davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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but discovered that never had there
been quarry there.
1t was while prospecting in Stat
ford county that he ran into an old
native who told him that there used
to be some kind OF a stone place
around here. but I don't exactly re-
| member where it was"
Inquiry Of other natives soon put
| him on the right trail. however. He
went up the old creek. passed the site
of the old Aqua city, once a -four
ishing village Of post-revolutionary
times, but destroyed during the civil
war. and on into the hills.
There, between two hills. he came
at last upon the old quarry. But it
did not look like a quarry or as if
men had ever labored there. Great
trees. easily eighty years old, nearly
two feet in diameter, grew where
once stone had been cut. 1t looked
like a wilderness.
But the stone was there, and search
revealed some traces Of old opera
tions. For in those days when George
Washington was the biggest man in
the United States they used slaves
to get out the stone. Then, as now,
no blasting was used to quarry sand
stone for building purposes.
The slaves cut channels with picks,
and finally drove wedges underneath,
splitting the slab Of stone out just as
an ice man splits. ice. Exactly the
vryfI H,1
used next year in getting out the
stone. when the old quarry is put
into operation again.
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ss Expressing Phenomena Of Life Of Today Says Edstrom

I technical names for 'expressionism'
There are only three groups of ar
tistic endeavor and they are not very
clearly defined, as frequently one
merges into the other. The first is
| 'academical.' and the artist of this
school studies his subject from every
possible angle and then seeks to re-
produce it exactly. The second is
| 'impressionistic.' and here the artist
doesn't wish to know anything at
all about his subject, so that his
work may be absolutely spontaneous.
The ,'expressionistic' form goes even
further, for the artist seeks only to
| reproduce those things about a SUBJ
ject which have made a lasting i'm
preston upon him long after he has
seen it.
ITO take an extreme example, friend
of mine in Italy, who was an enthusi-
| astic impressionist, made a series OF
rapid sketches Of distant barn one
| day, to illustrate how it changed
from hour to hour. Once he. saw it
as huge elephant, again as a noun
| tain, as fantastic forms were sug-
gested to his mind, but It was never
| the same, nor were any distinct de-
| tails given.
| y y
SS a n academician, on the contrary,
| "A would examine the barn closely
| to note it's woodwork, the color
of the paint and even the location of
nails before transferring it to can
| vas. D.
THE expressionist. in handling the
same subject, would give an entirely
different conception OF it from either
| Of the two others. He lived, let US
| say, near the barn, but was hardly
| conscious OF its existence. However,
| some time later he has an impelling
desire to give expression to some OF
his memories of it. The one upper
most in his mind is the Growing Of
| rooster. which had awakened him
every morning, although he had never
! seen 1t, and he also remembers the
lowing OF cow. So on his canvas
he paints a few red boards for the
| barn. the ROSTERS head with small
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T OST for hundred years, the
quarry that furnished the
sandstone for the White
House, the central portion of
the Capitol. the south front of the
patent office and other government
buildings and famous structures. has
been found by Washingtonian.
Soon the famous old stone quarry,
known and worked by George Wash
ington, who used this particular
stone in every building project in
which he had hand. will be in op-
Grafton again. using exactly the same
method that was used to take th4
stone out those many years ago.
The quarry is located in Stafford
county, Va, fourteen miles north OF
Fredericksburg and frty-two miles
south Of Washington. on Aqua creek,
a stream five miles long, but which
assumes the proportions Of a river
at it's mouth, being nearly two miles
wide where 1t empties into the Po-
tomac river. not so far from Guam
tico.
How this historic quarry, used for
scores of years, became lost almost
to tho memory OF men and then was
discovered with trees eighty years
old growing in It makes thrilling
story of modern business, one par
ticularly Interesting on account of
the fact that a young patent at
torney of this city. Arthur Middle
ton, is the man who found it at last.
He has associated with him Samuel
Miller, also of the District of CO.
lumbia-
Now the name arthur Middleton"
is to be found on the Declaration of
S,da,andence\ IT WAS the signature
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BY ELENoRE DE WITT EBY.

BY ELENoRE DE WITT EBY.
TINE world is steadily advancing
into higher realms of thought
and endeavor, but it does so
in spite of, rather than be-
cause of. the great mass Of humanity
which peoples 1t.
If an aviator attempts an initial
fransocean flight the average person
Gays, TT can't be done," and If he
falls this person ADDS. II told you So"
II a. scientist announces a great dis
covery, tho uninitiated "have to be
shown" and II an inventor perfects
new machine they don't think 1t will
work"
The explanation Is that at heart we
are all skeptics. perhaps because we
have been often fooled, and that in
stinctfvely man retains sentiment
for "the good old days." which mean
any time during which he did not
happen to exist.
However, IL Thomas Edison 9parkets
O. new invention it is likely to be
quickly sold. and If Luther Burbank
discovers an amazing new form Of
pians life the world will probably be-
lieve In 1t. Likewise, II a great and
noted sculptor goes in for new or
ultra-modsrn art his endeavors in
that field WIN receive moro serious
attention than those Of an unknown.
All Of which brings us to David Ed
etrom. the man who rose from a Ia
borer to a master. artist: who hewed
down the intervening obstacles as
easily as he swung an az In the
slaughter house where his work be-
gan.
His story r. we'll known now,s but
4he more frequently we pause to con-
template It the greater becomes our
faith and pride in mankind. For
David Edstrom was twenty-one when
he worked In that vast clearing
house. helping to prepare food for a
nation, and his dream Of art seemed
hopeless Of realization. But he studied
the poetry of motion, as great half
naked negroes bent their bodily
strength to rolling huge barrels, and
ne sensed the power Of complex ma
chinery, and saw q beauty in 1t which
Maa hiddan Eyum ht1 1allov VoxkeR
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Ingenious Gun=Sight.

TT was Sir Howard Grubb, the Irish
L telescope-maker. who invented a
most ingenious form of telescopic
sight for use with a rifle. Neither
fore nor back sight is employed with
this contrivance. but the shooter. in
taking aim. looks through a small
lens which, by an optical device.
throws an image of a bright little
cross in front of the gun and in line
with the barrel. The image serves as
foresight, and by simply holding the
center of the cross upon the object
aimed at, the marksman takes his
aim
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Old Quarry Which Furnished White House Stone Found in Vrgn

Man Persste
Midst
O S1eIabu
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man power" of course, with which
they hoisted the stone out.
Today exactly the same method
slaves, electric channeling machines
will be used, which will automati-
cally propel themselves along the
stone, chaneling it about eight
inches wide. This sandstone is silica
dissolved only by hydrofiuoric acid
the acid which dissolves glass. Glass,
of course, is but fused sandstone.
CTONE from Aqua went into the
- building of the White House and
the central portion of the Capitol, and
for years appeared in its natural
colorful tones, but during the war of
1912 both these buildings were
burned To remove their blackened
appearance, when the buildings were
repaired. the stone was painted white.
At the Capitol almost all the stone.
especially carved stone, which one
sees beneath the dome and beneath
the rotunda, is of the Aqua sand
stone. 1t appears in columns which
seem as sturdy and unworn as when
first placed.
These columns in the Capitol. it is
pointed out, were placed with the
grain running up and down. fashion
which is never used today, modern
stone cutters being at loss to under
stand why the old fellows cut those
columns out that way. But maybe
the old quarrymen knew that it didn't
make any difference with this stone.
For certainly there the columns
stand. seemingly as firm as they ever
were.
The columns on the east steps of
the Capitol building are entirely of
this sandstone, and are in very good
condition, the carvings around the top
being clean cut to this day. Some
thing of the same thing may be seen
on the south front of the Patent Office
building, the columns being in excel
lent condition, even where the storms
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Noted Sculptor Discusses New Era In Art
and Asserts That Modern Works Should En-;
body Some of Forms, Lights and Co1ors Pro-
duced by Intricate Instruments and Highly
Polished Machinery-Finds That Mere Hu-
man Form Is Inadequate to the Required Ex-
preston of the Present Day-Sufficient In
Past Ages to Demonstrate Spear Throwing
or Leaping- Compares Academica1, Impress
sioristic and Expressionistic.
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MR.. MIDDLETON soon acquired the
1sl land Of the quarry and a con-
siderable acreage surrounding the
tract. Being directly on the bank
of the creek. with a channel twenty
eight feet deep leading down to the
Potomac, the quarry is admirably To-
Gated for the transportation of the
stone.
Some authorities are Of the opinion
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crumbled. 1t seemed as. good today.
after the storms Of scores Of years,
as it ever was.
Finally. after much research, Mr..
Middleton got track of an old quarry
in Virginia. but north Of the true site
He went to Manassas and finally got
in touch with the owner of the site
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know that the stone was from an
old. old quarry.
Then the Investigator discovered
that the government had never own
ed quarry. So that stone must
have come from a private quarry. He
scurried around and investigated the
stone to be found here and in nearby
Virginia. 1t was still in perfect con-
dition. Carvings stood out in their
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desire for expression, and SO he went
as a stoker to his native Sweden ito
study in the Royal Academy" The
first step was to enter an elementary
training school. Here. together with
boys Of eleven and twelve years Of age.
] he .mastsyed tie rudimeuts lot sart-how
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Gradually. almost imperceptibiy. his
ideals were shaping themselves, for
he saw in the combination Of supreme
physical form with athe great me-
chanica1 power, which is the keynote
Of the age. a new and higher art
ghis rsaHnHou drought an simpsl sllins
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Continued on Fourth PaSal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
PLENTY OF COAL
FOR TWO MONTHS
Seine Small Concerns Are Short - No
Summer Reductions in Prices.
Say Operators.

CHICAGO. H., April -. (Associated
Press. With the coal strike iu its
fourth week, a survey Of - states, in
Guiding Pennsylvania, Alabama, Ken
tucky. Texas and most of the midwest
ern states, indicates that coal supplies
for at least 60 days are on hand gener
ally while stocks in several places were
expected to last from 80 days to four
months
Many of the larger factories and pub
lie utilities reported the possession of
enough fuel to last well into the sum
mer, but in some states the smaller
towns and some Independent factories
were less amply provided, although re
lief sufficient for emergencies was eX
pected from non-uniOn mines still in
operation Many Kentucky mines were
said to be working day and night, and
Alabama production was described as
near normal. Confidence rather than
anxiety, so far as the fuel supply is CON
ceTHed. was the rule in all states from
which reports were received.
Little unusual demand was evident;
IN some cases dealers declared that
there twill be no market, or that thev
had more than enough coal on hand.
Prices generally are static. Operators
and dealers announced, however. that
there would b. 10 summer reductions
with the striking exception of the Ala
| bama district. where it was stated that
summer prices would be 20 per cent
/ lower than last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
Methodist Episcopal Church

Week of April 26 to 30-Annual ses-
sion Of Vermont Methodist Conference
at White River Junction. No services
in local church during the week, after
Tuesday evening.
Tuesday evening at o'clock-Bishop
Francis ]. Mcconnell of the Pittsburgh
area of AIethodism will deliver an ad-
dress on China. Bishop Mcconnell re-
Gently toured the country about which
he win speak and can bring. as few
men of the country today, an intelligent
/ Interpretation of affairs in this nation
that is now bidding well for "a place
in the sun" No admission fee, no col
/ lection. This service is open to all who
/ desire to come. The announcement that
/ Bishop Mcconnell viii speak should
/ guarantee crowded house of thinking
people. All are cordially invited.
! Wednesday, April 26. 8 p. m.-Regu-
/ lar meeting of Ladies' Aid society at the
4 vestry.
1 Wednesday, April 26, 730 p. M
Business meeting of Attainers class
with Mrs. Lloyd Robinson of 40 Pros
/ pect street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
WOMAN CAUSES
STIR IN NASHUA
Divides DeacOns and Pastor of Baptist
Church Pastor Is
Missing

NASHUA. y. H. April 2J.-AIiss Nir-
ginia Pearson. who was denied her right
of filing her invitation to speak in the
First Baptist church by the vote of the
deacons, stirred the city yesterday more
than any church events for years.
Last night she sent letter to Rev. \.
J. Archibald and through him to the dea-
cons of the church. defending her profes
sion at length and scoring the church
policy as shown by the deaconS.
She also invited the pastor, who was
Overruled in his wish to have her speak
by the deacons. and the deacons To attend
her performance at a local theatre. They
did not accept.
They have refused to talk for publica-
ton, and the whereabouts of the pastor
has been unknown to the public. There
is talk to the effect that the friction be
tween the pastor and the official board is
such that the pastor may feel that he
should resign He has been here a year
and has established a record for new
church members. He was given Il gift
at Il first anniversary social given him
last Friday night.
Miss Pearson at both performances
yesterday told the audience her version
and upheld the profession of the theatre
| The public here is siding with her and
the pastor to a large extent, and there
are many bitter comments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
COMPETITIVE DRILL
TOMORROW NIGHT
Boys Brigade and ST. MichaeI's Cadets to
Give Exhibition Here-Cup and
Medals Are Offered

The fourth annual competitive exhibi-
tiOn and drill between the Boys Brigade
of Mortified, Mass, and St MichaeI's
Cadets will be held in Festival hall to-
morrow evening at 7.30 O'Clock Pre-
vious announcements have stated the time
at 8 O'Clock A silver cup and three
bronze medals will be awarded.
The judges viii be Capt. c. \. f.
Goodwin of Brattleboro, Lieut.. Smith
of Mount Hermon and Lieut.. A. J. ExneF
of Brattleboro. The Boys Brigade has
been under training by Sgt Clyde Falby
Of Company |. while the Cadets instruc-
tor is Bernard Dunlevy.
The proceeds of the affair will be added
to the treasury of st. NIichaers Cadets,
who have been under considerable ex-
pense the past year through the buying
Of new uniforms, etc, and it is hoped
that the work which they have done in
assisting at the time Of the reception to
Marshal Foch, at the ski jump contests
and on other occasions viii be appre-
ciated by a large attendance at the exhi-
bition tomorrow night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
COLLINS SENTENCED TO DIE.
Claims He Is Graduate of Dartmouth
Convicted of Bootleg Murder.

NEW YORK. April 25-Raymond
Collins, 80 years old, of 1914 Eighth
Avenue. Brooklyn. convicted last Fri
day of a bootlegging murder, was
sentenced to die in the electric chair
N the week of MAY - by County Judge
Tiernan in Richmond county court yes
terday.
Collins is graduate of Dartmouth
college. This information was given
TO the court for the first time yesterday
when he was asked his pedigree He
did not give the date of his graduation,
but it was reported to have been more
han Is years ago lie has been IN
he liquor business for Is years.
fin the presence of 700 men and wom-
IN In the courtroom, Collins made q dra-
matte plea for James Pymm, Frank
Brown and Joseph Conigal, also indicted
for the murder of Michael Connor, 81
wears old, a night watchman who was
beaten to death when defending $4,000
worth of liquor in the Tanner-GOss
warehouse at the foot of Jersey street,
New Brighton, on March l.
After Collins was sentenced, an oppor-
unity to nlead guilty to murder IN the
second degree was given to Pymm.
Brown and Conigal. Brown accepted
the offer and was sentenced to from -
years to life Imprisonment. Conigal 5
trial viii begin TOMORROW.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Transactions Recorded in Town Clerks
Office Last Week

Among the real estate transfers re-
corded in the town clerks Office last
week, in addition to the gravel bank
bought by the town of the 1. II. Har-
Tev estate. were the following:
Henry A. Stockwell to George II. Dom
nier and wife, by warranty deed. his
Farm in West Brattleboro Considera-
ton 81 revenue 81.
Elijah Prouty to Frank e. johnson,
hv warranty deed, a spring in West
Brattleboro. Consideration SO.
Henry f. Whitney and others to Ray
mond F. Whitney and wife. by warranty
deed. place at l Willow street. Consid-
alton 81. revenue 50.
Frances T. Clark to Sadie W Barry.
by warranty deed. her place on Guilford
strect Consideration 81. revenue 81.
Eendal Magnuson ct al to Edgar +.
Ruswell. by warranty deed, lot on Oak
Grove avenue. Consideration 81, reve-
nue 81.
Enoch Ainsworth and wife to Oscar
T. Rav-son and wife. their place on
Thomas street. Consideration 81, reve-
nue 81
RAYMOND L. Fitch to Earl G. Sawin
and wife by warranty deed. his place on
Belmont avenue Consideration 81, rev
enue 50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
WOMEN VOTERS e
TO OUTLAW WAR
Would Make 1t a Crime by Enactment
of International Statute-Other
PROPOSITIONS

BALTIMORE, April pa resolution
in favor of ''outlawing wars by creating
AN international law which would make
war a crime was adopted yesterday at
the meeting Of the league committee on
reduction of armaments at the convention
of the National League of Women Voters.
The resolution win be presented to the
convention as a recommendation from the
emergency committee. but passed on by
the delegates with other recommendations
from the standing committees setting
down the future policy of the league, IN
Guiding these:
Election or appointment of women on
all committees of political parties.
Appointment of women ON school
Active support of legislation establish.
ing the Independent citizenship OF married
Extension of citizenship schools fol
Federal and state legislation to pro
mote the cause of women in industry.
Uniform marriage and divorce law;
throughout the United States.
Support of federal legislation removing
restrictions hampering effectiveness O
cooperative associations and contlnua
ton of the campaign against high cost OF
living.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25

preside At 243 anniversary of dea-
coness board and Miss Jessie Il. Arbuckie
of Buffalo will preside.
Pastors Wives TO Meet.
At , o'clock the Pastors Wives union
win meet with Mrs. &. w. Worthen. The
evening session will open at 7.3O with an
address by Rev. Arthur E. Hewitt of
plainfield. anniversary of the Vermont
Conference SuStenation Fund society,
with Rev. f. W. Lewis presiding. At
$50 the evening session will close with
an address on the anniversary of the
board of conference claimants, by Rev
{. Oscar Ford. ID. d., district superin-
tendent of Springfield, Mass, with Rev
| w. T. Best presiding.
On the final day of the conference
Sunday. at go a m, Rev. w. s. Smith
| ers and Rev Joseph Hamilton will con
! duct a conference love feast in Gates
! opera house At 1880, there will be &
sermon by Bishop Mcconnell. The after
noon session at 3 O'Clock will be devoted
! to the ordinations of deacOns and elders
| by the presiding bishop and assisting
| elders.
At 7.30 the evening session will oper
with an address by Rev. Titus Lowe
! II. d. general secretary, New York city
on Anniversary of Board of Foreign Mis-
sions. with Rev. S. III. Smith presiding
| The final session of the conference viii
close with the reading of the appoint
ments by the presiding bishop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
PROPERTY OWNERS
.a@.- @ BLOCK RUSSIA
Tchitcherin Says Their Pretentions
Block Efforts for Peace-France
Defiant

GENOA. April 25., (Associated Press
Foreign minister Tchitcherin of Soviet
Russia declared to the Associated Press
this morning that it was the allied re
sistance to the Russian principles of
naturalization which was blocking the
conference here.
..It is obvious,'' said NJ. Tchitcherin
that the only serious obstacles TO peace
with Russia and general reconstruction
are the pretentions of a few former
owners of property in Russia"
The Russian minister : statement was
called out by the high tension developed
over Russia : claims, which are con-
sidered in some quarters as certain to
disrupt the conference. He insisted
however. that it was the efforts of the
allies to restrict RusSias rights to ma
tionalize property and their attempt to
connection that were holding up the
work of the experts and delaying the
conference 5 progress.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
FREIGHT STATION
PLANS PROGRESS
New Location Necessitates COncaye
Pavement ON Vernon Street for
Drainage Purposes.

Progress is being made in the plans of
the Central Vermont Railway Co. to es-
tablish its freight office here on the Yer
non street level on the west side of the
tracks. south of the union station. for
which the expense was included III this
years budget. Some changes will be nee
essary in the drainage arrangements on
Vernon street, and to that end one of
the railroad architects was here yeSter-
day in conference with Road Commits
sioner c. ]. DTbe.
Present plans call for a concave pave
ment laid from Vernon street to the face
of the cliff next west of the railroad
tracks. slopfng toward the center. The
surface water win then be carried in a
sewer to the river. This win do away
with the necessity of travelling through
the mud which has inconvenienced people
for so many years on the lower level. Ac-
cording TO the architect, the work prob
ably will be begun the middle of the sum
mer and rushed rapidly through to com
pletion.