The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
EXHIlSTED, TAFT WARS CAPITAL P zsident Rejoices to Return
 Hone. sPnsDS DAY IN WILMINGTON esyeInsr KiIchn Psys Hin Special Iribule. Great Displ.y .sf ratrsstisn is Give. Tn Tar Heel sespert--r.ft
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 Home T.sssAt.
RENDS DAY IN WHMINGTON

Wilmington, N. C.. Nov. s--HIs i3,o0o mile journey through thirty-three States and Territories all but cons cluded. President Taft h speeding to- night toward Richmond, where he will stop tomorrow. until late afternoon. leaving then for washingtoh to spend the night at home in the White House. The President says he iias had won derfully good time on his long trip, glad that his travels are soon to be oyer. Mir. Taft has given up: all Idea of vis- fling the Ist1mus of Panama this win ter. and will make no more long trips Of any sort until next summer, when he hopes to visit Alaska. He viii spend the Christmas holidays in fhe White House with his family gathered around him.
 The President Is especially yklad in getting home to know that Mrs. raft 10 so much better. The great improve fsient which began at Bevfriy during the summer has continued{Papidiy and complete recovery from the nervous bre& kdown of last spring is certain In the very near future.
 During his flfty-six days on the road. Presidenf Taft has not let the sstting of sun go by without send | ing Mrs. Taft | telegram. He has | literally interspersed the daily mes- sages by wire with long letters detaii- ing the most minute happenings of his eventfuI trip. and in this way has actually written ar complete history lof his journeyings.
 Much Iznthusfnam Dsspiayea. The President's day in Wilmington called out a great display of enthu- siasm on the part of the residents of 1 the old North State. who came from all
 sections to participate In his welcome President.s visit here was one of the
 most significant of his trip.
 Governor Kttohin extended the for I nal welcome of the Stats fn an ad- l arcss which briskisd with the patriot. I f4ii m Sic South AfG wh{eI< &afnhs13Sa one of the most kiowt1x tributes the Presidept hAa rscssYed aA II
 ArrivihS here bofote daylight this
 morning. the Presldent slept until
 nearly . o'clock. when he was escort | ed to the beautiful colonial home of James Sprunt. one of the greatest ex- | porters of cotton in the South. where a l southern home breakfast was served. George Washington and Daniel Web sfer had known the hospitality of the same splendid mansion At the end of the meal. Mayor MacRea, of wil-
 mington. voiced the welcome to the city and created MT. Taft an .'honor- ary Tar Heep' for life.
 From the Sprunt home the President
 motored in review of 1s500 school chil-
 dren of the city. arranged in living dag. He stopped several minutes to l listen to their cheers and songs and then proceeded to another section of the city, where he, reviewed the negro children and made an address.
 Boarding the revenue cutter semi- nole at l6:so o'clock with committee of fifty or more citizens as escort. the President was taken for a sail of twenty-five miles down the waterway and return. wilmington Is ,desirous of
 deepening her channel to the sea from twenty-four to thirty feet. and the ride was to give the President an object | lesson as 10 the need of the improve
 ment. During the trip the President
 sent a. wireless telegram~to Mrs. Taft.
 The tramp steamer Battersea Bridge, sailing for Liverpool with $So0,ooo worth of cotton on board, saiuted the President and the crew stood at the rail and gave him three cheers. A big phonograph on board the vessel could be heard across the water grinding out Hail Columbia" in most patriot- ic American manner.
 Sees .sights of Wilmington. When the river trip had ended. Pres ident. Taft was taken for a carriage ride through several miles of Will mington streets.
 The parade ended at the city hall. where the President spoke. Tonight he attended a supper at the Masonic Temple before leaving for Richmond at 6 D. m. % Governor Kitchin, in introducing the President this afternoon. declared that he wanted Mir. Taft to know that the South was his country" as the North isS our country"
 "A little more than generation ago" said Governor Kitchin. this section of the country thought 1t could
 get along without the rest of the coun- try But the North knew 1t could not get along without the South. which In the high court of might went against us We thought the successful litigants acted badly for a time. but 1t Is ali forgotten now and we cherish 1t no more.'
 Governor Kitchin said that while the South was asking no favors. but only
 justice and fair chance. there was
 no one in the entire, country more de-
 termined that this fair chance should | Tlam- TNe.F