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FREEPORT NEWS O u r Firemen As there seems considerable disposi tion to find fault w ith the Village Board of Fire Commissioners because our firemen are short of coats, helmets, nozzles, etc., it seems well to say em phatically th a t if the firemen do not secure all they need in the line of equipment during the coming year, the blame will belong to Chief Engineer Cozzens and not to the Fire Commis sioners. A t the last m eeting of the Board Chief Cozzens was requested to subm it a requisition of the supplies the departm ent needed, with a positive assurance th a t the money for securing same would be raised in the next tax budget. Chief Cozzens has the inter est of his firemen a t heart and will undoubtedly do his part. The Board meets to-night, at which tim e Chief Cozzens will probably pre sent his requisition in w riting for the action of the Board, which without the slghtest doubt will be favorably acted upon. And our firemen are entitled to every cents worth of supplies they get. An outsider who stands and criticises does not imagine the work of our volunteer -department. At the alarm Tuesday morning the pole of the truck of Ex celsior Hook and Ladder Company was broken and while on the way to the fire the back axle was bent; the company allowing too many comrades on the wagon, making the weight too much fo r t h e small axles. The firemen had to walk home a mile and a half, about 4 o’clock in the morning; strip the truck, take it to the blacksmith shop and go to A tlantic Avenue, nearly another mile south, for the old truck, return to the truck house and “ d ress” the old machine in readiness for anoth er alarm. It was about six o’clock when the firemen finished, after nearly three hours of work. Needless to say the gang of fire critics were not around when this was going on, nor the even ing of the same day,when another two hours was used bringing the truck back, rehanging the drop harness and shifting the apparatus. Five hours’ work in one day! This is not an ex ceptional case, only one that happened to come under our personal observation. The firemen are entitled to all the apparatus they want and they will get it! Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company is thinking of amending its by-laws so as to make the Y. W. D. A. honorary members. The Review mentioned that after the last fire a number o f ladies furnished the Excelsiors with coffee. They then promised to have the warm liquid after every alamr. They were told the next alarm would, be between two and three o’clock in the morning. They replied that they didn’t care: they would be there and when “ the Hooks” returned there was the coffee with Mrs. Nettie Wallace and Misses Hattie Peasell, Hannah Giebel and Emily Schluter waiting to serve it. The la dies are all natural firemen’s assistants, Mrs. Wallace being the wife of First Assistant Chief Wallace, Miss Peasell the daughter of ex-Chief Peasell, de- - ceased, and Misses Giebel and Schluter nieces of Assistant Foreman Schluter. While a number of the firemen were awaiting for the arrival of the old truck they were invited to a pinochle tournament at the house of Chief Wal lace, with hot coffee for all, from 4 :30 to B :80. The time for nominating officers for - the department and the various com panies ts ^drawing near. Chief Cozzens will be a candidate for re-election, while First Assistant Wallace will el** try for the office. Second As sistant Cameron will be a candidate for Firet Aewatant; there will probably be eevenU aspiranta for the office ef Second Assistant, from the compenies net bating candidates for the higher V igilant Hose Company has secured | No excuse for damp or chilly rooms. A euchre and dance was held at the F. Menendez has received a carload its new drop harness'. Telephone the Gas Company and let 1 F reeport Club House Wednesday even- of farm wagons at his repository at A meeting of the Village Board of j Trustees will be held this Friday even-; ing. them install a gas heater. ing. Bellmore To-morrow (Saturday) evening the i W ashington’s Birthday cards now on Woman’s Relief Corps will hold a sale a t the Nassau County Review i euchre in Sm ith’s Hall, 68 South M a in Stationery Store. A uniformed policeman is now on | S treet. Supper will be served from 5 | duty at the depot nights from 9 o ’clock | to 8 o ’clock. The W. C. T. U. will hold a cake until after the last train goes east. ------------- sale a t Mrs. W. G. M iller’s on Ocean -------------- W ashington’s Birthday Post Cards Avenue next Friday at 3 o’clock. z Mrs. Whitney Van Wicklen is in a now on sale at the Nassau County Re- ------------ “ hospital in M anhattan recovering from ! view Stationery Store; 2 for 5 cents. People read and answer ads. through euchre in F raternity H a ll; the proceeds the effects of an operation. | T o-morrow’s the day. There is a self-interest. The same m otive rules to be used for worthy local charities. nice variety in stock. It. I the advertiser. Both are served -both Games begin promptly at 8 :30. I profit. , - ------------- The Woman’s Home and Foreign | j Freeport Chapter, No. 302. Royal Missionary Society will have charge of j A little daughter arrived a t the home Arch Masons, was formally instituted Rev. George H. Trull, Sunday School Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of ; Foreign Missions, will preach in the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and evening. Next Wednesday evening M ystic Re- hekah Lodge will have its charity The Gas Company still have a few more heaters which will be given away to customers who apply first. It. the prayer meeting in the Presbyterian | of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fowler last jn pr0per form Tuesday evening at The Fourth Q u arterly Conference of i Church next Thursday evening. A Wednesday. Mother and daughter are their m eeting room, Odd Fellows’ Hall, doing nicely. , when the lodge received its charter from the Grand Officers, who M. in thei I n ext to the Official Board of the M. E. Church i missionary collection will he taken. will be held March 6, in the Church. | ------------ N e x t Tuesday the annual primary Mr. and Mrs. A rthur Wilson a r c ; of the People’s Party will be held at spending a few weeks at Jacksonville, ; the truck house of Excelsior Hook and Fla., and other points of interest in the | Ladder Company; polls open from 5 to South. | 8 o ’clock. The present officers will ! probably be re-nominated. A regular m eeting of the Y. W. F. -------------- M. S. of the M. E. Church will be held, This Friday evening the private sub- Bretton Hall, New York, on Friday at Misses Behrens’, M iller Place and scription dance takes place at the ‘ evening of this week. Smith Street, this evening. I F reeport Club. That it will be a dis- l tinctive social success there is no A M o ther’s Meeting of the W. C. T. The Review Stationery Store will sell a lot of penny post cards th^s w e e k ; see adv. Chas. W iseman of Orange, New Jersey, has been visiting his sisters, Mrs. Fred V e rity and Mrs. Wm. Ash down, for a few days. Jacob Post has broken ground for his store building and hall on Main Street the front will be used for stores and the hall will he in the rear, ground floor, containing about 20,000 square feet of floor space. One of the prettiest e n tertainm e n ts that has been given in Freeport was presented at the B a p tist Church on the evening of Lincoln’s Birthday, by members of the Sunday School, as- „ t -, , . , x, , elected officers to their stations, the grocery of E s tate of Nel- The Grand offieerg in charge w e re: son H. Smith. Gilody will open a jew elry store .,„.i , .. j members ot th e Sunday School, — room on W est M e rrick' Road, !.lonL f sisted by Miss Lillian Vernon W att of i New York. The program was under r. i, t . , u- , r. • X r thc direction of Mrs. F. O. Cunning- I ana L. I r a tt, Grand H igh I n e s t pf i flam and the proceeds o f the entertain- t.ie Royal Arch Masons of the S tate of | ment wcrc applied toward the p u rchase' New \ovk ; R. L., C. C. Hunt, deputy I 0f t he new i0t 0f land, grand high j n e s t ; M. h. John Palmer, grand king; M. E ...J. Harris Ralston, grand scrib e ; R. E. Albert Maxfield, grand treasurer; R. E. Edgar M. Mil- Miss Healy will attend the Potsdam Alumni banquet and reception at Mr. and Mrs. John J. Randall and Mr. doubt as the committee and patronesses | U. will he held next Monday afternoon. ler* Krand s e c retary; M. L. George W nd Mrs. E. S. Randall are spending a ! have worked zealouslv to make it an Feb. 24, at the home of Mrs. E. F. Stevens, grand chaplain ; R. E. Samuel and Mrs. vacation in Florida. have worked zealously to make it an event of special interest,. A special ; c ar will return after the dance for out Opera Hall will probably be crowded ; 0f town guests, this evening, when the annual ball of Cook, Ocean Avenue, at three o’clock. Wide Awake Engine Company will be held, tickets for which can he secured from any member of the company. Necktie and glove boxes, 10c; Da Silva’s. C. M ilburne, grand captain of host R. E. Fred W. Cutler, G. P. S . ; R. E. Mrs. Stafford, mother of Mrs. Okie ^ ouis P latt, G. R. A. C .; R. E. of Bergen Place, died at her home in Charles Sm ith, D. M. of Third V . ; E, ir i Triihcnhnpk thut uii whn Brooklyn Wednesday night after a long Percy W illard, M. of 2nd V . ; R. H. L. Trubenback says that all who interm ent in Brooklvn S a tu r - 1 -•> A. A. Adams, M. of 1st V.; Frank intend to build should g e t plans and 1 “e s s ’ int lm y ” I D. Stanley. Hteh Priest of Constitu- specifications so as to avoid law suits ! -v\ a t completion, or fire by defective i flues; see his adv. on back page of Daniel H. Bedell has purchased the Baldwin Motor W orks and moved to the Schacht property on A tlantic Ave nue. Aubrey Soper will continue the garage and repair shop on the Merrick Road. That slight throat irritation that I). Stanley , High Prie st of Constitu tion Chapter, grand sentinel. G. B. Greve has returned to his home Following the installation of the in Freeport after spending the past newly elected officers, the labor was four months in New Jersey. Mr. | dispensed with, and those present in- . . . . , , , ^ x. Greve says Freeport is good enough dulged in refreshm ents. A musical service will he held a t t h e ; for him - j The newly installed officers a re : E. — C., F. O. Cunningham, high p r iest; In Opera Hall Saturday evening ofj A. D. Barnes, king; Austin Adams, Rev. Pelham St. George ; t hjs week (W ashington’s Birthday) un- jr., scribe; A rthur Thompson, treasur- A., A. K. C., rector; Ed- der auspices of Freport Council, No. ! e r ; W. H. Sammons, secretary; Henry Review. Church of the Transfiguration, Pine St. and Long Beach Ave., Sunday at 7 :30 p. m. Bissell, M. ward S. Tehbutt, organist and choir- 57) J r 0 y A Mi| an excellent en- P. Libby, chaplain; David Sutherland, . -------- mast®r-f Phe vested choir, aided by i f.erta jlimen(. w j|i be given, the talent jr. captain of the host; John D. Gunn- causcs constant “ h a cking” or clearing i the g i r l ’s auxiliary choir, will render for which was announced in our la s t ing, principal sojourner; Thomas J. of the throat may become a serious con-1 several anthems, and the Freeport | jgsue- a handsome souvenir program Spence, royal arch c a p tain; P latt Conk- dition unless cured a t once. Chas. P. High School Orchestra will assist. ; js being prepared for the event. lin, m a s ter of the third veil; John J.dates, Smith recommends a. speedy cure in his The soloists are: Harold Goller, so- ------------- Lewis, m a ster of the second v e il ; Clin- ad in this issue. It. prano; Mr. Starr, baritone; H a rrison1 Sunday services at the F irst B a p ti s t : t°n M. Flint, m aster of the first veil; The Cantata, entitled “ The Court of the New Y e a r” was repeated by r e quest, in addition to which were r e citations and singing of patriotic se lections a p p ropriate to the day. The singing of Miss W att was g r e a t ly enjoyed by an audience that literal ly packed the church to its capacity. She has a pure and powerful soprano voice which shows the elfect of the best training and sings in a simple, un affected manner which adds to the pleasure of the audience. The proceeds were satisfactory and the only regret expresed was that the building was not better arranged to accommodate the people who came. j G unning, bass; Harry Betzig, tenor. On Friday erening Miss Laura Elli- Ail seats arc free; everybody wel- m entertained some friends at h e r ! home on Bedell St. The evening was very pleasantly spent with games and Our firemen were called out about i-_.-ons. three o’clock Tuesday morning by a fifth district fire alarm . V igilant Church are as follow s: Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by Rev. F. O. Cunningham; evening subject, “ The 4. ____ TT' ___ : ,x4? >> t-zw! Vx., William trustees William musical selecti Several handsome prizes were award ed to the successful players. Dinner was served a t half past eleven p. m., after which the guests departed, all affirming that they enjoy ed the evening immensely. Those present w e re: Misses Bea trice Ashdown. Lila Raynor, Hazel Combes and Libbie W eyant; Fred Pat- two Foci of H istory,” illustrated by liam G. M iller; three years, W illiam the stereopticon. There will also b e 1 H. Patterson. The chapter has been special music. Sunday School at 2:30 working under a dispensation since p. m. Prayer meeting on Friday even- last May, and s tarts in with a member- Hose Co., with its new drop harness, jng at 8 p. m. ' ‘ ‘ \ .... was under way, and s tarted toward a A cordial invitation is extended to all bright blaze in the n o rth, which proved .u oao to be over a mile out of the village ------------- lim its, at the residence of A. F. Bull O B I T U A R Y on Main Street. When they arrived Alpha Hook and Ladder Company of Greenwich Point was already on the Odd Fellow’s Hall was well filled Monday ex e n ing when Freeport Lodge, No. 600, 1. O. (). F ., celebrated its seventeenth anniversary. In order to make this a m o st auspicious event, the lady friends of the members were in vited, as well as the members of Mys tic Rebekah Lodge, and all prospective candi who responded in full num bers to the invitation. The hall was prettily decorated, and P. Miller, sentinel. The ! presented an attractive appearance, elected are: For one year, Following a short meeting of the H. Connell; two years, Wil- lodge, the doors were thrown open and ship of forty-five. M eetings will be held the first and third Tuesday nights of each month. A Word of Praise The efficiency of the fire dep a r tm e n t!Helland a w i v u v x y * - K , , v , “ U “ V ,T IV,,M i of Freeport was demonstrated to an I son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Golden, < unuaual recent]y at the fire I the guests comfortably seated. Interesting addresses were made by D istrict Deputy Grand M aster Bedell, of Hempstead and D istrict Deputy Grand Master John Baldwin of Baby lon, who dw elt upon the interesting features of Odd Fellowship. Under the direction of the commit- ; tee in charge, A. B. Wallace, Charles— Lawrence D., the eight-months-old terson, Fred Hunt, Theodore Bedell, job, and working hard to keep the barn Archer Street, dktl X\edius(la\ wy1jcy1 d estroyed a portion of the resi- W ilbur Rider, George Davison, Chas. , from catching on fire, in which they ; ^ uncla ^ervues wi (|unce 0f Ghar]eg g auniejster an(j dam- “ ! and'son.1\' ^ AIVh' i 1 Jordan of the M. E^ChuVcb officiating*;1 There is mourning in Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company over the untime ly death of Deputy Chief Kruger of New York, who took quite an interest in the work of the department here in general and of the Hooks in particular and materially aided them in securing their double drop harness. Chief Kruger, who was one of the most pop ular firemen in the New York Depart ment, was overcome by gas last Friday and drowned while attempting to shut off the flow of gas to prevent an ex plosion. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Heming re- Flinch for sale at the Review Sta- j cently celebrated their golden wedding ^ ' ’ Kn 1 at their home on Raynor Street. The happy bride and bridegroom of Our firemen were thanked for turning , . ^ out, but their services were not needed i m term e n t in Greenfleld Cemetery. as there was no w a ter protection and , . . . the house was about burned down when j O liver Charhck general clerk m they arrived. The other companies Island a t Far Ruck- went nearly to the fire when they met j a'vay branch died a t his home in Brook- the Vigilants returning, and Came : jya on Mont^ay agel , ^ after a ? i brief illness. Mr. Charhck, who was Mr. Bull and his family were asleep ' O16 nephew of the late Oliver Charlick, when the fire broke out, and were n o t |the first President of the L. I. R. R., awakened until the whole interior of the I waa born in, this village, where he has house was afire, and barely escaped, in numerous friends. He was for some their night clothes. I time associated with his uncle in rai - The loss was about $5000 covered by | reading matters, and later went into insurance ! the tobacco and grocery business, / e - i tiring from the latter about six years tionery Store; 60 cents. The next town interdenominational Sunday School Conference will be held at the Lawrence Church the latter part of May. The purpose of these meet ings is to awaken deeper interest in Sunday School work, and at the i last meeting held in the M. E. Church here Tuesday evening of last week, inter esting addresses were held. The devotional service was led by Rev. Edward J. Lloyd of Mineola. Rev. W. E. Schoonhoven of Rockville Centre, gave a fine and thoughtful ad dress on “ The Place of the Bible in the Work of the Sunday School.” Rev. D. A. Jordan of Freeport gave an in teresting talk on “ The Duties of the Superintertflent.” John Eckhert of Ja maica, president of the Queens and Nassau Sunday School Association, un der whose auspices the conference was held, gave fi fine talk on Sunday School work, relating some of his experiences. The question box was in charge of P. B. Bromfield o f Hempstead and he ana wared the questions so satisfactor ily to all that no discussion followed. An orehgatra, -consisting of Miss Elisabeth & Hewlett, violin; Miss An- ; Henry J. Bay fifty years ago were showered with congratulations and were the recipients of numerous handsome gifts of gold from their happy family, comprising four generations. The parlors and din ing rooms were decorated with garlands of golden ribbons, intermingled with large Vases of daffodils, jonquils aLd tulips. During the course qf the even ing the happy couple were remarried under a large golden bell of jonquils and smilax. A bounteous collation was served at midnight, at which tj#ne those present were entertained by Joseph Heming and John J. Stevenson. A stringed orchestra gave several se lections during the evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. George H. Heming, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hem ing, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Heming, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Heming, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Heming, Mrs. F. C. Heming. Joseph Heming, Masters Edwin, Willie and Georgie Heming, Mr. and Mrs. M. Merrit, Mr. and Mrs, John MarCarey, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevenson, Albert Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. John Fawcett, Mr. dhd Mrs. Frank Devlin, Mrs. E. Blackwell and William J a m t i. .-1 ago. He ha d been at the Bank Long Island for about two years. Rev. Charles Boynton The funeral of Rev. Charles Boynton, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this village, and father of Mrs. Samuel R. Smith, Mrs. A> S. Johnson, Charles Boynton, George Boynton and two other daughters, was held Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Bonyton, who was in his seventy-sixth year, had a remarkable career while in the ministry. While serving as pastor of over a mile to travel, on icy roads, and the house being consumed rapidly by the flames a t the rear and a t the roof the firemen obtained w a ter from a hy drant several hundred feet aw ay in short order, and by system atic efforts, under direction of Chief W a lter B. Cozzens, extinquished the flames and saved a good portion of the structure. — Roslyn News. Letter to J a m e s W. C h e s h ire Freeport, L. I. Dear Sir: Paint goes by gallons. There are useful and useless gallons. Useful paint is lead-zinc-and-oil with dryer and color; useless paint is whit ing, china clay, ground stone, barytes, benzine, or water. This stuff is put-in, because it is cheap, to stuff-out the paint, to make more gallons to sell; of course, the buyer doesn’t suspect, or he wouldn’t buy it. It costs as much to brush-on this useless stuff as lead-zinc-and-oil; but it loolfs like that and feels like that in the' brush; the painter doesn’t suspect it. Besides, if the owner is willing,- why should the painter object to paint- the local churdrhe became impressed : jng ^wo gallons for one? He is paid with the idea that a servant of God the day; more gallons, more days, shodld1 take no salary. He offered to more money preach the Gospel free for his congre- Average paint at full price is about gation. They would not accept it, and one-third this useless stuff; and aver- he resigned. He soon after built a age paint at $1.25 or $1.50 or $1.75 a house on'M ain Street, forming the ganon j8 two-thirds trash. Fool paint brick of oyster shetys and lime in an ; ja proper name for all but pure oven he built on the premises. He pajn^. ^ is ma(ie to fool people with, did most o f the‘carpenter work .on the ‘ Knave paint is another good name; it hous'd, which is one o f the best built on j jg m8de, of course, by knaves. Sick Long Island. After hia .retirement ’ pajnt a name for an honest weak from the pulpit he engaged in mission-1 pajnt. They are all weak and all ary work, traveling to Bermuda and extravagant; too many gallons to buy other foreign places. A few years ago a D C j t o o many gallons t o brush on. he aided a number of Boer War pris oners, who had been incarcerated in Bermuda, to get to their homea. The dsnaitd waa poapeesed of e strong Christian character, generous and genial nature, *»d waa highly esteem- Devoe is the standard Yours truly, % F. W. Devoe A Co. P. S. C. Milton Foreman sella our paint. and Sylvester P. Shea, the fol lowing program was then presented: Scotch ballads, Miss Estelle V. Rich ardson ; humorisms, Thomas Dobson; The Human Violin, J . Wallace Mackay; musical monologue, Miss May Maxon. >- These artists excelled themselves and were heartily encored. . , C. Wesley Golden, Noble Grand, was called upon and spoke of the work that is being done by the lodge, following which S. Foster Sprague, the oldest; Past Grand and the first Noble Grand of the Lodge, delivered an address. Freeport Lodge was organized with sixteen charter members, of which number thirteen are still members of the lodge; one charter member has died, and two have withdrawn. The lodge at the present tim e-niyh- hers 169 active members in good stand ing, and is in a most flourishing con dition. The present elected officers of the lodge are: Noble Grand, C. Wealey Golden; vice-grand, William S. Mer rill; secretary, Miles S. Rhodes; finan cial secretary, A. B. Wallace; treaaur- ’ er, Sylvester P. Shea. 1 F r e e p o r t People With Chronic Coughs Need Vinol. Stops the Cough and Cures the Cause. ■ This is the season for coughs and colds, and\ for the benefit o f Fi people your local druggist, Ti Johnston, offers you the best for a cure. You should take Vinol, our real liver preparation without oil. It not upset the stomach like cough and it is much more effective. VI is not a palliative but a curative. This is because Vinol contains in highly concentrated form all healing, strength creating and nal elements of qpd liver oil, taken from fresh cods’ lievrs, with the useless, nauseating oil elita and tonic iron added. It tastes and cannot upset the weakest hence its wonderful pewer to i We ask every person in Freeport i has a chronic cough or hard eotd to Vinol on our guarantee. TboeMi ston. Druggist, Freeport, N. Y.