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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-25

Mining location blanks for sale at the
SENTINEL office.
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= is a plain and distinct result of their
mode of life.
The Japanese people are strong be-
cause they live as the human animal
must live to be mentally and physi-
cally strong-next to nature.
They breathe the fresh air.
They eat plain food.
They neither starve nor gee.
They are mentally and physically
active.
They are an "out of door" people.
They Understand the laws of health,
and obey them.
Their children draw their strength
from the bosom of mother earth.
And above and beyond all, they are
a nation of homes and home owners.
Each family is in a home and Zach
home is in a garden where health and
strength are gained by the labor of
%cultivating that garden for a living,
And in these garden homes the PEG
pie of Japan have far more of real
pleasure and happiness and the genu'
Inc enjoyments of life than the aver
age wage worker in our country.
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Craze of
George
Mason

Washington, English Royalists and the
original Washington immigrants.
The Mason family was originally OF
Warwaickshire and there are many
Mason memorials in the Church of the
Holy Trinity at Stratford-on-Avon.
Colonel George Mason, the first, was,
however, not a Warwaickshire man,
but was born in Staffordshire. One of
his fellow Royalist refugees to Amer
ica was Gerard Fowke, of Gunston, a
hamlet in Staffordshire. The old Eng
lish Gunston Hall was standing a few
years ago, and was owned by the Gift
fords, descendants of the same Giffords
who we're Royalists with Fowke and
Mason, and who owned Boscobel, near
Gunston, where Charles II. lay in con-
cealment after the battle of Worcester.
The commonwealth commander at
Worcester was General Fairfax, and it
was a strange fate that made a descen-
ant of this man a neighbor to the Wash
ingtons of Mount Vernon and the
Masons of Gunston Hall. Belvoir, the
Fairfax estate, lay Immediately be-
tween Gunston and Mount Vernon
The first American Mason and
Fowke settled in the northern neck OF
Virginia, but Fowke later removed to
Maryland. George Mason, the second,
married Mary Fowke, daughter of Ger
ard Fowke. and they built a home in
Maryland, which they called Gunston
Hall, In memory of the English Guns
ton. sThese people were grandparents
of G Jorge Mason, the fourth, or George
Mason, one of the republics founders.
In 1850 this man married Anne Ellbeck
Of Mattawoman, Maryland, and soon
after his marriage began the erection
of Gunston Hall, Virginia, which he
named after his grandparents place In
Maryland and the ancestral home OF
the Fowkes in Staffordshire.
Mason was one of the vestrymen OF
Pohick Church. four miles from Guns
ton. Washington and William Fairfax
were also vestrymen there.
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~ X
President Speaks to the Followers
of Lee.

President RooseVelt's recent tour
through the South was one continuous
ovation from the people Of Dixie. In
fact his visit has been heralded as be-
ing as triumphant as the return of
any Roman emperor. Dixie was cap
ured by the Rough Rider PresideD-.
At Richmond, the old Confederate
Capital, the greeting extended to him
was unusually cordial. After much
parading and speech-making, the Pres
ident was taken for a drive through
he residence section. In the center of
this section is the great equestrian
statue Of General Robert L. Lee. At
this point occurred a scene of the Pres
ident's visit which will probably be
remembered when all others have
faded into oblivion.
Surrounding the Lee onume ia
an iron fence, ~inclosing a circle Of
lawn. The crowd was thick. y grouped
around this circle. Inside, standing
upon the base of the monument and
wandering about upon the lawn were
SeYenty-tiye broken, lettering old men.
clad in gray and carry e small Con-
ederate flags. Many hobbled upon
erutches, and nearly all leaned upon
canes Here and there an arm or a
leg was missing. The voices of the old
men were low, and they paid no heed
10 the crowd around them. They
were waiting for the President Of the
United States, he was to drive past
the monument. From time to time a
little, old man climbed upon a pedi-
ment and stood, like the very incar-
nation of the Lost Cause, shading his
eyes and gazing toward the coming
of the great, the powerful, the world
renowned successor of Lincoln and
Grant.
1t was such a sight as this which
greeted the President when his cqr-
rage dashed up to the monument.
Before the old men realized it. the
President was facing them and shout
ing. Come closer" With confused ex-
carnations the old men hobbled for
ward, with small pretense of march,
Ing. They had almost forgotten the
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The STRENGTH OF JAPAN.
GARDEN FARMS THE FOUNDA-
TON OF NIPPON'S POWER.
100000 People Sustained in Com
fort on Only 10000 Square Miles
of Cultivated Land.

(From Chicago" The Great Central Market
July, 1900.
"a hundred years hence, leaving
China out of the question, there will
be two colossal powers in the world,
beside which Germany, England,
France, and Italy will be as pygmies-
the United States and Russia"
If any one had told Emile de La
veleye, when he made this prophecy,
some years ago., that within a few
years the power of Russia on the sea
would be annihilated, and her land
forces defeated again and again by the
pygmy nation of Japan, would he
have believed it?
No, neither he o any n else, at
that time, would hive credited t.
The Incredible, the unbelievable, has
actually happened. There is no result
without a cause. What Is the underly-
ing cause of this marvellous strength
of Japan?
1t is not in battle ships or siege guns
not in torpedo boats or field artillery
not in arms or armor-not in NUM-
tions of war or equipment for battles
on land or sea. Russia had all these,
aih SNh nv Ido SuINltu VI usuluS uu-
initiating, and overwhelming defeat.
What, then, is the secret Of Japan's
strength?
Efficiency of the Unit.
1t is in just one thing, and that Is
meni
1t is in the efficiency of the unit.
1t is in the physical and mental pow
erin the health, strength, and intelli-
gence of the Japanese people as a
whole, and as a consequence, of every
individual soldier and sailor.
And this physical and mental effl-
cheney of an entire people-of the en-
tire citizenship Of the japanese nation
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25

President by the people and for a term
OF seven years with ineligibility for re.
election. He opposed the requirement
Of a property qualification for voters
and also opposed the plan to make
slaves equal to freemen for purposes OF
representation in Congress. He re.
fused to sign the Constitution as
adopted, and fought against its ratif.
cation by Virginia.
In the Virginia convention to ratify
the Constitution Mason led the opposi.
ton and standing with him were Pat
rick Henry, James Monroe, Benjamin
Harrison and William Grayson. The
leaders for ratification were John
Marshall, Edmund Randolph, Richard
Henry Lee, George Washington and
James Madison, yet so great was Ma
sons influence that in 1913 votes, the
majority for ratification was only ten
and this majority was obtained only
after the required number of States
had already adopted the Constitution.
OF a Famous Family.
The first American Mason was George
Mason, great-grandfather of Mason of
Gunston. He was a commander of a
troop of horse at the battle of Wor-
cester, where he fought in the Stuart
cause, as did Colonel John Washington,
a near relative Of John and Lawrence
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Expert Naval Testimony.

When Dick Thompson, of Indiana,
was called to the Cabinet as Secretary
of the Navy it is said that he had
never even been on a large vessel. One
of his earliest visits was made to an
informal inspection on q large man
of-war, lying at the Navy Yard. He
climbed up on the deck, was escorted
around the vessel, admired and com.
plimentei the beauty and cleanliness OF
it all and finally peered down the hold:
| He looked back at the officer, took of
his glasses, wiped them, looked down
again and then finally turned to ths
commander and exclaimed, why thu
| things hollowl"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25

old marching orders in their confusion.
They simply huddled forward to the
fence. The line was not reformed.
Then the President spoke to the South,
ignoring the crowd behind him. He
spoke only to the wearers of the gray.
He spoke as the President of a re-
united country. His voice seemed as
the voice. of a nation speaking to the
followers of Lee.
The veterans deyoured every vigor-
Gus syllable of the Presidents address.
They returned his earnest gaze with
looks of unmistakable good will and
loving friendship. Somewhat abruptly
the President stopped, waved his hat,
1t was to them like the balm of Gilead.
and shouted, "Good-by, and good
luck"
"Good-by, good-by," they shouted,
and a moment later President Roose-
Welt was out of sight.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25
HISTORIC GUNSTON HALL
VIRGINIA HOME OF THE FAMOUS
GEORGE MASON PURCHASED
BY TON WATSON.
American History Made Beneath Its
Broad Verandas-HaS Been Restor-
ed to it's Original Beauty.

Tom Watson, of Georgia, author of
a Life of Thomas Jefferson" is re-
ported to have bought Gunston Hall,
Virginia, is miles from Washington,
and which was from 1850 to 1892 the
home o. George Mason, friend and ad-
wiser of Thomas Jefferson, George
Washington, James Madison and Pat
rick Henry. The house is preserved
and a few rods from it is the grave of
Mason. The pyramidal piece of gran
lite shown in the picture stands above
his grave and is inscribed:
GEORGE MASON,
Author of the Bill of Rights and
First Constitution of Virginia.
1726-1792.
Gunston Hall is on a ridge command
ing q fine view of the Potomac river, a
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25
UNCLE JOE CANNON'S ADVICE.
Never Keep Back Anything, But Al
WAYS Tell the Whole Truth.

Speaker Cannon, whom everybody
calls Uncle Joe," told the following
story one day when he wished to en-
phasize the necessity for telling the
whole truth. and farther how a man
may be deceived by half-truth:
A man rented a house, but after look
ing at 1t went back to the real estate
agent with a complaint.
"You profess to have told me the
truth" he stormed, "but you haven't
told me the whole truth. There's that
lawn, for i~nstance!"
Really, sir" protested the agent, 81
distinctly remember describing the
lawn, and a very nice lawn 1t Is"
"Oh, yes" went on the kicker. you
told me there was a lawn. but you
didn't tell me that the nearest owner
Of a lawn-mower lived two miles away!
Where am l to borrow q lawn-mower,
sir? Answer me that!"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25

mile distant. 1t is about five miles be-
low Mount Vernon and three miles be-
low the ruins of Belvoir, the home OF
the first Fairfax in Virginia. Gunston
Hall was probably without equal In
that part of Virginia at the time or
its building, and is as well preserved
as any other colonial house in Virginia.
1t is eighty feet long and forty feet
wide and Is built of bricks twice the
size of those made now. To the right
of the north entrance Is the room
which was occupied by Jefferson On his
frequent visits to Mason. On the river
portico is where Mason and Washing
ton played at ~draughts by the hour.
Several years after the war Gunston
Hall in d%ilapidation was acquired by
Colonel Edward Daniels, a Northern
man. The place was partially restored
by him. Colonel Daniels in the days of
reconstruction was the editor Of the
Richmond Journal and was once a can
didate for the House of Representa-
tives, but was defeated. He was a
close friend of President Grant. and
Daniels really controlled the patronage
of the State of Virginia. A spry old
gentleman who has personally known
a hundred celebrities of other genera
tions. he lives on land adjoining Guns
ton Hall and which was a part OF the
estate. Gunston Hall passed to Joseph
Specht, of st. Louis, and by him was
completely restored and beautified. He
died three years ago and the place con
tinued in possession of his heirs and
in charge of a colored overseer.
Fairy Opposed to Slavery.
George Mason was the Sage of Guns
ton. 1t was he who after conference
and correspondence with Washington
drew UP the non-importation resolu-
lions offered by Washington and
adopted by the Virginia House Of Bur
gesses In 1859. One of these resolu-
lions pledged the signers to buy nc
slaves imported after November ], 1853.
Mason was the author Of a tract
styled Extracts from Virginia Char.
ters and Some Remarks upon Them"
supporting the contention that the Brit
fish Parliament had no right to tax the
American colonies. This tract had q
wide vogue in personal---very. times.
Mason and Washington attended the
citizens meeting at Fairfax Court
House, Virginia, in July, 1774. Wash
ington was moderator OF the meeting.
Mason presented t~wenty-four resolu-
lions in advocacy Of non-intercourse
with the mother country. These res
olutions were adopted, and were also
adopted by the Virginia convention at
Williamsburg In August, 1774. 1t was
that body which elected Peyton Ran
dolph. Richard Henry Lee, George
Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard
Bland, Benjamin Harrison and Edmund
Pendleton delegates to the First Con-
tinental Congress, and that Congress
substantially adopted the Mason reso-
buttons.
Favored Election of Presidents by
the People.
Mason after once declining election,
and once refusing to serve after cleo
ton to the Continental Congress. sat
in the Constitutional Convention OF
1857. In that great body he opposed
slavery, saying 1t was a source OF ma,
tional weakness and Generalization"
He advocated the direct election Of the
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25
Live Stock Matters.

"Oh," said the fair summer boarder,
as a couple Of calves gamb0led across
the meadow, "what pretty little cow
let's"
"Yew air mistaken, ma'am," said
the old farmer. "Them's bullets."
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25
Taft Travels Far.

This is proved, if in no other way,
by the immense amount of travelling
done by Secretary Taft in the past year
He has been to Panama, to the Philip
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25

We have fallen into a SNUG and
self-complacent and wretchedly super
fetal habit of thought which loses
sight of the life that a people lead and
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25

sible New Cabinet Ofiicer.
pines, to Hawaii, to China and Japan.
He has just left Washington for his
second trip to the isthmus. Through
his connection with the affairs of the
Philippines, he has become involved
in questions wholly outside the regular
line of the War Department.
These are some of the reasons which
lead the President and his advisers to
consider the creation of another de-
partment to take complete control of
island and colonial affairs. Whether
Congress will consent to this at the
coming session, or will move postpone
ment, cannot be foretold, but the
chances are that, within a reasonable
time. the War Department will be re-
lieved Of some Of Its heavy burdens.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-25

There is no pie or pudding, father.
But l will give you this;
And upon the blacksmith's toil-worI
brow,
She printed q childish kiss.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-04
GROWTH OF THE COLLEGE.
Accommodations Being Provided For
Many New students-The New
Department.

The applications received by PrcS-
;den1 Scherer from those who expect
70 become students OF Newberry col
leee during the approaching session
have been so numerous that the
standing committee OF the board OF
trustees has found it necessary, and
has undertaken to enlarge :he dorml-
tory and the boarding hall. Twelve
new rooms will Be provided in Smelt-
zer hall. now used for dormitorles,
and the boarding hall will be doubled
in capacity. The new rooms in Smelt-
zer hall Will be Secured by dividing
the rooms used for recitation rooms
before the erection OF Holland hail.
In order 10 provide the necessary &C
commodations in the boarding hall
it has been decided to erect a new
two-story building. facing Holland
hall and adjoining the present build
ing. the Arrangement being so that
the present building will form an H..
This will give a much larger dining
hall, and a new waiting room. The
work began yesterday, the contract
being held by Mr.. lsenogle. OF Penn
Sylvania.
II; fact. from now until the open
ing OF the next session. the college
campus will be the scene Of unusua'
activity. President Scherer will go
to Charleston on Saturday 10 curr-
Glade the purchase OF the machinery
for the new department Of technology,
which will be installed under the per-
sonal direction of Prof. Kicklighter,
who will be in charge of this new de-
partment. Three large vacant rooms
in Holland hall will be utilized. The
machinery for the wood shops will
be located in the two large rooms
over the basement in the annex, and
another large room will be used as a
drafting room. The engine will be
in the basement. Later on new
building will be put up for foundry
and machine shops. The catalogue OF
the new department has been issued.
The friends. Of the college are very
much gratifed in the continued rapid
growth and development of the in
stitution.' =
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-04
Col. J. G. Boyd.

Col. J. c. Boyd, of Greenville, who
has been in Columbia during the past
several days, spent Wednesday night
and yesterday morning in Newberry
on his return home. Col. Boyd will
be in the race for adjutant and in
spector general a year hence. He
has before sought this position at
the hands of his people, and received
a highly flattering vote. He is a
gentleman we'll versed in military
matters, having had long experience in
this line. He has many warm friends
and admirers in Newberry and
throughout the state,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-04
REUNION DAY.
The G. N. & L. Road Prepared to
Handle Large Crowds-Many
Will Go.

Little Mountain will be crowded
with people today from all parts OF
the state. Excursions will be run
from Laurens and Columbia and
many people will take advantage Of
the very low rates; others will go in
buggies and wagons to enjoy day
off.
The C. N. & L. roads morning
train, which passes Newberry at $50,
will carry six or seven extra eoacAee,
and there will be ample room for
all. The fare from Newberry is only
20 cents for the round trip; children
under - :ears OF age will be carried
for half fare. Returning the train
leaves Little Mountain at 6:2o, and
will reach Newberry at 7:o5.
The following is the program for
the day:
Prayer.
Address of welcome. by Mr.. R. w.
!'rick. Jr.
Music.
Election of officers.
Address by Hon. c. NJ. Efird, OF
Lexington.
Address by Superintendent of Edit
cation O. B. Martin.
Music.
Address by DR.. J. A. B. Scherer.
Farewell
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-04
THE DISPENSARY DISCUSSION.
Both Sides Will Be Represented at
Barbecue at Young's Grove on
August IS.

Invitations have been extended Dr..
George B. Cromer. Mr. A c. Jones.
Mr.. Arthur Kibler, the Rev. J. 4.
Sigh and Senator Cole L. Blease to
attend the barbecue to be given by
Messrs. Mills and Nichols at Young 5
Grove. near Prosperity, on August IS,
and to present their views on the dis
pensary question. DR.. Cromer and
Mr.. Jones. in. response to all inquiry,
said yesterday that they would ac-
cept the invitation and Mr.. Kibler
said it was probable that he would be
present. Senator Cole. L. Blease is
not in the city this week. and it was
not possible yesterday to see the Rev.
j. \. Sigh. All the gentlemen NAM
ed have taken we'll defined positions
on the question. and an interesting
discussion is expected. Owing to the
great amount Of interest in the ap-
DlOdClllllS elS(lloll. ~ DS liSIN Oll III y
last Tuesday in August and the recog-
nized ability of the gentelmen
who will deliver addresses, it is ex-
pected that large crowd from New
berry and Prosperity and the entire
lower section of the county will be
present.
The commissioners Of election have
formally notified the supervisors OF
registration that the election will be
held on the last Tuesday in August,
and it is understood that this notice
will prevent the opening OF the reg
istration books On next Monday, the
law requiring that the registration
books be closed thirty days before
any general or special election.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-04
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

Mrs. Minnie Caldwell has been
elected teacher Of Rutherford school,
Miss Mildred Simmons has been
elected teacher OF the Garmany
school next session.
One of the finest barbecues that
has been given this season was gwen
Tt .sday by Mr.. w. l.: Herbert. at
his home at Utopia.
In game of ball Tuesday after
noon at Trinity, the Newberry Slug
gers defeated Trinity by the score
of II to 10.
The negro summer school is ir ses-
sion at the Hoge school this month,
and many teachers are attending the
sessions. R. w. Nance is principal.
An excursion train Of six car loads
of people passed through here Wed
nesday from Greenville on the way
to Charleston.
A number of Newberry people at
tended the barbecue given by Mr.. W.
w. Riser at Spearman's springs yes
terday.
The congregation OF Beth Eden
church are requested to meet at the
church Tuesday. August 9Th, to clean
off the graveyard.
Many people will take in the re-
union at Little Mountain today. The
excursion rates are good on the alter
noon train as we'll as the morning
excursion
Mrs. Isabel St. Amand has been
elected and accepted a position as
teacher Of mathematics in the High
school at Blacksburg, S. {. There
were seventy-five applicants for the
position.
| An electric wire burned in two one
afternoon this week in front OF Mr.
IS. +. Wooten's residence, but by the
prompt attention of the force, it was
fixed before any damage was done
There will be a first class barbecue
given BY Messrs. Jno. Graham and H
NJ Wicker at the Wadlington place
Thursday, August 10. The governor
has been invited to make a. speech
but it is not known whether or not
he will accept.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-04
Mrs T. S. Mcneil and children,

Mrs. E. S. Mcneil and chlldren'
OF Augusta. Ga. are visiting at MI.
!. II. NJ. Ninards.
Mrs. ". D. Rutherford and little
daughter. Hannah, spent several Gays
is the city this week with relatives
Rev. W. L. Seabrook lett Monday
for Maryland where he will spend
part OF the vacation given him by
his congregation.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Bell, OF Au-
gusta. Ga. are in the city on a visit
to Mrs. Bells parents, Mr.. and Mrs
F. \. Schumpert.
Miss Lena Elliot, who has been
with the Riser Millinery company,
lett Yesterday for Atlanta. In the
fall she will take a position III Blsh-
opvile
Miss Camille Evans returned home
Tuesday. after an extended visit to
Hendersonville and other points in
North Carolina.
Mr.. T. \. Hicks. superintendent OF
the American Pipe Bending works.
OF Atlanta. Ca, was in the city last
week on business.
T. GUY Daniels and Ellis T. Will
hanson. OF Newbe1ry, have been
spending few days in the city Wis
iting Observation-Disclosures Inteili-
gencer.
Mrs. Joseph Mann and MissJ ennle
Mann came home "Wednesday from
.Asheville. n. C., where they have
been visiting relatives. They were
accompanied by Miss Sadie Swartz-
burg, who will spend some time in
the city.
Miss Mamie Salter, of Athens. Ga
arrived in the city yesterday and Will
be at the Elite photo studio ter a
week or ten days, while Miss Lizzie
Salter takes her place at Athens.
She will be pleased to meet her
friends at the Elite.