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ISSUED ON FRIDAY.
VOL. 7. NO. 16.
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY
FREKPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY MAY 18, 1917
GENERAL CIRCULATION
ONE Collar per year
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SUPERVISORS
Mew Tork City Seduces
Caaim $12,000-Ca8es
Before Go. Court-
li^eola Items
In a communication received on Monday from Francis H. Van Vech- ten, special counsel In the adjustment of the claim of the Department of Cor¬ rections of New York City against tbe <k>unty of Nassau, Mr. Van Vechten advtaed that the Clly of New York is willing to adjust the account between it and this county by accepting $20.- 602.76 for the board and maintenance of prisoners from Nassau County dur¬ ing the years of 1902, 1903, 1904 and from 1911 to March 31, 1917. The City originally claimed $32,842.74 for the t)oard of the prisoners from this coun¬ ty, and through the efforts of County Controller Earl J. Bennett the action to have the claiin modifled was begun. Mr. Bennett made an exhaustive study of the charges made by the city and decided tbat many of them were ex- craslve.
In additioji to the saving to the connty of $961".81, the dty has con¬ sented lo have deducted from lis bill the sum of $2726.17, which was the sum paid by the county to the De¬ partment'of Charities and Corrections in the years 1906 to 1910 inclusive, for the maintenance of felons and tramps.
Tho Board accepted the estimate of "W. N. Brlndley. of Rockville Centre, under date of May 14. agreeing to lay a storm wafer sower, togelbor wilh jiiiitabli' uppiirlenancos, on henipstead AveniK'. al Rockville Centre, from TAkevii'w Avenue, and lo connect l^ltb tl'" piosnt sowo!- al Randall Ave¬ nue, 'tl'.o estiinate calls for follf)w- Ing m.'i'crlai 1540 feet of 18 Inch clay pipe at S2."0 por lliioal foot: twenty feet of 18 inch Iron pipe at $9.90 per lineal foot: six manholes connecting with sewer at 75 cents each.
Mary 8. Boyce, a former resident of F^epert, recovered a verdict for ^8000 In the Supreme Court al Min¬ eola on Tuesday following the trial ¦ot the action which Mrs. Boyce brought against the Greely Square Hotel Company, as owners of tho Ho¬ tel McAlpln. .Mrs. Boyce and her hus¬ band, Alexander U. Boyce, testified that they were gitests at the McAlpin 4m the "night of September 22, 1915; that during the night Mrs. Boyce be¬ came ill and ber husband went to her room. The /loor clerk of the hotel reported lo the house offlcers that Mr. Boyce had entered the room, and the oflJcers, according lo Hoyco and his wife, went into the room and in¬ sulted them. The testimony of Mr. and .Mrs. Boyce was corroborated In part by their daughter. Florence.
The house offlcers of the hote^ de¬ nied that they had been dlscouteous to Mr. and Mrs. Boyce. The plaintiff aued tor $25,000.
Harry D, Morrow, of Freeport, son of Henry D, Morrow, plead guilty in the County Court on Monday to an in¬ dictment charging forgery In the sec- y»nd degree. Morrow was charged with forging his father's name lo a <heck for thirty dollars which was cashed by Otto Hess.
Sentence was suspended on the youth after he had ben reprimanded hy the Court, and after he bad ar¬ ranged to work in the employ of TCd-
MOTH Preventatives
Tar Bags 75€ and SSc Tar Paper 75c a Roll
SHEET, 7c
''Protection*' Garment Bags . . . 35c
MothBaUsor Flakes . 20c a Ib.
GiuB Camplior $1.19 lb.
CedaraU (Ge4ir Leaves) lie cai; 3 for 25c
FRESH STOCK RIGHT PRICES
Chubbuek's
F|«5pK>HT. L, I.
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ward Lumley, of Preeport.
Coles Jackson, who assaulted Aus¬ tin Verity, of Freeport, plead guilty and was sentenced to one year and
four months In Sing Sing Prison by Judge Smith.
AGED AND YOUNG IN DOUBLE REUNION
Age and youth truly celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Saxton. 54 Kast I,incoln Avenue. Monday. Age celebrated tbe golden anniversary of its wedding, and youth celebrated the halcyon day ot its marriage, whicb happily oc¬ curred on tbo sanu! day al the bride¬ groom's pareuls' anniversary. For Mr. and Mrs. Saxton rounded out a half century of marital life, which to them swept on quickly enough, be¬ cause their's was a love affair which began before tbe Civil War, at Coin- mack.
Tbe other celebraUon was that in whicb Everett Emerson Saxton and Miss Alice Lillian Smith, daughter of .\lr. and .Mrs. Charles Smith, of Valley Stream, were the participants. They were married b.v the Rov. Dr. Sever¬ ance, of the Valley Stream M. K. Churcb. .Monday aftomtxm, and after the ceremony returned to tho Saxton borne, where all took part in the dou¬ ble ceremony of toasting tbe old and the young.
Mr. and Mrs. Saxlwti, .Sr.. wore mar¬ ried no yiai.s after tin- war. at Baby¬ lon. He was 27. and his wife, who was .Mary Rowland, vvas aKod 37. Ho l:ad known his country sweetheart prior to fho \y;\v, 1)ui after enlisting and serving wilb honor throughout the flve years' war, ho returned U> make hi.s girl swetheart his wife. Vet¬ eran Saxton fought under General Grant at Gettysburg, and was wound¬ ed at Siimmervlllo, Fort .Meyer, Va.
At tbo reception in his honor on Monday, ten childreu, twelve grand¬ children and four great grand-chil¬ dren rallied around and holjx'd in the festivities that evidenced the love and devotion Ihat tbo younger seneration held for thoir parents.
The young couple have left on a honeymoon trip, and will live in Val¬ ley Stn^ain. EvorotI Saxton is the seventh son of a seventh son.
A. B. WALLACE QUITS FKE DEPT.
BURGLARS VISIT CAPT. HANSE PLAYS 3 FREEPORT HOMES! A BRAND NEW ROLL
Served 22 Years. Heidi Get I^t ta McNaugh- Important Offices, j ton Home. Same Gang
Criticized by Meml>ers
COURT NEWS FROM THE COUNH SEAT
A verdict for $90 was given to i;ii«ba E. .VUCarten, of Rockville Cen¬ tre, by a Jury in the County Court on Wednesday in an action brought by .McCarten against H. I,yon Smith, of Freepori, and in which the plaintiff claimed that Smith had refused to pay him the above sum for the Instal¬ lation of an automatic pump In the cellar of Smith's house at ITreeport. The plaintiff produced evidence to show that while he at one time inti¬ mated that the work could be done for $60, an lnvostigati<m of Ihe house caused bim to inform Smith that the work would cost more. The defen¬ dant attempted lo show that the pump was Improperly installed.
Judgment by default for $^19.16 was obtained in Iho t'ounty Court on Wednesday by Benjamin J. Brlndley. plaintiff in a suit brought against Bella Asblyn Gould, an actress, of Freeport. Brlndley sued Mrs. Gould for the balance due on work and ma¬ terial he supplied In the Gould resi¬ dence at Freeport. The plaintiff was represented by R. V. Ostrander.
STATECOMMKSIONER OFHIGHWAYS COMING
Edwin Diiffey, Slate Commissioner of Highways, will make a tour of in¬ spection of tbe roads of lx>ng Island on Monday and Tuesday, May 28 and 29, for the purpose of studying the road system, with the ultimate possi¬ bility of further extending the state roads on lA>ng Island. He will be accompanied by Supervisor Hiram R. Smith, and a party of state and coun¬ ty engineers and oflScials.
The plan of gettim; state road ex¬ tensions In both Nassau and Suffolk Counties is not too remote for expec¬ tations. It Is anticipated that a de¬ cision on the feasibility of this ex¬ tensive Improvement tnrough Great Ix>ng Island will soon be reached.
CLARK KLKCTKD.TO SOCIETY
Mr. FVed Clark, sdn—of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Clark, of FYeeport, was recently elected to one of the leading class fraternities at Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn. In a. class of over one bundred Mr. Clark was one of eight.
uwn GrARO 8W0BH nr
Thirty-dve members of the Home Guard of'Merrick motored to Mineola last Tueaday evening and were swora in as special deputy sherttTs of Naa- mu Coudty. , Tbe other members will be sworn in at a latter date.'
The members 'of the Freepori Fire Departmenl were rather surprised on Tuesday night in receiving the resig¬ nation from tfce department of Archer B. Wallace, who has served with dis¬ tinction to ^Imself and the depart¬ ment for tifenty-two years. 11 was generally expected that Mr. Wallace was a fixture, at least for three years more, whep he would have rounded out a quarter of a century in ser¬ vice, but certain circumstances aris¬ ing within the last few weeks war¬ ranted .Mr. Wallace's action.
While gome of the firemen aio crill- cizing Archie for resigning from the department, which will remove him from participation in the convention preparatory work, ho declares that his business and fiatoinal aclivitios prevent bis continuing tbe work. To begin with, he says that he Is not responsible for the convention being hold in Freeport biB year. He was in favor of tho State Association com- ioK bore next year.
When the invitation was arceptod a Ki'noral committee was formed witb J. Huyler Ellison cbainnan and Arch¬ er B. Wallace vice-chairman. Mr. El¬ lison has been l)usy in Washington, and could not attend tho mooting?. Then .someone appointed Thursday niglii as nioeting nisht. This iP also the meeting nighl of the Elks, of which .Mr. Wallace is exalted ruler. Ho could not attend 1ho liremanic meotinKS. The no.xi move was in tho appointing of several vice-chairinon on the general comniitteo. Then Mr. Wallace was roquostod to accept the chftlrniansbip of the program commlf- t«^, which ho refused on account of having .just pruned all his friends in obtaining advertising for the Klks program.
Several other buaiaesn matters havo come up which have interfered with .Mr. Wallaces firemanic cnnnec- tions. lie resiirnod as a member ni" tho lOvcr Ready Company, anrt on Tuesday last tendered bis resignation from the department.
"The boys don't need my services any nioio," said .Mr. Wallace. "Many of the meinbers are very young men and thoy aro capable of taking caro of the biisinosf! of the department. Thoy do not want to be guided by ih<- advico of the' older mon any moro. so I guess il is he.'^t after all to let Ihoiu nav"' full swing."
Mr. Wallace ha.H served the depart¬ menl with honor. He was chief of tho departmont and piosideni of tlu- Soiitlioin .\ev '\'oik l":r(>nions' Vrso- c iat ion. Ho is now in line for the presidency of the State Firemen's As- sociaton. His severance from the de¬ partment will now make him an ex¬ empt, with all the privileges of a re¬ tired fireman.
YHIAGE TO EQUIP THE HOME DEFENSE
At a special meetiug of the Village Board held Tuesday evening it was voted to e.xpond $3000 for uniforms and equipment for tbe members of the Freeport Home Defense League. The village, like very other big i'or¬ poration of its character, felt that the spirit of patriotism should be told in big acts, and this matter of appro¬ priating Ihe sum of $3000 will be con¬ strued as one tbat should meet with popular favor. Tho soldiers aro meet¬ ing for drill work every other night and on Satiirday afternoons. They are beyond the conscription age, yet they are forming for home defense.
it is withiu reason to expect that tho Government will call upon them for some service, and in order to meet it, it will bo necessary that they bo proporly equipped. To ask tho men, many of them who cannot afford it, to buy their own uniforms and equip¬ ment would be placing a task on them beyond the reach of a majority. So the NTllago has provided to dig and do the right thing. This money will flt up about 125 of the home defense squad. The uniforms, rifles, etc., will be purchased soon, and the l.«ague will drill in full regalia. The mem¬ bers are making big strides and are rapidly blossoming into true soldiers.
Rob Other Vil¬ lages.
Burglar/*; We ha\e them to tbe right of us and to the left of us, be¬ hind us and in oui midst. They came here laat Satuiday night and successfully burglarized three houses in the Uayview section. Several nights before they operated with the same success In Hempstead; before tbat in Garden City, Westbury and .Munson. Wednesday night they spec¬ ulated witb Lynbrook property be¬ longings.
Freeport was not forgotten. They came her in an automobile. They went flrst to the home of Frod Van .Nostrand, while the family was out. It was early in the vening. Van .Nos- trand's home is at 412 Archer Street. The burglars were frightened away. The next stop was at the homo of Thomas J. Duggan, au actor at Arch¬ er .Street near Bayview Avenue. Here they obtained a wrist watch and de¬ camped.
Tho next we hear of the nocturnal wanderers is when I hoy visit tbo homo of L. J. McNaughton, at 254 Hoso .Streoi. The -Mc.Naughtons. like tb(^ other fainilie.'i wore out. Tbe biirg- laib c:lfocLod an entrance by opening the window over the porcli. The same in all three places. Thoy opoiat- od at loisiiro. The .McNaughtons were rcceuily iiiarrio<^, ancl most of their liossossions aro new und costly. They aro also insured against bur;ilaiy.
Tho burglars took away a <iuanlity oi cut glass, silver aud othi r tancy lutiilos valued at about $4(iii. That they used an automobile is ilu- sol¬ emn belief of the police officials. That they wore rubber heols is another mark of evidence. When iho .Mc- .N'aughtons returned home laie S;;iur- day night and found I hoir homo in a tossed up condition tlioy notitii d the rrooport iK>iic«i. So r '.d .Mr. Duggan, who found'hts side Window opened.
Captain James Hanse, chief of the polic. nsp»,ndi<l to the call and worlv'il as: i(liiou.;ly on the case until 4 o'clocli nc.xi niorning. ("apt. Hanse ran down a clue which carried him
. outside tho viii.:ge. He believes that lie h;i.. a cliie Ihat v ill lead to the discover;, of t!:'- niiiiinals. .Nor has
I he slopp<'d working. He is working
' out a theory of his own, strengthened b;. the fac! hat he has worked it
I ahmg piaeiical lines before with s'uc- cr ;s.
Thc.^e Inir^clars will return to P'roo- port. Theie is no doubt of that. If
! they^do, they will be nabbed. Tho police dop.trtinent will be in a posi¬ tion lo "colla;-" an,v of the undesir¬ ables that try to infest-'this village.
The burglars that operated here Saturday night are doubtless the same gang that visited twenty-flve homes in Westbury, thirty homes in Hempstead, ten in Garden City, fivo In .Munson. and fourteen In Ljnbrook
j and East Rockaway. The fact alone that they attempted only three burg¬ laries in Freeport, getting loot in only one place, is a comendium in itself for the local police.
The trap has been set for any fu¬ ture depredation.'?. Let them come. Capt. Hanse is the authority for that statement. In order that an extra policeman be detailed to street duty he is taking the desk duty every night himself.
TO UKKlXiK CHANNKL
The Great South Bay Ferry Com¬ pany, by its attorney Elvin N. Ed¬ wards, appeared before the Town Board Monday, April 9, and petitioned for consent to dredge Uttle Swift Creek for the purpoa« of deepening Ihe channel at the Ferry Company's landing, and to use tbe sand obtained thereby for filling in behind the bulk- heading and for 100 feet to the rear. The Ferry Company planned to make some extensive Impmvementa to malie this a pleasant seaside reaort tor mothers and their children.
The application waa granted by the Town Board, and later the War De¬ partment approved of tbe plans for Improvementa. The work ia aow un¬ der way aod will be eonpletatf a« rapMly as ptMible.
SEND 10 CUPS FOR CONVENTIONAWARDS
J. Huyler Ellison, general, chair¬ man of the local committee in charge of preparations for the big Firemen's Convention to be held in June, al¬ though actlveiyengaged in the affairs of Slate at Washington, has ncver- t.hc"les3 been speoidilng considerublo time in Iwoming the affair of the "Vamps." in a communication re¬ ceived to-day Mr. Ellison Informs The .Nassau Posl that he has secured do¬ nations of silver loving cups from ten prominent officials in Washington and at .Mineola. The cups aro being made up and will be sent to John Boland, chairman of the prize com¬ mittee, as soon as thty are inscribed.
The officials donating the cups are as follows :U. S. Senator James W. Wadsworth. Jr., U. S. Senator Wil¬ liam .M. Calder. Congressman Fred C. Hicks. Congressman Charles Pope Caldwell. Assemblyman Thomas A. McWhinney, Board of Supervlsora, County Judge, I.ewls J. Smkh, Comp¬ troller Earl J. Bennett, District At¬ torney Charles R. Weeks and County Treasurer William E. Luyater.
NEIGHBORHOOD FAIR BIG SOCIAL EVENT
Censures Work of Art by Painting Dress on Shoulders of Hand¬ some "Lady"
The lady was brazen, blase, there's no doubting that.
She wore very little, and acted the brat (hussy).
So they painted the loidy with a fine daub of green
And made a beauty of a tbijg ob¬ scene.
Oh, ho, for the painted painter.
You can sec for yourself just what we mean by glancing at the artistic creation that adorns tbe L, I. K. R. de'pot on tbe boards near the entrance to the subway on tho west bound side. There stands the painted lady in all her modesty. Purity ruled and im¬ modesty was banished. Let us toll you all al>out it so that you will know just what we know.
Captain James Hanse, the best po¬ lice chief Freepori over had--you know the saying-with bis ears close to the ground aud his oyos turned in every direction looking for crime and criminals, spied a big sign ornament¬ ing tbo station. Tho piciure on the sign was a life-sized one of a lady. That in itself is Umo. but tho lady -have mercy on oui soul -well, we hate to spoak ill of ihe fair soi, but she was not all that one would ex¬ pect to see in Freeport. i^io homo of John Sumner, hoad oi tTi», great antl- vic( league of New York.
It would have been tf. K. if she wore in a ball room, or on ihe stage, but sho wasn't. .She was .¦ftanding boldly ou the station looking out'at an admiring throng with groat bulg¬ ing eyes". She w;i.'^ a perfect lady all right, but she shouldn't have .shown hor perfection--S0-0-0 much.
"The bra/on thing,'' said Captain Hanse. ''Cgbl Tbo naughty maiden. .She musl not take on so in tbis vil¬ lage. As Chief of Police I will end it."
Ho summoned P.illeeman James Cronloy and told bim to cut part of Iho lady away-that part botwoenjhe waist and tbo head.
"They might call me an iconocla.sl for spoiling works of artj,J>iit the morals of Froeport demand it," said Captain Hanse.
f'ronloy's knife would not lake ef- ft.K-i on the lin board, so he aitempt- od to cover up the exposed part. The <-aid board could nol oasly bo toiii down, so paint for the painted lady was suggested. With paint and hrusn I'oliceman Cronloy was immediaioly at home. He set lo work in painjiiig a new costume of green over the bare shoulders and charming broa.st of tbo painted lady, and In a Jiffy had pre¬ sented her with a waist that beggars do.scription. In all justice to the im¬ modest ono, sho looked bettor for tbe improvised dress.
"Ixiok at her." said Cronjey. "There sho stands—a work that would move Titian to scorn. Look at her Titian head of hair and her 'Love me little. lo\o me long' eyes."
The woman was pointing with a long arm at you and me. and exclaim¬ ing "YOU go to see the Passing Show," etc. She no longer point.s- sho only speaks. .No, thoy did nol paint out tho "YOI" " It may now mean YOC are slung. We don't know, but what we dT5 know, is that tho lady Is painted and the morals of Froeport aro saved. You know it, too.
PrPII,.S TO COMPKTK
The students of tbe Freeport schools are participating in ac ath¬ letic meet which will be in the nature of a preliminary or elimination con¬ test for the big meet to be held soon al tho .Mineola Fair grounds, when all the schools in the county will compete. The meel contains many track events- -in fact all of them, and the true merit of tbe athletes will be tested.
MISS gMgE WILL GO TO THE CAPITAL
.Miss .Susan tleorno, who huf, been tbe stenojiraphor in the law offices of Elvin .N. Edwiuds for .several years, left Saturday last to accept a posi¬ tion in the office: of Henry J. McGain. adjutant-general at Washington. Tbe position is a civil service one, and carries with it a lucrative salary. .Miss I George passed tbe exaiuinaiion last I year, but when her name was reached 1 she declined iho appoinimenl. pre¬ ferring to remain ai bcuiie and con- liniio her cimgonial eui|ilci> in Mr. lOdwards office.
.Now that th<' iDiintry is in a slate of war, .Miss GecM'};^- w;is ireonily ap- I pealed to hy ihe aiilhorilies ;ii AN'Jash- iiigton and asked lo recousidor the appciinlmoiit. Wishing to serve her coiiniiy in some way, she finally ar- oejiteil. Her many friends in Roose¬ velt and Freepon wish her K<><>d luck. .Miss George has won a host of fiiends by her gonial disposition. .Added to that she has been a ooiiipeloiit «'m- ployee. and it is wilh n liiei;uice that Mr. l-;dwaids parts with her.
.Miss Gooigo will make many new friends In her futiiri .surrouiidincrs. .She is a clever amaloin actress and 3corod a decided hit in tbe production of "Hazel Kirke," given by tli(> Mask and Wig Club several months ago. Shafts a former Freepoit High Sihool student.
WM.G.MILL£R'SIDEA OF "CLEAN-UP DAF
WILD SQUIRREL CAUSES A PANIC
ATTACKS THREE MEN
Jumped on Their Head
and Caused Painful
Injuries
Big Sum Being Raised
For Social Workers
and Red Cross
Endeavors
H. K. NMITH HEAim «U'R
The .Manhattan Country Club and golf links will be formally opoted on Decoration Day. The club oecupies a flne site nortb of Freeport between Baldwin and this village. It was for¬ merly Steam's Park. A modem club hnuse with every poaalble comfort for lovers of golf haa been erected. Ttae links are said to be among the ftneat in the State, and were laid out by Devereauz Kmnet. a former ama¬ teur caipert.
Hir«n R. Smith is »reaid«nt of the club.
What does Clean-up Day meanT Does it signify that you are lo clean off your own front porch and throw tho dust into the street or over on your neighbor's lawn? D<}es it mean just lo brush the dirt away and trust to luck, or gather up tin cans from one spot and hurl them on to anoth¬ er? Not by a bit.
William G. Miller bas got the right id(>a. He has many good Ideas, and when he cares to express them the public benefits because they are wise and fnll of meat. Mr. Miller gives a better understandInK of the express¬ ing "Clean-up Day," whicb we ao fre¬ quently hepr '"n h'' 'ollowing:
''The maiid, wbo with the broom, brushes the' foreign substance gath- ored on the floor under the l>ed. and drives the dust from the more promi¬ nent parts of the furniture with a feather duster, and fancies she has cleaned the room, is no more in error than la tbe man who believes be haa done hla part in cleaning up tbe vil¬ lage, when he has thrown tl» cans. .<ihriib trimmings and border cuttings over the fence- to the property of his neighbor. He has only shifted the waste a few feet. It should be more thoroughly disposed of. When the rain drops come and wash the farm* mountain and hillside and the blgb- way8. It finishes ita work, carrying the wMte from the valley to the river, and through the river to the sea. where it is thoroughly hidden. Can¬ not be cleaa-up man t>e more tbor- ongh with bis worhr
Threo men and a sciuliiol compose the persona dramatia of tbis story. The squirrel assiimos the loading role, for without tho squirrel iberc would have been no story.
It all occurred on .Smith .Sireot, near Roosovelt Avenue. A passerby was walking abmg Smith Sireei mor- rilly whistling, when suddouly an ob¬ ject fell, apparently irrjin the limb of tho tree above, down on to bis shoul¬ der. The pa.saerby, who is described as John William.s, uiucmscioiisly plac¬ id bis hand to his shoulder. There ¦'as somotbint; soft and fii/,/.y tha' yielded to his touch. . The noxl instant the fii/./y thing sprang upon bi.s liead. kiiockin;; his bat off. .Mr. Williams was not to be toy(>d wilh in ihis iiiannoi, so b«' rotigbly brushed tbo thing, intending to push it off. Instead, the little- live¬ ly cieature fasloiied lis claws, or whatever il bas, into tho man's bead. Williains IukkocI al it m an al tempt to loosen liio hold. Iml i Ik iliiiif^ cliin^ harder and harder, iiiUii William's bead bled from ilie injury
Wilh a final iiiiKhiy mn lie pulled tbo ObJoct off. only tu find in bis hand a fighting squirrel The animal leap¬ ed from bis captor s band westerly along Smith Street, and was .soon lost to sight in the tree lops. V^'1lliams, with bis bead hieeding copiously, went in search of a physician.
.Shortly after, whib' working on the lawn of Ernest Waikins. on Smith Street, John Votler, ^^ ho is related to Miss Anderson, a niir.se. on that slreet. exporioneed the- same treat¬ ment as Williams. The squirrel Jump¬ ed from a limb of a I r«-e on to his shoulder. Voflor foimhi lo release the animal, but Ibe latter jumped to his head and took a sociire- hold with its sharp teeth lo Vettor's oar.
As much as Veltor tried lo shake him off, the squirrel elung desperate¬ ly. Vetter was compelled to endur*" the consequences of Jerking the squir¬ rel from his ear, which he did. In¬ flicting a painful injury. Dr. Wil¬ liam H. Runcie attended him.
The next appearance of the squirrel waa In the trees on the property of Otto Graser. on Smith Street. Mr. Graser had heard of the squirrel's ar- tlvftles and was on the lookout for It The squirrel appeared and lumped to Graaer's shoulder, but the latter waa too quick and shojH'd tbe creature away. Ten minutes later the suuirr^ lumped from another tree at Oraaer. The latter side-stepped the animal, and with a broon» stick which be'bad for the occasion, killed tiie squirrel. The fuzry little pet waa taken to the Freeport police for examlnatloB.
This IS Iho lust night of the bit fair given by Ibo .NeighlKirbood Work¬ ers in tbo l-'reeport Club, il opened most auspiciously '1 uosday and clos¬ ed lo-iii^;hi. The lasl uppurtuuity to assist in this .splendid charily and at the .same Unit- aid your country is placc-d ai ye>ur disposal. I'nioss you make up your mind on reading tbis article Io set aside tbis evening as your uigbl. II will he tent lai»> aud yOU will miss the pleasure <;f giving ap¬ probation 10 tho ladies of tho »ilhige who arc doing sucb nianifist humane wt)i k ill yeiur \illagc.
The Freepori t'luh ne\('i liK)ki><l si» preity belore. I'ikiu culcnag the- cozy club bouse one was reminded 9f the stories of fairyland. The \ery at- mosphere sconiin^ of the mystic chui Ills of Ibe Orient eomltined with the praclKul .Amoiiiau side lo tiiuke Ibe lair rooiua au atlractivi; place. where llm visitor was iutlined lo lln- Kor aild spend his ami hor iiionoy.
The linaneial resuli has be-en wtiol- ly siu-ei-s.-;riil. ancl eiitiie-ly gialityillg lo .Mrs. .M. J. /ul/or, i hairman e>t tbe general (eunmitlee, -whe> worked so onerpeilcally and indefaiigahly, iind to Ilie (iilur ladus assisting lu>r. Thr various l)e)OIbs we-r liiisy liltle ave¬ nues of rovonuo, wherein pretty ven¬ dors and willing purchasers exchang¬ ed coMiiiiodit los for lucre. Nor were- the palrons the- least backward in flnanc tally supporting Iho women of the fair. Ill tin- words of .Mrs. Zul- zer hard workin,;;. smilm;; .Mrs. /.iil- ¦/.ov. wliosi- eminsols were the slimii- lus that iiri;i'cl tho workers to big dei- ings "We are- tUaukful lo the good people- wlu) aided us se) very imie-b W«- c-annot show i-\xv appreciation nearly as mueh as wo would like to." . I'he f'osi will nol try to di>scribe the iioaiiiy of ihe Kreeport Cluh's in¬ terior. It floors the humbler scrib¬ bler. Siiffi<-e it lo say Ihal the clnb was a ibiiiu of i-harni, louched by nimble fin«ers of dainty young wo- iiic-ii The liiioihs were mastc-rpieces of dl r(ir;iiii)ii. rhe.\ were linisbod with exquisite taste and bent witb the woikIh of cosily and useful articles. Tbo sales frimi tbe various litMiths Were very sal isfaelory.
"Come to tho Wisteria Garden, tbe Fairyland of the- South .Shore," was an invitation ihat lured the anxious visiiors and the ouic-ome was mutual¬ ly beiielieial. Here, heautiful young wonien plied thoir wares and «>pone;d their way into the hearts and poeke-I- hooks of tbe only too willing "vic- time," Robcct!a al he wt-ll drew forth the loiioih huckt-i lull without break¬ ing Ihc- pilehc-r. Here Ihe hungry were fed Willi vic-iiials ihat lilU'd a gap.
The- How el arhor lu the Wisleria (iardeii was a veritable Sunnyland, whore fragrance mild and swc-t per- meaied ihe air and lent an indescrlh- abli- c harm lo it all. Plants for siiiii- nior gardens aud banning baskets roi tbe iioicIj wore sold at low cost and with c)uick profits. From ihi- garden yem joiiiuoyod to ibe .Marguerite Sa¬ lon, which was a kind of beuiiiifier, where you ciilt-ie'd looking plain and •¦ame Olli looking beautiful. A non nf iiiiraye. as it wc-re.
The- passage I ben l«d lo ibe fane-) I and useful bcMiths, then lo Ibo apron booths, then lo Iho lunch tables (ii-iii-m), A step further on was Ibo grocery iMioih t^io dcligbi of all the- house-wives und Ihen came the c-bll- dreu's hcHitb. I'bc- Free-port Club wa* jusi <<ne lK)Olh after aiiolber all week, and om delighlful girl after another! Free-port',s repuLilion f«,r lovi.-ly wo¬ men was siiKiaiiiod. as tho pick of the village was represe-nieei at the Neleb- l)orbc»ocl Workers' Fair.
One- cannot avoid de-lving Inio tbo Oriental or Ibc- occ-iib when al a fair. Kvery fair, if it is a iriie ono, has ItK fortune teller, and Madame- Cecllee Payeii prcjvrd to he an adroit reader into the future. Hor lent was be sieged by tho curioiM, who wanted lei know the- fiilurc, Tbey passed tho palm Io Madame Payon without a feat of tbo consoqin-ne-es And .Madamo Payon propbosiod the future as she told the pa.«!t. In a manner said to be uncanny She was ably assisted b.> .Miss Mildred L. Stlle>K. whose- guile¬ less smiles won Miss Payon many pa¬ trons. Tho costume effects wi-re b«-- wltcbin^, l>otb .Miss Payen and. her assistant making a be-wtldering ap¬ pearance In the-lr Japanese roNtumen. Tuesday night was eibnerved a» Town and (ounty Ofiicials' NiKht. Su- pervitcor Hiram R. Smith, Sidney H. Szw«>ey and many of the town, coun¬ ty and village officials attended. The attendance- was large and the saleic were flne. Tbe booths on the llrsi Bight averaged about $30. Nor wa» the attendance less on Wednesday eve¬ ning, which was observed aa Klks' .N'l»fht. Exalted Ruler A. B. Wallace lead a large delegatioo of tbe B. P. O. E. fo the fair, and they helpe-d to awell tbe coffers of thla treaaary oe charity. Thet .Masons attended In large numbers laat night, and ibis evening Is "general" nlg|it, when everyone, irreapectlve of any aAllkir tlon. is expected to be presetfit.

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FullText	Ihe ;w?.'' ^-^anajwaaifty. -Po^f ISSUED ON FRIDAY. VOL. 7. NO. 16. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY FREKPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY MAY 18, 1917 GENERAL CIRCULATION ONE Collar per year PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUPERVISORS Mew Tork City Seduces Caaim $12,000-Ca8es Before Go. Court- li^eola Items In a communication received on Monday from Francis H. Van Vech- ten, special counsel In the adjustment of the claim of the Department of Cor¬ rections of New York City against tbe unty of Nassau, Mr. Van Vechten advtaed that the Clly of New York is willing to adjust the account between it and this county by accepting $20.- 602.76 for the board and maintenance of prisoners from Nassau County dur¬ ing the years of 1902, 1903, 1904 and from 1911 to March 31, 1917. The City originally claimed $32,842.74 for the t)oard of the prisoners from this coun¬ ty, and through the efforts of County Controller Earl J. Bennett the action to have the claiin modifled was begun. Mr. Bennett made an exhaustive study of the charges made by the city and decided tbat many of them were ex- craslve. In additioji to the saving to the connty of $961".81, the dty has con¬ sented lo have deducted from lis bill the sum of $2726.17, which was the sum paid by the county to the De¬ partment'of Charities and Corrections in the years 1906 to 1910 inclusive, for the maintenance of felons and tramps. Tho Board accepted the estimate of "W. N. Brlndley. of Rockville Centre, under date of May 14. agreeing to lay a storm wafer sower, togelbor wilh jiiiitabli' uppiirlenancos, on henipstead AveniK'. al Rockville Centre, from TAkevii'w Avenue, and lo connect l^ltb tl'" piosnt sowo!- al Randall Ave¬ nue, 'tl'.o estiinate calls for follf)w- Ing m.'i'crlai 1540 feet of 18 Inch clay pipe at S2."0 por lliioal foot: twenty feet of 18 inch Iron pipe at $9.90 per lineal foot: six manholes connecting with sewer at 75 cents each. Mary 8. Boyce, a former resident of F^epert, recovered a verdict for ^8000 In the Supreme Court al Min¬ eola on Tuesday following the trial ¦ot the action which Mrs. Boyce brought against the Greely Square Hotel Company, as owners of tho Ho¬ tel McAlpln. .Mrs. Boyce and her hus¬ band, Alexander U. Boyce, testified that they were gitests at the McAlpin 4m the "night of September 22, 1915; that during the night Mrs. Boyce be¬ came ill and ber husband went to her room. The /loor clerk of the hotel reported lo the house offlcers that Mr. Boyce had entered the room, and the oflJcers, according lo Hoyco and his wife, went into the room and in¬ sulted them. The testimony of Mr. and .Mrs. Boyce was corroborated In part by their daughter. Florence. The house offlcers of the hote^ de¬ nied that they had been dlscouteous to Mr. and Mrs. Boyce. The plaintiff aued tor $25,000. Harry D, Morrow, of Freeport, son of Henry D, Morrow, plead guilty in the County Court on Monday to an in¬ dictment charging forgery In the sec- y»nd degree. Morrow was charged with forging his father's name lo a HT. L, I. .i^ ward Lumley, of Preeport. Coles Jackson, who assaulted Aus¬ tin Verity, of Freeport, plead guilty and was sentenced to one year and four months In Sing Sing Prison by Judge Smith. AGED AND YOUNG IN DOUBLE REUNION Age and youth truly celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Saxton. 54 Kast I,incoln Avenue. Monday. Age celebrated tbe golden anniversary of its wedding, and youth celebrated the halcyon day ot its marriage, whicb happily oc¬ curred on tbo sanu! day al the bride¬ groom's pareuls' anniversary. For Mr. and Mrs. Saxton rounded out a half century of marital life, which to them swept on quickly enough, be¬ cause their's was a love affair which began before tbe Civil War, at Coin- mack. Tbe other celebraUon was that in whicb Everett Emerson Saxton and Miss Alice Lillian Smith, daughter of .\lr. and .Mrs. Charles Smith, of Valley Stream, were the participants. They were married b.v the Rov. Dr. Sever¬ ance, of the Valley Stream M. K. Churcb. .Monday aftomtxm, and after the ceremony returned to tho Saxton borne, where all took part in the dou¬ ble ceremony of toasting tbe old and the young. Mr. and Mrs. Saxlwti, .Sr.. wore mar¬ ried no yiai.s after tin- war. at Baby¬ lon. He was 27. and his wife, who was .Mary Rowland, vvas aKod 37. Ho l:ad known his country sweetheart prior to fho \y;\v, 1)ui after enlisting and serving wilb honor throughout the flve years' war, ho returned U> make hi.s girl swetheart his wife. Vet¬ eran Saxton fought under General Grant at Gettysburg, and was wound¬ ed at Siimmervlllo, Fort .Meyer, Va. At tbo reception in his honor on Monday, ten childreu, twelve grand¬ children and four great grand-chil¬ dren rallied around and holjx'd in the festivities that evidenced the love and devotion Ihat tbo younger seneration held for thoir parents. The young couple have left on a honeymoon trip, and will live in Val¬ ley Stn^ain. EvorotI Saxton is the seventh son of a seventh son. A. B. WALLACE QUITS FKE DEPT. BURGLARS VISIT CAPT. HANSE PLAYS 3 FREEPORT HOMES! A BRAND NEW ROLL Served 22 Years. Heidi Get I^t ta McNaugh- Important Offices, j ton Home. Same Gang Criticized by Meml>ers COURT NEWS FROM THE COUNH SEAT A verdict for $90 was given to i;ii«ba E. .VUCarten, of Rockville Cen¬ tre, by a Jury in the County Court on Wednesday in an action brought by .McCarten against H. I,yon Smith, of Freepori, and in which the plaintiff claimed that Smith had refused to pay him the above sum for the Instal¬ lation of an automatic pump In the cellar of Smith's house at ITreeport. The plaintiff produced evidence to show that while he at one time inti¬ mated that the work could be done for $60, an lnvostigating Island on Monday and Tuesday, May 28 and 29, for the purpose of studying the road system, with the ultimate possi¬ bility of further extending the state roads on lA>ng Island. He will be accompanied by Supervisor Hiram R. Smith, and a party of state and coun¬ ty engineers and oflScials. The plan of gettim; state road ex¬ tensions In both Nassau and Suffolk Counties is not too remote for expec¬ tations. It Is anticipated that a de¬ cision on the feasibility of this ex¬ tensive Improvement tnrough Great Ix>ng Island will soon be reached. CLARK KLKCTKD.TO SOCIETY Mr. FVed Clark, sdn—of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Clark, of FYeeport, was recently elected to one of the leading class fraternities at Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn. In a. class of over one bundred Mr. Clark was one of eight. uwn GrARO 8W0BH nr Thirty-dve members of the Home Guard of'Merrick motored to Mineola last Tueaday evening and were swora in as special deputy sherttTs of Naa- mu Coudty. , Tbe other members will be sworn in at a latter date.' The members 'of the Freepori Fire Departmenl were rather surprised on Tuesday night in receiving the resig¬ nation from tfce department of Archer B. Wallace, who has served with dis¬ tinction to ^Imself and the depart¬ ment for tifenty-two years. 11 was generally expected that Mr. Wallace was a fixture, at least for three years more, whep he would have rounded out a quarter of a century in ser¬ vice, but certain circumstances aris¬ ing within the last few weeks war¬ ranted .Mr. Wallace's action. While gome of the firemen aio crill- cizing Archie for resigning from the department, which will remove him from participation in the convention preparatory work, ho declares that his business and fiatoinal aclivitios prevent bis continuing tbe work. To begin with, he says that he Is not responsible for the convention being hold in Freeport biB year. He was in favor of tho State Association com- ioK bore next year. When the invitation was arceptod a Ki'noral committee was formed witb J. Huyler Ellison cbainnan and Arch¬ er B. Wallace vice-chairman. Mr. El¬ lison has been l)usy in Washington, and could not attend tho mooting?. Then .someone appointed Thursday niglii as nioeting nisht. This iP also the meeting nighl of the Elks, of which .Mr. Wallace is exalted ruler. Ho could not attend 1ho liremanic meotinKS. The no.xi move was in tho appointing of several vice-chairinon on the general comniitteo. Then Mr. Wallace was roquostod to accept the chftlrniansbip of the program commlf- t«^, which ho refused on account of having .just pruned all his friends in obtaining advertising for the Klks program. Several other buaiaesn matters havo come up which have interfered with .Mr. Wallaces firemanic cnnnec- tions. lie resiirnod as a member ni" tho lOvcr Ready Company, anrt on Tuesday last tendered bis resignation from the department. "The boys don't need my services any nioio" said .Mr. Wallace. "Many of the meinbers are very young men and thoy aro capable of taking caro of the biisinosf! of the department. Thoy do not want to be guided by ih<- advico of the' older mon any moro. so I guess il is he.'^t after all to let Ihoiu nav"' full swing." Mr. Wallace ha.H served the depart¬ menl with honor. He was chief of tho departmont and piosideni of tlu- Soiitlioin .\ev '\'oik l":r(>nions' Vrso- c iat ion. Ho is now in line for the presidency of the State Firemen's As- sociaton. His severance from the de¬ partment will now make him an ex¬ empt, with all the privileges of a re¬ tired fireman. YHIAGE TO EQUIP THE HOME DEFENSE At a special meetiug of the Village Board held Tuesday evening it was voted to e.xpond $3000 for uniforms and equipment for tbe members of the Freeport Home Defense League. The village, like very other big i'or¬ poration of its character, felt that the spirit of patriotism should be told in big acts, and this matter of appro¬ priating Ihe sum of $3000 will be con¬ strued as one tbat should meet with popular favor. Tho soldiers aro meet¬ ing for drill work every other night and on Satiirday afternoons. They are beyond the conscription age, yet they are forming for home defense. it is withiu reason to expect that tho Government will call upon them for some service, and in order to meet it, it will bo necessary that they bo proporly equipped. To ask tho men, many of them who cannot afford it, to buy their own uniforms and equip¬ ment would be placing a task on them beyond the reach of a majority. So the NTllago has provided to dig and do the right thing. This money will flt up about 125 of the home defense squad. The uniforms, rifles, etc., will be purchased soon, and the l.«ague will drill in full regalia. The mem¬ bers are making big strides and are rapidly blossoming into true soldiers. Rob Other Vil¬ lages. Burglar/; We ha\e them to tbe right of us and to the left of us, be¬ hind us and in oui midst. They came here laat Satuiday night and successfully burglarized three houses in the Uayview section. Several nights before they operated with the same success In Hempstead; before tbat in Garden City, Westbury and .Munson. Wednesday night they spec¬ ulated witb Lynbrook property be¬ longings. Freeport was not forgotten. They came her in an automobile. They went flrst to the home of Frod Van .Nostrand, while the family was out. It was early in the vening. Van .Nos- trand's home is at 412 Archer Street. The burglars were frightened away. The next stop was at the homo of Thomas J. Duggan, au actor at Arch¬ er .Street near Bayview Avenue. Here they obtained a wrist watch and de¬ camped. Tho next we hear of the nocturnal wanderers is when I hoy visit tbo homo of L. J. McNaughton, at 254 Hoso .Streoi. The -Mc.Naughtons. like tb(^ other fainilie.'i wore out. Tbe biirg- laib c:lfocLod an entrance by opening the window over the porcli. The same in all three places. Thoy opoiat- od at loisiiro. The .McNaughtons were rcceuily iiiarrio<^, ancl most of their liossossions aro new und costly. They aro also insured against bur;ilaiy. Tho burglars took away a iic«i. So r '.d .Mr. Duggan, who found'hts side Window opened. Captain James Hanse, chief of the polic. nsp»,ndiout it so that you will know just what we know. Captain James Hanse, the best po¬ lice chief Freepori over had--you know the saying-with bis ears close to the ground aud his oyos turned in every direction looking for crime and criminals, spied a big sign ornament¬ ing tbo station. Tho piciure on the sign was a life-sized one of a lady. That in itself is Umo. but tho lady -have mercy on oui soul -well, we hate to spoak ill of ihe fair soi, but she was not all that one would ex¬ pect to see in Freeport. i^io homo of John Sumner, hoad oi tTi», great antl- vic( league of New York. It would have been tf. K. if she wore in a ball room, or on ihe stage, but sho wasn't. .She was .¦ftanding boldly ou the station looking out'at an admiring throng with groat bulg¬ ing eyes". She w;i.'^ a perfect lady all right, but she shouldn't have .shown hor perfection--S0-0-0 much. "The bra/on thing,'' said Captain Hanse. ''Cgbl Tbo naughty maiden. .She musl not take on so in tbis vil¬ lage. As Chief of Police I will end it." Ho summoned P.illeeman James Cronloy and told bim to cut part of Iho lady away-that part botwoenjhe waist and tbo head. "They might call me an iconocla.sl for spoiling works of artj,J>iit the morals of Froeport demand it" said Captain Hanse. f'ronloy's knife would not lake ef- ft.K-i on the lin board, so he aitempt- od to cover up the exposed part. The <-aid board could nol oasly bo toiii down, so paint for the painted lady was suggested. With paint and hrusn I'oliceman Cronloy was immediaioly at home. He set lo work in painjiiig a new costume of green over the bare shoulders and charming broa.st of tbo painted lady, and In a Jiffy had pre¬ sented her with a waist that beggars do.scription. In all justice to the im¬ modest ono, sho looked bettor for tbe improvised dress. "Ixiok at her." said Cronjey. "There sho stands—a work that would move Titian to scorn. Look at her Titian head of hair and her 'Love me little. lo\o me long' eyes." The woman was pointing with a long arm at you and me. and exclaim¬ ing "YOU go to see the Passing Show" etc. She no longer point.s- sho only speaks. .No, thoy did nol paint out tho "YOI" " It may now mean YOC are slung. We don't know, but what we dT5 know, is that tho lady Is painted and the morals of Froeport aro saved. You know it, too. PrPII,.S TO COMPKTK The students of tbe Freeport schools are participating in ac ath¬ letic meet which will be in the nature of a preliminary or elimination con¬ test for the big meet to be held soon al tho .Mineola Fair grounds, when all the schools in the county will compete. The meel contains many track events- -in fact all of them, and the true merit of tbe athletes will be tested. MISS gMgE WILL GO TO THE CAPITAL .Miss .Susan tleorno, who huf, been tbe stenojiraphor in the law offices of Elvin .N. Edwiuds for .several years, left Saturday last to accept a posi¬ tion in the office: of Henry J. McGain. adjutant-general at Washington. Tbe position is a civil service one, and carries with it a lucrative salary. .Miss I George passed tbe exaiuinaiion last I year, but when her name was reached 1 she declined iho appoinimenl. pre¬ ferring to remain ai bcuiie and con- liniio her cimgonial eui ilci> in Mr. lOdwards office. .Now that th<' iDiintry is in a slate of war, .Miss GecM'};^- w;is ireonily ap- I pealed to hy ihe aiilhorilies ;ii AN'Jash- iiigton and asked lo recousidor the appciinlmoiit. Wishing to serve her coiiniiy in some way, she finally ar- oejiteil. Her many friends in Roose¬ velt and Freepon wish her K<><>d luck. .Miss George has won a host of fiiends by her gonial disposition. .Added to that she has been a ooiiipeloiit «'m- ployee. and it is wilh n liiei;uice that Mr. l-;dwaids parts with her. .Miss Gooigo will make many new friends In her futiiri .surrouiidincrs. .She is a clever amaloin actress and 3corod a decided hit in tbe production of "Hazel Kirke" given by tli(> Mask and Wig Club several months ago. Shafts a former Freepoit High Sihool student. WM.G.MILL£R'SIDEA OF "CLEAN-UP DAF WILD SQUIRREL CAUSES A PANIC ATTACKS THREE MEN Jumped on Their Head and Caused Painful Injuries Big Sum Being Raised For Social Workers and Red Cross Endeavors H. K. NMITH HEAim «U'R The .Manhattan Country Club and golf links will be formally opoted on Decoration Day. The club oecupies a flne site nortb of Freeport between Baldwin and this village. It was for¬ merly Steam's Park. A modem club hnuse with every poaalble comfort for lovers of golf haa been erected. Ttae links are said to be among the ftneat in the State, and were laid out by Devereauz Kmnet. a former ama¬ teur caipert. Hir«n R. Smith is »reaid«nt of the club. What does Clean-up Day meanT Does it signify that you are lo clean off your own front porch and throw tho dust into the street or over on your neighbor's lawn? D<}es it mean just lo brush the dirt away and trust to luck, or gather up tin cans from one spot and hurl them on to anoth¬ er? Not by a bit. William G. Miller bas got the right id(>a. He has many good Ideas, and when he cares to express them the public benefits because they are wise and fnll of meat. Mr. Miller gives a better understandInK of the express¬ ing "Clean-up Day" whicb we ao fre¬ quently hepr '"n h'' 'ollowing: ''The maiid, wbo with the broom, brushes the' foreign substance gath- ored on the floor under the l>ed. and drives the dust from the more promi¬ nent parts of the furniture with a feather duster, and fancies she has cleaned the room, is no more in error than la tbe man who believes be haa done hla part in cleaning up tbe vil¬ lage, when he has thrown tl» cans. .e more tbor- ongh with bis worhr Threo men and a sciuliiol compose the persona dramatia of tbis story. The squirrel assiimos the loading role, for without tho squirrel iberc would have been no story. It all occurred on .Smith .Sireot, near Roosovelt Avenue. A passerby was walking abmg Smith Sireei mor- rilly whistling, when suddouly an ob¬ ject fell, apparently irrjin the limb of tho tree above, down on to bis shoul¬ der. The pa.saerby, who is described as John William.s, uiucmscioiisly plac¬ id bis hand to his shoulder. There ¦'as somotbint; soft and fii/,/.y tha' yielded to his touch. . The noxl instant the fii/./y thing sprang upon bi.s liead. kiiockin;; his bat off. .Mr. Williams was not to be toy(>d wilh in ihis iiiannoi, so b«' rotigbly brushed tbo thing, intending to push it off. Instead, the little- live¬ ly cieature fasloiied lis claws, or whatever il bas, into tho man's bead. Williains IukkocI al it m an al tempt to loosen liio hold. Iml i Ik iliiiif^ cliin^ harder and harder, iiiUii William's bead bled from ilie injury Wilh a final iiiiKhiy mn lie pulled tbo ObJoct off. only tu find in bis hand a fighting squirrel The animal leap¬ ed from bis captor s band westerly along Smith Street, and was .soon lost to sight in the tree lops. V^'1lliams, with bis bead hieeding copiously, went in search of a physician. .Shortly after, whib' working on the lawn of Ernest Waikins. on Smith Street, John Votler, ^^ ho is related to Miss Anderson, a niir.se. on that slreet. exporioneed the- same treat¬ ment as Williams. The squirrel Jump¬ ed from a limb of a I r«-e on to his shoulder. Voflor foimhi lo release the animal, but Ibe latter jumped to his head and took a sociire- hold with its sharp teeth lo Vettor's oar. As much as Veltor tried lo shake him off, the squirrel elung desperate¬ ly. Vetter was compelled to endur" the consequences of Jerking the squir¬ rel from his ear, which he did. In¬ flicting a painful injury. Dr. Wil¬ liam H. Runcie attended him. The next appearance of the squirrel waa In the trees on the property of Otto Graser. on Smith Street. Mr. Graser had heard of the squirrel's ar- tlvftles and was on the lookout for It The squirrel appeared and lumped to Graaer's shoulder, but the latter waa too quick and shojH'd tbe creature away. Ten minutes later the suuirr^ lumped from another tree at Oraaer. The latter side-stepped the animal, and with a broon» stick which be'bad for the occasion, killed tiie squirrel. The fuzry little pet waa taken to the Freeport police for examlnatloB. This IS Iho lust night of the bit fair given by Ibo .NeighlKirbood Work¬ ers in tbo l-'reeport Club, il opened most auspiciously '1 uosday and clos¬ ed lo-iii^;hi. The lasl uppurtuuity to assist in this .splendid charily and at the .same Unit- aid your country is placc-d ai ye>ur disposal. I'nioss you make up your mind on reading tbis article Io set aside tbis evening as your uigbl. II will he tent lai»> aud yOU will miss the pleasure <;f giving ap¬ probation 10 tho ladies of tho »ilhige who arc doing sucb nianifist humane wt)i k ill yeiur \illagc. The Freepori t'luh ne\('i liK)ki>t tbe general (eunmitlee, -whe> worked so onerpeilcally and indefaiigahly, iind to Ilie (iilur ladus assisting lu>r. Thr various l)e)OIbs we-r liiisy liltle ave¬ nues of rovonuo, wherein pretty ven¬ dors and willing purchasers exchang¬ ed coMiiiiodit los for lucre. Nor were- the palrons the- least backward in flnanc tally supporting Iho women of the fair. Ill tin- words of .Mrs. Zul- zer hard workin,;;. smilm;; .Mrs. /.iil- ¦/.ov. wliosi- eminsols were the slimii- lus that iiri;i'cl tho workers to big dei- ings "We are- tUaukful lo the good people- wlu) aided us se) very imie-b W«- c-annot show i-\xv appreciation nearly as mueh as wo would like to." . I'he f'osi will nol try to di>scribe the iioaiiiy of ihe Kreeport Cluh's in¬ terior. It floors the humbler scrib¬ bler. Siiffi<-e it lo say Ihal the clnb was a ibiiiu of i-harni, louched by nimble fin«ers of dainty young wo- iiic-ii The liiioihs were mastc-rpieces of dl r(ir;iiii)ii. rhe.\ were linisbod with exquisite taste and bent witb the woikIh of cosily and useful articles. Tbo sales frimi tbe various litMiths Were very sal isfaelory. "Come to tho Wisteria Garden, tbe Fairyland of the- South .Shore" was an invitation ihat lured the anxious visiiors and the ouic-ome was mutual¬ ly beiielieial. Here, heautiful young wonien plied thoir wares and «>pone;d their way into the hearts and poeke-I- hooks of tbe only too willing "vic- time" Robcct!a al he wt-ll drew forth the loiioih huckt-i lull without break¬ ing Ihc- pilehc-r. Here Ihe hungry were fed Willi vic-iiials ihat lilU'd a gap. The- How el arhor lu the Wisleria (iardeii was a veritable Sunnyland, whore fragrance mild and swc-t per- meaied ihe air and lent an indescrlh- abli- c harm lo it all. Plants for siiiii- nior gardens aud banning baskets roi tbe iioicIj wore sold at low cost and with c)uick profits. From ihi- garden yem joiiiuoyod to ibe .Marguerite Sa¬ lon, which was a kind of beuiiiifier, where you ciilt-ie'd looking plain and •¦ame Olli looking beautiful. A non nf iiiiraye. as it wc-re. The- passage I ben l«d lo ibe fane-) I and useful bcMiths, then lo Ibo apron booths, then lo Iho lunch tables (ii-iii-m), A step further on was Ibo grocery iMioih t^io dcligbi of all the- house-wives und Ihen came the c-bll- dreu's hcHitb. I'bc- Free-port Club wa* jusi < .Miss Mildred L. Stlle>K. whose- guile¬ less smiles won Miss Payon many pa¬ trons. Tho costume effects wi-re b«-- wltcbin^, l>otb .Miss Payen and. her assistant making a be-wtldering ap¬ pearance In the-lr Japanese roNtumen. Tuesday night was eibnerved a» Town and (ounty Ofiicials' NiKht. Su- pervitcor Hiram R. Smith, Sidney H. Szw«>ey and many of the town, coun¬ ty and village officials attended. The attendance- was large and the saleic were flne. Tbe booths on the llrsi Bight averaged about $30. Nor wa» the attendance less on Wednesday eve¬ ning, which was observed aa Klks' .N'l»fht. Exalted Ruler A. B. Wallace lead a large delegatioo of tbe B. P. O. E. fo the fair, and they helpe-d to awell tbe coffers of thla treaaary oe charity. Thet .Masons attended In large numbers laat night, and ibis evening Is "general" nlg it, when everyone, irreapectlve of any aAllkir tlon. is expected to be presetfit.

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