The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-17

s2.5o a pound. Shortly afterv,..
became a form of currency in ths s
ony, and before the century wa
the women went trading followos
cart of green tobacco in charge ~ =,
servants.
AS the colony prospered bette, !,
were built. A large church fous
the hrst one. and when my Lord ~
ware came over in 1910 70 t.,.
governorship he came to cburs,
great state, attended by a red.sa.
guard of honor, and sat on -.
chair, with velvet cushion 70 ~
upon. He had pews, pulpit and
COWS of cedar, and every dav :.
movers were placed on the alta,
was here that Pocahontas was mar.
TO John Rolfe, a proceeding that cana
hlng James some alarm, for a, n
helress OF King Powhatan she and n
children might inherit the kinoaJ
OF Virginia, and so jeopardize the 81
lish kings interests there pa,h,y
ne was a far-seeing monarch D.
among the Randolphs, descendants i
Pocahontas, the new nation found b.
leaders in after years. One of !,
American princess descendants
Harry st. George Tucker. presideu,
the jamestown exposition.
In 1919 came those two great conf
dletory influences into America \
general assembly, by which the peu
could be represented and INTRODUCED
or negro slaves In the same wear
so, came the shipload of maidens u
were sent as wives for the setth
The price of each was 100 pound;
tobacco, which was equivalent to a
For awhile the good minister was ks
busy with marriage ceremonies,
cause the maids were honorable
attractive, and were quickly chos
More girls came over after this, I
the stern governor had to make a \
that no maiden should be engaged
more than one sutton at a time. WI
the women came the love of home. n
mon were allowed so many acres
land for demonstrating, and soon
colony spread out across the river ID
the forests and plains beyond TIM
were so prosperous for awhile that
is said the town cowkeeper was
coutred in fresh flaming silk Dd(
law required each man to labor fN
6 to 10 in the morning, from 2 to
the afternoon, and to attend chm(
twice daily.
But the early colonists had md
trouble. All the while the king
the London Company complained
cause greater returns were not ~
ing in from the new dominions M9
while the crops wasted, the setle
mined a shipload of yellow sand I
sent it to England, but they w
doomed to disappointment, for 1t v
worthless. In the spring of 1910 ca
the Starving Time. OF the five hundlI
that September had seen on the isla7
May found only sixty felt. Hunger Y
fever had taken heavy toll, the lndl
had given trouble and thirty Of
colonists had stolen a ship and turn
buccaneers. Those left ate all
animals, and even the skins OF
horses. The ship from England
long overdue How could they ~
that it had gone ashore on the
mudas and that the survivors v
building other vessels from the wy
and still trying to reach them!
When they had eaten their last
ton the white sails of these
roughly made ships showed IN inc
err, and the starving people crawlea|
the landing to welcome them. bu'
board the Patience and the DellVefaI
there were only provisions enough
last fourteen days so it was asreeu !
they all leave for England by ~s!
Newfoundland and the fishing n.]
No one can tell whether these 'nl
be coincidence or Providence Ou')
the four ships with the disheaf'e]
colonists left the abandoned set'e']l
and sailed down the river, lucy
the vessels of Lord de la Ware cou]
upstream and returning TO -
Cittie" they disembarked ana w,
service of thanksgiving IN tne
log church. And thus our NAHUM
saved.
Tho governors who came and
through the little town leit '"'l
;mnrints on history. There was
stern Dale, who thrust w
through the tongues of the p'o]
and set a poor devil to star'e wv
he had stolen a small bowl OF oa'.
CAPTAIN John Smith stayed nv. !. \
to nlaut the colony, and then al u u
returned to England, where ns /
twenty-five years. Lord DelasD !,
. ." nromoter of enterprises, and IL
10 Who set I'D a yiceroyal court u
wilderness. :. j
In 1876 Bacon and his peop'' ~
against the too great 's aanine
roval governor, foreshadowln lug,
one hundred yeals