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For the South Side of Long Island A reliable means of communication between the business men and residents of Freeport, Merrick, Bellmore, ^mithville South, East Meadow, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and Amityville. VOL. 1, NUMBER 11 FREEPORT Isshed Weekly Subscription $1.00 a Year BELLMORE, L. I., N. Y., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908 PRICE, 6 GENT BELLMORE Alonzo Foster has moved to Brooklyn home for the Winter. his A letter of invitation has been sent by those in charge of the opening cel ebration of the new Queensboro Bridge to the Freeport Board of Trade and several other Boards of Trade on Long Island towns to take part in the cere monies, Oct. 15. A record crowd went down to High Hill Beach Sunday, over fifty extra dinners being served at Wilmarth’s Hotel. Any number of gunning parties are quartered here who are meeting with much success. All sorts of rutnors are floating through the air about theatres, picture and vaudeville shows, houses, skating rinks, to be establish ed in Freeport, but it seems as if its nothing but rumors, with possibly one exception. The fact is, those interest ed do not know what a good show town Freeport would be if given a chance. It is a center of a large amusement loving population, reached by trolley and tram Lfrom the north, east and west, nfho would undoubtedly patronize a good ’theatre putting on clean shows, played by clever people, but these must be run on a business basis, not in the slip-shod manner customary in sub urban places. The recent Airdome surprised folks hereabouts' by the crowds it drew to its two shows nightly and the managers did not lose, but quit winners. Building a show house is not taking a chance in this case. Nich Meyer has completed the large scale back of his store property, and has added to his business the selling of coal by the ton or car load. Gustav Bopp, through the malignity of some one, has had two of his horses killed by poisoning, which is proven by an analysis made by a veterinary. Some of his other horses are in a bad way, but likely to recover. This is the second occurrence of the kind within ten days. Price for coal for month of Oct. will be $5.65 a ton delivered with special prices for car lots* A. Emeigh, Bell- rtiore. The Stroller’s Column Speaking about that “ test fire\ at Merrick Saturday night, the boys made such a good one that it was still burn ing Tuesday night. • Hope the one to morrow will be of such a kind that the engine will be able to make good. Must take off our hats to Roosevelt and ks Board of Trade. They have been going along nffcely and not caring a hoot about the other villages sticking together and doing things. Lot of horses been poisoned lately. Somebody acquired the habit? Did you get brushed off at the Fair last week? You make a patronize the advertisersvertisers in thishis paper.aper. , . , Just a h int: say you saw it in the Mes-1 inc senger. PEOPLE’S COLUMN Corretpondence addressed to the Mes senger will be printed under above heading as received. No attention paid to un signed communications. Letters can be signed with a non de plume, but name must accompany same as well, not to be printed but as evidence of good faith. Mr. Editor:—Some years ago in the very wild and wooly Northwest, a small weekly paper was published, and had a rather la^ge circulation in the surrounding country. The originality and directness of the editorials contrib uted largely to its popularity. I quote you a few from the “ Western News:\ John Wentworth lies. The goods he advertised in last weeks’ news were not as represented. There is lying without mistake if you don’t ! eno^ h on in this town with, in t p ! for 11 at the rate of 8 dollar The first vaudeville show of the season is promised for Oct. 9 at Fire men’s Hall, Bellmore, and those in charge promise an up-to-date perform ance consisting of the popular girls chorus, moving pictures, illustrated songs, a newly arranged flag spectacle, good singing, lots of jokes, and a show with dance afterward, that will proba bly attract a large crowd. Twenty-six The “ News\ doesn’t care a d ----- what the “ Herald\ says about our Ed itor’s clothes. We wear clothes to cover nakedness, not sin, and the same Lyman Taft is Chairman of the Press Committee of the Republican Cam paign Committee at Freeport despi quality week-days as Sundays, the fact that he had {an idea Smith Job Astor owea ug m i5 for adver_ Pearsall had acquired the contract. The rest of the editors will now sit up and take notice. Republican Campaign committee of j PeoPle m will take part, the 4th and 5th Districts mjt Tuesday night at Willis’ .'.Hall to discuss the subject of getting ready\banners, music for the celebration, and other matters of importance. Another meeting is scheduled for to-morrow night. S. P. Pettit, auctioneer, announces an auction sale of eleven houses, all new, excellently situated as to sur roundings. Five are at Roosevelt and six at East Williston. Sale Wednes day, Oct. 7; 10 a. m. at Roosevelt and 1:30 p. m. at East Williston. Terms 5 per cent on day of sale, 5 per cent The pinochle, euchre and dance for the benefit of the new Catholic Church in Bellmore furnished a pleasant even ing for ^ large number of people from this and surrounding villages. A sat isfactory sum was added to the fund al ready started. The new school building will be ready for occupancy as soon as the furniture for the classrooms has been received from Chicago. auctioneer's feps. Liberal mortgage can remain. This presents an excel lent chance for investment. The Chas. A. Wood Estate Lumber Co. came into possession of these houses through claims for lumber. They must sell them to highest bidder, to close the es tate. WANTAGH _ ________ __ ___ ^ ^ ^ _ ___ One of the biggest crowds of the sea- additional on signing of contract, no ‘ 81on assembled at the ball grounds Sun- - • • - - - x day to witness the game between Bell more and Valley Stream. The home crowd lost the game and the umpire lost whatever reputation he may have had for squareness. Not sticking up for Bellmore, but generally speaking, if Valley Stream wishes to include a stolen game to their credit they had better add Sunday’s game to the list. Such playing as this does not increase the popularity of baseball. The Bell more club plays cleap ball whether they play here or elsewhere; they are rioted for this, and rowdyism is not tolerated. Sometimes though, a visit ing team brings along a bunch of rooters that carry matters too far, for which no blame can be attached to the local players. A description of Sunday’s game fol lows: Score by innings: Bellmore —0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 1 Valley Stream—0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0—2 Batteries, Seaman and Smith; Schaf er and Empsey. Next Sunday, Briarly A. C. at Bellmore. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis are entertaining Mrs. Davis’ sister, Mrs. Annie Taylor of Westbury, England. There will be Divine service in the Memorial Church next Sunday. Rev. T. S. Braithwaite will officiate. Morning subject, “ The importance of religion in a nation’s life;\ evening sermon, “ Some proofs of a personal God.\ The evening service will com mence at 7 :30 instead of 7:45. The regular meeting of the Hook and Ladder Co., was held in the Truck House on Thursday evening. The Christian Endeavor Society will hold its regular meeting this Friday evening. Miss Gertrude Hoppen will lead and a business meeting will be held at the close. The Schuman Orchestra met at the home of Edgar J. Seaman last Satur day evening. It is expected that Miss Laura Cowles will sing a solo in the Memorial Church next Sunday evening. \ Samuel Self reports the sale of a good sized number of lots in the new development south of the railroad tracks, known as the Bellmore Villa Site Development Company's property. G. L. Stiles, Chas. Spear, engineers for the N. Y\. and N. J. Tel. Co., and Mrs. Stiles, were guests of J. A. Stiles Sunday.* SMITH VILLE SOUTH The fire company will hold a special meeting to-night at the residence of John Schneider at 8 p. m. All mem bers are requested to attend to discuss matters of importance. f v Fred Menendez's display of carriages at the fair last week proved to be one of the most attractive exhibits of its kind and did justice to this well-known , concern. ___ _ ___ _ __________ ___ _ __ Three subjects that are attracting the public attention hereabouts are the new school building, the fire com pany and the S. S. A. C. and those in- ► terested report much progress. All down the line the Ladies Auxiliary too is right on the job with plans for the Winter which will be doubtless as successful as their affairs held ' grove during the It is reported that there will be a signal bell a t the Bellmore Ave. cross ing in the near future. If this report is found to be untrue, the Messenger asks the co-operation of its readers in this section to aidpn having this need ed protection provided at once. This bell is a smalt thing to ask for and no effort should be spared to get it. Notice they have got the Devil in only a few of the New York and Brook lyn theaters. Thought he was identi fied with all of ’em. least frightened and one is just fasci nated by watching their movements. The water shows a faint blue tint through the sheets of glass. Imagine a large flat bottomed boat with broad decks on each side and a large hold containing ten center board arrangements about two by four feet with seats on each side and all covered by an open cabin and a sheet of plate glass tightly cemented in the bottohi of each section and you have an,idea how those boats look. They travel very slowly and a guide explains as we move along. To Pasadena from Los Angeles is only a short time by those fast electric cars and when one has made a tour of that town 1 don’t believe he will think there can be a prettier spot as far as the skill of man and nature can make it. Of course like all California all small vegetation at this season must be irrigated to look green and in Pasa dena they have plenty of water, time and money to do it. Whoever wants to see this town let him hunt up a carriage driver by the title of “ Tenessee” Gaiter and he will be shown and told more in an after noon by that old man than would fill Real Estate Transfers Recorded in the County Clerk’s Of fice, Mineola, Nassau County. John Farrel to J. W. Jacobs, Free port; nom. ,’1 Schwencke Land Co. to M. L. Hayes, Bellmore Park; nom. Same to Antonio De Santis, same; nom. Same to Elizabeth Mallard, same; nom. tising, for a year and a half. It is en- .. . , x™ • j , couraging to note that the Astors have bl? bool5' We yiaited many elegant just bought a new piano for their P^vate homes where the plant growth ROCKVILLE CENTRE The “ Peace Dance” given by Mer- ioke Tribe, No. 472, Improved Order of Red Men, of Rockville Centre, on Wednesday evening a t Parish Hall was a grand success. The Grand March was led by two members in full Indian costume, which made quite a hit. On the stag was an Indian teepee with campfire burning in front, also stacks of corn representing Gobi Moon of the Indians, or September of our Calendar. The hall was nicely decorated with American flags. just bought a new piano daughter May. She is a good player if she can play as well as her father. Conrad Acker, a conceited farmer living on the south county line, left a basket of early rose potatoes with his compliments at this office on Monday. We don’t want potatoes and have no shelf room for compliments. The “ News” favors raw religion and un cooked politics but it isn’t a vegetable market. Acker’s subscription will ex pire next month. He can have it re newed for $2.00 in currency. If an Eastern editor tried this line of talk on his readers he would have about as much chance to win out as a Prohibition candidate would in securing votes in a distillery.—Ed. Messenger. While the driver of Greenwald’s ba kery wagon of Lynbrook was deliver ing orders in R. V. C. on Saturday af ternoon and was in the residence of Mrs. Loomis the horse started and walked away; he sauntered across the L. I. R. R. at Ocean Side road just as most barren peaks to the coast, where Sept. 29, 1908. Ed. South Side Messenger: From San Francisco to Los Angeles, a distance of 400 miles further south over the Southern Pacific R. R., gives one more views of fruit, valleys and mountains. At the approach to Santo Barbara the road twists and turns over steep grades and between high and al- a train was passing. The locomotive struck the wagon and made kindling wood of same. Mr. Thomas Jordan has taken the position of ticket agent of the L. I. R. R. at this place, succeeding Mr. Conklin of Freeport. Mr. Jordan comes from the N. Y., N. H. & H. road. A new truck, equipped with a wind less, has been purchased fcby Messrs. Tuthill and Pitney, the livery stable men, and they have found immediate use for it in handling the iron girders for the new bank building. BALDWIN J. R. Seaman has rented his new hall to the “ Alabama Students Co” or the purpose of a show, Sat., Oct. 3rd. The social gathering of the “ La dies Home Dept.” met Thursday, Oct. 1st, and an enjoyable afternoon was spent. The reception of the school teachers, held in the chapel Tuesday, the 29th. was well attended and a good time enjoyed by all. Mrs. T.W. Pearsall took 1st premium at Mineola Fair for preserved water melon rind; also Mr. VonNostitz several 1st premiums for fijpe poultry. AtTiigh noon next Wednesday will take place the wedding of Miss Gladys Clark, daughter qf Mr. and Mrs. Fran cis Baylies Clark and ME. Theodore Newland Ripson of Bellmore at the Summer residence of the bride's par ents, Lake View, this section. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. George R. Van DeWater of New York. ROOSEVELT The Board of Trade of Roosevelt will throw open the doors of its' fine new house next Tuesday night, at which time the members will be on hand with a number of prominent speakers, brass band,refreshments, and a genuine welcome to their friends to Mr. Ripson is «n attorney of high re- pute iti New York, President of \the Bellmore Board of Trade and a popular young man generally among his friends and associates of this and other counties. He is practising in New York and is a member of the bar as sociation of that City. The Villa Site Developement Co.’s office has been moved to Bedford and Grand Aves., so as to be in the busi- ness section of the village. _ of what is possible when a band of men get together and make up their Yninds to do things. The Board of Trade here has a long |ist of members who are pushing this village forward as a residence section and they de serve the sincere congratulations of their friends in neighboring villages. The affair scheduled \for Tuesday night marks the opening of the hall, W1 L ------ ■■ ------ there are grand views of the ocean and its rocky shore for miles. There we witnessed one of those Pacific sun sets. We reach Los Angeles at twelve o’clock at night and as we are driven through the streets to the hotel there is an impression that this city is more like New York than any yet. This af terward was found to be t’.ae. The first of our three days was spent at the local beaches, which can be quickly reached by the best and most rapid electric cars yet seen in the West. On the way we see veiy many flower cov ered bungalows and a large number of oil wells near the coast. .The beaches here slope gently to the water, un broken by rocks. At Venice there is a long pier out in the ocean lined on either side with the ordinary Coney Isl and attractions. Numerous bungalows of very pretty designs all along the surf, and they are reached by a fine , hard and perfectly smooth road that leads along for miles. On this road it is common to see boys in small wagons driven by a. sail, and how they could go! The surf here resembles others at home. No shells are noticed but the curious formed seaweeds are numerous. An excursion from Los Angeles to Santa Catalena Island, by way of San Pedro, the harbor town, is perhaps the most interesting and varied in the whole lot as more of nature’s wonders are revealed here than almost apywhere else, especially of ocean life. The little ocean trip to this island, which is 30 miles off shore, shows that beautiful blue water (blue any way you look at it) most charmingly. It is as blue as the blue water prepared for white linen. Those little flying fish often show as we sail along. All this is for good sailors but to others it apparently has no charm, judging from their convulsions while leaning over the rail and their lock of absolute in difference to all worldly interests. We have three hours at the island and of course the \glass bottom boats are the great attraction. You can see the bottom at a depth of one hundred feet and to watch the animal a |d vegetable life in that water is worth all the ex pense incurred. Where the bottom is not hidden by vegetation it is pure white and of coral formation. Some of the tree-like plants reach a height of forty feet and divide off in branches as fine as lace patterns ; other plants are dwarf and moss like* The numer- was marvelous and of the most tropic al varieties. Near this town we pass through extensive orange orchards in the most healthy condition. Near Los Angeles is the famous ostrich farm, a most interesting place to visit, but let me warn all men be fore they go there that the inducements to buy those fluffy feathers are cunning ly laid. The process of preparing the feathers for use is shown in every de tail and by the time you are led too the glass cases where the beauties are on sale by those charming clerks you are prepared to spend your last dollar, but alas! not a dollar but “ ten thirty-dollars for those pretty ones” they sweetly tell you. I staggered >ut to the pens and picked up an old feather two inches long and tried to look happy. They have over one thousand birds on this farm; the heaviest one weighs over thr^e hundred pounds. By ex amples and descriptions one is shown the habits and history of the oatrjch from the egg to birds thirty years of age. They have a very pretty and restful tropical garden at this place. The desire for home is now becom ing so strong that we conclude to get there as quickly as possible so we leave Los Angeles at 8 :30 Monday evening. We Ipass the land that “ God forgot” the Indians and Navajo blankets, the 'dobe bouses of Arizona and New Mex ico, the Canyons and mountains, the prairies and lakes and reach New York on Saturday afternoon with the im pression that California is like one im mense greenhouse built and heated by the Almighty but left for man to plant and water at least six months of the year and that Long Island is as good a spot as any we have found in the twen ty states we have visited. Wm. F. Jeffrey. Editor S. S._ Messenger, Dear Sir:— I have often wondered how the people of Freeport could lay claim to Freeport being the most progressive village on Long Island. From the letter written two weeks ago in the Nassau Co. Review it ap pears there is more blow and brag than anything else. If the business men of Freeport would take a look at some of the other villages on Long Island that are not claiming to be the only spots on the face of the earth they will find that the business men are working together and in harmony for their mutual interests and it is not necessary for the ladies to say that their streets are too dirty to walk on while shopping. It’s time Freeport business me c got together. Sincerely, R. V. C. MERRICK Muller’s Merrick Hotel is proving to be a popular stopping place for au tomobile parties, who find this to .be an ideal spot to stop and reet up after a- long trip from the city. The hotel cuisine and general service are equal to the best resorts on the South side and fills a want for just such a. place. The test of the chemical engine Saturday before the fire company by the manufacturers did not pan out as expected, by both sides. Those in charge of the engine claim that too much was asked of them and they will do not seem the have another test at which time things ' Meacham & Son to Margaret Rein, Jamaica Square; nom. M. L. Horton to Pietro De Croce, Inwood; nom. John Wormworth to J. T. Lamb, Rockville Centre; nom. J. J. Folger to G. D. A. Combs, sdme; nom. G. E. Heubach and ano., Ex., to C. A. Kulenkampff, Valley Stream; nom. John Edwardson to William Madden, same; nom. / Schwenke Land Co. to F. C. Volck- ening, Hempstead Manor; nom. Same to C. A. Volckening, sanje; nom. Philippini Gross to H. C. Burke, Hicksville; nom. W. B. Robinson to Josephine Robin son, Glen Cove; nom. L. L. Preston to John Matthews. Sea Cliff; $300. John Gregory to R. C. Messerole, Oyster Bay; nom. W. W. Blackmar to F. E. Peabody, Bethpage Road; nom. Onslow-Moore Co. to Adolph Wey- man, Freeport; nom. J. Walsh to Ridgefield Land Co., Plain Edge; nom. Arnold Hintermayer to Margaret King, Merrick Manor; nom. C. P. Carman to Reed Midiper, Hempstead; nom. Reed Midmer to F. M. Frederick, Merrick; nom. House and Home Co. to Thomas Farrell, Floral Park; $250. A. M. Platt to S. G. Whitehouse, Long Beach; nom. P. B. Story to H. S. Bird, Rockville Centre,; nom. R. H. Brennen to F. T. George, same; nom. J. L. Larwence to H. G. Heyson and ano., Lawrence; $1,000. F. W. Avery to G. A. Bedell, same; nom. F. G. Ott to Margaret Ott, Hemp stead Manor; nomr Estates Long Beach to Long Beach Bldg. Co. Long Beach; nom. Same to same, same; nom. Schwenke Land Co. to Alfonso Riselo, Hempstead Manor; nom. . H. D. Bourne to G. T. Walker, same; nom. Lizzie McC. Davis to Catherine To- % bin, Freeport; nom. Bernard Mizel to W. P. Beattie, Long Beach; nom. J. R. Fredericks to Daniel Doty, Hempstead; nom. m ; C. G. Hinds and ors. to Ada T. Hinds, same; nom. L. A. DeBevoise to Jonathan Chat-- taway, Roosevelt; nom. Same, toeame, same; nom. D. M. Hill to Joseph Malloy, Mine ola; nom. Same to same, same; nom. Richard O’Gormaq, Ex., to A. G. i McDonald, Sands Point.; $22,985.10. Moflit Realty Co. to E. M. Hayes, Nassau Heights. 1 $136. Same to John Hayes, same; $136. x Denis Courtney to Daniel Courtney, No. Hempstead; $3,083.34. E. W. Denton, ref., to G. F. Moger, A Roslyn; nom. Nassau Suburban Home Co. to John Engelhardt, Farmingdale; nom. R. R. Batterman to E. A. Batter- man, Oyster Bay; $850. Eunice Batterman to same, same; $425 Bayview Park Imp. to . to Carrie Godfrey, Sea CHff; nom. Cora Beaumont to Queens Land & Title Co., Massapequa; nom. - M. L. Ames to Arne Delhi, Long Beach; nom. Henry Wingen to Emilie Wingen, same; nom. Charles Wolf to Leopold Zimmer man, Sea Cliff Grove; nom. H. S. Sanderson to A. C. Simonson,’1 Garden City Park; nom. G. H. Baukney and prs. to E. F. Babcock, Hempstead; nom. C. B.'Matthews to Nellie Merrick; ndm.' 1 \ J. J. Randall to F. E. Vaught, port; nom. \ R. W. Marvin to S. A. Sprague ano., Roosevelt; nom. Queens Land & Title Co. to Dentz, Massapequa; nom. Same to J. L. Kirsch, same; Same to F. S. Jones, same; Li Same to G, A. Jacobeon nom. > i N. Yf Rugani, .. T l
