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• - ■'s' •M e on SOUTH SI For the - V S A reliable m e a n s o f com m u n ication betw e e n the b u s in e s s m en- Issued ^W eekly South Side o f and resid e n ts o f Freeport, M errick, B e llm o r e , S m ith v ille South, Subscription L o n g Islan d • E a s t M e a d o w , W a n ta g h , Seaford, M a s sapequa and A m ity v ille. $ i.o o a Y ear VOL. 1, N U M BER 12 BELLMQRE, L. I., N. Y., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1908 FREEPORT The test drill last Saturday which called the entire fire department to action and assembled them a t , the Im perial Hotel, was in the main highly satisfactory. The various companies arrived and unlimbered their lines of hose, fire nets, and othe/paraphernalia in jig time, to the satisfaction of the department officials, trustees of the village, and tax payers. Fire Chief Archer B. Wallace, his assistants, the foremen of the various companies gave little chance for adverse criticism. All were on their mettle and all made good. The finding of the body of George Cooper at the head of the creek south of the village Sunday morning created no little excitement when rumors were started that he had been murdered. Undertaker Fulton, who had the re mains in charge, states that no mark was found on the body and the authori ties will not state that they consider BELLMORE Over in Merrick Anton Beyerele is preparing a big blowout for the Dem ocrats of the 2nd District who will congregate there totnorrow night at 8 p. m., to enjoy a clambake and chow der and listen to some good music, speaking am} other entertainment. Guests of the Democrats are promised a good time, one worthy of their at tendance. The Messenger is always glad to cor rect an error printed in its news columns, therefore please note that the price of coal (delivered) sold by Adam Emeigh is $6.75, not $5.65, whiafi ’**,as stated last week. The ball game Sunday was well play ed from start to finish, resulting in a victory for the home team. Seaman pitched a good game and received ex cellent support throughout The visit ing pitcher, who was boosted sky high, before the game, did not prove to be , such a difficult one to handle. The it a murder case but will admit that i fielding of the visitors was excellent. while Cooper was drowned the circiAn- stances leading to his death point to the fact that his end was undoubtedly from a violent cause. What theory the officials are working on is not giv en. George Cooper was over fifty years of age, an officer of the local police, sexton of the Methodist Church and janitor of the Freeport public school, an exempt firemen and member of the J. 0. U. A. M., Freeport Coun cil. He leaves a wife and four child ren. He was very well thought of in the village as a man, friend and neigh bor. Furteral services were held by Dr. Richards from the M. E. Church and the interment was in Greenfield Cemetery .on Tuesday. Before anotherjweek starts in Free port will have swung in line with a big Republican banner, opposite Smith and Bedell’s drug store. This is one of two banners that are to be put up by the G. O. P. At the ship yards of Capt. Dan Combs, Woodcleft Canal, everything is' on the rush. Launch owners are placing their boats out of commission for the Winter and Combs has the ma jority of them to overhaul and repaint, for which work he has made an envi able reputation. He has every appli ance for this work, including a railway and extra large workshop. Miss E. Mildred Smith of New York spent the past week with Mrs. J. D. Kiefer of Main St. Miss Blanche de Kruijff has return ed from a pleasant trip to Far Rocka- way and New York. Welcome home, Blanche. (Billy?) The Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery held a meeting at Freeport Presbyter ian Church yesterday. Charles Powers, the 19 year old son of Thomas Powers of this village, was drowned Tuesday night off a schooner owned by Capt. Gus Smith, in the vi cinity of Coney Island. A report Thursday morning states that the body was recovered and returned to Free port. WANTA6H A surprise was given to Mr. and Mrs. John N. Seaman of Jerusalem on Saturday evening last in honor of their wooden wedding. A large num ber of friends were present at the. oc casion and many, presents were given, all being in the line of wood. All hiul a good time. On Election Day afternoon Nov. 3rd, Archer B. Wallac^, auctioneer, will hold a large auction ' sale on Ma laga Farm, Merrick Road, east of Wan- tagh Avenue. The sale will include three horses, 24 cows, bull, milk wag ons, bottles, cream separator, agricul tural implements, furniture. Gertrude Marie, the infant dauhgter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Adel, was christ ened Sunday by Rev. ^Thomas S. Braithwaite. Mr. years or more residents of __ ___ were struck and instantl/TciTled by an express train here Thursday morning. The funeral service of Mrs. Lena Paper ^vere held in the German M. E. Church last Sunday, Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite officiating. Deceased was athe widow of John H, Peper of Jeru salem and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bemm^Bullmg^ ^She was in her *1 survives! Next Sunday the same team will play another game here. The score: Be 11 more —3 x—4 Beyerles A. C.—0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0—3 Batteries, Seaman and Smith and Kavnaugh and Colder. Next Sunday the same two teams will play at Bell- more. / ‘ A number of young men in this sec tion are talking earnestly of forming an athletic association which will have for its purpose the promotion of baseball, gunning, boating and other sports and a meeting is scheduled to organize and get things going before cold weather sets in. One of the plans, which looks good at pr isent, is the hiring of a room for a headquarters and general place of assembly, which is to be open nightly for members. It might be difficult to get such a place in the village unless the store used by Joseph Busch was to be hired tempo- Democratic party. Others In this sec tion seem averse to taking this pub lished renort in a serious light. Mr. Bedell will probably refuse the honor. Miss Gladys Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Baylies Clark of New York, and Theodore Newland Ripson of Bellmqre, were united in marriage at the summer home of the bride’s praents, Lakeview, 2between Bellmore and Wantagh, on the Merrick Road, at high noon Wednesday, by the Rev. George R. Vandewater, Rector of St. Andrews Church, New York. The wedding was an open air one, the cere mony taking place under the tress and the decorations were garlands of leaves and golden rod, making it an autumn ‘ wedding in fact Jas well as fancy. The bride was given away by her father and the best man was Mr. Robert Livingston Stedman of New York. The maid-of honor was Miss Pauline Hungreford Bogardus of New York; the bridesmaid was Miss Helen Newland of Bellmore. The ushers were Allen Merrill Rogers, D. Fuller Appleton, Philip J. Ross of New York, Henry Genet Dusenbury, jr., of Hack ensack, N. J., and Martin Van Buren Hall of Freeport and the bride’s brother, Meredith Clark. The bride wore a Directoire gown of white satin and point lace and carried a shower of Lillies of the Valley, also a point lace veil, an heirloom of the family. The bridesmaid carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums. Mrs. Clark, the mother of the bride, wore a lavendar Directore gown and carried orchids. Immediately after the wedding re ception Mr. and Mrs. Ripson departed in an automobile. Their destination was withheld from the press. The bride wore a dark green Directoire dress as a travelling gown. The presents were very numerous and handsome, consisting principally of cut glass, silverware and other gifts of a high order. The father gave his daughter a complete set of silver table ware and the groom’s gift to the bride was a diamond and gold brooch. A MERRICK The Chemical Engine was given another trial last Saturday evening. The firemen had all the material for a spectacular performance and the spectators were not disappointed. A substantial building was ; erected 13x15x81 ft., complete with windows, doors, etc. The interior was furnished tevishly with chairs, tables and a bed stead made from the best quality of GENERAL NEWS NOTES From the Record (Amityville) is the following: Walter R. Burling, editor of the Centre Moriches “ Record,” who estab lished many of the newspapers in Suf folk, Nassau and Queens counties, re tires thifi week from the activities -of •newspaper work. He is now 76 years of age. We venture to say that no millionaire can retire from the harness PR IC E , 6 CENTS rarily, but as it is, the idea is a good one and worth sticking to until an ac-; private train conveyed the guests from complished fact. : the Bellmore station. Luncheon was 1 served by Maresi, and Van Baar’s or- Gustav Bopp is the owner of an au- j che8tra furnished thelmusic. Wm. F. tomobfle of the runabout class, which/Jerfrey( the florist of Bellmore, had s0 comp]e£e charge Qf the floral decora tions, including the wedding bell of he handles with remarkable far. A shoemaker has been established in Saullo’s barber shop, who will prob ably fill a want in this section for a business of this kind. The names of the candidates of the Republican party outside of Taft and Sherman have been added by the Re publicans of this district to their big banner as follows: For Governor, Charles E. Hughee-f Lieut. Governor, Horace White; Senator,Orlando Hubbs; Congressman, William W. Cocks; for member of Assembly, William G. Miller. The discovery of a brown fox at High Hill Beach resulted in a regular fox hunt by L. A. Brown, A. Jung, Adolph Frisch, jr., and others, and as Br’er Fox got waay another hunt is planned by the same parties who are bound to get the brush. A number of young girls of this vil lage formed themselves into a club and named it the Jenny Wren Club, which has for its purposes the helping of others less fortunate than they. This club has met with succ$ea in its way and in several instances been a help to those in need of assistance. Florence Adel, Irene Bloomer, Mattie Wtl- marth, Grace Hodgson, Esther Verity are some of the girls whose names ap- pean as members. bulbs and flowers under which the bride and groom stood, and the bower of leaves at the end of the draped path. His work showed a nicety of judgment which brought forth many expressions of praise both from Mr. and Mrs. Clark and the guests. The carrying of the guests to and from the station and other details incident to this work were in the hands of Charles H. Rus sell, who attended to every detail in a highly satisfactory manner. Still another. John T. Burke is now the proud possessor of a gas wagon. The show scheduled for to-night at Firemen’s Hall, Bellmore, promises, owing to the attractions of the pro gramme, to be one of the best here so far. The apparatus fibr the pictures, songs, and the flag spectacle are in position and the rest of the bill will go to make it something worth while. Tuesday morning Deputy Sheriff A. Palermo was called from his home by Hatfield Smith to arrest two tramps who had broke inton his bam, pre sumably fo r'a night's lodging, for which they paid Mr. Smith in unprint able language, so Smith hies himself at once to Palermo’s house. The two tramps were located near the pumping station at Wantagh. One got away but the other was arraigned before Justice Tatem, who committed them for hearing this morning at Freeport. While taking his prisoner to Mineola two men, who proved to be officers from Suffolk County, claimed the pris oner. They wanted him for robbery and arson. Judge Tatem thereupon issued an order mming over the pris- and Mrs. JJames Hoar, for 20 'Oner to the Suffolk County authorities, r more residents of this place, who now have him in charge. This was an important arrest, owing to the serious charge against the accused. SEAEORD ThO Seaford Hook, Ladder and En gine Co. was presented with an anti- freezing pump by Teddy Narr of Mas- sapequa, which has been placed in the fire house. Mrs. Vernie Fountain has moved to Patchogue from this place and her friends wish her happiness in her new home. A crowd that filled the hall of the Y. M. I. C last week attended the show of the Alabama Students Co., a travel ling show composed of colored people who give a very pleasing entertain ment. ROOSEVELT The nomination for State Senator by the Independence League of William M. Bedell of Bellmore, seems to have been somewhat of a surprise to him. A representative of this paper could not find Mr. Bedell to get a statement from him but at his home it was stat ed that he would not accept f* inatlon as he f building1. The opening reception of the Board was held Tuesday night, at which time it threw open to its mem bers and friends, the new building. Much satisfaction is expressed over the successful manner in which the affairs \of this organization have been conducted. Any orte doubting the fu- htre of Roosevelt should make it hia. business to talk with President Sea Mr. Edwank, Mr. Jones or soap boxes, the whole being garnished j with the gra<» and ease of conscience with excelsior and shavings. The which are th^perquisities of a ---- - walls were delicately tinted with ker osene. A fire was atarted and after the flames were bursting from all sides the “ juice” was turned on. Six minutes later darkness reigned—on examination it was found that nothing but the oil had burned. A second in cendiary attempt followed. The fire- bugjsucceeded in igniting the building. It was allowed to bum for several minutes. This time the engine tri umphed in three minutes. Then the whole crowd of firemen\ went down to Birch’s store and told each other all about it after relating their narrow es capes while assisting the demonstra tion. They organized themselves in to a meeting and decided to purchase the machine. After which the major ity adjourned to Muller's to quench the fire of hrdor that had burned in them all the evening. On the way home from there four of the firemen discov ered that the building had been set on fire again and was blazing brightly. So after a sharp run and brave work they managed to put it out and all Merrick slept quietly, knowing that they were well protected from fire. news paper man who has run his race. He may not be ao rich, but his career has left no human wrecks in its wake. Some fifteen months ago there was formed among some of the music lov ers of Wantagh and Bellmore the Schu- man Orchestra, an organization com posed of a sele :t few who are lovers of high class music. The members hold regular meetings every Wednes day night at the home of a different member to enjoy together a musical evening, rehearse hnd study the com positions of eminent composers. A list of the members includes Mrs. Rhoda Jackson, Wantagh, pianist; Mrs. T. J. Thornton, Bellmore, first (Hempstead): ICUsually the Democratic party can be relied upon to do the wrong thing at the right time. Had it had the fore sight to place in nomination for Con- \ gress Hon. Townsend D. Cocks the dis trict would have been placed in the doubtful column, for Mr. Cock’s abil ity as a vote getter is known from Hunter’s Point to Montaujf Point, and his reputation as a public man stands very high in the Congressional Dis trict. The Democratic party chose a respectable man as Congressman Cocks' opponent, and he will probably poll nearly his party vote. Had Mr. Cocks been pitted against him, matters would have been uncomfortably closeT From a Republican standpoint it was well that Hon. ownsend Daniel Cocks was not pitted against Wm. W. Cocks, for the former Senator is one of the veify strong men of Long Islqnd.. CO im NOTES The L. I. Motor Parkway Company filed the bond required,.by the County Supervisors to indemnify them against\ damage resulting from the automobile races to be held in the county Oct. 10. This makes the races a certainty a violin; Mrs. Bessie Seaman, Wantagh, j doubtless the crowds will assemble The Merrick A. C. have oragnized a football team which will meet for practice on the baseball grounds, Mer- fick Ave., Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Applicants who wish to join the team can meet the club at that time. , The Harmony Quintette and Comedy Company are preparing to give an en tertainment in Firemen’s Hall in the near future. long before the appointed hour of start ing to gain good positions to view the sweepstake race on this date. The Independence League nomina tions in the first district were held Sat urday evening at Mineola. Harmony prevailed and the following nomina tions were made: William M. Bedell political conditions throughout the : 0f Bellmore for Senator, Alfred Lynch country some of which are certain to j 0f Glen Cove for member of Assembly go Republican the coming election and and for School Commissioner Elbert, others Democratic, the rest being! Hoogland of Port Washington. The1 doubtful. . It shows twenty Republic-; three counties in the district sent about an state^ fifteen Democratic states ! thirty delegates, and eleven doubtful ones (the terri- 1 first Violin; Mr. Charles W. Smith, Bellmore, ’cello; Mr. Peter Avagadro, Bellmore, comet; W. R. Bryan, New York, clarionet, and Mr. G. A. Mor gan, Brooklyn, flute. The New York “ Herald” (Ind) re cently issued a colored chart of the United States showing in colors the tories having no vote.) New York is named as a doubtful state. Illinois is the most Western state that polls a big vote and is placed as Republican. The total vote in the Electoral College is 483; necessary to elect a President, 242. The Republicans are sure of 206, the Democrats are sure of 161, leaving 116 doubtful. Taft to win must have 36 doubtful votes and Bryan to win must have 81 doubtful votes. News items of interest will be re ceived until further notice by Jas. H. Rogers, who is the accredited repre sentative of the Messenger in Merrick. At Woodbury, L. I., will assemble the crowds to see the auto races on the 10th and 24th of Oct. Of tfll the difficult turns along the 258 mile course the worst is to be found here and for this reason it is supposed that the greatest crowds will be found. Ar rangements to care for visitors are be ing made by local people who state the accommodations will be ample. Wood- i bury is near the Coldspring station j of the L. I. R. R. From the Hempstead Sentinel we j quote the following: The following j figures will give some idea of the j changes which have taken place in I education matters in Nassau County j The Democrats of the 2nd District! gince Dr. Cooley was first elected to will congregate at Anton Beyerle’? to the office of School Commissioner. Hotel Saturday, to-morrow, for a clam- i in the territory now embraced in bake and general jollification. A good j Nassau County, during the fifteen time promised all who .attend. ! years past, the number of pupils en- . . ,, ~ ~77 , w - i j rolled in the public schools has increas- At the annual meeting of Merrick | ^ from 8 43f to 61>277) or nearly 100 per cent. ROCKVILLE CENTRE Hook and Ladder Co., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Foreman, D. Greaves; ass’t foreman, W. Wood, j r . ; secretary, H. Bunker; treasurer,-1. Spiegel; finan cial secretary, R. Johnson; trustees, J. W. Birch, R. Midmer, W. Harrison. The meeting was one of the largest held in the Hall and^ proved a very lively one. PEOPLE’S COLUMN Corretpondence addreated fo the l i e f tenner mil be printed under above heading ae received. No attention paid to vn- tigned communicaliont. Letters can be tigned with a non de plume, but name mutt accompany tame ae well, not to be printed but ae evidence of good faith. Mrs.'K:— The Information you desire is found in another part of this paper. Do not know if the organization is a public one.—Ed. Messenger. OBITUARY . Tfcl* villlgo one on the ___ _ _ _ . _ „ Island whose board of trade has its own m\ Brooklyn, and the' romains Mrs. Eleanor Buckenhen Stites died at her late residence ihz Rockville Cen tre, the 28th, of old age. She was in her eighty-second year. Funeral was held Wednesday and the interment was in Greenfield Cemetery. > Chas. Karchim;, thirty-four years, died at ^Baldwin, on the*29th, a t the residence of T. W. Pearsall, by whom he had been employed. He was buried Wednesday from the residence of his The number of teachers employed has increased from 159 to 423. The amount paid for teachers’ salar ies has increased from 77,000 to $249,- 468, more than three times as much. The value of all school property has increased from $236,765, to $1,435,- 220, more than six fold. There are improvements now under way which will add to this amount at least $300,- 000 another year. The assessed valuation of the sever al school districts of the county has in creased from $13,325,000 to $43,377,- 113 or more than threefold. In 53 of the 60 school districts, new buildings-have been erected or substan tial additions made to the old build ings. In 28 of these districts, new sites or additions to the old sites have been purchased. In 19 districts, it has been found necessary to build additions or new lauildings the second time. From the Southside Observer is the following headed “ Political Linen :” The washing of political “ dirty lin en” has been carried on quite actively -during the past two weeks, with some results in sight. Gov. Haskell has been forced out of the treasurership of the Democratic national committee on account of his relation to Standard Oil. Col. Dupont ffas been forced out of the Republican national committee because of his con- hection with the Powder Trust which is being sued by the Government. Re publicans are also demanding, and interred in Evergreens. Townsend Pearsall, a resident of prominence in the village of Lynbrook, aged si ty-six years, answered the last call during the past week after a lin , „ gering illness. He leaves a widow used, and there is some resemblance to and several children. Funeral servicee an old fashioned campaign^ What is were held Sunday from the Methodist! h e effect on the voters Church in Rockville < treasurer, be also thrown out of the Republican committee because he is a director in twenty corporations, some of which are connected with the trusts. Much vigorous language pias been *2 . . - Y:-.> ;■ ' i Tuesday aternoon the first regular meeting of the season of the Fortnight ly Club was held at the residence of Mrs. Henry S. Chapin. The officers are Mrs. Henry S. Chapin, Pres.: Mrs. J. Ensor Hutcheson, VicePres.; Mrs. J. B. Dewsnap, Rec. Secretary; Mrs. Glenn Pettit, Cor. Secretary; Mrs. Geo. S. Skilton, Treas. ' • The first of the series of lectures to be held during the ensuing season un der the auspices of the Fortnightly Club will be held on Tuesday after noon, October 20, when Mrs. Schoon- hoven will deliver an address, taking for her topic, “ Women of George Elliott,” The public is cordially in vited to attend these lectures. SMITHVILLE SOUTH At the meeting of the Hook, Lad der and Engine Co. held at the resi dence of trustee John Schneider this week, Frank L. Hack was elected Foreman and Albert Calcagnino, Ass’t Foreman. Lewis Simpson has commenced the installation of a steam heating plant in. his residence here, making It one of the most complete homes in the sec tion. ji Mr. and Mrs. John Steele have moved to the City for the winter months. /ll ' . ; The Ladies' Auxiliary held their reg ular Tuesday meeting at the residence of Mrs William F. Kraft. 1 Luke P. Hedges has 'just completed an addition to his home here and other- r ______ ________ __ ___ | _ wise, improved his property^ Recant m Democrats insisting, that Sheldon, the *guests of Mr^. and Mrs, Hedc_e8 were_ j Mrs. A. M. Anderson, Misses Anderson and Mrs. M. A. Brown of Jamaica, and § Mr; George Eschenbacher of Brooklyn. The Rev. Mr. Buck of the Meadow Church as a mlrdr4 ing with the appro ing to his in.
