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mortals-where all who would might see and
read the glorious story Of the past.
Thus the broad, sweeping lawns about the
historic old edifice became, through the tire
less and persistent efforts of one man, what Is
now known all over the Nation as the Outdoor
Westminster Abbey of the South
AS all great goals are achieved, this belatad
institution has evolved slowly from a small
beginning. And its ultimate object is far from
being attained, though well on its way toward
realization, thanks to the fine cooperation of
patriotic organizations and public spirited
citizens.
From the quaint and hallowed environment
OF the old religious landmark, dating back to
1859 and teeming with romantic traditions of
ante-bellum days, DR.. Mcclellan tells the story
to interest others In his idea and the partial
success Of his efforts. He invariably refers af-
fectionately to the Outdoor Abbey" as his
pet hobby" and talks Interestingly and en-
Enthusiastically on the subject.
1.-THE purpose Of this 'Open-Air Westminster
Abbey of the South under the trees Of old
Calvary" he said, "is to keep before the eyes
and minds and hearts of the coming genera
tions the great ideals Of the South-its songs
its poems, its books of prose and their writer's
its famous statesmen; in other words, its ideal
ists-and every tradition, every bit of history
that is meaningful for the future. We need
today just this thing, firmly believe. The
South has (and it is easily explained) neglected
to erect memorials to its great men and women
New England has excelled in this and that
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is one reason why you hear so much of New
England history and little Of Southern his
tory. That Is why 1t Is easy to find out about
New England and difficult to find out about
the South We need today to be thinking more
of the poets, artists, Observation-Disclosures
less about warriors and makers of war. We
have had enough of war; let us emphasize the
arts of peace. AS we do this we shall be pre-
pairing the way for the abolition of war-one
of this and future generations greatest and
noblest tasks, as well as problems.
uIDUT,' some one will ask me- does not Just
- this kind of idea help foster sectionalism
and keep up the contentious of Civil War days2
Is not this a dangerous dream Of yours?' To
foster prejudice and keep afiame the heat of
the Civil War, to create sectionalism and carry
on some phases of history that should be en-
tirely forgotten, are absolutely foreign from my
dream of this 'Open-Air Westminster Abbey of
the South.
at recall Lees words Lay aside all these
local animosities and train your sons to be-
come Americans! With that statement Lee
passed from being merely Confederate chief
tain to an American-and Bradford, in his ex-
cellent book, calls him, Lee, the American
wish to memorabilia the fine and noble things
in the Old South and pass them on through
bronze and granite to future generations
"The nucleus of my idea Is the Robert e
Lee marker, which is placed near the entrance
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demonstrated in the work Of
Northern clergyman, DR.. Clarence
Stuart Mcclellan, rector of Calvary Episcopal
Church, near Fletcher, N. c. He is direct
descendant of the distinguished Union Army
officer, Gen. George B. Mcclellan, and has
undertaken the task of bringing about the
recognition and peTpetuation OF the Souths
cultural and idealistic leaders through the
unique medium of composite memorial To-
Gated on the grounds of his church and known
to fame and the Nation as the Outdoor West
minister Abbey of the South"
DR.. Mcclellan, upon assuming his duties as
pastor of Calvary almost decade ago, was
surprised and little dismayed to discover.
after exhaustive investigation and inquiries in
many sections, that no adequate provision had
ever been made by any State, municipality,
historical organization or individual for APP
propriately preserving the memories and needs
Of the South's great men and women, her
benefactors and idealists of the past who have
left their imprint on the sands of time.
Such apparent neglect Of so important
matter seemed strange and not quite right to
this man who had come from section where
It Is customary to give close attention to things
of this nature. But as he thought OF the black
days of reconstruction following the Civil War,
hnd the tremendous struggle the South had
made to rehabiltate herself it all became clear
to him. He realized then that it had not been
Selfishness nor willful neglect Of the uluStriouS
dead on the part Of the people, but that poverty
and suffering and ceaseless efforts to reSuSctate
the living had interfered with the accomplish
ment Of this sacred duty.
THESE conditions having been virtually oblit-
Grated, however, by the industry and
resourcefulness of an ingenious people, DR.. NC
Clellan believed the time was propitious to set
the ball rolling in the right direction It was
his conviction that all that was necessary to
elicit interest and support in such a movement
was for some influential person or source to
put the thing in motion.
With Enthusiastically modest self-efface-
ment but inspired to indomitable determine
ton by the worthiness of his purpose, he as
Sumed the initiative himself.
In view Of the glamorous background
reminiscent of the Old South associated with
old Calvary, which resounded to the rhythmic
tread Of Confederate officers and troops during
the turbulent days of 1861, and possessed Of
the peculiarly mellow atmosphere Of those
colorful times, it was natural that he should
consider it, or the beautiful shaded grounds
surrounding it. as possible site for the project
It was the typographical and historical ap-
propriateness Of the spot, coupled with its I'M
usual natural beauty and secluded character,
that eventually determined the minister's selec-
ton Of the picturesque churchyard
Here he visualized what the undertaking
planned the erection of individual granite shafts
under the ancient boxwoods and majestic
oaks-an outdoor shrine to the South's i'm
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C1AIEEN other tablets have been erected -
- outstanding Southern notables who In yeard
past distinguished themselves in different fields
Of endeavor, but all of a constructive and cuba
tural nature. They are:
Bill Nye Edgar Wilson Nye), the famous
humorist.
Orren Randolph Smith, designer of the mrs.
official Confederate flag.
Dan" Emmett composer Of Dixie" z
Stephen Collins Foster folksong writer.
Herman Frank Arnold, who orchestrateA
"Dixie"
Francis Scott Key, composer Of "The staa
Spangled Banner"
Joel Chandler Harris, beloved author Cd
"Uncle Remus."
John Fox, jr, celebrated author Of the "Tran
of the Lonesome Pine" and other stirring nara
ratives Of the Southern Appalachian highlands.
Zebulon Baird Vance, war Governor Of North
Carolina.
william Sydney Porter 90. Henry famoua
short story writer.
Frances Fisher Herman (Christian Reid,
author Of Land Of the Sky
James Whtcomb Riley, poet. /
Henry Timrod South Carolina poet. !:
Robert Loveman, author of "Rain Song
cit isn't raining rain to me, it's raining daS-
fodils"
Albert Pike, author-poet ;
Present plans call for the erection Of fiva
more tablets in the near future in commemora-
ton Of the following celebrities:
Father Abram Joseph Ryan, Jefferson Davis,
Henry Grady, Edgar Allan Poe and Frank STAN
tr.
tcoo-r,.ht. 1917
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DR.. Clarence Stuart Mcclellan is
fostering Increment that iUiLI
further sUipe out all traces of Sec
fionGIisnp in the United States. He
is converting the churchydrd OF
his charge, Calvary Episcopal
Church, near AsheUiiIe, ". c., into
an "Outdoor Westminster Abbey
of the South"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
BY BERTRAM ROBINSON

ERHAPS the most conclusive
evidence that all trace of
sectional antagonism be-
tween the North and the
South in the United States
is completely obliterated is
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to the church grounds alongside the Dixie
Highway. This is the motif of my thought:
You note on this marker we have Lee on
Traveller journeying into the South. It is Lee
facing the new day, the time of his real
greatness-the president of Washington Col
lege (now Washington and Lee University at
Lexington, Va. It is Lee the educator, not
primarily Lee the soldier, we commemorate.
This, I believe is the true Lee. He cometh
to his own,' says the tablet. That Is true, and
so we want all the noble men and women Of
the South to come into their own.
Back of the Lee memorial through the
generosity Of George G. Westfeldt of New
Orleans, has been erected a Westfeldt-Lanier
tablet, mounted on a granite boulder. This
tablet records the friendship of Sidney Lanier
and George Westfeldt to whom the South's
beloved poet dedicated his last poem,
Sunrise and it recalls the visit of Sidney
Lanier to Fletcher, when on his way from
Richmond Hill, Asheville, to Tyron, N. c.,
where Lanier passed on September
2, 1881. You will find the story Of
that visit in Edwin Minis Life OF
- Sidney Lanier,' and 1t Is well worth
49, the reading. This tablet Is in our
80 Poets Corner"
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Dy LII. McClellan, Is lCS oeulcaClOn 10 Cn0
idealism Of peace. Within this quiet in
tensely impressive domain is no tribute to mill.
tary chieftains or other warlike figures Strife
and discord have no place here nor are their
followers accorded any honor. It's mission ~ 10
glorify and perpetuate the arts Of peace.
To make the picture complete and symbolic
Cal Of the Old South, Dr. Mcclellan says: MY
idea Of this 'Open-Air Westminster Abbey Of
the South also calls for a bronze life sized
statue Of a Southern nanny. want to see
her with her big, wide, white, well starched
apron, her turban, her calico dress, and wish
to see her seated in an old-time rocking chair
as If before some great open fireplace in Q
log cabin on windy night with spooks prowl-
ing about in the dark"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16
APPLIED To ALL

APPLIED TO ALL
Boss-See who's on the phone.
Office Boy-Some one wants dear
est"
And seven young men got up alb
sently and moved toward the tele-
phone.-Capper's Weekly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16

National debt: Money owed to the
people by the government, which will
repay them by taking the money from
their pockets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16

Old Dobbin had faults, but you
never went out on a cold morning
and found a dozen cracks in him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16
TOO MANY FOR HIM

There's one nice thing about in
vesting in city lots. You know the
slick boys can't reduce their value by
issuing a lot more.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16

Our industry" says an American
manufacturer. has the greatest labor
turnover in the world" What about
the French cabinet?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16

RELATIVELY SPEAKING
Doctor-Well, how r you today?
Patient-I'm better than I vas
but I amt sc good as l was before I
got as bad as I am now.-Capper's
Weekly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16
Lucky MAN

Engineers have developed efficient
methods of choking a gusher, but you
never could tell it by reading the
Congressional Record.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16

What the manly art of self-defense
needs more than anything else is a
little offense.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16

It's fair enough. At 20 she makes
a fool of a man; at 80 she makes a
man of a fool.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16
NOW O TELL ONE
SAVED THE ANESTHETIC

Pat had returned from the hospital
after losing his appendix, but with a
swelling on his head.
But what's that lump on your
head got to do with an operatlon?'
asked a friend.
"A whole lot" answered Pat. "Ysee
they run out of chloroform."-Cap-
per's Weekly.
Our industry" says an American
manufacturer, has the greatest labor
turnover in the world" What about
the French cabinet?
AN OLD STORY
why is Mabel so angry? The pa
pers gave a full account of her we'd
ding"
YES, but they put, Miss Blackfield
was married to the well-known COL
lector of antiques"
You get your moneys worth in a
taxi. If only from the comforting re-
Election that they aren't your tenders.
LUCKY MAN
'Erbert - Did you ear about that
bloke gettin' drowned in a vat o
beer?
Charles-Good lori No! Wot was
UP wiz i'm? We're e a teetotaler or
Wern't e thirsty?-London Opinion.
LIKE A LAMB.
The Cir So you've seen daddy,
darling? Did he behave like a lamb?
Suitor (grimly)-Absolutely! Every
time l spoke he said "Bah!'-Hum-
orist.
Engineers have developed efficient
methods of choking a gusher, but you
never could tell it by reading the
Congressional Record.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16
AN OLD STORY

You get your moneys worth in a
taxi. If only from the comforting re-
Election that they aren't your tenders.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
GRANGE GIVES
70 DEGREES

Twenty members of the Wood
field, Germantown, Olney and
Patuxent Oranges, received their
fifth degree at the Burtonsville
Grange Hall in Burtonsville, Md.
DR.. Walter Adams conducted the
initiation.
Those from Woodfield who re.
ceived the degrees were James
William King, Lorraine Baker,
Noah King, Ellsworth M. King,
Laura Olive Burdette, Dorothy
Ward Green, Edith Pauline King,
Bella w. King, Mary Lewis Ward
and Perry George Burdette.
Germantown had the following
representatives: John G.. Stiles,
George A. Stiles, Lee R. HoWes
and j. Dorsey Howes. From the
Patuxent Grange came S. Elwood-
Anderson, Vernon M. Bandel,
Fannie M. Allen, Iva Mae Slagle
and Willis l.. Cissel, while Mrs.
Carrie E. Barnsley, of Olney, was
also the recipient of the fifth
degree.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
S $4,000 LIBEL
SUIT STRIKES
NEW SNAG
Arlington Investment Case
Names 7 Women, a Group
In B. M. Hedrick TangIe

After hearing arguments on the
demurrer to the 100000 libel suit
filed against seven members of
the Organized Women Voters of
Arlington County by the Arling-
ton Investment Company, Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy, of the Arling.
ton Circuit Court, today left the
matter open for 10 days to permit
the plaintiffs to gather additional
material.
After overruling the question of
priviledged communication, raised
by defense attorneys, Judge Nc
Carthy expressed doubt as to
whether the communications bore
any statement which was libelous
to the Arlington Investment Com
pany.
7 Women Named
It is on this point that the
additional briefs will be filed.
The suit, filed early in May,
names Mrs. Ruby G. Simpson,
Mary C. Williams, Florence E.
Cannon, Bertha S. Kelly, Ada H.
Davidson, Alice w. SemOnes, and
Jesse w. Hunt, all members of a
committee which brought about
impeachment proceedings against
B. Nj. Hedrick, member of the
county board of supervisors and,
at the same time, manager of
the investment company.
Illegal Fund Use
In it, Mr.. Miller claims that
the communication, which was
said to be libelous and which
charges Hedrick with illegal use
of county funds in behalf of
Waycroft, a subdivision owned by
the investment company, was a
privileged communication and not
subject to suit,
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
SAVES
MONTGOMERY
CORN CROP
Another Heavy DoWnpour
Will Mean Big Yield This
Year; Wind Affects Wheat

The much needed rain came
last night to relieve the anxietieS
Of those farmers in Montgomery
county who have large areas
planted with corn.
Without several good rains in
July, the corn crop is practically
lost. So last nights heavy down
pour was more than welcome, and
If another comes along later in
the month, one of the most abun-
dant corn crops ever known in
the county will be harvestered, it
was said.
Crops Not Harmed
In 1929, the last year in which
statistics we're taken, corn brought
the highest average price of all
the grain crops, and showed more
profit to the grower than any
other farm product. The average
price in 1929 was $1.15 per bushel.
Although last nights rain was
accompanied by a hign wind, per
sons who went about the county
early today, said some wheat, oats
and rye are down, but not to any
alarming extent.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
JULY 4 CONTEST
BY YF|REMEN
Photo by International

Every volunteer fire depart
ment in Montgomery county, ex-
cept that of Cabin John, has &C
cepted the invitation of Chief
Marion Curran of the Kensing-
ton Volunteer Fire Department to
participate in the hook-up con-
test to be held at Kensington at
3 p. M, July 4.
This contest will bring to an
end the week of carnival that
has been staged by the Kensing-
ton department. 1t will be, Chief
Curran today said, a standing
contest instead of the usual "un-
ming hook-up. Last year the
Ballston, Va, Volunteer Fire De-
partment won first place in the
Montgomery county contest; but
this year no companies outside of
the county will engage in the an
nual event.
The companies are those of
Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Silver
Spring, Takoma Park, Rockville,
Gaithersburg and HyattstoWn.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Rockville ReSeILS
$4,000 Bond Issue

The $4,000 bond issue floated
by the town of Rockville for water
main improvements, almost a
month ago, and declared void
after it was found that through
an oversight, no advertisement OF
the sale was placed in Washington
newspapers, which the law re-
quireS, was sold again yesterday
and brought a price of $101.42
for each 500 bond.
This is better figure than the
original sale price. Nelson Cook
and Company of Baltimore was
the only bidder.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Hospital En1pLOye
Gone Since June 29

Police have been asked to search
for Frank Coffman, hospital EN-
ploye who has been missing from
his home at 461 H st. N. W., since
June %.
When last seen he was wearing
a black and white checkered suit.
He is described as being 81 years
old, feet, 7 inches tall. weighs
$50 pounds, brown eyes and light
hair. He is a painter.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Sachem Voorhis, lO1,
Prefers a LOOny
July Fourth

NEW YORK, July John
R. Voorhis, 101-year-old grand
sachem of Tammany, declares
this new-fangled idea of a safe
and sane Fourth is being car
ried too far.
He says:
Nowadays a lot of people
seem to think that setting off
a few rockets or watching some
body else set them off is .
Fourth of July celebration.
"Why that's only an imita-
tion. When I was a boy of
six, we used to get up at 3 or
4 o'clock in the morning and
start the celebration. In those
days the yOungster with the
biggest firecracker was the real
big-timer of the neighbOrh0Od.
Those days will come back
SOOn."
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Augusta BGptists
Name Lexington Man

STAUNTON, Va, July al. M.
Meeks, of Lexington, Va, today
began his duties as president of
the Augusta Baptist Association S
Sunday School organization, fol-
lowing his election yesterday.
Other officers elected at the
closing session. yesterday were
the Rev. Scott Sutton, of Broad
way, vice president, and E. L.
Jones, Goshen, secretary treas
urer. Next years convention will
be held in Clifton Forge.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Weed Cutters Banned
Ru Lack of MOneH

Declaring that there was not
enough money in the county fund
to provide for such a measure,
the Arlington county board of
supervisors yesterday refused to
order county workmen to cut
weeds on vacant lots in the
county.
Arthur Orr, president of the
Arlington county bicentennial
council, had asked the board to
have this done as a supplement-
ary work to the Identification
contest which the council has
been conducting in the county.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
PLAN To WIDEN
DEATH CURVE

Highway Improvements on
Colesville Pike, near Silver Spring,
that will materially lessen the
danger of the sharp curve op-
posite Seven Oaks, where several
motorists have been killed and
many injured within the past few
years, we're assured yesterday
when the board of commissioners
OF Montgomery county approved
plans submitted by County Engi-
neer Harry B. Shaw.
The improvements, which will
be started next week, involve the
widening of the west side of Coles
vile Pike between Sligo Greek and
Laurel Street, in Argyle Park, by
grading the right of way to a
width of 100 feet. The distance
, is about one-half mile.
The plan also will correct the
curve opposite Indian Spring
Spring Terrace.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
FINED s1oo, COSTS

Simon Lloyd, colored. was fined
$100 and costs by Police Court
Judge Charles w. Woodward, in
for operating an auto
mobile while under the influence
of Intoxicating liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
FATHER, SISTER
SEE YOUTH
KILLED
Fatal Car Is Hurled Against
Telegraph Pole; Visit to III
Mother Precedes Tragedy

George Anderson, 20, of Hughes
vile, Md, was killed and Kath-
crime Gibson, 18, of IA Eighth st.
S. E., was seriously injured when
the automobile driven by Ander-
son struck a machine driven by
Daniel H. Jacobs, %, of Capitol
Heights, and caromed into a tele-
graph pole near Waldorf, Md.
late last night.
Anderson, wedged deeply in the
wreckage, was dead when would
be rescuerS dragged the body
from the demolished car. He,
Miss Gibson, his father, two broth
ers and a sister had been to visit
his mother who is i'll in Emer-
gency Hospital.
The brothers, Arthur and Joseph
Anderson, 13 and II, respectively,
were treated for decorations and
shock at Casualty Hospital. Their
father and sister, riding in an
automobile directly behind the
wrecked car, witnessed the acci-
dent.
Daniel Jacobs, driver of the
automobile struck by Anderson,
suffered multiple decorations of
the scalp, and left arm. His
companion, Miss Gertrude Schultz,
of 1868 Columbia Rd., sustained
lacerations.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
QuanticO RGiLn1dn
Ends Lite With Gun

QUANTICO, Va, July 2.-While
the electrical storm was at it's
height here last night Elmer Abel
80, shot himself in the head at
his home. He died in the Marine
Base Hospital a half hour later.
No reason for his act is known.
He was the son of Mrs. Stella
Abel, also of Quantico and was a
railroad worker,
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Old Communion Set
ReQdined by Church

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, July
with the return of COM
munion cup stolen from the his
} toric st. Georges Prote S a n t
Church here in Civil War days,
\ the church has now completely
recovered a communion set pre-
sented it in 1927.
The four pieces in the original
set had wandered far afield and
for many years we're not located.
The chalice yesterday was re-
turned by Mrs. L. A. Thayer,
Wollaston, Mass, in whose pos.
session it had been for years.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Bethesda Firen1en
Remove Live Wires
FeLLed By Storm

Yesterdays terrific electric
storm kept the Bethesda volun-
teer fire department busy answer
ing calls of every description.
Besides pumping out a cellar
which was OVERLOADED, the fire
men had as their evenings work
the cutting Of three live wires
which were lying across East
Thornapple Street, in Chevy
Chase, Md, and the removal of
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
TAMK TESTS

Arrangements have been COM
pleted for a demonstration of
the capabilities of tanks at the
Tank School, Fort George G.
Meade, Maryland, tomorrow
afternoon. The first class of the
United States Military Academy
at West Point, will be special
guests on this occasion.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02

a tree which had fallen on the
home of Dudley Browne, on Lang
drum Lane.
Trees in the Bethesda Chevy
Chase district, especially locust
trees, were hard hit by the storm.
Trees on Bradley Lane from Wis
consin Avenue to the Brookeville
Road sustained the most damage.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Bethesda Firenen
Get NeU PlLnlpeT

With the arrival of a new 75O-
gallon putnper. the equipment for
the Bethesda Volunteer Fire De-
partment is now complete. The
department already has two 500
gallon bumpers and one 450-gallon
pumper as we'll as a rescue squad
and first aid truck.