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Nassau County Review. VOL. XII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907 N0.18 FREEPORT NEWS Place for Primary Changed The primary of the People’s Party this Friday evening, which was an nounced to be held in Opera Hall, will be held at the truck house of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co., Church Street instead. The hall had been already leased bo a traveling show. £ The fight for the office of village president seems to center between Daniel Morrison, for several years a trustee of the village, and ex-Presi- dent Detmer. There are several can didates for the office of collector, in cluding Elvin A. Dorlon, the present holder of the office, and Miles S. Rhodes. We are also informed that Jos. Albin of the Freeport Plumbing and Heating Co., is a candidate for the •ffice. When in doubt use gas for heating and find out. The time for paying school taxes has nearly expired. Town taxes are now payable at the Town Hall, Hempstead. Alfred Harrison of Brooklyn visited relatives in this village last Sunday. Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., will hold a class initiation next Friday evening. Mrs. John Sellars is entertaining her aister, Miss Lottie Smith, of Sea Cliff, at her home on Bergen Place. To make the home comfortable at this time of the year read the Gas. Co.’s advertisement in this issue. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Starke are | Fatal Sleitfh Ride SBAFORD Communication entertaining a baby daughter. j A fatal accident occurred on a sleigh j -— ------- *— ---------------- — --------- Merrick, February 25, 1907 This Thursday evening Rev. Spencer • n.e®r Tuesday^night. Louise, ; ^ Bert Lane of Brooklyn spent several To the Editor of the Nassau County Review: Summer-field Roche, D. D., rector of St. Marks’ Church, Brooklyn, will preach at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. Next Thursday even ing the preacher is to be .Rev. James Clarence Jones, Ph. D., rector St. Mary’s Church, Brooklyn. The services Sunday will be Holy Communion at 10:30 a. m .; evensong and sermon at 7:30 p. m. Sunday School as usual at 2:30 p. m. Week day services, Wednesdays and Fridays, litany, 10:00 a. m .; Thursdays, even song and sermon 7 :30 p. ni. the wife of Herman J. Clark, fell out days last week with friends here. of the sleigh and was instantly killed, i ----------------- ---- - Clark and John Corlett, one of the par- | Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan are Dear Sir:, ty, fell out before the accident occur- | entertaining a young daughter. I am in receipt of the enclosed (Jir-: cular Letter. | ___ WANTAGH Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ogden have moved back to Brooklyn this week, where they will permanently reside. red, and the horses being without a driver, ran away. The accident oc curred in the vicinity of Merrick, about 11 o’clock. Mrs. Clark's skull was fractured at the base by either striking a part of the two-seated sleigh as she was thrown from it or by strik ing the icy surface of the road. Her husband, with Corlett, his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Firth, other ; neighbors, who were accompanying A grab-bag social, under the auspices ! , orL the 8lf ^ ri*e> brouJ ht of Alpha Council, No. 11, Daughters ^ thj> res'dence of of America, was held at the home of Mrs. Dr‘ F' f cher> wh° ^ u n d life extinct Alice Whaley, |Lower Main St, Wed- iin(l laterD.lt was taken to the Clark nesday evening.' The large rooms were , hom,e on Pine ?.trefet- J,usvtice Wallace very prettily decorated with American j flags and filled to overflowing with members and their friends. Music was furnished by Mrs. Riley Raynor and Max Hedrick. Solos by Mr. Wil fred Smith, Mrs. F. Hyer, Miss Maude Beacorn and Mrs. H. Kamp were well rendered as was also a solo by Miss Beatrice Walters. Recitations were given by Miss Ketcham and Mrs. H. Rider. Phonograph selections by Mrs. Baehms. A large number of packages were donated which will be used in the party had been to Amityville during the evening. They had stopped at roadhouses on the way and also in | Church Sunday Evening.' Amityville on the return trip. Clark The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper While the names of the 1 be administered in the Memorial m Z Z SSSut a'busineas trip!8^ ^ e ^ „ \ , t u , h e d are . u ^ e n t * reP- j ^ ^ —i ------ ---- ; resentative to guarantee good faith, j ----------------------- Alice Austin of Amityville spent and the subject itself one of large im- j The annual supper and dance of the Sunday with friends in this village. portance, I cannot understand the ne - 1 ^nok and Ladder Co., held in Ultsch s ----------------------- I . . . . . I Hall last Thursday was very success- Harry Baylis of Long Island City cessity for private or self-constituted , ful The minstrel show under the spent Saturday with his grandfather, committee action, or of appeal to tax-! leadership of Harry J. Thomas was William Gritman. payers for financial contributions, when ! much enjoyed and the entire affair .77 7, 7 , , ,, we should have, and do have, regularly ! Passe^ ot^ wc^ an^ reflected credit Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur of Hemp- . ^ . upon all concerned. Mr. Thomas de- stead spent Sunday with Mrs. Arthur’s L‘lvtted and paui t,fficIalh- whose dut> ; gerveg the thanks of all for his earnest aunt, Mrs. J. Albin. and care it is to give attention to all; efforts to make this event so successful. matters of this kind, and upon whom we i - ........... — ■ Edward Greensword of Brooklyn tihoul(1 depend for the furhering and protection of all our Town’s interest, j It further seems to me that any private \ Don’t forget the dance in Firemen's Hills has been visiting his grandfath er, Wm. Gritman. BELLMORE Rev. D. A. Jordan preached and held the quarterly conference in the M. E. action, as suggested above, might be Ball this (Thursday) evening, an undeserved reflection upon these officials, and that they should first be Miss Nellie Hawxhurst of Brooklyn given an opportunity for action or ex- and Corlett, occupying the front seat of the sleigh, had taken turns in driv-|has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sea- planation, as the case may be. ing. Clark stated to the Justice that I man Smith , Corlett fell off and in trying to catch j Again, why could not our citizens, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hass of Brook lyn have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Self. him he lost his balance and the team started to run. Mrs. Corlett, who was with Mrs. Clark on the seat, fell or grab 'bag“T t \th7‘toir t o l e l e l d some ! ^ ed and escaped injury Clark time in July. Refreshments were ^ somewhat stunned by the fall. served and small silk flags were given : ^ p 8’, ’ i cn ?' a m , as favors 1 back with Corlett and the party drove ] Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hendrickson. al mgythe road, where they came across ’ A. Wood’s horse' ran away Monday and was caught by William H. Valen- Mrs. R. T. Prodgers and Miss Helen and indeed> our Town Representatives, tine, before any damage had been done. Shaw of Brooklyn were staying with be made cognizant of the importance | Mrs. Steck several days last week. of this matter through the columns of j , Wl H- Derringer, having sold hi< place to James (iraham of Hempstead, has removed to Rockville Centre, with his family. Miss Etta Beniston of Brooklyn has the Review and oCher ,ocal Papers’ returned from a visit at the home of The Freeport Choral Society is ar ranging for the presentation of Hay den’s “ Creation” some time in April. The Freeport Minstrel and Viyide- ville Co. will give their first show in Opera Hall Monday evening, March 18. There are undoubtedly many people Up-to-date Nursery Rhyme Mary had a little Corn, It grew upon her toe. And everywhere that Mary went, The Corn was sure to go. She tried her papa’s razor; It made her sore and lame; But Johnston’s corn cure cured it, And you can do the same. According to the Observer, the In dependence League, with which the Observer had allied itself, had arrang ed for a smoker and vaudeville enter- in Freeport who need the help of the | tainment in Opera Hall last Friday preparation Chas. P. Smith mentions \ ’ ' in his ad ni this issue. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carkeek and daughter Eileen of Brooklyn spent Washington’s Birthday with Mrs. Henry Ashdown, Church Street. Have you paid your taxes yet? Re member the last day for doing so with out paying the additional percentage expires on March 14th. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Van Sicklen of New York City were visiting at the home of Mrs. Van Sicklen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hewlett, Sunday. A large number of people attended the reception of the W. F. M. S. at the M. E. parsonage on Washington’s Birthday. After an entertainment had been rendered, refreshments were served. The old-fashioned school at the resi dence of Smith Cox on Wednesday eve ning upder the auspices of the Ep- worth League, was attended by a crowd that filled the house to overflow ing. A very pleasant social evening is reported. had Mrs. Clark’s body. Clark, according t j the Justice, sated that he (Clark) had drank whiskey during the evening while on the sleigh ride. Mrs. Clark j was formerly a resident of Brooklyn and the daughter of Henry and Cather- I ine Langhaus. She leaves two child ren, one son and daughter.—Times. The horses, which are considered safe drivers, were found the next day at Far Rockaway, unhurt. The funeral services over the re mains of the late Lester Stone, son of George Stone of Rockville Centre, for merly of Freeport, who died at his it, the which ■ home in Rockville Centre on Monday ROCKVILLE CENTRE night—and they from all reports was a disgraceful j Gf last week in his twenty-first year, occurrence. Men prominent in village | after a long illness of dropsy, ‘were affairs went home not s ^ e r ; and, with : held at'his late residence on Thursday but few exceptions, those who did go afternoon; interment in Greenfield, home sober left early. Nor was this the worst, fo • boys yet in their teens were allowed to drink to intoxication, one young man being picked up from the gutter, where he would have frozen but for his timely discovery. The vaudeville show is report 3 d to have been of such a smutty character that most of the gentlemen who were in duced to attend left early. A sense of shame for our village prevents our publishing the names of the com mittee in charge of this “ entertain ment” . The prayer meeting this Friday evening will be at the residence of Mrs. Smith VanNostrand. Yours very truly, Richard Henry Smith, Merrick, New York. At a shoot for a heifer at Sea Cliff 'on Washington’s Birthday, Charles Russell, shooting for Mr. Allchin, took Dear S ir: The Town of Hempstead owns a I first, second, fourth and fifth places, ---------------------- i large amount of meadow land; also | winning the heifer and 100 cigars. Rev. Pelham St. George Bissell of about two miles of beach. This prop- j ---------------------- \ f Freeport will preach in the Church of 0rty will become more and more valu -1 A surprise party was tendered Ken- St. Michael and All Angels Friday able each year, and in order that the i netli Tilson on Tuesday evening at the evening. Miss Nina Wright of Hammels and Misses Lizzie and Mildred Brower of Woodmere, have been visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Caleb Wright. The song service in the M. E. Church, which was to have been held School Notes The next issue of the Student will appear myvt Wednesday. Miss Daily visited friends in North- port last week. Reuben Hamakty having returned from the South, has again resumed s.udi.ejs. to be the minimum rent. Then lease to the highest bidder at public auction, , . o , . ^ under terms established by the Town last Sunday evening was postponed un- Board) ific atld husiriessiike. ti! tins Sunday evening on account of years ago the meadow land was not s orm‘ valuable, and a system of leasing at Misses Pearl Naeder, Viola Thomas, re\tals was adopted, which it Bertha Baetz, and Frank Condit, Harry 1S ba’d to,c.hanKe’ w-thout cu-operation Landman and Mr. and Mrs. John Ab °* the Clt;zens a\d the Town Board. • bolt, all of Brooklyn, spent several !U ‘^snable plots are n u „ , , u , , . days of last week at the home of Mr. : t '* U]P °r a at. n'fl<;ant Percy H. Holdsworth has purchased j and yjrg William 11 Condit B B ron*a s because of the value ut fifteen town may reap the benefit its citizens I residence of bis grandfather, Samuel must display some interest in the mat -1 Self, in honor of his thirteenth birth- ter. clay. An enjoyable time was spent by We think that no more leases should the >'0UnK folks, present, be made until the lands are surveyed j and carefully appraised, such appraisal i Thu firm of Pearsall & Murray has' *\ L ' been dissolved and the stationery busi ness will hereafter be run by the Nas- Cuunty Review. Commencing March 15, the Review Building will be closed at (! :30 each evening. Flags have been received from The regular meeting of the Epworth ! Smith s College and New York Uni- League of the M. E. Church will be : versity. held this Sunday evening at (i :45;! leader, Ralph Crandell. It is hoped by j , Several young people vf the High the President that the younger mem- j ‘5V‘10°1 spent the evening ol Washing- bers of the congregation will attend | b>n s Birthday at the home of Ell wood these meetings. ! o . , , - , , , , „ , A number of bovs of the Athletic As- About torty members and fnends of Um 8eeing the need of assistance Vighant I ,|v Company attendee the ^ a f()rmer agsistant jatlitor of the euchre and 8 ance given by the officers sch()oi took of that company in rraternity Hall on ■ the evening of Washington’s Birthday. Those who did not play euchre were provided with dominoes. Refresh ments were served and a pleasant eve ning was spent. Thursday evening someone seeing steam escaping through a pipe in the roof of Chaunccy T. Williamson’s resi- up a contribution for his George Falk spent several days of the Varick property on Hempstead Avenue, which he proposes ^having re modelled and iimproved. A meeting of the Citizens’ Party, for the nomination of Village officers will be held at the Atheneum Hall on Friday evening at 8 o’clock. A runaway team of horses owned by the Joseph B. Langdon estate caused considerable excitement last Thursday afternoon, but the horses were caught before any considerable damage had been done. At a meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held on Thursday evening last, Trustee William Richenstein was elected acting Village President during the absence of Village President George W. Smith, who has left for a few weeks’ sojourn in the sunny South. A very pleasant time was enjoyed after the meeting of Rockville Centre Council, No. 8 , Daughters of Liberty, on Monday night last, when an enter tainment and box social was held. There was a large number of visitors present, and a pleasant evening was spent. A fire in a large building used as a chicken coop on the property of L. W. Seaman, at East Rockaway, on Sunday afternoon last called out the Fire De- or twenty years ago, which mistake, in Supreme Court will convene at the : tbe 1,i?ht °[ present day developments, residence of Ansel Raynor this (Thurs- should not be repeated. By this meth- day) evening, where grave charges are ! ('r oa \u a 'ove, Wl‘ \ ,vve’ before to be made against one of the must1, year 191. , when most of the prominent residents of this village. oaf.es <-'xP\ire’ L’vkv *andi‘ wd* fiavc a A small admission is charged. selling value of more than a million dollars, and a leasing value < f $50,000 or more per annum. In order to bring about this result, which we think all taxpayers will agree BALDW IN Miss Mabel Miller spent several days of last week with relatives in Jamaica. The Baldwin Club will meet with E. E. Acker on Saturday night. Mrs. R. W. Robins is visiting rela tives in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Powers spent Wsahington’s Birthday in the village. Miss Phebe T. Powers is confined to her home by illness. LYNBROOK The examination of Herbert Lang don and Walter Allen will be held on Friday morning at U o’clock. A meeting of the King’s Daughters will be belli at the residence of Miss Flossie Simonson, Merrick Road, on Friday afternoon at .! o’clock. The announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Louise Annie Miller to Mr. William Edgar Abrams, both of Valley Stream, which took place at the parsonage of the F. M. P. Church on Saturday, February Kith, the Rev. F. W. Varney officiating. A very pleasant evening was spout at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Himes, Atlantic Avenue, on Friday evening last it being the fifteenth an niversary of their marriage. There was a large number present, and the evening proved one full of pleasure deuce, concluded the place was on fire, of the selections will be from Longfel- reeK witn t rot. smitn. Mr. rafk i mu ■uu, ' “ uv .- m .. is a senior at the Syracuse Univer- j been assured that the expense of - the sity, the college Mr. Smith grad- | department would be paid, the firemen uated from. ------ - ---- I extinguished betore any Grade rhetoricals will be held in the damage had been done. The cause High School room this Friday. Most i the fire is unknown. is desirable, some one must give atten tion, and some money must be spent for printing, postage, and clerk hire. Mr. Hiram R. Smith, president of the Bank of Rockville Centre, has consent ed to act as treasurer for such a fund. It sedms difficult to interest the citi zens sufficiently to give even a few moments of their time to careful con sideration of this important matter. We believe, when properly understood, ! and enjoyment, during the course of the people will give the question such | whid' a bounteous collation was serv- | attention as its importance demands. I ed- To this end we aim to sti” up your im } ------------------------------------------------- - tives and friends in New York City. i Will you contribute one dollar toward < om n .s i the effort, enclosing it in envelope j Freopoi L, L. I. Miss Mildred Southard has been en- herein, \\ ii.li your name and post office ,. . tvriaining Miss Cataerine Sniffin of addr-s 8 ? ^Ir. Fn:itb will acknowledge ^ ^ l\ \ :‘ l,l\ ‘P V’V* New York City. . j receipt of same. ' mer(ha,lt to h,,vv thu f'xv,u;'i,vc sale (,n Yours very truly, Samuel R.Srr'Uh, George P. Bergen, Alfred T. Davison, S. Alonzo Smith, John H. Carl, H. L. Crandell. Wm. Callmeyer ha's closed Ids butch- ; er shop on Grand Avenue and removed to Ronkonkoma. The Martha Washingon Supper held i in the M. P. Church last Friday even ing was well attended. j his region, of course) of anything ; wantqt! by ♦‘wryhody. There are two ways lu treat such goods. One is: put the price up and make big profit. The other way is: be fair and make more. Mrs. Casper C. Rowe of New York hurried to the spot and the flames were spent Saturday and Sunday with her | extinguished before any considerable parunts. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Raynor. ! of I find sent in an alarm. Of course the firemen were not needed. The following evening the firemen were again called out. This time the telephone in the house of Chief Walter B. Cozzens was set On five by the croSs- Devoe is the paint that takes least i gallons and costs Iws money a house, I a job, a year, a lifetime -no matter ! how you reckon your costs, except by j the gallon Devoe is the best fare- taker and costs less money. I Miss Fannie Felton has been enter- Don’t forget that the principal part Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hawkins have taining Miss Belle Hedenberg, of New-! of the cost of paint i putting it on. VALLEY STREAM low’s work because of the centennial At the preliminary meetdng of trie anniversary <f( Ids birthday, which is I proposed tribe of Red Men that i' is this week. | intended instituting in Rockville Gen re turned from Brooklyn. a six weeks’ stay in ! ark j Less gallon . loss cos I. Don't for get that ii!iuth‘*r t rincipai part of won- The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. The announcement ha been made , w,;,y ,t: i°”^ '' s lv8K tre, and which was held in Odd IM- Church met at the parsonage Tuesday iof thv maniage of Miss Grace F. Cool- U’ a ' _ , One day last week, after sd:oo| | 1 ^ ILdl on Friday night over ^hir- afternoon. The ladies realized about cy, <'f Brooklyn, to Mr. William K i o V g ,^ hours, an unwelcome visitor entered' s,»ned the charter roll m at the progressive dinner held last of tins Milage which took ; ^ ^ good ' that en- ing of a trolley wire and the wye lead- the physical laboratory and caused i , Uimhiittees on paraphernalia and Thursday evening. place at the parsonage of the Grace M. \a ; ’ ' \ > . ing to Mr. CozxenJs telephone, at Main sonie unnecessary excitement among ! lod?eu . n,<>I,lS. w«;^ appointed after; « .. 1- Charcb 0.n fuesday evenmg teb- W ton ,..-r u ‘ t lK-tfer than Street and Broadway. A Phoenix fire tht. occuoants of the room. The visi- which it was decided to naipe the pro- j The M. L. S. celebrated Washing- ruary 19th, the Rev. J. Scot' official- p ' h L .-7 . ■ ..7, . 7 . , extinguisher put out the blaze before for was disnatched in a short time I posed institution the Merioke Tribe, tons Birthday with becoming patriot-j ing. the firemen arrived. no damLe beffig done The meeting for the permanent insti- ism last Saturday evening at the home ! ------------ i tuticn of the new organization will be of Miss Hamilton. The house was Under the auanices of the Ladies’ Did you ever notice how numerous Last Saturday, two games of basket hold :~'fiorl- y- : ^ Wltb and iifiit'lds. aild the la- \id Society of the First Baptist the little clip-caps are which indicate ball were played in Opera Hall, be-, ! o!.® ?^Lder^d,baT Church an entertainment and box so- the possession of a Waterman Ideal tween the first and second teams of HEMPSTEAD Fountain pen? 1 he next time you go tfosi school. Baskets were placed at into a. restaurant,---------, for. example,- see eachacn end,nu, makingaKing thee courtourt as longng ass i ^ c h ie f s of the style of Martha Wash- ! X ----------------------------------------------- i.ngton. A suitable program was g>y- , Robert M Dibble> on Washington’s ---- . ---- ^ c ^ ' — v v in m c as lo u The Ladies’ Circle of the Methodist a j * Birthday. There were a large number how many of the little clip-caps ap- the hall. Although the second team Church will give a supper in the Sun __ __ __ v y ' ! present and an entertaining program pour in the pockets of those there. played exceedingly good during the day School room Wednesday afternoon. The progressive dinner given by the , was presented, after which the boxes j ’ ‘ Notice along the street how many games, they were defeated in both March t), from to P. M. Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. were disposed of, and an enjoyable pa are peering from the pockets of the games. The score for the first game | ‘ Church last Thursday evening was a l evcilinK was spent. people you pass. When next you ride was 48 to and for the qecond game, j Contractor John W’hritenour is add- most delightful affair. The d e c o r a - ---------------------- in a railway car see how many are in to 5. This coming Saturday, > ing another extension to Nassau Hos- tions were the work of Mrs. Acker, i An unknown man, apparently about sight. You will be surprised at the March 2, two games have been a r - ( pital. This is in addition to the one through whose skill in handling the 65 years of age, was struck by an elec- number. It sometimes seems as ranged with Hempstead, between the ! upon which he has been engaged for national tri-colors the room was trans-j trie car of the third rail system at Val- dim‘t from owner\l one or two other. , but ten is a plenty It’s 200 or 300 better than many. There’s many a merchant who hasn’t found out his goods. It doesn’t take a man long to find < ut that Devoe is the least-money paint and why, no matter which side he is on. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co.^ P. S. C Milton -Foreman sells though they were everywhere, and that fir8t and second teams. It is hobed ) some time. ^ almost everyone uses a fountain pen that as now the boys have a good place with the clip-cap on.-American Sta- j to play in, a large number of scholars, tioner. (parents and friends will attend this The Nassau County Review, station-' game Saturday. The game between sells the genuine L . ! the second teams will be a the first teams. 2:00 ary department, E. Waterman Ideal, with dip-cap, and o’clock, and between a t the Basse price yea would pay UvSsOO o'clock. A small admission will UpwYa*. The Rev. Dr. Kerr Boyce Tupper will lecture in the Baptist Church Thursday evening, February 28, on “ How the World is Growing Better, formed into a flag-draped tent, and | ley Stream Sunday night about 6:40 made a most becoming setting for the j o’clock, by the train driven by engi- handsomely laid tables and the .ladies j neer Schenck. Atfer Acting Coroner with powdered hair, mob caps, white | A. B. Wallace had viewed the body, kerchiefs and aprons who served a din- be ordered its removal to Forbell’s ner that ws* above reproach. The V.. . Dr. Tupper has spoken to Hempstead last courrj was a short program, in audiences before, and been wall reeeiv- which Molly Pitcher delighted the and- «*• | l«»wl»lw«cil.Uoai. .1 morgue, at Rockville Centre. Both arms and both legs of the unfortunate man were broken and he was in s t a n t- _ frU M . T ..... r