THE NAttAU POtT: PREKPOirMl.Y. THURftDAY, NOVEMBER B, 1t14
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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER B, 1914
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JAME8 E. STILES, Editor
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Letter to Editors
R«oaevaif • Tour
Upon tbe occasion of tbe last tour | of Theodore Roosevelt on Long Isl¬ and, few days before elecUon, tbe j ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ eaiu,rral men- Brooklyn Dally EJagle took the oi>- ^ tloned In the below printed letter was portunity of openly declaring tbat printed we received countless com- "Teddy." would not speak aa «cbed-1 municationa of a slmlUr nature ana
we direct tbe attention of our readers
uled, that the tour had been abandon ed.
It Ib quite eaay for a paper opposed to the candidacy of certain individuals to play unfair In an attfonpt to de¬ tract from their efforts. We could hardly bellve this to be true of the Brooklyn Daily although it is appar¬ ent that this must have been the case. It may be that the correspondents are ~t^ I responsible for this notice but It cer-
to
careful reading of this one.
October 2lBt, 1914. Mr. James £. Stiles, The Nassau Post, Freeport, L. I., N. Y. My dear Sir: —
I have your letter of October 19th, and have Just finished reading tb« editorial which appeared in your pa¬ per of September &th, in regard to the grade crossing at Central Park at which four people were killed a few days prior to the issue of your paper. I think you have covered the whole ^ I men to get in touch with headquarters situation very fairly and carefully.
All eommanicatioD ¦booU ba addiiaid
Sin 0^.*"..^**.*.'':.FrMport. L. L. N. Y.l'^^^^r "^^^^^ ^°^^ ^"t little for the
Branches at Vallar StrMm. Lynbrook. East Rockaway, Rockville Cantre, Long B Ocean Side. Baldwin. Merriek. Bellmore, Wan taah. ^eaford, Ucmpetaad and Mioaola. Telepbona •! Fraeport
before making, what they now claim was a mistake.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in the columns of The Nassau Post, will be gladly corrected upon request at the main office. Mil¬ ler Building, 22-24 South Grove street, Freeport, L I., N, Y.
Inviting Death
A voter so illiterate that he could not write his own name clearly, was harranglng a number of voters against raising the meager ealary of Circuit Judges. 'Tay them |5,0C0?" "I'll firve for $2,000."
"I'll never vote for the Hospital appropriation," one man remarked," the rich people get the beneflt of them."
It is just such silly, ridiculous, ig¬ norant ideas that defeat the best and most needed legislation.
We could get along with much less expense on our flne highways. We could cut down our office forces. We could put in force tbe greatest econo¬ mies.
But it is our duty to save life.
Nassau County is wealthy. It can afford to have the much needed hos¬ pital. It cannot afford to do without it from p.ny view point. It is a spirit¬ ual, physical, and moral necessity. Many future deaths must be charged directly to the parsimonious taxpayer wilh the same moral culpability as though he employed the gun or knife of the thug and assassin.
We Have Fought the Good Fight
It is ever unfortunate where the voter loses sight of public good through blindness rausi-d by ppr.son- al Issue or feeling. The defeat of the proposition lo build a much need¬ ed highway from Oceanslde to Long Beaoh was a cloar case of this kind. With but few exceptions every news¬ paper in the Town of Hempstead join¬ ed to defeat the expenditure.
The editors paid no attention to the needs and necessities of such an Improvement. Not one of them con¬ sidered this fart for a moment. ¦ The fear that il might beneflt a compara¬ tively small community blinded them to all the facts of necessity and safety demanded by the general public.
And yet the Nassau Post predicts that wil/hin a oomparatively short time fatalities will occur on this high¬ way that will cause the most pro¬ found regret that such appropriation was not made, and a safe and sane hlghfway provided for the very large number of vehicles that use this road.
Turkey Declares War
Another nation has been stricken by the war fever. Up to a few days ago Turkey ha.s consistently declined to take part In the struggle but the pressure has become to great to resist And il ia generally conceded that Greece must follow suit and array its armies against Turkey and with the allies.
The advent of these two nations Into the war .stage, will cause still farther complications. It must be dif¬ ficult for any one nation even now, to tell who are friends or what nationa are opposed to them. EnglaAid will view the new movements with the deepest of apprehension. All through India there are a vast number of the followers of Mohamet. They owe Allegiance lo the Moslem Church, Constantinople. They will doubtless be governed by their religious faith and tenants, and the result might seri¬ ously affect British supremacy in In¬ dia. The whole European situation is complicated and horrible beyond the average humtan grasp.
It looks as if nearly 700 titles to real estate at Massapequa were in jeopardy. The plaintiff in the action is the Title Guarantee and Trust Com¬ pany of Manhattan, and the defend¬ ants include 67.'> persons and the Queens Land and Title Company. The action for foreclosure is brought in de¬ fault of interest on a $500,000 mort¬ gage.
The Workmen's Compensation Com- misaion is already bearing fruit. A woman whose husband was killed re¬ ceived a check four days later, for $46.16 and an award of $5.60 per wbv. (lurini; her widowhood. Another wo¬ man juKl widowed, received a check for $33.84 and weekly allowance $8.46. .\ woman with four children was al¬ lowed $1.^1.65 per week. While these .sums are not large they certainly are heller than nothing In a time of be¬ reavement and sorrow.
The Sea Food Supf>ly
The subject of sea food in general is attracting more attention than ever l)efore on account of the high cost of all kinds of meat. With the sea at our very door it seem^ unwise not to give the matter of food supply from this source careful and wise at¬ tention.
Men out of employment are secur¬ ing a livelihood by fishing from piers and docks. Tom cods are now run¬ ning and biting freely. For the first time in years mackerel are running in schools into the bays abounding the entire coast of the Island. And this is true of even the North Shore. Fishmen are catching them in Flush¬ ing Bay, where thoy have never been known to run l>efore.
Last week we mentioned the find¬ ing of tho Slate Conservation t^om- mlsslon regarding the healthful con¬ dition of the oysters grown along the South Shore, and especially in the 'vicinity of Freeport.
Oystermen are also much Interest¬ ed in the subject of clam culture and would welcome any scientific knowl¬ edge concerning their propogation and growth. They frankly admit It la a baflllng proposition because of the limited knowledge of the habits of the Qulet clam.
The gleaners of all sea products seem to welcome heartily any scien¬ tific knowledge regarding any sea products, but they resent any med¬ dling that comes from persons speak¬ ing -with reputed authority, and yet having no practical knowledge on the
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The Controller of the Currency Is to release something over $580,000,000 for general circulation on November 16. Just how the average citizen will profit by this release of such a vast amount of money Is not apparent. And the difficulty becomea ail the more ap¬ parent when it is known that the na¬ tional banks now hold in excess of $100,000,000 above all legal require¬ ments, which they could loan presu¬ mably if proper security were offered. It Is the same old problem. How can the man of small means get money ^o tide him over until he can realize on securities or assets? All kinds of reserves amount to nothing if they remain locked up in bank vaults out of reach of the needs and require¬ ments of ordinary business.
I congratulate you and thank you for the common sense which you have used in commenting on this important matter. The Long Island liailroad has done as much I think In eliminating grade crossings, and protecting cross¬ ings, as any road in the United States.
We have a total of 966 crossings, 300 of them have been eliminated and the highways put over or under the tracks. This leaves 666, of which 210 are protected by gates and flag¬ men, 52 by flagmen without gates, and 59 by electric alarm bells. Of the remaining 345, we have 26 which are protected by flagmen during the sum¬ mer months only when the train ser¬ vice is heavy. This leaves 319 cross¬ ings, 150 of which are on branches where the highway traffic is very light, and where they are practically Inaccessible for very much automo¬ bile trafflic, so the number of cross¬ ings which can be traveled to any great extent, and whicn »«ve no pro¬ tection, excepting the very prominent crossing sign, amounts to 169.
We have a force under our Police Sui>erlntendent of 450 men, all of them employed to guard the cross¬ ings, and in other ways make travel safe on the road. We pay these men fully $200,000 a year.
As you say In your editorial, if the drivers oif automobiles are careful and use odinary precautions, they will never be struck by a railroad train at a crossing.
Our investigation of the accident which happened at Central Park .shows that the driver of the auto¬ mobile did what a great many oihers do, and that is to look up and down the track after thoy get onto the track. Seeing a train approaching, most drivers lose their head, stall the car, and an accident is the result. All ilrivera of automobiles, because of the fact that the motor makes so much noise, should slow down to practical¬ ly a stop at every crossing, should shift their gears, and if no train is ap¬ proaching should get across the track just aa quickly as they can. That is ordinary prudence.
I thank you for taking the trouble to write to me, and sending me a copy of your paper which I bad not seen before.
Very truly yours, (Signed) RALPH PETERS,
President.
TdcphoMsm-j
Thomas W. Abrams
Pleasant Avenue Roosevelt Moving Vans and General
Contracting
Cesspools and Toilets Cleaned
Postmaster Kelly, of Brooklyn, seems to go about missionary work in the right sort of way. He has been louring through Long Island visiting farmers and finding wliat products they could ship to customers by par¬ cel poat. Carriers will distribute pamphlets giving the names of these farmers, addresses and what they have for sale.
There are 225 farmers who have |o expressed themselves and on the pamphlet lo be dlatrlbuted these will \ye listed according to thf: products they are anxious to sell direct to the consumers. There are 9 who will sell butter; 61 deal in eggs; 33 in fruits and preserves; 68 in general produce; 50 in poultry. Some who place them¬ selves in readiness to deliver flowers and bulbs.
All that housewife will have to do is lo drop a postal to the farmer ask¬ ing for prices and thus establish a system by which she may receive farm products fresh daily by parcel post, direct from the farm.
An Open Letter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Freeport, N. Y. SAUL O. CURTICE, Pastor.
The Pastor's Residence, 54 Pine St. To the Saloon Keepers of Freeport, Gentlemen: — On Sunday evening. J-'ovember Sth, I propose to speak fiom my pulpit on "The Modern Saloon: Us Work and Worth."
Let me be perfectly frank and tell you at once that I do not plan to speak in praise of the saloon. Bul let me assure you that I shall not make personal attacks on any one. The saloon as an institution—the saloon and its business—will be the subject; not tho saloon keeper.
With this frank statement of my purpose, and assuring you a most cor¬ dial welcome and courteous treatment In every way, I beg to extend to you and your friends a hearty invitation to be present at the service next Sun¬ day evening.
Trusting you may find It convenient to acceirt this invilatlon, 1 remain. Sincerely yours,
SAUL O. CURTICE. November 4, 1914.
Episcopal Rummage Sale The Guild of the Church of the Transfiguration will hold a rummage sale In tbe vacant storeroom lately occupied by Rufus Rhodes on South Main street, on Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings, November 6th and Tth.
While in Mineola
stop at
HENRY C. KRAMER'S
Hotel Nassau
Wbcre yea will neet yonr Frieadt
The Public
is a Newspaper that aims to be right rather than sensational; that gives,'[in concise and plain terms, all the news that will live.
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THE PUBLIC is an Editorial paper that puts all public questions to the supreme test of obvious moral principles and stands by the results.
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While THE PUBLIC'S editorial policy is as broard as fundamental democra cy itself, its editorials and special article frequently deal with taxation be¬ cause taxation is the taproot of democratic government.
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Good Citzenship
This Nation could better afford to part with its Army, its Navy, Its Military Science, than to have an abatement of one per cent from the regard which people entertain for their home lown, their respect for their local laws—their quick submission to order, and their love of home.
In losing our military power, we would lose somo visible condi¬ tions that represent strength—conditions that could be replenished by taxation, better than losing a small percent, of local pride, local re¬ spect, local reverence for the home town. We would part with forces inherited from passed ages. In strength more subtle, more necessary, more important than guns or ammunition.
The success of a cily or village depends much on the men behind it.
The course of an inland river, Ihe geographical location of a tou)n, may have some influence, bul a dozen energetic, live, progressive Individuals are worth all the muddy rivers, the inland locations In the county.
Men are »hat make \fOur villages, and homes are what make men
NASSAU A SUFFOLK LIGHTING CO.
Ceorge MacDonald, President.
The Crystal Theatre
Brooklyn Avenue, Freeport
is presenting first run features with all the Popular Stars, twelve to twenty-five days prior to any other thertre on Long Isiand. Miss Lillian Whitehead, Freeport's most popular pianist has returned to the Crystal.
Thursday, November S I
"The Iron Master", A Biograph Special in 2 parts *The Blackmailer", Biograph Feature
Friday, November 6
Hearst-Selig News No. 67
"The Dancer", Kalem Masterpiece
Saturday, November 7
"The Poisoned Bit", Edison Feature in 2 parts "WooA B. Wedd and the Microbes" Edison Comedy
5 or 6 Big Headliners Each Week Admission Price Al^vays The Same
Pettit & Hedges, Inc.
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SUGAR AT 6 CENTS A POUND
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20 sumps W. R. Tea 30c
15 Sumps W. R. Catsup . . . 25c
15 sumps W. R. Vanilla 25c
15 sumps P. & H. Bak¬
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15 Sumpe Armour's Grape
Juice Kc
15 Stamps Health Brand
Smoked Beef 26c
7 Babbitts Soap 25c
3 Babbitts PoUsh of Lye 2Jc
6 BabbltU Cleanser 25c
FREE—Kitchen Reminder with every 25 cent pur- chuse of Babbitt's Goods
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WE GIVE S. & H. TRADING STAMPS
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