ailyrWaHBaufO0t|l p„,i«,j Calendar
PnMiiUMd FrMar* by
TBE NAWIAU POUT CX>11PO«ATION
JAUK ». STILJH, PrMMMt
M SovUi Ornr* StrMt, rrMporl N. T.
¦stared m nmiim4-*)»»* matter April t. If 14, «t «•• Pm* Ofl»<>» -It rr«p«rt, M. T.. •«a*r Uw Aet of Msreh ». 187*.
Nfwi Editor •BI.WOOD V. BALDWIN
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THJB KAS8AU POST CORPORATION
Wn OAc*, 22 flonih arovt Str*«t, FrMport
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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 191«
Trolley Une Inadequacies.
kSeventeen year.s ago the .Mineola, Hemp«<tead and F^reeport Traction Company, now the N. Y. & L. I. Trac- 'Uon Company, was granted the riglht to build and operate a trolley line through Freeport village. The oomdnig of the railroad to connect witlh the town and county seats and later witlh New York City, -was hailed aa a long- <}cBired method of cheap transit, and ¦it has proved to be such.
The trolley has undoubtedly helped to Inrild up P'reeport and all other TJllagieis through ¦which it passes, but the road has not kept pace with this growth. It stilil is a single track line in the Nassau Coun/ty limits and be¬ yond them. This prohibits the in- stailalbioei of a schedule which would, if mainitJained at intervals of fidJteen minuiteiB at 'lea^t, take oare of the heavy traffic now oausiing mueh con- gostion, and also ¦would facilitate the loperatioT* of c.ars by the elimination of tuim-outs or sidings.
AcoomiirvodaAtions on the trotlley are abominable ait times. The lime is opePating un old-sityle tpye of oar with short vestibules and small seating capacity. In fact, the cars are not as ¦conven/iemit as those first put on the line when traffic ¦was small. In rus'h houips, at present, the cars are jam¬ med 'to the limit and seats are out of the queistion. Woniem and c'hildren, besides men, are compelled ¦bo stand for long distamces, are jostled by con- iiuctors passing through the oars at frequent initervads for fares (Which \9eem ¦to be it3ie all-im^jorbant issue with ¦raiSlT'oiad IdTies) and besides are sub¬ jected to the necessnty of moving »boiut, if such is poseible in the jam, ¦to Jet someone get off or on.
The trodiley company at one time, nan doaiWe-headeais to accommnodalbe the heavy traffic and when it feels disposed, conltiinues the custom, bat
The politk^l cale-ndar for the year is ss folkrws:
May 19 to Jime l.'V -CertificMe enrollment of w^omen in ipla<*es of )CM than 5,000 popi&Isrtion.
May 26—Fersorsal enrollment of in places of 5,000 or
July 2—First day for mgning petitions.
Juiy .SO to August 6—'Dates for filing designating petitions.
August l(v I/ast <tey to decline designations.
Auj?ust 20 -Ijasrt day to f\\] va¬ cancy after declination.
Augusrt. 22—Oertification by Sec¬ retary of Sta*e to the cus¬ todian of primary reoorda «i designations filed.
September 3—Fall primaries In Nassau CJounty 7 a.m. to 9 pjn.
)>,m. Outside of New York ("ity, 7 «jn. to 9 p.m.
September 9—I^ast day on which custodian of primary records oan certify results.
August 27 to Se^rtembcr &— Dates for filing town nomina¬ tions.
.September ^ to September 12— Dates for filing independent nominations.
Septcm'ber 14—Last day for de¬ clining town or independent nominations.
S(>|-.tember 17—Last day for filling vacanci'es for su&h.
October 11. 12, 18 and 19-^Per- sonal registration in cities and villages of .'j,000 or more, in Nasasu County.
October 12 and 19—Non-per¬ sonal registration outside of citiss and villages of 5,000 or more, 7 a*m. to 10 p.m.
Novembier T)—(ieneral election day.
of the capital sitock.
It was a regretful day wiibh the western capitalists -when they p'assed control of the road and they realized it laHterwaird, but too lute. Could they have (forseen the great increase in po(pulation for freeport, Roosevelt, Baldwin, Rockville (ientre, Lynbrook, Hempstead, and other places in Nas¬ .sau County, aind those in Quetyis, the s'aile of tihe trolley, it is certfiin, would not have occurred.
The western men "would have con¬ tinued .their progireesive policy, in- croaising the facilities of the road, particularly in the way of ser'vice and oanrs—ithe two great essentJais. Since the transfer of interests occurred, there has pnaictioaHy been no marked imrprovemenft in the line other than the running of cars nearer on time itihian they weire a few years aigo.
There is nnich need of double-track¬ ing amd better cars to do away -with the couigeettioai of trtUfic, -wihich nmakee
for tfte contmA ware Prbwlpal VaB H. ftmrith <if Owan '3We. Mr. Bwrry «rf *e Lyrrfrrook ssdhool, smd Miss RasiHoni, teacher of Eitglr* rn the Freeport •chool. The awards to IJhe wrinmers were Thrift Stamp*. Sidney Felten¬ stein, who presented "The Euroip^an Burden," was the chok-e of the judges for first hionops amon^r ifihe hoy«, but having won butt year's comtfl^ onuld not he awarded ithe hmnor this year. S»m fietermann, who rwsited "For Dear Old Yale," was thwreforc award¬ ed first prize, and Grilbert Stewart, who prejwnted "The I^ance of Kan- ana," second. Doroithy Oould, wiho gave "A Judith of 1864," won first
1 honors on the girls' aide, and E-velyn Teeple, who recited "Governor's Last
\ Levee,' second. The other contest-
I ants were Carol Smitth, Hollen Knamel-
I berg and John McCord.
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Freeport's Loan Worh Praised.
Much praise has been given the Filaeport Liberty l>mn CV>mmittee for its grand work in the thir<l campaign, w'hieh clo.sod last Salturday night. The Brooklyn Eagle adds to the many ¦W^ll merited tributes by saying:
"The grealt itorrcnbs trickle down from countless S7>rinigs to form the niWs that make the 'brooks thart. •make .thlj' rivers. Freeport's Loan Com- miittee beigan at the source—each hriuse in the disbrict. The people, men women aiml children, to the num¬ ber of 2,r)00 in a population of 10,000, bought bonds—.the very diogs 'wy.nit down for bonds. At 9 o'clock on Sa/t- urday night the quota. $197,.W0, was i far in the rear; $41,3,000 had been j obtaiined, and C*ap!tain Cook boildly ' saiid .$42.5,000 would be reaJlized iwhen the back districts had roportctl. Then whiilt ih'ap.penir'd in tho next three hours is typical of all thoroagih or- ' gamization—$.^)7,000 tumbled in. mak¬ ing a total of $482,000 and a cool half million that ¦was pooh-ipoohed as wild exitravagance at 9 o'clock ciune wi/thin reach. Thd proper way is to lay off | a great ring and to drive toward tiho | centre. The FreoiioTt plan of raisimg j bond monisy 'is correct in princip'le | and should be cowiimendetl by Secre-1 tairy .McAdoo to tihe resit of the coun- i try. The list of Freeport bondholders j was printed daily with correcti'Onis, ¦ briiigrrag it up to diate, and 'it looked ' like an old-faslh'ionled blanket news- ¦ paper.
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POUTICAL AND PERSONAL
"CJesn-up Week' opened on Monday wMi ideal weather for making com- munibies present a better appearance by clearing yards, vacant lots, streets and oith«r places of refuse which ac- cumularted during the winter and the early spring months. There is much Work to be done in this direction by every town and when the week ends on Saturday The Traveler anlticipatee that the State Board of Healibh will receive glowing reportts from all local authorities.
Spring is asserting itself with vigor and in all se<ctio»)s of Long Island nature has awnkeined from ¦the sleep of winter. Fields and woodland show (tihe effects of warm rains, and sitrengthening suns/hine. Streams and other waiterways are ninniing clear anid birds are singing joyfully eve<ry- w'h^re. Wi'ldflowere, including the popular violet, prevail in abundance. Hempstead plains, where millions of ithe pretty and sweet smelling violets grow tto'dh season, never .showed a betiter crop than at present and scores of persons, both young and old, visit the spot daily to gather the favorite flower.
Hempstead village is awakening to the need of having police head¬ quarters. Last week a request was made by the Village Trustees for a police room in the fire huiilding, but it was turned down by the depart¬ ment council. The reason was not disclosed. The department building was erected by tihe people to wffom the police arc respons'ible for their exisrtwnce. Chief of Police Vamdewa't- er has his olTice on the street comers and it has 'be?n there for years. To obtain a police man in Hempstead it is necessary to call the dispatchers' oflice of the trolley company. The dispatcher on duty turns on a red Wghit, notifying the oflicer thait he ia wanted. This system has worked satisfactorily when the police oflicer was near, but at other-times it bus cost plcnity of delay. It is far behind the times in tlhis as it was in many other mattsirs until recent years.
To obtain a drink of good milk these days is a'bout as difficult as buy¬ ing wheat flour or any other commo¬ dity. The Traveler had a milk thirst one day this week and entering a place where liquid refreshment is sold, made straight for the ooun'ter to quench the prevailing thirst. An O't- traotive young "woma'n poured a small gla.ss nearly full and walked away. After taking a few swallows of the whitish fluid, The Traveler began to seek for flavor, the kind which usual¬ ly accompanies milk that has not been subjected to various kinds of scienti¬ fic treatmenit to kill off oow ge'rme and a lot of other germs heralded as sure disease breeders, but no fla'vor was to
be de*Brtted. Tn fact,, tlhi mHV was so fl*t tfhait h was worse than poor drink¬ ing wsttier It did n<n»t take Iwwg to emp¬ ty the small giMw. Then oame the cost check for the drink. Ht was mark¬ ed ten cents—wmuh added to injury. It was pa4d, but tihe pWuv -which dis¬ pensed the tasrtwl'ess milk will never get ano4iher ifen cemts for a glass of it from The Trav^er. Omce stung is sufTiciertt.
"Four weeks a<po," says the Brook¬ lyn Eagle of Saturday last, "seed po- tatttes sold on l^^ng Iskand for $6 a sack of sixty pounds; today, at the Wallabout, sixty-six pounds are sell¬ ing for $.3. An ensy way to make po- taito planting pay is to wait until \fay before buying the seed."
The suggestion of the Brooklyn daily that ft would pay to w^it until May before buying the seed could not be followed profitably by many farmers, as a majority like to plant before May. .All progressive tillers of the soil bargain for their .seed po¬ tatoes during the late winter as a rule. The sellers of .seed potatoes know thss and up goes the price. Af¬ ter the rush is over, down goes the price. The whole thing in a nutshell is. thiat there is too much manipu¬ lation goinig on and until the people can get rid of it, profiteering will continue to the limit.
The manufacture of confectionary and "oPt drk ks. it i" announced, will be sharply curtailed on May l.') be¬ cause the sugar supply for their man- ufa<Jtilre will be partly cut off by the Federal Food Administration. The consumption of sugar for those pur¬ poses must le from 20 to 50 per cent, under the amounts used last year.
Manufacturers '¦who have begun business sii ce A'pril 1, or ¦wiho have enlarged their plants since that date, will be cut off entirely from using sug¬ ar. Manufacturers of all non-ed/i- ble products also are prohibited from using it.
The rrstrictions on the use 'ttf the commodity are to be enforced by means of cortiificates which shall be diftri'buted monthly to manufacturers.
Curtailment of the coi fe<rtioniary luxuries -will be a severe jolt to Ameir- ica's "sweet tooth," whk-h has been indulging to the limit within recent years. Recalling what Geoi. Sihermsin said about war. The Traveler agrees wi'tlh himi. But. peThaps, after all, it will n'ot be difficult to adjust the craving for sweets and the physical elements will be benefited.
Everyone who patronizes, theatres has undoubtedly heard of late manv songs about the sunny south, back home in Tennessee, Di.xie, and a score of other 'sentimental themes', that they wished some song writ)?r would happen along so that, he might be clubbed or told a few thinigs about S'tufling (people full of such gush. Nearly all of the saddening son^gs are composed in New York by men or womi3n wiho never saw the southlands. They realize that they can get the money by putting over some kind of verses and tunes that arouse the feel¬
ings of their audltnra i*nle«« some cheap vaudeville singar with a mur¬ derous voice attempts to butcher ttm productions. The TraneVrtr is inrlined to the belief that soutiiern melodiea Ihave been ovordone and it 'is time to put on the brakes. The N. Y. He'raJd appears to have a similar view, for in .Sunday's issue wa's the followinfc article written about the crowd who would rather be in Dixie thsn in the Bronx:
"What is there about the ¦.'iotith that starts the tear duots of tin 'p<an aWey flowinig ofiT>iouflly? It never lihinks of the land of cotton but it bursts into heartrending song thM would melt the callous breast of the most be-eagkad musta'cflied PrussMin oflicer. The So-ath seems to be a place where they oan lay their heads do'wn . and weep and weep and collect roy- alti s on their sorrow.
The .wng writers who never leave West fVrty-fif th stiree* except to wan¬ der into a nafe and out again «u)d then in again to stay, are continu¬ ously getting inspired by Floricba, NioiHh Carolina, South Carolina, Vir- .ginia, Georgia and Temne-ssee. AH s'tjites look alike to them as long aa they occupy the .South. T»iey simply sniff at « poor lone sitate that has nothing again.it it except the fact that in a forgeWul moment it select¬ ed the North to be Lorn in.
"Rut the South! Ah! F^very time tfhese 'Southerners from the Bronx and Harlem muse on the South's glories that "shall not return no more"—to use the perfect grammar of one of 'their lyricists, they lean up against the bar and allow their lachrymal glnnds to have.full play. Then, wihen they get nil choked up about the throat and can endure no moro of the South's tribulations they stagger oat into the night and take a subway, going north, to either the vine-clad hills of the Bronx or the purple mountainous region of Harlem.
"Once there they will punish an innocent piec? of white paper with soul-stirring, heart- clutching, tear- .<«tJarting words—words doleful witlh regret that they never -will ever get back to mammy waiting at the cabin door. Or that their eyes no longer will b:'liold the waving fields of cotton. Or how terrible it is that the yellovr haired Dixie gal standing there bare¬ footed at the wooden mill will never see their faces again.
"You cant 'take one of these Ewngs up without finding the fellow who pen¬ ned it express his mournful personal sorrow for having the hard luck to earn $."),000 a year in little old Goth¬ am, when how happier he would be if he was back on the old Southern farm getting $10 a year!
"If you have a sad song detailing Dixie's woes get it out and go to a Broadway son(g publisher. The sadder it is the happier he will feel, and thf more profit in it for both of you."
.lanhors and helpers at the Court House have petitioned for an increase in salary. The helpers are paid $70 a month and the jajidtoTs $80.
The poliitioal ¦writer of the Hemp¬ stead Sentinel is endeavoring to hold a post-mortem over the I>emiocratic party in the town oif Hempstead amd in Nassau Coumity. It would deem of little uae to gave the corpse amy ex- laminiaitiion to ascertain the cause of its demise. The e^vidence has been plainly set forth in mlany direotdons.
riding on the oars unpleasant except ¦vairious instances ihave been observed I wihan patrontage is far hekxw normal, ¦whare a douWe-header or tra'iler car | and these oc<ras£oni3 are not frequent should have been put on and the cosn-
l>any must easily have Agured its necessftiy. But, ao long 'as itihe public will stand for the lack of seats, crowd¬ ing and jiostliing, and a lot of otheir vexatiioiis, j uat So long -wiill the 'trolley company continue running as few cars as posBible amd spend no mojrey for ones that are of modem design and eflTording better accommodations.
The state of New York has two aets of Public Service (rommissioners who are well pai<l and are e.x:peoted to regulate conditions such as refer¬ red to. Whiat the coanmissioners are doing, if anything, to aid the traveling ipublic on the N. Y. & L. 1. Traction Compuiny line, appears blank to The
Public School AmyUies.
A fine exhibitkm of work by the Junior Red Cross workers, directed fcy iMIilss Helen L, Tuthill, telaoher, was given in itihe basement of the Grove Stireet School on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6. The ailtioles exihibited were produced by pupiils from the Fourth Grade to the High School, in¬ clusive, and atttrawted much inteirest. Representaition of a hospital scene ¦was featured by a doll in bed with a Retl Cross nurse standing near. .A table of Belgian relief -work formed part of the exhibit, antl there was a table containing articles for Unole Su'm's .soldiers. Thase articles Lnclud-
H. W. Thomiton, former Superin¬ tendent of the Long Island Railroad and later (icneral Manl'ager of itiie Great Eastern Railway (in Kngla'md) has ibeen appointed a British Briga- dier-General and Mana'ger of Rajil- | ways in Railway Movements in' | France. Mr. Thomiton was fVyrmerly I a resident of Garden City and qu'ite j well known in Nassau County. '^'*' i
"If Robert G. Anderson, oomonis- aioner of jiurors, has his -way," says the Brooklyn Eteffie, "Naea&M County within a year wiH have none 'but the most imtelhgent jurymem servte tihe counity After each panel has been drawn Cammissdoner .Anderson spends considerable ti'me in the coumts ob¬ serving the jurymen. When a tale*'- man falls short in his arns-wers and does not display a little more than ordinary intelligence his niame is ¦with- tlrawn from tihe jury box and he is no liHigtir given an opportunity to serve in the capacity of juryman.''
A New Local Service for Motorists
Timken Roller Hearing
Nassau Rosit. In fact, it seems, so
, , . ed comfort kits for which the young
far as service is concerned, a case of; . ^ ^
.lore mi ah Wocxl, chairman oif the Nassau County Republican Commit¬ tee, who for some time was locatad in the Bast Rivor .Savings Insti'tutiom Building at 291 Broadway, Manliat- tan, has removed his law offices to tihe Trinity Buiikling, 111 Broadway.
workers have provided various arti¬ cles, from sweet chocolates to cdg^ar- ettea and tobacco.
"the public be blowed" or some more forceful phrase.
In various sections of bhe country, (^onnijctiicut. New Jersey, upper New j
York, IVnnsylvania, and other pku-ea ! "^^ younger element among the that could be enumerateil, trolley lines | 'i^'^r R«i Ci\>ss workers raised are fair ahe«d of the N. Y. & L. 1.1 ?-»33.90 for maiteria,! to make the ar- Traetion Compiuiy in cars and seo-vice. ^*«' 't>e«<les devotintg their time to Many of the lines traverse conununi-1 knitting. M. Feltenstein hlaa donaibed ties sparingiy tsettled and can com- ' » knitting machine to the ecthool for pare in no way with thoee in the beau- j *"® workers, tiful well-populated area of Naasau
Elimination of the German langu¬ age in schools and churches, discon- •binuance of CJerman newspapers and the singing of German songs is pro- giessing rapidly. The fate of the Kai.ser is becoming hazardous aa our trooi)3 and the allies hold his men in cheek on the other side, ao thart all German Kultur is destined from indications to soon be a thing of the past.
Hyatt
Roller Staring
County. The trolley here undoubted¬ ly hae |^>rusper<ed unless its income has been too seniou^ly 'handk'aipped by iv«t«r«d stock mA pilfering em- piioyeea.
The western capitaUettB who estab- lifiiied the road, but sold out to in- tereslts allied wtth the Long Island 'Haibxaul, aooording to authentk re¬ ports, were progressive, and had ooa- tawwiated eartaibliahintf a paaeenger expreaii service to the caty •when the
Preliminary arrangementB are in progress for a track meet ito be heU by the High Sdhoul on tibe Oiive Bou¬ levard June 1.
The annual prize apeakui^; oonteai of the Ildgh iSchool, held Itaat Friday evening, waa au event of exoellant entertadiuiient features. The aohool orcheatra, the Girls' Gtoe Olub and 'OunMAius Van Reas, piaoiat, pvovid-
ad nMwicKl niunbers. School aongn Long ls4«nd interesu, thTough Auyuat | wejv given and a groufp of fliris danc- BeloKNit, obtMlNsd &1 P^r cent oantxvl I ed the gaviMtt nunkture. Tbe jnigem
SMITHVILLE SOUTH
The spring converttion of the Luth¬ eran Woman's I.«a»rue of I>ong latand, held ihere an Tuesday, was attended 'iiy aboont 200 and of oonaiderable in¬ terest. The princxpal speaker wa£ •Rev. H. Hanser of 'the base hospi- ytl, (3a'mp Upton. He s'poke on the work aJid needs of the hospital.
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Patft»r, Rev. William Steinbicker.
Hi'ble School aft 2.30. Servide next Sunday at 3.30, ot a speaial chamc- ter, in observance of the second an- ndvtMiiary of <the organization of tbe cong«ec«tk>n. All friendH of the dhuroh will unite.
The mocithly meeting of the Coun- cuQ wffU tuMt pla'ce SttturJa-y ewninn', and the aiuiiHitl inetAJi^; of the con- gKKWOion will taku y)m:« on Monday ewnirnv, May 13.
To provide motorists and others intereste(i in automobile service work in this section,with prompt, expert dependable service on brarir/j^s, we have established an authorized local service sta iion for the Bearings Ser¬ vice Company.
Tht; Bearings Service Company is the national service represcntauvc for the Timken Roller Bearing Com¬ pany, Hyatt Roller Bearing Company and Uzw Dcpartxirc Manufacturing Company.
Supplied with authentic engineer¬ ing records by these manufacturers and having immediate access to com¬ plete stocks of new bearings—not regi'ound or second hand stock—wc can provide service in which you can place absolute confidence — a bearing service that is exact, depend¬ able and prompt—one that will make it unnecessary for you to be without the use of your machine pending the receipt of bearings from tar off factories.
li. BENNEn SMITB. lie.
^ IFPEBPCRT, N.Y. AuthortMtd Agency
Bearings Service Company
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