PRICE THREE CENTS
THE NASSAU POSTS" I FIRST PUBUCATION
JANUARY SKATING—FINE!
Crowds Attracted to Ponds and Lake* of the South Side
'Sample" Edition of Newest
Chronicle in County Begins
With New Year
WILL BE A SEMI-WEEKLY
Comes to Supply Demand For Fresh News- Will Be Indep¬ endent Politically
MERCHANTS' LOSSES CAUSE HIGH PRICES
NEW NASSAU COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO ASSUMED OFFICES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
Freeport Business Mens' Asso¬ ciation Advances Solution for High Cost of Living
"The Nassau Post presents here a distinctively "sample" edition ar¬ ranged more or less ix'rfunctorily, but designed with the sole purpose of ac¬ quainting it with the puhlic and the public with it. In these conventional times introduction.^ seem necessarily a part ot that propriety or decorum which govern.s social conduct in this as well a.s other places in which this newspaper will circulate, hence it may be considered that with due formality The iN'as.sau I'ost has exchanged greetings generally throughout the county whose name it hears and whose great seal will appear in its headline. ^
In journalistic parlance, this first edition of The Nassau Post is a "feeler," in the sense that it passes under the scrutenizing eye of a critic¬ al people whose newspaper wants and needs It calculates to supply. Also It is an announcement of the coming of the newest thing in journalism In Nassau County. And despite Its swadling raiment, It speaks forcefully and knowingly of a principle—the basis of Its foundation.
In another column due amplification is given to the underlying and funda¬ mental objects of The Nassau Post as. .a sane, intelliRent and forreful newspaper, while here is set forth the more prosaic facts concerning Its general get-up and news.
There are good and obvious reasons ¦why there is room within the broad boundaries of Nassau County with it over 80,000 Inhabitants for a' vital semi-weekly newspaper. Indeed, they are almost too numerous to mention.'
First and foremost, there are no semi-weekly newspapers. Secondly, tliere is a real, groping, crying demand for fresh news, and plenty of It, mat¬ ter bearing upon, civic, social and rcr lipious topics, forceful editorial ex¬ pression, truths about people and about things, fair, unbiased political discussion, coupled with fearlessness and journalistic Independence, all un- supplied by the traditional weekly] chronicles, that hare for a little less than half a century covered this im-1 mediate section of Long Island. So thlB ".'sample" copy of The Nassau Post is published to qualify the news¬ paper. It will be followed regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays by other editions of which this may be fairly considered a model.
The news matter will cover more especially that district of the South Side between Lynbrook to the west¬ ward, and Massapequa. The various Interlyinp villages—each of them— will be represented by .such matter as will be supplied by a corps of com¬ petent correspondents and local rep¬ resentatives.
In the general scheme of Its make¬ up and arrangement The Nassau Post Is an InnovatlofL It follows no living example of journalism, although in appearance It is similar to those news¬ papers which dally record the hap¬ penings of the world and the metropo¬ lis. It will contain no "boiler plate." no "borrowed" matter frdm city pa- fi.K.o, \ , "cold sterage" news and no "political gufe . ,w ^ij, be an original paper, and any si^^^rlty it may bear ¦emporaries will be Ist distinguishing.
HAS TWO REAL REMEDIES
• i
Will Advertise Judgment Debtors j
and Issue Drafts on i
Employees |
January—and skating!
Figuratively the "red ball," which
has so strong an api>eal to the youth
of Brooklyn and Manhattan, Is up on
Long Island, and hundreds are taking
advantage of the first opportunity to
glide over the smoothe surface of the
freshwater pond.s of the South Side.
For a week a crust of ice has been
thickening untjl today it has become
an arena of pleasure.
From Valley Stream to Massapequa
and northward to y^mpstead perhaps
three dozen ponds offer a safe skating
ground. The ponds are being used as
playgrounds and the lake at Foxhurst j By an original method of deduction,
has been converted into a veritable ' the Freeport Business Men's Assocla-
rit^k- tion has hit upon a novel solution to
the knotty problem of the high cost of living which it adv'nces to mer¬ chants, tradesmen and people who do not pay their bills—or pretend to—as a subject for serious thought in the New Ye.ir. And by exactly the same
[ process an equally unique remedy has
The Fishel Building, in which Free- j ^^^^ discovered which the association
port's "City Hall" has been located
for almost a decade, has been sold
to John J. Dedell. of Bellmore. The! «*«tent application.
transaction Is one of the mos^
CONTROLOF NASSAU PASSES INTO HANDS OF REPUBUCANS
FREEPORT ''CITY HALL" SOLD
Fishel Building Passes Into Hands of Bellmore Man ...,
has solemnly resolved to test by per-
portant that has been recorded in realty circles this winter and is said to have involved $1.5,000. Isadore Mayer acted as broker in the sale_
By the change of ownership the seat of the Freeport village govern¬ ment passes Into the hands of a non¬ resident for the first time In Its his¬ tory. The building was erected by Oscar Rhodes some ten years ago. Leo Fishel purchased it about three | years ago. The building stories high and of frame anS lirfck construction. The lower floor is used for siore purposes while above is the vttl.-.gp offlee and suite occuried by Mr. Fishel. The top floor is divid¬ ed into two apartment.'!.
MRS. PELL SUES
The keynote of both of these re¬ markable discoveries is credit—cred- i it from the standpoint of the consumer I or discredit as well from the angle of' the man who sells things upon the | promise that they will be paid fori within a certain limited time. And by I the regulation of this' element in com-1 merclal dealing the association hopes j to make Freeport a twetleth century j Utopia. i
It is generally conceded that one of three ' ^^® primal factors in the high cost of i living is due to lOf ; s suffered by bust-1 ness in unpaid bills. These losses j have been red iced to a percentage i basis almost un'versally and the con-| sumer pays for losses with his butcher I or grocery bill on Saturday night. Also j he—or she—contributes a share to a ,
! general fund for pa'-nent of exfrava-| RAILROAD I Kant bills contract of payment.
: Having thus
Ceremony at County Court¬ house Characterized by Simplicity and Impressive-
I ness. Judge James P.
Neimann Administers the
I Oath to Eight
!
CHESHIRE AND HEGEMAN
RETIRN TO OLD POSTS
BOULEVARD LIGHTS GLARE IN NEW YEAR I
Advanced Civic Improvement!
In Rockville,Cenl.e ¦} Ru.si-
ness Section Opened
By the turning of a switch at Village
avenue and Front street siiortly after |
without thought i seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, j
I Dr. Devilio N. Bulson, President of the'
'olved the local prob-j Village of Rockville Centre, set aglow!
Widow of Long Beach Tragedy iem of high pri es, the association has | a system of boulevard lii;hts in the
,,. ^. . I it>r,cr\ nnn I decided to carry Into effect at once I business center of lhat village which
Victim Asks $250,000 .u . .v. i . .¦ ..
' these two methods of correcting It:
To advertise for sale judgements Mrs. Elizabeth Warden Pell, widow I obtained by members, setting forth of S. Osgood Pell, who came to his i the name and residence of the judge- death when a Long Island Railroad I mpj,, debtor and the.'amount of the train crashed into an automobile in judgement. It Is convincing enough
;SUFFRAGE HIKERS
! OFF FOR ALBANY
I
["General" Jones Leads Pil¬ grims Up West Bank of Hudson
A. SEAM/^K; E>r-rfcCTivt
that with debtors^Who Incur bills with Impunity and brazenly defy the credit¬ or to do his worst so long as the mat¬ ter of a private mature, will wince at the thought of being chronicled as a j this act was witnessed
lagers
mony
to Manhattan co^
observed as at le
Editions that
Vill follow this will be Illustrated wL. sketches and cart
original pictures, oons. News relating to the schools, (Joiieges, fraternal or¬ ders, clubs, sockj societies, business men's assoclatkf^g boards of trade, women's organic jj^,,,^ ^^^^ ^l„ ^e treated thought(L,iy without cost or charge The NasL^, posfg repreaenta- Uve will atten.^ ^„ n^eetings. An¬ nouncements of hneetlngs of whatever Bort will recelv^ immediate attention.
Articles upon general Interestj ^^ ^^e reading pub [ounty WBl be written he Nassau Post by the world of finance, n and education.
lie of Naasau especially for eminent men 1: commerce, roll
which he was driving at the Wreck Lead crossing near Long Beach on Sunday evening, August 4, has begun suit? for 1250,000 damages against the Long Island Hailroad.
Pell was a member of a party that •\^ini debtor, included Mr. and Mrs. William Ijn'im- \ in working out this progressive and beer, Mrs. Pell and Wm. K. Vander- ( comprehensive plan for the collection bin, Jr. The party was proceeding! of bills, the association doffs its hat from the Hotel Trouvllle toward Man-, to Colonel Roosevelt and his full pub- hattun at the time of the accident. | ndty theory, for it was upon it that Pell -was driving his own car. WLBw this method was based. Laimbeer and Pell's chauffeur were j "jt would be a sad thing for friends alao killed, and Mrs. Laimbeer was and neighbors to read as an open book seriously injured. i the record of another's transactions,"
The suit for damages will be heard g^id Albin N. Johnson, secretary and
WON PRISON JOB
AT GAME OF CARDS
the Supreme Court, Manhattan.
ZOUAVE SURVIVOR VERY ILL
counsel for the Association to a ias- sau Post reporter. This plan had ad¬ vantages. People shrink from news-
have long been the subject of wide
comment among residenis of the South
Side. The system of lamps and tbe I
Improved pavement through Village!
avenue, is probably the most advanced Rhodes Gets Appointment As
civic improvement ever < arrled into
effect by citizens in conjunction with
local governments on Loig Island. Dr. Bulson was accDiiipanied by
members of the Board ol' Trustees ancl
Ijv a few vll-
But it was doni' without cere-
r display. \fii-r the lights
were lit the Village I'liUiers walked
about the village on a more or less
cusory tour of Inspection
The boulevard system i;; the first of
its kind on Long Islaiui. The idea
was incepted less than a year ago,
and through the persi.stiiicy of Presi- ! dent Bulson, former Comptroler John I Lyon, former Supervisor Craft and j Hiram R. Smith, president of the
Bank of Rockville Centre and Super- I visor of the township, v. as made a
A detachment of plodding suffragists i beaded by "(ieneral'" Rosalie Jones | and "Colonel" Ida Craft, both of then | of Nassau County, and "Doc Potter," a plain but descent kind of donkey with an angelic temper that hails from j some unknown quarter leading the commissary dei)artment wagon, start-1 ed the new year and a second hike to Albany In New York City at the ! same time. The "army" Is somewhat smallrr '' :i on the occasion of other .,-s to tlie State Capital and Wash- ! ington, but volunteers have responded in goodly numbers and others will doubtless enli.st. Miss Maitha Klatsch- virtue of aif appointment | jten, of Manhattan, is among them. Iiecause of his ability to j xhls particular hike differs in many
Attendant After Defeating Doughty at Pinochle
.lohn P. Rhodes, of Woodlitdd road Lakeview, is an attendant in the Min eola Jail hy
he rt'Cfivfd
piay pino< llie. The reward came : notable respects from a*iy Other that through the recommendation of Philip the suffragists have ever made before. Weidersum, Reiiublican leader of the : Mrs. J. Hungerford Milbank, of Free-1 oflice to begin another term
New Department Heads Men of Ability and Experience. Smith, Pettit, Phipps and Van Ueusen Take Places of Democrats. Weed to Albany, Promises Normal School Bill ^
With utmost Kiiuiilicty, in an at¬ mosphere of Impressiveiiess and sin¬ cerity, the yoke of authority In the youngest county of the Kmpire State was transferred to the shoulders of six newly elected offlcers on Wednes- ' day morning. The Inaugurations took place In the rotunda of the county courthouse at Mineola before a gath¬ ering of men and women from various parts of the muuici|ialily. The oaths of ollice were administered in the pres¬ ence of Couniy Judge James P. Nei¬ mann and County Clerk Thomas Che¬ shire, who himself succeeds to olUce fur the fourth consecutive term. At the conchision of the brief ceremonies Judge .Neimann swore in Mr. Cli(>shire. The ceremony marked the retire¬ ment of Democratic oflicers and their appointees, and the succession of He- publican control In the county. De¬ spite iiartisan differenctis the greetings of the outgoing and incoming olllcials were characterized by a warmth of cordiality, and among those who wit¬ nessed the inaugurals there was a dis¬ play of Innate coniidence and enthusi¬ astic approval. The expression of the faces of the several new olllcials ana the firmness of their oaths, insplrea the conviction that they will discharge their duties with courage and wisdom. Indeed each of them seemed to reallee that their pledges of honesty, elHcien- cy and economy could not easily be redeemed.
In only one Instance during the pro¬ ceedings was Ihere more than a Hiilter of hand c'aps and that when Cluiilcs l._ Phipps, the new County Compiroller entered his office to find a large jxilled I)lant in his window. The others went to their respective ofhces alone.
In ail except two otiiccs Republicans
succeeded Democrats. County Cl<!rk
Cheshire was one of the exceptions.
lie merely opened the door of hla
He has
been County (ilerk, except for two years, since the inception of the county in 1898.
'i'he other Democratic survivor of
pai)er notoriety, and doubtless would j reality on New Year's pay their bills rather than have it." ceeding year.
of the suc-
Civil War Veteran Confined in Rockville Centre Hotel
Richard Seaman, one of the few re¬ maining survivors of Duryea's Zouaves famous during the War of Rebellion, and for years In the carriage and auto¬ mobile business In Rockville Centre, Is reported to be seriously ill in the Rockville Centre Hotel. The old vet¬ eran, who Is well past his seventieth year, is suffering from a disease he contracted in Libby Prison, where he was confined for over a year. Seaman was a lieutenant in the Zouave regi¬ ment and saw much service during the campaign of the Army of the Po¬ tomac.
Lyon Likes Cabarets?
John Lyon, of Rockville Centre, des¬ pite his scruples in office,really enjoys a good cabaret show. If It is noisy, the better, and If its necessary to wear a paper hat of fancy design—what's the difference, so long as you're not accountable to the public for your ac¬ tions. The former Comptroller saw the New Year in at a RockTllle Centre hotel and enjoyed It—Immensely, It Is alleged.
The second remedy which will doubtless prove Its effectiveness upon Its first application contemplates the Issuance of sight drafts upon the em¬ ployers of delinquents requesting and authorizing such employer to deduce the amount of the clairn from the sal¬ ary of the employed.
The Freeport Business Men's Asso¬ ciation was organized in April, 1912, with a charter membership of 34. Following the initial meeting a com¬ mittee waited on Albin N. Johnson, the well known lawyer, and he out¬ lined the plan upon whic'h the associa¬ tion ha^ based its varied activities. From its inception Mr. Johnson has acted as legal advisor and secretary, and it has been due to his untiring efforts that the association has ad¬ vanced to Its present position.
The idea of such an association was advanced by James F. Campion, the present executive, through whose en¬ terprise and influence the large In¬ crease In membership is largely due. At present the Association's members number seventy-six. During the year about 120,000 has been collected by means of- "first notices" sent out by meml>ers; $8,000 was returned to the Association as a last resort and |2,500 collected. The balance of claims Is being reduced gradually.
district, who settled a heated dispute port, leader of the new "woman's
between two candidates for the covet-j™'""'^'" "^"^ ^«^ responsible in a
measure for this, although she has no ed job by pitting one against the other , . . ,. , , , ¦ . „., .¦ ,
; intention of taking jiart. Ihe line of
in a game at which each boasted of j ,,^arch will follow the west shore of the last elec-tion was Daniel J. Hege- tiis prowess. j the Hudson river and the trip is cal-
Rhodes had as his opponent, Albin ] p^ ^jed to take just a week-seven K, Doughty, a neighbor. Both applied | j^y^ less than the former hike to the to Weidersum for the appointment and Igp^t of the Kmpire State government, each insisted that he was entitled to ; ^he difference In time. It is ventured, it. The leader was perplexed, but fin- ^^^i y^^ j,, ^ j,reater or lesser degree due
With the light improvement an ex¬ cellent pavement was laid along Vil¬ lage avenue by the county at a cost of $10,000, which preceded (he lights by only a few weeks. It Is the last word In road construction of the bl- .tullthlc type.
The appropriation for the roadway waa made during Supirvlsor Craft's administration Kut upon the accession of Supervisor Smith, the work was hastily undertaken and < ompleted. '
The street lights stand as a menu-1 ^^„,j Promote Interest in Mu.lc. ment to the civic spirit of the village. I
Taxpayers were not burdened with i The organization of a chorus of the expense of the imiirovement, yel; mixed voices In Rockville Centre under property owners In front of whose | the direction of Frank H. Erlsman and doors the lights were placed, cooperat-: ^,gg Gertrude Glfford is one of the
progressive movements which will be launched within a month in that Til-
ally solved the problem by suggesting a match game of pinochle. The orig¬ inal proposal was modllied before the men met at Lakeview Hook & Ladder Company's house 'in competition. It was agreed that Jthe winner of six of eleven games should have the appoint¬ ment.
Rhodes won the six games.
to the fact that the women will swing to the measured army step of forty- two inches and "march" instead of "saunter."
Only those who are physically able to stand the strain of the long, toll- some journey, and have enthusiasm enough lo last for a week under trying conditions are taking part this year, for the hikers are marching under a schedule that compares favorably with that about which the song runs
man, whose reelection to the oHlce of Treasurer Is generally «'onsidered to have been a demonstration of confi¬ dence by the electors.
It is the consensus of opinion among citizens of the county that no set of officers have been better qualified by training, experience and natural equip¬ ment to take up the difficult an*! per¬ plexing governmental duties. I^ewls J. Smith, the new District Attorney, though a young man 1« a "genius or_ labor," who by his "energy, system and perseverance" has won distinction for him.self in the practice of law.
Few men have ,i. wider a<'qualntanco in .Nassau County than Stephcm P. Pet¬ tit, of F'reeport, tbe new .Sheriff.. His
ed by paying $1 a front foot to defray the expense of the work.
Considerable commendatory com ment has been awakened by the \ lage. The primary object of the achievement of the village authorlUes ! chorufi will be to promote an interest j arrangements for the journey. Ht>le«
In tho aA'rannomoTii t\t the irtpa nf thp'. , j . .j < accommodatlonn have been secured
in ine aavancemeni oi me laea oi me, jjj njuslc and to provide a means for I ., , ^ ^ j
"Village Beautiful." Village avenue.!.. , . , ... . „. . _„^„ | In advance for a limited number and
from the Long island Railroad to Lln-1^*'* "^"'^^ "' high-class part songs, l^, ^.^^^^ „, ^j^^^^^ ^^^.^^.^^j. .'^oc colnavenue. presented the appearance I cai^tatasi operas and oratories. A | poUer," the donkey, will be driven by of a Paris boulevard on Wednesday; large number of applications for mem-1 one of the especklly attractive advo- NASSAU POST—9 HUNT bershlp are expected at the initial I '-ates of the "cai»^," who will sit In
Merrick Road west to Centre avenue | jneeting some time during January I * P'*"^ ^^"'''^ **^°'° looked like a vista in Fifth avenue
"Forty miles a day on beans and hay j lifj, has been characterized by success; in the regular army ." The require¬ ments of equipment include boots, woolen stockings, heavy sweaters and broad skirts. No hobbles will be allowed even In cities of the second class. The Intrepid "(Ieneral" has made her
buted 1800.
„ ..,,.. ., , u • ^ It is the puriwse of the organization
To this latter section of boulevaiiX
lighting the property owners conJiK.^o eWe cpncerts and aid in musical en¬
tertainments In churches and lodges.
laden with camp equipment, luggage and suffrage literature. No napsacks will be allowed, although vanity bags may be carried If properly concealed.
his failures have been few. He baa risen from the lazy environment of a stable to an enviable place among men. Once a constable under Reputv lican rule and prior to hlft election a candidate for the office he now holds, Pettit has known the sting of defeat. But It served only to stimulate him to "try again" and win. In realty circles along the South Side he Is numbered awiong the few who have nchlered "big things."
The new Comptroller, (^harles^ L. Pbippa of East Rockaway, Is peculiarly a man sought by the office. He waa nominated while In Europe and elected almost before he was aware tbat he was running. He l» a man oC rather Continued on page 3
