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the grounds is about q mile, a little
more. possibly little less in some in
stances; but as you have to walk it over
sand dunes, over boys, over crushed
| rock, cobblest0ne paths or wire grass
| that mile seems to stretch into seven
| There is not a path laid out in that end
of the grounds. and part of the acreage
of the Exposition is but just redeemed
| from pine forest and the remainder
from sea swamp.
Down on the Administrations side
of the Exposition some paths have been
laid out. and these have the crushed
| rock and cobblestones referred to.
Trouble Between Real Estate Specula
There are heart burnings and jeal-
ousies over the two ends of those EX-
position Grounds. The end where the
improvements are being made, and
which is bog, and sand, and stumps, and
all unprettiness. with the Inside Inn,
which faces on the beach-on Hampton
Roads, Fortress Monroe. the largest
fortress in the world-all this belongs
to somebody, from whom it is rented.
The remainder of the grounds belong
to the Exposition Company. 1t was at
first intended to put the big admis-
sion gates up by the Inside Inn. Then
real estate speculation and investments
made it preferable to change those
plans, and put the permanent improve
ments over on the other side of the
Exposition Grounds. That knocked the
plans of the Inside Inn people galley
west, SO to speak, and as for the Pine
Beach people, well. they are furious.
The Exposition Grounds connect at the
ocean end with the Pine Beach reser
walton, you see. But it is the other side
of the ground which belongs to the
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VIRGINIA'S GREAT
ANNIVERSARY
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without further effort on your part, with
eating and sleeping easy.
But you will not.
Your woes begin when YOU land al
Norfolk. down among the docks. no ho-
tells no restaurants, no waiting rooms
a lot of bowling dervishes of hotel
with little dingy cmnibuses which will
take you to their own particular hotel,
no cabs or carria ges, and in the midst
of a lot of people VINO don't know
straight up. l say they do not because
you could get from them absolutely no
information On any subject.
'NNill you kindly tell me where to get
a street car that will take me to no.
tel?'' 1 asked one of the natives.
Right up yonder, Miss" and he
waved comprehensively out toward the
horizon which took in a lot of storage
houses, smelly wharves and cobbled
streets of ancient vintage.
Where is up yonder?'" I asked,
land what hotels does it take me to-"
well, indeed, Miss, l don't rightly
know much bout hotels, but you all
kin fin one eff you taken cyah right
out thai
So l hunted the "cyah right out thai
but the conductor was more stupid than
the wharf lounger. He "reckoned they
was hotels but he didn't rightly know
jus whah.'' l walked back to the wharf
and waited for q party which l knew
intended II go directly to the EXPOSE
ton. Directly" My goodness, but
that word is misnomer down in that
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the Norfolk Blues. After all arrange
ments had been made and each Blue
| had polished the buttons of his uniform
| to remarkable sheen, it was discovered
| that 800 shots, which were to greet the
sun, cost something like $500. Tho
Blues told the Exposition managers that
they could sign the requisition for that
$500 worth of powder. The managers
couldn't see it that way. So the sun
got up unassisted, and all the saluting
was done by the guns on the battle
ships.
Poor Military Display.
The military display was bum" No
other word so well expresses It. don't
know just what did all 1t. but had 1t
not been for the natty marines from
| cur own battleships the thing would
have been an absolute fizzle There
| were about 1900 of the marines, and
they marched very well, but those Nor
folk Blues! Why. they didn't live
up to their history: that's all.
Our own Regulars were not so great
for some reason. Gen. Fred d. Grant,
looking very much like his distinguished
father, was at their head, but he had
ary' staff officers, and some OF them
were sight. They wore high hats.
kahki suits and Rough Rider hats.
Zouave uniforms, Tommy Atkins caps
that covered incipient brainsterms and
black SLOUGH hats. And the way some
Of them sat their mounts was a crime.
The foreigners from the big gray battle
ships didn't come at all. The EXPOSE
ton management had not provided IA
cflities for bringing them ashore, so
they were not in the parade, which was
a distinct disappointment.
1t was pretty much all disappoint-
ment, to tell the truth.
In order to make up, as well as they
can, for the hardships with which the
foreign naval officers were forced to
contend at the opening of the James,
town Exposition. at the special invita-
ton Of the Navy Department, the off,
Gals of that Department, at the earnest
solicitation of the higher officials of the
Navy on duty here, have set TO work
planning an elaborate program of en-
tertainment for the visitors in this city.
This spirit has also been entered into
by the President and Secretary of the
Navy. Cards were issued from the
White House for a dinner in honor OF
the foreign officers and the Adnirals of
the American feet. There will be 40
guests at the dinner. and several hun
dred additional guests, including Army
and Navy officers and Government off,
cials. have been invited to a reception
to the foreigners following ths dinner.
Secretary Metcalf, as the head of the
Navy, will give an official luncheon for
the visitors in the red banquet room of
the New Willard. Fifty invitations are
being issued. There are to be two or
three Cabinet officials. a number of Ma
val officers and a few Army officers to
meet the foreigners.
The address of the President, which
was the feature of the opening, was en-
tirely inocuous, much to the disappofnt-
ment Of the politicians. largely historic
cal and entertaining to a degree The
better to be heard by the crowd, which
he several times during his speech had
to warn back, the President sprang
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go-as-you-pleas chance at things al
along the line.
AS has been stated, no more beauti
full picture was ever painted than tina
which greeted the eyes on that Apri
morning.
In the American fleet was represent
ed almost every type of vessel known
wart 16,y00-tonners, the Connecticut
Louisiana and Virginia. had to share
honOrs with the almost forgotten moni
tor CanonicuS-a cheeSe-box herself
and slightly improved over her famou!
prototype A relic of civil-war days
| the Did Canonicus has just been fitted
out at the Norfolk Navy Yard at a cos
| of $4,000 to enable her to take a place
alongside the proudest vessels of the
Navy, in which she at one time wa!
such formidable unit. Heavy coats OIL
black paint do not altogether hide the
scars of the antiquated ship, which will
remain a permanent feature of the Elk.
position.
The trim, fowerIike Mayf1ower, bear.
ing the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
approaching from the eastward. arrived
at the head of the column of war YES
sells. AS the Mayfiower approached
with rainbow flags afiutter. the Ameri-
can flagship doomed out the first guns
of the Presidential salute. In a flash
the other American ships and the for
eign vessels had manned their cam on
and a roar of 81 guns fired from each
vessel of the feet sounded almost 81
simultaneously.
Receiving the President.
The Mayflower pointed her way up
the Roads toward Norfolk, passing
along the outer line of foreign ships
"close aboard" AS she cleared the first
of these the visiting vessel opened fire
with a new series of salutes, repeated in
turn by every battIeship and cruiser Of
the big fleet. The Mayflower's way had
been kept clear for her ever since early
morning by the little steam guard
launches sent out from the ships to do
picket duty. Darling here and there,
like little flashes of light, with shrill
whistles screeching a warning to tres
passing craft, the little policemen of the
Roads were a unique and interesting
feature Of the pageant. Each foreign
and American ship manned the rails as
the President past in review. The crews
were drawn up in close order along the
forward and quarter decks and eIeva-
tons of the superstructure and stood at
attention as the Mayfiower skirted each
line.
The first of the British ships encoun-
tered was the Roxburgh, then the
Hampshire and next the Argyll. All
three are sister ships, four-piped flyers,
forming VITA their flagship. the Good
Hope, the snA of the mary brilliant
cruiser sqhadrons of the English navy.
President Roosevelt was especially in
terested in the Good Hope, and as he
past the big cruiser close aboard he ex-
changed personal salutes with Admiral
Neville, who stood upon the bridge,
Leaving the British ships astern, the
Mayfower next encountered the BOOM
ing cannon of the German squadron,
and President Roosevelt was treated to
a genuine surprise. The Room and the
Bremen came into American waters
wearing the dark gray coats of the Ger
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TABLET ON OLD LIGHT HOUSE
CAPE HENRY, VA.

TABLET ON OLD LIGHT HOUSE,
CAPE HENRY, VA.
Near this spot
Landed, April 26, 1907.
Capt Gabriel Archer, Christopher New
port, Hon. George S. Percy, Bartholo-
new CosnoId, Edward Maria
Wingfield
With twenty-five others,
Who,
Calling the place
Cape Henry,
..a ... Planted a Cross, -t.--
April 20. 1907.
Del Gratia Virginia Condita."
This tablet
is erected by the
Association
for
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities,
April %, 1896.
not even outlined as yet, and only two
or three houses have started along it.
II is said by those acquainted with the
shows for the "Warpath' that they are
the limit.
The Exposition management COM
plain that cold, wet weather and labor
strikes are the primary cause of ail the
delay. but that, worst of all, Speaker
Cam On held up the appropriation of
81, 900, 900 which they asked as q loan
until it was SO late that they could not
rush things to completion.
AS a matter of fact. the whole bust
ness looks like Incompetence and lack
IF executive ability, to put it very mild
ly. There are not lacking those who
say that it is a case of graft, and that
boom for certain lands and a desire
to shove Norfolk out t. the coast oppo-
site Fortress Monroe and make that
section swell watering place is at the
bottom of the scheme, which was foist-
ed upon the Government.
The fact remains that the Exposition
lacks at least two months of being fit
to throw open to spectators, at so cents
per. That is the regular admission fee.
/ know people who paid quarter to
get in. | know of others who paid 81,
and of others who paid $3.50 to get into
the Exposition Grounds. The gatekeep-
ers were there for what they could
make out of 1t, and they seemed to be
bent on making it all at once.
A Brainstsrmy Opening Day.
The day of the opening was a regular
brainstorm of things gone wrong for
the Exposition management. The only
thing that came up to "taw" was the
naval parade, when the President IN
the big Government yacht Mayfiowsr
came down the line to review the battle
ships as Commander-in-Chief of the
Navy. That was laundering big sue
cess. lAnd that isn't meant for slang,
either.) All the rest of the day was a
nightmare to the welcome guests"
decked with badge wearing that le-
gend. But let's get at it ''ad seriatim,"
so to speak.
The President, the Cabinet, the Diplo-
matte Corps and the press correspond
ents left Washington on Thursday
night. With President Roosevelt on the
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company, and they have chosen to place
on their own ground all the fine build
ings which they expect to make profit
able as a permanent feature.
Nothing on the grounds is completed.
Most of the features are only just COM
menced. Nothing is ready to open, and
the Exposition Company itself admits
that it will be a good two months be-
fore the last nail is driven, the last
plaster cast put in place. Meantime
chaos, Most of the big exhibit build
ings have just the shells up. Only half
dozen of the State buildings are com-
pleted. Quite two-thirds of the mis-
cellaneous buildings, which form the
bulk of the show, have not even the
framework inclosed as yet. The WAR
PATH which is to correspond with the
pike" of st. Louis, the Midway" of
Chicago and the Trail of Portland, is
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Mayflower were Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel,
Archie and Quentin and a few personal
friends. The Secretary of the Navy had
with him a large number of invited
guests on the Dolphin. The Senators
and Representatives in Congress and
the Diplomatic Corps boarded the
jamestown, the correspondents went
the best way they could, and all arrived
in Hampton Roads on time, strange to
say. Congress paid the freight" On
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man squadrons. IS mark of respect
to the American ships both cruisers ap-
peared in brand new coats of
white paint, as spick and span as the
United States vessels themselves. The
Room fired the first of her 81 guns in
honor of the President just as the
echoes of the Good Hopes sauting cam
non had died away. 800
The Austrian ships, the Sankt Geors
and the Aspern, were the aext of the
foreign vessels to greet the President.
Then came the Argentine cruiser Sar-
miente. At the end of the foreign line
were grouped several American cruis-
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Haitians in light blue uniforms, was the
observed of all observers, as attaches
of the Haitian Legation. They sat
among the diplomats and just back of
the President
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Iudnts Lake Oath o. Office

Atlanta. Jan. 3-Judges Arthur
G. Powell. Richard h Russell and
BENJAMIN II Hill were on Wednesday
morning formally qualified and sworn
IN by Governor Terrell, as judges OF
The new court Of appeals, provision
for which was made a the last ses-
sion a the Georgia legislature. A.
Ter taking the oath Of once, the three
judges al once began the work Of or
gaIizing the court.
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ChIlI, and Hot Rafh..

Hot water bathing is beneficial In
counteractlng the effect Of "a chill
First IL unGOes another mischief work.
al 10y the ch.il The latter has sent toe
much blood Internally. - risking con.
gcstion Heat brings the blood 10 the
surface. Heat l. not life, but IL is
ole az the factors 81 hfe. Indeed, dis
solution always occurs when the in
ternal bodily temperature is greatly
lowered Heat will not keep body
alive ana great heat will Kill IL. In
many morbid states az the system, as
rheumatism. hot baths are Of great
service. Warm baths are useless The
heat should bc a. great as can 10
horne without pain.
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MARRIAGE NEAR mELRoSe.
Two Popular Young People Were
United IN Holy Bonds OF matrir1ons.

At the home OF the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs 7. / Robinson, near
Melrose. on sunday, Dee 9O,h, 1900, a.
loan, Mr.. Frank A. WeeSs aud Miss
Ollie Robinson were united in the holy
bonds Of matrimony in the presence of
many relatives and friends. Elder VIM.
+. Malphurs Officiating. and after the
solemn words were spoken pronounc-
ing them husband and wife, Or. ju.
liam OF Melrose offered earnest prayer
for the young husband and his charm
ing bride u seventeen summers then,
after many fond congratulations BY
their many relatives and friencs. Q
most excellent dinner was served and
much enjoyed, IHEoPHILUs'
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GAINESVILLE'S OUTPUT
-FOUR HUNDRED BALES
Approximately the Output Of the
Gordon Ginnery Here.
TWO HUNDRED sA-s5 SHORT

Practically the Output o. Local GIN.
merry Disposed Of Holdings Over
This Section are scauer.~g-Good
Prices Still Prevail.
After only fairly sl''e-.'I. season.
owing 70 the shortaCe ~ 'he rot'Cn
crop. the ginnery o. W. ". .'rdon x
Co. Of Savannah. formerly the bot.
con ginnery. has closed
There was turned out from this es-
adjustment during the seEson approx
imately 400 bales % cotton, against
shout 800 lsst year. Practically all OF
che seasons output has beer disposed
Of.
While there sas shortage OF about
900 bales in GainesvilIe for the sesso".
il vas not as great in proportion as in
some other sections OF the county,
where not more than hall crop Was
ginned, according to statements Of the
ginners.
A gentleman well informed upon the
situation states that nearly the entire
crop throughout this section % the Sea
Island belt has been moved, on'y few
hundred scattering bales remaining,
The largest holders st present, IL is
said. are Spsrkman Bros Of Fort
White. who have about 2i0 bales. and
George Giles, 3 colored buyer and gin.
ner of Ocala. who owns 10 bales. II
10 further stated that the latter few
days ago refused thirty.seven cents in
round numbers for his holdings, though
This 10 not authentic.
Owing TO the extra fancy prices
which have prevailed during this sea-
son it is inlimated that the farmers
will plant heavily next year. Cotton
81 the price paid THE year will make a
profitable crop, but the planters de-
clare they cannot afford TO cultivate
the staple at figures Of 1905
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Beggar Prince Opera Company

Presenting "Birds OF Feather" =
musical comedy in two acts. DO you
enjoy a good story? 10 you like
catchy music, pretty girls and funny
sayings? II so, don't fail 10 zee
Birds OF a Feather" at the opera
house tonight. lone touch OF nature
makes the whole werId kin" The
prod uctions Of the pact are q guaran.
tee OF the future. Bride OF Festh.
er" contains all the latest musical
numbers nov sung, funny sayings. and
O famous besuty chorus OF pretty girls
who really sing and dance. Among
those OF the csst are Miss Eta
Merris, who will be seen as Anna"
Mr.. Fred Godding, comedian; Mr.
Harry Perrill, baritone; Miss Lovett
Nickle rs the funny old maiden,
"Penspels-Lnn," and Mr.. Harry Lea
Nelle, tenor.
Come and enjoy an evening OF mirth
and laughter, where toll lays dowD it'
burdens with a laugh.
Seats on sale at VidsPs. Prices,
35c, SOC and 81.
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should yolr baby suffer Wnen he Il
fre,tl, and restless don't eIperimen;
on him and use any old thing your
neighbor recommends Boy bottle
OF Whites Crepm Vermiiuge, creates,
known medicine and cure FOR al chill.
dren's diseases. II 10 mild IN its &C.
ton, builds up the sys,em, msses thin
pnny babies fat Mrs. J. c. Smith,
Tampa. Fla, writes: My baby was
thin aud sickly, could not retain its
food and cried all night used one
bottle OF Whites Cream Vermiiuge
aud IN q few dsys baby vas laughing.
happy and we'll" Sold 10y W. VI.
Johnson.
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Leeds Stricken with Paralysis.

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. "A spe
c!al from Richmond, Ind. -ays tna'
word mas been received here that VII
IAN 3 Leeds. formerly q his ciiy,
ras been stricken with paralysis n
New York and has eff for Paris
Franco. !or treatment This is the
second attack OF paralysis tha; NJ
Leeds has suffered within the last a
months.
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Insane Woman Commits sulele,

Birmingham. Ala. Jan. 3.-Rather
than be- sent "a tie insane ASYLUM
Mr. louis. Howard, aged 20. com
mi'',f suicide by hanging herself with
q iea,-cr strap az Oak Crest. a sub
grb. II IS said that her husband
.of, r.r a mon,h aSo and she Sas Nv
~ with her bro'E':-.r-,aw. H
mind became unbalanced and arrange
men, were heing mad, 10 commit aeg
O me insane aslium 20 which she
strongly objected.
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Thousand Dollars Worth Of Good

A. II. ThurDes, q well known coal
operator OF Buffalo, o., writes: Il
have been afflicted wiih kidney and
bladder troubles for yesrs, passing
grave and stones With excruciating
pam. got no relief from medicine
until began taking Foley's Kidney
Cure then the result was surprising.
A few do.-s started the brick duet like
tue stone. and now have no pain
across MY kidneys and | fee like a
newman IL has done mt O goo worth
OF good J. ". McCollnm d Co.