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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
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gress has been afraid to take any action on account of the large sums requested I am satisfied, however, that the road would have been built many years ago if the money asked was available 20-foot roadway is sufficient for nll the present needs of the people. Carriages automobiles and wagons, with such roadway, could pass each other without the slightest inconvenience. Many plans have been suggested for the beautifying of the proposed right of way the most practical being the suggestion of the Mt Vernon Avenue Association. By it's adoption each state and territory in the Union would have hand in main taining the parkway on either side. The plan is to give to each state the right to build and maintain along the highway building which will act as n permanent exhibit of the commercial, mineral and ag- ricultural possibilities of the state so rep resented.
 The strange thing to all visitors to Mount Vernon has been the impossibility of going there without the use of a public conveyance. Many of the couples going there and who wish to travel on the "two's company-three's q crowd plan" by taxi cab or carriage are among the class that go to Washington once in lifetime and that time is after the ringing of their wedding bells A conductor on one of
 
 recently when approached on the sub ject:
 Do I carry many brides and grooms? Well, l guess yes. We get them all either coming or going. You see if they go from Washington to Mount Vernon on the boat they come back on the car in order to see what they, poor souls call the scenery of the country. Of course, the company never figured on the scenery proposition when 1t was building this road. We hug the Potomac pretty nigh all the way from Alexandria to the gate at Mount Vernon, and after some years of work along this line l must admit that I don't care much for such scenery. But l can spy the newly married as soon as they come into the car for, besides the husbands store clothes and unbroken patent leather shoes he wears a self-eon- scious look. And then she tries to steal her little hand into his when she thinks nobody is looking but I am next all right. But then the poor things are strangers long way from home"
 "A long way from home, did you say?'
 "Yes, sirree. the majority of the couples that come here are from way off. Ordi- nary people in the West are better off than we are back here and they travel farther, Indiana. Illinois, Missouri. Iowa and Nebraska people come here generally after they get married. But the one visit satisfies them. They spend n week or ten days in Washington and never come back"
 A good argument. indeed, for the cuplds In Congress who would make the way of happy lovers easier and more wonder fui.
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clal interest, for George Washington made the original surveys of all of this land for Lord Fairfax and here, on com manding site facing the Blue Ridge Noun tains. he built Harewood mansion for his eldest brother, Samuel. George Washing ton spent three years in the beautiful valley, that was later to become famous as the scene of Sheridan's ride. All the while he was extending his surveys, and gradually he became the largest landed proprietor in this part of the Old Domin- ion Then he induced his brothers, Sam uel. John and Charles, to likewise invest in the land, which was then obtainable at very low prices
 George Washington's methodical thorough ness was well evidenced by the leisurely care with which he proceeded with the erection of Harewood, the construction extending over period of three years, from 1856 to 1858. inclusive For all that this mansion was so carefully planned and well built, it is not today in as good state of preservation as most of the other houses for the erection of which George Washington was responsible. How
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H MEXICAN people have never ceased H to admire the versatility of George ' Washington. As warrior and as a statesman, alike, he won fame in the superlatiye degree; and yet it is realized that he showed the same exceptional measure of ability in the more modest pursuits of a planter and a country squire. However, there is one branch of the great mans activities that has been largely overlooked by students of the many-slded Washington. This con cerns his very considerable undertakings as an architect and buider-operations of such scope that they might almost have sufficed for a career for any ordinary citizen.
 It is not sought, of course, to convey the impression that the nations first president was professionally an "arehl- ftect and builder,' as we interpret the term today. He at no period of his life devoted his entire time to this profession,s nor did he depend upon it as means of livelihood. Indeed, George Washington was clearly an amateur rather that professional, since none of his planning and building, so far as is known, was done for a monetary consideration. On the one hand he employed his architec- tural talent in his own private enterprises
 
 On the other hand his judgment In build ing matters was given for the benefit of his country and in neither case did he expect or receive pay.
 The student of history may get many inklings of the role George Washington played as consulting architect to the newly established government in the early days of the republic. Washington's early experience as a suryeyor-an occupation he followed during much of his young manhood-gave him splendid judgment as to the relative qualifications of sites for either public or private buildings. When the first Congress, confronted by the conflicting claims of a dozen different communities was sorely puzzled to decide upon a location for the national seat of government, George Washington was ap- pealed to and 1t was largely because of his expressed preferences that the pres ent site was chosen for the capital city which now bears his name.
 Tradition has 1t that George Washing ton, seated on the veranda of an ele-
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running from the Aqueduct Bridge, through Arlington and by the Episcopal Theological Seminary to Mount Vernon.
 ''When the bill is brought up before the House for consideration from the Con- mittee on Claims, I know the House will take prompt action, for the President and several leading Republicans of the House not only indorse it, but promise me their hearty support. The day following the Presidents famous ride to Warrenton, Va, 1 had occasion to call on him at the White House and jocularly remarked that the roads were pretty stiff. The Presi- dent replied that he thought the roads will be much better when my bill is passed
 Senator Martin, whose bill passed through the Senate, as the little boy said, Hike streak of lightning" is an en- thusiast for the proposed Appian Way. He said:
 ''When I introduced the bill in the Senate, I had a good business proposition and that body saw 1t. The State ofAVtr- ginia which I as Senator represett in the upper body, and whose affairs l am bound to look after, had a just bill against the United States for the sum of $120, 900, and l proceeded to collect it. I think it is a splendid proposition for. the United States to have had the use of that money for so long and to now have 1t put to such practical and patriotic use. The State of Virginia only receives the money back through the Mount Vernon Avenue Association for the purpose of making a grand boulevard from the Nations capi- tai to the home of Washington"
 Owners of property along the proposed routes have signiied their intention of do- mating the right of way wherever it will be necessary to diverge from the county roads, The county commissioners of both Alexandria and Fairfax counties, through which the proposed highway is to pass, are all favorable to the proposition.
 According to the survey referred to by MT. Carlin, which was made by General Hains three routeS were proposed. The east route running almost directly along the bank of the Potomac, possesses many 1,,, ,rinonrinn nrnlllpnls thnt Wnuld entnil an
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enormous expense. On this route the his toric old city of Alexandria would be passed; but experts in these problems contend that it would not be desirable to have the Appian Way pass through any city, as questions of jurisdiction would ali ways be coming up between the city and the United States authorities The item of maintenance and the proper division of expense for policing is also problem that United States authorities would not wish to take hold in conjunction with municipal authorities.
 The middle route has very few advantages and is undesirable from a patriotic stand point, because 1t would cut off the better part of the Arlington. the famous grave yard of military dead and the home once owned by Gen. Robert D. Lee.
 The route which Representative Carlin considers the best presents few engineer ing problems, only one bridge being neces- sary anywhere, and of small construction at that. This route runs through Airing ton and passes some of the most famous homes in that section of the Old Dominion state.
 Colonel Cromwell, superintendent of pub lie buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia and chief military aid to the president, is an engineer officer of the Army who has made good. Although at the present time his life is cast in pleas ant places, he has experienced ali the hardest work that comes to an officer In his branch of the service. He would like to build this proposed Appian Way. Re- gently he said, when discussing the mat ter:
 q consider the proposed National High way to Mount Vernon an admirable and patriotic undertaking and I am heartily In favor of the project. It will prove d good thing for the city of Washington, for the State of Virginia and for the whole United States, as well as proving valuable ad- dition to the beautiful park system of the District of Columbia. Of course it is a question for Congress to decide whether the state of the Treasury warrants such an expenditure of money at this time for this purpose. It would be, however, an excellent thing to make immediate ar
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With the advent of the practical aero plane and the present rush to construct not one or dozen, but hundreds of aero planes after the models of the Wright brothers, a scientific study of the air itself, its currents, it's peculiarities as regards aeroplane sailing and other prac- tical questions are being noted carefully. The results of these studies by the master navigators of the air will eventually be- yond question of doubt be used as books of instruction for the men who will be employed to sail aeroplanes just as professional chauffeurs handle the
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EATING AIRSHIPS PROBLEMS FOR AERIAL SAILC

towards it's destination with little loss of speed or distance. In other words,
 birds that fly great distances invariably seek the ascending air currents and then are forced merely to maiptain their bal ance while slowly dropping through the ascending air In this way they really balance themselves slowly on the column of air and the uprushing of the air cur rent does the vast majority of the work needed to maintain the birds aloft. When once out of the ascending air current the birds are forced to work their wings at exhausting speed to keep aloft. and even
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yated country house. with the panorama of the present District of Columbia spread out before him, chose what is now known as Capitol Hill as the site of the legislative headquarters of the government. He played an even more active part in locating the Presidential mansion, for not only did he choose the site of the White House, but he personal ly conducted the negotiations for the pur- chase of the needed land; and Washing tons patience was never more sorely tried than by the tactics of David Burns Il canny Scot, who owned the land se- lected for the Presidents House. and who placed very high value on his holdings The work of actually design ing the various public buildings and lay ing out the streets and parks of the new Federal City was left by Washing ton in other hands; but up to the time of his last illness he exercised a general supervision of all creative work, and his architectural ideas were embodied in most of the plans drawn
 Notable as was General Washington's work in connection with the rearing of our most conspicuous public buildings, it is, perhaps, scarcely as interesting, as portraying the tastes of the first citizen of America as an individual, as was the part he played in the planning and con struction of various private residences, lo- cated principally in Virginia and in what Is now West Virginia For all such oper- ations Washington seemingly had predi- lection, the natural outgrowth probably of his training as a surveyor, to which reference has been made above. There was the further circumstance, however, that every country gentleman of the Colo nial period living, as did Washington, in the comparative isolation of a big planta- tion, had needs have some knack for architectural ingenuity and the supervi- sion of building construction.
 Even with the manor house provided, supplementary buildings of brick, stone or frame construction had to be added from time to time, and as a plantation headquarters became a small community in itself there was the necessity for al- most perpetual repairs and alterations.
 Thus, whereas the mansion at Mount Vernon was not the original conception of George Washington, having been built by his half brother, Lawrence, some dozen
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nutOmOblIe.
 The principal problem presented to the aerial sailor, or pilot, comes from the established fact that the atmosphere is broken up into ascending and descending columns of air. These are brought about whenever there is difference in the temperature of the air on the surface of the earth and in the clouds above the globe These ascending and descending currents of air are what make handling the aeroplane difficult.
 Many lessons in air navigation. have haan learnad hv the exnerts fr6N Hae
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then are brought very close to the ground if the descending current is widespread and very strong.
 The study of these air currents and the methods of making use of them will doubtless in years to come be reduced to a practical science, and expert air pilots will be able to make great speed by seek ing the proper air currents. Of course, delicate instruments will have to be carried for the air pilots to see just what the atmosphere Is doing, ascending or descending, and the rate of progression forward and both upward and downward of the various ntmnsnheric currents.
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behavior of big birds when they pass through these varying columns of ascend ing and descending air currents. For instance an eagle has been observed to enter current of air that was ascend ing rapidly and go straight forward, yet the eagle, while keeping the same dis tance from the earth, was actually falling in the afr current about five miles an hour.
 The bird was really falling slowly through column of ascending air and manipulated its wings so as to fall the proper amount and yet continue forward
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05
THE MILLION DOLLAR
GIFT BY ROCKEFELLER

Considerable comment has been
aroused throughout the country by
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05

the offer of John d. Rocket .llcr to
give a million dollars to the suppress
sion of the disease known as the
hookworm in the South
Some of this comment has been
favorable; some unfavotable, a.
might be expected where MIR. Rocke-
feller was concerned.
The Dispatch is not familiar with
this disease-the hookworm, but it
recalls the fact that DR.. Frad. j.
Meyer, recently employed by the state
board of health pronulg, ,ted and sent
out over the state a pamphlet con-
tanning a long treatise on this subject,
and if there wasn't any such thing,
nor any danger of any such thing, the
state board of healt!. allowed Dr.
Meyer to waste a good lot of money
that should have been otherwise spent.
Meridian Dispatch.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05

those who did vote voted against it.
Well. it is their town. If they think
il is large enough, and want to stop
building. it is their town. If they
can build 1t without money, they are
financial geniuses. For our part We
shall be sorry to see the lights cut
down; we had rather see more of
them. We would be sorry to see the
fire fighters reduced it does not
seem to be safe business PROPOSE
ton We regret the reduction of the
school budget Whether there are too
many or too few policemen we
do not know: we do know there
is enough for all of them TO
do if they will do it. But there is
one proposition the friends of the ad-
ministration and the enemies of the
administration seem to be united up
on, and in that we heartily concur,
and that is, that the city will not go
in debt for anything. We hope the
city fathers will adhere rigidly to that
decision. The majority of the voters
who take enough interest in the al
fairs of their town to go to the polls
and vote, have said that they want
the town to be run on II mill tax,
and their will should be obeyed.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05
NATCHEZ LIKES TAFT.

The Taft smile and the Taft hand
shake cannot be easily forgotten. The
grasp of the hand is not perfunctory
touch, but the squeeze of strong
man. His smile is full of good humor,
not of the affected kind; it is not diff
ficult to see that he derives as much
pleasure in meeting his fellow citi-
zens as they have in greeting him. MI.
Taft's face is even more impressive
when in repose; one can see that he
is a brainy man and he has climbed
to the heights he has attained through
merit and not through the mere acct.
dent of being the choice of his prece-
cessor. In the midst of the pleasaat-
ries of his speech, deep thought anc
determination could be discerned in
his features which showed that the
object of his voyage from st. Louis
to New Orleans is a matter of deep
and interesting study with him. In no
part of his speech was it possible to
discover that he is Republican in
politics. He spoke as friend of the
South and as president of the whole
nation. For his good wishes and for
his expressed desire to help develop
this section, Natchez is heartily CRATE
ful.-Natchez News.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Unfurnished rooms, 20g
Third street. 3-3t
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TO ENCOURAGE HUsBANDRY.

IF | could have my way says
James ]. Hill in November World and
Works. " would build couple of
warships a year less. Perhaps one
would do. would take that s5,00O,O00
or s6,OO0,OOO a year and start at least
one thousand agricultural schools in
the United States at $4,000 year
each, in the shape of model farms.
This model farm would be simply a
tract of land conforming in size, soil
treatment, crop selection and rotation
and methods of cultivation to modern
agricultural methods. It's purpose
would be to furnish to all its neighbor-
hood a working model for common in
struction. Cultiviating, perhaps, from
forty to sixty acres, it could exhibit on
that area the advantages of thorough
tillage witch the small farm makes
possible of seed specially chosen and
tested by experiment at agricultural
college farms; of proper fertilization,
stock raising. alienation of crops and
the whole scientific and improved sys-
TEN of cultivation, seeding, harvesting
and marketing. The farmers of a
county could see, must see, as they
passed its borders how their daily Ia
bors might bring increased and i'm
proved results. The example could
not fail to impress itself upon an in
dustry becoming each year more con-
scious of its deefcts and its needs. AS
fast as it was followed, it would i'm
prove farm conditions, make this a
form of enterprise more attractive to
the young and the intelligent, and adj
enormously to the volume of farm pro
ducts which constitutes our enduring
national wealth"
Mr.. Hills way of doing things with
other peoples money, is a very good
way. If he would a public benefactor
be. he might employ five or six mil
lion of his own ill-gotten gain to the
laudable purpose he suggests.
The idea is a most excellent one
If the land owners of this county
would combine and start one or more
such farms and by liberal advertising
tell the world of their success, there
would be such an influx Of home-seek
ers into this section as would keeT
the real estate agents and lawyers
busy showing lands Investigating
titles and writing deeds.
The land owners of this section arc
guilty of the same penny-wise pound
foolish policy that a merchant is who
has a large, up-to-date, well selected
stock of goods on hand and doesn''
advertise All the Commercial Clubs
in South Mississippi ought to get to
gether and raise half million dol
lars or more and advertise to the
world the resources, advantages and
opportunities in South Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05
WezVS From the ZIzb0d

bly, man of sense, recently called
up the spirit of William Ewart Glad
stone through the medium of a fe-
male spook control" and Mr.. Glau
stones ghost responded with the fol-
lowing marvellous utterance:
An immense current of reiterated
and over-reiterated vibration is draw
ing me toward another centre of en-
ergy. | seem for the moment to hear
the roar of distant thunder, to feel the
concentration of suspense, the antici-
patton of turmoil and strife of ignoble
party warfare"
This Mr.. Stead interprets to be q
prediction of a great war in England.
This rank stuff is considered good
enough for a whole column in the
Hearst (and many other) newspapers.
One Skaggs, of Arkansas, who had
been condemned to twenty years in
the penitentiary for criminal assault.
upon a woman of the freak religion
of which he was the head, has just
been released, it having transpire
that he persuaded the woman to tell
the story of a spiritual assault" in
order that he might be hsreel. he
and his followers believing that he
would rise on the third day.-Vicks-
burg Omerican.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-05

LOST-Pair Of glasses in aluminumk
case, Thursday, near Citizens Bank
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