The Unofficial Newspaper of Nassau Couniy
Tiosf
f The Unofficial Newspaper of Nassau County
VOL 1 NO. 7
Copyri'tjhl 1914, by The Nawuiu Po»rFubl.l.ing Co.
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1914
PRICE THREE CENTS
TAXPAYERS DISCUSS FREEPORT PROBLEMS
I
Dinner Attracts Enthusiastic Gathering at Alpine Hotel- Many Matters Considered
SENTIMENT AGAINST MORE TRUSTEES
Committee Will Prepare Resold
tions Asking for Increase in Funds
for Polite and Street Lights
DISCUSS "SUFFRAGE" AT FREEPORT
"General" .Jones and Miss Klatsch-
kcn Addressed Large Gathering
f'lijirtiiins ItoHalie C. .loti^s. jiiid Miss .MhiIIjh Kliils< hkf-ii, ol " .ManliaUiiii. di.s< u..sc(l "Voles for Women" In Kra U'l-nhy Mall, Freeport. last ninhi with I(i.'! of llii'lr sex, thlMeeli Nien asid neveii hoy.-i In an llnil.siiHlly inletc.sl- InK. pleahInK manner, ami despite the ah.seiice ol Village I'ltpsidenl .Siriiih Cov. who was to have introdueed Ihem Ihey weie In no Way coniiiiiimiKed. Ill fad Ihe vlllaRe executive wa.s noi missed for <'ai)l. James llanse.throiiKli whose sii;;!'eslir)tl and r-oiitlesy Ihe iiieetiuK was held where it was. Iiir)iii)illy look the loslliim and .-el iliiir-;s ill moljdii.
'i'he audieiKr- lliai lish-ncd to Ihe "lo;;ic" of uoman'.-- Mllliare wa.- ol a lepleselllal ive rlia;aeter. 'I'he liall was wj-ll lilied and maii> weie futi-Kil lo stand. Both addresses wtif ie ceivetl , and the audience ii,aiiire.--led lis inlifv-et t)y asking' numeroii.s t^iu's- lions, wlii'h were ade(juaicly answei- ed hy Ihe advof.lles of Ihe "cause"
'I'he ineeiiim a.s ori;;iiial'.v aiiiioiiiii- ed was Io he coii[iled with a dance, but the local committee liiiall.v (h cided against H.e laii;;o and al tlic coiiclii sioti of the speakiii;; a nimhei of the woiiiiin discussed "slate maticis" in a purely social way.
.\ men'.- aii\illaiy was formed and a nuniher of si^'naliires were rdUaiiied.
.No Ix-tler dinner al *1 Wiii;- i"-*'^' eaten, an I no freer (liHciiHsion of Jhe real prohlcms that confront Kieei.orl ii8 a miinicii.aliiy was e\er eiiieied in¬ to tha tial the secon.l dinner of the Kreeport 'la\pay< rs l.ea>;m- ai Hie A\ pint! Iloiel on Tuesday ni.i;lit. Th'' llirne and enlhiishistl cKailierin;^ oi rfpi<'senlative iweil- listened to eleven BpeaktTH wiio talked ahout incieasinK the numher of \illai:e Iru-lies from four to elfihl; a phinniiiK commission. the police and electric llp,hls, all of them sul).le<ls of \ilal inieresi jusi now. And the result of Ihe discu.s- nions was Hie appointmeitl of a coni- Jliltlee lo (Iralt le-olulious providiiiK for an inctease in Hie iiolice fund fiom $r.«0<i lu *lit,000 and iu the li;;ht fund to *li;,l>00 for an ali-niKhl sursice in the sfrfef.s. The meeting favored a Vltiindtm commission.
It is entirely proliahle llial lhe-<oni- liiltlee will pteseiif flie lesoliiticnis lo the Doard of "Trustees t)efore the olli- eial year is <lose(l and Hie proiio.sed increases will he i.resenled as propo- jiilions at Hm election ou .Mardi JT. Tfatj foiiimlnee consistH of ICdward B. l.eiU, Leo Kishid anil Thoiiia.s .Spence.
Henry L. .Ma.vson, acted a.s chairman of the iiieelinK and toastmaster and J. Huylei'yilisoii as secretary. Mr. .Vlax- Bon hroii^;lil beiore lln a.-^semblase Ihtt matteis for Ui-aassion which lie luuiiieraled. Ile said ihal all were Imiiorlani enoimh to wariaiU. tlie deep- t-Ht conHlderaliMii and expressed the Lop<> thai Ihey would iill he fairly di.s- cUK.sed. lie favored iiersonally an in¬ crease in Hie nuniher of Iruslees, hui Bald the subject was debateablo and tailed uiion seveial speakers for live minute addrpsses.
The dominatiuK sentiment seemed
lo be a;;aiusl the Increase. Ksuiond i
allies declaied his luefereiice lor the
more repieseniative {iovernmeni and j jvieJical Inspection of Pupils Con
Hdvocaled more police. I'aiil Halpin 1
ttmcurred wiHi .Sides and su.nvesleil
CLOSED DOORS NO iDeMOTTDEFEATED AS a younq man and an old man JEJECTMENT MOTION
BAR TO ELOPERS OLD CHURCH TRUSTEE
SEEK PRESIDENCY IN FREEPORT
Chapman, 17. and Miss Hattte
Doerflinger. 19, Wedded Sc
crctely in Brooklyn
YOUTH WAS NOT ALLOWED AT HOUSE
NARROWLY ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY
Miss Mcintosh of Kockvilie Centre Thrown from Carriage
Miss Kdilh .Mcliilosl. of :::'.i Uocka¬ way avenue, ltock\ille Ceiitie. a teach¬ er In Hn' I'ar Uockaway public s( liool. narrow l.\, escaped serious iti.iury tills nioinin)^ when the pi'l horse of the family, 'iietiy," Iiim ,ime frighlened and ran iiway. .Miss .Mcintosh's brother, AlexaJjdfti'r—VKJiti tUiviuM- A bolt dropjied from one of Hie shafts Htriking the liiiid . It;;- of "lieiiy" causliiK lier to shy. She veered sud¬ denly aud the seat of Hie wagon lilted backward, lllrowing .'.liss Mcintosh to the roadway, llei- hrolhei was also Hiroun from Hie vehicle, hui miiiumcd
to hold on lo Ihe rein.'^. » .Miss .Mcintosh received laceiaiions
aboui her face. She was a l fended hy
Vr. ISiilson. Her lirolher suffered
some from shock due lo the niishai).
Ile unhiKlied "Deny" and took Ihe
animal baric lo the stable.
DISCUSS WELFARE OF THE SCHOOLS
that wards wouhl solve the piolilem of iH-oper represeiilal ion. l^'ormer .luslice Kl\lti .\. I'^lwards iissiimed tho Hitiliide that aildilloiial trustees wert! unnecessary assert lug Ihal four l^n were MUtllcielil to handle the go\- erninenlal alTairs of Freeporl if a protier anioiiiu of niouey was given lo tlietu to meet Hie increasing village e.xpenses. lOdwards expressed the opinion that Ihe police departmeiil could be iniiiro\ed if more men were engaged.
Fdward Thoiiiiison, X'llhigo 'I'nislee Uaudafl. .lohn IS. Cariwright, K. 1!. Leul, Thonias Speiice, Thomas I'. ('. Forbes, ,Ir., and L'hark'B Leiiker spoke lu favor of aud against an addition lo number of village trustees. Fishel particulaily opposed tho increase, but HUggested thai a lommlsslou should be uppoiuled to roiuUullho iiiunlcipal plants. He placed the blame for Ihe Inadequnle police service upou the people, at tne same time proposing tho adoption ot u belt(>r system.
Trustee lOrnest S. Handall talked at leuRlh about taxation iiml the present method of assessment. Jl'e agreed that the elecirh' liglit and water plants Bhould be supervised by competent engineer.s aud ai>pioved of a largef ap¬ propriation for police service.
Durin*; the discusakm It waS bibught out that upou tbe assessed valuailou ot $4,500,000 the sum of IliLV-MM) wap raised yearly to conduct the afiaiis of Freepoi't. This amount was Ihi^ught to be lusulJieieut. The Increase in the police and light funds therefore, it was agreed, should be maile by special act of the voters.
sidered at Wantagh Conference
'I'lie good an dwellaie of schools received considerable alteiiHon Wed¬ nesday e\c iiliii; al a (lUilerence held in Hie put,lie school al Wanlagh In which Dislrici yuiieriiilendent W. C. .Mepham, \aritjils school instructors aud boiiKl*.Of education from the (asi¬ ern section of llie Hempstead town¬ ship took pari.
.Medical iiisiieciion was one suh.ie( Is upon whicli many of present expressed their views considerable variation. Th
But Couple Met Niglity and Pbn
ned Get Away During Walks
About Roosevelt
L,i\.' ha - aLMili Iiiiiniplied in o\ei .,illm He u.-ilal p.ili'lilal ohjei lidll-; man iaLc hy Hie .lopemeiii lasl Sat¬
urday of Claiei Ol' 17. re-ldiiiL; 11 Haliie Doerllln
' i'Iki imiaii. a UiMj.'.cvell. w ilh r. the in vear
iieighhor, .Ml.'
I iiuth
.Miss
old
Selle
liuirilefi in
if Ihe those - with ilispei- llon includes that of ascerlaiuing wheliier jiiiiiils have been \acciuated. Tbe schol iiuHiorities have experi¬ enced some ditliculty in enfiu-cing the provisions of l.uv which re(|ulres all school children to be vaci inaled. Dis¬ lrici Supei inlendeni .Meiiham slated tahlThe law should be lived iiii lo. The superinlendeut also anuoimce* that the public iiiont'V du(> from the serted Ihal some of the specials con
daii.Liliiei ol I icierlliiiiier.
'I'lie \oUii;; cciniil r,rool,l\u .\ Iele|p||Olle liiessai-'.e lo .Miss Ida Chaiuuan, sister of the :;i()om. broke Ihe m-w s (jf the mar- riagi'. .Mamma Doeillinger has not yet bestowed her blessing on the newly- weds, hill that is not disliirbing theii- napidiiess iii Ihe least. They are slaying at the riiaiuiian cottafie on Wliileliouse a\ciiue and ;iie as happy as any two young iifople could wish.
f'liapmaii and .Miss Chapnian lived as neighbors before Iheir niarralge. They saw eMt'^h oilier dally. Mamma Doerllinger. with keen parental eye, sotMi discovered that the young people were more Ihiin neiglil'iors. She no¬ ticed ;in iilTt'cIion existed between tlieiii. She (lid not open the doors of her .home to the youthful ;»ooer, .no) • lyit she disliked him, but because of his youHi. This did uot discourage 1!ie young innn, who enlered ir.to a tryst witli Hatlie to meet her on Whitehouse avenue. The young cou¬ ple strolled along the jiaved sidewalk of Whitehouse aveuue and other thor¬ oughfares in Uoosevelt. (.Marence fre- (lueiitly told Hat tie of ills deep aflec- lion and son learned that his love was reciprocated. 'I'he (luestion arose in the minds of I lie xoiiiig couple its it iialtiially does w iili all loveis. Haltle Ihoughl of nmnima's ob.iecling mood and hesjialed about taking the step that would make her .Mrs. Cluipmau.
"Le;i\e ;ill lo me" were the assuring wolds of Clarence.
'I lie bride agreed lo. so the eolpe- meni was idanned I'oj; last Saturday. Cliapmaii. who Is employed at (iardeu Cily Willi ili«' Douhleday I'age f'oui- paay. mei his inletided aflei- riullliiig uoik and together they jouineyed lo Urooklyn.
The newly-weds ritmned lo Uoose¬ velt Sunday ami the tuidegi ooiii lias been dealing oiil i i.L;ais to his friends wil h generous hands.
BADGES DO NOT MAKE POLICE
So Rockville Cenlre Trustees Will Call Them In
The siH'cial polio^ iorie of Kock¬ vilie Cenlre. iiuiilheiillg ahoiil Iweiily- live memheis. Is l,o receive a sliakilig ii|i. .N'ot physically: nilher numerical¬ ly. .\, portion of/Jhe force, according !o Triisle" Kdwln Wallace, "do noth¬ ing lo eniiile iheui to Wear Ihe insig¬ nia of ollice.' and at a meeting ot Hie Village-Iffiard 'i'uesday evening, I^V>,l'-''-
Conte.st Marked Annual Meet¬ ing of F. M. P. Chuich, Lyn- brook--Dedication Delayed
LESTER WRIGHT REC'D BIG MAJORITY
First Opposition in Twenty Years- Follows Long Past Disturbances j ;ind Three Destructive Fires
state had been apportioned aud would probably be In the hands ot Couniy 'I'leasurei Hegemau by .March 1.
SEEK TO ANNUL fVIARRIAGE
Foreign Miaalonary Society Meeting The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Baldwin .Methodist Spiacopal t'hurch will mer' at the home of .Mrs. 10. 1*. Southard, C.rand 'l|iV9iiu« UQ Tburaday aft«raooa. March 6th. , "' ^ _^ ,
Parents of Mrs. Garlan Gaden, Jr., of Roosevelt Engage Counsel
The joys of a tirief married exist- I'nce will soon be teJiuinated for -Mr. ¦iiid -Mrs. ('.avian tJaden. Jr., of Uoose¬ velt, It is' (jHiictpnted it court proceed¬ ings to be instituted sot)n are success¬ ful. Liucoln n. Haskin.of Hemiisleatl. has been retained as counsel for .Mrs. tJaden to bring au action for annul¬ ment of her .soji's marriage which oc¬ curred last fall.
The bride was iJernice nubbs.daugh¬ ter .Mr. and .Mrs. Heury Hubbs. JNlr. iJadeu is the son of Mr. and .Mrs. C.ar- lau (Jadeti. Hoth the bride and groom are In their teens aud their marriage followed a short courtship.
It Is uot anticipated taht the anuul- m«at proceediucs will b« detaaded.
slit tiled a passing show.
"In plain language." said Wallacf ¦¦'I'liey display lheir badges with mani¬ fested pride, particularly on railroad trains wheu traveling to and from lheir busine.s8 in the city."
The trustees decided to call in all Ihe special polh't' badges and rt>-issue new badges ',o tliose <i| teh sipiaii who had been faithful and are entitled lo continuance in the sen'tre of'the vil¬ lage.
Treated for Bite at Pasteur s Suffering; feom a seiious wound Hirough her Ipft cheek made by the teeth of a dog which appeared to be suffering from rabies. Miss Isabelle Homestead, a housemaid for Dr. Lu¬ ther Kice, of lliildwin, is undergoing treiitmeut al the Pa.<!teur Institute, Manhattan. Mer condition h.^s im¬ proved since the bite was inflicted atjotit two weeks ago, but the flesh was lacerated so badly by the teeth of the dog that It will require several 'weeka for tho wound to heal.
Follow i'|g Ihe aiuiouiiceii'enl Ilial Ibe dedicalion (d Ihe new edilice of Ihe .Metliodisl l'iol.;stant Cliurch in Lynbrook had lueti postponed until .March JJ wiieii Hie Kev. C. D. Sinker son, presideni of the conference <aii he present, it became known that ai Hie recent election of trustees that IJllsworth De.Mott for twenty years a member and pioininent figure in the cliun h had been defeaeld by Lester Wiighl. Jr. The result of the election is peciiliaily signiticaul, for it was Ihe lirst annual meeting al which there lias been a contest and strangely eiiougii il occurretl .jusi Uveiily years afler Ihe (hurch body was split by a similar fiicHon.
It was u, surprise lo niuny ai. tbe meeting, according lo iuformatioii giv¬ eu to The Nassau Post, llial there shoulil liaise been any opposition to De.Molt's reeiecllon. He had served conscientiously lor two decades and apparently en.ioyed the esteem of his associaies . Vet wheu iii.s name was presenlt'd and i:it;condtid»_>\'irglu ¦wna immediately idaced iu iiomiualion. .\nd the vote showed that De.Motl'had beeu overwhelmingly defeated by jusi 1':!. He received three voles lo Wright's tw euly-six. Jl-homas W. ^\¦atls was cho..<eu as the second lAs-
lee.
.Afler Hie meeiing DeMott talked freely wiih ills fi lends about tlie elec¬ tion. He is saul to iutve asserted that his deleal vvas due to politics. "I am a Ucpubiimn," De.Mott is tjuoted as saying, '¦'liie rest of Hie boaril are i'rogressiv es or Hull .Moosers. 'i'liey didii'I waul me."
Carman Langdon, for forty years a Ke[iublicau leader in J^ynbiook/'^Hnd one of the oldest memhers of the church lakt's issue Willi He .Molt con¬ cerning ills lelerence to politics on llie board. "There vvas a leasiui why De.Molt was beaten," he said, "'I'lie people did not want iiiiii any longer. It was not Ihe board."
The electlou is the lirst since a re¬ ligious disturbance in the church twenty years ago during the pastorale of the li'.'V. Ogg, aud il followed the third fire wliith hiis deslroyed edilices of the .Methodist I'roiesiani Chiireli in
'•-9r.^
and about Lyubrook. There.sult of the last f I i ..on was the establishment of Ihe Oc. .inside .Metliodisl lOpiscopal Churcii li.v members who allied theiu- selves \viih''tlie disgruutled element." The story of the "Old Sand Hill" church has beeu closely allied wlih the developtm-nl of the .South Sld<>. Once Ihe congregiiiiou divided iind the two parts segregate!^. Sl. .Mark's .Metlio¬ disl i;piscopal Churcii was establish¬ ed in Uoikville Cenlre iind those who leimiiaed loyal to lh<^ older orgiinizii- lion. eslaldishf-d St. Jajiies' .Methodist lOlilsvopiil Churcii in Liiibrook, v\hic!i is Hie tnother cburcb iu .Methodism here. The villages of Uockville Cmi- tre and Lynbrook gtevv around thesf- Iwo churches. • ,
AN ATTEMPT TO "BULLY' WEED
OPPOSED BY JARVIS
i 6;.; ,TH cox .
jLamb and Cox in Clean Drawn |
Contest Campaign Hinges j • on Local Issues '
j I'eculiiiiiy the vilhige ciiii; pai:: ii in Freeporl AVili cease on March 17 de ' velops loda^- inio a clean diavMi con-i test heiweeii ulo men. liolaiid .M. | Lamb, a .voiin.; man. and .Smilli ('ox, i an old man. v.ilh the adviintage if i sucli it may be termed -In favor of ¦ the former. Consideral>le elect.ioneer-| ing and m iieral discussion lias chat- | acterized Hie early acliv ilies of I hose > villagers who in Hie very nature of] things aie more deeply interested in I local affairs than others. |
Yet It is more aiifiareiil Ihan evr! before In the history of the Soulli Side j "nielrofioIlK" Iliai in the coming elec-, tion persoiialii.v will pliiy ;i compie- : iiienl to ¦|iriiiciple. The voters of | Freeporl have brouglit to a locus by! lheir nllilude llie real issues upon' wliicli Il'.e conlesl liillsl lie decided, j
I'J'he (lueslioii liiis been asked '¦What i
idoes Lamb .si.ind for'.'" by one ele¬ ment and another has liilsed the in- terrogiilioil ¦How iilioiil Co\. Wloil is his plaMorm'.'" I Kilher i;an(lidale lias heard Ihej I (luery. Lamb has made a slateirient, | I Cox is leticeiii. The young m;iu can- Ididate represeiils Ihese luiiK-iples iu- I cording lo his own vvtjrds: ,_
I "I am heartily In favor of and will iidvocate. II elected, maiiilaiiiiiig iind exlendin.i; I''ree|)on's excellent system of ro.-ids.
"! iiiu deejiiy iiHercsled il! Hie mu¬ nicipal pl.-inis jiiid shall eiideavor in ollice III learn spei jlicjilly of Hieir
:50laimo ¦^ U'VMEi, <5
earning capacity as \iliage in.-i iiulioiis and their value as seH-sustaiiiliii; pub lie serivie corporations iu which Hie laxpa.ver is a factor.
¦ In [loliie dep;ii iment 1 believe ra- diciil changes should be made to meet the remiirenients of proper protection. Tills is !is iinportanl a problem to ihe village as anything thitt now confronts itf or solution.
"I am riuivinced that the lime has arrived wlit>n local politics sliould be (onfined to local Issues and partisan¬ ship cast aside.
"Village niatterg should be handled wlih due regard to the interests of all. There is notliing that the people of Freeporl should not ktiovVif it con¬ cerns 111-' coniniimii.v interest or Ilieni."
.Mr. Liimb will make his campaign upon il platform that declares general¬ ly aad speciliciilly for the upbuilding of civic Freeport. Tlie Citizens' Plat- ronii Cotuuiitteo ot which he la a nieni- i)ei- is adopting this pint form under his own direction.
Mr. Cox is well known to all Free¬ porters, and his adniinistralioii of llie villi>.ye affairs in fhe past year speaks llateringly of^his exceptional ability. He is a canipaivner of au old school, a conslst'^nt lighter and a looser who holds no funerals. He has won uiiiny tights and lost but a few. Cox repre¬ sents a partisan element. Hhe leads the People's I'arty ticket.
The poleis of Freeporl musi choose heiween these two iiu^n; Loiiih, .the ytnittg iiiiin. Cox. the old num. One is ;;(; Hie other 69.
Freeport Negro Files. Through
Counsel. Papers in Action to
Restore Title to Property
SOLD AT REFEREES SALE IN AUGUST
James Seaman, of Frcc|K>rL and Ihos. B. beainan. Queens, Court Clerk, Ciailn (}wiicrb.liip
(Special to The Nassau Post) In Ihe Supienie Court. Itrooklvn. I liu rniiMiing .Mo.'^es and llenrieiia .lar\l«, 111 .Merrick, ojiposed Hirough their ((uiri.sel, Atlrian 11. Courteuay, of HeUipstead, the motion of James .M Seaman, an attorney of Freeport. to have the Sheriff of Nassau Couutv eject from their home ou the .Merrick Koad iu order that Seauiau and hi» brollier, Thomas H. Seaman, a I'oiiri clerk in Queens County, might be put iuto posse!?Kion of the property, t'a- pers were also tiled at Mineola yes¬ terday afternoou by Lawyer Courteu¬ ay tor Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis in a Su¬ preme Court action, for the purpose of having litl« to the land restored to theiii.
The Seaman brothers purchased the . Jarvis property tu a referee's sale held in Alineolu laat August, following a proceeding to foreclose a second mort- Ijage ot $2,000 held by Ceorge J. Was- ner of Jamaica.
Tho Jarvis's allege they were not aware that Seaiiiiin hiid purcluised the property for himself aiid hiii brother until recenily when possession was de¬ manded. They stale that wlien they retu.sed to give up the premises papers were servtd ou tliem iu Hie ejectuient action.
. Mr. and .Mrs. Jarvis, who are hard¬ working colored people aud without education allege that they eiuployud Seaman as counsel houio timo prior to the foreclosure proceeding with Ihe understanding that he would obtain an accounting of a trust fund estal)- ' lished widin they received an award of over !fi;i,OOU from the City of New York, 'i'lie land involved iiK-luded au estate ot about eight acres situated along the Loug Island Uallroiid eaut ¦ of Freeport which wii scondemiied lor
ORGANIZE TO PROMOTE WILLIAM H. BATES DEAD CROSS ISLAND TROLLEY AT OCEANSIDE HOME
liipe liiiu. 'i'hix .¦r reporl ed lo
I tho Brooklyn viiie iiccounlllii; was ne I Hieiu Hiey iisseiL
When tlio foreclosure iiroceediiigs were instituted the Jarvis' allege Ihat .Seaman was to have looked iifter their . ¦ . ' intereslH. .According to tbeir own
Meeting at Koekviiic Centre Dis Was Veteran of Civil War and i ^,.j,^,,.„^.„,j. ,,,. .^^.,,., i,,,,,,,, ,,.,1 ,,, |,i,j
cusses Plan to Build-May Interest i Treasurer of Progressives iu
N;issau County
William 11. Lilies. wide|> liiiciwn
Ihroughoul .Nassau Coiiiilv as ;i civic
worker iind leader in Hie I'rogressive
parly, died at his home on .\il,iniie
<.)ceanisde, yesteiday jiller
The
' Other Corporations
pro.'Ci I of estiiblishing a ci<
isliind trolley from Hempstead through
Ocean Side iind Uockvilh? Cenlre to
Long l!e;i( h gitiued considemlile iuh
pelus ill ii luiblic meeting held hist . avenil
night ill the olhce of William ,.Mc.Mur- noon of pni-unifuiia after an illiie.-s ot
ray, at UocUvJlle Cenlre. I'lelimin- six (lavs. Funeral servicr.s will In.
iir>' steps weie lakeu lor Hie foriiiii- couducied iil bis liile resideui.. i,u
lion of iiii ;is.-o( iaiioii and assurances Sunday aflernoon at :;.;;u o'clock, by
of siilliciciil (jipiliil were uiveii. Trussahe Uev. Dodson ot Hie . OceituBiile
lee Kdwiu Wjillace ol liiH|i\i||.. Cen- .Methodist Kpisiopal Church, assisted
II.
slei and K. •1. ol llerupsii-ad, iirojieilv owners
Claims Legislators Would "Deal" on State Treasurershlp Appointment .\s.-emblyman LeUoy .1. Weed, who represeiils the Nassau Dislrict at Al- ha,ny, is ijuoteil in a siieecli delivered ill. .S( lieiiectiidy lasl weidf as saying that he had been approai-hed by a ineipber of the Assembly and infor.li¬ ed thai four ol his hills would not pass'unles.« he voted for the Hepublt- caii ciindidate for Siiiie Treasurer to succeed the late John ¦' Kennedy.
The statement of the Asseiublyman ha.s aroused Indignaiion aiiiou.g his I'rogressive . ahd I leinocratic col¬ leagues. It is aunouiic. (1, and the at¬ tempt to "bully" him ou his bills iii-iy he brought to the a Mention of the House In session.
Ladies' Guild Monthly Meeting At the Lome of Mis i'eorg.-Norman, in eSaford, ou Wedi ' -<l"y iifternoon, the Ladies' Guild So' i'^iy uf the St. Nlcholaa and All Angel's Church will hold IU r«sul«r xtioaihly mtetins.
He; Wilb.im lire, lirown. an eiii^in aud il number of were present.
Till! foriiuii Mill ol a coi pot ill ion to promote Ibe iih-a wiis disc iissed- and Ihe con^ensus of opinion was ihat tile people wanted tlie trolley. The expense 111 foiming the ^ (U poratioil Wiis estiiiiiiled ill about if 1 .etill iind it wiis suggested thai llie sum he raised by colliribiiljon.
The cost of the juoposrd Iroiley. It was estimalf'd. wouhl be ahout $20.- 000 a mile, Including several mih'n of trestle and iit least one draw bridge.
It was suggested^ that the. Long Island Hailroad or the .V. Y. &. L. I. Traction Comyiinj; misht lie interested In luiilding the -line, and it was pro¬ posed to i^ive these corporations op¬ portunity to consider the proposition. Secretary James I'atten was in.s4xint- ed to couimitnicate with them. "^Il was brought out that I'au' K. Ames, once receiver of Long Ueach, and iroiley promoter, hold); cons«'nls from properly owners along the pro¬ posed route. He will be invited to at¬ tend the i^eft nut.iing to be held .Mardi 12.
by the Uev. Thomas Uralthwalte of Wantagh. The intermeni will.follow in CreenUeld Cemelery. .Mr. Hales was iu his seventy-second year. He is survived by a widow
Hie pioperlv in lor Ibein. lie biid lold Ilierii, \^,'\ iiller... Ihal lliei.. was
IIHU1'..V liUliin:^ ll the iiust riiiid
sullirjclll lo piiv off the sei ond inorl g;ig(.. subjeci lu vvliirb their |ilace was .sold.
Tbe .lai vis's puicliased their pies- eiii estate in ISto!) from Kdward Spie¬ gel and bis wife, Clara, lor |l2,i)0ii. The proiieiiv iias on it :i line old faah- ioiied hiniiesiead iiiiil about eivlit acres of land, it has a frontagi; of about 200 feet on Hie .Merrick road aud Is worth at a conseiaviivo estimate about ifl.''.,oo0. They paid tr,,()(i(} down oil Hie properly. A flist mortgage for ?.'!.i)00, held by Ji*uieH .Mchois of Free¬ poit, now deceased, was iillowtid lo land and the Splegels took a second
Williain H. ISates was born iu Cold , iT^ortgage for |4,uOO. About ji year Sluing Harbor, L. 1. Thirtir five years ' aft.jr the purchase they paid off f2,000 ago lie I einoved lo Oceanside. During on the second mortgage. The Hple- hls early le.sidence lu that section he j gels, according to Jarvis, sold the baL heeaine a fancier of poultry and Jince of-lhe mortgage to Wagner. The liiroughoiil his life raised prize birds j Jarvis's jissert that they never saw wliich have been exhibited in various Wa«uer ncy j-cceived any demand for Iiaritt of the l'niled States and abroad.' interest on the mortgage from him. When the Civic Association was or-j When they purchased the Spiegel ganized in that village he became one , property they obtained the loan of of Us most active workers and sue- j <.r,,(,00 through a Fre..port banker and ceeded to the presidency a position : h.ter $2,000 to pay on the Spiegel which he retained unlil his death. uiortgage. When the |2,000 was bor-
In politics :Hr. uates was a Repub-' rowed they created a tnlSt for the re- lican and prior to the Chicago conven-'mainder of the $13,000 that aubu*- lion when he allied himself with Col. tiuently was awarded by the city for Uoosevelt's Jfiill Moo.se I'arty. He was { thejr former estate. They were al-
•lecled tieasurer of Ihe Fr^gressives In Nassau a year ag-o. He never ai«- plreil to oflice.
Dack In the darker days of the Re¬ bellion, .Mr. Hates enlisted with the famous Hav^•ki^'s ZotiaveH a;id fought throughout the war. He became dis¬ tinguished in battle. .^ Mr. Hates was for nearly half a
Wantagh Church Concerta
On March 3 at the parish house of
the Wantagh Memorial Church the
>^'" ¦"- •"..¦' ¦¦ •" - ". j V. .....ro ..^-.fourth number of a leclure ^.ourae will
the Pill souage of the .Methodist Church *«» well Jcnowii as a member of the 1 be given by Jannle Bali-Buckaut Cott¬ on Friuay evening, March &. [Fort-Wayn* Ifaiontc todge. c«rt Com]>«ny.
i century identified with the Trow Di- An oyster supper will be given by rectory and I'ublishing ('ompany, of ! the iieii ot the Seiitoid SiKlal ClubMn j-Manhattan. In fraternal circles he
lowed, they claim, by Counselor .Sea¬ man that some of this rilouey was available.
The Jarvis's allege they could l:uve rained the amount deii on the second mortgage and thus protected their efjulty in the estate.
