Evening star., 1927-05-29
Earl Indirectly Gave
Name to Section
In Stuart
Era.
Past Aristocratic.
Wild erness and
Rough Characters
Reigned But
Recently.

HdIuiy CdH Dc Sdlu tU De ucNHtOplHk
as population centers. There Is the
old village of Bancroft. on the Columbia
Pike about half way between the High
way Bridge and Annandale, in Fairfax
County. Previous to 1910 there was
a station there of the Washington &
Ohio Railroad, later taken over by
the Washington & Old Dominion. and
a mill on Four Mile Run operated by
a DIR. Bancroft. In the latter year
Bancroft sold the mill and q subdivi.
sion was financed by Mrs. Abbie @.
Fox which has developed into the pres
ent village.
Arlington, on the same road, Is the
only village in the county which IL
not the direct result Of real estate
development. Fifty years ago there
was a schoolhouse there with few
houses grouped around it. 1t has
been built up house by house. The
community made little real progress
until the World War sent Government
clerks out of crowded Washington to
seek lower rents and purer air In the
suburbs.
Rosslyn, at the Virginia end of Key
Bridge, is now a thriving business
community with a bank, numerous
stores, and the Offices of the Washing
ton & Old Dominion Railroad. It IN
becoming manufacturing center.
Probably It is the Oldest settlement
In the county and takes its name
from the Rosslyn farm in the neigh
borhood, owned before the Civil War
by Gen. Ross. There was a village
there, called West Haven, during the
war.
One Incorporated Town.
Arlington County has only one In
corporated town, Potomac. near Alex
andria. This is the result of three
subdivisions opened by New York
concern almost simultaneously with
the first development at Ballston.
Potomac has developed rapidly since
the war and has its own town govern
ment and police system.
The subdivisions are served by the
Washington-Alexand street railway.
They may eventually become a part
of the Alexandria corporation. The
community life is closely associated
with that of the larger city-much
more closely than with the Clarendon
Ballston-C -Cherrydale population and
business center,
There are some curious old wills
in the county courthouse which give
"a picturesque touch to the early days.
document made in England in 1913 by
which Sarah Fairfax notifies "all and
singular, the faithful in Christi of the
bequest Of her property to Rev.
Bryan, Lord Fairfax, her nephew.
Among the most curious is the last
testament of Harry Piper, merchant
of Alexandria" with it's clause: MY
faithful servant Charles hath served
me long and hope from my treat.
ment of him during the time OF his
servitude he has seldom had reason
to feel the pain of his being a slave,
and advise fortune might 60 hard
with him. Therefore It Is my will and
desire that IL ne be in my possession
at the time OF my death he be then
set free. It is not convenient for me
to comply with the laws of this colony
for setting slaves free, yet / hope
while he continues to behave well, il
he chooses'it, he may continue to live
in this colony unmolested, but IL there
should be any danger of his being
taken up and sold / hope I shall
have some friends left to interfere
in his behalf. 1t is my desire that If
such should be the case he may be
sent to England or any other place he
may choose and the expenses of his
passage be paid by my executors"
County School System.
The school system of Arlington
County deserves more than a pass
ing mention. 1t is everywhere on a
par with the best city systems. The
county has erected 16 new buildings
within the past year equipped with
Fairgrounds, lunchrooms and all the
most modern educational equipment.
There are two high schools, one At
Potomac serving the eastern and one
az Ballston serving the western sec.
tons. Grade schools are located con.
veniently for every pupil.
The one-room county school, 30 prev.
aient In the rest of Virginia, has prac-
tioally disappeared. There are, in
lact. two left and Supt. Kemp wishes
10 Keep them as long as possible as
an educational experiment. There is
a great deal to be said. he holds. for
me ola one-room country school, where
an grades are Jumped together. It
mas advantages which cannot he du.
plicated in the consolidated school
with the increasing population. OF
course, general system of one.room
schools would be out of the question
dnere was a school population in
1870 or about 5000, of which about
W per cent was white. The classes
are In charge OF 127 teachers. Pc
tween 1910 and 1925 the school non.
ulation increased approximately 2a5
per cent, and the increase has been
even more rapid during the past two
or three years which have marked
tne greatest influx of suburba mites
across the Potomac. The school
ptTperty pt mas a valuation of 1924 per
cnlid, not quite so high as that Of
Washington.
Has Thirty-tw0 Churches.
There are 32 churches in the county.
located as follows: Baptist, In Rails.
ton Bon Air, Cherrydale, Clarendon
Del Ray, Fort Myer Heights and IJv'
lngston Heights; Episcopal, in Cherrv.
1ale, Haywood, Braddock Heights.
clarendon, Glencarlyn and Arlington:
Metnodist, in Aurora Heights, Balls.
ton, Clarendon, Del Ray and Lee
Manor; Presbyterian, in Alcova, Balls.
ION ana Clarendon; Roman Catholic,
IN Clarendon and Mount Ida, Other
include ChristIsn
church at Ballston, a CONGREGATIONAL
church at Jewel Station, a. Nazarin.
cnurch at Park Lane, Methodist Prot.
estant churches at Aurora Hills
6aIston and Cherrydale: a Union
'hurch at Bancroft and a Cbristian
at East Falls Church.
Ihe industrial development OF Ar.
lngt0n County is confined to one GEO.
ION. extending from Rosslyn i'm a
;urVlng area which includes South
y Nashington, the brickyard district. and
potomao yards. The products OF thi.
Industrial area include different tvpes
II brick, cinder concrete blocks, com.
herclaI oxygen, vegetable oils, glass.
hiiiwork. screens. tire chains and
'aint. In this Industrial section there
ire many desirable factory sites WITH
'pur'tr ack facilities. The area. is oniv
u minutes away from downtown
"A network of suburban street rail.
way and bus lines covers the entire
county. The Washington q Ola No.