Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-12
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AS NEWS ARRIVES

CLARKsBURG. w. Va, July 10.
THE fool friends" of John w.
Davis were rejoicing today. They
saw him started on the way to the
White House, path they have
been blazing for four years.
That Mr.. Davis declined, to take
IAN active interest in their campaign
ito make him president disheartened
1.-THE Home Town club" not bit.
Hts members kept plugging away,
booming Davis week after week and
to-day his neighbors surveyed the
result of their persistence with en-
tire satisfaction. AS the nominee of
|the Democratic party they have in
fvited him back home for a celebra-
|tlon and as a rehearsal last night
staged a demonstration in his honor
comparable to the political rallies
lot generation ago.
Many of the more active leaders
PIN the Home Town club were in
New York pushing the drive for
Davis at Madison Square Garden,
|but everybody in Clarksburg is a
Davis man, and when the news was
FLASHED that Davis had been nomi-
mated, the town called it a day and
{1CISpt dlSd. w HCt WHISTLES OCS3lI "
|blow and church bells started to
ring everybody knew that the dead
|lock bad been broken and that the
|nloving spirits of the Home Town
club sitting with the West Vir.
objective
~ Home Town Parade
yhdsmen left their work, hur-
FINy obtained their instruments
and started a parade, giving a mu-
Eical touch to the din and noise.
Hundreds fell into line, some walk
ing, others in automobiles. Up and
down the street they went, yelling,
Singing and shouting, their numbers
always increasing.
Meantime active preparations We're
under way for a more formal demon
Etration and the word hurriedly was
passed around that Mr.. Davis NOM
tnation would be celebrated at a..
Davis rally" on the courthouse
plaza at dusk. The evening demon
Ftration had its prelude in an old
Fashioned political, parade with the
fnarchers carrying Davis banners
Rnd red fire torches. In it were
Fivic organizations, patriotic socie-
lies, men, .women and children, all
Davis boosters.
Il On the steps of the courthouse
where Mr.. Davis pleaded his first
base as a. lawyer, Samuel r. Bent
pey, president of the chamber of
commerce, stood before crowd that
damned the street from curb to curb,
bnd declared Clarksburg rejoiced in
the honor that had come to her dis
tinguished fellow townsman. Other.
speakers reviewed Mr.. Davis
fareer and one was cheered to the,
Rcho when he acclaimed Mr.. Davis
BIS "tle next president of the United
States
Lasts Far Into Night
The demonstration continued far
into the night. Bonfires were lighted
bn neighboring hillsides and the fire.
works display rivalled that of the
recent Fourth of July celebration.
The town was In gala attire to-
Hay. All buildings in the downtown
section were decorated with flags
Hnd bunting, az we'll ass many
houses in the residential section.
|Among them was the Davis home
Etcad where the Stars and Stripes
appeared soon after news of Mr..
Davis' nomination was received.
The boom for Mr.. DAVIS as presi-
Ffert had it's inception at the San
Francisco convention four years
hgo There the West Virginia
delegation doomed their favorite son
Without success, and returning to
the hills of West Virginia, resolved
Ia keep the movement alive. Every
where they went they talked Davis.
In hotels. on railroad trains and in
bubble and private places their CO.
workers Bonded every energy to
build up sentiment. Long before the
|bre convention campaign of 1924 got
Under way the Davis movement was
BIT its height and when the conven-
lion assembled there were few dele
hates who were not informed of the
of the West Virginia
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