The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-16
100 THOUSAND FOLKS
SEE INAUGURATION
GREAT CROWD FED BY OKLA
HOMA GOVERNOR. APPLAUD
ED WITH PISTOL SHOTS.

OKLAHOMA CITY-A milling
Joyous, care-free crowd of more than
100000 persons saw Governor ]. c,
Walton indicted into Office today at
a public ceremony at the state TAR
grounds.
A voice amplifer carried the new
executives words to fringe OF the
army Of his supporters as he welcom-
ed them to his Inauguration.
In a brief address, frequently inter-
rupted by cheering and volleys OF pis-
toll shots, the new governor told the
members of the multitude they were
his guests and bade them feel at home
and to turn the occasion into one OF
merry-making and feasting.
The inaugural ceremony today was
a repetition of that OF yesterday when
the governor took the oath before a
Joint session of the legislature at the
capitol. Both houses of the legislature
were grouped about the new execu-
tive when the oath was administered.
100000 Gallons in Coffee Urns.
Following TIL governors brief
speech, the cry went up that the bar
becue was ready and at | o'clock serv-
1t was a scene such as Oklahoma
had never witnessed before. The huge
throng formed in eager lines before
the serving stands as barbecue assist
ants began handing out great chunks
of beef, buffalo, bear and reindeer
meat Bread sliced and piled high like
cotton bales began to shrink under
the onslaught.
The great coffee urns, each holding
10000 gallons and heated by steam
engine likewise became the mecca Of
the thousands, who, as they received
meat and bread, went on to complete
their menu with a cup OF steaming
coffee
1t was estimated that serving Of
the barbecue would continue most OF
the afternoon. so great was the crowd.
The celebration at the fair grounds
followed a parade that moved entirely
across the city to the blare of bands,
the shouts OF oxen drivers, the cheers
OF tens OF thousands Of spectators and
cracking OF pistols.
Picturesque Figures of Frontier.
II was a parade that painted the
picture OF Oklahoma as it moved slow
~ between tICSN WANG VI PeASFN~A az
manity. Picturesques figures OF the
frontier days, in leatherfringed suits
and wide white hats. Indians in war
bonnets, astride ponies and riding in
costly motor cars that hummed be-
hind tagging yokes of stolid oxen,
floats of alert business firms and Jazz
hounds" from a movie reel blending
the new and the State University, all
slipped by like old, the frontier and
the settled country into one long awe
inspiring, living photograph OF the
youthful state that today celebrated
the Inauguration of its fifth governor.
The celebration today was fulfill
ment OF a pledge made by the gov
ernor in all his campaign speeches.
"When | am elected governor there
will be no inaugural ball and there
will not be a tea danzant, he said.
Il am going to give an old fashioned
square dance and barbecue; it will be
a party for all the people and | want
you all to come"
Made 400 Speeches.
This the candidate for state execu-
tive repeated in each OF the four hun
bred speeches throughout the state
and today he made good to the ut
most the first of his campaign pledge.
Sixty thousand persons had been fed
all they could eat at shutdown tonight,
the chairman of the barbecue serving
committee estimated. And fifteen lines
OF surging humanity were still pass
ing through the openings and the lit
tie windows of the cook houses.