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•f • •’/ A Com m u n ity N e w spaper i Devoted to B est Interests o f % East Hapipton <->‘X “ X hX “ !“ ! “X \ X - X “ X “ X “ X \ X “ > THE S T A R * * ^ Official Newspaper o f E a s i \ H a m p ton T o w n and V illage Ij! X Incorporated X v* v VOLUME XLI EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926 NUMBER 28 LADIES’ VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SO CIETY COMMITTEE CLAIMS VICTORY Will Celebrate Victory by Holding Committee and Sign Owners’ Co-Operative Dinner at Maidstone Inn; Thirty Business Men Sign Agreement to Remove Signs from Town Highways on May 28th. HOLD ANNUAL SPEAKING CONTEST [C o m m u n icated] This has tru ly been an eventful w e e k in East H a m p ton. O u r flag pole was struck by lightning on Sat urday evening, and on M o n d a y even ing at Mrs. B e lden’s there w a s a m e e ting o f the realtors and a com m ittee from the Ladies’ V illage Im provem e n t S o c iety, and M rs. H a rry Hamlin representing the East H a m p ton G arden Club. The results o f this m e e ting w ill be the m o s t beneficial and far-reach in g in the history o f this beautiful old town. On M ay 2nd, the society at its reg ular m e e ting, discussed the su b ject o f signs. These signs, during the tim e o f the grea t real estate activity on Eastern L o n g Island, have been placed in and ad jacen t to East H a m p ton in such num b e rs that they d e tract greatly from the beauty o f the village and the surrounding cou n try. In fa c t , there are eighty signs betw e e n East H a m p ton and Bridge- ham p ton. Oh m o tion, a com m ittee o f seven was appointed, consisting o f M rs. N. W . B a m s , chairm a n ; Mrs. W illiam Edwards, Mrs. B e lden, Mrs. Jennie Conklin, Mrs. P e r c y Schenck, and Mrs. Paul N u g e n t, to interview those people w h o are displaying signs. This com m ittee r^et with the m ost gra t ify in g co-operation from the real estate brokers and others displaying signs, and this m o v e m e n t culm inated in this m e e ting fo r fre e discussion at Mrs. B e lden’s on M o n d a y evening. P r e v ious to this m e e ting tw e n ty-tw o had signed an agreem e n t to discard their signs, if all others w o u ld do the sam e. On M ay 28 the signs w ill be rem o v e d as all have now signed, m aking the list 1 0 0 % com p lete. This action will m a k e East H a m p ton as an exception as it is “ The Signless Town.'” The follow in g thirty m en have signed this agreem e n t binding fo r a period o f five years: Jam e s M. Strong, E. T. D a y ton, L e r o y O. Edw a rds, C opp B r o s . R e a lty C o ., Inc., H e r b e r t S. Parsons, M a id stone R e a lty Com p a n y , E. V. Par sons, Talm a g e Drake & S a n ford, I. Y . H a lsey, Ralph C. F r o o d , Thom a s D. S c o tt, W illiam M. T e r r y R. C. Payne & C o ., W illiam Bates, A m a - gansett R e a lty C o .; H a rris & T o w n send, B. M. O s b o rne, J. L . Banister, T u c k e r & M u rray G a rage C o ., (1 y e a r ) , M u lligan & Talm a g e , (1 year) G ould & Cum m ins, Childs & Lasker, Inc., H a rry N e ir, Jam es A . E a r ly, G e o r g e E. Jones, T e e le & T e e le, A l b e r t T o lle, J. Edw a rd Gay, jr . , Frank L ibert, Lew is D e v e lopm e n t Co., C. H u m b let. H o w w a s this grea t achievem e n t p o s s ible? Sim p ly because the realtors o f East H a m p ton, fo r g e t f u l o f self and personal interest, w e r e open to reason and, a f t e r due consideration, decided that they w e r e w illin g to sac rifice the cost o f their signs and possibly som e business fo r the pur pose o f brin g in g E a s t H a m p ton back to its original beauty. The brokers w h o have been in business fo r years, and th o s e w h o are new in ou r m idst have all done th e ir share to pu t this com m e n d a b le w o r k over. It is hoped and expected that m o re people than ever b e f o r e w ill be at tracted to ou r historic and unique v illa g e ; unique, because there are no signs to obstru c t the view o r m a r the landscape. W h y should people be attracted to East H a m p ton? It is one o f the m o s t attractive villages on L o n g Island, having a Main street second to none and one that is a su b ject fo r com plim e n tary rem a rks from all visitors; its trees are beau t ifu l, the beach is p e r f e c t and the clim a te id e a l; its public officials and real estate brokers are cou r teou s and ob ligin g ; and it is a g o o d village in w h ich to live, as all are w o r k in g fo r the g o o d o f the com m u n ity as a w h ole. T h e L. V . I. S. com m ittee in charge o f this w o n d e r fu l piece o f w o rk should be com m e n d e d fo r their sys tem a tic and efficient w o r k and the realtors and others displaying signs are to be congratulated on their c o operation and public spirit in ridding E a st H a m p ton o f the objection a b le signs, thus restorin g the village and this vicin ity to their fo r m e r charm and dignity. T o celebrate this w o n d e r fu l v i c tory. and a real v i c t o r y it is, the com m ittee extends a m o s t cordial invita tion to all the realtors, hotel p r o p r i etors and ow n e r s o f garages who have signed this agreem e n t, to a din ner to be given in the near fu tu r e . T h e tim e and place w ill be announc ed later. RE-OPEN MONTAUK HIGHJACK CASE DeGroot Orders Famous Case to be Re-opened N O T H IN G D ON E IN P A S T Y E A R W a lker, C h ief W itness, Still M issing; F o u r M en Released fo r Indefi- ite Period U n ites States A ttorn e y W illiam A . D e G r o o t directed his assistant, H a r r y Chiert, who has general charge o f all crim inal prosecutions in the Federal attorn e y ’ s office, to re-open the fam o u s M o n tauk rum -running hi ja c k in g case o f a year ago and press the liqu o r con s p iracy indictm e n ts fou n d M ay 7, 1925, to a speedy con clusion. F o u r m en w e re indicted at that tim e b y the F e d e r a l Grand Jury a fter a sensational after-dark gun battle betw e e n bootleggers and h i-jackers (on e o f them , a State T r o o p e r ) re vealed m ore than $200,000 w o rth o f liquors stored in the old Benson es tate at M ontauk. T h o s e indicted w ere Capt. Eric W a lker, said to be the leader o f the rum -running g a n g ; L a w rence P. Pleasants, F r e d e r ick W . B row n o f Sag H a r b o r , and G e o r g e Steppits o f Sag H a r b o r . W h ile Pleasants, Brown and Steppits pleaded n o t gu ilty to the indictm e n t and w e r e released in $5,000 bail each, no clue has ever been fou n d by the authorities as to w h e r e a b o u ts o f W a lker, the m o s t im portan t d e fen d a n t o f th§m all. A n exam ination o f the' cou r t rec ord today showed that, although a y e a r had gone b y since the indict m ents w e r e found, th e y w e r e no nearer a trial than they had ever been. The last en t r y in the cou r t dock e t referrin g to the case is dated O c tober 30, 1925, and rea d s : “ B e fo r e G arvin J. D e fendants and wit ness present. Case m a rked off.” T h e n o tation was on a cou r t o r der m a d e by Judge G a rvin, on the application and with the consent o f the U n ited States A t t o r n e y , at that tim e Ralph C. Greene. T h is was m o r e than half a year ago, and since then, so fa r as the records go, n o fu r t h e r action was taken b y the G o v e r n m e n t to press the rum rin g indictm e n ts n o r b y the defen d a n t s ’ counsel to have them dis m issed. “ M a r k ing off” o f a crim inal case m eans that it is indefinitely post poned. The U n ited States A ttorn e y la id that this does not indicate in the present m a tter, how e v e r , th a t the m a tter will be dropped. As soon as M r. Chiert has been able to acquaint him s e lf with the details o f the indict m e n t and the evidences, he w ill place the case back on the calendar and p r o c e e d to a trial. O n e reason fo r the delay, in addi tion to the failu r e to apprehend the ch ief defen d a n t, has been the change in adm inistration in the U n ited States A t t o r n e y ’ s office since the in dictm e n ts w e r e found. A t that tim e Ralph C. G reen was p r o s e c u t o r and H o w a rd O s terhout was the assistant in charge o f rum -running p r o s e c u tions. B o th G reene and O s terhout have m eanw h ile resigned to resum e private practice. NAVY DESERTER CAUGHT AT MONTAUK D eserted From Fire Island Naval Rrftlio Station; W ill be C o u r t M artialed by Authorities K I N G S D A U G H T E R S ’ M E E T IN G T h e K ing’s D a u g h ters held their regular m o n thly m e e t ing at the H u n tting, M ay 11. Mrs. G e o r g e M or- genstern and Mrs W . Livingston sang tw o beautiful duets in a delight fu l m anner and added m a terially to the pleasure o f all present. A t the close o f the m e e ting the president, Mrs. Charles S. Parsons, received a g i f t o f love from the circle as the next day w o u ld be her birthday. O u r oldest m e m b er, who w as unable to be present, added a dain t y g i f t m ade by her skillful fingers. A ll w e r e invited to remain fo r a social tim e when delicious re freshm e n ts w e r e served. W illiam H. M u eller, a deserter from the F ire Island U n ited States Naval R a d io station, was apprehend ed late on M onday even in g o f last w e e k at M ontauk Point, b y Lt. Joseph Lynch, Corp. K rem m ler and T r o o p e r Clark. M u eller was turned over to C h ief P e tty O fficer Lynch o f the Fire Island station, on Tuesday evening, fo r court-m a r tial, by the naval authorities. A b e Tobish o f B a y Shore, arrested with M u e ller at M ontauk, was turned over to N e w Y o r k C ity police fo r com p licity in a recen t burglary at M anhattan. Both Tobish and M u e ller adm itted their guilt in the burglary, but exonerated Edw a rd Thom p son o f B a y Shore, arrested w ith them , o f uny part in the crim e . Thom p son was accord in g ly released by the troopers. A ll the loot taken in the N e w Y o r k burglary w a s recovered, and has been turned o v e r to the N e w Y o r k authorities. M u e ller, w h o deserted over m o n th' ago, has been sought fo r the entire period b y the m em b ers o f the State Police. H e alw a y s managed to elude capture, how e v e r , up until M o n d a y night. Som e tim es he escaped b y m inutes only, and oth e r tim e s he disappeared from his various hiding places several hours b e fore the ar rival o f the p o lice, w h o lost m u ch valuable tim e ru n n in g dow n false clues as to his w h e reabouts. It was not until the trio w a s a r rested at the Fisher developm e n t at Charles Frazee and M a rgaret Gil- m a rtin A w a rded First P r ize; T w o Second Prizes G iven The annual public speaking con test was held last Saturday night in the East H am p ton H igh S chool aud itorium . On account o f the terrible w e a ther, on ly a fe w spectators at tended. T w o first prizes and tw o se cond prizes w e r e given. Charles F r a z e e and M a r g a r e t Gilm artin won the first prizes w h ile A lexander Shott and Helena T iffany w o n the second prizes. The ju d g e s o f the con t e s t w e re D istrict Superintendent P. B. M at thew s ; Principal H. F. Sabine o f Southam p ton, and P r incipal Neil Quackenbush o f B ridgeham p ton. The prizes w e re aw a rded by Mr. Sabine. A dance follow e d the contest. The m u sic w a s furnished by the school orchestra. ADVERTISING EAST HAMPTON A d v e r tising Fund Reaches $1,815; N ow A p p e a r ing .in .L e a d in g M agazines The advertising o f E a s t H am p ton through the N e w Y o r k press and also several m a gazines is bein g carried on with excellen t results. D ifferent ads which have appeared in C o u n try L ife, A r t s & D e c o r a t ion , and T o w n and C o u n try have all attracted com m ent fro m visitors and ou t -of-tow n people. T w o w o m e n w e r e overheard to say at one o f the local hotels, in glan c ing over an ad in C o u n try L ife, “ I didn’t know that East H am p ton is the hom e o f ‘H o m e , Sw e e t H o m e .’ Did y o u ? -” “ I didn’t either until ju s t the other day,” her frien d replied, “ b u t jt is— H om e, Sw e e t Hom e is ju s t up the street.” In order to spread the advertising over a greater period it has been decided to alternate the ads w h ich appear in the N e w Y o r k Tim e s and the B r o o k lyn D a ily E a g le. H e r e t o fore they have appear ed in each paper, each week, but will n o w be run in one paper and then the other on the follow in g Sunday. The list o f subscribers to date is as follow s : L e o n a r d Edw a rds ................... $125.00 F e lix D o m iny & Sons .............. 100.00 H a m p ton H o tels, In c ................ 100.00 E. T. D a y ton ............................. 100.00 I. Y . H a lsey ......... - ................... 75.00 A . O. Jones .................................. 75.00 Thos. D. Gilm a rtin ................... 50.00 R. C. Payne & C o .................... 50.00 D. F ischer ..................................... 50.00 Childs & Lasker, In c ............... 50.00 M a idstone R e a lty Co., In c ..... 50.00 P e r c y C. Schenck ........ . .......... 50.00 Edw a rd M. G a y . ........................ 50.00 J. Edw a rd Gay, j r .................... 50.00 Jam es H. H ildreth ................... 50.00 C o p p Bros. R e a lty Co.. In c ..... 50.00 Casper C. R o w e ........................ 50.00 W . F. E. W h ite ........................ 50.00 R a y m o n d A . Sm ith ................... 50.00 O s b o r n e T r u s t C o ..................... 50.00 G r e g o r y Com p a n y ................... 50.00 East H a m p ton N a tional Bank 50.00 Fred M cCann . .............................. 50.00 LoC a s tro-Jayne & C o ............... 50.00 W inthrop G a r d iner ................... 50.00 East H a m p ton Star .............. 25.00 Stephen M a rley .................... . 25.00 E lm e r E. Sm ith ........................ 25.00 N o rm an Cleaves ........................ 25.00 Sam u el B. Cline ........................ 25.00 John Gilm a rtin ........................ 25.00 Ross M. Fanning ................... 25.00 R a y m o n d S. Parsons .............. 25.00 Jam es M a rley ............................. 25.00 Joseph Dressen, j r ............... . 25.00 F. B. W i b o r g ............................. 25.00 W . A . H astings ........ ................ 10.00 Mr. W h itby .................................. 5.00 $1,815.00 Supply Ice For Eastern Long Island F o r several w eeks the East H a m p ton Ice C o m p a n y has had its p r o duction up to m axim u m capacity, in order to supply ice com p a n ies on the east end o f the Island with m a n u factured ice. M a n y o f the com p a n ies have been overhauling their plants. The local plant has been supplying villages from H a m p ton Bays to M on tauk. Father Matthew Flanagan Observes Anniversary On W e d n e s d a y , M a y 19, Father Flanagan quietly observed the 17th A n n iversary o f his ordination to the Priesthood. A fe w o f his clerical frien d s from neighboring parishes called on him to offer th e ir co n gratulations. LIO N S L A D I E S ’ N IG H T JU N E 9 The second annual Lions Club Ladies’ Night w ill be held at the M a idstone Inn, W e d n e s d a y evening, June 9. There w ill be a tu r k e y din ner, entertainm ent and dance. Mem bers o f the Southam p ton and R iver- head Clubs have been invited to at tend. Previous to dinner the Lions Club w ill hold its annual election. P r a c t ically the entire old board has been re-nom inated. M ontauk that the M anhattan burg lary was known to the police. It is n o t known w h e ther M u e ller w ill be detained by the naval authorities and tried fo r desertion, or w h e ther he will be turned over to the N e w Y o r k police f o r trial fo r burglary. SUMMER SCHEDULE NOW EFFECTIVE L. I. R. R. Gives Improved Summer Service WANT LOCAL POSTAL CLERK SU N RISE S P E C IA L ON JUN E 28 A ll Pullm an Special to the Hampton and M ontauk D a ily E x c e p t ing Sundays The sum m er tim e table o f the L o n g Island Railroad becam e effec tive at 2 40 a. m., W e d n e s d a y , May 19. A ll trains w ill run on Daylight Saving Tim e. Com p ared with previous years, the schedule o f the sum m er o f 1926 con tains a num b e r o f additional trains, also m a n y extra stops. Betw een 1100 and 1200 regularly scheduled pas senger trains w ill be run every tw e n t y -fou r hours. A n innovation this season is the operation o f the all-Pullm an “ Sun rise Special” to the H am p tons and M ontauk, daily exceptin g Sundays, com m e n c ing June 28, and continuing until Septem b e r 10. From M ay 19 to June 28, and from Septem b er 10 From M ay 19 to June 28, and from Septem b e r 10 to abou t O c tober 15. the “ Sunrise Special\’ will be oper ated eastbound on Fridays and w est bound on M ondays. B e g inning M ay 21 the all-coach and Pullm an train, known as the “ Shelter Island E x p r e s s ,” will run every F r iday during the summer. A n other all-coach and Pullm an train fo r G r e e n p o rt, O rient, Shelter Is land and other points on the north fluke o f L o n g Island, is the “ Satur day Special,” w h ich starts operat ing M a y 22. The schedule o f this latter train will be im p roved b y m ak ing Riverhead the first stopping point. H e r e tofore, stops w ere made at stations w e s t o f Riverhead. The O y s ter Bay, W a d ing River, L o n g Beach, Hem p stead, Far R o c k a - w a y , R o c k a w a y Beach, P o rt W a s h ing ton and W h itestone Branches will en jo y the sam e service as provid ed last year. N o very substantial im provem e n t o f service on these branches is possible because the rail road com p a n y is handicapped by the fa c t that it has the same term inal facilities as b e f o r e . H o w e v e r , addi tional trains have been put on the sum m er schedule this year, and addi tional stops w ill be m ade at m any places ip non-com m ission l.ours, ,and gen e r a lly speaking, train service on the branches enum erated w ill be very m uch im p roved. F o r t y coaches will be added to the steam train service when the sum m e r schedule goes into effect on May 19. These are up-to-date, com fortable ja r s , o f steel construction. T o effect sm o o ther operation o f equipm ent, the com p a n y has rep la e ed a b o u t tw e n ty-seven m iles o f cinder roadbed w ith rock ballast, while thousands o f tons o f 100-pound run n ing rail have been substituted fo r rail o f lighter weight. Changes are now being m ade in the Pennsylvania Station which, when com p leted, w ill furnish Long Island patrons with additional' fa c ilities. D u r ing the past fe w w eeks the railroad com p a n y has been kept busy providin g special train service fo r firms and individuals who have start ed big building developm e n ts on L o n g Island. It is not unusual, on a Sunday, to furnish real estate de v e lopers w ith fifteen or m o r e extra trains. R o c k a w a y Beach, L o n g Beach and other seashore resorts are looking forw a r d to an unprecedented season, and the railroad m a n a g em ent is pre paring to take care o f the expected heavy traffic th e y w ill be called upon to handle on Sundays and holidays. F o r the first tim e , the M ontauk Steam b o a t Com p a n y , Ltd., proposes to operate the Steam er Shinnecock over the \S u n r ise R o u t e ,” betw e e n S a g H a rbor, G r e e n p o r t and N ew London, C o n n e c ticut, on Sundays. This m eans that the vessel will be in service every day o f the week, com m e n c ing June 16. On w e e k -days excursionists from N ew Y o r k m ay take the train leaving Pennsylvania Station at 8:27 a. m., arriving at G reenport at 12:19 p. m ., have luncheon and board the steam er leaving G reenport at 1:15 p. m.\ with a thirty-m inute stop-over at N ew London and return to S a g H a r bor, arriving at that point at 7 :00 p. m. This affords am p le tim e to co n nect with the train leaving at 7:25 which arrives in N e w Y o r k at 10:59 p. m. T h e railroad is now ready to dis tribute 40,000 copies o f its 1926 sum m er resort booklet entitled “ L o n g Island— A m e r ica's Sunrise Land.” This brochure describes and pictur- izes practically every section o f L o n g Island, and contains exactly the character o f inform a tion which the prospective vacationist requires to assist him in selectin g the hotel or boarding house on L o n g Island at w h ich he desires to stop during his vacatior period. In addition to con taining a list o f hotels and boarding houses, the booklet gives a list o f over eighty g o l f courses and their locations on. L o n g Island. Civil Service Exam ination fo r Aux iliary Clerk to be Held at L o cal Post Office June 9th Miss Constance Haines, local re presentative o f the United S t a t e s ' Civil Service Com m ission, announces that the position o f auxiliary clerk at the local post office is open and applicants w ill have the opportunity o f taking an exam ination fo r this position soon. All applications should be turned in to Miss Haines by June 9th. LIBERTY POLE ON VILLAGE GREEN IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING SATURDAY Bolt Strikes Topmast Then Jumps to Mainmast, Splitting it Down Center for Almost Its Entire Length; Had Withstood Storm and Tempest Twenty-Seven Years; Erected on 250th Anniversary of Township; Cost Was $712.98. LIBERT’S CASH REGISTER ROBBED SOUTHAMPTON Store Entered Last Friday N ight; R e g ister Carted A w a y and $60 in Cash Stolen L ibert’s store, N orth Main street, was entered last Saturday, between m idnight and m orning, the cash re g ister taken from the store to the cu l vert under the railroad track, broken open and robbed o f abou t sixty dol lars in cash. The burglar entered through the back door and cu t the electric wire leading from the socket to the new $350 cash register. E v idently the burglar did not have m uch know ledge o f electrical w iring, as all he needed to do was pull the plug from the socket. Mr. L ibert has only had the register abou t tw o months. Mr. L ibert believes that the burg lar has m ade several attem p ts to do the jo b the past week, as he has heard peculiar noises about the prem ises, and often late at night or early in the m o r n ing the dogs in the neigh borhood have sounded an alarm. The b y r g lar le f t the store by the fro n t d o o r and carried the register to the culvert under the railroad track not fa r distant. The next m o r n ing a team ster g o ing to w o rk, n o ticed the shiny ob ject at the entrance o f the culvert. Libert identified his register, now badly broken. T h e robbery was reported to the police departm e n t but as yet the rob ber has not been apprehended. RAILROAD MAN COMMITS SUICIDE D a vid K ing Found Dead in Shanty at N a p eague B e a ch; W a s E n g ineer on S a g -H a r b o r Train D a vid K ing, forty-eigh t, railroad engineer, em p loyed on the run be tween Bridgeham p ton and Sag H a r bor, com m itted suicide last Friday aftern o o n . H is body was fou n d by his father, Capt. A. K ing, in a small shanty at Lazy P o int Beach on Na peague H a rbor, w h ere father and son had been living. K ing’s w ife, it is said, le f t him a few days ago. He becam e despondent, threw up his position with the rail road, and w e n t to Lazy P o int to live. C o r o n o r Dr. M. B. Lewis p r o nounced death due to a self inflict ed wound by m eans o f a razor. Funeral service was held Tuesday and burial was at S a g H a rbor. Rev. J. L. R obinson, pastor o f the M eth odist E p iscopal church officiated. Three-Mile Harbor Pavilion Opens The East H am p ton Taxi & Truck ing C o ., Inc., has added a n e w twe and a half ton padded van to its m o tor equ ipm e n t The tru c k is a Diam ond T. and the large van body is painted a dark red. A lready the van has been used fo r lon g express trips to Philadelphia, Mt. Claire, N. J . ; Passaic, N. J . ; Cos C o b , C o n n .; Englew o o d , etc. Capt. and Mrs. K n o w les H. Smith, new proprietors o f the Three-M ile H a rbor Pavilion, announce the open ing o f the Pavilion yesterday, in this issue o f the Star. Capt. and Mrs. Smith have had considerable experi ence at serving the public, having conducted the W y a n d a n k Inn at M on tauk P o int fo r several years. A b o u t the on ly change, w e understand, to be m ade in the operation o f the Pav ilion this season is that there will be no definite hour fo r closing. It w ill be rem e m b e red that the Old Three-M ile H a rbor Pavilion, con ducted tw o or three seasons quite su c c e s s fu lly b y A n d rew A. Carson, was caught in the flood o f real estate selling last fa ll and was sold by Mr. Carson to Capt. and Mrs. Smith. Lack of Water Supply Discourages Building Lack o f a w a ter supply in Am a - gansett is the cause o f at least one prospective hom e builder deciding to wait a w h ile before building. Samuel B. Lewis had planned to build a cot tage on his lot in A m a g a n s ett, but when he fou n d that there was no village w a ter supply and it meant he w ould have to install his own pri vate plant he becam e discouraged and decided to wait. Living in these m o d e m tim es everyone wants running w a ter and the village which lacks this supply is bound to be retarded in grow th. It is tim e that som e sort o f a w a ter system was installed in Am a gansett. F I R S T B E A C H B A T H E R S Miss M a rguerite T a y lor, daughter o f Mrs. J. H a rtley M anners, and H enri Lake, w e r e the first bathers o f the season at the beach. Last Satur day proved to o m u ch o f a tem p ta tion fo r them. The tem p e rature o f the air was sixty and the w a ter fifty degrees. The average tem p e rature o f the w a ter here during the sum m er is about sixty-five. W h e n they cam e out o f the surf, w h ere they sported in the w a ter fo r som e tim e, th e y both 6aid that they had had a w o n d e r ful time. Southam pton Tailor O ffered Forty P e r Cent Profit if He W o u ld Loan M oney Few Hours Saturday evening's severe thunder storm struck the village L iberty T%m t _ _ .P o le on the green, splitting it down M A N V W l l V r i l l the center fo r alm ost its entire i i l f a i l kJ TT l L l L / i j L i J L / I length. A great piece fell and had to be carted away. Cl* l <<rv* j , ,, The L iberty Pole was erected buck Diamond Merchant tw e n ty-seven years ago, being paid Talks Him Into Buying |fo r b>’ popular village subscription. ________ I T h e Ladies’ V illage Im p r o v e m e n t So- G A V E $1,938 FOR P A S T E S T O N ES I c iety has cared fo r and th<“ ________ | through the years. The late Rev. Dr. John R. Paxton gave the village a flag; and som e tim e ago his daugh ter, Mrs. H a rry Hamlin, created a fu n d fo r that purpose, in m em ory o f her father. Saturday’s storm struck at other points, in tow n ; on C o o p e r lane it struck and w recked a telephone pole in fron t o f the hom e o f Kenneth Davis. It is also said to have struck on the Episcopal Church grounds, near the R e c tory, but no damage was done there. The follow in g account o f the raising o f the flag pole was w ritten by the late Editor Edward S. Boughton, secretary o f the 250th A n n iversary Celebration com m ittee, and printed in the anniversary book published by the Star Press in 1899: R e p o rt o f Flag Com m ittee F o r cost o f pole, eagle, truck, halyards (f. o. b .) L o n g Is land City ................................... $505.00 F o r flag .......................................................... 56.00 F o r com m ittee on location and construction, including freight from L o n g Island city and cartage o f pole, erection o f pole, filling in and cem ent, tim b er fo r base, tim b e r fo r and erec tion o f platform fo r a fter noon exercises ......................... 151.98 (T h e s e item s would have been m aterially increased if it w e re not fo r the liberal contributions in materials and services by the mem bers o f the com m ittee, all o f whom donated their en tire tim e to the m a tter fo r several days.) Som e tim e ago a well-dressed and stocky-built man cam e to A. Swartz, a Southam p ton tailor, with a pretense o f renting a store he has to let, and in conversation becam e acquainted w ith Schw a rtz and obtained a gen eral know ledge o f his business and his bank account. M o n d a y , M ay 17, this sam e man walks in and said, “ H e llo Schw a rtz, I cam e to pay a de posit on you r store and have a lease drawn up so I can take possession at o n c e / ’ W h ile he was talking to him another slick gent walks in and aiks to have his coa t sleeve sewed up. W h ile Schw a rtz was sew ing his coat, in walks a third man w a n ting to know w h ere he can find a jew e lry store. Then the first man says. “ W h a t do you want w ith a jew e lry sto r e ? ” “ W h y ,” says the third gent, “ I have some diam onds I w a n t to sell.” “ D iam o n d s !” they all repeated, “ let’s see them .\ So he pulled a package out o f his pocket, unwrapped the tissue paper that was around it and there he had tw e lve sparkling diam onds. The first man looked at them and sayi, \G e e , they look good , will you wait here m ister. I will get a frien d from P a tch o g u e ; he is in the jew e lry business; he w ill buy them .” So he went out to telephone— cam e back in abou t ten m inutes. \W e l l ,” he says, \m y friend w ill be here pretty soon.” In abou t an hour and a half a big car draws up, out com e s this Patchogue dealer with an instrument case in his hand— walks in to Schw a r tz’s; says “ hello” to this first man, “ g lad to see you, e t c / ’ He ex plains to him about what is fo r sale— the jew e ler looks the diam onds over and says they are w o rth fifteen thou sand dollars, but he on ly has a thou sand dollars with him and if the seller will w a it until 5 o’clock he will get the entire am o u n t. “ Oh no,” says this diam ond seller. “ I have got to go, I can ’ t w a it.” Schw a rtz listened to this entire transaction and was very much im p ressed. J u tt then the first m an turn to him and says: “ Say Schw a rtz, let my friend have $2,000 until 5 o’clock and we will let you make fo r t y per cent on the deal.” W ell, Schw a rtz ran to the bank, d r e w $1,938 and let them have it. The three men w e n t out and his frien d rem a ined; he finally selected five suits o f clothes. \N o w ,” he says, “ I can afford to buy these.” A half hour later this first man says, “ I think I will let Mr. Schw a rtz have a ten thousand d o llar diam o n d ; hold this till this aftern o o n . I will be back to pay fo r the suits and I will give you the fo r t y per cent also.” He is w a iting still. Finally he took the stone to Corw in's jew e lry store and found the stone to be worth about tw o dollars.— Southam pton Tim es. MONTAUK PLAYS HERE TOMORROW East Ham p ton N ine to Play its First Gam e T o m o r r o w with M ontauk Beach A thletic Club The East H a m p ton nine will cross bats tom o rrow aftern o o n on the playground diam ond, at 3 :3 0 o’clock sharp, with the M ontauk Beach A thletic Club nine, which will make tys first appearance here. On D e c o r a tion Day Southam p ton c 0JnTng~to b~ig' will play here, at 3 :3 0 p. m. N ext Saturday aftern o o n the lo cal team will jou r n e y over to South- old. Last year these tw o teams had $712.98 Raising o f the Flag-Pole “ G reat as was the success ° f East H a m p ton’s celebration, with its well- m anaged parade and beautiful de corations, its m u sic and fine speak ing, and its crow d s o f strangers, the one really inspiring spectacle was witnessed on the previous day by a com p a r a tively small num b e r of people. The splendid n in e ty-foot “ s tick” with its fifty - fo o t top-m ast, which together w e re to make the tallest flag staff on L o n g Island, had finished its jou r n e y from O r e g o n on M onday. Team s had hauled them from the station to the village green, where preparations fo r the raising had been made under the direction o f J. O. H o p p ing. T o most people the raising o f the flag was the event,«but to the fortunate few who lived near enough to see what was goin g on, the raising o f the pole was m ore ex citing, m ore fascinating, fa r the finer spectacle in every way. It was a sight there was no gettin g away fro m ; no m a tter what the business that called one to the other end o f the town, it was always a hurry to get back, fo r fea r the staff Bhould have “ g o n e up” in the m eantim e. O f course it had not gone up, there w e re hours o f w ork, and Rhouting o f contrary orders, and planting of tim b e rs, and tightening o f chains and hauling upon ropes, before they even thought o f beginning to raise it; but everyone in the immediate neighborhood went about their work with one eye on the pole, and even ate their meals in a hurry, lest “ s om e thing thould happen” while they were not there. The street and green too, w ere a picturesque sight, with the teams, and the men in their everyday wear, the \w o r k in g clothes” o f dull reds, blues and ruddy browns which are always so m u ch m ore be- uscular men than the dignity o f their best \S u n d a y g o to m e e ting” garm ents. The com m it tee pn decoration, with their num erous helpers w ere at w o r k in a som e very close and interesting fieI(J near by • producin|f that w o n . gam es, and this year’s team prom ises d(.r0UH ^rOWth o f spring blossoms to put up Htill better fights. j dt,Btjned later to turn the green into All local baseball fa n - are anxious- a fairy orchard> magically evoked ly aw a iting the first appearance o f durin„ tht. n jKht. G reat ca bIeH the local team in a real gam e . stretched in every direction, heavy ------------ : ------------ tim bers bound with chains leaned at A T T E N D S LIONS CO N V E N T IO N angles away from the slender derrick ________ which looked so much too small to „ . , , . , . . raise the grand staff which lay all Edward M. O .b o m returned last _ (hc enning m c fromrom NwKaraiaga; F a ll., w h ere , t wa< noon m i bt. , 0„ y , . eve f N he attended the state convention o f the Lions Club International. Mr. Osborn w e n t as delegate from the East H am p ton Lions Club. He re ports that over 300 delegates were present at the convention. It was announced that L o n g Island will be the host o f the next annual con v e n tion. derrick was properly set and the tackles adjusted, so the actual hoist ing did not com m ence until about 2 o ’ clock , when *a big, gray horse was hitched to a capstan and began a w eary, steady round. Herman M el ville has called the horse “ a fo u r legged gentlem a n in a leathern over all,” so it does not seem out o f place ------------ : | that the nam e o f the faithful, pa- Several local ladies attended a tient w o rker, w h o really raised the dinner and bridge party given by pole, should g o on record here. It Mrs. E. M. Cartw right, Mrs. E. Y . i was Pat, the p r o p e r t y o f J. O. Hop- Edwarda, Mrs. E u g ene Jennings and ping. Mrs. C. P. Edwards at the Irving, —- Tuesday evening * (C o n tinued on page fo u r ) I
