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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
THE BIRTHPLACE OF PRESIDENT
ZACHAE2Y I'AYLOR In ORANGE
Tablet Erected Oh the Spot by
sss8a Daughters Of the d 3,S "
Revolution.
! PLACED ON IA LAR 6 ROCK 7't'.K|l.
President Taylor Born IN Orange
One Hundred and Twenty
Years Ago
,specia, to Tho Times. lspatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
* ORANGE, VA. Sept. 70. Hare. Forest,
ION the farm or WIS. Trimmer. about
three miles north OF this place. is a Ia b.
lie; in bronze, inserted In n large rock
which marks the birthplace OF President
j Zachary Ia ylor. The tablet was purchas-
ed and ercc ted by the Montpeller Chap
ter, Daughters 'of&the American Rcyolu-
& ton. II S
~ President Taylor was born here NoveH-.
3bcr q. 1881, and was the son OF Colonel
" Richard and Sarah Taylor, both parents
Z OF eminent Virginia families. The Viz
ginian Taylors were allied 10 the oldest
and most distipguishedtgfam In the
4 ate-thc fa1adisons, the Lees. the Pendle--
.ons, tho Barbours, I he Con ways, Ks the
& Gaines, the, Hunts, and the 1'aliaferros. 9
81 Colonel IT. ylors left THIS county when
Z Tacharyswas only an infant and settled.
with his family, In kentucky. in VIVA IS
nov Jefferson county. two miles from
tile present site or Louisville. = ere zacr-
i airy grew 10 manhood. hts rlIcrssi years
spent in the acquisition OF such book
knowledge as scould be obtained, and his
time. when he grew old enough. was
& given to the actual labors Of I he farm,
where he worked with his father until
4 he was ncarl twenty-four years Did,
Il During his boyhood days. however. he
/. acquired a. love for military life from
5themany border skirmlshes with the In
diaps. of5which he was a spectator. He
y was Instructed in the arts OF warfare by
i Whetsel, s n VI IA K; 4
"A LIEUTENANT.
In 1905 Ia c harry aylors received "a COM
\ mission ms first lieutenant In the Seventh
\ United States Infantry. Taylor was In
active service until the close OF the
second war with England y In the hegin-
ming of the year OF 1912 President Madl-
3 son, who was also this place, com-
missloned him captain, and he was placed
in command OF Fort Harrison on the
Wabash. Here he achieved the first OF
+ those brilliant Victories which his SOL
dlers enthusiasts tIcally relied
On one occasion a band Of 400 Indians
fell upon the fort. expecting to surprise
1t and massacre Its garrison. They fired
4 the house in which Taylor was and a It
2 burned With fury. Captain TAYLOR, then
only twenty-eight years OF age, found
& himself shut up In IA burning for, with
{ 400 ssavages outside Its walls, and & only
u fifty men 1t i, his command, twentS-six
of them sick With malarlal fever nd un-
fitted for duty IIe aimed the women
Y and children, encouraged the men, dir
%rected theT control sof the flames, held ne
y fort,gand defeated the enemy For th!s
lH 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

Among the colonial residences remain
ing in Hanover county. Is Taylor Creek.
tie old homeHtead OF the Morris family.
@ The Taylor's Creek plantation was
bought by Billy Morris one Of the first
settlers In this country. partly from the
English government about tho year Its.
tho price paid per acre being about seven
pence. A part Of 1t was bought some
years before from an old Indian. and
probably paid for with trlnkiets, The
plantation originally contained about
1900 acres, but much OF 1T has been
sold. It is still probably the largest
farm In Hanover county, and the price.
OF much of It has advanced from seven.
pence to seven pounds per acre The
dwelling. which still stands as shown
In the accompanying Illustration, was
built In the year 1892, the year of George.
Washington's birth. II was first occupied
by Professor Billy Morris, next by his
son Richard Morris. who was one Of the
lablest lawyers OF his time. It has since
been owned and occupied by, his dcscen-8
dants: never passing out OF the hands OF
the family. and is ut present owned by
Mrs. Mary Minor Morris. wife Of Pros
lessor Charles Morris, IA an exper Ienced
Greek teacher During the summer
months, In lors Creek Is Used as a SUM
,mer resort or gathering place for the
family, which Is now scattered about lrY
the different States, Among them, arc.
SRey, James Morris. p. pn former mis-.
sionary to Brazil, and Professor John.
Norris. OF Athens, Ga. he family bury
Ing ground Is at Taylol-s Greek and cons
stalns the bodies Of many Of the ancestors
OF the family,
An interesting fact connected With the
sdenth#of Richard Norris rs that the sun
was In eclipse just as lie breathed his
last and the superstttlous people and
slaves who knew him, said his death
caused title sun to cease shining The
dwelling house lis a PLAIN. wooden strucr'
Fture, containing Twelve rooms, II Is Of.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11


5mand Of the army OF the Southwest.
which omprehended.thes States Of Ala
bana. M!ssls 81 ppl. Arka nsas, md Louis
lana, with headquarters at Fort Jesup,
intt the latter State. s
i8s The annexation Of Texas. In 1916. and
\ the, Sconsequents war with Mexico next
called General Taylor into active SER
Texas. and made his headquarters on the
/ Rio Grande del Norte. 8 Is
The war which followed Terminated In
success to the American arms and ninde-
8pendence for Texas, and recorded the
name Of General Taylor as victor at
I Palo Alto de la Palma. Monterey. and
Buena Vista. ID .1{i7
(, WANTED FOR PRESIDENT. S
"a The battle Of Buena Vista was the last
In which General Taylor enga ged. He
returned TO his home, now in his sixty
third year,to find that a portion Of the
people desired to reward his services by
making him the chief ma glstratc OF our
nation. His own views upon accepting
the honor rendered him were expresseu ].
4 letter written beforeahe left the seal
OF war. He desired to be elected blythe
general voice OF the people. w thou re,
gard TO their political neren oh. Z His
want Of knowledge Of party politics Is
Eexpla ined, however, IN the sa me letter
4 He. says: III have never yet eXerc lsed the
privilege OF VOt1llS. Ae splule3 Va y toS S'.
too busy all his life fighting for al
America to Interest himself In any sec
Etlonal or party quest Ion. ]. Il \
J. He was nominated by the Whigl Con,
syentlon at Baltimore June 4, 1913, and was
elected in the November following, his
opponent being Lewis Cas-. Of q, Mlehlg ~
Cas-, 127, " VI s. "
Ri The inaugural ceremonies were obpery,
ed March s, 4ls49. the 4th OF March, thai
year falling on sunday, His adn,inistra'
more than year and was principals
occupied In long debates oyer the ad,
1pstments OF the questions connected
with the new territory OF the + United
States. u s M
Taylor married In 1910. and he wife Of
forty years knelt at his death bed witt
Itheir weeping children about her and 8hi'
ast,.5unintelllble word was ar fort 70
SPEAK to her once nore, Of the four chill
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
s,8VVYTHEVILIE, VA.
I, snecial 70 The TimrIe,.ss-Dispatc

a yv,y,sy 1r1eIE.I, Sept The
vii, In altering prospect Among the
4teachers who have arr!v ed are Miss Ellen
Caldwell Brown, of Nelson county y a llIl
Miss Ella Lee Norman OF 81 islis,ol, AZ
Judge r.. c. Jackson is holding ms
circuit Court Of Grayson this week
Mrs. Anne Kroenerr Cate. Of Gii IA Ia
Fnoorn. is visiting her daughter,sgf MIS-:
5W. - Trinkie. on Main street: !,
Miss Name Lacy.whox has beer. s pe en- =.
Ing So me- time with rela tivesS returned r W
Blacks burg this week 81 ~ y
L e Rev. w; a. r. G God win and FANNY q
Williamsburg, are visiting the formers
nunts, Misses ELLA and Sllliei Goodwin
Mr.. and Mrs, Leo Bal er. Of r edmond.
Il Are the guests of Mrs. Virginia Kent,
3for the. month Of September.
.Lynchburg: mas ,r 9ef :,
on IA brief Nistat0 his mo- he ~ M, ~
Dew. on Church street.
Miss EIsa bel EyViggi ,Ssof New Hampshire,
rs the guest Of her aunt, Mrs.t1Jatn less
81 Mrs John HI Fulton returned on We'd
nesday from a Atlantic City. =,
4 ( Mrs Robert i, Poage left on 7 thursday,
for the ST.. Louis d Exposit on. 81 y, Il Is
Mrs. Ellen Caldwell, Is, OF dtord y N
visiting her daughter, Mrs. NJ, T. Logan,
at the rect DRY. VI III I. VI !,
Al Professor Edwin Farmer and family.
Who have been sunmerinE In NY theyille.
leave on Saturday or9their home IN New w
York, PR ].
Wednesday with friends In town.
g9 Miss Josephine Logan returns this week
TO the Virginia Female institute, at
Miss Lena u Van entertained her
young friends with ashay ride Tuesday
evening, U.s. g5t 5,5 ss5t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
Sco,ttt:syille Notes.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch:)
& tx sCOTTSYILLE, VA. Sept l0,-Mlss
5Parke Harris left Friday, the 9th, for
Danburg. Ca. where she will take charge
tof a school. g
Miss Brownie Fox left last week for
Allapaha. Ga.
after a visit to- the family OF Mr.. c.
b. Harris, 81
Mr., Zach Jarman has returned to Char
tlottesville after assstay OF several weeks
here. III ~ 5s 81
Mr.. II. G, Harris Is visiting relatives
in Lewishllrg. M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
LACE CURTAINS.

LACE CURTAINS
on sale again Monday. Some OF
'em left over from last weeks
sale and others we bought at !
a sacrifice and will give you the,
benefit OF It. Al
The s1.2o Curtains are no W
4 Doc. A5 & a .,,s5 4 "a III
The $50 values are 81. 20. II
The s1.75 and A,S9 values are
& R1.5O. l 'i5
The;s2.oo, s2.3 and $3.50 values
i are now 41.76. Il
# s.. so i and $4fvalues now -.
But these prices are for y on on !,
day only. and will not prevail \
after tlat-so take tho hint.
3
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

The tasks before us to-day touch the life of our
State in its industrial interests. The teachers
must direct and control the industrial activities.
Our mighty industrial movement is yet in it's in
cipiency. It's leaders are yet to be trained. Its
mighty forces are yet to be marshalled. Its multi
form factors are yet to be organized. A great
industrial Commonwealth, such as ours, is destined
to become when it's wonderful resources are de-
veloped, comes not by chance, but as the natural
result of forces organized, energized and intensi-
fed under the rule of intelligence. This has been
true of the industrial States of Europe. It has
been equally true of those sections of our own
country in which the highest degree of industrial
efficiency has been attained. Intelligence is the
sure forerunner of enterprise, and the teacher is
a pioneer in the paths of progress. Therefore if
this new industrial era in our State is to be far
reaching and permanent; if it is to take deep root
in the life of our people and produce abiding and
salutary results, it must receive guidance, direc-
ton and inspiration from faithful, fearless far
sighted teachers. But our task is not ended
here.
Not wise direction only, but firm %control as well
is needed. In times of great Industrial activity
there is always danger that men may onsider
material achievement, the principal thing; that
mammon may rise exalted above manhoodp that
the dollar may stand defed above duty; ana this
tendency must be met and mastered by the fssch-
er with a vision clear and a message from b yen
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14
COME TO THE FARMERS CONVENTION.

We direct especial attention to the program of
the Farmers State Convention to be held at the
A. & M. College, Raleigh, August 1, 2, 3. 1t is a
remarkably attractive list of speakers and sub
jects, and we hope that hundreds of farmers in
all parts of the State will at once begin making
arrangements to attend. 1t would pay to come if
it were only for the recreation of getting away
from home for a few days, while the information
to be gained from the speeches and the enthusiasm
you will get from association with the most pro-
gressive and thoughtful members of your craft,
are even more valuable features. The meeting
last year was a great success, and every one of
last years members should come back this year
and bring a half dozen of his neighbors with him.
Special rates on the railroads have been obtain
ed, and the A. & M. College will board all that
come at so cents a day. It is none too soon to de-
eide that you will attend.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

One of the very finest articles The Progressive
Farmer has had this year is that on page 3, "What
I Have Accomplished With Ny Cows" Every
cow-owner ought to read Mr.. Wiggins's expe-
rience. And .then-"God and do thou likewise"
The man who won't get a Babcock tester and find
which of his COWS pay and which don't, is too in
dolent to prosper.
That is a fine report of the East Tennessee
Farmers Convention which Professor Soule fur
nishes us on page 4. And why shouldn't North
have an equally great meeting at the A.
& M. College this summer?
Mr.. VIM. Kerrs promised address has been
crowded out of this issue, and will appear next
week. But it is worth waiting for.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14
AGRICULTURAL FEATURES OF THIS NUMBER.

DR.. Freeman's letter this week is even better
than usual-and that's saying a good deal. He
gives some excellent advice as to alfalfa, and we
especially commend his suggestion in regard to
yards which have not already been seeded to grass.
A beautiful lawn will have an uplifting influence
OIL any family
It should also be noted in connection with the
report on the cotton acreage that the increase is
largely in Oklahoma, Texas, and the Southwest,
where the lands are most fertile, so that under
normal conditions the percentage of increase in
total yield would be even greater than the percen-
,tage of increase in acreage.
Professor Kilgore makes an interesting report
of the work of the Text Farms of the Department
of Agriculture conducted under his direction.
The section regarding burr clover is especially
notable, and the statement, as to it's getting the
soil properly inoculated for alfalfa ought not to
be forgotten. Professor Kilgore will soon write
more fully for us of his work on the Test Farms.
We thank Mr.. Lowrance for his letter on blind
bitches and tile draining. Such practical expe-
riences are always received with pleasure at The
Progressive Farmer Office. And again we say, If
you find a subject discussed in our columns on
which you can give any light, write us; if you find
a subject ON which you wish more light, write us.
Let us all stand ready to help and be helped.
The report of the National Department of Agri-
culture as to "The Economic Value of Par
farmers in the Audubon Society's plans for bird
protection. We must choose between the birds
and the bugs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

teaching men and women that the summum bonum
is not to be measured in terms of cash but in at
tainments of head and heart ripening in culture
and character; that a mans life Consists not in
the abundance of. the things that he possesseth."
To this high and holy task I summon the teachers
of North Carolina.
Again, we must touch and transform the social
life. A broader and a brighter outlook is needed.
I use these terms advisedly, for too often, alas!
the social outlook of our people is narrow and
gloomy. Childhood blooms into the vigor of man.
hood; manhood fades in the dimness of age and
age enters the gloomy shadows of the great un-
known in an atmosphere of toll, ~drudgery and
sometimes despair. No flowers to grace the yard;
no pictures to adorn the wall; no books and papers
on the table-this is the picture of too many
homes in our State to-day. And be it remembered,
not poverty, but Indifference, is the cause of this
condition; and Indifference can be overcome. Ed
u~cation is thing of life. Here it finds it's first
ministry in the budding life of childhood; here it
must eliminate crowned with rich fruitage in the
matured and enriched life of age.
The real pace of a peoples progress and the
real measure of a peoples achievement are to be
sought not in the culture and learning of the ia
vored few, but in the life of the submerged and
silent masses. And the teacher who is content
with merely teaching the children in the school
room has failed of his high mission and is false
to his heaven-appointed task; he must go back
of these; he must touch and transform the life
of the people at home. Finally, there is need of g
deeper love of learning for its own sake.
Learning must take her place beside labor as
the handmaiden of humanity. Poetry, child Of the
muses., must minister to the deeper needs of our
race. And the teacher, the city teacher, the rural
teacher, all the teachers must become evangels of
light and earning.-From the address of Presi-
dent j. B. Carlyle before North Carolina Teachers
Assembly, Morehead City, n. G. June 8, 1904.~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

Whatever may be the outcome of the dispute
that has been going ON in the North Carolina
papers as to the orthodoxy of William Dewitt
Hyde, who preached the baccalaul. ste sermon at
Trinity College last week, no one is going to dis
pute the high poetic power and spiritual beauty of
his "New Century Ideals'-a bit of work of the
same class as DR.. Henry van Dykes "Footpath to
Peace" and hardly inferior to it in force or lit
erary merit. We sometime ago obtained the per-
mission of the Outlook Company, New York, to
~republish this little gem of DR.. Hyde's in The
Progressive Farmer, but it cannot be read too
often, and we are glad that his coming to our
State furnishes the occasion for printing it
again:
"To weigh the material in the scales of the per
sonal, and measure life by the standard of love;
to prize health as contagious happiness, wealth as
potential service, reputation as latent influence,
learning for the light it can shed, power for the
help it can give, station for the good it can do;
to choose in each case what is best on the whole,
and accept cheerfully incidental evils involved;
to put my whole self into all that I do, and indulge
no single desire at the expense of my self as a
whole; to crowd out fear by devotion to duty, and
see present and future as one; to treat others
as / would be treated, and myself as I would my
best friend; to lead no oil to the foolish, but let
my light shine freely for all; to make no gain by
another's loss, anG buy no pleasure with anothers
pain; to harbor no thought of another which /
would be unwilling that others should know; to
say nothing unkind to amuse myself, and nothing
false to plecse others; to take no pride in weaker
mems failings, and bear no malice toward those
who do wrong; to pity the selfish no less than the
poor, the proud as much as the outcast, and the
eruel even more than the oppressed; to worship
God in all that is good and true and beautiful; to
serve Christ wherever a sad heart can be made
happy or a wrong will set right; and to recognize
Gods coming kingdom in every institution and
person that helps men to love one another"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14

The Charlotte Observer doesn't approve the eff
fort to boom Joseph w. Folk because of his re-
cent convictions of Missouri bribers and boodlers.
"a man doesn't deserve any special credit for be-
ing honest" it says. No, of course not, but a man
who succeeds in keeping other people honest-at
least when these "other neople" have been sys-
tematically robbing the public treasury from time
immemoriaI-may deserve a good deal of credit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-14
June.

IT'S heaven alone that is given away,
IT'S only God may be had for the asking;
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest conner.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, If ever, come perfect days,
Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays!
Whether we look or whether we listen,
We hear life murmur or see it glisten;
Every clod feels a stir of might,
An instinct within it reaches and towers,
And cropping blindly above it for light,
Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers;
The flash of light may well be seen
Thrilling back over hills and valleys;
The cowslirs starts In meadows green,
The buttercup catches the sun in it's chalice,
And there's never a leaf or blade too mean
To be some happy creatures palace;
The little bird sits at the door in the sun,
Atilt like a blossom among the leaves,
And lets his illumined being o'errun
With the deluge of summer it receives;
His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings,
And the heart in her dumb breast futters and
He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest;-
In the nice ear of nature which song is the best?
Now is the high tide of the year,
And whatever of life hath ebbed away
Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer,
Into every bare inlet, and creek, and bay;
Now the heart is SO full that a drop overfls it,
We are happy now because God wills it;
No matter how barren the past may have been,
IT'S enough for us now that the leaves are green;
We sit in the warm shade and feel right well
How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell;
We may shut out eyes, but we cannot help know
That skies are blue and the grass is growing;
The breeze comes whispering in our ear,
That dandelions are blossoming near,
That maize has sprouted and streams are flowing,
That the river is bluer than the sky,
And that the robin is plastering his house hard by.
james Russell Lowell.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-07

friends with a tea Wednesday after
noon In her rooms in the /. o. o. r.
building. The rooms had been very
artistically decorated for the occasion
with Gala lilies. carnations and smi-
lax. The orchestra was stationed In an
alcoye in the hall and the sweet strains
Of music were most pleasing TO the
guests in the adJpining rooms, where
the game Of "sS" was played, and the
score cards wereAnarked with Chinese
money TO correspond with the illumin-
ating Of the rooms, which was done
with numerous Chinese lanterns. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Eben w. Tall
liant, Mrs. SchimpT and Miss Clara
Lionberger. Those who assisted Mrs.
Kuettner In receiving and entertaining
her guests were Mesdames Galway.
Lelnenweber, Heilborn, Cellar and
Mills, and Miss Gertrude Barry. while
those who enjoyed Mrs. Kuettner's
hospitality were: Mrs. X. osburn. Mrs.
e. w. Tallant Mrs. J. 7. ". Galloway,
Mrs J. B. coyie, Mrs ]. A. Fulton,
Mrs. A. v. Allen, Mrs A. ]. Plkington,
Mrs Thomas Ryrie, Mrs. r. Sharp
stein, Mrs. r. A. Truilinger, Mrs. A. A.
Finch, Mrs. George L. colweIl, Mrs. C.
8. Brown, Mrs. G. A. Coolidge, Mrs. Z.
M. Baker. Mrs. p. P. Habersham. Mrs.
NJ 7. Berry, Mrs. w. e. shimpff. Mrs.
Henry G. Smith, Mrs. Charles A. He'll
born, Mrs. ]. r. A. Bennett, Mrs. ]. w.
MacCormac. Mrs. s. G. Morton, Mrs. F.
A. Fisher, Mrs. Fred Barker, Mrs. T..
r. Thayer, Mrs. s. Maddox, Mrs.
Francis NJ Dunwoody, Mrs. w. 4. Tai
liant, Miss Tallant, Mrs. r. Carrutheys
Mrs. George G. Flanders. Mrs. George
II. George, Mrs. H. G. Van Dusen, Mrs.
b. Van Dusen, Miss Sadie Crang, Mrs.
J. G Coolidge, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Har-
rison Allen, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. w. o.
Barnes. Mrs. D. Hood, Mrs. Weir. Mrs.
A. l.. Fulton. Mrs. Martin Ford, Mrs.
w. o. Wilkinson, Mrs. F. C. Graham,
Mrs w. G. Logan. Mrs. M. Leinen-
weber. Mrs. A. d. Garner, Mrs. E. MIL
ler Miss Mary Garner, Miss Clara
Lionberger Miss Ruth Garner, Miss
Gertrude Berry, Miss Laura Fox. Mrs.
James Fox, Mrs s. w. Smith, Miss Ida
Leinenweber. Mrs. Alice Leinenweber.