The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-13
Will Spend Four Days in Recreation. After His Sport He Will Proceed to Memphis to Greet General Luke Wright, Vice Governor of
 the Philippine
 Islands.

Cincinnati, Nov. 12.-Tonight President Roosevelt is speeding on his way to Smedes, Miss, about twenty-five miles north of Vicksburg, for four days bear hunt The place selected for the hunt is some miles from the railroad and is in the region which was formerly the favor ite hunting ground of Gen. Wade Hamp- ton, the famous leader of the Confederate Black Horse Cavalry. General Hampton at one time owned a plantation in tnis vicinity and hunted black bear in the canebrakes with horse and hounds. Be- fore the war he is said to have killed over fifty bears in a single season, some of them with knife.
 Some years ago the President and Gen. eral Hampton planned hunt in this re- oion Ii was never made and when President Stuyvesant Fish Of the lil- nois Central, proposed the present hunt the President readily assented The fres- ident, however, does not anuclpdte the pleasure of killing a bear so much as the nleasure of a few days complete rec reation in the woods. He has had hard
 
 that he has earned his rest.
 To one who has hunted grizzlies in the Rockies, black bear are not very DE game But bunting bears with horse ana hounds will be a new experience to nlm.
 If a bear is not secured it will not be the fault of MT. Fish. He has arranged to have one of the best packs of hounds in the Mississippi Delta at the camp.
 Tomorrow morning upon the arrival Of t,, at ArNlaf hn be joined by MT. Fish and John McEl- henney of Louisiana, who was a lieuten- ant iA the Presidents Regiment during the Spanish-American war. The train will then proceed to Spedes, over the Mississippi and Yazoo Railroad
 The Presidents trip across the State of Ohio today was pleasant but uneventful. Despite the fact that the itinerary has not been published in advance, there were waiting crowds at almost all the stations and there were plenty of cheers as the train swept by. At Trinway, a small place west of Dennison, the school chill ,lren lined up on either side of large American flag and waved their handker- chiefs. The President stepped out on the rear platform and waved his hat in re- spCnse to the demonstration of the little ones. At other places he showed him self At Dennison the President said:
 'Gentlemen and Ladies: I want to thank you very much for coming here to greet me, and to say that l appreciate it. I only wish that I was not always afraid of some accident happening to the small folks You know the problem of the little apples in the middle of the bar rel. The little folks are just like that, always come in the middle.
 T shall not try to make speech to you. I am going South to meet at Mem phis a man who has done distinguished seryice-General Luke Wright-in the Philippines: and am going to take four CT five days holiday first
 It is a great pleasure to come here in your beautiful State. To have passed through Pennsylvania. as I just have. I have not merely the hope. but the belief that our people as q whole. so handle themselves that the good times we are enjoying may be continued; that we shall be careful not to mar them by foolish action. and at the same time will have the forethought to cut out any evil that hamr CTS the development and the good"
 The gallery of the estation overlooking the tracks at Columbus was crowded with people. Dr. Washington Gladden., the eminent divine and General W. w. Ak line greeted the President as he stepped out of his car After a brief chat with them the President went forward and shook hands with the engineer and fire men who were leaving at the end of this division and thanked them for the safe run. Then for several minutes the Pres ident and Secretary Cortelyou paced up and down the platform in sight of the