Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-08-11
HISTORY-MAKlNC DEM
ONSTRATION GIVEN
JEFF COLLINS
At HATTIesBURG RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 18th.
White Chief Appeared Amid Most
DsafenIng Applause Of An immense
And Devoted Audience.
[By J.5J. MELVIN. ]

BY J.tJ. MELVIN.
Perhaps never in the political his
tory Of Mississippi has the friends of
man given him greater demon
strat;on of their esteem aud conf
dence than did the friends of JEFF
Collins. candidate for Congress, at
Hattiesburg last Friday night.
After a strenuous campaign OF sew
eral months. JEFF Collins friends and
supporters are making the home
run" withNa spirit that wins. For
several days preparations had been
made for the Hattiesburg rally. A.
bout five o'clock something like a
hundred cars left Laurel, EllisviIle,
and other Jones county towns 10 a
grand procession. headed by brass
band.
About six o'clock the cars from
Jones and all other counties IN the
district assembled at Leaf river
bridge near Hattiesburg, where over
a hundred cars from the city met
item headed By another band. and
all together they paraded the streets
lof Hattiesburg while throngs cheer
ed from the corners and sidewalks
along the way.
At eight o'clock the great concourse
of people assembled at the Red Cir
Gle auditorium, place that will seat
three thousand people, aud not more
than half of them could get on the
inside. All the standing room was
taken early and the anxious supper
tiers filled the doors, windows and
even the porch outside the hall.
When JEFF Collins entered, a wild
demonstration of enthusiasm went
up from the people, and for several
minutes 1t continued.
The principal speech of the occa-
sion. the one by Jeff Collins himself,
was preceded by candidates for 9TH
err offices, which consumed several
minutes. and then Senator A. A.
Coin, of Brookhaven, was introduced
by the Young able aad scholarly mas
ter OF ceremonies. Hon. William
Pack, for the purpose of introducing
JEFF Collins
Senator Coin made a telling in
PRODUCTION OF Mr.. Collins. He had
served with JEFF Collins in the State
Legislature and knew the man as
but few men do, but in the way that
all men know him, and for that rea-
son he was able to give clear cut
view of the master work OF the man,
jeff Collins.
| Right in the middle of Senator
COINS address. the great White
Chief that great idol OF Mississippi
democracy, Jnmes K. Vardaman.
entered the ball amid the deatening
shouts of his thousands of admirers
in the audience. He was seated on
the platform with his loving friend,
Ben Moore, Mayor of Hattlesburg,
aud one of the States best men.
At the conclusion of Senator Coin s
speech he presented jeff Collins who
was gwen such round of yelIs and
applau5e that he had to stand mute
for several minutes. Mr.. Collins
lopened his address by announcing
that the Hattesburg American
could be counted upon to give an
absolutely BIASED report OF the meet
in in the next DAYS issue.
| Mr.. Collins reviewed his record as
a legislator at length, showing to
the satisfaction of his hearers his
good reason for every step he took
while member of the State Legis-
lature.
He then reviewed the record OF his
Iopponent. which review, not record,
seemed to meet the approval of bis
hearers.
| Mr.. Collins then launched into his
platform and the subject matter oil
lit. together with the manner IN
which be drove every plank into the
minds of the people, brought round
of approving applause at the concu-
slon of each point.
j There was no mistaking the mean
ling of the great crowd that
gathered there from all parts OF this
Congressional district to greet
land cheer on this stalwart champion