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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

waiter +. and Mona Bridges 70
A. II. Markowsky lot IL, East City
View Heights Adm, Harlingen. So
$1,000.
Ben II. and ETA c. Sanders TO
Geo. E. Walter, town lot IL blk /,
North Side Heights Addn., Harlin-
gen. 5000.
S. G.. and Lucille Stringer to
Maud NJ. Walter, all town lots 5, 6,
blk l57, Harrington. $4315.90.
r. II. and Lois Weed to Maud M.
Walter lot 4 blk "A" Lake Side
Heights Adm, Harlingen. 500.
Chauncey Elmer Spicer ct Tx TO
County Of Cameron. a strip OF land
100 fl. wide along st. highway 100
for public road purposes 500.
j. p. Crouch, decd, by executor
TO Robert 8. Larimer east 10 &C. OF
West rs &C, blk Is, Fresnos Land
&c Irrig. Co. $3.50.
j. p. Crouch, decd, by executor
to Robert S. Larimer, 10 &C. out Of
blk %, Fresnos Land g. Irrig Co.
$3.50.
j. p. Crouch, decd, by executors
to Robert s. Larimer w. 17.48 &C..
blk %. Fresnos Land & Irrig. Co.'S
SUD. Zl6o-UU
Charles Larson ct ux to w. w.
Underwood lot IA blk IL of a sub.
known as East Avondale. $3.50.
Charles Larson ct ux to Mrs. Et-
ca Bruce lot 10 blk IL. East Avon
dale, Harrington. $3.50.
w. w. and Alta Underwood to w.
w. Todd lot II blk IL: lot II blk
Is. East Avondale. $40.
Mrs. Eta Bruce. Geo. r. Bruce
10 w. w. Todd. lot 10 blk IL, East
Avondale. s1.00.
Charles Larson ct ux to w. w.
Todd lot II blk II, East Avondale.
$3.50.
Charles Larson ct ux TO Alta IN
derwood. lot u blk Is, East Avon
+. w. and Matte Belle Moran to
the AL Parker Sec. Co. N. 10 ac.,
blk 81. Mimi Texas Land & Irrig.
Co. $40.
Port Isabel Irrig. Co. to VIM. RI.
and Freida Backmeyer w. 4.3S &C,
of Z. 1-2 OF blk Al; and e. 2.48 &C.
OF w. IL OF blk Al, Port Isabel
Irrig. Co.'S Sub, Bayview Citrus
Groves Sub, Unit ? plat a-13. s1o.-
5000.
Port Isabel Irrig. Co. to Elmer B.
Kreimier ct Tx, w. 3 nc. OF blk Al,
Port Isabel Irrig. Co.'S Sub, Bay
view Citrus Groves Sub, Unit 2,
plat s-13. $500.
Port Isabel Irrig. Co. to Arthur
l.. Bundy ct ux., 500 &C, blk %,
Port Isabel Irrig. Co.'s Sub, Bay
view Citrus Groves Sub. Extension,
plat ?, plat ITO. sl0,624.80.
HidaIgo County
G. ". Pitts to Geo. c. Breeding.
Il. 2205 ~. C~apisolla. $40.
III. A. Russell ct al 10 G. M. Finn.
". IL Of lot 5 blk AZ. Alamo Tract.
$40.
John II. shary to Bert Torrey.
N. 1895 &C. OF lot 526, Sharylands.
s5236O0.
Ruth Z. GunneIl to Lloyd A.
.Phares. $40.
+. I. Hester to Tomas Peraies,
lot 20, Sec. 2, L. II. r. SO.
Laurence Holt ct ux to Fl. b. Rus
sell N. I-2 OF lot 5 blk AZ, Alamo
r. NJ Goldsmith to Frank 4. Cor
lies. 5 &C. OF lot 4 Sec. 242, Tex-Mex.
II. and Emile Boesken to Georria
Echols. lot 3 blk 100. Mission. $40.
A. Fl. Malott to Leslie j. Trevor
Ct al, lot ) and 6 blk 81. N. McAllen.
o. T. Lilies ct TX to J. H. Melton.
lot 2 blk l. McColl. $40.
Milburn McCarty TO c. ,. Jester,
w. 1-2 OF blk 1T. Hill Halbert. SO.
18TH DISTRICT COURT
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Why He Succeeded

Honored politically and profession
ally, during his lifetime, DR.. r. v
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STE DISTRICT q

Cases filed.
No. A-44i-Geo. K. Hurt vs.. Con-
stance Marie Hurt. divorce.
No. 442-Espeanja ViIlagomez ct
nj VS.. Ireneo @. de Tn Cara. ct al.
lot 10. III. II and -. biz Is. Donna.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Manuel Alvarez and Guadalupe
Rodriguez.
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BULGARIAN BETS BANNED

SOFIA-More than 100 men have
been sent to jail for violating the
new lay prohibiting gambling.
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COUNTY COURT AT LAW
Hon. John Kleiber, Judge.
No orders.
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COUNTY COURT
Hon o. c. Dancy. Judge.
No suits filed.
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2sTH DISTRICT COURT
Hon. a. w. Cunningham, Judge.
No orders.
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BROWNSVILLE
Brownsville Drug Co.
Cisneros Drug No. i
Cisneros Drug No. :
Eagle Pharmacy, Inc
Martinez Drug Store
McKay's Pharmacy
ALAMO - Alamo Drug Store
BONN - Donna Drug Store;
X. $. Escobar
FDINBURG - Edin b Drug
CO.: r. Moniaiyo Ramos; Fred
Newman: q. n. Pharmacy; Sal
danas Drug Store.
HARLINGEN - Baxter Bids. Drug
Co: Garcia's Drug Store: Me
Larry Drug Store; Schumacher
Company.
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BOND FLASHLIGHTS IN COLOR,

Color today IL the dominant note in almost
every article Of daily use from automobiles 20
house furnishings. from clothing 10 Cameras.
Now the famous Bond Flashlights come IN colcT.
tool Take your choice-marOon. midnight blue.
old ivory. apple green, sunset red
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The great sio.ooo BOND Sio-
gan Contest closed December
sIst. and the winners win be
announced shortly. Gotoycur
dealer and ask him for the
names OF the i.lss men and
women who won prizes. II you
entered the contest. perhaps
your name Is among them
Your authorized BOND deel
er win have the complete ht
rs sccn as II IL ready.
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yours must proceed from the man to
render 1t permanent and valuable, and
nothing short of good sense and an
easy, unaffected conduct can draw the
line between prudery and coquetry.
F. ut would be no great departure from
truth to say that 1t rarely happens
otherwise than that Thoroughbred
coquette dies in celibacy as punish
ment for her attempts to miSlead others
by encouraging looks, words or actions
given for no other purpose than to draw
men on to make overtures that they
may be rejected.
This day, according to our informa-
ton, gives q husband to your elder sis
ter, and meets, 1t is to be presumed, her
fondest desires. The dawn with us is
bright and propitious, hope, of her
future happiness, for full measure Of
which she and Mr.. Law have my ear
nest wishes.
Compliments and congratulations on
this occasion, and best regards are pre-
scented to your mamma, DR.. Stewart and
family; and every blessing, among
which good husband when you want
and deserve one, is bestowed on you, by
yours, affectionately."
X y X
WHEN Washington returned to Mount
w Vernon from Philadelphia, he in
vited his favorite nephew, Lawrence
Lewis, to make his home there and
asked him to assist in the entertaining
Of friends in the evenings. Lawrence
accepted the invitation, and thus it was
under the roof Of the old mansion house
that the romance of Nellie and Law
renee budded, r,atured and resulted in
marriage on fWashingtofl's birthday,
February ~, 1899, In his diary, WASH
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ington made the simple entry: THE
Rev. Mr.. Davis and Mr.. George Calvert
came to dinner and Miss Gusts was
married about candlelight to Mr.. Law
renee Lewis"
In his will, Washington left this cou-
pie some 1000 acres of the Mount Ver-
non estate, and suggested site about 8
miles back of the mansion house for
home. Nellie and Lawrence built the
house In 1904 and named 1t Woodlawn.
Here they lived for about IS years. After
their death, the house fell into decay,
was restored and was the home of the
late Oscar Underwood. Both Lawrence
and Nellie are buried at Mount Vernon.
Washington purchased Abingdon DUR
ing the Revolutionary War and paid
for 1t in Continental money. After the
close of the war, the heirs of Alexander
brought suit to set aside the sale, and
after years of litigation, the court ruled
In favor Of the plaintiffs and Abingdon
went back to the Alexanders. It was
then sold to Mr.. Wise, who transferred
it to Gen. Alexander Hunter, decend-
ant of the Alexanders, who willed 1t to
his brother, Maj. Bushrod Washington
Hunter.
During the Civil War, both Alexander
Hunter and his father served in the
Confederate Army, in view of which
Abingdon was confiscated by the Fed
eral Government. But through the eff
forts Of James A. Garfield and Judge
Black, 1t was recovered for young
Hunter. Soon after its recovery, It
again passed out of the Hunter family,
and this sale separated 1t from the
Alexanders 1t then became stripped
Of its former charm, largely through
Ia
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Abingdon House Family Alexandria,
New Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard Rich in Memories of
Nations Early leadership Striking Letter Written
by Washington Is Recalled

constant and congenial companion. OF
the letters he wrote to her during the
busy days of his presidency in Phila-
delphia, perhaps the most remarkable
Is the following:
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16, 1795.
"Your letter, receipt of which am
acknowledging, is written correctly and
in fair character, which is an evidence
that you command when you please a
fair hand. Possessed of these advan-
tages, 1t will be your own fault if you
do not avail yourself of them, and, at
tention being paid to the shoice of your
subjects, you can have nothing to fear
from malignancy of criticism, as your
ideas are lively and your descriptions
agreeable.
"Let me touch little now on your
Georgetown ball, and happy, thrice
happy, for the fair who were assembled
on the occasion that there was a man
to spare, for had there been 70 ladies
and only rs gentlemen, there might,
In the course of the evening, have been
some disorder among the caps, not
withstanding the apathy which one of
the company entertains for the youth
of the present day, and her determine
ton never to give herself a moments
uneasineSs on account of any Of them
"A hint here: Men and women feel
the same inclinations to each other now
that they always have done, and which
they will continue to do until there
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formed in the presence of the most
notable people of the day. including no
doubt all the Presidents from Jefferson
to Tyler
TN 1a45 william Holmead announced
that he had divided his farm, in
Guiding the race course, into lots OF .
to SO acres, and from this time on
until 1859, when the Crystal Spring
course was laid out. racing events were
held on other nearby tracks. The
Crystal Spring course was only q half
mile track, but for many years 1t pros
pered and drew good crowds by adver-
Using in The Star. of which the follow
ing is an example:
"Stage coaches for Crystal Spring
and the race course. The undersigned
will run a stage coach for the above
places, making two trips a day Except
Sunday, when three trips will be made),
leaving National Hotel at IL and
o'clock, and on Sunday at 10, and 4
o'clock. stopping at the Metropolitan,
Turner & Co.'S, No. 281 Pennsylvania
avenue, Kirkwood and Wizards Hotel.
Fare, round trip, IS cents; children,
half price. E. Ferguson, proprietor OF
stages"
Subsequently the Crystal Spring
course became the Rney Branch course,
and later-as many of us knew 1.-THE
Brightwood Trotting Park.
Since there were several fine springs
near the race course, and as the sur
rounding country was heavily wooded,
it made ideal picnic grounds, just as
the part nearest Rock Creek, now in
the National Park. does even today.
Naturally in We olden days there was
tavern connected with the race course,
the proprietors being, from about 1868 to
1850, Frederick G. Rohr. Later, for,
some years, it was conducted by his
widow, Mrs. Annie M. Rohr. In 1860.
before taking over the race course
property, Mr. Rohr had been employed
at Browns Hotel, now the Metropolitan,
and in his day was very popular man.
and just such one as would succeed
in business most anywhere. The writer
knows his daughter, Miss Lena Rohr,
very well.
After the race course was estab-
lished It was common for many Ger
man families to come out to Crystal
Spring on Sunday for the purpose of
spending a pleasant day in the woods.
AS the creek was nearby, the men and
boys would go in bathing and indulge
in base ball and other sports while the
good wife spread the lunch for all
hands, after which, no doubt, some
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o. BundsW Associated IN
Sanbu Occupied in

this climate. His principal place, how
ever, was the Piney Branch Park tract.
and here, in 1885, he had as many as
20 greenhouses, as the following adver-
tisement discloses:
John Saul,
Florist, Nurseryman and Scotsman,
offers an immense stock of
Flowers, Plants, Dutch Bulbous Roots,
Fruit Trees, &c,
Cut Flowers, Floral Designs
For Funerals, &c,
From Choice Exotics, at Low Rates.
Immortelles and Grasses
In WreathS, Crosses, Bouquets, Baskets,
&c, Imported direct from Europe,
have just been received and are
exquisitely beautiful.
Dutch Bulbous Roots
Imported direct) are to hand In finest
order, viz:
Hyacinths, Tulips, Lilies, &c, &c.
New and Rare Plants, superb collec-
ton, suitable for Amateurs, Florists. &c.
An extensive stock Of well-grown Trees,
viz; Pear, Apple, Cherry, Peach, April
cot, Plum, Grape, &c.
100 Acres in Fruit and Ornamental
Trees. 20 Greenhouses"
y
John SAUL was native Of Ireland,
having been born at Carey's Wood,
Castlemartyr, County Cork, on Christ
mas day, 1919, and died in his old home
at his nursery May IL, 1897. In some
notes which he wrote Of his coming to
this country he says:
7 was married to Rosina M. Law
ley. September "a, 1850. in the Cath
olic Church, Pierrepont place, Bath.
England. My wife (RoSina M. Saul i,
my brother William and myself sailed
from Liverpool. England, February H.,
1851, in the steamship City of Glas-
gow,' and after a tempestuouS voyage
of 19 days arrived in Philadelphia,
where my brother Andrew met us; re-
manned two days in Philadelphia, when
We proceeded to New York and New
burgh. We remained In the latter place
until May, when proceeded to Wash
ington in company with the late A.
]. Downing, arriving in Washington
May S, 1851, where took charge of
the improvement of public grounds
the Mall, Smithsonian Grounds, square
south of Presidents, Lafayette Square.
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here for many years, and was the head
quarters during the Civil War of Gen.
Alexander d. McCook during the battle
of Fort Stevens, July ii and II. 1854
In 1888 a substantial addition was made
to the south of this building, the
fair held in the old skating rink on Z
between Sixth and Seventh streets
northwest.
The credit for the success of this fair
was given to the Ladies Auxiliary OF
Stansbury Lodge, the same women be-
ing later responsible for the successful
launching at this corner, in 1892, of
the local Order of the Eastern Star
which now has grown into 40 existing
chapters, with a combined membership
around $4,000.
Only few years back the entire cor
ner was again cleared and the present
structure erected, the corner stone be-
ing laid with Masonic ceremony, the
present Governor of New York, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt-then Assistant Secre-
tary of the participating.
On the northwest corner of this
thoroughfare was for many years a
crossroads store run by A. G. Osborn.
who was also the postmaster and JUS
tice Of the peace as well, when Bright
wood had such Offices. He was Of a
very old family in this neighborhood,
so old, indeed, that no one seems to
know whence they came or when they
came. AS the writer recalls him. how
ever, he was particularly good citizen
and was always active for the good of
the community. His widow. Mrs. Annie
C. Osborn, still lives in Brightwood on
a part of what was once the Osborn
farm, which included to a large eX-
tent, the field upon which was fought
the Battle of Fort Stevens.
When the District government needed
the race course property for the reser-
voir, which is still there, it naturally
meant the destruction Of the course
and the stables and olltbuildin9s which
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For two years the young couple lived
at Mount Vernon. Then they moved
into the Abingdon house, the abode Of
a very happily married couple.
Four children were born to this
union, all during the Revolutionary
War: Elizabeth, born on August 81,
1776, married Thomas Law and lived
in Washington, D. c., on the site of the
present War College; Martha, born De-
cember 81, 1777, married Thomas Peter
and lived at Tudor place. Georgetown,
D. c.; Eleanor (Nellie), born on March
81, 1879, married Lawrence Lewis, the
favorite nephew of Washington; and
George washington Parke Gusts, born
on April 8, 1871, built Arlington House
and left memorable book to posterity
in the "RecollectionS of George Wash
ington," which was compiled under the
supervision of his daughter, Mrs. Robert
E. Lee.
The first three children were born at
Abingdon. George Washington Parke
was born at Mount Airy, the home Of
his mothers parents.
During the siege of Yorktown, John
Gusts, while on duty as special aid
to Washington, contracted malignant
case of camp fever and died. at the early
age of 81, on November S, 1881. He
was buried at Ethan, not far from
Yorktown.
Upon his death Washington adopted
the two younger of his children, Eleanor
or Nellie, who was between and 3
years old, and his I1amesake, who was
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Just months old, and took them to
Mount Vernon
About two years later their mother
married DR.. David Stuart sometimes
spelled "Stewart'), personal friend Of
Washington's, whom he appointed one
of the first Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia. It was this David
Stuart who, with Daniel Carroll, estab-
lished the boundary line and fixed the
original metes and bounds OF the Dis
trict in 1871 and 1892.
Washington In his diaries tells of the
frequent visits of the Stuarts Of Abing-
don to Mount Vernon. In fact, almost
every week end found some of them at
Mount Vernon or Nellie Gusts visiting
her mother and sisters at Abingdon,
Thus this old place Is linked with Mount
Vernon, not only because it is the birth
place of Nellie Gusts, but also because
Of the close friendship between DR.. Stu
art and Washington. DIR. Stuart was
one of the three doctors at the beside
of Washington when he died.
Nellie Gusts was known. for her
beauty, wit and personal charm. She
grew into lovely womanhood at Mount
Vernon. A visitor there writes OF Nellie:
Miss Eleanor Gusts has more perfec-
ton of form, of expression, of color, OF
softness and of flrmness Of mind than I
have ever seen before"
*.* ~
WASHINGTON loved Nellie as II she
w were his own daughter. In his
daily rides about his farm she was his
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Whilst thus occupied under Mr.. Down.
ing and in conjunction With w. ~.
Breckenridge, we planted The Smith"
sonian Grounds, Lafayette Square, cue.
I remained in this position until tic
Spring Of 1853. A. j. Downing having
been drowned in the Hudson River In
the Summer Of 1852, and the appro-
prlation OF Congress becoming exhaust
ed, the improvement ceased, ard I
left Government employ. -
Since which time I have been q
permanent resident Of Washington. I
rented on my arrival a house on the
, corner Of H and Seventh streets north
west, where / resided and carried on
| the seed business to the Spring Of 1866.
On April 10 of that year purchased
the residence 1851 Seventh street, OPP
posiGe Patent Office This I pulled
down In the Autumn Of 1873 and re-
built the store, now standing, November,
1875"
Throughout the United States John
Saul was widely known as an importer
and grower of evergreens, ornamental
trees, fruit trees, shrubs and greenhouse
plants. OF the fruit trees his catalogue
contained upward of 276 varieties of
apples, 282 varieties Of pears IS of
cherries, 83 of plums, 1874 of peaches
and $50 varieties of grapes. Before
coming to this country he had wide
experience as a nurseryman, and 1t
was only natural that he should produce
many new plants and trees. His ship
ping orders to outside places were con-
siderable, large quantities of trees and
plants going even as far west as CAL
ifornia, and the statement has even
been made that much of the frtlit-bear-
ing trees and Towering plants for which
that State prides itself today, actually
originated right here In the Saul nur-
series on Georgia avenue.
4 +
EMORY NJ. E. CHURCH SOUTH Is
the oldest place of worship around
Brightwood: indeed 1t is the Oldest land
mark in this neighborhood that the
writer knows Of. 1t dates back to 1882,
when "A. G. Pierce, esq, gave lot Of
ground containing half an acre for the
purposes of a schoolroom and a church
for the convenience of the neighbor-
hood" The present pastor Of the
church, the Rev. Daniel L. Snyder.
who has given the church history con-
siderable thought, tells us that the
first church stood Just a few yards to
the south of the present building.
It was two stories high. The school
was taught for several years by John
Pickett in the first story, which was
built of logs At first the school and
church were managed by the same
board Of trustees, but in 1916 separate
Continued on Sixth Page)
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Brentwood Is Linked With Memories Of Crystal Sp
BY JoHN CLAGETT PROCTOR.

VERY indefinite sign which we
~ are accustomed to see on the
IN street cars running out Ninth
4 a street reads "Brightwood." If
one were to ask the conductor
the location of this place with the beau
tiful name, he would probably tell you
it was at the car barn at Georgia ave-
nue. and Piney Branch road-the latter
some day to be widened and called Colo
RADIO avenue. Today, this information
might be quite satisfactory, and indeed
almost as complete as If obtained from
the most learned source. for after all
Brightwood is an undetermined area
extending over wide territory.
Just where this we'll known section
begins and where 1t leaves off, no one
is able to say. John Saul, who had his
celebrated nurseries where is now the
subdivision of Piney Branch Park
originally called Saul's Subdivision-al-
ways received his mail addressed
"Brightwood," and so did the Rays,
whose farm lay just north of Shepherd
road and near Third street northwest.
It never had any definite metes and
bounds, and any of the territory from
Silver Spring south to Rock Creek
Church road ard from Chillum on the
east all the way over to Rock Creek on
the west. geographically, may have been
regarded years ago as covered by this
designation.
Just when the name "Brightwood"
was given to this section or who gave
it the name, no one knows with certain
ty. The credit is given to Archibald
White and Louis Burnett, who were
probably responsible for so naming it
some time toward the close of the Civil
War. Prior to this time, in the viciE-
ity Of where old Piney Branch road
joins Georgia avenue at the Masonic
Temple, the name Crystal Springs gen.
orally applied, particularly so close by
the old Piney Branch race track. which
stood undisturbed until about 20 years
ago, and like so many of our historic
places, gave way to progress.
Crystal Spring took its name, as one
might Judge, from the crystalline wa
ter which flowed, not from one spring,
but from several nearby springs, one of
the largest of which only ceased to ex-
1St within the last year. This particu-
lar one stood at the west side of the
road, just where the Fourteenth street
cars Of the Capital Traction Co. make
the loop at Kennedy street. 1t seemed
to die of itself; something evidently
having happened to its source, some
where to the north.
In 1902 John Tayloe laid out race
course on the Holmead farm. 1t was a
mile track, and had its center about at
Kenyon and Fourteenth streets and
approximately embracing the territory
from Tenth to Sixteenth streets. Here
at a very early period such horses as
Amanda. Florizel, Duroc, Post Boy,
Lady Lightfoot and Tuckahoe per-