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D. 1867
VOL. LXXXV KO. 41.
K. C, TUESDAY- MORKESTG, OYEMBER 9, 1909.
WHOLE NUMBER ,13,147.
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HEARTY WEICOMEHERE i
FORmOUSMDS TODAY
President William H. Taft and Party Arrived on Special
Train From Florence at Early Hour This
j Morning Other Visitors. , , ..
PRESIDENT'S TRAIN
PARKED OUT AT YARDS
Arrived From Florence S. C.f at
O'clock This Morning Will be
Brought Into Station at 8
A. M. Throngs Here. .
The Honorable William Howard
Taft. President of the United States,
is a guest of North Carolina and the
City of Wilmington.
On the last lap of his 13,000-mile
"swing around the circle " the Presi
dent and his party arrived on a spe
cial train over, the Atlantic Coast
Line from Florence, S. C, this morn
ing shortly after 2 o'clock and the
train has been- parked out at the
Smith Creek yards of tile company,
about two miles from the city, and
will not be brought Into the,, union
station in the city until 8 o'clock this
morning when Wilmington's welcome
to the Chief Executive of the Nation
will be formally inaugurated when he
is taken charge of by the local com
mittee of entertainment, -.
The President's special 4s made up
of an engine, one coach and three
private cars and it was brought Into
Wilmington this morning by Conduc
tor Warren Lee Jones and Engineman
most competent men in the operating
department ' The .train 'will remain on
the yards under police guard until, the
hour for it to proceed to the union
station when it will be' brought in on
the W.'&: W. track, the middle Jln,e
the President's party will be assem.
bled In the concourse, In front of the
ticket office, and " Immediately upon
occupancy of the cars by the Presl-
dent and others, they will leave imme
diately for , the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. James Sprunt . where they will
have been extended across the north
end of the "shed and across Front
street from the express office door to
the door of the Purchasing Agent'3
office, across , the street. All visitors
and other people are to be kept en
tirely away from the bridge and the
station and the ' same arrangement
will be in effect when the party leaves
this evening. "The military under
' command of Col. J. VanB. Metis and
. Capt. Edwin A. Metts, of the Wilming
ton Light Infantry, will assist in dis
patching the party. Everything ias
been removed from the station to fa
cilitate handling the crowds there. '
The three private cars' are occupied
by the President, his aides, corps of
secret service officials and the news-
"Haselmere" where they are well fit
ted up. In the President's private
party are Hon. Wm. H. Taft, Capt
Arthur W. Butt, military aide; Dr,-J.
j. uicnarason, tne presiaenxs pnybi
cian; Mr. W. W. Mischler, assistant
secretary to the President: James
Sloan, 'Jr., and Jos. E. Murphy, spe
cial officers; C. C. Wagner, stenogra
pher; Messrs. Gerrlt Fort and Arthur
Brooks, while tke party of newspaper
men includes Mr. Robert T. Small,
of the Associated Press; Mr. Sher
man p. Alien, oi tne New York Her-
aid: Mr. E. A. Fowler, of the New
-York Sun; Mr. William Hoster, of the
Hearst . News Service; Mr. Robert H.
Hazard, of the United Press. Then
there are also on board Mr. S. R.
Crowder, chief electrician, and Mr. H.
T. Taff, manager of the Western Un
, ion office in Washington, D. C.
The' first' special train to arrive
bringing visitors is due at 6:30 o'clock-
this morning over the Seaboard Air
'Line and will consist of five cars. Oth
er specials are as follows: Seaboard
"Alr Line, second special, arriving at
9 A. M. eight cars; First Section No.
41, A. 0. L. 9:25 A. M. frdm the North;
No. 41 regular train from the North at
9:35 A. M.; Sanford special, via A. &
Y., eight cars 10:40 A. M.; Newbern
special, 11 cars, 10:45 Al M.; Florence
BDecial. eight cars, 10:55 A. M. Then
"In addition ' there will be rextra sec
tions of the regular and special trains
arriving during the day as the emer
gency may require. - 'The trains will
leave as follows J First -section No.
42, President'ar Bpeclal, 7( P.- M.; sec
ond section, regular train No. 42, leav
ing 7:10-PY M. S. 'A. L. . Special, 7:30
P. M. Third,' section . No42, 7:45 P.
-! M. Newbern Koecial.' 8 B. M. ' S. A. L.
Special, second, 7: 40 -Florence 'spe
cial, 8:30 P. M. Sanford special 9 P.
M. ' . V " V- "..:' v
The military will arrive by the spe.
cials from Goldsboro f. and Newbern.
The military from Faetteville :&ni
points west will cofne In by special
from Sanford arriving at 10:40 Ai M.
The military coaches will be run to
the lower yards 'artd companies will
leave the cars at fVutt street. .
The city, is ! Wldly.4111inig up . with
visitors from ' various f parts of this
State and SouUCCaroHna for the cele
bration. They began , to arrive in
great numbers Sunday and the . late
trains Sunday night brought In hun
dreds, while all the trains yesterday
were crowded. V The Seaboard train
due here at 1:15" P. M., did not arrive
until 3 o'clock and the coaches were
crowded with passengers. The other
trains to the city were likewise crowd
ed to the capacity of the coaches.
On the late Seaboard last night sev
eral, hundred came to the city. There
were 150 from Charlotte, and scores
and scores of others" from interme
diate points. The lae Coast Lin
train also brought a large number of
people. -
The hotels and boarding houses are
filled or rapidly, filling, and the bulk
of the visitors are being assigned ' to
homes In the" city byxthe Accommoda
tion Committee. From all indications
the . crowd today , will indeed be a
heterogenous one, representatives of
every type of citizenship of the State
and from practically evry point in
the State. They will be here from
far and near. In addition to the reg
ular trains special trains will be run
over .both the Seaboard . and Coast
Line roads and each will bring, hun
dreds. , .-, .."'
Chairman Thos. H. Wright and
"members of the Accommodation ' Com
mittee were as busy as bees yester
'day, preparing for the overflow today
and it is safe to say that there will be
no occasion for anyone to find want
of accommodations. Information head
quarters have been opened in the Gar
'rell building, first floor, at southwest
corner of Second and Princess streets
and headed by (Mr. H.G. Fennell a
iarge corps of assistants are prepared
to assign homes to any and all - who
'may apply. Large banners have been
'suspended at different points down
town directing visitors to the - head-
such information
as they might require at a glance."
Yesterday still more decorations
made their appearance on the streets
and Wilmington Is indeed now a "City
Beautiful". Many private , residences
along the line of march were also deoJ
orated yesterday and the visible signs
of Mr. Taft's welcome, it is certain,
cannot be mistaken. ' . ' " .
" The programme . as nearly 6fficla
as tan be' secured may be found else
where in. today's paper and it is the
wish of the whole people of Wilming
ton that everybody "come In, make
themselves at home and stay -as long
as they wish."
Choirs Will Takte Part. 1
Members of the . church choirs of
the city have been invited by Mr. J.
J. Blair, city superintendent of schools
to assemble on the Market street side
of St. James' Church this morning
and assist the school children in
singing the patriotic songs. Those
who accept the invitation are request
led to be present not later than 9 o'-
clock. The living flag," formed of the
'school children, will be one of the
most beautiful and inspiring, as well
as novel, features of the celebration.
Whistles to Start Festivities.
' The big celebration will be' started
with the sounding of the steamboat
"whistles at 7 o'clock this morning.
Acting upon ' the suggestion of Capt.
E. D. Williams, chairman of the river
and harbor decoration committeetJthe
'steamboats in the harbor at that hour
will give three long blasts in chorus.
This will begin a day of almost end-
Hess events
Will be InspiringScene. :
The assemblage of the white school
children on Market, between Third
and Fourth streets, this morning, will
be the most impressive and inspiring
'scene In connection with the Taft
celebration. There will be gathered
together liear St. James' Church near-
fly every pupil of the graded schools,
numbering more than 2,000. This pro
bably will be the. largest number that
has greeted President Tart at any
one place on his entire' 13,000-mile
Journey. The children will meet at
their respective schools at 8:30 o'clock
this morning ' and. shortly , thereafter
march, to the point where the. living
flag will, be formed. The girls of Un
ion and' Hemenway schools will be
dressed in white with white caps and
the boys of those schools will wear
red coats and red caps. The boys and
girls of the High School will be tdress
ed to represent the stars in Old Glory.
President Taff and party will pass
them in review at .9:15 A. M. All of
the children will have flags, the High
School children having the largest,
which they will wave vigorously as
the President , approaches. Many - of
the members of the Church choirs of
the city will be present and join the
children !n singing the song, of wel
come to President Taft and the sever
al patriotic songs. ; According to the
programme President Taft will deliv
er a brief address to the children after
which he will pass in .review of the
colored school children and deliver an
address. It is expected that thous5
ands of townspeople and visitors will
line the streets in. the vicinity of Third
and Market to. view the unusual spec
tacle of a great army of school child
ren assembled-and dressed so as to
represent the National emblem ,
The rural public schools - will take
holiday and , practically every pupil
and teacher will be hereto attend .the
celebration; - The Board of Education
properly granted the, request of Sup
erintendent Catlett that this be given
as a holiday in all the rurah schools.
' CrowdSjon the Streets. ,
- But for the absence of., explosives
and the, mildness of the weather, last
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LABOR TO UPHOLD
; TIIR LEADERS
Federation Will Standby Pres-
ident Gompers and His
s , Officers. '
CONVENTION IN TORONTO
Will Assist in Fight to Evade the Jail
, Sentences' ' Imposed by Court.
First Day'of the Conven.
tion. ' .
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 8 That the
American Federation of Labor intends
to - stand by President Samuel Gomp
ers and his officers, Vice President
John Mitchell 'and Frank Morrison in
their fight to evade the jail sentences
imposed in the United States for con
tempt of court was indicated todajf.by
the attitude of the delegates in At
tendance at the 29th annual conven
tion. It is apparent that the commit
ted on the president's report will rec
ommend that the case be carrieji to
the Supreme Court of the United
States. At least this is the expressed
opinion of jnany of the delegates.
Mr. GoniRers in his report discuss
ed 'a. wide range of labor issues, and
those of Secretary Frank Morrison
and '.treasurer John B. Lennon which
followed- shows that organize labor
has made substantial gains in the
past year and that the funs of the
Federation1 are at high tide with a
balance of $16,303 in the treasury. :
The convention's attitude toward the
factional strife among the members
of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers was shown today
the credential committee reported in
favor of .-the .faction headed by E.. -J.
McNulty and declined to seat James
Reid, of the Erie, Pa, Central Labor
ufaion, president of me "Insurgents
and other delegates from organizations
whose charters had been revoked by
the Federation. ;; President Gompers'
ruled "that only organizations in good
standing were entitled to representa
tion in the convention.
It-is predicted , that the dissatisfied
Electrical Workers eventually will air
their grievances on the "floor of the
convention. They, contend that, their
characters were revoked before they
had an. opportunity to appeal to the
convention.
The ' greatfn part of tomorrow's ses
sion probably will be devoted to the
report of the executive council and
the ariens committee appointment
will be read
DECREE GRANTED
MRS.
ASTOR.
In DiVorce . Suit Seeking Separation
From T John Jacob Astor.
New York, Nov. 8. Mrs. John Ja
cob Astor was today granted an inter
locu,tory decree of divorce by Justice
Mills, sitting in the Supreme Court
at New City, N. Y. All papers in the
case were sealed and the proceedings
were carefully guarded.
In court Henry W. Taft appeared
for Mrs. Astor while Colonel Astor
was represented by Louis Cass Led
yard. .
It is understood that counsel in the
case had a preliminary arrangement
a3 to the disposition of the two Astor
children and. the question of alimony.
It has been generally reported that
Colonel Astor made a settlement of
$K'.000,000 in lieu of alimony.
Mrs. Astor w as a Miss Ava Willing,
of Philadelphia and was married to
Colonel Astor in 1831.
Paoli, . Ind.. Nov. 8. Mrs. John Ja
cob Astor, of New York City, who was
granted' a divorce today from her
husband, is at French Lick Springs.
Every effort has-been made to keep
her identity cecret. Employes of the
hotel denied knowledge of her where
abputs. J. r .
Mrs. rABtor aiTived at the Springs
on the .fiven'ng of October 30th and
registered under the name of Mrs.
Austin, of Red Bank, N. J. Accom
panying her were Mr. an4 ;Mrs. L. S.
Thompson, who gave the ; same ad
dress as Mrs. Astor. ,
Mrs. Astor has. made no friends
among the other guests of the hotel
but has maintained an air of rigid
exclusiveness since her arrival. . She
spends most of the time in her room
or on the veranda of the hotel, where
she is" the- center of all eyes.
; It is rumored' here that Mrs. Astor
will take ttp her. residence in France.'
MINISTER8. ENLIST IN FIGHT.
Dr. Julian Urges All in North Carol!
. 4 na to, Preach Special Sermon.
, Thomasvillet-. N. C, Nov. 8. Every
minister of the State of North Caro
Ina has been appealed to by Dr. Chas.
A; Julian assistant secretary tor the
State Board or ' Heaitn, , to preach a
special health sermon on! the subject
of i&ibercuiosis isovemper zstn. -, -y
Dr. Julian, wants the ministers to
stir up the' people of North Carolina
to the daggers of the terrible white
plague and to explain to them how
this fatal, malady may -be wiped out
by preventative measures. . .
By riveting the attention, of all clas
ses unoh this one subject on the same
day "he h6pes to introduce anew and
effective ' method ror ngntmg rtne ai
sease, . 'Zk - tlUZd-
Programme
1:30 A. , M -President's Special 'Arrives From Florence,
l S. C, and Pared at Smith's Creek Yards of A. C. L.
8 :00 A. Mj-President s Special Train Will Reaeh Union
Station and ecutive Committee will Call for- Party, Pro
ceeding up Fipnt Street 'to Residence of Mr. James Sprunt
where They; wll be Entertained at Breakfast.
9 :00 A. r-President and Party Leave Residence of
Mr. James Sptunt for Review of Flag Formation of School
Children at Third and Market Streets' Later Proceeding to
St. Stephen's vChurch Where Mr. Taft , Will -Address the
Negroes and Review the Formation of Colored " School
Children. . . -'p ;
10:30 A. M. President and Party Board United States
Revenue Cutter , Seminole at Government Wharf for Trip
Down; River. V V. ' - -
1:00 P. M;-j-Litiicheon Served.on Board Seminole.
3:00 P. M4u,,S. R. C. Seminole Returns to Government
Wharf "With President' and Party. ; . -
3:30 P. M.4-Military Parade Along Principal Streets as
Announced, Ef)ding at t City Hall Where the President will
be Introduced! by Governor, Kitchin and will Speak from -Platform"
Erected -There. - I .
4 :00 P. M.-Introduction and Address, by Mr. Taft. '
5:00 P. M.-i-Short Automobile Trip About the City, and
on New Ilanovfer Roads by President, Party and Committee.
6:00 P. .'M. Luncheon at Masonic Temple, on Front
Street. J . . ,
7 :Q0 P. M.. president and Party Leave for Union Station.
9:00 P. M.Smoker Complimentary to North Carolina'
Press at Rooms of Chamber of Commerce, North Front
Street. , ; '
.The executh'e committee issues the following official
statements: - .
Guests for river trip will be on board Seminole by 10
o 'clock. Present tickets of admission at boat. '
Citizens whb will occupy platform-must be seated by 4
o'clock. Present ticket of admission " :
Guests for slipper will assemble at Masonic Temple, Com
mahdery Rooml by 5 o'clock. Present ticket of admission.
The . revifew jof the white school children, confer Third
and Market, will be at'J:15 A. M. s -
Review of coiored school children '' at St. Stephen's
Church at 9:30 A. M. All colored citizens are supposed "to
. assemble at this point at this, hour to hear, the President, j.
WILL DECIDE! CONTROVERSY
Committee Selected to Pass Upon the
Time of the North Pole Discov
ery Object f Geographic -
Society. '
Washington, No. 8. To pass on the
question as to whether the North Pole
was discovered before 1S09, that is as
to what reported it prior to Command
er, Peary, the board of managers of
the National Georgraphic Society to
day appointed the following commit:
tee:
J. Howard Gore, formerly professor
of mathematics, George - Washington
University; Rear Admiral John K.
Pillsbury, of the Navy, and Dr. C. Wil-
lard Hayes, chief geologist of the Geo
logical Survey.
A change from the committee which
recently passed on the Peary records
was made in accordance with the rec-
ommendaiion of the committee on re
search of the society and because it
was thought that this would be fairer
to Dr. Cook.
The committee, it was announced,
will not go to Copenhagen in the pros
ecution of its inquiry but will rely on
data obtained otherwise. '
For this purpose it will have author
ity to interrogate such persons and
make , such Journeys as may be re
garded essential to finally determine
the question of the discovery of the
Pole.
The action of the University of Co
penhagen in refusing to.permita com
mittee of the National Georgraphic So
ciety to attend the examination as wit
nesses merely of Cook's' records has
caused surprise - and regret. Among
some of the Society tnere is a reeling
(Continued on Page 2.) : ' i
, OUTLINES. r
President Taft'spenta feature day
in Augusta, Ga., yesterday, delivering
the opening address at the Inter-
State fair in which he toucned on sev
eral National matters. He spent a
few hours at Florence, S. C, last
night where he made an address
The American Federation of Labor
convened in annual session at Toronto,
Canada, yesterday and the delegates
expressed their intentions of uphold
ing President Compers and his officers
in ' their fight to evade jail sentences
for contempt At tne sessions or
the National Farmers' Congress in
Raleigh yesterday . resolutions" were
passed seeking a reduction in rates on
the railroads for the members of the
Congress The National Geographi
cal Society has selected a committee
to determine the time of the discovery
of the North Pole The great auto
speed contest on Atlanta s new course
will take place, today New "York
markets: ' Money on call , firm 3 : 3-4
to 5 per cent.; ruling Tate. 4, closing
bid 4 1-2, offered at. 5; nour quiet and
nominally lower: - wheat easy No 2
red 1.25 1-4, domestic nominal elevator
No. 2. red 1.21 nominal to arrive f.' o.
be. afloat: corn spot easy No. 2,ed 70
delivered domestic 70 1-2- delivered at
70 1-2 f . : o;: b. aflot : oats-' quiet mixed
26 to 32 pounds nominal; rosin steady,
turpentine quiet. r . "'.;'-:
for Taft Day
ATLANTA SPEED RACE TODAY
Number of World's Famous- Drivers
Will Participate in Great Auto
Contest Expect More Rec-
ords Great Interest, j
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 8. If American
automobile track records are not brok
en in the five days' racing which will
begin tomorrow on the magnificent
Atlanta automobile speedway it will
be a surprise to the star pilots which
gave the two mile track a thorough
test today. V "v,
Robertson, Strang, Christie, . Chev
roelt and other drivers who are famil
iar with motor speedways throughout
the world have declared that the At
lanta seems to offer an unusual oppor
tunity to clip a few seconds from pre
vious records.. . V r
Among the scores of lighter cars
parked in the paddock are machines
built to eclipse previous performanc
es. Walter Christie's . specially de
signed machine, in which the power is
annlied in front instead of In the rear.
and Barney Oldfield's Benz, registered-
150 Jiorse power: Kilpatrick's
Hotchkiss develops 110.' Louis Strang's
Baby" Is a ZOO . horse power iat,
which will receive its American bap
tism of fire tomorrow. In trials at
Brooklands, England, last - Summer
this car is said to have made one mile
in 28 seconds, or at a rate of .about
123 miles an hour. He took the big
machine four miles this afternoon in
03:11 2-5; the second lap being on
three cylinders. V.
The stock cars today made. the two
miles at an average of about 01:45
and finished the day's practice with
out mechanical troubles.
There will be . six events tomorrow
but the greatest interest centers in
t.hA one mile time test which win
bring out the high powered machines,
and the 200 mile stocK classic race
for cars of a piston : displacement of
301 to 450 cubic Inches. A battle rdV
al in the short sneed test is anticipat
ed among Strang, Oldfield, Kilpatrlck,
Christie, Robertson, Basle m a ite
nault, Disbrow In a Ranier, Cliquot in
a Pope-Toledo, atnd Rutherford, in &
stearns. .' : .'' - .' :
Oldfield's entry was not recoivea un,
til tonight when his manager, William
Pickens, announced that Oldfield will
defend his title as holder of the fast
est track mile, 43 seconds made at In
dianapolis. - ' ,
Entries and drivers in the zuu-mne
race are as follows: Renault. Basle;
Chalmers-Detroit, Lorimer; Rainier,
Distrow; Chalmers-Detroit. Matson;
MarmOn, Stillmanf Buick, jjnevroiet. . .
SAYS AUTO KILLED ANDERSON
Prominent Atlanta Physician Admits
. His Machine 8truck Him.. "
Atlanta. Ga.: Nov. 8. Dr. James H.
Crawford, a prominent Iphysician, ad
mitted yesterday that it was his auto
mobile which late Saturday, night kill'
ed . Harvey L. Anderson, president or
the Anderson Hardware" Company, of
this city and well-known tnrougnout
the South! Dr., Crawford, prostrated
by the accidenthas not yet made any
statement of the details. ;.-
FARMERS SEEKING
RATE REDUCTION
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Resolutions Passed . Asking
, Reduction For Members
of Congress.
ADVOCATE MORE LEGISLATION
Congressman Small Addresses Con
1 gress on Agricultural Interests
ef South Interesting Fea
tures of Meeting.
Raleigh," N. C, Nov. 8. A reduction
In the mileage allowance of members
of Congress from ten cents to Ava
cents a mile, is sought in resolutions
adopted by the Farmers' National
Congress here today.
Legislation to" establish four . Na
tional roads from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, the strengthening ot the "oleo"
law, a law prohibiting railroads from
charging a full, trip mileage rate in
excess of the rates of the States
through which the trip extends, the
enactment .of a postal bank law, in
creasing the franking privilege to
State agricultural schools and colleg
es for the -extension of nublication
work, were urged in their resolutions..
The Congress also placed itself on
record in favor-of the enactment of a
law modernizing parcels post system,
urged Congress to appropriate money
for denatured alcohol distilleries at
selected 'agricultural experiment sta
tions and favored government aid to
public roads. - . . ,
Representative Small, of this State.
in addressing the Congress told how
the agricultural interests of the South
would develop through the establish
ment of inland .waterways. , Clarence
H. Poe editor of ;the Progressive
Farmer, tif Raleigh, -pointed out the
great -advaQCent,,miuie ixuSoutheni,
agricultural methods; Dr: F. L. Ste
vens, bacteriologist of the North Car
olina , A. & M. College, told . of the
efforts to .get rid of plant disease; Dr.
Burgress, agromomist of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture,
also spoke. ., , ,
That the unrest of women in farm
homes is due to a lack of modern im
provements to colorless monotony at
tending isolation and to a lack of in
dependent , earning J power was the
opinion . expressed by Mrs. Alice E.
Writaker, , of Washington, D. C, in
a paper read before the Congress.
The condition of women - would be
vastly improved, Mrs. Whi taker de
cjared if home industries could be in
troduced on the farm to make- use of
its products and to furnish an income
from congenial employment The
making of rugs,- coverlets, patchwork
and basketry were some of -the lines
of .activity that .had within recent
years been revived with such success
that considerable money had been
brought into isolated communities
with the result of greatly adding to
the comfort of the people and. the at
tractiveness of home life. " -Last
Day of Congress.
The Farmers National Congress
held only morning and afternoon ses
sions today, omitting a night session,
it. will adjourn again toimorrow morn
ing after electing officers and select
ing the next place of meeting. Colum
bus, Ohio, appears to be the favorite.
This afternoon there vas read a pa
per of Mrs. JohnS. Cunningham, of
North Carolina", on "Rural Life in the
South," describing it, and a paper by
Mrs. A. E. Whitaker, of Washington,
D. C, on "Handicrafts in Rural Homes
as an Educative Force."
Mrs. W. H. Nutt, of Raleigh, spoke
on "Conservative of Health in Rural
Homes," and "gave practical ' hints on
this. Prof. Franklin Sherman,-Jr.; .of
the North Carolina College of Agri
culture, delivered a valuable address
demonstrating the control of injurious
insects. .
' The resolutions adopted at the af
ternoon session were:
Favoring a National pure seed law;
for the government to demand reason
able rate of interest on its Natlonal-p
deposits; demanding an accounting
for all public funds expended in boun
ties, subventions or subsidies;, for the
National government to take Guilford
battle ground under its care; electing
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson a life
member because of his Services to ag
riculture; for a committee of the
Farmers' Congress to investigate the
matter of equality of taxation; against
the ship subsidy bill;' favoring temper
ance; against the fertilizer trust; for
a storage system of cotton so as to
maintain prices on a profitable basis:
for the co-operation of the Federal
and State governments in the recla
mation of swamp lands; opposing
standing armies and in favor of arbi
tration. . . - ''
F. I. L. I, WIRES REGRETS.
Cannot Attend
. as It
' ? (Special
Taft Day Celebration
Was Hoped. - ' -
Star Telegram.
N. C.V Nov. 8 The
Fayetteville,;
Fayetteville Independent Light , Infan
try, of Fayetteville. N. C.; finding it
impossible to" attend the Presidential
parade in honor of our President, W.
H-: Taft, in Wilmington, N. C, desire
to express our sincere regrets at not
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TAFT'S FEATURE
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Opens Great Inter-State Fair
During Augusta
'Visit
SPOKE ON NATIONAL ISSUES
President v Made an Address at Flor.
ence, S. C, Last Night Advo
cates National Sanitation. " - .
Features of Visit. X
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 8. President '
Taft today played at golf , with hia
host in Augusta, Major Joseph B;
dimming, defeating him 2 up and "4
to go, opened the Georgia-Carolina In
ter-State Fair, rode over the streets; r
of Augusta amid the cheers
of hisr
"fellow citizens" and left the
clty at
P. M. for Florence, S. C. . : -.'
The incident of the call upon him
at the golf links on his invitation, of
Ty" Cobb, the baseball player, the
extreme cordiality of the reception ot ".
the President in his "Winter capital"
and thei good fellowship extended to"-.',
his entourage were the features of the '
day. -
In his address at the fair grounds
the President touched uoon a number
of matters of National importance. The -keynote
of his address was Nationaf
sanitation, that a National board of
health should accomplish for, the Na-.
tion itself what the Nation ' had a "
compli shed, for others in Cuba, Pana
ma and other places. This 1b the first?
tim in. the South that the President'
has addressed himself to this subject: '
He also, took occasion to talk shin
subsidy and to suggest that the legis
lation., merited, 'the . support, of .the-
South, t especially cotton . manuractur
jtoceannjujitttea, JJUteGeorgja -tand :-
Dourn uaroiina. k
In part he. sail, after deciarlng' that
"there is a lady in .Washington that
I am very anxious to see and nothing;
courld restrain the haste with which I "
would go back to the Capital City, ex
cept the pleasure of meeting my, and'
her friends in Augusta.".,
"It seems to me that the .most im
portant subject and the most lmpor . ' .
tant collection of subjects'ls that which
relates to the conservation of our Na
tional resources. Unless we can' so-,
cure uniform State operation, uniform
State legislation with, reference to the
preservation of our forests and equal;
izatlon of the water which falls, from
the clouds, and the preservation of our
soil from being washed out to sea, we
shall not be able to carry out the pro-, -gramme
set for us by Theodore Roo' '
sevelt, and which to every thoughtful
man must commend itself as of the '
highest importance to the, safety and
preservation of our ' nation. (Ap-
plause).'. V-;' ' , '
"Another subject, which under the
influence of the growing manufacture
ing interests, brings itself .. into one's
mind, even though it may not suggest
the subject of partisan difference, Is
the question of our merchant marineJ,
"You are manufacturing cotton
goods in Georgia and South Carolina '
and you wish a material in which to
dispose of them. Unless our country,
exercises more control over the mer
chant marine in the future than it .
now does, you are going to find your
selves at a great disadvantage Jn seek
ing markets of the' world in which toT
dispose of your products. - -
Another subject .... that is forging
ahead and must be considered by the
National government with-a great
deal more care and with the expendi
ture of much more money than it has
heretofore put into the investigation, ,
is the question of . sanitation and the -health
of the inhabitants of thifc coun
try. It is peculiarly so in the South. - tl
"We have now various bureaus in .
Washington which have functions con
nected with the suppression of ; di
sease and the study of the different,
diseases, but they are scattered , and
they need to be united in one bureau.
"Now is it true that the health of
the citizens is dlrectely committed to
the. State, but it is also true, that the
question of agriculture, Is committed; -by
the constitution to the State. . Nev
ertheless, the Agricultural , Depart-;
ment has found much that with the
means at its hands it can do to assist ,
the agriculture of the, country (
"Think back two decades, 'my-
friends, and see what enormous
strides have been made by the proper .
treatment of the soil, in the improve
ment of youri crops in the market val- '
ue, and the production of those prod
ucts and in the entire change, of the
character of your agriculture, from a
haphazard wasteful Industry to . one .
in which the scientific knowledge Is
of the greatest importance.. (
"Thus, too, with respect to sanita
tion. It Is necessary that the towns
and States devote their, attention and.
their money to making better bodies
of their citizens as well -. as better
minds, and if the National government
with its resources can follow out lines -of.
investigation, that shall show the ,
proper treatment to be followed, it is -well
that they should take that step.'
"I expect to recommend to Congress
that there be a union of all the experi
mental 'Departments '.of fthe govern
ment for the ; discovery of lines of.
health and the study of diseases. ..
'."Now. with respect to the Southland,
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