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11 J,' .1 L WEDDINGO OP PEsID MR. GALT VL Only Immediate Relatives of th Ceremony-Honeymoon Trip t Home Where Wedding Will B Conservatory-Marriages o By GEORGE CLINTON. (Copyright, 1916, Western Newspaper Union.) Washington.-In a small, unpre tentious house, 1308 Twentieth street, tn this city, Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt, !ow, will be married Saturday, Do :ber 18, to Woodrow Wilson, wid and president of the United tes. .lot since the marriage of President ohn Tyler to Miss Julia Gardiner has there been a wedding of a president marked by such extreme quiet and se clusiveness as is to be the case at this wedding which will join the Wil son and the Galt families. President r went to New York to be mar T. r s Gardiner and there at the ried to th e Ascension in the pres Church nt, e handful of persons he ence o on t his second wife. At took unto hmsq ?g. Qf another presA dent of 1? 'Mt d'State, there will be present no'persons exceptthose of the immediate families of the two con tracting parties. Only one cabinet officer, Mr. Mc Adoo, will witness the ceremony, and lie not by right of his oflidial position, but because he is the son-in-law of the president, having married Mr. Wilson's youngest daughter. When Grover Cleveland was married in the White House to Miss Folsom, the wedding party was a small one, but included in it were members of the president's cabinet and several other high officers of government. President Wilson and .Mrs. Gait have decreed that their union shall be wholly a family affair. Relatives Only to Be Present. Mrs. Galt wvill be attended by her sister, Miss Bertha Boiling of this city. Even with the guests limited to the members of the families of the presideont and his bride-to-be the ca *pacity of the parlors in the modest Gait home wvill be taxed, for both the. principals have many close relatives. To witness the ceremony and to give congratulations to the newvly mar ried ones these persons, among other kinsfolk, will be present: Miss Mar '0mg of Me- ait, Where ihe NWiLSON AND .L BE FAMILY AFFAIR Couple to Be Present at the i the South Is Planned-Galt e Performed to Be Veritable f Other Presidents Recalled. 1VAV.1RID4 - garet Wilson, the president's eldest daughter; Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre of Williamstown, Mass., the president's second daughter; Mrs. William G. Mc Adoo, the president's third daughter; Mrs. Anne Howe of Philadelphia, the president's sister; Joseph R. Wilson of Baltimore, the president's brother; Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the presi dent's cousin, and several other close relatIhO& of the president's family. Mrs. Galt, who, before her first mar riage was Miss Edith Bolling of Vir ginia, has several brothers and sisters, all of whom will attend the wedding. Mrs. Galt's mother. Mrs. William H. Bolling, is living and makes her home with her daughter. Mrs. Galt's sisters who will be in attendance are Miss Bertha Bolling of Washington and Mrs. H. H. Maury of Anniston, Ala. Her brothers, all of whom will at tend, are John Randolph Bolling, Rich ard W. Bolling, Julian B. Bolling, all of Washington; R. E. Bolling of Pana ma and Dr. W. A. Bolling of Louis ville, Ky. - To Avoid Big Crowd. Up to the very last moment it is probable that the exact hour of the wedding ceremony will be kept a se cret. The desire is to prevent the gathering of a huge crowd about the Gait r-esidence. As soon as the core moniy is over and the member-s of the family have congratulated the bride and groom, the newvly married ones will leave for the South on a honey moon trip which probably will last un till the first week in January. The president and his bride must be back in Washington before January 7 in o der to act as host and hostess at a great reception to be given in the White H-ouse to the Pan-American rep resentatives in the capital, and, more over, because congress by that time will have reconvened after the Christ mas holidays and Mr Wilson must be back at his desk. The White House conservatories and several of the private conserva tories of the city of Washington will Caaan i n a4nea have their stocks of flowers nearly depleted in order to make beautiful with blossoms the scene of this wed ding of a president. The Galt resi dence virtually will become a con servatory- itself on the night of the ceremony. There will be music fur nished by a small orchestra assigned from the membership of the Marine band, but the actual wedding march is likely to be played upon a piano by Miss Bertha Bolling, one of Mrs. Galt's sisters, Orchids Mrs. Galt's Favorite. An altar, which virtually will be a bank of flowers, is to be erected at the west end of the parlors of the rest dence. The bride-to-be will meet the president at the foot of the stairway in a hall without the wedding room, and will walk with him from there to the altar front. Mrs. Galt will carry a bouquet of orchids, which Mr. Wil son found out long ago to be her fa vorite flowers. She will be attired in a traveliig gown. The ring will be a plain gold circlet inscribed with the the initials of bride and groom. Mrs.. Edith Bolling Galt has been khown for a good many years as one of the most perfectly gowned women in Washington. She is a handsome woman and always dresses in exqui site taste. Her gowns always have been chosen with rare care and almost perfect judgment. For some time Mrs. Galt has been busy in selecting her trousseau, being aided in this most important work by her mother, Mrs. Boiling, a woman of excellent discern ment. Mrs. Galt's trousseau already has arrived in Washington. Its selec tion was a matter of months and .one controversies arose as to what might be called its origin. There wer'e stories to the effect that French sup ply houses resented supplying any thing through German-American mid die men. Most of the stories were baseless, and it can be said that al most wholly Mrs. Gait's wedding out fit is of American origin. Resume White House Functions. Dark green and orchid are the pre dominating hues in the gowns of the bride-to-be, for, as has been said, orchids are Mrs. Galt's favorite flow ers. There are traveling gowns, street gowns, and evening gowns, the latter of which will be seen throughout the coming winter when the White House is to be reopened for a ~series of old time entertainments. The four great official receptions, which were omitted last winter, will be resumed, and there will be afternoon teas and many mu sicals. President Wilson is the sixth presi dent of the United States to marry a widow. Washington, Jefferson, Madi son, Fillmore and Benjamin Harrison married widows, in one or two cases the widow being the second wife of the president. John Tyler and Theo dore Roosevelt each married the sec ond time, but their wives had not be fore been wedded. It is not necessary to speak of George Washington's marriage. The world knows of his courtship, engage ment and wedding. His love was "the widow Curtis." Thomas Jefferson, at the home of a friend, John Wayles, met Martha Skelton, Wayles' widowed daughter. She was a beautiful wom and and much sought after, but Jef ferson finally won her heart. Beautiful Doily Madison. It is possible that Dolly Madison, the wife of I-resident James Madison, is, in a way, better known to Ameri cans than any other wife of a presi (lent except, of course, Martha Wash ington. John Tyler wvas married twice, the second time while lie was president. His, first wife was Letitia Christian, who belonged to one of the old fami lies of Virginia. Mrs. Tyler bore the president nine children. Just before her' husbandl was elected vice presi (lent of the United States Mrs, Tyler had a stroke of paralysis, and a sfiort time after' he succeeded William Hen ry Harrison as president she died, the death occurring in the White House, The second winter after the death of Mrs. Tyler the president met Julia, the (daughter of a Gardiner who lived on an island in Long Island sound. The presidnt fell desper-ately in love with the young woman and soon1 they became engaged and were mart-led quietly at the Church of the Ascen sion in New York city. The Cleveland Marriage. Grover Cleveland did( not marry umn til fairly late in life, He married Frances Folsom, the daughter of his law partner, whom ho had known when she was a little gir-l at an age when she had called him "Uncle Clove.' Mr-. ('leveland and Miss Fol somn were marr-led in the Blue room at the White llouse, For a loing time it was thought that President Wilson would be married in the White House For some reason or' other people took it for gr'anted that Mr's. Calf would pr-efer' a core mony ini tihe excutive mansion, Froem the point of view of womankind it seemingly is a compelling ting to he able to speak of a Wh'lite hlouse wedl dling as one of the par'ticipants 'irs. Galt, however. held to the t hou-MA that a wom an should be0 marr'ied in hem' own home r-athiet than in that of her husband. She (1id not believe in br)1eaking the Amereaan home prece (lent in such matter-s, a worldl's prece (lent in fact. Washington generally tonIcedes that she showed good taste n~ her' quick determination that her own house shoul!d 1)0 thme scene of the 'edding. The wedding of the presidlent of the -nilted States to Mrs. (Talt will he in tetail andl surrioundlings a most simple a ffalr, it will he in keeping with tra dlitional American simplicity in cases -does 0one (dare say it?--where the ide and the gr-oom have passed be vond the stage of youth, SOUTH OFFERS BIG OPPORTUNITIES SOV. MANNING OF SOUTH CARO LINA WELCOMES SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. MEETING AT CHARLESTON in Welcome Address Manning Enum erates Progress of South and Gives Other Statistics. Charleston, S. (v.-Governor Man. ning's welcome address before tho Southern Commercial Congress was ts follows: When I .issued lmy proclitmation cori dially inviting you to meet in this his toric city as guests of South Carolina, it was with the higih hope anl cortidence that this congress would brirg together mon representative of the iilust'v and though of the South and of the Nation men fitted to grapple with andc sjiiv' the important probleins that ar' the special and Iattriotite stily of the Southern Coin mercial Congress; 1111 these itohlemus are vital, not only to the South, but in a par ticular way, are of ational impiortance. '1'i1h need was, as it seemed to ie, for no personally aw:rte of the ncessities and resources of the South, and mi n who would respond readily to the atiinulus of the foreign delegates who a're good enough to meet wi tits ainl apply the lessons of their experience to conditions particularly local. This hope is realized in your presence today. 'i'h pleasure I had filrst in issutig al Invitation to you' on behalf of South 'ai'etuna is doubly completed now, for I welcome you not only on behalf of the State which permits me to represent it, but I welcome you also for myself. To see you here is an earnest of the good results we hope for from your do lherations. To be here to share in these deliberations is a source of gratification, and a pleasure to me. To facilitate youril labors, voluntarily assumed, and to supply your comfort, it is my privilege nliw to extend to you, without measure, the hos pitality and welcome of the people of South Carolina. This Congress presents a great oppor tunity for invaluable service, and must react to give us courage. While the great powers of the Old World are hentding every effort of body and mind-are devot Ing their best science to the deadly arts of war', we are meeting here in sec'rity and calm to labor for the still progress of peace-the betterment of our lloples. While they struggle forward doggedly, al most blindly, to apence that seems con stantly more and more remote aand more dubious in it saignificance, ourl meeting is, in part, a celebration of the semi centennial of peace between the States, the end of the last armed conflict to shake continental America. Mere thought of what has been ac eomplished in that fifty years should give us heart for the achievements that must lie olur own, if we 'Are not to fall below the standards set fori us by our fathers. To us in the South these fifty years have meant the rebullding of our political, social, industrial nnd individual life, lit terally from the ground up. For noth ing that we have today was in existence then but the ground under our feet, and the faith and the courage that is in its. The contemplatloi of the achievements and progress of ti to fifty years brings to our hearts a c riis of thanksgiving, and we may he p rdoned for confessing to a sense of pride as well as of joy. Giod has sustained us a d the struggle against adverse circumstan.es lin these fifty years will go down in history as years of hero Ism, and of manly 'struggle; and, thank God, they are crowned by victory. O ur faces are turned to the future full of hope and deter'minationi. You gentlemen, wih pardon a reference to local matters, that you may know and understanad our local needs and help ts to realize our aims and ambitions. It took years to adapt ourselves to tli new condit'ois in which we found ourselves in 1 54: but after we got our hear ings and realized what had to be done. our miils were focuised on these problems; and to day we are goinig for'wat'd in the uplbll lng of 0our resour'ces. We have buiilt ull an educational system tiat is fittinag our' people for' their life work; and in spend - ing last year over four millions of dollars on our public schools, we are makinig of our boys and girls better and more effi edent citizens. We are develojiliig our wvater' powvers. in e'otin maniufn't ur ing we standt secondii only to Mnssachuiiset ts among our s!ster' States. The' sinakers wh'o have rprecededi me havye tol you of this city anad its aecomil:lishm~ieinis. Ina the state we hav ma irde worbl records In pr'oductioni, with -2541 hushels of cor'n to the acre, by ('altnaii in rhe. ini Marl - horo Coiiity;' wh'ile in thle 1 tri7'' Corli C'lubs, JTerry Moore. a six teenii-v'c#lr-ocld boy of Florence County, has prohn-'id 288 bushels of corni to the a cr". Tlwo thoiusanid six huiind red nouiils~ oi 'cition to the acre, without artific'ial feritihli'ai on, in Laiienster'. E. D. Thompson. of York county., 4 bales on oiie aei'e In 18 ~97. * 4 * The Sea island cottI im gr'owun on Edist o Isliand is thie fi nest g ''de a:1nil hais thle longest staple oif any i'otton in thle worldl. Carolina head i'ice is lie ilucest in in tity of rIce in the woi'!d andic the yield omf this per' nerie is a wii'ld r'ec'ord. She stands fourthi ini mianuiifiacr of commiercin,1 fei't ilizer. Fifthi ini cannning inadulstry. Flifth in manuiirneici i'or' locsie, Third in production of rawu~ cot ton. Five c'utt intgs of aclfailfa arei harcvested an one yea r ini York'i "ntniv. 'Thie Seniti'ie i' 1. 1915. cstima cs cii the YTnI ted States D eni'rtm:ient ior A gr'euitur showu lnereases this yearc cever the" 191 I Vieldis of 5iunirr croics. (ithier thin cit ton, in the Southe'rn Stat cs: os follocw: W hleat .............cis'c'l Oats ... .. .. .. . '3A 'c I tsit lirishi potintoe..... :. tidciiIiibci Swveet pota tores..... 17i(ci1inis Toacco............. .9'icApod to the I iltli ii onesh'es.i. d iToac ........ 97.9h ic .0fel ge01c'1 1l tlioux t tarlina tiigw trI a.ks 13t i(a mongii c the state. ntevtn farelua proles ainag rinden from ivti. :'it pilacc' to the 13th in ton. iiye ariilci'ic irer, bute wtat bhrergs andhe mu's'at hav Sliie a rofh g ru'i'iell. man ndi a i'oll e n rfiaib-ar, ductinht w oilan ht elt c'' gncrlly throughiott the lenith und burearccthc tof the stilade. iae.Iwl util o Onlyth ine-half of thie waer. fo i~ South Carot'len ais amdevruta 'ttion 't l-1' per~' tent ofe'tili'tiurthed landf T' inu Sout 'ar Sill thea ('unyrun frtom with m.~ inl No-im vada downr Sto t.-1 of inia.ut a.ina~c andco Noeth CaoiNorha. o~a trust your i ~vi t ier wlo inter,-i' you' everthgh ouaywihere. lan-d tnimb havetii in friizceridepsiii ts -(w'it eg su '.vr. ie eoi g a llmte."c tI ile' nottili c n o lihe tA'tml t I yi tli of 'ur waer.f i ' ; - laeres t s th heverale wIl ot hccoec tou icest yo il ' o ter The wst ofi .T .nn 'rv 191 . f wilfl to voompareenotesewith0my friendo yovurnito ''ri Stuart.ves wof .'ir ahih i. i v-ii asno t ai of' NorthIs w Cawin'a.'c' eTr t~rs't i1 vaon ma''nae' ao ctvio tverytin you sa here, for thce' lit. to1( t o 'q Itwll llhe ta i.o ic -it in trs te ini tatc that roiss pihi eept maera sentioln yuma ak..u1w thank-Wic"c yout for -oin he frpemt ADDRI Gov. Richar4 Of South Carolina at th House of Souti in Charleston, Monday Ev< The honor of presiding over the first soea;ion of the meeting of the l House of Southern Governors has been accorded to me. It is a sincere pleas-" ure to greet you here and to claim you as our guests. The significance and importance of the subjects for discussion will be recognized by a glance at the program. This Congress will bring up pleasure as a necessary accompaniment of the gathering together of ien and women representative in character and charm ing personality. But pleasure is not its object. Nor are we here simply to adopt resolutions. We are here to deal seriously with genuine, serious problems-problems that affect us of the south particularly, but in a wider sense, affect us in the nation. We are here as southerners, but we yield not to north, east or west in our loyalty to the nation; and as Americans we pledge our devotion and support to our country's flag and to our country's constitution and laws. Foremost among subjects to be dealt with here is that of "Education." This subject is broad enough to cover all the others, for without education, no other need be considered; and edu cation in its final analysis is the problem of the betterment of the race. It is education, too, that will lead us to apply science to agriculture, the foundation stone of the material de velopment of the South. The importance of applying science to agriculture cannot be overestimat ed. The increased cost of living makes a demand for increased pro duction, which canont be stilled. The problems brought upon us by the war in the 011 World across the water are enough to spur us onward to solve them. But besides dealing with pres ent conditions, we will be wise if we can catch the vision of future oppor tunities, and will prepare to take ad vantage of those opportunities, mak ing them count in our favor. Rising to the viewpoint of the great President who is now guiding our national destinies, we can see that all we do for ourselves is preparation also for the service we will be called upon to perform for the rest of the stricken world. * * * The things we give will smooth the ocean way for trade in things we sell, and a natural impetus will be given to all our industries. These re wards will be our just dues, for we have not escaped scatheless from the mighty struggle. All of us remember the heavy cloud that settled over our activities in the early (lays of that conflict. The seas wore closed to us; the fleecy staple of the South glutted the market; food was thigh and money was unobtainable. Men tell us now, and tell us truly, that we are unpre pared foi- war-. We were not then even pr-epar-ed to r-emaini at peace whlile other-s fought. And we ar-e not prepared1 todlay. (Parenthetically, let me say that I be lieve firmly that South Carolina stainds conscious of national unpre par-edness, but is readly and does stand squarely with the President in his policy of inational preparedness for dlefenlse.) I rep~eat, we are not prep~ared today. Tis pr3esenlts, .in onle phase15, thle task( of tile Souther-n Commner-cial Congr-ess. Cotton is a southlern product, but it is a prodluct of national I iportance. Ini normnal times it mailnainus thle bal auice of trade. It brIings to our shores $600,000,000 to $900,000,000 ini gold, and it pays for thle goods we import fr-om EIlurope. It is tile mnaftral that clothes the world, and it is pr-actically withlout a compihetitor. The1( south 1has pr1actic-ally a mlonopoly in its produc tionl; bult canl thle south a fford to ignor-e tile inlsistenlt dlr3nanid that, in hand111ing; and1( martIket inig tis world impIor-tanlt pr1ohdct, ouir mnethods muist he( chaniged inl o1rder t hat he who pro dluces this crop shall re'eivye the full benefi11t of this monop0loly ? C'ottont is nlot petrihle, but (0on1( hd ket indefl iiely if pr-operly stoed C1 -(otton11 that was a burden03 to u1s a1 yar a'(go, m 1ust, he3 1 iredi as aI 1(esourc(, whlethe r foreignl11(l markes are( clocsed t Ii or501 not. We must03 estalhl a broadelr 0nafeguard'(ed, 0(o that i35nsranc and1 in 1(30reslt ihages5 enni be3 obtind a1-1It low ra(00s; and( wariehuc(s3 (33 rcipt so53 pro teeted and 13( safeguarded thi1at t hey will be a gilt-eulge ('(llaiIeral an(ywher(e andc P veryvwhere. 'The lFed'eral1 I 1eserveW needed3'(, and1( w(e of I le soth must0 (1o our parit inl s(eeig thatl aul l('reasonabled secur3ilty of coat'o wariehouse3( rceipts are3 complliedl with(. 1 fiily believe I lit the dlee'0rat ion oif Mr. Mc-Adoo, the( se-cetar of- ci he3 i3trasur, flint thle Foci(eral 11(serv llano k woulId lend thirty mi1111ions or m(ore, if nieessar'y, 031 ('otiton prpicly ' wrehlouisod, saved us0 fromn diisastr(013 losses by mralin 1(a1ninug the rce (1( of (otto01, and( has sa(tvedl frioml 3 ( rin the cottoni gr'owers of the south I. The13 aility~ to obtainl loans oii cot to'i lhas exhibIitedl and proved that pi('ods o (f de~pri-on~~, withb mariketfs gluoi t(d or close3d, (can be( br3id1ged over succe3ssofully, and our produlcers of ((it toniu ('an3, by3 showt, gracdual ma:rkeftig of this piroduict, earn a reasoiiable nrofit on production. We must watch SS OF . I. Manning e Intitial Meeting of the kern Governors aning, December 13, 1915 closely our transportation facilities, and see that defects- in this branch of our marketing system no longer close markets to the world to our goods. The national and International signifi cance of this crop is brought forcib ly to the front by the order of Great Britain in placing cotton on the con traband list. This action by Great Britain, unprecedented as it was, em phasizes the importance of the vital question of the distribution of cotton now and after the war is over. The shortage of the present crop, the ex tended uses and demand for cotton, the prospect for still further curtail ment in production next year, due to the absence of potash and the almost prohibitive prices of fdrtilizers, make it probable that increased prices for cotton should be obtained; and the increased demand, with curtailment in production, emphasize the necessity for greater care, more businesslike and sensible plans, in the handling aid marketing of this national and intern4tional and world-needed com modity. Along with the consideration of cot ton, goes hand-in-hand the question of diversification, and of applying science to agriculture, the raising of cattle and stock, for the production of cotton will not be permanently profitable un til our farmers learn to raise at home all necessary food supplies. 'ihe production of cotton, the marketing and warehousing of cotton, with diver sification of crops and stock raising, are inter-related and must be worked together. The practice of having cot ton as our one money crop must be abandoned. This congress is peculiarly fortu nate in the person of its president, for Senator Fletcher, if he will pardon a personal reference to what is of broad public interest, is Chairman of the National Commission on Rural Credits. As such he. with the manag ing director of the Southern Commer cial Coigress, )r. Owens, has traveled on a tour of study, drawing on the systems of Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France, for sugges tions that would be valuable to us. The results of these investigations have been laid before the President of the- United States; and President Woodrow Wilson, in his recent ad dress to the Federal Congress, give token of his approval by urging legis lation of this kind at the present ses slon. It is but just to give credit to the Southern Commercial Congress for initiating the movement. The commission of which Senator Fletch er was chairman and Dr. Clarence J. Owens was secretary, invest igated the question of agricultural finance, pro duction, distribution and organization in sixteen foreign countries. The re port. of this commission is the basis of proposed0( legislation, state anid fed ciral, that is to providie for' long-ter-m mortgage loans and also short-time personal credlits for the American farmer-. We must perfect a system to meet thle needls of agricultur-e ju~st as the Federal Reserve Act nowv meets the needs of commercial transac-tions. If such a system can 1)e madle prae tical andl workable, it will mean the regeneration of the rural life of the soulth, andl of Amer-ica. It will prlovide a plan by which the far-mer can b~e the owner of his home and farm. * * * It wvill meani a newv declara I ion of I ndependenIce in agriculturlal bmlliiness and life. in 1913 the Commercial Congr-ess waIs addressed by the President of the Unitedl States, and thle opening of the Panama Canal was the great event to be0 emplhasizAed at that time. The Unaited States, and South Carolina, and~ Char-lest on par-ticular-ly, were ar ranaging for a great official movemnent in commere, onl accont of thle open1. ing of the canal. Our1 eyes wvere tur edi in hiungry desire for tr-ade relations withb Latin-Amnericn and the Orilent. WVithi thme water(-way comllletedi, andl with a blasis of exchange, it seemed hut a matter- of short tine before the UnIitedl St ates w~ouIld assiert emp~hati cally its commer-cial suplremacy. Tile walr in IEurope has emphlasized the lack of tr1ansportation facilities on the (Ioean. To r-emnedy this, Presqident Wilson recommlendls to C~onigres s Ithe enactment of such legislation as will giveI gover-nmenlt-.onitrolled mcr-hna ut miatrinie. Thei~ outlook seems to0 favor (lie Passage of a sh ippi ng bill, under. whlaichi our country will be0 in plositionl to seize commer('ial op~por-tunmities. Inl tis the south will be v'it ally interest ed1. We have witnessed abnormal (onditions in t rade for the past eight een months. Th'lis 'ountr-y has sup plied ali possible needs In finance. * * * It may 1)0 necessary for usM to look after- new markets andl to de v-elop trad(1 ralations wvithl Latin Amierica and the Orient, but ini any event the United States must b)0 ready, on the 0110 handl, to meet coml ipetltion with hecr former- rivals ini iauroppe o rto meet the demands from IEurope or to meet tile (demlands from rope are not openl to us, we must be0 ready to extend our markets inl other dirctins.Of oething wemay feel COniOdenit, that if we take advantage of the( opplortulnities that are now open to us, we may feel sure of the ultimate -ommaer-cial supremacy of the Unitedl States, and in this preosperity must15 share thle Southlern States of America.