New-York tribune., 1921-10-26
w arm w Welcon1e
Given Harding.
BY Soutlnerners
Thousands Gather at Sfatiops
in Virginia and North
Carolina: Students Turn
Out at Charlottesville
Several Brief Stops Made
President Will Pass Busy
Day in Birmingham and
Go to Atlanta Tonight
Fre,a q stag Cerresnonssn.

ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARDING'S
SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. a5. Straight
through the heart of Old Virginia sped
President Harding and his party to-day
on the way to Birmingham and Atlanta.
Leaving the capital at o'clock this
morning the Presidential special train
clicked off the miles with only an occa
sional stop. At Charlottesville the
train came to halt for nineteen min
utes and the entire student body Of the
University of Virginia was on hand to
greet the President. There was one
more stop at Danville. and Charlotte,
N. c., was reached at this evening.
From there the train proceeded toward
Birmingham, where it is due at 8
o'clock Wednesday morning.
The President made brief speech,
in which he thanked the people of
Charlotte for the Wonderful recep-
tion." He said:
81 have seen more of good old North
Carolina to-day than ever before. /
congratulate you. as / do myself. that
we age all citizens of better United
States"
Thousands Greet Him at Charlotte
AT Charlotte stop was made for
Ave minutes. Thousands of people
were awaiting the President Cries of
Lets see the Presidentl" came from
the crowd.
The party wss a few minutes late
in leaving Washington owing TO the
unavoidable tardiness of Secretary o.
the Interior Fall, who barely made the
train. As the train proceeded into
Virginia the President and Mrs. Har-
ding were captivated with the autumnal
glories of the hills and slopes of the
countryside. AT small stations where
the PRESIDENTIAL special owed down
cheering groups, apprised of the COM
ing of the President, were on hand to
wave greetings.
Charlottesville was reached at noon
The train came to q stop TO The noise
of cheers from the University of Vir-
giNia students.
The car in which the President rode
was the IDEAL, which was wrecked dur
ing the campaign. 1t was at Hunting
ton, W Va, that the Ideal jumped the
track and tore up the ties Tor sixty
yards. This is the first time the Presi-
dent has used the car since it was de-
rallied
At Danville the train stopped for five
minutes and the President descended
from the car platform to the ground,
where he shook hands with number Of
people. One lanky farmer made his way
through the crowd to the observation
platform, and reached up to shake Mrs.
Harding's hand. saying, Il want to
shake hands with the boss" Mrs. Har-
ding laughed as she complied. At
Greensboro, N. c., the Presidential spe-
cial slowed down, but did not stop.
A crowd of several hundred was at the
station.
The President and Mrs. Harding
with their guests, greeted tho Char
lottesville students from the platform
of the observation car. The other
members of the Presidential party
were grouped about the President.
They included Senator and Mrs Oscar
Underwood. of Alabama; Secretary of
War Weeks, Secretary Of Interior
Fall, and the Presidents secretary,
George B. Christian.
Presents Aiumnus of University
The President was greeted by Presi-
dent Alderman of the University Of
Virginia, who welcomed him in behalf
of the university. The President brief
~ acknowledged the greeting and then
told of his pleasure at being able to
present distinguished alumnus of the
university, Senator Underwood. The
minority leader Of the Senate acknowl-
edged the welcome rendered him and
hardened back to the days when he
was student at Virginia, thirty five