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Nassau County Review Vol. XVII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1912 12 Pages No. 51 REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS F R E E P O R T N E W S HIGHWA'TER TIDE TABLE (Governor’s Island, which is as this locality as can be secured). Friday, Oct. 18, 2:19 a. m. Saturday, 19, 3:20 a. m. Sunday, 20, 4 :08 p. m. Monday, 21. 4:45 p. m. Tuesday, 22, 6 :19 a. m. Wednesday, 23, 5:49 a. m. ' Thursday, 24, 6:20 a. m. Friday, 25, 6 :55 a. m. 1 Saturday, 26, 7 :32 a. m. In the Fire Department M a t t e r s of I n terest to an d a b o u t t h e firem e n in ou r local d e p a r tm e n t by H. E. P . The quarterly meeting of the depart ment was held in the engine house on Thursday evening. The report of the Firem e n ’s Day Committee showed that there had been sufficient receipts to defray all the ex penses of the day with a slight balance. The proposition of the second annual dinner was discussed a t length and the chief was directed to appoint a com mittee to see what could be done to- Church Notes S u b j e c t of S e r m o n s , S e r v ices o f th e week a n d o th e r d o in g s in th e ch u r c h e s a n d ch u r c h so c i e t i e s Mrs. J. E. Mount is Irader for the Young People’s Meeting Sunday night in the Presbyterian Church ; subject, “ Christian Sociability.’’ ‘Non-Partisan’’ Hearing a Farce m For Preeiflent, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT For Vice President, JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN FOR GOVERNOR JOB E. HEDGES of New Yolk FOR ' LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR A regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held this Fri- i day evening at 8 o ’clock. tee of two from each of the companies corner department to form an athletic association to be composed entirely of The new roof on the Plaza, Grove Street and Olive Boulevard, nearly completed. The “ Old Folk’s D a y ’’ services held at the M. E. Church Sunday morning was well attended and the pastor, Rev. W. A. Richard, delivered a special sermon to them on “ The Function of Prayer in the Spread of the Kingdom. ’’ ward providing a dinner at a moderate The pa!,tor Btate(j that the c |der f0| ks Pr ' ce- * . did not want to feel that they were It was decided to appoint a co^nmit- uge[eB8 on account of old age but that \ ' ' f , \ n f \ ”” \ 0‘,h ' ,f *,'n there was a greet opportunity for them is Henry MacDonald was s*worn in as a lawyer before the Appellate llivision Thursday of last week.—Observer. department members. This would un doubtedly be to the advantage of all the con panies concerned, and the mem bers present were enthusiastic over the project. At the invitation of the chaplain it to help through the meriurh of prayer. Two cf the old-time anthems rendered where “ Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame’’ and “ J erusalem, My Happy Home.” The pulpit was decqrated with flowers and autumnal colors. Alpha Council, D. of A., will hold a , . , . rummage sale on Friday and Saturday was decided to hold a memorial service of this week. (Jet. 18 and 19, in the >n t,le Presbyter,an Church some time store south of the Freeport Bank. j ^el°,re ')anuarA' F _____ __ I 1 he seeming unfairness of the ma- Mrs. Morris Miller celebrated her j0 t *O of t h e judges at the Southern N. birthday Monday of lost week. The 1 ^ ■ tournament w as discussed at length event was quietly observed with her 8ric' although nothing family, including her daughter from New York. Capt. and Mrs. A. J. Thomas have! moved from the house they formerly owned on Bergen Place, to the one recently purchased of Mordon Peck on Noith Lung Beach Avenue. “ Not far from the Kingdom of God’’ will be the Sunday morning sermon tneme of Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the First Presbyterian Church. rl he evening subject will be “ Religious Wonders. ’’ “ The Mormons’’ will be the subject can be done in 0f the Monthly Missiot aty Concert for the remedying of these conditions, prayer on Thursday evening, Oct. 24. many of the members are of the opin- The Board of Home Missions has just ion that the Freeport companies, who prepared a new set of stereopticun< Local Topics C o m m e n t* a n d axp la n a tlo n a n o t e n t ire ly o 1 a n e w s n a t u r e , o n v illa g e affaire by t h e ed ito r . I find a number of my readers were interested in the adventure of Mr. ________ Butt-in in this column last week. The worst of it was, a young iadv who Democrats Controlled (he Meeting and hapnened to be passing saw the affair Rennhliranc nnt r iven and told his wife. But it didn’t stop KepilDllCanS not lilVen him from butting in. He saw several ™ p „ j . n , „ | boys in a bunch watching a scrap, and ; as he approached.he saw a big boy sit- Most of M e D by Two M d . ting on a smaller one and saying: •' ‘•Swear, gay a big swear word, and I ’ll let yer up,’’ and the little fellow sobbingly replying: “ I won’t —I won’t . ’’ Here was Mr. Butt-in’s chance, and he yankt off the bigger boy, and held him till the little fellow pjces uf the Fishermen s Protective ran away, about a hundred feet, and Association for the purpose of hearing then the little fellow opened up with the views of the various candidates for the most advanced exposition of the a r t Assembly and S e n a t e , I n / relation to of s wearing t h a t Mr. Batt-in bad ever Conservation laws touching on the net heard, and kept it up till he was out (ighing in the waters of the bay in this of breath. I hat was the cause of the vicinity w as held in Fraternity Hall be Politicians, Assailing Repub lican Candidates. The public meeting under the aus- scrap, in the first place. The little fellow had sworn at the bigger one and didn’t dare do it again while the big ger lad was sitting on him. F’riday evening, and at the close of that meetim: the members of the As sociation went into executive session and endorsed F h in N. Edwards, the Progressive candidate fur Assembly, and Thomas H. O'Keefe, the Lteino- cratic candidate for Senator. The meeting (so it was stated sever- “ In Local Topics ufTast week’s Re- al timeO was not a political one, and = u um, mil dp tin it inn of was called to order by Clarence bouth- R. A. Miller writes me the follow ing, regarding the word “ v a mps,” as applied to firemen, concerning which 1 commented lust Week : always follow the rules strictly, and who have never had a protest lodied against them, should refuse to partici pate in any more contests run under existing conditions. Tuesday afternoon a hack horse Ever Ready Hose Company held a slides on this subject and they will be shown at this meeting. Ev<rybedy is wecSme. There will be a silver col lection. Christian Science Society services Sunday morning at 11 a. m., at Hump- JAM ES W. WADSWORTH, JR. driven by Harry Chilton threw himself smoker at their meeting lust Thursday stead Bark Building; Sunday School, by stepping on a piece of a shingle in ; e vening with a large attendance of same hour; subject, “ Doctrine of front of the Plaza on Grove Street, j th e ir members and the members of the Atonement. ’’ Wednesday evening The horse stepped on the end of the d e p artment who had been a tt e n d ing the services at 7:45 u. m. shingle, throwing it between his front department meeting in the engine legs, and tripping him. He fell to the house. roadway knocking the skin eff his left Villape President Hanse was the hip and j u s t above his left eye as well g u e s t of the evening, and the hoys definition flr firemen. of 7/4 not right- e firemen were iut hupfe it may have sion bn the part of -ord “ vamp\’ de- accbmpani- goud Uic- of G riiphpo FOR SECRETARY OF STATE FRANCIS M. HUGO of Watprtown FOR CONTROLLER WILLIAM D. CUNNINGHAM of Ellenville FOR STATE TREASURER WILLIAM ARCHER of W e s t c l i P s ^ e r FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL MEIER STEIN BRINK of Brooklyn FOR STATE ENGINEER FRANK M. WILLIAMS of Oran go FOR JUSTICE COURT OF ARREARS FRANK H. IITSCOCK of Oiiornlaga FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS FREDERICK C. HICKS of Fort Washington FOR SENATOR GEORGE L. THOMPSON of Kings Bark FOR M EMBER OF ASS EM BEY JEREMIAH WOOD of Lyuhrook Children’s School Stockings, 10-15-25c Ladies’ Hosiery, 10-15-25c pair Men’s Socks, ]0-15-2Bc pair Outing or Domet Flannel, (1-8-1 Oc yd. Bleached Muslin, 8-9 10c yd. Unbleached Muslin, 7-8-9c yd. Cheese Cloth, 6-6c yd. Cotton Flannel, 10-12-1 4c yd. Perlcaine, Sateen and Cambric Linings Dressmakers’ supplies and notions. Seaman's Reliable Dry Goods Store. It Were you at Rockville Centre the day of the tournament? If so, no doubt you or some of your friends, were caught by the moving picture man. Come out and see yourselves or your friends in good, bright moving pictures. The pictures will he shown tonight (Friday), Oct. 18, at the Crys tal, the house with a reputation. It Ste our adv. in this issue; all oum suits and coats fdr men, women and children, shoes and furnishings so liberally reduced in price that it’s an actual fact that each $1 you spetid will do almost double duty. Barasch’s Dept. Store, Freeport. It Everyone can help to make his home and village a portion of a beautiful park with a few trees, shrubs and plants properly arranged, and at small expense, secured at John J. Randall's Home Nurseries, Lena Avenue, Free port, L. I. Single copies of the Review for sale at Gt«’ . n b l a t t ’s, Railroad Avenue; as breaking one of the shafts. After unhitching him the horse was soon hie feet again. | Louis Gardner, colored, v to Nassau Hospital Sunday is taken evening, with several wounds on his head and shoulders, as a result of an altercation with Ed w a r I Reynolds of Baldwin and John Jarvis of this village. Reynolds was arrested by Chief of Police 11 arise, Capt Dunbar and Officer Coz- zens, charged with the assault. lie admitted hitting Gardner, but claimed he did it in self defense. He was taken before Justice Edwards $nd from Hose 1 managed to make the ev ening lively after the refreshments had been cleared away and the “ corncobs” passed. Before the gathering broke up, Photographer Rhodes took a flash light picture. The annual drill of the department is to be held at the old Grove Park Hotel, Long Beach Avenue and Rose Street, this Saturday al ternoon at 8:30 sharp. All exempt firemen living in the vil lage of Freeport, whether of the Free port Fire Dept, or not, or all members committed to the Nassau County Jail, of the department entitled to exemp- wiihout bail, to await the result of (ion, are invited to attend the meeting to be held at the Truck House on Wed nesday, evening, October 30, for the purpose of forming an exempt fire men’s association. Gardner’s injuries. Jarvis was also held without bail un til next Monday. Fishermen and residents of the sec tion at the end of Woodcleft Canal I received the following reply to a letter sent to “ The Firemen’s Her- The Social Club of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration will hold a Salmagundi Party on Saturday evening, October 2(7. There will be a general social evening, a feature of which will be a, spelling bee. 1 he affair will probably be held in Brook lyn Hall. The class of Mrs. C. H. Scholey of the Presbyterian Church will have a sale of cake#' and useful ai t i d e s on Saturday, November 2, from 2 to 7 o'clock, at the Manse. The proceeds will be used to re-decorate the Sunday School room in our chapel. The ladies of the Baptist Church will hold a biscuit and cake sale on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the church from 2 until 5 p. m. At the Methodist Episcopal Church Dr. W. A. Richard, the pastor, will preach next Sunday, both morning and evening. “ The Untamed Tongue” will be the subject at 7:30 p. m. view, you call . “ v a mp,” as appli do not see why t fully used, profit! in that condition,\ been an optical 11 the reporter. The fined means an improvised ment. Why not get a tionary?” Thank y o u ! My dictionary says: “ Something added to an old article to give it a new appearance,” and 1 couldn't make t h a t apply to our fire men so askt for advice. When the Brooklyn Eagle used it of course it must be light, but personally I don’t like the word. The Village Board deserves credit for improving the method of getting file alarms to the power house. The ard, President of the Association. The first speaker was Elvin N. Ed wards. Mr. Edwards, who hail to at tend two other meetings during the evening, made his remarks very brief. He explained that he was in favor of repealing the law which prohibited the fishermen from using the nets in the bay and if elected would do all in his power to help the fishermen get back their rights. Mr. Blue, Progressive candidate for Senator, was then colled on. He ad mitted that he was not so conversant with the conditions in Nassau County as he Was of those in Suffolk County. He called attention to the fact that the representatives of Suffolk County were called upon to constantly combat for those who make their livelihood by fishing. He stated that God created old plan was a big bell which the men tbs waters and placed fish in it to f u n i at the power house might hear or not, ish food and livelihood for the residents depending on where they were. Un- of this and other sections He de- der the new system a dozen lights will dared that he was heartily in favor of be turned on, so that wherever the any and all legislation that would be men are engaged they will see one .or for the baymen and not in favor of the more of the lights and not lose much rod and line fishermen, valuable time, as they did several He told those in attendance that times under the former plan. they were on the wrong track, how- ri , , — „ . ' . , , ever, for the remedy. He- suggested he Brooklyn Eagle ^reports Judge a8 t ^e pr,,per remedy for the trouble, i„,o.a= . i n„,i -.ao-i.t ^ have two conservation commissions; Edwards as s ayin g : “ I find that nearly 100 per cent of the arrests are out of Bennington Park. There seems to be an epidemic. There is a cure and I have it. I will put you all in quaran tine till you know how to behave.” I think Judge Edwards will agree oiv- for the Long Island district and all ot her for up-^tnte and tlmr such Long wore given an anxious couple of hours lc.“ U =8|,*'jl T them^if thev' cSuld e'v Wednesday evening^ Oct. 23, at t i n l i i r . l o t i a ( t ** m h o ri 1 lin 1 1 a h . m rv • 1 . c* . ^ K 6 p . HI., t llC L Bll j 68 A i d boclety O f t h C Saturday afternoon, when the fishing boat “ f a l c o n , ” in charge of Capt. living Fllison, was lost track of. The “ t-elnada,\ Capt. Carman, and the “ Captain Jo e , ” Capt. Joe Raynor, together with the Falcon, had been at the hire Island wrecks blackfishing, ami were forced to give up on account of a heavy wind and sea which sprung up. The boats arrived safely at Jones me any information in regard to the M, E- church will give a Chrvsanthe- Fire. Prevention Show scheduled for mum Supper and Sale. A number of Madison Square Garden, October 3 to the ladies have been cultivating chrysanthemums during the summer 12, and which was not held: Mr. H. E. Pearsall, Freeport, N. Y. Dear S i r : — The September 28 issue of the Fire men’s Herald contained the following and this will be an exhibit of their Inlet and the Selnada and Captain Joe '^em' wDich answers fully your letter rode the sea all right, but the Falcon October 14: was less fortunate and one of the heavy swells when it receded threw the boat back m such a position that the .rudder was snapped off short. Capt. EUl'sim immediately lacked his boat out of reach uf the heavy seas and waited for assistance. The crew of the Shut t Beach Life Saving Station “ A A. V. Storey, secretary of the ference, which was to have been held in Madison Square Garden October 3 to 12, announces that the date for the opening has been postponed to Decem ber 10. He s tates that this action is taken with the knowledge that it will came out in their power boat and stood Kreatly benefit the fire prevention by. to give assistance, but were not question, as it will bring important needed, as ‘he Captain Joe, after wait- European interests that could not be ing (i reasonable time for the Falcon obtained fi r the original dates. The regular monthly business meet ing of the Epworth League will be held in the League room of the M. E. Church on Wednesday evening, Oct. 23, at 8 o'clock. At the supper given Fire Exposition and International Con- ^ e same evening in the lecture room, by the Ladies’ Aid Society, the Ely worth League will have a special table to which all the Leaguers and their friends are invited. The Devotional Meeting of the Ep worth League this Sunday evening at to appear, I ad been sent out to look her up, and towed her to the dock. Although young at the business, Captain Klfison has been complimented by his passengers for his level headed- ness in handling the boat, as the set which was running by this time had become a tremendously heavy one. $ Yours.very truly, Firemen’s Herald. 6:45 will be led by Miss Helen Field. Through the efforts of the la d i e s ’ Aid Society ot the M. E. Church a number of floral l ushes and evergreen trees have been planted on the lawn of the parsonage. A re ular m 'etihg of the Fire Coun cil was held Wednesday evening at headquarters, wi en a lot of routine business was t r a n ’acted. The “ c hrysanthemum sale’’ and supper of the Ladies’ Aid Society will handle th6 orders be held next Wednesday evening, Oct. 23. Island Commis-i h i should consist of fivo or seven practical men from Nassau and Suffolk ( ’omit v to make the laws gov erning Ue- garni and fish. Mr. Blue with me\tha7if he“ couTd”put\sever\a7of < >'ed th.-Saw recently passed allowing ___ . ., _ . ___ _____________ ihe shooting of rabbits on Ootnber I in- sioad i f November I He stated that at that fimv the r dibits have not received tin ir full growth and that the sisirts- mvii from 'iifl'olk County consider the provision a poor one. In e nelusinn Mr. Blue brought out applause by n marking, \W h a t do lho np-State senators know al>out making laws for Long Bland? Many of them have never seen a body of water larger than an ordin.iry null pond.” Thomas M doney. Democratic candi date for-Assenihly, was the third speak er. He admit ted Judge Edwards as a mighty worthy opponent but attacked Mr. WYod, the Republican candidate. In H]H-aki' gof the law in relate ti to tbe tisherm n lie si ted tlia’ the rights of tla fishermen shou d be returned to them and t i n t th v should not hav*< henn t a k en away from them. Ho promised if elected he would immediately prepare an amendment and' - ubmit it to the As sociation for t lieir approval and that it would he one of his first official acts after the first of January to present it for legislation. He also promised that he would give up every private interest and attend all sessions of the legislature from the beginning to the end of the term. Harry Keith, candidate fur nothing, the gin tiiTlTs in that section in quaran tine there would be about 99 per cent less fighting than there is at present. There are a number of fine people liv ing in the Bennington Park section and it is too tifld that these things should happen so frequently as to cause com ment of this kind, but I doubt if much material improvement will be made until it is done in the way I suggest. The Brooklyn F’agle rem a r k s : “ Trade Board dying; Freeport people And the pitiful part of it is that the people are not enul sorry or enuf inter ested to attend the meetings of this, the only organization organized e ntire iy fur the advancement of local benefits of the Village of Freeport. Advertising Pays The new store of James Butler, corner Merrick Road and Main Street, opened Saturday of last week. They had made plans for handling a big crowd on that day, but the crowd that came was so much bigger than they anticipated that they were unable to i -L- delivery de- the Special sale in^fatdine's this week — and next at Wahlen s Delicatessen, 71 Woman s White Nubuck Boots are South Main Street. Imported boned, now having a ready sale. We have large cans, regular price 25c, now 20 them for $3.50. ; cente. Imp. brand, smaO cans, reg. High tun lace walking Boots are al- price 15 cents, now 2 cat’s for 25c. £ ”V,!Vto « 00and' PriCe< ra\Ke lmp Smoked Norwegian Sardines,'reg. ^Tawk\\ T h i s V / i r m a L T m a r M from to $o.UUt price 12c, now 3 cans for 25c. Fashionable family footwear. Advertisement P \ ________ \O n y x ” Hosiery. Charles D. Smith. The Methodist Church, through Wil liam G. Miller, as special committee, is having the vines ando roots stubbed out of the s tr ip cf land opposite the church, formerly a portion of the cemetery! anil it will be seeded down pertinent, and after 6 o'clock were ob- but a Democratic leader, was called liged to tell their customers t h a t they upon. He attempted to help the Detn- could not guarantee any more de- ocratic nominees along by s tating that liveries. he would use till the- influence he had While their advertising was some- with the candidates to influence them what through circulars distributed in to amend the law in question. He the houses (which comparative!) few mad^ the longest talk of the evening people read) it was mostly through and used considerable of the -time in the local papers and is the best argu- attempting to tell the assemblage how ment that can be advanced to the ques- derelict he pretended to believe our tion as to whether people read the ad- Assemblyman and Senator were in DaSilva’s W. Merrirk ltd. Store ------------ ■# : Cylinder Coal Stoves, $3.65 amt up Pictures of Firemen's State Tourna- Fot Stoves, $2.26 and up meet at Rockville Centre will be ex- ■ Kitchen Stoves, $9.75 and up hibited at the Crystal tonight (Fri- Stove Pipe and Elbows, Die and up day), Oct. IS. This picture was taken Stove Boards, 49c and ui especially for this show. I t , Galvanized Coal Hods, 25c up Baptist Church— Preaching services as usual on Sunday. The Christian Endeavor service at 7 p. m. will be lead by Mrs. Bedell Cooper. vertisements. It further shows that when the advertisements are made so that they interest people they pay at- Mution pictures of the Firem e n ’s State Tournament a t Rockville Centre Kiefer Nassau CounVy^ReviewV'Da- _ Freeport Coal Co., successor to W. j ‘-‘l y S a T s 7 ” l o w i n g Silva-. Rraithivnirp'e L . i p W- 11 :>ir, the largest coal deal,* on ^ Uct’_ ^ 7 ' r_e . V ’ ™ ' n g will be shown at the Crystal (Friday), Oct. 18. Silva ’s, Braithwaite 's and Gobetz's, , ‘ ' • Main Street; DaSilva’s, West Merrick “ o r c , *lun° ’ Road. tf buy coal. - tonight It The cheapest plaoe to ® ship afire at sea. A its horrors Ex clusive dealer in some of and heroism shown in Patlie ? two reel the best grades of coal. A good hair brush is both a luxury and a necessity. If you get one of the kind that Smith & Bedell sell, you will receive best quality at a reason able price, , It Pictures of the 10 can Stafford Studio. Elks be Fair, postal had at The Advertisement Long or short runs by Acme Auto Rental Co., Freeport. automobile, ’phone 796 tf Competent Acme Auto Freeport. men drive our cars. Rental Co., ’phone 796 tf feature. It Plush and Fur Robes :' ir Carriage and Auto use. Horse Rl ikets for the road and stable. Variety of patterns and s tyles at lowest pnv» . Charles D. Smith. Long o r s hort runs by aut. mobile. Acme Auto Rental Co., ’phone 796, Freeport. tf Pound Cake, Plain; Marble and Rasin, 10c lb; DaSilva’s 5 and 10c Store. It Competent men drive our cars. Acme Auto Rental Co., ’phone 796 Frcep irt. , tf S e n d u s $ 1 .5 0 an d re ceiv e o u r p a p e r from now to Ja n u a r y 1, 1914. -N assau C o u n ty R e v iew . their duties in allowing tho bill to pass. In referring to the promises of the candidates he remarked that their tention to what is in them. (reterring to the promises made by The advertisement of this firm ap- •candidates other than Democratic) pears in our isspe again this week, and promises are as good as ours (Derno- we expect to have them for regular cratic candidates) hut wi I they be iji advertisers, as they assured us that as good a position as ours? the result of last Saturday would de- Keith was attacking Candidates tide for them whether they would ad- Wood and Thompson tor not being vertise regularly or not. present, at the meeting, when they ■ 0 wslkcc* in The habit of attending the show tin Candidate O’Keefe fur the Senate on Amateur Night at the Colon.a every the Democratic ticket was the next Wednesday has become one of the most gpeaker_ He was very brief but prom- pcpular forms of amusement and its iged tbe fishermen that if elected be return next Wednesday will be wel- woulH not on,y vote , or , repeal of tbe corned by many ; law but would also work for the same. _________ Advertisement | Jeremiah Wood Republican candi date for Aseembfy was then called upon. He opened hie remarka by* stating t h a t hq had underetood that (Continued on page 7) ® Souvenira to the children at Cryatal every Saturday afternoon. t h e : I t 1 More Freeport levs on Page 12
