The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-11
Makes Address in Georgia Cers- monies and to National Ed-
 itOriaI Ass n Convention
OPENING BULLOCK HALL
 REPLICA MOTHERS HOME
Thanks Georgians for Gracious Cour- tesy and Tells of South's Progress. FaVors Income Tax--ReveWs
 Parades and Sees Fair.


 Exposition Grounds, Norfolk, Va. June 10.-The Jamestown exposition manage
 ment has determined to look upon today.
 the occasion of President Roosevelt's sec-
 ond visit as the real opening. The Pres
 ident lost no opportunity to voice his approval of the showing made since the backward opening of the exposition on
 April 26. This was Georgia day and the
 opening of Bulloch Hall, a replica of the early home of President Rooseyelts s moth
 CT at Roswell, Ga, erected as the Georgia
 state building, was the feature that drew
 the President to the exposition for sl
 second visit.
 From the moment the President, Mrs.
 Roosevelt and their distinguished guests
 were landed at the government pier at
 1o:JO o'clock until their departure at 4:s7
 o'clock every minute was occupied.
 The President spoke in the Georgia
 ceremonies from the revolving stand and
 during the afternoon addressed the con .Yention of the National Editorial associa-
 ton in the exposition auditorium. On both
 occasions he was given an enthusiastic
 ~4lcome. He visited the Georgia building
 the New York building and the neg1o
 exhibit and in his drives over the grounds
 thousands of people lined the streets and
 gave him a continuous ovation
 The schedule arranged in advance was
 followed to the letter, and when the May
 flower weighed anchor at , o'clock the
 party started on it's return trip to Wash
 ington an unusually strenuous day was closed without an incident of note hav- l ing occurred
 The police arrangements fortthe. hand- l II eg of thei great crowd were 4a teeiIent 10 to call forth favorable comment on every side
 The naval review of men of war III Hampton Roads and the reception of the commanders of American and foreign yes sels which preceded the Presidents ar
 rival at the grounds and the military review on Lee Parade following the Pres- idents reception address was the same Us
 on the opening day with the exception of
 some slight difference in the personnel Of the participants.
 Buloch Hall.
 Brought back to the Jamestown expo-
 sition by the formal opening of Bulloch Hall, the ancestral home of his mother at Roswell, Ga, and reproduced here as the Georgia state building, President Roosevelt today is for the second time | the central figure of an attractive expo | sition programme.
 Outside of the features arranged in con- | nection with the celebration of Georgia day, the military and naval spectacle WAS | not greatly dissmilar to that which | hp wis nf ba xnyho 1 the exposition was thrown open on April l 26 He was the guest of the exposition i for about nine hours, arriving with a l special party, including Mrs Roosevelt. 1 on the Maytlower at 8:20 a. m. After re- l ceivng the Georgia officials on board. ] and with them as his guests, reviewing l the fleets assembled in Hampton Roads. l he was landed at the exposition grounds l at about II o'clock. He made speech 1 as part of the Georgia day exercises m 1 the forenoon, and made another at the 1 convention of the National Editorial as- I sociation in the auditorium in the after 1 noon. He reviewed the parade of the mil 1 itary and naval forces, visited the negro
 exhibit, participated in the presentation of l a silver service by the state of Georgia 10 1 the battleshp named for her, attended | a reception given at the Georgia building 1 by Georglans alone in honor of himself i and Mrs. Roosevelt and visited informal- | Ay lHt New 1Ofk Slate building. Covered Grounds.
 The weather provided another Roose- I welt day. There were just enough clouds l to break the heat of the sun, and yet | leave the day bright and clear. From early morning every street car and boat arriving at the exposition grounds de- l posted hundreds of passengers at tho gate.
 Every part of the exposition grounds | except the War Path was covered by l the President in his strenuous day. The 1 New York building and the Georgia build | ing and the negro exhibit are situated at l extreme opposite ends of the grounds and
 the reviewing stands and the auditorium | where the speeches were made are in about l the center of the grounds The resefva- | tlon was thronged with the greatest att 1 tendance since the opening of the exposi- 1 tion, and the President was given a recep- | tion fully enthusiastic as that accord l ed him on the occasion of his first visit. It was a distinguished party that re- | viewed the assembled war vessels from l the Mayhower. Immediately on the ar- I rival of that vessel the party of Secre- tary of the Navy Metcalf was landed i, from tine Dolphin. The others to join the President was Governor Terrell of Gecr- gia and W. II. Mitchell of the Georgia state commission. Passing over the samo course as when he visited the exposition 1 on the opening day. the President re- viewed the fleets of seven nations. six In addition to the United States. The sea fighters were in gala attire, the flags ,f | the different countries represented making a striking picture As the Mayfower | steamed down the long column of ves- | sels, each in turn greeted the President, I who occupied the bridge of his trim yacnt. with salute of twenty-one guns. Speaks to Editors.
 On the reviewing stand with the Presi- | dent and his party were Cardinal Gb- | bons, Gen. Stephen D. Lee commanders l in-chief of the United Confederate Vet erans, Governor Swanson of Virginia, l Governor Terrell of Georgia. and a num- | Der Of officials from that state: the l Jamestown exposition state commission I CTS distinguished United States army and l naval officers. with number of foreign |