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greatest STAKEHOLDER in Prince George
was one of the original proprie-
tors of the site of Washington city,
and many of his slaves worked the
fields on which we have built our
homes. That was Motley Young. and in
1890, the year of the decision to remove
the capital to the Potomac, he was the
owner of 265 slaves. Next to him the
largest Shareholders was Elizabeth CAL
vert, with 228 Then came Hannah
West, with 147; Thomas Snowden, with
100: Henry Rozer, l20; George Digges.
105; Addison Murdock, SO; Noble
Baynes, Ss; Martha Eversfield. IS; Gle
ment Hill, 95; William Lyles, go: John
Ashton, 50: Anthony Addison. es; Mary
Digges, IS; Fielder Bowie. SO; Ben
jamin Hall, 60; DIR. Robert Pollenger.
"A; Richard sprigg, e5: John Warring'
ton. so: David Crawford, so; Renaldo
Johnson. ST. Isaac Lansdale, So. and
Turner Wooton. So.
In St Marys county there were not
many large Shareholders. Richard
Barnes owned 209; VIII Comerville'
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of her early prosecutions. in the Let
ter of the Churches Of Lyons and
Vienne." written by the celebrated
Irenaeus and preserved in Eusenius.
Ernest Renan himself devoted two
chapters to it, and shows. in the end,
the Roman authorities hldlng the
bodies of the martyrs or burning their
debris and scattering the ashes IN the
river, SO that their fellow Christians
might not honor them.
Where is their god?' asked the
legate and judges. Let US see II ne
can find the bodies Tor them: not
The Christians felt great sorrow not
to he able to bury the holy bodies hon
orably. says Irenaeus. They tried 10
bribe the soldiers to be allowed to
take them away by night, out an In
thorities calculated to trouble the
Christians hope in the resurrection.
1T is by the confidence which they nave
in the resurrection, argued the pa
gans, that they have introduced thls
new religion among US. despising tor
lures and going to death with joy. Let
us see if their god can find the bodies.
Today, as the crowds watch the ex-
is hard to realize that. on this very
spot, scenes similar to those of Lyon
were once enacted.
A certain Deacon Sanctus of Vienne
dn France) was carried round the ring
in an iron chair heated red hot. They
could not even make him tell his name,
origin or whether free or slave. To all
questions he replied, in Latin: Chris
tianus sum- Il am Christian). 1t
was his name, his city, his race, his
all.
little servant girl, Blandine. was so
young and frail that the faithful trem-
bled for her. lest she could not stand
the torments and affirm her faith in
Christ She beat the torturers. They
declared to the legate that they could
not understand how a body so dis
located, pierced and twisted could sur
vive alive. Il am a Christian" she
would moan; I'VE do nothing wrong
among u.s." and lift herself up with
new vigor. because, between suffer-
ings, the authorities, who imagined
themselves to be doing right for the
good of the empire and city, had the
victims tenderly sponged and soothed,
Offering to set them Immediately free
IL they would renounce the dangerous
new religion and confess the wicked
things which Christians were supposed
to do.
Some broke down, among them poor
Syrian emigrant woman. The next day,
when they brought her back to con
fess the crimes" she answered, as as
tonished: why. the Christians do no
crimes So they put her on the stretch
ing machine to remember, and as they
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The Rambler Visits Very Old Church, Ply

ECALLING memories of Gly-
lO mont in a previous narrative,
HIN the Rambler made reference
to new church building
which stands, surrounded by acres of
old graves, close upon the site of an
earlier church. 1t is st. Charles
Church, better known as "the Neck
Church." because it stands on the
long peninsula formed by the Poto-
mae river and Mattawoman creek.
The Rambler copied inscriptions
from several of the tombs, and many
of the gravestones had carved upon
them the name "Pye," a name that
more than a century ago. perhaps
two centuries ago, was name of i'm
portance and influence in Charles
county. but which seems to have dis
appeared from that neighborhood ex-
cepting as it is found on tombstones.
Yet the blood of these people must
be flowing in the veins of thousands
of the people of the District of Co
Iumbia, Maryland and Virginia. The
oldest of the graves is that of Edward
Joseph Pye. who was born In 1857
and died in 1901, and who, according
to his epitaph, was "the father of
four children Long ago the Pye
family owned much of the land in
that section. and Pyes wharf was one
of the early landings on the Potomac
river a landing to which one of the
rolling roads" led.
The Rambler has already recalled
that Edward Pye must have been a
man of prominence in that part of
Maryland as early as 1854, because
he was member of that commits
sion-Vincent Lowe, Henry Darnall.
Henry Lowe. William Digges, William
Burgess, Nicholas Sewell. Clement
Hill and Henry Coursey-which under
appointment of Charles. third Lord
Baltimore served as a council for the
government of Maryland during a
part of the infancy of Benedict Leon
ard Calvert.
This was probably the Edward Pye
who appears in Maryland chronicles in
connection with the surrender of Mat
tapony John Coode and his followers
rebelled against the Lord Baltimore
proprietary in 1853. seized the city OF
sSt Mary and issued their famous anti
Calvert proclamation. The proprietary's
representatives sought refuge at Mat
tapony and surrendered August /, 1859.
il being stipulated that the persons in
the garrison should be allowed to re-
turn to their homes, but that hence
forth no Papists should hold office in
the province" The associates of John
Coode, at Mattapony whose names have
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1D s1pn % " -

the ring. Attalus had even courage
to speak. When they cried to him:
whats your Gods name?" he cried
back, hoarsely: you viii learn it, if
you are worthy" and expired. Maturus
had to be knocked in the head. Sanctus
survived few hours, murmuring,
"Christianus sum"
Finally, only Blandine and a fifteen
year-old boy named Ponticus remained.
The heroic little servant girl had nt"t
him in prison. and having no family,
she looked on him as a son. Attentive
only to him, she followed the youth
through each stage of his torture, ig-
noring her own pains. While being
tossed by a bull, she called out, Pom
ticus, you'll be in heaven tonight
And with her last breath, as they naiied
her to a cross, she murmured, "Ponti-
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100: George Platter, 90; Edmund Plow-
den. 64; Vernon Hebb. 81; Nicholas
Sewall, 81; Richard Bond, 55; Wilfred
Neale. 81. and Henry Greenfield Soth-
oron. 46.
In Montgomery county Richard
Thomas owned Sd: John Threlkeld. Al:
Daniel Carroll. SO; John Wilcoxon. AZ:
estate OF John Murdoch. A: William
Digges Al: Allen Bowie, so. and ZadocS
MaEruder, 26 One fact worth noting Is
that within and around the present
boundary of the District OF Columbia
were some of the large Shareholders
Of Maryland-Notley Young. Daniel
Carroll, the Murdocks, the Diggses ana
John Threlkeld.
The little church of St. Charles. or
the Neck Church. was the Pye Chapel.
and the question of the private family
chapels In W which the nei ghbors worshiped
Is an interesting one AT some other
time the Rambler wants to go into IL
The reason for these private chapels
or home churches. some religious
historians have called them, brings to
mind many interesting thoughts con-
cerning the country around Washing
ton, especially the country on the Mary
land side OF the Potomac river. Al
though 1t is an interesting phase or
the history of the region in which
Washingtonians live. ii is subject
that when touched on sometimes pro-
vokes religious discussion. which. to the
mind OF the Rambler. is a most fruit
less form of discussion unless main
tained in a fair. reasonable. friendly.
charitable and altogether Christian
spirit. but which often is not the case.
There are few forms of discussion.
perhaps there is no other form OF dis
cussion, In which disputants will give
such loose rein to their pre1udfces. or
such loose tongue to their antIpathies
as In the matter of religious faith
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Years ago. when they began to dig. no.
body cared.
What tourists saw was half stone
circus. with it's rising benches of great
blocks. There is an entrance to the ring.
between high walls of Roman masonry
with inches for statues Masses of
earth around the edges cover great
quantities of still unexcavated masonry.
and they are planted with trees and
furnished with benches for the pubic
TO look down on the arena You can en-
ter the ring and examine small doors IN
its old walls through which wild animals
were released on the victims. Then. cus-
ting off half the ruins. was that OMNIBUS
garage.
dsr,n the garage in war timeo The
garage is demolished. and they have dug
away the made ground on which II
stood. The other half of the old coliseum
Is becoming visible.
Is IL not great that Paris has the heart
to excavate antiquities on large scaie
in war time, when the fate OF France Is
being fought out scarcely sixty miles to
the north? 1t is greater and stranger
than you think; the Germans have lot
TO do with this coliseum.
What is aueerest IS the crowds that
come to see the digging.
Before the war nobody cared for Gallo
Roman Paris or the early Christian mar
tyrs
Now. IL they should find more bodi IS
tomorrow the papers would be full OF IT,
and II would be necessary to stretch
ropes to keep the crowds in line
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BILE for wrapping purposes. In the meat
shops the meat is first wrapped In a
piece of wax paper and then with news
paper The smaller fruit and vegetable
stands use newspaper cornucopia sacks
for dyinG W their packages. and butter
is &rJrped In heavy wax paper with.
=. c..s:ae wrapper. Articles that
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come in boxes are not wrapped In pa
per at all. but are just tied with
string No one ever thinks of going to
market without tho black bag which
German women use instead of a basket.
All the vegetables bought are put into
the bag unwrappe'. The rhubarb. which
ishoo long to go in the bag. Is carried
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circus ring itself-digging down five
feet below the original level of the
ring, after the made ground had been
lifted off-they have found, not tombs
of individuals, but hasty graves into
which the pagan authorities. $500
years ago, had thrown together sew
eral bodies, in each case, and covered
them up without ceremony-bodies
pitifully mutilated. invariably.
They are not gladiators: there are
young women and elderly women
among them, in equal number to the
men, and the pagan authorities of the
empire would not have Uttered up the
municipal arena with such common
victims as gladiators. On the other
hand, only the authorities would have
dared to make burials in such an un-
usual place as the floor of the public
ring, and the date is fixed by a bronze
coin of the Emperor Gratian CAD. 370)
found several feet above the bodies. a
about the level of the ring. 1t must
have happened we'll before that date
the drama of the unknown martyrs of
Paris.
One grave contains the skeletons of
three young women. Two, lying side
by side. with their arms around each
other, have their spinal columns fright
fully twisted and broken. The mouth
of one is wide open, as in agony. The
third has hole in her skull, as @ II.
out of her misery" by a knock on the
head with a club
In another where two men and three
women were crowded, a man has his
head separated from the body and care
lessly put back. The spine of the other
is crushed and twisted (perhaps the
wild animals did it)- The women's legs
are broken, their mouths are excess
sively wide open, the heads of two
twisted back horribly, while an iron
nail. almost eaten UP by rust. was
found Sticking between the foot-bones
of the third woman, as If she had been
crucified.
Similar traces of rust and iron debris
suggest crucifixion in the case of
man in the third grave, and a young
woman lies on her face, with her legs
broken-all these broken legs are sug-
gestive of crucifxion. And so on, men
and elderly women. always traces of
violent end THE bodies have not the
rigor mortis," says the municipal re-
port. They seem to have been buried
hastily. while still alive, or 1e"
hours after.
Now while Paris has no record of her
first Christian martyrs apart from St
Denis and his male companions. at
Montmarrre, some miles away from
this spot, the happenings at Lyon, in
the year AID. III, throw a food of
light on these hurried burials by
municipal authority, in the middle of
the public arena
Lyon, great and ancient city Of CEN
trail France, has remarkable .ecord
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One OF the anti-Catholic enactments
of the Maryland legislature in 1904.
which was entitled. AN act to prevent
the growth of Popery within this
province" provided that priests should
be fined fifty pounds and Imprisoned
six months for saying mass or baptiz-
ing other than Popish children. and
that any Catholic should be Incompetent
to buy or inherit lands. Under these
hostile laws there was no public
Catholic service in the province. and
private worship was attended with dan
ger, though 1t was carried on in most
Catholic homes That part OF the law
of 1904 providing fine and impr1son-
ment for any priest saying mass was.
soon after its passage. undone by
Queen Anne, who allowed mass 'in a
private family of the Roman COM
munion." It was this permission of
the English queen which sanctioned
the private chapel or the house
church" in Maryland and in the terri
tory that became the District of Colum-
bia-
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T @ little things do not seem much in
themselves. but In the long run they
am unit up TO big things. For instance.
the e is the saving OF wrapping paper.
In III the suburban districts of Berlin.
Nk Wilmersdorf and charlotburg, the
wo zen have made cotton bags for car
Tyi home their buns and bread. thus
saN ng the paper for the bakers; or II
tie 60 not have a cloth bag. they take
the own paper bag with them. The
ma shoppers seem to prefer the paper
ba- TO the cloth bags. and they look
oGd when pulling a used paper bag
from their pockets when calling for
their breakfast rolls. Persons buying
Only one or two buns often carry them
home In their hands. and the long
IoaNez of bread are wrapped only IN
the middle. the way tire yard-fong
French bread has always been wrapped
IA s.rlS.
5papers0-e used wherever possi-
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The details are very striking.
In three different spots Of the old
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tions OF German economy, ingenuity
and seif-sacrifce. This ingenuity has
shown itself on the sea, in the air and
On the battlefield. At home the in
ventiveness Is shown nv wonderful
substitutes made for various articles
that are scarce. Indeed. many of the
sui stitutes have been found to be bet
ter thau the original article. and Will
be permanently used hereafter.
T. .onofuy is the universal wish or
rVe~y one in the nation. and it is car
ried out. not only In the big, but in the
nttle things This means not only spar
in2ness. but desire of the people TO
help one another in every way possible
--and the little deeds they do are not
called "self-sacrifice," but love of the
fatserlaEd."
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Scarcity of Great Thrift Campaign
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN. Angus

BERLIN. August 5. 1915.
FTER one has spent eight
months in Germany In war
time. one begins at last TO
realize the enormous propor-
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Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS. August 10, 1916.
ETwEEN the Jardin des Plantes
~ and the university there is half
DO a public square. The other half
q is not completed. They have
just torn down an old omnibus garage
which covered the ground. and they are
digging in the most extraordinary spot
in Paris.
They are excavating the antique COLI
scum.
In some parts. twenty feet of made
ground cover the old circus, or arena,
where, in Gallo-Roman Paris. gladiators
fought one another, condemned criminals
fought wild beasts and the first Chris
tians of Paris were martyred-yes. and
buried in the center of the circus ring,
so that their fellow Christians could not
honor their bodies. And they have been
discovered.
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Gus, the Lamb has taken all my pains
away
AS the crowds quilted the arena in
the twilight. the last thing they saw
was the little white body, hanging
limp. at the far end of the circus ring.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30
DUCK PIN
TEAM TRIMS
LOCALS
lin Game RoITed-on Gore Alleys
Featured by High
Scores.

In one Of the most interesting and
exciting duck pin contests rolled in
this city for several months the
Salem duck pin team defeated the
Gore alley team in three game con-
test rolled on the Goge alleys Friday
night by a total OF thirty-nine pins.
The game was featured by large
scores made by both teams. The
local bowlers got twenty-tonr pin
lead in the first game. whom Il to-
tailed $40. In the second game the
Salem boys stepped out and turnbied
714 OF the little pins down, getting
"a thlrty-hve pin lead in this game
and a nine pin lead for the first two
games. In the nnal game the con-
test wFs about even until the last
few frames. when the Salem boys
pushed ahead and finished With
twenty -eight pin lead, giving them
the contest by a thirty-nlne pin lead.
Hall Of the Salem team had high
score and high average. He rolled
1s4 in the second game and averaged
1bS for the three games. Score:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30
ANNIVERSARY
OF CHURCH TO
Be OBSERVED
Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church Here VIII Garry Out
a Weeks Program.

The fiftieth anniversary OF the col
ored Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church on Ben street will be observed
with the observance OF program Of
services to begin Sunday morning
and to end Sunday evening. October
8. The following will be the pro-
gram:
Sunday, october /.
500 a. m. Prayer and praise
service.
+ .s:SO a. m. Sunday school. Mis-
sionary meeting.
10:45 a. m. Anniversary sermon
by the Rev. Joseph H. Jenkins, B. D.,
pastor Of Simpson Methodist Eplsco-
pal church. Wheeling, w. Va. (Holy
Communion.)
1915 p. m. Class meeting. Mr..
Aaron Wilson, leader.
3p. m. Reunion Of sister churches.
at which time the history OF Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church will be
read by Mrs. Nellie Mae Wilson.
Music by choirs OF Mount Zion Bap-
fist and Pride African Methodist
Episcopal churches.
{ p. m. Special program by Ep-
worth League. Music by junior
choir.
8 p. m. Sermon by the Rev. Joseph
n. Jenkins. B. D.
!. Music at the 10;45 a, m. and 8
p. m. Services by senior choir OF
church, Mrs. Florence D. Carroll; di-
Monday, october 2, sp. m.
Citizens night, DR.. e. 7. Jones
presiding.
Address by his honor the mayor,
G. II. Gordon.
Address by Professor L. r. Jor-
dan, principal Of Water street school,
Music by Westlava quartet.
Tuesday, October 8, 8 p. m.
Fraternal organization night, Mr..
Cabaniss Dean presiding, Each fra
ternal organization Of the city Is
asked to contribute one number for
the evening program.
wednesday. October q, 8 p.m.
Prayer service and home coming
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30

All three 81 whom speak Of R. w.
II Is for HoblItzei. sometimes called
He taygFa the Russians, like Otto
! IS for Isbell, who put in some lieks
That were fatal to Reuibach In nine
teen-o-six.
} y Tor 1anyrin and Johnston and
WHO all are as fast as freshly made
Saxon, tadv.)
X is for Goney, and KiIlifer, too.
The latter was born close to Kalama-
zoo.~.
L is for Leonard. a left handed pitch
who hopes to be three or four thous-
and bucks richer.
M is for Messrs. Magee and Maran,
Vile,
who never played BAH in Milwaukee
or Danyiile.
ITO be continued.)
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WoRLDfs sf.RlEs AIPHARET.
A Is for Allen Who hnfls for the
And huris very wen when his last one
behaves.
B Is for Bancroft and Bender and
Barry 4
And also for Burma, whose arst name
Is not Harry.
c Is for Collins and coombs and crs-
And also for cads. who's thick but
not tat.
D is for Del. whom his paFepknsh.ed
Wheezer;
They say he's very delectable
9 Is for Eean and Evers as wen,
And neither Of them ever went to
Cornell
Els for Faber and Johnny Fournier.
Who WIN mot get into the series,
fear.
G Is for Gamer and eowdy and Card
ner,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30

CHARLESTON! Tho second mill
tary funeral Of week has Just been
conducted here. Corporal Joseph
Myers. Jr., Of Company c, Charles
ton, died after short illness. and
the First battalion of the Second in
fantry, with a firing squad from the
company to which the deceased man
belong, marched four miles from
camp to show honor to the memory
Of the young man.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30
Arc You Looking Old?

Old age comes quick enough with
out inviting It. Some look old at
forty. That Is because they neg
lect the liver and bowels. Keep
your bowels regular and your liver
healthy and you VIII not only feel
younger hat look younger. when
troubled with constipation or bilious
ness take Chamberlain's Tablets.
They are intended especially for
these ailments and are excellent.
Easy to take and most agreeable IN
effect. 0btainabla eyefywhere -
Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30

REDWOOD: w. L. whitman n
prominent farmer Of Kentucky dis
trict, Nicholas county, is dead of in
1uries received when thrown off
wagon by team of runaway horses.
He was So years old and leaves a
family.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30
PROMISING CANDIDATE
For Place on West Virginia Uni.
yersity Team is Taken Ill.

AIoRGANTowN, Sept. sO.-c. H.
Lungren, freshman from swarthmore
preparatory school, and a promising
candidate for the quarterback posi-
ton on the varsity eleven, was taken
to his home by. his former room
mate, William Johnson, of WEIGH,
Mcdowell county, suffering from ty-
phoid fever. Lungreh was i'll when
he arrived in Morgantown and was
never in good physical condition. He
developed a high fever last Monday.
Soap is elght-three cents pound
In Germany.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30

CHARLESTON; Four alleged de.
serters from. the Second West Viz
ginia Infantry. captured In Hunting.
ton, after an offer OF $50 reward was
made by the military AUTHORITIES for
the capture OF each, have been re-
turned to the mobilization camo to
await trial before the general court,
The police thro iEhout the state have
been asked to arrest deserters.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30
Watch For Monday
Evening Paper
OF all members.
Thursday, October q. 8u. m.

Inufsuay, October D, b p. m.
Reunion Of local preachers, exhort-
ers. class leaders, stewards, trustees,
and members OF Queen Esther Aid
Sections club, Carnation club, Unique
Aid and Woman's Home Missionary
Society. Mrs. Fannie Robinson viii
preside.
Friday, October 8, 8 p. m.
Presentation of Ruth. sacret can.
tata, by Alfred n, Gaul. op. "a.
Reception.
Sunday, October 8.
1O:45 a. m. Sermon by pastor.
1915 p. m. Glass.
$500 p. m. Sunday school rally day
The program Methodist Pioneers
will be presented by the school. Miss
Florence RuffinS superintendent.
1900 p. m. Epworth League. Mrs,
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Philadelphia at Brooklyn (2).
Boston at New York az.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg (2).
Others clubs not scheduled.