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ji'v ■ >r • :* % ■ ■ ■ >' '■'■'•ft' i T - IBosf .,U VOL. I. NO. 1 (Copyright. 1914. by The N m m u Port PuUuhing Co.) FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1914 PRICE THREE CENTS THE NASSAU POST’S FIRST PUBLICATION JANUARY SKATING-FINE! Crowds Attracted to Ponds and Lakes of the South Side “ S a m p l e ” E d ition of N ew est C h ro n icle in C o u n ty B e g ins \ With New Y e a r MERCHANTS’ LOSSES CAUSE HIGH PRICES WILL BE A January—and sk a ti n g ! Figuratively the “red ball,” which has so strong an appeal to the youth of Brooklyn and M a n h a ttan, is up on Long Island, and hundreds are taking advantage of th e first opportunity to lju 1717If 1 V slide over the sm o o the surface of the > utiivIl-W tfclV L I freBhw a ter ponds of the South Side. | --------- ! F o r a week a c r u s t of ice has been I to Supply Demand For thickening until today it has become an arena of pleasure. F r e e p o r t B u siness M e n s ’ A s s o ciatio n A d v a n c e s Solution for H igh Cost of Living HAS TWO REAL REMEDIES Comes Fresh News -Will Be Indep endent Politically \T h e N a ssau Post p r e s e n ts here a distinctively “sam p le” edition a r ranged more or less perfunctorily, but designed w ith the sole purpose of ac quainting it w ith the public and the public w ith it. In these conventional tim e s introductions seem necessarily a part of th a t propriety or decorum w h ich governs social conduct in this as well as other places in which this new spaper will circulate, hence it may be considered th a t w ith due form ality T h e N a ssau Post has exchanged greetings generally throughout the county whose nam e it hears and w h o se great seal will ap p e a r in Its headline. In journalistic parlance, th is first edition of The N a ssau P o s t is a “feeler,” in the sense th a t it passes ! From V alley S tr e a m to M assapequa 1 and northw a rd to y ^ m p s tead perhaps three dozen ponds offer a safe skating j ground. The ponds are being used as playgrounds and the lake at Foxhurst has been converted into a veritable rink. FREEPORT “ CITY HALL” SOLD Fishel Building Passes Into Hands of Bellmore Man The Fishel Building, in which Free port’s “City H a ll” has been located for alm o st a decade, has been sold to John J. Bedell, of Bellmore. The transaction is one of the mos^, im portant th a t has been recorded in realty circles th is w inter and is said I to have involved $15,000. Isadore under the scrutenizing eye of a critic- j M ayer acted as broker in the sale, al people whose new spaper w a n ts and By the change of ow n e rship the needs it calculates to supply. A lso ' 8eat 0f the F r e e p o rt village govern- It is an announcem e n t of the coming m ent passes into the hands of a non- of the new est thing in journalism in resident for the first tim e in its h is-1 m e rcial dealinK the association hopes Will Advertise Judgment Debtors and Issue Drafts on Employees NEW NASSAU COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO CONTROL OF NASSAU ASSUMED OFFICES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY! PASSES INTO HANDS OF REPUBUCANS By an original m ethod of deduction, the F r e e p o rt Business Men’s A ssocia tion has h it upon a novel solution to the knotty problem of the high cost of living which it a d v n c e s to m e r chants, tradesm e n and people who do not pay th e ir bills—or pretend to—as a subject for serious thought in the New Y ear. And by exactly the sam e process an equally unique rem e d y has been discovered which the association has solem n ly resolved to test by per sisten t application. T h e keynote of both of these re m a rkable discoveries is credit— c red it from the standpoint of the consum e r or d iscred it as well from the angle of the m a n who sells things upon the prom ise th a t they will he paid for w ithin a certain lim ited time. And by the regulation of this\ e le m ent in com- Ceremony at County Court house Characterized by Simplicity and Impressive ness. Judge James P. Neimann Administers the Oath to Eight CHESHIRE AND HEGEMAN RETURN TO OLD POSTS N a s s a u County. And despite its sw a d ling raim e n t, it speaks forcefully and knowingly of a principle—the basis of its foundation. In another column due am p lification is given to the underlying and funda m e n tal objects of The N a s s a u Post as. a sane, infelLisrent and forceful new spaper, while here is set forth th e m o re prosaic facts concerning its general get-up and news. T h e re are good and obvious reasons w h y there is room w ithin the broad boundaries of N a ssau C o u n ty w ith it over 80,000 inhabitants for a t vital sem i-w eekly new spaper. Indeed, they a r e alm o s t too num e rous to mention.' F irst and forem o st, th e r e are no sem i-w eekly new spapers. Secondly, th e r e is a real, groping, crying dem and for fresh news, and plenty of it, m a t te r bearing upon- civic, social and rer ligious topics, forceful ed ito rial ex pression, tru th s about people and about things, fair, unbiased political discussion, coupled w ith fearlessness tory. The building was erected by O scar Rhodes som e ten years ago. Leo Fishel purchased it about three years ago. T h e building is three stories high and of fram e anil brick construction. T h e low e r floor is used for store purposes while above is the village office and suite occupied by Mr. Fishel. T h e top floor is divid ed into two apartm e n ts. MRS. PELL SUES RAILROAD to m a k e Freeport a tw e tieth century Utopia. It is generally conceded th a t one of the prim a l factors in the high cost of living is due to suffered by busi ness in unpaid hills. These losses have been reduced to a percentage basis alm o s t un'versally and the con sum e r pays for losses w ith his butcher or grocery bill on Saturday night. Also he—o r she— c o n tributes a share to a general fund for pa- m e n t of ex trav a gant bills contract of paym e n t. L E ROV J . 'w E t: o A ^ S E M B L V M A M BOULEVARD LIGHTS GLARE IN NEW YEAR Advanqed Civic Improvement In Rockville Cent-.e s Busi ness Section Opened By the turning of a sw itch at Village avenue and Front stre e t shortly after w ithout thought seven o’clock on W ednesday evening, i j Dr. Devillo N. Bulson, President of the I t-O U I O v) ■ 3 M 1 T H S'STRU.-r ATTVHIMtV STEPHEN ^ P PETTIT SUFFRAGE HIKERS OFF FOR ALBANY P H I N E A S C ovh-l T V A. SEAN/tfAKy OSTTcCTIVfc f H a v ing thus f olved the local prob-j Village of Rockville Centre, set aglow Widow of Long Beach Tragedy lem of high pri es, the association has a system of boulevard lights in the decided to carry into effect a t o n c e 1 b u siness center of th a t village which these tw o m e thods of correcting it: To ad v e r tise for sale judgem e n ts Mrs. Elizabeth W a rden Pell, widow obtained by m em b ers, setting forth of S. Osgood Pell, who cam e to his j the nam e and residence of the judge- Victim Asks $250,000 death when a Long Island Railroad m e n t debtor and th e /am o u n t of the train crashed into an autom o b ile in j judgem e n t. It is convincing enough which he was driving a t the W reck th a t w ith debtorsy?#ho incur bills w ith Lead crossing near Long Beach on im p u n ity and brazenly defy the credit- Sunday evening, A u g u st 4, has begun ()r to do his w o rst so long as the m at- and journalistic independence, all un-] suit? for $250,000 dam a g es against the ter of a private m a ture, will w ince at Long Island R ailroad. the th o u g h t of being chronicled as a Pell was a m e m b e r of a party th a t \bad debtor.\ included Mr. and Mrs. W illiam I.-aim- ]n w o rking out this progressive and j beer, Mrs. Pell and Wm. K. Vander- > c o m p rehensive plan for the collection WON PRISON JOB AT GAME OF CARDS supplied by the trad itio n a l weekly chronicles, that have for a little less th a n half a century covered this im m e d iate section of Long Island. So th is “sam p le” copy of T h e N a ssau P o s t is published to qualify the new s paper. It will be followed regularly on T u e sdays and Fridays by other editions of which this m a y be fairly considered a model. T h e news m a tter will cover more especially that district of the South Side betw e e n Lynbrook to the w e st w a rd, and M assapequa. T h e various interlying villages—each of them — will be represented by such m a tter as will be supplied by a corps of com peten t correspondents and local rep resentatives. In the general schem e of its m a k e up and arrangem e n t The N a ssau Post Is an Innovation. It follows no living exam p le of journalism , although in appearance It is sim ilar to those new s papers which daily record the hap penings of the world and th e m e tropo lis. It will contain no “boiler plate,” no “borrow e d ” m a tter frdm city pa- j’i-v.o, x . f.pym gterage” new s and no political guft-. w iii be an original lillarity It m ay bear ■ e m p o raries will be 1st distinguishing. E d itions th a t ^ in fon o w this will be illustrated w ^ o r[gjn a i pictures, sketches and cartoong New s relating to th e schools, <)0i]eges, fratern a l or ders, clubs, so c k j societies, business m e n ’s a s s o c l a t l c ^ board8 of trade, w o m e n ’s organV atl0J18 eta k wlll be treated thoughtlfully( w ithout cost or charge The Naa^au p o s t’s representa- all m e e tings. An- leetings of w h a tever im m e d iate attention, variety of topics of to the reading pub- jounty will be w ritten The N a s s a u P o s t by the w o rld of finance, on and education. paper, and any to M a n h a ttan c observed as at tlve will attend nouncem e n ts of so r t will receive A rticles upon general Interest, lie of N a ssau especially for em inent men com m e rce, rellg hilt, Jr. The p a rty was proceeding 10f bills, the association doffs its hat from the Hotel T rouville tow ard Man- to Colonel Roosevelt and his full pub- hattan at the tim e of the accident, n d t y theory, for it was upon it th a t Pell was driving his own car. Mrc this m e thod was based. have long been the subject of wide comment among residents of the South Side. The system of lam ps and the Improved pavem e n t through Village i avenue, is probably the m o st advanced Rhodes Gets Appointment As civic im p rovem ent ever carried into effect by citizens in conjunction with local governm e n ts on Long Island. **•. « ...v t-m x , Ur. Bulson was accom p a n ie d b y 1 m em bers of the Board of T rustees and this act was w itnessed by a few vil lagers. were lit the Village Fathers walked about the village on a more or less Attendant After Defeating Doughty at Pinochle Laim h c e r and P e ll’s chauffeur were also killed, and Mrs. Laim h e e r was seriously Injured. The suit for dam a g e s will be heard in the Suprem e Court, M anhattan. ZOUAVE SURVIVOR VERY ILL “It would be a sad thing for friends and neighbors to read as an open book the record of another’s transactions,” said A lbin N. Johnson, secretary and counsel for the A ssociation to a ias sail P o s t reporter. This plan had ad v a n t a g e s . People shrink from news-1 visor of the tow n ship, v. as made a paper notoriety, and doubtless would : reality on New Y e a r’s eve of the suc- ! pay th e ir bills rath e r than have It.\ . ceeding year. John P. Rhodes, of Wood field road, But it was done w ithout cere- Lakeview, is an attendant in the Min- ■ display. \ftc r the lights eola Jail by virtue of a if appointm e n t he received because of his ability to play pinochle. The rew a rd cam e through the recom m e n d ation of Philip (tbe suffragists have ever m ade before. W eidersum , Republican leader of the district, who settled a heated dispute cusory tour of inspection The boulevard system is the first of Its kind on Long Island. The Idea was incepted less than a year ago, and through the persistency of Presi dent Bulson, form e r Com p troler John Lyon, form er Supervisor C raft and H iram R. Sm ith, president of the Bank of Rockville C e n tre and Super bet ween two candidates for the covet-1 n ll l i t i a ” m a y be responsible in a m e a sure for this, although she has no New Department Heads Men of Ability and Experience. Smith, Pettit, Phipps and Van Deusen 1 ake Places of Democrats. Weed to Albany, Promises Normal School Bill ^ W ith utm o st sim p licity, In an at- j m o sphere of Im p ressiveness and sin cerity, the yoke of authority in the youngest county of the Em p ire S tate was tran s ferred to the shoulders of six newly elected officers on W ednes day m orning. The inaugurations took place in the rotunda of the county courthouse at Miueola before a gath ering of m en and women from various parts of the m u n ic ipality. T h e oaths of office w ere adm inistered in the pres ence of County Judge Jam e s P, Nei- m a n n and County Clerk Thom as Che shire, who him self succeeds to office for tlie fourth consecutive term . At tiie conclusion of the brief cerem o n ies Judge N eim ann swore in Mr. C h eshire. T h e cerem o n y m a rked the retire m e n t of D e m o cratic oUlcers ami their appointees, and the succession of Re publican control in the county. De spite partisan differences the greetings of the outgoing and Incoming officials A detachm e n t of plodding suffragists ! w,!re characterized by a w a rm th of cordiality, and among those who w it nessed the Inaugurals there was a dis play of innate confidence and enthusi astic approval. The expression of the faces of the several new officials ana th e firm n e ss of th e ir oaths, inspired the conviction that they will discharge th e ir duties w ith courage and wisdom. Indeed each of them seem ed to realize th a t th e ir pledges of honesty, efficien cy and econom y could not easily be redeem ed. In only one instance during the pro ceedings was there more than a flutter of hand c’aps and th a t when Charles L. Phipps, the new County C o m p troller entered his office to find a large potted plant in his window. The others went to their respective offices alone. In ail except two offices R epublicans succeeded D em o crats. County Clerk C h e shire was one of the exceptions, lie m e rely opened the door of his Mrs. j. H u n g e rford M ilbank. of Free- j office to begin another term . He has port, leader of th e new “wom an’s j p,.,.,, County Clerk, except for two years, since the inception of the county ‘General” Jones Leads Pil grims Up West Bank of Hudson headed by “G e n e ral’’ Rosalie Jones and \Colonel” Ida Craft, both of then of N a ssau County, and “Doc P o tter,” a plain but descent kind of donkey w ith an angelic tem p e r th a t hails from sonic unknown q u a rter leading the com m issary departm e n t wagon, sta r t ed the new year and a second hike ! to Albany In New York City at the I sam e time. The \arm y ” is som ew h a t I s m a ller^ ; :i on the occasion of other \StR to tlie S tate C apital and W ash ington, but volunteers have responded in goodly num b e rs and others will doubtless enlist. M iss M artha Klatsoh- ken, of M a n h a ttan, is am o n g them. This particular hike differs in many notable respects from atiy other that Civil War Veteran Confined Rockville Centre Hotel Richard Seam a n , one of the few re m aining survivors of D u ryea’s Zouaves fam ous during th e W a r of Rebellion, and for years In th e carriage and auto mobile business in Rockville Centre, Is reported to be seriously ill in the Rockville C e n tre H o te l. The old vet eran, who is w e ll p a s t his seventieth year, is suffering from a disease he contracted in Libby Prison, w h e re he was confined for over a year. Seam an was a lieutenant in the Zouave regi m e n t and saw m u c h service during the cam p aign of th e A rm y of the Po tomac. Lyon L ikes C a b a rets? John Lyon, of R o ckville Centre, des pite his scruples in office,really enjoys a good cabaret show. If it is noisy, the better, and if its necessary to w e ar a paper h a t of fancy design—w h a t’s jn ! T h e second rem e d y which will doubtless prove its effectiveness \upon Its first application contem p lates the issuance of sight drafts upon the em ployers of delinquents requesting and authorizing such em p loyer to deduce the am o u n t of the claim from th e sal ary of the employed. T h e F r e e p o rt Business M en's Asso ciation was organized in April, 1912, w ith a ch a r ter m e m b e rship of 34. Following the initial m e e ting a com m ittee w a ited on Albin N. Johnson, the w e ll know n lawyer, and he out lined the plan upon which the asso c ia tion ha^i based its varied activities. From its inception Mr. Johnson has acted as legal advisor and secretary, and it has been due to his u n tiring efforts th a t the association has ad vanced to its present position. The idea of such an association w a s advanced by Jam e s F. Campion, the presen t executive, through w h o se en terp r is e and influence the larg e in crease in m e m b e rship is largely due. At p resen t the A ssociation’s m e m b e rs W ith the light im p rovem e n t an ex cellent pavem ent w a s laid along Vil lage avenue by the county a t a cost of $10,000, which preceded the lights by only a few weeks. It Is the last word In road construction of the bi- .tulithic type. T h e appropriation for the roadw ay was made during Supervisor C raft’s adm inistration But upon the accession of Supervisor Sm ith, the work was hastily undertaken and completed. The street lights stand as a monu m e n t to the civic spirit of the village. | ed job by pitting one against the other in a gam e at which each boasted of liis prow e ss. Rhodes had as his opponent, Albin E. Doughty, a neighbor. Both applied to W e idersum for the appointm e n t and each insisted th a t he was entitled to it. The leader was perplexed, hut fin ally solved the problem by suggesting a m a tch gam e of pinochle. T h e orig inal proposal was modified before the men m e t a t Lakeview Hook & L a d d e r Com p a n y ’s house 'in com p e tition. !t was agreed th a t .the w inner of six of eleven gam es should have the appoint ment. Rhodes won the six games. intention of taking part. The line of j m a rch will follow the w e st shore of the Hudson riv e r and the trip cu ated to take ju s t a w e e k - seven W ould Prom o te Interest in Music. The organization of a chorus in 1898, T h e other D e m o cratic survivor of the last election was Daniel J. lieg e m an, whose reelection to the office of T r e a s u r e r is generally considered to have been a dem o n stration of conff- dence by the electors. It is the consensus of opinion am o n g citizens of the county th a t no set of officers have been b e tter qualified by training, experience and natural equip m ent to take up the diffic ult and per plexing governm e n tal duties. Lewis J. Sm ith, the new D istrict A ttorney, though a young m an is a “genius ot^ labor,” who by his “energy, s y stem and perseverance” has won distinction for conditions are taking part this year, him self In the practice of law. for the hikers a r e m a rching under | p flW mf>n bave a w ider acquaintance a schedule th a t com p a res favorably in Na88au County than Stephen P. Pet- with that about which the song runs ! tit, Gf Freeport, tbe new S h e riff.. His days less than the form e r hike to the seat of the Em p ire S tate governm ent. The difference in tim e , it is ventured, will he in a greater or lesser degree due to the fact th a t the women will swing to the m e a sured arm y step of forty- two inches and “m a rch” instead of “saunter.\ Only those who are physically, able to stand the strain of the long, toil some journey, and have enthusiasm enough to last for a week under trying T a x p a y e rs w e re not burdened with the expense of the im p rovem ent, yet mixed voices In Rockville C entre under property owners In front of whose the direction of Frank H. E rism a n and doors the lights w e re placed, cooperat- Mlss G e rtrude Gifford is one of the ed by paying $1 a front foot to defray the expense of the work. the difference, so long as you’re not num b e r seventy-six. During th e year about $20,000 has been collected by accountable to th e public for your ac tions. The form e r C o m p troller saw the New Y e ar In a t a Rockville Centre hotel and enjoyed It— Im m ensely, it is alleged. m e a n s of- “ first notices\ sent ou t by m e m b e rs; $8,000 was returned to the A ssociation as a last resort and $2,500 collected. T h e balance of claim s is being reduced gradually. Considerable com m e n d a tory com m e n t has been aw akened by the achievem e n t of the village authorities In the advancem e n t of the Idea of the progressive m o v em ents which will be launched w ithin a m onth in th a t vil lage. T h e prim a ry object of the of ! \ F o rty miles a day on beans and hay in the regular arm y ------ .” The require m e n ts of equipm e n t include boots, woolen stockings, heavy sw e a ters and broad skirts. No hobbles will be allowed even in cities of the second class. The intrepid “G e n e ral” has made her the journey. Hotel “Village B eautiful.\ Village avenue, ^ from the Long Island Railroad to Lin- 6 8 u > coin avenue, presented the appearance can tatas; operas and oratories, of a P a ris boulevard on W e d n e s d a y ; NASSAU PO S T —9 HUNT M errick Road w e st to Centre avenue looked like a vista In Fifth avenue. To this la tte r section of boulevard lighting the property owners conitr chorus will be to prom ote an in t e r e s t ' a rrangem e n ts for th e journe y , in m u s ic and to provide a m e a n s for ‘ a c c o m m o d a tions have been secured in advance for a lim ited num b e r and of high-class part, songs, ^ a jj pia(.eg 0f bivouac designated. “Doc A I P o tter,\ the donkey, will he driven by large num b e r of applications for mem- one of the especially attractiv e advo- the initial 5 c a tes of the \ c a i w e w h o will sit in buted $800. j n i J . 10 te bership a r e expected at m e e ting some tim e during January. It is the purpose of tbe organization give concerts and aid in m u s ical en te rtain m e n ts in churches and lodges. a pretty yellow w a g o n laden with cam p equipm ent, luggage and suffrage literature. No napsacks will be allowed, although vanity bags m ay be carried if properly concealed. life has been characterized by success; his failures have been few. He has risen from the lazy environm e n t of a stable to an enviable place am o n g men. Once a constable under Repub lican rule and prior to his election a candidate for the office he now holds. P e ttit has known the sting of defeat. But it served only to stim u late him to \try again\ and win. In realty circles along th e South Side he Is num b e red am o n g the few who have achieved “big things.\ T h e new Com p troller, C h arles L. Phipps of E a s t Rockaway, is peculiarly a m a n sought by the office. He was nom inated while In E u rope and elected alm o s t before he was aw a re th a t he was running. He is a m a n o t rath e r Continued^ on page 3 h
