The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-03
JAMESTOWN HAS
CLOSED HER GATES
The Ter-centeniel Expo
sitioo is Now History
injector General Reviews the
-a.ara Il the Exposition Manage
ment ~n. &c Oct : When He Took
rbarge-He Has Paid Expenses
and $4,000 on Back Debt.
,I $4,000 on Back Debt.
the Associated Press.)

and $4,000 on Back Debt.
l- the Associated Press.)
x.rt..e. Va. Nov. 30.-Director
.-.sra. .Alyah II. Martin, at b *
rcfdent to the closing Of the
.,a-...vn Exposition tonight, made
ar.rHing statement:
~ .--umcd the duties of the position
sf-..tor general of the jamestown
e~so-.tiDu on the seventh day Of Oc-
n. 1907. and at the time promised
En- The business of the company
.aIa be faithfully n economically
frfrtstered with as little friction as
n.,TbIe and that the gates should be
t,rt open until the 30th day of No
,sm5,r. the date of the Official clos
ioo as d~csignatcd by act of Congress.
~ble p1omise aas been carried u and
eau confidently say that its affairs
have been administered in a practical
5,.fre-s-!ike ann and its obliga-
lions have been largely decreased.
The Conditons confronting me on
the eth day of october were extremely
EMBARRASSING, with many obligations
incurred by the previous administra-
lions aud practically an empty treas
urv. could not attempt to pay the
eyfNiuG debts of the company, but was
compelled to meet h back pay rolls
for rcrtember and such of the running
EXPENSES for hat month as were. nee
es.ary for the continuance of the Ex-
position. 1t was entirely inexpedient
10 pay any others.
The amount Of these bills paid was
y450.H, with a decreasing attendance
a,.o.j weather approached.
.Uu. ing my administration all pay
rolls. running expenses and obligations
of every nature Incurred under my
r. inN-n hDnn r.niI i'm fI111 and
III addition thereto the sum OF ten
thousand dollars nave been paid to
the United States government on ac-
count Of the indebtedness due by this
company. This latter amount is
small and but for the difficulties
stated would have been much larger.
u is as earnest, however, Of the in
fention to pay under circumstances
which were peculiarly trying and an
usual
Nv relations with the officers and
employees of the company have been
most pleasant and l sincerely thank
them all for the cordial corporation
and assistance which they have rend-
cred me in the discharge Of the duties
Of this office. l also desire to express
NY appreciation n thanks for the
very cordial and friendly aid and CO.
operation of the president and the
rerresentatives of the United States
soyernment, the various state commits
sioaers, the army and navy, the rep
re~sentatiSes of the press and all others
who nave contributed to the success of
he exposition.
W. feel that we nav given to the
auntry. the State and this section an
zposition in which they may justly
feel a pride. and one which has pro-
noted broad and patriotic fellowship.
not only with the people of the United
fE+a hut Jf 1nnyr nrnJ v1 ~ =
tiles.
President fuckers NaiedictOry.
In closing the Exposition tonight. in
a vaIedictory address. President Harry
St George Tucker said, in part:
The original conception of those
who erected the exposition was to
celebrate in fitting manner the Ter
If our own beloved commonwealth.
It IS a part of the history of the I'M
ucrtaking hat sue a scheme in its
Inception was regarded by many as
an impossible work. This is not to
be wondered at; nor are those whose
Judgment was against it to be regard
ed rs lacking in a proper spirit of
patriotism of state loyalty. 1t was
their deliberate judgment upon a
condition of things that rendered
such a project as chimerical and fan
taStic.
10 others the proprlety of the
celebration and its importance to the
country 0utweighed the objections that
multiplied at every hand and strength
their arms and fortified their
hearts in such degree that the diff
euIutS III their path way seemed only
as 4 stimulus to their renewed cxer-
tons. Indeed as we look back and
the conditions which confront
ed the men who originated this
schemes; the enormous amount 81
money that had 10 be raised; the
limited means at their command; the
local population from which they had
to draw; the vast project OF interest
ing the states of the Union and the
te#eral government in the enterprise
ami heir inexperience in such work.
| hesitate not to express the belief that
t1tuIc history Will accord to them a
% mage equal to that of h colonists
who first braved the deep and landed
At Jamestown, in 1907