Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-16
THE PRESIDENT TRIP
he Received a Warm Reception
at Charleston. S. C.
The Banquet Held at the Charleston
hotel in the Evening Was q Fit
ting Close to a Day Full
of Incidents

Charleston. 8. c.. April 9.-The pres
1dent's train reached Charleston on
time. The party did not come into the
city. but left the train five miles out.
where trolley cars were waiting tic
convey them to the naval station to
take the revenue cutter for a tour Of
the harbor. The presidents immediate
party went directly to the naval sta.
tion, where they were Joined in a few
moments by the reception committee
and invited guests from the city.
The president and his party were
shown about the station and then were
conducted to the pier, where the rev.
enue cutter Algonquin was in waiting
As the president set foot on the deck
the flag of the commander-in-chief Of
the army and navy was raised and
the tackies were paraded. while a sa.
Lutte of 81 guns was fired. In the
stream the cutters Forward and Ham.
ilton were lying and further down to.
wards the city the cruiser Cincinnati
and the training ships Topeka
and Lancaster were stationed.
The president. accompanied by a
few of his party and members of the
reception committee, boarded a small
steamer which came alongside the rev.
enue cutter and was taken over to
Fl. Sumter.
Upon arriving at the wharf. the
president. escorted by a troop of cav.
airy. was driven to the residence OF
Andrew Simmonds, where an informal
reception was held and a buffet lunch
tnh he
-coIted to the st. Johns, where a brief
rest was taken.
The banquet rendered to President
Roosevelt Tuesday night at the
Charleston hotel was a fitting close
TO day full of incidents and served
10 gather together men prominent in
the affairs of state, having solely in
mind greeting to the president.
Charleston, S. c., April 10.-Greeted
and honored by manifestations of the
respect and esteem of enthusiastic
thousands, President Roosevelt was
the guest of the South Carolina inter
state and West Indian exposition Wed
nesday. The events of the day began
with grand procession through the
streets of Charleston and afterwards
taere were speeches in the exposi-
ton auditorium. the presentation of
sword to Maj. Micah Jenkins, a
luncheon at the Woman's building and
inspection Of the grounds and build
ings. The enthusiasm of the people
was unbounded and there was stand
ing room only on the sidewalks and
porches and doorways and in the wide
piaZzas OF the houses along the line
OF march.
Summerville. S. c., April 1.-THE
visit of President Roosevelt and PARTY
TO the south terminated here Thurs
day. No special programme had been
arranged. When the president came
down stairs Thursday morning he held
an informal reception in the hotel
parlors and shortly afterward, accom-.
panied by most of his party, was ia
ken for a drive to Dorchester. the site
of the old Spanish fort, under the es-
cort of Capt. F. W. Wagner and J. c..
Hemphill.
The tea farm Of DR.. Shepard. not far
from the Inn, was next visited. and as
the president alighted from his car
rage a number of diminutive Negro
pickers lined up in front of DIR. Shep-
herds house and sang the Star Span
gled Banner. America and other pa.
triotic airs.
The train pulled out for Washing
ton amid the cheers and hurrahs OF
an immense crowd which had gather
ed at the station. Through the towns
that the president passed on the re-
turn journey crowds of cheering peo-
pie lined the tracks to catch glimpse
Of Mr.. Roosevelt