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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-21

PLYMOUTH. - Clarence p. Hollo-
way, deputy game warden. has been
acquitted OF the charge of murder.
He shot Clyde Jeffries, who resisted
arrest for illegal fishing. Holloway
said that he shot in self defence.
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KIENr Clerks OFFICE MWIIcH THE. WILL
OF GEORGE. WASHINGTON Is KEPT.

have been similarly taken had it not been
removed by tie Confederates. In July.
1851. when the Confederate army fell
back from Fairfax. Alfred Moss. clerk of
the court, wrapped up the will and in
dorsed it as belonging to the county.
The will and other court records were
then carried to Richmond and deposited
with George w. Mumford. the secretary
OF the commonwealth. where they re-
manned until the summer of 1885.
Q. w. Hunt was designated by Fairfax
county to recover the will and received It
from Mr.. Lewis. successor to Mr.. Mum
ford, who stated tn after the evacua-
ton Of Richmond the will had been
found on the floor of one of the rooms OF
his office with other papers scattered
about by the federal soldiers.
uary 20. 1900. 1t was presented in open
court by George steptoe Washington
Samuel Washington and Lawrence Lewis
three Of the executors. 1t was proved by
Charles Simms. Charles Little and Lud-
well Lee to be In the handwriting Of Gen.
Washington. The will was prepared July
g. 1893, by the first President himself
without the aid of an attorney and con-
tains more than 1000 words. 1t is re-
corded In Liber H. No. 1. folio 1.
The will opens as follows: "I, George
Washington, Of Mount Vernon. citizen
OF the United States and lately President
of the same, do make. ordain and de-
clare this instrument, which is written
with my own hand and every page there
Of subscribed with my name. to be my
last will and testament, revoking all
others" One page, the last word Of
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got $50 a night each, but every night
We were paid in checks.
When we got to Toledo at the end OF
ten days l counted up my money and
found l had only $545 Those were the
days when you couldn't get your money
out Of bank on q check. even if you
used jimmy.
enough to get out OF town / said to
Grovesnor. unless they pay us cash to-
night
He turned out his pockets and counted
up. but he had only $500. We notified
the manager at 10 o'clock in the morning
that We wanted our pay in real money,
and at 10 o'clock that night he gave us
each $40 In cash and SIS In a check. He
said he could not raise $500 in money in
twelve hours he worked at the lob. We
got our money finally on all the checks"
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precious metals In the mountains of his
state. Not long ago a shift boss at one
of the mines ne controls had been
handling, with fatal effect, that most ca
PRECIOUS Of explosives, stick Of frozen
dynamite.
He took that frozen dainty in his hand
and held II over a live fame" explained
the superintendent to MIR. Rucker. He
wanted to thaw 1t out real auckland he
did. II thawed out with an enthusiasm
that scattered him over the best part o.
Cripple Creek township and when
What" interrupted Representative
Rucker. you mean to say that the fellow
held a stick of frozen dynamite over q
live fame? Why. I should think that
would be about the last thing In the
world that he'd do!'
1T was" replied the laconic superin-
tendent,
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PASSING OF THE ONCE POPULAR CLAY PIPE

classic Rome. They may have been
used in burning incense to the gods.
and 1t may be that the people then
had the habit of smoking fragrant
herbs or hemp. There are writers who
have printed the opinion that the
smoking of tobacco was known in the
orient centuries before mariners Of
Europe began to concern themselves
with the question Of reaching India by
sailing west.
Small clay pipes have been found with
Roman relics in Great Britain and Ire
land, and in Ireland they are called
elfin, fairy or Celtic pipes.
Very few smokers know much about
the briar pipe. The best "briar" IS
cut from the root of q tree-the erica
arborea-a member of the heath fam
lily, which grows in France and Italy.
A pipemaker told The Star man that
the French call the tree "bruyere." and
the word "briar" is thus derived.
Bruyere is the French for health.
furze fern and shrubs growing On
commons and heaths.
But the old clay pipe has passed.
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the will from the soldier who stole it, or
from a second or third party.
The fight to regain the document took
definite form after the death Of the
elder Morgan, when a librarian for the
new head Of the family answered an in
quiry regarding the testament by saying
that 1t could not be returned, but that
photograph would be furnished to the
county.
This letter, admitting the presence Of
the will In the Morgan collection, was
given wide publicity and aroused the
people Of the entire ''Old Dominion"
State Senator r. Eweli Thornton and
State Representative w. T. Oliver. both
of Fairfax. Immediately announced their
intention of pushing bills in the state leg
islature calling upon the officials of the
state to begin action for the recovery of
the precious document. Members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
especially of Fairfax Chapter, are taking
an active interest.
The contest has aroused Fairfax coun-
ty and Virginia as they have seldom
been aroused before. The original Of
Martha Washington's will is priced sec
ond only to that Of her illustrious hus-
band. It belongs to the records Of the
court and virginians feel that 1t IL al
most Dissertation for it to be elsewhere
If Mr.. Morgan retains the will 1t will be
only after one of the hardest fights of his
career.
The will of Washington himself might
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asked permission to be shown Pluto's
kingdom.
They were accommodated. and soon
beheld men hanging by their hair. These
men, they were told. were Of all parties
and denominations Of people. Democrats
prohibitionists. woman suffragists. Pres
byterians and Episcopalians. etc. But
there wasn't single republican among
them.
They were shown various group. en-
during the most terrible of tortures. and
all OF them were labeled as Of a certain
party or belief. yet still no republicansi
Presently the two farmers became curl.
GUS More than that, their chests began
to swell at the total lack of adherents Of
the 9. o. P. in those regions.
Haven't you any republicans?' thew
asked their guide 'Ae'
:" oh. yes: to be sure!' he replied. See
those men sitting on that screen over
there? Well they are republicans who
have been voting for protection for twan 1o
~ years. and they're so green we re hsv-
burn" '
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those blue-head sulphur matches and
shielded 1t with his hairy hands. waiting
for the flame to come clear and red: Ana
then the content of such a smoke!
Watch the laborers of today and you
will see that the mature or ripper of them
are smoking wood pipes-briars, they call
them-and that the younger workers are
smoking cigarettes. So 1t is that the clay
pipe is passing-has passed. But let a
tobacconist tell this story in his own
way.
x
Young man, you want clay pipe?
don't have many calls for at kind OF
pipe nowadays, except from children who
want to blow soap bubbles. and from
some folks who want to give smoker
and provide box of clean clay pipes
for their guests.
Twenty, thirty, forty years ago used
to sell u great many of those pipes 70
smokers The white clays, called t.
D.'s-but I do not know why-sold for
a cent each. The yellow clays with the
reed stem sold for cents each. and the
red or the Powhatan sold for 10 cents for
the bowl and cents for the stem. But
they had their run. Nearly every pipe
smoker now calls for a briar, whlcn, OF
course, is not really and truly br1ar.
Poor men want j hard rubber mouth
amber and in many cases genuine am
Der mouthpiece. Just now there seems to
be quite a run on specially prepared corn.
cob pipes and calabashes, but nine out OF
ten pipes are made out of wood and the
old-fashoined clay is not in the running.
THE red Powhatan of our youth was
a fine pipe. 1t was cut out of peculiar
red pipestone in Virginia. One family
made them for the market for many
years. Some pipemakers began to imi-
tate them by molding them out of red
clay. The real Powhatan when it be-
came foul could be burnt out and would
be pure and sweet, but the clay Pow
hatan would crack"
The clay pipe early attained great pop
ularity in England and Ireland. 1t is
believed that the first tobacco pipe was
taken into England by Ralph Lane, first
Governor of Virginia in 1885, He gave this
pipe to Sir Walter Raleigh. It was the
pipe which set the tobacco smoking fash
ion in England. The pipe making indus
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always accompanied to and from his home
by his brother or one Of his secretaries,
and throughout these trips. and at odd
moments during the day, wherever he
may be, his companion almost always
carries q book from which he reads to
the senator in an undertone. scarcely
audible to those nearby. but which reaches
the delicately adjusted hearing Of the
blind senator.
The books thus devoured in a month
cover the entire range of history, political
economy. finance and other subjects that
bear on legislation. Senator Gore takes
personal charge of most Of his CORE
spondence. and transacts an enormous
amount of business in a day. with the aid
Of well trained office force.
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THE clay pipe is passing. Perhaps
1t would be nearer the truth 70
= write that the clay pipe has passeu
It might be unsafe to prophesy tnat II
will never come back, because the Gay
nine when we'll used has strength ana
persistency all its own. By clay pipe Is
meant not terracotta water pipe or sewer
pipe or drainage pipe, but the tooacoo
pipe. friend for ages Of many men,
The clay pipe, white or yellow or red IN
the beginning, but black from use, was
once a familiar thing in the mouths OF
men. It was the pet of laborer ana inc
pride of the workingman.
The man in the red flannel undersnlr1
with the rolled-up sleeves and the DIS
thing arms, who used to lay and ram the
cobblestones between the side-bearins
rails of the horse car lines. always hao
one of these pipes in his mouth
So did the man who stood waist deep
in a narrow ditch, in which the gas COM
pany or the waterworks was about to lay
piping, or in which a leaking pipe had
been found.
So did the man who used to lay the
red brick, herringbone fashion. In the
sidewalks Of the city. So did the man
who used to climb a ladder on the out
side of new buildings with a hod Of brick
or mortar on his shoulder. That clay
pipe was the pipe Of men who did
mans work.
Can you not remember. and Of course
YOU can. that when a group of those real
workingmen gathered under the shade
Of a tree or the lea of a wall for lunch.
that after the tin bucket had been emp
tied the strong man probably wiped his
mouth with the back Of his brawny hand,
and that then he would produce clay
pipe. BACKED with reek and fire? It had
sometimes a very short steam. 1t was a
hot smoke he sought and not a cool one.
Can you not remember with what loving
care and deliberation he filled and pat
ted the pipe with chips Of tobacco he had
whitfield from a big black plug? Can
YOU not remember how he lighted one of
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which is Washington" was not signed
and it Is taken for granted that he mis-
took the name Of the city for his own
The will directed that ito my beloved
wife, Martha Washington, I give and
bequeath the use and benefit of my en-
tire estate. real and personal. for the
term of her natural life. except such
parts thereof as are specifically disposed
Of" He also ordered that his body "be
inferred in quiet manner without pa
rade or funeral Grafton.
One clause. which has been quoted ex-
tensively since, was as follows: Upon
the decease OF my wife it is my will and
desire that all the slaves which / hold In
my own right shall receive their free
dom" Indeed. he vent into more par
slaves than OF any other part of his es-
tate. and specifically directed that none
Of them be sold outside Of Virginia.
Gen. Washington provided for the con-
Vernon In which might be intombed the
remains Of himself and near relatives He
gave a pair of finely wrought steel pistols
taken from the enemy in the revolution
to Gen. Lafayette. and left small presents
to many other friends.
He directed that all his debts. which he
said were few and none OF great magnl-
tude." be ''punctually and speedily paid. y
He called attention to the fact that many
of the youth of the United States were
being sent to foreign countries to be edu.
Gated. and were contracting habits of
dissipation and principles unfriendly to
republican government. To stop TINS. ne
gave fifty shares In the Potomac COM
pany toward the endowment of uni
versity within the District Of Columbia
under the auspices Of the general govern
ment.
Gen. washington made mention OF an
oak box that sheltered the great Sir
William Wallace after the battle Of
Falkirk." This box was presented to
him by the Earl of Buchan. and wash
ington directed that 1t be returned 10
him. -
He went into great particulars concern
ing the disposition Of his entire estate.
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Crippled.

A PROPOS of Washingtons birthday.
"a Upton Sinclair said at a lobster
luncheon in Bermuda:
George Washington succeeded as a
statesman, but would he. with his Inn
pregnable integrity. have succeeded so
well as a business man. modern bust
ness man, Wall street business mani"
THE millionaire superintendent Of a
Sunday school was giving the children
talk on business success. 1t was the
Sunday before Washipgton's birthday,
and he said:
BE industrious, my children, and you
will succeed. Be loyal to your employer.
never look at the clock, put the firms
interest before your own, and success il
sure to come. You remember, do you
not the great difficulty George Wash
ington had to contend with
Yes. sir; yes. SIR the children piped.
And what difficulty. what almost in
superable difficulty. nearly crippled the
great George?
He couldn't tell . lie" chorused the
children,
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ihat his expenses would DC paip p'O
certain sum each day In which h' 49,
working for the company
Shafroth started east ard on his way
stopped for "A day in st. Louis on some
business OF his own. Returning. he again
stopped over for twenty-fcur hours IN
;he same city on matters Of his own.
When the firm sent his money. It in
GUIDED both these days. but Shafroth
promptly returned to It the amount
equal to the two days he had used in his
personal affairs.
The firm returned TO him this amount
by next mall and in placing the matter
on its books wrote opposite the sum:
There is but one John Shafroth in the
United States"
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leaving valuable property to many reia-
tives. He plainly spent much time In the
preparation of the document. and its
every line illustrates his qualities as
man OF affairs and Of business.
x
The will, with its attached schedule,
showed Washington to have been a very
wealthy man, considered by the stand
ards of his day. The list showed he
owned total of 5O975 acres, valued at
s444.s03. in various places; ten lots in
Washington and Alexandra, two lots in
Winchester. and one lot in Warm Springs:
stocks and bonds valued at $25, 212; per-
sonal property valued at $15.653. and an
interest in the Great Dismal Swamp
valued at $4,000. This made a total Of
$4,000. and in addition he owned $500
acres in Fairfax county. comprising four
farms. He kept constantly employed
slaughtered $50 ogs for the use of his
family and servants.
Several years ago members of the board
Of supervisors of Fairfax county. toge her
with Lawrence Washington, descendant
of the first President. and others inter-
ested in the will. realized that 1t was not
being cared for properly. 1t had been
kept in wooden box with a glass cover.
1t had been pinned together and folded
SO that many creases marred 1t. In
sections had been sewed together until
the will appeared to be in tatters.
The supervisors finally named Judge
]. NJ Love and r. Walton Moore as
committee to have the will restored. The
work was placed in the hands of Will
liam Berwick of the Library of Congress
staff. whose reputation for this kind of
work is almost worldwide. Writing pa
per made especially for Washington was
discovered and used in grating together
the torn pieces.
The result was marvellous. Photo
graphs were taken of each page and four
copies were struck off and placed in the
Library of Congress. with the UNDER
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FA1REAx COURTHOUSE, MoMDr1R MT AT RIGHT SHOWS
WHERE CAPT MARI FIRST WAR; FELL.

standing that they be used
without the consent of the supervisors.
The will is now kept in an especially
constructed f1reproof vault built in the
office. and Is under the direct charge of
F. w. Richardson, clerk Of the county.
The record room is filled with remem-
brances of bygone days.
The testament itself. in the form OF a
book. may be seen through glass side
OF the vault Heavy green curtains keep
the light from marring the precious docu-
ment, but Mr.. Richardson draws them
back whenever requested Hardly day
passes but that visitors from all parts OF
the country travel to Fairfax to see the
will. and stand in generation as they
gaze upon the handwriting OF the father
Of his country"
Over the will is the following inscrip-
ton: 1.-THE original last will and testa-
ment of Gen. George Washington wnicn
court Of Fairfax In the year 1900. 1t was
restored to it's present form In the year
1910 by William Berwick under the su-
pervis,on of James NJ. Love and r. wal
ton Moore. a committee appointed by the
county court, the judge of which was 3.
r Thornton and the clerk F. w. Rich
ardson."
Hanging beside the vault is framed
photograph Of a page Of the VIII as u ap-
peared before being restored. 1t is naro-
ly recognizable.
In another frame, above the vault. are
three documents Of great historic inter
est. One is an appointment of sheriff
of the county. signed by Patrick Henry.
first Governor of Virginia Another Is
a letter from Henry Clay to F. d Rich
ardson. clerk of the court in 1s4s. and
the third document is survey In the
handwriting of George Washington.
In many dust-stained books In this
room are records of the time OF Wash
ington. although the notations OF the
deaths. births and marriages from llis
to 1853 have been lost and are now being
sought by the county authorities. Many
requests for Information about peop!e
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the senator from Mississippi reminds me
of what occurred in my own state" said
Senator Gallinger. "A democratic orator
grew eloquent one day and. pointing to a
boy on the front seat in the hall, ex-
claimed:
why. the jacket you have on Is taxed
10 cents by this Ubiquitous tariff
That's lie.' retorted the boy, be-
cause ma bought it for 80 cents"
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Sure, He Knew.

Senator CALM
ger of New Hamp-
shire, republican
leader of the Sem
ate, takes delight
in ridicullng the
democrats Of that
body for their at
titude on the tariff
and the arguments
they made in favor
of tariff reforms.
He had a tilt one
day with Senator
John Sharp VIII
liams.
1.-The argument o.
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are now in the clerks office. The copies
themselves are tattered with age. Mrs.
Washngton's will was probated in 1SO2
by George Washington Parke Custts and
Thomas Peter. two of the executors. 1t
was proved by Roger Farrell, William
Spence and Lawrence Lewis as being In
the handwriting Of the testator
The will of Martha Washington Is not
nearly so long nor so involved as Is that
of her husband. 1t was signed by her
Gen. Washington and a codicll was sign
ed March f. 1902. This codicil disposed
Of her "mulato man Elijah that bought
of w. Butler Washington"
The will Is principally taken up with
the disposition Of household effects and
with providing for the education of
young relatives. Among the people men
toned in the will are her four nieces.
Martha W. cambridge. Mary cambridge
Frances Lucy cambridge and Frances
Henly; George Washington Parke GUSTS,
her grandson: Elizabeth Parke Law, her
granddaughter: Martha Peter. her grand
daughter: Elinor Parke Lewis. her grand
daughter: Anna Marian Washington, a
grandniece; Mrs. Elizabeth. my neigh
bor'; Mrs. David Stuart, Benjamin Lin
coin Lear, Bartholomew and Samue,
Handiey. nephews; John cambridge, a
nephew. and Annie Moria Washington.
A lot in the town Of Alexandria left to
Mrs. Washington by Gen. Washington
was given to Bartholomew cambridge.
Two pictures Of her husband were men
toned in the will. One, printed by Trum-
bull, was presented to Elizabeth Parke
Of
Peter. To several relatives ana friends
either ten or five guineas were left Ito
buy a ring"
One of the unusual provisions Of the
testament is that 1t is my will and de-
sire that Anna Marian Washington the
some mourning at my death at the ex-
pense of my estate: and / bequeath to her
ten guineas to buy ring" Another Is
that 'it Is my will and desire that all the
wine in bottles in the vaults be equally
divided between my granddaughter and
grandson, to each Of whom / beaueath
ten guineas to buy a ring for each"
All the family pictures. except the ones
Washington Parke Custis. To him. also.
was given a large collection Of household
furnishings, including beds. water coolers.
china and furniture Special provision
was made for the education of Bartholo-
new and Samuel Handy and John Dand-
ridge, and 1t was provided that each be
fitted in some useful trade" and pro-
vided with one hundred pounds each to
set them up in their trade.
The will was taken from the records
during the civil war and its whereabouts
were a mystery for a number Of years.
1t is known definitely by members Of the
Washington family that an offer to sell
It was made to wealthy New York man
several years ago and that this man
caused inquiries to be made to discover
whether the Fairfax county authorities
would attempt to recover 1t II he bought
It. He gave up the idea when informed
that a legal fight would be made
The next heard of the will was when
1t became known that 1t was in the pos
session of J. Pierpont Morgan. ST. Many
letters were sent to Mr.. Morgan urging
him to return the will to the county. but
no attention was paid to them. 1t was
taken for granted that he had bought
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A BuII's-Eye.

R e pr e sentative
NJ. H. Reilly. from
the sixth district
of Wisconsin. Is.
as his name might
suggest, Of demo-
cratic persuasion.
Some of his cam
paign stories have
often been told to
advantage in re-
publican commune
ties. ."....
"A couple Of re-
publican farmers
died" so one OF
them runs, land.
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Indeed, Yes!

r pr e sentative
Rucker OF Colo
RADIO. who 4 few
years ago won
national fame in
the political field
by boarding in his
den that hoary-
headed old demo-
cratic lion. Joe
B ! a C k b urn. and
emerging with q
double handful OF
gray hair. is act
lively interested In
mining for the
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Yes, Stage Money.

Speaker c h q mp
Clark had one ex-
perience as a leo
turer that he loves
to tell when hard
times" and panics
are under discus
sion. ~
Gen. Grosvenor
and I went out on
a lecture tour. so
called. during the
tight times OF
1901" said the
Speaker. 1T was
called a lecture
tour because we