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H V H H N A S S A U C O U N T Y B B V I E W ._i * A u tom o b iles Can Be Insured AT VERY LITTLE C O S T CLARENCE A. EDWARDS S u o e e s o e r to Libby 4. E d w a r d s Real Estate and Insurance Agency O p p o s i t e depot 3 9 R a i l r o a d A v e n u e , Freeport, N. Y. I HAVE $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE S u b m i t Your Application O f f i c e T e l e p h o n e , 3 8 R e s i d e n c e 9 0 9 C. T. U. Column (Contributed) THE PEOPLE SPEAK The Pbiledelpbia Public Ledger, con trolled by the Curtis Publishing Com peny, has turned from the error of its ways end sgreed to publish no more liquor publicity articles. This change of policy was brought about by tbe pro test of tbe m inisters of the community. Ministers preached about it and people talked against it, and as a result the , paper has agreed hereafter to bar all m a tter of this kind. What the m inis ter sand good people of Philadelphia can | do with such an influential paper as the I Public Ledger, the m inisters and good people of any town or city can do w ith | their local paper. A word to the wise ! is sufficient! schools. j Poor of Islip Town thus for audited It is heroically alert in taking up i by our Board, exclusive of what was, the cudgels of personal liberty in be- ! carried from last year, is about $6000 j half of the down-treading. and only two months, to run to the end j It hes no double standard of moral- of the 6seal year. Ae you will see, ' ity, but is ever quick to debauch tbe there will be a difference of about youth of either aex with equal read!- $9000 or $10,000. We have cut out ness. ^ of all bills presented thus far about It prides itself rightly upon'itstho'r- $2500. It is not what we have cut oughgoing democracy, leading rich c o t ; it is what we have kept them and poor alike to its liquid bell. from putting in, that counts.’ ,» It makes work for policemen, jail- In all tbe towns we found officials ora, almshouse workers, divorce law taking fees to which they were not en ! yera, physicians, charity specialists, , titled. If it happened that there was undertakers, rescue missionaries an d ; any doubt about their right to the others. ! fees, they gave themselves the benefit If these be its virtues hew deeply of the doubt and took them. In one - j : i i *■ - * (‘ “ \ for the ' Supervisor to take for himself tbe in- ; f General Sheet Metal Works \ Cornices, Gutters, Roofing, Leaders, Painting, Skylights, Repairing Office Telephone, 492 Freeport Residence Telephone, 60 Wantagh dyed in crime and shame must be it s j town it had been the practice vices.—Milwaukee Catholic Citizen. ! terest on town moneys. I believe it i is net too much to say that as a result i , ! of our work in Suffolk County, both Saving Money for by its direct effect upon the towns ex - j Suffolk Taxpayers! 8^inef and in.d‘rec‘ atT,ect .',Pon . ^ other towne where the officials will be ; The following is an abstract of an warned by our disclosures elsewhere, address delivered by State Comptroller ; there wj|, be saved Hnnual|y t0 the Eugene M. Travis before the R iv e r-1 taxpayers of the towns more than head Club at Riverhead, last Friday | $75,000. evening: Does any man here believe that ^ As a prelude to my address, I de- ( these results could be achieved if these 1 sire to discuss for a few minutes a irregularities were not made known to j subject which is in no way political the public through the medium of the and which has to do with matters of newspapers? Do you think that if we local government in Suffolk County. | fai|ed t0 give publicity to our findings, It was not my purpose, when I accept* j the officials themselves would do so? ed this invitation, to say anything Complaint has been made that we about the work which has been done in made public only those things which > 76-80 Henry St. Freeport, N. Y. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN FIRE ESCAPES, Folding Gates, Railings and Wire Screens for Partitions and Windows Heating and Ventilating “ CODLIN S YOUR FRIEND. NOT SHORT!” The phrase is Dickens’, but brewers have borrowed it, and are us- j ing it industriously. Nobody has any defense foi the whisky seller—-he expects few kind ; words, and is not disappointed over their absence. He is bold and heed- ; less Ishmael. Like the Miller of the ; Dee he can sing—■ “ I care for nobody ; no, not I, And nobody cares for me!” The brewer is not so. I t truly pains r _ ____ ___ ___ him. to be lumped with the distiller in j Suffolk County from time to time dur- Were bad and that this constituted a common disrepute. He tries so hard \ to be respectable. He puts only a lit tle alcohol into his beverages, far less, he says, than is in many patent medi cines. (Of the other things be puts into the beer—rice, cornstarch, glu cose, coloring, chemical preservatives DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR IN P R E S C R I P T I O N S The most you can hope for when getting a prescription filled is a dollar's worth of medicine for a dollar. A pharmacist must use care in compounding drugs—so that your health may be protected. Our methods in sure careful work, and the BEST DRUGS at the low est possible price. :: :: ;; The FACT that this store is getting the largest part of the prescription work of this community is ample proof that our work is being appreciated. :: :: * 1 < But it appea.'s that certain supersen- iv.v, ,8*tive Supervisors in Suffolk County 'and the r e s t - h e says, with pardonable , have taken offense or at least they : modesty, nothing a t all.) pretend great Indignation over the 1 He calls our attention to the society I procedure followed by my office in i in] which he moves. Mr. Hearat will ; making public some of the things | not accept whisky advertisements, ad- ! which we have found in certain towns, vertises beer gladly, and even writes At a recent meeting of the Board of i noble editorials in its praise. Doctors | Supervisors of Suffolk County, they ! prescribe beer, babies cry lor it; as a | adopted a preamble and resolution tonic for frail women it is highly es- criticising the Comptroller s methods j teemed. and calling upon him to adopt a differ 0, yes Distiller Short is no friend 1 ent procedure in s ubmitting reports, for respectable people to cherish, but The preamble and resolution are . Brewer Codim, why, he’s one of the clothed in language which suggest? to 1 finest fellows you ever saw ! me that their wrath doep not hear the things •” were uau ana trial tnis constitl ing the past six or eight months by exaggeration of the real conditions. 1 examiners from the^ Municipal Ac- defy anyone to point out anything counts Bureau of the s t a t e Comptrol- which we made public that is not con- let’s office, because it seemed to me j tained in our detailed reports. Com- that work had spoken well for itself. | plaint was also made that publicity was given to these matters before the reports were t ransmitted to the proper town officials, This is untrue. In each instance where an article was given to the newspapers, the detailed report of the examiners had been shipped from the Comptroller’s office at Albany by express to the proper town official, the town clerk, two days in advance of the publication and a let ter of transmittal had been forwarded. 1 do not consider that the reports of these examinations reflect upon the people of Suffolk County. I do not Ivlieve that the ut ilude ol the Super visors, as expressed in their resolu- If people were not so inquisitive and I brand of righteousness but is intended tions, reflects the sentiment of 1 , lil 1 11 a 11 nm t hn h v-u vuu r fa at nr V in i rr h t\ tO divert attention 1 TOTI I till' d i -i C10 H U TCS r*nn <1 1 i I Hr n ts I k 111 1 */ I h H I t hi* ! I. __ the ! meddlesome, tbe brewer’s story might to divert attention from the disclosures | const! tuen ts. I know that the people ■ be a little more convincing. But once which the Comptroller s office has ; of this county want honest and effi ' ■ - get hold made and seeks to impute unworthy | cient government; that they will not ' 4 Telephone, 76t’> Quality Plus Price; Equals Patronage That in our forumiar for snout ing the Monument business of the particular public. We so- licit but a ,chance to show you the. characters, . w orkmanship and quality of our stones—and to quote prices— for we know then that you will place your order with us. Will you give ns that chance? Call and see our assortment of several hundred finished Mon uments, Headstones, etc. which the let the temperance fanatics get hold made and seeks to impute unworthy j of a few facts, and there’s no living motives to my office. Unlike the Sup-! tolerate the conditions which we have with them. ervisors, 1 am not sensitive of criti- i disclosed to them and I am convinced The brewer confesses that many sa- cism. If 1 were, I fear 1 would be j that they will support my efforts to im loons are bad. He admits that they most unhappy lor I have certainly had j prove government in their towns.” are hang-outs for wastrels and crimin- j plenty of it aimed at me since my als ot high and low degree, the rem • \ *h\ r '-—- r —uiu- - ! sees it. The brewer also says that, when prohibition puts the saloon out of busi ness it stops the trade in beer and in creases the trade in whisky. For whisky, which comes in smaller pack ages, is the favorite merchandise of the bootlegger. One again, alas for his unselfish words The fact is that the brewers are just as eager to sell in prohibition ■ ■ - .... ....... ■— —— territory as the distillers are. All this is aside from the fact, now fully established, that beer is no harm- 1 less alternative to the stronger liquors. indictment against the brewery Granite Survey P o sts always on hand. D. & F. S U T T E R Opp. L I.R.R. Depot, HICKSVILLE, L. I. i edy for that, he says, is to have none ! hut respectable saloons. A Us for his benevolent protesta- ’ tions ! The fact is that three-fourths j of the saloons which give the police j the most trouble are owned and con- j trolled by the brewers. If the brew- I era meant business and would say the word, they could make their saloons respectable overnight. cupancy o' the Comptroller’s office and some ol it of a most malicious charac ter. In the present instance, as in all the others, I am aware that this criti cism is due to the fact that in the con scientious performance of my duty, it has been neceisary to refuse to some men the t h u g s which they demanded and also to do damage to some politi cal reputations. 1 shall take this oc casion to make answer to the Super- But a “ respectable” saloon doesn’t visors of Suffolk County, not through sell so much beer, and a saloon that resentment of their criticism, hut to fails to sell beer is not much of a sa- leave it to you men to judge whether loon, as the brewer’s counting room they have a just grievance, and in do ing so I shall bring to your attention stuff in not the enma in form that your again some facts which I believe will convince you that great good is result ing from the work which my examin ers have done in Suffolk County. The Municipal Accounts Bureau un der my administration has not been nnd will not be used as an agejicy of politics. It is doing a great work of retorm and constructive change in municipal government, especially in the larger towns and smaller cities of the State. Under my predecessors, more attention was paid to county gov eminent and the governments of the larger cities, but early in my admims- r and your neglect to have them made when needed may turn out to he costly. Have your wheel always “ in condition” It is a piece of machi nery, you know, and will sometime get out of “ kilter. ’ O f course, new Urea are sure to be needed sometimes —and they are not expensive. Then there are many small accessories which add to the “class” and usefulness of your wheel—and some of these are very inexpensive indeed. Let us help you to “ g e t the most out of your wheel” by keeping it in condition for you -in PROPER CONDITION. Victor Wheels, Roller Chain, at Right Prices With Coaster Brake, $22.50 Without Brake, $19.00; Rebuilt Wheels, A-l Condition $10.00 up ........... .............. ....... ... ........... tration I was advised by the experi j against the distillery’s product, but it enced men of the Bureau that a fertile j is fully as damning. Whisky is an Held or investigation lay in the small- outlaw by every test of public health er municipalities and I have made » and morals. But beer, instead of be : special effort to bring relief to the , ing the innocent partner, is in all re- ! taxpayers of such localities.1 specie worthy of equal condemnation, , It may interest you to know that an i , And yet the brewers have the nerve a result of the work of this bureau last ’ to ask support from temperance peo- year, there were uncovered shortages I pie in encouraging the use of beer as and other irregularities aggrega.ing guards. a substitute for the stronger stuff t h a t ; about $76,000 and that we compelled , rovul w|l(..r(1 , ;M. (]j(> arc comes from the distillery. restitution to the treasuries of various i • t i .1 , 1 t up If it were not all so tragically seri-; communities of over $55,000. Fur „. . ‘ i. ?,.,, 1 11 ous, the brewers could quali’y as the thermore, we brought about changes ; ' 4” n , , 'r 11S r llj111\ !L a dan('1,lt- j ' authors of the Great American Joke. ' in the methods of procedure in these ' PAPER MONEY PLATES. Uncle S a m ’s Treasures In the Govern ment Eng r a v i n g Room. The bureau ol engraving and printing is one of the most interest ing to visitor^ of till the govern ment offices and workshops. Even the great vaults of the treasury, ovcrliowing with surplus, contains nothing of as er- ; t \.iluc as some of the bits of steel upon which have been traced rare works of art. | They are sb 1 1 plates from which i are printed treasury notes, silver and gold ccrtilieules. and hills ol 1 ail denominations and government ; bonds. In the vaults there are kept 111'1 1 plates for every banknote, irea.'ury ; | note and even other form of seen-! ! rity that lias ever been iggigiI by i authority of the government. And : ihev can give you the Liston of I each from the duv it was first eon- I ceived, giving the name of every man who had ever laid hand on it 1 md how and when and why he I touched it. If an,' of these plates should be stolen there might he | printed from them notes or bonds j representing mum v to an incak-ula-! hie amount, and they are therefore j surrounded with impenetrable safe-> j Freeport’s Most Up-to-date Drug Store ’ P h o n e s , 6 2 9 1 4 8 Fred’k H. Plump A t t h e d e p o t FREEPORT, N. Y. DANIEL MORRISON - ----------- - — f R e s i d e n c e a n d S h o w R o o m s 41 N. Grove St. Freeport, L. I. In my s h o w r o o m s you will find a t City P r i c e s C a b i n e t and T i l e M a n t l e s A n d i r o n s and F i r e S e t s B a s k e t G r a t e s G a s G r a t e s a n d L o g s S p a r k G u a r d s a n d S c r e e n s T i l e B a t h R o o m s a n d V e s t i b u l e s a S p e c i a l t y T E L E P H O N E 851 - W The New York Coffee Mills P . ST., FREEPORT, N. Y. Opposite Post Office W H O L E S A L E A N D R E T A I L It’s all in the Blending Our Teas are Simply Delicious T h i r t y Y e a r s ’ E x p e r i e n c e a t Your C o m m a n d O R D E R S D E L I V E R E D |4 i & O At each window is C L A U D E W . B R O T H E R ID G E HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, Etc. 91 S. Main St. Freeport, N. Y. O p e n M o n d a y , T u e s d a y , T h u r s d a y , Friday till 9 P . M.; S a t u r d a y s till 10 P. W e d n e s d a y s 6 P. M. THE STORE •1 man, stooping ! £ from disreputable places which will prevent a recurrence ; with his head <-lose down to a little I ^ saloons, they pose as champions of de- ! ° f irregularities and will save to the bench. These men are engaged in J cency. In the interests of sobriety taxpayer! many more thousands of j drawing on plates of polished steel ! g} they ask that where whisky is now 1 dollars. In the pursuance of Invest!- 1 ^ j , ppnejls J^j-d as 4uimon<js. The ■ (sold it shall be supplanted by beer, gat ions by my office, the politic! af-j w k » ; th „ , t t r n t i o n ; S Yet they are willing at any moment to ! filiations of offending officials have ; 1 , , , . T ship beer into a community that ha? not been considered. The first instance and ner\ es as stoadv as stn , 9 ] of Wrong doing which we uncovered 1 ” hen the < Inol engraver cornea | involved ship beer into a community already determined to make itself so-i Of Wrong doing which we uncovered ! m e cm.-, engrav e r ennu a j her. ‘ involved a Republican Assemblyman. I in the morning he makes a requisi- [ Isn’t it a picture for an artist? ’ His offense Was made public and he tion upon the eustodian for siiofl of Brewer Codlin, virtuous and mild, was punished. , these precious hits of steel as he warns us against Distiller Short, More recently in bfiti of the towns of, w.mts Eaeh piece has it* name or fierce and lawless “ Remember now,” the Metropolitan district, we found' j V \ / w,IPtl„.r „ jg „ |,it 0f aays he, “ Codlin g yopr friend; not improper uee of public funiin bv a man , , F , ,, Short!” prominently identified with Republican wor'{! n vignette or an entire politics in his community and no favor | an(l when they arc surrender- i BARKEEPER PAYS BIG DAMAGES haa been 8hown him’ . . ! ml to the chief engraver upon requi-| FOR MAN’S DEATH Neither have we discriminated in sition an entry i- made upon the For the first time in the ‘ tavor of Democrats, several of whom books of the custodian. du , V , u- , “ ,8t0r> of have been compelled to make restitu- Pbiladelph.a a jury awarded a verd.ct, tion in |arge araounts. Another occu pies a cell in Sing Sing and one faces Grand Jury consideration for his acts. On the other hand, we have found a readiness on the part of officials, both ! pieces of work. » We beg to announce to the public that we have increased om lumber yard facilities, and are adding to our stock of building sup- Z plies, so that we will soon be in a position to furnish any kind of 5 Building Material. We intend to make ours the most completely s* equipped yard on Long Island Our stock will include Brick, Lime, (gt Cement, Sewer Pipe, Flue \Linings Patent Plaster, Plaster Paris, Wall Lath, Metal Lath, Stucco Board and all kinds of Mason Mater- ^ ials; also Timber, Sheathing, Siding, Shingles, Flooring, Mouldings, j - Beaver Board, Sash, poors. Trim, Millwork^ ”iudfmg and Sheathing « Papers; also Glass, Luilders' Hardware andJpalnt*. Mr. Wallace R, Post, for several yeaff Vice President of the Lewis H. Ross Company, will be in charge of the deliveries, which g t we will endeavor to make promptly ha required. Our shop for the X fillingilling off ordersrders foror Stormtorm Sash,ash, Screens.creens, Framesames andnd othert millwurk 9 rfe, who will see that all such f o o f S S S h r a o will be In charge of Mr. George W. Earle, who will sec material supplied by us ie satisfactory in every respect. Our Mr. Ernest S. Randall was for many years associated with Mr. Lewis H. Roes in the management of the K okh & Randall Com pany (afterward the Lewis H. Ross Company) until his retirement from that Company five years ago, and is familiar with every branch of the retail lumber business. Our grades and prices will compare favorably with any other lumber yard, and we would be pleased to vstimato on and to receive your orders for anything you may require in the Building Material Soon after January 1, 15116, our oflic^ will he located at our yard, No, 16 North Long Beach Ave., Freeport, L. I. JOHN J. RA N D A L L COMPANY Present Office, No. 6 Brooklyn Ave., FREEPORT, L. I. boo tc keeper The makes an entry to sh<>w win)I he lias n - .'ivvd. Then, i as the engravers want the different | damages against a saloonkeeper for a life wrecked and ended by rum. The case was tried in Judge Patter- son’a court. Und. r an <1 Id .'iHtt law, Mrs. Vir Democrats and Republicans, to respond ' kept for them, g n , a Alexander, of 2625 Huntington to our efforts to improve the conditions i j v e the room Street, brought sun against Jacob 0f govirnment and we have dn file at how t , H ever ni, ■ v ol Boach a saloonkeeper of 2521 North 0Ur*uffice, letters of thank, from Dem ! , ’ ......... Twenty.seventh Street, where Mrs. ocratic officials, for services which we I hl\ \P hl\ 1 ,m b V l\“ ” Alexander s husband virtually drank have rendered them, and a few weeks returned atwj . he Inis . ............. . ................................................ . to the custodian 1 j | hooks also 1 j | n A is Suggestions for the family medicine chest Rexall Throat Gargle pTbom.' Wine of Cod Liver Oil similar account and im man can until tin hooks igraving Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Rexall Cold Tablets severe illness. Bronchial Lozengers Aromatic Castor Oil Smile. Results the same. Hot Water Bottles For that obstinate cough which noth ing else seems to relieve. 5 0 c , $ 1 Make them your home companion and keep away the winter colds, which often lead to a severe illness. Box, 2 5 C e n t s Bronchial Lozengers pl™\1 WBox'7o,c in « Don’t nauseate the little fellows. Give the Aromatic Castor Oil and watch them •mile. Results the same. The bottle, 2 5 C e n t s Experience has shown that the best are the cheapest in the end. Our Bottles and Fount- t ain Syringes art the best that can be procured, and sold at fair prices. It certainly is not striving for a five- hour day. lias note ■ that -such is the asc I - h- what we had done for his city. I al-1 men would not let them mil of the Ijde to these things in order to show building without it. you tbe character of the work which When the day’s work is over t h e th . . Bureau i , performing and a . evi ac,,ounfs iin, |ml.mcc,j. and ,f anv- dence that politics are not permitted ,, , ■ ' to enter into it. thing is missing, even the smallest In pursuance of their duty, examin fragment of engraving, no one is ers went into Suffolk County. It was permit! td to h ive t h e building un reported to us that grove conditions ' tiJ it is found. The system is so existed in certain towns and these re perfect tli.it t h e r e never was a plate ports were confirmed by the examina- stolen. -Si. izmis Glebe-Democrat. You are, no doubt, aware that , . . , . , „ largest 0f Dunkirk personally thanked me for award ever obtained in the State in a case of its kind. Mrs. Alexander testified that she had repeatedly warned Bosch not to sell to her husband, and that the warn ings were unheeded.—Tablet. THE VIRTUES OF THE SALOON It never goes out on a strike. . . 1 _____ _____ , D blacklists only its own very worst existed in certain towns and these victims. P A I N L E S S D E N T I S T R Y Gold Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty L a d y in A t t e n d a n c e in one town a former Supervisor made It hates the lockout, even from mid- restitution ef nearly $25,000. In the night until morning. same town, there was gross abuse of It patriotically encourages ah of its the poor funds. The attention of the ! patrons to vote. proper officials was immediately called it is always a cheerful contributoi to these abuses and I will quote from CLARENCE S. ABRAMS, Ph. 1 t0 campaign expenses. a letter recently received bv me from G Mr- - It has a cordial welcome for MERRICK ROAD welcome for the thug whom society has been obliged to oitracise. Play a Bigger Part. So many pta.-plc drift- tatu d)--'-;* pointment and dreariness, because they are dissatisfied with the mate rials of life, and would like to play a bigger part than they are entitled to play. It la all a deep mistake, the — . ... , , . worst mistake a man car make. It Town Auditors of Islip, to show you ,8 not tbe lmpre9lon H man makes on life that matters; it is the impression which he makes upon himself.—North American Review. how that town has been benefited by cur work. Says Mr. Haff: ‘The bills of the Overseers of the , OFFICE H O U R S 9 A. Daily M. to 5 P. M. S u n d a y s a n d H o l i d a y s 9 to 12 A. M. Dentistry In All Its Branches T e l e p h o n e , N o . 3 3 3 R o c k v i l l e C e n t r e DR. GEORGE E. TRAVIS x . S o u t h e a s t C o r . Village Ave. a n d Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre, N. Y. , M
