Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-02-03
STATE NEWS

Sale of an estate of over 500 acres
of land and historic heirlooms, once
the property of George Washington,
has been ordered by a decree of the
Circuit Court for Frederick County.
The estate, known as Waverly, is stu
ated near the old Hopewell Meeting
House, north Of Winchester, and be-
lcnged' to the late George Fayette
Washington, close collateral descend
ant of the first President.
Mr.. Washington left the property in
trust for his son, M. B. B. Washing
ton, for life and then for the life of
the latter's widow. Mrs. Washington
survived her husband SIS years. They
had one child, Miss BERTHE Washing
ten, who died few months previous
to the death of her mother, although
the latter had been a bed-ridden in
valid in Washington, D. c., for seven
years.
Ever since the death of Mrs. Wash
ington attorneys have been tracing
the real heirs-at-laws and finally 10
have been found. Several live in Lou
isiana. some in Washington, D. c.,
several in Maryland and one in Cali
fornia. A number Of the heirs died
some years ago in Mexico. Commits
sioners appointed to sell the property
are Harry r. Kern and Thomas W..
Harrison, of Winchester; Gardner l..
Boothe and r. B. Washington, of
Alexandria, Va, and Frank Gosnell,
If Baltimore. The heirlooms at Wav-
crly are said to consist of Washing
ton family portraits, antique furniture
and some military trappings.
Emulating claim owners in the
Klondike 20 odd years ago, Washing
ton county farm owners are Sitting
tight and hoping hard" Monday al
most any farm in the section adjacent
to Eakle's Mill could have been bought
for a song. Today Caruso him self
couldn't buy cubic yard with the sex
tette from Lucia. And the inhabi-
tants of Eakle's Mill are painting
with excitement, according to dis
patches from that hamlet.
All of which means that gold has
been found in Eakle's Mill. It is prop
err to advise all and sundry who might
contemplate becoming part Of a
gold rush" to the Washington coun-
| ty mountains, such plans are futile.
Every claim is staked, every prospect
is pinned down tight and the whole
population of that section is merely
awaiting news from the assayer to be-
gin digging.
Samuel Reeder, farmer living
near Eakle's Mill, startled the COM
munity from its winter lethargy this
week when he announced the discov-
cry of gold. Reeder blasted the rock
minimum, asserted that such dis
tory to putting in concrete floor, and
discovered yellow specks in the shat
tered stone.
Acid failed to mar the brilliance Of
the specks and Reeder's heart action
/ increased to the extent of the factor
of safety for the human system. He
mailed samples to an assayer to as
certain whether the gold is present
in paying quantities. If the samples
indicate "pay dirt" other indications
are that Eakle's Mill will become the
center of the most enthusiastic mining
community of the United States with
in "a hours.
During the most enthusiastic dis
cussion of the discovery of gold one
Of the oldest inhabitants, whose popu-
larity soon attained the irreducible
minimum, aasserted that such a dis
covery was no new thing. He recalled
/ that H. M. R. Eakle, long since de-
ceased, had discovered gold in the vi
cinity and had caused the same sort
Of excitement many, many years ago
It was ascertained, however, that the
cold discovered by Eakle cost~more to
mine than it would bring.
It was agreed among the enthu
siasts that the rock taken from Reed
cr's cellar was heavy with gold, if
it was gold, and confidence was appar-
cnt that it was in paying quantities.
This confidence was expressed in pur-
chases of mining equipment at the
general store Of Eakle's Mill.
Eakle's Mill is community of a.
bout 100 souls hidden away in the
mountains Is miles southeast of
HagerstoWn. &
PREDICTS OWN DEATH; KILLED