The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-23
WILL BENEFIT us.
That Is What Is Said Of the Presi-
dents Visit to
THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
President Roosevelt VIII Not Forget
His Visit, and the Whole
South Will be Bene-
fitted by 1t.

Of course President Roosevelt's trip
to Charleston, says the Washington
correspondent Of the Columbia State,
was a success, the occasion for the
heartiest demonstrations from South
Carolina wherever he went, and
genuine pleasure to the distinguished
visitor himself. There doubtless were
some people in Washington who
doubted that this would be the case.
But the number did not include any OF
the South Carolina colony. No one
who knew anything about South Caro-
linians doubted for an instant that
as the guest Of Charleston and South
Carolina the president could have re-
ceived other than the treatment he
did, and certainly no heartier vel
come could have been rendered him
than that which marked his entire
stay within the borders OF the State.
However, so much has been said and
written about the presidents visit IN
the effort to give some adequate idea
Of the absolute success of every de-
tail that there is imminent danger OF
stopping oyer' in attempting any
other effusions along this line.
What is perhaps the most gratlfy-
ing result Of the whole affair was the
opportunity given the people Of South
Carolina to show themselves to the
president and thereby to. the nation,
not as have for a number Of years
been 'misrepresented' to be, but as
they really are. The happy result is
that number, a very large number,
Of people here are waking up to the
fact that they have been led astray
in their estimate Of the State by a
series OF unfortunate incidents within
the past few years which were lneVl-,
tably saddled on the people Of South
Carolina as a whole. The way In
which Charleston and the people OF
the State generally opened their
hearts and wanted to open their hands
to the president has completely re-
volutionized public opinion, as 1t is
reflected in the mirror Of the nation,
as Washington undoubtedly is, in re-
gard to South Carolina.
| And no one is more directly respon-
sible for this change of sentiment than
is the president himself. Since re-
turning to the White House Presi-
dent Roosevelt has taken occasion to
express to quite a number OF senators
and representatives his personal
, qualification at the warm welcome
given him at Charleston. 1t is under.
Stood, too, that the president has
alluded with especial pleasure to tine
crowds that greeted him at the Van'
Gus places along the route, notaol5
the tremendous crowd at Cosumola
and their demonstrations as, eyldenc
ing how general and representative
Of the entire State was the heartily re
ception rendered nim. Nor has tnt
| president at all misinterpreted the
4 true meaning Of the cordiaity snoWi
: him. Indeed, it is understood, tina
: to a number of Republicans who nav
been to White House to talk over nl
: trip to Charleston the president EN-
d phasized the fact that he appreclat
/ ed all the more the demonstration
I called forth by his appearance a!
along the line because OF the vas
difference politically which he realize
existed between himself and the pee
!, ple whose guest he was.
d. But while the president has take
81 as it was meant that he should tax
le1 the demonstrations in his honor a
6 being utterly devoid of any pohtlcs
q significance, it is generally admitte
d that his visit to Charleston viii nc
u be without it's effect on him in To
4 politicaldealings he will have with bl
N south during the remainder OF his az
lie ministration as the chief executive
r the nation. Not only has South Car
is lima been the gamer by becoming pc
in sonally acquainted with Mc. RooSeYel
s. but, as he said in one of his speecne
is and as he repeated many times SIM
a returning to the White House, i a!
N a better American for my visit" :.
r is of course rather early to point
Of any tangible results Of thepresident
~ visit to South Carolina, but as a pr
OF minent Republican senator put it {
I'D day, one who is a close friend to Il
p president, President Roosevelt du
mo his trip to South Carolina o.
learned to know her people as he'll
never known them before, and he mi