The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-06

voar 7 have hollered and they have
| acboed with greater volume. There
is no use for any Democrat to be
| downhearted. / have been from the
| .t,bemprle TO Hanging DOS, ana tell
Won the people endorse the great adj
ministration Of G. lVerior Aycoct, le
greatest i'll the history OF the. State,
| and the principles enunciated in the
| Democratic platform at Greensboro.
and if the boys will all come out to
! the polls we will roll up $4,000 ma
iority The only thing | fear is that
| the vote viii be small. caused by our
people trusting in our large majority.
| A small vote means a small majority.
A large vote II large majority. me
/ enemies of good government seize on
| to the majority figures, and IL they
! are small it matters not that small
vote has been poiied they viii find
| comfort and encouragement for the
! future. If we can just see to 1t that
| all the BOYS go TO the polls and while
there see that they elect competent
| Democratic curoners, we Will have the
| biggest wholesale burying of Repub-
| lican carc1sses about next Wednesday
this country ever saw.
| "Wnon L went OIt or this campaign
people told me the Watts law was
| awfully unpopular. Some politicians
| even cautioned me to eVade discussion
of it, Have | -.one it? Not much.
! Does anybody doubt my position when
| | get through tllking abO II it? hope
not. Is it unpopular? Only in sec
| lions where the Democrats nave been
scared of it. Everywhere when the
people have had it explained 20 them
! boldly and thoroughly it has become
| very popular. ] am so Soirr any
! Demo crat has been scared to uphold
that part of our platform"
The candidate then began plying me
with questions. "How's Forsyth
said he. You'll find out at Kerners-
VILE" said /.
rs it so That Tom Bailey has a.
/ chance to win in Davie?" he asked
That's my understanding" l replied.
what great thing for Davie that
would be- No better fellow lives in
the world than T, 3. Bailey" replied
| Mr.. Glenn.
| And the candidate hung his laundry
out TO dry and tumbled into his bed.
/ This morning Mr.. Glenn arose at
| $50 and when l met him at the depot
rs he was leaving High Point, and
asked him if he had had a good
nights rest he said he had not slept
an hour; that he had lost SO much
sleep he could not sleep, and that if
| the campaign would last another
week he would be a dead man. Yet
he was ibouyant with the hope of
pretty day in which to greet his peo-
pie of Forsyth at Rural Hail and this
place.
At Rural Hall.
| At ten o'clock the train bearing the
| next Governor pulled into Rural Hall,
| and at once the town hall was densely
packed with men and women to hear
! rI,o al Of T)pn1OprICV
/ preached by q man whose life is an
| omen book to them. Men were there
| from Stokes, from Surry and Forsyth
! and about fifty beautiful ladies' came
! out to inspire and to cheer. And for
| the size of the crowd it was the most
| enthusiastic assembly l ever saw.
! Every one wanted to turn himself
| loose. They thought Mir. Glenn made
] a wonderful speech. They did not
| know that owing to his weak physi-
| cal condition, he had to cut out
| half hour Of his best argument. The
effect of his wonderful plea to these
| sturdy people was electrical, and
| when he left there at 4:30 u. M. he
| left the Democracy of Bethania
| township and the adjoining townships,
of Stokes and Surry enthusiastic and
determined.
KcrnersviIle's Welcome.
| AS the train pulled into the station
! here at $3.50 a crowd, several hun
| dred strong, sent UP welcoming yen
! and the OAK Ridge cornet bard struck
/ UP a lively strain. A beautifully dec
| GRATED float filed with ladies, fell IN
/ behind the carriage containing the
| candidate, and with the band III the
! lead, the march began up Main street
the crowd falling i'll line and cheering.
Mr.. T. S. Freshman, who did such
! valuable services for his distinguished
friend in the fight for the nomination,
| had thrown open his house Tor has en-
tertainment, and thither he was es-
| Corted At $50 O'Clock Willis Hall,
| was packed to it's utmost to hold the
, crowd of his fellow countrymen, and
| many were turned away for lack OF
| even standing room. The crowd gave
| him a royal reception when he en-
| tered and alter being gracefully in
troduced by c. II. Hasten, Esq he
! brilliant young candidate for the
House, he arose and fer an hour and
q half held his hearers Spell-bound.
At one time his pathos melted old
people into tears At another they
We're every one cheering frantically.
Glenn made a great :lea to his own
people that they rally ds never before
to the support of the county candi-
dates mentioned them by name and
in strong language cd he defend Mr..
a. II. Eller. candidate for the Senate,
from asDersions cast upon him by the
Republicans CT the county His
speech made a deep impression on the
large audience and ola men and
young men predicted that kerners-
vile township will now, for TIE fist
time in many years, go Democratic.
The candidate held an informal re-
certion, shaking hands with hundreds