, 1924-03-24
United States Press Representatives Visit To ST. CrOKY
Islands, U.s. 4.
THURSDAY February 21St, 1924.
AS REVIEWED B Y BUMBLE BEE E ROUTE
Continued from Saturdays Avis.)
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Here We arrive at the recreation ground for the employees Of the West, Indian
as we'll UPON the lawn Mr. Andersen, mr host assisted by his associate Mr. Wuf, rad
prepared a fine cold punch of temperate origin, aereatad waters most oothsome Da ssh
Gus table. Any way during our veyp pleasant fifteen minutes Mr.. Andersen o a ; p
Your ExceIency, Governor Williams, Admiral Coontz Officers of te Navy 16
Gentlemen of te Press: Allow me o bid you welcome to the recreation grOunC OF
bethlehem Sugar Factory Ill indeed a privilege for as to be Visited al one time BY
81 many representatives of the hnestp presses IN the worda accompanied by o0r Governor
that you will ameew with Us that for beauty ofs scenery and lovely, climate S. CrrN i
perhaps one Of the most precious little possessions OF the Oa"1 Sate'of Anr:n
located onN twice the distance from New York as areth9 B9rnuias. wtha wondes "a
difference thOuRh-that here flies the Snrsa and stripes
You have heard Of the crisis re have gone through with four years of drought
we Rave nevertheless carried On is because there is in the hearts Of the people here a
large portion of persistence and perseverance deserving Of helping hand from our fell
Ing among your readers for general knowledge of the attractions Of the island. l will
finally Dg yl to help yourselves to the refreshments o theL table. Ian sorry that while
States If America nor an of the amendments from NJ | to II nor the nineteenth they
have SEM us-What shall cal,H? the prescription tor nov, and Their not TO mxa
s" The day' the view and the occasion bring back mem res that upon this spot in 1851
v,s1l itcbed a large tent to serve a collation. entertainment to H r Il. Pince Alfred,
EHr ma Dka Of Edinburgh. who paid a visit to the islam in that ear This vas the
first visit oa sHon of Royalty to St. Crix and the English speaking Inhabitants imbued
as they were with English traditions, It's not to be wondered attha they turned out in
full force to show their loyalty to h aCown which they caima allegiance by birth or even
several generations removed. Prince Alfred vas at the time a youth of II years and a
Junior officer upon ship in charge bhs superior naval omcer5 dWng the cruise helng
made to the West Indies. The day referred to, he was on his wayt to ChIsuansted Ito
pay his respects to Governor Birch and stopped enpQte at Estate Castle. lnsnuc-
tons from home vas hath e WASH to 6e nterGane 10 private onesb E. tn ngenu-
ny of his host, MI. Frank K. Newton had devised h SmeanS 0ht the occasion as a tent
Yet the had rule thus imposed was thought to be 6Hy broken when he was allowed
to call upon Sir Andrew Lang. the venerable sage at Elias Retreat who, by his e
O. the island, published during the pat century bad gained tor hma ninernanonaI re
putaron. The position of ST Croix upon the surface OF, the earnN generally referred
in Latitude 81 Ii min. W-of Greenwich, though the position OF Il degrees 4 min
AM Ga As '. is the approximate centre Of theis island which places the cross line of de
.T NSm9 Ea a y" r @% in he Newton family from the earliest history oft the set e.
hOuW Dde = HWI ImuLo. rboooosot, ya Ama4of by H. e IL -
the no 1ieto~0 of Lower Love-. The Newton family originating from England they
immioraed to Barbados in the early part of the eighteenth century. thus proceeding to
=" KS4s and N IS. Cdx when the new and unheard oil inducement to settle in a
uga colony we're proclaimed by the Danish Governor A. the family grew and pros
peed under the sunny skies of st. Crox. their sonsba came LEADERS OF manly sports and
tir raceh horses were the best of the day upon the turf of our course Thurow Wood.
iarmerIyE Editor of the Albany Journal New York. and later became Editor of the New
York lines while spending a winter here IN west Enc OIL H4 40 IN a letter OF March
20 1916 written from the island relates: