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OFFICIAL PAPER OF TEE VILLAOE OF FREEPORT.
FREEPORT, N. T., FUDAT, DECEMBER 31, 1915.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF HASSAU COUHTT, 1916.
PRICE TWO CEHTS
;OAL IS CHEAPEST COMMODITY GIVE THE COAL MAN A CHANCE
1HTERE8TIH0 ARTICLE BT BLOTH SHOWS OLD CRT OF HIOH PRICES UHFOUHDED.
At this time of the year when coal is beinj? consumed more than at any other time, we hear the old cry of high prices and the coal dealer is 'clasBed among thieves and robbers.
Human nature is a peculiar thing «nd the animal nature In us often as¬ serts itself In ways and at times -when we do not realize it but which is proTen by the fact that we spend money for food and drink without u murmur but when It comes to paying rent, paying the doctor or buying eoal .the average raan considers It an imposition and one would think that no benefit was derived from any ot the above and only that which went to satisfy the cravhngs of the appe¬ tite was well spent.
Coal is about the cheapest thing that enters into the home Ufe but because it Is bought and sold in large 'quantities and the amount of money paid is also large there ia more or less /comment made without analyzing the matter justly.
At 17.50 per ton coal is considered high but if we reduce the price and -quantity to a pound basis we find that it is actually 3 % tenths (.00375) -cents per pound.
For comparison let us take some of the articles consumed in the average home and place them on the same ton basis as coal.
Susar O $c a tb In
Plour tb Sc a rb is
¦Coffee V 30c a tb is
Steak @ SOc a lb is
60c a tb is
.0037eca tb Is
Tea -Coal
$120.00 per toti 100.00 per ton 600.00 per ton 600.00 per ton
1000.00 per ton 7.50 per ton
Again there is a howl wben the •ooal dealer feels the necessity of ad- Yapcing the price of his goods to meet the added cost of labor, feed and re- Vairs incident to the business but the grocer and butcher may advance their prices with only a slight pro¬ test or none at all and in reality the
advance is far greater in proportion as for example:
Per pound Per ton
Sugar advanced lc means $20.00
Flour advanced 2c means 40.00
Butter advanced 3c meana (0.00
Coal advanced .0002Sc means .50
While it is true that food Is not consumed in the quantities that coal Is, yet It is also true that a ton of coal will warm and comfort the same number of people as would consume a ton of food, in other words, the smaller the family the less food con¬ sumed but the same amount of fuel Is needed as for a large family and the quantity Is not increased as ia the case in the consumption of food.
The United States Oovernment last year made a report showing the cost of living covering an average of 2,5C7 families with an average in¬ come of $827.19, or about |17 per week, out of which they spend 1768.54 for the following articles, the size of the family being reckoned ou a basiu of 5.31 persons:
Percent. Average.
Kood 42.54 $326.90
Rent 12.96 99.49
MortgaRe—
Principal 1.08 8.18
Interest 62 3.9$
Fuel 4.19 32.23
LightinK 1.06 8.16
CIothinK—
Husband 4.39
Wife 3.39
Children 6.26
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Taxes Insurance—
Property
Life
Organization—
Labor
Otiier
Religious purposes
Ciiarity
Furniture and
Utensils
Books und Newspapers 1.09 Amusements and
Vacations
Intoxicating Liquors
Tobacco
Slcltnpss and Death Other purposes ....
75
.20 2.53
3.42
1.60 1.62 1.42 2.67 5.87
33.73
26.0S
48.08
5.79
l.ss
19.44
3.87 5.18 7.82 2.39
26.31 8.3S
12.I8- 12.44 10.93 20.64 .43.13
Totals 100.00 $768.64
From the above you will see that the average man pays as much for coal for the whole family aa he does for his own personal clothes and tak¬ ing It for granted that the husband is the.only drinker in the household we find that he pays more for his liquor and also for his tobacco than his pro¬ portion of fuel would cost.
6IRL StCeiFICE IN HN GAME
:fatal accideht m home at
SMITHVILLE SOUTH — BOT KILLS SISTER—SHOT OUN A TEMPTATION.
Fifteen-year-old Michael Robuck ahot and killed his sister Rosa dur¬ ing their Christmas play at their home «t Smithville South on Monday. Al¬ though literally surrounded with toys Michael became fascinated with his lather's double-barreled shot gun. While playing an Indian game the
Rather Than Carry Over
our holiday specialties in
Manicure Sett
Poker Seto Paper
Perfume Atomizers Pipes
1916 Calendars and
other items
we will sell any of them at a
Discount of 25%
It will pay you to inquire.
CHUBBUCK'S
Nassau County's Biggest and Bost Drug Store
MADT STREET FREEPORT
life of Rosa, 9 years old, became the sacrifice.
Rosa and her brother had been playing with the mechanical toys, dolls and Christmas trinkets when the boy chanced to see his father's shot gun. The parents were in an ad- Joining room and the doo^ wtus closed. To Michael it was the long-looked-for opportunity to play with the gun.
"Come on, Rosa, let's play Indian," he whispered. "Dad's out in the other room and we can have all the fun we wanti"
The child agreed and was cast for the role of the kidnapped "pale face." Michael took her prisoner, made her march before him and go through all the actions that his Ingenuity could picture as the part of a captured white woman. Finally he decided that it was time to obtain a scalp. Rosa was or¬ dered to stand with her back to the wall, and Michael went through the motions he thought were tbe stock In trade of bad red men. In the midst of his antics his foot became entangled in a rug and be stumbled.
There was a crash as both barrels of the shot gun were discharged at the face of the girl. HorrornBtrlcken Michael bent over his sister and tried to stop the blood that flowed from a wound in her face.
James Robuck, father of the chil¬ dren, rushed into the room at the sound of the explosion and immediate¬ ly summoned a physician. By the time the doctor arrived the child was dead.
An investigation by Justice Morton resulted in the exoneration of the grlef-strlcken brother.
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Successor to
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39 Railroad Are., Opp. Depot
FREKPORT. N. Y.
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all kinds all branches
Fire Burglary Automobile
Surety Bonds
Aoddent Life Plate Olass
Workmen's Compentation
Money to Loan on Mortgage
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FOR THL YLAR 1916
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TENDER MEMORIES
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COMPLETE COMPILATION TO BE PRINTED NEXT WEEK—COUN¬ TT CLERK CHESHIRE'S BEPORT SHOWS $1,915.15 COLLECTED.
The seventy-seventlf meeting of the members of the boa^d 0't supervisors was held In their chambers in the court house on Dec. 24. The reading of the minutes wa« dispensed with in order that the work 01; the budget might be taken up at once.
W. Fred Starks, civil engineer of Gleu Cove, was authorized to prepare a survey of the county road known as Jericho turnpike, extending from the City Line to the Jericho Hotel corner, showing the limits of the county metes and bounds, to be approved if found in proper form.
The county treasurer was directed to transfer tbe sum of |1,800 from the county clerk's fee fund to the credit of tbe general fund. He was likewise directed to transfer the sum of |400 from the unappropriated balance ot the general fund to the credit of the Nassau county charter commission fund.
On motion of Supervisor Smith the petition of Dorothy DeRoth of Free- port for the refund of money on a double assessment in the year 1911 and 1912, was granted. Several bills were audited and the board adjourned.
At the regular meeting on Monday, Miss Qeorgia C. Burrowes was au¬ thorized to act as clerk of the boara of supervisors .during the temporary absence of Clerk' Ooodale. Sheriff Pettit reported 87 prisoners in the Jail for the week ending Dec. 26.
The petition of T. Pymonowaki of Manhasset for a refund of tax money on double assessment was granted. Clerk Goodale was authorized to ar¬ range for the printing of 100 bound copies of the minutes of the board.
The following statement of fees charge and collected during the month of November, 1915, was sub¬ mitted and filed by County Clerk Cheshire:
Deeds. $827.25; mortgages, $617.50: notary certificates, $19.25; notary qualifications. $3.50; lis pen¬ dens. $37.50; satisfaction pieces, $97.97; searches, $87; Judg^nents, Judgments, $74.55; transcripts, $9.60; executions, $17.62; mechanics' liens, $3.40; eortifled copy papers, $48.90; incorporation certlflcates. $20.75; B. and L. contracts, $4.20; niiscellaneous, $34.46; chattel mort¬ gages, $11.76; making a total of $1,916.16.
Tbe work of preparing the budget was continued on TueadayHnd Wed¬ nesday. A complete compilation will be printed in The Naasau Post next week.
IS FREEPORT TO BE OOT OF DtTE?
NASSAU POST'S ATTITUDE ON SEWER QUESIION APPROVED BT PBOMINENT ENGLISHMAN IN LETTEB TO SUBSCBIBEB.
Freeport, Dec. 22, 1915. James K. Stilea,
Editor Nassau Post, Freeport, N. Y. Uear Sir:
I send you an extract from a letter received today from a friend of mine in Moiton Mowbray, England, wliich 1 be¬ lieve wlil Interest you. Your truly, THOMAS H. GIUMORIi.
(Extract from a letter from Melton Mowbray, Bngland.) "I received the two copies of The Nassau Post. One thing in the paper surprised me. It seems very benight¬ ed to us that in a fashionable place like Long Island you should only be considering the matter of abolishing cesspools. Tou must be sadly out oi date in the States. Of course I know that we lead the world in sanitary matters; still, I did not realize that other countries were so helplessly be¬ hindhand. Why, even in a Ilttle town like this, our privies were abolished 20 tp 30 years ago. We have water carriage of sewage everywhere, and a refuse destructor. The latter raises the steam that Is necessary to work the pumps tbat deal with the sewage. Go, then, and do likewise. Don't let the initial expense frighten you. Long Island will be a cleaner and healthier place when you do. I agree with the editor with all that he says on the matter."
IS BT IB.
CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING HEW¬ LETT - WOODMERE DISTRICT AWARDED — MERRICK PETI¬ TION GRANTED.
DR. ITENAOA TO GIVE MOST IN¬ TERESTING LECTURE MONDAT.
The Arts Club of Freeport will hold its regular meeting Monday, January 3, 1916, at three o'clock, in the chapel of the M. E, Church.
The subject of Dr. lyenaga's lec¬ ture wiil be, "Pekln—Seat of Old Monarchy and of New Republic." Dr. lyenaga has made three visits to China; one in 1898 as commissioner to study the opium question, which enables him to spaak with first-hand knowledge of his aubject. - This lec¬ ture which is Illustrated will be one of the most important of the series.
How Americans SeU Goods to Chinese.
Every salesman will see "horae sense" in this story. Raad the New York Harald Sundaj, January 2. An American newspaper tor American i>eopla. Sae alrablp drop bomb oa steamer.
The regular meeting of the town board was held In the town hall on Tuesday at 3 o'clock. The minutes of the regular and special meetings were read and approved.
The regular order of business was suspended and tbe bids for lighting the Hewlett-Woodmere lighting dis¬ trict for a term of five years were opened. The contract was awarded to the Queens Borough Gas and Elec¬ tric Company at the prices of $19.80 a year for 60-candlepower lights, and $27 a year for 100-candlepower lights.
The petition of 65 Merrick tax¬ payers relative to the placing of an amount of $500 In the budget for in¬ creased flre fighting apparatus and protection, to be raised on the taxable property at a rate not to exceed 10 cents on flOO, was approved and granted by the board.
Mr. Ephraim J. Jennings addressed tbe members of the board in relation to the progress made in the matter of the petition of the West Hempstead- Hempstead Gardens and Lake View Association and the town of Hemp¬ stead requesting an appropriation of $10,000 by the City of New York foj tbe construction of a highway along the westerly border of Hemp¬ stead street reservoir from Eagle avenue to Front street. West Hemp¬ stead.
Following the adoption of the bud¬ get for 1916 whicb will be printed in full in the next issue of The Nassau Post, the board adjourned.
Master Lewis M. Raislg, Jr., was the guest at the afternoon session of the board.
Remson at Old Post
Justice Thomas R. Fay sat at bis- last meeting of the town board of North Hempatead Mmiday aftemoon in Manhaaaet. On January 1 former Justice Gomelius Remsen of Roslyn will be sworn Into his old ofBce.
This will be the first time in the memory of old residents that the com¬ munity has not been directly repre¬ sented on tha board.
Walk on Traek Fatal.
Charlea Chester, 35 years old, of Smlthrille South, while walking along the railroad traek near Bail- mare, waa struck by an Inbotind Babylon expreaa, Monday, and killed. Chester was unmarriad aad lisd baen living with hla parenta. Mr. and Mn. Charles Chester, In BmithTllla Sooth.
GAS CO. PROVIDES INSURANCE FOR EMPIOYES-AU PROTECe
Freeport Locals.
Miss Dorothy Harrison entertained friends at her home on Tuesday eve¬ ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton H. Brown spent the holidays in Freeport, stop¬ ping at the former's home on Brook¬ lyn avenue.
Miss Marjorie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Smith, entertained friends at her home on Tuesday eve¬ ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Shea of 11 Whaley street are being congratulat¬ ed upon the birth of a daughter on the morning of December 26. Mother and daughter are doing nicely.
GBIEF HUSTENEO SEtBOfirS OEtTH
PROMINENT IN HEMPSTEAD AND COUilTT—HAS HELD SEVERAL POLITICAL OFnCES—HE WAS 61 TEARS OLD.
Robert Seabury, flrst county judge and surrogate of Nassau county, died at his bome, 127 Franklin street, Hempstead, on Sunday. Judge Sea¬ bury's death is believed to have been hastened by the loss of his only son, Albert H. Seabury, several months ago. Since his son's death his health has failed.
Ilocembcr 2i, 1915. To thi- F.mployes of Tho .NasHiiu and Suffolk LlKhtinK Company: Wo aro constantly mindful of the loy¬ alty and offlcloncy of our employes and , ^ „ , ,^ , ., V appreciate those qualities upon which
Judge Seabury was born iu Hemp-> tho continued success of the company
careful study as to tha
Stead Dec, 10, 1844, and was the sou of Robert S. and Sarah E. Seabury. He attended school in Hempstead ana in the Union Hall Academy in Ja¬ maica. He studied law in tbe ofllce of Alden J. Spooner, in Brooklyn, and in the olfice of J. W. C. Leverldge of Manhattan. In 1864 he Joined the Flfty-eixth Infantry, New York Vol¬ unteers, serving until tbe close of the war. In 1866 he was admitted to the I.ar, opening an ofllce in Hempstead, In 1870 Judge Seabury married Miss Amelia Hendrickson, who died in 1882. Two years later he married Miss Mary Hendrickson, a sister of Lis first wife. Two children were born of the last marriage, a son," Al¬ bert H., and a daughter, Mary, both of whom are now deceased. Twenty- flve years ago Judge Seabury was town clerk of the town of Hempstead; later he was appointed clerk to the board of supervisors of Queens coun¬ ty, serving until Nassau county was formed. In 1909 he was elected, on the Democratic ticket, as the first county judge and surrogate of Nas¬ sau county, the ofllce having a dual nature at that time.
At the expiration of his term In this office he was elected a member of the board of supervisors from tbe town of Hempstead, serving two terms. He was regarded as one of the leading Democrats In Nassau county and his advice was frequently sought by leaders in his party.
Judge Seabury was past master of Morton Lodge No. 63, F. and A. M., of Hempstead, and was a member of Moses A. Baldwin Poet No. 544, G. A. R., and of the Nassau county Bar As¬ sociation.
At the time of his death he was a director and vice-president of the Hempstead Bank and a director of the Nassau Trust Company, the Nassau- Suffolk Bond and Mortgage Company and the Glen Cove Mutual Insurance Company.
For over half a century he had been a communicant of St. George's Episcopal church.
Judge Seabury leaves his widow and a brother, Samuel S. Seabury.
The funeral of former County Judge Robert Seabury was held from his late residence at 2 o'clock Thurs¬ day afternoon. Expressions of sym¬ pathy were heard throughout the cdVinty when it was learned that tbe flrst county Judge of Nassau county bad passed away. The supervisors or¬ dered the flag at the court house at half staff.
Mrs. Seabury is very ill and has been for some time.
Methodist Catondi Notes.
The Christmas cantata. "The Christ Child," was rendered by a special choir at the Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday evening. The work wa^ highly commended and re¬ flected considerable credit upon Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Van Riper.
The annual Christmas exercises of the various divisions of the cburch and Sunday acbooi are being beld throughout the week. The cradle roll Xmas party, held on Tuesday, was quite appropriate, and the bome department reception most cordial and delightful.
In the evening of Thursday, follow¬ ing the primary department exercises In the afternoon, the exercises of the main sehooi were held. The cantata "Santa Claus and His Toys" waa ren¬ dered, much to the Joy and pleaaure of thoae preaant.
Special watch-night aervlees will be held at the church on Priday eve¬ ning.
NEW STEP MADE POSSIBLE BT UNCEASmO EFFICIENT OF PBESIDENT MACDONALD.
By announcement to the employes on Dec. 24, the Naasau and Suffolk Lighting Company made public a plan whereby all permanent employes In the service of Its several departments wlll be protected by life insurance at the companyis eTipense. At the death of such employer-ttielr families wlll receive checks from the Equitable Life Assurance Society for a substantial sum, ranging from $1,000 to $3,00o, according to the grade of the em¬ ploye. While no statement has been made as to the aggregate amount It Is understood that the insurance to¬ tals In the hundred.^ of thousands.
The Insurance is on the new group plan Inaugurated by the Equitable Life Assurance Society and is eflective without medical examination on all present employes in active service. The insurance came as a complete sur¬ prise to the employes although it had been a matter of study with the of¬ flcials of the Nassau and Suffolk Lighting Company for many months. The announcement was made today in a letter signed by President George MacDonald, which read as follows:
oponds. Aftf l)*«t method of showing our apprecia¬ tion. It has beon docldod to furnish and maintain for all employes, without ex¬ penso to thom, an insurance policy In a substantial sum.
It gives ue pleasure, therefore, to an¬ nounce that you will be protected by life insurance, payable to your beneficiary In the event of death whilo In the employ of this company.
The protoctlon of one's family Is of vital concern. The ordinary cost of life insurance in proper amount, in many In¬ stances, may be so great as to cause a heavy burden upon Iho Income. In addi¬ tion, somo would bo unablo to pass the rigid physical requlroments of the nocossary modical oxamlnatlon for In¬ dividual Insurunce.
Wo are, therefore, particularly pleas¬ ed to announce that hy arrangement made with the Equitable Life Assurance Socloty. this insurance will be granted ui»on present omployes wltl:out medical examination.
Attached is a form of application blank. Please fill this out at once and return It to the head of your depart¬ mont through tho porson delegated to rorolvo It In your dopartmenf. From tho Information on this application an Insurance oortlflcato wlll bo issued by the Kqultahlo LIfo Assurance Society and Hont you In due course. In tho moantlnio, howovor, under thc agree¬ ment mado with tho Equitable this In- suranco Is olToctlvo as of December 24. iniS, upon all then at work and In the active sorvico of tho company.
In coii.summatlng this arrangement. It kIvoh uh plousuro to acknowledge the high order of Intolllgent and zealous sorvico which haif characterized the work of our employes In tho past and wo havo f.vory confidence that It will b« oonllnuod In the future.
With every good wish, wo aro Yours very truly, OKOnOK MACDONALD,
President.
The Equitable recently made a strict examination of the company's plant, shops, repair department and distribution system with the view of learning how much care is taken for the safety and comfort of the men em¬ ployed, with the result that the risk was found of high type. When In¬ terviewed President Oeorge MacDon¬ ald, who has been active In the man¬ agement since the commencement of the company ten years ago, eaid: "This step in Insuring the lives of our employes for the protection of their families at the company's expense, ia In line with the liberal poll/bies which the company has always Maintained toward those In its servce. It is in line with the best conception of the relations between employer and em¬ ploye and we believe the plan will do much to promote freedom from worry on tbe part of the employe and those who look to him or her for sup¬ port. While group Insurance bas bean adopted by prominent employera throughout the country we are nat¬ urally pleased to learn that the Naa¬ sau and Suffolk Lighting Company is the inaugurator of the plan in Nassau county."
Since tbe formation of the company In 1905 it has grown largely and its operations are now extended as cov¬ ering the greater part of Nasaaa county with gas for lighting and heat¬ ing purpoees from the plans of the company centralized at Hempstead. The offlcers of the company are: Oeorge MacDonald, president; Hon. Charles Cooper, vlce-prealdent; Joseph MacDonald. secretary, and W. H. B. Cooper, treasurer.
AT THB rLAZA.
Week of Jan. 3. Monday—Robert Warwick In "The Flash of %n Kmer- ald," In flve acts. Tuesday—Bdlth Rtorey and Ned Flnley in "A Man's Sao- rlflce," In three acts; Charles Chaplin in "A Night In the Hhow." Wednesday— Olga Petrova in "My Madonna," In flva acts.- Thursday—Florence Le Badle in "The Prle* of Her Bilenea." In four aeta, Priday—Louise Oale In "The Hunfarlaa Nabob," In four acts. Baturday—K. R. Calvert In "fUckonin* Day," in thraa aeta. Each day the (eatare ts tollewat by additional coraedlea and dramas.-^ Adv.
