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Fretpopt, N, Y. Thur»d«y, Feb. 18,1915
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THI KAASAU rOI PVMJaRINO OOMPANT.
22-24 SoaUi Grov« Strwt. Fraaport N»s«o Uounly. Ntrw York. James E. BtWm, raskling lo Um *illa«t of Fraaport, town of H«iat>- attad, coyotr of Naaaaa, lUta of Now York, ewnar and pobliabcr.
AliVERTiBING^BATES ON APPLICATION
Enured aa Sacood-claas matur Arril 1.1914. •t Uia poat oAaa at Fraaport, Naw York, ua- 4c tba act of March a, 1879.
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Promoting Prosperity
In various parts of the countrj "Build now-' and other movements have becT: started to boom business. It Is of course difficult to persuade people to alter individual plans to help on a general movement. But still there are many cases where peo¬ ple could promote their own interests as well as set money in clrcuiatlon in this way.
Contractors would build a house to¬ day chfapcr, in. ».ll probability, than tbey would a year from now. Repair jobs would in some cases be cheaper, and in any event vexatious delays could be .saved by anticipating one's wants.
Most people let buildings go loo Ion;; without nc^cessary renovation. Money saved by economizinf; in house paint may not really be saved by any moan.'^. Th<' impressi;)n Kcts abroad that a hou.so i.s run down, and if one wants to sell, he tlnds it has acquired a poor reputation. Puiut presvives building material.
Farmers in particular are often slack. They let buildings grow un- ncci'ssarily weather beaten, actually Increa.sing future ropair bills, be¬ sides giving a general impression that tliey are unprogressive. Store ktcpurs do not realize keenly onr.MKh the advantage of an attractive in¬ terior. They need to do over walls and ceilings frequently, they give an Impression of untidiness tliat hurls trade. No man cat.: .',r/.sper in busi¬ ness without keeping up the appear¬ ance of his location.
If every householder, every mer¬ chant, and every farmer, would look over his buildings critically, and spend at once the money that ought to be laid out, and which he could af¬ ford, for the good of the property and his business, a big step would be taken toward restoring full prosperi¬ ty.
"VOTING MACHINES" Will the Town of Hempstead buy voting' machlil I?
It seems to us that it should. We tried them here last November. Bo did Hempstead, Cedarhurst, Lyn¬ brook and Rockville Centre. We liked them here. We more than liked them. We thought they were th fastest, easiest, safest and cheap¬ est method of voting we had ever tried.
Hempstead, Lynbrook, Cedarhurst and Rockville Centre, from all re¬ ports, feel about as we do "hero in re¬ gard to voting machines.
Few. mighty fe7, of us would will¬ ingly go back to the old style bed quilt paper ballot, which is so big you could sleep under it; so mixed up that few of us readily understood It; so hard to properly mark and so easy to improperlv;, mark and thereby cost \is our votes.
^Jauy intelligent voters who cast the paper ballots are still a little un¬ certain as 'i) whether they were n- tlrely correct in the viay they marked them and many more are a good deal uncertain :<« to whether their votes were counted as they wanted them lo be countd.
We who used the voting machine know positively that our votes were counted the way we intended they should be because we counted them ourselves, mechanically, accurately and unchangeably. We know we did not spoil our ballots be^'ause the ma¬ chines would not let us do so. We know tbat everything wa» straight because we did it all ourselves. Yes, and did it quicker than one of the bed quilt paper ballots a-.Tr v.ns or ever will be cast.
Our election re;.; were complet¬ ed and our election olllrers home in less thnn two hours after the x'oUs closed, while the counlin.!? of paper ballots continued in most districts well into the iio.xt day.
This is ancient lilstory, you say! Ye.<" You nre right. It is—but :o Is Iho dis'^overy of America by Co¬ lumbus, .still we are nilfrhty glad Co- luml)iiH riiaiie that bit of history a ion;; time t'.i;o, v\\. -r>^ woulii liate like old b'am .Scrat h lo-liavC what he dltcovered t.iken away froiu us.
Neither would we like to have th^ votlnt; machines taken away from us. Millions of votes haw been cist on theni in all parts of th(^ United St.-ites during the >^st tewlve or fourteen years. More tVian half tie votes cast In this state last November, outside of Greater New York, were cast on them. Many thousands of voters of all kinds have tested and approved them—In proof of which they are *till using them. We repeat:
Will the Town of Hempstead buy voting machines?
No good citizen wants the town to buy machines unless there are a good common sense ard business reason for doing so.
There seem to be several good rea¬ sons already*, thoroughly demonstrat¬ ed wliy the machines should be bought. They save money time la¬ bor, contests and votes.
A practical demonstration of the actual working qualities of tbe ma¬ chines was given thoroughly and sat- Istactorily. Tbe experiences of other towns and cittss using them are con- Tlndntly in tbflr tayor.
Th« parcbs** of tb* ttuchlnes wlU Bot cost ths'toura nor tbe taxpayers a red «*Bt--4Moaiw« tbe nu^biata pay. tor UMneebre» l» litekt tbey iiitliUly •* • la ossb on election expenaea and W ia be Hl< fM* ea tbat basis.
Instead of depleting any existing town fund they will taelp create a liew fund growing out of the flection ex¬ pense saved, and it mlgbi be well to remember that this new fund could be called "velTet," because it will come not' from the taxpayers' pockets, nor from some otj^er existing fund, nor from the sale of anything the town ow'.i8, but, from the saving ef¬ fected by voting machines—or call it, If you like, the Interest on the money represented by the value of the self- pald-for vbting machines.
An estimate presented at Tuesday's Board meeting by the Automatic Reg¬ istering Machine Corporation and based on the town's o\Vi official elec¬ tion expense figures, places the sav¬ ing to the town at $6,777.00 per year.
We do not know how much all this means to each taxpayer in dollars and c«ntB, but It means something real.
The Town Board has taken no ac¬ tion on way or the other, although we understand that the question is being seriously considered.
Letters to Editor
N. Y.
Words Appreciated Freeport, L. I My dear Mr. StHes: —
In the name ot the Neighborhood Worker.-, I wish to thank you for the generous check for thirty-eight dol- ¦ ars trom the Nassau Post. We are always in need of funds and each ad- iitional dollar enables us to do a better and a larger work and the as¬ sociation is deeply grateful for all .;i;pporl. The Christmas tiee was a lieiightful idea, and the children made iiappy by the event were a joy to be¬ hold. We shall u.'=c the money and supplies that The Post turned over ;o us to buy and supply coal and food for families In need and we have many such on our lists.
Again thanking you, 1 remain. Trulv yours,
ELIZABETH C. STORY, (Mrs. Fred K.) President of Neighborhood Workers.
Feb. 14, 1915.
eaae bare one and tbe same baala. namely, a false sense of God and man. The sin which beseU one person Is no more real than tbe sickness which beset* another; apd the object of those who are endeavoring to fulfil tbe commandment to love their ilelgh- bor as themselves, la to set him free, whether bis bonds be those of sick¬ ness or of sin. John's declaration, "Perfect love casteth out fear," is the summing up of the beloved apos¬ tle's understanding, and Christian Scientists have learned the truth of Mrs. Eddy's teaching (Science and Health, p. 270), that "the human mind alone suffers, is eick, and that the divine Mind alone heals." (Signed) ARCHIBALD MCLELLAN
FEUCITATE STORE ON 50TH BIRTHDAY
ABRAHAM AND STRAUS CELE¬ BRATE AUSPICIOUSLY THEIR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. FEW IF ANY SIMILAR ORC-ANIZA- TIONS HAVE RECEIVVED THE EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIA¬ TION, FELICITATION AND CON¬ FIDENCE, WHICH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO BOUNTIFULLY. LOOM STRONG AS BULWARK OF EARNEST ENDEAVOR.
VOCATIONAL TRAIN¬ ING IN Tffi SCHOOL
.SUBJECT OF LECTURE BY A. B.
GRAHAM OF FARMINGDALE
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
IN CUNTON SCHOOL
ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Unfounded Criticism (Extract from editorial columns of Christian Science Sentinel of issue ot February 13, 1915, printed for read¬ ers by request.).
Many of those who array them- .selves against (Christian Scifence as- .-ume to justify their antagonism to¬ ward this religion by reason of Its teaching that evil Is unreal. It Is no uncommon thing, indeed, to find these critics claiming that ('hrlstian Sci¬ ence countenances sin by asserting the unreality of evil.
It is apparent that those who criti¬ cise Christian Scieflce in this way, fail to apprehend that by contending for the belief that evil is real they are dishonoring God, yet this is the inherit logic of their position. To al¬ lege that God is the creator ot evil, IS to assume that He is not even so sood as the ordinary moral person who does no evil. It Is to allege that He is not so good as the man who has rarelewily or by reason of temptation fallen into sin. W\re a good man to commit sin, his character would at once be changed, and he would no longer be classed as a .good man. How much greater would be the change iu God. whom the prophet de¬ clares to be "ot purer eyes than to be*;r^ evil," should He become the creator of evil!
On the other hand, It God is not the creator ot evil, and evil exists, the plain Inference is that God is not omnipotent, and His power is secon¬ dary to that of the creator of evil. This is of course unthinkable non- .>ense, but it is the horn of the dilem¬ ma which the critic ot Christian Sci¬ ence must grasp if he contends for a lellef in the reality ot evil as a test of Christianity. What Mrs. Eddy teaches in regard to evil and its un- leality, is /•jarly stated in her vari- ou.s writings; and, to cite only one in. stance, we would call attention to what was written by her on this point in her Message to The Mother Church in 1901 (p. 14): —
'Do Christian Scientists believe hat evil exists? Wo answer, Yes and No! Y'os, inasmuch as we do know that evil, as a false claim, false en¬ tity, and utter falsity, does eyist in thought; and No, as soraetlvngs that .njnys, suffers, or -;s real. Our only departure from eccleslasticism on this snbjeet is, that our faith takes hold of the fact that evil cannot be made so real as to frighten ua and .0 master ua, or to niake us love it ¦¦nd sohriiTIe'r' our way to holines.s. We regard evil as a He, an illusion, tl-erefore a.T unreal as a mirace that niislead.s the traveler on his way
iifimo The evil-doer receives no
' Ticouragement from my declaration lint evil i< uiiiea). when 1 declare that he mii=t awake from his belief in this awful unreality, repent and forsake it. in order to understand and demonstrate its univality."
That Christian Science is coupled with p.n utter ignoring of our Master's .demand that Jjis tollov.-ers should do 'he works ot healing which he taught them, is not strange, when we re¬ member that iliese works wore done on the basis that both sin and sick¬ ness are unreal. The Christian who is obeying the Master's command to preach the gospel, in order to be con- .-Istent with his profession, as oife who is manifesting the spirit of Christ, must also obey the command to heal the sick. It is for this reason that the Christian Scientist cannot be content with preaching alone, nor can he consistently postpone the healing of the sick to a more "con¬ venient season," or turn the work of healing over to one who may not be even a professing Christian.
It is tbe mission of tho Christian Scientist to heal those who come to him for relief from bodily and men¬ tal distress, and In ito dMng he must also point out to them the way of ulration axtd direct their tbovRht tWeto. , ,^hrtttlan Sdeotista under- itluid, ^ tb' proportion aa they appre¬ hend tbe teachings of their text4>ook. Sc4e«ic« aad ttaaltb. that aln and dta-
(.Special to The Nassau Post)
Let the cynics who say there's no sentiment ;ii business read the stir¬ ring le','lers of congratulation the store of Abraham and Straus has re¬ ceived upon its Golden Anniversary. They feei as if the greatest endeav¬ ors ot the years to comi! would never <epay the debt they owe to the peo¬ ple t)f this community for the mag- iiificent manner in whi^h the anniver¬ sary of the store has been received.
But the intensely gratifying f(;a- tuie of the flrst week of the Anni¬ versary ha.s been tho wonderful ex¬ pressions of appreciation and enihusi- .•.Stic eongratulations of hundreds of customers and other who, from pure sood will, took the pains to write to the store. Ample evidence of this ran be seen in some of the phrascb taken from the stacks of letters.
Amo'ng the most beautiful tributes was the great bunch of American Peauty roses, one for each ot the fifty years, "From one of the oldest friends of Abraham and Straus"—a gift of a Brooklyn woman who has dealt with the store since 1865.
''I am proud to say I am one of your very oldest customers," said an¬ other. "My weddlnj^ trousseau was bought at your store more than forty years ago, and now my daughter, who is to be married in June, has pur¬ chased her whole outfit from Abra¬ ham and Straus. The store hold.s a warm spot In our hearts and home."
Another letter says: "In the plow of your beoutlful decorations which .-saluted Brooklyn this morning, 1 am impel.ed to say that they seem a symbol of your constant effort to give the best without counting the cost. May he years to come crown you with sn<-ces3 beyond^xpectatlon."
A Manhattan business man says: '"Even in an era of great business de- velormient, of tremendous industrial .'Uid mercantile achievements, an es¬ tablishment of fifty years' successful .rowth like yours looms out strong p,:-i a bulwark of earnest endeavor, an exemplification of honesty, fairness and idealism."
And so they run through letter af¬ ter letter, unsolicited, unexpected— the spontaneous expressions of an ap- lueciative public to a commercial in- .¦;titution that has endeavored to live up to the highest pos.sible standards of business and feels in these splen¬ did messages the .issurance of a ¦>vork well done.
TRIAL AND GRAND JURORS
FOR MONTH OF MARCH
Following are the lists of the trial jurors and the grand jurors tor the month of March:
Trial Jurors—Fred J. Potter, Lyn¬ brook; Chas. W. Smith, Great Neck; Ceo. W. Wright, Valley Stream; Her¬ bert G. Vail, Oyster Bay; Oscar W. Homan, Valley Stream; Michael J. Iteisert, Valley Stream; Samuel Du- tan, Roslyn; Joseph L. Adams, Hemp- .tead; Wm. A. Warner, Manhasset; Axel S.. Johnson, Freeport; Chas. H. Mues, Sea Cliff; Frank E. Baldwin, :'eaforil'; Memville Fowler, Ocean- .¦^ide; Lawrence E. Parliman, Sea Cliff; Thomas Thompson, Oyster Pay; Edward O'Connor, Oyster Bay; John A. Pine, Lynbrook; Goo. H. Desson, Roslyn; WiMinm E. Watts, Floral Park; Charles H. Felten, Woodmere; George Clark, East Wil- liston; Fred W. .Carman, Farming- dale; Robt. M. C. Wood, Lynbrook; Francis Y. rnderhill. Sea Cliff; Wm. Wood, Merrick; Frederick A. Vtvity, Freeport; James H Poole, Port Wash¬ ington; Louis Meyer, Woodbury; John B. Monitor, Brookville; Halsey Wright, Malverne; Theo. H. Maurer, Central Park; Conklin Ketcham, Farmingdale; Townsend MiUer, Glen C^ove; John J. Matthews, Great Neck; John Ross, Oyster Bay; Frfderlck H. Hansen, Floral Park.
Grand Jurors—Henry Crocker, In¬ wood; John A. McKenna, Westbury; Samuel H. Van Cott, Glen Head; Thomas H. Baer, New Hyde Park; Thomas H. Brower, Woodmere, Her¬ man H. Baer, New Hyde Park; Wm. H. Weeks, Sea Cliff; Franklin Duryea. Hempstead; John J. Hoey, Oreat Neck; Sylrester Pearsall. Lr&- brook; C. Milton iy>remaa, IYe«Port; Harold Godwin, Roalrn; Wm, Plyer.; Haakpataad; Chaa. W. BaU. 01«9 Head; Fatd. HaUar. GaditffavnM: ioba T. WMO«i>. lalwvillB. ^ *-
Lecturer Makes Strong Plea to Train
the Hand of the Child as
Well as the Eye
Id the Clinton School auditorium, RockTille Centre, last Tuesday night, Mr. A. B. Graham of the Extension Service of the Farmingdale Agricul¬ tural School gave a talk on Vocation¬ al Training In the Schools. Mr. Gra¬ ham is a forceful and entertaining speaker and was thoroughly enjoyed by those who came out to hear him. The lecture was given under the au¬ spices of the Parent-Teachers A'ssoci- ation since the subject is one of vital interest to all parents who have the future of their children to consider. Mr. Graham made a strong plea for vocational training, claiming that every child should have its hands as well as its mind trained that the two might work in unison.
"We are still dominated," the speaker said, "by the ancient ideas ot the school men who thought that all education should be directed to fitting the child for college and the professions. The idea has long since been discarded but the practice es¬ tablished by them still persists, and the child is taught in the schools simply to express himself through his mouth, while the clever, capable hands are left entirely untrained, though in a majority of cases the child will earn his living with hia hands."
He cited the case of Thomas Edi¬ son, who as a boy in an Ohio town was considered a perfect blockhead until his interest was awakened by the one thing tbat has since made him famous and will be forever as¬ sociated with his name, A similar In- ¦stanco was that of a noted sculptor who, a dullard at books, was in his early manhood employed in a foun¬ dry. One day with idle finger he traced the portrait of a negro on a ¦imoky window, and th-e likeness was j so remarkable that it made him local-! ly famous and his bent in life was de-1 termlned by his talented hands. An instance showing the extent to which the hands may be trained was that of a celebrated surgeon who was per¬ forming a delicate operation when all the lights went out, to stop meant; death to the patient, and so well trained were his hands that they j were able to carry out the commands f of his brain even in the dark. Com¬ ing to practical .suggestions, Mr. Gra¬ ham advocates the method adopted : in the Gary schools of devoting part of the school hours to vocational | training. The time and place to de-j termine th«' bent ot the child is dur-1 ing the school period and frequent I conferences should be held between I Ibe parents and teachers to deter-1 mine what course the child's future will take rather than wait until the child leaves schocil, when often many valuable years ar^ lost before the child finds his true vocation.
Mr. Graham pleaded also for the science ot work. It Is not enough for a girl to learn to cook or n r,oy to farm unless they know the science of cooking and farming, the reason .ind cause ot things. It is no(> enough to do things; the child should know the science and rea.-^on that underlie-: ] pvery trade and piece of work. Mr Graham wa.s only able to speok brief !y of agriculture and .gardening, but he promised it there should be suf ficicnt demand fur it that he wouM
send aa expert who eauld answer all questions and glre much helpful ad- Tlce to tbe ecburban gardener. He said that the preeent metned of the Islanders of using commercial fertil¬ izers was sotmdlng the death knell of the Island. That their only hope of restoring^ the fertility of the soil was in the establishment of dairies which have been so generally given up.
CANDIDATE FOR
Republican Nomination
FOR
Receiver of Taxes
RELIANCE DEFEAT R. V. C. CLUB
On Friday evealng last the Bowling Club ot the Reliance Hoee (Company, of Rockville Centre, bowled a match game last Friday night with a team from the Rockville Centre Club, on the alleys of the Reliance Company.
The score follows: ,
Reliance Hose Company—Esau, 196, 202, 126; Pierce. 173. 162, 170; Merry 161, 157. 193; Waterbury, 186, 168, 140; Garrison, 215, 172. 139. Totals 931 86L 768.
Rockville Centre Club — Pinkham, 115, 122; Kelly, 147; Abrams, 166, 157, 159; Owen, 175, 136. 127; Brill, 119. 149 167; Denhert, 172, 183, 165. Totals 747, 747, 765.
On February 26 the Reliance will play a team from the Lawrence-Cedar hurst Fire Department.
PORTNiaHTLY OUIB WCCTa
The regular members' meeting ol the Fortnightly Club was hold Tuee¬ day, February 16.
After the business meeting, Mrs. J. Spelman read a report 01 the Long Island Council. A special meeting was called to revise the constitution. ilra. Hlllery Sheets was accompanied by Mrs. J. Spelman as delegates, and Mls» E. Whittemore and Mrs. U Rockwell as alternate.?
Let Us Feed You
CANDIDATE FOR THE
Republican Nominadon
TOWN CLERK
Joseph H. Foster
CANDIDATE FOR
Republican Nomination
We earry everything In the groeeqr line, and will be glad te serve you. You don't have to go te Freeport or Rockville Centra any more. Spentf your money at home where ft goes further than any other place.
Our goods are fresh and the beat New Buclcwheat Flour and beat Ma¬ ple Syrup.
Charles E. Stowe
of Hempstead
A. BREINER
Grand Avenue near Merrick Rd. Tel.449-J BALDWIN
FKOM THB WEST.
Arrive. Ready for Die.
6.30 A. M. 7.45 A. M.
8.10 A. M. 8.30 A. M.
12.40 P. U 1,00 P. M.
2.50 P. M. 3.15'P. M.
5.10 P. M. B.3« P. M.
6.30 P. M. 7.00 P. M FROM THB BAST.
Arrive Reaily for Dtak
8.10 A. M. 8.30 A. M.
12.40 P.M. 1.00 P. M.
4.30 P. M. 4.45 P. M.
Enrolled Republicans
Franklin C. Gilbert!* ^ «"•**»•'«' n«iect.on to a^
flee of Town AseeMor. My expeK.
OF HEMPSTEAD, N. Y
Announces himself as a Candidate for
enoe in every way fits the position.
Town Clerk
Daniel L. Sealey
OF HEMPSTEAD
Nomination as
Ben. J. Duryea
i66 HENRY STREET, HEMPSTEAD
^^^!^„ .f^^f^**^ Furs Furs Furs
Republican Ticket
remodelled, or redycd, a tumnotitubim prices. BstlmateB chefrfully given.
to be voted upon at the Unofficial „ barkpr
Preferential Primaries to be held in MHS. E. J. BARKER
March, 1915. | South Seaman A..-. lialdwlii, L I
Tel. 786 Freeport
REGULAR
Republican Candidate
FOR
Town Auditor
Charles Gardner
MiUer
OF MCMPSTf AO, k. i.
The Store of Greatest Stock* The Store ef Beet Service Th^ Store of Greateet Eoonomy The Store of Strongest Valuee. Theee facte refleet the oonflde«>ce re¬ posed In tMe iMwee by fHe poopte •f inte tatfiaeej^ WC OUAAANTtt OMft OOOM
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