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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-06-16
HISTORIC EVENTS DOT THE
HISTORY OF JUNE
THE

Jeffersn Davis was born on June
3 in 1903. On the same day of the
month. in 1865. King George first
saw the light. and his eldest son. the
Prince of Wales. arrived on the 23d
of June. 1924. June 20. 1897. mark
ed the accession Of Queen Victoria.
On June 5. 1862. was born Bushrod
Washington. who was a member Of
the Virginian Convention ratifying
the Federal Constitution, and upon
the death Of Martha Washington in
herited Mount Vernon.
Nathan Hale was born on June 6.
1855. and June 9. 1871. was the ma
tai day of John Howard Pawn. author
of Home. Sweet Home" Henry
Ward Beecher's birthday was June
"a. 1913.
Important events of the month of
June include the admission of Ken
lucky. June /. 1892: passing of
Maine Prohibition law. June 2. 1851:
creation of the Territory of Missouri,
June 4. 1872: passing of resolution
OF Independence. June 2. 1776;
Tennessee's admission. June 1. 1895.
and Flag Day. June IA. King John
Of England sealed (but did not sign)
Magma Charta June is. 1915.
BENJAMIN Franklin is credited with
drawing electricity from the clouds
on June Is. 1852: West Virginia was
admitted to the Union on June 10.
1863: the War of 1912 began on
June 10: June %. 1907. saw the at
tack on the frigate Chesapeake: on
June 70. 1888. Penn made his famous
treaty. with the Indians. On June
70. 1875. Custer was defeated by
the Indians: the Fugitive Slave law
was repealed on June %. 1864; the
tea tax was imposed on the Colonies
by Great Britain on June 20. 1857.
and the Louisiana Purchase was CON-
pleted on June 30; 1903.
Schedule Of mail trains. and
time Of closing of mails at Charles
Town, West Virginia, post Office:
Train No. So, due $40 A. NJ, B.
& 0. r. R., (See motel.
Train No. IS, ". & w. r. r. due
1859 A. NJ, Mail closes $3.50 A. M.
Train No. %. N. & w. r. r. due
1859 A. NJ. Mail closes $3.50 A. NJ.
Train No. 81 B. Il o. r. r. due
9:17 A. NJ, Mail closes $50 A. NJ.
Train No. So. B. & o. R. R. due
11:41 A. NJ, Mail closes 1915 A. NJ.
Train No. Sc B. & o. r. R.. due
1905 p. NJ, Mail closes 11:45 A. M.
| lSee motel.
$50 P. M, Mail closes 80 p. M.
Train No. 81, B. & o. r. R., due
1921 P. NJ, Mail closes Abs P. M.
Train No. 81. N. & w. r. R.. due
5 :2S P. NJ. Mail closes :55 P. M.
Train No. 50, B. & 0. r. R.. due
6 40 p. NJ, Mail closes $40 p. M.
Train No. Ia. N. & w. r. R.. due
7:49 P. NJ. Mail closes 700 P. NJ.
(See motel.
Only one mail dispatched on Sum
days, train No. 10 as above
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-06-16

FAITH IN eoD a-es
Ia. SAYS CONGRESS
ay BOWMAN
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r. c%osmmsneem...n' Ad-
laa Class at Martins
r. Va. June
g, % the spiritual side d.,
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8 - n America today:
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ri.t-ict. told graduates
y H;gb School at their
er,enent exercises mere
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$ = and deals Of our
. = 81, Bowman de-
70 must accent God as
Il mt as a convenience.
. :. ,ie seems to be in
a Utilizing Gods DOW
4fe becomes doubtful.
sriio1s. Vel do We re-
tbis nation turned TO
ne World War. In the
~ ssrii that menaced the
,stion all men felt the
Since the signing of
l. however, what has our
With Him? Have we
rsgience Of God? Is He
fo5lr in times Of trouble,
peril9 Nv Young friends.
4 chance. His power is
al IN times Of peaee than
ksr If we use It in times
viii have no occasion to
knes Of war. War viii be
Eqn Bowman declared
ktire structure of our ma
4 threatened BY substitute
! Of material things for
Divine Power. "The
/ Of science. education and
! said. "has resulted in
kpt4nee as our modern
But no single one of these
American progress can
|tior unless directed by an
HI in Cod" he declared.
| Hqnker the World War
writer. has defined faith
| your life that there is a
bis definition is true. all
b responsive to God. He
Known as the mind and
be Universe. rather than a
aith is accepting Him as a
ie adventures of life. rath-
goal in life. It leads the
rust and hope moves the
b; inspires the hands to
ID gives virtue and honor
,.aith IS the foundation of
bout which men degener-
' fails, and governments
nv centuries education has
lone of civilization. but in
5 the development of edu-
Closed our eyes to the
EDS of service. and is re-
.or a new and strange
Of Iife Education will
oed j. i it gives US a wrong
Of life. and knowledge IS
ignorance if it the wrong
..s In this connec-
l ll want TO be mis-under.
i Re in education and be-
4 Of activities should be
~ ~. aeepened until every
..I'eracy has vanished. r
the trained mind - +ba
~ IT, ana trained hands.
81 realize the dangers q Of II;
on our knowledge an i'm NJ
,Of SOB y.! Of life. and par
me spiritual life -
M. :. Bowman told the
! nay H. you ,.,s. are the channels reis
h. we e.l guidance of the ma.
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lla me Inc stream of centur-
or the solution on of fre ate
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-06-16

Fa adRa5ea and aaftv.seven stu
/ the ss' o a, Sheoberd CO.. J.
school Gas. / ssh. IN the history
Students mon, aMong Jefferson
'tandarjl r receiving diplomas :,
sl ar E7sF L JG apets9 Owe We're e
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Link. AMI AMI course. Daniel
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'-,rTH IN GOD NEED
s.ys CONGRESS-
Is BOWMAN

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l rs Commencement Ao-
ins Si,. at Martins
re Na
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03


pinnacles, for closer view of the great
totem post. 1 am not good at mea-
suring heights or distances by my eye,
but he assured me that it was at least
$50 feet high and had diameter at its
base of about Is feet. 1t was he who
gave it the name of Totem Post, point
ing out that the shallow burrows or
cracks in the rocks, in their wind
ings, resembled very much the carv-
ings of the old totem posts of the
Indians.
At the top of the ascent we again
sighted the work of Cochise's busy
sculptors, and I asked Sam how far
it was from where we stood to the
top of the mountains. After squirting
and going through lot of eye motions
apparently indicative of a desire to be
exact in his calculations, he replied that
lit was pretty fur"
For the moment, however, I had lost
interest in my question and it's answer
for, out on the desert a sudden whirl-
wind spouted column of dust sky
ward, and my thoughts had turned tc
immeasurable things. In that un-
broken harmony of silence, under the
dome of the heavens, nearby noun
tains were overlooked in contempla-
tion of the great measures of space.
But we had to push on. There was
another descent to be made to reach
the camping ground that had been de-
scribed to us by our host at Faraway
ranch. 1t was very necessary that we
locate the spring on which our water
mic
We were up early the next morning
Laura, always peevish if aroused before
she is quite ready to rise, again made
sarcastic remarks about the cooks ef-
forts in the flapjack line, but, instead
of bearing her remarks in silence, he
smiled and said:
/ I'll show you some flapjacks, ma'am
worse than these before we leave this
place"
well, that will be one laugh fol
me-" retorted Laura.
Before the day was over, Sam kept
his word There they were, tall stacks
: of them, immense in size and STONY
cold. We agreed perfectly with hin
that they were not turned by a fiji
of the skillet, as he turned his flap.
jacks. At short distance, the illusion
is perfect. You know at glance thai
they are stacks of pancakes, even be-
fore you discover an accessory OF
breakfast near by-a perfect sugar
loaf.
Laura so far unbent as to grin feebly
and seeing this, Sam soberly suggested
that, though his fIapjacks were heavy
they were at least hot
We spent week wandering through
the canyons, viewing some of the for.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03


knowledge that Laura's intuition was
correct, for we were invited to remain
to lunch, and the food was all and
more than she had foretold. We
learned that the ranch bore the name
of "Faraway Ranch" and that the
owners were willing to accept guests at
a very reasonable rate, Nnsidering the
accommodations offered. The hot bis
cults popped open on one side as though
begging for the sweet country butter,
and the fragrant coffee, thick with
cream, will linger long in my memory.
From information gained from our
host, we decided to leave the car at
the ranch and travel. by horseback the
remainder of the way, and shortly after
lunch we set out. Two pack horses
carried our camping outfit, and we
each had a good mount. We had only
travelled few miles before we dis
covered that this mode of reaching our
objective was necessary as the hiking
"trip we had at first considered would
have been decidedly strenuous for
Laura. There is a climb of more than
five miles, and though the forest serv-
ice has built trails over the region,
they are all uphill, and 1ortuous would
be mild word to describe the direc-
tions they take. The pathway was
shaded and the ground covered with
pine needless, here being the beginning
of the timber line above the deserts S
barrenness, but this only lasted a small
part of the way, and then our ponies
ceased to trot and began to place their
feet more securely on the rocky trail.
AS we went on, we made the climb in
single file, for only here and there is
the path wide enough to permit one to
pass another rider.
At "a sudden turn in the way, we had
our first view of what Sam persisted
on calling "the rocks" High up, across
the canyon, they stood. There seemed
to be hundreds of them, all pinnacle
in shape-their spires changing in color
even as we looked at them. Sam voiced
the thought that instantly sprang into
need 'emw And truly. they did look
as if some architect had designed them
for a temple.
Sam, half turning in his saddle,
watched Laura's face. Sort 'uh
worth lookin' at ma'am, amt it?" he
inquired gently, and our doubling
Thomas admitted, before she thought
that they were; then, catching a mild
CLEAN of triumph in his eye, added
But when do we laugh?"
Sam prodded his horse with his heel,
and continued to climb, the set of his
shoulders showing that he was think
ing some folks were hard to please.
Later, Sam and I made the descent
, through Bonita canyon, and up to these
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

band surrendered to General Miles in
1866 and were taken, together with
their families as prisoners of war to
Florida. In a little less than year
they were relocated in Alabama and
We're finally placed on a reservation in
Oklahoma.
Their local history is further borne
out by picture writing on the walls
and roofs of various caves in the
mountains which they are said to have
occupied. These hieroglyphics are done
in colors-brilliant reds, yellows and
blue, white and black-still very dis
, tinct. Access to the caves is difficult
and one can we'll understand they
proved to be satisfactory hiding places.
The stones of "The Pinnacles," or
"Wonderland of. Rocks the latter
name given. to it by the Douglas Cham
Der of Commerce, are of rhyolitic for
nation. The scientific explanation of
the strange forms they take is this:
Rhyolite, coming from a Greek word
meaning "to flow" is fine grained
| igneous rock, very acid, and of volcanic
origin. Parts of the rocks are worn
away by the forces of nature. These
same forces add additional material,
thus tending to bring to uniformity the
earths surface. Through the alternate
contraction and expansion by cold and
heat little cracks are produced on the
face of the rocks. Water entering and
freezing further enlarges the tiny
fissures. Erosion continues. The
softer portions of the stones wear away
under the action of water, and 10! the
astonishing shapes are left standing.
This explanation may satisfy scien-
lists, but leaves me still pondering the
subject, and more than half believing
Sam's version of the origin of the
strange shapes.
What was this here ladys name,
masam, that had such a stony stare?
You know whom II mean-she had
snakes for hair and all she had to do
was to look at yuh and yuh jest
nachrally turned to rock. Medusa-
that's her, ma'am. Well 1 guess this
is where she camped"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
WHERE NATURE RESTS

"They used to live up there, ma'am,
on the head waters of the Gila river"
he said. "Apaches, they was called,
but now some folks gives 'em the name
of Cherrycows. That's the name they
give these mountains, too"
I had long before discovered that
Sans pronunciation was not all that
could be desired, so I later consulted
a map and found that the proper name
of this range is the Chiricahua noun
! tains.
"Old Cochise was one of their big
Chiefs" Sam continued. HE was the
, lad General Miles sort 'uh suppressed
and moved out from here. They do
say, ma'am, that before he got abated
by the soldiers, he sent lot 'uh young
bucks over and had 'em carve his pic
ture on that there mountain"
Some carvers," stated Laura gravely
what sort of mallets and chisels did
they have, Sam?" But he refused to
further commit himself.
I'm jest telling you what's been
told me- he answered, mildly.
AS L listened to Sans story and
gazed at the likeness which grew
clearer and more like the features of
an Indian, I had a fancy that nature
had provided in this form lasting
monument to the aborigines.
At about 70 miles from Douglas we
came to a large house that Laura in
sisted looked to be hospitable,-and she
demanded that we stop, saying that by
the way it's doors stood open she knew
they We're expecting us; that there
would be good food, we'll cooked, on it's
table, and an easy chair in which she
could rest her bones. 1 told her that
if she thought less of food there might
be occasion to rest her bones, accent
ing the last word, but she paid no
attention to the slur, and went on in
a confident tone.
ct is II o'clock she said, "and I
just know they will ask us to stay to
lunch. Besides, they can probably tell
us a great deal about this place that
is supposed to be so highly entertain
ing" she added, with a dark look at
Sam. There was at one and the same
time hope in her voice that we would
find ourselves out on FOOLS errand,
and a threat to turn back Immediately
if this proved true.
Our guide was discreetly silent, but
his air was so hopeful, and his attitude
tention and suggested so strongly that
for once he thoroughly approved of her
/! words, that I gave in. I had to ac-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
By J. r. MACON.

We arrived in Douglas day in early
autumn, and, while waiting for Sam to
get our outfit together and make the
necessary preparations, took advantage
of the opportunity to cross the boun-
dary line into Old Mexico. This proved
to be an error Of judgment on my part.
/ don't know what Laura expected to
see there, being of a romantic and
fanciful temperament, but she shifted
very decidedly on our American side,
and tartly gave her opinion that the
whole wild goose chase would be as
disappointing as what we had just
seen.
However, she is not insensible to the
beauties and charms of nature, and
certainly no one could long bear a
grudge while breathing this magic air
and viewing the ever changing lights
and hues of the desert, so by the time
our guide was ready to start she had
recovered her equanimity sufficiently
to be willing to witness the fiasco she
so confidently predicted
We left Douglas in the early morning,
passing through the villages of Nc
Neal, Elfrida and Light, on surfaced
road and on what appeared to be the
most travelled of the roads through
Sulphur Springs valley. There are a
number of roads, almost web-like, over
the deserts floor, but Sam, with an
unerring instinct, selected the right
one.
The level stretches of the desert are
broken by an occasional dwelling, some
of them on what appear to be thriving
farms, others untenanted, apparently
abandoned by pessimistic homesteaders.
There is just one word to describe your
impression of distance, as the earth s
surface seems to fall away into the
void of space, only to rise at intervals
in the broken lines and changing colors
of mountain ranges-interminable
Laura was the one to see the outlines
of head, masklike profile along the
mountain top, the face turned skyward.
I paid little attention to it at first, for
she is given to seeing pictures in the
sky, beasts and birds in cloud shapes,
but as we drew nearer had to admit
that the likeness was there.
t'Yesg ma'ami' said Sam, when I
called his attention to the irregular
line. "It shore looks like one of the
old Indians that used to hang out in
these here mountains
Asked for a more detailed account,
he told of events in Arizona history.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

Spanish matadors lodging empty
wine bottles instead Of the sharp horns
of bulls furnished entertainment at the
Frejus arena, near ST. Rafael, to a
large number of spectators who had
gone there to witness what had been
advertised as a bull fight.
Neither bulls nor matadors seemed to
know anything about the game. None
of the six fighters had any of the
finness of the great Belmonte, and the
bulls were docile. Three spectators
were arrested while leaning on the
ring barriers and prodding the sleepy
animals with pen knives.
Finally some of the crowd attempted
to get some amusement for their money
and sent fusillade of bottles at the
fighters and bulls. One matador was
struck on the head When the show
was over, police had to protect the bull
fighters as they made their way out.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
new PROCESS MAY MEAN MUCH
follow GRADE ORE OF STATE

process which, if successful on
commercial scale, will go far toward
revolutionizing metallurgy and which
the southwest, has just been mr.
nounced by the Miners Conversion
will make immensely valuable i'm
mense deposits of low grade ores in
company with offices IN the Sun FL
nance building
The company which has no stock
to sell, claims to have worked out
what mining men and metaIlurgists
have vainly sought for many years
a practicable and economical means
for separating and eliminating re-
fractory ores.
H. D. Rankin, a chemist who was
for many years employed in the man.
ufacture of paints, is the inventor
of the process. Associated with him
are H. HI. Armstrong and w. M. ARM
strong, who have had considerable
experience in mining and petroleum
production. Mr.. Rankin was recently
granted a basic patent on what is
known as corrosion pot, which is
the device he employs in the pro-
cess. The company has small lab
oratory on San Fernando road, where
it has been conducting experiments.
The big problem of the mining in
dustry in the southwest has always
been that of handling refractory ores
at a cost low enough to return a
profit from the recoverable metals.
Zinc and zinc-lead have presented the
chief difficulties. Arsenic and anti.
mony have likewise complicated the
matter of reducing ores to valuable
commercial metals Ores which run
small quantities of zinc are penalizeG
at the smelters and the cost or re-
moval is deducted from the value of
the recovery metals. If the ore runs
any appreciable quantity of zinc it is
refused by most of the smelters, Of
else it eats up the value of the
other metals in the process of separa-
tion.
Scattered through the southwest &rS
inestimable quantities of valuable
commercial ores, such as copper, iron.
silver, gold, ETC., but in almost every
instance the metal is mixed with re>
fractory ores, which are difficult tc
remove, and some of them cannot be
removed without completely wiptng
out the value of the metals which are
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
most desired.
Employs Acid Process


Employs Acid Process
The Rankin corrision pot employb
a sulphuric acid process. 1t is capa-
ble of taking sulphide ores and re-.
ducing them by the use of the sui
phuric which they yield, and most Oh
the acid is recovered and can be useo
in the reduction of other metals. The
process is based upon the treatment,
under heavy pressure, or metals which
have been ground to a powder ana
mixed into a paste with small guam
titles of sulphuric acid.
H. H. Armstrong, who is taking an
active part in the DEVELOPMENT or the
process, says that the process Will
produce lead for less than 2 IL cents
o pound, zinc for IL cents pounc.
and copper for 4 IL cents per pound
as an outside cost.
He cites an instance OF an ore de-
posit which has yielded. in several
laboratory tests, at the rate of SS5
per ton, the chief product being
copper. Another ore deposit irv
Orange county, about rs miles from
Los Angeles, has sampled more than
S135 per ton, in laboratory tests
According to the Armstrong; there
are hundreds of mineral deposits in
the various counties of the south
west which are capable of being pro-
fitably treated by the corrosion pro-
cess.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
NO. 1882
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE
CURRENCY

Washington, ID. C., February 1st, 1926.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence
presented to tho undersigned, it has
been made to appear that
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MILTON
in the town of Milton, County of Sus-
sex and State of Delaware, has COM
piled with all the provisions of the
Statutes of the United States required
to be complied with before an Associa-
tion shall be authorized to commence
the business of Banking.
NOW THEREFORE,, I, Charles w.
Collins, Acting Comptroller of the Cur
rency, do hereby certify that
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MILTON
in the town of Milton, County of Sus-
sex and State Of Delaware, is author
lied to commence the business of
Banking as provided in section Fifty
one hundred and sixty-nine of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, wit
ness my hand and Seal of Office this
first day of February, 1926.
CHARLES w. COLLINS,
Acting Comptroller of the Currency.
f19-St
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
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bination and does not contain Pro-
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are necessary to maintain healthy
cattle and fowls, if heavy milk and
egg production is to be expected of
them. This mineral mixture helps
to replace in their bodies, what the
strain of heavy production depletes.
1t is also very good for hogs and
all young and growing stock. This
product is not expensive and should
be used by all mixers and feeders.
1t is for sale, straight or in mashes,
by the following dealers. Ask them
about it.:
Simpson Bros, Milford, Del.
Oscar Blair, Milford, Del.
John v. Weidler, Dover, Del.
Houston Roller Mills, Houston,
Del.
Diamond State Roller Mills,
Milton, Del.
Layton & Ayers, Georgetown, Del.
The Sussex Milling Co., Millsboro,
Del.
Williams & Baker, Dagsboro, Del.
Howard H. Dickerson, Laurel, Del.
Enterprise Milling Co., Seaford,
Del.
Bridgeville Flour & Feed Mills,
Bridgeville, Del.
Distributed in Kent and Sussex
Counties by Simpson Bros, Milford,
Del. Phone 274. j15-tf
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05

FOR SALE-Double building lot on
East Second street, South Milford. This
lot has 27 apple trees now in bearing,
and is located in a fine section. To the
person desiring to build it should prove
attractive. For further particulars see
Grover c. Marvel. Milford, Del. 1t