The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
Thee Town caches
OutforOther and Posi-
blyGreater Industries NJ
AN UNSURPASSED
SHIPPING POINT
Water Rates and Railway Rates.
People Waking Up From Easy
Life Drea m-Possibilities
Attracting General Atten-
Observation-Disclosures In i
vited by Cheap Labor. 4
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Hampton, Va. April oo.-Down here
in what is about the second Oldest
town in America, maybe the third old Is:
est but in any event mighty old a
town. am noturally surrounded by not 81
few people, who. when they learned 4
that came here to write something
about the town. or the city. as 1t nov
is under Virginia law, wanted me to
exhaust all of the two columns allowed
ME In the Industrial Section in telling
about Hampton's ancient glory. But q
decline. Us,
would just love to delve into this n
ancient history and tell about theF
things of 100 and more years ago. For
am growing a little ancient myself
and l know these folks could enter tain
me world without end T daresay also
that such details of ancient history
would entertain some of my. readers
but as a matter of fact I am here to-
talk little bit about the twentieth
century Hampton, and not about the
ancient borough that made such brill
liant records In not less than three
wars. to say nothing of the many IN :
termedtate Indian skirmlshes, IN the
which some OF the ancestors of the
present Hampton citizenship "f1t bled I
and died or words to that effect. But
really, as an Industrial. twentieth zen =
fury proposition. am right now much
more Interested in the Hampton folks
of to-day than 1 am in those or the
other and possibly the more glorious
days OF the past. tE8ja M N
Away Back Talk i5S;;&
Nevertheless, to write about Hamn.5
ton and make no reference to ancient
history and ancient glory mig hit be re-
garded as something OF a sacriIeRe.
therefore, by way of introductory,14I
am going to quote little from some
ancient history that has been. handed
a a &c xyf,,k ~
deliver into ancient history, who is alsui
something of a sentimentalist. has had
to say: Hf 5 T a5I, mr. 5-,,tt ~.
5The very name of Hampton, W hat a.,
volume of thoughts the word bring5 ia
students of history! What romance a. 4
entwined around that nameI1 Il S4ca,isl
to mind that April day In 1907, when
band of dauntless pioneers rec ched
the wild. drifting dunes OF the
storm beaten point OF land, to when
they gave the name of Cape Henry.
from here they set sail and landed !.
at the Indian village of KecoughtarvS
and here 1t was that Captain JoIin 4
smith wrote for his history of Virginia
and beautifully described the rerionTinS
these words:, fm IA n iEs $50 f,1fS,
Immortal Johns own words. ri
tThere is but one entrance tnto$thfaS
country. and that Is Mt the mouth o1ra5$
soonly bay. eighteen or twenty miles /,
oroad. The cape on the south is ca lleI
cape Henry, in honor of our m ost M bIa r
prince; the north cape Is called Cape 4
S S,. u, IN honor OF the worry DukeSofs &
OH. The Isles before are called 3
Smith Isles, by the name OF the' f1I..A
soHcrer. Within is a country that NAV
nave the prerogatives over the most
peasant places known, for earth and Il
heaven never agreed better. to frame
Il place for mans habltation. The mild.S,
ness of the air, the fertility OF the SOIL
ana the situation OF the rivers are 40 H.
propltious to the use of man. a 9 = no "a q
place Is more convenient for pleasure.
pront and mans sustenance under any,
lasi.uoe or climate. So. then. here Is a RI
piac, nurse for soldiers a practice for d
mariners. trade for merchants. are ~
ward for the good, and that which isgi
most or all, business (most accepta bIa Is
70 GOD to bring such poor infdels "a ri
the knowledge OF God and His Holy
Gospel" l.TSI 41N's7: ~ - ~ "
How Hampton Was Found ed \
And still later tho great and brayag
ana semi-religious John Smith wrotee
mat kecoughtan, which was the m NY
Client lame for Hampton has "a con- II
venlent harbor for fisheries smeAlg
boats. that SO conveniently turnethy4
themselves into bayes and creeks andt
make that place very pleasant to inss
habit" And therefore We are not
surprised TO see that such a plaza az y
thiS could not escape the eyes or ina
early settlers, and In 1910 they IA
round In full possession here with : "
Tort 10 add to their protection. KS ;5ts;
Inc enthusiastic. not TO say bon, Ia I.
NC, writer OF the later date continues: ~;
This village was the foundationiTot8
What Is COW the prosperous and pro tn
sressive city of Hampton. during
the revolution the town was success
fully defended by the inhabttants5ss
nuring the Civil War the citizens set 4
them from falling into tho hands offs
ueneral Ben Butler. who was then ingl5'
camp with his force at Fortress Aion,48
roe: hampton bears the distinction ~
oil being the Oldest continuous set.I....S
ment OF English speak king ueonIsf 4 ~, ~
America, and here in 1912 the mar 1910
lowed free school in tho world waa Il
established And here also Is ola &
-. JOINS Church. erected In 1855 !San, ~
Is the fourth npoint of antia,,lty I'm "a
America. In older times Hampton5s
was known as the .Gamecock ,Tn,y,,,T:5E
une to the manner In which size !. = 81 q
nc ortunes 81 war 'ro-dry she il 4
often called Crab Town, y own !. ti NJ!
tho great crab inaustry that Is ia ~. sss
acted here. and being the possasgnr, -
the largest crab meat factory IN IgISs st
world" :. :, ~ :, 'al'ts y
Now 1t is about tho era to.,,., !. III
mainly that. want to talk. I,ot NJ; a
quote first some of the renar ks \ /, sSSl
a leading citizen who chstted mo e S 9tssl
day Maybe hal better Just quot 4 HIM.
OF this story of5twenti 10th n q, 4, ,ssEs
Hampton. IIe said :%"tll OF tina as ri, x sS
have Just given you in prinE5 4 hslsttsS
oysters and crabs and FISH ana /; sfs 81 M
the other good and prontable thin Nh v
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