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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-02
PEANUTS PROVING
A PAYING CROP
100000 Acres Predicted For
Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Ok, Feb. 1.-Two
hundred thousand acres of Spanish
peanuts in Oklahoma in 1913. This
is the slogan which H. NJ. Cottrell ag
ricultural commissioner of the Rock
Island railroad, is attempting to inn
press upon the mind of the Oklahoma
farmer in conjunction with his call
paign for 100000 acres of Kaffir corn
during the same period. And the
crops will bring the best returns to
the farmer if fed to live stock and the
fattened product is marketed at the
Oklahoma City stock yards, the en-
trance to the two largest packing
plants of the state.
The current issue of the Southwest
Trail, the agricultural publication Of
the Rock Island Railroad, just off the
press, is devoted entirely to the peanut
industry Farmers living in territory
adjacent to every mile of Rock Island
roadbed are urged to become interest
ed in the industry and plant a portion
of their farms this spring to the Span
ish peanut
A portion of the argument il. the
Trail is as follows:
Last year 5000 acres were planted
to peanuts in Stephens county, Ok,
and 200 acres in Jefferson county and
the yield averaged from forty to eighty
acre The peanut on the market, if not
| fed to live stock brought an average
of 10 cents per bushel, giving a re-
turn of from $2S to $50 per acre. This
in spite of the fact that not one field
in ten had a good stand 1t is expect
ed that within a few years the peanut
crop will mean 81 100000 annually -
each of the two counties mentioned
in added farm revenue from live
stock fed and nuts marketed without
considering the great value of the soil
due to the restoration of nitrogen.
In feeding the peanuts to hogs, mar
veous results are obtained. An aver
age gain of 175 pounds per head in
eight weeks for hogs fed on peanuts
and cowpeas is the records of w. g.
and e. G. Hudson, farmers living near
Baird in the western part of Stephens
county. Three acres of peanuts pro-
vided the feed for fifteen hogs. and
the market value of the increased
weight of the animals figured more
than 5000. jim Duncan, living near
Duncan, fattened thirty head of hogs
and fifty head Of sheep on twelve
acres of peanuts. any such instances
! in the two counties are related.
Clarence f. Bennett, living near Al
ma, in the eastern portion Of Steph-
ems county, states that his experience
shows that one bushel of peanuts is
worth three bushels of corn for feed
ing hogs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-02
NOTE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS
UPON "FRECKLES" BY REPUTA-
BILE NEWSPAPERS:

The play is one of sentiment, ro-
nance, intrigue and humor, and makes
a personal appeal to each spectator
Washington ID. c. Post
| know of no character in modern
play-writing endowed with such sim
pie nobility and wonderful sweetness.
New York Sun.
FRECKLES makes a suitable drama
of adventure, conflict and love; of
gentle sentiment, yet intense-Syra-
cuse Post-Standard.
FRECKLES is a hit and Delamater
scores another big winner-Chicago
News.
FRECKLES is play for the world
ly and unworldly, as remarkably an
pealing in dramatic form as it proved
as a novel-Philadelp Inquirer.
The play deserves chief praise for
the skill by which every character is
made to appear as having stepped right
out of the book, yet it is a strong
enough drama in itself without refer
ence to the novel-Boston Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-02
LEANENWORTH HAS
UNIQUE PRISONER

Leavenworth, Kan, February q
The only pirate in this country is IN
the Federal Penitentiary in Leaven-
worth. He is the only man ever offic-
tally charged with and convicted Of
piracy upon the high seas within the
life of the present generation. He IS
serving a life sentence for that crime.
Joseph Kirwin is the ex-pirates
name, and his is one of the strangest
cases that ever came within the juris-
diction of the United States authorit-
les.
Kirwin had lust for choking wo-
men to death. That strange mania
was born in him. When he was a
boy he tried to strangle a girl. When
he grew to manhood a woman was
found dead in Cleveland Ohio, with
the purple marks of mans fingers
on her throat. Kirwin was suspected
and arrested for the deed but escaped
conviction
Later, on a steamboat on the Great
Lakes, Kirwin crept stealthiIy into
the berth of sleeping woman and
his fingers clutched her throat When
he left her he fancied he had strangl-
ed her to death.
Kirwin not only is the only pirate
of the high seas, but also the only
professional stranger in this country
Another remarkable thing about
Kirwin is that he processes to have
undergone a complete mental and
physical transformation in the eight
years he has been in prison.
Every tissue of my physical being
has been changed since l came to
prison." Kirwin said recently you
know science says that our lives are
divided into cycles of seven years
and that in each seven years our en-
tire physical being is made over, so
that in your body, as as well as mine,
there is not one tissue, not one par
ticle of bone, nor one nerve cell that
was there seven years ago. That is
well established scientific fact, accept
ed by all the thinkers of the world.
But science says nothing of the
physical changes that take place in
the same period, continued this
pirate-strangler, who talks like a col
lege professor. And those changes
do occur, Just as surely as the ply
ical changes do. Our minds change,
our ideals of right and wrong change
We either progress or retrograde
mentally and morally as we go along.
There can be no standing still men
tally.
And in me there has been worked
full mental and more change. / am
literally born again. BY system If
reading have taken on a new moral
nature, and now, having been reform
ed and made over from an abnormal
into a normal man, I am ready to be
pardoned and sent out into the world
to be a good citizen Society is only
doing itself and myself an injustice BY
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-02

Washington, d. C FI1. George
H. McCabe, solicitor of the depart
ment of agriculture, has presented to
Wilson his resignation, eff
fective March 4. 1t has been ac-
cepted. He will go to Portland, Ore
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-02

When d woman predicts trouble and
II doesn't come she is deeply disap-
pointed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-02
Note the Following Great Company OF
Well Known Actors Appearing
In "FRECKLES."

PERRY GOLDEN - Formerly with
Just Out of College, The Great
Divide" and Belasco's THE Girl Of
the Golden West"
MARIAN GASPARO Formerly
leading woman with Chauncey Olcott
and Wright Lorimer.
HELEN JUDSON - Formerly with
Otis Skinner, DeWolf Hopper, The
Commuters" and Henry w. Sayage's
attractions.
BERNARD JOHNSON - Formerly
with THE Third Degree" Polly of
the Circus" and The City"
Delaney BARCLAY - Formerly
with Madame Modjeska, Edwin Booth
Robson and Crane, f. l.. Davenport,
Mrs Scott-Siddons and others.
CECILE YEOMANS- Formerly with
The Wolf, THE Family" and Will
liam Hawtrey.
JAMES S. KITS - Formerly with
Kyrle Bellew, William Gillette, and
leading character man with the Bos-
ton Theatre Stock Co.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-26

tional Cash Register Co., who came
here recently from Butte, Mont, sac
rificed himself in the work of rescue.
Scott climbed a telephone pole and
guided men, women and children
across the cable from the flooded
houses to safety. -
He had saved full dozen, when
the Saettle explosion occurred and
the shock of it knocked him from the
pole
The rescuer fell into tree. He was
seen to struggle in the water; to
reach the window of an abandoned
house; to climb half way through the
window.
1.-THE last saw of him." said Frank
Stevens, fellow employee, was when
he was climbing into that house. And
the house was directly in the path of
the fire."
One of the registrars. at the Ma
tional Cash Register plant, which
was turned into the house of refuge
for all Dayton, stopped a slender
young person in mems clothes, and
asked his name.
Norma Thuma," came the an
swer.
Normal" exclaimed the registrar.
Eyes, I'm girl" was the answer.
She had put on her brothers
clothes to cross the perilous span
of telephone wires unhampered by
skirts.
She came in with Ralph Myers, his
wife and their little baby. Myers had
climbed the telephone pole first. He
let down a rope to his wife. She tied
it to a meal sack which contained
the baby, three months old.
Myers pulled up the baby and let |
let the rope down again for his wife. |
Then with the baby in the meal sack
over his shoulder and his wife behind
him, Myers walked across the tele-
phone cable a full black holding only
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-26

AS the woman name was Deln6
taken, the limp form of a man was,
carried into the building by rescuers.
"Jim! JIM" shrieked the woman.
That's you Jim, isn't it? You aren't
dead, Jim; say you aren't dead, JIM"
The rescue Of Jim Cassidy was the
one gleam Of joy in that night of
gloom.
Bill Riley and his friend, Charles
Wagner, tried to rescue woman
from a burning house. They got the
woman into their boat. And then her
mind broke down under the savage
strain of her experiences, and she
fought fiercely with Riley and Wag-.
ner. The little boat swayed. 1t SEEM
ed it must certainly collapse. And
suddenly, the woman Quilted down,
and began to pray.
Dayton is a lost city. It is COM
pletely separated from the rest of the
world. Only one telephone line tot
it is working, private wire between
Dayton and Lbanon.
Its city government has collapsed.
Nothing has been heard from it since
the food came down upon the city.
The only organized relief came from
the National Cash Register Co.,
whose plant is outside the flood and
fire zone;
The entire force of the company
wasthrown into the relief work. The
huge plant was turned into rescue
mission and hospital. A thousand per-
sons slept onlits straw-covered floors
last night. The dining rooms and rest
rooms of the women employees were
turned into dining rooms for the ref
ugees. AL available food in the city
was bought up by the company for
the benefit of the sufferers.
John P. Patterson, president of the
National Cash Register Co., now un-
der a federal Jail sentence, waded
barefoot through the flood to save
families from flooded homes. He
rowed q boat himself. He is 20 vears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13

YOUNG MAN. Is years OF age. white. to lear
drug business. Apply 18th and East Capte
SITS. Lincoln Park Pharmacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
Al~.W WANT
@IQI ADS
Get Best Results
RATES.

Telp, Situations. Lost and Found. Rent Rooms,
rs.untry Board etc. one cent . word each time
fv- IS words more.
Miscellaneous Sales and Wants. Business OPP
pertunities. Automobiles. etc, cent word
each time for three more times. with Is
Norl minimum.
business Announcements. Real Estate. Apart
r,ents etc. for. lines more. three times. 10
cents line each time. with u decreasing rate
To- a longer period
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13

MAS-wc make one a special offer to
learn the automobile business. Other rates re-
. 1uced until Xmss. Call al cncc a. - e
money. School lIS II NV.
MEN-If you want position frcmcn. hrakenIuu.
electric motorman. cousucto-, oFcd train or
sleeping porter, hrst-class Washington New
York roads. $50 20 $165 MONTH steady work,
experience unnecessary. strike. irclose stamp
name position: passes aud uniforms furnished
wSen necessary. xaGfess Railway Inst. Dept
y. Indianapolis. Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
SALESMAN
An Unusual Opportunity

Is offered to salesman of ability
and connection TO sell balance OF
hiSh-class. income-bearing indus
trial bonds on valuable prop
erty. Large, we'll established local
business. Liberal commission
and might consider salary to prop
er party of undoubted character
and responsibility Address, with
references and full particulars OF
experience and connections, Box
ia, Star office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13

Leave your little wants at The
Star Branch.
One in your neighborhood
NORTHwEsT BRANCHES:
Eeard & Mcclure. 9Th and SIS
Butler & Field. Druggists. 3rd and lndisns ave
Postal Telegraph. W., B. & A. sts-. BONO oios'
Crfswells Drug Store. 1th and I ste
Fred B. Campbell, Drugs. 420S Georgia ave.
l. II. Day. Druggist. Iits end as,
VIM II. Davis. Druggist. l1ta and sts.
F.en,ers Pharmacy. 18th and Conihpia 'oa"-
Ge8tner Drug Store, 1ith and u SIS
CoIdenbcrc's Bure au of Information.
Herbst's Drug Store, a3th and Pa ave
Ho.mead Pharmacy Holmead and Otis pises.
Hygeiap Pharmacy. Fad and MAS s'e'
FnItzciaw's Newsstand. fT05 Pa ave.
Interior Dept sth ard F. Postal Telegraph.
(. Kann. Sons & Co, Information Bureau.
Aorse's Pharmacy. 1903 J. ST.
y. ID. Parker, y. Cap. and L Nv.
''aui Pearson. Druggist- 18Th and Florida ave-
p Fl. Ridgeway Pharmacy. Conn. and Fla ayes.
Roland WaIlsce Newsstand and Stationery Store,
s2s a:h -.
Union Station. Postal Telegraph
United States Capitol. Postal Telegraph
I-22 Connecticut ave. Postal Telegraph.
CE'eiey's Drug Store. 21st and q sts-
GEORGETOWN:
o Donnels Drug Stere. 32nd aud NJ sts
P.itcs Pharmacy. osth and SITS.
Postal Telegraph. 1249 Wisconsin ave.
NORTHEAST:
r. X. Richardson & Co.. " Cap. and SIS
Kenealy's Pharmacy. y. Cap. an6 SITS.
Taylor & Lamb 18th and r. Cap. sts.
=. NJ. McWilIiams' Pharmacy. 1915 Fl ST. ne.
featman. u y, harrnscy- Ith ard H.
Lincoln Park Pharmacy. 18th and East Cap SITS.
SOUTHEAST;
Thompson Drug Co.. sth and SIS.
Bra6iey's Drug Store. 18th aud Pa.
n $ Feay. Druggist. 18th and Ia. ave.
SOUTHWEST
-;tb 81. wharf. Postal Telegraph Office.
Saiiivans Drug Store. 9Th aud ID SITS.
ANACOSTIA:
Bary's Drug Store. 200 Nichols
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13

DWELLING 1850 7th ST. N.w.-S LARGE,
airy rooms: bot-water heat: central location:
; $50 IN winter. SO I'm summer
CHAS. s. SHREyE. 1909 Sth st. NV.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-10
By r. F. KNOX, Auctioneer
Trustees and Commissioners SAFE Oh
Residue.

Trustees and Commissioner SAFE Oh
Residue.
Trustees sale of .he residue oil thc
"PaIyo;rp or "Whie House" tract OIL
land located in Mt. Vernon magis-
terial District Fairfax county va,
containing approximately llOo acres
with improvements. 4,a
Bv virtue of the authority vested
in US by the will of Philip OtterDack,
deceased. and under decree OF the
Circuit Court of Fairfax County, va,
in he suit Of Otterback VS.. Bohrer, at
its March and May terms, 1919, inc
undersigned trustees and commission
ORG will offer for sale at public auc-
tion in front of the Royal street en-
trance to the Market House IN Alex
andria Va, ait
- O'CLOCK NOON. ON SATUR.
DAY, the 18th DAY OF JUNE,
1913.
the above described property.
This tract, the old home Of Lord
Fairfax and separated from George
Washington's home at Mt. Vernon by
Dogue Creek, originally consisted OF
approximately twcnty-seven hundred
(2.7OO) acres, Of which l,3OO acres
has been taken by the United States
government for school of Equ!tatlon
of Horsemanship. The balance, be-
tween ten and twelve hundred acres
consists of valuable farming lands
and about eight hundred $500 acres
of valuable timber It has i large deep
water frontage on the Potomac river
as well as large frontage on Dogue
Greek, with valuable fishing shores.
The property is improved by an old
mansion house, Familiarity known for
many years as the "White House"
a club house, barns, stables, out-bulld-
ings and tcnan: houses. 1t is situated
on the county road between Mt. Fern-
on and Accotink, and is about four
miles by road from NJ. NcrEcY. This
property is one of the most historic III
the section and would make a very de-
sirablc country e.Iat because of lis
location and the opportunities afford
cd for fishing and shooting.
Terms of Salc:-Onc-third cash and
residue in three equal annual pay
merits in one, two and three years
from the da'c of the confrma ion Of
the sale with interest from the said
date Of thc confirmation Of sale at
the rae Of six per cent. per annun
interest payable scnli-annualIy with
right to anticipate the time of paying
the deferred payments secured by
retention of title till paid
a survey is e be maze TO ascertain
the acreage. This will be ready on he
day Of sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-10
p1ow UP AMERICAN WARsHl'
Stars And Stripes Flying Upon DUN
my Vessel Testing Harbor
Mines.

r,osdon June 10.-An eNtraorot-
AIRY incident took place the other u"S
t tine Japanese naval station Oh MAJ
yrru or the Sea of Japan.
Some new harbor works had occh
cmrleteIa, and by way OF crcath'S
.,,tc.ost in naval matters, the public
we're invited to the opening ceremony
Various cvofutions were performca'
',ut thc piece de resistance oil the
celebration appears to have peen d
.,smcnstration Of submarine mlI'2-
work A model wooden warshlp.
some forty feet in length, was moorcd
n the middle of the bay, and with
remarkable CELEBRITY the launches at
.achcd to the port kind mine and
connected it with the station on shore.
Whether by accident or design
and. in view of the official chara "tcf
If the proceedings, the former seems
scarcely possble-'thc dummy vessel
WI, decorated with the "Stars and
St,;ncs." This touch of realism
.ccmcs, to appeal to the spectators.
At a given signal the mine was c.
;.,odcd, the american" warsh'P
l.own to pieces, an dthe harbor re-
sounded with shouts of "Banzai'
The present state Of Japanse-Ar'ef-
lem relations reacted upon a hE"'o
student in another way. The youth
who be!ongeA to the Young Mems
Christians Association, felt so much
distress at the low standard of mo-
rality in America, as evinccd by tnr
anti-Japancsc agitation in California,
that he proceeded to commit SUI ldc
BY way Of protest. Fortunately, ne
was arrested in time by friendly
policeman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-10
CHURCH CONDEMNED.
Trustees of Richmond Hifice to Get
Notice Yesterday.

Richmond, Va, June 10.-Olticers OF
Fairmont Avenue Methodist Church
YESTERDAY received notice of the build
inp's condemnation. The structure
was examined Saturday by Building
INSPECTOR Butler, and is said to have
been found in an unsafe condition.
The BUILDING is frame structure
and has bene standing for about elgh-
teen wears. It is located at Twentieth
street and Fairmont Avenue. Sine.
It's erection large primary ROOM
has been annexed.
A meeting of the Board of Trus-
ees of the church was called for last
night, the, purpose of which was to
discuss the question of constructing
a new edifice and finding suitable
quarters for worship in the mean
time.
When the news Of the condemna-
zion of The building was whispcre'
around the Sunday school yesterday
the members were taken compile ely
by surprise, the building appearing
in good condition from both the int
rior and exterior. The church i
one of the youngest on Church Hill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-10
FAVOR MARRIAGE LAW.
Episcopal Clergy Asks Ministerial
Union to Unite With it in Moral
Uplift.

Richmond, Va. June 10.-Although
taking no action yesterday, there Is
every indication that the ministerial
union of Richmond vii ladopt some
MEASURE for the endorsement Pft
cucenic marriages at called meet
;np to be held on June %. There Is
strong sentiment in favor OF it,
Init definite action was postponed II
order that members of various de-
: domination could investigate the
question further.
Thirteen members of the Richmond
Glorious of the Episcopal Church
have signed paper in conformity
with the resolutions adopted by the
General Councils of Virginia. Rev. W
Pnsse)l Bowie, rector of st. Papurs i:
Instrumental in bringing the ques
Ton before the union. He mas al
ready been assured by numerous MN
;rters that they will unite with nm
in the movement. He made nr'e!
fall, Yesterday before the union ana
will be the principal speaker at me
called meeting. ,J
In addition to getting the Richmond
ministers in line Mr.. Bowie has Sc
cured the cooperation of thirty-hVe
representative physicians in the CITY
Except for their help the efforts 81 .,
Who ministers would be without avail
&C. thew must be depended upon to
rive the proper medical certlhca'e'
All who have been approached en-
dorse the move and will probably as
s;s+ IN eetting legislation along these
lines through the next Generai q"
senbly. 49,, odont-
cd resolution agreeing not to perform
a marriage after specified date. a. u,
l.ss the prospective groom furnish
:. certificate from a Responsible
nhv.ician stating that he is free IRON 70
I'll diseases of immoral origin. Inc
members of the Ministerial Union ,:
''.;I, 10 asked to sign the paper lnd'-
,.;du.lIv if the body refuses to take
action collectively
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-10
STARS AND BARS IN INDIANA.
Southern Veterans Honor Memory CT
Indianana.

indianapolis, Ind, June ls.-For
the first time the stars and bars of
the Southern Confederacy deckedi the
State capitol of Indiana yesterday
when a bronze bust of Colonel Rich
ard Dale Owen, commandant at
Camp Morton, near indianapolis, IN
1862, The gift to the state OF Con-
federate soldiers who were Colonel
Owens prisoners, was unveiled.
Although the feelings of war days
have mellowed, it is probably the first
time that Confederate soldiers have
so honored a union soldier.
General Bennett H. Young, Of Ken
lucky, commander-in-chief of tie
United Confederate Veterans, was to
make the presentation speech this at
tcrnoon, and vice-president Thomas
R Marshall, former governor of In
diana, was 10 accept the bust for the
State. William L. Bryan, president
of Indiana University, where COO
mel Owen went as a member OF the
faculty after he had resigned from
the army, was also on the progrs!n'
Governor Ralston presided. Many
members of the Grand Army OF the
Republic were to have places near :he
speakers.
The movement to present The bust
70 Indiana was started by S. A. Can
ninoham. of Nashville, Tenn. pab-
Usher of the Confederate Veteran
the officia! paper of the Confederate
organizations. Mr.. Cunningham was a
prisoner at Camp Morton. He SAID
Colonel Owens desds of klndnIss
and acts of courtesy, coupled with
his efforts to alleviate the suffering OF
the prisoners, won their esteem iho
affection.
Shortly after beins ordered to the
front from Camp Morton, Colonci
Owen was captured at Mun:ford, Ky:
but was released by the Confederate
commander, who said: Colonel Owen
IN consideration of your kindness te
our prisoners at Camp Morton, 20"
a-a free to 90 at will"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-10
FOR NEWPORT NEWS
Bollant!-.tmerican Line luts three
New Vessels in Use.

Newport News, Va, June lC.--ih'
Holland-Amercan Line has just ADD
ed three new freight steamships
ifs fleet. They are the Nordykr
Osthdyk and Westdyke, al lot ~:
90 tons gross register or about z'oo'
tons larger than the present ayie
steamers of that company,
The nooGyeke is the first one G
these new steamers to enter the Se''
vice of the Holland-American nc
She was completed by her builders
Messrs. Gray G. Co., limited, ..
West Hartlcpool, Eng, last mont
and started on her NAMED trip iron
Rotterdam for Baltimore, Newpor'
News and Norfolk May II las; and ]
expected to arrive at Norfolk c
morrow.
These three new and most moderii
steamships will all be placed in tn
Virginia service. The Osterdyk an
Wcsterdyk having besn built by tn
Irving Shipbuilding and Dry Doc.
Company Ltd, of West Hartlepoo.'
will follow the Nooderdyk soon. III
Ostcrdyk left on her maiden trip from
Rotterdam for Newport News an'
Norfolk, June T, and is expected U
arrive at Newport News, Va, Jun
20. =,
The HoIland-Amer;can ling VIII
maintain it's regular fortnightly ser
vice between Virginia and Hollan;
with these three new fast and iarg"
ships. giving to Newport News ar
Norfolk superior transportation f&c'
lilies with abroad.
It is shown that the Holland-Am@f-
lean line has full confidence in t1c
future development of the Virgin
ports and is ready to do their share :"
promote the interests of these ports