Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-07
AUGUSTA CLAIMS
PRESIDENT As SON
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Charleston to Columbia this morning.
Tillman Declines Invitation.

Tillman Declines Invitation.
Senator Tillman. however. disap-
peared as soon as the party alighted
at the state capitol. He had been
in a controversy with those in charge
of the luncheon arrangements aud
had declined an invitation which car
ried with II an assessment for $40.
Senator Tillman said he thought 1t a
poor example of South Carolina hos
pitali;y and thought the city ought
to bear the expense Of Az invited
guests.
In his speech at the State capitol,
President Taft said:
My friends. am not inspired to
say much today because feel so
much more than can say There
S something about South Carolina
and her traditions as look into the
faces Of her great men. and think
what she has done and the part she
has played in all the great historical
crisis of this country, that makes me
take this reception from You with
feeling that | am honored far beyond
my deserts.
Because He Represents Country.
Il realize that II is because / rep
resent the whole nation for the time
being and that you in your loyalty 10
the flag and country and with the
hospitality for which your state NJ
noted, express 10 me the feeling that
rises in each of your hearts as you
think Of your country and as you
think of the patriotism of yourselves
and the state / come 10 Columbia
and look out from the steps OF the
State capitol and see city that has
arisen Since the Civil war-not a city
that did not exist before the Civil
war. but city that by its growth and
Its energy and its taking on Lire
shows that while that Civil war
brought to ii an evidence OF the
tremendous strength. the tremendous
power of self sacrifice of its people.
it did not destroy their hope for the
future or their willingness again 10
become part of the great Union anu
to make that Union stronger and
that country a nation greater than
ever before in its history.
And now. my friends. I am going
TO stop. this is the 251st speech ]
have made. but in no one OF them
have | felt so much satisfaction in
eXy ressing the truth as I know it."
ipk Qef,ueen cY,fee
In his fair grounds speech at Co
lumbia. President Taft after referring
10 the fact that South Carolina as @
Gotten manufacturing state is now
taking rank with Massachusetts. He
said:
Linked in remarkable way with
another state in the far north. Nassa-
chusetts. while they are distant from
each other, they have played parts
together and parts apart in such a
way that they are singled out from
all the other states as a pair. And
when you hear Massachusetts man
say that he comes from the greatest
state in the Union, you sympathize
with him; and when you hear a South
Carolinean say the same thing you
sympathize with him, and You under
stand 10th.
Now this is an agricultural So
society Unfortunately am an urban
product | never could get votes by
telling how | drove the plow, but one
must be blind indeed TO the progress
of this country and to the proper un-
Outstanding of real advance in civili-
zation and in the arts OF peace, VINO
does not realize the supreme import
ance of agriculture and the immense
strides that have taken place in its
cultivation throughout this country
during the last two decades. Such
organizations as these make for pro-
gress.
Farmer Must be Scientific.
a farmer today needs 70 know as
much as lawyer or a doctor or
minister in the way of scientific
knowledge of the sells and how they
are to be treated, and of stock and
breeding, and in addition to that, he
has to have practical sense. business
sense. persistence and endurance.
that some times. we think lawyers
can get along without
IF I we're advising young men who
had no prediction in favor OF any
profession. should advise them TO
become farmers"