Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-07
EXPOSITION CROWDS
ARE GROWING DAILY
Movement Of People from all Over
Country Is Now Well
Underway
GOVERNORS GO GV;R GROUNDS
Tour for inspection Of Exhibits Made
In Handsome New Auto-T obacco
Men Elect Officers and Adjourn A.
ter Successful onvention-Tercen
tennia News Notes.
(From a STAFF CORRESPONDENT

(From STAFF correspondent
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, July
8. The crowds in attendance ut the
Ter-centennial grows larger and lar
ger each day, and July will be the
banner month of the Fair.
President Harry ST. George Tucker.
OF the Exposition company together
with the board of governors made a
tour of the many exhibits mt the Ex-
position today, and were Hospitality
received by the exhibitors.
The governors assembled mt the
Service building and boarded II now
motor car furnished for the occasion
by one of the exhibitors and proceed
ed to the States Exhibit building,
where they inspected all of the state
exhibits and called upon the different
commissioners They next visited the
Pure Food building. where they spent
the entire afternoon, inspecting the
different exhibits. and being enter
tanned at II delightful luncheon by the
Southern Cotton Oil Company. The
party included President Tucker and
Governors Martin, Sherwood, South
gate, Johnson, Ellyson and General
Counsel Wool and several newspaper
men.
The governors will visit the other
exhibit buildings in the near future
Foreign Ships Coming.
Although many of the warships in
Hampton Roads have departed the
naval display continues to be one of
the most interesting features of the
Ter-centennial. Many foreign war
ships will arrive the latter part of
this month, and the first part of
August. The Swedish armored crui-
ser Fylgia and the Portuguese war
ship Don Carlos are expected to ar
rive here within Il fortnight.
The base ball game on Athletic
Field this afternoon between the
teams of the Newport News " NJ c..
~. and the Army and Navy Y. NJ. G. A.
resulted in Il score of s To 4 in favor
of the Army and Navy boys. The
score was a tie up TO the ninth inning
and Sinclair of Newport News, lost
it by making two errors and two wild
throws, each of which cost run, all
the scoring being done after two men
were out. Reynolds of Newport News
pitched Il good game and deserved 10
win. Batteries; Newport News, Rey-
nolds and Sinclair, Army and Navy;
Conway and Mcclure.
Tobacco Men Adjourn.
The Tobacco Association of the
United States, meeting in seventh
annual session at the Exposition. ad
jonlned today following the election
OF officers for the ensuing year as
follows:
President, 7. NJ. Darlington, Rich
mond
First vice president, w. l.. Petty,
Rocky Mount, n. G.
Second vice president II. e. Rob
erts, Chase City, Va.
Third vice president, DIR. w. a.
Bradford, Cincinnati.
Board of directors G.. ID. Larus,
Richmond j. l.. Wlgo, Richmond;
General Stith Boiling, Petersburg,
Va; John Il. Batwright, Mullins, S.
c.; A. ID. Darlington, Danville, Va;
&. T. Patton, Darlington, S. c.; b. 4.
Watson, Wilson, n c.; W. T. Clark,
Wilson, ~ c.; John Coleman, WINS
ton, n. c.. W. ID. Collins. Louisville,
Ky; j. A. Clark, Bedford City, Va,
C. a. Lewis. Henderson, n. c.; j. r..
Meadows, Oxford, N. c., and T. S.
Williams, Danville, Va.
The selection Of the next place of
meeting was loft with the directors.
The feature of today's session was
an address by Colonel Berkeley Car
rington, of Danvile, in which he told
of his recent trip abroad, declaring
the association to be considered in
Europe rs the official representative
of the independent growers and man
ufacurers of tobacco leaf in the
world
Strong resolutions praising the
jamestown Exposition were adopted.
kentucky's Building.
Kentucky, so unique and pictures
que in history is represented by a
unique and picturesque group of
buildings at the Ter-centennial, re-
pHca OF the old fort built by Daniel
Boone In 1915. This fort was the
first white settlement in Kentucky.
Ford Boonesborro at the exposition is
Reproduction of the old Kentucky
fort, Axcept the omission of some of
the bi1hlings along the palisades. In
the foiIseNre four block houses. a cen
ter hoSeA, and some of the living
houses alcSng the stockade. These
bnildings and the stockades are made
of KentnHAg logs, contributed by
various piE9lic spirited Kentuckians.
Every log used in the construction of
the fort was, brought from Kentucky,