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ISSUED ON FRIDAY,
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY
GENERAL CIRCULATIOI
VOL. 7. NO. 21.
FREEPORT. N. Y. FRIDAY JUNE 22, 1917
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
PROCEEDINGS OF 'MRS. CARRILLO ASKS HOME DEFENSE TO COMPTROLLER FINDS JAMES CHESHIRE CONEIN BROUGHT
THE SUPERVISORS TO GO TO FRANCE^ SERVE LOCALLY POOR WORKMANSHIP DIED AT HOSPITAL BACK TO MINEOI
Hempstead Town Per-y,uj^g£ gXCEEps ' AS AUTO DRIVER
"Z'Z^Z":: QUOTA IN CENSUS|^-P?r. .^--,«««
HaU-Othcr Mat¬ ters of Interest
The County Tieasuror on Friday was authorized by the Hoard to boi-
ruder the direction of .Mrs Frede¬ rick S. Oroeiio, of Port Washington, over a score of assistants arc tabulat¬ ing and filing registration blanks that are being returned from all scclios of the county, under tho Stato Mili-
row, on his note, for a period not to ,a,-v oonstis. .Some of the election
exceed eight month.s, the sum ol difltnc registrars report that a few
$150,000. This aclion was taken in ,-('sidonts of their distrii-ts are yet to
view of Iho fact that •there is now ^,^. rogisK-rod. Tho total in tho coun- owlng the (-ouiity for un.-olloctod , ,j. „,,,„ j^.^, ^^ii,,i,.rtay night was 68,-
taxcs for tin- year 11)10 tho sum of jjj]
$570,446.88. The borrowed money will t'ndoi ibe direction of .Miss Stella
be used to pay claims aiidiled by the poroman tho Frooport returns were
Board and lo ho audited. complctod early and forwarded to
.Mineola. The registration in Free-
The Board approved the detormina- port is 42L!. The <jiiota for that vil-
tion of the Coftnty Treasurer to pre- lage was ligurcd a* 4i)2i>.
pare for the holding of a sale of prop- The following villages are also
erties upon wliith 1916 taxes are un- among those that have reported their
I .Members of the Home Dofonso
Coips will not he called to duty out- I side their own localities except in lease of serious riots or other iinsual , disturbances, is the assurance given j that organization by Governor 'Whit- I man in a letter to F'rank L. Crocker. I chairman of the Nassau County Homo I Defense Conimittee. As a result il is : believed that the corps will now be
n-crulted qiiickly from its present '- strength of 1706 men to nearly 20.000. I Governor Whitman's reply called af- With the blood of iny fathers dyed l'em'"n to the fact that, while under j day submitted a npmi to ilio Roard r,.fj " ' ; the authority vested In him by the ; of Supervisors :u which Lo charges
Sent in Application For Enlistment
It is with sadness thai vvi' leciud
rnilMTY f!ONTRAf!TS '»>« il»'iui.se of James W. Cheshire, a
_ . _- i passed awav at tho .Minetila Hospital.
-_ -- ^_ , ^ ru<'sday. .Mr. Chosliiro was taken
Tells Supervisors OOnie there for an operation lasl wook, bui
.failed to survive the ordeal. He waS|
; an Ideal citizen and had ilu' w hole- |
Ihoarlod affcciioti of the hundreds who |
know him. He was prominently iden- i
TO ANSWER CRI]
of the Bills are Ex cessively High
Call me a slacker? How dart- yoiC
County C-ciitroller Piciiii' ii o;i .Mon-
paid, at as early a dale as possihie The County Troa.sunr was authorized to appoint six men from his offlco to prepare the data fiu- tho coming lax salo. Tho mon are lo work ovortlmo between tho hours of four and eleven p. m. and receive pay for such over¬ time at the rate of $IOil per month. The Board fiirthei' voted that Charles
registrations ito tho .Mineola head- (luartors: Raldwin, LMI."); Lynbrook. 2lii:!: Kast Rockaway, 8:15; Waiitagh, 5!i!t; .Merrick. 72."); Rellmore, 6.55- Roosovolf, ll(i:i; .Mas.sapeqiia, 300.
Tho \^onlen registrars will persist in their census until every person in their disirict subject lo registration has boon enrolled. The aid of ihe
Steinstick. chief ch-rk, and Krnest G. Shi-riff's Reserve Corps has boon Cooley, bookkeeper in the Treasurer's 'office, shall receive a remuneration for the above mentioned hours oi overtime work at tho rate of $125 a month when thoy shall be designated lo supervise such work. The over- lime charges will bo charged a.naiust the properties to lie sold.
proiiiised to look up tho stragglers.
LARGE SUM~ RAISED IN NASSAU COUNTY
Coursing their way in my veins of blue Stilling my pulse with a feeling of dread.
Dread of tho clarion of war never!' But dread of that fierce attack. Don't call me a slacker, seeking to •ever The patriol'.s aim from the coward's act
I hoar my
.the Suffolk
Let my Country call me reply Of "Prosont, my Beloved America." •So, off to tho front to fight and die Like a hero should—God pity the slacker!
constitution he could call iipiwi all ' ni part that work d .n men between the ages of oightoon and County Tile Coinpau.v forty-five'for whatever duty he saw miisi lloor and base in the living fit. "I have no intention of issuing i apartiiK uts of the Shorifl in the .Nas- Oh, ! any orders which will require tho sau County Jail is not done in a work- members of the Home Defense Corps | manlike manner, that the work is do- ^to do police duty outside of their; fective, and that the work was not home locality.
"It shouW be clearly understood, however that in case of emerg¬ ency, riot or insurrection, anywhere in the State, I shall order such units of whatever military force exists within the State. Including the Homo Defense Corps, as may appear neces¬ sary to proceed at once to that lo¬ cality and to assist In suppressing such disorder."
tilled years ago with the early ;;iowth of the village..
Mr. Cheshire, whost brother. Coun¬ ty Clerk Thomas S. Cheshire is so be¬ loved by his friends, possessed the same endearing nature. He was 66 .
, ™"" years old and lived in Grenada Courl | the Li
la.\in„ a 10-,^..jj^ his wile. Harriett.
i daughter. .Mrs. Charles Can
Freeport Ticket Agent
Found at Garage in
Tennessee
I Special to the .Nassau Postj Romaino J. Conkliii, formerly sta¬ tion agent at the F'rt-oport station of ong Island Railroad, and who .¦\nother j was indicted of Free- ,
in .April after ho had
, , u .1. 1 ^oen charged by Lonu Island Rail-
port, survives, as do throe hrothers
and an aged mother. He was well '""tl ""^'''"'^ *'"' slealing im Decem-
known in foriner years for his fil'C-,'"''' •'!- U'Hi, Ihe
The County Trt>asuroi' was ompow ered to transfer tho sum of $12,050 from the General Fund lo the credit of the followiiigs funds: Jail Inmates, 160(10; Courl Mouse, .'fliOOO; Tax Con¬ ference, .?50.
On .Monda.v the Board granted tho application made by the Town of Hempstead UirouKh its Supervisor and members of the Town Board to issue its bonds for .?75,00(i to provide funds for the erect ion of a new town hall.
Figures made public last Saturday by David N. Gay, of Glen Cove, com¬ mit toman of the Liberty Loan Rond Conimission for Nassau County, show- that in the county subscriptions for Liberty Ronds were intido lo the amount of |;J.0;j2,1Iu. .Many villages in llie county ropoitod that Ihelr ap- porlionineiit had been over subscrib¬ ed. In some instances the allotment was not reached.
In the Town of Hempstead the fol¬ lowing sales were reported by the
Why sliould men do all tho deeds on which the boast of victory feeds? Rather paraphrased, but .Mrs. Edith Carrillo, the rarely charming wife of Leo Carrillo, of Lena Avenue, thinks that Ihe aforegoing term siiots the occasion to a dot. She is strong, not for war, but for serving In time of war, and heeding the country's call for volunteers, has sought to enlist.
She does not want to shoulder the gun, believing that the mon know how lo do it bolter, and not wishing to obtrude herself on thoir patriotic privileges. She does, however, want lo drivo an ambulance at the French front. She wants to get into the midst of action and to do her mightiest. In
MUST FIX STREETS SAYS SUPERVISOR
Suffolk County Tile Company" had i ^'"^'If ""*=
boon rejected by the Roard. Con- tr;'"'-'*' Ucnnett isays in his opinon that while tht- (hairman of tho Roai'd. then Pliilij) J, Christ, was iiutht^rizod to enter into a contract fol and on behalf of thi- County of .Nassau for the work, no such contract was on-
ti'iod into, as far as he has boon able
Supervisor Hiram R. Smith's alien- ' "> learn, lion has been repeatedly attracted to 1 Although tho architect's i (-rtificato tho condition of North -Main Streei I '« attached to the bill to which the edging along the tniUoy tracks, and i Controller objects. .Mr. Bonnott's re- he has begi'i a move for tho remedy I">''' ''I'^'li^ '" V-c't. ".My investigation of the siluation. Ho has boon nolie- ! furtlier shows that there was a change ing how deep and wide tho depros-' in the specihcations on the second sions on either side of the irolloT ' proposed and that tli(-rc was k-ss area tracks, especially at certain points,, "f Torazza floor to la- laid under tho have become. As a consequence he ' i-^f'-on^l spot ifications than under the got into communication with General ! «>'?*'- The tirst spociftcations provlrt- -Manager J. -M. Stoddart, of the Tranc- j fd for the furnishing of Italian niar- tion Company and mado formal com- ! Me treads from the first to the second
Frooport loses another highly le- pi-ett-d citizen ami is. as a losult, tho ev( re loser.
tho hope of not'only serving Uncle plaint. landing, and in the second siH-cifica-
Saiu, but in saving his heroes Sh > Not having heard anything further lions a ehan.^i- was niade lo funiish- feels that if she is permitted to drive in the matter, Supervisor Smith soni ing Veiiuont ir.aiblo treads in plac
YOUNG LAWYER IS MAKING GOOD
Will n a .voung man ha.s hoeii admit¬ ted to the bar and begins his |iractico in the courts, the usual thing to ex¬ pect is for his doveloiuiiont after a niimlier of years into a full Hedged disciple of Ulaekstono. but tho wait fnr success is often a loii.i; one. .Not so with Douglas W. Lawrence, whose oiricos are in the Froeport Rank Ruild- ing. "Doug, " as lie is known in tho fraternity, has come up to the level of tho big 'Jims 'II it romarkalily .short tinio, and his lUime is linkcfi with
said that In Uie ili-
The Board pa.ssod the following res- different linancial institutions:
i)lution as u iiiemoiial for Samuel C, Freeport—Appoi'iioniuent. $255.ot>o.
Ransom, who has boon clerk of the Suliscrlpiions, First National Bank,
an'preme Court since the County was $121,unn. Freeport Rank, $.')0,(!tiO,
an ambulance at the front it will en-| him the following loiter, in part, sev-1 thereof, atiding a flght of stairs'from j some of the so-.alletl large cases that able the young man who would other¬ wise be doing it to carry a gun and do tho shooting.
Therefore she has sent her name in to the authorities and is hoping
' which w? have had sntl tbe iack of i ond
spicitju.s eye on Conkliu for some liuiO, and when ihey received de- s(-riptivo posters from the bonding company that aitod as Conklin's siiioty, .Sheriff Webb, of .Monroe Coun¬ iy, wont to Conklln and questioned him. Conkliii admitted that he was vvaiiti'd in .Nassau Couiily. il is under¬ stood, and siirrondoi'od himsolf. Ac¬ cording to Plant, ('oiiklii he wants to plead giiiliv di(-itiii-nt ai^ain.-<i him.
l'pon his return bore i'lant gave an iiitoK Sling narration of his ex- porietii o ill "Sunny 'ToiinoBsee atiiong the nioiiulainoiis regions which Conkliii. apparently, had se- le(-tod for his hiding place. Poor train service and the reluctance of the authorities to give Cnnkliu up without a reward perplexed the doughty Carman for a while, and it was nt)'. until the day after his ar¬ rival in .Madisoiiviilo that <'arman siicci-eded in iiiiprosslng tin- .Monroe Couniy District Attorney with the
established in liiou. and who died sud¬ denly at his homo in Sea Cliff on Sun¬ day night.
. "'Whereas the Board lias just learn¬ ed with sorrow of the death of .Mr. Samuel C. Ransom, court clerk of the County of Nassau, which occurred on June 18, and whereas .Mr. Ran.som has for many years been ono of the faithful employees of the (!oiinty of Nassau, iiorforming a conspiouous public service, which vve mention with pride.
"Resnlvod, that tho Roard take this means of expressing its sorrow and rer.ret ;it his death and that we. the Board of Suporvisors, on behalf of the County of Nassau convey In thej numbers of his fiimily this token of' our rriendship and ostoem during this, fiat'K period of his faiuiU life, and fuitlier be it resoUot; Cai ii ooiiy of thif rosolutioti >e f'lrv.arded lo tho Jai.iily of tb(> decea-'od.
I'Toral Park -Apportionment, $61,- uuii. Suhscrihod $17,500,
Hempstead—AppOitionnu'nl, $584,- iioit. Subscribed: Firsi National Bank, $12-1,200. Hempstead Bank, $211,450.
Lawrence Apportioniueiit, $117,000. Subscribed, $158,000.
Lynbrook — Apportionment, $115.- uon. Subscribed $75,500.
Rockville Centre-- Apportionment, ment, $:!54,000. Subscribed: First Na¬ tional Rank, $121,000, Rank of Rock¬ ville Celitr(\ $11)2.200.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GRADUATION
that she ^'ill ti« nccuptod, She is .sin¬ cere and is eager t(,» impress thi truth on the authorities anri tribulations that come with War have no terror for hor. She is will¬ ing 10 endure any of the hardships, in crossing the pond and getting used to the task, if she will only be given the chance. She argues well. The women of England aro allowed to do it .and they are no more skilful in the handling of the automobile wheel than i.-i she.
.Mrs. Carrillo does not want to go as a nurse, because she wishes to put i hor right foot forward, and in this parlicular instance that right foot is an'auloniobilo. All she wants is tho chance, and if Cncle Sam does not satisfy It she will be one American woman with a stifled grouch, if it is possible for hor lo foster such a thing. Rut, if she has her way, she would leave via the next outgoing stoaiuer. Who know.s!
I , . . , I fact that he would not pay a reward
oral davs later, or about a week ago: ! 'he second landing to the third. Ver-1 ««"!•>" ^^-^'y i''i^P''etlvo plai'os on the and that ho was goitu', to tako his prl-
"Roferiing to mv conversation with ! mont marble. 1 am informed .costs MiP"um' ' "ui i caionoai -som-r with him if he had to stay Ihere
you with regard "to the condition of j considerable less than Italian. Tho ,/'•"' '-¦ VI"TnH 'uf eim-v im', ni^s ,'. " '""""''
your tracks south from the Village of plmihs luonticmod in tin first esti- i<«'-d v»o k, .aid hi' tr> longs to ,.,j„„ ....ached iho .Madisimville Jail
Hempsicid owing to the heavv raius | "lafe wore not iiienti(Uied in the .sec-| n;'" -'loni^ _H( lia.-, not mhuiiMi ii. «, ;,,,out four o'clock on Salurday af-
' iciiinoii. Ho vvas met at the door by
prOIH't tirainage. the water ponding I The lull as attaclied liereto was th. The triftlsi along side of our roads is doing con-' only information that claimant f'''-j '","'' " "**' sidei'Hblo damage; also wish to call i »'-bed im- at tho turn- of presenting i "> your attention to the condition of the tracks ai Stop 65; also below the
him alone. He has not inherited it. He opi'iiod his offices less than two years ago, but in that brief time has
, , , I harefooi woman who Plant thought, of liquidation clothed j,k1.,„(. ,•,,„„ „„, appearan.-e of her raimenis of law. Driug for- , |„„„„^ ^^^ U'olh, had either been , , . , innately for him has that quality m ( I ,.|„.win^' snuff or tobacco.
'"I fti'id .said claim to bo fraudulent j essary for _a lawyer o_f the bar pi r-j .., ,,,„
The Fascinating "Marimba"
I'.vor hoar a Marimba Rand' If yuu haven't, you have missed a uiusical treat, and wc invito you to diiip in and hear au Kdi¬ sou Re-creation of select ions by the liiiperial ..Marimba Rand of Uuaiahmala. Strauss' "lllit. Danube Waltz" probably tho most Widely known wait/ ever written- seems to gain iiy charm by its presentation on these Instruments of curious timbre, which have a sort of soft, silky quality all their own. Come in and see if you don't agree with us.
H is never any trouble for us to demonstrate the superiority of the Edison, that re-creates music, over the talking ma¬ chines, that merely reproduce it.
Chubbuek's
Th< "NEW EDIS9N* FREEPORT, L. h
Tweiiiy-foiir sludi-nls will graduate from the l''reoporf High School this your Tho (-oiiimencomont~-exercises will be hold mxt Wednesday evening at the .Viiioiicaii Theatre. An intei- j est ing prosiaui has boon arraged for ' the occasion. The Rov. D. H. Scotl.i of llio Church of the Transfiguration, j will offer prayer. .Miss Ksther Bray- | ton will give the salutaiorv: Super-{ inti'iident Shear, of the Poughkeepsie and the full force of its seriousness Sehodls will maki- the address to thei i» n"*' '«^'"« f''" '''• l'><^ village. With graduates; C. Dwight Baker, presi- '"">'<^ "ian forty young mon having don I of the School P.oard, will present enlisted and the Homo Guard having the diplomas and prizes; George | t>'"«^>i assumed into the forces of the
HOME GUARD HAS ROOM FOR MORE
The war siluaiion is becoming acute
Stato .Militia, to bo called upon to go to any part of the State for mili¬ tary service, things may be said to be tiiking shape Tho nieiiiboi's of the Home Guard signed their oath of al- the Governor Tu.-sday
Hciioruiaii will ri'ad tho valedietory. and the Rov. William Rreckenridge, ;)f Ihe Rapiisf Churcli, will «ive tlic bonodictiDii.
On Sunday, al the Columbus Ave¬ nue Sdinol, Ihe Hov. J Sidney Gould, i legience (if Ilu- Pi-osl);.iClian Church, will ad-| evening, dress the graduation class, and on I Aiiolher. meeting of the men of Tuesday evening tho class day exor- j Freeport will bo hold at the Freeport ci.-ios will bo held in the auditorium Sporting Club lo-morrow night when of the Grovo Street School. The grad-| it is hoped that enough voluteers will nates are: i subscribe their names to the list so
Jane Ames, Raymond Amador, Esth- i that a battalion of three companies or Brayton, Arthur t^onnor, Kenneth i may be formed in Freeport. Curtice. Wesley Davison, Arthur Dea- | The riot call was sounded for the gon, Marie Dedek, Lillian Doerflngor. ! first time Saturday night, for the pur- Clara Gibson. Frod ilrim, Fred Hon-i pose of letting tho people know the dorson, George Henermann, Marion differonee in sound between the fire Jackson, Florence Kelsey, Maruarel I whistle and the Home Guard riot call. Magee, Caroline Muller, Signe .Ny¬ gren, Mortimer Post, Walter Rollo, Aijthur RubenstOin, Irving Schv»ab and Percy Smith.
point at the junction of Hempstead in 'hat claimant used the mason and Road and Babylon Turnpike. You are of course aware that the condition ofi .Main Street from Seaman Avenu^ I South through fhe Village of Froe¬ port, where your tracks are placed in the center of the macadam ,is i-oii- tinually growing ¦worse, and there is now considerable depression.
"1 desire Ihat you should take those matters up at once, and try lo rem- '
ody them. If you wish that I go over '
them with you I should be pleased to ' Samuel C. Hansom, who had been make such appointinent at the earli- [ clerk of the Supreme (Joint of Nassau
sonality. A good public speaker and | |.|.j„,
(Continued on Page 4)
samuelTIansom court clerk dead
] an earnest pleader, he luipres:
' judge and jury at onco, a big factor
in winnin.i; cases, but not the chief i boast of any lawyer. i Tho essential to success, as a law- ; yor views It, is iu knowing ilie law [ If studious altontidn to his piofe..,- I sion wins lluil kiu.v, !i ii;;i . Ihill vve
augur for Mr, Law it tmi a luiiilil fu- 1 lure and hoi).- wiib him ihal his fii- I ture will hy im ,i.--,iii I ll wnh tint sin-- I (-ess for ni'ieh ev<-rv lavvvir -iiivi---: I a sf-at 'Ml Illl liemli.
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coiiio for Conkliu." said after lie had iutrodueid hlm-
"Heckon you can't take your rnan io-(iay, " said the woman, who apprls^ led Plant a iiioment later Ihat she was I the Sheriff's wife.
I '¦\1\ husband has gone to Krioxvllle, j liftv miles awav,' cuiHlmiod the Sher- I ;ffs ^^ iff "ami won'i hi hack until ; to-iiiorrow ,'¦
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Illl Plant. "1 want to ami w.Mit to start to¬
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est possible moment.'
Following up this letter Siupervisoi Smith went with .Mr. Stoddart all over
County since its organization, died suddenly of heart trouble superindtic- -d by an attack of acute indigestion
PLEASED WITH TOWX H0.4DS
Qfflcials of New Jersey, including a
A COSTLY ROW
In addition to the $10 fine and the ordeal of appearing as defendant In a police court, it cost the Princess PIgnatelll d'Aragaon, of Merrick, L. L, a substantial sum to assault her
countv suporlntendent of highways household cook. Beatrice Gaugham, and two freeholders, visited the Town according to a Btatement made to-day of Hempstead on "Wednesday H4d in before Judge Lewis J. Smith in the companr with Supervisor Smith and | .Nassau County Court. Arthur Turner of the Standajd BIth- 1 The cook, after the Princess had ultthlc Company. InspecfM the roads ! heen fined, launched a suit for $2000 „f t'lo Town nf HiMopstead. At the J damages against her. MMlTUlon of the trip they congratu- instead of the legal battle to-day .Mr. Smith upon the excellence j there was the bare announcement by cf the roads. They did not believe it j Douglass C. lAwrence. Beatrice's at
poslble for any Town to have such I good roads and sucb an abundance of I thena-
I As a renutt of the trip considerable : of the rofcds of New Jersey will be I improved with Warrenite.
torney, that the case had been settled out of court and thst the Princess had paid over a substantial sum which the plaintiff accepted as pay for everything that had happened. The Princess wm iM^t In court to-day.
the roads under consideration and i at his home in Sea Cliff Sunday night made overtures for the imniodiaie ro- j Hf was born in the Williauisbiirgh pairs of the roads. Main Street is j section of Brooklyn hfty-tivo years the through road to Hempstead and i ago, and moved to Sea Cliff when 15 .Mineola and is used almosi oxclirsive- [ years old.
ly as the thoroughfare by which all I Mr. Ransom was probably one of autoists roach the county seat. At ! the best known men in .Nassau Coun- points, however, the condition Is dan- I ty. His courteous manner at all times geroiis because of the ruts caused by , jJ, the court romn mado for him many the trolley's edge and the constant j friends, and Thoinas F. Cheshire, the. filling up of same with water. I County Clerk, had repeatedly paid him
the highest tribute fnr his offlciency.
AFTER WATERWAY He was a inember of the Hoard ot
On Tuesday afternoon of this week. Kdiicalion oi Sea Cliff, a former Chief Colonel Abbot, chief of tho Cnited of the Fire Department, and the lasl States Roard of Engineers, wilh Jo- of its charier members, ch rk of the seph H. Railely, one of the Long Isl- village for thirteen years, secretary and Inland Waterwav Commissioners, of the Sea Cliff Club, a trustee of the Senator Thomp.son and As.semblyman Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and sec McWhinney, made a tour of Inspec¬ tion of the route of the proposed wa¬ terway from Rockaway Point to I>ong Beach. It is understood that the fed¬ eral authorities, realizing the great usefulnoss to which an inland water¬ way can be put, are going ahead with tho work of surveying and lejding other assistance as rapidly as posime.
TO VISIT LIEIT. COLTER
At the In.stigation of Supervisor Hi¬ ram R. Smith, of Freeport, the mem- hors of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, accompanied by the newspaper men. will pay an unofficial visit to Lieut. G. C. Colyer of the Na¬ val Reserves at Stoney Brook, on Wednesday of next week. The visit w^ill be In the nature of a compliment to Lieut. Colyer, who for many years was a resident of Freeport, being ed¬ ucated in Us public schools and tak¬ ing a prominent part In its <ivic and fraternal life.
Tt is probable that the party will visit %Vest Point with Lieut. Colyer
TO WORK AT XICiHT
Beginning next weok the rooms of the local chapter of the American Red Cross will be open every Thurs¬ day evening. Many members have not found it poeslsble to spend tbe afternoons at the headquarters and the change has been made for their convenience. The rooms are open every day from ten o'clock to twelve and from t,wo o'clock to flve.
retary of the Sunday School.
He is survived by his widow, Klla C, and a daughtei, Kleanore, wife of Dr. CharU-s A. Sioiier. of Port Wash¬ ington, and fivo sons, Saniuel B., ('harles H., Arthur A. Harold and Peter of Sea Cliff. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the .M. K. Church, with tho Rev. L. K. .Moore, the pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Hill¬ side Cemetery.
The news of -Mr. Ransom's death had a depressing effect on Ihe atten¬ dants of the court house at Mineola.
Supremo Court Justice S. Manning addressed the spot tators and counsel before opening court. He said:
"Gentlemen of the bar. jurors and residents of .Nassau County, I have a
LUTHERANS MEET AT CHRIST CHURCH
lh
1 .all I llo it. ' said lln- woman, ll. ..iiiv IWO iiaiiis uniit' out •o'.'. ll .1 day. and the last one 'lioi't an hoiir aro. I n-ckon. n II have III Slav in this ' ¦¦¦ town all !l*elil,"
Caiim'U fiiiiill.v d(-cidi-d to put up at a hie;.| inn until morniii;^, hiii before leiiiiiiM he KOI ill touch with County .Miorni;. \'a!iiitine. .Mr. \'aleiiliiie met Plant at the village inn that oven-
Tlie .SpriUK ( ouvi-niiuii ol llo Rrooklyn and l,<uig Island District . , , ,,
Luther League was hold in the Christ m? and together thoy talked over ( ar-
I'.vangelical Lutheran Church of Free- man's ehamcs of getting Conklin out
port. N. Y., on Saturday. June I6tli. of jail.
It was a most sum .ssful ineoting. Valentino infoiniod Carnuiii that In
The church was eiowdi-d lo its doors. Huir county they iisiiall.v ^ri-t fifty
Fnmi the spiritual side ll afforded j dollars reward for prisoners that ar much thought, and in this connection
it v^as perhaps the best of any con- veiitioti yet li(-ld. The feature of the afternoon sc-s.-iion was the topic "Tho Devotional Meciiiig." prt-sonti-d by the Rev. .M. J Hii-hei. who was assisted by Clarence C. Dettiner. Splendidly prepared papers were road and a lively discussion followed. Rov. Bie- ber showed in a practical way how a devotional meeting should be pre¬ pared and carried out Kuccessfully.
A delicious luncheon was st-rved by tho local League in a nt-arby hall, al which time Hov. Rlibor and tho Rev H. C. Wasnuind proseiitod splendid addresses.
The Rt-v IL c. Wasiiiiind inspired those jiiesoni at the evening servif-o with a startling address on "What If tlie Kofornial ion had ixit boon''" Ho pointed out. among other tbints, ihat
held fot other States. Carman asked the man if Nassau County bad ever charged the .Moiiro^ County authori¬ ties a reward for prisoners taken here and .Mr. Valenlitie admitted Ihat be had never heard of It being done.
¦ I won't pay any reward, ' declared Carnian. "but will iiav for tho ex- |)ons(- your eounty has been |)Ut to in holding Conklin, and I want a re- ceiiit for my money, too," added Car'- iin|iii. Mr. Valentine [said that he would havo to consider the matter furthi r and rang up tho ox-Sherlff of the county.
The (x-Sheriff seemed to favor Car¬ man's side of the case and after sev¬ eral conferences the County Attorney and the ex-Sherlff announced th*t they had decided that Plant could tak* Conklin without paying a reward and that thry would look to the bonding
wiitioiii the'Reformation, or a similar I eompany for their bounty, movi-iiioiit. we would not to-day enjoy an open Bible, nor the gift of preach¬ ing and sin«ing of hymns, nor the
very sad duty to perform this morn-. —
Ing before opening court. .'\s I reach-j right ronceptiim of prayer. .Nor
ed the Court House this morning the
intelligence was conveyed fo,me that an old, tried and faithful servant had gone to his just reward. I say this wilh greal feeling, and I am pro¬ foundly moved, not having yet gotten over the shock of the announcenient beca-use he was my personal friend. "He was the first to grasp me by the hand when I came to this Court House four years ago. In .sp<»klng his praises I do so not only fnr myself but for all the JudRes of this depart¬ ment who have bad the privilege ot presiding In Nassau County, who all feel that they have lost a faithfnl friend. I desire that some record be made on the court minutes in loving memory of Samuel C. Ransom."
would wo have liberty of speech or press wo hold so dear
soniation was presented to the Church of the M slab.
That night Carman was invited to attend a fox hunt in the inoiintainH surrounding the town. The event waa attended by all of tho local authori¬ ties. Including several judges. Car¬ man said that ho likes hunting, but The banner for the largest repre-| found the fox chase as jejune as the
villat'o and the Jail, since he could set no fox and hnd lo content him¬ self until one a. in. listening to the baying of tht- bliKKJ-fhlrsty hounds hot on the fox's trail. Carman said tbat his I rip was pdu<:ating in a way, but that NasRaii County Is a palace com¬ pared with .Madlsoiivllle, Toiin , and Its jail.
MEMORIAL HERYK E
.Memorial services following
tho
regular Sunday evening servltosat the ("Church of the Transfiguration will be offered in honor of the late John Drake Gunning, who pasaed away on the evenig of June 5. There will be a brief address by the rector, the Rev. D. H. Scott, followed by hymns by the choir. The family of the de¬ ceased will attend u will the many friends of Preeport'a former distin¬ guished citizen.
BOrOHT A BOM>
.Mary had a llttl« bond.
She bought It for a dollar; And when she clips the coupons off.
It makes tbe Kaiser holler.
— I. L. in Chicago Trlbune..
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