THE NASSAU POST: FREEPORT, N. Y..TUE8DAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1914
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1914
Pub'lihcd Tu«»df«y» »nd Fridas^ by
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22-24 South Grov« Str«<t Freeport. N»m»u
County. Ntw York.
RAND W. SUTHERLAND, Editor JAMES E. STILES, Bu«incsi M«naircr
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Main Cmce Freeport. L. 1.. N. Y
Manbfllltir Cmce. 6 B ekmnn '.A.. (6th Floor.)
Brai^chca at Val ey Stream, Lynbirjok E««»' Rockaway, RoCkvil e Centre. LonM Eeoch. Ocean Side. Baldwin. Mcrriclc. Bel.- more, Wantagh. Seaford. Hempstead and Mm tola. », e.
T..«ph«me .¦¦•••• «1 Freepoi
Call The S ove Man
"There was a defect In the heatln apparatus." Nearly every day *e si this line in print in connection with story of a dwelling fire.
When will householders learn th: It is poor economy to neglect thorou.< examination of their stoves, range furnaces, flues, pipes and 'chimneys
A dozen or moi6 fires in Nassa County during the past m.onth mig.. have been avoided had the stove m.i. called in and necessary repairs .i. tended to before conditions becan. dcngerous.
How about your house even no;.- Is there something wrong wUh th stove pipe, some fault with the chii. my, a bad conrtecLlon iii (htf sha/l!?"
Hind sight is no better than i. Fight at all. Ten dollars spent in O toher irequently saves thousands i February. Ten dollars spent now nn. save a hundredfold loss before war. y ealher conies again.
Go over the house from cellar '
garret. You may find soinethiu
v,rrong. If you are in^doubt call th
stove man. He's a mighty importa.i
,,citizen just now.
«^eek and bring otber thousands of .'etitlons asking that Mr. LevT relln- juish his ownership of the historic zronnds.
For thrlne purposes Monticello ie I little way off the main line. Wheih- ¦r or not the nation would feel any .etier if the picturesque Virginia .omestead were the property of the -lemorial Association we do not prv- fnd to know, but for Mrs. Littleton'?: ake we hope she gets.
Establishing a modern system o Indexing in an office which for inoi than a century haiL followed no jja ticular plan is a task of no small mas nltudo. County Clerk James F. Rlc/i aidson of Suffolk has undertaken ; do this. No wonder he finds il nece: st'iy to work nights. Public papei which under the law must be filed a the county seat sliould he alway readily available. Venerable SulTol. County is not too old 'to learn ne- official methods.
A NEW-T«.EASUrvEB.
In selecting John A. Ruth a- successor to Ernest E. Bosca for tow'. treasurer the Town Board has chose a man worthy of trust who know that honorable puhlic service canno be maintained by any compromise r. conscience.
Ruth h'.'.s been identified with ban; affairs in Lawrence, having serve as clerk and cashier for a loi; period. He Is generally accepted a being clean and able, having no nit tuken notion as lo the responslhillLle that go with the acceptance of a trus
For the good name of the town Ic us hope that we shall not soon agal have to contemplate the unpleasln, spectacle of an otherwise decent oil cial becoming entangled in a } mar\
PERSlSrANT PFGQY We commend the zeal, admire th- perslsteuce, and marvel at the und mlnlshed enthusiasm of Mrs. Marti W. Littleton who, in her campaign t purchase Monticello^ the home o Thomas Jefferson, is undisturbed o the repeated announcement that th^ ovvner will not sell. Last ^eek Mr; Littleton was In Richmond, Va., asK Ing the support of Governor Stuart ani members of tho Virginia General At sembly In behalf of the efforts of th. Jefferson Monticello Memorial As^) elation, she called on the Governo and exhibited petitions from thou lands of wealthy and influencial clti f.ens of the United States. Mrs. Lit llcton said that she would contlnu. the flght for the ownership of Mon. cello, and that the association w.^. ready to pay Jefferson M. Levy ?100 000 or more for the home of Jefferso.) , Before leaving Mrs. Littleton an noimced that she would return thi.
SOUND BANKING
No better evidence of the conserv.i .i»m of the community can be fount, aan in tbe resourc and repute of ti anks.
Confidence In Institutions for sav iga as well as In commerlcial depo.ji .>ries depends upon the integrliy o. .(Iclals and the soundness of the:, jisiness methods.
The banks of Preeport and Rockvilli entre have lo;ig played a strong pa.-. 1 the alTairs of the South Side, an. ave enjoyed year by year an ii. .easii^g n.easuie of support. Thi as been due not merely to the pain aKlag efforts of bankniihi to insui .e safety of all detosits, but to mak. ability an agency lor business deve. pment.
The village bank is an institutio i
The Hempstead village trustees an. .e Business Men's AssociaLion au J meet this week to consider th. .oposldon of extending tl.e gas coi.. my's franclilke for 25 years on i -isis of reduction by the company o. J per^cent. in rales. On its face .
a per cent, cut in the price of g;i )unds good; but what is the value <¦
iranchlse is a growing communi.. .om 1911 to 1940? The joint conimi. ,e should not be in a hurry. It i. ell lor it to do some hard and sou.k. -inking.
THE PEOPLE ARE AWAKE
Whether or not one approves of the pilnclples or the activities of the Pro¬ gressive party this much.may be said A-lth truth that Elvin N. Edwards, th« lew county chairman. Is the type oi .;ian needed to give dignity to it.-- ouncils.
Chairman McCombs of the Demo ratic National Committee, whost .iewpoint is that of a man of widt observation and practical experience lald In a recent speech that the da> .1 roug^ work In politics is rapid!., .f.ssing. He enunciated a trutr, c all yho are familiar with the trenc' >i affairs.
Politics invariably bear the stam; jf the men who domlnatelt. Rougi. /ork has al-vs-ays been associated wlU Lat form of machine politics whlcl :onsiders oflice getting the essentiil y paramount object of all party opera :on3.
Happily we are living In a day 5. towing enlightenment. The machin< '1 whatever party is no longer abli o control as It once did. It dare ot undertake what once was accept d as quite within its rights and pn ileges. The people are awake.
The independent voter has done :ore to bring about a change for th' etter in politics than any other ager. y. The independent may not be ca .-^led or frightened. He knows hi irength. He unreservedly gives hi [iproval to any man who enlists i le work for cleaner politics. ,H !iiy not vote with Elvin N. Edward ut ho will respect him.
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DOMEi.*TIO HARMONY
A striking example of lon.g uninter . jpted harmony 1/ presented in th' .ise of venerable Theodore Tutlle anc IS gentle helimiate of Speonk wIk. iive just celebrated the sixty-fifth a;i iversary of their marriage. By their own admission they hav .ved all these long years withoi;. .iiarreling. He Is eighty-seven,- sh. ighty-four. It is an old ad.a.ge that .says it .il uys 'takes two to make a quarrel ;ulh Mr. and Mrs. Tutlle kfioW this .lid, appreciating lis importance, ac epted it as a thing to he bourne i?. .iind.
It is quite probable that on man\ ccasions the responsible head of , oueehold has been in a pelulent hu
or, And doubtless with a less ge.i iO wife this petulency would have d..^ sloped into"' someihing approachia.., le quarrelsome stage.
The man does not live who has no, Jiue of the elements of the bear ii. is make-up. The woman does no .ve in whom the angelic qual ties ai-t holly lacking. So, when you hear c,
man and his wife living for h lliV aie in peace, it goes without sayin;. lat the woman, to a vastly great-'. <tent than the man, made it possible
We prosent our felicitations to thh ood old couple. Their lives are woi ly of emulation.
PUBLIC SERVICE
To the end that he may give mort me lo the duties of the office o. aperviiior of the town of Hempstead iram R. Smith has retired from thi .e.sidency of t heBunk of Rockvilh entre.
Ordinarily the office of supervlsyi as small appeal to men of buslnes,-. c Is In no wise a spectacular post ,8 duties are many and exacting. Itt ignlty like Its pay not over lhrg> •ut It presents opportunities for hon .it and intelligent public tervlce whlcfc .1 some men calls for personal sacri ce.*
Fortunate In arranging his bankin- jiations so that his services may bi ontinued in the office of board cha'. liin. Mr. Smith will now enter mort ctively upon Uis county duties. Am an who Is willing to lessen his hoU n his private Interests the better :c erform functions of public charactei eserves well of tbe community.
THEODORE LOW DE ViNNE Theodore De Vinnc, whosre death o.'
uired in .Manhattan thl.s niornln.,
.as truly a dean of his craft. Sine.
818 he had been plying his trade, ;.
l)prentice, master printer and desigi.
r of type. Tho strong type faces h.
coined" are probably known in o^'er"
rintery in tho enlightened world. The St. Nicholas and Century maf^
;:ine3.yhave been from hispress sine.
iieir first i3.sues, and the Century Di-
lonary as -.veil. He printed a spocia •dition of the Bible for the late ] .ierpont Morgan and other distiii ;uished men.
Tie Uegan"pfTnt'ing~the "St.~ NicFoIn. .lagazine in 1872 for the Scribner^ .Company,- and the following year tooi ner the priming of Scrihners' Maa;a .ine, wliich was renamed the Centur;. II 1881.
The De Vinno Press won an envin lie reputation from it.s excellent prim iig of wood cut.s and half-tone plat-i. ,et Mr. De Vihne's taste inclined ti .h.'it he called "masculine printing"-
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,ood paper, bold readable types, an-, uinple compo.siti^, strongly printe* ¦ith good black ink. He had 11 ill. ympathy with the "feminine", or ot lamentftl school of typography.
He wrote a standard book oa "Th. liven!ion of Printing," and a valuabl rcaties on ."Correct Composition.' ioih were books of" reference on dil¬ uted points a|^ the latter has becom. I guide for persons employed in tht .lechanical art of bookmaltiiig.
He was the autihor of "Practice o. typography," which was devoted t. lain printing types, -ttlth a few word: )n the composition (Jf titte pages, ;> ubject requiring an entire volume foi IE adequate treatment.
His death is mourned generally by ublisliers and printers throughout thi (jntinent. He was of the few; ht .as a constructive printer.
The temperature at ,he country es cblishment of tiiat e.r.inent auvocatt f uplift. Charles F. I\iuiphy, at Good ;round, is reported to be several dj- rees below Fourteenth street and learly down to zero. It is the wint-jr f his discontent but he is cutting no ce worth mentioning.
The method of'
troducing the
eshnian into the
jcial life of s^n
xford college is lo
le American ratti-
-r unique.
The senior men,
.s we will term tht-
I'ond, third and
OUI III jd. oraduates. ascertahi
rom a freshman's scout wiienA^ is • ut. They then leave their cards '.n he man's rooms. This call the frei'i- lan is expected to return. He must o -when he knows the senior is In. 'allure to comply with this custom, .•hich on the whole Is a good one, i.s ery apt to get a freshman disliked. The year is divided into three terms Michaelmas, Trinity and Hilary, lichaelmas term begins about the .iddle of October and commences, as o all the others, on a Friday. At thij ate each undergraduate is expecto 1 J be in Oxford. If a man "comes" up tte, and has not permission to do ^-j. .(! in .fined .ten Bhjjilngs—?2.!J0—fo.i., ach day of absence. Before taking the examination I'oi ntrance to my college I had been i'l idglngs in the home of one of tht -jwnsmen. Instead of staying at ;i otel, a man hires "digs" in a houst lose hy the college gates. If a college has more undergrad i tes than It can accomodate within th. ollege walls, third and fourth ye;i len are obliged to go out into "digs.' 'his is mudh better than compelllns he freshmen to take lodgings. By thr' ime a "man has reached hia third year, ..e has made his friends, knows th»^ vay* of the college and University, nd can take care of himself. Oftim -b : number of congenial seniors hire ;in ntlre townsman's house and live to¬ other.
The colleges are sciitiered all over the city. Their styles of architecture differ greatly. This, of course, is oc¬ casioned by ihe fact that tbe colleges werfe erected in different ages. The f.rteriors of many of them resemble old castlcf, and if the stories are tru.?. more than one of them havP withstood the onslaught of the townsmen.
As-I had riftt been well before be¬ ginning of the term, I obtained lea.'e from the "head" to nfny In "digs" for several days.
It was Monday evening before I was able to get around to college. When 1 arrived there 1 found thatThe scout had arranged my looms. A cheerful coal fire was blazing in the grate, tile curtains at the windows -were drawn and candles lighted. A huge anu- chair had been placed near the fire, lit side the chair was a small fable o.a which were several of my hooks and a stack of visiting cards. Picking up .he latter I read through rather an ininteresting assortment of name.-; .vithout quite underslanding what ll 11 meant. At that point my scon. ' nic'.'-ed.
"Jonesi w-here did these card# coine rom?" I asked.
"Gentlemen who've called on yo.i ^ir," answered the scout with grcu; lignlty.
"Well what can 1 do about it?" J
luorled.
"Wait a fortnight and then returr
ny calls you wish to. A number cl
len have been asking me where yo'i
IP, and what you look like. Thert
vill be a rugby "squash" on Wodne-
('ay; they started "tubbing" ih(
freshmen today."
As he spoke there was a shuffiing o! many feet on the stairs. A loud rai sounded on my door.
Jones descretly withdrew into tin scout's pantry. I felt like arconipany ing him.
POST
• The Hempstead Inquirer is eighty- four years old. It can read wUhout gia.ssen, walk -without a cane, and ;.s still in the full possession of its facul¬ ties. We^were early taught to have respect for age. We salute therefore cur venerable neighbor. May It con¬ tinue to be yoimg in heart as It go^'s forward on its octogenarian journey.
Dr. G. Clifford Colyer, of Freeport, i.> practicing dentistry in Peekskill, .v. Y.—Ne-ws note.
"Dr. O. -Clifford Colyer did marvol ous things in legerdemain, and for •,
iong time held spellbound wi;!i
his wonderful EveryoneTs jusi
vs-ondering how he did it."—Peekskill Daily Times.
Well, no one can tell In Freeport. He did marvelous things here, too. ,\nd some were In magic
Thanks to the kind man In Ea.i; .{.ockaway who said ulce~things abou; I he Nassau Post yesterday niomlnu; it's right up to date," was his obse: .ation. Bm then he added, "publish .'d twice a day," and Frederick M ..itraog, of Oceanside, was caused u ,'asp. lira.se, mister, It's twice i. veck is enough for the present. Uw I'ebbe later your remark will appl.\
HOW EDITORS VIEW US
We welcoiiie "The Nas.sau I'o.st," of "reeport, "the unofficial newspaper nf .'assau County." It is just two weeks ¦Id and is a lusty youngster. Editor •uthcrland and manager Stiles, here's ¦ ur hand.—Suffolk Bulletin.
Reception to New Minister Members of the Bethany Congrega- lonal Church will tender a rectjption c the Rev. Egbert C. Macklln, of Man- at tan, who was lately called to the ;ast Rockaway pastorate, on Wash- ngton's Birthday eve, February 21. V musical program will be given, •lisa Jeanette M. Camman, the well mown soprano, will sing several se- ectlohs accompanied by her sister, .liss Lena Caman, at the piano. Wil- am A. Simons, will speak. A colla¬ tion will be served.
The initial numher of the Nassau ost, published at Freeport by Messrs. Uiles and Sutherland, came tq qui xchange desk last week. The fir.st iumber is an interesting one, and ts roprietors promise to make succeeJ- ng numbers more so. Hero's suc- ess to you' lads.—South Side Ob- lervcr.
We extend a welcome to "The Na.-'- au Post," the semi-weekly newspaper wned and edited by Messrs. Stiles ind Sutherland. Its first Issue lajt veek was a very neat one, and filled o the brim with good, live new's.'-^- iockaway Times.
So a Maine huntress is going t-. urn Eve and prove that woman ha L'St none of her pristine powers of v.. .urance and ingenuity. We nre vei. ure that the only animal she ncei i ar during the experiment belongs t.^ lie race of Adam.—Froui the St. Paul Mspatt'li.
nicks & Walts, hardware iiier- hants, Merrick road, Ilockville Ceii- le, are demonstrating a brooder^Jn !icir window. An oil lamp is used to upply the heat. Charles Becker, n ciKhbor on the other side of the ireet, in a modest man. He sells U ctric lamps. So Becker has plated . crow iri his window. Get il?
it was no genius that designed - utter for two. Jingle bells!
A girl may know nothing whatev^ about -wiiite slavery or white slaT4i and their iricka and guiles and yet cape all harm by simply having cbl acter, but if the character is lackll all tho knowledge of things fomier| unknown will not save her. Less pr rient literature .-ind more Instrucud in sound principles is the need of tl hour.—From the Philadelphia Pub| Ledger.
"Big Bill' Edwaros, of Manhatts hns nothing absolutely on Koad iiMssioner ."Marvin of Rockville Cent:^ It snowed on Friday all nfght. .vards has an "aniiy" at work In York before eight o'clock. Man(
ad every unemployed colored rei ont of Rockville Centre shoveling foro breahfa.'Jit. Beside there w
hree snow plows. Cominiiters ta| lotlce.
Sheriff Pettifs short term >rs" have really been biisj' these ll| e\v d:i>-.s. .Still sliovt'ling snow lot .so l);i(r wiicu iluMe'.s nothing to
Mil Wllit.
Musicians to Give Ball The Iroquois Band of Nassau Coiin' 'omposed of musicians of Freepon -llempsiead, Mineola and other villa;; ,?es in Nassau County will'give a masi and civic ball at Utowana Hall ne<
Tuesday evening, February 24. Eu j jf ,^,„ u.-g on the mainland
-rone .S. Hill, the well known dancing Heaven's sake don't kick about road in the act of alighting. lie was w teacher of Ocean Side, will have {^xes. If you live at Nassau-by-thr-J i"R '•>¦ sbort dislanre from his ho charire of the floor arrangements. An g^a „r Point Lookout help dog the ,'^"''"'"*''''^•''' several deep sc orchestia of seevn pieces will furnish, , ^. . ., . ^ r. 'Voiiiuls juul was badly bruised.
., J , , , man who ought to dredge .Sea Dog ,,..,, ¦ ¦ . . .
music for the dance and the entire , !•. Ii. Herr.eu Is in atetndance. He
In De MIodle Ob De Road Had Ihe Angel Gabriel tooted lorn for a grand march of South Sl| esideuts last Saturday iiioriilng, tb« ould have been a grand middle Iip road pageant, for biking " alol idewalka whs out of the questiq 'roperly owners and tenants In astanres were In a don't-care bout shoveling the snow from walk.s or were waiting In antlcipati| that the rain would wash It off. theJiiiie this Issue of Tlie Nassau Pj goes to press a numher of walks main unrleaiicd. Tie cold snap whll followed the snow and rain, coup^ with the trumping down of the sli snow froze tliiru;s so hard tiiat it remain for some titne.
iSoiiie vil!;mes clean lli(> Hidewal after snow.s, KocUvlile ('eiiirc. for sianre.
Fell From Trolley Car near Ho|
Henry Smitli. of Roosevelt. Is (-. in.t; tod.ay from Injuries he recelv on .Saturday morning when he fioin a south bound trolley car wl
hand will play the grand march.
Channel.
mmaiii at home duri<^^ the week.
ANNOUNCEMENT
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE
The'first issue of The Nassau Po^t, he new semi-weekly, with headquar; •rs at Freeport, made its appearance jn Saturday. It is a neatly prlntnl .hcet, well edited and its officers "are ^iven as Rand Sutherland, editor, and James E. Stiles, business manager, with main office at Freeport, and Man¬ hattan office in Beekman street.* * * — Nassau County Review.
We have received copy No. 1 of vol¬ ume No. 1 of The Nassau Post, uf Freeport, the original, if not the first, St. mi-wee liy Issued in our sister coun¬ ty of N,•.^¦sau. It is a bright and newsy sh< • t, owned and published hy Kand W. Sutherland as editor anl James E. ^iles as business manager.
Its ente; arising owners are progress¬ ive youn^; : en who have adopted the rather ur i'le idea of conducting" a country ru -vspaper -without the usu.il jobbing d^ lartment attached.!—South Side Sign.il ,
The United States Governn>ent has ac¬ cepted this bank's application as a member of the Government Reserve Organization known as the Federal Reserve Act.
Now and then a plain unvarnished talk is necessary for the benefit of the public whose opinion we value.
This bank was organized for the bene¬ fit and advantage of all the people of Rockville Centre. It is being man¬ aged and developed according to the highest pripciples of United States banking laws.
There arc special privileges for none; this fact occasionally cauiies disap¬ pointment or friction, but that Is tri¬ vial if thereby we are serving the com¬ munity to its best advantage.
Strong banking relations lend a vital force to any busmest In which you
may engage. 'Your bank can be your most valuable reference advisor, and friend.
Connect with the RIGHT bank.
This bank interests Iteelt personally in the business welfare of Its cus- tomer8...lt encourages their intimacy and extends every convenience and aid to their banking needs.
The Directors of this bank are liberal owners of its share of stock. It Is their businesi to direct the affairs of the bank, and to make personal ex¬ aminations of its business, whic'h they do at regular intervals, thereby hav¬ ing an acc(.irate knowledge of its af¬ fairs and safeguarding the interests of
every depositor.
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Designated Depository for the State of New York and U. S. Postal Savings.
JOHN H. CARU Presidcat
J. L HUTCBESON. Vice President
C. i. DOOLEY. Cashier
