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I Nassau County Review O fficial Paper of N a s s a u C o u n ty FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 17. 1914 Vcl. XIX, No. 29 FreePort METER FOR TROLLEY RAN BACKWARDS Localjopics NEED NOT INSURE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN Single copies of the Review for sale at Greenblatt’s and Braithwaite’s, Railroad Avenue: Kiefer's, Nassau County Review, DaSilva's and Go - 1 Letz's, Main Street; DaSilva's, West i Merrick Road. tf. i HIGH WATER TIDE TABLE >■ t iir* - itr»* f o r S a n d ) HooJL : fo r H»*mpeteud ni Deduct *i2 President Lamb Explains Reasons for Giving Trol ley Company Temporary Flat Rates VILLAGE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF Friday. July 17, 8.32 a. m. Saturday 18, 4.22 a. m. Sunday, 19, 5.12 a. m. Monday. 20, 6.88 a. m. Tuesday, 21. 6.29 a. m. Wednesday, 22. 7.16 a. m Thursday, 23, 8.00 a. m. Friday. 24. 8.44 a. rn. | Saturday, 25, 9.27 p. m. Village taxes will be due next Mon day. See advertisement in this issue In our iast issue we published a re port of the minutes of the Village Board fixing a temporary fiat rate for power for the Freeport Railroad Com pany. We have since interviewed Vil- and agreed to a new schedule o^ price, which amounted to $2100 a year. A perusal of our hooks during the NOT PROVEN GUILTY I have no yet reason for changing my belief that Mrs. Edwin Carman did not shoot Mrs. Bailey. There was no evi dence brought out at the inquest to prove any reason for her doing it, and none to prove her connection with the LOWER PRICE t-'r'me- The city papers state that the colored girl at the Conklin home now gives testimony before the Grand Jury, that implicates Mrs. Carman, but I do not like to think that the District At- Mrs. Carman Indicted for Manslaughter Chairman of Law Committee oa Siate FireiuOif s Association Says Law Is Plain COURTS HOLD VOLUNTEER FIREMEN ARE PUBLIC AGENTS for full particulars. There has been so much discussion no basis for the fixing of the amount torney would permit testimony before as to whether the new Workmen's coming to them in case of injury, that body.to be made public either in Compensation Act made it mandatory Subdivision 5 ot Section 3 defining year ending May 30, 1914. of pay- fact or form, but if it has leaked out for villages to insure volunteer firemen the word “ employment,’’ says: “ ‘Em- ments made the N. Y. & L. I. Traction and she has changed her mind after that I wrote Thomas O'Connor, Chair- ployment\ includes employment only Co. for power, shows that we are pav- being with the detectives in the em man of the Law Committee of the in a trade, business or occupation cal lage 1 resident Lamb, who is also in- j ing the village in excess of f2U0 addi- ploy of the County for several days New York State Firemen's Assoeia- tied on by the employer for pecuniary terested in the trolley company. We j tional for the coming season. I be- #ne should be given a chance to change tion, to which the Freeport Fire De- gain.' ” ■ ------- ;_ind j — iin ------ ------- 1— 1—ng * ------------- ----------- ' ---------- J Subdivision,, 9 describing “ wages,'' savs: “ 'Wages' means the money rate at which the service rendered is re- compensated under the contract of hir ing in force at the time of the acci- have always found Mr. Lamb entirely irely j lieve that the committee of the Village her m aga after an equallly lo partment belongs, for an opinion and deal- j Board was led to make this proposi- 1 time with the defense. In other ! received the following thorough reply : tion on account of the fact that the 1 ;= _ straightforward in his business ings and this was no exception. | tion on account of the fact that the words, a confesl perjurer, if she is Mr. Lamb informs us that the ne-! major part of the current used by the such, will have some job ’to make a ‘ ,h«. »„! ino cessity for the arrangement of this . Freeport Railroad Co. is during the jury believe that she can tell the truth, \ IlC/ht rthmit hv t h n lin. I t i mo fin v tirTtort fho rrloof tun a a t ______________ _ » ? it' _ _______________ __________________ a 11 r . Wliecntr The first electric sign in Freeport, schedule was brought about by the un- j time of day when the plant was run- at an absolute loss. As Power House. “ When the power was j know, our business is almost entirely this first turned on the meter went back- ‘ a daylight business; in fact, our time- 1 fie I I r e i e i e u t n u a 1^11 m A - -- ------ **v real one—of permanent planning, is j satisfactory action of the meter in the j ning now visible at the top of the Forbes building on Brooklyn Avenue, adver tising the tires for which the Forbes Rubber Company has the agency. asking . , , . ... „ u, not the new Workmen’s . . Along this line s prominent Western Compensation Law makes it mandatory On Wednesday two little children, George and Alexander Eclaire, one five result of the first week's operation showed that either the meter was tre mendously wrong or the rate that the and the other over three years of age, ! village was charging the Railroad Co were run over by a trolley car on the i was tremendously high.\ Point Lookout line. The youngsters must have lain flat on the tracks for when the car was gone by and the workmen looked for the mangled bod ies of the little ones they both got up “ I notified the Board that an adjust ment of this situation must be made or j the Freeport Railroad Co. would have to return to the power furnished by the N. Y. & L. I. Traction Co. I He said he had talkt with several prominent business men as far west as Chicago, who were watching the case with interest, and he had not yet found one who thought enuf evidence had been produced to connect Mrs. Carman with the shooting. aation Act and that cities and villages “gainst the accidents provided for *«•. 4uo.i, A c t addition, that if such nolicies were this session of the Legislature giving taken out nothing whatever could be , ^\'Ij'-sai.on to volunteer firemen paid to a volunteer fireman. I have k.lled or .njured while m the discharge come to this conclusion because volun- 0 , 'fc,r iu Thursuay morning s Herald reports , teer firemen are n#t regarded aB t,m. I have no information that insurance the District Attorney now has another payees in anv sense. The Court of companies are thus insuring or that a tramp, L— u and were only slightly injured. It is I Pointed three members of the Board a decide to fix a higher price it would be reiif who'u willing\to ^ Appeals has described them b- quasi one of the most remarkable escapes | committee to act in this matter with- j necessary for the company to cancel ever known.—Observer. William E. Conner and Mrs. Emma P ist have combined their real • state activity , in a partnership, with tin ; place of business at the former office ■ of Mrs. Post. 82 North Main Street. —Observer. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. DeKruij! and son, Adrian, and daughter, Billa, of Lexington Avcnu- . together with Tracy Kingman and C. Marshall, i nth of Manhattan, met with an unu-un. ■ cldent. about 9 :3'i in ni . ht wiiil- in a seven passenger car owned am: dliv en by Mr. Marshall. The party was on Merrick I’, d. n mr the Bide k - V, - - H< •)<•, when a car coming in tile oppo. site dirretien crashed into their air - mobi , ta'iitig off one of tie wheel - f Marshall's car. To avoid turning t;. car over, Mr. Marshall turned to the side, ran down the embankment, an.i into tie- marsh. None of the party was thn wn from the car and n i o ic wa- injured. — Times. out any advice or influence from my self. The committee reported at the meeting at which you were present. I the contract with the village and re turn to the N. Y. & L. I. Traction Co. for power. News or the Cnurcties In the Fraternal Orders S u b j e c t o f S e r m o n s , S e r v i c e s c f th e w e e k «ncl o t h e r doin g s in th e c h u r c h e s anti ch u r c h so c ieties T'.'Ou CATHOLIC MEN MEET 1'atchug;iv, L. L, Sunday. —Never before in t:ie Wvr tie. re -■ tl.ousa.'j;! i. v history.if this many here frvm fr. in all :» c: vil Ing i. Na e So cl ■<. . ni -i tl.- annual rally lit) J in* • ... icisi were he I in a lot near t ■ ; a pa,aJe itirough the till..cipal streets. . - : J of American flags, '.miners uf the so ciety and small Papal colors in the pa- ru-le. the town also was decorated with American and Papal colors. Many arrive 1 on special trains on j the I.nng Island Railroad and societies Harvey J. George, who is one of | Brooklyn came in automobile Freeport's Hign School alumni in tie- trucks, class of 1909, has received woi i f The i xi rcises ned the New York Law School that he i “ Come Holy Ghost.” William F. K. on\ of the honor men ot the Class ni | (jeogha , ei Brooklyn, made an ad- 1911, having received over 90 per cent. | dr0SSi followed by Judge John R. jn all subjects. If this average i Vunlc, of Suffolk County. Rev. Father ityiintallied by Mr. George next year Peter Donoghue, diocesan director of he will receive the A. R. degree. the Holy Name Society, of Brooklyn, : limes, j delivered an address and pronounced [ 1 the benediction cf the Blessed Sacra The ice cream department of Chub-j ment. The hymn. “ Holy God, We buck's drug store, which has been con- j Praise Thy Name,” closed the exercis ducted by J. C. Young, has been taken ! es.- N. Y. Hera'd. over by Mr. Chubbuck. Mr. You: u Ah uf oflVie: ;!.yis of • i Holy Name . will open at his old stand or. Grove ; Society connected with the Freeport Street this week. The cold and rainy weather of the last few weeks militated against pronounced success of the sweet pea contest held by Chubbuck’s pharmacy, which ended on Saturday. Some fif teen contestants brought in bouquets, the five prize winners being Miss Irene Bloomer of Bellmore, Mrs. F. Combs of Center Street, Neil Ashdown of Raynor Avenue, Mrs. Bedell of Bay view Avenue and Miss Margery Gould of Church Street, in order named. D o in ts in th e s e c r e t fra t e r n a l o r g a n iz a ti o n s of F r e e p o r t a n d v icin ity . Last Saturday afternoon a delega tion of the members of Court Iroquois No. 13n, Foresters of America, attend ed the parade and the crowning of the King and Queen at the Forester- Cur- I' attended were Chief Ranger H. L. Truhenhack, Frank Southard and I rank and Merle Post.—Rock a wav Time.-. At the rvgultf? n.- eting < Fr- - port . Friday evening, th*- • leer - .-.r tn- suing year wifi be installed State Councilor Pet - r Br vn a; d of Brooklyn, All members are re quested to attend. An automobile outing i > Vi rt .Je; vi- Lodge has been tentatively arranged for by Freeport Lodge, 1253, B. P. 0. O. It will be a two days’ trio, and i members of the lodge are in'it. i. The committee in charge consists of Leo Fishel, George M. Levy and Ernest S Randall. Wallace Resents Action Former Assemblyman George Wal lace of South Ocean Avenue in un in terview in the city papers, severely | criticises the action in arresting Mrs. Carman before the Bailey case was considered by the Grand Jury. Mr. Wallace said heKvould not dis cuss the guilt or innocence of any per son, and he sincerely hopes the matter jured employee at the time of the in jury shall be,taken as a basis upon 1 which to compute compensation or death benefits.” Volunteer firemen do not receive • ■ , ■. ild be Freeport's Oldest Resident old.. - at 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 2}c Lawn Mowers, $2.45 to $9.25 Window Screens, 20c up. O-Cedar Mops, 89c; oil, $2.50 gal. Garden Utensils Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98 Chicken Wire, 150 ft. Roll, jc sq. ft., j|c opened Chick Wire, l i e sq. ft. Nursing Bottles, 2 for 5c Perfection Cook Stoves, 2 burner, $6.76; 3 burner, $9.00 Peroxide, 16 oz. bottle, 10c Da Silva 5-10c Store and W. Merrick Road A d v e rtisem e n t I have $4000 to put out on bond and mortgage at once. Elvin N. Edwards, 1-7 Railroad Avenue, Freeport. A d v e rtisem e n t. “ Quality ia the true test of cheap ness” is a slogan used by Smith & Bedell; see their adv. A d v e rtisem e n t The entire Gaiety Theatre Co. of San Francisco was used in the produc tion of “ Brewster’s Millions,\ for the ship scenes. The yacht belonging to Mr. Spreckels, the Pacific Coast sugar king, was used. The Spreckels yacht is the most palatial floating palace in the world, all of which assures a most gorgeous effect from this production. To be shown at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 22; matinee and evening. A d v e rtisem e n t Coal will cost more next month. Buy now and save money. Freeport Coal Ce. A d v e rtisem e n t. Try my special box of cat flowers, 76c, for the weekend. C. R. Ankers, florist, Rockville Centre, L. I. Tele phone connection; delivery anywhere. \ \ f Z r Z t ! t8rnBdVe,seariCdal,he wa0nUtredffiCt : ,f°r — .orated villages . compliment” us on the “ sensible wards ; later, it was adjusted so that it | table shows only six round trips after way ’ in which we have handled this went ahead but by tits and starts. The | 7 p. m. at night. The committee felt ease. that this $2100 a year would be a dis tinct gain to the business of the plant and would help out what is now a dis tinctly unprofitable daylight service.” Mr. Lamb says he has tried to act absolutely fair in this matter, and we were assured by Messrs. Bedell and Raynor that the agreement seemed to them to 1 e an equitable one. Mr ap- j Lamb further says that if they should “ star witness, Ring to swear that “o public agents. Section 14 of the Law saw a woman commit this crime, and in fixin(, the Hrnount -0f compensation gives a description which could apply t(J thl, injure(l employees, says that to .ths. Carman alone. “ the average weekly wages for the in- 1 he same paper states that Bardes was not called and quotes Counselor Levy as follows: “ The examination of Mrs. Carman was postponed to July 21 with the ex press understanding that 1 he permit ted to cross examine Bardes, and fur ther that any witness uife 'ting Bardes’ story might go before the Grand Jury and that Mrs. Carman herself, un waiving immunity, might go before tne Grand Jury The District Attorn ey announced at the conclusion of his v>:.:* - ination of B irdea the h thought Bardes was reliable. I was satisfied that the story told by Bardes was un reliable and did not stand the ;> -t of the examination. Now, apparently, the nt-gro girl is making statements in regard to her testimony before the Coroner that she did not see Mrs. Carman go through^ er * nd mother were Daniel and hliza- the kitchen and that she wore a klino I heth Smith. Tn- y ii . iourt-vn child- no, which, if true, would entirely re- run, of whom John A. Smith is now futi Rfi formerly the star witness the only survivor. A sister. Mrs. Adel in of t .3 State, who said the woman who fired the shot uore a white waist and a dark skirt. The District Attorney now states that he will not put Bardes on the stab I, because his story would not co Rock am:? . -c inciile with that of the servant. The of Freeport. H s \ i;, no d in 1911 District Attorney now says Mrs. Car- , the age of s9. They had twelve child- man should not make a statement to , reti, tnree of whom are still Itvirg, the Grand Jury.” j Alonzo Smith and Abraham Lincoln The othir witnesses before the Grand Smith, of Freeport and Charles Smith Jury were Harry De Ban, who saw of Baldwin, for a number of years past Mrs. Bailey on her way to Dr. Car chairman of the Republican town com man's office on the night she was mittee. killed; Francis C. Burnell, who in- Fifteen grandchildren are living, ten stalled the dictograph for Mrs. Car- great grandchildren, and three great- man ; Miss Hazel Combs and Miss Han great-grandchildren, making 5 genera- .m. ,,aiiovc boiu iir-wuui» ,,uv uiH- bah Kahn, who were in the office just i tions. A large number of these de Church of Our Holy Redeemer, attend- CU8S the «mj|t or innocence of anv ner- before the shooting; two ot the three | scendants are exp cted to visit Mr. ed the outing, most of them ffSlng in BOn> an(j ^ gjncere)v hopes the matter ^ physicians who performed the autopsy, j Smith's home today. will be ferreted out’to the last detail Uoroner Norton and Archer Wallace, For more than sixty-five years Mr. At the Methodist Church the theme so that justice may be done-whether who reached the Carman res.dence soon ; Smith has lived at his present home of next Sunday morning's sermon will to Mrs. Carman or any one else. er the “hooting, bu was not then 266 North Main Street, where until be “ How to Know God.” In the ev- It is currently stated, said Mr. Wal- informed of ,t. The foreman ot the | recently ne cultivated a large farm, ening Dr. Curtice will preach a “ Night lace, that all the evidence thus far oh- Jur-V ,s Raymond D. Cheshire. Sermon.” tainable has been published in the pa- . , . . ^ , A , . . . pers; if so, the arrest of Mrs. Carman Ai)out sixty of the members of the New York Press) Mrs. . . . . . . . . v uiiabn varman was indicted for manslaughter in the first degree yesterday afternoon by the Nas sau Grand Jury, sitting at Mineola. for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, whb was shot and killed on the night of June 30 in the office oi Dr. Edwin Car- Mrs. Carman will be released on bail until her trial, which is scheduled tVr early in September in Mineola before Justice Kelby of the Supreme Court. In the Fire Department M a t t e r s of i n t e r e s t t o a n d a b o u t t h e fire m e n in o u r l o c a l d e p a r t m e n t by H .E . P. The writer, in company with the foreman of Truck 1, visited Allentown, Pa., Saturday, to be shewn threugh the factory of the International Motor It is possible, however, and permiss ...................................- ..................... provisions of the Workmen's Compen-1 ^ u;r^ C(e^ 0,npan,e8 are wnt,nK r,9k9 effort villages are taking out policies against the liability under that Act, hut so far as the Workmen’s Compensation Act is concerned, I am very sure that vil - . lagcs cannot insure and that volunteer “LhV.i'T,!'!? . , firemen are not insurable. If I can be of further assistarv • to you, advise me. Yours truly, Thomas 0'< 'ont.or, i 'hairman. Social and Personal John A. Smith, Freeport • habitant, observes Lis :i5:!. today, at a quiet ceie; i at n n home, 2ti,i North Main Mret t. On July 17. 1>P'. Mr. hmitli was horn in an old hom* stea i long ago torn down between Freepoi t anil Mu l ick, within th • present villa..’ .uni's, not far from the Merrick Road His lath- Seaman, widow of Ezn Seaman, un d 1 two months ago at the age of 92. ■ Rock Smit’ . ••m- < the early s'-ttiers of Rev. A b o u t G u e s ts. V isits i.ntl P itrtiv F r e t- p o r lcr* an d T h t i r Friend* Mr?. Al. Jnr,!,. were . Mrs. H. \ . in.! on our hook and ladder truck. Arriving at the factory, no was spared to make the visit an in structive one, andy the entire trip through the vast works takes several hours. On first entering the building we were taken into the assembling depart ment. which is as its name implies. Here the various parts are assembled, from here the road tests are made and the cars given the final inspection be fore going to the paint shop. It was in this department that we saw our for a chain which had to he secured .from Phila delphia, but which had not arrived. The chain arrived on Momlai and the cur was brought to New York, and is now in the service station at 64th Street, X<• w York City, for painti' ., uni wi.l be read) for delivi port about August h, sev- ral da s ahead of c intruct. From there we went to the rt■ hi where the different parts, a: i• r being cos-, and turned, are given the lini-i- ing touches, the polishing, a Lusting, i room has proha! y than anv one floor in Mrs. Charles Raynor if I't.i ieMii ni Place has been entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Hei. y Turner of Gra;.-P Par! Mr- L-. M. Merc.Mint f Morr-s I'iains h;.: ;i- for a w e1-: M. Fu Miss Shirley • n . ■ h a number If I > Ra . :n:r. L i : :ii.n Bcih .! inn D- Mutt and Mari. Freeport. Here also we saw si-mbiing of a large chassis Riveters \i.*Vc working on this atnl were near the end of tl . v we can u: . H. ft i - \vv u :'! ent set vf i .echeiiL - wert as - the cros. sections, and t-■ • u tha\ there •. as > y- ing on the frame. > : nected wi! i fl r gi T.\ M a r MRS. CARMAN ISSUES STATEMENT , 0 , „ , , , , . was an outrage and could not be ot anv Shell Island Sunday School had a pic- j possible service to the State. The Counsel for Mrs. Carman has given [ Lately, however, he has sold portions of it for real estate development, prin cipally Russell Park. Mr. Smith has been nic on the lawn of the Methodist Church, on Pine Street, Wednesday, main purpose of an arrest, in the eye lout tne following statement from Mrs. L.nurcn, on fine street, weanesuay, j of the ]aw jg t0 prevent a suspected i Carman, asking the public to suspend and a fine time they had of it. Friends pergon from eacaping the jurisdiction. | judgment upon her until the whole in the parish furnished refreshments, That could not have been the reason ‘“ L ' those unable to walk up were brought for arre8ting Mrs. Carman as there in an automobile, and old and young wa9 n0 probability or even possibility repeatedly expressed their apprecia- of h e8caDin„ tion of the day’s outing. The school ^ ________ is growing. There are over sixty on 1 the roll, and others are coming. The | great need now is a few teachers who can be relied on. A large brass tablet has been erect ed in the memory of the late pastor, ReV. C. A. Logue. This was donated by a member of the parish.—Tablet. First Church of Christ, Scientist.— Services Sunday morning at 11 o’clock ; Sunday School same hour; Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at 8 o’clock; Hempstead Bank Building; subject next Sunday, July 19, “ Life.” The Primary Department of the Presbyterian Sunday School had their annnual outing Wednesday afternoon. It has been the custom for years for the friends of the school to volunteer to take their automobiles and give these children a free ride of perhaps twenty-five miles. On their return the teachers treat them to cake and ice cream, and such things on the church lawn. They take all the children who are members of the Primary Depart ment and also those who were mem bers and graduated, so to speak, from the Primary Department to the main school, this season. George M. Hewlett, Roland M. Lamb, James A. Seymqre, Charles E. Raynor and Geerge Howard Randall, kindly sent their machines this year and about 2:45 these machines, loaded with happy children, started on their automobile trip, going east to Merrick Avenue, north to Hicksville, then mak ing a long swing to the west, and back home again. The afternoon was a Fourteen Years Ago (Items of interest from the Review files fourteen years ago this week) truth becomes known: “ I only ask,” Mrs. Carman’s plea reads, “ that the public suspend judg ment upon me until the entire truth in regard to the murder of poor Mrs. Bailey is known. I am satisfied that the truth will come, for when I am ex onerated Dr. Carman and myself never will rest until the murderer is cap- The public takes much delight in thinking me a woman of iron nerve, when I am really crushed under this terrible charge. It is a terrible pun ishment that has been meted out to me for the suspicion I permitted to cloud the home of strangers. My mother is ly ing at the point of death. My father is a broken old man and my sister John C. Kelley elected president ^>f Freeport Golf Club ; Herbert F. Gtm- nison, vice president. Voting machine on exhibition. Was \pronounced a wonderful invention.” “Supervisor Smith Cox was the spe- t*,e *ov? * for mv husband, cial guest of Gov. Roosevelt at his . little baby has been sent to home at Oyster Bay.” Freeport Band gives opening concert Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Seaman Post celebrate 25th wedding anniversary. Charles Connor and George Dooley pass examinations as engineers, and are assigned to duty on Brooklyn Water Works. Rev. and Mrs. K. P. Ketcham sail for Europe. Franklin Bedell installed as Noble Grand of Odd Fellows. New Catholic Church opened for the ! first time on Sunday, with Mass cele brated by Rev. William B. Farrell. since hTs first vote in 1S4U, having cast on the trip, and everybody who spoke )'f \ ^ 1 ^ f<^ th,‘ 1 lty Presbyterians at Beach The following note from n ; artici- iiiiiit on the beach'party und»*r auspices, of the Pi e-bytenan Sunday Si tiool last Friday is so good we are printing it verbatim: As advertised we left Paterson’s duck at about 9 :fiu Friday morning. We hail five steamers; in ail 31H pas- -engei>. making the ti ip to High Mill Beach arriving there at ju«t about 11:15. We took our box lunches with ;i=, which 1 assume you know by ex perience is a very happy way to take a meal, once in a while. W* remained on the beach until about :3b, the boats leaving from 3:30 to 4 o’clock, and arriving at Patterson's Dock again at 6 o'clock or a little before. There was no accident of any kind ne unti'i at one time -n ti and one ot the engines is si ning. and so arranged ti4,' i* other engine running with it only - ne being under powt twelve hours run this pron versed, and tne engine whirl eng i carried by the first, is had L en now started rutin ng. while the first is run I v the second. Thus every engine is gi \ , n twenty-four hours' run. Our i ng • *• had already gone through tin.-. The next room was where the t smithing was done the mak: g of ail the parts wherein that material or any of the sheet metals are used. A sort of storage room adjoins the tinsmithing room, where are kept an extra supply of cabs, wooden hodi, «, etc., for immediate use, immediately followed by the paint shop, where after having been given the final test by the assembling department, the an- paratus is sent to he prepared for de livery. In this shop was a big corn- enjoying it ballots for nineteen presidential candi- it at ; . * ; dates. Many years ago he held the j ceedingly. office of Town Tax Collector and later These excursions are given by the Justice of the Peace. Mr. Smith was Presbyterian Sunday School every 49 years old when the South Side Rail- - year, and are absolutely free. We road reached Freeport. urge all who can to go with us. We Mr.^Smith well remembers Raynor- I> bss around the hat and take a cullec- town, a few fishing shacks along Free- tion to pay the expenses, and if the port River, when between Hempstead collection is not enough, the Sunday tn® uPPer and present Merrick Road then were School makes up the difference, and if , but three houses. At that time Main , there is anything over it goes into the arKeJ‘9 hrBt £ r.c0P- wh,'rt' the a‘'‘ Street and Babylon Turnpike were the j treasury. It is a little remarkable tual machine work is done, from mak- only roads from the north, Church that on this trip our expenses were j ‘nK ten ton axles to turning out quar- $45 for the five boats, and our collec- *er |nch screws. Cogs are also made tion $45.05, so our Treasurer paid $45 an^ cu* 'n this building. In one room at the dock for all the boats, and took there are about twenty machines which back with him five pennies. capacity ot 1600 feet of hose. Thi= was followed by the woodwi k- ing shop, hm J the upholstering depart ment, where the cushions, etc., are We th iught we were thru th<*n, hut were told we would now be taken to shop, about a half mile away, where we found buildings as Street curved into Merrick Road, which did not go east of Church Street, and Babylon Turnpike was the only road on the south side of Long Island going east. To drive to Merrick from Free port neces8itat«d going northerly and northeasterly to reach the Turnpike. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hewlett started Wednesday morning for Lake George Mr. Smith’s education was somewhat where they will enjoy a several weeks rudimentary. The public school sys- vacation, tern was not well established at the ---------- S. S. Y. C/s Big Show The annual vaudeville show of the S. S. Y. Club will be held at the Club House on the big channel next Friday evening. July 24, under direction of Victor Moore, Wain Waring and Mr. Fitzgerald. The entertainment last year was among the best vaudeville shows ever T h produced in a country place, and while ployed, rave e tbe committee admits it will be hard to beat it this year, they are prom is- Coming Events Wednesday, July 22 Annual beach party of the D. B. P. Mott Post, Woman’s Relief Corps, to High Hill Beach. Friday, July 24 Vaudeville entertainment at South Shore Yacht Club. Wednesday to Saturday, Aug. 12 to 16 Cruise of the South Shore Yacht pleasant one and the youngatere en joyed the trip to the limit. . Emma Daniels is the superintendent v UD‘ of the Primary Department, ably ae- Tuesday, August 4 listed by Mrs. Raynor an4 Mrs. South-1 Annual school meeting in ari. Street Seheel. time of his boyhood. He learned to been accused of forsaking me. How j read and write by the light of an occa- untruthful this insinuation about her I sional candle or a wick dipped in whale is can only be realized by one who wit- 1 oil. A newspaper was a rarity, a book nessed the pitiful collapse after my ; “ thing scarcely seen, except for a arrest. ; book of hymna and the old family I am innocent. I cannot understand Bible, why everything said by myself, my When Mr. Smith was eighteen years husband or any one connected with me old he made his first trip to New York, has been so distorted. All I ask of He says he could easily count the num- any one is fair play. , ber of houses between Freeport and Still, there is comfort to be gleaned the East River. Later he from my position. Never have my back and forth many times, driving ; husband and myself been so closely cattle and farm wagons loaded with jn„ a surprise united. Never before have I known j his farm products. A primitive stage * ‘ r the nij,ht what real friendship is. I have been coach line ran between Freeport, at - ’ - overcome with the numerous messages that time Raynortown, and Brooklyn, of sympathy that have been sent by Mail came twice a week by coach to friends and acquaintances everywhere. Merrick, the nearest post office, until Poor Mrs. Duryea! My heart goes11 1840. . , , , and the reserved seat chart wjll be at out to her. I have seen that she Mr. Smith was 88 years old when he ^,..u „ ___ _ ___ j ... wishes to have one look at me. Sure- first saw an automobile. He has rid- ly the authorities can arrange it so den in them a number of times and that this grain of comfort can be given says he likes them. He once sat down to the poor old lady. There is nothing to a family dinner party with his fatb- 1 wouldn’t do to soften ber grief. er. mother, brothers and six sisters I was not jealous of my husband. I when his youngest sister, Phoebe, was installed the dictograph merely to be more than twenty-one years old. are operated bv four men, cutting small parts. A bar of steel 6 or 8 feet long is put in the end of the machine, and at the other end is shoots out bolts, nuts, lag screws, and practical ly all small parts used. A stream of oil about 3-8 inches in diameter is kept squirting on the part which is being worked, automatically, and one man runs several machines. Upon our return to the first build ings we found that one car which had seemed to us to be just nicely started was then out on its road test. This is the slow season in this busi ness, the company not making pleas ure cars, but when running to capa city, about 1200 to 1500 men are em- of the enter tainment it poured all the evening, but the place was filled to the limit, stand ing room being scarce. Tickets are new on sale at $1.00 and $1.50 each and the reserved seat chart wjll t the Club House Saturday and Tuesday evenings. More Freeport News on Page 8 able to stop the mouths of gossips who had coma to me with stories. ” Grove Uul Topiu Ceitlmi u Standard Gaeoline, 16c gal. n __ _ nett Smith Garage. - Pm 5 Advert “ Brea ster’s Millions” has many thrills. It ia the briskest kind of di- . _ ____ version with plenty of thrills and a superabundance of humor. To be G. Ben- shown at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 22; matinee and evening. Adv« While in Allentown Saturday we were treated royally by Chief Kranz- ley and his men but were quite amused at the traffic law*. The department, 11 companies, semi paid, seems to be an efficient one, and the Chief impress es one as knowing his business, but the Chief informed us they were sub ject to traffic regulations when answer ing alarms of fire, both the Chief and the apparatus; that they were not al lowed over 20 miles per hour and would be fined if they went over that, in fact a demonstrator had been arrested for making over that speed in a trial test of new apparatus. If you are downhearted se ter's Millions” at the Plaza, dqp, July 22. I
