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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 21.
SPLENDID BANQUET AT HAMPTON TERRACE
TO MR. TAFT ON EVE OF HIS DEPARTURE
ARRANGEMENTS TO SPEED
PARTING GUEST WERE PER
y’ECT IN EVERY DETAIL
T E SPEECHMAKING
' h _ ____
Banc' */t Lasted Until Wee
Small Hours, When Cars
Brought Party Back
To the City.
The banquet at the Hampton Ter
race given Wednesday night by the
Chamber of Commerce of Augusta to
President-elect Taft, on the eve of
his departure from Augusta, was a
notable affair. Gathered in the spa
cious banquet hall of the famous hos
telry were Augusta’s representative
men, and some of the foremost citi
zens of the country, who are now
within her gates, all bent on an ob
servance that should fittingly speed
the parting of the distinguished
guest.
This purpose was magnificently ac
complished. In every detail there
was perfection, and the company part
ed feeling that the occasion could
have been no better carried off. Add
ed to the eloquence of the speeches,
timely and deep, or light and gay,
as they were in perfect variety, was
a completeness of detail, a perfec
tion of cuisine, an agreeableness of
company, which left nothing to be
desired.
The banquet was presided over by
Mr. L. C. Hayne, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, vrho introduc
ed each speaker in a happy manner.
The speeches themselves each seem
ed to fill completely its place on the
program to such an extent that an
omission of one of them would have
destroyed the perfection of the whole.
The audience was a responsive one.
The banquet lasted into the wee
small hours, it being well after 2
o’clock when the special cars left the
Terrace. It had begun shortly before
9 o'clock, when the company, preced
ed by Mr. Taft and the honor guests,
entered the banquet hall and, stand
ing, sang “The Star Spangled Ban
ner” before beginning the repast.
The guests were seated at small
tables arranged over the hall. So
perfect was the scheme of seating
that no difficulty was experienced in
each guest finding the table to which
he has been assigned. From the be
ginning the service moved excellent
ly and smoothly through the long
menu. There vrere two hundred and
fifty guests present.
A feature of the evening was the
presence of a number of ladies in a
flower-embowered gallery, who watch
ed the gay scene below.
THE SPEAKERS
AND SUBJECTS.
The speakers and subjects were as
follows:
"Augusta’s Relation to Foreign
Commerce” —Judge Joseph R. Lamar.
"The Significance of the President
elect’s Sojourn in Georgia”—Judge
Henry C. Hammond.
"A Message from South Carolina”
—Governor Martin F. Ansel.
"The Southern Press” —Mr. Thos.
W. Loyless.
Judge William Howard Taft.
President Hayne, in beginning the
speechmaking and introducing Judge
Lamar, the first speaker, said:
“The present hour marks a period
in the history of our community that
will long be remembered as an epoch
making occasion.
"Many distinguished gatherings
have been held in our midst attend
ed by notable men, renowned not only
for their learning and intelligence,
but for their achievements and prom
inence in public life, but it is sel
dom that we have been honored by
one who has been chosen to the chief
magistry of this great country, and
who, to our pleasure arA' satisfaction,
we now look upon as indeed ‘our fel
low citizen.’
"I have the pleasure of Introducing
Judge Jos. R. Lamar who will respond
to the toast ‘Augusta’s Relation to
Foreign Trade.”
Judge Lamar's address will be
found in another part of this issue
of The Herald.
At the conclusion of Judge Lamar’s
speech Judge Henry Hammond was
introduced by President Hayne, who
said in presenting the speaker:
“We will now have the pleasure of
learning from a distinguished mem
ber of the Georgia judiciary ‘The
significance of Judge Taft’s sojourn
in the Empire State of the South,
by the Honorable Judge H. C. Ham
mond.”
Judge Hammond’s address will also
be found in another place in this is
sue.
Governor Martin F. Ansel, of South
Carolina, had arrived late coming by
train from Columbia. When he en
tered the hall he was greeted with
prolonged applause and forced to bow
his acknowledgements.
President Hayne introduced Gover
nor Ansel, saying: #
"It is distinctly recalled by many
present ‘What the governor of South
Carolina said to the governor of
North Carolina, but we cannot quite
guess what is in mind of the governor
of South Carolina to say to the presi
dent-elect. We will therefore proceed
to ascertain this, from Governor Mar
tin F. Ansel, who will now deliver
‘The message from South Carolina.’ ” !
GOV. ANSEL’S
SPEECH.
Governor Ansel said:
“Mr. Toastmaster, Honored guest, My |
friends:
“It Is a great pleasure to me to j
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JUDGE WM. H. TAFT
join with you in welcoming your dis
tinguished guest.
“South Carolina is the toast to
which I am to respond. I desire to
say to you, Judge Taft, that we not
only heartily welcome you to the
great state of South Carolina, but we
welcome you Georgians also. I am
delighted to see you all here tonight,
drinking South Carolina water and
smoking South Carolina cigars, and
breathing South Carolina air. I am
glad South Carolina bears such an
important part on this occasion. I
am glad to know that it could not
have been handled better, and has
therefore been fashioned after the
South Carolina style. South Carolina
always does things worth while, and
when anything is doing you will find
that South Carolina’s 'Johnny on the
Spot.’
“I am here to say to you that I
represent the greatest state in all this
galaxy of states. I hope some of yotj
Georgia friends will take issue with
that statement. I know each Geor
gian here would say that Georgia is
greatest of all the states —and I am
sure Judge Taft would say, ‘Why, do
you know Ohio is the greatest state?’
And I am equally sure my friend from
Massachusetts would declare the Bay
State the greatest. Each of you
from another state still would say
your own was the greatest. Gentle
men, I am proud of that fact; for
beneath it lies the great fact that in
these United States we have all the
greatest states in all the world. It
seems to me the greatest honor In
the world to be the president of
these United States, made up of the
greatest states in the world.
“But I want to tell you South Car
olina is a great state. She is great
—ever has been great, in the great
men she has produced and sent into
the world. We have, too, the most
beautiful women—we honor them and
we love them. Were I to tell you
of what South Carolina has done,
since this union came into exist
ence—being one of the original thir
teen states —I should speak intermin
ably. I will not undertake, either, to
tell you of what she has done in
education and in material lines. I
will tell you, though, since your great
factories have been mentioned, that
South Carolina has more spindles
than any other state except Massa
chusetts.
“We are proud of Georgia as a
sister state. I learn by grapevine tel
egraph that a great many Georgia,
men are coming over into South Car
olina —occasionally. I understand
the bridge is being used for that pur
pose very often.
“I am truly glad to be here. I
arrived late—but I had no control
over the Southern railway.
’“Come over into South Carolina
again, Judge Taft. We shall be de
lighted to see you—and not only you,
Judge Taft, but all you Georgia
friends. Come over and see us.”
MR. LOYLESS’
ADDRESS.
In Introducing Mr. Thomas W. Loy
lesa Mr. Hayne said: “We are all
united in the opinion that the prog
ress, advancement and civilization of
every country must largely depend
upon the press. Just how far the
press is indispensable to the happi
ness and well-being of humanity we
will now learn from Mr. Thomas W.
Loyless, who will speak to the sub
ject, “The Southern Press.”
Mr. Loyless’ effort was a happy
one, full of sparkling wit and merry
qulbs. He discussed at length and
in humorous vein the relation of a
newspaper to its constituency, the
policy of the Soothern press as op
posed to that in other parts of the
country, and the well known cordial
ity of Mr. Taft to newspaper men,
recalling the fact that he was at one
time a newspaper reporter. Mr. Loy.
less In this connection paid a high
tribute to Mr. Tom Murphy, who has
been selected to make the trip to
Panama with Judge Taft.
In conclusion Mr. Loyless said:
“Seriously, sir, let me say the
| newspaper men of the South who
have come in direct contact with you
[ like you best of all; while those who
have come to know you personally—
even If only to see you smile—know
that God’s sunshine fills your heart:
that it never sets in your soul—as
it does in Charleston—and that
where the sunlight is, there, always,
must live what is pur'- and good.
“We have learned you for
your good-fellowship, splendid
democracy—l use the term only in
its general and not In its specific
sense—and your desire to be one of
us, here in the South as well as in I
the North and East and West; to |
Forecast for Augusta anti Vicinity—Partly cloudy tonight; Friday probably rain.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 21, 1909
understand us and have us under
stand you.
But we respect and honor you,
too; not merely for the great, posi
tion to which you have been called,
but for your splendid qualities as n
man and statesman. While we may
still refuse to commune at your po
litical table—or the “pie counter,”
as it has sometimes been called—we
are no longer intolerant of those who
do, and are willing to honor the able
and true men of your party as much
as our own. And of these we earn
estly believe you are the chief; in
deed, we believe you to be bigger
than your party—certainly, you are
more to our liking.
RELY UPON
YOUR PLEDGES.
‘We rely upon your pledges and
shall uphold and applaud you in ev
erything that makes for the country’s
good; not any particular section of
the country—but our country and
your country, the country as a whole.
The Southern press will rely upon
you the more because we have been
told that you began your career as
a newspaper reporter. Knowing this,
we feel that you cannot go far wrong;
indeed, one of our greatest troubles
has been that some of our presidents
enter journalism at the close instead
of at the beginning of their careers.
“But, Mr. Toastmaster, in conclu
sion, I feel that I want to say of our
distinguished guest that, while recog
nizing and fully appreciating his
splendid statesmanship, much of his
enduring fame will rest not more up
on his official deeds and his occu
pancy of the high office bestowed up
on him, than upon the memory of
him —which, certainly, here in Augus
ta we shall retain —as master of the
harp of a thousand strings, the hu
man heart-touched strings that send
forth melody and mirth and make the
whole world happier and better; a
master, who, “when he touched his
harp, nations heard entranced.”
FRUIT EXCHANGE
TAKING_PLEDGES
ATLANTA, Ga.—Following the
conference he had- with Macon grow
ers on Tuesday, President H. C.
Bagley, of the Georgia Fruit Ex
change, went Wednesday to Ogle
thorpe, where he met the growers
in an effort to secure additional ship
ment and stock pledges to the ex
change. t
Thursday he will viait Fort Valley,
where a previous conference, which
was interrupted, will be resumed.
Great things are expected of the Fort
Valley meeting, this being one of
the largest shipping points In the
state.
It is the intention of the exchange
to pledge practically every shipment
in the state, and, with a start of
over 70 per cent, this would seem
to be a matter of only a short time.
Manager Fleming has returned
from Chattanooga, Dayton and Cin
cinnati, where he met growers who
have orchards in Georgia, and where
he went for the purpose of securing
additional pledges. He reports fine
success, having pledged 100 cars for
the exchange.
R. B. Small, a trustee of the ex
change, who lives in Macon, was here
Tuesday. Mr. Small says that fully
75 per cent of the growers in this
section belong to the exchange, and
that the growers down there are en
thusiastic over the outlook.
WOMAN WAS BADLY
HURT IN RUNAWAY
Mrs. Daughtry, of St.
George Narrowly Escapes
Death, When Thro w n
From Buggy.
ST. GEORGE, Ga.—Mrs. G. C.
Daughtry was very painfully hurt
Wednesday by being thrown from a
buggy, drawn by a runaway horse.
The horse started to run, and shied
Into a nearby ditch, struck a foot
bridge and caused the buggy to cap
size, throwing Mrs. Daughtry against
the bridge, badly bruising her face
and crushing her shoulder bone. She
was unconscious for several hours,
and it. may be that she is serloualy
hurt, the doctor fearing internal In
juries.
BOY WAS INJURED
BY A TURNTABLE
Statesboro Youth Is Not
Expected to Survive the
Injuries.
STATESBORO, Ga—With his chest
crushed in and several of his ribs
broken, his collarbone broken and
pulled out of place, and his left arm
broken in two places, Cecil, the nine
year-old-son of Mrs. Willie Gould, a
widow of this place, walked to his
home, about a mil' away from where
ihe accident occu... d. The acc’dont
is the result of a crowd of boys play
ing at the turntable of the Central of
Georgia here Tuesday afternoon
That the lad will dies Is the belief
of the attending physicians/
JUSTICE JOKES
wins ik ciu
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The contest in
joint assembly today for chief justice
for the unexpired term of Chief Jus
tice Y. J. Pope, resigned, between As
sociate Justices Ira B. Jones of Lan
caster, and Eugene B. Gary of Abbe
ville, resulted, as has been generally
predicted, in a decided victory for
Justice Jones. The vote was 06 to
65.
The joint assembly will later elect
an associate justice to take Jus; ice
Jones' place. The andidates for this
position are: ex-Governor John C.
bheppard of Edgefieid, Representative
Thos. P. Cothran of Greenville and
Circuit Judge Hydrick of Spartanburg
Gage of Chester and Watts of Che
raw.
PROMINENT MASON
IN PISTOL DREE
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Thomas H. Jef
freys, grand master of Masons of
Georgia and deputy clerk of Uu- su
perior court, had a pistol duel with
a burglar early Thursday morning.
Neither of the were hit,
eight shots were fired. Mr. Jeffreys
lives at 30 Euclid avenue.
MRS. M. A. JOHNSTON
DIED WEDNESDAY
Mrs. M. A. Johnston passed away
Wednesday morning at her home in
Thomson. Mrs. Johnston was a very
old and devout Christian lady. She
had been a consistent member of the
Methodist church for many years.
She is survived by four daughters to
whom the sympathy of a host’ of I
friends is extended. They are Misse;
Lula and Ora Johnston of Thomson,
Miss Maude and Mrs. Wm. Lokey of
Augusta.
The funeral services were held in
the Methodist church of Thomson
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
MR. TAFT TELLS REASONS
FOR HIS TRIP TO PANAMA
In his speech at the banquet given
In his honor last night by the Cham
ber of Commerce Mr. Taft discussed
at length the reasons for his trip to
Panama, and sltV'ed the state of af
fairs in regard to the type of canal
which had been adopted. He also
took occasion to tell what a pleasur
able trip his vlßlt to Augusta had
been.
Mr. Taft spoke as follows:
“Fellow Citizens of Augusta Geor
gia, Members of the Chamber of Com
merce, Fellow Citizens of South Car
olina:
"I have enjoyed every minute of
this evening until this moment. I
hope that the speeches which have
been delivered have been saved in
some way so that they may appear in
a permanent form, and that now it
is too late to go to press.
"I have enjoyed particularly one or
two things tonight, in addition to en
joying them all, and that was the in
troduction of my friend Loyless to a
presidential campaign. If he had had
forty-four days instead of only two,
he might really have presented a fair
excuse to Mrs. Loyless. I don't think
persimmon beer would have lasted
that long.
"I have heard a great deal about
the prohibition sentiment that, is
sweeping over the South. Well 1 have
swept, over the South and I haven't
discovered so many tangible evi
dences of it. One gentleman at, this
table told me that if I had only come
here (this was in the exuberance of
the evening—l am not going to hold
him to it) he believed that, fhey
might, let me run a blind tiger with
out undue disturbance and I said to
him that that was not sufficiently an
exceptional preference for me to
come here.
“I auppose this is a presidential
invasion as my friend who now de
clines to call in 5 Judge Taft because
he says I have gone into politic:; and
lost the right to the title, says. I agree
to that. I suppose there is sorre -
thing about me—certainly the New
York Sun seems to think there is
tomethlng about me—tnat suggests a
banquet, with my going anywhere,
but as I look about my friends here
from Augusta, my fellow members of
the Richmond County Bar, I begin to
see a sort of paleness and weariness
coming over them and a good deal of
curiosity as to exact information
when I am going to leave for Char
lest.on. This business of banquetting
Is all right if it only lasts a week,
but when you extend it into six weeks
it takes a veteran to enjoy the last
one.
GOOD SCORE
VERSUS PRESIDENCY.
"Now some reference has been
made by my critic from the bench
to golf, and a suggestion that my
head had been swelled by today's
score. That Is so. I took a newspa
per editor and a man who had com*
from Kentucky to Georgia around
with me, because I thought those
things would be a basis for anv alwlm
SENATORS FEAR
WAR WITH
JAPAN
*
WASHINGTON. —Great interest is
created here by the publication of a
telegram front William Randolph
: Hearst in San Francisco which calls
attention to the imminent danger
arising from the presence, of Japanese
in California and the possibility of a
war with Japan as a result of the ac
tion of the California legislature tak
ing measures to protect, the state
front Japanese immigration.
California senators and representa
tives as well as San Francisco lmsi
ness men now in Washington arc
equally earnest in their approval of
Mr. Hearst’s views. They say that
California is now overrun by Japan
ese fighting men. They think the At
lantic fleet, should have remained in
the Pacific.
“Former Mayor Phelan said: “It is
simply a question of self-preservation
with Californians and the next treaty
with Japan must reoognize the fact
of the racial differences which make
the Japanese a menace to our peace,
safety and prosperity.”
ISIIIET STILL MS
IIIS SEST IN HOUSE
■" 4
COLUMBIA, S. ('.—Granted lmmu
nitv from arrest by constitution of
state during sessions of
except on charges of felony or breach
of peace, Joshua W. Ashley, promi
nent, rh a member of the lower house,
who was indicted Tuesday by the fed
oral grand jury in session here, on
the charge of peonage, continues to
occupy his se'at in the house. Ashley
says he is not worried in the least by
the action of the grand jury. He is
attributing the Indictment to spite
work of some of his enemies.
of veracity, and I went around the
links in 88, and I am not quite certain
today whether I would rather have
done that or have boon elected presi
dent of the United States. But my
friends, seriously speaking, I havo
only accepted invitations within the
radius of the Influence of Augusta, ex
cept. an invitation I had to accept, bn
causo—J was commtted to It by the for
midable delegation from Atlanta that
came to Washington when I was In
a hurry. I don't regret a bit going to
Atlanta, however much brother Loy
less has had to make explanations
about it.
"But what. I mean to say is that
one of the great pleasures of my
coming to Augusta has been tho seem
ing, and I am conceited enougli to
say, the rcul anxiety of all the cities
of the South in this neighborhood to
have me visit them at this time. I
greatly appreciate the coming dele
gations from Columbia, from Ath
ens, from Birmingham, with the
senior in rank of our friend, the
Colonel-General IthodeH, because their
coming so far ifidioated a real de
sire to have me visit them; but my
heart, has been true to Paul and I
have stuck to Augusta. I don’t know
whether it is the effect of habit—l
suppose it is, but in inji own judg
rnent the duty of the president, of the
United States Is that, in so far aB the
Immediate duties of his office per
mits, he ought to come In contact
with as many American citizens dur
Ing his term as possible, and I have
thought that the provision by con
press for his travelling expenses in
that view was an appropriate expen
diture of the government, because
there is not the slightest doubt, that
be becomes acquainted ill travelling
w!»h the needs of the particular lo
calities which he invades, and that
the public at large understand better
what he does in the course rs his ad
ministration if Biey have some per
sonal knowledge of his make-up as
a man from seeing him. Therefore
I warn you that when you Invito me
to Augusta again, it is not a mere
politeness. If you don’t look out I
may accept..
MERITS OF
TWO STATES.
"Now I have heard a good deal of
discussion «t the table between Geor
gia and South Carolina. I have no
douh* there is a great difference be
tween the states. The Savannah riv
•r is a great river, but as to those
merits—the comparative merits of
the two states, I have a cold and
cannot smell. I know from the best
authority, from a man whose busi
ness it is lo observe customs, that
from 12 to 1 months Is a long time
between long drinks.
"Whether that is the view m South
Carolina I am unable to say, though
as I came by the d'SDensa'y the night
before Christinas 1 thought If they
only took one annual drink they
were taking a good long one.
fContlnu«4 on P»> a.)
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR
HER INKS HE
IS SOLID WITH
TIT CLOUS
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Dublin Republican Didn’t
Conic To See Judge Taft
About Rumored Move
ment to Depose Him
Hon. Clark Greer, chairman of the
Taft clubs arrived in Augusta Wed
nesday. He will probably see Judge
Taft. But says he did not come here
with the intention of saying a good
word for himself as chairman of the
Taft clubs.
Mr. Greer says all the talk about
deposing him as chairman of tlie Taft
clubs, in favor of Mr. Henry S. Jack
son of Atlanta, emanates from Post
master Blttn of Savannah. Further
more, he says that he and Mr. Jack
son are very close friends, and that
Mr. Jackson informed hint by tele
gram immediately after Mr. Blurt's
story was published in a Savannah
newspaper that he knew absolutely
nothing of the rumored movement to
depose Mr. Greer.
It. appears that Postmaster Blun
is generally regarded by Georgia re
publicans as a protege of Frank 11.
Hithcock; that it was Hitchcock who
had him elected national committee
man from Georgia, through Ills Iti
fltu.nce with republican office-hold
ers in the state.
Mr. Greer says Postmaster Blun
is neither friendly to him nor san
guine of his chances in (lie division
of places under the Roosevelt system
of ordering the two Georgia referees
to submit to the Taft, clubs all the
names of would-be appointees.
Mr. Greer dopes it out like this.
Postmaster Blun was elected national
committeeman through Mr. Hitch
cocks’ .influence, against the desire of
the Georgia delegates. This left a
taste in (lie mouths of those who
would otherwise have voted for Chair
man Greer's choice. By the same
token, National Committeeman Blun
apprehends that hts selections sun
-mltted by the Georgia referees to the
Taf flu!.:-, would hardly receive the
n accented names bearing
Chairman Greer'a approval.
l'n- tv liei of Chairman Greer is
that, Postmaster Blun stiffors a inis
conception regarding Mr. Henry S.
Jackson's susceptibility to the will of
political hypnotism. He Ir of the
opinion that Air. Jackson, even if
elected chairman of the Taft clubs,
would develope startling qualities of
Independent sagacity, and cherish a
few ideas of his own. The same no
more favorable to Postmaster Blun's
aspirations than Chairman (Ireer’s,
thinks the latter.
Taft clubs In Georgia have served
their purpose, says the Dublin re
publican. They were organized for
the purpose of winning the support,
for Mr. Taft of men who would other
wise hate balked at lining up with
the negro element In republican poli
tics. The Taft clubs won hundreds
of votes for the Ohio statesman arid
president-elect. In recognition of
which service, President Roosevelt
wills that the leaders thereof shall
come Into the fullness of their re
ward, and he allowed to exercise a
censorship of republican appoini
tnents in Georgia. He hoots at the
Idea of calling another meeting of
the Taft clubs for the mere purpose
of electing a chairman to lake his
place.
In a word, Chairman Greer has
no fear of deposition.
WOULD CONTINUE THE
TRAIN TO AUGUSTA
Augusta Men Arc In Ma
con To Help Fight For
Maintenance of the Old
Schedule.
MACON, Ga.—Unless Ino passen
ger officials of the Georgia railroad
can convlco the Macon Chamber of
Commerce Thursday afternoon that
its 8:40 a. m. train to Augusta is
losing money a strong light will bo
made before the railroad commis
sion by Macon men to hate Ihe train
service continued. Some Augusta
men are to come to Macon today to
attend the meeting.
EMPIRE STATE HOLDING
BIG WATERWAYS MEET
NEW YORK. Ways and means for
securing the development and Im
provement of the rivers of the Empire
state, are being discussed at the con
vention opened Thursday in the
rooms of the Manufacturers’ Assorts
tfon by the New York state water
ways conference. Members of con
gress and the state legislature and
other men of prominence are partici
pating in the session, which will bo
concluded Friday.
MAYOR TIEDMAN RETURNS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mayor Geo. W.
Tledman returned Thursday after
noon from New York, where he ha.-;
been entertained at dinner by many
of the newspaper men who attended
the recent automobile races here.
The mayor was much pleased with
the entertainment accorded him In
New York and says he believes Sa
vannah can get another automobile
race for next fall if she will Iry for
it. It la expected the Automobile
club will ask for another raco under
the auspices of the A. C. A. and the
A. A A.
EHILESTON READY
FDR JUDGE TAFT
All Preparations Arc Com
plete For the Reception
and Entertainment of
the President-elect when
He Arrives.
CHARLESTON. S. C.—Arrange,
meats are complete for the reception
and entertainment of President-elect
Taft and party, who will arrive hera
on Saturday about noon from Augus
ta to take the cruiser North Caro
lina, in convoy of the cruiser Mon
tana, for Panama on Monday. The
distinguished visitors will be accom
panied from Augusta by a committee
consisting of J. C. Hemphill, P. H.
Gadsden and J. C. Lusk.
The train will he stopped in the
suburbs and the party taken in auto
mobiles to the Charleston Country
club, where, after luncheon, Mr. Taft
will play a game of golf with Mayor
Rhett,, E. W. Durant, Jr., and Dr. C.
W. Kollock. The. visitors will then
come directly to Charleston hotel,
which will be their headquarters
here, as guests of the city of Char
leston, and where the dinner will be
served at 8 o’clock.
President-elect Taft; will make the
only speech at the banquet. Covers
will be laid for 150,Including the Im
mediate party of Mr. Taft, limited
number of citizens, representatives of
the army and navy from Fort Moul
trie and the Charleston navy yard,
United States Engineer E. M. Adams
In charge of the river and harbor
work, and officers from the cruisers
North Carolina and Montana.
President-elect Taft will attend ser
vices on Sunday morning at the Uni
tarian church, hut. he will not de
liver the address which ho had first
planned to make. After services the
party will visit “The Oaks," the coun.
try home of Edwin Parsons, where
the party will he received by Chas.
Parsons, a friend and Yale college
classmate of the president-elect.
From hero, the party will visit Sum
merville, a tourist resort about twen
ty-two miles from Charleston, to be
the guests of Dr. C. U. Sheppard at
"Pinelnirst,” the original tea farm of
the United States. Dr. Sheppard will
personally brew the tea for the par
ty. Following an inspection of the
tea farm, the party will be driven
to the Pino Forest Inn, where they
will be guests of Capt. p. W. Wag
oner, of Charleston, the largest mer
chant in South Carolina. Dinner will
be hero served and the party will
return to Charleston about 10 o'clock.
Breakfast will he served on Mon
day morning at the Charleston hotel
and If time permits before the sail
ing of the cruiser for the Isthmuß, the
visitors will be taken on a drive over
the city and to the Charleston navy
yard.
SAVANNAH PROTESTS
SHOPS REMOVAL
Committee Meets Vice-
President J. R. Kenly, of
The Atlantic Coast Line
for Conference.
SAVANNAH, Ga -Vice-prdsident J.
R. Kenly of the Atlantic Coast Line
railway reached the city Thursday
and at. noon met a committee of citi
zens who filed a protest against the
removal of the shops of the Coast
Line from Savannah to Waycross. It
was pointed out to Mr. Kenly that Sa
vannah has done a great deal for the
Coast Line and deserved the moat
liberal treatment at its hands. Mr.
Kenly ucknolwedged that Savannah
has always treated the Coast Line
well and said it was not the purpose
of the system to entirely desert the
Savannah shops. A working force
will always he located here. It may
he the committee will go to others In
authority if it Is found advisable
after Lie report Is made of the visit
to Mr Kenly to the Chamber of Com
inerci directors whom the committee
represented. There are something
over HOC men employed in the shops
of the Coast Line here and at least
860 of them will go to Waycross.
Horn - of them have already received
t hr-i r orders.
“STONEWALL” JACKSON’S
BIRTHDAY THURSDAY
ATLANTA, Ga Confederate organ
Izations In many parts of the South
are Thursday celebrating the birth
day anniversary of Lee's great cap
tain, Thomas Johnathan Jaekson, bet
ter known as “Stonei/all” Jackson.
TALK TO THE PUBLIC.
Buying is going on constantly.
People need a thousand and one
things every day. Whether they
buy of you or not, depends en
tirely on your efforts to attract at
tention.
The man who whispers down a
well
About the goods he has to sell.
Won’t reap as many golden dollars
As he who climbs a tree and
boilers.
This means that the man who
has something to say to the public
ought to advertise and not to keep
It for himself or whisper it to his
neighbor.