Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-16
CROWD IS ESTIMATE
RANCE FROM 1000
To 10000 PEOPLE
Hundreds of Confederate Vet
Grams Cheer Speaker as He
Exposes the ''GarreIl Cam,
paign Canard" 1
GREAT RECEPTION GIVEN ]
Mr.. SMITH ON ARRIVAL

GAINESVILLE, Ga, Aug. ia
crowd variously estimated at from
1000 to 1000 people today gave Hoke
Smith one Of the most enthusiastic and
memorable receptions OF his career In
this beautiful Queen City Of the moun-
tains Mr.. Smith has made several
political speeches in Gainesville in the
past, but never before has he been ac~
corded an ovation half so impressive
as that OF today. Many Of the es-
Inmates OF the crowd, taken at rams
dom, placed the number of people az
as many as 10000, and the most con-
sentative reckoned the number at not
less than 1000.
The crowd was composed for tho
most part OF voters, representing citi-
zens from all sections of this mountaiu
country. While Hall county farmers
predominated in the audience, there
were hundreds of loyal Smith men from
Jackson. from Banks. from Haber-
sham, from Stephens, from Forsyth
from Dawson and from other sections
of the Ninth congressional district
country by his war name of "Tige,"
won on the battlefield as a soldier I'M
the Seventh Georgia, president over the
meeting. His words were few, yet
pointed, and they provoked unbouiided
applause. He said:
Ladies, Comrades and Fellow Citi-
gems: We have with US today a dis
tinguished visitor, the next governor
of Georgia. He needs no introduction
to the people and 1 simply present
him, confident that he VIII INTRODUCES
himself"
Mr.. Smith spoke along lines hereto
fore enunciated. His speech was
calm, dispassionate discussion of the
issues OF the campaign. punctuated
with an occasional reference to the
campaign methods of the opposition.
His criticism OF these methods was
calm and dignified, but none the less
pointed.
''GARRELL CAMPAIGN CANARD."
In this connection he touched upon,
the "Garren campaign canard' that !
first saw the light in the Macon Tele-
graph. This story was written and
d
the predjudices of the people, because
of some disparaging remarks alleged 10
have been made by a Smith supporter
concerning the Confederate veterans.
The Brown club Of Hall county, de-
spite the well established fallacy on
the story, has 1t published on hand bills
and circulated generally over tne
county as proof of Governor Browns
great business administration
Mr.. Smith called attention to what
has already been established relative To
Mr.. Carroll, namely. that no such man
ia In the Smith club Of Fulton coun~
~ no such man exists in the Atlantis
dtrectory and obviously the story Is q
fake.
The explosion OF this canard was
particularly pleasing to hunoreos
Confederate veterans in the audenco<
Indeed, one-half of the rostrum irons
which Mr.. Smith spoke was occupied
nv veterans. and they cheered theme
selves hoarse at the exposure or the APP
narent attempt to influence them py
the circulation of falsehoods.
Among the veterans seated on the ross
trum with Mr. Smith, wearing Hoke
Smith buttons, were N. G. Wnite, w.
Warren, Harrison Martin, president OF
the Hoke Smith Club of Hall County; Il
8. DANIEL, J. R. Howell, R. J. Rollins
John A. Whitmeyer, John C. Wilson, u
w. Merk, ]. S. Patterson, ]. w. Reid
A. ]. Dickinson, F. M Doden, Marcus
Roper. william A. Cox, r. c. Youngs
g I, Smith, NJ. v. Trulove, T. III. JONES'
Thomas Montgomery, L Viekers, VIII
liam baltimore, c Allen, w. s. Bridges,
JAJHudgins, w. J. Allen,A- g. Dorsey
axfd l. .
lace. William Hosch, T. d. Harris, David
Kitchen, j. NJ. Little, t. A. Warf H.
F. Patterson, T. J. Shacleford, Stiles
Turk, H J. Lancaster, B. F. Brazel-
ton. ]. r. Reid, ]. o. Simmons. Luther
Keith, M. P. Warren, Thomas Byrd, T.
Y. Martin, Luther Keith, s. M. Smith,
Jerimiah Hawkins, Mat Ellis, w. p.
Roggs. H. T. Martin, ]. K. Moore, Law
son Hope, NJ S. Crow, j. w. Hargrove,
w. H. Adams, T. G. Holland and many
others.
REBEL YELL IS HEARD.
These old heroes of the sixties follow
ed Mr. Smiths speech closely and none
among the vast audience were more en-
thusiastfc in their demonstrations Of APP
probation. Indeed, the rebel yell could at
times be heard above the cheers and
shouts of others and it never failed to
impress.
The meeting was held on the court
house commons. The streets in front OF
the place had been roped off and traf-
fc suspended, but the ropes were really
unnecessary because the crowd would
have effectively stopped traffic on the
paved thoroughfare.
The courthouse commons is shaded with
many gigantic oak trees, and under their
shade the crowd, or at least a part OF
it was protected from the rays of the
sun Between two and three thousand
seats of rough lumber had been i'm
provised, but these would not begin to
accommodate the crowd that stretched
away n all directions beyond the con-
fines of me sea<-l These people stood,
but they were noneIheless interested and
very few left the meeting before 1t was
over.
The rostrum was gorgeously, yet tasti-
ly decorated with flags, bunting, ferns
and palms. and considerably over a
hund red chairs were on the rostrum On
one side of the speaker many ladies'
sat, and on the other were the grizzled