Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-11-23
Jamestown Exposition

10 be held on the shores and waters Of
Hamton Roads near the cities Of Nor.
folk, Portsmouth, and Newport News,
Va, April 26 to November 80, 1907, is
TO be the most unique, and in originality
and novelty will completely eclipse all
previous Expositions.
The celebration commentaries the
most important event in history-the
founding of the first English.speaking
settlement in America, at jamestown
Va, in 1907, where Captain John Smith
and a small party ofcolOnists established
a village from which has grown America,
with nearly one hundred million in pop
ulation. The celebration will show the
remarkable position attained by the
United States in history aud education
together with the marvellous industrial
development and commercial expansion
during three hundred years. Oontem-
poraneous with the Exposition will be
held on the waters Of Hampton Roads
the greatest naval pageant ever witnessed
in the world. in which every type of war
vessel from the navies of all foreign
nations will participate. Another. at
ractive feature the information
al military encampment in which de-
tachments of troops of European coun-
tries will unite with the soldiers of the
United States in a series of drills, man
euvers, parades, etc.
The site of the Exposition is located
within 20 minutes ride of the Tidewater
cities of Virginia reached either by troll
ley or steamer, aud nature has combined
with the ingenuity of man in making
a beautiful and picturesque spot The
grounds cover more than 400 acres, with
two miles of water front facing the great
est waterway in the world, and com
mands an unsurpassed view of innumer-
abb points of national and historic intr-
est.
The scheme of landscape decoration
will be novel and elaborate one of the
attractive features being the floral fence
which surrounds the grounb. 1t is1nade
of trumpet vines, trained on meshed
wire, intertwined with hOneysuckle and
crimson rambler roses, the effect being
an artistic triumph of towering beau
ty.
More than rs exhibit palaces are now
nearing completion comprising Audi
forum, Manufacture and Liberal Arts,
Mines aud Metallurgy, Marine Applian-
ces Machinery, Food Products, Arts and
Crafts transportation, Social Economy,
etc, in addition to the government and
States buildings and pavilions. They
will be of semi-permanent construction
and in appointments will excel any
similar group of buildings ever erected.
In architecture they will all b, of the
colonial period, forming an appropriate
setting to the natural beauties of the en- =
irOnment.
+ Another attractive feature will be the
government pleasure pier extending
2, 600 feet into Hampton RDads At
either end it will be surmounted with
light towers and working exhibit of
wireless teIegraphy. The entire struc-
tnre will be illuminated by thousands
of arc and incandescent electric lights,
affording an unexcelled view of the ma
val display. Amusements have not
been lost sight of and the "Warpath' 8,
covering more than a mile, will offer 8
diversified class of originrl novelties
In assembling the exhibits especially
those representing the varied industries
and the liberal arts the managers of the
Exposition have been careful to selec
only such as show the latest ane hest at
tainments in every line industry Hence
it will be the first ''selective" Exposition
: ever held in the United States, in which
every phase of commercial and indust
rial development will be displayed 81
arranged and classified that visitors may
, obtain an INTELLIGENT understanding of tn,
history and growth of any specific brancl
of the trades and industries, without tn,
necessity of visiting other buildings t.
inspect another part of the same exhi-
bit.
{ Many reasons combine to make the
celebration the most successful ever at
tempted, and when President Roosevelt
T touches ad electric button April % %
: next year, signifying TIE formal open
ing of the gates, the thousands of visi
tors will not be disappointed in the
, wonders and attractions of the James
town Ter-Centennial.