The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14
Hunters Ethiopia and the Fisher.
mems Eden.
THE MOTHER GRAPE VINE
a Great Fruit Bearer and Winensaksr
Planted Four Hundred Years Ago.
Historic Spots and Resorts
of Summer Pleasure.
tspec,n, Dispatch to The Tines,

student OF history.
| Il IS the birthplace CT Virginia Dare.
the first -Anslo-American to see light in
the New World Roanoke Island is the
hunters Utopia and the anglers Eden.
m her waters, the fnny tribe of almost
.,.ery known specie abound, giving LIE
/ and sustenance to her people. From her
| wharf is marketed more white shad than
any single shipping point in the world.
| Her banks, sounds and marshes futter
with birds, ducks and geese. and the
happy sportsman finds here his paradise
the year round Manteo. the couuty'S
capital, must be an ideal seunmer resort
with it's forest scenery. country drives.
fishing. sailing, bathing and hunting
Only three miles across the bay old
ocean roars. plunses. leaps in its restless
ness; its beach OF miles affording spie1l-
did romping.
Ar THE BEGINNING
| Within a short walk are spots OF his
tcric interest, inviting fields for the stu
I. dents of history to so nlusiug: spotB
that carry one back to first things first
! efforts. first dangers. first struggles,
! first battles of q people, the descend
| ants of wnon have grown into u eat
| people and builded the mightiest ma ion
on the globe. The town has q popuIa-
ton of 600 ard is situated On the east
| side Of the island on Stlallenbas Pay.
which links it with the sands OF the
| seasho-e.
! Across the bay and on the sound side
| of the beach is Mays Head. for years
| the popular resort for the people Of the
| AlbemarIe section. Cosey homes line
| the white, sandy thoroughfares. and
| number of goodly-sized mercantile es-
| Establishments greet the eye The people
are alive 10 education and have an ex-
! celleut school Miss Epps. OF Virginia.
-. JN-;,
! it's principal. Having surrounded her
self with an able corps fof assistants.
| Iauteo Academy is abreast of he tines.
| With the outside wo lt there exists
! a daily mail service. and the is'and7rs
| are in touch the one with the other by
| telephone.
! The Island Itself is twelve miles long
| by three and a half miles wide. and has
| population Of some 2,"0o people, cbort
! go of these being negroes
| BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
| The people are sturdy. hospitals ard
! intelligent. Women predom;nate: and
| many of them. though reared IN the lap
/ of poverty, with its accompanying hard
! ships. are beautiful, indeed.
! \ growth Of shore leaf pine pract:-
| cay cover the island Besides is to be
| found the gum tribe. the live OAK. the
| holly and other varieties Of hard wo7d.
| CIicbine. these in great abundance
|
| snrirst.rne waited by ever-payins
! breezss doubtless gave rise to the say
| ing OF the early coloaists: II is land
| of pleasant odor.' The soil Is pro.
! tive and there's vegetable matter Il iHe
! deem in the forests yet. but little !
| ton is paid to farming Here and l. re
| is a cleared spot. where garden erues'
corn and potatoes are grown Fish ~
the fertilizer used
4 farrow is opened and cart-load az
.a~ cart-load of beautiful fish is taken
into the field and thrown into ths furroW
ara covered and on this row IS plantsu
rho crop Primitive did you say? No.
The method is truly modern ard most
fruitful in result. Extravagant: Not ar
all The spot is Cfod-flv0rei and the
srscies used is the fat-back Yes
FISH factory should be established and
FISH scrap from the waters surrounding
EoGnoFe Island should fertilize the neios
oE the ALTERNATE section
FEATURES OF INTEREST.
On the Island are number of spots or
interest to be visited. Among these. the
wireless telegraph station. OF the North
role. as the islanders call it, where the
..v:sn der of the age" is being practically
| demonstrated: old Indian mounds, old
battle grounds, the site OF the old Fort
Fort EsaIeigh-aDd the MeektnsS Pace.
where vest thrves the Old scuppernons
grape vine now more than 400 years old
+ PIucked from the forests at the Roanoke
an6 transplanted here by the early set
tiers the aged mother has done her fuit
duty in the succeeding centuries Cut
tipcs from her branches dot the State.
Though pleasantly situated at the Meek
ines Pace. the pret-ie lest spot on the Is
land. overlooking the bay. covering q
large acreage the old vine IS yet l1xu-
RANT But her body is all drawn and
twisted with the fight OF years Hsr
limbs are rnis-shapen and there IS that
about her that seems to say. II could
crly but lay me down to sleep and rest
from this long life OF forced fruit bear
ing and wine-givins. should he happy.
ana yet as You step forth and look at
Ter spread propositions ever giving eyi-
derce OF Il new lease on life. you feel like
ssying. live on noble mother. cease not
to- be obe,lient TO the laws OF Nature. but
pc fruitful and multiply. for indeed thou
ert the mother of thsu, ALL as the mum
herless living 6earins. styi1 ,3, nenn,
elit, breadth OF the land
FORT RALEIGH.
Fort Raleigh is not far distant from the
Meetings. Place. Tire lires % RE Old
Fort have been traced, and marked with
stcres \ marble slab coulr1eulora tive
has been erected ard greets the eye OF
the visitor lone sentinel on Gutrd. re-
handing one OF the slcfeoEess OF shs
SPOT.
THE sand dunes OF the island is an
awe-inspirine scene. Through some four.
ar five miles of sound intervene the cor
trary winds ~ the ocean has oirSs.f up
TIE sand from its lap ard hurled It
across space. where IL found iodgclenr
on the islard amid rhe n'nsS OF the for
est. To great heights these dunes have
been bulded. AS one Journeys the road
way. they loom up like some gray noun
tain in the distance, Many OF them ara
forty 70 fifty feet high.
Pine trees in some instances have bean
wrapt in the sand. The Judgment is 4
strdy. Here is q stretch in shape lika
unto a worm fence; there It's the horse
shoe forebodiEg good lack. always beau
tifrl and swe-inspi-iHG.
Yet another spot of interest is the fresh
water lakes in the woodland across ehr
bav 70 the northeast. where great sport