories; is a great admirer of Dr. Samuel Johnson and hopes some day to emulate that great writer and thinker.
Mr. Clock bas won a prize highly coveted by the students at Pembroke— one usually bestowed on the student who haa won a name for himaelf in lit¬ erature—that of being assigaed tbe room that the great Dr. Johnson occu¬ pied when he was a commoner at Pem¬ broke. Dr. Johnson was sent tbere when 19 years of age, on October 21, 1728. While there he wrote some of his strong and powerful poetry.
—Eagle.
The regular monthly meeting of the
infantile subteifuge and by the corrup¬ tion of politicians by a political boss. His legal subterfuge that airships, not air balloons, had not been invented when the law whicb forbids public Sun¬ day sports and showa waa enacted ia babyish."
The beavy storm Sunday afternoon prevented any further necessary dis¬ eaaaion on the queation.
next Wednesday, Oct. 11. Important bufliness will be brought before the meeting.
Mabel  Cornelias ia spending a few days witb fri«pds in Amityville.
(Continued on page 5) Advertis* it in Everybody's Ceiumn
Two KiDed at Freeport Crossing Sunday
The Grove Street crossing «f the Long Island Railroad, sbortly before 7 o'clock Sunday evening waa tbe scene of a fatal auto accident, the victims being Mrs. R. J. Darnell and her daughter, Beatrice, of Memphis, Tenn. Her daughter, Pauline; William Col¬ lier, son of C. M. Collier, of Soutb Ocean Avenue, this village, and John Mott, a chauffeur employed by Louis T. Wells, of the Freeport Taxicab Company, were severely injared.
Mrs. Darnell and her daughter were killed by the west-bound Patchogue express train which was in charge of Engineer R. Davis and Conductor C. Voerge. A number of persons waiting for tbe evening city train aaw tbe ac¬ cident. Tbe Darnells, Collier and Mott were seated in a taxicab. Mrs. Dar¬ nell and her daughters, who were reg¬ istered at the Hotel Astor, Manhattan, had spent Sunday with the Collier fam¬ ily, and intended taking the 7:08 train back to the city. They left the Collier residence in a pouring rain. Yoang Collier decided to seo them off on tho train. Coming up Grove Street Mott, the chauffeur, thought he had a clear track as he did not hear the train or see the flagman and started to cross the tracks to deliver his passengers. He almost succeeded. The front part of the taxi got across safely, but the locomotive caught tbe rear part, and in a jiffy it was a wreck. The auto was shoved off the track, and was slammed against a wire fence at the west side of the crossing. The top was torn completely off. Mrs. Dar¬ nell and her daughter Beatrice, were carried witb part of the wreckage along the railroad track a considerable dist¬ ance, and were thrown on the edge of a grassy embankment. They had oc¬ cupied the rear seat of the taxi and were killed instantly. Pauline was not carried so far as hei'' sister and mother, nor were Collier and Mott.
The train stopped as soon as possi¬ ble, and word was sent to Police Head¬ quarters. Chief Wallace hurried to the scene of the acci(^ent with several officers. Dr. Newton, who resides at the corner of Grove Street and Brook¬ lyn Avenue, near the railroad, was notified and rushed out to aid the in¬ jured. Mott, the chauffeur, was car¬ ried to his office, where it was found he had a broken leg, scalp wound and other injuries not of a serious charac¬ ter.
Miss Pauline Darnell and Collier were found to be in sucb condition that they after being temporarily looked after, they were conveyed to. the home of Mr. Collier, where Dr. Julian Dean and Dr. William Miller, with Drs. Newton and L. N. Lanehart, of Hemp¬ stead, attended them later. Miss Dar¬ nell had a leg broken, some teeth knocked out and internal injuries. Collier received severe injuries to his back, left hip anJ is hurt internally. Mott was taken to the home of George Vail, on Soutb Ocean Avenue, later ill the evening.
Mrs. Darnell was between 40 and 60 years of age. Her daughter, Pauline, is 22, and Beatrice 18.
Mr. Collier, who is Treasurer of tha B. H. Collier Advertising Company, bas resided in Freeport only a ^ort time. He purchased, the property of ex-Village President James Oean. He telegraphed the news of tbe accident to Mr. Darnell, who is a wholesale lumber dealer in Membis, aoon after it occurred.
Tbe remains of Mrs. Darnell and Miss Beatrice were forwarded Wednes¬ day afternoon to tbe Pennsylvania station by tbe 5:47 train Thursday af¬ ternoon and from there to Meeropbia, «here funeral services and intermant will take place.
Mr. Darnell reached Freeport Taes¬ day at noon, and at once went to tbe residence of Cbarles M. Collier, fais friend, where h>B wife and daughters had visited Sunday and whieh since the accident bad become a house for the dead and hospital for the injarecL During his visit at the Collier boitie a conference of physicians was beld. Mr. Darnell expressed aatisfactiun witb what had been done for hii injur¬ ed daughter and decided to leave her in Freeport until she is better. He re¬ turned home witb tbe bodies of his wife and daughter.
Lynbrook
Mr. and Mrs. William Hicks, of Scranton avenue,, havejbeen entertain¬ ing Mrg. Haxton, of New Haven, Conn.
At tbe Republican primary held on Saturday night, James H. Dayton was re-olected t>istrict Committeeman withoot opposition.