Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-06
GREAT COMMERCE
CROWD CHEERS
SENATOR SMITH
BY RALPH SMITH
(stan Correspondent of The journal,

(Staff Correspondent OF The JourmaD
ed in magnitude by hundreds of
farmers from the counties of jack
son, Banks, Barrow, Franklin, Hall
and Madison, the populace of Com
merce turned out en- masse this aft
ernoon to hear and cheer Hoke
Smith, whose candidacy for the
presidential nomination has pro-
voked unusual enthusiasm in these
parts. Senator Smith spoke in the
open air from an automobile truck,
and his utterances were received
with response that left no ques-
ton as to the sympathy of the
crowd.
The open-air meeting disarTanGed
the original program. Owing to the
threatening weather it was planned
to have the rally in the school audi
forum, but this hall proved wholly
Inadequate to accommodate tine de-
n:ards of the PEOPLE gathered i'll
commerce. III consequence INC SGI-
ator addressed the multitude from
the commons near the railway sta
ton.
Among the welI-known and influ-
entail citizens gathered to hear the
senator were: Colonel G. L. Carson
of Commerce; C. l. Truitt, hardware
merchant; r. A. -Harbor, hardware
merchant; w. S. Davis, farmer, of
Jackson county; Colonel Sumner
Smith, Jr., of Commerce; Colonel r.
L. j. Smith, of Commerce; 0. B.
Walton, of Commerce; Hugh Means,
of Franklin county; C. D. Jackson
of Maysville; c. D. Stark, of Com
merce; W. r. Wright, of Jackson
county; Noel Mcconnell, of Corn
mercc; DR.. o., e. Shankle, of Com
merce; L. J. Farabee of Commerce;
e. P. HaWkso, of Nicholson; A. ID
Harris, of Commerce; w. w. Han
cock. OF Commerce; w. T. Thurmond
of Commerce; j. j. Duncan, of Com
merce; NJ. c. Arthur, Of Jefferson
DIR. NJ. +. Nelms, Commerce; J. Z.
Hope, Commerce; t. j. Quillian, A.
e. DcadWyler, Commerce: G. w. Coo
per, Commerce; DIR. l.. Sanders, Com
merco; A. p. Rice, Commerce.; DR.. w.
D. Sheppard. Commerce; Gordon Lo-
gan, Homer; julie Boggs, jefferson;
George Hubbard Commerce.; A., G.
Langford, Banks county; Colonel
Charley Chandler, Banks county; Ed
r. Lulnpk1n, Athens; Mrs. E. r.
Lumpllin, of Athens; j. A. Darwin,
Athens; w. L. Morrison, Jefferson; }.
T.. J. Lord, jackson county; Prof
j. w. Vaughn, Jackson county; j. T.
Holland, Jackson county; L. r. Var
brough, Commerce; Joseph~I1. Byrd
Madison county; Thomas r. Bolton
Banks county; A. o. Hood, mayor OF
Nicholson; Judge Nat c. Chandler
cX-taX collector, Madison county;
Ben Collier, eX-sherifk and aucticneer
or Jackson county, and candidate
for sheriff; Martin l.. Mcdonald, ex-
representative Banks county; Judge
w. W. Stark, mayor of Commerce;
Joseph Fl. Gunnel, representative
Franklin county; Frank Bolton, OF
Center; Joe Pace, Of Center; O. n
Hardin, representative Banks county;
}. c. Glasure, Banks county; Craw-
ford Burns, Maysville; J. r. Taylor
Athens; DR.. Sam Jolly, Homer. Jo-
seph Jolly, Banks county; John Wad-
dell, Commerce.; DR.. j. A. Simpson
Presbyterian minister, Commerce; j
4. Wright, Commerce; r. d. FackIer
Commerce Observer, and MANY
others.
That Senator Smiths spechh made
an impression no less favorable here
than at Gainesville was the express
sion freely voiced by scores of prom
inent persons who listened carefully
to all his remarksk. Perhaps the
most impressive feature was tht
manner in which the big crowd re
sponded to his every utterance.' Their
sympathies were reused as the sen
ator Illuminated and clarified the
different phases Of the campaign ant
made clear his position with respec
to the big issues involved