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FREEPORT NEWS Miss Daisy Hendrickson of White Plains is visiting her aunt, Mrs. D. Wesley Pine. The month of August is usually very warm. Order a gas range and avoid this inconvenience. It Carriages and wagons, all prices at Fred Menendez, Bellmore, successor to Colvin & C o .; see adv. tf. Edith Post is visiting friends in Cliff. The Gas Company has bargains in gas ranges, and look them over. Sea j We have received a post card from j Alonzo Foster, dated at Rome. He is I having an enjoyable trip abroad. some good Better call i The Catholic F a ir of the Church of It 1 our Holy Redeemer is being held this ‘ week on the Church grounds, Pine The annual fair of the B a p tist | S treet, where interesting features are Church will be held in the church S a t - 1 a ttracting large crowds. The fair will urday afternoon at 2 o ’clock. close Saturday night. Mrs. 1). A. Jordan is in the Adiron- T. II. Reed, legislative of the Anti- dacks, at “ Lakeview Camp,” for two Saloon League, which is reported to be —— —— - i weeks. i doing considerable work in its line. No service will be held in the Pres-1 ........................ will appear.in the M. E. Church Sun- byterian Church Sunday evening be- |- Mrs. W. B. Osterhout is visiting in j r|ay evening, and talk on the work of cause of the Union Temperance Service | Pennsylvania and Burgess and Howard | his society. No collection is to be This :-|aturday evening the mussel party i.-lto be held at R h o d e s 'Point Lookout Hotel. Special boats are to be run a jl dancing will be a feature of the evening. The amual excursions of the Free port and Roosevelt Episcopal Sunday Schools td Pt. Lookout on Wednesday were w el1 attended and thoroughly en joyed. BALDW I N Mrs. LeRoy Bedell has returned from Boston, Mass. Chas. H. Bertel. Jr., is visiting his aunt, Mrs. C. E. Macdowell, at Lake- wood. A lbert E. M ott has returned to busi ness in Boston, Mass., after a J weeks’ vacation. LYNBROOK in the Methodist Church. The catboat “ Albicore” of Royal Arcanum Yacht Club of Gravesend Bay, arrived safely at Point Lookout Sunday morning all had a delightful trip. Osterhout in New Jersey. taken. Have you a baby at your house? Chas. P. Smith has something to say ' about babies in his ad in this issue. 1 Chas. W. Fischer of Pearsall avenue has returned to Freeport after a three m o n ths’ tour in Europe with his neph ew, Lieut. Gasmar, a young officer in the K a iser’s army. His Excellency Mr. Linhardt, Im perial Royal Vice Consul of Austria, was a guest of Dr. J. F. C. Luhan of The Women’s Missionary Society of j } 'u',v ^ ’'liV, fw m erly k. A. the Presbyterian Church‘ met at the Consul expresses chapel Wednesday afternoon and p r e - l h ,m self as h e w X dell*hted w .th the lo- pared two quilts for sewing classes India. jn I c ality and quently. will visit the place fre- r At the Baptist Church preaching in the morning and Sunday School in the afternoon on Sunday. In the evening the congregation will attend the union] service at the M. E. Church. Harold Blake Smith of Church Street, who is spending his vacation on the schooner Rothesay, arrived safely at Charlottetown, Prince Ed ward Island, last Friday. He expects to sail shortly for M iramichi, New Brunswick. The M. E. Church has been treated to a new painting, J. Wesley Miller doing the work. Considerable interest was taken in the men at work on the tall spire of the building, who seemed very much at home. The parsonage and other buildings have also been renovated. The degree of Most Excellent Mast er was conferrred on L. H. Vogel, J r . ; Wm. H. Patterson, John E. Golding and George Kelley, in Freeport Chap ter, U. D., Royal Arch Masons, Tues day evening. The work was done by the officers and members of Orient Chapter of Brooklya, about seventy of whom were present. The date of the M. E. Sunday School excursion has been changed from Wed nesday, Aug. 14, to Thursday, Aug. 15, next week. The c^hnge was made in order that cars m ight be run direct to Prospect Park, the destination, w ith out changing cars, which could not be done Wednesday, owing to the demand for B. R. T. cars for that day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Libby and Mr. and Mrs. William P. Jones have just made an automobile tour, extend ing four days, going to Peekskill, Cold Spring, W apinger Falls, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; Lakeville, Lime Rock, Salisbury Crossing, Bunker Mountain, the high est mountain in Conn.; thence to Tor- rington. W est Goshen, W aterbury, Thomaston, Ansonia, Darien, Derby, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, Larch- mont and W hite Plains. Following are the committees and officers of the Freeport Board of Trade, not before published:. President, Alonzo Foster; 1st vice- president, W illiam P. Joites; 2nd vice-president, J. B. C a rtw right; sec retary, Edmund T. Cheshire; financial secretary, J. D. K iefer; treasurer, A. A. W ebster. STANDING COMMMITTEES Executive Committee Wm. P. Jones, chairm a n ; Sidney H. Swezey, Clarence A. Edwards. Railroads Committee—Samuel R. Sm ith, chairm an; Austin Adams, A.A. W ebster. Membership Committee - J . D. Kie fer, chairm a n ; John D. Gunning,- Ed mund T. Cheshire. Finance Committee— Hon. Wm. G. Miller, chairm an; W a lter B. Cozzens; Charles L. Wallace. Schools Committee—Henry P. \Tib- by, chairm an; W. F. Cornell, A. J. Murley. Assessments Committee—J. B. C a rt w right, chairman; H. A. K e llum ;R . H. Kelby. Streets Committee R. H. Mayland, chairm a n ; Jos. J. Albin, George Web ber. ' Health Committee -Thos. Burleigh, chairm a n ; Alex. R. Rhodes, D. A. Hamaker. W ater, Gas and Electricity Commit tee— W erner Nygren, chairm an; W. A. Armington, Jas. Supthin. \ Law- Committee— E lvin N. Edv chairm a n ; Albin N. Johnson. A rcher1 Wallace. Delegatee to Allied Boarde-William P. Jceee, Elvin N. Edwards. Thomas Mrs. Wm. Warfield of Newark, N. ] J., daughter of Isaac W ritenour of this | place, is convalescing from an opera- i tion for appendicitis undergone July ! 2i>. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. VanRiper, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Bedell, Miss Mamie Madison, Miss Ella Bedell, Stephen P e ttit and Stephen Hunt start to-day (Friday) for Chester, in the Catskills, where they will remain for about ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J . Raynor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Seaman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Richard Smith have gone on a weeks’ cruise in the Great South Bay, visiting Fire Island and other points of interest. The Village Board of W ater and Light Commissioners without paying any attention to sarcasm and kicking from various quarters, are going ahead as fast as possible with the work of installing extra lights. Fifty new en closed arc lamps have been placed in position in the past two weeks, and as many of the old ones as are any good will be placed where they will do the most service. The annual outing of the Presbyter ian Sunday School will be held Wednes day, August 21. Reliable boats and launches will convey the school and their relatives and friends to and from High Hill Beach. Full particulars netx week, and on posters. The annual festival of the Prim ary and K indergarten Departm ents of the Sunday School will be held on the Church lawn next Tuesday afternoon, August 13, beginning at one o’clock. It is planned to give the scholars a u to mobile rides, and they will also have cakes and ice cream for sale: proceeds for the Chapel Extension Fund. The Junior Society of Christian En deavor will hold a Bargain Sale in the chapel at the same time. The pro ceeds of this will be for Parsonage Improvements. The Asssembly Hall was crowded Tuesday evening on the occasion of the annual school meeting, about fifty women being present to vote on the appropriations and officers. The call of the meeting was read by Francis C. Morse, Clerk of the m eet ing, after which W illiam G. Miller was elected chairman and J. Huyler Ellison and Frederick Ortell tellers, the officers being sworn in by W illiam S. Hall. Contrary to the usual custom, the m a tter of a p p ropriations was first in troduced, so th a t very one m ight vote before going out. The budget calling for an appropriation of $29,700 was ad opted by a vote of 73 to 7. For Trustee, John K. Eldridge was nominated in a short speech by William S. Hall, who called attention to the good work being done by the school hoard and expressed his pleasure at be ing able to present Mr. Edridge’s name for office of trustee for another term . No other nominations were made. Rev. C. A. Logue. priest, of the Catholic Curch of Our Holy Redeemer, made a short speech, in which he said that he had been accused of a ttem p ting to dictate in regard to school m a tters; and he Telt it his duty to s tate that he never had and never would attem p t to control any election of school officers, as he did not think it was his province as a leader of a religious body so to do. He said that the Catholic consti tuency of the village expected fair treatm e n t and so long as they got it they were satisfied. Father Logue’s rem arks were applauded by those pres ent. * a ballot being taken John K. received 166 of the 157 votee George Cooper is now “ on the job” as janitor of the school-Buildings, suc ceeding Chas. E. Holland, who has had this work “ longer than we can re member, ” and who will now devote his tim e to his work as truant officer. We doubt if it would be possible to find two men better qualified for this work than Mr. Holland and his sue cessor, who has been janitor of the M. E. Church since it was built. For failure to pay S327 overdue ali mony, under a judgment of divorce procured against him by Clara Conk lin, Roscoi Conklin, who occupies the position ot] page in Congress, through the favor df Congressman Cocks, may go to jail. Accordit g to the papers subm itted t<> Justice Sc alder at the special term of the Supreme Court last week by Law yer Jam es M. Seaman, Roseoe, who, when not in W ashington, lives with his parents a t Freeport, and is about 27 yefirs oi l, was married to the plain- j tiff in 1902. has no property, hut re- 1 ceives as page a salary of $75 a month. This salary, it is alleged, Roseoe spends 1 as soon as It- receives it. ” Miss Hamilton and Miss Powers spending a few weeks at Asbury Park, | ;M:mhVatali; with friends. I. Jacobson is spending a month in the mountains for the benefit of his health. John W atts has sold his four lots at Alexander and Grace Avenues to W. H. Mel lor. Through the agency of L. L. Davis, the Lynbrook Land Company has sold live lots to William H. Doerftel of Miss Rowena Carney ufiiornellsville, N. Y., is visiting Mrs. E. C. Southard on Church St. Mrs. Peter Bourdett and Mrs. Chas. Bourdett of Milan, Penn., are visiting relatives here. The outing of the Baldwin Club held recently moved so successful that it has been decided to hold another out ing Labor Day. Top delivery as well as open busi ness wagons suitable for grocers, butchers, etc., at Menendez carriage repository, Bellm o re; see adv. tf. Mrs. John Pitz, accompanied by her daughter, Miss M arguerite Pitz, left for the Delaware W a ter Gap last week, where they will spend several weeks. Miss Addie Simons <d' Brooklyn is , spending her vacation with her moth- A demand tor payment of the ah-1 er, Mr.< E. Simon, mony was made, it was deposed, but was i the defendant refused to pay. Coun ' sel, therefore, asked that an order be granted directing the Sheriff of Nassau ! County to commit him to jail, and there detain him until the amount of ali- ! mony due bt paid, together w ith the j fees of the Sheriff. Justice Scudder granted the order of | committal, and Lawyer Seaman said : that Roseoe would be arrested if he ' could he found. Times. Village Trustees But little business was before the j Board of Village Trustees at the regu- i lar meeting Friday evening, when all j the members were present. A communication was received from j Frederick B. Bave, secretary of fhe Catholic Club of Freeport, expressing' regret that the Board had sent notice to that the application for permission for parading the streets of the village Sunday afternoon with a band, had been denied “ with the absence of the courtesy of expressing the reason for such refusal.” The Clerk was direct ed to reply that the Board had no in tention of showing any discourtesy; that the application had been denied because the Board, while not objecting personally, did not think it would be the right thing to establish such a pre cedent as allowing band parades on the Sabbath, especially as it m ight inter-] fere with the sessions of Sunday j Schools of other denominations. Chief W alter B. Cozzens reported] having recived an estim a te of cost for the erection of a temporary engine] house on the same style as the hose ] company houses, for the new engine ! when it arrives. Messrs. Sigmond, ' Bedell, Stevens and Patterson were appointed a committee to act with the chief and the committee from the en gine company in the m atter. Counselor Sidney H. Swezey, on be half of interested parties, complained of the condition of road at the corner of Wallace Street and Brooklyn A v e - ,.—„ -- — ----- nue, and exhibited several interesting triotic address. The flag photographs of the corner. The clerk ] to him by Comrade John was directed to notify the Street Com missioner to remedy the m a tter as soon as possible. Tax Collector E. A. Dorlon reported that since the last meeting of the board he had collected $2,547.40 of the taxes of the fiscal year, making the total collections to date, amounting to $11,758.53, which amount he has turned over to Village Treasurer John E. Golding. The following applications for w a ter service were g r a n ted : G. Stone, Cen tre S tr e e t; H. J. Raymore, Bay view Avenue; John W. Halliday, Smith Street; George E. Harrison, Long Beach Avenue, and William E. Loon- am. South Side Avenue. The clerk was directed to draw a voucher for the payment of $800 to G. Howard Randall, as his first payment on the erection of the addition to the light plant, and for $200 to Joseph J. Mrs. A. R. Fullarton of Montclair, N. J.. has been visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. Mott. Rev. E. Flack and family are visit ing Mrs. Flack’s mother, Mrs. H. R. Hutcheson, at Maple Lawn. Mrs. B. F. Miller and Miss Mabel i Miller are at Pine Bush, Orange I County, for a couple weeks. J. Fred White, the tenor solost of the Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, will sing in the Baldwin M. E. Church next Sunday morning. The Hag presentation Sunday after noon by D. B. P. M ott Post, G. A. R., the Woodcleft Fresh Air Home, owned and conducted by the St. Vincent dePaul Society of Brooklyn, attracted a large attendance, the exercises being participated in by nearly a thousand people. The presentation was preceded by a parade of the ilocal Catholic Club act- Miss Jennie K. Schuman and Mr. and j ing as escort, the uniformed battalion Mrs. Francis W. Miller have returned of the ? irst N. Y. Knights of Colum- from a week’s vacation spent in the bus, members of the D. B. P. Mott vicinity of the Delaware W ater Gap. Post, G. A. R., and the band of St. Fred Menendez of Bellmore has a large selection as well as assortm ent of carriages and wagons. Both new and second hand; see adv. tf. Among the recent arrivals in Lyn brook for the summer are John J . Shea and family oft DeKalli Avenue, Brook lyn, who are occupying a cottage on Union Avenue. A report that four people had lost their lives in the Long Beach Hotel lire last week, was circulated around Lynbrook on Saturday last, causing considerable excitem ent. Close in quiries into the m a tter leads us to be lieve that there is no truth in the re port. Paul K. Ames and Senator Rey nolds both deny that there is any foun dation for the report, and they also state that not a single inquiry has been made for any person. Senator Reynolds stated that work is being hustled on the plans for a new fire proof hotel building, which is to be constructed of iron, concrete and stone at a cost exceeding a million of dollars, and that the hotel will be com pleted and ingreadiness for occupancy by June 1, ffiOS. . The Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cornwell have returned from a three weeks’ stay at Cairo, N. Y. Mrs. Wm. Morrison and G ilbert Smith, who has been sexton of the M. E. Church for a generation, has resigned and moved away from the village. His successor has not yet been chosen. At the annual school m eeting held Tuesday evening last, L. W. Bishop and Hans P. VonNostitz were elected Trustees in place of C. 11. Southard had John’s Orphanage, Brooklyn, village police headed the line. The exercises opened with the invo cation hymn, “ Come Holy Ghost,” i sung by the assemblage. This w a s 1 followed by “ Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” the band accompanying the singing. had an outing on President Cadman H. Fredericks Hill Beach being the objective point then introduced A rthur S. Somers, ] of the party, who delivered some introductory marks, referring to the event o f the day as most American and truly Cath olic. He dwelt on the significance of the occasion and what it should mean to the rising generation in the way of a patriotic lesson. Capt. Miles O’Reilly presented the flag to the Home in a thoroughly pa- was handed Anthony of Mott y-fwt, who served with the Cap- and W. H. Cornwell, whose term s tain in the First Long Island Regi- expired, ment, 167th New York Volunteers, during the Civil War. Mrs. Nellie A. Robins started for The flag was raised and unfurled on ‘^ea Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine on a flagstaff on the Home lawn, saluted, Tuesday. She will visit with her sis- and the “ S tar Spangled Banner” sung *-er> Mrs. Jennie M. Murphy, who is ky aj] spending the summer in there cottage Thomas W. Hynes of the St. Vincent at that resort. dePaul Society accepted the emblem x, 7 ^ ,, ,, , . ... in an appropriate speech in which he ^ The Navssau ar,d Su,ffolk said that he hoped the event celebrat- ! Company has comp eted its work of m- ed would increase the bond of friend- fa ll i n g the street lights in accordance ship between the management of the ; Wlth the franchise, and a marked im- Home and the people of Freeport. “ My Country, ’Tis of Thee” was | sung w ith band accompaniment, after , which Rev. John L. Belford of Brook lyn delivered an impressive address on ' “ Religion and P a triotism ,” in which | he touched upon the significance of the ] flag as an emblem which meant nothing without the sentim ent and principles i that accompanied its creation and itsj existence. He said that the sentim ents The Estates of Long Beach has awarded to F. T. Nesbit & Co., of No. 116 Nassau Street, a contract to build a five mile hoard-walk at Long Beach, the cost of which is approximated at $750,000. This walk will he the only one of its kind. It wlil lie construct ed on reinforced concrete piles 25 2feet , _ , , , . . xt v in length, driven into the sand. On son have returned f rom Liberty, N. Y. tiach section of piles tht.re will he a steel reinforced concrete girder, and on Last Friday about twenty-five mem-, . . , i hers of the Euchre Club and guests I |-he8e Mir(/tirs will be constructed a yel- the Deeomah High low pme boardwalk, consisting of 4x14 ’ K beams and 3-in. planking 50 feet in width. On both sides of the walk there will he constructed an ornamen tal galvanized iron railing w.ith heavy arc light poles a t intervals of 90 feet and smaller festoon poles between the larger ones will support a lineof incan descent lights. The Long Beach prop erty is being developed as an “ all-the- year” resort, and it is planned to make it a strong rival of Atlantic City. Contracts for improvements of various kinds have already,been executed, ap proximating $5v*Kio,ooo in amount. Real Estate Record and Guide. provement is noted during the evening, as it is now possible to walk around in comfort, and with an opportunity of seeing all that is going on. WANTAGH Mrs. A. E. Hunt and family are stay ing for two weeks at High Hill Beach. Albin, on account, for laying water main extensions. 'existenc e . He said th a t the sentim en ts High Hill Beach is one of the most The Treasurer was instructed to were created by God, whq created hu- popular resorts along the South Side, transfer tem p o rarily $1,600 from the man hearts, else they would never be ~ w a ter to the w a ter extension fund. there. “ I t tells m an,” he said, “ th a t Theodore N. Ripsom took a party Trustee Frank H. Stevens com -; he should not exist in the world for °f gentlemen to High Hill Beach Sat- plained that the new street lamps r e - , personal advantage and gain alone; urday last on hoard his yacht Marion, cently received and installed do not ap- that he should not e x ist alone for pleas- pear to be of the required candle pow -; ure and profit, but that he is a part of ” r - and Mrs. Ihomas I,. Seaman er. Electrician H arry A. W alling the machinery of the country in which have gone for an extended stay m the stated that the new lamps would give he lives and if necessary he is to otfer Adirondack*. considerable additional light after they h s life f( r its safety. In working out , had been in uge a short time, and the the welfare of the country he is work- tr i 'L -1'1 m' , nu,n K r ” f ing both for it and God. from whom cottagers th.s season, winch is one of and in whom he has life and being. There is a two-fold duty significant with the flag, the honoring of God and country.” Following the address of Father Bel ford, the benediction was pronounced | by Rev. William B. Farrell of Hemp- m a tter was laid over. Alexander C. Ackerman complained, that there are no street lights on Com mercial and Shonnard Avenues, for a distance of over half a mile. He was assured that the m a tter will he given I early consideration. The Board adjourned to meet Aug. the best on record. 23, one week later than usual, owing I stead, and the assemblage sangEj to the clerk being-on two weeks' vm * - [ dosing, “ Holy God, We Praise Thy *<«■» • • •' nrw .aagasi— i Rev. George Stillan of Rockville Centre will preach in the Memorial Church next Sunday ifiorning. There will be no evening service. WANTED TO BENT—From the 1st. of Sept., a six room boose near HEMPSTEAD Mrs. W alter E. Frew and Miss Hel en Frew, of 176 Fulton Avenue, left Thursday fur Northampton, Fulton Co., where they will he guests at Wickford Lodge, the summer house of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hasty. Henry M. McKay of East Fulton Avenue, who is a t Austin, Texas, is I one of the incorporators of the Texas Interurhan Company, incorporated to build a system of interurhan electric railways with Austin as the centre. The following men were elected to membership in the Nassau Republican Club’s ranks Tuesday night: C. U. ' .Stowe, John R. McLean. Wiliam An- sell. E. J . Leyser, Charles VanWick- len, Daniel I’flug. Jr., and William Driscoll. The committee in charge of the Rhode Island clambake to he held | Labor Day, reported that the affair would he held a t Hempstead Heights. A fter a trying day of nearly twelve hours in Justice C. F. G ittens’ court- > room on Friday Is it, a jury adjudged Hugh E. O’Reilly, a New York law- j yer, residing a t Wood me re, guilty of I having violated the automobile speed ^ law on Sunday, July 14, on Fulton Street, traveling over a measured one- eighth mile course in 21 seconds. The defense put up a strung fight against the conviction. * The jury did not take long to delib- erate._ Justice Gittens imposed a fine of |26, which was paid under
