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THE NASSAU M E T : FNE1FONT, M. V., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1*1« r ^ ' - - ■:- , , - • w i lt..j2 L w ^ ■- = - = ' ..... , NORTON IN OFFICE DESPITE FEELING Nassau Bar Asssociation to Investigate Charges Against Justice GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE ACTS FREEPORTS NEW SCHOOL MRS. MOANK TELLS AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL Qp WOMAN’S MILITIA Town Officer Acquitted at Trial May Be Removed For Incompetence T h e N a ssau C o u n ty B ar A ssociation h a s begun through Us grievance com m ittee an investigation ot the two charges of w h ic h Ju s tice of the Peace Corodon Norton, of W antagh, was ac q u itted before Judge Jam e s P. Nei- m a n n and a Jury in th e County Court less than tw o m o n ths ago, and upon the findings, it is asserted, an appeal m a y be m ade before the A p p e llate Di vision for his rem o v a l' from office. D e spite this announcem e n t however, N o rton held court in B ellm o re on F ri day and gave evidence of his compe tence by deciding a knotty problem in law and rearrestin g a m a n whom he dism issed upon m o tion of counsel. N o rton resigned from his seat on th e bench and as a m e m b e r of the H e m p stead Tow n Board upon his in dictm e n t under tw o counts for grand larceny and a felony. Both charges grew out of an incident in his court, w h e re he fined several New Yorkers for speeding in autom o b iles. It was alleged th a t he did not tu rn over the m o n e y s thus collected to the proper authorities of th e County and State, la tte r and the form e r charge was dis m issed w ithout trial. At this tim e N o rton had just been elected for a sec ond term as Ju s tice of the Peace and had taken his oath of office. On Jan uary 1 Norton qualified and again as sum ed his duties on the bench. , .There has been considerable feeling am o n g the legal fratern ity of N a ssau County concerning N o rton’s return to office in view of the disclosures made a t his trial. T h is opposition has been m a n ifested at various tim e s, but not until he took office did it take definite shape. The announcem e n t of the Bar Asso ciation's intention to inquire Into the cases was m ade by its, President, Ed w in G. W right, of Rockville Centre, a t M lneola on th e day N o rton began his second term . A com p le te tran scrip t of the evidence taken in the trial will be exam ined by the grievance com m ittee, w h ich includes President W right, Eugene W. Denton and Theo- — Head of Columbian Movement Interviewed By Nassau Post at Freeport Home MILITARY TRAINING NEEDED “Respect Each Other’s Ideals” Her Advice to Husbands I and Wives ever, a r e thoroughly able to pick and choose, and, furtherm o re, me Lords and gintlem e n , to tu rn ye down. “T h e re wi 1 nearer come a tim e when to us women public applause will equal th e touch of a baby’s hand, and in this m o v em ent for balancing our forces we are becom ing m o re happily wives and m o ther’s, because we are getting from the training th a t steadiness of nerve w h ich m a rks th e efficient p a r t ner in any com b ination. “The enlightened women are glad to progress by the paths you men have ; blasted out. We are m a rching rapidly , and w h e n in these m e n tal ways we J are m a rching together, th e re will be | clearer and m ore kindly interpretation j betw een the sexes. W e’ll really b a r - ! monlze above the collar button, and | then—y e ll the Colfitnbian arm y will j be powerful. REV. CARRINGTON TO LEAVE FREEPORT i Episcopal Rector Accepts Call To Church Where Pastoral Career Began WOODCLEFT IS A DESERTED VILLAGE ■- I Freeport Actor Colony Barren and Desolate During Winter Season \E ith e r by luck o r good judgem e n t, m en have steadily and quite gradually been doing the things winch minim- ize the Ego, by putting the whip with CONTROL OF NASSAU the Altro, and m ilitary drill is the I PASSES INTO HANDS m o st available m ethod for us women Qp REPUBLICANS t*°n' (jates Ay011116- Brooklyn, on feb- to m e n tally get w h e re men have got.” | ruary 1, as successor to the Rev. J. G. Backus, who retires from active ser- Only the sea intoning, Only the w a inscot mouse, WILL GO TO BROOKLYN I ° n |y th « wild wind moaning ______ j O v e r th e lonely house. Long Island Friends Are Numer- *,;h°ueh ^ ep* Yerse of T’, B A ldrich quoted above was w ritten ous. Many Men in Slinday back in the w a r tim e s half a century Congregations !RB0, 11 a Pl,J* applies to the southern ______ borough of F reeport—W’oodcleft, a The Rev. A. W. E. C a rrington for ,ru ly deserted village a t this season, three years rector of the Episcopal 1’^rhaps in no single com m u n ity along C h u rch of the Transfiguration in Free- South Shore of Long Island does port, will en ter upon his duties as the population increase and decrease* rector of the C h u rch of the Incarna- wUh the comings and goings of sea sons as this colony of professionals. Hart’s Plans Approved By School Board. Building to Cost $70,000 T h e Board of Education of Union j F ree School D istrict No. 9, has ac- | c e p ted the plans and specifications of | C h a rles M. H a rt, of Bayshore, and F reeport, for the new $70,000 school house which was authorized by a vote of the people a t the last school m e e t ing in Freeport. The building, which will occupy a site a t the corner of Columbus and Grand avenues, will be an im p o sing Colonial stru c tu r e of two stories. The plans and specifications will be put out to contractors for bids w ithin the next two m o n ths, and it is expected th a t the building will be com pleted before the close of the year. Last sum m e r there w ere m o re th a n a thousand persons living in W o o d c left; at present '.herd\ is a scant half a hundred. D u ring the sum m e r m o n ths from the Mrs. J. H u n g e rford Milbauy, of Free- Continued from page 1 port, was discussing with a reporter exceptional ability w ith long experl- vlcc> The building will be of sem i-fireproof for The Na88au p 08t her Columbian ence. Back in 1894 he was a m e m b e r By an oc*d coincidence, the F.ev, Car- construction throughout. It will con-1 m ovem ent-,* which m ay sound m o re of the C o n stitutional Convention and klngton is called to retu rn to the tain eleven class room s, office and an fam iliar if it*,is called by the less eu- for m any years has served the public c h u rch In which he began his pastoral f ® “ 1 ^ a \ lesiiunit! _ a,te w ith a seating capacity of phonic title of woman s m ilitia. She in a responsible capacity in Queens speaks w ith decision, alw ays kindly a n d M anhattan. 400. This assem b ly hall will be equip ped w ith a large stage. The stairw a y s and landings will be of stone and m e ta l. The class room s w ill be 24 x 28 in each instance and will be heated and and enthusiastically, especially about the form ing arm y of which she is the undisputed commander-in-chief. The interview whicli she readily con sented to give took place in an am p le aired by an approved system widely draw in« room before 11 hroad fireplace used throughout the State. The about wbich two do^ and a tiger cat school will accom o d a te about 350 pU. crouched as the General seated her- plls. It will be used exclusively fo r |'self- Sh<1 is a woman of Perhai,s thirty-five, of athletic build and singu- grade classes. The new school house will be of a distinctive type. It will be built of art brick and Indiana lim e stone, w ith a heavy coping above th e windows of the second story. The entrance will face on Columbus avenue. LOCK-UP UNSAFE; HOTEL FOR DRUNK Rockville Centre’s President Treats Pearsall’s Wounds— Plays Good Samariton ROMANTIC LEGEND RECALLED BY FIND T, If the way has been hard and the road rough and you’re fairly well un d e r the w e a ther or commonly intoxi cated and looking for a com fortable place to spend the night, fall down and get m u ssed up and then stroll into Rockville Centre. Village P r e s i dent Dr. Devillo N. Unison will put you up a t a hotel and aid n a tu re in restoring you to your sober senses. Then the following m orning an officer to the judge’s office, and if your luck holds out till then you will be sent home. Dr. Bulson, in the fullness of his heart, m ade such an accom m o d a tion for C h a rles Pearsall, of W oods avenue, on Friday night. Also he dressed a dore N. Ripson. It is probable th a t I w ill call at about nine and take you w itnesses will be exam ined by the com m ittee and a t the conclusion of the investigation the m a tter will be brought before the association for final action. If there is sufficient w a rrant for their action the case will be taken before the higher court. The original charges against N o rton of which he w a s acquitted can never be opened again in a crim inal court, bu t it is pointed out th a t upon a charge of incom p e tence an action for rem o val could he opened. Such a case could only be brought upon the ground th a t N o rton had failed to rem it fines to the Supervisor in proper season. And this seem s unlikely, for it is known th a t such violations of the statu tes are common throughout the State. Justice N o rton’s first case in his new term was one th a t was carried over from the tim e he resigned his office. R ichard Briggs, a negro liv ing in G a tes avenue, Brooklyn, was charged w ith im p roper guardianship of two children a t a house in Bellmore, w h ic h is m a intained by the Alpha and Omega Home of B ergen street, Brook lyn. N o rton was succeeded by Archer Bl W allace, who em p a n e led a Jury to h e a r the case. B riggs’ counsel moved for dism issal on F r iday and N o rton granted it. But he rearrested Briggs and set his trial for January 8 at Bell more. \I have no know ledge of any further proceedings against m e ,” said Justice N o rton to a Nassau Post reporter in th e Bellm o re courtroom , \I have been acquitted in a court of record and feel th a t I am free to continue w h ere I left off. W h a tever else is said for m e m u st come from my counsel,George M. Levy or Theophllus Parsons.\ Colonial Relics Dislodged in Old Oceanside Mansion in Process of Moving Through the finding of a curious new spaper package concealed behind a Colonial m a n tlepiece in the old Mount H o m e stead in Lincoln avenue, O ceanside, a rom a n tic legend of Rev olutionary tim e s is revived. The pack age was found by A lexander Soper, of E a s t Rockaway, a carpenter, who has been at work on the building since it was rem oved from its original site in Oceanside road to Lincoln ave- lariy pleasing manner. “W hen you get all the women drill ing, Mrs. M ilibank, or supposing your idea becom es a worldwide m ovem ent— w h a t good is it going to do?” queried the reporter. Mrs. M ilbank surveyed ilie dogs and cat asleep on yio hearth rug and when she spoke it was to ask “why don’t they tight?\ Then she answ e red her own question— “Ease of h a b it has given them understanding. In all things they are treaM Y equally; they He was T r e a s u rer of Queens County when it included N a s sau and following consolidation be cam e an attach e in the D e p a rtm e n t of Finance. Claude C. V anDeusen, of Rockville Centre, who is well rem e m b e red as an O v e rseer of the Poor is the new Coun ty S u p e rintendent of the Poor. He is the son of Thom as VanDeusen, who held the tow n office before him. W al te r Raynor of Baldwin, b e tter known as “T o t” Raynor, has long been a figure in Republican politics. Phineas A. Seam an, form e rly of Freeport, was looked upon as the likely Republican candidate for Sheriff. He was defeat ed in the prim a ry and now looms up in a position w h ich carries the experience of a previous term . H e is tem b e r)there is no livelier play ground for actors than W oodcleft. Several hundred of them find their recreation during the long sum m e r vacation there, following the natural pastim e s of boating, bathing, fishing and auto- m obiling. The nights are enlivened by ''p a r ties\ of a varied kind and m a n y an act that later is accepted by the th e a tre going public is \staged” in the crude while its cast is “resting.” Ing.\ But when w inter comes around, like A u b u rn in G o ldsm ith’s \D e serted V illage,” W oodcleft becom es a barren desolate com m u n ity of houses and streets. And it is just such a place R E V A W . C /A R R I N tS T O N career under circum s tances th a t are the new County D e te c tive as fearless strikingly sim ilar to those th a t m ark- hc looks. The new Assem b lym an, LeRoy J. W eed, of G arden City, begins his work ed the beginning of the m inistry of Rev. Dr. Backus. Botli graduated from M a n h a ttan theological sem inar- have the sam e liij 0 *nie\ on the sam e in the S tate L e g is lature w ith the de- jeS| entered the sam e church in Brook- term ination to a t least do his p a r t to- prem ises. The hearth rug belongs as much to one as to tin- other, and all hands are com fortable, therefore, they have thw a rted honest legislation for are am iable. Men and women have^years. He is an up-S tater arid- gradu- not uhderstood each oth< i . 1 think, and fcte of Union College, who has built up lyn as assistan ts, accepted calls to | out of th a t m isunderstanding trouble has arisen. You see 1 d o n 't agree th a t the* other side has cm a 'led the angel habit. “T h e re is no such a tiling as undilut ed wisdom am ong men nothing like it—but the alertness of eye and ear, the quickness demanded by m ilitary training has all combined to give you th a t w o n d e rful gift—etlniency, as no Ins life largely upon an ability to ac com p lish w h e re others have failed. H e has a keen insight into conditions and has pledged him self to introduce a hill authorizing the erection of a State norm al school on Long Island, which it is generally hoped will lie passed. nue. It contained a course, half-1 other conjunction of habits will bring knitted sock w ith the needles still in ft. place, two pennies issued by the Colon ial governm e n t in 1827, a silver-backed comb, hairpins and a seed pearl of considerable value. The fam ous old hom e stead was moved to its present site a week ago rath e r irreg u lar cut on his face and j a nd is being com p le tely renovated attended him again next day— w ith o u t! p reparatory to its occupancy. Soper cost of course. P e a rsall is one of forty m e n who have been dropped from the w a ter works along the South Side during the past few days. His dism issal was the crow n ing sorrow of the new year, and he sought to “drown it a t the bowl.\ At nine o’clock he had m et w ith phe- nom inal success and cam e tacking along n e a r the railroad. Then he got into trouble and someone— it is be lieved—stru c k him in the face w ith a brass knuckle. At any rate, his face was badly disfigured when Officer John K ircher brought him to th e village of fice shortly thereafter. It so happens th a t there is no chim ney on the Rockville C entre jail, and panes of glass in two of its windows are broken. O rdinarily it will not hold a prisoner longer than he w a n ts to rem a in in it, and P e a rsall certainly didn’t care about jail. So K ircher called Dr. Bulson, who, in his dual capacity of village surgeon and chief of police, took care of the prisoner and made provision for his com fort during the night. P e a rsall readily consented to accom pany th e officer to a hotel. I .« was w o rking in the draw ing room on the lower floor when he m ade the discovery. The package was w rapped in an old English new spapar bearing th e date of 1812. The legend, which has been handed down through long generations, pic tures a fair young woman who was held a prisoner by her English parents during the cam p aign of Long Island in 1812. She was devoted to a young lieutenant in the Colonial arm y , and despite the opposition of her parents she knitted socks for him and sent them to the A m e rican cam p by house hold servants. At the conclusion of the w a r she is said to have died from broken heart. H e r lover, returning to O ceanside, was directed to her unm a rked grave in a local cem etery. The incident of her death is believed to have form ed the them e for the song of “Ben Bolt,” by m a n y who have heard it, although DuM auria, in w h o se dram a , “Trilby,” it was im m o rtalized^ ju s tly claim s Scotland as the place of its origin. Charles Aldrich, of Brooklyn, who spends week ends at a picturesque bungalow on the banks of E a s t Rock aw ay River, found a chest of silver on his property only a fortnight ago w hile digging up a sm all cedar tree. The chest contained, som e fifty pieces of silver strangely em b o ssed with the escutcheon of an early English family, and several F rench gold pieces dated 1737. The chest is believed to have been hidden th e re by sm u g g le rs. “Nine hundred and ninety-nine wo m en out of every thousand have no conception of team work. Those wo men will be quick to take exception to my statem e n t and Reno-et-al will be against this m ovem ent of the w o m an’s m ilitia, but after all, life as it is is a whole day’s work for us aT. “It has alw ays seemed to me that m en and women to go in to win m u st first of all be restful to each other. The m a n who sm iles before the world and takes out his i a ^ v spite on his wife—the only employee who can’t chuck her job, is com m itting slow m u r der, and the woman who is a coward before the qook and takes it out in poisoning her husband's hours with slathers of bom b a st while posing with a tin halo, is ju s t conteinptable in her way. \W h a t reason or excuse is th e re for m a rriage w h e re the simple rules of “fair-is-fair” w h ic h govern in the street are left outside the front door. Wo m en are inclined to lie em otional, but they cannot be b'am e d over much. Re m e m b e r she has been switched around so th a t she isn't really herself at all —she’s w h a t's left. “T h a t every m ale has a right to a definite goal is a point conceded the world over; and that the wom an in (hls case puts her life sweeping his em o tional path and picking up his w reckage is the wife and m o ther busi- $1 TO COLLECT FOR $2 HAIR SWITCH Miss Ayres of Chicago, Offers Proposition to Rockville Centre Cop ____ o How an advertisem e n t in a ladies' m agazine brought its quota of replies and how a chestnut grown sw itch nearly a yard long was sent to a Long Island woman on ten days’ approval and neither money nor false hair re turned, are features of a heart-rending story which Miss Anna Ayers, of 222 j W est Quincy street, Chicago, 111., has unfolded to the police of Rockville | Centre in a letter appealing for aid in the collection of the bill on a “fifty- fifty\ basis. The cost of the sw itch is $ 2 . Miss Ayers does a sort of mail order ! b u siness in hair goods and advertises extensively. E a rly in May she re- i ceived a letter from a Rockville Centre j woman inquiring about a sw itch and | p rom ptly sent one th a t m a tched a | sam p le of hair inclosed to Long Island. Then she w aited for a rem ittance. But i when none cam e she sent a sterotyped | “second le tte r ” asking for a paym ent. L a ter she w rote m ore letters, the last j of which is in the hands of Officer j Edward Tenime. IV says in p a r t: “On May 13, I sent one hair sw itch on ten ward revising its iniquitous rules that o lijCr c h u rches and returned to it. Dr. Backus has severed his connections w ith the Brooklyn church after forty years of service. “ I am sorry the Diocese believed th a t it was b e tter for me to retu rn to Brooklyn than to rem a in in Freeport w h e re the pleasant work of building up a church is still incom p le te ,\ said the Rev. C arrington recently. \I have been sigularly blessed with friends here whom I regret exceedingly to leave. I doubt if I will ever make such friendships no m a tter w h e re 1 may be called,” D uring Rev. C a rrington's pastorate in Freeport, the church has known a rem a rkable grow th. Its congregation a t th e present tim e num b e rs over 250. It has been a m a tter of considerable com m e n t th a t a t Sunday services the congregations 'h a v e been largely com posed of men. In no other church in F r e e p o rt do the m a le com m u n icants form so large a proportion of the con gregation. Dr. C a rrington declined to m ake any com m e n t upon F r e e p o rt as a religious center, and was reticent concerning his own activities hqre. C a len d e r s at Bel m o re 1 me? The bill is $2 a nd if you succeed in fo r c in g —— *- to pay this am o u n t you m ay deduct half for your trouble. Should the sw itch be offered in place of the money do not accept it.” Officer Tem m e has resolved to aid Miss Ayers. % days' approval ter --------- of your village. ness everyw h e re this side of Elysium . , have w rjtten repeatedly about it So th e re is room for im provem ent, j but as yet have received no response. “If anybody in our m o ther’s day had j Do you not tllink it your duty to help fired th a t gun about women and m ili ta r y training it would have been fool ishness, for only in the last tw e n ty years have the m e n ta l shackles been off women, and not until now has the tim e been ripe for women to take the next step in her evolutionary progress and reap its fair advantages. “The g reatest fighting unit in the world, if properly trained is map and woman who love each other and respect each o th e r’s ideals. Really th a t is the crux of the whole m a tter. If we take from life our dream s we defeat progress. So the Columbian m o v e m e n t is a step forward; t h e vic tory th a t comes with ideal living. “(ftis not the m a tter w ith the high cost t>f living that gives us so m any bachelor girls, nor is it the lack of personal charm . Some of the hand som e s t women I know are a t the fore front of big m ovem ents today and un wedded. O u r educated women, how- Ca’endars in profusion and a no ticeable absence of m idw inter social activities m a rk the season in Bellmore. The calendars are being widely dis tributed am o ng the residents by m e r chants of the village and the dances, entertainm e n ts th a t in form e r years have been features of the holidays, are conspicuous by th e ir absence. The fact is th a t Bellm ore and its environs has the “m ovie” craze. B o r r o w s School T a x e s The Board of Supervisors has au thorized County T r e a s u rer Daniel J. H e g em a n to borrow $39,526.49 for the purpose of paying to the various school d istricts am o u n ts due on school taxes which have long rem a ined un paid. The m oney will be borrowed for eight m o n ths, and in the m e a n tim e a school tax sale will be held, from which a large sum is expected. All property upon which taxes have not been paid for 1911 will be sold.
