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Nassau County Review Official Paper of Nassau County FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 3. 1914 V c l. X IX , N o . 27 Freeport HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE Tlief»« times are minutes for Sandy H<*ik. Deduct % for Hempstead Bay) Friday, July 3. 4.11 p. m. Saturday 4, 5.12 p. m. Sundav, 5, 5.51 p. m. Monday, 6, 6.57 p. m. Tuesday, 7, 7.60 p. m. Wednesday, 8, 8.42 p. m Thursday, 9, 9.31 p. m. Friday, 10, 10.18 p. m. Saturday, 11, 11.00 p. m. HOW TO MAKE OVER A COUNTY Single copies of the Review for sale Why Nassau County Will Consider a New Charter and Some of the Factors that Make the Task a Gigantic One Local Topics FORTY-FOUR TOWN ELECTION DISTRICTS Woman Mysteriously Killed C o m m e n t s e n d e x p l a n a t i o n s n o t e n t i r e l y a n e w s n a t u r e , o n v i l l a g e a f f a i r e by t h e e d i t o r . FOURTH OF JULY W. D. Nesbit Run up Oid Glory ! Let it blaze In red and white against the sky And tell the story of the daye _________________ When hearts were stout and hopes were high What’s the matter with the present this population is made up of commut- F the duij htg of gretl(i. g0£.e.r-n-™ n-t.0:[.N! 88“ ^ un^ : .......... .. i l re_a\du„thuJL Forget the struggles, the dismay Of facing cruelty and need— Run up Old Glory for the day! New and Impossible Election Ballot Provided by Democrats Will Make Voting Very Slow ALSO WILL MAKE COUNTING RETURNS SLOW A JOB THAT CALLS FOR THE COUNTY’S BIGGEST MEN Every one interested in County at'- [ men who have moved out into the sub- at Greenblatt’s and Braithwaite’s, ; fairs knows that there is a movement j urban territory and who form what Railroad Avenue; Kiefer’s, Nassau on for a charter change of the form of the County calls a “ house and lot County Review, DaSilva’s and Go- government. population, so far as taxation problems Run up Old Glory! betz’s, Main Street; DaSilva’s, West ; But why? Merrick Road. tf. , The average man will shrug his -» ---------- shoulders non-committally when you The summer time-table for the Long what there is about Nassau County Island Railroad went into effect Wed nesday. The regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held this Friday afternoon, July 3. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ocean Avenue, young son, morning. that makes it necessary to change form of government that is now in use in all the rural counties of New York State. There are three features of Nassau County that n.ake it different from the Mrs. !. uCe Bailey, wife of William I). Bant., ul liempstead, was shot and aim->t instantly killed in the office of Dr. Edwin Carman, West Merrick Road, at h:20 Tuesday etvning. Mrs. Bailey visited a friend at Rock ville Centre that afternoon and on her way home stopped at the doctor's of fice. Dj. Carman said there were a number of persons in his reception Supervisor Smith said that after all room about 7:15 that evening when he the citizens had come to this meeting looked in from his office and saw Mrs. there at least could not tie any objec- Bailey. He did not then know her by tion to going over each district and re- sight or name, lie had his supper and his reception room would be difficult to divide the districts at this time. The question of dividing the Town into smaller election districts as re quired under the new election law ha- been occupying the attention of the Town Board this week. A special hearing was held Monday eeiving suggestions and getting ideas then returned are concerned. There are big estates Think of all in many parts of the County, and there The old flag means to yob and me, are a good many farms left, but the Of how the blast of freedom's call bulk of the population is of the other Shook out its folds from sea to sea; kind. The centers of population are Red with the blood that it has cost, filling up until their outskirts almost White with the souls of them that meet, and we have nearly the same died— conditions that prevail in most of the Today by laughing breezes tossed residential sections of New York City. It whispers of a nation’s pride. Taking up the makeup of the gov- RUn up Old Glory! other counties of the State and make erning bodies, those who desire a Fling it forth And feel anew the country call n IT' .h M th ulner counties OI me oiaie arm mane eimng uumcs, uiuue wuu uesuc a XJ. r incn, > or ^ , the present form of government there change set forth that in the County ur<1 o n t p r t n i n i n c ' a ‘ .............. n , , , „ . . r w i u i c c i a n e w m e v u u m i v uh i i whn'arrived earlv Tuesday Pt‘cul'ttrly subject to abuse. Tney are : Board of Supervisors there should be a That thrills east, west and south and who Brriveu eariy iu . 3 , th #, rloncif v nf nnnnlntinn m n sma chamre in tnp renresentation. Three ... i afternoon to get the views of interest and this was accordingly done. where several patients, including Mrs. ed citizens. The meeting was called Th£ following suggestions were made Bailey, awaited him. to order by Supervisor Hiram R. covering various districts: Dr. Carman states that Mrs. Bailey Smith, who said that this gathering No. 1. Dividing the District into told him he had treated her before for of the citizens of the Town was for two districts by Jerusalem Avenue her trouble, and that she wanted a the purpose of getting suggestions and making a noVth and south district. tonic. advice as to the best way of dividing | No. 4. (hi behalf of this district, “ 1 told her I did not remember see the election districts, as was required Committeeman Stephen P. Pettit said ing her before and she told me her 7*iU votes were polled last Fall. The name and said she had first met me at Democrats and Republicans all agreed Mr. Kimball’s house in Hempstead. I at every election, and he thought that did visit Mr. Kimball, at the request if they were put in separate districts ' ■ according to the suggestion which had under the new law Mr. Gilbert of Cedarhurst said that the proposition presented great dilfi cuities, in any attempt to re-divide the districts. He had talked with men of Mrs. William Bornscheuer turned her ankle over while walking in her yard last Friday night, breaking it in two places. 1 Nassau County lies adjacent to a city Tomorrow being a holiday, Fourth ; of the first class. By its position it of July, the Post Office will close a t 1 absorbs the character of the city and 9 : 3 0 a ’rn. apd will not open again un-1 the conditions that prevail in a large til Monday morning. The density of population in a small change in the representation. Three north area. Supervisors is an awkward number, And hh8 it8 word for one and all. fhe character of this population. peculiarly suited to political combina- Run up Qjd Glory—fling it far The vast wealth in the County. tions, and furthermore, this number Across the blue of heaven’s dome Tnese three elements are ab the re- does not provide an equitable represen- And feel that every stripe and star suit of the one underlying fact that tation from the three towns. Hemp- ‘ ’’ stead, with an assessed valuation far in excess of North Hempstead or Oys ter Bay, has the same representation as each of the other two towns. It is Is warder of your hearth and home. One rose in a sick man’s room is worth 4n on a bier.—Tablet. The First National Bank gives evi dence of its prosperity by declaring a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, on its capital stock, payable July 1. 1 part of the territory of New York City are duplicated across the line in Nas- argued that a board of five or seven members would be more efficient, and sau County. The system of govern- might provide a different unit of rep- ment that is best for a city is best for resentation. On the Town Boards it Nassau County and under \such condi- is argued that the justices of the peace jpent that the tions a rural form cf government will who form the judicial wing of th - not work satisfactorily. Town government, should not also sit That is why it is proposed to re- on the Town Board, and thereby act in of another physician, to examine him. I gave Mrs. Bailey some tonic and she got up to leave, saying she wanted to catch the 8:30 car for l.empstead. She asked me the time. We were standing near each other, about fifteen feet from the street facing each other. There was a sudden crash, and we both goes into effect April 22, 10141 and he The suggestion was to divide the dis- turned toward the window, was positive that the Board was not trict by beginning at the corner of As I turned I saw a pane of glass compelled (and in fact had no author Archer and Grove Streets, running fall and at the same instant the muz ity) to change the districts until after through Archer Street to Church zle of a big revolver pushed the cur- the next general election, and he could ; Street to Smith Street, to Main Street tain aside and was shoved into the all political faiths and it was the gen- i been agreed upon by the various com- oral idea that no districts could be di- . mitteemen, it might make the election , vided until after the election this Fall. : more interesting. He said he had He said that the law did net go into ; been unable to find anybody to lay ! effect until the first of July, 1915 (al - 1 claim to the Progressive party, and though the law plainly says that it | consequently had not consulted them Anri° I 9 ' “ill - - - - - - 1U e . . T ' not see how the Town would suffer the districts were left as they if to Merrick Road, to north limit of dis ore. 1 trict. This would give two polling RURAL GOVERNMENT ON LONG ISLAND , Busy little Freeport forges into the supporting h.s contenttOT he quoted places infire houses conveniently .Li ___ _ from the old election law of 19U rated. He said that no doubt over \DO which has been amended by the law of | votes should be polled this Fall, and it A. B. Wallace and famil> have moved to the former .Montgomery ' vLe the governjnent of Nassau and by a legislative capacity, place, between Freeport and Merrick, an „ct nt the Legislature a commission A systematizing and centralization where they will remain for the summer, is to be named to conduct a thuiuugh of the Tax Department is one of the ----------- investigation into the question of gov- most important reforms advocated in The a si no Hole has rn advertise- m i ment, dii iefi- what changes are ne the County, and the reformers point to ment in this week’s issue. i ids hotel is now under management‘ f 1 rederick T. lb yer, formerly of Massap qua Hotel. \ Mr and Mrs. Harold W. Smith, former residents of Freeport ( Mrs. Sm th. formerly being Mi-s Elsie, Vo el I are entertaining a young daughter. 1 i i,; |. oi the 47th Ini wit i l p Eldr.d and 8 officers, will camp on lie Oaks Hotel ground i-t Ocean -■ e, Stop 88, July 4 and 5. wh n ,i ,im battle will take place. , Mrs. A. R. Pinney has opened u ( boardi g house at 157 South . r - s Sir :et. Mrs. Pinney has been in this business tor many years, and proposes to conduct un all year-round place. and draw up a charter cessary i i those propose J changes, charter w,!I lie submitted to the people of thi County, and if favorably acted up i i. wib go to the Legislature for op, :.al. it is a long road and the conoTi-shin nas rot \yet been named by the Board of Supervisors. so the change is as yet far in the future. Thi N'n'ssau County Association, composed origi 'ally of the wealthy residents of the County interested in govc'ntnentr.l conditions, but now transformed into a nun - democratic organization that includes 5uu of ne most representative residents of the County, is ac ivt.h interested in he : by this stc| cover- the present duplication in the system Tin's of tux collection, which provides a sep arate tax collector for each of the six ty-one school districts and which makes necessary a separate collection for ev ery kind of tax in the County. As a substitute, it is proposed to estuolish a County Tax 1 ureau, which shall have charge of the collection of ail taxes in news columns with the official state- village administration will this year be placed on a sound business foundation by the paying of all old debts. At the same time, the Village Trustees open the books to show an increased budget arid appro priations for improved government ser- fqq' vice generally. It is a custom for provincial dwellers room. I could not say whether man or woman held it, as it was dark out ride. It looked like a wnite hand. Mrs. Bailey was standing facing the window. Then came a single shot. 1 1913. but when the new law was read , would be a physical impossibility to do kaw \i|>. Bailev clench tier hands, to him he still insisted that the Board I it under present conditions, had no right to make any change until I Benson Smith agreed with Mr. Hot after the election. I tit, and said unless the change was District Attorney Lewis J. Smith ! made, undoubtedly a great many would said that he concurred with Mr. be disfranchised. •verything that he said. No. 6. Republican Committeeman There was also a question in his mind j McCaffrey suggested dividing the tli - as to whether the Board had any pow- j tricts by a line running through t en- Long Island communities but werejthey wise they would more often envy the energy and honesty displayed in public .i-'!'--’:\ affairs by the administ/ations of the ' .. V , , , , v. , ... „„ were not following the law, anil cited Nassau and Suffolk villages. 1 he ,, , ,, , . . , . , ,T Ovster Bay Town. / i careful manner in which the various • ,, , ,, T i ,, , . . . SunervisoCSmith saM that the lo|vn appropriations are balanced, the vigi- in the city to sneer at the affairs of for failure to live up to the law, and the only possible detriment could be that the voting might he slower in cer- He said that all towns by W ilUam Peat sail, a member ol Progressive party. Mr. Gilbert whis pered to Mr. Pear.-all that he c- tld get along, and it was against the p: i-i- •ipals ol the Progres-ive party to di ve le a ili-t' i -t un-ess absolutely ne a •- -ary. V. E. White-house said that '■ •• stagger, and. -he fell, 1 j.imped and 'lied to catch her. There was a wound in her right shoulder. She tried to speak, but onh could say, \ I am shot. ’ She made another effort to say some thing, but in two minutes was dead. I called Dr. Runcie, who lives right across the street. ” Word reached the police head quarters nearly an hour after the tragedy and in the meantime scores of curio-ity seekers ad trampled over the round- and destroyed all possible chance of caieful investigation w i k. Word was iat- r received by Coroner N n on and the District Attorney sum- in the one collection, saving . .......... - • other extra expense to the taxpayer. advised them that th - law v.-ts-werTonl.v bot ght up by the friends of the sick man, who some time ago had to be sent away to recover bis health. Archer B. Wallace was taken seri ously ill with ptomaine poisoning Thursday evening. His physician was summoned, and worked over him for several hours before he was qut of danger. Mr. Wallace is now able to ( _ be mound, and is attending to his wont , sc[lemVi vVe must have big men, as usual. broad men, absolutely without political entanglement, and prepared to devise Fred ty under one control is another of the objects of those who seek » change in tiie government, and they declare that .Ids step alone there will he re moved the chief lector that militates against good roads in the County. There are now four different sets of roads - State roads. County roads, built by State and County together, and Town roads. In each of the four class es both the construction ami th main tenance are in the control of different bodies, and good tmults are difficult to obtain. It is proposed to have a < oun ty highway department that will have charge of all roads, receiving it- pro- i VVe are convinced that some features ponionate share of aid from the State, i of the present government demand a With this system it would be possible . change, but what these changes shall and practicable to employ a road ex- he must be left to the ,-commission, pert, who, after careful study of road Upon them will he the responsibility.” conditions, ould advise what kind of “ What we are concerned with now. road to build and how best to keep it he added, “ is the choice of the Corn- ! - ..... !- ,f missioners. Upon that point will de pend the success or failure of the J Ol iiiielit of Danny Murphy a tes tin mini was given in the form oi f vaudeville at the / merican Theatre M.-I-V nigb... Th,- „,r„, U, chui'tci • association came t-i being a little more than a year ago, just in time to take a part in the proposed elnin, and the association i working r.ow, hand in hand, with all the better .elements of the County to obtain a better form of government. “ We have no plan of government in mind now,’’ said Rev. Oscar Maddeu- thc As-ociation. “ That will all have to be determined by the Commission. zens of the metropolis. We wonder if the thousands of sum mer resident and visitors in Nassau and hul!oik realize the extent to which their convenience, comfort and pleas ure is enhanced by the village auth- i - i tics. And we wonder that they do not I now enough to learn something from the direct, simple and effective system of ?•': government there, so that the . .vledge might later he brought i bear on the city system of government, where its effect would he so beneficial mandatory that the di -net- be divid ed liefer July 1, 1914. The nii-nibci of the Board realized bet v than any one else, perhaps, the expense ami hat I - - change, I ut they Were satisfied that the advice of tin ir counsel was sound. Mr. Wood arrived Inter in the after noon and took the very positive stand that the law n-u-' he obeye I. although he said he would adn it then was in- penalty to obey it, beyond the fact i t disregarding a law. He said that the I tin- ■: - Xlluge-t d w- K. No. 9. AI pat tie ; ugi - I 1: - illage ot 1. Hi:-: Beach, i mi din mi in Island, shot: ■ I f ■ vii fr, rust of the di -t i :. i; No. 21. Vilhig distri;•( I / a iin. ' to Wha: i , to ,\li. X . 22 Hi - A-si mblym.m I pres nt and \va-> a aii'l how he voted h rough G In. Main Com- in repair. It is |Witty well established that macadam roads are not the best for Nassau County, yet these roads are being built simply because it has not been determined just what kind of con struction is best. One central high- A large automobile owned by Fred a government that will be for the ben- way department with a road expert as Welte of 2*199 Bergen Street, Brook- - c- - * -n -------■ —i -— * — f ♦-~ i .,« u i ,i 1 efit of the people, and not of the poll- lyn, and carrying several passengers, tjclans.’’ collided with a heavy wagon, owned by j q'tlHt jg ti,e attitude of the “ better the Gilford Construction Company ol | element’’ of Nassau County now, and consulting engineer would be able put. the road system of the County on a business and scientific basis. Much the same conditions that pre- the fact that the Counties of New York, j, . ... q,. .. . , Kings and Queens had already obeyed .ml that fn did nott MUU ' '1 lnleH’ tl11 1,1 ' the law which they would not have aiout it. hut he a - -umed thiit tin- done without competent legal advice, -bowed that there was no question hut that when the law was drafted it had been intended for it to go into effect at once, and he could not see any grounds for any other contention. Former Senator G. Wilbur Doughty said that he did not agree with Mr. Gilbert and said that the highest vote ill any district was not about otio, as quoted by Mr. Gilbert, but over tiUO, quire I bv law was passe I. I ne and he also disagreed with the opinion trict to be divided or ch'it.ged of law of Mr. Gilbert, as the former ' - 1 law said the Board “ may” divide the districts, hut the present law says “ shall’’ do it; he thought, however it ANOTHER LAW TO RAISE PRICES Som.- 'i. the amendments to the var- ioulfStMe 1 iws will give a person a headache if they decide to keep in touch with them and if he has to live up to them. One of the latest of these is men' ioned in the Review thi*- week, upon information received from the Labor Department of the State. This pla provides that girls working in stores or offices in villages having over 30UO inhabitants cannot work over 9 hours in any one day, except to pro vide for a holiday one day, and must not work more than 54 hours in a week. Briefly, where a man has a small store, in which his wife and 'A i - -. , i H- ex- - -iiii-ial session in December, before he i -ame a men bet of tin- Li gi - attire. did no I;now ai ' thing v.as mandatory, and there did n t -win to him hut one tiling to d< to iiv.de the districts, in g .-vr to ic immudate the voters. After a long discussion the i -rii.i.i- . Ijourne-l to Tuesday aften on. TO DIVIDE DLS'I HI* i > -t the special session Tuesday, a r• soluti< n to divide the distt lets its re- dis- Nos. 1. 4, 5, ti, 8. 9, tl, 2. 13. 14. 15, 1“, 19, 21, 23, 2*i, and 27, and it is ex pected there will he 44 districts under the new divieion. H '.and M. ,amb ami Sheriff I eft it. An undi itakvr took the hod. of Mrs. Hi i ii -ii ' I - M ini sei . ices w ill ue m l Salu. dny even- ai I k a Vi s her husband, two childrt n, M ip , 1 7 e:- - - .!, and llrti: 1 ■ t ,i.-o I, and her • . ' n ; . Mi s, ,lt ni i . 1 lut yt a Since this lamentable < - urrem e ret port has In . n vei l i ■ iurters and photi.;- ra; In ' s t in tht* nig c.ty daiIn - handling thi ra-i Mention is made in Thur-dn . - pa pets that Mrs. Carman had a :icto- griq h installed, conn- -ting het hus band's ot!i -t- with her hedrnoin, anl Hint it was 11 movetl aft* r tin hoot Hymeneal Jamaica, late Sunday night, badly j the wortfs of Mr. Maddaus fairlv indi- vent good roads also handicap ..... . , , , . . . damaging the a“t° 4 nobile^and ^injuring j pate the popular sentiment.^ The one school system, and here again central- j^makes nVdiffereTe, but'a News of the Churches In the Fraternal Orders a horse attached to the Gifford truck fear jn advance of a trial of the plan so it had to be killed. Beyond a few ja that it may be the tool of politi- scratches, none of the passengers on cjans to help themselves, and not to the truck or automobile were injured. : he|p the County. Everyone is waiting s- --------- I for the choice of the Commissioners, | and they declare that upon that will j depend the success of the plan. The ! Supervisors have given no indication j of when they will select the seven men 1st quality Garden Hose. 9c ft. Lawn Sprinklers, 50c up. Sprinkling Cans, 26c up. Black Screening, 2c sq. ft. Galv. Screening, 3c sq. f t . ; rolls 21c 1 who will have charge of the work, and — . »<> “t- * — f — -i ----- i- indication of who Lawn Mowers, $2.45 to $9.25 Window Screens, 20c up. O-Cedar Mope, 89c; oil, $2.50 gal. Garden Utensils Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98 Chicken Wire, 150 ft. Roll, !c sq. ft., |c opened Chick Wire, l i e sq. ft. Nursing Bottles, 2 for 5c Perfection Cook Stoves, 2 burner, $6 75- 3 burner, $9 00 I there is no hesitancy on the part of the Peroxide, 16 oz. bottle, 10c i citizens in calling attention to the par- Da Silva | ticular phases of the present govern- 5-lOc Store and W. Merrick Road ment that demand a change. ization is the remedy prescribed. “ Fewer high schools and better ones,” is the plea of the reformers, and this matter will be taken up in the new charter. Instead of having a high , . , . . school in almost every village, it is - ^ must employ more g.rls, nroposed to have one central high school for a given area and convey the students there from the nearby towns. S u b j e c t of S e r m o n * . S e r v ic e * of th e en d o t h e r doinn* in th e churche* an d ch u r c h eocietie* so far there is will be chosen. It is probable that when the Com mission is appointed a government ex pert familiar with the formation of impossible, of course, to provide man who runs a larger store and has to employ outside help instead of having his girls work from the time the store opens until it closes as has been done, and evi dently work them in two shifts in order to\ keep within the law. I am not attempting to criticize this Today there is one high ‘ school “being law’.^ut mere'>’ commenting upon the maintained for four pupils in a village =0hnd'Uon8| a9. h.ey w,U naturally ex.st. _ _ _ . ........................ .... . in the northerly end of the County, The ttme l.m.t ,s long enough for any miaaioni 25 cents; children 15 cents, and there are other schools where the person to have to work .none week, attendance is not much greater. It is as I say, . wtll be impossible ade 1 *caeP members of a family Freeport and i An entertainment will be held in Bethel A. M. E. Church on Thursday, July 2, at 8:30 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dexter, entertainers, will present an evening of humor, music, recita tions and songs. Refreshments will be on sale after the entertainment; ad- to George M. Wilde, District Presi dent, will lead the Epworth League working as they please, and the larger family a person has the better { devotional meeting next Sunday, even- ! chance he will stand in competition | ing at 6 :45. A d v e rtisem e n t. Daniel Frohman presents the cele brated film favorite, Mary Pickford, in “ Hearts Adrift,” a drama of devo tion and sacrifice, providing Miss Pick- ford with a distinctly new role, in mo tion pictures at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 8; matinee and evening. Admis sion, matinee, 10 and 15c; evening, 10 and 20c. A d v e rtisem e n t Smith & Bedell’s prescription de partment receives particular attention; see their adv. Coal will cost more next month. Buy now and save money. Freeport Coal Co. charter will be empowered to aid the quate training in so small a school, Board. while with large central high schoois ppfps training courses for those who desire had a law after all. If a person has that sort of instruction and who do not mor« ch,ldre\ t0 8U.PPor<t’ P088,b|y he intend to take a college course. need9 aome f«v°r.t.sm from the state One of the mihiecta that will surelv ,n th,s way« the way» thl9 18 an' mumon will be observed ana members be taken up b> the charter commis- ?the' da% imP08ed “P^ our genial j received at the morning service next sioners is the abolishment of the fee health officer, to see that no employer Sunday; in the evening. Dr. Curtice system for public officials. Some o f !alloW8 hl8 K,rl8 t0 ^ork \ than thc will speak on “ The Making of a Na- the County officials now receive under Permlttt:(1 time each week. tion.\ The sermfn will indicate some of the elements which go to make a permanent nation out of a gathering or of A d v e r tisem e n t There seems to be a unanimity of opinion among the leading men of the County that reform is necessary in the con duct of these branches of the govern ment : The makeup of governing bodies in Town and County. The Fee System of paying officials. The tax system. The roads. The schools. Representation of towns. The system of accounts. Purchasing for the County. Mr. Wilde is an interest ing speaker. His address will without doubt be inspiring and helpful. Let every Leaguer and friends come out and give him a hearty welcome. At the Methodist Chuich, Holy Com munion will be observed and members the fee system a remuneration that if paid as salary would cause an uprising of indignant taxpayers. There will also be established under the new charter, it is predicted, a County Purchasing Bureau and it is figured that a big saving to the County- can be made over the present haphaz ard buying plan. A start has already been made in re- Centralization is to be the keynote forming the accounts system of the of the change in government, accord- towns but this matter will be taken up ing to a majority of those who favor a further and there will be installed not change at all. only an up to-date system of town ac- , _ , , counts but a system of cost accounting 1 Nassau county today, with an area g0 that the County will know all the T v mv eneciHl box of cut flowers u’\ s<1uare m'le8 'n *l,e three Towns time where thq money is going and florist. Rockville Centre, L. I. A BORROWED COMMENT of Roosevelt, The D. B. P. Mutt Post Woman’s Relief Corps will hold its annual beach party to High Hill Beach on Wednes day, July 22. Boats \will leave Pat terson’s dock, foot of Raynor Street, at 9 o’clock. D. B. P. Mott Post No. 527, G. A. R., will attend the flag raising at the house of Hose Co. No. 1, Roosevelt, tomorrow, Saturday, morning, at 10 o’clock. h u g g in s M orrison The announcement of the marriage ol Miss Cynthia Huggins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Seaman ul' 273 Grand Avenue, to James Morris, of Manhattan, is received. Miss Huggins was one of the popular members of the younger set here a year ago, and was known as one of the best girl swim mers of the section. The ceremony was performed by Al derman “ Smiling Jack’’ Reardon, in the chapel of the City Hall, Manhat tan, at 4 o’clock last Wednesday af ternoon. Miss Huggins, accompanied by her mother and sister, Sarah, while Wiliam J. Dooley, of Manhattan, act ed as best man. Following the nup tials, a wedding luncheon was cele brated at Bustanoby’s. The couple will remain in Manhat tan until July, when they will come to F'reeport to spend the summer at the home of the bride’s parents. —Nassau Post. The Rev. E. O. free oi ttooseveit, j people and will mark some of the L. I., has buiit a $10,000 51 ethodist providential events and conditions James AY. Cheshire, John Episcopal Church for $1500 by secur- whjch attended the upbuilding of this 1 Stephen W. Hunt C. Wesley Golden ing contributions of labor and mater-! natjon It will be an “ Independence anb toward E. Pearsall; alternates, ial. This is battling at Armageddon j)ay Sermon.” i Wallace R. Post, William S. Merrill, to some purpose.—Eagle. ---------- Herbert A. Kellum, Forrest S. Dunbar A LITTLE DIFFERENCE 7he Young People’s Society of the '\nd henry S. 8tarr WELLS- MURRAY Miss Mary L. Wells, a teacher in the Seaman Avenue School, and Rob- , ~ ert J. Murray were married Friday At the meeting of Freeport Council aft«.rnoon by Kev. S. O. Curtice. No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., last Friday _ Observer evening, the following officers were Mr. Murray is the son of Mr. and elected: Councilor, Howard E. Pear- y ra John Murray, and was for many sal!; vice councilor. Rodney L Scud- yeara in the employ of the Nassau der; junior past councilor, Hilbert R. Gounty Review Johnson ; recording secretary, Frank ---------- S. Snedeker, jr.; Assistant, William \ r J* * f IS II Edwards ; treasurer, Wallace R. Post; V C r d lC t lO T IV lrS. H < i r V e y financial secretary. John W Southard, A JU in the Supreme Court of Nas- jr.; conductor Grover Smith; warden, RHU Count laat Frid returned a ver. Peter Cokelet; inside sentinel Jule djct of |5250 in fuvur of Henrietta A. Raynor; outside sentinel IrvmgWhal- E Harvey of Oceanside for the death <*y; chaplain, Leon H. H. Rose; rep- of her husband, who was killed in the resentatives to State Council sess.on Fre t electric ,ightinK plent on to be held in Freeport m September, Uct(,ber 18_ laat. Fawcett, 3 he Young People’s Society Presbyterian Church will hold a moon A subscriber calls my attention to ijgbt aajl this Friday evening. July 8 the contract that the village of Port Thev wi|| start from Woodcleft dock Washington has just entered into with at g:15. cha)»erones. Mrs. Eugene Hel- the Nassau Water Co. for fire hydrants |and and Mra, Thedore Dixon, at $30 each per year, and wants to ; ________ A motion was made by Sidney Swez- ey, counsel for the village, to have the verdict set aside as contrary to the weight of evidence. The court re served decision, in the meanwhile al lowing counsel on both sides until Mon- - - | gi, j day to submit briefs. Motorcycle Lop Fined on Tuesday Judge Van Sicklen da- ^ ^ r , b i- nied the motion and it is the general Tuesday morning Motorcycle Police- oplnjon Urnt the village will not ap- man Otto Payne of the Naesau County peaj n , _ __ __________ . >, 1920 the population will have jumped _ _____________ _ _______ Standard Ga.oline, 16c gal. G. Ben-11() 160 000 and that by 1930 the popu-1 nett Smith Garage. |ation will be 275,000. The bulk of A d v e rt-sem e n t (continued on page 8) street-e without lights the night before. More Freeport Newt on Page 8 ‘Hearts Adrift” is a drama of the ’ police, was fined $5 py Police Justice The pastor of the Baptist Church Fl int in the Freeport police court for will preach next Sunday morning or dr,vm« h,s automobile through the the subject. “ The Silence of Christ.’ The Lord’s Supper will be observed a t , . . . nresent time we are raving absolutely the close of the morning service In “ Little Mary Pickford, the most shifting sands of time and the surging nothtng for\oa*-*hVdranU\and for the the evening, the subject of the aermon popular and highest salaried motion changing tides of life, an ep.c of the nothing tor ou. hydrants and lor the \Face to Face with One’s picture atnr in the world, will appear sea with a d p human under current; iven hv t h e m . wiU he w.tn une s ^ ..Hear,g Adr|ft|.. in motion pic- to be shown at the Plaza, %Wednead.y, ------------ tares, at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 8. July 8; matinee and evening. (Continued on page 5) A d v e rtisem e n t Advertisement know what it would cost Freeport that rate, and what it costs now. the village of Freeport there are present 268 hydrants, which can easily figured to $6040, and at at In at be the fire protection given by them. Local Topics Continued on Page 8 AH
