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FREEPORT NEWS The Presbyterian Church Improve ment Society will meet at the residence of Mrs. J. W. Holbrow, 57 North Main Street, next Wednesday, from- ten to five o’clock. Luncheon will be served at twelve. All ladies of the congrega- Leon J. Storer and Jay J, a Barr of j lion are invited to be present all or at Scranton, Pa., spent SundSy with the L'a' L 'l ^‘ir v 1 a-%* Keep in touch with the Gas Co. ’s advs. There’s always something interest ing. It. V i l l a g e T r u s t e e s The. first regular meeting of the Vil lage Board of Trustees was held Friday evening, President Morrison ,in the chair and all the members present. A representative of the New York yearly salary for this work and allow the Commissioner to use hi- own teams and men on the roads. As this is against the law the bills have to be put in in some one else’s name. This plan has not proved entirely satisfac- and New Jersey Telephone Cmppany tory, and it was the consensus of opin- Misses Storer. Edwards Bros, report the sale of 3 lots at Baldwin, on Southard Avenue, to Mrs. Monahan; $600. Msr. E. M. Waterbury of Saugerties, mother of Miss Evelyn Waterbury, was the guest of her daughter last week. Send us particulars of your property ] for sale or to rent. Furnished or un furnished houses. Edwards Bros., opp. Depot, Baldwin, L. L E. R. Brindel has a real estate on Railroad Avenue. dlive Frank Farmelette will pay 1c a lb. for old rags; iron 40c a hundred; rub ber shoes, 5c a lb.; good price for old metal. Freeport; P. O. Box 125. A valuable horse was stolen from Ross & Randall’s barn Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Ross have returned from their Southern trip. Miss Mary A. Davis of Cayuga, N. Y., and Miss Elizabeth Goodrich of Auburn, N.Y., spent Sunday and Mon day with Miss Isabel Davis. Lewis 11. tate office Building. Post has in the opened ; Ross iV leal es- Ramlall In the Presbyterian c hurch Sunday morning Dr. Ketcharn will deliver a sermon to “ The claims Calling.” Sec the stock of Post Cards at the ! Nassau County Review Stationary ' Department/ The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. parents and young men on E. Church will hold an apron sale and s of the Ministry as a Life supper in the Lecture K erri of ihu 1907; hot S o’clock. supper Church, Friday, April 19, supper service from 6:30 to Supper, 35c. ,2t. Miss Mary C. Loath of Cobleksill, . N. Y., spent Saturday and Sunday L ” Leith, I Housekeepers who are about to begin South | war against dirt the spring cleaning will find something of especial inter- 1 ost to them in Chas. P. Smith’s ad in WILL THOSE having account with ; jssue- Mr., and Mrs. Thomas Robertson, with her sister, Miss Elizabeth at the Higgins cottage, 142 Ocean Avenue. asked permission to build a conduit line on Church Street from West Merrick Road to Broadway; also to replace a number of poles with larger ones in various parts of the village, and make caliles in place of so many loose wires throughout the busy parts of the vil- , lage. Referred to Light Committee with power. E. S. Randall, in a communication, asked if the Board expected to re-im- burse him for money expended by him in laying a water main on East Ave., out of the money voted for extension of water mains appropriated at the last tion. Che Board icided .they could not do this and referred the matter of payment of these accounts to counsel, 'there arc several similar claims ag- 1 gregatiru! seven! thousand dollars. The regu nr monthly report of the V illage Treasurer, John E. Golding, was received, showing the following balances in the various funds: General Fund, $23.45; Street Fund. $4::^.79; Water Fund, $929.93; Light Fund, $1951.02; Board of Health Fund, $14.83; Interest Fund, $104.34; Tax Arrears Fund, $41.94; Fire Depart ment Fund, $170.14; Street Light Fund. $78.41; Light Extenson Fund, $41.81; Water Extension Fund, $26.- 23; Water Sinking Fund, $3075.45; ion in the Board that*a man should be selected whose only interest in the work would be that of overseer and who would be able to divide the work among the village contractors. Mr. Stevens wanted the salary fixed at $250. Trustee Sigmond moved that if be fixed at 374 cents per hour, and | Trustees Patterson and Bedell and President Morrison agreed upon $3 per day, provided Mr. Pine could he in duced to accept the position at that price IVr the village. The price was accordingly fixed at $3 per day. Thomas E. Powers, an officer of the S. P.C. A., applied 1 : appointment as a village officer. Received and filed. It was resolved to transfer tempor- arih transfer $500 fi\>m Wall •• Fund to General Fund, $100 from Water Fund to Board of Health Fund, $1,0U0, from Light Fund to Street Light Fund, $50(1 from Idgl ; Fund to Street Light Fund. A number of routine hilL w< re aud ited and orde red paid, a t ier,,which the Board convened\\ns a Board of Fire Commissioners,. Chas. E. Holland and Pitman D. Combs applied for appointment as Fire Wardens, and Edward P. Trayer was nominated; these, three gentlemen were elected. The foreman and as. istant foreman of the various companies of the lire de- C o z z e n s R e - E l e c t e d (C h ief An exciting convention for the selec tion of officers of the Freeport Fire De partment for the ensuing year was held in the Truck House of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. Thursday even ing. The candidates for the office < f Chief were Walter B. Cozens, the pre-i number of the real estate dealers of sent Chief, and Jesse F. Bedell, the j Freeport as well as a number of prom- present First Assistant Engineer. Eor j inent residents did not hesitate to !• ir.-'t Assistant the aspirants were | pronounce this practice as fraudulent Archer B. Wallace, the present incum-1 aml also as unfair to the residents of l ent, and J. Irani; Jo.mson of Wide Freeport, for it is an undisputable fact : that there are no lots loc ated in Free- *\‘ose port that can he purchased at these ( o. on March 5, eight new members ; prices, ami a nuinl er of prominent rcs- wen elected and they were approved : idents stated thev stand i cady to pur- l.y the Bonn! of Fire Commissioners on chase anv and all lots at the prices and March 6. A protest was entered turn them into a public park. The fto a r d o i T r a d e The regular meeting of the Board of Trade was held Wedre.-day evening, at which time the ixethod of a number of realtv companies in advertising lots fro sale in Freeport from $49 to $89 per lot was heartily condemned. A Awake Engine Co. At the meeting of Ever Ready against these men voting on the claim that they had not live\ hi the company and approved by the Board tliirtv days. For the san e reason five new mem bers elect ed in Lx- elsior Rook and I .ad der on March n and approved on March 8 ,vere objected to. The Board sus tained the pretest, but agreed to let the men cast their ballots provided they write their names on the outside “ for identification.” Lb Frank Sea- mar', one of the eight new members from Ever Ready Ho.-e Vo., refused to so mark hi. hallot, and accordingly wa ; not allowed to vote. Seven of these members did cas't their marked ballots. A protest was entered by Eh in Edward of Vigilant Hose Co., on behalf of Chief Cozzens against these votes being counted. F. E. Rose and Smith F. I’earsal! lots that are shown prospective purcha sers arc located at what is known to old tiim residents as Northridge Bark, located at lea t two and three-quarters miles in.i ll . ast. from the Fn cpnrt rail road station. While it agreed that by this method of adverti -ing the real ty eonipanie have been enabled to ; de to Freeport, and irftvi they have been . liown the loi r at liv price advertised, have been induced to purchase lots i: ere centrally !<•■ a ted at jg-dhu1 higher price, still the method ..f infsiVailing the |4d,ilic as to the exact location of tin e lots is nut a fair practice to the bona kle resident of Freeport,' \yho have seen the tillage improve, prosper and increase in population. Village Bresident Daniel Morrison Smith Street, send statements at once, so that they may be satisfied before the above named parties leave Freeport. It Rev. Claude Nevinne Albert Mooney of St. Luke’s Church, Chatham, N. Y., will preach at St. Paul’s Church, Roosevelt; service at 8 o’clock. Mr. Mooney is a brother of Mrs. Jojyi Gol- ler of this village. Don’t order your carload of coal un til you have heard from W. P. W. Half, the Lynbrook coal man. He can quote you the lowest price on any quan tity of coal. Delivered anywhere. Call up 280, Rockville Centre, on the tele phone and get prices.—Adv. A surprise party was tendered by the Misses Smith of Grove Street, last Sat urday, on Miss Marie and Hilbert John- 1 he undersigned, having taken a room ; sun- About sixteen freinds were gath- at 2ii Miller Ave., would desire the ered together and all spent a jolly patronage of the people of this place, j time, having had an experience of over 6 I years w ith one of the finest millinerv | The Sock Social last Wednesday eve- houses in New York City. Ining by the Woman’s Relief Corps and Adriana Conklin. | Grand Army was a complete success. The Hall was prettily draped with Street Sign Fund,,$98.22. The following were granted permis-; si°n to construct cement sidewalks, partment were approved, ex< pling three-fourths of the cost to be credited those of Excelsior Hook and Ladder to their road tax: Wm. II. Cameron, ! (:ompanV( whj,.h will be presented at Seaman Ave.; Carrie L. ( lemons, Sea- j y1L, llvxt meeting. These were all pub- man Avenue: Joseph Farmlette, Grand lishetl jn tho Review last week, except- Ave.; Annie E. O’Mara, Randall Ave.;; mg w i d e Awake Engine Co., of which Wm. C. Smith, Lena Ave.; Henry L.| thu foreman-elect is Alexander C. t randell, Ocean Ave. ; Mrs. Kate Wul-j Ackerman and assistant foreman Peter ting, Church Street. 1 Baehn. A deed was received from\Charles F. i Donnelly for dedication of an exten-! sion to Archer S t .; referred to thu1 Street Committee. , , , , ,, , wa-; unanimously elected an lumorarv were ulecteu secretaries and J. Huylvr , mvmU., (lf thv i;v:il,,. It was resolved to hold the annual J. B. Cartwright was approved as a member of Wide Awake Engine Co. Edwin Cressfield, Archie Verity, Harry Lewis, Fred Combs, Harry Bow- A euchre was held at the Freeport Club House Wednesday evening. Next Wednesday evening the regular monthly Ladies’ Night will be held. There will be dancing, with music by Bishop. The following Wednesday eveinng, April 24. a subscription dance will be held. the patriotic colors. The Freeport High School Band began the exercises by playing “ Marching Through Georgia;” then recitations by Rosalie Cornell, recitatation by Mrs. Bagnall, musical selections by Mrs. Buyer and Misses Raynor and Bcacorn, recitation by Mildred Cummings, music by band, I recitation by (Clifford Cornel), song by i Miss Elizabeth Patterson, song by Johnie Germeroth, recitation by Isabel- by band, recitation by Mrs. Bagnall, a Hag exhibit by Mr. Taft, who made some remarks and with Commander Patterson showed the flag that went though the war from ’(>1 to ’65. The flag was in the Tilth Regi ment of this Battery 20 years before the Civil War and is owned by Capt. Taft of Brooklyn, who is 88 years of age; Commander Patterson made some interesting remarks^ music by band, tlall td Albert Pearsall; ,> lots tor t lias, recitation by Mrs. Bagnall, song I v Coombs to Frank E. Rose; a large plot on Porterfield Place fur Mrs. 1). J. Dy er to William Smith of Freeport; The following applications for water j erg| Ge0- w . Christians, Lewis Morse service were granted. E. Van Riper, i ;in(] Daniel Carman, were approved as I eidfe* Ft. , \ . eC. \\ alters, 1 ine^ St. , i members of Bayview Hose Company. Wheeler < doxer, Bayview A ve.; S. Di- Officers for the Fire Department mon Smith, Wallace St.; X’andewater Post, Long Beach A v e.; J. B. Cart wright, two houses on West Randall Avenue. The. applications of A. W. Pearsall, Pine St., and Wm. II. Rider, Whaley St., were granted “ as soon as were elected as noted elsewhere. Ortell Lucas report the following sales; 4 lots on Pine St. for J. J. K a i t ] a geaman music dull to D. Neuman of Bellmore; the j large house of J. Berbriek on Lena Avenue to Charles VanReese of Brook lyn; the new house of Vandewater Post, on Long Beach Avenue to George Sloat of Patchogue; 2 lots of James B. Raynor, on Raynor Street, to Fred Or tell; Albert Pearsall’s house on Randall Avenue to Thomas Baldwin of Brook lyn ; 4 lots on Pine St. for J. J. Ran- we get the necessary material.” The applications of G. 'J'. Attenboro, Ocean Avenue, and W. A. Mack, Mad- iron Avenue, for glee tv it: light service were granted; those of Albert Pearsall, Pine St., and Geo. Ycieger, North Main St., “granted as soon, etc.” The Clerk was instructed to notify Our very best Mocha and Java cof fee, selling now at very low figures: No. 1, 5 lb. for $1.25; No. 2, 5 lb. for $1.; an excellent blend, giving a flag rant and delicate deliciousiu which is the perfection of all coffee; come in and get a sample. Carman & Jenkins, Fret port and Rockville Centre; tele phones : Freeport, 2-A; Rockville Centre, 32. The Freeport Masonic Association Ellison and Gilson H. Raynor tellers. The result of the v<ac was announced as follows: For Chief Engineer Walter B. Cozzens (12 Jesse F. Bedell 52 Marked “ for identification” 8 Scattering ■ 3 For First Assistant Engineer Archer B. Wallace 64 J. F. Johnson 48 Marked “ fur identification\ 9 Scattering 2 There were ritso two regularly named candidates for second assistant and the result was: Wm. W. Cameron 93 C. F. Baldwin 1 Marked “ for identification\ 5 According to law, at the meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners on Friday evening, the matter of electing officers in accordance with these nom inations was brought up. Jesse Bedell protested against thv Board electing Cozzens to the office he I cause of the Board not allowing mem bers to vote. He claimed that then j smoker at the May meeting, on Wed- : nesday evening, May 8. An interesting address was made by Samuel It. Smith, president of the Board of Education. Mix Smith ex- , pressed his (Thinks i.u the Board of , Trade for their assistance at the spec- 1 ial school meeting held a short time 'ago, at which time the proposition to l purchase a site and erect a i:v\x school house was carried !>y a large majority. Mr. Smith also stated that he had been ' informed that the Board of Trade was placing itself on record as an antagon- j ist of the Long Island Railroad; that • they undertook too many things, and ' that their attitude to the Long Island Railroad made it a tar more difficult i matter to secure any consideration whatsoever from the railroad than it Would he under other circumstances, i Personally ho did not hold that frenzied feeling of antagonism against anything that the railroad undertook, to do, i neither could he understand why this feeling should e x i s t apain.-J. the rail- Ross A: Randall to remove ubstruc-! is arranging for a “ Reception t > Our thins on Brooklyn Avenue within ten days ,,or the matter will be referred to counsel.” The application of John B. Combes, fireman at the power house, fur an in crease of salary was referred to the Light Committee, to report at meeting. Ladies” 23. on Tuesday evening, April was nothing in the by-laws requiring ! road. I’lu: iailn ad ha ■ been in rxist- a in a into be a member thirty days he-vnev hr the past - 1 \ enty-fivi years; fore he could vote. | had invested its money and had come i lounsi lor Fisbel claimi t| here with t ng< ty and wa s might have been the intention of the j endeavoring to cipher out the deen and framers of the by-laws to pvoviduajm 'endeavoring to cipher out the deep Weighty railroad proposition that was To-day (Friday) is the last day for paying your school tax before tl e books are turned in for the County ik xt Treasurer. They will the!) have to be paid at Mineola. large plot for Sarah Fisher, cor. Long Beach Avenue and Smith Street to Lottie F. Lucas; also rented the cot tage? of R. H. Mayland on Main Street to Thomas Forbes of Brooklyn. Miss Elizabeth Patterson, recitation by Mrs. Bagnall, tableau of corps, and music by band. Letter to W. S. Teas Freeport, L. I. Dear Sir: If we sell Devoe to paint your town, your road won’t have much freight to handle. it takes 10 gallons to paint a fair size house and that house wont wa--. for 5 or 10 years. That’s true in a way, but people, you know, rather like fresh paint, and they paint for nothing but looks : une- 1 times. That house would take 12 or 13 gal-. Ions of almost any other paint than De voe,and would have to be painted again in half that time. Ten years is a very long time for a paint to wear and five Captain of Police John Dunbar rec- \x ommended to the Board the appoint- Mrs. Thoma Burleigh and Mrs. ment of the following village officers : j George Harrison will conduct a cake Elmer E. Raynor, Wm. W. Cameron, sale at the residence of Mrs. Burleigh, S. P. Pettit,George Cooper, H. E. Ri- Porterfield Place, Saturday afternoon der and special village officers, C. E. , of this week for the benefit of the Helland, Wm. Golden and Chas. Willets: Episcopal Church of the Transiigura- app :oved. tion. The bond of the collector of lig h t ___________________________________ rentals was fixed at $500, the srfme as The Mysterious Vails. The Mysterious Vails and their com pany of select eute'-tainers will pay painting again Freeport a short visit, commencing Monday, April 15th. 'They will remain in town three days giving exhibitions of that marvelous enigma which they call Sonmiloquism. It is said that Mrs. Vuil. while in an apparently hypnotic trance, tells her audience what they are thinking, reading their thoughts, and answering all sorts of mental questions, such as isn’t short. locating lost articles, missing vela- ', Which makes the most freight, a 10 tives, stolen property, giving advice or 20-gallon paint? 5 or 10-year paint ’ in business, ot£. But the 10-gallon paint is the 10-year The Port Jefferson Echo says: “The paint and the 20 gallon paint is the 5- Vails give the most bewildering and i year paint. Which makes the most entertaining entertainment ever seen in ! freight^? these parts.’’ j Ask your paint dealer which he’d The program includes Hendrickson,, rather sell and which he couhl sell for the office at tho request of a number , h^ d in Brideenort Conn King of Knives; Fred Knopp, mon- most of. Ask your painter which he’d of taxnavers and for the same reason L I - ologue artist ; Milton Geiger, America’s | rather paint, whether good or bad Mr. Patterson seconded the nominaticn. la t. gear. Ti e bend of the ^treasurer at $7,500, last year the amount being $10,000, and of the collector of 'axes at $3,000, the same as last year. The Freeport Lank and the,First Na- tionuf'Bai k of Freeport were designat ed as depositorie i for the village funds. The Nassau County Review was des ignated as the official paper. Leo Fishel was designated as counsel for the Board. J. W. Fitzsimon.s was reappointed a member of thv Board of Health f<fi three years, to succeed himself. SEAFORD Mr. and Mrs. Frank Southard are entertaining a young son. Miss Dora -Fountain spent Sunday with friends in the place. Lieutenant Dent has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Grant Dent. H. L. Mayes of East. Hampton spent Sunday at the M. E. parsoi age. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beni.-ton were in town Sunday, for a brief trip. 'x' M vs President Morrison was appointed a special committee to attend to securing coal at the power house. _ Mr. and Mrs. Bergen Chichester File matter of tht appointment .of a Amityville spent Sunday with friends street commissioner was then taken up. jn t ^js p|ave Applications were received from O. W. j\ Humphrey and Wm.W.Cameron. Trus-1 Bev. James Leggett started Wedncs- thirty-day limit, they did not do so; that the ci rtilicate, while piinted in the by-lav.x-, was not a regulating part of the saimv Counselor Fj du:l also '/ ave tin i 'oavd the ame opinion. The by-law. read under “ duties of Secretaries” : “ shall at the general conven tion of the department furn ish a certified list of the mem ber of their companies which shall be in thu following form : We hereby certify that * * * each and every man whose name appears on said list as an active fireman, in good stand ing, and has been a member of said company thirty days. \ Eligible to Vote N< member of the Depart ment 'hall be ix-rmitted to vote whose du . x ! v s ai c not paid in their respective companie x thy same to be <ertified to as hviejnbeforu provided. ’* The Board then resolved toacount all thv ballots “ n aiked for identifica- ition'' and that the candidates reiciv- if votes be de in confronting them so that they could see a fair return for their money, the ifiad be ing capitalized for about $611,- 111111 , 111111 , and ihat none of this stock was watt red -tori; as fair engineers havi stated that the present plant ' could not bn repbo vd for less than 1 $80,0011,1100 ; tl,at for tic past twelve years or more no dividends had been decjrm'd, and that if one would place himsWif in the position of being a stock holder in the road, they would then be lieve the policy of the road to be a wise one. Mr. Smith stated that he was not, neither has he i ver owned- a single share of the - took <d the com pany, but only took hi land 1i'm the business point of view, aid v i tli the maxim of gi . in; every one a fair Low, and that lv belie d that by co operating with the road instead of be ing at tngoi • tie to their plans and bas is of operatic! b dte,! re tills mild be accompli -bed. William l*. Smith, slated time to dear tee Bedell nominated D. Wesley Pine | day fur the annual Confer ence, to be u t ♦\Vin v r u i i i M c i \ ii-f a mimVinr i i . i .i • . ..i. ... foremost Irish comedian; Vail, the wizard, and Clint Smith, musical ex pert. They come highly recommended, and should do a good business in Free port. Their prices are 25 and 35 cents. Adv. This is the gas range season; have ordered yours yet? i v Lte-v v, llMiiBifr x . ; ^ . — « - h . v ^ s & a ... paint is good for his business; which is good paint, the 10 or 15-gallon paint; which pays most freight and which pays most wages. Which will you buy yourself, the 10-gallon, 10- year, or 20-gallon 5-year paint? Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. P. S. C. Milton Foreman sells our paint. . Trustee Patterson also nominated Stephen Lewis. The first ballot result ed as follows: D. W. Pine, 3 Wm. Cameron 2 Mr. Pine was accordingly declared elected. There was considerable discussion as to the proper pay for the new commis sioner. It has been customary to fix a ing the largest number dared elected. Mr. Bedell then said that as thv result was so close it could not be fair- ||f. ly determined and the Board had the power of appointing whom it saw fit, he would suggest that the entire ballot he thrown j out and Archer B. Wallace be declared elected. The Board took no action on this. The result of the recount gave Cozzens 62 votes and Bedell 60. Cozzens was accordingly declared elected Cheif, Acrher B. Wal lace First Assistant and William W. ■ V ; | ' A pound social will be held at the residence of Mrs. Smith Van Nostrand this (Thursday) evening, for ^benefit ( arnermi socoml assistant of the Sunday School. On account of the pastor being away to Conference, there will be no service in the M. E. Church Sunday morning. * In the evening, the servi ces wiH be under the auspices of the Epworth League. \v - ■ L Y N B R O O K Doran and Gray’s famous “ Ma Lady Minstrels’’ will appear at the Lyceum Hall, Lynbrook, on Thursday evening. Mrs. Robert Gray has been spending a few days with relatives at Philadel phia, Pa. „ .lot ., iii reply to Mr. that he <li irud at this, up any falsi- idea that might hir- <■ been impn • b upon Mr. Smith as to the position thv Freeport Board of Trade has taken in reference to the Long Island Railroad: Since the oiumization of tL Board of Trade, it has only made three requests of the railroad, all of which have been ; granted: 1. Having train 29 slop at Rock- ; ville Centre and Freeport. m | 2. In endeavoring,dn a measure, to| i have the subway underneath the tracks kept in a more clean and sani tary condition than it had been pre vious • to the time complaint had been made of the same. 3. In inducing the railroad officials to have the railroad staton at Freeport kept open late at night, or until the arrival of the last train, especially dur ing the cold winter weather. Following the business meeting a pleasant entertainment was given by Joseph Hardman.
