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£ UOll ANLD s .;, .s T c.v! s United States Prass Representativas’ Visit To &, Groix, Yirgin Islands, U. S A, ’ THURSDAY February 21st, 1924, AS REVIEWED BY BUMBLE BEE EN ROUTE _ —:0:—:0:—0:: (Continued from yesterday’s Avis.) The next plantation on the left is the dismantled “Lower Love’’ works, powerful factors of that day, formerly owned by Messrs. Bartram Bros. ot New York and ably managed by Captain A. J. Blackwood untii the concarn was_sold in 1912 to th: West Indian Sugar Factory interests, who have dismantled the works and bave carried the canes grown upon the acreage of the concern to ths Baethlehem Sugar Factory. To the right is estate ‘‘Adventure’’ also with a history, but we must harry on. As we mount the gradual ‘incline we view upon the right, estate *‘Golden GroveY, nestling among the trees, the sta ely country residemce built in 1890 by Captain Blackwood as the Great House of Lower Love concern and in which he and the late Mrs. Blackwond with true southern hospitality lived and entertained for over twenty vyears. [t is now the resi- dence of the Hon. Folmer Andersen, Head Director in St. Croix for the West Indian Sugar Factory, and is now used as the main residence for what is called the Beothlehem concern, a large house which is a eredit to th2 desigaer and builder. Directly across the road to the north is estate '‘Castle Bourke’’ but we will stop here on our retura for re- freshmen*s. Somewhat further along on the right is Bzthlehem residence called form- e y "‘Bethlehem New Works’’, for old Bethlehem is now again N2ow B:thlehem and the home of Mr. V. Wu ff, a second Director resident here of the West ladian Sugar Fae- wry. Many a story could be told of this old house, but azain for want of time wa must cast our eyes to the left to view the Bethlehem sugar works the larz23t Sugar Factory in the island erected about 1904 under the direction of Director Carl LLachman ~ho is still h alof the eorp ration thougn residing in Crpenhizen. Har2is locate] th2 most up-to- date machinery with every possible appliance tkat money can buy to improve and econo- mize in the manufacture of chrystal sugar from the sugar cane. Crossing the highway is a duninutlvs rail-road which during the crop season is bisiiy engaged guiding loaded railway ecars fillad full with cane for Bethlehem Facwory. A few yards further on we cross King’s tlil Gut through which in rainy weather the stream used to gush like a mountain torrent. Not a few carriages, in attempting to ford this stream, have beeome swamped and several persons have lost their lives. And now we see immediately before us on the right what was in Danish tim>s “King’s Hill Barracks’’, a military station as well as a Police Station and Post Office. Recently, what was used as the military barr seks has been turned into the King’s Hill Poor Farm although there is no farm connecced with the buildinzs for the site is rather a rocky barren situation on the hill. The New Police Station is down the hill close to the road and the Police Inspector in charge has recently been made Postmsster as a fourth class office and King’s Hill Posit Office is now there. We are mounting King’s Hill, one of the steepest -rades on the island over which much traffic flows, this being on the main highway between the two towns. Just after we start up the hill to the left will be seen the pillars marking the entrance to estate “*Fredensborg’’ and which leads to the site of th2 former palatial residence of the Heyliger family as well as the private burial ground near the house where many of the family were interred. Here lived this branch of the Heyliger family, though much of the tim: th2y oce ipied their London residence where one evening Mr. Heyiiger entertained King William 1V at din- ner, a zolden dinner service being used. Money was quickly made in those days for the estate yielded Mr. Heyliger an average crop of 400 hogsheaas of sugar whick were worth about $150.00 each at that time, or about $60,000 and this was the incomz from the estate as the molasses and rum paid all the working expenses of the plantation, the sugar being shipped to London or Copenhagen for the account of the owner. Proceeding over the hill and quite close to the road on the left is the small Lutheran chapel erected some twenty years ago, and in the distance to the left, or north is “‘Mid- lands Moravian Church’’ established there in the middle of the eighteenth century. To the right as we pass on and before descending the hill is estate ‘'Clifton Hill’” whose early owners were the Markoe family of St. Croix and Philadelphia, Pa. until 1857 when the estate was soll for debt. (To be continued.) LOCAL We have information from t}we agents at Frederiksted that the landing of the mails from the s. s. “*Catherine’’ last Saturday was (not delayed an hour as stated in our referonzo toits lat 2 arrival in yesterday’s isc i, and we very much regret any misundei..anuing arisiug vut of this matter. The U. S. S. ““Grebe’” arrived hare Notices For The A. M. E. Ghurch, Our community may be bettered, why not icin the relizicus organizatioss here? Come 13t us reason on the vital concerns of LIFE. Are you seeking the best of iife © This is to the public. Is our community immoral? Do we have the t:ue ideas of Hcme, Church, and the great Social Good of ALL? What of your neighbour? What will our children be when they are grown up !0 maturity? The A. M. E. Church_says, “COME, LET THE CLERGY, BUSI- NESS MEN, EDUCATIONAL LEAD-. ERS. PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND THE LIKE, GET TOGETHER TO MAKE THE MUNICIPALITY GOOD, MORAL AND A HAPPIER PLACK IN WBICH TO LIVE ! AT CHRISTIANSTED CHURCH Wednesday night at the Labor Union Hall Thursday i Mouthlv Love Feast. 7300 lo k. Friday afternoon. 'l‘lhee’ hoir Rehee s als. Sunday merning. Early Prayer Mec¢ « 6 00 o’clk. i - Preaching at 10:30 o’clock e School at 12:30 p. m. - Night the regular Hcly Com- munion. AT GROVE PLACE Friday night. Clasz Meeting 8:00 o’elock. Sunday at noon. Pieaching. ¢ =+ 3:00 p. m. Sunday School. AT FREDERIKSTED CHURCH REv. A. C. BOUGH, Pastor. Wednesday Night, Class Meeting, 8:C0 v o’clock. Sunday afternoon 2.00 p. m., Preaching, Sunday School as e: serviece. To these services all are cordially in- vited. We want your good words, we wish your constructive help. HERMAN HOST, Sec. E. C S. ROBINSON, Pastor, P. E. Quebec Steamship Co. THE S. S. “PARIMA” is expected to leave New York on the 13th inst. and is due at Frederiksted on or about the 20th inst., and will be dis- vatehed for Windward Islands. DOBT. L. MERWIN & CO., INC., Agents yesterday returning to St. Thomas from where she is expecied to sail for San Juan, P. R, alt 3 ¢’cluck this morning. She brought some Kuropean parcel post mail via St. Thomas and ecarried mails f,r St. Thomas, Porto Rico and the United States. :