Deseret Evening News | 1909-11-10 | Page 1 | Prest. Taft Heartily Welcomed in Richmond

I PREST TAFT HEARTILY WELCOMED IN RICHMOND Ya Vs Nov 0 10 President Taft laft woe heartily to the th for tor former mer liter capital of ot the th confederacy today loday Ito IIo was by ly the tilO re reception 1 ceplon committee by Governor II mm and on Thu Tho days began with nn an by b the president Io to the mom bars herll of the Virginia Pren teN association Later lAler ho he spoke to tu Ii a Q delegation If t Taft art interspersed 1 his bin with short abort sight seeing tour tOOlS During the morning lie II visited old lid It 81 tt I Johns John church hureh where whre Patrick Henry II ell 1 mud hi his Give Oh mo mc liberty rt or give le me nie death dIRth slIced anti and went from n there to St Ht Paul Pauls church Jefferson president of the received the from Ion Cen ell Lee Lct that the confederate crate erate forces force must mut Petersburg and an leave leao lea unprotected The III visited and spent time thins In III Ii the confederate Tho ho presidents talk to the negro delegation devoted large largely to 10 the of education Hu lie wild said the till In iti formation of ot Institute and tho tile Hooker Washington school hool at In III the Importance they were to slid and agricultural education wa w vai beginning at lit least to bo IJo felt throughout the tile south In the tile future we may took look and not In vain aln mid II he lie for a 11 steady tend Im Improvement provement In the thi educational systems system especially with regard to the colored race upon whoso education along tIt the lines hues of Industry and useful usefulness ness neal so fIO much of or the welfare of ot tho thu people POlle J depends depend