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of Lee Massey, for Magruder bought
from the Massey heirs. Robert Wiley.
now of Fairfax Court House, bought
part of Bradley from Fielder Magru-
der, and" John Haislip bought an
other part from Samuel Magruder,
son of Fielder.
! The Rev. Lee Massey lived in a
house on the Wiley part of Bradley
and later built a house on the Haislip
! part. now owned by r. A. Jellison.
Neither house is standing. The minis
ter died in the latter home and was
some of the grave earth being re-
moved few years ago to Pohick
Church. as told in the "ramble' of
two Sundays ago.
The Thompson Clark mentioned was
probably a. relation-and it may be
the early owners of Belmont, and
whose name is preserved in that
neighborhood by Thompsons creek.
which flows into Belmont bay. Town
| Rambler'sh information. married
Miss Washington. who was a daugh-
ter of Edward Washington. Among
the Rambler's notes is one that says
that the colonial owner Of Bradley
was Edward Washington and that
from that branch Of the Washington
family. Dr. Slaughter, in his History
of Truro Jarish," has this to say of
Edward Washington:
Edward Washington was chosen vestryman
in 1779. Lund Washington says Of him: Ed
ward Washington lived few miles from Col
chester when 4 went there to live in 1885, My
uncle, Lawrence Washington. and I believed
him to he relative from his strong rcsem
blance to the. family" His father was living
in 1888. very old man.
The Lund Washington mentioned
was born in 1877 in King George
hs
ton and Elizabeth Lund of Chotank
creek, He died in 1876. and at diff
ferent times had been superintendent
of Mount Vernon for Gen. Washing
ton and of Ravensworth for Col
Henry Fitzhugh.
the proper place the neighborhood
story of how the estate Lexington"
came by its name. 1t is that the
house was being built by George Ma
the battle ,of Lexington was an
nounced to him. He is said to have
pointed to the unfinished house and
declared, Il CAN thiss<plaeeo Lexfng- :
tom" -. aa.g.y,1gw.sasd e ,t 8 .;
The Rambler has notes. about the
first schoolhouse on the Neck. which
was taught by Charles IIee'Sears. who
had been secretary for Gen, John Ma
son of High Point plantation. The
neighbors bought four acres. of Land
from the MCINTOSH 1dfm, on the, COL
chester road. and built log house
for the school. Those neighbors who
were prominent in the founding OF
t school were Joseph Wiley, Rich
ard Trice, John Haislip and John
Reardon. The first public school in
the Neck was established before the
civil war and stood between Lewis
Chapel and Crawford Memorial, and
the first teacher was John Narrower
That schoolhouse was burned so long
ago that only old people in the Neck
remember it.
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mind. during which time he was care
fully studying the eye test card. FL
nally he had memorizeJ the card
from left to right. and felt sure that
he could get by. He passed the ex-
animation at the substation. but
when he arrived at the main station.
where the medical officer takes them
in hand and is always on the
alert for just such occurrences. he
met with misfortune. For. the doctor
walked down to the eye test card and
pointed to one letter in the line. ask
ing what it was. He could not an
swer, and while trying to count the
letters from left to right the doctor
became suspicious and examined him
very closely, with the result that he
was rejected.
Hundreds Of such cases occur daily
throughout the country. One of the
most common causes Of rejection is
fiat feet, another is bad teeth. but
the saddest cause for rejection is the
large number Of young men who come
into the office under weight. often
caused from undernourishment when
young.
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lily to dwell in the historic hall. which
after many vicissitudes became the
home of Louis Hertle, who has restored
it to the condition it was in when
George Mason lived and George Wash
ington, Thomas Jefferson and many
other great Americans visited there.
This Mrs. Mason was "sociable'
woman. and is remembered by the
older jewellers in the Neck. Capt.
Jim says that when he was boy
and Mrs. Mason would come along
the road in her carriage, she would
always stop and say, You get in here
and ride" She was a devout member
of Pohick Church. and perhaps you
can recall that several Sundays ago
Mrs. Plaskett told the Rambler that
Mrs. Mason was her Sunday school
teacher at Pohick. In 1850 William
Mason was living at Lexington.
splendid house, and the ruin of this
house, with the terraced garden slop-
ing down toward Occoquan bay. were
written of by the Rambler in 1905.
William Mason is remembered as
very hospitable gentleman and noted
in the neighborhood for the number
and excellence of his juleps and tod
dies. He and John Haislip were close
friends. John living on what is now
Bulbs place, just below John Shep-
herds. The Martin Cockburn estate
son Haislip and Belmont, owned by a
man named Dudley, had been bought
by Yeomans Gillingham, brother Of
Cha lkley Gillingham. These men were
among the Quakers who came to Vir-
ginia from Burlington county. n. j.,
in the late forties, and bought large
tract out of the Mount Vernon es-
tate. Dudley moved over to the house
a the south side of Colchester ferry.
which had been a Mason home. and
in which Garrett Mason. the last of
the Masons to live there, was killed
with an ak by a slave. The Rambler
has heard that story before in several
the slave was hanged at Brentsville.
which became the county seat of
Prince William after Dunfries, about
1920, and remained the county seat
till the court house was set up at
Manassas. In 1850 Edward Bates was
living at Lebanon He was cele
.hrated Throughout that part of Vir-
ginia for his zeal as follower of
Wesley, and like many other good
men, he gave more thought to reli-
gion than to worldly affairs. and died
very poor.
The first dweller on the Massey
property of Bradley. whom Capt. Jim
Wiley remembers was Thompson
Clark He told the Rambler that Mrs.
Clark. once seeing school of por-
poises in Occoquan bay. called out to
the hands on the place that a ''lot
of horses were overheard" and efforts
at rescue were made. till fears were
set at rest by an old slave who knew
a porpoise from a horse and a hawk
from a hernshaw, or handsaw.
Later. Bradley was bought by Fielder
Magruder of Maryland, and his broth
err. William Magruder, went there to
live The Clarks do not seem to have
owned Bradley unless they were heirs
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36O RECRUITING OFFICES
SELLING THE NAVY TO u. S.
Personnel of 1,766 Men With Excellent
Records Inducing Youth to Enter
Sea Service.

fog the sailors as punishment for
miSdemeanors has been so imbedded
into the minds of the people that
the Navy has had to carry on an
convince the public that this is not
true of our Navy to-day. Probably
the many sea stories with n merchant
marine setting. and tales of hard
ship. with the ever ready to strike
buckle mates. have had their share
in convincing the public that man
who goes to sea must of a necessity
stand physical punishment at the
hands Of his superiors And, sad to
relate, many young men who left the
Navy to return to civil life in years
gone by. wishing to pose as heroes
Of the deep water. carried tales Of
hardship and mistreatment which
were often far from the truth.
Realizing the deep-seated nature
of this old-time prejudice. the Navy
at last took the offensive, and for
that reason today we have the U. s.
Navy publicity and morale office in
New York city. where officers and
men do nothing but look after the
welfare of the men in the fleet and
on shore, giving out truthful infor-
nation to the press. and carrying on
an extensive educational campaign.
1t is their duty to catch all mis-
statements or malicious propaganda.
anu IL ldlSe, DTdnu IL as SuCIl, giving
the public the truth.
Some Applicants Fail.
The most disagreeable duty of the
Navy recruiting officer is to inform
an applicant that he has failed to
pass the physical examination 1t is
very humiliating to know that you
are physically unfit, and the youth so
informed will often question the doc
Nil
being rejected he will probably try to
enlist in some other arm OF the scrv-
ice. for no other reason than to prove
to himself that he can pass the ply
steal test and that the doctor has been
mistaken. Applicants will resort to
all manner of tricks in order to fool
the doctor, and for this reason he is
always on the alert.
One man who had been rejected for
nearsightedness at recruiting sta
ton in another district came into
our Office and asked for informa ton
He took several days to make up hi.
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WOULD PEDIGREE
HUMAN BEINGS
TO BETTER RACE

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., October
a.-The International Alliance OF
Physicians and Surgeons, the Ma
tional Association of Progressive
Medicine and two other affiliated
bodies in annual convention here
today advocated plan to have per-
feet human beings registered and
pedigreed the same as high-class
"thoroughbreds Of the lower an
imals."
DIR. Charles F. Conrad, chairman
of the convention. stated that a
woman or a man. if they have their
own and the worlds interest at
heart. would prefer to select
life mate who. they have some de-
gree of assurance, sis at least as
near perfect as a pet dog, winch
they would not buy, he added, un.
less the dog had a pedigree OF
some kind.
DR.. II. gen-Besser. New York.
was elected president, DR.. George
starr White, Los Angeles. and Or.
John F. G. Luepke. Cook. Neb., vice
presidents, and DR.. ]. B. Prayer,
New York, ary-treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
NEED IN PHILIPPINES
FOR SHIPS AND HARB0RS

The share Of the United States in
the trade of the Philippines during
1919 was 81 per cent The growing
trade of the islands requires en-
iarged port facilities and more ships:
An issue of 100000 in bonds dsrh 1or
has been approved by the Philippine
legislature. The Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company is to construct a pier e.
four times as large as any now IN
Manila. The government is con-
structing a similar pier. Plans for
an extensive harbor on the north side
Of Pasig river are being considered.
At present the Philippines have about
Iss steamers and motor vessels en-
gagged in inter-island trade. These
are inadequate for the transportation
Of copra. hemp. rubber. cocoanut oil.
sugar. tobacco, lumber and otner
nroducts from the outlying ports to
Manila and the return trade In manu-
featured articles.
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Nv RUSSELL b. MOON. q. $. N.

Scattered about the United States
there are some $50 naval recruiting
stations. located in all the principal
cities and in many Of the county
seats. These recruiting stations
employ some 1.76s officers and men.
all of whom have had several years
experience at sea- with excellent
records.
The duty of the men, first and last.
is to sell the Navy to the public and
induce the youth Of America to take
up this service as a course of physi-
cal and mental training 1or TOUR
wears, if not to make it their LIES
profession In order to do this they
must not only educate the youth OF
the country to the advantages OF
the Navy. but they must also ecu
cate the parents, which is often
much harder.
Explaining the Navy.
The recruiting station is a gem
eral information Office, where people
come to ask all manner of questions.
and a recruiter must be pleasant.
patient and polite to the last degree
For he is merely a public servant.
and the least incivility will not only
bring discredit upon himself. but upon
tn6 naval
times the questions one must answer
are very Irritating and often it Is
impossible to say you do not know
without bringing the whole Navy
into ridicule.
Probably more time is spent by the
recruiting officer in explaining the
Navy to mothers, and in convincing
them that their son will be well taken
care of in the Navy, than upon any
other subject. Some mothers are
willing to permit their sons to go to
sea, while others are set against it.
Many Of them will resort to any means
to prevent their going, while others
will encourage them to go. 1t is
usually the ignorant who object
most, and others who have been in
fiuenced by wild tales about tho Navy,
which have their origin with some
one disgruntled with the service.
Campaign Of Education.
The fact that In John Paul Jones'
time 1t was sometimes necessary To
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CLIMATE AND LABOR AID
PERU'S ROAD BUILDING

Labor and climatic conditions In
Peru permit road-building methods
quite unusual to American engineers
and contractors. Outside OF the few
cities along the coast there are prac-
tically no improved roads. In Lima
and one or two other cities consd-
cradle road and street surfacing has
been done, but most of this is of "A
temporary character.
The rapid increase in the number
of automobiles In Peru In the last few
years has brought about a great de-
mand for better roads and streets. The
high prices that have been obtained
since 1915 for Peruvian cotton. sugar
and other products also have brought
great private wealth into the country.
The result 10 that large owners Of
land are anxious and able to finance
road build4ng work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10

The modern candidate rises sheep
ishly TO his feet. sips a glass of water
makes a wry face. and assumes IL
stupid attitude as he knocks over the
vase of persimmon blossoms. He is
not deferred in his purpose by the
soup or the orchestra:
Despite the opposition, I have a
few recommendations to make in ia
vor of my candidacy.
II will make the best public official
who ever ignored the advice If Con-
gress.
MY past utterances are the jazziest
classics that have ever been barred
from the fourth-class mails.
Among my most notable offerings
to the literature of the day are MY
twin books, entitled The 1. w. W.
Attitude Toward the A. F. Of L." and
1.-The Bergdoll Theory anent the A E. F."
These volumes will go down in his
tory as having no equals.
As far as this race is concerned. l
stand alone.
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NOT TAKING 1T TOO SERIOUSLY
Some Angles Of the Passing Shos0 That May Have
Escabed the G7oon.s and Grouches.
BY KIRK MILLER

What has become of the old-fash-
toned politician who IS accustomed to
public speaking?
He's out of style!
The first groan Of the 1920 model
after-coffee pest is that he has moth
ing to say, and then he goes ahead to
say it.
Caught entirely unawares, the demi :
tasse chirper resorts to reading from
manuscript the longest extemporane-
Gus speech he has ever perpetrated.
The only bone in the herring is that
nose-bag recitations dealing with the
questions of the campaign are not
punishable under the criminal code.
II it can be proved that the knifo and
fork orators habitually annoy the
nice, neat little steam-heated cell
awaiting him at the insane ward, but
the jails are for culprlts who commit
misdemeanors, not nuisances.
Knife and fork speaker is the kind
who carves up the English language
and then stabs it in the back. By
the time he is through with the mas
sacre, nobody can tell what has been
said. The verbal carnage is ferca.
! The after-java squawker squawks for
his supper like Little Tommy Tucker.
OF the coming presidential armistice
| much has been spoken and little said
The battle is being fought frorl the
neck up, proving that the chin is
mightier than the sword. With every
ballot merely scrap of paper it
doesn't look as though the election
would amount to much.
A democratic speech and a repGb-
lican gutteral disturbance sound like
twin earthquakes. The remarks are
identical. but the echoes are different
The only thing that either side is con-
fident of is that the Star Spangled
Banner" was written by Francis Scott
Key and that it's good manners to hor
to your feet when it is being piped
That's all that's necessary TO make :,
political banquet complete.
Mention the name of Christopher
Columbus. and the food maniacs GO
wild. Refer to the American flag and
the succotash gladiators toss the
crackers into the air and bounce them
off their noses like pack of trained
seals. Let the name of blackjack"
Pershing be waited out among the
electric breezes. or the familiar strains'
of columbia, the Gem Of the Ocean"
be intermingled with the intimate strains
of tomato bisQue. and the banQuetters
stand on their chairs and wiggle their
ears until the chandeliers drop off
with the rest of the ceiling.
Some of the dizziest speeches ever
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MORE FOOD FOR CRIMEA.
American Relief Workers to Ex.
tend Supplies.

orders have been issued to Ameri-
can relief workers in the Crimea.
which is now controlled by the anti
bo!shevik forces under Gen. WrangeI.
to increase their distribution Of food
stuffs and other supplies to 500 tons
a week, national headquarters of the
Red Cross announces. Starvation and
suffering among the thousands of
Russian refugees concentrating in the
area made the step necessary, 1t Is
said, and a number Of the relief estab-
iishment's personnel now stationed at
Constantinople have been sent to the
Crimea to assist Relief work Is con.
fined exclusively to the civilian popu-
1ation
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The 1920 census places the Distr;r'
forty-second in the list of states l..
population, while the 1910 censu
ranked the District forty-third.
The list of states, with populatioii
in 1920 and in 1910. ranked accordiu
to population, follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
ALL EXCEPT TWO STATES SHOW
CONSISTENT GAINS IN CENSUS

Populations of the forty-eight states
and the District of Columbia. an
nounced by the census bureau, show
consistent gains on the part of all
states, and the District. with two ex-
ceptions, Mississippi and Nevada.
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unfurled in presidential sprint have
been listened to by mixed audiences
during the present purotechnics. The
audiences were not only miXed-they
were actually confused.
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Knife and fork speaker is the kind
who carves up the English language
and then stabs it in the back. BY
the time he is through with the mas
sacre, nobody can tell what has been
said. The verbal carnage is fierca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10

Senior Octavio Deeche. recently ap-
pointed envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to this country
from Costa Rica, called at the State
Department last week and officially
presented his credentials to Secre-
tary of State Colby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10

Combination packages - packages
containing samples. catalogues and
such literature with letter attached
may now be sent to Brazil and MIC
aragua, according to a ruling last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10

Ninety per cent of the coal received
at Rio de Janeiro during July came
from the United States, according to
statistics on the imports of coal In
Brazil which have reached the De-
partment of Commerce. England fur
nished the remaining 10 per cent. with
some African coal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-06
Suburban

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind Mrs.
Harry VanAusdal and little son, Of
Sulphur Springs, Ind. spent over
Thursday with her mother, Mrs. J. E.
Brooks and sister, Miss Bessie Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Wright of In
dianapolfs, have been spending a few
days here with their son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Smith Of Enon,
Ohio, have been the guests this week
Of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swisher
Mrs. Roy Hinsky and daughter, OF
Richmond, visited her mother, Mrs.
Beale and sister, Mrs. Jake Ingerman.
DR.. and Mrs. Tiefenthaler are Wis
iting In ST. Louis. The Hoover fam
lily reunion was held Thursday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Howard.
0. c. Rowe while backing his Ford
truck out of the shed on North Green
street, met with an accident, the local
freight on the Big Four track striking
his car and badly damaging the back
of car and one wheel. =. James Falls,
of Anthony, Kansas, is here visiting
his brother, Isaac N. Falls. 49,. Her
man Templin has gone to Muncie to
spend the winter with his grand
mother. The Misses Thelma and
Frances Crook recently returned from
a visit Of six weeks with friends and
relatives at Stroh, Ind. A large
number of people from Cambridge and
adjoining towns attended the home
coming at Dublin Thursday. . Mrs
Sim Haskell has received word of the
illness of her daughter Rachel at De-
troit.. Miss Pauline Rowe returned
homo from a visit with friends at Mum
Gle Thursday. The three O'Clock In
dianapolis local car west bound caught
afi-e Tuesday afternoon on account Of
short circuit; no serious results.
Mrs. Grace Julian Clark of Indianapo-
lis spoke to a large audience in the
west yard of Cambridge City school
yard Wednesday afternoon on THE
League of Nations" Mrs. Clark CLASH
fed the provisions of the league under
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four heads: Reduction of Armament"
settlement of International Disputes
by Arbitration" Establishment of Sc
cret Treaties" and End of Imperial
ISM
WEST ALEXANDRIA,, O-An event
OF the week was the marriage of Miss
Mary Hill and Otto Dettmer, Steil, Jr,
OF Troy. O., on Tuesday evening, Au-
gust 81, at 7:30 o'clock, at the home
of the brides parents, Dr. and Mrs
X. c. HILL. Miss Beatrice Hines, of
Harrison, O., played Lohengrin's we'd
ding march and Mrs. Helen Venning
Pruden. of Sidney, O., sang Il Love
You Truly" The Episcopal single
ring service was used, Rev. Miller, of
the Reformed church, officiating The
colors, silver, gold and blue, of the two
Greek letter societies, Delta Delta
Delta and Sigma Chi, to which the
bride and groom belong, were carried
out in the dresses of the bridal party
and also in the decorations. Miss
Dixie Wakefield wore an organdie of
gold and carried bouquet of blue and
Miss Norma Hurst, of Connersville,
Ind, wore the blue and carried a bOu-
quet of gold. Miss Margaret Steil, sis
ter of the groom and maid of honor,
was charming in gown of silver and
lace. The bride, who entered with her
father, was lovely in white taffeta and
lace with veil and carried a shower
bouquet Of white roses. Robert Staley,
OF Cincinnati O., was best man, and
Nick Carey, of Connersville, Ind, were
the other attendants of the groom. A
large number of relatives and friends
were in attendance, including guests
from Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Dayton, Gin
cinnati, O., and indianapolis, Ind After
a short trip to the lakes the young
couple will reside in Mansfield, .. Miss
Ester Unger entertained with a shower
for the bride on Thursday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Meyer were
in attendance at the state fair at Co
lumbus this week. Mrs. VIM. Bru-
baker of Dayton, is visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Lawrence