The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-21
DEEPLY TOUCHED
BY HIS RECEPTION
Among Those Who Welcomed
Him Were Friends AS Well
AS Old Servants of His
Fan1ily-sces Church
Of His Grand
father.
(By Associated Press.)

y ROSWELL, GA, October 20.-President
Roosevelt to-day carried out his long
cherished plan OF visiting the home OF his
mother-Roswell, Co. One of his reasons
for coming South was that he might see
the old homestead, where his mother
spent her girlhood, and which she left q
happy bride That the visit was frRught
with many tender recoll ections was evil
dent, and as his carriage drove away
from the old Bulloch mansion where his
mother lived and married, the President
n:urmured to Mrs. Roosevelt: II can
hardly bear to leave here. "
The President reached Roswell at 1890
O'Clock this morning, and was Joined
here by Senator and Mrs. Clay, who were
his guests at breakfast. He then entered
a carriage and was driven to the man
sion. This fine old homestead is now
the property Of ]. D. Wing, lumber,
merchant Of this section. who lives in It
with his sister, Mrs. Wood, the postmas-
ter OF Roswell Here the President was
greeted by two old servants, who lived
on the place during his mothers young
iwomnnhood. One Of these is Aunt
Grace, who acted as maid to- Miss Mar
tha Bulloch. who afterward became Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, and the other is
William Jackson, who decorated the man.
Its young mistress. IA
The President Touched.
The President was deeply touched as he
shook the hands OF these old servitors.
In company with Mrs. Roosevelt he then
Inspected the house, calling to the at
tention OF tho company many Incidents
connected with his mothers childhood.
Before leaving the mansion he posed
with Mrs. Roosevelt for q, picture, which
included "Aunt Grace" and Daddy VIII
liam.,, 5 iJjs5 81
b From the homestead the President vas
driven to the town park :, where a stand
had been erected from which he delivered
an address,. He was welcomed to Ros-
we'll by Charles NJ Reed. a student Of
Mercer University, who in the course
of a}well-chosen address. said the only
reason he could see for the selection
Of himself to deliver this welcome was
because of the Presidents well known
fondness for having young men identified
with public affairs. Senator "A. s. Clay
introduced the President, who was en-
Enthusiastically greeted as he arose to
speak. He said M
Senator and you, my friends. whom
Il Is hard for me not to call my neigh
bors, for 7 feel as If you were. s
His Mothers People.
You can have no idea of how much It
means to me to come back to Roswell
to the home of my mother and my MOTH
cr's people, and to see the spot which I
already know SO we'll from what my
mother and my aunts told me. 1t has
been exactly MS II T were rev1siting some
old place of my childhood. 1t has meant
very much to me to be introduced by
Senator Clay Senator Clay has been al
together too kind in what he said about
me. Now am going to say nothing
whatever, but the bnre facts about Sem
.ator Clay, and those facts amount to
this: IF the average man I had to denl
with in public llfe possessed Senator
Clay's firm devotion to what he deems
right, my task would be SO easy that
1t would not be worth mentioning. FL
have gone to Senator Clay for advice
md counsel and help ever since have
been In washington, Just as l went to
Senator Cockretl, of Missouri. while he
was In tho Senate, with the certainty
that all I had to do Was to convince him
that what wanted done was right
could not always convince him-but II
i did convince him that was the end of
1.-The went that way.
''Oh. my friends, hardly like to say
how deeply my heart is moved by coming
lack here among you. Among the ear
Hest recollections have as n child Is
herring from my mother and my aunt,
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