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Xf: S ' 1 ; NASSAU UOUNTY REVIEW ; 3 ® , , ■, w - i s - COMING SOON! First Anniversary One Cent Sale and T H E IW f l l S T O R E CLARENCE S. ABRAMS, Ph. S u c c e s s o r to T h o m a s J o h n s t o n p h o n e n o . i 2 3 W. M E R R I C K ROAD G . Perhaps we can RENEW THE LEASE OF LIFE on your used w h e e l, and w h ile this w o u ld not serve as w e ll as a new w h e e l, still it w ill serve you greatly. Come around and see w h a t it w ill cost to fix it up. Victor Wheels, Roller Chain, at Right Prices With Coaster Brake, $22.50 Without Brake, $19.00 Rebuilt Wheels, A-l Condition $10.00 up W. C. T. U. Column (Special Contribaticci The United States Senate by a rote of 36 to 2a incorporated id the Philip pine Bill an amendment which will prohibit the gale of all liqoor in the island* except native drinks. Three Republican presidential possibilities. Camming of lows, Borah of Idaho and Sherman of Illinois, voted for the Pro hibition. Weeks of Maesacbasett*. another Republican presidential possi bility, voted against it. CAN YOU ADD TO THIS LIST? The reference in a recent i«*ae of With a frank admission that the medical profession aa y t has been un able to solve the mystery of cancer, the New York State Department of Health devotee the entire March num ber cf \ H e a lth News,” it* monthly bulletin, to consideration of the nat- ■re, prevalence and treatm e n t of the dieeare, asking for “ the creation of a healthy vigilance which lead* to the taking of e x p ert advice on the first appearance of danger signals.’\ “ There is cothing that any one of us can do to prevent the occurrence of 8m I lea. If we cannot strew Ufa's path with flowers, wrote Charts* Dickens, we can at least strew It with bid Ilea No. 77C3 REPORT of condition of The First National Bank of Freeport. N. Y., at Freeport, in the State of New York, at the 19)6. dose of business on March 7. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.. _ _ ___ $283,567.37 U. S. Bonds deposited to se- >. * / / - - r\. y-A > jy s r y . T H E BOOKLESS FASTENER Used in our Spring line of Ladies skirts as shown in this garment is a new invention. It will not come loose, get out of order or open unexpect edly, and will outwear any skirt. It is made of German silver and is rust proof. A single, easy movement will open or close the garment. :: W 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 , F r i d a y till S a t u r d a y s till 10 P M . j c l o s e W e d n e s d a y s cancer except in * voiding certain specified causes of local irritation,\ The Union Signal to the dangerous say* Commissioner Herman M. Biggs, books on the liquor question ebicb are in an editorial. \O n the other hand, being found in the public libraries of there is incontrovertible testimony as Bonds other than the country, has led to quiet investi- to the probability of its cure in a large pledged to secure postal gallons in many communities. One percentage of case* if taken in time. ; _ savings deposits. .$10.000. tX) white ribbcner. a resident of a large I hat cure consists in the complete sur Securities otiler than U. S. western city, writes that while getting gical removal of the growth at the 1 ow\ t | (unpMg“ d'n|5%18 77 ready to inaugurate a prize essay con- earliest possible moment. Early diag -potai Bom(s, Secure ties, etc. test, she investigated her local library nos is. early removal—there is not now Subscription to stock o fF e d - to see what the children would find in nor lias there ever been any other sue- t era| Reserve bank................ the wsy of reference bocks and dis- cessful method of coring the disease.” ! .................................$ 3,000.00 covered that of ten books on the tern- Four notable figures in U;e scientific Less amount unpaid ............ perance shelf, seven were a g a inst tota. world contribute the articles making j ................... 1,500.00 ■ abstinence and prohibition, the : : up the March issue of the magazine. Equity in Kank:ng house cure circulation (parvalue) U. S. bonds 9 P . 6 P of some of them being, \ Relie,on and D rink,\ \ D rink, Temperance and Leg islation,\ CALL AND SEE THIS NEW INVEN TION IN LADIES' SKIRTS . ON SALE AT Barasch’s Department Store 6 5 S. Main Street FREEPORT, N. Y. ^ Come in and See Our Farm Implements M a n y of th e m o s t m o d e r n farm im p lem e n ts a re on disp lay here. S top in a n d look th e m over. W h ile y o u 'r e h e r e let us show you a roofing th a t will give you lasting satisfaction. T h is roofing is ^ 1 ^ . Pronounced-R U \ an in RUBY, ^ COSTS M ORE - W E A R S LONGER (HI-MR-OIO than imitations, ctically the costs a little m o re b u t its first cost is 337 Freeport C . A. F u lto n U n d e r t a k e r and E m b a l m e r 57 West Merrick Road F R E E P O R T , fN V practically th e last. C u s tom e rs w h o have used it for years tell us that IIU-BER-0IQ puts a n end to re pairs. and that ch e a p e r roofings that they have 1 1 Ru-BER-OIQ (alw a y s s p e lled with one \ B ” and pronounced \ Ru as in “ R u b y ”) is built to w ithstand all extrem e s of clim ate. it is p e r m a n e n tl y w a terproofed. h use d b e g in to go pieces a fter a few seasons. Many RU-BtR-OIQ roofs are still serviceable and w a tertight after m o re than 20 years of hard wear. W e know the value of |)U-BER-0|Q an d w e recom m e n d it because it alw a y s gives satisfaction. Bew are of imitations. W e sell the genuine, with the \R u - b e r- o id Man ’’ (show n above) o n e v e ry roll, it c o m e s in slate gray or in attrac tive colors—Tile R e d and C o p p e r G reen. D rop in. w e 'll be glad to show you th e real ^ U -BZR-0(Q. B s e s s C. Milton Foreman, LUMBER. HARDWARE, BUILDING MATERIALS S A F E S T and BEST ON’T be satisfied just to say “Oh, yes, and fill my oil can. Know what it's going to be filled with. Say **So-O0-ny” to the Grocer's Boy now possible to buy kerosene bp name and be of what you are getting. From now on, our kerosene product will be sold under the trademarked name Socony (So-CO-ny) Kerosene Oil. Ask for Socony and you’re sure of getting the best. Every gallon of Socony Kerosene conforms to definite quality standards. It is Water-white in color, and burns cleanly without smoke, smell or wick-crust. Socony Kerosene Oil is so much better than ordinary kerosene tliat it is decidedly worth asking for by name. Grocery, hardware and general stores which sell Socony Kerosene Oil all display the Socony sign. Look for this sign. It is a quality sign—the sign of a reliable dealer. W e recommend the following oil burning devices as the best of their kind: New Perfection Oil Cookstoves and Water Heaters, Perfection Smokeless C il Heaters, Rayo Lamps and Lanterns. Standard Oil Company of NBW YORK -B U F F A L O PtiMipal Ofea* I N u w Y o r k Ai^BXNT-noirroN V ptrunce, its Use. ’ \A Text Book of True 1 em Alcohol, the Sanction for Prohibition, the Enemy of Tem p e rance,\ \Prohibition its Rela tion to Temperance, Good Morals and Sound Government \ The local union of that city immediately called the a t tention of the libiary board to the in consistency of perm itting the '.iquor Dr. Francis C a rter Wood, who is di rector of cancer research at Colombia University, under the George Crocker Special Research Fund. writes on \ What People Should Know About C ancer.\ Dr. John A. Hartwell, who is director of surgery in the Cornell division of Bellevue Hospital, empha sizes the need of better education in the early recognition of cancer. Fred erick L. Hofiman, LL. D , statistician interests to teach intemperance of the Prudential Insurance Company, through the city library w ien the law expressly provides that the children ‘ shall be taught in the schools the evil effects of drinking liquor. and chairman of the Committee of S tatistics of the American Society for the Contrpl of Cancer, writes on \T h e Statistical Evidence of Cancer In crease.\ The fourth article, entit'ed, \T h e Laboratory Diagnosis of Can- Furniture ami fixtures .......... N e t amount du*' from Fed eral-Reserve Rank ............. • Net amount due from ap proved reserve agents in New York, Chicago and Lqqjfl Net amount due from banka and bankers (other than above)..................................... Other checks on hanks in the same city or town as re porting bank......................... Outside cheeks and other cash items . *9:2.65 Fractional currency, nickels and cents ................... 544.75 Notes of other national banks Federal Reserve notes .......... Coin and certificates ........... Legal tender notes. T H E F O L L Y )F I T : The Mayor of New York City isevi- cer,’’ is contributed by Dr. Harvey R. | ({^jemption fund with U. S. dently closely related to the tradition- Gaylord, Director of the State Insti-1 Treasurer and due from al character who sought to prevent the advent of dawn by wringing tne neck of the crowing cock which was herald- ! 12.500.nt> 75.318.75 1,500.1X1 25,000.00 12,850 oo 35.056.24 5.980 1.264.34 637.40 2,105.0# 400.00 23,228.36 ,3.700.00 Gaylord, Director of the State Insti tute for the Study of Malignant Dis- Dr. Wood endeavors to dispel some Treasurer and due U. S. Treasurer Total _ __ 625.00 $486,252.88 ing its approach: Learning that the of the popular notions which have city board of heelth had published end grown up regarding cancer. He dis was putting in circulation a most in poses of the stories regarding \cancer Jereeting and unique series of anti- villages,\ \cancer houses’\ or \can- alcohol leaflets, he is reported to ttove cer belts,\ briefly, showing that the ordered their distribution stopped and occurrence of a number of cases in a to have destroyed all of wbicb he could bouse usually is due to the fact that ! g e t possession. If by this medieval the occupants are old people; that method of dealing with a great health \cancer villages\ usually are small 1 reform he expects to check a move- towns from which m rst of the young ment to enlighten the people concern people have em igrated, and that in ing the dangers of alcohol, we fear he like manner “ cancer b e lts’ are found to will bedisapppointed. His higb-band- be sections of the country where the : ed suppression of this educational lit- population is distinctly aged. , e rature cannot fail to arouse curiosity I The idea that cancer is hereditary as to the political influence which is likewise made light of by Dr. Wood, prompted the act and a suspicion that he declaring that there is no reason j the men who make their fortunes out j whatever to worry because one mem- | Total ' of the beverages to which the board of i h er of a family has suffered from the i health objects, had something to do disease. \ I t does not at all follow that | LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in. $ Surplus fund ........................... Undivided profits.. .$5,677.11 Reserved for taxes 1.24 25.0(H). (Xi 25.000. i Hi $5,678.35 4,104.37 12, lOO.IKi 146.51 Less current penses, interest and taxes paid ................ 1,673.98 Circulating notes outstanding Due to banks and bankers Demand deposits: Interest Deposits ..... 150,856.85 Individual dejiosits subject to c h e c k ....................... 257,302.26 Certificates of deposit due in less than30days ... 2,900.00 Certified checks ......... 868.03 Postal savings deposits. . .. 6,914.86 demand deposits .l» .................... 4(8,902.00 Total $485,252.88 with it. And where lives there an ! any other member of a family will j State of New York, American citizen so lacking in spirit have i t , \ says Dr. Wood, and quotes County of Nassau, ss. as to be willing to be dictated to by fro m th e laws governing statistics to ' '' liquor politicians in any m a tter that show that if there are two or mere relates to the health of hiir,ae:f. bis cases in a family it is due purely to family and his city. Quite uninten chance. tionally the mayor has started a piece The quackery which is practiced by of publicity which will promote th» unscrupulous people in the treatm ent very cause he would injure, and will of cancer is severely censured both by make the people eager to know the Dr. Biggs and by Dr. Wood, facts he is trying to keep from them. ‘The Commissioner of Health takes Meanwhile other educational Agencies this opportunity to warn the people of will continue with unabated energy tc the State against the expenditure of give to the people the truth and the money, often ill-afforded, the raising whole truth concerning the Great De false hopes and above all the waste stroyer of health—the liquor evil. of precious tim e through the use of al- ------------ leged cancer cures and consultation with their unscrupulous purveyors,\ says Dr. Biggs. \T h e State Depart ment of Health may be counted upon to investigate and pronounce upon the value of any specific treatm e n t for cancer at the e arliest possible moment. 1. C. Milton Foreman, Caahier of tin- above-named bank, do solemnly swear (hat the above s tatem e n t is true to tin best of my knowledge and belief. C. M il t o n F o r e m a n , Cashiei. Correct-Attest: Ernest S. Randall, i Edgar Jackson, - Directors John K. Eldridge, ( Subscribed and sworn to | L. s. | before me this 16th day oi March, 1916. Wm. F. K raft, Jr. Notary Public THE DISTRICT PROHIBITION BILL Every citizen of the United States . ought to feel a proprietary interest in | the D istrict of Columbia, a pride in ' her beautiful parks and boulevards, her monuments and her public build . ings, a shame for her numerous saloons No 8Uch treatm e n t is known and allied evils; and every citizen , e t present time. * ought likewise to feel a keen sense of No form of internal medicine personal responsibility to make Wash- cute cancer, says Dr. Wood, ington an ideal city, \ a city that is we know absolutely. Nor will ! set on a hill,” whose civic righteous- no'^ 'ojacted under the skin cure can ness shall illumine the nation. J t ; cer. Cases of cure by such means m u st be regretfully adm itted th a t at which are reported m the papers are ! the present time W ashington cannot merely instances of mistaken diagnos e s used \ t o point a m o ral\ in a set- es. for the quack relies upon the ig mon on civic virtue. Only the other of people as to what a cancer Senator William Thompson 0f !'• end w h B t'* 18 not- Any small lump will that any i day . Kansas referred to the fact that hie sixteen year old hoy and hie eighteen year-old daughter had never seen a s a loon or breathed a I iquor -contaminated atmosphere until upon bis election to Congress he changed the family resi dence to W ashington. In urging Con gress to pasq, measures prohioiting is called a cancer by the quack; then if it disappears be will say that be has cured it. As a m a tter of fact, a g reat many testa have been made of the can cer cures which are sold in tl is coun try, and none of them has been found to be of the slightest value in the treatm e n t of real cancer.” ' the use of liquor in our dependencies, I,, i8 m«de perfectly plain that can- j the Philippines, Porto Rico and the « r Is comparatively easy to cure if it Hawaiian, Islands, we are reminded « n be taken in time. Dr. Hartwell that we are asking these child races declares that if the simple truth be to accept from us higher standard* thoroughly established that cancer be- i than are observed in the city where g«ns in a comparatively innocent form Congress makes our laws. ,?8ts\cee in * Our Lenators and R epresentative. ble f°rm - cknu b« MC«e*,f “ l> C0B0' in Congress will decide the question of h8t*d- . Dr Hoffman in h i. paper prohibition for the D istrict in accord- em p b .sixe. the supreme importance anea with what they believe their con tbe earliest possible diagnosis and stituenU desire. They are hearing lbe every day from the opponent, of tbe PO \ 'bl« ™«dical snd surgical treat- D ietrict prohibition bill. They should . Dr. Wood puts stress on the hear by every mail from it* advocates d e c '.r.tio o that if it c m be diagno^d who should insist that the people of 10 **• «*r |y ■U *e\ ,b f b« , this nation want a saloonleaajcaoitel removed with very great probabilities | rt as to permanent cure. Summarising the work done by the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Institute for the Study of Malig nant Diseases, Dr. Gaylord calls at- Tonsititl* Frem Bad Water. tention to the fact that the Institute j That enlarged tonsils are geaeraBy end tbe Department of Health are now daa to drinking impure water la Use working in co operation in making ex- coo tention of Dr. F. Lucas Beak** at aminations of specimene of tissues Exeter, South Australia. He says that suspected to be of a cancerous nature, hi every case he has seen the child ! All health officers in the State now was a great drinker of water trees the ' have tbe necessary equipment, so that faucet and that whenever he has beau i there is no reason why any physician able to get filtered or boiled water aeh- should sot take advantage of tbe op- —-*— *- *- ---- *— ■■— 4 port unity to have laboratory diagnosis of tissue specimens. Commesioner Biggs, in anticipation : o f a popular demand for information regaidin* cancer, bee had printed u large edition of tbe Health News for March. Any one who desires the full information as contained in tbe mage sine may secure a copy of tbe poblice- ! tion, free of charge, by addressing the 1 State Department o f Health at Albany. etituted his patients have i and their attacks have beet The Road to Better Business Leads Through Our Advertising Columns Prevention for Preventers. There are now In nxlateoee so many andetlae tor the prevention of ao many dlCernot things, and so many more be ing formed all the time for the preven tion of other things, that K would be n good Idea to Inaugurate e few sod I atiee fo r the p r e v e n t io n at societies J fur tbe prc. unttpa ot things. Notice To Taxpayers DEPARTMENT OF COLLECTION. Room l, Town Hall, HEMPSTEAD, N. Y. The undersigned Receiver of Taxi-,- for the Town of Hempstead, hereby gives notice that he has received the Tax Roll and w a rrant attached thereto dated February 19th, 1916, and will be in attendance to receive taxes at Room 1, Town Hall, in the village of Hemp^ stead, on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1st, 1916 and every day thereafter until and including TUESDAY, APRIL 4th, 1916 Sundays and Holidays excepted, from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. A fter April 4th, the undersigned will receive taxes on MONDAY and TUBS DAY only of each week at the Receiv e r ’s Office, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. The Receiver’s Office will be oper from March 1st, 1916. to June 1st, 1916 All correspondence after thin date must be addressed to the County Treasurer at Mineola, Nassau County, N. Y. To all taxes paid during the first thir ty days no percentage will be added. Second thirty days 2 per cent, will be added and 25 cents for notice. On and after May 4th, 1916, 6 per cent, will be added and 26 cents for notice. All taxes are payable at the Receiv e r ’s Office up to June 1st, e payable jfnee at 1 a f ter which at the County Mineola,ineola. N. Y., date they are Treasurer’s Office a t M with an extra percentage added thereto In payment o f taxes through the mails please send Certified Check or Money Order. Money or Postage Stamps by mail not accepted for Taxes. All Tax Bills, Receipts or Correspon dence to be sent by mail, m u st be ac companied by self-addressed Envelope and Stamp. RATE PER 1100.90 S tate Tax County Tax Town T a x Road Tax Board of Health Tax Baldwin Fire Maintenance Tax Merrick Fire Maintenance Tax Roosevelt Fire Maintenance Tax Hewlett Bay Fire Tax iy Kiri New Hyde Park Fire Tax Valley Stream Fire Tax Woodmere Fine Tax Baldwin Light Tax Franklin Square Light District Inwood Light Tax Lawrence North Light District Merrick Light Tax New Hyde 1* ark Light Tax Roosevelt Light Tax South Hempstead Light Tax South Side Light Tax Valley Stream light Tax Woodmen- Light Tax East Hempstead Light Tax Wood lawn Terrace Ligfct Hempstead Gardens ig h Tax Light Taj West Hemsptead ligh t Tax ere-Hewlett Light |[ht Tax Tax Woodmere-I Baldwin Water Tax Lawrence North Water District New Hyde Park Water Tax Merrick Water Tax Roosevelt Water Tex Inwood Water Tax Dated February l$th, 1916. $0.27 .61 .12 .20 .02 .07 .08 .08 -06 .12 .12 .80 .82 .18 82 .43 .40 .11 .23 .20 .40 .84 .80 .30 .60 .22 .86 22 .22 .14 .10 .20 .24 .Oft Joseph H. Foster, Receiver o f Taxes. Mar. 31 I
