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Vol. 2 No. 16
FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1914
Price Two Ceiits
SUFFRAGE TOURISTS ON TO ROCHESTER
Arrive in Freeport on Sche- ' dule in autos draped with yellow streamers. Miss Nic- holl of Babylon presents valid arguments for Wo¬ man's Suffarage.
The Women Suffrage Campaigning Tourists arrived in Freeport promptly on time on Monday. There were four automobiles well filled and the vehi¬ cles were draped with yellow stream¬ ers, "Votes for Women," "On to Ro¬ chester." Two of the most loyal cars were flying the National colors also.
A thoughtful man'once said, "For a long time I was undecided in my own mind about this woman suffrage ques¬ tion. I think I have the general wel¬ fare of mank^d pretty close to my heart, and I wlsn to see justice done. I have noticed in every meeting of these women, when the questions of child welfare came up, or the condi¬ tion of young women and girls with¬ out home influences, or the betterment of any social or hygenic question, these women always rose to these questions like a hungry tro^t to a fly. And thia dcided me to do what I can to aid their cause and I believe, hu- n^nity'B cause."
Miss Nicoll, of Babylon, the first speaker, stuck close to tbe lilies laid down by the gentleman quoted. "Be¬ cause some few women declared they did not want the ballot, was no rea¬ son why the much larger per cent who do want it, should be deprived of it. And in the states where women do vote, from 75 to 90 per cent of them actually voted on every question that affected children and home or the public safety. So the per cent vot¬ ing certainly compared favorably with the men."
"Yes, tbe duty of woman is the home keeper. It is her duty and privi¬ lege to bear and rear fine children for the burdens and pleasures that will fall to them. But do not all questions of the state arise in (he home? How can we have pure homes unless we bave wise legislation to protect these children and homes?"
"Conditions have changed, are changing. Women uaed to spin, weave, make cloth and fashion clothes. Men used to make nearly everything used about the home. Now women, too many of them, have to go out and do some small part of such work over and over with tiresome monotony. And even the children are impressed into the team work of drudgery. In this great state there are 55,000 chil¬ dren under legal age, working day by day. I have seen hundreds from 5 to 10 years of age working in up-state * cannaries from dawn to dark, and amid the most unsanitary surround¬ ings. 1 asked a mother, "Will the children rest and go to school when the canning season is over?" 'O, no,' she answered, 'we send them to the Jersey cranberry swamps to work all winter.' We want to keep this slav¬ ery."
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To Have Joint Town Almshouse
To Co»t in Neighborhood of $70,000— Located near HIckavilte
DIRECT PRIMARIES ROOSEVELT CHURCH Comer Stone Laying at New INEW SCHOOL CORNER
Plans have been made for tbe con¬ struction of a new almshouse for the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay. It is expected that work on the excavation will begin at once. The new building will cost in the neighbor¬ hood of $70,000. It will be of brick, '.V) feet In length, two stories in height, and will consist of a central structure, with two wings. It wu. care for one hundred persons. A lit¬ tle chapel, o cost $.''>000, wil be built as the gift of Gerard Beekman.
SWAYED BY BOSSES
Party leaders have best of system unless voters go to polls—Election shows every nominee chosen to be a minority candidate.
BENEFIT A SUCCESS Freeport School Marks Epoch! STONE TO BE LAID
Saint Pauls Episopal Church Benefit Under the direction of John Germeroth a de¬ cided social and financial success. Germerolh and partner Fagan, excell.
The Board of Trade Hall of Roose-
How did the direct primary work?
That is the question which both the 1 velt was crowded to the doors on politicians and the reformers havt* j Monday night when an entertainment The new building will be located , ,,een asking ever since the enrolled | was given for the benetit of St. Pauls near Hicksville, on a twenty-five acre electorate of the State went to the! t:piscopal Church, under the direc- tract. The site cost |24,000. It was poUs-or stayed at home to choose | ; ion of^ohn Germeroth bought from the proceeds»of the sale j nominees to be balloted for on No-! The performance, which consisted of the o d poor farm of s.xty-flve acres, vember 3. Especial interest centered ' of a number of <.om.dy sketches, as atBrookvllle, known as the Jone.s-In-j in ^he situation because it was the ! well as a musical programme, was stltute. a gift of ,the Jones family,) first ^^^^ ^^^ ^^,^ gtate had used one of the most successful affairs of: which was sold last spring for 16^ j the direct primary, a reform measure its kind ever given at Roosevelt. The I —,¦ V ^ .. . I ^'"''^ ^^^^ ""'^ °^ ^^^ ^'^^^ ^"^ S''^'^' talent was professional and local The
.oJ^^n towns had each appropriated ^^uy gp^ead itself over practically the , three piece orchestra entertained'with 130,000 towarC building the.new struc-Lntire country. The Empire State,, an overture, "Aba Daba Honey Moon." *"'¦?• I through its intrenched "bosses," aid-1 This was followed by "Tony, The
DR. CARRINGTON ACTIVE
|ed by many agencies, which opposed Tailor," a sketch in which Hollis j the innovation purely On the ground ; rmith of Freeport and Misses Grace
Plans for Series of Special Music¬ al Services in Brooklyn, Attracts Considerable Attention
The Rev. A. W. E. Carrington, rec tor of the Church of Oie Incarnation, Gates avenue, Brooklyn, formerly pas¬ tor of the Episcopal Church in FYee¬ port, and oue gS. the most admired clergymen in Nassau ('ounty, assisted by his choirmaster an^ organist, Ed¬ ward T. A. Zeiner, are arranging a se¬ ries of musical services which are re¬ ceiving considerable mention in Brook¬ lyn.
The choir of the church consists of a solo quartette, and a cHorus of about 30 voices. During the past year these
tliat it was undesirable, adopted it only kfter a long, bitter flght in Al¬ bany.
One thing would seem to stand out clearly in the elections, the * party leaders have by far the best of it un¬ less the voters go to the polls, and go to the polls they did at the election, in fact they stayeS at home in such vast numbers that the election can hardly be called an election. Analyzed even in the most cursory manner, the election shows every nominee chosen to be a minority candidate. In other words the number of Republicans wbo stayed at home was vastly larger .ban those who went to the polls and voted either for District Attorney Whitman, Harvey D. Hinman, or Job E. Hedges for the Governorship nomi¬ nation. The number of Republicans who made Mr. Whitman the Republl-
ihown. Belle Parisen :\nd Elsie Coklet
TOWN BOARD TO DREDGE ARTS CLUB FIRST MEETING
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With Citizens of East Rockaway Dr. R. Overton, Addresses Club
Board of Edi^ation and Mech¬ anics arrang«2 for ceremon- ies to be held on Friday^ Octoben 16th. William S. Hall and Dr. John B. Car¬ son to make addresses.
JOVM: dkoiBUnXVOTH'
It was en-
y Plan to Dredge All the Vill¬ age Creeks
Last WednescTay a special meeting of the Town Board was held at -•rast Rockaway upon request of The Ocean- .¦-ide Civic Association to consider dredging East ockaway Creek.
The Board met at the White Can¬ non Hotel, where they were greeted l)y a large representation of citizens of ne villages in the vicinity. After en- ing a flne dinner, the members of the Board, newspai)er men, and citi- zes representing East Rockaway, Oceanside, Rockville Centre, Lynbrook and Woodmere boarded the yicht "Ranger" with Capt. Henry F. Johnson at the wheel, and started down the creek.
The yacht had proceeOed less than 120 feet when it stopped, being Im-
cmn nominee for Governor constitute j of Roosevelt took part less than one-flfth of the total ntimber thusiastically received, of Republicans who were privileged , The Atlantic City Boys, "Leo Fagan I i>edded in the mud, where it remained io vote at the primaries. Und Johnny Geer, gave flfteen mm-
Condemned for many things, and , Aes of talk, song, dancing and piano- undoubtedly having many undesirable ' logue. This was folloved by "Take
REV. A .vv. c,a,K>(;&iNerrotsj have been well trained to sing in con¬ cert and chorus work. '
During the last year, very early in the spring, the Rev. John A. Bacchus for forty years rector of the Church
features from any viewpoint, the new primary law can, if the people are de¬ termined, prove a powerful instru-
Your Bag, or Dissection" a side split¬ ting comedy sketch which was in the hands of Ed Gemeroth, Hollis Smith
ment against the old "boss" system j and Johnny Greer. "The New Inven-
of nominations and will likely be such if the people take a real interest in the primary voting. They never hav.-> done so, but the fact can hardly be criterion, because heretofore the pri¬ mary elections have been merely for he .selection of delegates to the nomi¬ nating conventions and for members of the county committees. There were never any barriers about them and repeating was done openly and even boastfully bv* some of the "bosses." !
Just as the up-State political lead¬ ers fear political dominance of the
of the Incarnation, resigned his place, j cities under a direct primary system, and the congregation called to sue-; go do the dwellers on the farms and ceed him, the Rev. A. W. E. Carring-j small villages fear the centralization
lion," another laughable skit, was pre- .iented by Miss Eva Parisen, Lea Fa- ran, Ira Plowright and Hollis Smith. Cdward Germeroth gave some exhi-
pitlons in clog dancing. The ;^p«iT .sketch was "Boliner, The /ra'^tJor* Man," with Edward Germeroth, John¬ ny Greer and Leo Fagan in the cast.
The hall was fleareJ after the per- /ormance for dancing, and the balance of the evening was given over to the
ango, hesitation and the maxixe. The evening was conceded to be one of Itoosevelt's social successes. Among (hose present were: Misses Bessie Stretch, Olive Stretch, Dolly Lenker,
ora Lenker, Emma Clark, Elsie i'lark, Millia Hansen, Mr. and Mrs.
for about ten minutes. People on l)oat as well as those on shore sug- ¦ested to the members of the Town Hoard that it was unnecessary to go further. Further on the boat stoppea for nearly twenty minutes. The round trip of less than three miles required nearly two hours to complete.
When they returned the Board and citizens discussed the situation freely. It was the unanirfous sentiment of all the speakers. Village President W. A. Strong, Capt. Harry Wright, Irving D. Tunlson, Rufus H, Smith, Henry F. .lohnson, Elmore Bedell and Charles A. Schiffmacher, that the Board should have the creek excavated and that the work should begin in the spring.
The Board agreed with the speak¬ ers, and Supervisor Smith suggested that the local citizens interested should appoint a committee to confer
with the Board from time to time in
..ecessary preparation for the excavat-i.^,^,^j,^^^^^ ^^^ Birthday with Chil-
Members Relative to Preserva¬ tion of Children
The Arts Club of this village has begun its season's work. Dr. Frank Overton, sanitary supervisor of Long island, was the first speaker of the season to address the club. The Doc¬ tor discussed the care necessary to pre¬ serving the health of the family and especially the children. To Insure this cevry means .'^hould be exercised in the choice of tbe milk and water used, and the ordinary precaution of I.esii air and bathing. He gave spe- (ial a I.l ent ion to the frequent preval- ...i ci tUe throat trouble among chil¬ dren, especially citing the epidemic conflltion at Rockville Centre last win¬ ter, and harged the milk used as The chief cauae of the disorder.
The si'cretary kindly informs the Post that the Society chooses the best speakers obtainable and allows tbt* to discuss any question of public in¬ terest from their point of view, Thus they get not only a free expression of opinion, but a variety and forcefulness not found if confined to some subject that was ot a favorite with the sepak- rr addressing the meeting.
The membership is limited to sixty and the list is full. Those not mem- : are admitted to these lectures on the payineni of thirty-ttve cents per lecture. The olflcers for the present year are Mrs. William G. Smith, presi¬ dent; Mrs. W. H. fuller, vice presi¬ dent ;MrK. Samuel N. Gibbons, secre¬ tary and treasurt-r. The meetings are usually held at member's residents ill thi' afternoons of the lirst Monday ot -efich month.
I J. Whitehouse Happily Surprized
:ng. After meeting the citizens an¬
ion, who was at the time in charge of'^ of power of the smaller cities and i William Tabb, Mr. and Mrs. Heinman, nounced their apointment of the fol- a church in Freeport. As assistant to large villages in their local affairs. A | vir. and Mrs. ( oles Carpenter, Mr. | lowing committee: William A. Strong,
Dr. Bacchus, some years before, Mr Harrington was greatly liked by the
R. V. C. Policemen Are Sentenced
people and his c^ll to the pulpit Was j ^nd from ten to flfteen county towns unanimous. Heretofore the representation of dele-
; gates at eounty conventions has been such as to make a fairly even division
iial rural county is made up of| ,nd Mrs. Charles Edwards, Sr., Rev. president of the Village or >rast Rock- one or two such centres of population I md Mrs. Hiram R. Bennett, Mr. ano | away Capt. Henry Wright, of P:ast
dren and Grandchildren
Wick, Through Services of Lawyei, Secures a Shorter Sentence
All Milk Dairies to be Inspected i ot political patronage, with tBe town
State Health Oepartment Requires In¬ spection After Novemebr 16th
Justice Kelby, in the Supreme Court at Mineola last week, sentenced two of the Rockville Centre policemen who were arrested a couple of months ago for robbery.
Rolof Petersen was given from flve
vember 1666. This new rule goes the Health Inspectbr permission to inspect to seven years in Sing Sing and Amos j ^n dairies throughout the country and Veritzan nine years. The tatter's wife, | to see that stables and other build- Mrs. Sarah Veritzan, who was charged \ mgs are in a sanitary condition. The
According to a new rule of the State . ^
( be quoted in opposition, although they
Department of Health, permits will ,.,„„^ „,iin.,„ „„k . .v •
' ' *^ I were willing enough to express their
be requested for the sale of milk and j views privately. The direct primary, cream in cities and villages after No- j they say, still has enough advocates
to make a public declaration of oppo¬ sition politically inadvisable.
Mrs. John Schle.gel, Mr. and Mrs. Fred -Viollenoux, Mr. and Mrs. Stretch, Mr. and Mrs. John C.t'rmeroth, Mrs. Bea¬ trice Held, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Den¬ ton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Denton, Her-
usually getting rather more than their j ,ert Edwards, Garland Gaden.
share of the minor offices.
Politicians generally conslde the di- j
rect primary a very delicate subject, j jj^jg^.j^j^^ gjj^ Bowling Matches
and many who were seen declined to i
Rockaway, and Rufus H. Oceanside.
Smith, of!
R. V. C. Church Japanese Social
To Be Given for Epworth League on October 21st
With receiving part of the stolen goods, was let otf with a au8i>ended sentence.
The case of Frank Wick, the other policeman, had been transferred to the County Court. On Friday morning when the case was called for trial, George Wallace appeared for the de¬ fendant and plead tor clemency. He suggested that possibly it was a case where sentence might l>e suspended, Wick having plad guilty to a charge o# burglary In the thlrtl degree.
Judge Niemann concluded that It was a proper case for clemency, but as Wick was holding a position of trust and had failed to rei>ort the case hea would not suspend sentence. He aentesced blm to one year In the pen¬ itentiary.
permits must be renewed annually
and all dairies are to be scored by »" N/^**"-^ T'*' ^,^«^^t"' ""** ^'^^
;he health offlcer on a form i»rescrlbed by the State Commission of Health, and no permit will, be Issued unless the dairy rates 40 per cent.
Some time ago the State Depart¬ ment of Health issues similar orders in Queens County. Before long all of the dairymen were forced out of busi¬ ness, and to-day the large milk deai ers supply milk in every town in the borough.
' Dr. Bogart, health oflicer of the town, has requested the Town Board to pass an ordinance calling for the' Issuing of permits to every dairyman who received a ranting of 40 per cent. This, Dr. Bogart said, w^s the request of, tbe State Department.
VALENTINE-ABRAMS NUPTUALS
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Abrams
Elaborate preparations are being
! made for a novel entertainment to be
Prizes for High Scores and Winning | ..j^^^ ^^^^^ the auspices of the Ep-
Teams—Commences Friday j worth League of St. Mark's Church
, I of Rockville Centre. The affair will
Preparations are completed for the I ^e a "Japanese Social," and the date . ... , .,, . . Tl II has been set for Wednesday evening,
holding of an "Intertown Bowling' ^ ^ . „, „,u j .< n i
I October 21. The decorations will be Tournament" at^the Elk's Club House
tily decorated for the wedding of their daughter. Miss Ethel Abrams, last Sat-
beginning next Friday night. It will den, and a number of pretty scenes ake in members from Rockville Cen-1 will be introduced to add to the plc- tre, Baldwin, Lindenhurst, Merrick, | '"re. The lecture room of St. Mark's Roosevelt and Freeport. Prizes will i
In honor of his eightieth birthday, j.lohn Whitehouse, well known and es¬ teemed by his friend.s und neighbors, was entertained at dinner on Saturday evening, October 3, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitehouse, of North Main street, P^reeport. I^ater in the evening he was hai)pily surprj.'jed by twenty-five of his children, grand- cTiihlren and a few friends.
After an evening spent in music, ames and recitations, all were ushered into the dining room, where refresh¬ ments were served around a table on which was a large birthday rake dec¬ orated with eighty candles and sur¬ rounded appropriately with autumn leaves and flowers.
Among those present were: John
arranged to imitate a Japanese gar-' Whitehouse of Spfingfleld, Mass., Mrs.
1 Sarah Crisp ol BellviUe. N. J., Mrs Charles Turner of Freeport, Mr. and
The Board of Education and the Jun¬ ior Order of United American Mechan¬ ics of this village have completed their arrangements for the exercises at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Columbus avenue schol lo be held on Friday afternoon, October 16, at 2.3Q P. -m.
On the designated afternoon all of the school children of the Freeport schools ab6ve the fourth grade, num¬ bering fuiljf 1000, will meet at the Grove street school under the direc¬ tion of members of the faculty and march up to the iiew building. Under the leadership of Miss Ruth E. Speir, vocal instructor, the children will open i the exercises with the singing of America.
Charles M. Hart, the architect ot the liuilding, will hand the trowel to the firesident of the Board, Robt. H. Hunt, who will ofliclally iiabe^ '.he stone. President of the village, Koland M. Lamb, will make an address which will be followed by exercises conduct¬ ed by C. D. Bakes, who will place a liox containing mementoes of present interest In tbe corner stone.
William S. Hall, cashier of the Free- nort ^nk, will then address the audi¬ ence. On behalf of the Freeport Coun¬ cil, No. 57. Jr. O. U. A. M., Dr. John B. Carson, of Brooklyn, will present to the Board of Educa'lon an Ameri¬ can flag, which he will follow with an appropriate address. Mr. Hunt will accept the flag on behalf of the school board.
There will be an offlclal flag 'aislng anil a military salute by the school •hildren and guests. The exercises will be closed with the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
The Columbus aVenue school, when completed, will be one of the best
Church will be adapted so as to en¬ large the seating capacity, as it is an-
Mrs. Charles Whitehouse, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Faath, M. and Mrs, Jo¬ seph Brotherldge, the Misses Mary
urday night to Harvey Valentine, also ^ be awarded to th^ highest scored as \ ,i(.ipated that the attendance will be i Whitehouse, Grace Turner, Helen
of Roosevelt. Th marriage was per- yrgll as the highest avera»,'e. Prizes ! large on account of the excellent mu- formed by Rev. Charles Edwards and .^j„ ^,^^ ^ ^.^.^^ j^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^.„„^ ,^i^^, ,,roRram which has been prom- was followed by a wedding supper. : winning and a loving cup for ' "'«^d. The talent will be local. Madam
The happy pair, after a brief honey- '^^"^l ^'""'°*^ ^^'^ '°^'°« ^"^ i r^ettinettl, the well known soprano «o- moon, will reside at Merrick. the high team. j ^^^^^ ^^ Baldwin, will be featured, as-
Saturday evening a beef steak din- ^j^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ner will be held at the club house, before the public in this vicinity.
Payne-Pearsall Nuptials • Mr. Wallace M. Payne and Miss Ethel Pearsall, of Rockville Centre, will be married at the home of the bride on Wednesday evening. From there they will go to their own little home owned and furnished complete by tbe bridegroona.
Turner, Edith Whitehouse, Susie (Jeorge, Florence Whitehouse, Marion Prall and Emma Rosenthal, Messrs. Harry Faath, Harvey George Claude Brotherldge, Mr. _ and Mrs. Arthur Whitehouse.
•Reservations have been made for a very largo crowd.
The'weekly Saturday night hops commenced last week with a big crowd. It is expected that these af¬ fairs will become the most popular "ociai lunciions auring the winter.
The committee in charge is putting , forth every effort to make the affair ;
Sea Cliff Champions Last Saturday's game gave tbe base-
one of the most successful, socially i ball championship of Nassau County as well as flnanclally. Walter S.! to Sea Cliff. The score was 3 to 0, Moen, chairinan; Misses Hel«n Bee-' and it was anybody's game up to al- >. Edith Beeson, Caroline Smith and | most the last Inning, when Sea Cliff Donald Spencer comprise the com-1 got in a trlpl* that belp«A them to mittee. Ithe game and tbe championship.
WILLIAM S HALL equipped of the Freeport schools. It will contain twelve class rooms, with office and ^tore fooms, anti an assem¬ bly room with a seating <'aparity of tlve hundred. Eighty-two tliousand dol¬ lars was appropriated by the citizens of the school district for the construc¬ tion of the echool.
The architect, Charles M. Hart, who is supervising the construction of the building, and wbo is also insisting upon thorough work, believes that the school will be completed by the flrst of the year. Immediately it is ready for o<<upancy 150 pupils from each of the drove street and Seaman ave¬ nue schools will be transferred to re¬ lieve the crowded condition in the class rooms. Superintendent Moon is making the needed provision for the opening.
SAUNDERS' BARN DE8TR0VED About four o'clock last Monday morning tbe Iwim owner by Willla,m Saunders on North Main street, Roose¬ velt, was totally destroyed despite the efforts of the Ore companies. The barn was fllled with hay and con¬ tained a numlH^r of farm Impllments. It was (Avered by lasi»>ance of five hundrd dollars,^ which was tbe amount of the loss.
Waterways Lta«u« to Hold Meeting Members of the Waterways League of Greater New York and Ixjng Island will meet at eight o'clock in the even¬ ing on October 13, in tbe Johnson Building, at Fulton and Nevlns streets. Preceding the meeting will be an informal reception.
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