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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY
GENERAL CIRCULATION
VOL. 8. NO. 19.
FREEPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY DECEMBER 14. 1917
ONE   DOLLAR   PER   YEAR
SOLDIERS YOU IS NOW ALL RECEITED
COMMISSION   HOME
Howard Osterhont as Head of Comm. Trav¬ eled 10,000 MUcs
Over 60,000 bai lots were eaat by tho soldiers and Bailors of thie (State In the recent election, ancortUng to fliniroB wblch have not been made public by Francis .\f. Hugo, .Secretary of State, and becoming ftvallahle only with tho return of the wpecial elec¬ tion coTiimiBsJon -which handled the vote abroad. With the exception of a few scattering shlpB In far distant watcr.s, all llie war ballotB have now fetched     Alban.v. !»8    steel    boxes
padlocked and in.siired have heen Hent out of Mr. Hugo's office during the Last few flays to county election boardH,   which  will   credit  the   same.
Kitraordinary conditions under which many ot lh(^ votes were cast iu France became known only with the return of the commlsBlon headed by Howard Osterhout, of FrM-port. .Miid- stain(.d, the envelopes enclosing the ballots t( II a .story of their own. Vot¬ ing In some places waH within the roar of the cannonading at the front. The keenest interest wa.s everywhere shown tay the men. Oti more than one occasion soldiers from other statcB expressed the hope that they might be KJven a chance to vote next fall. Tlif. election abroad started early .a.s October 27th. New York State waa aione in sending a coinmission abroad.
It was largely through the as'slst- ance of General Pershing and Admi¬ ral Sims that the commission was able to accomplish results. Automo¬ biles and couriers were furniahed in Kcttlng the elect inn supplies to the men and later on in relurning the ballots to a teniporary headquarters in Parla.
The com mis.sion wa'8 forcetl to travel over 10.00') miles hy land and water iiefore the ballot.i were tiirm.d over to Secretary Hugo's onico. i'31(.c- tions held at the various cantonments in the east and south proved c(iually as succps«fnl. Representatives of Mr. Hugo's (jfllce visited the camps witli supplies sevcrnl dtiys before actual voting coimnenced. In one camp over 8000 men were vote in an after¬ noon. But one section voted on their 'Way across to France.
While the .soldier vote will deter- niine several cnntosts, the flrst hand l<nowledKe of conditions which must be met in a far more complex form next fall becomes of irreat iiiipor- liiiico, and may result in a simplified ballot being devised next yeaj-.
REGISTRATION IS LESS THIS YEAR
The regi.^tratlon totals for this Ttjrwn of Hempstead completed by the Klection Commtsaionera' office this week show (hat only 82,';6 voters reKlBjered under party emblems thia y^ar as againBt 11.753 la»t year. The decrease is undoubtedly due to the lack of interesNUkcn by many vot¬ ers in the recent election, it being an off year for the eiectbrs. Tho Re¬ publican enrollment shows a falling off of 1862 nan»8, while the Demo¬ cratic registry has lost 1494. WTiile the two principal political parties in the town have anffered losses, the So¬ cialist and Prohibition Parties have gained. The Socialists have added 7!t naine.li to their prcrtocol since last year, and the prohibitioisnts have won five more adherents to their cause.
Last year fil8 voters failed to reg- l.ster, and thia year 464 failed to in¬ dicate their party choice. Only four parties have an oflicial standing thia year, tho Independence l.,eague, American and National Progressive Parties hot being officially recoprnized tlirough tlieir failure to poll a suf¬ ficiently larKc vote at the laat Guber¬ natorial election.
The total party registrations in the town thla year are: Republican, 5650; Democrats, 2145; Socialist, 103; Pro¬ hibition, 49; blanli, 464; void, 15; missing, 13.    Grand total, 8748.
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN RED CROSS WORK
{JUNIOR AUXILIART
LOCAL DRIVE FOR RED CROSS CAUSE
SVPERTISOTIS' HETlTlNr.
On Friday last the .Supervisov.i en- «aged .\l«5flr*. Tooker &> Marsh, of Ne-w York CVty, to malie necessary Itlans and specifications for the erec¬ tion of biiildin>;s for a tuberculosis hospital, subject however to the ap¬ proval of the Tioard of a contract to be submitted by Tooker & Marsh.
The Sheriff was authorized to pur¬ chase one dozen ("'olt's revolvers at .$10 each witli holster and cartridges .11 .?2 each. Tlje pistol.s are to be used in case of riots or other emer- ticncies.
In the Red ('ross Christmas Drive for 30,000 members in Nassau Coun¬ ty the committee has divided the workers into "Reds," "Whites" and "HliieH." The manager in each town divides his workers as he'thinks best.
Here iy Freeport, Alfred T. Davi¬ son lias divided his forces as follows: The "Whites," the children, with Charles .M. Hart a.s captain, are com¬ posed of publie .and private school cliildren, Boy .Scouts, Sunday School (•hilili'(>n. Junior church societies and ('ami) r''ii'e Girls. The "Reds" and the "Hliies" wiil hav^e as captains David Sutherland and Melville K. Sitiilli, eacb cnptaiu clioosin.i; his own team.
I'oinpetition will hc keen h(>tweeii IIicHc three colors tlu> "Reds," the ¦•'\Vhitt\s" and the "Dines." With a combination working like this it is slraii.ge if any family, escapes ¦with¬ out having every one of its children and all of its servants enrolled as active menibers of the Rt^d Cross be¬ fore .Santa Clans makes his appear¬ ance Christmas morning.
Whether or not you are in the market for a phonograph you are
undoubtedly interested in the scientific achievements of the era. For this, if for no other reason, you will find it worth your 'while to cill at our store to ^ivdtness a demonstration of
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in perfecting thia marvelova instrument and   thus making'
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Chubbuck's Drug Store
FREEPORT, N. V.
GLORY CHORUS AT FREEPORT CHURCH
The Glory Chorus of the Freeport M. 1% Church is a new form of an old idea which promises to be ot con- .siderable service and interest to this community. it will be held in the Freeport M. K. Church Auditorium on IMiic Street near Church Street every Wednesday' evening at 7.15. It is to ( (insist of all those who love sing:ing, old and young, and vvlielher experi- iMU'od or not, and wiil not be restrict¬ ed to members of thi.s church, l)ii' C/thers who cau do so conveniently are a\ao invited.
.No admis.sion fee or dues will be I'iiarKed, and the singring will be in tharge of a director, chorister, pianist iind a niiiiiber of cliorii.s leaders. Bible lalks 1))' thi^ pastor and other features will add to tlte attractiveness of ti'csie lut'ctiiigs. .Mready consider¬ able interest h;is hcea uiaiiifested in Iliis new venture which was begun last \Vi'(lii(''sday evenins;. It will give an oppoi'itiiiily for tliose who enjoy m)()(l h(>arty singiii.t; m listen or par¬ ticipate.
Tlu. Christian t'tiurcb i.^ distin¬ guished from of.icr foriiis of religion ir, Ilie stirring and attractive quality of its. hyninology and goBpel songs ;ind the .Methodisis of foriuei' days were known to be great singers, and llii.s Ciliiry Ciionis promises to be a" rtuewal of   ibis duiractt ristic.
MAK I.on H TO  SPKAK
Julia .Marlowe i.s spendins Sunday, Ibe Itiih, {ll the Carden City Hotel. She is iuteiiseiy inti>rested in the Red Cross. Through the kindne.^s ot Mr. Warren M. Ltieila, of I'ort Wash¬ ington, she has consented to recite that woiuiiM'ful poem in the December Red Cross Magazine entitled "The Spirit of the Red Cross Speaks.' The author lA Dr. John Findlay, New York Slate bi'perintendent of  Kducation.
Recently when this poem was re¬ cited in Carnejiie Hall there waa tiardly a dry eye In the house. Miss .\fMi'iawe has also consented to recite "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Flander'a Field" at the Artuory meeting and at tiie tw« over-flow ukeetingd )n the Hempstead Methodist rttarch and the Preiibyterlaa Cburcb.
Freeport Schools Join
'National Organization
of Mercy
Ke«u tbe Nauau Poat for local and viclalty HAW*.
On August 29th, 1917. the American National Red Cross adopted a plan of Red CrosB Junior Membershlv and School Activities There is not room here to give all the rules and direc¬ tions adopted at that time, >ut In order that the Junior Membership may be understood the following cop¬ ied from the directions sent out as a result of the August 29th meeting:
"1. There shall bo a Junior Red Cross .Membership, with dues of 25 cents a year, open to all children of school age and in actual attendance upon school, 'Whether public, private, or parochial within the borders of the United States and its dependencies. Tills mtnnbership shall run for the term of the school year.
"2. Red Cross Junior .Membership shall be granted only through recog¬ nized schools, and only to the entire student body of each school when a Ptini (>qual to 25 cents for each pupil .shall have been deposited to its cred¬ it in the School Supply Fund, here¬ inafter describd; or when in special insrtances by decision of the treas¬ urer of the Chapter School J'und, sup¬ plies exceeding In value of material, a sum etinal to 25 cents for each pu¬ pil shall have b«en contributed by the school to the Treasurer of the Chapter School Fund.
"3. Any school, upon payment of the membership fund to the Treas¬ urer of the Chapter School Fund, shall have the right to be a School Auxiliary of the Red Cross Chapter in its territory, and shall have the right to display a special Red Cross hanner, with space provided therein foir recording succeedrng years of membership.
"4. I'^ach pupil of the school thus accepted as a School Auxiliary of the I-ocal .Chapter shall have Ihe right to Ui^d Cros.s Junior Mciiibci'sbip -with¬ out fiii'ther payment or fonnalliy of .iiiy kind, and have the right to wear the Red Cross M(.mbersbip button. Teachers of the school .shall be mem¬ ber.s ex officio of the Red Cross Jun¬ ior Membership."
Tlic following letter explains it¬ self:
"JUNIOR   MEMBERSHIP "To  the School   Children  of the Unit¬ ed States:
"A' Proclamation
"The Pre.sident of the United States is also President of the American Red Cross. It is. from these offices Joined in one that I write you a word of greeting at this time when so many of you are beginning tbe school year.
"The. American Red Cross has just prepared a Junior .Membership with School Activities in which every pu¬ pil in the United States can find a chanci- to serve our country. The school" ts the natural center of your life. Through il you can best work in the great cause of freedom to whicb We  have all  pledged ourselves.
"Our Junior Red ('ros.s will bring to you opi)ortiini*ies of servic(> to your couiiniinily and to other communities all over the world and guide your service with high and religious ideals. It will teach you how to save in or¬ der that Buffcrin.^ cliildren elsewhere may have the chance to live. It t^'ill teach you ho^w to prepare some of the supplit'.s which wounded soldiers and homeless families lack. It »*'tll .s(.nd to you tlirough the Red Cross Hiillclins the thrillins' stories of re¬ lief and rescue. .\iid, iiest of all. mort) perft.ctly than tlii*oiigh any of your other .school lessons, you will li.ai'ii l)y doing those kind thinga tin¬ der your teacher's diriH'tiou to be the fill lire good citizens of this great (oiintry wliich  we all love.
-Viid I coiiiiiiend to all school teach¬ ers ill the country the simple pl;i'' which till' Anu'iican Red Cio.ls has worked out to provide for your co¬ operation, knowing as I do that .sihool children will give their b-'s' si'rvico under the direct fiiiidance and iiislruction of their teachers. Is not Ihis ixM'haps tbe chance for wliich >oii have been looking to give yoiP' time and efforts in some measure- to meet   our national needs?
"(SiKned) WOODROW  WILSON,
"President." "September  15.   1917."
lader date of Novemlter 10th an¬ other circular was sei^t out from the National HeadQiiarters of the Ameri¬ can Red Cross, which wa.-i addressetv lo tile Superintendents "iid T: ncipals of Public, Parochial ai ' Private Schools of the United States. T>' fullowing are excerpts taken froii' ;liat   circular:
"lu thcsr vita! taaks of aciiuiriuit a hroader'view of human . possibilities' Ihe coiumou aclsKiol muat have a Itme purt. I urge that tellche-ra and oih er school oflicers lncrea>i« material ly the time and attention devoted to in¬ struction bearing directly ou the problema of couuuiutity «Bd oaUoual
NEW ROAD ALONG THE on PIPE LINE
PARK AT FS££PORT
Asaemblynan McWhin¬ ney Interesting State and Militanr in It ^
Aawemblyman Thomas A. McWhin¬ ney ia earnestly engaged these days in interesting the offlciala at Albany in hla plan to convert the aqueduct known as tbe Pipe Line, running through the various South Side vil¬ lages from Kings to Suffolk County, Into a boulevard or State highwa'y. The AsseJnblyman's plans seem feasi¬ ble and at the next session of the Legislature the proposition will prob¬ ably be submitted. Governor Whit¬ man ia in favor of the plan, sinoe the benefits to be derived from the con¬ struction of tho highway will result in facilitating tbe transportation of supplies to the troops at Canp I'p¬ ton and other Ixing Island camps, and can, if necessity requires, be used as a direct route for moving large bo¬ dies of troops.
Assemblyman McWhinney has plac¬ ed the project before General Rell at Camp Upton, and the latter is said to be interested in the mattar. The present plan is to have the proposed high'way run straight to .Montauk Point, with an average 'width of 110 feet, with parks in sections where there is considerable acreage owned by the city on each side of the Pipe Line; one of these spots lying be¬ tween Freeport and Merrick and comprising about 100 acres of land which  is not now being used.
If established the road will cause little expense to the county, thfe cost of maintenance being about the only one that the county will have to fur¬ nish.
Assemblyman McWljinney will probably work to have a commlsfdon appointed consisting of three from Kings, two from Nassau and one from .KirrolU County to ^investigate the scheme and report to Governor Whit¬ man.
If pushed to completion the plan will result in furnishing ihe resi¬ dents of Long Island with a bcautifni driveway and will go a great way to¬ ward relieving the congestion on the .Merrick Road.
UNCLE'S   CHIPS
The bear that formerly walked like a man now shambles along on all fours, a hungry, mangy looking sp«;imrn of his   species.
FVirbld the thought that John D.. Jr., would do away with immersion in water because he secretly favora oli. Even if It were true, that would be no reason for indulgence in criti¬ cism, for Immersion, we are told, is merely the outward symbol of an inward grace. Dissimilar as they may seem to be, both the raedluma are fluids of marked limpidity and purity, two of Nature's most precious gifts to mankind. Might not this threatened schism in Baptist circles then be averted by leaving to con¬ verts themselves, as being the par¬ ties most Immediately interested, the choice between H2o and  kerosene?
Reijvtions must be severely strain¬ ed between the Kaiser and his fav¬ orite Josh, whom he calls God. For two long weeks the Kaiser has not publicly   mentioned  him   once.
to he struirgiinK for recognition. 'Tis said that an off(^r of $100,000 was re¬ made to Judge Hylan to for- iiieanlng his libel suit. The author of the Ooalin stories is now satirically described In the Council as a goose. Ikey MVhlte,' who has long Fendert>d valiant first aid to the injured in the 'World's fairplay de¬ partment, looms up like a Liberty Statue as an exemplar of the hign- est skill in discriminating; between news and fairy   stories.
United Stated Senator Stone, whose tlfe Was badly punctured when he was classed by the President ^mong "the wilful men" of the Senate haa seen a new light. He returns to his seat a much chastened man after his stinimer's experience with his conslltuenta, these in mass meeting .T.ssembled having showed him that he had been guilty of near treason in his opposition to the President. Not only would he wnr with Austria- Hungary, hut also with the Bulga- ri.an   and   the  Turk,  with   neither  of
  I whom   has  this   gqvernmeit   any 'fipe-
The 1st of January will soon be i cial business just yet. His colleague* here, and along with its appearance might sic him on to I>a Follette and will be beard the rumble of the wa- test out this new bom fighting .tpirit ter wagon threughout the land. WhaWj ^^ the Missouri "stateman." More with    the   increased   price   of   fluids < remarkable than  that of Saul of Tar-
and the Improved moral tone of the public, the number of citizens who adopt resolutions should be larger fhan ever the coming year. With no idea of discouraging them .but rath¬ er of impressing upon them the full significanco of thetr action, let us turn toT^e wise Phrygian, Epictetus. and note his observations to the youth of his period. Saith Epiotetiis: "You cannot, when you do not drink with those with whom you used to drink, be agreeable to them as be¬ fore. Choose then whether you will be a hard drinker and a pleasure to your former associates or a sober man and disagreeable to them. Tou can¬ not, 'wTien you do not sing ¦with those -with whom you used to sing, be equally loved by them. Choose, thim, in this matter which of th-^ two you will' have." Of course, the-e is but one choice for the sensible | man,  the aqua vitae vehicle.
sus is   this case  of Gumshoe. Bt*
To T^a Pollette it must seem a cu¬ rious decree of Fate that compels him to walk from Senate to Hoiii--e and back again alone, and permits his friend the Kaiser to walk with God.
"It is not too much to say that tho cliief principles for which America has stood in entering this -war are identical with the interests and ideals of the American Red Cross—ReHef, Rescue and Reconstruction. These are the three R's which the Red Cros.s to-day brings to the American school."
"Red Cross activities in the school are not designed to interfere with school work, but they should be an essential part of the school program. Superintendent Mary C. C Bradford, President of the National Education Association, says on this point, in a telegraiu emdorsing this movement, tliiit the Red Qross Junior Member- ship and School Activities should bc- a vital part of every school pro¬ gram."
"It has never been seriously con¬ tended by educationists that the school .-^hould be something apart from life. But there have been times when the school has not been fdenti- licd with the life of its day. There is (.yi^ry reason why the Americ.in schoo] should now be identified with ciirrenl life. Scliool might be defined its the economy of human experience, tile es.ontials of life tried out and ieslcd and so perpetuated. Th(> men- liii and physical activities necessary to nobility of life are tht>re encour¬ aged, it is only when such nobility is thoimht to be confined to past ak'c.s that school work becomes false and scholars feel  it   to be untrue,"
Early  in October sleps   were taken to   organize   Junior   Membership    in till. Freeport Schools.   As a result  of llie  eiitliusiasm T)f  the   teachers  and Ihe splendid co-operation  of the cliil- (iren   and  parents,  we  are   now  al)lc to   report   that    tlie. .Nassau   County Chapter  of  the   .¦American   Red  Cro.ss has  indorsed applications   for enroll- iiienl   as  School   Auxiliaries - the  .\v-\ Cher  Street  School, tbe Seaman Ave- 1 nue    SclitK)!   and    the   Grove   Stre»'t SchooL     The   total   membership   in i these   three   schools  is  745.     In   ac-j cordanci>   with,  the  instructions from .Nassau   County   Cliapter o,   American Red Cross, the   Freeport   Branch has appointed  for   the .School   Auxiliaries the following oflicers:
f^hairinan, Miss Aurilla P. Cutler, principal of the Archer Street School.
Vice-chairman Miss Helen Tuttle, teacher of sewing.
Secretary-treasurer, .Miss E. Viola Grove, princijial of the Seaman Ave¬ uue School.
Ijocal School Committee, Misa Gladys 8l»ry. Miaa Anna Collins. iSifn BIste DuBois, Mrs. H. Sea ver Barrie and Miiis .Mary  ICoab.
Am a representative of the scbooLs on tbe executive comiuittee of tbe Kreeport   J^ra&cb,   Supt    Ward    C.
That   Federal Trade Commi.ssion is a   real    producer   of   results   in   the newspaper world.     It pu'.   the News Print  Manufacturers' .\ssocintion  out of   business   with    its   proofs   of   im¬ modest     profiteering—fifteen     million dollars  in the t'.vo  and*a  half year- of its existence—and then  it  ^aid its gentle   but firm hand upon  the man¬ ufacturers of ink, with the r^'^ ilt that these have agreed  to cease   i!\e   rade abuse of giving commissions to buy¬ ers  of   their   inks.     The   Editor  and Publisher,   which    graphically   chron¬ icles   the   court    proceedings   in   the case of the paper makers who plead¬ ed guilty and were fined is s''.ent up¬ on   the    subject    of   commissions   to other than  buyers  of ink.     The con¬ fidential  men of these buyers, for in- .stance,   will   they   be   shorn   of  their gratuities?   Will the   honest and per¬ spicacious foremen   of the   big news¬ papers'   press   rooms  be  deprived   of theii'   Christmas    .^uits   of    clothing? Such   charitable  contributions  to  the underlings  may not  appear  as "coin-^ missions" in the accounts of ink mak-^ ers,   biitj   liiie   the   drummer's   over¬ coat,  they're  somewhere in   the  bill. Having    accomplished   such    reforms perhaps the next move bf the Fed(>ral Trade   Commission   will  be  upon the proprietors of the  dailies who are ac¬ cused of maintaining a trii.-st   of t'.ieir own.    There's   a   trust, according  to John B. Stanchfleld, that's well worth while.
FREEPORT LEADS STATE COUNCIIS
OF TRAVELING MEN
Long    Island   Council
Will Have a Chriat-
mas Party
lAst Saturday evening an unusual«.<
ly Interesting meeting was held ofi IxmK Island Council No. 650 of tho' United Commercial Travelera ot America at Mechanics Hall, Freeport, N. Y. This Council is the headguar- ters of the drummers from NaiMtt and Suffolk Counties and a number attended from adjoining vlllagea and the city. William H. Smith, Jr., of' Oystir Bay, the well known repre¬ sentative of Alistin Nichols and Co. on Long Island, was duly Initiated. Frank H. Holland, who aside from be- iUK M.ijor of the Home Defense Corpi at Freeport, is manager of a leading cement concern, was elected to mem¬ bership upon transfer from another council. Thomas S. Ferguson, resid- ing on Smith Street in this village, joined on transfei from Jamaica Council. ,"
Senior Councilor Albin N. Jobniion announced that of all the Councils la New York State, I^ng Island Couii* cil now stood first with a net increase of twenty-flve per cent to date fn the race for the beautiful and costly silk flag offered for the winner, Charlea SV. Knapp, as the chairman ot thh entertainment committee, called at¬ tention to the anuual Chri'straas party of the members and their families which will be held in Freeport Club- on Friday evening, Detfember 21, and which will be planned after the ono held so successfully last year witk the children of the members furnish¬ ing'the program.
Also arrangements are being made for a theatre party and supper for tbe members in February, Secretary- Treasurer C. D. Kaufman, of Jamaica Council, also honored the council with his presence, and participated in the initiation.
"The spectacle of a repiitalilc par-, ty nominee receiving 50,000 votes out of 600,000," says Senator Elon R. Brown, "with the Governor of the Slate, an ex-President and 'il-.h Re publican candidate for Preaidinl of that same party, all vot.:?rs in the city, disregarding the primary nomi¬ nation, has taken hold of the pub¬ lic."
Thia) is no movie that the Senator presents, rather an inexpressibly painful picture from real life. Tbe last Republican candidate for Presi¬ dent was the father of the primary- Hi s abandonment of his offspring touches the heart strings. One great Itiimght impressed upon the public is that nobody save a Croesus cku be nominated in a State primary. The next  great thought  will   be   that the
primary must be  scrapped, and some- , ,,     , , , ., .
thing   more   closely   reseml.lin.r.   ,ep. I exc.llent man, a good lawyer, a pilot
resentative government, be it the con
If it be true, as rumor hath it, that up-State Republicans are look¬ ing for new candidates of Guberna¬ torial timber, why overlook a gentle¬ man who has done such excellent service for the State and his party as the present Secretary of State, Francis   M.  Hugo?
Williani P. Burr is a possibility for the office of Corporation Counsel for the  big city to the westward. An
vention place.
or  what   not,   must   take   its
In its preparations for governing enemy aliens, the Government has collected statistics showing that there are 1,700,000 of them in the United States- 1,000,000 .Vustrians and 700,000 Germans, those last in¬ cluding, of course, tlios(. of Nassau Counly, a no inconsidiM'alile group.
of more than ordinary skill in the troubled and dangerous waters which Judge Hylan'.s bark must traverse, for Mr. Burr has had loug years of ex¬ perience as -Assistant Corporation iC'ounsel.. Had the city's interests been guarded by it.s pretended friends and merit rather than favoritism, personal and political, been their guide, Mr, Burr's services would never have been lost to the city at all,
They .say bVer in Itockville Centre that the -curfew has alreadv had a heartening effect thougli in opera- lion barely a week. Hill Jaeger, whose headquarters hav*. been on the sidewalk outside tbe Bank o' Rock¬ ville Centre since he was fifed Iron the Petiiiot Club for disloyally to the Dcuioci'atic party. pi'(impil>' on no ir- iug the 8.4,") whistle, folds up, collect.s his thoughts and other impcdiiucita and fades away in the directi.m of Marion Place. Tbe whistle of -he villaKc power house is the cuif'.w bell adopted by our nei.iirb'^O'' for warning children of 10 and uuder to begone    to   their   beds.
Tammany will always get praise from the Times for real economy- - tbe .New York Times. Thus the inel- lownesB of age asserts itself. For forty years (all save three) the Times has laniba.sted Tammany in reason and out. Wily old Tlge should wa« his tail appreciatively at this late day of recognition. Tom Smith uiigbi run over the books and see whether the big election advertiseinenl of next year can be spared to so con¬ trite a" neighbor. Its conversion to a 'spirit of fair play is ao auddeo, ao recent, that it would hardly do for Tammany to make it aa "offlciai newspaper" juat   yet.
U tlie World, •!
In tHe  Tiqiea of
The hardest nut which th adininistration will have to crack is the Water Supply Departiiienl. That is a dcj>ai'lm(.nt whicli i's managed by (ii'.iin(!'ci's of political as well as pro¬ fessional skill, tile former perhaps predohiinating. Tlieir game Is to be¬ guile a new Commissioner if thry can, befog hiiu if tbey must, betray liim always, for betrayal it is when anyiboriy of public servants combines to give their new ehief the half truth \\Tiat fngineer will impart to him the information that tbe department i-s honeycombed with holders of sine¬ cures? Engineers, so-called, have been made by th(> mere waving of the Civil Service Conmiissioners' wand. They have been assigned to the most out of the way places to keep them out of sight. When noth- iiiK better has offered tliey have been detailed to do clerical duty, work whidi properly belongs to a grade in which salaries run far lower than thnge of engineers. Dut the pitiful thing about this foislirtg of thla owaru. ut)OB the departnieni duriii^ the .Vitcheli regime is the lieartleaa- ness with which it has been accom- plised. Dw laborers and employees who have secured a civil service rat¬ ing after yeara of faithful service be^ tween Ridgewood and IViaaaapequa have suddenly been turned adrift, and without redress, the only olBclal ex¬ planation lielug that "the budget <on- talua uo appiopriatiou covering your Mcavi^job thlf fttr."   And yet tb«»« ttma
CONTEST OVER THE CO. FAIR OFHCERS
The annual eleetion of officers of the Qutnms-.Nassau Agricultural So¬ ciety to be held at the Fair Grounds on Saturday aflernoon of this week promises to create more than tbe usual interest which attaches to the Scoioty's annual election. This year a proposition will be placed before the in(>eting to so change the constl-' tution that the officials of the Society will be chosen by a Board of Dlrect- or.s to consist of five meinbers, one of whom is to hold office for three years, one for two years, and tho other three for one year each.
It is understood that the proposed change had brought a number of can¬ didates into the field, among whom are ex-Supetvisnr Christ, of North Hempstead. Several of the present oflicials of the Society It is said are candidates for the office of director. It was learned that Thomas Bacon, who has been general manager and treasurer of the Society for over i!iii'ty-thre(> years, has decided not to be a candidate for re-election .
Interest will centre around the question of whether a new manager is to be appointed or whether the duties of that office will be admin¬ istered by a body of throe chosen from  the   proposed   Board  df   Direct-
TAt  SALE
The tax sale for properties upon which the 101,'') taxes have not been Hylaniif paid was begun at Mineola on Tuea- day morning when Stephen P. Pettit rait abotit 10,000 different tax sale jiarcels iiiider the hammer. The Oys¬ ter Bay properties were sold first- and the bidding was brisk for the parcels offered. , There are about twenty thouaand acres of land in the 1.!<)•(¦..is l)ein.^ auctioned and alwut $90,000 In  unpaid taxes on the land.
HT^LP  CATCir A   SI BMAKINK
The New York State Dotuns > Coun-. vil, in view of the great need of 'hn I'nited States Navy for blnOv.'^i.larii, spyglasses and telescopes and the Im¬ possibility of their speedy mar/ufic- tiire. has adop'ed a recomniendatiou of Governor W'litman that tho peo¬ ple who have such glasses be urged to turn theui over to the Goverrn-cnt 'o.. lit... in   ti.(> War.
budget contained approprlatlona for, increased salaries of "^gllieerB"—t case of robbing poor P*ter whp ha4 no engineering "pull" and paying Paul who had. Man's Inhumanity to man Indeed makes countless,, luiiliona mourn. Will Mayor Hylau aelect a commlsBlooer who will wage uocom- i)roiuiding warfare upon .these t^Jus- <ces and inequalitiett'' Will any eu- - <^r at tbe top point them put to Uim? Tliat's where tbe hoiise-deaa- ing o«lfbt to begin--at tbe top—tf •ajr expectations uf letreacbiuAnt aad cr«a.i«d efOcleucy ar*  W»t«t»t»*»##'
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