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News Suitor ^I,WOOI) V. BALDWIN
A4dr«u all eotnmunieaMonit U) TM NASflAU POST rORPORATION Maria Oflw, 2t 8<mtli Grov* Str»*t, PrMpoH Tri»pl»<ii»« (1 {
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918
Rationing Coal for Winter.
(Rationing of coal for household eonsunvption next winter has been de¬ creed by Dr. G-arfleld, the fuel admin- irtrator, accordinf^ to announcement early thig week, and will be put into efTect as soon as poMible.
Suffkient coal, it is forecasted, will be given to each individual to keep his home at a temparature of 68 deio'eei when "scientifically heated." Coal hoarder."?, it is stated, will have their surplus supplies taken away and may be prosecuted by the government.
To carry out the decree of the fuel administrator, a survey will be made in each community for the purpose of determininff the needs of each household, and An allotment made whidh will give each as much coal as is believed necessary for normal needs. A censorship will be enforced on every order for coal received by retail dealers by local administrators. A plan similar to the one which Dr. Garfield is to impose, has been in oper¬ ation in Great Britain and France since the beginninfr of the war. Large quantities of coal probably, will be sent to France, it is asserted, next fall, to meet needs of war industries there. No one here, it i.s claimed, will be deprived of coal actually needed for heating. ,
With memories of last winter's coal scarcity, when householders had to go without it in the bitterest kind of weather, and unable to buy any at times, using oil and jras stoves to keep from freezing, the forthcoming aitua- tjon, unless the winter is a mild one, will not be relished by the populace at large.
I>r. Garfield's drastic decree is not to be questioned, whether meritorious or otherwise, owing to the state of war, the necessities for sending coal abroad, etc., but it is apparent that the term "scientrfically heated" will be like Greek to the average house¬ holder who has little or no time to 'bother about scientific methods of keeping the home at an even, comfor¬ table temperature.
The coal survey will doubtless dis¬ close plenty of hoarding, as there are always "inside" ways by which some persons can get lots of coal while others have a difficult task to obtain any.
By what methods the investigators
POLITICAL CALENDAR
.Tiilv 30 to Amnifit «--I>ate« for ii-iing deMJjrnaitinc potitiona.
.'.u/ust 1*?—Lajrt (My to declin* !*'?iKnnlion«.
A;i<j.f z(>—Ijftnt day to f^U va- r;.r.cy after declination.
Amruat 22—Certification by Sec¬ retary of State to the ciia- todian of primary record* «t vifttiona filed.
September S—Fall primarleB In Naaaau County 7 a.m. to 9 (iuU"»ide of New York City. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
September 9—Last day on which custodian of primary records can certify results.
August 27 to Seyrtpmber 9— Dates for filing town nomina-
tiOTM.
.S«pt?mber ^ to i^ptember 12— f^ites for filing independent nomination*. Septemiber 14—Last day for de¬ clining town or independent nominations.
September 17—Last day for filling vacancies for sucJi. October M, 12, 18 and 19—Par- •ontl registration In oltisa and village* of Freeport, Rockvllla Centre and Hempitead, 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. f)rtobe'r 12 and 19—Non-per¬ sonal registration outside of cities and village* of 5,000 or more, 7 a.m. bo 10 p.m. November S—QenertIelection day. Polls open 6 a m. and tlose 6 p. m.
Perilout Day$ for Saltunn
"These are perilous days for the saloon," says the Queen* linrongh HmrnUi, and "whartever else the war may do, it has quite markedly curtail ed the consumption of alcoholic drinks, and it has forced many hotels, saloons and retail stores to close."'
In Queens -Borough, the Herald states that 210 places have gone out of business since July 1, 1917, and plain* lively remarks:
"Poor old John Barleycorn is on the skids, and he seems to be gaining momentum on the downward path. Even his followers seem to show little sympathy for him, evidently believing ^hey can do without his ministrations if the worst comes to the worst. The fighting forces of the nation will have i Huntington is having considerable none of him, even an army order now i publicity and affected with a protest-
'^Lady Cops Make Coney Island Be¬ have," says The Sun in a prominent headline. They make persons who frequent the island behave at times, but old Coney is a frftlicsome, don't care sort of resort, and it will take more than women cops or "cop- esses," whichever term'^may be prop¬ er, to keep down the many infractions of law and decency.
A chicken farm owner at Shamo- kin Dam, Pa., is reported to have been fined $60 for feeding wheat to chick¬ ens and ordered to dispose of all wheat he had on hand. Bet he ut¬ tered the second part of the town name, commencing with "D,"' em¬ phatically when the fine was imposed.
on an extended jaunt are likely to find themselves marooned far from home. For, as explained, supply stations will be closed on Sunday. It is true that a five gallon can can be stored Somevrhere in the car, but usually those families or parties out for Sunday drives have the machine pretty well packed with folks, and little or no room is left for a gas¬ olene c^)ntainer.
This restrictive rule may be th? forerunner of more stringent ones .to come. If gasolene is being con¬ sumed too fast by motor cars not on business missions the government will undoubtedly take steps to curtail needless driving. But necessity for such action has not yet arrived and may not arrive. However, those mo¬ torists who can see ahead and who have patriotic feeling will avoid us¬ ing a single gallon of gasolene ointl unwarranted trip.—Brooklyn Stan¬ dard Union.
banishes the serving of liquor to men in uniform in private homes. Thus the tide rises gradually, and John is giv¬ ing forth signs of distress, but there are few who will volunteer to save him. "
A sad, but true tale of pending sub¬ mersion with no life-savers apparent¬ ly at hand. The booze drinkers, wheth¬ er moderate or otherwise, may be able to find consolation in rehearsing that popular, ancient song, "The Old Oak¬ en Bucket," or some other cold water melody, which would take their thoughts from the old temper.
Perhaps some could find affiliation with the Prohibitionists or Anti-Sa¬ loon League and be useful allies in future campaign, should "poor old John Barleycorn" ever show signs of resurrection.
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FILTERED FRAGMENTS.
ing atmosphere as the result of a cur¬ few ordinance which prohibits all fe¬ males from being on the town streets or highways after 9 p.m., and before 5.30 a.m., accompanied by a soldier or sailor, unless such escort be a mem¬ ber of her immediate family or is known .to the parents of such female
fare is of even ifreater oonaideration than that of the boy of the familj.
"The boy lives in a world of his own, whiofw ha«, of eonrae, 4t8 pe¬ culiar pitfalls and dangers. The girl, on the other hand, livea in a different¬ ly arranged world in which the basic dangers are forever fatal if they be not avoided So the girls, the young girls who are not yet old enough to leave the protecting roof of their homes, who have an inclination to be¬ come infatuated with a man simply because he wears a uniform, need re¬ straint Those who prowl in the neigh¬ borhood of camps or where soldiers and saik)rs congregate, st)-»u]d not allow sentiment to get the better of their gf)od sense. It is, therefore, more than likely that those who persist in remaining out at night and mixing with questionable company, deserve a liberal application of "strap oil," which Magistrate Kochendorfer be¬ lieves will cure certain forms of way¬ wardness before the case of the of¬ fender becomes hopeless."
To The Travelef there appears con¬ siderable sound logic in the Hernld'n comments, particularly that chiMren are inclined to mistake good nature for weakness and grow up suffering from the lack of a wisely restraining hand. From close observation there haa appeared to The Traveler numer¬ ous incidents of too much parential persuasion with children and not enough force to make them mind. The
OBnVARY.
OHAiRLES WB9LEY SPRAGUE The town of Hempstead has with a notable loss in the death Charlea Wesley Sprague, who pas away at his far»n neap Baldwin, Thursday, July 4, at the ace of sixt| six years.
Mr. Sprague was often called til best farmer o^ Long Island, a dil tinction whk-h he himself would emphatically have disclaimed. But il his entire personality and career was a typical repreMiitative the highest clasa of American farm* While still a y^uth, he perceived hof Hhe opening of the west -was hour to end the profitableness of old-faall ioned grain farming in this regie and with characterirftk promptn« he made himself a pioneer produc and marketer of high class vegetable upon a large scale, and upon a thor* oughly scientific basis for the metro¬ politan market. An official recogni¬ tion of his expertness and sound judgment is seen in the fact that for twenty years he was the trusted cor¬ respondent and crop estimator for Nassau County of the United Statea - Department of Agriculture. On more
rents.
and such parents have consented '. knowing that thereto.
The soldiers and sailors are report¬ ed to be "sore," claiming that the ordinance is discriminative. Perhaps it is, but to The Traveler it appears a sensible measure. From evidence preeented in Hempstead and South Side villages there has been a lot of "chicken" hunting by soldiers and sailors, more so, perhaps, than the hunt for booze, and the human "chick¬ ens" have been equally active in seek¬ ing the men wearing the military or naval uniform. Women beyond the "chicken" age have not been imimune from- the flirtations.
Some newspapers and other ele¬ ments are shouting hysterically to end the curfew, but so far the town ofli- cials have not revoked it. They may know more about the situation than editors of newspapers located fifty or more miles distant, and also more than some citizens who advocate re- "okntion of measures adopted for erth- e- p:eneral or special good.
result was that the children showed j th«n one occasion, features were plac an inclination to do as they pleased, I ed in the national tariff and other
knowing that "strap oil" would never I national legislation solely at his sug- be applied by their soft-hearted pa- gestion and upon his estimate of their
FOUTICAL AND PERSONAL
The Republican State Convention will be held at Saratoga next Thurs¬ day, July 18, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of formulating and de¬ claring the principles and purposes of _ the party and for the transaction of ' f y particular his son's home and the
i iflttcr s sons such other business as may come be-, yy^ Sprague became a professing
Christian through a deep and clear
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justice and wisdom. This work his son continues.
Mr. Sprague was born, worked and died upon the lands which hia fathers for generations had tilled before htm. He was fortunate in his parents, Eli¬ jah Sprague and Jane Snedeker, also in his ideally happy union with Anne Hegeman of Baldwin. Indeed his en¬ tire domestic life has been blessed with a singular happiness, including in ev-
fore the convention
In .the First Assembly District of Suffolk County there are three aspir¬ ants for the Republican nomination: DeWitt C. Talmadge of East Hamp¬ ton, the present incumbent; John G. Downs of Cutchogue and .Robert D. Kendrick of Southampton.
The writer of political notes from
experience, and he was "steadfast in the faith," ahd in the practice of his religion. He waa a Christian exanv- ple, helper and friend of utmost value to all who came in contact with him. For forty-two years he was a member of the Baldwin Methodist Episcopal- Church, forty-one years a trustee, and for thirty-six president of the board.
Another Contemporary Knock.
Replying to tjhe editorial headed "Contemporary Knocks," in The Nas¬ sau Post of June 28, following criti¬ cism in the \as8<iu County Revimv over acceptance of a W. R. Hearst advertisement, that publication last week said:
"¦Of course the Post will continue to accept the Hearst advs., or booze advs., or any other advertising paying its price, as it so plainly re¬ marks, which is entirely its privilege.
"The Post's exultation at the in¬ dictment against the publishers of criticisms against Mr. Hearst's wife may yet lead it to explain why Mr. Hearst's newspaper upheld the sink¬ ing of the Lusitania.
"We have no quarrel with Mr. Hearst. We simply have different ideas as to what constitutes real Americanism."
The a.ssertation by the Review that
are to determine whether a home is i the Post will continue to accept any
In n recent statement h?fore the Committee on Ways and Jleans of C,;n.i;ie;S di.5cussing customs duties as a source of revenue, Thomas 0. Marvin, secretary of the Home Mar¬ ket Club, made some interesting com¬ parisons between the amount of reve¬ nue tl»at Great Britain is deriving from customs duties and the amount derived by the United States from similar duties.
Comparing the revenues, he said that for the fiscal year 1917-18, Great Britain raised 71,261,000 pounds Ster¬ ling, or approximately $.350,000,000, while the United States
Reference was made in the Post recently that Magistrate Kockendorf- er of Queens Borough had suggested to a parent that the proper applica-'
Xassau County for the Brooklyn Daily , It was his pleasure to keep the church Raffle pays this compliment to Justice \ in the forefront of progress and al- Wilbur Southard : ways out of debt. For forty years he
"Wilbur Southard of Wantagh, jus-1 was the successful teacher of an adult tice of the peace from t-hat section, | Bible class, allowing nothing io inter- has won the name of "thinker." Wil-1 fere with his six hours of prepara- bur is not very voluble and has be-i tion or with his regular attendance.
daughter. Concerning the magis¬ trate's suggestion of applyiing the "strap oil"' to correct bad or disobe¬ dient children, the Queens Borough Herald said editorally:
"The advice has a strange sound ised'"for "o^^^^^^y^' The stap has grown into
1917, $206,000,000. England raised ''i^ti. *^'T^ ^"1 u 't ^""^^f"^ in customs duti« for the year nearly ^2'«J^;^.';theresu^^^ h^en j\^^\y
$8 per capiFa, and the United 'Stated >f"^^*^f^- J,'?«'^f. '^ "« doubt that raised about $2 per capita. This year i 7^.^^"„ ^' application was considered England has raised her customs du- ^^L.n"^ proper method of pun,«hmg ties and for the year ending March i « l>«."'gerent child, it was abused by 31, 1919, the receipts will be $460,000,
tion of the strap might go a long yif^y ^ome a very enigma to his friends, who | He was actively interested in all to cure the wayward tendencies of a | wonder if. after all, he is, indeed,; public matters, political, local and na-
000. or 110.25 per capita, while our customs duties for the fiscal year, end- in? June 30, 1918, are about $1.60 per capita. England at present is raising 11 per cent of its total revenue from taxes from customs duties, while the United States is raising four per cent
The -American soldier in France obtains pure drinking water from mo¬ bile water trains. The trains are un¬ der the jurisdiction of the Army Med¬ ical EVepartment They are miniature water-works, which chemically treat, filter and sterilize water, making it fit for consumption. What municipal water works do to insure healthful water to the people of a city, these trains do for the soldiers.
being "scientifically heated" or the amount of coal required to maintain 68 degrees throughout the winter when vhe weather is as uncertain as it is in April, has not been disclosed. Should the investigators figure on a onean temperature of 30 degrees and the thermometer drop to 13 degrees ibelow zero, as it did last winter and atay around that point for a long pe-
kind of advertising, including "booze advs.," is in line with other unfair and unwarranted knocks from a strongly apparent vinegary attitude. .A perusal of the Post advertising columns will disclose na "booze advs.," and the quality of all business an¬ nouncements compares favorably with those of the best weeklies on Long Island or in any other territory.
Health of women workers in muni¬ tion plants will be looked after by women health oflRcers who are to be trained under the direction of the Wo¬ men's Division of the Industrial Ser¬ vice Section of the Army Ordnance Department.
cruel parents, an abuse which led to the gradual and almost general abandonment of the custom.
"But children are Children. Many of them do not understand the soft manner of persuasion of their indul¬ gent parents. They are inclined to mistake good nature for weakness and grow up suffering from the lack of a wisely restraining hand. The war has 'brought the problem'of the child in its wake; it has ©specially created the problem of the girl, whose wel-
a deeper thinker than they thought. \ tional, oonviHunity welfare and im- His enemies were so insistent in the \ provement, the administration of jus- statement that he would fall short as ' tice and of charity. He never held a justice that they had some of Wil-1 ofTice, though often pressed to do so. bur's friends believing the same | He was a model employer, wise in thing. Judge Southard has handled | his methods and so true in his friend- his court cases with care and prudence i ship toward all his help that he held until he has in his six months as good the respect and allegiance of some a record as any other justice of the i of them for more than a score of peace in the county. years. Christian in business as in life,
I the very produce and seeds of his
Town Superintendent of Highwaj-* fields, as well as his neighbors and his
"brethren of the household of faith" were the better for contact with him. The funeral w^as in the Baldwin M. E. Church, and the burial in Green¬ field Cemetery, his pastor. Rev. Mr. Stockdale, officiating, assisted by Rev. C. H. Snedeker of Hempstead.
A. G. Patterson received several tanks of road oil last week and quick¬ ly made good use of them. "Archie" was concerned about obtaining the oil, as it had been ordered last win¬ ter. The governcnent mandate pro¬ hibiting its use on roads held up de¬ livery. Assemblyman McWhinney re- HATTIE S. LOTT cently made a trip to Washington, Hattie S. Lott, wife of Captain Bert where he saw "the powers that be," | A. Lott, died at her home, 13 Roose- and it is inferred that a forceful and j velt place, Freeport, on July 3, and convincing talk, by "Tom" had some-1 was interred at iPine Lawn, follow- thing to do with the oil coming ! ing services held last Friday. Besides through on the double quick. I her husband, ahe leaves one brother.
riod, as it did last winter, there will When it comes to accepting advertii- be some howling from frigid homes. ing, as the Post announced, "it will But coal has to be saved. The Amer- be the sole judge, and "booze advs." ican public is told this and has to can no more readily find a place in its accept the declaration. Kerosene and ¦ columns than in the Kassau County gas may be plentiful as aU'bstitutes ' Review, or any other paper.
Quantity, if not capacity shipments, will start.soon from a new government shell-loading factory in New Jersey, one of four such government plants, each of which is larger than any sim¬ ilar plant in the world. When turn¬ ing out ,')2,000 loaded shells a day under full operation, the plant will use 2.000 tons of shells and explosives daily, the products of some 7.1 fac¬ tories. More than 5,000 workers will be required. The marking of shells to designate size, load, and range will require 250,000 operations each day.
Bank clerks have been ex0m.pted by General Crowder from the operation of the work or fight regulations. "This announcement w«rs made Saturday by
next winter, but these are not vital. , As for Mr. Hearaf. Americanism, | T.JfZi f:^Tf uZtr trim
The country abounds in a wood sup- the Post believes in the broad policy j the general containing the rulinj;.
ply, and if some one with sufficient, of not condemning a man before he is {
brains and energy would get busy to given ample opportunity to be heard. I
chemicalize wood so that a UsUng heat could be imparted, a fortune •waits such a geniu*.
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CmrtmHng Smnday Moiorimg.
Now it ia the auto owner who iM- fins to feel the pinch of enforced fuel economy. It has been ordered hy the Washington authoritiea that no more gasolene be sold on Sun¬ day- What this lowans is plain to •U.
lx>ng pleasure drives on ilie <lay of 'the week wImb driving is meet popu¬ lar will be curtnikd, hvt n»l neees eerily «ft<M. \im4mt ea extra eenply
Posajfbly this is where such policy dif- fere with that of the Review editor.
The Po^t did not apologize, as tihe R»t'i€w untruthfully states, for print¬ ing the Hearst advertitHvnent. It re¬ iterates that the busineae wee oon- sidered as legitimeite as any other, and i^ «very other newspaper on Long Island deemed it expedient to reject, that waa no affair of Htu Pobt. Ev¬ ery publisher hae the privilege of con¬ ducting his advertising or otbex busi¬ neae es h« would consider for Kis beat ietereeta, but %o take «he poeHien «f guiding others or that of • a»rpbif erifeic whioaver uoeds dictate, TirwiW to tM nothinf leoe then hifletry.
iSuits to test the constitutionality of the regulations laid down by Ice Comptroller Odell. Is well as the con¬ stitutionality of the law creating his office, have been started in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Tbt Sipat M Ttin OM.
The South Side fiignal of Babylon entered upon ita fiftieth anniversary laat weak. J. Fred Flugrsth, manag¬ er and editor, aays at a .later date it ia hoped to formally celebrate the golden annivcreary.
The Signal ie to be congratulated upon attaining ita half century oi ex- ieUnce, and Editor Flugrath ie like- wiae entitled to praiae for oteking Iflie paper ao clean, n«ws^ and progres¬ sive. The weekly vtaii of the excel¬ lent Jiuffoik County paiMf m eaweiiy awaited and Ita pages perused doaely with tmMipMm reauHa A fell ¦¦•«- UN of jwuoysnty for Ik* iSi«aal aad ito erell-^aMed edttor is aineweiy
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