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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
Mrs. MOrella Barrett

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Morrela Barrett, who died at the
 home of her son, Willard Barrett in Pittsburg. Pa, were held from the Ru-
 hama Baptist church yesterday after noon at clock. Interment followed in East Lake cemetery.
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SuHnHry. Hree-DaS6 HIt, MUseS Home run. Moses. Stolen bases, Howell Wagner, Kennedy. Rickart 2. Miles, Mo Clair. Ried 2. Struck out. Moses S. Sta them II. Bases on balls. Moses 1, Sta them 6. Umpire, Ragsdale.
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STOvALL WINS HANDICAP

k. F. Stovall of Birmingham won the prize in the club han dicap match at Roebuck yester- afternoon and w. R. J. Dunne of Birmingham won the prize for runner up. StovalPs best score was 59 with A handi- cap, and Dunne's best score was a 62 with a IS handicap. There were about 50 entries in this handicap match.
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to replenish the treasury for amounts taken from general revenues to pay the canals construction cost. Such an issue in addition to the general fund would give the government altogether more than $4O0, ,000, GOO, enough to carry on a war with Mexico for several months.
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INDICTMENTS ARE SERVED

Huntsville. June 24.ztSpe- cial. .)-It was announced to- night that all but one of the eight indictments turned in by the special grand jury on the Lawler murder had been served. Five of the indictments were for vagrancy. eases of minor in terest. One each was against Charles Nails and Percy Brooks. and it is inferred that the eighth H against David D. Overton. who has disappeared.
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Hughes and Hyphens

If the Hyphens don't get Hughes help him. v-O-Lax is what Birming- ham people depend on to keep their head clear and their liver in order Ev- regularly to keep in health. Try free sample or 25 bottle. Adams Drug Co
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Russians Sweep Austrians

lore themein great Spring drive. Liv-
 E Spring drive in Birmingham, Gets the cases of constipation and bill Ilsness it goes after and helps you, B. Doesn't sicken or gripe you. Try Be sample or 25c bottle. Adams Drug |mpany.
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Score by innings: Red Mountain ........ 400 040 00*- Edgewated ........... 900 02! 00o-
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-06-03

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Treaty Ratified.

The President was, of course, not unmindful of these popular outbursts yet he never turned from his concep- ton of what our duty was and in all the cabinet meetings displayed rare Judgment and counciled impartiality. Our neutrality will be preserved" he said. Jefferson had resigned as Sec retary of State. but still there was dissension. Randolph, too, left the of- hcial family, and finally a new cabi- net was formed. The treaty with Great Britain was finally ratified by King George and the matter settled for time at least. A few people still clamored for war, but treaties with the Indians and with Algiers. as well as with Spain regarding the navigation of the Mississippi River. were brought before the public. The jingoes in Congress, however, refused to give up and made long speeches against Great Britain, and, to use the expression of vice-President Adams, "the treaty was mauled and abused" However. war had been averted and Washington's neutrality plans had carried.
 There is little wonder after such an cNPOA AOAASC bhetl III HIS LdISWcil dQ- dress he bade his fellow countrymen beware of foreign entanglements Throughout his entire second admin istration Washington had little peace of mind, yet he never wavered in his determination to prevent war. He made enemies by his policy who in the end were ashamed of their atti- tude toward him and finally came to his way of thinking. His determina- ton to maintain strict neutrality when two friendly nations were at war set an example for the emulation of all future Presidents. With discord in his cabinet, a bitter division of senti- ment among his people, he steered our young Ship of State safely through the troublous waters of foreign com plications and popular vacillations at home, and history pays him the well deserved tribute of having done his whole duty without fear or favor, re- gardless of consequences whether in the form of reward or punishment.
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the part of England only added sym pathy to the French cause and despite the insults offered to our President by Genet the people still clamored for war against England in the cause of France. Finally Jefferson became dis gusted with the behavior of Genet, and by letters and speeches brought the people back to right thinking.
 The Won Papen letters and the Boy Ed activities were child's play as com pared with the utterances and beha- vior of Genet, who made open fun of Washington and used the press of the land to assist him. Jefferson's last official act was 8 rebuke to Genet. This occurred when the F'renchman had the impudence to send Jefferson a translation of the Orders of the Executive Council of France, asking him to lay them before Congress, but Jefferson answered him in a spirited letter in which he made it plain that no further interference would be tol- erated. All this time England was harrassing our ships on the high seas and despite Washington's fight for neutrality his proclamation was vio- lated again and again and it seemed that war with Great Britain was in- evitable. Tri-color cockades were now seen everywhere and great ex- citement prevailed. Fauohet, who had succeeded Genet, was a keen dip lomat, and while he had none of the insolence of his predecessor in his subtle way he kept up the sympathy for France and the hatred for Great Britain.
 MT. Jay had been sent to Great Britain with @ treaty by which Wash ington hoped to avert war. The op- position press at once began crusade against it and Washington's policies were ridiculed in inf1ammatory edi- torials, but still the President perse- vered in what he deemed to be right and fair to all. Cartoons became plentiful representing the Jay Treaty as the price paid for English gold. Public meetings were held and the treaty denounced. At one place the British flag was trailed in the dust and then burned at the door of the British consulate.
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the French privateers fitted out in the United States previous to the notice given to Genet.
 England Gives Trouble.
 Great Britain. too, gave Washing ton no little trouble, for that Gov ernment paid no attention to the rights of neutrals on the high seas, and began to capture French goods sent by American ships, and from time to time seized foodstuffs with determination to starve out the French Revolutionists-the same tactics they are using today in trying to starve out Germany. Still a more serious ground for complaint was the fact that whenever British born sea- man was found upon the captured vessel he was taken off and many of our ships were crippled at sea by the loss of men. As it was difficult to distinguish an Englishman from an American the latter were frequently dragged from the ships and sent to English prisons. This behavior on
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this came the news that King Louis had been beheaded by order of the National Convention of France Washington watched the effect of the news of the workings of the French on the people with no little anxiety and when it became known to the public that France and England were at war hundreds of Americans de- clared that it was the duty of the new country to come out as an ally of France and all sorts of celebrations were held in honor of that country. In Boston there was a barbecue. An OK was roasted whole, then decorated with flags and then drawn through the streets on a car pulled by sixteen horses. The flags of France and the United States were fastened to the horns of the animal. Hogshead of bread and barrels of punch followed in carts. At the same time there was a banquet at Faneuil Hall and chill dren paraded the streets wearing caps bearing the words "Liberty and Equality" The news of the execu- ton of the king was cheered by the Republican party and the jingoes made speeches begging the people to insist upon taking up arms with France against England.
 Activities of Genet
 While all this was going on Ed mund Charles Genet, known to the French Republic as Citizen Genet" :" arrived from France. He had been sent to supersede NJ. Ternant, who represented the French monarchy This suave, cultivated man spoke English fluently and he soon started
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a spear of wheat and other plants to the conventional design as an indica- ton of his favorite labor.
 Mt. Vernon Favorite Home.
 Although he was the owner of sev- eral farms the one at Mt. Vernon was his favorite and many times during the Revolutionary days he declared that he longed for his own wine and fig tree" "No estate in the United States" he wrote to a friend, lis more pleasantly situated than this. It lies in high, dry, healthy country three hundred miles by water from the sea, and as you will see by the plan. on one of the finest rivers in the world" The estate dates back to 1874 when Lord Culpepper conveyed to Nicholas Spencer and Lieutenant Colonel John Washington five thousand acres of land. After the death of John Wash ington his half was bequeathed to his son Lawrence. who in turn willed it to his daughter Mildred. She sold it to the father of George Washington. who left it to his son Lawrence with the request that it should revert to his younger son George in case Law
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negro, however, preferred to remain at Mt. Vernon, where he died. Home Life Ideal
 Washington's home life at Mt. Yer non was ideal. His marriage to the wealthy Widow Custis, which occurred when he was twenty-six years of age. proved to be happy one. One of his biographers declares that "at home she was good housewife and when Washington was in public she played her part we'll" She was the mother of two children by her first husband. both of whom became very near and dear to Washington.
 He was one of the first farmers to build an ice house and this he kept we'll stocked. Wine served at his table was always iced-a thing quite un- common in those days. His coach which he used in travelling from Mt. Vernon to Philadelphia while he was President was known as the White Chariot" It was a ponderous, un- comfortable affair and was drawn by six horses, and 1t is said frequently upset while being pulled over the wretched roads.
 Vestryman at Alexander.
 Washington a tt e d e d Christ's Church at Alexandria and was yes tryman. His pew is still pointed out. and frequently visitors are allowed to occupy it. While not outwardly re- ligious, his writings show him to be a reverend, pious man. When I shall be called upon to follow them (his brothers) is known only to the Giver of Life. When the summons comes shall endeavor to obey it with good grace" he wrote shortly before his death, which occurred at Mt. Vernon on December IA, 1799.
 George Washington was more con- tent when at Mt. Vernon superintend- ing his plantation than he was in any other pursuit or occupation. He was the typical Southern gentleman. true to all the traditions that hovered around the life of the gentry of that period and of that section of our coun- try. In the cultivation of his broad acres he was deeply interested not only through sheer love of the homo life in the country but also because of genuine desire to make Mother Earth yield her bounties for the com fort and enjoyment of man. How well he succeeded in this is shown by the wealth 1t brought him, for he died the richest man in Virginia. No other man of his time afforded better type of the scientific farmer and coun- try gentleman than did our first and most beloved President.
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and that the privateering business must stop. This reused the ire of Citizen Genet and he wrote an impu- dent letter to the Secretary of State protesting vehemently against what he termed interference with the pri- vateers at sea, most of which were manned by Americans he had hired in the States, and besides while Wash ington was at Mt. Vernon attending to private affairs Genet began to fit out a captured British vessel as a priva- teer. Hamilton, upon learning this, gave orders to Governor Mifflin to stop Genet. A stormy scene occurred dur ing which the Governor ordered the militia to take charge of the vessel. Genet stormed and abused Washing ton and the Government. while Jef- ferson tried in vain to quiet the Frenchman. but before the priva- teer attempted to sail Washing ton returned to Philadelphia and took up the matter. Genet had now be- come so insolent that the whole affair was reviewed in the cabinet meeting and it was determined to ask France to recall their minister.
 Washington Loses His Temper.
 
 During this meeting Washington, wearied by the dissension in his cab inet and sensitive over stories which had appeared in the press, became angry and made a speech to the cab inet in which he "defied any man on earth to produce one single act of his since he had served the people which was not done with the purest motives, and that he had rather be in his grave than in his present situation; that he had rather be on his farm than be made the emperor of the world. And yet, he declared. with emphatic indig- nation. they are charging me with wanting to be a kingi" This speech seems to have settled the Genet mat ter. It was also agreed that com pensation had to be made to the own CTS of the British vessels captured by
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edly have been sought after as lec-
 turer and teacher of agriculture. Tn
 those times little had been written on the subject of farming and Washing ton was a pioneer in experimental
 tion. Much of his land was appar- ently worthless, but by constant grub ping and ploughing and the proper use of fertilizer he made it blossom like the rose" Everything was done by system-nothing was carried out in a haphazard fashion. He watched the reports of new inventions in farming implements and purchased them if he considered them better than the ones he had in use. T begrudge no req sonable expense that will contribute to the improvement of my farm,'' he wrote to friend when ordering a new plough. His overseer was com pelled to write daily reports. and each
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I campaign to influence public optn- on which was nothing less than open intrigue against the administration. Washington seems to have had little faith in the leaders of the French Revolution and still less in Genet, and when he heard of the activities of the new diplomat he at once called a meeting of the cabinet. He had prepared a number of questions in reference to the position of the United Government toward the war. There was stormy session, and when it was over Washington gave out his neutrality proclamation. It aroused storm of protest and was stigma tized as a royal edict and an open manifestation of the President of par tiality toward England. Washington, however, stuck to his guns, and the wisdom of his proclamation was soon vindicated. Genet in the meantime was getting at the people instead of the executive. He set about organ izing a fleet of privateers, fitting them out at Charleston, where he landed, and then made himself the court to decide upon the plunder. The ship upon which he came to America be- came one of these privateers and ar rived in Philadelphia with British vessel as a prize. While this act was unwarrantable according to interna- tional law, the people supported Genet and gave him an ovation.
 American Ship Seized.
 The crisis came when the Grange" an American ship, was captured in American waters. The cabinet de- cided that the vessel must be restored
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sheep, and in 1793 he had flock of over six hundred which yielded him more than fourteen hundred pounds If fleece. A dairy was at tached to Mt. Vernon and "Washing- tons butter was famous throughout that section. Oxen were used as draught animals on the farm or farms, for Washington in his thriftiness &C., quired several estates, each one of which was run separately.
 He was, perhaps, the first man in the country to raise alfalfa and had quite an extensive field of 1t in 1798. It was known at that time under the name of lucerne. Agriculturists de- clare that the soil of Mt. Vernon was not suited for this type of grass and that only Washington's scientific farm ing made this possible. He also had plenty of rye, clover and timothy. His vegetable garden, too, was one of the sights for he planted many varie- ties which were unknown in Virginia at that time. He grew tobacco for many years but finally decided that wheat would be more profitable and converted his tobacco plantation into wheat fields. The Hessian fly and rust bothered him, but he met this. too.
 Labor Problem.
 One of his greatest problems was that of labor. Both white and col ored were employed. In the early days criminals and unfortunate debt ors were frequently sold in America instead of being sent to jail. Still an- other class who came were men and women who in their anxiety to get to the new country willingly sold them selves into slavery for a term of years in order to pay their passage across the ocean. These people were known as "redemptioners." A few were skilled laborers and fairly well edu- cated but many were too ambitious, and before fulfilling their contract they ran away. Washington had no little trouble with this and frequently advertised for the runaways. He all ways declared that he disliked slav- cry. but he hated dishonesty and as these people had made the contract themselves they were cheats If they did not keep faith.
 That he never approved of slavery was shown in his will when he wrote 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 freedom" He gave im- mediate freedom to William Lee. his faithful body servant, whose face has become a familiar one in the pictures of the Washington family. The old
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day when Washington's duties did not keep him away from Mt. Vernon he rode over the estate and gave direc- tions himself. He kept an accurate account of all the money spent on each particular branch of work and in each section.
 Raised the First Mules.
 His horses were regarded as the finest stock in Virginia and sold well. It is not generally known that Wash ington raised the first mules ever raised in this country an industry which began when the King of Spain sent him one of the best breed of jacks which could be obtained. This animal was known as Royal Gift, !" and is the progenitor of the mules in that section of the country. Wash ington had an especial liking for fine