The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-12
THE COMING OF
THE PRESIDENT.
Theodore Roosevelt in
Raleigh Oct. 19.
A NOTABLE SPEECH
It is Said He Intends to Make in Raj.
eigh the Most Important Speech
He Will Deliver On His Tour.
His Reception Arranged.

I'TeSiuent ISOOSeNell VIII speak at (
the State Fair grounds in Raleigh. OH |
Thursday. October 10Th, at eleven /
o'clock. He will leave Washington on
Wednesday. spend few hours i'm |
Richmond, and reach Raleigh early |
Thursday morning over the Seaboard |
train. He does not travel on pass, |
but paws for the train.
Early Thursday morning a COM |
mittee representing the State and city |
governments and the State Fair all
thorities will meet the presidential !
partX at Union Station and escort !
them to the Governors Mansion. where
they will be entertainments the guests |
of Governor Glenn while in Raleigh. |
The Governor will invite the State
officials and others who hold official |
station to breakfast with Mr.. Roose- |
welt and the presidential party. After |
breakfast at the Governors mansion |
procession will be formed by Chief |
Marshal b. Frank Mebane, with the
Confederate Veterans Association as |
''thc escort of honor" military and ci-
vic organizations to the State Fair
! where Mr.. Roosevelt will address the
assembled multitude. 1t hast been
given out from Washington that this
address will be the leading speech the
President will make during his South |
crn trip, and that he will devote il |
to a discussion of great questions be- |
fore the American people. 1t may be- |
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:: Schedule ofss Piesident's; Tfain,s sss
The Presidents train will snot-Sbe |
pulled into Raleigh until seven O'Clock !
Thursday morning. The arrange |
mcnts provide for the side-tracking
of the train at a station some miles |
out from the city. so that the dis
linguished visitor and his guests will
not be disturbed by shifting trains
and carly whistles. This early morn
ing stop while the President is asleep
Will probably be made at Neusc or
Millbrook.
Here is the schedule of the train
i'm North Carolina on thursday, Octo-
ber 18th:
Arrive near Raleigh at l a. m leave
Raleigh at l p. M; arrive at Dur
ham at 1855. leave at > p. m.: arrive
Greensboro p. M; leave at 4:05: ar
rive at High Point at 80, leave al
4:35 p. m.; arrive ut Salisbury at 5:33:
leave at 4:4O p. m.: arrive at Char
lOtte at Z, leave at 1:15 p. IN.
The stops above enumerated will be
the only ones made in the State. The
train will be a special consisting of
three cars.
The detailed program of the arri-
val and entertainment of the Pres-
dent will be published in the News
and Observer Of SUNDAY ho
railroads reaching Raleigh will run
special trains and Raleigh will enter
tain the great company that will come
To Raleigh to welcome the first Presi-
dent who has ever come to the State
tair TO address the people of the State.
The State Fair of North Carolina,
held annually at the Capital of the
State, has for nearly half a century
been the great occasion for the COM
ing together of the people of the
State at their seat of government. 1t
is to North Carolina more than an
occasion when the products of the
field. the farm and the factory are
put on exhibition. 1t is in large
sense. a Home Coming Week for peo-
pie who were born here to return to
the old home and mingle with old
friends, and it is the yearly period of
the interchange of greeting between
North CarOlinians who reside in diff
at the Raleigh Fair" is an invitation
that is so general as to show that this
is the event i'm the annuaf history Of
the State
Many distinguished men have ad /!
dressed the people at the State Fair i
ana great crowds have thronged the |
gates of that popular pleasure ground |
the modern Vanity Fair which is au
Improvement on that pictured by
1hackeray. 1t is place where you
can study North Carolina life as it is !
and where you can see all phases Of |
it. There is nothing like it in the |
State and it is because it is a place |
and time to study the North Caro-
lima character and see your friends |
that the public men have for years |
been accustomed to give it their pres
ence and orators and statesmen have
been glad to address the multitudes
that assemble at the State Fair.
But the year 1905 will mark the
new era in the State Fair. for it is
the first time that a President of the
United States has accepted an inv:-
tation to attend and speak to the
people at this glad gathering. The
Fair authorities acting with the Gov
ernor of North Carolinal the North
Carolina delegation in Congress. the
Mayor of the city. and civic organiza-
tions united in an invitation to Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt to visit the
Capital of North Carolina and ad-
dress the people on Thursday. the big
day of Fair Week. In arranging his
Southern trip. which the President
has long had in contemplation, Mr..