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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-21
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WHO'S
NEWS
!. THIS.
s44 ,c
WEEK
By LEMUEL r. PARTON

~ aeit e.
NJ EW YORK. On August 2 of this
year, DR.. Gustavus Adolphus
Eisen will be 90 years old. 1t was
his research that established, so far
a. without authori-
Dr.. Essen at 81 tative CHI al
Still DelUes Into lenge, the Chal-
Past and Future ice OF Antioch
surviving record Of the faith Of the
Apostles" The chalice was exhib-
tied during holy week at st. Thorn
as Episcopal church, New York,
with the conjecture that its inner
cup may have been the beginning
of the legend of the Holy Grail. In
book published in 1925, Doctor
Eisen established the use of the
chalice in the Church at Antioch not
later than the end of the first CEN
fury of the Christian era.
At the age Of IS, Doctor Eisen
learned to decipher cuneif0rm
inscriptions, to write treatise
on Mesopotamian cylindrical
seals, or glyptics. In 1886, he
published Is volumes Summa-
rizing his research in legends Of
the Holy Grail, and is now at
work on studies of early por-
traits of Christ and the apostles.
His eyesight and hearing are
still good and he puts in a full
working day.
Doctor Eisen has published more
than $50 books covering his amazing
range of inquiry in a half-dozen sci
ences, including studies of earth
works, fig culture, archaeology, an
cient grass, portraits of George
Washington and geological, zoologi-
cal and botanical subjects.
Born in Sweden, he was a frail
child, unable to attend school, fire.
:, :. quently in the
Horticulture Is country. with
Modern Field tutors W h o
Ofthe Scientist stimulated his
scientific inter-
ests. In the University of Upsala,
he wrote thesis on earthworks
which attracted the attention of
Charles Darwin. His correspond
ence with Darwin put him in touch
with Alexander E. Agassiz, the
American naturalist, and, when he
obtained his doctorate in 1873 and
removed to America, the two men
formed long and fruitful associa-
ton. For 40 years, Doctor Eisen
was on the Pacific coast, working
at times with the late Luther Bur-
bank on plant research.
Last year, the California
Academy Of Science honored
him as the founder of the states
great fig-growing industry.
Smyrna figs frequently had been
taken to California, but there
was no yield. Doctor Eisen
studied this problem and
reached the conclusion that the
failure was due to lack Of fer
tilization. Male trees were
brought over and California be-
gan gathering fig crops.
The chalice, which had been found
In the ancient ruins of Antioch in
1910 and placed in the Louvre, in
Paris, was brought to this country
in 1914, to safeguard it during the
war. Doctor Eisen's conclusion was
that it had been made by great
Roman, artist, Appollodorus, who
lived from SO to 100 A. D.
Doctor. Eisen's avid scientific
studies continue on, undated, into
his tenth decade. He is bachelor.
None has ranged farther into the
past, while pressing eagerly into the
future in his zest for; knowledge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-21
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
By
Elmo Scott Watson
Gabriel Arthur, Wanderer

Gabriel Arthur, Wanderer
TN THE spring of 1878, Capt. Abra-
I ham Wood of Fort Henry (now
Petersburg) in Virginia sent James
Needham, South Carolina gentle
man, and lad named Gabriel Ar
thur into the Southern Appalachians
to trade with the Cherokees. They
were warmly welcomed but later
Needham was murdered by treach-
erous Occaneechi brave.
The Cherokee chief promised
Arthur to escort him home the fol-
lowing spring. In the meantime he
took Arthur to a village Of friendly
Mohetons on the banks of the Great
Kanawha. Returning from this visit
the Cherokees went out of their way
to attack village of Shawnees. In
the battle which followed the Eng
fish lad was wounded twice by ar
rows and taken prisoner by the
Shawnees.
Because he had long hair, the
Shawnees suspected that their cap
tive was not Cherokee and when
they secured off the accumulated
dirt they were amazed at his white
skin. When he told them, by sign
talk, that he would return to trade
with them if they would release
him, they promptly sent him on his
way to the Cherokee country.
Reaching the town of his former
friends. he set out for Fort Henry
the following spring accompanied by
IS Cherokee laden with furs for trad
ing. Narrowly escaping death at the
hands of the hostile Qccaneechies,
Arthur reached his home after one
Of the most eventful experiences that
probably ever befell an English lad
of his years. He had penetrated far
ther into the Ohio country than any
Of his fellow nglishmen but history
does not record whether or not he
lived to see his people triumph over
the French in their contest for that
rich land.
Americas Prime Minister
In 1876, Christian Priber arrived
in the Cherokee Indian village Of
Great Tellico in what is now east
Tennessee. He had left in South
Carolina everything he owned ex-
cept some books and writing ma
terials.
Priber soon won the friendship of
the Indians by adopting their dress
and mode of living and insured their
further confidence by marrying the
daughter of Moytoy, chief of the
tribe. Then, as one of their own,
he taught the redskins to read and
write.
Having won their deep respect
and encouraged their dependence
upon his plans, he staged an inn
pressive ceremony. While war
drums thumped, he, the mild-man-
nered teacher, short in stature, UNI
impressive in apes e,
crowned" the tall and stately Moy-
toy "Emperour" of the Kingdom
of Paradise" automatically, he
created other titles for the lesser
chiefs and there was a colorful cere-
mony as they paraded before the
throne of their "emperour. But,
most important of all, was Christian
Priber's own appointment as
"prime minister.
His next step was his undoing. He
sent an official communication
from Great Tellico, capital of the
Cherokee Kingdom" to the COVER
nor at Charleston telling him that
the English must leave America.
Not because they took him serious
ly, but because they feared French
influence, the English military au-
thorities captured Americas only
sprime minister" and kept him pris-
oner in Frederick, Ga, until he
died.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-21

IN "A cotton paIcn IN the n1gn
~ mountains of North Carolina, a
lad leaned on his hoe, and, in his
imagination, followed out in the
Gyroscope Aids train. in the
Lad With Hoe in valley far be-
Whirl to Wealth low. One day.
he did follow
the lingering plume of smoke and
that is linked, in the long chain of
causation, with the Sperry corpora
tons harbinger of one more spring.
The lad with the hoe, one Thomas
A. Morgan, president Of the corpo-
ration, announces a net income of
$4,961 1893 for 1888, against 50, 949, 1850
the year before.
He joined the navy when he
hung up his hoe, qualified as an
electrician, and, running gyrO-
scope, sank his career in this
magic whirligig. That geared
him in with the Sperry COM
pany, and, just as the great war
was breaking, he chased the
Cars. navy all over the far
EASTERN map to sell it gyro-
scopes. He caught up with it
and rang up a sale, in one of
II the epics Of free American en-
terprise. o
Thereafter he planted horoscopes
on all the great fighting ships Of the
world and sailed a true course to
the presidency Of the Sperry cor
poration in 1928. He became one Of
the grand panjandrums Of aviation.
He says he got where he Is by
thinking Of today, and its demands,
rather than Of yesterday. or tomor-
row. He had ten months, schooling
when he frailed the train ia the
. consoilaassd News Features.
WNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-21
Schermerhoorn's Ride

Of the midnight ride of Schermerhoorn.
DAUL REVERE didn't have such
i a hard time of it in April, Its,
when he rode IS miles on the best
turnpikes in the colonies to be the
inspiration for Longfellow's famous
poem. But when Symon Schermer-
hoorn, on the night of February 8,
1890, rode from Schenectady, N. Y,
to Fort Orange (Albany), he made
the most courageous ride in Ameri-
can history.
Symon was in the. village of Sche-
nectady on the night it was de-
stroyed by the French and Indians.
He knew that the small garrison of
"a men could not resist very long
and that the attackers, flushed by
victory, probably would 60 on to
Fort Orange for more plumber.
It was bitter cold and the snow
was coming thick and fast. Although
wounded in the thigh, he seized a
stray horse and started the 20-mile
ride of warning. Schermerhoorn
rode for six hours plunging through
drifts that were impossible a few
hours later. In spite of his wound
and the severe weather and the fact
that he passed many farm houses
where others could have taken over
his mission, he kept courageously on
until he reached Fort Orange. In
front of the gates. gasping warning,
he collapsed.
The severe conditions under which
he made his ride are shown by the
fact that the French and Indians
were unable to continue their foray
and were forced to return to
8 wssssrn Neupaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-21

nm A cotton patch in the high
mountains Of North Carolina, a
lad leaned on his hoe, and, in his
imagination, followed out in the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-21

NJ EW YORK.--On August 2 of this
1 = year, DR.. Gustavus Adolphus
Eisen will be. 90 years old. 1t was
his research that established, so far
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
KEY WEST AND WAR GAMES

Evidence that the United States navy
recognizes the strategic importance of the
Key West naval station may be seen at the
yard today, Headquarters for patrol
wing five of the navy has been established
in one of the station buildings, some of the
enlisted personnel of the wing have been
given quarters in another building and two
converted destroyers are tied up at the
docks. These men and ships will service
the 16 seaplanes of patrol wing five now
anchored off Trumbo island Z
Why are the service ships and sea-
planes in Key West waters? The answer
is the navy next month will engage in ex-
tensive maneuvers in the Caribbean to
work out problems involved in the defense
of the Panama Canal Zone against foreign
invasion. While much of the naval &C.
tivity will be farther south, or between
Cuba and the Canal Zone, it is certain that
navy includes protection for the Gulf of
Mexico and the Gulf ports against any
possible invaders. That is where Key
West fits into the defense picture. Navy
vessels and seaplanes operating from this
southernmost American point can control
the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, at once
protecting the flank of the naval vessels
defending the Canal Zone and preventing
invasion of the Gulf. 1T
Many local observers feel that the
navy's use of the Key West naval station
and adjacent waters for seaplanes is the
beginning of a movement to reopen the
station on an active basis. In fact rumors
are current to the effect the yard" will be
restored to the active list within six
months. These may be the result of hope
on the part of the men who formerly
found employment at the naval station,
but there is no escaping the fact that Key
West must be regarded as an important
and strategic point in any scheme Of de-
Tense against European aggressors.
While awaiting orders in connection
with the maneuvers, patrol wing five un-
der the command of Commander l.. T.
Hundt, will engage in gunnery, bombing
and other plane operations in vicinity of
Key West These will attract thousands
of visitors and thus should prove a. source
of interest and profit to the people of this
community. Commander Hundt and his
men are sure to be warmly welcomed and
The Citizen wishes them the best of luck
in their training and war game activities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
THE wpA AND THE WORKERS, ALLIANCE
(The Record, Toms River, N. j.


Recently the editor has been asked about the
Workers Alliance of America, an organization
whose membership is recruited from the WPA
rolls and the ranks of the unemployed.
The answer is simple one. The whole out
fit is communist from top to bottom. 1t is de-
cidedly an organization that was designed for
wrecking and not building
1t appeals to people whose !. @. is rather low.
The tactics are the same scores of other Mos
cow controlled gangs; strikes, violence, turbulent
demonstrations, noisy picketings, etc.
Some may remember the disgraceful exhibit
ton staged by the state assembly two years ago
when the Workers Alliance, led by John Spain
ton and conducted 'sit-in strike for days, de-
flying the authorities to Gust them. "a
We sincerely hope that residents of Ocean
county, whether they are on WPA rolls or not,
will reject any proffers of 'hep" held out by rep
resentatives of this group.
Like many other similar communist organ
zations, the alliance bores from within. By this
we mean that they will tie themselves to- the tail
of movement that has unquestionable merit With
this beginning they slowly permeate the entire
movement with their own people and in few
months the original leaders have either become
dupes or have been thrown out.
The names of the national leaders of the
Alliance are David LASER, president, and Herbert
Benjamin. vice-president. These names speak for
themselves to any one familiar with current
events.
A copy of the Daily Worker, national COM
munist organ for the third Internationale in the
United States, passed through our hands few
months ago. In it we noticed that Toms River
was listed as having made contributions totaling
more than $50 in two months time
This newspaper does not believe in fascism,
communism or bossism, or any other ism that may
come to mind. The only exception We make is to
increasingly reiterate our stand for Americanism.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

banks with distinctive markers,
such as palmettos, tripods. etc
After the beacons were placed in
them. the names died out. The
old names were very picturesque.
The original land survey was
made by a contractor of Florida
in 1882? and divided the Keys
into townships and ranges. The
work appears to have been done
piecemeal and has been supple
mented since 1910 by surveys of
several small keys east of Fla
mingo on the mainland, Taver-
nier Keys and a few other minor
keys. During the construction of
the. railroad several improve
ments were made in channels by
dredging and numerous water
passages between the keys were
filled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
OTHER NAMES CONTINUE:

Horseshoe Bank, two shoals cause
bank bend; Sideboard bank, used
as landmark from similarity to
kitchen equipment; Bluefish
bank, bluefish can be found here
when not found elsewhere; Bull
lard bank, fishermen name who
first used it; Burnt point, burned
landmark; Russell and Stirrup
points, named after early resi-
dents; Fat Deer Key, appropriate
name in old days; Coco Plum
beaches, once had coco plum trees
in abundance on it; Sister Rocks,
two shoals near each other; Beth
ell Bank, probably early visitor
there; Barrelhead bank, original
ly named from barrel on a stake
which marked it; Buchanan keys,
after President Buchanan; Horse
neck or Arsenic Keys, from shape,
arsenic probably from dropped
"h", custom of early Bahaman
residents; Pontoon Bank, pom
ICONS from railroad construction
would break away and eventually
land on this bank; Jewish Bush
Bank, anyone who has fished un-
der mangroves for jewish know
of this appropriate name.
MANY OF THE EARLY mari
ners in the Keys staked out the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
T E S T Y @ u r
KIN o W L E D G E
Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to
Pace for the answers

l. WHAT is kelp? TOT
O. Which country lies north Of
Belgium?
3. Who was apppinted by Pres
ident Roosevelt to. fill the
office of Secretary OF
Commerce to succeed Dan
iel c. Roper, resigned?
4. What is, the product OF
AxA? Z!
S. Name the inventor of the
telephone. b
6. What is the correct spronun-
citation of the word indus
try?
Z. Name the Emperor of Aus
tria- Hungary who. died
during the World War.
8. Which state is nicknamed
The Wonder State?
9. What is a buoy? f,5
10. Which President of; tbe U.
S. lived to the greatest
1881 age? ysAoGL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

The Citizens stand against purchase
of parking meters by the city council has
met with hearty favor by Key Westers in
general, and many complimentary and en-
cOuraging remarks have been addressed to
the editor. 1t is unquestionable that in
stallation of the meters would be contrary
to the desires of the citizenry of this COM
munity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
FOLLOWING are derivatio

FOLLOWING are derivations
of Key names compiled by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, now
in charge of Lieut.. E. r. McCar-
thy: Stock Island, cattle once
roamed this island; Nancy Cut,
Nancy Bulman often used this
waterway; Geiger Creek, named
for Henry Geiger, old Key settler;
Bird Key, a common name; Sad
dlebunch, named from up and
down appearance of tree tops;
Sugarloat Key, the sugarloaf
pineapple was once cultivated on
this island; Gandolpho Creek,
named for old settler; Torch
Keys, named for trees of that
name; Nile Channel, named for
old settler; Lower Matecumbe
Key, corruption of Mattacomba,
Spanish for bent bushes; Lignum-
vitae key, receives its name
from Lignum Vitae Key; Teatable
Key, key of that name is flat like
table; Islamorada, Spanish for
purple isle; Plantation Key,
from many early pineapple and
sugarcane plantations; Key Lar
go, Spanish for long.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
The Miami News in its rotogravure

The Miami News in its rotogravure
SETON headlined one of its pictures "Hark |
The Herald Angels Sing" This is news,
since it is seldom that newspaper chants
the praises of its ompetitor.-Key West
Citizen. The Herald, in turn, one day ran
the following announcement: ''Good
News. p. E. B., Tampa Tribune, The
Independent has been predicting Good
Times in l9S9.-Lee Morris, st. Pete Ind.
Net having competitor The Citizen can
not demonstrate its magnanimity as the
above named contemporaries have done,
and so we give to our misery all we have, a
tear.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

A man is never so fortunate or unfor-
tunate as he thinks himself While there
are those who are more fortunate, there
are also others who are more unfortunate,
and it is impossible to know who is the
most fortunate or the most unfortunate
person in the world. as we are all COM
paratively fortunate and comparatively
unfortunate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Felix Frankfurter's appointment by
President Roosevelt to the Supreme Court
of the United States seems to meet with the
general approval of the people, except
those living west of the Mississippi River,
who would have preferred western man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
THE ISLAND CITY
Along the Waterfront

on keys fishing; Charles Pinder,
36 years sponging; Benjamin
Sawyer, Is years fishing and
sponging; Birge Saunders, 35
years fishing, sponging and pilot
ing; Thompson Fish Company
fishermen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Governor Cone is very much concerned
about the gambling situation in Miami, but
passes Key West-a hot bed of cheap
gambling-over very lightly. Why in Key
West even the-but that is another story
and we will tell it some other time-elec-
ton time, perhaps. IS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

SOME of the sources giving
these names were Charles l..
Pinder, sponger; Verrel Roberts,
sponging, fishing and plotting;
Allan Parrish, 20-year resident on
Key Vacas; jake Key, 40 years
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
KEY WEST spoNGERs n

AEI WLot oFONG6no now
on a six-week trip on Bay bot
toms of the upper Keys will use
many natural springs which buc-
cancers who patrolled these wa
tiers often used. One of the larg-
est is at Big Pine Key. The large
pine trees which are found on
that island grow to such uxuriant
dimensions because of the nat
ural wells there. A natural clay
deposit is near the we'll. Key
West island has three such wells,
one of which pumps 10000 gal
Ions a month with ease. An
early voyager in Key West MAX
ing a landing here discovered one
of the wells.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

L. Water and Sewerage
2 Comprehensive City Plan {zoning).
g. Hotels and Apartments.
4 Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
MONROE COUNTY.

MONROE COUNTY. named
1928 in honor of President Mon
roe. Spanish Harbor Keys, from
early settlers; Don Quivote Key,
name obscure; Buttonwood strips,
from trees on it; Sandfly Key, ap-
propriate name; Refuge Key lies
in mouth of blight at west shore
of No Name Key, best hurricane
key in vicinity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

itors asking for information about
Key West. One this morning
wanted to know about our gar
age accommodations. The Cato
and Curry garages are probably
the largest and best in the state
of Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Prof. James G. Rogers of the
Yale Law School, onetime assist
ant secretary of state, born in
Denver, Colo, Sc years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

The Citizen was informed to-
day by officials of the First Ma
tional Bank that several counter
felt notes of $40 had been pre-
sented at the bank, recently. A
request is made to give warning
to the public relative to the cir
culation of these bogus bills in
the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

In the prison hospital at Tou-
louise, England, where he was
held to await trial on robbery
charges, Sylvio de Souza joined a
funeral ccrtege as it passed him
in the garden and walked out to
freedom with the mournerS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

U.S.S. Hannibal, of the navy's
survey expedition, arrived yes
terday from the Cuban coast for
fuel and supplies. The vessel
will be in port for a few days
and then will return to the field
of operations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13
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I'oday's Horoscope

Today endows with genial
and fine disposition, which, turn
ed in the right path, makes for
a student of philosophy. Watch
for the danger sigma certain
weakness of character which may
Iun away from control and, I'M
less curbed, lead to dissipation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Alfred c. Fuller of Hartford.
Conn, founder of the brush COM
pany, born in Nova Scotia, 81
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Public officials-servants of the peo-
ple-should remember that the conscience
of the community is extremely sensitive to
wrong or injustice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Arrest of Elwood Dillon in
Homestead on a charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pre-
lenses in this city recalls to mind
the actions of Mr.. Dillon when
he. first came. here. He started
a movement to stage yacht races
in the harbor and interested lead
ing people of the city in his plan,
scheme as it turned out to- he
Much money had been subscrib-
ed when he disappeared. Sus-
picion was aroused when some
of his workers attempted to de-
part with two, wagon, loads of
remnants and bunting, which
were to be used in decorations
for the city. .sse ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Have you ever stopped to notice how
many of the really big jobs are held by
fellows whose neighhors said. when they
were kids, they would never amount to
much?.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-13

Prof. Ross G.. Harrison, noted
Yale biologist, born in Philadel-
phia, SO years ago.