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bier believes that some earlier land
grant covered this territory. Tracts
Of land up and down the Eastern
branch. Rock creek, Northwest branch.
Sligo and Cabin John were being pat
ented. though not always to actual set
tiers. from 1850 onward. and it is not
likely that a comparatively level tract
of fine woodland on the Potomac river
between the Eastern branch and Rock
creek, with Tiber creek running
tomac river eastward to 9Th street.
would have remained uncovered by a
patent until 1903.
The earliest reference which the
Is a brief one and in itself without
much point In The Journal of an
Excursion to the United States of North
America in the Summer of 1894" Henry
Wansey. the author of the book. says:
"One Of the streets (Pennsylvania) is
Wansey gave good deal of space to
the prospective commercial greatness
OF Washington because of its situation
on the Potomac. The following ex-
tract will illustrate that:
Produce and goods from the Ohio can even
now ny land carriage Of forty miles, BE- sent
be delivered from Northampton to London. The
settlers on the Ohio and Mississippi will doubt
southward to the Gulph of Mexico, but their re-
turns will most naturally be through the Poto-
mack. as they cannot ascend the western waters
without great expense and loss of time: the
current Is 80 rapid that sharp-pointed boat
with six oars can scarcely ascend fifteen miles
n dag.
What appears of still greater moment is that
the fur and peltry trade Of the great lakes may
be brought to the city of Washington through
the Potomack. 400 miles nearer than any other
shipping port 1t has ever Been carried to here
tofore. Coal. slate. marble. freestone and lime
stone In abundance are all found on the very
banks OF this noble river
All these circumstances clearly mark its road
to future greatness, but yet for many years to
come 1t will, like many other of their large
undertakings. be a body without soul. Many
Of their schemes. observe, are highly specula-
tive, and not the result of that necessity which
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inally encouraged by the French and
British. enabled the sheriff Of Mecca to
oust the Turkish authorities and to
proclaim an Independent kingdom with
himself as its head. This was a gen
uine Arabian revolt against the Turk
and that may be one reason for its
success. since the entente allies could
give it little physical aid.
The sheriff OF Mecca and his Arab fol@
lowers were able to gain control Of tho
territory between Mecca and Medina,
where the remains of the prophet are
buried. Medina is the terminus of tho
Holy railway, which runs from Damass
Gus and eventually was to reach Mecca.
Having Medina as base of operations
the Arabs continued to spread north
ward until they were said to be at
Ma'an. which is between Medina and
Damascus. That they were able to go
SO far almost unopposed was evidence
of the impotence of the Turkish mili-
tary power.
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tuting as they did a powerful dissent
ing sect. had no bond of fanaticism
with the political leaders Of Constanti-
nople, and SO it went throughout the
Mohammedan world.
The Turkey that Is centered at Con-
stantinople in the Young Turk gov
ernment has not alone failed to unite
the Mohammedan world. It has lost
vast areas of Mohammedan territory
in Asiatic Turkey, and will lose larger
areas before the war Is ended.
The British today are in complete
control of Mesopotamia. Bagdad. the
capital OF the caliphs. the city of the
Arabian Nights. is theirs. The disas-
trous Anglo-Indian expedition of Gen.
Townsend two years ago. which result
ed in the defeat of his army under
most humtliating circumstances, seemed
to presage the abandonment of all
hope Of possessing Bagdad. and even to
threaten the British control of the Per-
sian gulf. It undoubtedly was a heavy
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secution of the Armenians and that
they were against becoming an ally of
Germany. Since their influence has
could expect the United States to as
sumo that 1t will predominant in the fu-
ture and that something good may come
out of Turkey.
So far as can be judged from the
news that leaks out from Constanti-
nop1e, a section of the Young Turks and
some Of the army are smarting under
the overlordship of the Germans, and
that is the basis OF the talk OF a sepa-
rate peace. They are asking why Turkey
is in the war.
What Turkey gets out of her partici-
patton in the war as an ally must puz-
zle even the oriental mind. The hope of
the Young Turks may have been to get
back territory that had been lost In the
Balkans. but it was Austria Hungary
that laid the foundation for the success
of the Slav revolt by annexing Bosnia
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pany, has valuable mines in every range
about Lake Superior, and which through
its hundred and more of great ore vessels.
sends down tens Of millions of tons every
season. Vast fortunes have been made
out Of the mines, and other fortunes are
yet to come. The amount of ore in sight
steadily increases. notwithstanding the
prediction that the deposits are playing
out and that they will soon be ex-
hausted Some of the experts have given
them life of fifty years, and others
say that these Mesabi mines will play
out within less than twenty-five. The
amount taken out last year about Lake
Superior was 65.oOo.O0O tons. and the
product next year will probably be
greater. Nevertheless. Mr.. West, the
manager of the eastern division Of the
mines Of the Oliver Iron Mining Com
pany. tells me they have more iron in
sight than at any time previous In the
history of the Lake Superior region.
There is more in the Marquette range
than was supposed to exist thirty years
ago; and this is also true Of these great
ranges here The exploration goes
steadily on and new deposits are being
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A Give-AWay.

ssw HAT" said George w. Perkins.
"was a give-away. 1t reminded
me OF the young soldier.
Mr. Perkins. at dinner In New
York. had been showing up the food
proflteers.
"a doctor. having examined this
young soldier" Mr.. Perkins went on.
said to him:
"No. my boy. you haven't got SOL
dier's heart. Your troubles angina
pectoris.'
'The soldier chuckled sheepishly.
"Well. doc. guess you're right he
said; only that amt her name.'"
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that tract, may have been covered by
an earlier patent than that to the
Motley family. 1t is recorded that In
1858 a land patent was issued to
and this land passed to his son. Fran
els Pope. The elder Pope named his
tract Rome" and 1t would seem to
be the same tract which passed under
Duddington. There is some obscurity
and misgiving in the Ramblers mind
on this subject.
The patent to Bealrs Levels was
made in 1908 to Ninian Beall. a Scotch
immigrant Of note and prominence,
Georges county. and who at various
times in the late seventeenth and early
eighteenth centuries obtained impor-
tant grants Of land on Rock creek. on
Maryland which came to be included
within the boundaries Of the District
of Columbia The Rambler has writ
ton many ''rambles' on the subject Of
Ninian Beall pronounced 'Bell'). his
land grants, his descendants and their
estates James Burnes. also q Scotch
man, came to live on Bealrs Levels
probably about 1850. Perhaps 1t was
earlier, for the Rambler has no rec
ord Of this. At any rate. Bealfs Levels
1863, his intention being to take title
to it from the Beall estate. He did
not perfect his title. but this was done
by his son. David Eurnes. in 1874.
David was one of the Original pro-
prietors," and his daughter Marcia,
who became the wife of John P. Van
Ness. lived life of gentleness and
usefulness. She died Of cholera in 1882,
the year of one OF the epidemics of
cholera In this city.
The Ninian BeaI patent Of 1903 Is
the earliest known to the land covered
by Pennsylvania avenue and the cen
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braries and municipal parks. They have
tennis courts and bowling alleys. There
are banks. hotels and stores everywhere
and of late almost no saloons. A great
part of the region is bone dry. and some
Of it has been SO for a long time. One
section Of the Mesabi range secured It's
land through an old Indian treaty which
provided that no liquor should be sold
within the reservation limits This regu-
Iation has now been revived, and under
it no liquor can be sold in the greater
part of the mining regions OF Minnesota.
1t has wiped out the saloons OF HlbbinS
and I learn that it has GREATLY improved
social and business conditions. asked
one of the citizens about this. He re-
piled:
1--WE are far better off than in the
past Our labor is more steady, the
people are more orderly, the stores are
a great increase in the bank savings
and in the bank deposits"
X X
And now as to the reason for this
high condition of civilization and pub
lie improvements in this mining region.
1t is because the state and the people
to some extent have conserved the min
erals that lie in the ground and make
the operators give them a small share
of the profits. The state owns certain
valuable iron properties and allows the
ore to be taken out only upon the pay
ment of royalties. 1t gets l am told,
something like million dollars a year
from its leased mines. and this goes
into a school fund of which the interest
only is available. The interest already
supports a large part of the public
educational institutions of the state.
and that from the kindergartens to the
universities. The royalties on the ore
now in sight are estimated at $35, 600, 900.
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and Herzegovina. in violation of the Ber-
lin treaty, which merely committed the
administration of those provinces to
Austria, with their large Slav and Mo-
hammedan population.
Il
The entente allies might have been
content to let Turkey -in-E Europe remain
as it was after the second Balkan war
if the Young Turk government had re-
manned neutral. Germany could do lit
tie more. for Bulgaria's hold on Mace
donia could not be loosened after Bull
garia became an ally Of the central
powers. and in the event of success
there was no prospect that Macedonia
would again become Turkish territory.
When Turkey entered the war the
green flag of the caliph was raised.
This meant that holy war was pro-
claimed and Mohammedans all over the
world were expected to join in 1t.
There are millions of intelligent Mo-
hammedans outside Of the Turkish en-
pire, and there are many millions more
of ignorant and fanatical ones, but both
classes were of one mind in not recog-
niZing anything in the nature of a holy
war in a government at Constantinople
controlled by Envers Pasha and the
Young Turks. whose whole movement
was based on political motives. and
whose education made them sympa-
thetic to the political ideas OF the west
rather than of the east.
The failure of the holy war was
significant. but that this attracted SO
little attention was due to the recog-
milton from the beginning that 1t was
doomed to failure. The Mohammedans
of Egypt and Of India. although they
had some grievances against the Brit
ish government. saw nothing in the
nature OF strengthening the faith by
enthroning Germany at Constantinople.
The Mohammedans of Persia. consti-
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Bealrs Levels adjoined Duddington on
tho west Its north line roughly coin
cided with the limo Of New York avenue,
its south line was about where b street
south Of the Smithsonian grounds runs
now, and its west line was between 18th
and 18th streets While the Capitol. LII
brary Of Congress- House and Senate Of
fee buildings, Union station and the new
city post Office building stand on DuddinSs
the State War and Navy building, tho
Smithsonian, Old National Museum. New
National Museum. the Washington Monu-
Office Department. Corcoran Art Gallery.
Pan-American building, Continental Hall.
the new Red Cross building. patent ofhce.
pension building and The Star building
stand on Bealls Levels.
The tract called Duddington was prob
ably granted to Thomas Motley. for: In his
will. probated in Charles county. Md. IN
1879. he bequeaths the land to his god
RED Jane Diggs and their daughter Flea
nor married Daniel Carroll. Their son.
Charles Carroll, inherited the property and
left it to his son, Daniel Carroll. VINO. 70
signed himself Daniel Carroll of Dud-
dington," there being another prominent
man by the name of Daniel Carroll In this
yictnity-that Daniel Carroll who. with
Thomas johnson and David Stuart.
was appointed one of the commissioners
by President Washington in 1871 to
superintend the laying out Of the new
federal territory and the new seat OF
government. Daniel Carroll of Dud-
dington was one Of the Original pro-
prietors"-that is. he was the owner
of the land at the time Of the estab-
lishment of the District. He long re-
mained prominent man in Washington.
and in telling the stories Of the early en-
terprises in Washington-tonr road compa-
nies. bridge companies. cank companies.
canal companies and scores Of civic en-
terprises-the Rambler has written the
name Daniel Carroll Of Duddington"
very many times
The lands Of Duddington. or a part Of
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@ENNSYLvANIA AVENUE from
~ the Capitol to the Treasury was
q patented to private owners un-
der the government Of Lord Baltimore.
One Of these land patents was made In
the seventeenth century and the other
very close to the beginning OF the
eighteenth century. The names given
the tracts by their patentees were
Bealrs Levels and Duddington- Only
that part Of the Avenue from the Capi-
tol grounds to I'd street lies within tho
lines of Duddington. while from I'd
street to the Treasury the Great Way
lies within the lines of Bealrs LsvslA
DuddinEton was tract which ex-
tended from a line north OF Union sta-
tion to the Eastern branch. Tho orig.
inal patent was for 1,400 acres, ana II
would seem that the tract had been
up to the time of the creation Of the
District Of Columbia and the survey
of Washington city. Its north line
was near NJ street north and tts west
line. beginning about Pierce street be-
tween North Capitol and LIST streets
east, ran south with westerly slant
to about North Capitol and g ana then
across the southeast corner OF the
square on which the government print
ran southwest to Indiana avenue ana
I'd street and then south very nearly
coincident with the present limo OF "a
street, across the Avenue. through the
Botanic Garden and thence to the East
Srn branch.
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The Ninian Bean patent Of 1903 is
the earliest known to the land covered
by Pennsylvania avenue and the cen
trail part OF Washington. but the Ram
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-08
. U.BNAT OFFICIAL

Washington, June 6.-First blood IN
she war has gone to America. Amerl-
ran naval gunners OIL an armed mer-
chairman have bagged German sub
, marine.
Official announcement to this effect
was made at the state department TO-
day. The location of the action be-
tween the merchant vessel and SUB
marine, which lasted an hour and a
half. was not given. Neither was the
name of the American ship.
It was stated, however, that the
shin was not the Mongolia, regarding
which cable advices had been received
last night. The Mongolia, according
so word from England, ran into a
~nest" of submarines and had long
running fight with two of them.
The other action took, place in a
different locality. 1t lasted an hour
and half.
The fact that the submarine car
ried two siX-inch guns leads otflclals
70 believe she was one of great 5000
ton u-boats which Germany was re-
ported building. The ordinary subma'
rine carries only 2Y gun.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-08
STRENUOUS DAYS
AT TRAINING CAMP

AS a former Newberry boy, W. F.
Wright, is at the training camp in
Plattsburg, N. Y, the following parts
of letter from the camp to the New
York Evening Journal will be read
with interest by some of our citizens:
"The officers training camp has a
strenuous regime these days. The
men arise at 5:45 o'clock and whey
the evening study period ends SrS
every man in the 5000 is ready TO go
to sleeping quarters. Twenty-three
bugle calls intervene between reveille
and taps. The men take the drill field
at I o'clock and later in the morning
musketry exercises are introduced.
The bayonet manual also appears in
the days schedule. And then there
are the lectures.
"This afternoon the entire command
will scamper out to practice sena-
phore signalling. This the men en-
joy like a new game-and 5000 pairs
OF arms wigwagging messages across
the parade ground is a sight TO win
more than second glance"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-08
HWar HOD."

One of the most enjoyable. and large
ly attended affairs of the season was
the "war hop" given Tuesday evening
by the young men at Mayes' hall. Com
stocks orchestra of Colubia furnish
ed music. Those preesnt, were: Miss
Florence Bowman with Roy Jones,
Miss Woodie BowEyan with George
Yonce of Johnston, Miss Margaret
Burton with Earle Hipp, Miss Mar
garet Mcintosh with Mr. Busy OF
Columbia, Miss Kate Summer with
Dave Caldwell, Miss Octie Griffin with
james Crotwell. Miss Sadye Fant with
Olfie, Brown, Miss Mabel Adams OF
North Carolina with Metts Fant, Miss
Blanche Smith of Chappells with Rich
ard Floyd, Miss Kathryn Harms with
Nick Holmes, Mice Louise Haltiwan-
ger with Richard oring, Miss Marie
Schumpert Of Prosperity with Marion
Blease, Miss Constance Cullum Of
Batesburg with Clarence Davis, Miss
Trent Keitt with Ned Purcell, Miss
Hulda Longshore with Douglas Horns
by, Miss Cora Ewart with Benedict
Mayer, Miss Mildred Culberson with
Harry Summer, Miss Pauline Fant
with Ferd Scurry, Miss Kathleen Grit
fin of Williamson with Kenneth Bak-
er of Greenwood, Miss Sara William
son with William Hautske Of Colum-
bia, Miss Pauline Glider with John
Peterson, Miss Ethel Bowers with
Raymond Fellers, Miss Goode Burton
with Robert Poole, Miss Maude Ept-
ing with Pat Pryor, Miss Mildred
Evans with william Harth, Miss Sailie
Mae Hanes of North Carolina With
Pat Wise, Miss Mildred Purcell with
Mr.. Simms of Columbi7. Miss Iona
Mobley of Aiken with J. H. Evans, Jr.,
Miss Edith Williams Of Savannah with
Haskell Miller of Whitmiress Miss Lu-
cile Grey of Woodruff with Breaker
Settler of Pomaria, Miss Frances
Knight of North Carolina with ]. L.
Keitt, Jr., Miss Cleire Meyer of John
stone with F. L. Evans, Miss Anna
Coe Keitt with Tincy Davis, Miss Mel
ba Brown of Columbia with Huiet Cald-
we'll. Miss Farrell Of Columbia with J.
J. Hope, Messrs. Scurry. 81 earman.
Cappleman Thomas, Mullins, Smith,
Talbert of Columbia; Simmons, Aiken;
Martin and McCrary of Laurensn Gist
and Sale.
The chaperones were: Mr. and Mrs.
N. C. Toole, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Scott,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Holmes, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Mcintosh, DR.. and Mrs.
D. J. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. E. NJ Evans,
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Yonce. Mr.. and
Mrs. e. B. Purcell, Mt. and Mrs. W.
C. Hautcke, Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Bow
man, Mr. and Mrs. o. H. Johnson, Mr..
H. H. Evans, MRS. A. T. Brown, Mrs.
Brooks of Columbia.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-08
SUCCESSFUL SESSION CLOSES
AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN
Special to The Herald and News.

Special to The Herald and News.
Little Mountain, June 5.-The clos
ing exercises of the Little Mountain
high school were held in the school
auditorium Monday night. President
Monroe of Summerland college made
fine address to avery large aud
ience. Six young ladies and four
young men received diplomas: Misses
Gertie Miller, Maude Epting, Bessie
Stockman, Cammilla Wessinger, Vir-
ginia Wessinger, Annie Lee Huffman:
Lester Huffman, Homer Lindler,
Ralph Shealy and Marvin Chapman.
The first honor of the class went to
Virginia Wessinger and second honor
to Bessie Stockman. The Newberry
college scht .arship was won by Ralph
Shealy.
The following program was rem
dered:
Invocation, the Rev. J. ]. Long.
Music, Misses Brady and Wheeler.
Salutatory, Bessie Stockman.
Defamation Homer Lindler.
Recitation, Maude Epting. =
Address, the Rev. P. E. Monroe.
Music, Carroll I erIick and Horace
Epting.
Awarding of diplomas and medals
by Miss Swittenberg.
Valedictory, Virginia Wessinger.
The seventh grade medal, given by
Messrs W. B. Shealy and ]. B. Der
rick, was awarded to Virgil Derrick;
the agriculture prize, given by Mr. T.
M. Mills, was won by Dewey Epting;
the Aull essay medal went to MaHde
Epting, and the first honor medal,
given by Messrs. Jim Shealy and J. K.
Derrick, was awarded to Virginia
'Wessinger.
The school session just closing has
been most successful one, due
largely to the efficient corps of teach
ers in charge sf the school and the
hearty cooperation of all the patrons
of the school,
ALI of the present teachers were re-
ELECTED and all have accepted for next
year except Misses Wicker and Sease,
who declined acceptance. These tive
teachers have taught at Little Noun
tain for the past several years and
will be missed greatly in the school.
Miss Swittenberg will again be prin-
cipal of the school with the following
assistants: Misses Annie Mae Gentry.
Amy Werts, Eunice Long, Gertrude
Boland and Katherine Darlington. Miss
Boland is graduate of Winthrop col
lege and has had three years expe-
rience in teaching. Miss Werts is a
recent graduate of Newberry college.
Both of these young ladies doubtless
will prove to be very efficient teachers.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-08
GEN. WOOD IN BIRMINGHAM.
Predicts War VIII BeoLong Draws
Ont AffairX

Birmingham, June 5.-Birmingham
passed in parade before Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, u. S. A, and other
distinguished visitors today when
more than 10000 men, women and
children marched up and down the
streets giving vent to their patriotic
fervor.
In his speech at the flag raising
Gen. Wood predicted the United States
would win the war, but said it would
be a long drawn out affair and it
would be necessary to send perhaps
100000 men to the trenches in
France from the United States. He
expressed the opinion that the South
ern Units would be among tt first
to go.
The hosting of this flag represents
the Blue and Gray for America, said
Gen. Wood, as he, assisted by Con-
federate veteran and a Union veteran,
raised the flag to position, while the
band played the'"Star Spangled Ban
ner."
"It shows that we are hosting it
together and that we will stand behind
it. One Of the principal things for us
to do in America is to maks munitl6as
of war, raise big crops and train our
men we'll"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-08
WHITMIRE SCHOOL HAS
A SUCCESSFUL YEAR

It was our pleasure on the invita-
ton of uperintendent G. B. Hanna to
be present at .:ia losing of the Whit
mire school, and presnt a medal, on
last Friday night. We hooked up Ill
and with our mascot and Superintend-
ent C.. p. Barre we drove out to Whit
mire in the afternoon reaching there
just before the wind storm came and
the rain. There was not much rain at
Whitmire but coming back We found
that there had been "a good rain along
from Mr.. John NJ. Suber's on to near
DR.. W. C. Browns. The road is good.
We believe one of the best in the
county. 1t needs to be widened and
some of the creeks need to have fills
and concrete bridges but there has
been great improvement in this road
during the last year.
The storm put the lights out in the
early evening but they came back and
the exercises began and it is crafty
ing to us to see the great improvement
that has been wrought in this school
during the last five years. A new ad-
dition has been built to the building
and the auditorium is twice the size
it was and it was filed on Friday and
if the evening had been clear no doubt
standing room would have been at a
premium.
An account of the closing in detail
appears in another column.
We are pleased to say that Prof.
Hanna will come back to the school
the next session. He is doing a good
work and the school is prospering un-
der his management and the school
spirit is manifest. There will be a
few changes in the teaching force. 1t
is the purpose of the patrons to put
another two mills tax on the district
for maintenance and it will then be
able to run the full nine months with
out deficit. a.
Since the fire nicer and more COM
modious and up to date buildings have
been erected and thW business of the
town is good.