The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
CONGRESS FOR
 PEACE BEGINS Large Audience Assem- bles in Greensboro. ROOSEVELT SENDS MESSAGE Expresses Hearty Sympathy With
 the Purpose. Captain HobsoB and Mrs. Henderson WIT Be Among Speakers At
 The North Carolina
 Pence Assembly.
 
ROOSEVELT SENDS MESSAGE

Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 12.-with nuttering flags, variegated lights, gor- geous decorations and surging crowds the Greensboro centennial was form | ally opened today.
 Tn Fthe educational procession it is | estimated that there were 5000 child rem. The big auditorium was we'll nigh filled when Chairman Bradshaw called the gathering to order. Am erica" and '"rhe old North State" were sung by the school children. The ad- dress of welcome was delivered by As hel B. Kimball and responded to by Lieutenant Governor Francis D. Win ston and by the Rev. Turner Wharton. D. D.. of Columbia, Tenn.
 The centennial oration by Dr. George T. Winston. former president of the University of Texas. was the principal feature of todays program.
 In the afternoon. national troops and cavalrymen gave drill and parade exercises in the auditorium. The opening session of the Peace Congress was held at 2:S0 p. m. in Smith Memorial Hall. In the absence of Governor Glenn, Lieutenant Cover nor Francis D. Winston presided over the meeting. Mayor L. J. Brandt de- livered the address of welcome, after which United States Senator James B. McCreary, of Kentucky. delivered the principal address of the first session. Upon motion of Colonel John s. Hcnd- erson of Salisbury, N. C., a telegram was sent to President Roosevelt, con- graduating him on his efforts for in- ternational neace and arbitration and assuring him of the support of the North Carolina Peace Congress.
 Tomorrow, tho Good Roads Congress of the Southern States wll hold its first meeting. Also the battle of Guilford Courthouse will be reproduc- ed by State and Federal troops.
 At the opening of the session the following message from President Roosevelt was read:
 T wish I could be present at your congress. As 1t is not possible may I ask through you to convey to this assembly the assurance of my hearty sympathy and my hope for a successful meeting.
 (signed) Theodore Roosevelt"
 Tn connection with this letter there was read to the conference remarks of the President to delegation which called on him to ask his attendance. The President was quoted in part as follows:
 T am glad to learn that the North Carolina Peace Society has declared it. self in favor of adequate armament as well as effective arbitration. There Is no inconsistency, in advocating both of these things at the present time. On the contrary. those who have the public welfare at heart fail in the per- formance of a part of their duty if they neglect to labor for both. The growth of the acceptance of the prin- clple of international arbitration Is necessarily slow. We should do all we can to hasten 1t. It is well to re- member that the acceptance of this principle In any measure whatever de- mands exclusively on the effective sup port it receives from the half dozen powers of great warlike strength.
 As things actually are at the pres ent day we are hopeless to further the cause of peace and of effective international arbitration unless to just and peaceable intentions we add stout heart and strong armand this means military and naval pre- paredness to far greater degree than Is at present the case"
 Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson and Mrs. Lizzie Henderson, former President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, will be among the speakers.