The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-10-04

Miss Rosa Martin whose mother
conducts the Loyal Hotel, is visiting in
virginia, and she writes her impress
sions of the Old Dominion State for
the Lakeland Advertiser, which we
reproduce for the Interesting infor-
nation contained therein. Miss Mar
tin says:
Owing to conditions arising from
the European war we have been too
busy for the last four years living in
the present and future to give our
selves up to "Reminiscences, but some
OF the things seen and heard while /
have been visiting in the "Old Domin-
ion' state, where so much of our his
tory has been made, has caused me
to see more clearly the similarity Of
principle underlying the European
war and the struggle our forefathers
made fifty-five to sixty years ago.
They fought for the same big cause,
not Democracy, perhaps, but Freedom
Of mankind. Not their own freedom,
for that was already an established
fact, but of the oppressed, the free
dom of the negro race, was the main
issue Of this Civil War. Here are
some interesting odds and ends Of
information which have come my way
while on this vacation trip.
City Point, Va, where I visited re-
Gently, has until two years ago, con.
tanned on its outskirts, and historical
structure, a log hut made of pine
puncheons, capped and surmountet
by shingled roof gray-green witt
moss. This unpretentions little hut
located at the junction of the Apo
matox and the James rivers, within
sight of Malvern Hill, was headquar
tiers for General U. S. Grant during
the years OF sixty-one, sixty-two an,
sixtythree of the Civil war.
Its interior walls were clap-board
ed and studded with nails from whic
hung several war-stained and wealth
er-beaten saddles as we'll as othe
I relics of army life. This structur
was torn down two years ago becaus
of it's proximity to Hopewell and tn
! industries of the Dupont Powde
! Company at this point, as it offered
valid excuse to curiosity seeker
wishing to visit prohibited territory
I General Grants army camped ;
Hopewell, about mile away durin
this time. At one time General Robe
E. Lee, who had planned an attack G
the Federal forces under Graz
started on march and were une.
pectedly met by Lee with his arm
I with the result that so many wei
! slain that a National cemetery no
marks the spot. Most Of the des
I were from Maine, Minnesota, Indian
4. Ohio and other northern states.
4 The Dupont plant, owned by Il
I Dupont de Nemours Powder Con
: pany, which was erected five yea
: ago at the beginning of the Europes
( war extends. over fourteen thousar
2 acres, all under a heavy cattle Wi
) fence, ten feet in height. Here 81
Z cotton was made, until after Il
+ signing of the armistice, employir
+ forty-five thousand people. Now Il
I plant is idle, fifteen hundred men a
+ at work there dismantling and r
I moving machinery. 1t is estimate
: that two years time would be r
Z quired to completely raze the plant.
+ The company is now trying out di
! ferent experiments with view
1. using the site for other manufactu
I ing enterprises such as rubber tire
+ pulp and paper works, automobil
J trunk and overall factories.
/. City Point and Hopewell were p
+ on the map by the Dupont Compal
+ five years ago by the ESTABLISHING
: of this plant. Hopewell, particula
I ". was benefited, as here two tow
+ we're built village "a" and villa
! 3D. also business blocks and store
Z some of brick, and block after bio
+ Of neat, little bungalows, wood
4 structures, many with furnaces I
! steam heat, apartment houses (cam
Z fashion,, bunk houses, hospitals.
I with electric lights and water FL
+ nished from the plant. Now about o
7 out of every fifteen Of these lit
Z bungalows is occupied. The mia
+ tants Of the others have migrat
I. mostly to Flint, Michigan, where