Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-10-25

one will grud ge my .saying a special
aisagement Is the aVgtss:a ;s:a,
erans ,of. the civil war. a man nan, would,
indeed, be but a poor American who
could without a thrill witness the
way in which, in city after city,
in the North as well as in the South,
on every public occasion. the men
who wore the blue and the men who
wore the gray now march and stand
shoulder 10 shouldeH giving tangible
irroof that Wa arc all now in fact as
we'll as in name reunited people,
people infinitely richer because CT the
priceless memories left to NIL Amer
leans by you men who fought in the
great war. Last Memorial Day I
spoke in Brooklyn at the rliveiling
Of the statue Of Northern general.
under the auspices of the Grand
ARMY Of the Republic, and that great
audience cheered every allusion to the
valor and self-devotion Of the men
who followed Lee as heartily as they
cheered every alusion to tie valor
and self-devotion Of the men who
followed Grant.
Roosevelt in Raleigh.
Raleigh, N. G., Special.-It was
Roosevelt Day in Raleigh and what
is said to be the greatest number Of
people ever brought together in North
Carolina did the President honor
with true Tar Heel hcartiness. This
city had to face situation brought
about by the sudden death Of Cover.
nor Glenn's brother, but did it clever
ly and well. The features Of the
day were the wonderful weather, The
intense interest, good order and pa
triotism of the crowds, the Presidents
personality, his attentions to Confcd-
crate soldiers, and the holiness of
his speech, in which lie declared for
complete governmental control Of
railways. His character and his talk
were such as to appeal to North Car
olinians as much as to any people or
earth, for they dearly love man who
does things and they were swift and
sure to recognize in the President
one Of their own kind of men.
Here Mr.. Roosevelt dwelt at length
on the great problems Of the day. He
spoke Of the Appalachian Park, and
discussed railway rate legislation in a
conservative, but vigorous way. In
way, in fact, to show that he means
to push some definite measure.
Great Crowds Everywhere.
Leaving Raleigh, the Presidential
party made short stops ut Durham,
Greensboro, High Point. Salisbury,
Concord and other places, where the
people were out in great numbers TO
greet them. AT Charlotte the party
was taken to Vance Park, where
twenty thousand people had assem-
blcd to see and hear Mr.. Roosevelt.
On being introduced he said in part:
Spoke at Charlotte.
"Mr. Mayor, Mr.. President, and
you, mysfellow-citizens, men and wo-
men of North Carolina:
Il have enjoyed more thanI can say
passing through the great State to-
day. I entered your borders pretty
good American, and I leave them
better American, and have rejoiced
in the symptoms Of your abonnding
material prosperity. l am here in a
great center of cotton manufacture.
Within a radius Of a hundred miles of
this city, perhaps half Of the cotton
manufacturing in the United States is
done. realize to the full, us does
every good citizen, that there must be
a foundation Of material prosperity
upon which to build the welfare Of
State or nation but / realiso also, as
does every soad! citiaan, that material