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Manassas is governed by a mayor
and city council. with a superintend-
ent of public utilities When The Star
man was in Manassas the town Off
GERS We're: W. Hill Brown. mayor: e.
Raymond Ratcliffe. clerk; Frank Cue.
jr., superintendent: Harry +. Davis.
treasurer; members of the council. ID.
j. Arlington. .. r.. Newman. {. NJ.
Larkin, II. J.. Byrd. ]. H. Burke j. L..
McSer. 4. NJ. Jenkins. B. Lynn Rob-
ertson and W. F. Hibbs. An animated
prediction campaign for mayor and
council is in progress as this is writ
ten. and two tickets are in the field.
One ticket proposes the following:
For mayor. Harry T.. Davis: for coun-
cilmen. u. ]. Arlington, J. II. Burke.
J. NJ. Bell, W. r. Hibbs. r. NJ. Jen-
kins. G. NJ. Larkin. James Il. Larkin,
j. l.. NoSer and .. r. Newman. The
other ticket proposes: For mayor, j.
{. Parrish: for councilmen. ID. j. Ar
rington. J. l.. Bushong. j. NJ. Bell. Il.
c Cornwell. j.. r. Conner. Z. s. HEn-
son. c. j. Meetze. NJ. Bruce Whitmore
and b. Lynn Robertson.
D ENG the county seat. the corpora
u ton does not need numerous po-
lice force. and law and order are gen.
orally preserved by the town SER
geant. r. NJ Weir. The water sup
ply of Manassas is pumped from deep
wells into a reservoir and distributed
by gravity. Plans are on foot tor III =
creasing the supply. The fire depart
ment is volunteer. The department
owns a horse or hand drawn fire en-
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tory. OF course. many new roads
have been opened. and. although all
are not yet to be classed as good
roads. there is progress in the re-
making of roads.
One of the conspicuous objects at
Manassas is the Confederate monu-
ment. 1t is built of Manassas sand
stone and is topped by the bronze
image of a soldier. 1t stands in
Manassas cemetery and in the center
Of large plot inclosed by an iron
fence on the gate of which are the
words. Confederate cemetery" On
each of the four faces of the monu-
ment is a white marble tablet. and
on one Of these is this inscriptions:
"Dedicated by the Ladies' Memorial
Association OF Manassas on August
30. 1889, to the heroes of Virginia and
her sister states. who yielded their
lives on July Is and 81. 1861. and
August IS. % and 80. 1852, in defense
of the Confederate cause"
On a block of red sandstone near
the base Of the monument is this:
y. r. T. Tillett. Co. H. 18th Va. Cav,
Builder" On another block of sand
stone is this: 'Manasseh Lodge. No.
1872. A. F. A. NJ. A. L. $3.50 June 20.
A. d. 1855. G. P. Wright. w. NJ" Un-
der and around this monument are
the bones Of hundreds of men gath
cred from battlefield graves. There
are four separately marked graves in
the lot. There is a marble headstone
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Groveton. There by the roadside Con-
federates buried their dead-those
! who fell in that vic.nity-in trenches,
and many years after the war the
women of Manassas and other parts
! of Prince William county brought
about the erection there of a simple
monument.
ION the same side of the town where
~ the cemetery lies are the public
school buildings Of Manassas. One
of the buildings ranks arch.tecturally
with the best in the state. Attend
ance is large and scholarship good.
The teachers in the high school are
, Miss +. H. .Osbourne. principal: Misses
Lulu d. Metz. Williette r. Myers. Min
ME L. Swart. Mary j. Cox and Emily
J. Johnson, Mrs. w. l.. Sanders and
A. W. Sanders. agricultural director.
In the grade schools are Misses Grace
B. Moran. Edith Callan. Louise Ma
loney. Elsie Lawson and Grace Metz.
There are three vacancies in the
graded school faculty due to the fact
that Miss Marion Lewis OF Manassas 3
and Miss Lille ID. Evans of Scottsville
have notified the school board that
year. and Mrs. f. ID. Wissler of Ma
nassas has not applied for reappoint-
ment.
The commencement exercises of the
grade schools were held day or two
before The Star man strayed into the
town. and ii is pleasant 70 relate that
twenty-eight of the boys 0nd girls of
Manassas graduated and will be in
high school next session. They were
presented with diplomas by Supt. Nc
Donald. and their names follow ::
| Misses Margaret Cornwell. Ardath
Elizabeth Coleman. Hazel Saunders,
Thelma Ferrell. Mary Lee Arlington.
Eva Breeden. Lucy Brawner. Made
line Petit. Winnie Wenrich, Mary
Sweeney. Margaret Rexrode. Jose
phine Hirst. Boulah Baker and Gladys
Ball; Hawes Davies, Wilmer jasper;
Manuel Sabatier. Charles Armistead
Sinclair. Ashby Lewis. Clyde Muddi-
man. Arthur Muddimaa. Selwyn King.
Clyde Hedrick, Strother Stevens and
Abner Myers.
Soon after passing the school build
ings one comes to the courthouse and
the Jail. IT was in the '90s that the
court seat was removed from Brents-
vile to Manassas. Brentsville. which
became the county seat when II re-
moved from Dumfries on Quantico
creek in 1920. is about six miles south
of Manassas. and the old court build
ing there is used as schoolhoCse.
The contest over the removal of the
county seat was such a one as is us
ual in such cases. Sentiment leaned
toward Brentsville: certain practical
reasons indicated Manassas. Manas-
sas was a railroad town. and Brents-
Vile lay six miles off the iron way.
Manassas was a growing town ana
old Brentsville had stopped growing.
, But il you want to feel the quiet in
sp,ration of an old town. finely sit
uated on a hill. with views OF a vast
stretch of county. and with houses
and an atmosphere that tell of other
times. you should visit Brentsville.
While The Star man was setting up
his camera in the courthouse yard
three men came into the picture. They
were George J. Tyler. clerk Of the
court; L. Ledman, deputy clerk. and
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gine, carrying a gas-driven pump, a
hose cart and hook and ladder wagon.
The town owns its electric plant and
furnishes light and power to sub
scribers. Among the industries are
flour mill. wood paving block mill,
mill and a stock feed plant.
The names of the important streets
are: Center. Main and Battle streets.
Grant avenue. Fairview avenue, Lee
road, Centerville road, Sudley road,
Stonewall road and Quarry road.
The postmaster is w. w. Davies and
the hotel, the New Prince William, is
conducted by Mrs. E. V. Vaughan.
Manassas. with a population Of about
T. d. D. Clark. pastor; Church OF the
Brethren, Rev. E. E. Blough. pastor. and
Rev. ]. NJ. Kline, assistant. Catholic.
Rev. Father William Winston; Episco-
pal. Rev. A. Stuart Gibson, rector: Lu-
theran. Rev. Edgar u. Pence. pastor;
liam Stevens; Presbyterian, Rev. A. b.
Jamison, pastor: Primitive Baptist. Ell
der T. S. Dalton. pastor, and United
Brethren. Rev. S. ID. Shelton.
Down at the railroad station you will
meet some of the busy people of Ma
nassas. The workers there are W. H.
Clark, station agent; Eweil Evans. ticket
agent: A. Mcmillan. express agent: G..
w. Merchant, Ed Hixson and Herbert
L. Wetherall, operators; Claud Hixson
and Mrs. Louisa Teats, freight clerks.
When you take down your telephone
receiver in Manassas the girl who says.
Number. please" will be either Miss
Minnie Connor or Mrs F1eta Simpson.
directors of the National Of Manassas
The National Bank Of Manassas and
the Peoples National. The officers and
directors of the National OF Manassas
are Charles r. Mcdonald. president;
Westwood Hutchison, vice president.
and Harry p. Davis. cashier: directors,
r. H. Davis. c. +. Nash, +. r. Connor.
r. A. Hutchison, H. w. Herring. o. G.
Hutchison, T. H. Lion. B. Lynn Robert
son, Charles Il Mcdonald. George H.
Smith, r. s.. Hynson. w. Hutchison,
T. o. Latham and o. E. Newman; c. C..
Cushing is teller. Mrs. o. ]. Davis is
bookkeeper and John T. Broaddus is
assistant bookkeeper. The resources Of
this bank on June 80. 1920. were $685.
407.6 .63 Officers and directors Of the
Peoples National are William H. Brown,
president; G. NJ. Ratcliffe, vice presi-
dent: G. Raymond Ratcliffe. cashier. and
M. M. Ellis. assistant cashier: direc-
tors, William H. Brown, G. Raymond
Ratcliffe, E. H. Hibos. A. A. Hooff. Ira
E. Cannon, G. M. Ratcliffe. c. A. Sinclair,
George D. Baker and J. ]. Connor. The
resources Of this bank. February 81,
1921. were $547.32S.67.
. The health Of tho people Of Manassas
is looked after by the following ply
sicians: DR.. S. s. Simpson. DIR. b. +.
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Manassas Va First Came Into Public Notice During Civil Wa

outposts. or outridges of the Blue
Ridge. Ten miles below a red stone
bridge in the battle ground of Bull
Run. but twenty miles if YOU should
follow the crooks and bends of the
creek. the stream of tragic fame
unites with a stream called Broad
run. From this junction the united
streams are called Occoquan creek.
From the creeks junction to Old Oc-
coquan village is six miles. That is
the head of navigation of the stream
which. with it's hroadened part, called
Occoquan bay. is a tidal estuary of
the Potomac.
Bull Run figured in the strategy of
the first battle. 1t is the largest
stream in the battle section and be-
cause cause OF ITS Importance in the land
scape the fighting which began near
ITS banks and reached battle-propor-
tions and intensity from half a mile
to mile and half west Of the
stream. was called the battle of Bull
Run. The Confederate base was at
of Manassas. That was strategic
point from which to ward against o
federal attack on Richmond, to hold
Confederate threat against WASH
ington and to maintain communica-
! tion with Confederate forces in the
hrender of Sumter into Beauregard's
hands he was called to Richmond and
was directed to assume command Of
small force of Confederate troops
on what was then called by military
men the Alexandria line" He took
command at Manassas Junction, June
.. 1861.
4 X X X
T EFT Gen. Beauregard, accomplished
and skiilful officer. tell why
Manassas Junction was an important
position. He said: although the po-
sition at the time was of command
ing Importance to the Confedcrates.
the mere terrain was not only with
out natural defensive advantages, but
on the contrary was absolutely unfa-
vora0le. Its strategic value was that
being close to the federal capital 1t
held in observation the chief army
then being assembled near Arling
ton by Gen. Mcdowell. under the im-
mediate eye of the commander-in-
chief. Gen. Scott. for an offensive
movement against Richmond, and
while it had a railway approach in
its rear for the easy accumulation OF
re-inforcements and all the necessary
munitions of war from the south
ward. at the same time another rail-
way. the Manassas Gap railroad. di-
verging laterally from the left at that
point. gave rapid communication with
the fertile valley of the Shenandoah.
then teeming with live stock and
cereal subsistence as we'll as with
other resources essential to the Con-
federates. There was this further
value in the position to the Confed-
crate army: That during the period OF
accumulation. seasoning and training,
it might be fed from the fat pastures,
fields and garnerS of LOudoun. Far
yuier and lower Shenandoah valley
counties which otherwise must have
allen into the hands OF the enemy.
As matter Of fact il was the
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for the known strength of Mellow
ellis army. 1t suggested to Confed-
crate high officers a feint. Two corps.
or two-thirds of McDowelrs force.
were crossing the stream two miles
| above. at Sudley ford. Sudley being
a hamlet consisting chiefly of mill.
a church. q dwelling and hotel and
a sulphur spring. we'll known to old
Nashingtonians as watering
place." that being the ancient equiv
alent for summer resort" Dust
rising from marching columns and
good scouting revealed that the creek
had been crossed and that move
ment to turn the Confederate left
flank was under way. From the camps
around Manassas and from the fords
points as far away as Occoquan Con-
federate troops were marching to
meet the. attack. Small bodies Of
troops nearest to the enemy were
pushed forward to fight delaying
actions.
The Confederate line was formed
along rising ground south of the
Washington -Warrenton pike westward
from Stone bridge. The center Of this
line was at the crossing of the Wash
ingtonWarrenton pike and the Ma
nassas-Sudley road. On the farm.
the southeast angle of the road the
main action took place. and there ii
was that panic. caused by the arrival
Of Kirby SMITHS brigade. came upon
the Union army. Then began the
stampede which caused sorrow and
ened its resolve to carry on. and
caused exultation throughout the
south. The relation Of the little rail-
road junction town to the fighting
caused the people Of the south gen.
orally to call 1t the battle of Ma
1r,hil hn Ia y1,n
had not seen Manassas. but had
crossed and recrossed Bull run. gen.
orally spoke of it as the battle Of Bull
Run. But the terms soon became
crossed and it was Unfortunately
spoken and written of as the battle of
AS soon as the guns opened on that
Sunday morning in July. 1851. Ma
nassas leaped into fame. and before
the moon had risen it was the most
famous town in America.
** -
THE renown Of Manassas does not
rest altogether on the battle Of
Bull Run. In August. 1862. there were
operations around the town and espe-
cially northwest and tapping over on
the field Of the first fighting. which
made the first battle of Bull Run a
fierce apd hectic little skirm!sh in
comparison. This was the three days
fighting which came to be called the
second battle Of Manassas. BY that
| time the people of the United States
had become so used to great tragedy
comparison. This was the three days
fighting, with two days Of about as
| heavy lighting as the civil war
brought forth. did not attract as much
In ti:e sont2 .nd oppression in the
,iorth as the nrst fi2hting.. By the
Virginia had been brought to 2 high
state Of discipline and training. 1t
was commanded by q general whose
fame sheds luster on American arms
It's corps commanders we're as skill
ful soldiers as the marshals Of Ma
poleon and its division and brigade
| commanders were generalfy officers
of high attainment. All theSs factors
made the Army Of Northern Virginia
At that time as eficient and d eject
i've an army ~ ever followe4 . dag.
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Richmond. but it was at Appomattox
that the red cross flag Of the South
was furled, even though a few Con-
federate commands in other parts of
the south were not compelled to sur
render until the summer of 1865. His
tory, everybody who fought in the
civil war. and everybody who reads
its bloody. desperate records. counts
Appomattox as the close of the four
year war. There is no unity Of opinion
as to where and when the civil war
broke out. There had been marching
and counter.marching and maneuSer-
ing. skirmishes and small actions or
affairs" but 1t was near Manassas
that armies of the north and south
first came to grips.
The names Manassas and Bull Run
are often used 'one for the other or
interchangeably. and are 50 related
in ones mind that when one speaks
Of Bull Run the thought Manassas"
comes up and reference to Manassas
Instantly calls up the thought Bull
Run" Bull Run is a stream with per-
haps about the same volume of water
as Rock creek. 1t rises in the Bull
Run mountains, one Of the eastern
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inscribed: "Dr. P. B. Bowen of Co.
/, 11th Va Regt., who after being
wounded became a member of the
Black Horse Cavalry. Born December
2S, 1s41. Died June IL. 1902" One
headstone is inscribed: Lieut.. D. w.
Pitts. 4 Reg. Ala. Vol" A third head
stone is marked: Nv. T. +. RaWis;
Sth La. Vols. Died August II, 1851"
The fourth is inscribed: &c. A. Der
rick, 1st Tex Reg. Born April 5, 1928.
in s. c. Died August 16. 1851
Every now and then. in making
road, digging a we'll, cellar or foun-
dation, a skeleton is come upon. and
buttons. belt buckle or some other
military accessory usually shows to
which army the man belonged. II
the bones are inferred
with fitting honors in this little ceme-
terry at Manassas or in cemetery by
the side of the Warrenton pike at
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Crandall Mackey of Arlington county
and Washington. who was trying
case at the Prince William court. The
principal officers of the county. other
than those named. are: Judge. Sam
uel G. Brent Of Alexandria,: common
wealth's attorney. Thomas H. Lion:
sheriff, Charles A. Barbee; deputy
sheriff. John p. Kerlin; treasurer, J.
p Leachman: deputy treasurer. c. c.
Leachman: surveyor, F. Norvell Lar
kin: superintendent of the poor. J. ].
Carter: superintendent of schools.
Charles II. Mcdonald: electoral board.
H. Thornton Davies. HeZekiah Reid
and r. B. Gossom: commissioners of
revenue. w. S. Runaldue and S. T.
Cornwell; board Of supervisors. J. l..
Dawson. chairman; B. Lynn Robert
son, William Crow. McDuff Green. o.
c. Hutchinson and T. NJ. Russell:
jailer, Robert Jarmon.
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Manassas Gap railroad which brought
victory to the southern arms at Ma
nassas. 1t was that road which en-
abled most of Johnstons army from
the Shenandoah to join Beauregard's
the day before the battle. 1t was the
Gap railroad which brought from the
valley Kirby Smiths brigade Of John
ston's army, which. leaving the train
near what is now Wellington station,
came upon the field early in the aft
ernoon during the closest and fiercest
of the fighting. 1t was the arrival
of these troops which precipitated
the federal rout. The federal as
sumption was that Johnston's army
was coming up. The fact was that
throughout the morning and the
hours before the route the federal
army had been fighting the army
of Beauregard reinforced the day be-
fore by Johnston. and Kirby Smiths
brigade was but the tail end of John
stons command. But it came on the
field. and on an exposed flank of the
hard battling Union troops. at what
would be today called the psyche,
of Smith on the Union right was
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n ANASSAS is town Of his
nu toric moment. and sixty
years ago all men talked OF
ii. 1t filled a larger place In
mems minds and speech and in public
prints than any other town had filled
before, and today the name 'Manas-
sas' shares prominence and renown
with the names Gettysburg" and
"Appomattox."
Manassas was the scene of the first
clash Of magnitude between the
tysburg was the crisis of the civil
war or the point at which the tide OF
fortune turned and Appomattox was
the field on which the Confederate
states acknowledged to the federal
authorities that it's government and
its armies were defeated, or. as Rob-
ert E. Lee expressed it in his farewell
to the Army of Northern virginia:
AFTER four years arduous service,
marked by unsurpassed courage and
fortitude, the Army Of Northern Eir-
ginia has been compelled to yield 10
overwhelming numbers and resources
i need not tell the survivors OF 50
many hard-fought battles, who nave
remained steadfast 20 the last. that
have consented to this result through
no distrust of them, but feeling that
valor and devotion could accomplish
nothing that could compensate lor
the loss that would attend a con-
tinuation of the contest. l have de
termined to avoid the useless sacrifice
of those whose past services have en-
deared them to their countrymen.
The fiftieth anniversary of the bat
tel which made Manassas known
around the world was celebrated with
dramatic effect on the memorable
field and the following inscription on
a little monument in the courthouse
grounds at Manassas tells OF that
event:
In commemoration Of the Manas-
sas National Jubilee of Peace: The
first instance in history where sur
vivors of a great battle met fifty
years after. and exchanged friendly
greetings at the place of actual COM
bat and here on July q. 1911. the
Ieau Of the Re-United States. The
President, the Governor N Virginia
and forty-eight maidens an white
took part, with 1000 veterans OF the
Blue and the Gray. and 10000 citi-
zens Of the New America"
TN 1915. on April 8. there was jubi-
lee reunion OF federal and Confed-
crate soldiers At Appomattox. 1t was
the fftieth anniversary of the sur
render by Gen. Robert E. Lee of the
Army Of Northern Virginia to Gen.
T. s Grant and the Army of the Po-
tomac. The hopes Of the Confederacy
which blazed splendidly at Manassas.
were darkened at Gettysburg and
practically excinguished in the cam
paign OF Petersburg and the fall of
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not in accordance with prearranged
plans of the battle: 1t was an acci-
dent of war.
skirmish took place on July is
at Il ford Of Bull run. called Black
hurns ford, three or four miles from
Manassas. and on Sunday. July 81, an
engagement began at that point on
Bull run where the Washington
Fairfax Centervilie-W -Warrenton pike
crosses the stream on. a picturesque
old stone bridge. That engagement
was desultory on the part OF the fed
erals and too light and hesitating
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Around Battle Between
1 the South Was Fou-Th Star Man Visits Locality and Writes
Story Of Conditions TdayThe Industries Churches Schools Business
Houses Etc-ncdns of Hisoy-County and Town Officials.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-02
All Piece Goods Reduced
Big Table of
Remnants

From every bolt of piece goods we
have cut usable length. About IL to
3-4 ayard of these are smoked, the bal
ance Of piece is not damaged. Each of
these ARE A BARGAIN.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-08-17

It is claimed by some authotitles that children of parents advanced in age are likely to possess more intelligence and greater stamina than those whose parents have themselves just passed fro.a child, hood, If this is the ease, President Hardings father has a chance of fathering another president, to bt be elected fifty years or so from now, At the age of 78 he has just married a spinster aged 42, the wedding taking place in Monroe. Mich,
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-08-17

The Vencouver Sun is about as popular in camp just now as a skunk in a hen house, However,, the public is notoriously foEgetful as we'll as being fickle Large num- bers of the Seattle Times are sold here in spite of the dirty, under handed knocks agailst this camp published by that paper only little more than a year ago.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-08-17
KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON"

A Seattle politician, one of the nervy breed who live in the Puget Sound metropolis and imagine they own Alaska because the wealth pouring out from this Territory has transformed Seattle from bank rupt bluff to a popuIous city, has sent message to the editor of this paper telling him: Keep your shirt on, because everything is coming out alright under the new admins tration."
 We'll, so far as the editor of this paper is concerned he has never, since landing in Hyder, had any intention of taking his shirt off. (Of course, that is only fguratVely speaking.)
 All the politicians and adminis- trations in the world cannot alter She value of this districts mineral zone. The mountains of the Port lanu Canal section are yegitable store-houses of treasuse. Those of us who have watched the develop ment of the camp from it's inception know this; that is why we came here, and why we are staying here. No, MT. Politician, you may be-. low and bombast, foam at the mouth, and make a general nuis- ance of yourself in the eyes of sane citizens; you may predict Paradise or Purgatory according as to wheth- CT youB petty candidates win or loce in their mud-slinging cam paigns, but you cannot get us ex- cited with your nonsense. The hills around us are commencing to pour forth their hordes of gold and sil- yer, of copper and lead, and as the rents in their mighty walls are widened, the stream of treasure is becoming greater.
 We are not Interested in your m0uthy nothings-We have oleaner occupations, We are opening up the richest mining district of the Northwest, and will soon be living in the mining metropolis of Alaska the wonderland.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-08-17
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