The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
TAFT IS SPENDING
A QUIET SUNDAY
President Feels SO Much at
Home in Augusta That
All Is Well.
WILL PLAY GOLF AND
TALK SOME MONDAY
Puts in a Busy Saturday, in
Which He Makes Brief Talks
to Friends.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Nov, G. - After
spending the entire night in historic
old Columbia, ;, C., with its many re-
minders Of the civil war, President Taft
arrived in Augusta at $3.50 clock to.
night to rest until Monday.
The president often speaks of Au-
gusta as homc,' and his reception
here tonight was i'll the nature of n
homecoming celebration.
Augusta people are proud TO claim
him as their own. and hence the name
OF Taft, William H.. president of the
United States, appears in the current
city directory. Tomorrow the president
Will attend services at the Church OF
The Good Shepherd, Episcopalian, Will
lunch with Landon \. Thomas, and dine
quietly at the Cummings home.
4honday morning the president Will
club. At noon OF shortly thereafter he
will speak at the opening of the Gcor-
gia.Carolina fair. leaving Augusta ut
$50 Il. M, for Florence, S. c. The
president will spend all day Tuesday in
Wilmington, 5. c.. and all day Wcdnes-
day in Richmond. reaching Washington
at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday Dioht
The president S afternoon in Colum,
bia was filled with interest. He was
tul'l bdluGu at luuNutOu Ill INC llDUSt
OF representatives at the state capitol,
and remarked that the state of South
Carolina was the first TO greet him
within the walls of its capitol. The
only other president ever to visit Co
lumba was Washington. whose visit 10
the quaint old city is chroniced AS an
event.
Historic Memories.
During his long automobile ride the
president was taken past the Baptist
church, where the secession convention
assembled. The president also saw the
palatial old Preston mansion in which
General Sherman established his head
quarters. He made a brief address 10
the students Of the University of South
Carolina on the old campus Tho nrcs.
idcnt also made a speech at the State
Fair grounds. Governor Ansel and
Senators Tillman and Smith of South
Garolina. were the president s guests on
the Mayfowcr durino The trip from
Charleston TO Columbia this morning,
Senator Tillman. however. disappeared
as soon AS the party ahghted at the
state capitol. He had been in contro-
yersy with those in charge of the lunch
con arrangements and had declined an
invitation that carried with it an as.
scssment of $40. Senator 1illman said
he thought that was II horrible example
of South Carolina hospitality, and that
tho city should bear the expenses of
all invited gnesls.
Taft s Brief Address.
Tn his speech at the state capitol,
President Taft said:
'AIy friends, | am not inspired 10
say much today, because | feel SO much
moro than | can say. There is some.
thing 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 crises of this
country, that makes me take this re-
ception from You with feeling that
| am honored far beyond my deserts.
"'L count it great privilege toI
come here, representing the nation that
YOU love so we'll, and by this meeting
and by your reception 1T seems
to testify to the fact that the past
is as il is. and while those things
that come out OF 1t make us proud on
both sides, there is before us III the
future a united life in upholding our
country, in elevatinG the standard OF
in making greater the char
acter and the equality of the opportu-
nifty of the individual, that we are
glad 10 sleXc as Il common united pco'
pie. not separated III any way by our
past history. but tho more united be,
cause we have these traditions aud
the memory they leave IN our mind,
In his Fair grounds speech at Co
luInbia. President Taft said;
Zone must be blind, indeed. to the
progress of this country and TO the
PROPER understanding of the real ad
vance in civilization and in the arts
of peace, who does not realize the su;
preme importance OF agriculture and
the immense strides that have taken
place III its cultivation throughout the
during the last decades. -