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T EXPOSITION FORMALLY OPENED DENT QUIETS IMMENSE XPOSITION THRONG, ful. Weather Favors the Open Day of the Great James town Exposition. ifolk, Va., April 26.-President evelt, the diploimatie, naval and ary representatives of 37 of the ons of the world and the govern of a score 'of states participated ity in the opening exereses of the estown Tercentennial exposition. ile the exiosition, which is to re ink open titil Nov. 30 next, is still r from complete, the unfiniish.4 niditionl or bulildin._s and gr.1ountds as -A- oSallowed to interfere in any i with today's celebration of the 0th ulliversa ry of the first Eng sIh settlenient in Ainerea. From the ring of a sunrise salute of 300 guns y the United States army, through e picturesque beauty of the review the international fleet of war ves 6s anchored in Hampton Roads, n'ough the eiremionies of dedication wikIch the president spoke, and in to i la te hour1 tonlight, whien the ief execuitrve vepairedl aboard thle val yacht Sylph to spend the night the lowver hay, 1he day erowded Lith notable ineidentk. Roosevelt Prevents Panic. Not the least imipressive of the day's evelits was the (uick action of the president in assuiniig command f the situaton in front of the crowd ed grandstand from 'which lie spoke en a panic seized the surging rong of spectators. Pressed against e guard ropes by thousands of eag persons in t& rear'of the gather , who were forcing their way foA ard, the safety of life and limb of ose who had the more favored posi 11ons were endangered. President oosevelt had just been introduced yHarry St. George Tuicker, the head of the Jamestown Exposition pompany. when the disorder and un est in the crowd reached its height id the Civil guarls inl front of the randstand seeid aboit to be swept rom their posts. With the agility Kof a school boy, the president jump l iponl the table whic hiad been qplaced in the speaker's balcony and waVin.- his avns eried ont to the men of Virginia to live up to their tradi 4ions of gallantry and cease the push ingj anid crowdillg which was Ilhreat nin tle lives of tie wonmen and chil ll in the assemblalxe, a throng ich all but blocked the big grass Iered plaza known as Lee's parnde. The crowd heeded -ho niresident 's arning at flist, but wlen he had lttled dowli into his sp)vee(i and Ie ords Iwere fairly blown from his m 0outh hy the. sotIheasterlv gale ioh was sweep)ing the great parade, h~~te immenise audience becamne uneasy .gain and those on thie outskirts be an to press forward once more in eir' anxiety to catch tile words phl were being~ boirne away in the storing summiier' wind. Thel presi t wals inlterruplted, and mlounited eer's anid men of tile United States aivalr'v were enlled to take eblar2-'. T'hey rode up and down along' thel 'u front of thie (''rowd( and gi adually openedl it upi anid relieved thec pres sur1e, wichi at one0 time thireatened to huriiil aii avalanhlle of humanity n; gainst tile president's stand1( and the b)oxes occupied by (he distinguish.. ed iimebes of (lie diplomate corps. A detoalhmenlt of arlillerymen 01n foot also was called inlto service cnd the thlousanlds who camel to see and hear the preCsidenl.t at last settled down into a,peaceful assembllage. Spoke Fromn Shaky Tahie. A ppar'enity 01)1iv ious to (lie unutsu al positionl 11e occupied Oil the top of a some1whnlt shaky 10able, not more 1han1 Iwo feelt wide and 11ot more1 11n1 twice thati leing',th1, PresMidentf oosevelt made his speech on this 'iromfptu anid unisteaidy plat form; i' did his base interfere in the ghtcst degree withi the oharlacters ic v;igor. of his delivery. The1 prs nt part of (lie time faced tile as bled multitude inl fronit of' the g-diraped stanid anid then01 like a sh lie wuold wheel upon01 thle four five t'1housanid dist inguished visit and invited guests who oceenpied tiers of seats at his back. Some his remarks-noticeably whenI he hed upotn thle subject of the re peace congress in New York ,addressed to tile representatives icmany nationls of the world; were emphasized to the sold nd sailors who took such a eon us8 part in the day's program na still other thiouughts to' b~ich Ve utterance were shouted b)y resident to the geuneral public. section of his auditors was to reapond to his words with sts of applause arid cheering. 'ally wvhen roferonee wvas made to the gallantry of the men who fought ill the Civil war-beneath the banners of the North or the cross barred flag of the Confederacy was the echeering and the applause unstinted. d t An Auspicious Day. A'fairer day has never been seen than that which attended the opening of probably the most notable exposi tion ever held in tile South. The heat at tines durink tie afternoon was somewhat intense but it was al ways tempered by a strong breeze, laden with the life-giving qualities of salt sea air. T'he military encamped about the exposition grounds began the day's ceremonies with the firing of the tiree-eentury salite. Soon. thereaf ter from across the waters of Hamp ton Iol's came (lie boom of a shi) ln1in. i-ign llinig ithe -hegilillilil. of the laval review% bY ine presdeint of tle most formidable fleet of inlerna tional hattleship s . cr111( i siiers the 'orld has witnessed il many years. On board the crusier yaclit Mayflow er tie president with a few especial ly invited guests was greeted by a roar of 21 guns from each of the ves sels, foreign an-d American. Then as lie steamed along the line of the vis itig men-of-war he was saluted in dividually and inl turn by (very hat 1ilship and cruiser at' anchor in tle Roads. The marine picture, viewed from shore by thisads and14 from ile decks of exclrsionl and pleas ilre eraft bY alimlos as ma1:1n1y m11ore. was at oice imposil anld imlpre:4sive. When his Yacht had ainchored in the very midst of the INaval vessels the president. received oil board the flag and commanding officers of the foreign fleet and tile flag omeers of foreigners who called were: Admiral Sir George Neville, commanding the British cruiser squadron; Commo dore Kalau Von Hoff, commanding the German cruisers; Commodore Hermann Von Plescott, commanding the Austrians' and the commanding offeers of the Argentine ship Sai' miento. To each of the visitors the president had a word of greet ing, expressiing his pleasure inl meet ing tihem on home waters. The hos pitality of the nation was extended by the president, who ini turn receiv ed from his lbrilliantly uniformed visitors many ex'pressions of (lie es teem in which lie personlal.y aid the American people as a whole are held by tle sovereigns whose ambassadors it was tiheiir pleasure to be. The for eihn ome'ers vied with 'ne another in tle cordiali(y of their expressions. the Cierman commodore and (lie Eng lisli admiral ;epecially voivinm senti ment, of (le Warmest admiration for the president. The President Lands. "ht- president landed at the ex pos,itit. f:rounds shortly after 11. a. m. Ihe im1meise government piers un deirgoing const rutt ion are still mnany weeks from 'ompIlet ion and it was with someW difficuilty that a wvay was cleared for even thle light laun (ehes in which (lie-president and the naval oifficers of the various squad rons made thiejourney to shore. Booming cannon again 'greeted (lie president as lie stepped upon1 thie (em pora ry structure wvhiichi is eventually to be a maigni ficentI wate (c ate: ( known as D)i ico4very Laing*huL. 1President IiTkeir of (lie exposition perusonlly13 welcoimed Mr. Roo0sevelt, and cheer ing' crowds aloing t he water front ac eimda chorus to the simple wvords of Mir. Tulcker, who sa1id: ''Mir. PresCidenlt, old Virginia salu tes von, sir'." (e presidenit iretturned t lie sahuta (ion, expr1essinig his pleasuire at being 'pr'esenit, anid eniteiring a carriage withl Mr's. Roosevelt, was driv'en to tIhe grandstand on the Parade .between t.wo lines of soldhier's from the Tw'enty-thiird United States infantry. The infantrymen, in open file, cov ei'ed the enitireC cou'se of the presi denit 's dr'ive from the shior'e front to the4 phw ce of thle iniangurial ceriemon i('s. Th'le 'lig gi'andstand was filled to over'flow.ing by the time the presi.. dent i'enehed the centre box assign ed to him and to the members of his family. Ari'anged in the firont rows of boxes wer'e the ambassadors and mlinlisters of the foreign nations, at tenidedl by their military aiid naval at taches, in full dress uniform. Gold Iace glitter'ed ever'ywheure and from (lie sombihre luel of the AmifcaniO na.1 v'al omeers to the dazzliing red of some of the ('ectman attaches, the colors flashed in kaleidoscopic riot. Large delegations fi'om thle foreign and American rhips weore banked in a solid square juist back of the presi dent, while to the right and left were governors of many states, surr'lound ed by their staf-fs. United States senators and repr'esenta tives,1 attired in the foi'mal democra tic froek coats, wereo also there to lend further off ciad dignity to the occasion. Inter minigled with the offeers and thoe va rious dignjitarics of' state or niation were the ladies of various parties, ATTENTION U. 0. VI A meeting of Camp ''Nance'1 V. is herehy"called for Saturday 4th next in the court house a o'clock, a. in. At this niecting gates, alterniates, and sponsors be elected to represent the Cam the State Reunion, Columbia, S 7th, 8th and 9th of May, and al general reunion, Richmond, Va., and 31st of May, and 1st, 2nd 3rd of June, a-1 other busines interest to the Camp will be tran ed. All veterans who have not tofore paid camp dues for the cn year, will be expected to settle at or before this meeting. J. W. Gary, By order. Commiand 0. L. Sehumpert, Adjt. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEM Nie i, lirdbv iven that I make a i:1 s et llie lt oil th tate ' F. 0,ambert liendrix ol 23rd dy vo4 .\May. 1907, in the Pr Court and will immediately (lie ter apply for letters dsmissor, Executor of said estate. All p1isons having claims ag the etate will preet them dil; tested to me or. my attorneys, B & Domniiiik. oil or before the 1st of May. 1907. All parties ild< to the e-I.ilv will please make pi settleient oti or before said dat .J. P. 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Then followed an informal luncelcon to the president, and 40 other guests in auditorium or cidiniiistriation build ing. The repast. ended, tle presitlent repaired agaii to the grandstaid, from which -he reviewed a parade of United States soldiers and sailors. Seamen from the visiting fleets.were, expected to take part in the parade, hut the difficulty of lan1dinlg onl the lincomlpleted Irrounlds prevente.d. The0 parade was <piiekly ovr' and a rcep. tion )yN te preden(101t inl Il o111il.or im broiuht ilthay's eventis a the fair grounds to a l Athnission to tle revoption was by vaid. but at tp.e tihe presiden.t had shaken hands with the invited guests the doors were throwii open for a time to the gen eral public. The president stood in the line for more than an hour. This feature of tihe programme. sclieduled for 5 o'clock. was held at a imuch ear lier liour and tihose who4 were late inl r'eachiIIg the adminlistratmion build inl- wore disappoiited to find the president -onle. le reti-uried to tihe Mayflower shortlY after 4 o 'clock and afer diressing for diinei was t rans t'erredl to I te sm11allerI ya hi I Sylpl aid brought to Norfolk, where lie andl Mrs. lioosevelt were guests of h11ooir at a dinieir ive by P'resident 'tucker- at the home or Bartion Mey CIs, one of tile officials of the exposi tion. Mr. Tucker's home. is (iaran tined on accouiit of measles. NOTICE or ELECTION. Iii.consideratioi of a petition suffi ciently signed by the qualified elee tors of school district number 36 known as the Mt. Pilgrim school dis triet, asking for an election, to vote a special tax of two mills for school purposes in that district, an election is ordered to be held for the pur poses named in the petition, at the school house in said district on Tues day, May 14, under ' the direction of the Trustees of said district begin ning at 8 a. Im., and closing at 4 p. i. Those favoring the levy shall vote ''yes,'' those opposed ''no.'' J. S. Wheeler, S. J. Derrick, E. 0. Counts, Countv Board of Education. A'pril 22, 1907. CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR OLINA RY. Schedule in effect January 27, 1907. Lv. Newberry(C. N. & L.) 12:36 p. im. Ar. Laurens 1 :42 p. n,. Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:10 p. m. A r. Greenville 3:35 p. in. Lv Laurens '2:07 p. mn. Ar. Spartanburg 3 :40 p.m. Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry) 3:50 p. m. Ar. HIenderso.nville 6 :25 p. mn. Ar. Asheville 7:30 p. mt. Lv. Lanxrens (C. & W. C.) 1:50 p. m. Ar'. Greenwood 2 :46 p. mn. Ar. McCormick 3 :40 p. mn. A r. A ugus ta 5 :30 p. im. 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