The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-07
IS IN COLUMBUS, WHICH HE CLAIMS AS HIS HoME-is
 BUTTS BIRTHPLACE.
Is the Guest of Major Cumming, a Civil War veteran-Was Wis itor to the State Fair
 Now Being Held.

! the entire afternoon in historic old Columbia, s. C., with it's many re. minders of the whitening blast of the Civil War, President Taft arrived in Augusta at S3O tonight to rest until Monday, when he will resume his journey to Washington.
 The president often speaks of Au. gusta as his home" and his recep- tion here tonight, as he rode through crowded and brilliantly illuminated streets, leading from the train to the home of Major Joseph B. Cumming, whose guest he is, was in the nature Of a home coming celebration.
 MT Taft has stated several times he was resident of Augusta when elected president of the United States, that is. when the electoral votes were cast at Washington. The Augusta people are proud to claim him as their own, and, hence, the name of Taft, William H.. president of the United States, Ferret Cottage, summeiville," appears in the current city directory It was from Augusta last winter that the presidentelect went to Washington 10 take the oath of office.
 Mir. Taft has been looking forward 10 his visit to Augusta and the resi- dents of the city are going to make his stay as pleasant as possible. They have asked him to make only one speech during his two days in fowl
 Tonight an informal reception at the Cummings home left the presi- dent free to retire early for much needed long nights rest.
 Tomorrow the president will attend services at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopalian; will lunch with Landon A. Thomas and dine quietly at the Cumming home in the evening. Monday morning bright and early, the president will play golf on the links of the Country Club, where he spent so much time last win ter. when the SHOWS drove him from Hot Springs to seek a warmer eli. mate. At noon or shortly thereafter, he will officiate and speak at the opening of the Georgia-C Carolina Fair. leaving Augusta at 2:03 D. m. for Florence. S. c.
 The president will spend all day Tuesday in Wilmington, N. C., and all day Wednesday in Richmond, reaching Washington at S;S5 o'clock Wednesday night.
 Major Cumming, with whom the president is stopping, is an old Con- federate soldier and the Democratic member of the Chickamauga National Park Commission
 Captain Archie" Butt. the presi- dents military aide, also had home coming celebration in hi shonor to- night, Augusta being his birth place and the home of most of his relatives.
 The presidents afternoon in Colum- bia was filled with interest He was entertained at luncheon in the cham Der of house of representatives at the state capitol and remarked that South
  Carolina was the first state to greet him within the walls of its capitol The only other president ever to visit Columbia was Washington, whose stay in the quaint old city is chroneIed as having been an event in 1791. Like President Taft, Washington was en- tertained at luncheon in the state capitol. The building which housed President Taft today, however, was not the same, though 1t is old enough 10 bear the scars of bombardment from sherman's army.
 Following the evacuation of colum- bia by General Wade Hampton and the occupation by General Sherman. the entire business section of the city