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VOL. 1, N U M B E R 10 B E L L M O R E , L . L , N . Y ., F R ID A Y , S E P T E M B E R 25, 1908 PR IC E , 5

FREEPORTI Saturday night a meeting of the Re­

publican Committees of the 4 and 5 districts was held at Willis’ Hall. The following officers were elected: Daniel Morrison, President; Smith Pearsall and Edwin Cheshire, Secretaries, and E. S. Randall, Treasurer.

The closing of the Airdome Saturday night also terminated the partnership existing between the owners, Messrs. Wolf and Nugent.' Nugent returns to his amusement place in Brooklyn and Wolf will stay in town. The Airdome is being torn down, after having had a prosperous season. Doubtless the village will have a permanent picture show here through the Winter in addi­tion to Stafford’s on Main Street.

About 7:30 a. m. Monday in Grove St., near the railroad tracks, a horse and carriage belonging to J. A. Canal­ize became entangled with a rig be­longing to Axel S. Johnson, with the result that Johnson’s wagon was smashed, shafts and all, and Canalizo’s horse was badly cut. No injuries re­ported. ___ ____Smith Williams, 69 years of age,

passed to his last rest on the 19th, af­ter suffering from a complication of diseases. He was the lather of S. A. Williams of this village. Funeral, Tuesday evening at 8 p. m. Inter­ment at Greenfield Cemetery in charge of Undertaker Fulton.

Geo. F. Newland is the School Tax -Collector for Dist. No. 7. A mistake was made in these columns some time ago when the name was printed G. M. Miland.

Saturday’s big fire in John J. Ran­dall’s bam on Smith St., at eight o’clock at night proved to be a bad one, giving the firemen a stiff fight. While the barn and hay were a total loss, good work was done, the firemen pre­venting a spread of the flames. Loss given at between $3000 and $4000.

The second carriage accident this week to the Canalizo family occurred Tuesday at the corner of Grove St. and Merrick Road, when the shaft of the phaeton driven by Mrs. Canalizo be­came loosened and struck the horse, causing it to shy, throwing Mrs. Cana­lizo and a young woman, guest of the family, to the roadway.

Mrs. Canalizo had an arm broken and her friend is suffering from a sprained ankle. Drs. Newton and Carman attended their injuries.

Mrs. G. B. Greve arid daughter Elise sail Tuesday, in the Kronprincessin

BELLMORE

Regular Republican meeting Friday. ^

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Mr. Jacob VanBrocklin, a resident of Bellmore, father of Mrs. Wm. Don­caster, passed to his final rest Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, aged 83 years. Remains were taken to Amsterdam, N. Y"., for interment. Funeral Tuesday whs private. Rev. Thos. Braitwaite.

COUNTY NOTESAt the County ̂ pir the added attrac­

tions this season id the ostrich outfit, press agent and all. To get in the news column with a harmless story is a good advertisement, so early in the week comes the story that one. of the racing birds kicked its owner into an unconscious state and raced its keepers for three long weary hours before al­lowing itself to be caught, but on the opening day everything was ready, no further accidents being reported.

The comer stone of the new and much needed Catholic Church at Min- eola was laid this week at that place.

_______ Many of the residents and visitingSaturday morning James Collins of clerf?y assisted in the ceremonies.

Providence, R. I., was arrested by R.

six months’X-l____

tour ofCecelie for a Europe.

Paul Miller plans a 3 story concrete store and flat building, fire-proof con- stmetion, S. E. cor. Dean and Main Streets. H. L. Trubenback, arch.

Work has been started on the Gal- lienne Bldg., Atlantic and West End Aves.

William Fierstein, a Civil War vet­eran, who resided here for over 20 years, died at the home of his son-in- law, Arthur Keene, Freeport, on Tues­day, aged 73. He was a member of the D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R.

Funeral was held Friday afternoon in the M. E. Church, Freeport, the ser­mon^ being preached by $lev. T. S. Braith waite.

The school census ia being taken by Frank Hicks.

Rev. T S. Braithwaite and son Har­ry have been spending a few days in Shokan, N. Y.

Mrs. Foote, who hs been confined to her home for several weeks, is very ill.

Mr. and Mrs. William Doncaster have returned home from their cottage at High Hill Beach.

Counselor Elvin N. Edwards, repre­senting several taxpayers, has filed a complaint with the Public Service Com­mission claiming that Bayview Ave. Railroad crossing is a danger to the lives of all people who have to use that crossing: that at night especially, a per­son crossing the tracks at that point cannot distinguish between the lights at the switches and stations and the light of the locomotive.

It is further alleged that a bell would not be adequate for the reason that at night the noise made by the engines and pumps attached to the "Freeport Water Works, just east of this crossing, would deaden if not drown tiie sound of a bell.

The Commission has served notice upon the Long Island Railroad Co., that they must, within twenty days, sat­isfy the conditions complained* of or answer the complaint.

No less than three lives have been wiped out, on this crossing in the last year, and in the last six years this cross­ing has recorded the loss of one or more lives each year. '

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R. detective Foster at Wantagh, on the charge of vagrancy. He was ar­raigned before Judge Tatem and com- mittedf to Blackwell’s Island for six months. He had been out of jail but one month and admitted having brok­en into several places on the south side during the past few weeks.

Deputy Sheriff A. Palermo escorted the erring one to the island, where he \fill be the guest of Warden Fallow during his stay there.

The Hempstead F. C., an aggrega­tion of ball-players, came into Bell­more Sunday and for a time it looked like plain sailing fpr the home crowd, but the visitors succeeded in getting one more run than “ Kippy’s” crowd and went home with the bacon. Sam Seaman pitched good ball, as usual; Smith stoppped ’em high and low be­hind the bat and snappy little Levi played good ball at short.

Young Earnest Schneider, a new player to the team, gave a good account of himself in the field and at the bat. 0

The team played good ball with plenty of harmony. The score fol­lows :

Score by inningsBellmore —0 0 1 2 0 OfO 0 0—3 Hempstead —1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0—4 Batteries, Seaman and Smith, Bish­

op and Lefferts. Next Sunday, Valley Stream at Bellmore. Carson.

The Democrats in Mineola spread their banner to the breeze, set off some fireworks and imported, as a speaker, Bird S. Coler, to tell us about the cam­paign, which he did in truelatump­speaking style. Other speakers fol­lowed with their say and all went home full of new ideas about the issues at hand.

WANTAGHThe Ladies’ Aid Society of the Station; $250

Real Estate TransfersRecorded in the County Clerk’s Of­

fice, Mineola, Nassau County.I. S. Remson to William Geier, Val­

ley Stream; nom.James Sproule to F. M. Moser, Lyn-

brook; nom.Michael Vigotty to William Vigot-

ty, same; nom.E. N. Edwards to Clara O. Lee, Co­

lumbia Heights; nom.Sophia Peterson to Charles Broberg

East Williston; nom.Elizabeth Sevin to John Bausch-

back, Hicksville; nom. -L. E. Bedell to Franklin Soper,

Oceanside; nom.Franklin Soper and ors to L. E. Be­

dell, Baldwin; nom.L. E. Bedell to Chas Cornell,

Oceanside; nom.Doremus Melancthon to H. N. East­

man, Rockville Centre; nom.Jos. A. Falls to J. M. Falls, Hemp­

stead Gardens; nom. .Moffit Realty Co. to Nora Cahill,

East Williston; $976.Same to Guiseppe Campagna, Min­

eola; $550.Same to D. D. Cahill, East Willis­

ton; $976.. Same to E. W. G. Dobson, Mineola;

$288.Same to Wallace Harvey, Albertson

PEOPLE’S COLUMN ! GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Memorial Church was entertained by Mrs. Arthur D. Southard on Wednesday afternoon.

The Christian Endeavor Society meets this (Friday) evening, when the topic will be “ Home Missions;” leader, Miss Florence Seaman.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis re­turned Thursday from an extended visit to Englayd.

The S tr o lle r ’s ColumnVeritas has been up in the back-

woods dodging automobiles, but is back again, safe and sound.

Wonder why they don’t continue the work of finishing that new theatre on Freeport’s Main St.

Same to William Hart, same; $400.. Same to Thomas Hayes, same; $240.

Same to'* Clarborne Horton, East Williston; $536.

Same to Paul Miller, Albertson station; $236.IJNathan Cohen to J. W. Grabau, Rockville Centre; nom.

J. H. McNeill to L. M. Albro, Woodsburg; nom.

Estates of Long Beach to Geo. Rode- man, Long Beach; nom.

Katherine Zimmer to James Sproule, Lynbrook; nom.

L. I. Realty Co. to E. E. Hart, Freeport Heights; nom.

Charles H. Sprague to Franklin Stines, Roosevelt; nom.

Lyn brook Estates to Lynbrook Land Co., Lynbrook; nom.

W. C. Box to H. H. Jackson, Ocean- side; nom.

Charles Koellner to W. W Kowall,

Gustav Bopp was comoelled to kill a valuable horse, one of a] team of draught horses, used on one of Jhis wagons. It had been driven too hard by a careless driver and the veterinary surgeon could not save it.

The Democratic Association of this district held an open air meeting Wednesday night, which brought out a good sized crowd, to enjoy the fun. The big banner was spread across Bell­more Ave., south of the tracks, there wasfa brass band, fireworks and a crowd respectful in its attention to the speakers, who were introduced by Chairman Kenney. The list of speak­ers follows: Chas. T. McCarthy, GlenCove; Chas. F. Adams,Brooklyn; Capt. Maguire, Far Rockaway, and an earnest orator with a goodjdelivery, a Col. Pope from Virginia; also to wind up the speech-making there came to Bellmore, Bird S. Coler, who held his audience to the finish, and received much applause.

SMITHVILLE SOUTHMr. and Mrs. John S. Quadt and son

of Brooklyn are guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ohm for a few days.

The last of the Western letters sent to this paper by Wm. F. Jeffrey ap­pears in this issue. Mr. Jeffrey has returned from his trip to the coast this week. The letters he sent to the Messenger were very interesting and found favor with a great many readers.

Matters pertaining to the new fire company are progressing favorably. A trustee reports that considerable financial aid is promised to further this movement and it might be well to state here that this fire company with its attendant apparatus comes pretty near being a necessity and helping it along is a step in establishing a safe­guard for the entire village against fire loss.

BALDWINSearles and Miller furnished the ban­

ner for the Democratic Association at Bellmore, turning out an excellent job.

^Announcement : is made of the en­gagement of Florence Smith and An­drew Lister; both are connected with the N. Y. and N. J. Tel. Co.

■aReal estate men do ndt report great activity in selling property here, but a number of new cottag<23 are promised for the immediate future. ,

Sorry to learn that Wolf and Nu-! Lynbrook; nom. gent, the Airdome fellows in Freeport, I C- D. Davison to CL H.Tuthill, Rock- have separated after such a prosperous ̂v>Ue Centre; nom. season. j George Duryea to L. K. Miller,

----------- s ! Freeport; nom.The fire company in Smithville South C. F. Combs to George Abrams,

East Rockaway; nom.is now ■ incorporated and ready to go ahead. That’s it, go ahead and keep going.

Talk about a reunion, walk around the circle at the Fair and see how many family parties you’ll find there.

Holiday for the school-children to­day and free admission for the scholars to the Mineola Fair.

Jas. R. Smith finds a watch in the bay which his father lost there over 20 years ago, and it will soon be doing business in the Smith family as a time piece. Have to believe any thing af­ter that.

Woman reader says the Messenger will never set anything on fire. Great Scott, madam, do you want a bunch of kindling wood with your paper every week ? ^

Have to be in Freeport Oct. 3 to see Chief Wallace and the firemen hold their fire drill. Good chance to see how these boys act when in action.

Noticed they are in one instance at least using tile pipe for sidewalks in Baldwin. Great scheme, eh.

MERRICK

SEAEORD

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George Abrams to Charles Combs, same; nom.

Estates Long Beach to Sarah Zend- man, Long Beach; nom.

L. I. Realty Co. to O. A. Wilson, Freeport; nom.

0. C. Raynor to C. A. Clewer, Mer­rick; nom.

Henry Lehman to H. J. Martens, Rockville Centre; nom.

W. S. Hurley to S. S. Whitehouse, Bamum Island; nom.

Mary Behr to J. A. Behr, Roosevelt; nom.

William Lamberson to J. J. Folger, Rockville Centre; nom.

M. L. Box to W. C. Box, Lynbrook; nom.

E. J. Golden to R. L. Hunt, Bell­more; nom.

J. E. Christmas to . J. S. Hicks, Woodmere; nom.

Walter VanNostrand to Dennis Comisky, Freeport; nom.

N. Y. & Texas Co. to M. L. Ames, Long Beach; nom.

C. W. Mulford to T. B. Pettit, Hempstead; nom.

E. W. Abrams to Howard Camrick, Lynbrook; nom.

J. W, Birch to J. J. Powers, Mer­rick ; nom.

Rockville Centre Dev. Co. to Vic­toria Fair, Rockville Centre; nom.

C. C. Baumeister to W. G. Miller and ano., Freeport; nom.

Grace Abrams to Rose Loper,'East Rockaway $502.

M. A. Ketcham to A. M. Lush, Freeport; nom-

William G. Miller and ano. to Ansel Raynor, same; nom.

Smith Abrams to Emanuel Broggel- wirth, Norwood; nom.

1. S Remson to Lillie Pettit, Rock- 1

ville Centre ; nom.W. C. Rider,to S.. Q. Gardiner, Lyn­

brook ; nom. _S. G. Langdon to Warren Abrams

and ano., Lynbrook; nom.Estates of Long Beach to George

Evans, Long Beach; nom. « 1Same to C. Leslie, same; nom. 7 Langdon Abrams to F. E. Kane,

Lynbrook: nom.Lucina Sprague to G., G. Thompson,

same; nom.J. J. Randall to Catherine Tobin,

Freeport; $3,162.50.J. M. Roherson to Nicodemus N. E.

Jones, Merrick Park; nom.Estates Long Beach to B. F. C.

Mittelstaedt, Long Beach; nom.

The new two-cylinder chemical en­gine is in town ready for a demonstra­tion before the firemen to-morrow night at 8 o’clock. The test will be made by the manufacturers- and must be satisafetory before the machinery is accepted by the fire company here.

Mr. Michenfelder is the Messenger’s representative in Seaford. Articles for publication must reach him beofre Wednesday noon.

The entertainment and dance given by Mr. Morgan was enjoyed by all who attended. Supper was served at Kil- ian’s Hotel, followed by dancing till a late hour. ^

The summer girl, with all her silly season finery, has returned to the city, to be absent till after the colder months when she will again be in our midst, but in the meantime, she will be missed.

Corretpondence addretted to the Met- tenger will be printed under above heading tu received. No attention _ paid to un- tigned communications. lielters 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 :On Sunday last I strolled up to the

new school building in Smithville South with the intention of inspecting the same and to get an idea of what I am called upon to help pay for. Would it surprise you to learn that before I reached my goal I was afraid I ’d lose my life or be maimed in open daylight and on a public highway? Well, such is the case! What do you think of half a dozen automobiles inside of thir­ty minutes passing a given point and each driver sending his machine along at a pace not less than thirty miles an hour. Several times through the week the same conditions have happened. While I have no objection to an auto­mobile nor to anyone owning such a machine, I do think that the life of pedestrians, to say nothing of people driving horses, should receive some consideration. When chauffeurs drive their cars at a reckless speed on Sun­days they are very apt to do the same on Monday or any other day they may chance to come that <way and it is hardly a debateable question as to whether they. will travel a road that offers no obstacle over one that is po­liced or Might Be. On week days we send our children to school, and they pass backward or forward, on these very roads that are now pest ridden, and on which it is hardly safe for a grown man with the ability to avoid dangers to walk without accident.

Upward of two hundred children are in attendance at this school and the dangers to these children certainly had ought to be a factor to their parents.

Our law officers, it appears, center their attention on the Merick Road where three machines could pass with out injury and where the wary chauffeur expects their presence; but on the “ back roads” where the “ path” is hardly wide enough for two buggies to pass without one of them turning out, these “ Devil Cars” are allowed to speed as fast as they can and no one says nay to their efforts, and as a good, law-abiding set of citizens, we must swallow the dust these fellows create, keep our children out of harms reach, repair the road (or pay for it) have our horses frightened or have them run away, and last, have our women folks continually in a state of nervous collapse for fear of a dreadful accident to one of the “ kids.” Is it not truly wonderful to what an extent the law abiding citizen will stand un­necessary abuse?

How long must this condition of things continue before the officers en­trusted with the power to stop it will condescend to enforce the law.

Better begin on the job right away before any one gets hurt.

Veritas.

People’s Col., Messenger2200 San Antonio Avenue,

Alameda, Cal.,Sept. 4, ’08.

Ed. South Side Messenger:—About Yellowstone Park: next we

commence our ride of one hundred and fifty miles through the principal parts of the park in a coach and four over the fine government roads which, between the points of interest, lead through miles of monotonous pine for­ests. The bracer soil underneath is so littered with uprooted trees that one could scarcely make their way through them. But, when we do come to a clear spot and the trees less dense, we see acres of wild flowers in great abundance. In fact the wildflower display here is greater than we see anywhere because the short season brings them all out at once seeming­ly. Blue colors predominate and next yellow and white, with patches of the Indian Paint Brush, which reminds one something of the Scarlet Salvia. The waitresses at the hotels vie with others in decorating their tables and they cer­tainly put our florists in the back­ground with their work.

No attempt at planting any tree, flower or vegetable is made and except the telegraph at the hotels, one" is shut away from the outside world for six days. You are not allowed much bag- age with you and you ean-not get any mail until you return to Mammoth Hot Spring hotel. Our first stop is in sight of the first geysers, mud pots, grow­lers* and steam jets. There are more than five thousand of them in the park in various sizes and conditions. At this lunch station we see snow topped mountains in the distance standing ir forests of pines. We see clouds oi

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A prominent authority on siihool matters in the big cities states that while he finds nothing to criticise in the courses for study laid down for scnolars in our schools, he is of the opinion that instructors make a great mistake in not showing the pupil how to study properly. This is an import­ant point, one that should appeal to all conscientious instructors of the day. The teacher who finds some way to make a study attractive to the pupil is the one that has the least failures at examination time, and who becomes more valuable in his or her sphere of work.

When the great rush to Long Island on the part of people living in the city began some time ago, there was includ­ed with the number of home-seekers many capable mechanics who were lead to believe that there was work in abun­dance on Long Island for good men. This might have been true some eight or nine months ago but to the carpen­ter, plumber, electrician, painter or general workman there is offered little or no chance of employment at the present time. A careful search among various builders located on the south- side does not reveal any openings for employment, builders usually make' the terse remark “ nothing doing.” This being so it is wrong to try to in­duce a man to settle in the country by a mis-statement of facts regarding chances of employment. If there happens to be a number of unemployed men in any one town they will be a poor advertisement for that locality.

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The following from the Eagle may be of interest to the teachers here­abouts :

Glen Cove, L. [., September 19—It is reported here to-day that arrange­ments are being made to hold the teachers’ institute here in October. Last year an experiment was tried, the institute being held in the late spring instead of the early fall. c Dr. James Cooley, the commissioner of the district, could not be reached this morning, to verify the report that the time of the institute will be October and the place Glen Cove, but the prob­abilities are that this is correct.

Glen Cove is peculiarly well fitted to entertain the institute, and is, as well, the home of School Commissioner Cool­ey. The Glen Cove school is operated under a special law and the teachers are exempt from attending the institute, but they will undoubtedly welcome the chance to act as entertainers.

The establishment of a theatrical circuit on L. I. by Al. Treheam, hus­band of Jessie Mae Hall, the actress, ought to pan out well, and will, if good people are used in the companies to interpret their different roles. The selection of the scenery and plays are details of importance, too. The ven­ture ought to prosper.

In Hempstead a campaign club has been^organized with the following officers: Fred Gildersleeve, chairman; H. Willard Griffiths, vice-chairman; F.S. Baldwin, secretary, and H.Luther Weeks, treasurer.

A report that cannot be verified for this issue, has it that a string of six new theatres are planned for villages on the south side.

Notice to Messenger Subscribers 1 and Readers

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Freeport, Kiefer’s Art Store, Main Merrick, J: W. Birch.Bellmore, Smith Bros.Smithville South, Ohas. Weed?—— Wantagh, Fussell Bros. 3*iSeaford, General Store (Post Offlt Massapequa, General Store (P. O.) Baldwin, Miss Marion Seaman.

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