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Vol. XVII F REEPORT, N. V., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1912 No. 15 F R E E P O R T N E W S Singli1 copies of the R view for sale at Orei nlilatt's, Railroad Ave.; Kiefer's, Reyiew OHlce, I n'ilv a ’s. and (Johetz’s, Fonth Mam St.; and DaSilva’s West Merriek Road, Free|)ort. tt. IIIGHWATER TIDE TARLE (Governor’s Island, which is as near this locality as can he secured) Friday, Feb. 9, 1 :2l a. m. Saturday, 10, 2 :32 a. rn. Sunday, 11, 3 :57 a. m. Monday, 12. 6 :()0 a. m. Tuesday, 13, 5 :54 a. m. Wedne.-day, 14, 6 -44 a. m. Thursday, 15, 7 :04 a. in. Friday, 10. 7 :38 p. rn. Saturday, 17, 7 :51 p. m. The wine and liquor store of H. H. Hagan & Co. has been closed. II. J. Ray more was elected an active member of the Musicians’ Club of New York City last week. A new baby boy is stopping at the home of Mr. apd Mrs. Walter J. Moore on East Milton Street. Freeport’s Veteran Policemen Mr. and Mrs. Cadman H. Fredericks are enjoying a trip to California. They will be away until about March Two men, who, as officers in the ] o. New York Police Department became ------------- warm ftiends in their close associa- Howard Teas is leader fcr the Young tions of several years ago, are nowi People’s meeting Sunday night in the residents of Freeport. 1 hey came in Presbyterian Church ; subject, \The dependency, and each was surprised Christian Virtues I I . \ to Imd th t the other man was living W’erncr Nygren started im ness trip to Canada on evening. He w ill be gone weeks. a busi- Wednesd ay about two 1 The regular meeting of the Freeport Board of Trade will be held next VVed- I nesday evening at Fraternity Hull. Next Monday being a holiday, this oflice will he closed all day. '1 he Post | Office w ill be open from 7 to 0 :30 in the morning. Mrs. Forrest Dunbar will pi tertain the Mothers’ Club at a euchre and domino at her home, Wednesday after noon, February 21. Plans are being carried out for the masquerade ball under the auspices of 11 use Company No. 1. in Sigmund (>p era House on Wednesday e vt ninu', Feb ruary 21 (Washington’s Birthday Eve.) The members of the committee are working hard to make tins affair suc cessful, and will present prizes for tin* handsome and grotesque costumes. The committee in charge are F. Harold Loonam, chairman ; J. W. Fitzpatrick, ! he Cong Island Letter ( a rr iers secretary and treasurer ; Rufus Rhodes, Association met at the Anchorage Edward Iryon and William Bedell. Sunday. Nearly all of the members attended and a dinner was enjoy- ; Thomas A. Martin, jr., of East Ave- Charles Georgens, who was injured two weeks ago, is rapidly improving and it is expected that he will be ou* within a week. Fred Ortell and A'vin G. Smith have formed a partnership and will continue in ti e real e s tate and insurance i usi- ncss in the same oflice formerly occu pied by Ortell & Lucas. in this South Shore village. '1 he two ex-policemen are Captain Andrew J. Thomas, who was made a captain by Police t ommissiuner Theodore Roose velt, and Lieutenant Charles A. I ark- erson, who served in Manhattan pre cincts first as patrolman, later as ser geant, and still later as captain and sergeant respectively. About 'en years ago Lieutenant Parkersnn retired from the police force and with his family moved out to Freeport. He lost sight of Ins former captain, a - d did not ever hear of him again until one day, while walking along Main Street, this village, he was surprised to see his superior of the police days. Parkersnn, w hose respect for the elderly captain is very deep, recDgnized him at once. Approacl i >g him, he touched the captain on the shoulder. \ W h a t are you doing here, c a p t a i n ? \ as1 • d Lieutenant Parkersnn. \ I:ere to spend the rest of my d i\ -. \ was the reply. \ I am up into t..v 7u’s, my boy, and I want to get some of this good ozone into, my lungs until it's time for me to ‘shake this mortal coil.’ ” On Monday, Feb. 12. the Peerless Bowling Club of Freepcrt tackles the fast Sago Bowling Club of Valley Stream at Valley Stream. While driving alerg Vain Street, near Olive Boulevard, Wednesday uf ternoon, John Post's herse si ] | ed and fell. After ui f a n ess i: g the ati i al it wa«- assisted to its feet t v a r u n her of men who had gathered a* ut. Saturday a t . ut 1 p. m. the firemen were called t South M am Street w in re there1 w a- a t aze i the I i me of Mrs. Wulfurst Archet The fire was flue and the dan age .# t - '. mated at about .-'25. The third in the series of Dickens i - by Miss A . will bi given at the home of Mr-. H n r n 0 i lock, 7b W . M e r r u k I; \ February 19. The n i u : U i- • t> i estn g talk will be \D a v i d t ■; j. ■. r - field. ’ Siginond's Opera House wa- Wednesday evening when 1L se ed before the business session’ The L. C. Club entertained their husbands and gentlemen friends at the home of Mrs. E. S. Randall, on Tues day evening. Dominoes, other games and refreshments were enjoyed. has given up the Brooklyn advertis- otfice on E. V. Baldwin, who his reporting wuik on Times, will still continue his ing and typewriter supply Brooklyn Avenue. Rand W. Sutherland, formerly con nected with the Brooklyn Eagle in Freeport, has secured the position as representative of the Brooklyn Times, filling the vacancy caused by the r e s i g nation of E. V. Baldwin. Edward Rice will start tomorrow for West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is connected witti Willet G. Smith in the erection of several houses. He will be gone about th.ee weeks. Mr. Rice will make the trip by rail. Cinderella a t the Crystal Wednesday, Feb. 14. It The following up-to-date business people of Freeport are enjoying the i)<melits of Reflex gas l i g h t : H. C. Schluter Elmer Smith A. Levy & Son Murray Bios. Columbian Brass Foundry Ed. Seaman R. C. Werner F. W. Conrader J. Williams F. CassassS Max Stockman Ctias. Schneider F. DeMott Geo. Florenzie M. Brockman L. Barker W. Greenblatt If we can satisfy them, why can’t we satisfy you? Nassau & Suffolk nue has again captured a number of prizes with his pet cavies. This time it was at the sixteenth annual exhibi tion of the Boston Poultry Association held last week. Out of 8 entries Mr. Martin won 6 prizes, two blue ribbons, 1 red and three yt How ribbons. They were as follows; First on ary solid color Abyssinian, including 1 white brood and any broken color Abyssiniaw sow; second on any solid color Abys sinian, including white ju n i o r ; thirds cn any solid color Abyssinian, includ ing white in each boar, sow and junior classes. Mr. Martin is highly pleased with the results. The February meeting of the Arts Club was held with Mrs. Win. Fore man, South Ocean Ave., on Monday afternoon. The topic was Philanthro py, and Miss Irene L. Van Riper was chairman of tie day. The program was as follows: \ Welcome Pretty Prim r o s e , \ Fhilo- fnel Quartet. True Benevolence and how it inspired Peter Cooper to i r e c t Cooper Union, Miss Irene L. Van Riper. The Unemployed, Mrs. T. 11. Evans. \ T a t t e r s , \ Old English Song, Mrs. A. N. Jonnson. Charles Dickens, the author who in cited the spirit of Philanthropy, Mrs. G. P. Bergen. Modern English Philanthropy, Miss Nina B. Humphrey. \Snowflakes Philomel Quartet. Work among the Blind, Miss Annie Eldridge. Red Cross Movement, Mrs. A. N. Johnson. “ The Good S a m a r i t a n , \ Miss Nina B. Humphrey. Attitude of the Wealthy in Regard to Philanthropy. Mrs. Gardener T. Wade. \T h e Night has a Thousand Eyes,\ Philomel Quartet. A pany No. 4 held their moving picture T lie two men went to Captain thorn- . . , „ , . , . ,, , , , entertainment, ai d the pr ceei.s as home where they talked over old gratifying. Sixty per cent of the net pri ceeds goes to the company's treas ury, while the other forty per cent gens to Mr. Meeson, who gave the en tertainment. times, recalling their associations in the days of \ the best police head New York has ever had, \ as Captain Thom as calls Colonel Roosevelt. Captain Thomas has made consider able money in sk illful investing, and lives in a handsome home on South Bergen Place. lives at 67 Pearsall Avenue. They meet daily now, in their leisure mo ments in the clubrooms on Railroad Avenue, where both men enjoy their games of eribbage. They are always partners and they win a majority of 3,876 for Freeport, their games, too. ' -------------- Captain Thomas is as widely known ' The prize bowlers at DeMott's and in police circles as any man who has their scutes fur last week w e r e : First, worn the brass and blue. He joined John Kubel, 236; second, P. W. Post, Metioplitan force in the 70’s, tie- n\ ‘ • “ 1 lv . . ................ . A report has been received r f the number of Red Cross Seals sc Id in the Lieutenant Parkersnn village during the last holiday season. total was 2,1 62, of which Kiefer’s sold 1,614 and I. DaSilva is second on the list. In the villages of Baldwin, Roosevelt and Smithville South 176 wore sold. Last year the total was the ing assigned to the Twenty-ninth pre- cdict, w hich was in the old Tenderloin section. The precinct is now in the Ninteenth. He was serving here as a patrolman, when Charles Parkerson was made a patrolman-on February 23, 1878. The two men together ex perienced some hardships and also some narrow escapes from death. Captain Thomas was made a roundsman and after serving in this capacity for four months was maae a sergeant, fur efficient police wi rk. In the meantime he s e p a rated from I'arkerson, As a s ergeant, however, he was sent to the West Twentieth Street station, where he met Parkerson, who had also been promoted to the same rank. The men served side by side togeiher once more until Thomas wa- transferred to the Essex market court by Superin tendent Thomas Brynes. Chairman Roosevelt of the Police Board, who knew the sergeant well, sent for him and told him he intended to make him captain. 234; third, W. Anderson, 222. Dock pin prizes won by E. Paulson, 111. and U. Preziosi 109. This week, first, D. Ferrara, 256 ; second, E. Raynor, 229; third B. Snith, 225. Duck pins, P. W. Post, 124; and J o e F liy, 124. A union meeting of Jr. O. U. A. M. Councils was held in Mechanics’ Hall Wednesday evening under the auspices of Freeport Council, No. 57. Special National Deputy Brown of Brooklyn was pre-ent. as were dele ations from Rockville Centre, Lyrbrock, in wood, Springfield, Staten Island, t ' y - t e r Bay, Hempstead, Glen Cove, Itoslyn and Arnityville Councils. Speaking of Tides 1 am trying to make the \ R e v i e w \ a paper you will want to read each week. The latest addition is th.e tin e table, showing time of high tide each day for the week, which we intend running on this page each week.—\N a s s a u Coun ty Review.\ The Editor of “ The H e r a l d \ pre sents his compliments to the Editor of 1 want you to gc down to the West Twentieth Street station and enforce the excise law there rigidly,\ said Mr. th6 \ Review and begs to say that he Roosevelt. pored over said tide table with pro- The captain had many friends there, found interested. It is entitled \H i g h Be prepared for coughs and prepared Lighting Co., F reeport Hempstead, ^und\ advice ‘n S m h ^ & B ^ d e l F s ^ r It but he went down ami his work pleased Water T e ^ le for ^t0k^ rnB0t,r^ , lg8!' Rockville Centre, Mmeola, Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt. He was later trans- *nd. He therefore meekly suggests I t v • ut. , .. ferred to the West Sixty-eighth Street that it be supplemented with the tide our neig tors are reai ing > e station, where he was superior in com- table for Halifax, Nova Scotia. By Ask them bow mimd 0Ver his quondam side-partner, s triking an average between them, an I Parkerson. working out the ditTerent calculus with Church Notes \Long Suffering, a fault of the Spirit,\ will be the pastor's subject at the murriv.g service in the Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday. At 7:30 p. m. he *11 speak on \T h e Spirit of Abraham Lincoln.\ At the Shell !s and Mission Pastor J. Whitehurst will conduct Sunday School and teach the Bible lesaon with the aid uf a large chart, giving a birds- eye view of the life of Jesus the Christ, every Sunday at 2:30, and will preach a t 7 .30 in the evening. Pray er meeting a t 7 :3d Wednesday even ing. tin 1 singing and | lain teaching will characterize every service. Sub- j ct oi Su ia> • ght, \H o w Jesus sfi k - and sav i - t be* .tilled , Local Topics I By the Editor) I In this issue we publish a letter from Louis J. Hall, Secretary of the South Shore Yacht Club, relative to proposed legislation for motor boat owners which evidently seeks to im pose unnecessary restrictions and pro visions. 1 ouId advise everyone in terested in motor buats to read it and govern themselves accordingly. 1 received a pleasant letter from J. W. W. Scott recently, et Daytona, H a . , and he writes repot ts having a [ leasant time, including a number of auto rides will) John J. Randall. If you have any particular subject i n which you desire information, we will be plea id to have j i u send them into t ur ii L imatii n Department. As an illustration of the variety that comes into us. for reply, here tire sev- i ral selected ell hand from recent in- Ri quest ft r town tax bills from par ty at New Pallz, N. Y Request for name < f school and town tux collector at Nnrthport, I . I. Date of the signintr of the Treaty of i'i rt.-mouth between Japan and Russia. V> hu is the sheriff of Nassau County? We make a specialty of trying to ■ blige people in this way, and our en tire stalf is at your service. As I have remarkt before, Police Captain Dunbar will get himself in trouble if he don’t pay less attention to details. Why he appears before the Board and corn plains l e c a u s e the Village Board passed a regulation that evening at ' o’clock ut the home of no person under a certain age car: drive Miss Frances Mayer, 25 Shonnard Ave a public hack in the village and then allowed a boy under that age to regu- On the evening c f Thursday. Febru- lat'y drive a back ! What is the use ary 22. the rites of confirmation will of courtir g treutde? Captain Dunbar l< st. ” \How Chripti.n.ity breaks down b a n erp\ wi! be the Sunday morning pirn.': th .: . Re. Charles Herbert Sc ho ley at the h i n t Presbyterian Church. Thi cvening subject will be \W h a t d t < ti e w ovl < we m e ? \ New York will l hurch Sunday i'th e r services Dr. A. P. Kn g . f prt ach in the Baptist m r n r g and t ver ing. as uusal. The Seuth Sole group of the Wo mans' Missii .iry Society of the Pres bytery of N u n a u will meet in the Presbyterian Church of Ocean Side next Monday. February 12, at 1:30 p m. Miss Lincoln will address the meetn g. The regular monthly business meet ing and s .rial of the Young People's Association will be held tins Friday should know before this ordinances are passed so they can be used when wanted, not as a regular thing. Like resolutions to have a tax sale and make people pay their tax arrears, resolu tions on other subjects are fre quently passed just fur the paesii g. The Village Board is not in such a hurry to fix rates or regulations fur hack drivers as some of us thought. Reports were received of excessive charges aid the Olivers were summoned to appear before the Board at a special meeting. 1 he drivers sub mitted a list of the prices which they i barged and which they insisted they must continue to charge or give up business and suggested to the Village authorities that they be furnished with oflicial cards, showing the scale of prices. The Board laid the matter over till Feb. 2, aid on that evening to' k no action, two of the members being absent. If J a k e Post will get busy and put up a few more of those signs Olive Boulevard along nameless boulevard the Village Trustees may never take action on naming the street in an ofli cial manner. While he is at it he co Id put them along the whole boule vard. It is doubtful if any one would object. That's the name Jake w a r t s and no one else seems to care very much, altho we sent in several weeks ago a list of names submitted by our readers which was \received and filed for future consideration.” be administered to a class in the Epis copal Church of the Transfiguration, by Bishop Frederick Burgess, assisted1' by the rector, the Rev. A. VV. E. Car rington. 1 lie Bishop will also deliver the s rr mon of the evehit g and there will Le a full choir and special music. All am invited to attend the service, as well as all other services of i he church Rev. A. C. Karkau will be installed as pastor cf the I hrist Evangelical Lutheran Church, < n Sunday afternoon, Feb. appropriate services. 1 be service will begin at 3:15. Rev H. P. Miller, Pres, of the Eastern Conf . will perf rm the act of installa tion; Rev. Wm. M. Horn will deliver the charge to the pa tor, and Rev Geo. C. Lous will deliver the rtiarge to the congregation. Rev. G. J. Muller will assist in the service. All members and friends of the con gregation are n v;tV<j_^*'Ih.s service. Christian Sen nee Society Services, Sunday n.ornii g- at 1 1 a. m. Sunday School same hi u r ; Hempstead Bank Building, corner of Fulton and Main Streets, Hempstead ; su ject, \S p i r it.\ A reading room supplied with ChrisMan Science literature, is open at the above address every week-day (ex cept holidays) from 1 :30 to 5 p. m. Perfection Oil Heaters. Men’s Boston Hip Women’s, $3.00 and $3.5(1; dress shoes, $2.60; children’s shoes, th e ; kind made to wear, not to repair. Big assortment at the new shoe store, Main St. C. D. Snith. It From now to April 1, C. P. Man ning, the Freeport jeweler, will close his jeweiry store at 6:30 o'clock every 1 evenng e x cept Saturday. It DaSilva’s, light of Reflex lamps. • it effects their eyes and pocketbooks. Boots, $5.00; For sale by Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Company. It Valentine Post Cards, ,10c doz. Silva’s Both Stores. It Da- Lieutenant Parkerson was retired in 19u2, and Captain 1 homas left the force about a year later. Both men served about twenty-live years in the unform of the New York Freeport Coal Co., successor to W. j P. W. 11 a IT, the largest coal dealer on' Long Island. The cheapest place to buy coal. Exclusive dealer in some of the best grades of coal. I t I _ — I Corlis-Cvon Collars for men. The collar with the irecord for laundry- trips, 2 for 25c. Seaman's Dry Goods Store. Children's Mittens, 10 to 25c pr. Children’s Gloves, 25c pr. Ladies’ Gloves, 25 to 5Uc. Men’s Worsted Gloves, 25 to 60c. Men’s Skin Gbves, 5<>c to $2.50. Eidfcr Wool, 15c skein. Germantown, 9c skein. Snetland Floss, 10c dkein Saxony, 12c skein. Seaman's Dry Goods Store, Main Street. Sleeve Boards, 10c. DaSilva’s. It the aid of a book cf logarithms, there _ T h a t is no earthly reason why a resident of Green. Freeport, upon taking the su i, should I* takes ea l „ not know appreximately the hear for 1° view Police De* piping all hands for grog and getting an excuse was accepted for not having partment. Fate has brought them to- to sea upon a full and flowing tide. the !‘ale 1 convinced there was not gether again, and from present indica- We can suggest no other method of even a wishbone, tions they will remain here until they ascertaining from this vaunted high are called to meet in another world. water table anything t h a t would prove — Eagle, of the sliehest value to a Freeporter. May we s uggest that the \ RevieW\ Christ Evtng. Lutheran Church, lo cated on North Grove St , just below Randall Ave. ; all eerv ices are con ducted in the English language. 1 he congregation worships at 10:30 a. on and 7:30 p. m. The pastor, the Rev An exchange remarks that the trus- A. C. Karkau, will preach at both tees of certain village certainly pos- services. The Sunday School meets a t sessed som e - \ b a c k bane’’ when they 2:30 p. m. All are welcome to tjiese authorized their village treasurer to services, proceed with a tax sale to collect about $12,000 of unpaid taxes. WHAT IS THY MISSION? — Patchogue Argus. Q0d with gracious meaning Has i laced us here on earth, wasn’t back bone. Brother Anybody can pass resolutions, backbone to carry them out. of the alacrity with which Some duty to perform, redeeming On’y those t h a t prove his worth. Some for fame are seeking. Caring naught for friends or foes. Ignorant of the day th a t ’s creeping When he must reap whate’er he sows Some for riches crave, Candidate for Treasurer while others are content Looks as though John E. Golding To fill a beggar’s grave. If elegant gowns, appropriate new , scenery and fascinating music have any charm the entertainment of the M. D. C. next Tuesday and Wednesday, j Feb. 13 and 14, ought to appeal to you. It will be one of the most cost ly e n t e r tainments to produce ever giv en in our village. Mr. Raymore lias written a two-step entitled “ Step L V t fy ,” which will be played by the orchestra between the first and second syndicate this important piece of in formation? It would be especially valuable tn the inland press of New York State, whereas at Freeport no tides, either high or low, are ever heard of.— K. Centre Herald. For the information of our brother editor who seems to be less acquainted with water than he might, we would advise him that Governor’s I-land is the nearest official tide station for this locality and is fairlv accurate, as ________ _ < I The American Laundry, formerly Cinderella at the Crystal Wednesday, °Pera,8(1 by E. Kriegier. on the corner Feb ]4 l j t of Newton Boulevard and Henry St., eidered by many superior to the usual methods. A postal card or telephone v U m*r\ And by the way. this is nearer cor- 40c kinds. Tr> a pound for Sunday message will bring a representative to ~ rect than their s t a t e ment in the same enjoyment. On sale a t DaSilva’s Both call on you. Their telephone number Cylinder Coal Stoves, $3.50. Da issue that \Greenfield Cemetery is Stores. It is 609-W. I t Silva’s. It i north of Freeport.’* So is Halifax. can’t have that interesting fight with O. W. Valentine for office of Village Treasurer this year. Mr. Valentine’s duties take him out of the village a part of each day and he has decided he will not be a candidate this year. 1 am informed Chas. P. Seaman will try for the nomination again this year and that S. Dimon Smith will also be a candidate. Feb. 7, 1912. To the E d i t o r :— A f er having an interview with Os car W. Valentine in relation to his candidacy for Village Treasurer this In idleness their time have spent Some it seems are satisfied To cast their lives away, They have no thoughts, no care, no What matters if they go or stay. Dear brothers and sisters, all Remember h'm, who gave you sight. That vou might see, ail those that fall And lead fro n darkness into light. And wi hen you reach your home above, Where peace an i s unshine has no end, ’Tis there. I'll share with you his love, Farewell, farewell until we meet M'lton Mott. year, and learning, from him that he i would not be a ,capdidaie, I take this ~ Home-made Peanut Brittle, Local Topics Continueu on Page 5 D a S i l v a ’s, i t 10c lb. i
