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mosuillc MAGAZINE SECTION. THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1905. . PAGES 1 TO 4. HISTORIC 6DNST0N HALL VIRGINIA BOMB OF IBB FAMOUS GEORGE MASON PURCBASED by tom watson; * American History Made Beneath Its Broad Verandas-Haa Been Restor ed to its Original Beauty. Tom Watson, ot Georgia, author of a "Life of Tnomas Jefferson," is re ported to bare bought Gunston Hall, Virginia, 16 miles from Washington, and which was from 1760 to 1792 the home ot George Mason, friend and ad viser ot Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison and Pat rick Henry. The house is preserved and a tew rods from it is the grave of Mason. The pyramidal piece ot gran ite shown In the picture stands above his grave and >* inscribed: GEORGE MASON, - Author of the Blit of Rights and First Constitution of Virginia. 1T2S-1TSS. Gunston Hall Is on a ridge command ing a fine view of the Potomac river, a President by the people and for a term of seven years with ineligibility for re- election. He opposed the requirement of a property qualification tor voters and also opposed the plan to make representation in Congress. ___ fused to sign the Constitution aa adopted, and fought against its ratifi cation by Virginia. In the Virginia convention to ratin' the Constitution Mason*led the oppost-' tlon and standing-with him were Pat rick Henry, James Monroe, Benjamin Harrison and William Grayson. The' leaders for ratification were John Marshall, Edmund Randolph, Richard majority for ratification was only ton and this majority was obtained only after the required number of States had already adopted the Constitution. Of a Famous Family. The first American Mason was George Mason, great-grandfather of Mason of Gunston. He was a commander of a troop of horse at the battle of Wor cester, where he fought in the Stuart cause, as did Colonel John Washington, a near relative ot John and Lawrence Gunston mile distant It is about five miles be- Washington, English Royalists and the nal Washington Immigrants. low Mount Vernon and three miles be- origin low the ruins of Belvolr, the home ot : The Mason family was originally of the first Fairfax In Virginia. Gunston Warwalckshire and there, are many Hall was probably without equal in Mason memorials in the Church of the that part of Virginia at the time ot Holy Trinity at' Stratford-on-Avon. Its building, and is as well preserved Colonel George Mason, the first, was, as any other colonial house in Virginia. It is eighty feet long and forty feet wide and is built of bricks twice the size ot those made now. To the right ot the north entrance is the room which was occupied by Jefferson on his frequent visits to Mason. On the river portico is where Mason and Washing ton played at draughts by the hour. • Several years after the war Gunston Hall in dilapidation was acquired by Colonel Edward Daniels, a Northern man. The place was partially restored by him. Colonel Daniels in thi he days of however, not a Warwalckshire man, but was born in Staffordshire. One of bis fellow Royalist refugees to Amer ica was Gerard Fowke, of Gunston, a hamlet in Staffordshire. The old Eng lish Gunston Hall was standing a few years ago, and was owned by the Gif fords, descendants ot the same Giffords who were Royalists with Fowke and Mason, and who owned Boscobel, near Gunston, where Charles II. lay in con cealment after the battle of Worcester. The commonwealth commander at Worcester was General Fairfax, and it reconstruction was the editor of the was a strange fate that made a descen- Rlchmond Jour&al and was once a can- »nt of this man a neighbor to the Wash- dldats for the Houae ot Represents- Ingtons of Mount Vernon and the tives, but was defeated. He was a Muons of Gunston Hall. Belvolr, toe close friend ot President Grant. and £»*rfax estate, lay Immediately be- Danlels really controlled the patrons*- tween Gunston and Mount Vernon ot the 8Ute of Virginia. A spry old Tbs first American Mason and gentleman who has personally known Fowke settled in the northern neck of a hundred celebrities of other genera- Virginia, but Fowke later removed to tions. be lives on land adjoining Guns- Maryland. George Mason, the second, ton Hall and which was a part or toe married Mary Fowke, daughter of Ger- estate. Gunston Hail passed to Joseph ard Fowke, and they built a home in Brecht, of St. Louis, and by him was Maryland, which they called Gunston completely restored and beautified. He Hall, in memory ot the Epgllsh Guns- died three years ago and toe place con- ton. sTheso people were grandparents tlnued In possession ot his heirs and of GAirge Mason, the fourth, or George ln.charge ot a colored overseer. | Mason, one ot the republic’s founders. Ealry Opposed to Slavery. George Mason was the Sage of Guns- ‘after his marriage began the erection ton. It was he who after conference of Gunston Hall, Virginia, which he and correspondence with Washington named after his grandparents’ place in drew np toe non-importation resolu- Maryland and toe ancestral home ot tions offered by Washington and the Fowkes In' Staffordshire, adopted by the Virginia House of Bur-j Mason was one of the vestrymen of genes in 1769. One of these resolu- Fohlck Church, four miles from Guns- tlons pledged the signers to buy no ton. Washington and William Fairfax Slaves imported after November 1,1769, Mason was the author ot a tract styled "Extracts from Virginia Char ters and Some Remark* upon Them,’* supporting toe contention that the Brit ish Parliament bad no right to tax toe American colonies. This tract had a wide vogue in pre-revolutionary times. Mason and Washington attended toe cltlxens* meeting at Fairfax Court House, Virginia, in July, 1774. Wash ington was moderator of toe meeting. Mason presented twenty-four resolu tions in advocacy of non-intercourt* with the mother country. These elutions were adopted, and were also Virginia adopted by the Virginia convention at rattans' ‘ Williamsburg In August 1774. ; body which elected : dolph. Rid that 1 , which elected Peyton Ran- „ Jtlchard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison and Edmund Pendleton delegates to toe First Con tinental Congress, and that Congress substantially adopted the Mason reso lutions. Favored Election of Presidents by • the People. Mason after once declining election, and once refusing to serve after elec tion to the Continental Congress, sat In the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In that great body he opposed slavery, saying it was a source of “na tional weakness and demoralisation.” Bo ^vocated the direct election of the ware also vestrymen there. UNCLE JOE CANNON’S ADVICE. Truth. Speaker Cannon, whom everybody alls “Unde Joe,” told the following ' when he wished to em- ealla “Uncle Ji story one day phaslze the necessity for telling the whole truth, and farther how a man may be deceived by half-truth: A man rented a bouse, but after look- i real c Jng at it want back to the agent with a complaint “Ton profess to have told me the truth,” he stormed, “but yon haven't told me toe whole truth. There’s that lawn, for instance!” “Really, sir,” protested the agent “I distinctly remember describing the lawn, and a very nice lawn it is.” “Oh, yes,” went on the kicker. “Ton told me there was a lawn, but you didn’t tell me that the nearest owner of a lawn-mower lived two miles away! Where am I to borrow a lawn-mower, sir7 Answer ms that!” the lire Stock Mailers. “Ob," said toe fair summer boarder, as a couple of calves gamboled across- meadow, “what pretty little cow "Tew air too old tanner. HEW CABINET OFFICE. IIKELIBOOD OF CREATION OF DE PARTMENT OF INSULAR AFFAIRS. Considered Too Wide May Suggest Change to Congress. Since the war with Spain, the enor mous growth of the business of toe War Department has given rise to an ment circles that the time Is fully ripe for toe creation oLauother executive department to liandlo the control of the island affairs of the government. It IS predicted that too President,will make some such suggestion in bis forthcoming message-to-Congress. Following the Spanish War, toe War Department naturally took control of toe island possessions that came to toe United States ns u result of that con flict These Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Pblllipplnes, fell to toe care of the War Department as long as they were under military rule, but when -civil government took the.place of martial law they were Still left with the War Department Kept From State Department. 1 It would seem natural for them to belong to the Department of State, but nave been purposely kept from they the province of that department in or der that foreign powers might not have a chance to say anything about them. The bureau of insular affairs was created to attend to questions affecting our island possessions, but this bureau has been under the imme diate control of the Secretary of War, and out of reach of foreign represent atives. With the turning of Cuba over to the Cubans and lue passing of Porto Ittco to the State Department and Guam and Tutuilla to toe Navy De partment, mutters became even more involved. Burden Too Great. Almost of greater Importance, at canal tone. Secretary _ shunt this burden to the shoulders of Secret - - - tern: a vi _ work on the big ditch is progressing. Mr. Root declared that the bureau of Insular affairs was better equipped to handle canal affairs than any other department ot the government. However, when Secretary Taft left for the Pblllipplnes and it was understood that Mr. Hoot would be come Secretary of-State, it was said to be Secretary Tafts wish that the canal matter be transferred to Mr. Root and there ha* been much speculation during the summer and fall .as to who would eventually oversee this big job. On one hand it has been realized that Secretary Taft ha* had a great deal more than his proportionate share of government work and responsibility, and again it was understood that one of the arguments usod by toe President to induce Mr. Root to re-enter the Cab inet was the President's personal de sire that he should undertake the di rection of the can work. His accept ance ot tbs trust would have enabled Secretary Taft to devote more of his time to. Important Philippine govern ment questions and the business of the army generally. It seems to have been decided, however, that Mr. Taft is to continue permanently as the Panama canal builder, this decision having been reached at a recent Cabinet meeting. These qucstlous, together with ques tions relating to the general staff, the ROOSEVELT IN DIXIE. President Speaks to the Followers of Lee. President Roosevelt’s recent tour through the South was one continuous ovation from the people of Dixie. In fact his visit has been heralded as be ing as triumphant as the return of any Roman emperor. Dixie was cap- ured by the Rough Rider Presides*. At Richmond, the old Confederate Capital, the greeting extended to him was unusually cordial. After much was taken for a drive through the residence section.- In the center of this section Is the great equestrian statue of Ueneral Robert E. Lee. At this point occurred a scene of the Pres ident’s visit which will probably be remembered when ail others have faded Into oblivion. Surrounding too Lee monument'll an iron fence, inclosing a circle of lawn. The crowd was thickly grouped around this circle. Inside, standing upon the base ot the monument and wandering about upon thd lawn-were seventy-five broken, tottering old men. dad in gray and entry g small Con- ederate flags. Many hobbled upon canes. Here and there an arm or a leg was missing. The voices of the old to the crowd around them. They were waiting for the President of the United States, he -was to drive past the monument From time to time a little, old man climbed upon a pedi ment and stood, like the very incar nation of the Lost Cause, shading bis eyes and gazing toward the coming of the great, the powerful, the world- renowned successor ot Lincoln and Grant It was such a sight as this'which greeted the President when Ills car riage dashed up to the monument Before the old men realized it the ing, "Come closer.” With confused ex clamations the old men hobbled for- dth small pretense of march- ward, wll _ _ ing. They had almost forgotten toe THE STRENGTH OF JAPAN. GARDEN FARMS TBB FOUNDA TION OF NIPPON’S POWER. 30,000,000 People Sustained In Com fort on Only 19,000 Square Miles ot Cultivated Land. (Item “Chicago.” The Orest Central Market July, 1U0C). “A hundred years hence, leuving China out ot the question, there wlU be two colossal powers In the world, beside which Germany, England, France, and Italy will be as pygmies- the United States and Russia.” If any one had told Emile de La- veleye, when he made this prophecy, some years ago, that within a few years toe power of Russia on the sea would be annihilated, aud her laud forces defeated again and again by the loved it? No, neither ho nor any one else, at that time, would h.-.ve credited it The Incredible, the unbelievable, has actually happened. There is no result without a cause. What Is toe underly ing cause of this marvelous strength of Japan? It is not in battle ships or siege gui " * --- not in torpedo boats or field artillery —not in arms or armor—not in muni tions of war or equipment for battles on land or Bea. Russia bad all these, and yet she has suffered crushing, hu miliating, and overwhelming defeat What, then, is the secret of Japan’s strength? Eiflclency of the Unit. It Is in just one thing, and that is menl It is In too efficiency of the unit It is in the physical and mental pow er—in the health, s’rengto, and intelli gence of tile .Inpniicsc people ns a whole, and as a consequence, of every individual soldier and sailor. And this physical and mental effi ciency of nn entire people—of toe en tire citizenship of the Japanese nation measures everything by a money wage —a totally false aud deceptive stand ard of measurement of the best thing that human life affords. In the United States two hundred and fifty thousand of our people are plague, tuberculosis. In Japan the disease is practically unknown. C Why? * Because the Japanese breathe fresh air. What would the Japanese think it they were told that tbelr people could not have fresh air because they did not have more money? Or could not have exercise because letlc clubs? Or must go without food because they lacked money to buy it at a butcher or a grocery store, when every Japanese gardener has the land ' *- ’“ knows.how with bis from which he own labor to get all the food he needs for the abundant 'nourishment for himself and family.' The Garden Farm.' Of the 40,000,000 population of Japan 30,000,000 are farmers, or more correctly speaking, gardeners. The Japanese farm is a garden, irrigated and fertilised, and scientifically and Internal affairs, have made the 8ecro- e Cabinet. Taft Travels Far. This Is proved, if in no other way, by'tlie immense amount of'traveling anama, to tbo Philip- n n 1 % jT | 1 COL. CLARENCE B. EDWARDS, Chief of Bursal of Insular Affairs and Pos sible New Cabinet Officer. - fines, to Hawaii, torching and Japan. has just left Washington for hit bis connection with toe affairs Philippines, he has become Involved In questions wholly outside the regular line of the War Department These are some of the reasons which lead the President and bis advisers to consider the creation of another da ta rtment to take complete control of stand and colonial affairs. Whether Congress will consent to this at toe coming session, or will move postpone ment, cabnot be foretold, - but toe chances are that within a reasonable time, the War Department will be re lieved of some of its heavy burdens. There Is no pie or pudding; father. But I will give you this: And upon thq blacksmith’s toO-wom brow. She printed a childish kiss. uiiu luniiucu. ui intensively tilled. And a recent writer, describing the life of too Japanese farmer, says:— "Measured in money, he is not rich. But be dwells in a comfortable and in viting home, purged of every taint of dirt and dust. The transparent paper walls of bis house, made of bark from Ills mltsumnta shrubs, flood his dwell ing with light and keep out the wind. He enjoys good food served in dainty, but Inexpensive dishes made ot native woods. Even in the homes of the poorest, there are no visible signs of poverty. There is no squalor In agri cultural Japan. The humblest peas ant farmer Is clean, industrious and Comfortable. The area of fence corners abandoned on many American farms to wild mustard, feuncl, and pig weed, would furnish comfortable living to a whole family in rural Japan. Some idea of the trifling cost of living in agricultural Japan was given bj at “ nn American who has spent fifteen kes a vacation In the farming re gions. He has good food, sleeps on clean and comfortablequllts in impec cable bouses is carried about to coun try carts,and at toe end of two weeks finds that his total expenses bave not exceeded ten yen, or five dollars.” And from the garden farms—the. have come the soldiers who bave.i death to drive the Russians from Man churia and leaped into eternity in or- wasli the shores or their Home Land. /A Nation of Home Acres. not light for a 1 Japanese have proved" that they win fight ir ' ’ " like demons to defend the insti tutions of a nation of Homo Acres. We Instinctively think of toe victo ries of Japan as the victories of her leaders. We are naturally hero-worshippers. But there, again, we are superficial. Our military men were loud in tbelr raises of the masterly way to which luropatkln played the game of war. And Rojestvensky must have the credit due him for sailing bis fleet four thousand miles and planning so effi ciently to provide It with coal si STATUE OF GENERAL LEE AT RICHMOND. Gr&ap ot Confederate Veterans Waiting to Seethe Preeilent old marching orders in tbelr confusion. fence. The line was not reformed. Then the President spoke to the South, ignoring the crowd behind hint. He 1* only to the wearers of the gray. >ke as the President of a re country. His voice seemed as toe voice of a nation speaking to the followers of Lee. The veterans devoured every vigor ous syllable of the President’s address. They returned his earnest gaze with looks of unmistakable good will and toe* Kesidentdltop^lI'waved^bta'fiaC It was to them like the balm of Gilead, and shouted, "Good-by, and good- luck.” “Good-by, good-by," they shouted. President Boose- and a moment later velt was out of sight Expert Naval Testimony. When Dick Thompson, of Indiana, was called to toe Cabinet as Secretary ot the Navy It is said that , he had never even been on a large vessel. One of his earliest visits was made to an informal inspection on a large man- of-war, lying at the Navy Yard. He climbed up on toe deck, was escorted around the vessel, admired and com plimented the beauty and cleanliness of t all and finally peered down the hold. He looked back at the officer, took off his glasses, wiped them, looked down again and then finally turned to the commander and exclaimed, “Why the thing’s hoUowl” -is a plain and distinct result of their mode of life. The Japanese people are strong be cause they live as toe human animal must live to be mentally and physi cally strong-next to nature. They 1 _ breathe the fresh air. They eat plain food. They neither starve nor gf:pe. . They are mentally and physically active. "They are an lout of door" people. — ‘ tot health. ey ui and obey then. Their children draw their strength from the bosom of mother earth. And above ond beyond all, they are a nation ot homes and home owners. Each family is to a home and each home is in a garden where health and strength are gained by the labor of cultivating that garden tat a living, And in these garden homes toe peo- ple of Japan bave far more ot real R leasure and bapplncss and the genu- te enjoyments or life than the aver age wage worker to our country. The White Plague Unknown. We'-have fallen into a smug and self-complacent and wretchedly super ficial habit of thought which loses sight of the life that a people lead and and pro visions. But Oyama and Togo bad too men, and every Japanese soldier nnd sailor is not only a hero but a leader. If evary officer in toe Japanese army and navy above the rank of Captain were stricken dead tomorrow, their places would be filled and Japan would con tinue to prosecute the war to final vic tory. The secret of her power lies in the fact that in Intelligence, In mental nml physical strength. In individual initiative in patriotism, in all that goes to make up a fighting unit, every Japanese soldier nnd sailor Is Oyma or a Togo In embryo. Oymn or a Togo In embryo. Yon might destroy every sbip that Japan possesses, destroy all her arms and munitions of war, take away even' toe clothes on their backs And trans port evenr soldier In her army nnd every sailor In ber navy back to too shores of Japan as naked as toe day be were born, and leave the nation to Its own devices, and. in a few years they would completely reproduce their naval and military power and bo stronger than ever. But destroy toe men of Japan nnd substitute for them toe dull-witted peasantry of Russia or the enaemlc factory operatives ot I II I H En gin ml. and yon have destroyed Japan. Men Before Battleships. True to bis warlike Impulses and in stincts, President Roosevelt catches up toe echo from toe greet naval battle which has just been fongbt, nnd calls on the country for more battle ships. Rojestvensky hqd battle ships. .Ho bad more of them than Togo. But he didn’t have the men. AndTio < I’t have the men. AndTio couldn’t ger them. Russian Institutions could not produce them. Now, would it not be wise for toe people of this country to wake up to the fact that the foundation ot our strength ss a nation is not In an armv , or n navy, but in our citizenship. And also wake up to the api»"t' fact, powerfully portrayed by nunter in “Poverty,” his recent that we are deliberately folio the footsteps of England and < ___ nting onr citizenship by crowding < working people Into 'cities —'“ they live in an unbonlthful ment and are weakened by p and inadequate nourishment The lesson to be learned by BULLDOG SUSPENDERS 00 cent* everywhere. Will Outweur Three Ordla*rv Kinds. ffbaolutely unlivekable, s„f», pliable Hull [toff leather ends they are POOITIVELY < THI ( BEST^8 USPENDER^MADIs H EWE8*A “POTT l>*pt.«4. IT LINCOLN ST.. BOSTON, M Valuable Booklet, “Drag **4#