Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-20
Newport HsWstss aBt Shaky
When They Reached Yorktown.
A DAY IN HISTORIC VILLAGE
Charley" Hundley Missed Everybody
by Narrow Margin When He Tore
Into the York Metropolis-A Few
Other Notable Incidents.

Many OF the Newport news peOplt
who attended the Yorktown celebra-
ton were stirred by other feelings
than those OF PATRIOTISM while they
were bound up YORK river on the
steamer Hampton Roads yesterday
morning.
The river Was swept by stiff
breeze from the north and the steam
er began TO roll bit. George Lohse,
the caterer, had a lunch counter
aboard and had been doing thriving
business up to that time Then sud
denly everybody stopped eating about
the same time.
You're seasick, accused one
patroit TO his companion. both OF them
prominent in Newport News public
life.
NO, don't think I'm seasiSk," was
the reply. but think I'll try to ar
range to make the trip home in an
automobile
There We're no casualties, however.
but it was not a highly enthusiastic
crowd which the Hampton Roads put
ashore at the Yorktown wharf. Those
who made the trip either by motor car
Newport News cars parked in the
jail yard. which had been converted
into temporary garage.-appeared to
be in happier frame of mind. That
is, with few exceptions Rolph Boil
ling and w. f. Kitchen started out for
Yorktown in the formers 1900 mode;
and had gotten about half way there
when the axle broke and they had to
be towed into Yorktown by another
car. Il is needless to add that they
bought return tickets on the boat and
shipped the machine home by freight.
Hundley Missed Everybody.
Mike Massey had a pleasant trip
up if a punctured tire, which caused
him. about an hours delay. can be
overlooked. About the last gentle
man chauffeur" to arrive was Char
icy" Hundley. He went tearing up the
hill into the main street of Yorktown
like he feared he might miss some
thing. He missed everybody. but
only by narrow margin. An angular
countryman, who probably would not
have been suspected of it if he had
not been betrayed by a piece of rib
bon bearing the printed word, police,
waved his bludgeon at Hundley and
commanded him to get off the line OF
march of the parade. Hundley execut-
ed few graceful evolutions during
which the crowd gave him all the
room he needed and then swung into
side street The machine stopped
with a loud report. When last seen
Hundley was busy repairing a pune
tured tire.
Cattle Ate UP Decorations.
The grand stand. which had been
erected in front of the historic Mel
son house Off the speaking, had been
deliberately decorated with cedar and
Scottish broom, the latter product
Indigenous to the soil of York coun-
~. During the morning a herd of cat
tie broke into the enclosure and began
eating mp the decorations. Another
energetic policeman discovered
them in time to chase them away
Probably the most interesting event
of the day not down on the program
was the acrobatic stunt performed
by Judge Barham and Z. W Robin
son. These gentlemen were climbing
the hill previously mentioned just as a
h0rseman was trying to force his re-
fractory animal to descend the hill.
On one side of the road yawned a
ravine. On the other a barbed wife
fence impeded escape in that direction.
The horse began to kick and rear and
the judge and the railroad man were
forced into a position where it was
either UP TO them to turn and run
down hill or to crawl under the bsrbed
wire fence They chose the latter
course and their performance was
convincing il a bit undignified-
Leading Lights in Parade.
Sheriff Nilstesd, Judge Brown and
Justice Henry Jones were leading
lights in the equestrian parade. Jus
;ice Jones was clad in all his regalia
and was about the most conspicuous
figure in the whole affair.
Former Mayor Moss occupied q
prominent corner on the main street
and pointed out 10 interested sight
seers white two story gabled house
down the stree; in which he was born.
Also the rsmshacl.:e building in which
Governor Nelson once had his home
Office and in which Mr.. Moss said
his own great grandfather had Kept