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write it. He resigned from the United
States Army May Z, 1861. commanded
Confederate troops at Manassas in
July, 1861, a few miles west of his
ancestral Bel Air, commanded men
in the Peninsula campaign in defense
of Richmond, and at the second Bull
Run, in August, 1852. He command
ed a brigade in the first invasion
north of the Potomac-South Noun
tain and Antietam. l read in his
biography that "he was wounded dur
ing the first Confederate invasion of
the North" and I know that at the
birthday centennial at Manassas il
was told that he lost a leg in the
second battle of Bull Run.
The Rambler comes upon so many
historic muddles that he gets fits OF
the dizzies. 1t is said that when
Jackson fell, at a point now marked
by red stone pillar by the road, he
requested that Gen. Ewell succeed
him in command of the I'd Corps,
and the great troops of Jackson were
commanded by Ewell in the Gettys
burg and Wilderness campaigns and
opposed Grants bloody push to Rich
mond until overwhelmed. Ewell and
the remnant of his corps yielded at
Sailors Creek April 6, 1865. three days
before AppomattoX. Gen. Ewell died
in Tennessee, in January, 1872, and
a few months before his death got
off a train at Bristow Station and
rode in a buggy to the home OF his
ancestors, Bel Air.
X X x
THERE is another of the Ewells of
Bel Air, Georgetown and Wash
ington which the Rambler will recall
to you, if you have forgot. This
was Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, who
was born in Washington June 10,
1910. He was sent to West Point, was
graduated in 1892, and detailed from
the Artillery as an Instructor in
mathematics, chemistry and natural
philosophy at the academy. He ieft
the Army in 1886 to be an assistant
engineer in the construction OF a
steam railroad out of Baltimore.
Leaving that Job in 1889, ho became
a professor at Hampton-Sidney Col
lege; in 1S47 was professor AT
Washington College-later Washing
ton and Lee-being the first occupant
of a, chair of mathematics and mill
tary science endowed by the Society
Of the Cincinnati. In 1S4S he was
elected president of William and
Mary. He went out in 1851 as colonel
of the 32d Virginia Infantry, and be-
came chief of staff to Gen. Joseph
E. Johnston. When the war was
done he returned to William and
Mary, worked for the rebuilding of
ruined structures. and in the period
of suspension of the ccllege-1SS1-S7,
I think was the period-he work ed
nobly with scores of others for the
resumption of the college.
The Rambler would give you moro
on >Bel Air, but the 4 o'clock whistle
is about to blow. and the rules Of the
union, you know.
Evening star., 1925-03-29
Rambler Makes New Visit to Bel Air,
Once Home of Gen. EWell' Ancestors
of
ami ,and iii Engageme of War.

~ Ms unday, the 18th ultimo. the
Rambler gave you the
l pleasure of looking at two
~ of his photographs of Bel
Air, the home of the Ewells,
burial place of Parson Weems'
etcetera, in Prince William County,
between Occoquan and Brentsville
When he went to Bel Air, tied the
parts of his camera together, and
got 1t to stand up, the thought came
to him (you may not believe it, that
he had seen the place before. Many
historic places look alike, and the
Rambler does not remember all he
writes of. He sometimes forgets his
toric places unless there is SOME
dramatic incident in his visit. He
may forget that he went to Castleton
Hall, noble pile of a colonial family,
because there was no other incident
than writing the history of the place
and the glories of the family to fix
it in his mind. He will remember
Gravel Bank Manor, because dog
bit him as he climbed the fence: he
will remember Spunkwood Grove be-
cause the farmer wanted to shoot
him for trespassing: and he will ever
remember Cedar Blossom Farm, be-
cause the maid gave him an alluring
glance and buttermilk.
on our paper disapprove "forgotten")
that he wrote Bel Air 10 years ago
AS he told you the story of Parson
Weems, George Washington's first
biographer. the Rambler pensively
chewed his fountain pen and NUT
tered: THAT seems familiar" To
calm himself he went TO the Public
Library and asked Miss Eleanor
Wright If he had written piece
about Bel Air in Prince william
County. Miss Eleanor looked up the
index and said: You wrote a page
about 1t, February %, 1914" Thank
you. The Rambler will not be SO
long-winded and merciless today.
Other authors need space in the
Sunday papers.
The Rambler is only one of the
many best writer's on the paper. and
they must eat, too. There are al
ways some of the best writers on
newspaper. The other day, a man
stopped at the strangers reception
room of The Star and said, in en-
phatic voice, II want to see the best
writer on this paper" The recep-
tton committee called out: Jenkins,
go in the newsroom and tell 'em all
to come out"
Understand, my reader that not
every man on a newspaper is the best
writer. Some fall below this stand
ard and become editors. Others.
farther from perfection in the graph
ic art or ars scribendi. become special
writer's and magazine writer's. Here
and there a reporter takes his hat off
the peg and becomes a prosperous
statesman, but these lapses are few
There are two kinds of reporters
those who get a hundred dollars a
week and are not worth IL, and those
who are worth a hundred dollars
week and don't get it. There are also
Evening star., 1925-03-29
and Sup.

rendered great service to aeronautics
through his connection with the ma
tional advisory committee for aero
nautics.
The activities arising from the early
work of the institution grew so far
beyond its limited means that 1t be-
came necessary for Congress to take
them over and appropriate funds for
their support. The branches supported
by governmental appropriations now
under the administration of the insti-
tuition are the National Museum, the
National Gallery Of Art, the Bureau
of American Ethnology, the Interna-
tional Exchanges, the National Zoo
logical Park, the Astrophysical OBJ
servatory and the United States Re
gional Bureau of the International
Catalog of Scientific Literature.
Other Government activities which
were inaugurated by the Smith sonian
but which have been transferred to
the control of other agencies, are the
Weather Bureau, the Fish Commission
and the Geological Survey.
CONTRARY to popular belief the
~ Smithsonian Institution is not a
Government establishment, and is not
supported by Government appropri-
alton. While the bureaus listed above
under it's direction are supported by
Congress, the institution itself cannot
use the Governmental funds. but must
rely entirely on the income from its
endowment, which consists of the
original Smithson bequest and several
later bequests and gifts from indi-
viduals totaling slightly over one mil
lion dollars.
Besides the great exhibition halls
of the National Museum and the art
galleries which the visitor to Wash
ington remembers, and besides the
research work and exploration which
IT conducts, the institution diffuses
Evening star., 1925-03-29

Mount Vernon, a slip of the Lafayette
pear tree was planted at Bel Air.
Patient old tree. 1t blooms and bears,
sees children pick its fruit, sees old
men it knew as children eat it's fruit,
hears a far-off church bell ring. and
sees a hearse and string of buggies
pass along the road.
Mr.. Pearson pointed to tree, huge,
deformed and 1eaflesS. 1t bore, he
said, cigars which children smoke.
The late George C. Round of Manas-
sas, who owned Bel Air for half a
century, once said to the Rambler:
DO you see that old catalpa tree,
gnarled and twisted as by whirl-
wind? 1t is II feet in circumference
Evening star., 1925-03-29

tion. Large farms have been sold
from Bel Air and on one of them,
Greenwood. lives F. NJ. Pearson, born
on Bel Air, and son of James r.
Pearson, 49th Virginia. regiment
of Stonewall Jackson's Corps. That is
honor. A Virginian who does not
bow his head when Jackson's name
is uttered-well, he is a poor sort
of Virginian, one of those chaps we
used to call when we were boys an
"ornery cuss'-an old rustic Ameri-
can adjective.
Mr.. Pearson having seen from
Greenwood stranger muShing
through snow and mud to Bel Air.
came over to see about il. The
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ters are askew, but the house says:
MY walls are thick, my stone foun
dation and my brick and mortar
sound. 1 stand here defiant of years
and scornful of modern imps. I was
set here as a Virginia home and
| stand my ground. With love,
keep the memory of men and women
who dwelt in me, Rambler. when
even you were young and your
camera new. With love I stand here
guardian of those graves, mid vine
and cedar and old locust trees,
graves that hold the relics of those
who called me home"
1t is the house of Bel Air. Five
hundred and twenty-five acres are
around it and these the remaining
fraction of the first Bel Air planta-
Evening star., 1925-03-29
Rooster Can Count.

A CLASS in experimental psychol-
"A ogy at the University of Chicago
has found that a rooster can count.
Kernels of corn were arranged in
rows on the floor, every third kernel
was tackled down. The rooster dis
covered this and passed up the sta
tionary kernels. Then the third ker
nels were loosened and the rooster
was set at his task. He skipped them
until his foot struck one, when, with
chuckle, he returned and ate all the
kernels.
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stranger might be a city man want
ing TO buy farm on which to make
$4,000 a year raising chickens, or
a man who, having read a book on
how to make a farm pay. was com
ing TO the country to uplift the ma
tives. Or, having a box OIL his
shoulder and tripod under his arm
he might be surveyor making ready
to run a railroad through the farm.
1t was a matter worth looking into.
Mr.. Pearson pointed to pear tree
and said: 1T is called Gen. La
fayette's pear tree" Lafayette, on a
visit to Mount Vernon, set out a pear
tree he brought from France. That
is the story. Years ago, when the
Ewells lived at Bel Air and exchang-
ed visits with the Washingtons of
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A MONG the hundreds of thou
~ sands of Americans every
~ year who make their pilgrim
4 "A age to the Nations Capital,
there are probably yery few
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demonstrate, in 1896 the practica-
bility of mechanical fight with ma
chimes heavier than the air, sustain
ed and propelled by their own power,
and he later designed and built the
first man-carrying airplane capable
of sustained free flight.
Langley also won eminence as an
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succeeded in recognizing and naming
fossil algae and even fossil. bacteria.
probably the earliest manifestation
of life on this planet.
Under Secretary Walcott's admins
tration the great Natural History
Building of the National Museum was
brought to completion, the beautiful
Freer Gallery of Art was constructed
and opened to the public, and he has
Evening star., 1925-03-29

astronomer, and he established the
astrophysical observatory of the
Smithsonian, where studies of the
variation of the suns relation, un-
der the direction of Assistant Secre-
tary c. G. Abbot, are now attracting
wide attention on account of the
promise which they hold for weather
forecasting.
Evening star., 1925-03-29

sonian, Dr. Charles D. walcott. has
received international recognition for
his researches and publications on
Cambrian geology and paleontology.
He has discovered and described not
only many of the earlier forms of
animal life found in the fossil state
in the Cambrian rocks, but ne has also
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

Christmas Club savings
buys it. For the balance
take until next Christmas,
a whole year from now,
to pay! .s:.
A full"sized 5-passenger
Sedan with ample seating
capacity for S full-grown
people to ride all winter
long, and through the
years, in cosy closed.car
comfort. A modern auto.
mobile, as handsome a
light car as ever ran on a
public highway. Priced at
only $595-and yours on
the easiest Christmas
terms ever oferedI ..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
PLAN TO RANK CITIES
IN SAFETY PROGRESS

Discussion Of possible plans for
ranking the principal cities of the
country as to their relative improve
ment in reduction Of street and high
way accidents, the receipt of reports
showing decreases in the number OF
Embarrassing accidents and in the
number of collisions between street
cars and automobiles, marked the
progress of the Committee on Stats
tics of the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety as the
committee began preparation of its re-
port to Secretary of Commerce Hoover,
chairman of the conference.
The question considered by the COM
mittee regarding the ranking of cities
was: us it possible on the basis Of
information available or practically
obtainable to work out a way by
which to rank the principal cities as
to their relative improvement in street
and highway safety" The discus
sions indicated that the members were
of the opinion that such an index
might be worked out. 1t was brought
out that the many variable factors
in the safety work undertaken by the
cities of the country complicate the
problem, but it was pointed out that
such plan showing the progress made
in various phases of accident reduc-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
ASSURE FASTER
DISTRIBUTION
Of AU 7 0S
Anticipating Record Year
Chevrolet Expands Field
ORGANIZATION.

In anticipation Of another record.
breaking year during 1926, the Chev-
rolet Motor company has greatly ex-
panded Its field organisation to as
sure quick distribution Of cars and
parts to its thousands OF dealers.
The expansion program just COM
pleted involved the opening OF three
new zone offices In key cities and the
erection Of specially designed sales
and service buildings at four other
zone points.
The new zone offices are located at
New York City. Cleveland, Ohio, and
Omaha, Neb. The offices are in the
heart Of the automobile districts In
their respective cities.
The new zone distribution buildings
are ut Des Moines, Iowa: Minneapolis,
Mimi; Charlotte, n. c.. and Jack.
sonville, Fla. All of the buildings
have direct railroad freight service.
facilitating the receiving of cars and
parts and their re-shipment to dealers
throughout the zones.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

sum of $3.50, 0O0,0 900 or 100000, 900
which we shall pay is equal to more
than twice the net earnings for divi-
dends on all our electric power COM
panies, or equal to 30 per cent more
than the net earnings for dividends
Of all our railways. It would seem,
therefore, to be worth some attention.
MEANS OF DEFENSE.
The dangers TO cur manufacturing
industry that may come through a
collapse in the price are 50 great that
some Of the smaller manufacturers
have ceased production as they fear
they could not stand the logs Of sud.
denly diminishing inventory values.
I have referred ut length to the case
of rubber merely by way of illustrn-
ton. Coffee could Ne similarly used.
All Of these combinations are poten-
tally dangerous.
The problem we have to confront
is a most pertinent one. What can
we do to defend ourselves against trade
war being made upon us?
The measures that we can take OF
course vary with each combination.
I do not wish to favor trade reprisals.
Some of the following measures would
ultimately afford relief II we had them
organized, and all are wholly defen-
sive in nature:
1. Our bankers can be discouraged
from giving American credits to the
support Of these combinations.
2. We should initiate a strong sys-
tematic campaign for voluntary saving
in use in every one OF the comrrno-
dities where these combinations be-
come extortionate.
USE SUBSTITUTES.
8. We should stimulate the manu-
facture and use Of substitutes.
4. We should stimulate production
In countries where the commodities
in question are not likely to be SUBJ
iect to such combinations.
q We might set up some sort of
properly controlled machinery for
emergencies which would prevent our
many hundred buyers from bidding
against each other.
/ will n +, take your time to ira
verse the " mole subject Of these COM
binations and their implications in the
future Of international commerce or
good will in the world. enclose
copy of an address I made at Erie.
Pa, on October 81, 1925, in which /
appealed to the other nations to abar-
don these wars upon us and other
consuming nations, basing that appeal
on the interest of the world as a
whole.
Yours faithfully.
HERBERT HOOVER.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

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somely upholstered. A
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as efficient a power-plant
as ever was built into an
automobile.
Here is a car that looks
like double the money
and drives and rides even
better than it looks.
Only $se5-on special
Christmas terms. Your
present car applied as part
payment!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
SOU TIL TEXAS
FORD DEALERS
TO N { { I
IS Expected to Attend
Convention Here on
December ~.

Approximately 70 dealers are ex-
pected to attend the South Texas Ford
dealers meeting to be held In San An
tonic on Tuesday, December %, an
nounces James Jordan, Of Jordan
1vers Motor company. The meeting
will be called at 9:30 a. m. in the
sales room OF Jo-dan-Ivcrs Motor
company.
The dealers. which will come from
the San Antonio trade territory, will
discuss plans, contracts and other BUSH
ness for 1925.
Several officials Of the Ford Motor
company factory branch at Houston
will be present at the meeting to talk
on various subjects Of interest to South
Texas Ford dealers, Mr.. Jordan
states.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
ARTIFICIAL FAMINE.


That the situation Is wholly an ar
tificial creation is evidenced by the
fact that the normal world consump-
non Of rubber for 1926 is estimated
at about $50 600 tons. whereas the
potential production II unrestricted
would be probably 625,000 tons. We
are therefore not in the midst of a
genuine rubber famine but purely an
artificial one created by restriction on
production for the purpose of advanc-
ing prices.
Our imports for 1925 will be about
$4,000, 900 pounds and at normal
growth our consumption will 1e 900,-
100000 pounds in 1926. At the price
declared by the price fixing body as
flair" to them. our next year supply
would cost us about 1924, 100000 but
at the present prices Of S1.10 per
pound it will cost us about 5000. 000,-
600 or 1896, 000,O in excess of the
"fair" price.
These increased prices Of rubber are
very real thing TO every family in
the United States. The price over
and above the so-called "fair'' price
means an increased charge of probably
$40 or $50 for each set of tires on
n light automobile, and $50 to $40
for each set on heavy car.
may mention that IL present prices
are maintained against us, the excess
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
j. P. LeNOIR AND
|. D. MKEE VISIT
OVERLAND FACTORY

J. p. LcNoir and !. d. Mckee, Of
the San Antonio Overland company,
left San Antonio last week for the
factory. They will be away for a
week.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
OFFER DEFENSE
IN RUBBER
TRADE WAR
Hoover Suggests System
for Resisting Price
Fixing.

Secretary Hoover has addressed the
following letter in reply to request
OF Senator Capper:
THE HONORABLE
ARTHUR CAPPER,
United States Senate. 4
MY DEAR MIR. SENATOR:
I have your letter inquiring as to
the present activities of combinations
and monopolies to fix prices of our
important raw material imports that
lave been created or fostered by for
eign governments. This matter has
become even more urgent than when
fw0 years ago you introduced some
defensive legislation in support OF
which I addressed you at the time.
We are now subject to the full re-
suit OF monopoly action and we have
,lo machinery of adequate defense. 1t
is inherent in ali unregulated mono
poles everywhere that they never can
be content with reasonable returns,
but must sooner or later undertake ex-
tortion. Without traversing the de.
velopments in all the ten or twelve
combinations now running against us
or in those that are IN contemplation,
may use the single case Of rubber
rs a sufficient illustration Of where
these things carry.
THE FAIR" PRICE.
The control of rubber production
in the British East Indies was Or
ganized under the Stevenson plan in
1922. That area produces about 20
per cent of the worlds rubber, and
we consume about 20 per cent Of the
worlds rubber. At the time the plan
was put into effect by Colonial legis-
lation the claim was made that its
purpose was to assure fair price to
The growers. The Growers Committee
stated that such fair price would
be from fifteen to eighteen pence go
TO 36c) per pound. We were assured
that this "fair" price was the sole OBJ
jective Of the combination. Exhaus-
tive investigations Of the Department
Of Commerce into the industry in the
East Indies showed that at that price
the capital invested in the industry
would earn an annual average profit
from Is to % per cent.
she price has been advanced during
year in the following stages, as
~n by average New York spot quo
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
BUYS OVERLAND

A representative of the Schulle
Sales Company, Maxwell, was in San
Antonio during the last few days to
get an Overland six sedan from the
San Antonio Overland Company.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

ton would be Of vslue to every COM
munity which is seeking to reduce traf.
fic hazards.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
Lasts n1M72y yea,S-e7Mke
m@'1Y months to pap

Your Christmas Savings
Fund-that money you
otherwise would spend,
perhaps, for things nobody
really wants or cares any.
thing about-why not get
foritsomething everybody
belonging to you will con.
tinuously enjoy7.
How better could those
hard.saved dollars be in.
vested than in a handsome
new automobile!
A very small amount
down and this smart
looking Overland is yours.
A small part only Of your
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20


BuudLaa Of Il
Of
half the state Of
ChyMrS in
NASHVILLE the Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-23
Last-Ninute Gift Suggestions From, Our
llUear and Linen Sections

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This quality is best for long service.
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Palais Roval-
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Step-in Sets
SI.79

These sets make splendid
gifts. In soft shades Of or
child, honey and flesh colored
striped shadow batiste.
beautifully hand-embroid-
cred. Sizes Is and II.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-14
SPLENDID PROGRAM GIVEN HERE AS
TRIBUTE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

over to tho schools. Teachers are
.nctoriously underpaid in many sec
tions, he declared, qualifying his
statement however, by stating that
in Imperial Valley, teachers are bet
ter paid than in most communities.
Reads Editorial
An editorial from the Imperial
Valley Press anent the Importance
of teachers realizing their impor-
tance in tho scheme of today s de-
mocracy was read in full by Mr.
Osborne.
Splendid musical numbers were
rendered by male quartet, COM
posed of DR.. r. c. Clemons. Percie
Thaekar. Rev. A. +. Schultz and
Joseph Cosby. who rendered Gre
member Now Thy Creator" by Ar
thur Sullivan and "'Where My Ca
ravan Has Rested. -
Martha Preikschat of the Wilson
school rendered piano solo elm
promptu in A Flat - by Schubert i'll
q brilliant manner, and shows un-
usual talent for Il girl of her age.
DR.. Schultz in two solo numbers
"The Bandolerro' and "The Forge
Song from Robin Hood delighted
the audience. Elmer A. Todd proved
a most capable accompanist to the
various vocal numbers.
Mrs. Winnifred McIvor, who was
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