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Albln N. Jobncon, ot Jobnatni and Johnson, Railroatl Avenue, has some defined opinions about that mucb- tnooted strip,of of tand adjoining tbe railroad tracks on tbe pipe-line be- tsveen Bergen Place and Long Beacb Avenue. Mr. Johnson doeivnot believe tbe issue a dead one ail was pointed out in this paper recently when tbe village board failed to act in the mat¬ ter of holding a special election- He maintains that tbe site is an ideal one for a municipal building.
"We have been looking for the prop¬ er site for a municipal building for years," said Mr J.ohuBon. "The site in questlim Just suits tbe purpose. "t could b« nicer than a municipal building near the approach of the vll- la!;c? I belljve that factorlen are nec¬ essary in any village, but I believe nliso that this is an opportune time for the villape to step In and If It can obtain this site at a reasonable figure, buy it and erect a suitable municipal bome.
"Herein could be built a meeting place for the village board, another for tbe flremanic council, a large room for a village offlce and placen for the police court, station bouse and a truok and flre hose. If possible an auditorium where village meetings can be beld should be built. If the village wants to save money It cannot do a" wiser thing than buy this site. or MMie other cheap site nOw. Not wait until the land values soar too high.
"We must have a municipal build- in e eventually. The growth of tbe village demands it. If we wait too
-PT we will not be able to buy for love or monev At oresent we have "<- municipal building pretty well together, but it is not large enough 'or the future. A suitable municipal building on this flne site will be a big boost to Preeport.'
SOPER MAPIG GOOD
Freeport Ball Player Cateke* Faaey
of Mattjr aad Gees to Big
Leif(P«e.
Tbe sporting fraternity of Freeport is interested in tbe career of Claude Soper, the inimitable catcher of tbe Freeport Ball Club. Claude caught for ttae Jersey City team against Cin¬ cinnati, of tbe National League, in Jersey City, Sundi^r. One of tbe spec¬ tators was Christy Mattbewson, wbo did not take bis eyes off Claude all during the game- When Soper nipped four of the speedy Cincinnati baseball attempting to steal second, and an¬ other trying to steal third, "Hattbew- son determined to sign Soper.
I>ater Sloper cracked out a long single tbat resulted In sending home the only runs scored in the game— two of tbem, and Mathewson knew that he had a comer. The score was Jersey City 2, Cincinnati 0. Soper will be seen in a Cincinnati uniform next season.
Claude was a star catcher for the last flve years. He was tbe prop of the Kreoport H. S. team of 1912, tbe team tbat won twenty-one games and lost none. He then went with the Atlantic League, In Asbiiry Park, and two years ago went with New Haven of tbe Colonial League. John Ganzel signed him to play with the Brood- feds this year, but the league became defunct and Soper went with the Texas league until taken sick. He b^s now found bis level and bis Freeport friends are "rooting" for him.
SAVES mn MONEY
TOWN BOARi) MEETING.
A gist of f-mall bui'inesB was trans¬ acted at meeting of Town Board on Tuesday. Reports of Mr. Rhame and associates were read and flled. Ap¬ plication of Fred Guinpp of Smith¬ ville South to fllaughtei' on small scale was denied.
Tbe Board consented to appoint¬ ment of commissioners to determine necessity of rosd throuerh Loheview, West Hempatead property.
Edwin S. Voorhis, Alvin O. Smith and Win. Ellison, civil engineers, ad¬ dressed the board relative to the making of the asRessment map- Tbe Board requested additional details "and submission of contract.
A public hearing on tbe Tentative Town Budget for the year will be held October llth, at two o'clock p.m.
HICKS ON BUSINESS
0
Congressman Delivers Stirring
Speech on Need of American
Business Men.
At the. Plaza, week of October 2nd. "Sion., Dustin Famum in "The Gentle¬ man from Indiana"; "Gloria's Ro¬ mance," 2 cliapters. Tues., Blanche Sweet and Theodore Roberts in "The Sowers." Wed., Rex Beach's great¬ est story, "The Ne'er-Do-Well," fea¬ turing Kathlyn Williams. Thurs., Dorothy Green and Clifford Bruce in Aaron Hoffman's "The Devil at His Elbow." Fri., Kitty Gordon in "The Crucial Tevjt." Sat., Lenore Ulrich in "The Heart of Paula."—Adv.
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For a number of years this Nation has looked lorward with hope and confident expectation to the time when our export trade, especially to the Republics south of us, might be extended and enlarged With con¬ scious pride we look back to • that splendid past when American ships were upon every sea and the Amer¬ ican flag floated in every harbor of the globe. Ihal those days may re¬ turn is the fervent hope of everyone^ and I bolieve, Mr. Speaker, that this bill win speed the time. (Applause.) Our business men, be they large or be they small, be Ibey farmers or man¬ ufacturers, merchants or laymen, or whatever their profession, should be encouraged not hindered, advanced not retarded. They are entitled to every consideration and deserve well at the bands of the Federal Congress, for the American business mart is the bone and muscle of our prosperity and our greatness. I "Believe in pro¬ tection at home and abroad.
There have been three main' rea¬ sons why that trade has not been de¬ veloped couimensuiate with the mar¬ velous growth of our Industries. They 'IT 'he laclfc of banking facilities, the lack of trauFportation, and the lack of selling facilities—all three of which, working In harniony, are es¬ sential to a Bucccsfful export busi¬ ness. We can not build up that trade ll.V mere dcilanition of our desire; we can not develop It by Idle dream- ipg or the expression of a wish. We must legislate wisely and witliout pi'djurtico, giving to our business men the same opportunities enjoyed by their competitors from other lands.
We have ttken steps to remedy the deflclency In banking facilities by au- thorl'zing the extension of our bank¬ ing system; we are remedying the lack of shipping facilities by enlarg¬ ing existing lines and incorporating ijfiw ones; and this bill, in my opin¬ ion, win. in a large measure, remedy the thh*d defect by placing the Amer¬ ican exporter and the European ex¬ porter on the same footing.
Now is our opportunity, now the time, to carry'the flag Into every port of South America. (Applause-) While the nations of Europe are losing by he sword the trade for which they are contending, let us selie our com- ¦uerclal opportunities, the most fa¬ vorable in tc generation, and plant American trade so flrimy on tbe South Ai^erlcan Cofl^taent that it will endure long after tbe hostilities in Europe sball bave been ~ forgotten. (Applause.) All that .\merican busl- -ss wants is an equal chance with bis foreign competitor (api?lause), an •aoal cbance supported by American, enterprise, forwarded by Amerlpan energy, tlulded by Amer¬ ican genius, means ihe supremacy of American trade in all the markets of the world. (Ajpplause.)
Fnud* IL Hvo{Caasefl Mamj Re-
forau ia tke Office of Seeretary
of State.
Francla M. Hugo, candidate for re¬ election aa Secretary of State, bas made efflciency the keynote of his ad¬ ministration. No one, not personally acquainted with the affairs of this enormous atate department, can ap¬ preciate tbe real significance of tbis statement.
An offlce force, over-burdened with political appointees, was materially reduced before Mr. Hugo had been at Albany two months. This retrench¬ ment policy paved the way for the in¬ auguration of orderly, constructive government. Two years is a short time in which to master the intrica¬ cies of a department containing two of the largest bureaus of their kind in the world. But the Secretary of Stat^, during this jierlod, has shown that he regards nothing as impossible of accomplishment. He plunged Into the task of reconstruction and real results followed. Tbere bave been many instances In which -Mr. Hugo's business acumen has saved tbe state thousands of dollars.
Prior to Ills term, It was customary to Insure all license plates when mailing thera to the owners of auto¬ mobiles. Experience proved that the loss of these plates occurred so rare¬ ly as to render doubtful the advisa¬ bility of effecting sucb insurance. Tbe Intrinsic value of a pair of plates Is only flfteen cents, and in case of loss, the law makes ample provision for the issuance of a duplicate set. Mr. Hugo was quick to See the saving to the state that would be brought about by this reform and acordlngly, be stopped the insurance. As a reiAilt of ihiss wise measure, he has saved tbe state $10,000 annually, while the efliciency of this branch of bis serv¬ ice has in no way been Impaired.
The Secretary of State's ofiice con¬ tains an Election and a Law Bureau. Their functions, while not the same, are nevertheless similar enough to permit the work of both to be car¬ ried on in tbe same room. The duties of the Law Department occupy the winter and tbe spring months those of the Election Bureau, the summer and fall months.
' Formerly, two beads managed theso different oflices. It required, jJbe busi¬ ness eye of Francis M. Hitso to per¬ ceive the saving that would bc ef¬ fected by thc consolidation of the two. This act, simple in execution, has allowed one head to take care of the routine of lioth departments. Thc otRce force Is now one; the efflciency has been increased, while a real economy has been effected.
For several years, a motorcycle law has been advocated in this state- There seems to have been no roal op¬ position to euch a measure, while Its advantages are obvious. As a rev¬ enue-producing agency, its enactment was justifled, but a broader and more cognent reason in Ita. favor rests up¬ on the principle of State regulation. Nearly every state in the Union al-, ready has sucb a law upon its stat¬ ute books. The motorcyclists them¬ selves have consistently favored an ttv^t which would bring them under the protectkm of the State. Year after year, this subject was agitated, l)ut no definite action resulted. Dur¬ ing this time, the State loi5t hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue from this source. Again, Mr. Hugo furnished the necessary impetus. He was n6t slow to act, once the need was established. A separate bill was prepared under his direction. It was backed by his department, and qn April 1st, 1916, a motorcycle law went upon the statute books of New York State. For the present motor¬ cycle year, which will consist of only ten months, it Is estimated tbat there will be received from motor¬ cycle fees between $75,000 and $100,- 000.
KEEPING UP RECORD
Bay TIew Teaaia Clnb 1>efeatH
Garden City la Eigkt Matcb
Coatest.
The Bay View Tennis Club made a clean sweep of its match game with the Garden City Tennis Club, at the Bay View Courts, Elliott place. Sun¬ day. Eight match games were play¬ ed, three doubles and five singles. The winners were never In danger of losing a game- Wallace had a re¬ markably easy time in defeating Brooks, of Garden City, winning by 6—0, 6—0, hardly losing a point. Wal¬ lace and W. Thompson had an al¬ most equally easy time in winning their doubles over Brooks and R. Robinson, by 6—4, 6—0.
A large gallery of spectators saw the games and while they had little opportunity to cheer because of the tamenesB of the game, tbey evi¬ denced enthusiasm over the skillful net work of tbe localities. The Bay View Club has won all but two of its match games, this season, losing one to Ben.^onhurst and the other to RnckvIHe Centre. The summary:
Doubles: Wallace and Thompson, Bay View, defeate<I Brooks and R. Robinson, Garden City, 6—4, 6—0; I'r Wri«'''t and W. WrlKht defeated Otten and J. Robinson, Garden City; 6—4, 6—4; Whittaker and Droudt. Bav View defeated Gillette and Grlesbaber, 4—6, 9—7, 6—3.
Singles: Wallace, Bay View, de¬ feated Brooks, 6—0, 6—0; Cutler. Bay View defeated R. Robinson, 6—4, 7—5: J- Root defeated Earley, Gar¬ den City, 6—3, 6—3; H. Beebe Ray View defeated Early, Garden City. 6—3, 6—4.
A NOTABLE RECORD
Fiaak M. WiHUas, State Engineer,
Has Spent Large Suais in Jn-
dieloas Manner.
OFRCIAL RESULTS
The offlcial returns of tlie Prim¬ aries just received by wire from the Secretary of State's office, .show the remarkable support accorded the present State ofliciaUtt: It is singu¬ lar that Schoeneck, .Woodbury and
One of the first offlcial acts of State Engineer and Surveyor, Frank M. Wiliams, after assuming the many and varied duties of bis offlce on Jan¬ uary 1. 1915, was to red'ice the num¬ ber of employees in his department and by tbis method save the State more than half a million dollars In salary and engineering expenses alone.
Under the Democratic administra¬ tion of the State Engineers oflice two bureaus existed, one composed of men engaged in terminal planning and construction and the other of men doing the same work on thc Barge canal. By the simple method of consolidating these bureaus and placing them under the supervision of the Special Deputy State Engineer, Mr. Williams was enabled to dismiss with the services of ,1 terminal engi¬ neer, 4 terminal division engineers, 5 supervising engineers, " 2 conflden¬ tial stenographers, 1 flnancial clerk and auditor, 1 supervisor of records 12 resident engineers, 75 assistant en¬ gineers, 12 brl«Ue designers, 18 lev- elers and 15 maeonry Inspectors.
In tbis manner a direct saving of $1,350 per day was affected while for the year of 1916 the engineering ex¬ penses of the State Engineer and
rveyors OAce were $505,939.00 low¬ er than they were In 1914 under for¬ mer State Engineer, John A'. Bensel, This saving is sim.ply in salaries and expenses and bas in no way inter¬ fered with the progress of tbe work on the State's Canal System- Furth¬ ermore, politics played no part In the carrying out of tbis reduction aii many of the men relieved from duty were in the competitive class civil service and the rule that men musit be relieved In the inver.se order of , their appointment was strictly fol- : lowed by Mr. Williams, who follow- i ing the reduction said:
"This has made it necessary to dis¬ pense with the soi;vices of many very efl'ciont men. The names of those men are placed on a suspended list aiid they arc eligible for reinstate-
TO BUHJ) THEATREHGHT FANS GLOOMY
Frank Tinney WUI Bring City,
Vandevllle to Freeport—Tbeatre
te Seat 1.800.
Freeport will have anotlier large
License of tke Nassan A. C. Be-
voked—AIIege4 Tkey DM Not
Pay Star Actors.
Flgbt fans abas!
Tbe Stato Boxing Commission has theatre in its midst within tbe next put the Nas.sau A C. of Baldwin o\it f»^w months. If plans do not m'scarry. of oint by hitting it "below the belt." Frank Tinney, the vaudeville artist,! Within the last two weeks the Free- piaus to build a first class tbeatre on Port Sporting Club has "laid down" the Merrick Road opposite the Elks i from a well delivered solar plexus, cl'.ib house. Tinney recently pur-1 said to have been landed by Larry chased the Chapman property at a! Temple, the ebony hued marvel, quoted price of $13,000. The site is | Preeport and Its environs had for- Ideally located for a theatre In touch gotten about the gentle art of self- with tbe auto traffic, near the trolley defense and self-offense until the line and two blocks from the depot. | Freeport Sporting Club awakened Mr. Tinney himself does not know i the animal flame within us. Then what his exact plans are. He states,' crowds flocked to the shows every however, that he will give Freeport Friday night.
one of the best theatres on Long | "Fine," said the flght fans. "We Island wherejn the people of the don't have to go to tbe big city." southside may see the Broadway i The actors felt at home. Sports shows, witliout the necessity of going I tin-eared their way to the Friday to the big city. The tbeatre will bold night shows, many witb "paper." about 1,800 or more and will conform | Two w eeks ago something happened, lo every standard of a leading show | Larry Temple was scheduled to "mix
house.
The negotiations for this land bave been under way for several months, but were consummated only a week ago.
HOW SOLDIERS VOTE
'II Re a Big Xasli to Allow Boys on the Mexican Border to Cant Ballot.
Albany, September 28—New York State soldiers at the .Mexican border 1 use an eight foot ballot on elec¬ tion day. It will be he longest ever used in a combined national and state election -and the first "war bal¬ lot" since 1898 whon American sol¬ diers were on Cuban soil. A carload of election supplies will leave for the border about October 20th. Secretary of State, Francis M. Hugo, will send a representative from the election bureau of his office to Texas on Octo¬ lier 25th to ."omplcte arrangements for polling tho soldiers' vote.
it up" with "Kid" Cotton, the ter¬ rible waiter in Infants, who "can flght some," in sporting parlance.
l,Ariy thought his drawing pro- rlivitics entitled him to lots of "kale,'' and the club management could not see much delight in pay¬ ing "all the profits" to Larry.
Presto! Thc Frerport Sporting Ciub failed to open its doors and at the same time the Nassau A. C, of Haldwin placarded the village adver¬ tising Larry Temple, of Rockville Centre as the main flght- He was carded tn make a showing of 'Young Monroe.
Everything was going along nicely, but the cog got choked in some way. Fighters who appeared at the Nas- ' sau A. C, on I.abor Day had com¬ plained to the State Boxing Com¬ mission that they had not been paid I for their work. The commission is I strict on these complaints and with¬ out giving the management of the Nassau A, f. a hearing revoked the license Tuesday morning. Frank Gately of Grand Avenue, who is one , of the management was notifled that the license lind been revoked and so , was Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit, with 1 further instructions to see that "no
BOX. AT IT AGAIN.
At the primary election beld In tbe Slst election district in Lynbrook, Counselor Martin A. SpHngsteed, and his bitter political opponent. Thomas K. Box, the old Democratic war horse, had it out again.
Box Insisted upon appointing the Ballot Clerk. Sprlngsteed objected. A verbal battle ensued, which nearly cahninated In flatlculfs. The Coun- ^'elIov who quoted the law to the bel- liprerants came ont vtctorloms.
Rumor has it that Tom is dying hani, but we are told ttaat tbe old man haa atlli a few Hgbta left-
GATHER IN CONFERENCE.
Tbere waa a thoroughly representa¬ tive gathering of Republicans at Sara¬ toga Springs when the Republican state conference met there on Sep¬ tember 28.
In adflltion to the State Committee and the 832 conferees, tbere was Charles E. Hughes, the Republican candidate for President, Governor 'Whitman and all tbe nominees on thc Republican state ticket, United States Senator Wadsworth. William M. Cald¬ er. candidate for United States Sen¬ ator, all tbe congressional, senatorial aiMl assembly candidates. Chairman Wilcox of the Republican National Committee, Herbert Parsons, national committeeman from New York and prominent Republicans from all over the state.
Governor Hughes addressed tbe conference.
The State Committee met to nom¬ inate candidates for presidential elec¬ tors aijtd transact such other business as properly came before it.
The conference was made up of 832 representatives from the 160 As¬ sembly'^ dlatrlcts of the state, cboseiii in accoVdance with the basis of rep¬ resentation established by tbe sUte convention of 1914. and was called to co-operate with the sUte committee in' adopting n platform and, consider¬ ing such other matters aa may be ad¬ visable.
\VcH.s railed to secure the pi'ogres- i "'""' '" *^'"" "'" ^"y other department
vvitliin a year'.'4 time, and I strongly •'•..omnicnd that the length of time in which persons on such a list may receive retn.'statement, bo extended, aud that while such a list is in force, no jiptiointrneiits be made from other lists until the suspended list Is ex¬ hausted."
Tliis saving of tlie taxpayers' money has not hindered the work that is being done on the canals. Since thc $27,000,000.00 Ijond l.ssue of last year has bccpme available for canal purposes Mr. Williams has gone ahead with the work to such an ex¬ tent that tb? entire canal system can be completed by May l, 1918. Six lar.ge contracts and a number of smaller ones have been planned, ap¬ proved by the Canal Board and are now in force. Each contract has; as the date for Its expiration, not later than May 1, |918. In fact the work has progressed so rapidly that next spring will mark the completion of the Oswego eanal nnd the Erie canal to Three Rifer Point, thereby estab¬ lishing through navigation between Lake Ontario and the Hudson River. The entire" Champlain canal Is in op¬ eration and will be entirely finished next spring while the Oayuga-^eneca • 1 will be completed next year. Under Mr. Williams' efflclency has replaced chaos, economy has done away with waste and the campaign pledges of 1914 have been adhered to to the very last letter.
iivo ncii.iiiiaiion alihougli they have neeu ai3.-iiieu oi' united support at the polls iu November.
iLc olill:ial figures are as follows;
I'RIMAHV \ tl'l'K, r.Ei'l'Iil^It.'A.'*. (iovernor
Chtiil(-.s ;; Whitman William AI, Honnctt Plurality
I'. H. S«iint»r William M. Calder Robert Bacon
Pluralit.v
Meut. Governor Edward Schuoneck
mccy. of 8tnte Francio M, Huru
i'oraptrallcr EiiRone .\1. Tiuvis Juniea K. Hooker Plurality
'rreaainrer Jamea U Wells
Attorney (ieneral Kgburt Ft. W'l.odbiii-y
StMe Enu. 4 Snrrttyor F'rank M. Williams
4'K. J. Ct. of Appeala Frank H. Hincock
AHHoc'late J. Cl. of AppenlN Cuthbert W. Pound 24« 651
FIll.'WABY VOTE DKMOCRAT
taovpraor Samuel Seabury
1'. S. Senutor William F. McCombs Thomas F, Conway Plurality
Lieut, (iovenior Thoma.>i J. Kreuzer
lir. l.l.¦; i i,r:j" I'll It. Ill 7
153,373 14i,:>i,ii
9.007
•iJS.-l'a
257,3-111
216,878 53,710
163.168
251,416
24!>,727
251,81'J
252,8C?
158,718
99,307 62,756
46,5Cl
150,16-1 150,067 149,164 144,231 148,381 147,857 147,591
Secy, of State
Frank M. Stngie Comptrvller Joseph W, Ma.ster.>)
Treanuxer Maurice S Cohen Atty. General William W, Farli'V
State EhiK. ft Surveyok' Henry R. Beebe
Ch. J. Ct. of Appeals AlmFt F. Jenks
Anaaclate J. Ct. of Appeala John T. Norton 147,352
PRIMARY VOTK. STAT. PBOGRB88IVK. tJovemoT Charles S Whitman Samuel Seaburv Plurality V. a. Senator Bnin bridge Colby William M. Calder
Plurality '
I,<leut. (iovernor It. Bradley Door Edward .Schoeneck Plurality Seey. of State Francis M. Hiiro Wendell P, Jfiirray Plurality Coaipt roller T^up-f-r,,. M. Travlu .1,1. C, Tv-keT^nn Plurality Trenaurer Krank P. Tucker Jamets 1* WeHs Plurality Atty. General Robe't H, Klder Kgrburt F. Woodbury Pluramy **ate Bnar. A Surveyor FranV M. Williams
rtt. J. ct. of Appeala Frank H. HIscoek Almet F .lUnMt PluralJty Annoelate J. Ct. mt Appeala CuthbTt W. Pound 12,649
11,4SS 6,02t)
B,463
7,006 6,875
7,390 7,2.57
The form Of ballot wm make elec•: nj,^^ ^^^ j,^^ ^g„ tion day a busy one for the soldiers. • ,pj,^ ^^owds started to congregate
before the H.ildwln rluli house eariy. They were all Tei'ipl" rooters. Fin¬ ally, when Ixiiiis A. Vou Gelder, the inspectoi' for the commission in these
Neither the names of parlies nor can- •^lldiitcs will appear on the lengthy ballot. The name of every candidate to be voted lor must be written in thc
blank space beneath the title of the | '^'^^i^'^o,' ^aw t.he immense crowd he office that is to be fliled, A pamphlet g„, „p „„ ^^e rostrum and notifled nf several pages is to be distributed ^,, ^^^^^ tj,^ license of the clnh had piong the soldiers prior to election f„.<,„ ,-evokeii and no fights could be day and thi.s will give the names of \^f.](\.
all candidates of various parties for , (jatoly declares that thc iiianage- !ill offices, ranging from presidential ^^p^^ j^ad paid every flghter on Labor
LIMIT ON CROWING
10,079
*-'\i
9.53S 5.381
4.167
7.f.B5 6,001
7.7M 6,445
l,Srt6
12,679
7,965 6,27:
1.691
AfCTION BABG.*IN 8AT,E.
Notice is glvp.n in another portion of tbl<i issue of the Nassan Post of tbe large auction sale of bousetaold fnmlttire to be held at Florence rottarre, Preeport, oo Tuesdav. Oc- lober lirA. E. A. Dorian. anctlone«>r. Tr*>o i-'I'l *'aye charge of the Kale, riXtT". '•a* • i" t*."urm'ftfrf ¦^'•rnLitl' opportiinitv of the wnaton. Glance over »be IM. t>>«> sale starts at 10 o'clock on Tuesday.
Henry L. Maxson, a useful and ac¬ tive trustee of tbe village, never loses an opportunity to "crack" a joke, at the' village board meetings, despite the great magnitude of work that lay before him. Some might say that Henry strains a point or two, to see the humor in things, but giving cred¬ it where credit ts due .be is fast win¬ ning fame as a bnmorist. Henry sees the point, be it even so sharp a Joke as Frank Tinney might pull off, Maxson was present at tbe meet¬ ing of the village board Thursday, when Dr. William H. Runcie, healtli officer, appeared to discuss health matter. Dr- Runcie told of a resident of the village calling on him to make a complaint to bim against a neigh¬ bor, who owns a rooster which crows at 3 or 4 a. m. every morning. The doctor declares that be Investigated this complaint which he believes Is based on spite or Jealousy. Comes Mr. Maxstm into the breach. 'I move that the rooster be al¬ lowed to crow whenever he feels like It. and that no restraint be put on him." said Mr. Maxson. and then as an afterthought, he added, "I supple¬ ment that motion by allowing every rooster the privilege of crowing until "lertion dsy, l>eforc tbe polls open. TKeV will not want to do any crow- In" pf**» that date."
Tt mfabt be fald In conclusion that '^ni.otee Maxson is a Republican. He Icnows. '
electors down to town and ward.
Each company headquarters is to be a polling place for the men of that company. A complement of soldiers named by the company Itself will serve as Inspectors. Voting will be carried on ih all three camps: Mc¬ Allen, Mission and Pharr. Polls will remsln open during hours to he named by the commanding oflflcer at each post but for a period of not less than three lioiirs-
A11 ballots will lie in envelopes when handed out to tbe soldiers. In addition there will be a smaller bal¬ lot containing the two propositions, one as to whether or not there shall be another eonstltiitionat convention, • and the other relating to the ten mil- ' lion dollar bond issue for the acquisi¬ tion of lands for tbe forest preserve. Soldiers will be permitted to tpke tbe ballots to iheir tents or some con¬ venient place while they write In the names of those for whom they wish to vote.
Eacb soldier will be required to take an oath that he Is a dulv quali¬ fled voter. Inspectors will take his name and address in the poll book. Two hundred ballot boxes are to be sent to Texas for use on election 4ay-
Immediately following the election, the ballots voted and one of the poll books will he hurried back to Secre¬ tary of State Hugo. A duplicate poll book will also be sent fo Governor Charles Whitman. The work of counting tbe soldiers' vote and prop¬ erly crediting tbe same Will involve considerable additional labor. As soon as the ballots are received by
Day except two lads who were chased out of the ring by Referee Patsy Haley, for "stalling."
"We got ours below tbe belt," said Gately.
"I,iarry gave us the solar plexus," said George Winslow, of the Freeport Sporting Club.
As for Larry, he was like the dog with a chunk of meat in its "mouth crossing the bridge over a stream. The dog .saw his reflection In the water. The meat appeared twice its size. He thought by dropping his chunk the "other" dog would drop hi.s, but he lost the meat which sank to the bottom of tbe stream.
How about it. flght fans?
ITALIANS DISAGREE
There has been a rift in the lute of the descendents of Christopher Co¬ lumbus. As a result of a faction that has sprung up among our Ital¬ ian ciiizens two celebrations are scheduled In Freeport on Columbus Day, October 12, Instead of one, as heretofore- One faction proposes holding the celebration at East Mer¬ rick Road and Gold Street. Tbe other faction at tbe same time will hold its revelry three blocks away on Bennington Avenue.
Whether the difference in the af¬ fairs of the Italians will be patched up or not remains to be seen. The flrst evidence of bad feeling was ex¬
hibited in the Freeport Court Mon- Secretary Hugo, the State Chairman day night when Anthony iJi Greea of the two principal partleB will be , and Ix)u1h Ferrarar met. Ferrarra notifled. The envelops containing the' was a complainant and La Greea wan ballots will be compared with the ' a defendent. The complaint apecifled poll books before representatives of act toward Ferrara, but be was ac- both partlei. That portion of the , quitted. Feitara was to have been poll referring to any particular ! n defendent on Ijl Grcca's complaint county will he copied and the copy Wednesday, but the charge was wlth-
Irawn and thc first dawn of amica¬ bility between the two factions sprung into existence.
Unless the two factions get togeth¬ er, the police may step in and stop
with tbe envelops and ballots, wil I bc
sent to the boards of election or
County Clerks. They in turn will
tske the copy of the poll hook and
make a copy for each election district
nnd send Uie same with tbe ballots to i both celebrations.
tbe board of Inspectors of the par- | '.
ticular district Thev will Proceed to j.^^ Freeport Ix>dge of Elks is ar-
canvass the vote an'i later returfl the ; ,^„ ,„ ^„ ^^, ^^^ Christmas
same to the counly board of con vas- ^^^j^^^ committee lo take care of the
sera who will forward it to the State ^^^^ ^^ ^,^^,„^ ^ Christmas hol-
Vofes not received before D.-cem. ' ^''*y"- ^ committee has been ap- w 00.1 .,, ^^^^^^ '**'""^* , u ,T pointed to take tbe matter In band hpr 29tJ, will not be canvassed by tbe , ^^ ^^ ^„^ ^^^ arrangements slm-
^¦'» ¦ 1^'*'*^ ^ llar to those of last year, which
T^e reritlar monthly m««etlne of 'he W, C. T. V. ^IV '«• *-'•• '» ' ' ^oT»l<• o Mrs. Geo- W. Ravnor. 1421 „ _.
'. d^pt,. TtiiireAntr. October 5, at 3 i ^«r« famllKHT wiil bi~fed"nert Christl
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m. Importaot buaioaaa.
.vear,
proved so successful- Nearly three bundred families were fed last year and it is •expected, aUusti an earlier start has been made this year that
