The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
portion Of jamestown as it was in Co.

In 1907. Visitors may there see q, repro
fllcts and struggles of the infant colony
Indian villages will be located on on, the ne
outskirts and employees In charge Will De
dressed in colonial costumes.
The Jamestown Ter-centennial Is the OPP
portunity Of this generation. not only .iy
for Virginia, but for America. It VIII
in the early history of our country: en-;
large their Views, and disseminate general
knowledge. stimulate inventive genius.
improve and beauty eur cities; increase nd
in many ways, increase values and deVel-
op resources.
DXPosITIoNs HELPFUL.
All expositions are helpful to the peo-
dispositions are the tlme-keepers Of
progress. They record the worlds adj
vancemcnt.
and intellect of the people, quicken the
human gepius They. go into the nome.
They broaden and brighten the daily lie
Of the peopie, They o open m ne
Every exposition. great or small. mas
helped to some onward step, Compari,
son of ideas is always educational, ana
man. Friendly rivalry follows. which Is
the spur to Industrial Improvement, the
inspiration to useful invention ana 10
high endeavor in all departments of hu-
a site for the Exposition, embracing
$3.50 acres OF beautiful high land fronting
about 5000 feet on Hampton Roads, at
has been acquired and the work o! pre-
pairing 1t for the erection OF the EXPO
sitlon buildings will begin as soon as the
according to the terms OF the charter.
The site selected is by far the best not
only by reason Of Its accessibility, put be-
cause the world renowned Halnpton
Roads offers advantage for marine and
naval displays far in excess of any place
On this continent. where an expos ton has
been held. The determination on the part
of the company to purchase and own III
fee simple the land upon which the EN-
position Is to be held. Is departure
from what has been done in the past
by other eNpositlons. This determindd-
visedly, but with the idea of thereby saw
ing much that has been destroyed or
wasted by other eXpositions, securing
guarding the interests Of the stockhold-
The exposition in its scope Will be in
ternational, and It's features VIII De j 5
torical. industrial and naval No section
of America is more replete with historic
memories OF important events, from the
day that Captain Smith and his asso-
cates entered the capes that guard mo
CneSlp cake, tNTOuBU AL lHe ScaiS upNI
to the close of the war There could
be no more appropriate site for an lndus-
trial exposition TO show the great strides
of the American nation In industrial de-
velopment and nowhere on the globe can
be found finer body of water for ma
rne displays than Hampton Roads, HOW
wonderful is the fact, also, that at New
port News, almost at the same place
where landed John Smith and his little
band from their small ships. Aggregate
ing in tonnage only 1G0 tons. Is now o.
Gated one of the largest sh pbuildng
plants In the world, building not only the
fieetest monsters for the merchant ma
rlne, hut the most approved ships for our
new navy.
FINANCIAL PLAN
l. Tho jamestown Exposition Company
proposes to issue and dispose Of at par
one million Isl 900 ,00O) dollars Of non-Vot-
ing preferred stock, bearing and limited
to a preferred SIX per cent, cumulative
dividend shares TO lie Of the par value
of one hundred $500 dollars, and guaran-
teed as to both PRINCIPAL and dividends.
O. Subscriptions to said preferred stock
are payable as follows; Two per cent or
two dollars per share, payable on demand
of the Executive Committee of the COM
pany, and the remaining az per cent, shall
be PAYABLE in seven equal installments,
each fourteen per cent, or fourteen CID
dollars per share on the first day of
January and July of each year berin-
ninr on the LIST day of January, 1904.
IT is Intended 70 retire this prefer-
red stock after the close Of the exrosi-
tlan. IL payng to the holders thereof