The Adair County news., 1919-10-29
Big DEMOCRATIC
GATHERING.
sGSv. Jas. D. Black Visits C0lum.
bia and is Given a Rousins
Reception.
LOCAL DEMOCRATS HIGHLY DELIGHTED.

Last Wednesday Columbia Swarmed
with Democrats, their arrival being
the occasion of Gov. Blacks speaking
appointment. Early in the morning
they commenced to arrive, and by the
noon hour humanity was at work like
bees in gum.
Gov. Black came from Campbells-
vile to this place, accompanied by Mr..
j. R. GARRETT, Democratic candidate
for the State Senate, and three re-
porters, representing the Courier
Journal, Evening Post and Evening
. Times.
The party was met with the Cane
Valley Band, near the Cheatham
Bridge, and long train of Columbians
and Adair county citizsns, ladies and
gentlemen in automobiles, fifty-two
in number, escorted the Governor
TO the Jeffries Hotel. Here he
was met by a reception Committee
composed of elderly gentlemen, and
for three quarters of an hour the
Governor was kept busy shaking hands
with his supporters.
The representatives of the daily pa
pers, who have been going over the
State, reporting, informed The Adair
County News that it was the greatest
political demonstration that had
come under their observation since the
campaign opened
The crowd was so large that Gov
ernor Black was asked to speak in the
open, but his throat was in such con
dition that he could not COMFY. He
stated that he was making two speech
es day, and to speak out would ut
terly ruin his voice.
The hour for the address was l
o'clock, and by 1890 the court-audi.
forum was well.flled. TIE bell was
rung at the appointed hour, and in
ten minutes all the seats in the court.
room was taken and the side rooms
filed, and every place where a man
could stand was filed.
At the sound of the gavel every body
became quiet and the program started.
Mr.. G. r. Reed, Chairman of the
Democratic Campaign Committee, in
a very appropriate address, thanked
the audience for turning out in such
large numbers; that he believed
he knew the meaning of their
presence. and that himself and the
other members of the committee ap-
preciated their coming. He closed by
introducing Mr.. ]. r. GARRETT, Demo
cratic candidate for the State Senate,
who, in short but splendid speech,
introduced Gov. Black.
When the Governor arose he was
greeted by tremendous applause. He
spoke about one hour and twenty min.
utes, reciting the many ACHIEVEMENTS
accomplished by the Democratic par
ty, State and national His eulogy on
President Wilson was beautiful, anC
at each mention of the President:
name there was prolonged applause.
He stated, that If elected, he would
give the people clean administration
and would correct any evil that should
come to his knowledge, He spoke o.
Judge Bethurum's offer to Withdraw
Mr.. Morrow from the race if it could
be proven chat he Morrow wrote
letter to the Department, protesting
against the pardcning Of the Gran
county tobacco growers. He said tina
Nss charge had been proven that Sucl
letter had been written by Morrow
but that he did not ask Judge Bethur
um to withdraw him from the race
but he believed that the peopl
would Withdraw him the 4th day o
November.
All the statements that Mr.. Morro'
has been making about the waste o
money at Frankfort, the tax question
school books, Bingham 'sinhetitanc
tax, ETC., etc, were taken up an
shown that the declarations of the b
.euhlicaa candidate fsr -csssrnor xsr