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FREEPORT NEWS The higher grades in the school so overcrowded th a t it will soon are soon be The regular m eeting of the Village 1 necessary to engage rooms outside Board of Trustees will be held this F r i- 1 the sch°o1 building. An extra school day evening. * i or an addition to the present building ------------- must soon again be considered. Misses Edna Eldridge and Florence M iller have been spending a?short va cation from H ackcttstow n C. C. I. with tjieir parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Robertson, who have been spending several months in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, have return ed to their home on Smith St. Owing to inability to secure the hall on or about the date planned Alpha Council was obliged to postpone its en tertainm e n t “ A Rice Pudding” which will, however, be given later in the season. The regular May m eeting of the Im provement Society of the Presbyter ian Church will be held Wednesday at the chapel from 2 to 5 p. m. Mem bers are invited to come and bring their sewing. The Woman’s Relief Corps will con duct an entertainm e n t and dance in John Halliday, while moving a hotise i across the trolley tracks just north of ; Seaman Avenue, got in a dispute with the trolley company as to his right to cross their track. During tjje contro versy between the superintendents of the trolley company and Mr. Halliday the latter was hit - in the head by an iron bar in the hands of, an Italian em ployee of the company. Counselor Ed wards, who was appealed to to look af ter Halliday’s welfare, says he has affidavits from witnesses th a t the Italian acted under orders from his su periors. There has been “ bad blood” between the company and Halliday for some tim e. Tho company claims no pne has a right to cross and obstruct their tracks without Jheir permission fo% which they want a $25 balm, owing to the inconvenience to their passengers having to transfer from one car to another at either side of the point of obstruction. Now is the tim e to plant dahlias, i Mrs. Charles W. Bedell and famliy See adv. of Mr. Heming, who has the have moved to corner Bay view Avenue best that grow. and Archer Street. The new hotel built by John J„ Ran dall at the head of Randall Bay is n e ar ly completed. Work has been started on the hand some club house for the South Shore Yacht Club. Miss Frances Shief of Brooklyn is' visiting her friend Miss Florence' Wulff on Henry Street for a few weeks. I Rev. Robert Wasson, a former pas tor of the M. E. Church, died at his home in Brooklyn Thursday morning, aged 72 years. The opening game of the Freeport Club baseball team is to be played Decoration Day. The members are busily practicing. Board of Trade Fraternity Hall was well filled with women Wednesday evening when a special ladies’ night of the Freeport Board of Trade was held. Considerable business was disposed of before the so cial features of the evening were taken up, including the adoption of resolution thanking Charles A. Sigmond for im proving the grounds opposite and north of the railroad station, which he has , made into a park at his own expense, I and requesting Senator Burr to support The Freeport Fire D epartm ent will i anti-race-track gambling bill when Opera Hall Wednesday evening, May j ^one after their last car goes north at 29, when the two-act drama, On his night. Fortunately our village and During the heavy storm last week the roof was blown off the judges’ | stand at the Hempstead Ray Yacht Club. • Rev. Charles H. Scholey will be i n - ' stalled as pastor of the Presbtyerian j Church Sunday evening, May 24, with appropriate ceremonies. Oliver Losea, a carpenter of th i s ! village, while engaged in working on i a house he is building for himself and family, met with an accident Monday, which destroyed the sight of his right I eye. A piece of tim b e r fell upon him They also want the work j and struck the eyeball in such a way that the m b was made sightless. We presume the drinking fountain in front of Fulton’s will soon be put in operation for the Summer. Roy Miller and Jesse Ryerson, who have been South all W inter, have re turned to Freeport for the Summer months. ' hold a week’s fair commencing July 20. The firemen are in need of money and are entitled to your help, later. Particulars Last Legs, ” will W antagh talent. be presented by The thirty-seventh annual convention town authorities are men of s tr ict fidel ity, and standing by the people’s rights, gave Halliday permission to cross the tracks after due notice to the of the Queens and Nassau Sunday ™ a n ^ ^s to when he^intenT- School Association will be held at the , t , ,, , w nre-um _ th „ M. E. Church. Lawrence, next Thura- | \clin'ed Z time day. May 21. The afternoon session will commence a t 2:30 o’clock; even ing at 8 o ’clock ; collation at 5:30 to 7 o’clock. Rev. Stanley W. Roberts of Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. City, who has preashed in the B a p tist Church fre quently of late, will begin next Sunday to act as special supply for an indefinite period, preaching morning and even ing. All who have heard Mr. Roberts have been greatly pleased not only w ith his preaching but with his person- to question still further the right of I any Board to give such permission af ter allowing them to lay trolley tracks. While H alliday’s skull was not frac tured he is in a precarious condition i and his recovery to his right mind is doubtful. The Italian was held under $5000 bail, roadm aster Jam es VanNostrand and Superintendent Jam es Kineon un- i d e r $1000 each, for examiniation, which will be held before Justice Ta te m Saturday morning. ality. All friends of the church are invited to come and hear and meet him *'J\ Church Notes and help to make successful his efforts Rev. W. A. Richard will be out of for good here in Freeport. town over Sunday attending the ses- Sunday School as usual on Sunday af- sion of the General Conference of the ternoon at 2 :30; p rayer meeting Friday Methodist Episcopal Church in Balti- a t eight o’clock. i more. This pulpit will be filled by -------------------------- I Rev. O. R. Miller. A few May Ladies’ Home Journals left a t the Nassau County Review Stationery Store. Now is the tim e to think of paint ing and decorating; see L. Komestick’s adv. in the Review this week. A valuable piece of real estate in , Freeport is to be sold at auction by C. •45. Powell, auctioneer; see adv. Geotge H. Wicks, for several months proprietor of the M anhattan House and Cafe, died Monday morning after a short illness. Funeral services were held Thursday morning. Plans and specifications are pleted for a third story to Henry H a rm ’s building, corner Main and Pine Streets. H. L. Trubenback is the architect. The Imperial Hotel, sold under fore closure last week, by W illiam S. Hall, Town Treasurer, holder of the first mortgage, was bought in for $15,500. The building probably cost $30,000. The Roosevelt Board of Trade has been incorporated! w ith the Secretary of State, with the following as directors for the first y e a r : E. D. Seabury, Charles Edwards, Chrales E. White- house, Garland Gaden, Frank A. Wood, J. F. Best, Conrad Gaenger, Frederick Mollineaux and Charles DeLap of sohn’s “ E lijah,” with a full orchestra Roosevelt and John J. Taylor and Wil- and some of the best soloists from the liam P. Jones of Freeport. i city. it comes before the Legislature again. It was also voted th a t the senator; and assemblymaft Miller be urged to j support the bill to place the telegraph ; and telephone systems of the State un- j der the control of the Public Service | Commission. When the\ business session was over the Rev. George Thomas Dowling, D. i j D., rector of St. Jam e s Episcopal j Church, delivered his lecture ‘‘T h e : com- I Good Old Tim es.” It was an interest ing and instructive talk and was well i |received. This closes the series of lectures; that have been delivered under the au- ; spices of the Freeport Board of Trade, \ i through the courtesy of President Fos-1 i ter, during the past season. | At the next meeting on Wedenesday j evening, June 10, the annual smoker j of the board will be held in conjunction : ' with the annual election of officers. BELLMORE A valuable work horse belonging to Chas. Russell died Monday night. Daniel VanNostrand has opened the hotel formerly run by Wm. Fountain. Frank Roberts has broken ground for the erection of a residence on Oak Street. Advance Hook, Ladder and Engine Co. will give a supper and dance in their Hall Wednesday evening. May 27. Music by W reith’s orchestra. A social will be held in the M. E. parsonage next Wednesday evening. May 20, under the auspices of the La dies’ Aid Society. Proceeds are for a new carpet. A great musical treat will be given by the Freeport Choral Society in the M. E. Church next Tuesday evening, when the society will render Mendels- A rrangem ents have been made for a Union Memorial Day service of the Sunday Schools to be held in the M. E. Church, Sunday afternoon, May 24. New magazines received at the Nas sau County Review Stationery S to r e : New Idea, Delineator, Designer, Peo ple’s, Popular, Motor Boat, Pictorial The Grand Army of the Republic, Review, Circle, House Beautiful, Corps No. 527; the Woman’s Relief Yachting, Argosy, Ainslees. C o rps; and perhaps other organizations -------------- ----- - will be present. An address will be ! The Friday Knights Club met a t the given by the pastor. Rev. W. A. Rich- home of Miss Dorlon Friday evening; ard, and other appropriate exercises much amusement was caused by a will have place on the program. The millinery contest between the gentle- junior Epworlh League will furnish men. The prize went to Mr. Denton If you think of moving away and w a n t to dispose of your furniture quick- L. I., ■om a kitchen chair to a furnished hotel, and paj>-spot cash. It ly, Chas. S. Powell, of Freeport, 1. will buy it. He buys anything frc The Bell more Juniors defeated a team from Amityville on their own grounds last Saturday morning by the score of 17 to <3. Next Saturday the two team s will cross bats at Bellmore. Saturday the 23rd, the Juniors will play the Amitvyille High School team. BALDWIN W. K. Andrews and son have remov ed to Brooklyn. Miss H e n riettta Hutcheson of Blair Academy is home for a few days. A little son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wolfe Wednesday. SEAFORD, Mrs. M. J. Vooris is visiting her sister, Mrs. Underhill, at Am ityville. W ilbur Hendrickson of Brooklyn has been visiting friends in the village. Mrs. A. R. Fullarton of Montclair, N. J ., is visiting her parents, Mr. and button-hole bouquets for the veterans, for the best trimmed hat and Miss Bet- Mrs. Richard Mott. Chas. Jaggs will remove his shoe store to the building now occupied l>y J. D. Kiefer, oi^ May 1; Main St., Freeport. Have you a stove you want Chas. S. Powell, Freeport, L. buy it and pay you cash. to sell? I., will It Ladies desiring fine dressmaking should read the adv. of Mrs. J. Flack Best in the Review, and give her an ^arly call. There are apt to be hidden dangers a ll about you, even in your own home. Sm ith & Bedell’s ad. in this issue tells how to avoid them. It. Post cards of the wrecked steam er P e ter Rickmers a s she looked after she struck a t Short Beach are op sale a t the Nassau County Review Station ery ^Store. R. ,Smit A^thifr An old chair can be refinished and made to match other furniture by ap plying one coat o f Campbell’s Varnish Stain. Anyone can use it and do good work. Ross & Randall Co. sells it. It. Letter to Hon. Edgar Jackson Baldwin, L. I. Dear Six: The wear of paint goes j by gallons; the less gallon paint wears ~ longest. The reason, of course, is its strength. It takes less gallons, be- cause it is strong; it wears a long time, because it is strong. It is all paint and the strongest paint. There is a best paint among all paints No two are alike or wear alike. One is thin, another is thick; one has too much zinc, another is r igh t The right is Devoe, so far as is y et known. Per haps somebody else will find out a bet ter paint than Devoe; then Devoe Will become a more gallons paint a costlier paint, a weaker paint a less durable paint a less economical paint a timid paint Bigger changes than that have come over the world. Devoe has the jead, why should we lose it to somebody else? , Yours truly, F. W. DEVOE A GO. P. S. C. Milton Foreman Bella our Sunday evening a union service, to which all the residents of Freeport are invited, will be held at 7 :30 o’clock in the interest of some national reform measures in general but in particular to express and create sentim ent in ; favor of the anti-race-track gambling ! law now before the Senate. The meet- , ing will be addressed by Rev. O. R. j Miller, Field Secretary of the Interna- i tional Reform Bureau of Washington, ! D. C. Rev. Mr. Miller, though a young man, has spent several years a! Washington, working with Dr. W. F. Crafts, and has^traveled throughout the country, to secure the passage of good laws along all lines of moral reform. He is fam iliar With the great victories won in Congress in recent years bear ing on temperance. Sabbath obser vance, divorce, polygamy, gambling, , opium, etc., and is a very interesting | and effective platform speaker. It j will be a privilege to hear him. i Last Wednesday evening a recep tion was tendered Dr. W. A. Richard, the new pastor of the M. E. Church, and Mrs. Richard, by the congregation and friends of the church. Although the w eather was unfavorable there was a large gathering, and a pleasant time was had. The program opened with singing “ Blest be the Tie th a t Binds,” followed by prayer by Rev. H. D. Munson of the Hempstead M. E. Church. Addresses of welcome were made by Wm. G. Miller for the Official Board and Ladies’ Aid Society, Hiram ith for the Sunday School, and W hitehouse for the Epworth Mrs. Wm. GL Miller, also c behalf of the Ladies’ Aid Society, r< cited an “ o riginal Freeport poem, which elected much applause. Dr. Munson made an address of wel come on behalf o f the clergy of Nas sau Co. In well *chosen words, Dr. Richard made an appropriate reply. Then followed an hour of sociability, during which ice cream and cake were servedjby the Indies. ------ ------ ; zig was voted as leaving the most be- W ithout informing the teachers or coming one. A very pleasant evening pupils Chief W allace went to the was spent. Those present were Misses school building at the corner of Grove Betzig, Chapman, Dorlon, M. and G. and Pine Streets on Tuesday afternoqp Dusenburg, Eldridge, Hibbard and and he and Principal Barnes imme- M iller; Messsr. Chapman, Denton, diately sounded the fire alarm for emp- Earle, McCary. Exam inations detained tying the school building of pupils and ! o ther gentlemen of the club, teachers. The building was entirely | The next m eeting will be held at the emptied in one minute and ten seconds, ! home of Miss Hibbard Friday evening, thus showing the efficiency of the fire drill. As soon as the alarm sounded two boys from each of the rooms near est the exit rushed to and opened the doors, holding them open until every body had passed out. From the tim e the alarm was given until the pupils and teachers were back in their room again was but a little more than three minutes. May 22. C o m p lim e n tary R e s o lu t io n s Following is the report of the Com m ittee on Resolutions of the Teachers’ Institute held here last week : Nassau County, N. Y., May 8, 1908. Your committee on resolutions re spectfully submits the following re port: ^ , _ __ . _ , j W hereas the teachers of Nassau the departm e n t passed at last Friday’s ; County in i n s titute assembled a t Free- meeting of the fire department, C h ief; The little son of Mr. and Mrs. John H e rbert received severe injuries from a fall Saturday. He was removed to Wililam Beniston and family are now occupying their cottage here for the Summer. Chas. Jaggs will remove his shoe store to the building now occupied by J. D. Kiefer, on May J; Main St., Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Condit spent Sunday and Monday w ith friends in Brooklyn. Miss W inifred Fortesque-Qole sta r t ed Monday for a visit w ith friends at Canton, Ohio. The Unity dance in the'hall Wednes- Nassau Hospital, where an operation j day evening was very successful, the In accordance with the resolution of W allace has appointed the following general committee%f arrangem e n ts for the departm e n t f a i r : Chief Wallace, A ssistant Chiefs Cameron and VanRi- per, ex-officio; Henry C. Schluter, Jesse F. Bedell, Robert G. Anderson of Ex celsior Hook and Ladder Company; port, feel that the week spent here has Alexander C. Ackerman, Charles ! ‘f‘\r V is'interesT in the public Schneiker, Jam es Hanse of Wide Awake Engine C o .; Sylvester P. Shea, A. Jam e s Cronly, Fred W. Greaves of ; Thnmnsnn of ntir l a t i t u d e tn him for pany. See S. P. P e t t i t ’s adv. of real estate and household furniture, also automo bile, for sale, at Rockville Centre. Chas. Jaggs has removed his shoe store to the building formerly occupied by J. D. Kiefer, Main St., Freeport. t J»toV f c c ' . • . i All those goods you have stored in the attic grow less valuable every day. Why not turn them into cash? Write to Chas. 8. Powell, Freeport, L. I. He will buy anything you nave and you epot cash. ___ ■ i pey It been especially profitable and instruc tive to all, therefore be it resolved that We extend our sincere apppreciation to Dr. James S. Cooley, the school commissioner, for his efforts in our be half net only at this institute but also schools of this county at all times. Also that we assure Conductor J. M. £ . uames vromy, rreu w. ureaves oi ; Thomp80n 0f our gratitude to ' ‘ \ Ever Ready Hose Company; Cornelius ^ painstaking interest in arranging Braren, Walter B. Cozzens John D. ! for U8 a 8cheduie 0f work so thorough Gunning of Vigilant Hose Company ; l and ao fitting to the needs of the Arthur P. Lewis, Walter h ullagar, teachers of this county and in bring- A jfh.e Verity of Bay View Htwe^Gom- ; jng ^ U8 8UCh a competent and inspir ing corps of instructors. We hope to have Mr. Thompson with us again in the near future. Also that, realizing the task of ac comodating such a number pf teachers has been cheerfully done by Principal A. E. Barnes and the faculty and the Board o f Education of Freeport, we ex press our hearty thanks to them. Also to the local clergy for their kind administrations; to the towns people for the entertainment of Mon- C. i day night; to the Freeport Club for its i cordial welcome at the reception Wed nesday night; and to all for the many courtesies extended throughout the en tice week. Further, we would commend the general spirit of good feeling and co operation so manifestly existing among the teachers of this county. Signed by the Committee on Resolutions: Arthur B. Vossler, Chairman, H. H. Chapman, W. S. Covert, Miss G. T. Austin. Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 an in teresting game of baseball will be played at Freeeport Athletic Park, be tween the Married Men of Freeport and the Married Men of Rockville Centre. The teams will be made up as follow s: Freeport— S. P. Shea, s . s . ; C. E. Mackay c . f . ; Leo Fishel, p . ; J. Mun- zinger, c . ; Paul Campbell, lb . ; G. B. Underhill, 2b .; Jack Lynch, 3b. M. Pulver, r . f . ; C. E. lMack, l.f. Rockville Centre ■— Mauley Dunn, 3b.; D. Longnecker, c . ; Howard Tut- hill, lb . ; Geo. A. Powers, c . f . ; J. Fred White, l . f . ; Henry DeMott, r . f . ; Tom Thorpe, 2b .; L. Abrams, s . s . ; Elmer Quinn, p. Umpires—F. H. Stevens of Free port and Dr. J. E. Hutchinson of Rock ville Centre. George Roeckel, the well known base-ball sport, will sell peanuts. The proceeds of this event are for Nassau Hospital, and everyone should purchase a ticket at least was performed but the doctors there ex press little hope of his recovery. The last regular meeting of the La dies’ Aid Society of the M. E. Church with Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Thomas was well attended. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Wesley Sprague next Tuesday at 2:30 P. M., at which arrangem e n ts will be completed for a straw b erry festival to be held May 28 at the chapel under the auspices of Mrs. E. E. Acker for benefit of the Society. Because of the stormy weather Thursday night the reception do Rev. Wm. D. Tuckey the new pastor of the M. E. Church, was held Friday night. Ice cream and cake served by the young ladies of the Epworth League and Sunday School fom wed an inter esting program consisting of piano so los by Mrs. J . Schmidt, addresses by C. H. Southard for the Church, Fran k s W. Miller for the Epworth League, Edward Sprague for the Sunday School and Home Dept., Mrs. Wm. Stoothoff for Ladies’ Aid, and a talk by the pastor. ■» Dr. Geo. G. Kelley, V. S., is still with the Freeport Veterinary Hospital a t Tfi N. Main S t .; tel., 160-1*1; spavins, curbs and splints treated while the animal works. tf. A fter the regt \ ir business meeting of the Woman’s Advance Club at its M a j meeting at the home of the pres ident on Monday afternoon the follow ing program was provided by the com m ittee in charge: Piano Solo, Miss Mavis Ross of Rock ville C e n tre; duet, Mrs. Ross and Miss Ross; humorous clippings read by sev eral members; reading “ Her H a t” from Youth’s Companion,by Mrs. Rob ert L. S m ith; verses on “ How I earn ed a Dollar,” Miss M. S h e r e r ; reading, “ He Had No Show,” by Miss S. Scher er. Particularly interesting was Mrs. best of weather the crowd. serving to increase Revival services are being continued in the M. E. Church this week, with a gradually increasing attendance and interest. This Saturday evenU^r Rev. Gibson of Bellmore will occupy the pulpit. imerv hou*^. incr of *the the WANTAGH A suprise party was tendered Fred Schaardt, Sr., on Friday night last. The K ing’s Daughters held a m eet ing at the home of Mrs. W arren Jam es on Tuesday. The annual meeting of the Memorial Church will bfc held in the church next Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis and family of Brooklyn have returned to their Summerv hot A m eetin g o f l teachers of the Sunday School was held at the parson age Monday night, when preparations were made for Children’s Sunday. Chas. Jaggs has removed his shoe store to the building formerly occupied by J . D. Kiefer, Main St., Freeport. Very complimentary to “ Wantagh talent” is the fact that they have been engaged by the Woman’s Relief Corps of Freeport to present their drama, “ On His Last Legs” at Opera Hall Freeport, on Wednesday even! May 27. 1 An entertainm e n t will be given un der the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid So ciety of the Memorial Church next Thursday in U ltsch’s Hall, to consist of music, tabeaux and farce entitled ‘‘A Happy P a ir ” by Mrs. Bagnall of Amityville, assisted by local talent. Hallr Mrs. F. Semps was struck and inv stantly killed by the west bound express train from A m agansett Wednesday morning. She was crossing the ralL • road track when the fast express train, which ordinarily does not stop between Babylon and Jam aica, struck her and her body was mangled under the wheels. The train was run by Con- which members are requested to bring1 ductor Olin and Engineer Edward Mur- friends. j phy. • j Hawkins’ rendering of “ Love Letters of Sm ith” by Henry Cuyler Burner; the original papers of Mrs. Acker on “ The Name of Our Club” and “ The March of Spring,” by Mrs. Rose, de- seiwe special mention and were heart ily applauded. The June meeting at the home of Mrs. Mott will be a social affair to
