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The Penn's Grove record., 1920-09-10
HONOR LAFAYETTE'S MEMORY
Masonic Lodge Celebrated Birthday
With Supreme Council A. & A.
S. r., as Host

The birthday of the Marquis de Laf-
ayette, which occurred on September
9Th, was celebrated with interesting
exercises under the auspices of Lafay-
cite Lodge, No. 10, f & A. M, of the
District of Columbia, in the House of
the Temple, Sixteenth and S Streets,
Washington, and with the Supreme
Council of the Thirty-third Degree,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry, of the Southern Jur-
lsdiction, acting as host.
The exercises began at 8 o'clock in
the evening and a number of promi-
nent speakers participated in the pro-
gram. The District of Columbia lodge
was named in honor of Lafayette who,
it is stated, was made a Mason at Nor
ristown, New Jersey, with General
Washington comforting the degree.
This celebration in memory of the
great Frenchman and friend of Amer
lea was of interest to Masons the
country over.
Wilmington, Del, also has a lodge
named for Lafayette. When he Wis
tied this country in 1924 he visited the
Wilmington Lodge and gave his sig
nature. He was a liberal progressive
in his day and spent years in prison
during the reign of the Bourbons.
Lafayette was not in Casey's ball
team when alive and was On the win
ming side.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-09-10
THRONG PILGRIM SAILING"
Earl Reading Says England and
America "Spell World Freedom"

Plymouth, England, Sept. 6-Three
hundred years of history were recount
ed here today in speech, song and sym
Dol. Never have the people of the
West Country of England, say old res
idents, turned out as they did today
for the ceremonies connected with the
Booth anniversary of the sailing of the
Pilgrim Fathers. The only regret of
the officials in charge of the celebra-
lions was that there were SO few
Americans.
The keynote of each address was
Anglo-American friendship, which the
Earl of Reading said must endure to
spell freedom, mean liberty and
evoke justice in the entire world"
At the Mayors banquet to the over
sea visitors tonight, the Mayor read a
message from King George, conveying
congratulations and expressing the
hope "that the problems arising out
of the reconstruction of the world may
be solved in a spirit of mutual for
b~earance and understanding to the
advantage of the English speaking
peoples"
Premier Lloyd George also sent
greetings to the American visitors.
He declared that the spirit which ami
mated the Pilgrim Fathers was just
as much needed now, and the celebra-
tons would strengthen recognition on
both sides of the Atlantic of "some of
the finer strands which the Pilgrims
have woven into our common civili-
zation."
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-09-10
FARM AND HOME FACTS

Now is the time to be looking over
your corn field for next years seed.
Selection from the standing stalk is
preferable to stack or crib selections
for it is then possible to inspect the
stalk as we'll as the al If you cut
your corn by hand, it is a good plan to
leave any promising looking stalks
standing at the time, and cut and
gather them later. These may be
husked by themselves and the best
&C. seed out for seed.
Have you planned to put in a cover
crop on all available space on your
farm this fall? The kind of crop to
SOW will depend on the soil, the time
of planting and the crop that will fol-
low. Why not try and vetch this
year ? Your county agent will be
glad to advise you concerning crops
best suited to your farm.
1t will soon be time to begin storing
vegetables for winter. If you haven't
a cop of Extension Bulletin No. IL of
the State Agricultural College at New
Brunswick, on the winter Storage of
Vegetables for the Home" you might
find one useful. A postal card request
is all that is necessary to procure a
copy.
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An Irishman Who Knows

The British delegation which is
coming to Washington October 2 as
the advance guard of the Pilgrim Ter
centenary representatives will be
headed by an Irishman, Lord Rath-
creedan. Before he became a peer in
1916 his name was Cecil William Nor
ton. He is a native of County Wick
low, Ireland, and the son of an Irish
clergyman. He is a gradu-
ate of Erin's famed Trinity College,
Dublin. Lord Rathcreedan adopted
the army as a career and served with
the celebrated Fifth Royal Irish Ian
GERS in India for several years. He
has held minor positions in the Lloyd
George government, and until 1916 sat
in the House of Commons for London
constituency.
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British to Use Mayfower

Washington, Sept. 7th.-The Presi-
Dental yacht Mayfiower will be placed
at the disposal of the British delega-
ton that is expected to arrive Septem-
Der 18th to take part in the landing
of the Pilgrims. The delegation will
represent the British branch Of the
Sulgrave institution and the Anglo
American society.
Aboard the Mayf1ower the delega-
ton, accompanied by officials of Can
ada and the Netherlands expects to
go to jamestown, Va, from Washing
ton, October 4th, to take part in the
celebration of the anniversary of the
first American Legislative Assembly.
The delegates also plan to visit Mount
Vernon. Lord Rathcreedan will lead
the delegation. which will include H.
G. Wells, the novelist.
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Pilgrims at Plymouth

Plymouth, Sept. 5th.-The Pilgrims,
who are here for the Mayf1ower cele-
b%rations, devoted the day to religious
ceremonies, the principal one being a
service in the ancient st. An
drew's Church. This was attended by
the Lord Mayor in full scarlet regalia,
with berobed bearers of the maces, and
other civil authorities.
The chief note sounded at the series
of meetings, which began at 9 o'clock
at the Mayfiower stone, where the Pill
grims embarked, and were held in all
the churches in Plymouth borough, was
praise for the stalwarts who sought a
new land to gain religious freedom.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-09-29
JAMES MADISON

"A S JAMES MADISON made a great
I " name for himself before entering
the presidency and added nothing to 1t
while in the White House, 1t must be
that he was good deal of man but
not much of a president.
Like all the more famous Virgin
ans, Madison was not Of the highest
aristOcracy, but the son Of a plain,
well-tO-do farmer in an outlying coun-
ty. His early life was passed at Mont
pelicr, the farm which his grandfather
had wrested from the Indians; from
it he drew his, only private income
and at last he was buried in its soil.
lie was dependent on his father until
ne was fifty, when the latter died and
the place became his own, with 100
slaves, who continued always to ad-
dress him simply as MASTER Jimmy"
Standing only five feet six inches
and one-quartcr inches, he was, with
Grant the smallest OF our presidents.
Naturally thin and frail his zeal for
study nearly wrecked his health While
Il student at Princeton college, where
for months at q time he slept only
three hours out of the "a. Untitled
for military duty when the Revolution
came, he went to the Virginia lcgisla-
ture instead. Yet this seemingly
broken-down young man was destined
to be the longest lived Of all the prcsi-
dents, with the single exception Of
John Adams.
When candidate for reelection to
the legislature, Madison rcvolte,l
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-09-29

from Madison's irresOlute hand and
recklessly pointed the vessel straight
into the teeth Of the storm. The sea-
board East was more for peace and at
that time the military section was the
new West. where the Tennesseans and
Kentuckians, Indianians and Ohlonns
were Justify shouting "On to Canada I"
OverbOrne by their rash cOunsels, Mad
is0n consented, as he said. to "thr0w
forward the flag OF the country, sure
that the people would press onward
and defend It,"
Without competent civilian military
leaders, without financial credit with
out war equipment, tho people could
not press onward, as any history Of
the dismal war OF 1912 will tell you.
Even the capital was left undcfcnd-
cd, and Madison, "in a little round
hat with big coclSade." ran about In
helpless bcvildcrment as the British
marched upon Washington.
With the invaders entering ut one
side Of the defcnseless town, the
president fled at the other AS he
turned he saw the flames shooting up
behind him, he fled faster and farther.
While the British commander was
blowing out candles on his dinner te-
bic that he might feast in the light
of the burning White House. It's fugI
tive master was hiding in forest but
25 miles away.
After m absence or three dayr. a
hcavy-heartcd, shattered. hOuselsss
president returned to view the
chnrrcd walls OF his oHicia! residence
and of the capitol. At every turn he
was greeted by ugly muttcrings Of the
general disposition to make him the
scapcgoat for all the national short
comings in n war that had been thrust
upon him. But with victory at New
Orleans and the return Of peace, the
voice Of the faulthndcr was drowned
In the hum OF sudden prosperity. And
I'm tie closing days Of his admins
tration Madison was chcercd by many
assurances that his cOuntrymcn were
not forgctful Of the 40 years that he
had served them in pure devotion.
Like John Adams, he emerged from
his retirement to sit In the cOnst't,l-
ti0nal convention OF his state,
where the aged statesman closed his
active rabllc life, as he had opened
It. with sentiment OF humanity for
the slaves. 'asf.g 29h
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-09-29

against the old Virginia custom Of
setting up the drinks. His morality
was mistaken for stinglness and the
thirsty voters flocked to the capa-
cious barrel Of his opponent, who was
elected. The defeated candidate had
to wait dozen years for his first
chance to distinguish himself Still
no time was lost, for. while he was
waiting. he diligently prepared to meet
opportunity when it should come and
made close study Of all governments,
ancient and modern.
If Madison had not been crossed and
blessed in love, posterty might not
catch him on his human side at all
and only yawn over this prosy, serious,
studi'us, cool-tempered unaggrcssive,
weazened, little great man. He was
already q mature bachelor Of thirty
two and member Of the Continental
congress. when a sixteen-Sear-old girl
In his Philadelphia boarding house
was the first to touch soft spot In
his heart. a young clergyman who
hung and sighed over her harpschord
cut him out, and he was painfully
p"hh'h't ii'iii iiio 81 uituii VI ioNc
by letter Of dismissal which, for ren-
sons unknown to this later generation.
the young miss sealed with a pinch
OF rye dough.
Madison was past forty, and we'll
into his Indian summer when he be-
came involved in still another board
ing house romance at Philadelphia.
Only, instead OF Indy bonrdcr, he
fell in love this time with land
lady's daughter, Dolly Payne Todd.
who was only twenty-six had lost her
husband ana was living with her moth
er, "whO received into her house
few gentlemen boartlers" Among them
was Senator Aaron Burr Of New York.
Madison himself was staying at an
other house, whore he and two
other future presidents, jefferson and
Monroe. were living three In a room
There the fame of the pretty young
QuaHercss Travelled to him. and he
asked Burr-they were at Princeton
tOgcther--tO take him to see her. Tho
match famed up I'm the flash of an
eye and Dolly and her boy were
borne away to Montpelier, where sho
proved her tactfnlncss asd kindliness
by Dwelling In peace under the same
roof with her mother.iIelaw thlrty.flve
years,
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permanently replace German and Aus
lrian UOnlS in .thic IN q III; of

permanently replace German and Aus
trian goods in this market.
Hamberg formerly furnished the
l-evant most of it's coffee. Germany
and Austria together in prc-war times
supplied the Black Sea area with most
OF its manufactured goods, but such
goods were pouring in here in large
quantities from America before on
change became 50 unfavOrablr Sup
plies OF this sort could readily be sent
from mississippi valley points throu III
New Orleans, in the opinion OF Ml.
Zimmerman and, on their return trip,
ships could carry iron ore and mag
nan"Sc from thc Black Sea as a heavy
cargo, together with wool. carpets, To-
Nacco, Iicorico root, dried traits and
other products Of the l.evant
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-09-29

p l'F for the smiles Of his bloom
~ ing Dolly, Madison's admnistru-
tion would be desert without an
oasis, over whose dreary cxpnnse the
weary biographer would wander
nthtrst for human anecdotes. Her
bubbling spirits relieved the austerity
OF JcfferSonian simplicity and won
her popularity that has been equaled,
If at all, among the mistresses of the
White House, only by Mrs. Cleveland.
Unless Grant must be excepted,
Madison Is the only president who
found the presidency an nntclimax
to his career. One Of the really great
law-givcrs of the nation, he was
without executive force.
With q weak cabinet, this gentle,
sweet tempered, peace loving scholar
found himself adrift on the turbitl
sea OF the great Napolconic wars.
Perhaps 1t was no longer possible to
keep us out of the war when at last the
United States was the only neutral
left in the civilized world. But GER
tainly it was no time for Il far-wcnth-
er sailor.
After 20 years of kicking and cuff
ing from both sides In the European
conflict, bullicd by England and lied
to by Napoleon the country was sore
all over when the "warhawl1s" OF con
gress, under the youthful Henry Clay
seized the tlller Of the ship Of state
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Those DfnkY Belta.

He is very strong and a very fleet
man who can get away from his tailor
these days without some sort of l!ttlo
dinky belt tackled on to his coat.
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serve as background for the tall spreading trees.
 There are plenty of places to camp and those who come in automobiles and wagons will find spaces marked off where they may enjoy camp life under the rules and regulations of the park director. These places are al- ways near springs or at least where pure water is close at hand, Of course. firearms are tabooed as all our national parks are sanctuaries for wild life. Fishing Is permitted, cer- tain number being allowed to be taken each day. The fish hatcheries see to it that the streams are well stocked with spawn
 The bears freqhently become as tame as those of Yellowstone. and it is common sight to find bear cubs resting on the fallen giants of the forest. Deer and the smaller animals. such as squirrels, pine martins, hares and rabbits frisS about through the underbrush and are sometimes almost impertinent in their begging for food from the campers Animals such as coyotes, timber wolves, lynx and mountain lions are either killed or driven from the Park so the campers
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Kinley close by is two hundred and ninety feet high and has a diameter of twenty eight feet. In Murr grove stands the Dalton, twenty-seven feet in diameter and two hundred and ninety-two feet in height. Garfield Grove boasts of the great California" !" giant Sequoa that lifts its head two hundred and sixty feet in the air and has a diameter of thirty feet. The Theodore Roosevelt tree has not been officially measured up to the present time, but is a perfectly formed tree and very large. All the Sequoia bear large cones
 The discovery of the big trees is attributed to a hunter named Dowd, while he was chasing bears in 1850, but it is claimed that John Bidwell, another hunter had actually visited the same grove a year before. How ever it makes little difference to the tourist as 10 who saw them first so long as they are there and are to be protected for all time in their beauty. Fine Trails And Camping Sites
 There are excellent horseback trails l through the park and the lover of hiking will find his wishes gratified l by the landscape which unfolds when he climbs some of the mountains that
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base, they taper gradually and are frequently one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet without a branch. The wood is coarse grained, light and soft but especially durable when in con tact with the ground. The bark is sometimes two feet thick and fiuted. The heartwood is of deep red and turns much darker upon exposure while the sap wood is white and thin. These trees grow only on the western ~slopes of the Sierra Nevadas, where the soil is warmed in summer by the mild Pacific winds heated in their passage across the lowlands. and blanketed in winter by many feet of snow. Countless springs and streams sheltered by foliage keep the earth moist. As if to please man and make his visit to them easy and safe they grow in groves of which there are about dozen. each one containing many big trees. They produce little resin and do not burn easily.
 Both parks are of easy access. There is small log hotel in the Giant Forest where the larger trees are To- cated and several tent camps are maintained for those who are willing to enjoy the life in open and for those who wish to enjoy the real beauty of
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very happy. Plenty of laughs and thrills with Tom Moore at his best.''
 Lila Lee
 Lila Lee made her first hit as a child when she sang Look Out For Jimmy Valentino in Gus Edwards Revue. Then she was known as "cuddles," a name she retained until she made her screen debut Recently she has been seen as leading woman for Houdini in Terror Island" and Thomas Meighan in "The Prince Chap"
 Earle Williams
 Earle Williams holds the record among motion picture stars for the length of time he Nhas remained with a single company. almost thirteen years.
 fornia. HE was born in Sacramento, the son of Augustus P. Williams, a California pioneer. His mother. Eva Paget- Williams. was sister of James Paget, notable figure on the stage a generation ago.
 During his picture career. Mir. Will Hams has had for his leading women
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may sleep in the open in peffec safety. These trees are the neStinI places of perhaps forty sor nor species of birds. many songbirds O. exquisite plumage.
 The General Grant
 General Grant National Park near by offers similar attractions althougi it is not so large. containing onl, 2,536 acres. It is the smallest or oui national parks and was established for the protection of the Genera Grant Tree. which is noted for I enormous size. There Is luxuria3 forest surrounding it and camp sitd can be obtained in this park as wA as Sequoia.
 The General Grant is second only General Sherman in size and is sua posed to be about the same age. was named by Mrs. Lucretia Baker. who was a member of d paral which camped near the tree in 18d| This noble specimen of tree life has height of 264 feet and a base diameteI of thirty-five feet. Tn the same sectio' is the George Washington, only fe'9 feet less in height and six feet smalitI l in dia meter.
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these great gifts of nature camping i the open is much more attractive.
 Named In Honor Of Statesmen

these great gifts of nature camping in the open is much more attractive
 Named In Honor Of Statesmen
 The trees and groves are named in honor of statesmen, especially the trees of the Giant forest, for here one finds that king of trees. the General Sherman, which is said to be the old- est and largest tree in the world-in fact. the largest living thing. It is computed to be about four thousand years old. When the celebrated lover of trees-John Muir-was in the park he counted four thousand rings in the trunk of fallen giant, and as the General Sherman tree is much larger it is safe to say that it might have been contemporary.
 This wonderful specimen of tree life rises to the height of 275 feet and is nearly thirty y-seven feet in diameter. The General Sherman tree was dis covered long before the creation of the land as a National Park by James Wolverton, a hunter and trapper. who named it General Sherman and the name was never changed.
 In the same grove stands the Abra- ham Lincoln tree, two hundred and seventy feet in height and thirty one feet in diameter. while William Me-
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Born in 1760. he lived with his mother at a Cherokee town near Fort Louden in the eastern part of Tennessee. At an early age he became a hunter and fur trader. and also developed a mechanical ingenuity in making sil- yer ornaments. Sometime about 1909 he became impressed with the diff culties of his own race to communi- cate with each other by writing and set about to make a system whereby this might be accomplished Sequoia spent years of labor in the work and was ridiculed by his own people, but when several years later it was per fected and submitted to the Cherokee chiefs for a public test its value was at once recognized and in a few months thousands of illiterate Chero- kees were able to read and write in their own language
 | He went West in 1923 and took up a permanent residence and in 1899 he succeeded in bringing about better l feeling between the "Old Settlers" as the Arkansas band was known. and the great body of the nation who had moved from the East. He was re- garded as one of the great men of his day and few years after his death, which occurred in 1S43, the people of California named these great trees in his memory with the exception of i changing the letter "y' to that of 'i" and when it came to name the Ma tional Park the Government gave it the name of the trees.
 Parks Close Together
 As the parks are near each other both are usually visited on the same trip. Sequoia contains 161. 1.597acres and ranges in altitude from 1000 to 11.90C | feet. There are millions of sequoia trees in the park ranging from tiny baby shoots year old to the great trees which must have been growing during the days of Pharaoh. There are pines and frs as well and flower ing shrubs of many species, all adding to the beauty of the place. But 1t is the great trees which attract the tour ist. The giant trees are buttressed al
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Something About These Tracts of Land Set Aside By Our
 Government for the Protection of Our Giant Forests.
Copyright, 1920 The International Syndicate.

TIT took our Government a long N time to awaken to the fact that our
 forests were being rapidly denuded U and that unless something was done 1t would be only a short time when the damage would be irrepar- able. This means a vigorous policy of permanent standing for it takes centuries for a forest to reach its full growth and a temporary policy of short duration would yield little or no results.
 It is to the Far West one must go for the great tree life of our country, for the trees of the East pale into in significance as compared with the great trees of the Pacific Slope.
 Two of our national parks contain the tallest, the biggest and the most symmetrical trees in the world. They are the Sequoia National Park and it's little sister. General Grant Ma tionaI Park, which is only a few miles distant. They embrace fairyland of forest set amidst mountain scenery of unsurpassed beauty.
 They lie on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Cali fornia, south of Kings River Canyon and west of the Canyon of the Kern
 Established In 1890
 Both these tracts of land were set aside as National Parks in October ot 1890 by an Act of Congress and are governed by the National Park Serv- ice of the DepartmentAof the Interior They contain at least 12,000 trees that are over ten feet in diameter. For some strange reason the soil of the Sierra Nevada Mountains Is best fitted for these giant trees and they have grown up in groves and consist of two kinds, the Sequoia giganta. known as the big trees and the Sequoia sem perverviens. the technical name for the beautiful redwood, The former are the largest forest trees in the world and perhaps the most beautiful Both trees are named for a mixed blood Cherokee named Sequoia, often known as George Guess, famous as the inventor of the Cherokee syllabagy