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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
DOWN-RIVER RESORTS.
People Making Plans for the Annual
Miyratiou

Little tables and big tables. iron beds.
brass beds wooden beds and all other
kinds of beds parlor and bed room furni-
ture and other furniture of high and low
degree and in all states of repair have be-
gun their annual pilgrimage down the Po-
tomac to the various points where the peo-
pie OF Washington 20 TO spend the spring
and summer months, the steamer Harry
Randall on her trip down the river this
morning being half loaded with furniture
consigned largely to Colonial Beach. Many
hundreds of the residents of Washington
claim the counties of Maryland and Vir-
ginia bordering on the Potomac as home
and with the first breath or summer they
migrate taking their household belongings
with them to furnish cottages on the "oid
home place"
This movement down the river started
earlier this year than usual, In consequence
of the hot weather of last week, and from
now until the middle of July or early part
Of August the pilgrimage down the Potomac
will continue. With those not native to the
Potomac region the lower Potomac resorts
In the past few years have become popular
as places at which to spend the summer,
and many Washington families secure cot
tages at Colonial Beach. Colton's, St
Georges Island or elsewhere on the river
and spend the hot days where the cool Po-
tomac breezes blow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
299 YEARS AGO TODAY
English Founded the Settlement
of Port James.
LATER CALLED JAMESTOWN
Preparing to Celebrate the Tercen-
tennial Anniversary.
HISTORIC ISLAND PRESERVED
Site of the Festivities Will Be Some
Distance Away-Money Wanted
From Congress.
nY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
The proposed celebration Of the three
hundredth anniversary of the first settle
ment of English speaking people on the
American continent, May 1S. 1867, will not
take place on James Island. where that set
Element was located, because there is no
room there and other conditions are not
favorable James Island is low piece of
land about thirty miles from the mouth of
James river, and was formerly peninsula.
The waters of the river long ago washed
away the neck which connected 1T with the
mainland, and the entire island would long
ago have been carried out to sea as silt by
the current had not the government protect
ed II by a wall of stone. 1t Is difficult to
reach The river boats stop there during
the tourist season and allow their passen-
gers to go ashore for a few moments. 1t Is
possible also to drive over eight miles from
the city of Williamsburg, but the roads are
usually pretty bad and there Is no place to
stop and very little to see when you get
there The island belongs to Mrs. Barney,
the wife of well-known car builder at
Dayton, Ohio. who has a plantation in the
neighborhood. She bought 1t at auction
when no one In Virginia was patriotic
enough to do So and has presented the
northern portion. which was the site OF the
first English town In America, to the So
tiauities. Before doing SO she restored the
tower of the church. which is the only relic
of the original jamestown remaining. Vir-
ginia is therefore indebted to an Ohio wom-
an for the preservation OF her most precious
historical possession. Now the exposition
people ask the government to build pier
at the island to cost $4,000 and to spend
$4,000 in providing rest stations, retiring
rooms, drinking water and other comforts
and conreniences for visitors.
1t Is well to revive and stimulate our
knowledge of history. In 1854. as you
learned when you were in school. Sir Walter
Raleigh obtained a charter for the coloniza-
ton of Virginia, and sent Capt. Amadas
and Capt Barlowe to explore the coast and
the rivers flowing into the sea. Upon re-
ceiving their report a party Of colonists was
sent over under Sir Ralph Lee and landed
somewhere on the coast OF North Carolina,
where most Of them died of fever or were
killed by Indians. The remainder were RES
cued and brought back to England by Sir
Francis Drake In 1883. In 1887 and 1852
similar expeditions started and returned.
In i602 Bartholomew Gosnold led g CONF
pany OF colonists along the New England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
Movements of River Men.

Capt. Frank Taylor, who has been IN
command of the Washington owned tug. NJ.
Mitchell Davis of Taylor & Bros fleet. on
the Delaware river. rsturned home yester-
day morning. and is again on duty in his
tusboat Office here.
Capt. Bob Brown has been relieved from
the command or the tug William III. Yerkes,
jr., in service on the Potomac and chesa-
peake bay, and has been put in command
OF the tug Davis on the Delaware river
Capt. Ollie Erowxser has succeeded Capt.
Brown on the Yerkes.
Mr.. William A. Moore. chief engineer OF
the Randall line. has returned from Baiti-
mere where he has BEEN experimenting the
fitting out Of the steamer Queen Anne for
service on the river between this city and
River View.
Capt. George Cook 10 experimenting the
overfauling OF the machinery of the steam
launch Little Angus, belonging to the Poto-
mac Dredging Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

coast. called 1t North Virginia and then re-
turned to Great Britain. Other parties We're
organized, but their plans were not carried
out until December, 1906, when three LIigates
sailed from England and, on the 18th OF
April entered the Virginia capes, when
were named Henry and Charles. aItef the
Prince of Wales and his younger brother.
They anchored In Hampton ROADS ana Gaiieo
the peninsula which sheltered them POINT
Comfort After d few days they sailed up
the James river and, on May Ii, 1901, round
ed what they called Port James, afterWard
known as the city of jamestown
Site of the Celebration.
BECAUSE there is no place nearer the orig
inal SITE the Norfolk corporation, which
has been organized to promote and manage
the celebration of the anniversary, selected
a site on the beach of Hampton roads OPP
posite Old Point Comfort near the mouth
of Elizabeth river. 1t is five miles by troll
ley car from Norfolk and Portsmouth. five
miles by water from Newport News. hye
miles from Hampton and four miles from
Fort Monroe. The corporation has pur-
chased $50 acres of land at an average cost
of 1852 an acre, making the total cost Sl26,-
CO., which they propose to improve and
maintain as permanent resort for summer
and winter at the close of the exposition.
The local corporation Is authorized to issue
S5ooOOO in common stock and 81 100000 in
preferred stock, which is entitled to 6 per
cent interest before holders of the common
stock receive anything. More than 2. 800
people have subscribed for the common
stock, and $561 600 of the preferred stock
has been subscribed for. The largest sub
serIbers are the railway and steamship
lines which take 100000; the street rail-
ways OF Norfolk, Which take $4,000, and
the people who sold the land buy about
SAT 600 of both kinds Of stock. The state of
Virginia has given 500, 900 cash outright to
aid the exposition, and during the recent
winter the legislature appropriated 100000
for. a 1aui al a n
pay the expenses OF an encampment of the
state militia
Other Interesting Features.
Prof. Munroe has suggested several other
interesting features, including the firing OF
salutes by small mines laid on the bottom
of the bay at a safe distance from shore
instead of by cannon. Such mines would
not only give report equal to that OF a
howitzer. but would throw up great coll
urnrs of water, which assume beautiful
forms in ascending and descending. When
such salutes are fired at night the columns
OF water can be Illuminated by electric
light with superb effect.
He also suggests blowing up wrecks with
guncotton Mines There are quantities OF
old hulks along the coast and the harbors
that might be destroyed In that way with
benefit to all concerned. The sappers and
miners from the artillery school at Fort
Monroe could give impressive Demon
strations with explosives.
The wood alcohol propogitfou - raearded
as OF supreme Importance, particularly ~
1t anects the south In the northern states
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

rounding Norfolk The exposition people
and their friends, however, declare that
Congress authorized the exposition, that
the President has invited foreign nations,
and therefore Congress is legally and
morally bound to pay the expenses. They
declare that the appropriation of S250,000
made last year was accepted as an INSTALL
ment because further funds were not
needed at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

The buildings were erected and the
grounds laid out by a wealthy California
gentleman, who considered expense only
as it contributed to comfort. For business
reasons he is leaving Washington and is
willing to dispose of this property at a
price very much less than the cost of the
construction of the buildings, to say moth
ing of the value of the grounds. The prop
erty is situated on an elevated point within
easy reach of the city. The buildings are
modern in every respect, and consist of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
Congressional Appropriation Desired.

The exposition people have asked Con-
gress to furnish the money to carry out
their plans to the extent Of $1,7o0,000. OF
this amount $4,000 was appropriated last
year to pay the expense of the naval dis
play and the entertainment of foreign Off
GERS The following are the items:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

B u t t on Boots,
Pumps and Butcher
Oxford Ties. Light
or heavy soles.
75c. to $I.o5.
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Are specially built for
Wear. c o m fort and
Beauty.
No other advertised So
Low Shoes are nearly as
good.
In fine
Wei Kid,
Derni-Calf 49, z0
or Patent N y ~ u
Kid. ~eO
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Price, $4,85o. Renting for $45. 9
rooms; nearly new-on lettered
street. A big bargain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
Forrot Hid Trouser..

All the prizes in the catalogue set aside for absent -mindedness belongs to John Sharp Williams. The Demo- cratic leader is even more absent-mind ed than the man who would forget his head were it not fastened to his neck. A short time ago his secretary reminded him that that was the even
 ing he had promised 10 dine with Rep resentative Sibley. As soon as his memory was logged Williams began making toilet articles describe all the curves thought of by Hogarth. He is wonder in getting dressed. In about five minutes, after carefully surveying himself In shaving glass, which showed his person down to the top button of his vest, returned to his se- cretary and asked: Now. how's that?'' Fine, iine," admiringly remarked that young person, but, really I think you would look little better if you should wear trousers tonight"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06

for some time; head has ached and back also; has slept poorly, been quite nervous and nearly tainted once or twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very fast; then that bearing-down feeling, and during her periods she is exceed ingly Respondent. Nothing pleases her. Her doctor says: " Cheer up: you have dyspepsia you will be all right soon
 But she doesn't get "all right" and hope vanishes; then come the brood- ing. morbid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES.
 Don't wait until your sufferings have driven you to despair, with your nerves all shattered and your courage gone, but take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege- table Compound. See what it did for Mrs. Rosa Adams. of s19 12th Street, Louisville, Ky, niece of the late Gen. eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham;
 l cannot tell you with pen and ink what Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has done for me l suffered with female troubles, extreme lsssitude, the blues nervousness and that al-gone feeling. was advised to try Lydia k Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, and it not only cured my female derangement, but it has restored me to perfect health and strength The buoyancy of my younger days has returned, and do not suf- fer any longer with despondencv. as did be- fore. consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound boon to sick and suffering women"
 If you have some derangement of the female organism write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
The successful farmer, scientist, and business man says use Daybreak Fer tIIIzeFs. Marks X Gayle.
Why Gibson Failed.

Some one asked Congressman John Wesley Gaines. of Tennessee. how 1t came about that MT. Gibson, of that state, was beaten for reelection. T can only explain it," said Gaines, by repeating d conversation between Con gressman Brownlow and Gibson be- fore the last election. They are both Republicans and Gibson was asking BrOwnlow how it was that he managed to get SO many places for constituents. cant do it. Gibson said. I bring the best men in the dfStrict up here and they cant pass the civi1 service. How do you get them through?" Gibson Browning said. If you ever find d man in your district smart enough to pass a civil examination you won't stay in congress"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06

EleetrIo iIgnLea dlnlng trains 1 and 4 between Birmingham and New Or leans. Lebanon and Cincinnati. also on train 10 between Montgomery and Nashville. Service la carte.
 New and handsome chair cars (seats free) operated on trains l and between Ctncin- natl and New Orleans. High back seat coaches and chair cars are also run on all through trains between Cincinnati Louisville and New Orleans.
 Train No. carries through Pulmans from Chicago. Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans. Also through day oach and sleep CT between St. Louis and Mont tgomery. through tourist 'leepers 10 San Francisco.
 Train No. carries through Pullmans from Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans and St. Louis to Jacksonville: also leaving Montgomery at 3:30 D. m. Tuesday. We'd nesday and Saturday. via New Orleans and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
Accounts Solicited.


 pany; s1,ooo,ooo mining company; sup ply company.
 company.
 south Carolina.
 Bamberg-s15.0o0 electric light plant.
 Belton---g50,o00 cotton mill.
 Columbia--Stone company. l Greenviile--sS0,00 900 ice factory. ! Ef Tennessee. South Pittsburg--Cement works. Menphis--si50. 900 elevator company Sa5. .o0V medicine company; slo,ooo iahd company. woodworking plant. sTrimble--s156 900 hardware company. Nashville-s2o.o0 900 lumber company. Knoxville---Foundry; Io,o00 coal company: $5,000 construction company. Johnson City-Builders supply com- pany. Roseuss-s5, ,090 telephone company. C,oree--s20, ,000 supply company. c.. | Hico--ss5, 600 cotton compress. Kyle-$S,O00 cotton gin waeo-s1o,o 900 cotton gin Beaumont--Forge works; lumber mill Munday--$20.0 .000 development com pany. tCOTpuS Snticti-- -TNV'VVVt i'~- " -- - Libby-As5.0oo lumber, company. San Antonia--CSlass factory.
 ,000 creosoting works.
 Fort worthA-$5e.0o0 machinery conn pany: s10,000 lumber company; $15,- 900 manufacturing company. Brownsville--Sugar refinery.
 McDowel1--Saw mill.
 Haskell--s2O.O00 lumber company. Houston--SlOO co 900 oil and gas com- pany; $40,000 coal company.
 Midlothian--s15,00 900 implement com pany.
 Fl Paso-s15.0OO. implement works; $25.0 hardware company. Virginia. Berkley--Cement plant. Portsmouth-s50,oO lumber company. Suffolk--$10,000 machinery company l $50,000 land company Chatham--Ice factory. g..... West Point-$20,000 ice factory. Roanoke~-s15,00O improvement com pany; $50,000 lumber and mining com pany; $25,0O0 lumber company. Norfolk--s50,o0o contracting compa-
 wise-s15,ooo coal and coke com. pany. West Virginia. Weston-$700.000 tile factory. Hinton--$25,Gj0 coal and land com pany.
 Charleston-s1oo.Ooo oil and gas com pany. Alderson-$15O.oo GOO lumber company. Charlestown-$50000 water works. Williamson-Concrete block companv. Parkersburg-$25,000 blaming mill company.
 Ronoeverte-s25,0 900 lumber comoanv.
 Wheellng-Sl00.00 development com pany. .. -....,-'- = oO''-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, AND RETURN
 $82.OO. LOS ANGELES, CAL, AND RETURN
 &R2 AA
SAN FRAN.

Account Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order Mobiles of Mystic Shrine, tickets will be sold from this point to above mentioned points at rate nam ed on April 24th to May 4th inclusive, limited to July 31st. '06. Liberal stop overs can be made at very low rates.
 For routes, schedules and other in- formation, call on or write to c. L. Wolf, T. P. A. Montgomery, Ala. No. 22 Commerce St. Phone 1495.
 adv Sun-Wed-fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
NEW ORLEANS, LA, AND RETURN
 &0.05.

Account United Confederate vete- rans Reunion, tickets will be sold from this point at rate mentioned above on April 23 to 26. inclusive. limited for return, and by paying fee of 50 cents, tickets can be extended to May 21st, 'O6 Low rates on above account will be in effect from all principal points on this line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06

DO you think investigations bring about substantial and permanent re- forms?"
 Not in most cases" answered Sem ator Sorghum. Their chief function is to satisfy human natures universal craving to know the worst."--Washins- ton Star
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
LOW RATES VIA. L A M

To points in Texas and Southwest at rate of one fare plus $2.0o for the round trip Tickets nssIe April 8rd and April 17th, 1906. limited to return 21 days from date of sale. Liberal ssvp- overs allowed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
southern Pacific.

oOutheIn PaClLIc.
 Train No. carries through Pullnans from New Orleans to New York ant Cincinnati and Jacksonville to St. Louis. making con neetion at Nashville with through sleeper to Chicago.
 Train No. carries through Pullman sleepers from New Orleans to New York Cincinnati Chicago and through day coach and sleeper Montgomery to St. Louis with- out change.
 All through trains make close connection at Cincinnati. Evansville. St. Louis and New and West.
 For further information pertaining to rates, routes and schedules. consult ticket agents L. X N. R. R.. or write e~ call on c. l.. Wolf. T, P, A. phone 35f. Montgoin- cry, Ala. or s. T. Surratt, Union Ticket AEt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06

CHENEH'S EXPECToRANT prOmpt- iy cures coughs, colds, Iagrippe and crOup, 25c. a bottle at all druw atorea.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-05-04
Prettier than California.

That there are sights of floral beauty and grandeur in Brinkley prettier and more charming than are to be seen even in California, is fact known to many who have seen California $ beautiful flowers and viewed the pretty sights to be seen in Brinkley.
 Among the many beautiful floral pictures to be seen in Brinkley. Some of the prettiest are at the homes of T. H. Jackson, Mrs. Josephine Spaine, c. F. Greenlee, and Wm B. Folsom.
 At Mrs. Jackson s, a Summer house is literally covered with beautiful light pink roses the fragrance of which is enjoyed from the streets by passers by.
 At Mrs. Spaine' pink climbing rose mixed with white flower have covered young tree which makes a dense bower of exceptionally beauty.
 The Marshal Neil with it's beautiful golden wax like blooms is to be seen in wonderful profusion at MT. Green lees where a great bush of this beau tiful rose stretches it's branches across one end of the Greenlee home
 At the home of Wm B. Folsom the big yellow Louisiana Marshal Neil and red Marshal Neil with their thousands. of yellow and red roses make another attractive picture.
 Any of these are worth going to see.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-05-04
About FriScO'S Chinatown.


 Tie mysteries being revealed about that famous portion of San Francisco, known as Chinatown. reminds me of my trip thro that interesting section of the city, made less than year ago. Chinatown in Frisco had grown to be one of the greatest gratis of its kind in the world. "A trip through Chinatown was heralded far and wide as being one of the sights every tourist and visitor should see above every thing else, and as a consequence every stranger in Frisco always took the trip through Chinatown. Hundreds of guides were provided under the li- cense Of the Police Department of the city and these guides went about over the city seeking the tourist and visitors as "fresh fish. The guides were nsteerers, all of whom had one com mon route and on this route would, in very diplomatic way. steer their crowds Up against a lot of "staked out places intended or rather PRETENDING to show the real life in Chinatown, but in reality, were places specially arranged whereby the guides and Chinamen could relieve the sight seers of their cash.
 Ordinarily the tenderfoot tourist imagined after they had visited these bogus "opium dens" and make be : lieve' gambling places, etc. that they had actually seen Chinatown Tn all of its real picturesque reddish tint, but in this they were badly wrong. The great Frisco catastrophe has proven that Chinatown had some of the dark est holes of crime, that has ever dis graced an American city. It is said that the earthquake and fire revealed the fact that there were scores of se- cret underground passages and that in many instances two and three story depths under the ground. Many are thought to have perished in those ter rible blacken depths of sin and crime.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-05-04
A. D. Lynch Promoted.

A. D. Lynch. the popular and ef- ficient manager of the Brinkley Phone exchange, has been transferred to Batesvie. He was checked out Tuesday, but owing to the illness of his wife he will likely not go to his new location until the first of next week.
 The change is promotion, a better salary and less manual labor being some of the advantages of the new position.
 As soon as the arrangements can be made Mir and Mrs. Lynch. ac- companied by Mrs. Hessie Cox, will move to Batesville their new home. Sincere regrets are heard from every one expressing themselves in regard the removal of this estimable family. While no true friend could but con- graduate MT. Lynch on his well de- served promotion yet his friends and patrons in Brinkley will say good bye sadly, and the leaving of his wife and Mrs. Cox will be a keenly felt loss to their very many friends.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-05-04
DIED IN INDIANA.
Judge Hurley, father of F. w. Hurley died at Craw-
 fOrdsville, Indiana.

On Sunday afternoon last, April 2oth at his home in rawfordsvile Ind, at the advanced age of 79 years Judge George D. Hurley fatfer of Mir. F. w. Hurley of this city. and one of the m 1st noted ard learned members of the Indiana Bar, died. after prolonged illness, extending thro the past year.
 Judge Hurley was, fcra number of years, the law partner of the celebrated Gen. Lew Wallace. Cutie number of the most prominent statesmen of national reputation have studied law under Judge Hurley, among them United States senators John Wilson. of Washington and Thomas Patterson of Colorado Judge Hurley leaves wife and three ehildrento mourn his death. The children are Mrs. Lucy Kanouse of Los Angeles, Cal, John w. Hurley of Charlottesville, ond Frank w. Hurley Of this city
 The funeral on Tuesday afternoon from the family residence in Craw fordsville was attended by large con- course offriends. Rev. C. H. Wilson, Presbyterian minister officiated.
 Mir. F. w. Hurley and family of this city were in attendance.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-05-04
$25.OO Reward For Arrest.

A reward of $25.OO will be paid for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of any party or parties guilty of dynamting fish at any point on East Lake in southern portion of Monroe County.
 This reward is offered at the instance of citizens of Monroe County who propose to cooperate with us in pre- serving this splendid fishing resort for the general public.
 For the above reward address
 EAST LAKE FISHING CLUE, ]. B. Pillow, Pres.
 Helena, Ark Albert N. Turner, Sec'y. If it's fit to print you will see it in the ARGUS.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-05-04
lyg PERSONAL NOTES.
s2so Reward.

,,id by me for-the arrest ana paiu a,v person stealing timber oil n ,s q, Monroe, ar1 Lee and St. Francis M. GAVIN.
 Memphis, Tenn.