New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-20
CROWDS At CHELMSFORD.
President Tells His Hearers to Do
the Thing Worth D, ing.

Greensboro, n. G., Oct 19.-Lusty cheers OF
welcome from the threats OF thousands Of men,
women and children greeted President Roose-
veIt as he stepped to the observation platform OF
his car when the special train bearing him and
his party stopped at the Southern Railway pas
senger station in Greensboro at 4 o'clock this
afternoon
The President responded by smiling, bowling
and waving his hand his enthusiastic audi
ence-
He greeted the committee Of citizens from
the Chamber OF Commerce and Board Of Alder
men and received from Mayor Murphy in a few
words the Official welcome to the city.
a young mar with a huge bouquet Of chrys-
anthernur1s tied with d bow OF white silk rib
bon. to which was attached q small envelope
which bore the words Mrs. Roosevelt" came
through the crowd with the bouquet above his
head and the President received the tribute
with a smile and few words Of thanks. He
sent the flowers into the car TO Mrs. Roosevelt
Lieutenant Governor Winston introduced the
President in the following words:
Fellow North CaroIinians, your President
Cheers followed, and when he could make him
self heard Mr.. Roosevelt spoke as follows;
Measure to be greeted by you to-day. In say
inc how glad am to see the men and women
do NOT forget the children L am SI&Q 10
saw that going through your state the children
sem, TO be all right in quality and quantity, and
7 congratulate you on them No man could fail
To be made a better American by travelling
t-o7Ie4 this great historic State Of yours, Whers
+T7roughout his journey he sees place AFTER place
associated with the historic past sucn as TINS
cI+ ~ yours here right near the Gutford battle
Ground Iuenorating by Its name one OF
Washington's great generals North Carolina 3
history has ever been high and honorable, ana
s11reI- my friends. IL is right that we snouIo
remember that the mighty deeds or our fore
4aIbnrs are not TO serve TO use az excuses for
inaction on our part but as spurs TO dflVe Us
forward 10 doing duty IN our turn
We respect the son or q worthy LAIner II ne
IAsIs that the fact that his father did Wen makes
- i-r1IrT,tADt upon him to strive to do better.
" 5seDise the boy who treats the fact that
his father counted for something as oelng an
excuse for his counting Tor noIhIn Ig 20 l an
zlad 70 note the care that you IN TINS State ale
giving TO education The greatness or the coun-
rr-v in the time Immediately 70 come VIII uspeAu
upon the way in which the young geheratlon OF
T6dav ia trained to citizenship in the future l
am sorry to say that there Is proDaDly no one
here who is not acquainted with some hlnqIy'
well meaning and most foolish father or mother
who because life has been hard with him or her
in the past takes the view that the chIIdren are
not 10 have to face any dlrncoIleS; me WORST
thing that you can do Tor chlII Is 10 Drlns
him or her up so as 10 dodge dlmcultles- The
children that viii rise up TO call their parents
blessed are those TO whom the parents nave
e,-ar the irAsriruable privilege OF training them
to meet difficulties, not to shlFk theIlIi 10 over
come obstacles, not TO get out OF the way OF
is worth anything if it seeks after that which
is EASY The thing 10 do is to IND out what
is worth doing and do It snow 1he iriSiliy Qu@i-
ity that allows of this being done
In every audience here in the South see men
who fought in the Confederate army In the civil
War. and usually men who Fought In the Union
army also These men, as they LOOK oack- Zee!
that the part OF their career OF WLlcn tnSy are
most proud the memory OF which they Wtsh 10
hand on to their children. is not any part that
was easy, but the part when they ol0 me
hardest work and the work that was worth
doing when they proved their feaIty TO an Ideal
by the wav in which they did the work allotted
them TO do.
When the President concluded, some strong
man in the crowd yelled loudly. Three cheers
for our PRESIDENT" and they were given with q
hearty viii and vim. The President smiled
waved his adieu TO the crowd. ana me train
pulled ont Of the station on it's way southwark
rba crowd that assembled greet the Presi-
dent ,,,as tr,rnAnse. even the roofs of the box
cars down the railroad yards being covered with
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