THE NAMAU POtT: FREEPORT, N. Y.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER S, 1914.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
PuUnbad Wadnodajr* aod Satardajn by THS NAMAU ron puauaHiMO coiirANY, tt-24 Soutn Crov* Straft. FrMport. N*.naa County. New York. J«.m«» E. 8til«B, raidin* in Um Tilla«« of freeport. town of Uamp- ttaad. eounty ot Naswu, stata of New York, and publiabar.
JAMES E. STILES. ManaBlns Editor
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Xirtcrad aa Saaond-claaa matter April 8,1814. at th* poet offloe at fraeport, Naw York, ua- dn tba aet of Mareb 8, 1879.
FREEPORT SLOGAN
A Slogan It Is for our town
Wltn a punch you'U never forget,
That fits like a glove or a gown, Tbat la free from loaa and regret.
Tbat smacks of tbe land and tbe sea, A alogan for you and for me.
All eommunicatlon abould ba addraaaed to THE NASSAU POST. Main Olfiee Freeport. L. L, N. Y.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Any erroneoua reflection upon the character, atandlng or reputation of any peraon, firm or corporation which may appear in the colunma of The Naaaau Poat, will be glodly corrected upon requeat at the main office, Mil ler Building, 22-24 South Grove atreet, Freeport, L. I., N. Y.
THE MECHANICS CONVENTION
In our news columns readers will flnd full particulars of tbe coming con ventlon. You will there learn that it Is the forty-second annual convention of the New York State Council of the Junior Order of United American Me cbanlcs. Fortunately the delegates to most conventions are not as big, im- protant and as hard to get hold of as tne titles they assume.
It is stated that tbe local organiea- tlon will work hard to make the meet Ing a success. But tbat duty or pleas ure should not be left wholly to tht local organization. If it is a good thing then it belongs to every citizen 'to pusb it along and make It sometbint to be remembered.
Suppose you make a call at aome business office. You are very apt to rememt>er every detail, just how you were received, every little courtsey extended, every kind word uttered Some little acts of kindness made a profound and lasting Impression. Ii may be the flne habit of that office force to treat every caller in that way. In any case, you are one among many to carry away impressions.
The visitors come and go all day and every day. One can see that the sum, or effect of impressions thus giv- , en out are a vital factor, a valuable asset lb favor of that flrp. Even so It la with a city or village in its treat ment of visitors. You will readily see that every citizen who has the slight est contact with any visitor, stands tor the moment as the representative of the entire common wealth It which he is found by such visitor.
At all such meetings, or conventlone it Is an excellent thing for the com mittee in cbarge to have tasty badges distributed to citizens ^Itb "Citizen, ask me," or "Freeport, free informa¬ tion," or any mark that would dlstln guiah tbe wearer as a resident of tlTe village and indicate a desire to aid and make pleas&nt the time tbat the visitor passed while our guest. Ev¬ ery such delegate or guest should carry away the distinct, clean cut im¬ pression that Freeport is a clean, wholesome, prosperous village, that its residents are hospitable, courteous, prosperous, glad to welcome Strang ers, and he or sbe will ever remembei the visit to our village witb pleasure and satisfaction, and tell this story tc all with whom they are thrown in contact.
So the Post urges every res'dent ol this village to remember next Monday and Tuesday. Put on tbe smile tha< don't want to come off. Give the band and heart of welcome to every visitor Not aa a matter of policy, but because you beUeve in the golden rule, be cause you are glad, truly to theli homes happy and content, feeling thai they went among so-called strangert to find friends a royal welcome and the blessing of a aweet and pleasant memory.
RUSSIA AS A WAR POWER Knowing that ttae Czar can put an army of four to fire million men io ttae field. It would aeem to be a power that could over run every nation in Europe. But the average Russian sol dier counts for little in individual efficiency. The stalwart well drilled, German soldier views a Russian sol¬ dier witb a ooDtempt that quickly paasea ifito haughty Insolence.
If the Russian soldier were the equal of the German, serving under the Kaiser tbat be adores, tbe Ger man capital would be in ashes before tbla. But Oermainy scarcely seems conscious 0t the vast Invaders from tbe "Land of the Czar," and the proud Kalaer goea calmly oo bis way. paus¬ ing aow and again to pin tbe Iron Croaa oa aomeone tbat baa abown slg- liAl ot brtTttry in aoma bloody flisld.
J. Huyler Ellison ia chairman of the comraltiee on arrangements foi tbe general entertainment of the 150 dele¬ gates that will demand the keys to ine gates of our village, next Monday and luesday. Mr. EUlson is prepared LO surrender said keys and turn in and ueip the vlBltoi°s have tbe time of toeir Uves.
Mr. Ellison will also remined these dame visitors that tbe slogan of this kown is briefly stated, "tbe place that inade the oyster famous." He will give tbem proof of the verity and truth of such aforesaid slogan. The 4)rool will be of tbe most convinc'ng icind, even tbat of the pudding and tbe eating thereof.
Now a good alogan cannot work ill, it may not atate an exact fact and jlIII prove Itself of great efficacy by ^ue power ot auggestlon. Many a per- .>on bas eaten bisciUt because told Cneeda" biscuit and it carries a cer¬ tain amount of satlBraction to believe /OU bave rendered something famous, ..aat has ever lacked fame.
if not wholly true, constant repetl- Lion and reiteration will ultimately' jause an appearance of truth. A man jan tell a lie so often and so earnest- .y that at last be fully believes it him- .^eif. We had supposed ttae oyster had acquired a lasting and imperisbable ^ame long ago. But fame is relative. a can be added to, and it sincerly can jc taken away.
It is a source of slight regret that Ar. Ellison's richly rolling slogan has -.een basely counterfeited by a beer, manufactured in aome western city, jut imitation is aaid to be tbe most oincere form of flattery. And there -a a difference between oysters and jeer, that must be apparent to' the .aost Buperflclal observer. Oyatera J are of the sea and of the earth, mun- aane material. Beer is of the spirit- aal. Thus we feel certain that the fast majority will ever join hands witb and be found in the ranks of Mr. Elli¬ son's army bravely defending the oy- jLcr slogan. For thoae who love the .aings of the earth, are the vast mul- aiude of the earth, while those who .:llng to the spiritua , wander wide and .onely alien and sloganless.
Tbe Post aoe> not beUeve iu long editorials. A capable writer should je able to express his opinion on al- j3ost any given subject in less tban a jolumn space. But occasionally a sub¬ ject comes up of such serious import¬ ance that it demands more than the Average space for ita proper consid- .iration.
Sucb is the case in the terrible ac- jident considered under tbe beading, 'The fatal grade crossing. In such a -jase it is not that particular act or dvent that la exclusively under con- jideration, but tbe causes and prln- jiples involved. And tbe remedies jrged would avoid their appalling irequency.
THE FATAL GhADE CROSSING Four persons were killed In a coUi- iion between a Long Island Express .rain and an automobile at Central .^ark, Friday last.
Tbe occupanta of tbe automobile, ffho' were killed, were reutrnlng to .hWr homeH In Brooklyn after inak- .ng a^t(3ur of Long Island. They were .VIr. and Mrs. John R. Suydam of 1 A'lliow Ktret't, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wil.son of ;!3!t Gates avenue, Urook-
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The nuioinobile was jainnied against .he front of the locomotive, and with three of the lour peroons in it was .arried a quarter of a mile before Ihe .rain could be brought to a stop. Mr. vV'ilaon waa knocked to one side of the rack, where lie lay unconaciou.s foi Ifteen minutes before Mra. Jennie MeaKlier of Westbury picked him up .11 her touring ear and took him tc the Nas.'iau County Hospital at Min¬ eola. lie died an hour later.
Tile force of tile coUIson was evi¬ denced by the fact that the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Suydam and Mrs. Wil jon were t,o disflgured il waa some lime before tbey could be identified.
In the above quotation we have the ordinary news Item that appears with frightful frequency. So mucb, so in fact that but little attention in fact is paid to it by either newspapers or readers.
It la difficult to write of such a mat¬ ter with any degree of calmness. It is difficult to consider it free from prejudice and bitterness. And the reason is there ia someone to blame. The Long laland RalUoad Company las a large patronage from commut- ?r8. These people must be conveyed from their home eacb morning and re¬ turned at night. Tbeae passengers de- nand that they be carried on tbeae lally journeys, at the highest rate if apeed consistent witb aafety. The frequency of tbe trip robs It of all novelty and they wish It over with, so to be at bome or bualnMa.
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This duty tbe company triea faltbu fuUy to perform and aucceeda to a eom- merable degree. "Tbeir traina are awlft, comfurlabife, usually oe time, and, best of aU, are safe. Scarcely a aingle passenger Is ever Injured unless be contributes to tbat end by his own negUgence to aome extenU< No rail¬ road on earth can be held Uable for the wilful carelessness of paasengei^. Railroad employees cannot watch pas¬ sengers every momvui, neither is it their duly sane to a reasonable de¬ gree.
The staff of this newspaper ia pre cullarly fltted to discuss this matter for these reasons. One member bas been a commu«er for a number of years. On tbese dally joumeqs be has experienced all tne forttmes of the average commuter. Truth and justice compel the admission tbat tbe railroad company under consideration, discharges its diflicult duties in a com¬ mendable manner as far as train ser¬ vice is concerned.
Two otber members of the staff have driven an automobile an average 10,000 miles per year for the last eight years or more. More of this jour¬ neying bas been over the high way of Long Island. There is scarcely a rail¬ road crossing on tbe entire island, but wbat tbey bave ma^e, many of them over and over. These mne declare that with only ordinary caution driv¬ ers or occupants of automobiles need never experience any danger or in¬ jury from trains, at tbeae croasinga. And what is ordinary caution? The law compels the stopping of a trolley car at a railroad crossing, and the conductor of such car must go to tbe crossing and be assured tbat the track is clear before giving the signal for the car to proceed. At crossings where there are no gates or watchman, there are other warnings. The auto¬ matic bell that is set in action by tbe approaching locomotive, is one of the common kind. The roar of the auto¬ mobile may deaden this if the car ia not checked.
But there ia another. A photograph of this particular crossing shows the usual large sign, painted white, with black letters; "Stop! Railroad Cross¬ ing. Lookout for the Cars." The au¬ tomobile association has also placed signs giving warning of all dangerous crossing, placed at some distance from such crossing. It is tbe opinion of these two gentlemen that a per¬ son could travel a life time on Long Island, make all the railroad cross¬ ings he pleased, and, using ordinary caution, would die some other death tban being crushed by a swiftly mov¬ ing locomotive.
The great number of grade croas- ings on the different lines of this rail¬ road make their elimination a serious problem. It means a large expense, and a vast amount of labor involved. It alao requirea tbe factor of consid¬ erable tme. But it ia the plain duty of this road to make the highway crossing as safe as can possibly be done.
Until such changes can be made, it is clearly the duty of thia road to guard crosainga by the use of every precaution known. Not only to con¬ serve its own Interest, but tbat ot society as well. The particular cross¬ ing under consideration is on the main automobile road between Farmingdale and Central Park. Ot the general condition bere an exchange says:
"Twenty-flve feet down the track from the eroaaing a bridge ran paral¬ lel with the turnpike, so that niotor- l.strt rould not see trains appioiKlilnii from that direction. The bridge .span ned the Long Island Motor Piirkway, which thus waa made safe to automo¬ bilists. On two ofcas'«ns a^totions were started to equip the roadway be side the Motor Parkway bridf^e wiili gates and a guard, bul the old hell signal was the best i)r.>tP<tion Ihiit the people woi)X
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"beat tbe engine to it." ever and wherever they flolate tbe
ia reported ttaat this particular law, and fined or Imprisoned to the
The I'ost baa used its utmost eii deavor to secure some mforniatlon re¬ garding the condition of t"he warning bell at thia crossing with tliia result; six wholly disinterested people living in the immediate viciniiy of this Cross¬ ing, have been interviewed. They all •.ay the bell was in perfect order and that ll did give the usual clear, dis¬ tinct warning of the approach of this particular train. And also, ihat the train was backed up uqtil the crossing was reached and the bell assumed the approach. Two oiiier trains fol¬ lowing later w( re aKo the cause of ringing the bell, which did ita duty in every case in a clear saltsfactory man¬ ner.
One of the men Interviewed said that be aided iu recovering the bud les and assisted in placing the moi tally wounded, Mr. Wilson In Mrs Meagher's- automobile.
Contributory Negligence Repeated accidents at these cross¬ ings do not seem to bave the sUght- est effect on drivers of automobiles. In many caaea it la the fault of the owner, or aome otber occupant; ot tbe car. rather tban tbe man at tbe wheel. Infatuated witb tbe motion and the senae of power and speed, they order tha drlTt^ to vnah oa at (oU spccA.
car did not slow down at the cross¬ ing. The train that struck this car runs trom Jamaica to Quogue, with¬ out stops, it goes at good speed, on a regular schedule and is usually on time. It is the self-evident duty ot all person desiring to cross over the com¬ pany's right of way, to pay heed to such trains, to the warnings set by the company, and to use the ordinary precautions incumbent upon everyone. Falling In this they pay the awful penalty.
And the lives of the oi-cupanls of the car are not tbe only ones at stake. When a passenger pays the full fare demanded and board*) a car, be has the right to be landed at hia destina tion in good order. These reckless automobile partiea imperii every lite on a train that strikes a car, only in sUgbtly less degree, than their own. Engineers and train crews say it is difficult to keep their nerve and cool ness, when reckless drivers make these accidents unavoidable. And yet thes men need every ounce of courage that they can command.
It ia really a source of wonder that so few traina have been derailed iu these numerous accidenta. It a por¬ tion of the wrecked machine had foi.- ed it self between the engine wheels and the rails. It might have derailed the entire train witb heavy loss of life.
The average good citiien of Lung laland belongs neither to the rail¬ road company, nor to the class of speed crazed autoiiiollbiLst. .\iid this citizen demands the rapid elimination of the dangerous grade crossing. I'n- til that can be effected, he demands that the railroad company do its ut¬ most to protect auch croasinga, so that the public shall be reasonably sate in using said crossings.
This same good long suffering citi¬ zen, also demands that reckless driv¬ ers of automobiles be arrested when-
full extent ot the law. He caUs upon evedy officers, every magistrate, and every other good citizen to bring atiout this needed reform. Tbua and this only cant be dangers and horrowa ot tbe grade crossing be even partially done away witb.
LABOR DAY SERVICES
Rev. J. Sidney Gould to Preach Appro¬ priate Sermons
Next Monday is Labor Day, observed every where throughout the United Statea in the intereat of Labor. Many churchea give up their services of the Sunday before, to the consideration of labor situations.
In accordance wit ihia cutom the Rev. J. Sidney Gould, pastor of Ibe Freeport Presbyterian Church, will preach next Sunday morning on "Com¬ mon Human Platform." Tbe subject ot the evening sermon will be "Cour¬ age."
it is the first in the series of ser¬ mons to he preached by Ur. liould on great moral subjects. The other top¬ ics iu the series are "Self Control," "Honesty," "Industry." People of Freeport are cordially invited to tend all services
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