, 1924-03-20
United States Press Representatives Visit To ST. CfOx, Virgin
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THURSDAY February 21St, 1921
AS REVIEWED BY BUNDLE BEE EN- ROUTE

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Quite near By and nearer the road we passed " pillars which IS slein indication Of
the entrance 10 some old plantation of bygne i7flanc2 Tobe seen anoag cuno Of
the very first years IF the last century lived and died widow Judith Towers, upon this
anne estate Inherited from her husband. Wien in the flfiment of time she passed to
her affairs FIRST providing for the liberation OF her numerous domesics IN her home
paid during their life time. The Manager 0 the Estate, Mr. james Forbes was ais liberal
ypovdRm As she directed that he vast receive three thousand pieces OF eight ana
requested that be % continued as managerof the es@fa n0ag a ne nose ma n3t ms
riding horse be presented 10 him and as WEI, tht his liner De MAD Gsnda ana
49, W 10y 1D 1885, az tT@J $780, 3 M,,nJ0 bnnnoa sh n will ne IL
The settlement of the Morawan Bremren in FnedensdHh in testimony of the aten.
England IN Chrsuansed the yearly sum Of he hundred pieces OF eight to be paid to
hem every Easter Monday. This sum wa later onvetedt TO three hundred Xix Dol
tts "Gd5en Rock" as the late owner from twenty years ago carried a lawsuit to the
S1nrana Cont in GoDmhaoe in an effort anI the b1 Iestu 1000 the peat that the
estate did not produce that revenue now. but each court sustained the terms OF the VIII
se8el what she term my Est Ed Plantation" called "Parara" and her garden
called Folly, the latter adjoining the Morav2n settlement and directing hiatt ap pro-
Parue5 in future be known under the nameof "rower5, This 1ause OF the VIII was
duly fIdUel as evidenced by the recat slVay OF the laaol unBr hr9rnn OF the
~ Nav, 1898 which places "rower' north Of Mt Washington in the eastern part OF
the island and "ToEe@" just before W center Chisiansted western suburb upon our
We now mount ar easy grade to the tpof Evening HIP from where the view
toward the own with the picturesque Quay with the waves beating upon the rec and
is seen Estate Little PnncesS. with sugar works g@I mouse ao a custer pGmr
i9s as of odan days for hereisn evidence of very Ongo"nershp with very little
change for many years.
Our next point Of interest is La Grand Princess, a large sugar plantation that
remained as ar inheritance in the family Of the original owner Count Adam Godo6
about 1898 by that patriotic Icu%nM Denmark the ae y a Hageman OF loPen-
hagen who then purchased the properties La Grand Princess here mentioned and as
one On =" "r des' and most restricted obabnannts Mr. G r Lew. who has rented the
land to group Of most industrious small farmers OF the abUnng class A strong evil
dence of what can be done fit will b done by the tHI3 of the soil; Mr. dagemann
confined his energies to Estate La Grange acquiring additional acreage and erecting
a most oder factory upon the property equipped changed and Ieequpped constantly
as any new device OF process appeared upon the market to make his St CrTx Planta-
ton model9 successful operation with theOb9ecd gaining the Lt o"c7d Saccnarne
present in the cane and is economical manufacture as the fsut ota wager to prove
mark who advanced The theory ta[ the Sh9d was exhausted on IN aElcnhura W"
point This Mr. Hagemann certainly proved and the good work IS no" beng camedon
B Fleming, acquired the properly some two years ago.
Gobe cmtmuedD