The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-20
CAUSES WILD ENTHUSIASM
 BY HIS FRANK MANNER
In PraIsng the States Resources He Holds Up Little Girl and Says, "Ths Is the Best
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 schedule time and during the thirty min utes of his stay here, he had from 25,Voo people the most enthusiastic reception ac- corded him since entering the borders or the state. Through a brilliantly lighted street he was carried post haste in mo- tor car four blocks to Vance park, where he spoke for fifteen minutes, when he lad intended to speak but ten. The crowd was so great that fully 10000 were denied the privilege of hearing him. He created the widest enthusiasm by refer ring to the Mecklenberg declaration of independence, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson who lives here, and Lieutenant William E. Shipp, monument of whom he passed on the route to the park.
 Meeting With Mrs. Jackson.
 The feature of his stay here was his meeting with the widow of Stonewall Jackson. Mrs. Jackson lives in stones throw of the station, and she was pres ent there when the train pulled in, at the head of a committee of ladies appointed by Mayor McNish to receive Mrs. Roose- velt When he was introduced, he took her hand and remained talking for fully five minutes.
 Mrs. Jackson you do not know how glad am to meet you" he said. w nat, the widow of the great Stonewall Jack sonl Why, it is worth the whole trip down here to shake your nund.'.
 He referred to her grandson. Jackson Christian whom he appointed to ca detship at West Point. He is mighty fine fellow, Mrs. Jackson; mighty me fellow, by joyer
 The citizens committee stood in wait ing while he escorted Mrs. Jackson to Mrs. Roosevelt and introduced her. While the President was speaking in the park, Mrs. Jackson entertained Mrs. Roose- welt at her hone and a hundred Char lotte ladies helped to make her stay pleasant. After Mrs. Roosevelt had re- turned to the car, she sent a handsome boquet of American beauty roses, and q note to Mrs. Jackson.
 Lieutenant Governor Winston, acting for Governor Glenn, who Is attending his brothers funeral, MT Simons and other prominent North Caroinians were invited to remain on the train while in the state, stopped here, since 1t is but fifteen miles to the border.
 Following is the Presidents speech:
 Makes Public Address.
 MT. Mayor Mr. President and you, my fellow citizens, men and women of North Carolina: I have enjoyed more than l can say passing through this great state
 
 good American and l leave them better American. and l rejoice in your abound Ing prosperity. am here in great cen ter 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 I realize to the full, as does every good citizen, that this must be a foundation of material prosperity upon which to build the well fare of state or nation, but realize also, as does every good citizen, that material rosperty-material well-befng-can never be anything but the foundation. It Is the indispensable foundation, but if we do not raise upon 1t the superstructure of higher citizenship than we fail in bringing this to the level to which it shall and will be brought. And so though l congratulate you upon what you have done in the way of material growth congratulate you even more upon the great historic memories of your state. It Is not so very far from here that the Mecklenburg declaration of independence was made (applause)--the declaration that pointed out the path on which the thir- teen united colonies trod few months later.
 Tribute to Mrs. Jackson.
 ''As l got off the train here I was greeted by one citizen of North Carolina tand I know that neither the governor 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. was greeted by the widow of StonewaH Jackson. Applause.) And we of this united country have a right to claim as a part of the heritage, of the honor and glory of each American, the reunion of one people-Americals who fought in the civil war-whether they wore the blue or whether they wore the gray. The valor 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 of what we, all of us, keep with pride. It was my good fortune to appoint to West Point the grandson of Stonewal1 Jackson Ap- plause.) Here, as I came up your streets l saw monument raised to a fellow sol dier of mine who fell during the Spanish war at Santiago-Lieutenant Shipp of North Carolina. Applause)
 'The morning of the fight he and took breakfast together. It was not much of q breakfast. but it was the only break fast that was going, and we were glad tt get 1t. The night before I had no sup per, and his comrades gave me out of tn, very small amount that they had sand wich. Tn the morning they had no ma terial breakfast, but by that time m, things had come up and I shared m, breakfast with them. That was at dawn Before noon one Of them was killed, am the other as we than thought fata1l, wounded And now there are here mel who fought in the great war We wh, went in In '9S had the opportunity to figh only in a small way; and all that W, claim Is that we hope we showed a spiri not entirely unworthy of the men wh, faced the mighty and terrible days iron 's1 to '65.' (Appiause)
 Wants More Time.
 Here the President turned aside ant asked how much more time he had-if i was not two minutes. Some one told hin to speak on as long as he wanted to. wheI he made the characteristic utteranc lsotto voce) that he would like to g on all night"
 'SAnd now. gentlemen. though we glor,