The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-20
the way in which they did the worl allotted them to do."
WIDOW OF sToNEwALL JACKSON.
President Roosevelt Most Cordial In
 Greeting Her at Charlotte.

minutes Of his stay here ne mad rom 25.000 people the most enthusiastic re- ception accorded him since entering the borders of the state- Through ! brilliantly lighted street he was car ried post haste in a motor car four blocks to Vance Park, where he spoke for fifteen minutes, when he had in- tended to speak but ten. The crowd was so great that fully 10000 people were denied the privilege of hearing him. He created the widest entnu- siasm by referring to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, who lives here. and Lieutenant William M. Shipp, monu- ment to whom he passed on the route to the park meeting with the widow of Stonewall Jackson. Mrs. Jackson lives in stones throw of the station. and she was present there when the train pulled in, as the head of a committee of ladies appointed by Mayor McNinch to receive Mrs. Roosevelt When the President was introduced he took her hand and remained talking with her for fully five minutes.
 Mrs. Jackson, you do not know how glad I am to meet you,' he said. "what, the widow of the great Stone wall Jackson! Why 1t Is worth the whole trip down here to shake your hand"
 He referred to her grandson, Jackson Christian, whom he appointed to a | cadetship at West Point. He is mighty fine fellow, Mrs. Jackson;, mighty fine fellow, by tove."
 Mrs. Jackson Entertains Mrs. Roosevelt The Citizens Committee stood in | waiting while he escorted Mrs. Jack son to Mrs. Roosevelt and introduced her. While the President was speak ing in the park, Mrs. Jackson enter tained Mrs. Roosevelt at her home and a hundred Charlotte ladies helped to make her stay pleasant After Mrs. | Roosevelt had returned to the car, she sent a handsome bouquet of American | Beauty roses and a note to Mrs. Jack son.
 | Lieutenant Governor Winston. acting | for Governor Glenn, who Is attending his brothers funeral, Senator Sim mons and prominent North Carolinians 1 invited to remain on the Presidents | train while it is in the State, stopped here, since 1t is but fifteen miles to the border. "..s
 Following is the Presidents speech:
 MT. Mayor. MT President and you. my fellow citizens. men and women of North Carolina:-I have enjoyed more | than I can say passing through this | great State today. I entered your borders a pretty good American and I leave them a better American and I rejoice in your abounding prosperity. I am here in a great centre of cotton manufacture Within a radius of hum dred miles of this city. perhaps half | of the cotton manufacturing In the | United States Is done. realize to the | full, as does every good citizen. that | there must be foundation of material prosperity upon which to build the well fare of State or nation: but l realize also as does every good citizen. that material prosperity-material well be- ing-can never be anything but the foundation. It is the indispensable foundation. but If we do not raise upon 1t the superstructure of a higher citi- zenship then we will not aid in bring ing this to the level to which it shall and will be brought.
 And so. though I congratulate yuo upon what you have done in the way of material growth, congratulate even more upon the great historic memories of your State It is not so very far from here that the Mecklenburg Decla- ration of Independence was made (ap- plause)-the declaration that pointed out the path on which the thirteen united colonies trod a few months later.
 Compliments Mrs. Jackson. .=>
 "As I got off the train here I was greeted Dy one CltlHeH Ol NOIbH
 (aud I know that neither the Gov ernor. the Mayor nor the Senators will blame me for what I am going to say) whose greeting pleased and touched me more than the greeting of any man could have touched me. I was greeted by the widow of Stonewall Jackson (ap- plause) And. we of this united coun- try. have right to claim as a part or the heritage. of the honor and glory or O DeO- ple--Americans who fought in the Civil War-whether they wore the blue or whether they wore the grey. Ihe vaior shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South as they battled for the right as God gave them to see the right, is now part or
 what we, all of us. keep with pride It was my good fortune to appoint to West Point the grandson of StoneWai Jackson. (Applause.)
 Here as I came up Jour streets l saw a n onument raised to fellow sol-
 iier of mine who fell during the span ish war at Santiago-Lieutenant Shlpp' of North Carolina. (Applause) The morning of the fight he and l got breakfast together. It was not much of breakfast. but 1t was the only lbreakffst that was going and we Were glad to get it. The night before had no supper and his comrades gave me out or the very small dHl"uHt
 had sandwich. In the morning they had no material for breakfast but ny that time my things had come up ana | shared my breakfast with them. nat was at dawn. Before nocn one of them was killed and the other Gas we then thought fatally wounded, Ana now there are here many who fought in the great war We who went in in 'sS nad the opportunity to fight only in small way; and all that we claim IS that we hope we showed a spirit not entirely unworthy of the men who faced the mighty and terrible days from '6l to '65. (ApplaUse
 (EIere the Preside mt turned asia" ana asked how muc tir1e he had-if 1t was not two minutes Some one told him 10 speak as long as he wanted to, when ne made the characteristic utterance ts9t- to vocel that he would like to go on all mighty
 Ard now gentlemen though we glory in the memories of the past we must remember ever to keep these memories not as excuses for failing to do well m I&k