The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12
CELEBR ATE TERCENTENNLAL
At JAMESTOWN TOMORROW
Ambassador Bryce will Bring Greeting From Old
World to New-Annual Pilgrimage Of a. P.V. a.
Will be Most Important Event

Pilgrimage OF X. P.V. Il.
nportant Event.
accompany the association to James.
town.
Mr.. Joseph Bryan will be the presid-
ing officer OF the day, and the particl.
rants in the program or exercises for
the day will take their seas on the
platform, while the band plays the In
spring air. Hands Across tho Sea-
The opening prayer will be offered
by the Rt. Rev. x. NJ. Randolph y. D..
after which tho choir. composed OF
students from William and Mary Col
lege. Williamsburg. Va. under tho d..
rection OF Professor Richard Crawford
will lead In the singing Of the hymn
All People that on Earth Do DWELL
HYMN.
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:
Him serve with fear, His praise forth
tell:
Come We before Him and rejoice.
Know that tho Lord is God indeed;
!. Without our aid He did us makes:
We are His flock, lie doth lis feed.
~,
oh. enter then His gates with praise.
Approach with Joy His courts unto.
Praise, laud, and bless His name al
ways,
For 1t is seemly SO to do.
For why? the Lord our God is good.
His mercy Is forever sure:
His truth at all times frmG stood.
And shall from age toTage endure.
The Speakers.
His Excellency, Claude A. Swanson.
Governor of Virginia, Will be the orator
of the day and Will Ue introduced by
MISUNDERSTANDING j. Taylor Ely
SON.
Then, after the rendition of Hail
Columbia" by the band, the Rt Hon.
James Bryce. British Ambassador to
the United States. will bc introduced
by AR Joseph Bryan. and give his mes
sage Of Correcting from the Old World
to the New
America" by the band and chorus
will come next. and. when the notes
OF that have died away, Mr.. B. c.
Moomaw, of Ben. Va, will read his ter
centennial poem. written specially for
this occasion.
5'ho NO.No'o6S Wy lIt> Dduu ana CHORUS
will precede the bcnediction, pronounce
ed by the It. Rev. Robert a. Gibson.
.. D.. bishop of the Diocese OF vir-
ginia. THE Star Spangled Banner
will be the closing ak.
Clergymcn from Richmond on the
platform will include the Rev. w. r. l..
Smith. D.. D.. the Rev. James Power
Smith. D. D., and tho Rev. W. v. Tudor,
d. D.
On June IL. 1900. at a meeting OF
the Association for the Preservation OF
Virginia Antiquities the following res
olutions were adopted:
Resolved. That the settlement of
Jamestown in 1907, tho first English
settlement on this continent, was an
event OF such permanent and wide
reaching influence that the approaching
third centennial anniversary makes It
I a most appropriate time for celebrating
In the httest manner such an historic
epoch.
resolved. That tho president will
appoint a committee who shall pro-
coed with the Virginia Congressman
hereby requested 10 join with active CO.
operation to secure the approval of the
President and tho Congress OF The
United States OF America and an an
preparation sufficient to make tho cole
bration national and In every way hon
orable to the whole country.
Resolved, That a committee be also
appointed by tho president to confer
with the Governor and the General
Assembly OF Virginia. to secure their
earnest ana most efficient Corpora
ton
The committees did their work and
their petition was granted. The Pres
ident of the United States issued a
proclamation calling for the celebration
Of the tercentcnnial year, the Bexposi-
ton was born and named Jamestown.
Mrs. Farke G. Bagby was for many
years the efficient chairman of the
Jamestown committee. That honor II
now held by Mrs. John r. Lightfoot
The Jamestown committee and the as.
ISOLATION feel themselves deeply indebt.
ed to Colonel S. II. Yonge. appointed
by the United States government tc
| superintend the building OF the sea.
wall He afterwards located tho site
| of the old State house and adjacon
houses on the island the foundations o
which were uncovered and capped b,
his direction. mt
Centre Of Activity.
Mr.. Robert A. Lancaster and MI
William G.. Stanard have given ,nuc
help and time to Jamestow n. and hav
done a great deal In helping alon,
work and In adjusting difficulties Il
the way OF projected improvements.
Jamestown now Is the centre o
busy work and activity. A buildin,
in course OF erection by the Daughter
or the American Revolution will b
presented to the a. p. V. a. on i'm
7th. Tho memorial building OF TIL
National Society OF Colonial Dame!
and the gates erected by. the, Colonia
Danes OF America have Just bcen pro
sentcd, and more than rulfil expccta
tons ratsed concerning them.
| When tho Rest House and tho gov,
Iernment monument are finished. AM
tho statues OF CAPTAIN John Smith am
the Princess Pocahontas put in place