The Washington times., 1915-10-26

ANhN.
thought Of Judge HandIey the lawyers
WIN whom ne associated held In high
esteem and lauded his honesty and brill
liancy when he died.
,During all these years Judge Handley
did not hesitate to express his admira-
tion for the Southern chieftains. An
Illustration OF his love for Ice and
jackson was strickly shown when he
placed over the entrance to his dwell
ing apartments life sized portraits OF
tne TWO Confederate leaders. and when
ever citizen OF Scranton entered the
portais or his home he had to bow
obeisance to the two Southerners or
ieave. The late Major Holmes Conrad,
In touching upon this fact, said in a re-
ell.
Called QUAINT Conceit."
IT was quaint conceit. but one
formed and enforced OF set purpose. It
gratihed the pardonable resentment of
the man. who had been suspected by
these people OF being rebel spy
What was the Significance OF these por-
traits? What did they stand for to
John Handley? IL they had any poll
tical preferences. he never disclosed
them. That he did admire the traits
of chara cter-the standards OF life-the
habits. the customs and the manners OF
: the Virginia people and that he did not
. admire those OF the people among whom
, he lived. he did often declare II he
ever worshipped idols. and who does
not-they were the great captains whose
portraits hung In his entrance chamber.
and to whom he exacted obeisance Of
ri, who gained admittance to his p~I"ata
apartments. Of these two men. the pre-
eminent excellence was accorded to
, Stonewall Jackson"
Judge Handley nrst visited Winchester
through a personal acquaintance with
James Jifkins. an EnRlishman, who had
lived IN Lackawanna county and moved
tn Frederick county and brought a farm
In 1850. Mr. Jifkns' wife was a relative
Of u. W Baker, now president OF the
Judge Handley met the late Holmes Con.
rad Solicitor General of the United
States under President Cleveland. and
Major Robert w. Hnnter, then lawyer
Washington. He was instantly irawn
to these two men. The friendship rip
cned into an intimacy th9t led to the
exchange Of hooks ard the discussion Of
the military feats Of Lee and Jackson.
From this intercourse grew tho great
love OF this lonely man. hungerrg for
the affection Of Southern men he had
admired all his life.
Loved Winchester.
Judge Handleys death revealed how
much he loved the people OF Winches-
ter. Imagine the surprise of the COM
munity when they awoke one morning
Hand read that he had left them the
bulk Of his property. then said to be
over a million dollars. The first be =
quest was $4,000 for a library. This
library has been erected at a cost of
sl5OOOn. Another sl5o0OO has been in
vested, the income from which is used
for maintenance The second beauest
for educational purposes reads as fol.
lows
"All the rest and residue Of my es.
tate | give, devise and bequeath to the
city Of Winchester. Va. to be accu.
mulated by said city for the period OF
said residue estate to be expended and
laid out in said city by the erection OF
school houses for the education of the
poor"
As an Illustration Of another side OF
the man. he left various sums of none,
for the education In universities OF
about twenty-five young men. He par,
ticularly invoked the promise that none
source Of the money paying their col
lege expenses. He also left large sum,
to certain charitable organizations ir
!. Scranton.
Board Is Created.
Winchester was not long In prepar
ing herself to handle the fund Th
/ Virginia legislature. upon request Of tn
comomn council, created the Handle
board Of trusteesto handle and admin
lister these bequests. This board is nov
composed OF X. Gray VIII ans, presi
8 dent; NJ. NJ Lynch. vice president: Z. NJ
1 Glbbens. DR.. ". J.. Mcclure, 7. L
. Cooper, Capt. George W. Kurtz, Joh
s W. Rice. II. d. Fuller. and Judge I
= ". larriSon.
I At tho present timo Winchester Ia a
= agog over the kind of school ,syster
the money will be used to establish
( While no definite plans have been ar
t proved by the trustees and the counci
n the opinion prevails that no attemr
s will be made TO make the institutio
/, a "one-horss college," but there will b
. established the bcst-equipped hig
t school money can provide. While tn
! mind Is being developed and trained
J, it is proposed to teach the hand in tn
o manual art Of carpentering and black
,smithing. Physicians will be employe
to study the phys cal development G
II the boys and girls. and Instructors
n ball. and other sports. The Idea Is I
o establish a school which will prepar
Q boys and girls for the universities.
= Seventy acres OF land on Washingto
!, chased as a site. Olmstead Bros. lane
II scape architects. of Brookline. Mass
Il who developed the parking scheme fc
ii tho st. Louis exposition. have been 7,
ii tainsd to lay out tho grounds In tenn
) courts; golf Links; baseball t e ground
s the smaller children.
70 1t is proposed that at least 81. .0oo. 900
= sot aside for investment. tho incon
: from which is to be used in malntair
Ing the school system. About $500
70 will be put In buildingA