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quite endorse the sentiment imme.
diately following in this statement,
and could well wish that the pious
scruples of our excellent first citi.
zens might have been shown in some
less Objectionable way. But" says
the record. with fine touch of hui
NOR, 81 will leave it to any man, was
not musical Kecoughtan, If not pious,
as pretty as the name Elizabeth
City," This Is interesting, at least
from the circumstance that 1t may
furnish clue for the substitution Of
SO many commonplace English names
for the more beautiful designations
employed by the savages, the James,
for instance, as name for the
mighty stream which runs through
the country SO close at hand, Is dear
to us all from the associations OF
these old days. when the English set
tied upon its banks and the stirring
events Of later fuller years; but these
ASSOCIATIONS would not have been the
less dear had the earlier name, Pow.
hatan. been retained while doubtless
the present generation would have
known more of those doughty war
riors whom the EnglisiE replaced.
These ancient names will, in all prob
ability, be brought to light in the re-
Vival of historic interest now arisen
concerning this section. Will it be
altogether too quixote for us hope
that some of them, at least, will be
restored to their original places and
the meaningless names now in use
banished? The name Kecoughtan
does not appear regularly In legal
documents from this time. but the
common people used 1t constantly in
their speech and writings. The new
name, Elizabeth City. was called aft.
er the daughter OF King James l. At
that time the whole number of settle.
ments were included in four great
corporations, of which Elizabeth City
was one. This corporation was cock.
tensive with the parish. Among the
early ministers was one Jonas Stock.
ton. who enjoyed the distinction of
being, says President Tyler of William
and Mary College, "the earliest ex.
ponent OF the idea that the only good
Indian is a dead Indian" Stockton
had warned the settlers of the i'm
pending massacre of 1922, and 1t was
possibly while suffering from the pam
ic Of the times that he advanced the
famous idea, for otherwise. from all
accounts, he was n goodly and hui
name man. At this time, 1923, there
lived within the bounds of the parish
the first English couple married in
Virginia, John Layden and Anna, his
wife, with their children, Virginia,
Alice and Kathlene. 1t is also to be
noted that Virginia Layden was the
first English child born in America
after Virginia Dare horne IN Roa
noke Island, Raleigh's colony, whose
history ends with her birth. In 1884
another child was born to these par
ents. Layden is listed as carpen-
ter and his wife, Anne Buras, as a
ladies' maid. 4 he corporation of
Elizabeth City developed into Eliza
beth county in 1854, when, for the
convenience of the inhabitants of Vir
sinia the whole country was divided
into eight, The County OF Elizabeth
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lit HAS BEEN THROUGH THREE WARS
British Troops Twice Sacked and Used 1t for Bar.
ii racks and in 1861 1t Was Burned by the Peoplc
Themselves Rather Than to Have 1t Fall
8E Into the Hands of Northeners.

of land sixty yards" Captain John
Smith gives n quaint yet Interesting
description OF the place. "Ihe
houses says he, "are built like our
arbors, of small young springs
(sprlgsO, bowed and tied and so
close covered with moss or barks of
trees, very handsomely. that notwith-
standing e...er wind, rain or weather,
they are warm as stoves, but very
smokey, yet at the top of the houses
there is a hole made for the smoke
to so right over the fire." After this
time the town WAS again visited by
the whites. He writes, for Instance,
of the year 1908: six or seven
days the extreme wind, frosts and
SHOWS caused us to Keep Christmas
among the savages. where We were
never merrier or redde on more plente
of good oystrs, fish, flesh. wilde fowl
and good bread, nor never had better
fires In England than In the warm
smoke houses of ISecoughtan." 1t has
convenient harbour for fisheries,
boats or small boats, that so conven-
iently t,lrneth itself into bayes and
creeks that make that place very
pleasant to inhabit Their cornfieds
being girded thereon as pcninsulars.
The first, and next the mouth, are
the Kecoughtans, who beside their
women and children, have not pass
twenty fighting men," Such n goodly
place could hardly escape the cupid.
ity of the early settlers, and so we
find them in 1910 in possession of
the mouth or tho river, where upon
either point they built Il fort and ell.
tered into permanent occupation.
With regard to the fruitfulness OF
the place we find Sir Thomas Dale
writing from jamestown In 1912: "To
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the year 17O6, when 1t is said of
Hampton "that 1t had no church," we
do not know. At any rate it was at
n distance too remote for the inhab-
itants of the then thriving borough
to attend. So there speedily arose
desire for a new church more con-
veniently located. Unfortunately there
was some difference of opinion with
reference to the location, and the
matter, being referred to the gov
ernor, it was decided by him that the
church should be built within the pre-.
cincts Of the town of Hampton. 1t Is
of record that at court held Janu-
airy II, 1927, present James Walker,
Joshua Curle, James Wallace Wilson
Cary, justices, Mr.. Jacob Walker and
Mr.. John Loury were appointed to
lay off an acre and half of ground
at the upper end of Queen street for
the building of church thereon
This land Joined the lot Of one Pros
wells, and is the same lot upon Which
the present church building stands.
The minister and church wardens of
the parish, together with the dfore-
said court, entered into a contract
with Mr. Henry Gray to furnish
him with wood from the school
grounds at the rate of sixpense per
load, to burn for the church," The
bricks were to be English bricks, that
is to say, of the shape and character
of those made In England. Hence, we
suppose. arose the fiction long in
dulged in that the church and other
early colonial buildings were built of
bricks brought from England. Until
a few years ago there was large hole
in the churchyard, wherein it is said
the bricks were made and burned.
The parish henceforth increased
gradually in strength and numbers
until the war of the revolution, when
the church met with such irreverent
use as befell many of our buildings
during that sad time. But after a
short interval the services were re.
newed, and the sound of the church.
going bell was heard in the place
with few intermissions until the war
of 1912. The bell just mentioned was
purchased for the church from funds
received from the sale of lands given
by Mr.. Alexander Kennedy, in 1850,
the parish having entered into the
conditions made by Mr.. Kennedy that
the vestry and church wardens should
build suitable belfry after his de.
cease. This belfry was struck by
lightning during the period of the
Revolution and the royal COURT of
arms was hurled to the ground. Hap
PLY only the tower was damaged, hut
we can imagine the patriots shaking
themselves with glee over what many
gathered to be an act of divine APP
| prevail of their cause in the tower
was again struck by lightning in 1874
Was that too, significant of later
events? When Hampton was sacked
and p&undred in 1912 by the British
under Admiral Cockburn the church
was desecrated and turned into bar.
rack. Great indignity was offered to
the inhabitants by the troops. while
the most unspeakable crimes were
wrought in the streets. Says DIR. Nc.
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City, however, is now much smaller
than it was at that time, since it has
lost large portions of it's area to Nor
| folk, Nansemond and Warwick coun.
ties respectively.
1t is interesting to note that when
Harvey became governor on January
Is, 1867, he read his new commits
sion in the church at Elizabeth City.
The town. of Hampton, where the
present st. Johns Church Is located,
was founded by an act of the Legis-
| lature in 1850, though that act was
suspended and reenacted in 1901, and
again IN 1705. whence the legal exist
ence of Hampton is dated. What be.
came of the old church in the mean
while is problematical, since a writer
| In 1716, while recording that 1t was
place of some hundred houses, said
that 1t was without church. Serv-
ices were held at the court house
with more or less frequency. first in
the old, then in the new. This might
lead us to believe that the old church
of Kecoughton had Disappeared; that
was probably the case at the time.
! The settlement had changed, had been
removed to the opposite side of the
river, and the old building, being dis
used, as was natural. went to decay.
There was a church, though, at Penn
broke farm, about one mile west of
the present site Of st. Johns, where
are the tombs of some of the older
inhabitants, among them "the tombs
in black marble erected to Admiral
Neville in 1907; of Thomas Curle,
100; of Peter Hayman, 1900, and of
the Rev. Andrew Thompson, 1719."
! This church was new in the year
! 1897, while the old church on the site
of ancient Kecoughtan was still stand
ing. 1t was built of wood, the brick
foundation OF which was thoroughly
| identified under the leadership of the
Rev. John c. McCabe in 1856. 1t may
be of interest to state that the site
of this church, together with plot
of ground adjoining and surrounding
1t of about nine acres in extent, is
now owned by Elizabeth City parish.
! This may have been part of glebe,
though there are at present no avail
able records in evidence of this state
ment. II is the intention of the pres
ent vestry to hold this property for a
burial ground for the parish, and to
use it for that purpose when the pres
ent St Johns cemetery has no more
available plots for interment. The
| records In the county clerks office
show that in 1867 certain Mr.. Mich
| olas Baker was buried in the new
church at X Kichotan, according to
the terms of his will, while a Mr..
Robert Brough was buried in the old
| church at Kichotan. This not only
shows curious revival or retention
of the Indian name, long discontinued
as an official title, but also that there
were two churches in the parish al
that date. What became of the old
church must, We suppose, be for ever
a mystery. Bishop Meade, it seems
knew nothing of it, while he Nentlfies
the new church at Pembroke with the
present old st. Johns church. 1t /.
needless to say that he is mistaken
as records now at hand abundant,
show. Whether this was in ruins ii
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Kecougtan we accounted It fortie
miles where they live well with half
that allowance the rest have from the
stores, because of the extraordinary
quantities of fish, fowls and deer"
Under this view OF the place, it. is
much to be regretted that the colon
lists did not settle here when they
first touched the land in 1907, instead
OF going on to the malarlal, marshy,
sickly spot which they did select.
Their early history might have been
spared the CHASTITY record of famine,
fire, starvation and death which we'll.
nigh brought the settlement at James
town to extinction. At any rate q
permanent location was made Ke-
coughtan in 1910, and from that mo.
ment dates the history Of the church
In Hampton.
IN seems that the Indians, who
dwelt upon the east side of the South
Hampton river, or creek. which runs
through the present town Ut is now
called Hampton Creek) were guilty
of some serious depredations that
year and had KILLED prominent mem.
Der of the colony, Humphrey Blunt,
by name. This so incensed the gov
crnor that he drove the tribe away,
built the two forts mentioned at the
mouth of the river and named them
| respectively Henry and Charles, after
the sons OF his most worshiful mai
esty, King Charles l. The colonists
evidently occupied the site of the an
cient Indian village and became heirs
to all their possessions. where, with
out doubt, the first church was built.
There Is left no trace of this first
building in which the forefathers of
the hamlet worshiped except small
clump OF trees on what was once the
glebe land OF the parish, now part of
tho estate of the Tabb family, just
north of the road which leads from
Hampton to Old Point Comfort The
building was supposedly of wood, as
most of the colonial houses were Mt
first, yet 1t answered the purposes
for which 1t was erected and in which
the colonists rejoiccd TO hold their
services for many years. The Rev.
William Mease was the worthy rector
from 1910 to 1880, when he was al
most Immediately succeeded by other
like minded godly men in the rector
ship. We hear very little about eth.
or village or church until 1919, except
that Mr.. Jonn Rolfe states that in
1916 II was place of twenty
inhabitants, who seemed to be
more Industrious than those who re-
manned at jamestown, and were as
consequence reaping more the fruits
of their labors. In the year 1919,
when William Caps represented it
In the House of Burgesses, they were
commissioned to sue that body for a
change of name. Says an old chron-
fcler of that event: 1.-THE year in
the House of Burgesses when James
town was twelve years old, | guess,
some people in pious frame OF mind
took spite ut Kecoughtan name and
said name SO heather should not
be for n people SO pious as we. and
suggesting some other names, they
made their grudges to old King James,
and so the King new found, for
this fine section all around" we
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5(By Permission of the Southei
Churchman.)
BY Rev. Provcrly Estlll, DID. PHI. D
55Si4' Rector

ny Kew. Provcrly Estlll, DID. Pm. D ,
3Sf Rector.
s{rhe forefathers of our English
Christianity came to this country In
April 1897. and landed first upon
that point ut the mouth of the Chesn-
neake Bay which is now Familiarity
known as Cape Henry, to which also
they gave the name. After their long
voyage they revealed In the beauty of
the yerdure and in the vnstness of the
wooded glory about them, feeling that
they had come upon u goodly land,
while they dreamed Of wealth which
should come to them from so rich u
soil. There they would have contin-
tlud and planted the first colony upon
10 favorablc-a spot had not their
leader been enjoined to seek further
inland for n more permanent, and the
danger from their near neighbor and
rival in the scheme of American col.
pnizatlon was imminent anywhere
upon the coast, which dangers might
he escaped by sailing farther up the
great body OF water which came from
the interior. They, therefore, set sail
In their three tiny ships and landed
ut small village or settlement of the
Indians called, IN their language,
kecoughtan. "The town." says one
OF the authorities, "containeth eigh.
teen houses pleasantly seated upon
three acres of ground, upon plainc
half environed by n great bay OF the
great river, the other part with n
y bnye of the other river falling into the
great haye, with'a little Isle fit for q
castle in tho mouth thereof. The
town adjoining the ninino by Il neckc
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Continued on.,Page 5, Section 50
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
4 PRELIMINARY CONTEST
To Be Held at University Tuesday
Afternoon to Select Contestants
For StOckwell Medal.

Tuesday afternoon at the university
the class in English of Prof. Squires
will act as judges in a preliminary
contest. held for the purpose of select
ing contestants for the w. L. Stock
we'll medal. The following are en-
tered in the preliminary contest:
Misses LELAND, Grinnell, Cascaden
and Bemis; Messrs. Welte. Montgom-
cry, H. Carkin, Void. York.
The preliminary in Prof. Koch's
division will take place on Wednes-
day, and the following are the con-
testants: Messrs. Torgeson, Davies,
Hanson and Knapp; Misses Corvett,
Hoadley, Olson and Hamel.
The final contest will take place on
June 3. However, before that time,
the ten contestants selected from the
two classes will meet and of these,
the six best will be chosen to appear
in the final.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
MEDAL CONTEST.
Corliss Head Awarded Silver Medal
in W. C. T. U. Contest at Emer.
eda SATURDAY. Night,

C0rliss Head Awarded Silver Medal
in W. C. T. U. Contest at Emer.
eda Saturday Night.
At Emerald on Saturday night was
held w. c. T. U. silver medal con-
test. The following was the pro-
gram:
my Dolly's New Dress" Josephine
Hood.
"An Angel in saloon"-Meda
Cruikshanks.
college Oil Laws" - Muriel But
terry.
Duet-Messrs. Bookwalter.
"The New Recruit"-Florence Han
cock.
"The Orphans Prayer" = Gladys
Veitch.
solo-Miss Gritzmacher.
Revolt of Teachers Margaret
Cruikshanks.
Fathers Prayer"-Eva Stevenson.
Drill-Lizzie Cruikshanks.
"A Little Child Shall Lead Them
Corliss Head.
The medal was awarded to Corliss
Head, Marguerite Cruikshanks getting
second place and Media Cruikshanks
third place. The judges were Mrs.
Smith of Thompson. Miss Grace Iatta
of Niagara, and Miss Gazelle of Emer-
ado.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
BIG DAMAGE ACTION
MAY NOT Be
TRIED
Probable That Settlement Will
Be Reached Some Time
Today in Case.

The case of Clara Clark against the
Great Northern railroad, an action
started some time ago to recover dam
ages in the sum Of $4,000, may not
come to trial at the term of the United
States court to be convened in Fargo
Tuesday.
This case is in the hands of Attor-
ney Wineman and he announced this
afternoon that it would probably be
settled before evening. In case no
settlement is reached, it will come to
trial this week or next.
Mrs. Clark is a Thompson woman.
About year ago, while in the depot
at Hillsboro waiting for a train, the
seat which she was using collapsed,
throwing her to the floor. She sus-
tanned injuries from which it is al
legged she has been laid up from since.
The action for damages was started
about six month ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
SHE LOCATED HER SON
Napoleon Young Man Sent to Grand
Forks for School, Gets Money
From Home and Plays Truant.

Mrs. Shealer of Napoeon, this state,
arrived in Grand Forks today in
search of her son, Gus Shealer. The
young man was sent to Grand Forks
to attend school, and during the past
few months, money from home has
been coming to Him for his school
work. Recently the mother learned
that her son had not been attending
school, and she came here to dnvesti-
gate. With the assistance of Officer
Coan the young man was located. He
was staying at the Columbia hotel,
and lately has been engaged in OPP
Grating a peanut and pop corn ma
chine for F. G. Kenworthy. The de-
tails of the interview between mother
and son are lacking.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
ARRIVED IN GRAND
FORKS THIRTY
YEARS AGO
Peter stoughton One of Old
Timers Landed Here NAV
20, 1877.

Just thirty years ago today Peter
Stoughton of this city stepped from
a Red river packet liner and made his
way up the river bank to Grand
Forks, consisting then of few scat
tered residences and shacks with five
or six business houses huddled to-
gether like SO many scared cattle.
Mr.. Stoughton or Agonally, hailed
from Lenark, Ont, but egged on by
the stories of the wonderful wealth of
the mysterious west, he bought pas
sage as far as the transportation
facilities afforded and on May 20, 1877,
landed at the terminus of the line
Fishers landing now the village of
Fisher ten miles east of Grand Forks.
Between Fishers landing and this city
on the Red Lake, a fleet of little
Mr.. Stoughton stepped aboard with that
many pioneer.
When I stepped out onto the bank
at the foot of DeMers avenue and
looked up at the few scattered build
ings, little could l grasp the wealth
of the surrounding country" said the
pioneer this morning. "The only no.
tel in the city worthy of mention was
the old Hudson Bay hotel, manned by
John Fadden, ST., father of Dick and
John Fadden of Larimore. BY the
way. a part of this hotel now stands
as the park portion of the Arlington
Park hotel. There was another, not
SO pretentious lhostelry-this building
also stands today, located directly
back of the ingalls, hotel where it was
moved when the owner, Captain Ma
loney decided upon the building of the
Ingalls, house.
1.-TWO of the originals who have
since risen to prominence and now re-
side in the city, are d. NJ. Holmes and
William Bulge. Captains Mccormick
and Griggs figured in every progress
sive move. The Red river at that time
presented an animated view. There
were no less than five passenger and
freight steamers running on the Red,
that being the time when through traf-
ic operations opened up between the
Twin Cities and Fort Gary, now Win
nipeg. There was also a stage line
between the cities and the fort, Grand
Forks and Fargo being stage stations
where the relays were kept. There
was generally lots of excitement on
the way-stage robberies, etc. in those
days, and withal, everything was busy.
Where most of the new pavement
is to be laid" continued Mr.. Slough
ton, the grass was growing vigorous
ly foot in height in those old days.
The grass wasn't the only thing that
was springfng, however, as those were
the exciting days of the gold fever in
the Black hills, and stories of sudden
wealth were sticking out from every
corner. remember just a few days
after my blowing into town, Billy
Bulge and Eshelman returned from
the scene of the craze"
Soon after striking the state, Mr..
Stoughton settled on homestead
north of town along the 500 right-of-
way. Mr.. Stoughton in looking back
ward over the course of thirty years,
marvels at the wonderful growth of
the country and the change, not only
in persons, but in landscape, in farm
ing methods and In the customs of the
people.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
HAD UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
Grand Forks Women Crossed River
On Raft of Logs When Wreck
Delayed Their Train.

Mrs. Louis Andrasko and Mrs.
James Mcdonald, both of Grand
Forks, were on the Northern Pacific
passenger train which became stalled
this side of the freight train wreck at
Twin Valley Friday evening. In let
ter received this morning by Mr.. An
drasko, who is member of the
Evening Times force, she tells of her
experience at o'clock in the morning
when they were informed that a wreck
had occurred ahead, and with torches
they proceeded across the river on log
RATS, and from time to time the con-
ductor would give orders to the party
to "go to the right" and Ego to the
left" as they were crossing the stream.
On the other side of the water, they
found two cabooses. in which they
were conveyed to Winnipeg junction.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-20
ONE CAUSE OF SCARCITY
Grand Forks Man Says Enforcement
of Prohibition Laws Is Resp0n.
Sible for Labor Shortage.

A unique reason has been advanced
by prominent Grand Forks resident
as to the cause for the shortage of la
Dor in North Dakota.
He lays it to the activity of states
attorneys who, during the past few
months have been very vigilant on
matters pertaining to the enforcement
of the prohibition laws of North Da-
kota. The result has been big short
age of booze. The news of this
drought has gone into the labor head
quarters Of Minnesota, where the
largest number of men come from dur
ing the spring. The fact that there is
no booze around, he claims, has re-
suited in these laborers going to Mon
tana.
1t is a we'll known fact that many
carloads of laborers have been shipped
through this state to Montana during
the past few weeks.