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»Polltically speaking, Jeremiah Wood has been a big fore toward Republican success in the county. These successes he has acquired the knack of grasping a situation in an instant.. 'This in some people hag been called a gift, and per- haps It ts «f in the case of Mr. Wood. Perhaps his success in political life is due to his tact, Mr. Wood so often has effaced himself from the political arena | so That others might receive credit for | ends attained | \'The men und women of the party | native maturainess, He enjoys the do-| where the Court of Appesis has mestlcity of a simple little home In {tained tim. He Ras nuver been Franklin avenue, Lynbrook, where hig versed. He' was opposed by the nelghbore regard him highly. 'It i) of .Cadwailer, Wickerstam & Taft in wald of Jerry, s those nelghbors call! Winthrop matter, over a legal opinion him, that he is puzzled sorely each year) that afféeted the estate in tax to a when he cannot check up the one or} large sum, Other large estates he has two persons in the election district who handled without 'a setback were those life. He entered upon his career during fulled to vote the Republican ticket. His of Edith Cooper Bryce, Gen. Lioyd 8. the MeKiniey-Bryan, election, when he wife was Miss Cora E. Stacy, daughter Bryce, James R. Keene, his widow, Bar-) took the platform on behalf of Me- & \Mr. Wood is a young man, but al though 43 years old, he has spent near: |- ty & quarter of a century in political are back to hi remarkable lead: \in Nassau County, who are on the in-| of Orville B. Stacy, a protewsor in the th J ; Anson Wales Hard, Kinley. It was not until 1911 that he ership. For eight years he has led side, know of .Mr. Wood's wizirtlike| Erooklyn Polytechnic College. > Bruce Ivie, Walter 8. Guriee, stepped out Into public life to Accept the forces as county chairman, positive- faculty tor promoting a campaign, and | \'The only sadness that has marred 4 Gerard mun, Col. Theodore Roose: the nomination for the assembly from iy with a whip hand, purely because of |it is a safe guess in benutifully buppy marriage was the}velt and Frank 8. Woolworth. Nassau county. He was elected in 1911 his insistence on. details, Mr. Wood /genius in this direction death of their two children. which bas \He bas been callcd upon legally to and served a term, It was in 1912, works politically on system, and covers |tor in plecing together the details that left the houschold child) This re'|serve in many, big cases in Nossau|when he ram for re-election that Col. «very necessary point offensively and |go with a successful stite | grettable futality, however, has only |edunty, especially where the constitu- Roosevelt spilt the ticket, and Mr. Weod gefensively in a campaign. He carries |Among the cundidites, Mr. Wood will | accentuated the love for children en- tibnality of laws wus attacked, und went out with all other Republicans, these same principles into his law prac- (be expected to assume a loud in the) tertained by Mr. Wood und his wife:|counscl to the Town Board of Hemp \He feels that he han grown up & tice, and Into his mode of living, but |campaign stumping. The stute leaders Mr. Wood's fondness for children is a stead he has adjusted many compli- [politician, The gon of Mr. and Mrs, withal, he retains that naturalness for will recognize in him what Nassau has | passion. and there is @ mutuality: Jn | cated probien His first legal achieve Jereminh Wood, his father having been which bé is moted, Perhaps \natural-known of him for years, numely, that | this. He his \fatherci' many exeur|ment was in contest by the Towp |a stanch Republican, having held office ness is his-chief characteriatic. he posseses a rure. personality; that | sions for the children of f:ymbrook; and|Board aver the designation of an off | in New York. His mother was n sistor \dl once before was Nassau county He is an orator of no mean ability, that| the enjoyment he his obtained from |cial newspaper, and Mr, Wood's opin-|of Jacob M. Patterson, a former state recognized in. the Republican state /he has the necessary punch, that he Is) their association his kept alive the|ion was upheld by the higher courts. leader of: Republican politics. in the ticket; through the instrumentality of (a good mixer, « man's man, buman spark within him, which even|It was on Mr. Wood's opinion that|Platt days in New York city. « The the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. But unilke the Freat leader, who is gone, Nassau county claims In Mr. Wood a leader who is of it, and the people, one who is of them. Meaning. that Colonel Roosevelt was regarded more as a native New Yorker, while Mr. Wood's ancestors were of Nassau's soll. He is the eighth Jeremiah Wood, and his family came to Queens county early in the seventeenth century, and a c te executive. \Mr. Wood is modest in forecasting | results except to say that the Iepubli can party has selected a leader for the | ticket for stronger than it has selected in years, and he regurds it a privilege | to be coupled as running mute on the | same ticket with Judge Nathan Miller 'When the principles we stand for are set squarely before the voters of severe illness last year did not spoil. {the Republican party declined to enter Patterson family held sway in those | \Mr. Wood's education was largely |a ticket in the spring town elections, |days. But Mr, Wood's parents are / < obtained in Brooklyn schools. He was |and again he was upheld by the Court really part of Long Island, as the graduated from Boys' High and later |of Appeals on a protest brought by Jeremiah Woods have been identified ‘ I R O N r from Brooklyn Polytechnic, He grao- \the Democratic party of the town. with the early life and growth of Long uated from Columbia Law School and |Again, when the Democrats contested Island 'since 1650. Is it any wonder was admitted to the bar in 1809, -with (the right of the Republican party in that Nassau county claims Mr. Wood Judges Edward K. Finch and Irving naming two supervisors from the town /as a mative son? Lehman, both of the Supreme Court, of Aempstead, Mr. Wood's opinion was \He has been active in the civic af- New York District. He was associated upheld by the Court of Appeals, fairs, not only of Lynbrook, but of Nas- the state, said Mr. Wood, 'they must/in the practice of law for a number of| The candidate for Heutenant gover sau county. He was chairman of the \Because of his fitness for public of;/surely vote for the Republican ticket. years with the late Judge George Frei: not applies the rule of common sense Iawyers' ruxiliary committee in charge fe, Mr. Wood has been quite frequent We will not confuse the issues, but will| feld, of Brooklyn, Mr. Wood retains to his'law practice, as he does to his of draft cases, and it 'was overwork in Print Butter iy mentioned for public service. He |let the voters of the state decide. We\ bis law offices at 111 Broadway. private affairs. He proposes to exercise this respect that undermined his heaith, David W. Lewis & Co: has repeatedly frowned upon the offers, propose to tell them why a Republican He has for several years been coun- this characteristic in his campaign for from which he now hrs fully recovered. (Entablished 1887) preferring to remain in the background, victory next fall will be most expedi-| sel to the state comptroller in transfer the office to which he has been nominat- He is also a member of the National 177-179 Chambers St., New York shaping the destinies of the party to |ent to their own interesta.' tax matters in Nassau county. In this|ed. He says It has never failed to Republican Club, the Nassau County buters. to -the ar which he has devoted hik life. Con-| \Further than this Mr. Wood will| respect hes an expert, having spent win for him. It was this common sense| Republican Club, the Freeport Lodge of Mml'xr any“; gress was suggested as a haven, for|not discuss the political issues, prefer-12 years specializing in surrogate work. that Mr. Wood'used in turning the tide Elks and Massapequa Lodge, F. & A. atl his talents, and only last month, when |ring to await the pritharies of Septem- He has handled many large estates, and of opinion among the delegates toward M. 3mm CHmEId EGGS he was requested by state leaders to|ber before setting them forth in public/in every opinion he has rendered, he| Nassau County's claim for state ree- \The non-partisan slogan in Nassau enter the lists for secretary of state|print. From now on he will hold a| has always been upheld, where his ognition. The convention showed Mr. todry is 'Wood for gover- : ~ did he heed the call. Political exigen-|meries of conferences with his fellow |opinion has been contested. This is| Wood that his name was well known nor-a victory for Namemu's native! Say ''Rockda'e\ to your grocer cies, however, placed Mr. Wood second |candidates and with the men and wo-| notable in the Winthrop estate case, |among the politicians of the state, be- son.'\-Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the ticket, partly because of his pe-/men of the party, outlining the cam- cullar fitness for the place, paign to be waged. Since bis designa- \ has been Mr. Wood's task in|tion last Wednesday, Mr. Wood ha«| county affairs, especially of a political |been the recipient of scores of letters | nature, to act as the presiding genlus,/and telegrams from, well-wishers, and | and his aptitude for this role as county |he is just beginning to understand how | chairman has been demonstrated on |busy is one out front in the political numerous occasions, Trained. almost limelight. trom Infancy in the school of politics, \In home life Mr. Wood assumes his LEWIS H. ROSS NEW YORK Telephone, Freeport 1205 LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS RUBBER and ASPHALT ROOFING ASPHALT SHINGLES WALL BOARD . BUILDERS' HARDWARE Nearly $16,000,000 = _ Within a Year THIN a year our payroll obligations in this, state have in- creased nearly $16,000,000-$11,800,000 for wage increases . and $4,100,000 for additional workers brought into our organization. Established 1917 FIRST‘ A bank account keeps you informed. Your check is your receipt. Your stu¥ NATIONAL is your record. We offer you all the ae BANK commodations safe banking permite. cem JOHN J. BEDELL, President BM, N. Y. CHAS. M. YANDEROEF, Cashier / Telephone 33% Rockville Centre . German Spoken DR.GEO. E. TRAVIS ~OENTIST 4 TEETH EXTRACTED PAINLESS 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sundays and Holidays, 9 a. m. to 12 m. . v LADY IN ATTENDANCE SOUTH VILLAGE AVENUE ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I. We now have over 36,000 men and women on our payroll in this state, These employees are engaged in a vitally important home industry. sail They live in the communities they serve. Many of them are your -..... neighbors. They spend their money here for food, clothes, rent, s amusements, just as you do, Their expenses have increased just as yours have, and we have helped them to meet the higher cost of living, |- -- ' } ole « Nearly fifty-six: eenfi of every dollar of IreVenuc reedvediflthh n State go to our employees and from them to their home communities, . ; panes 4 » Corner Merrick Road The large increase in our payroll expense has been accompanied - by further increases in the cost of all telephone materials and a |. - | greatly increased demand for new facilities. As a consequence our - expenses have cut so deeply into our income that new rates for '-.. </ #
