Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-10-18
SANDS CHEER
s : III IN CAROLINA
mated that Four Hundred Thou
and People Cheered Candidate on
"trip Through State; Short Ad-
dress in Raleigh

Greensboro Oct. 11.-Four hum
dred thousand Tar Heels pulled and
tugged at Al Smith between Nor
lima on the east and Statesville on
the west today an6 when the lights
flickered tonight Governor Smith
was still waving his bronze derby as
valedictory to the state.
Leaving Richmond this morning
the presidential special stcered to
North Carolina where the newspa-
permen accustomed to feeling the
public pulse found hostility to Smith
far less acute than in the common
wealth which once ground out the
great. The North Carolina welcome
impressed elsewise. The scribes
found throughout North Carolina a
militancy which was not perceivable
in Virginia. They will not be pre-
pared to hear that the state has
gone against the Democratic ticket.
These visiting writers found the
attending politicians cocky. The pur-
rear Of his Pullman he stuck out
The guess of the correspondents is
that Smith put just the pep into the
campaign which will carry it over
the opposition of Senator Simmons.
Indeed, when Congressman Aber-
nethy boldly announced the pros
pective capture Of Craven, home of
Senator Simmons the perkiness of
Democracy admitted no doubt.
Governor Smith gave every second
CT the stops to the crowd. From the
rear of his Pullman he stuck out
both hands and allowed the popula-
ton to shake like a Model T. If he
had minute at Method he used
his strength to autograph hats and
anything else that was handed to
him for his signature. He signed
more documents than were found on
Jack Dempsey's person two years
ago. And when he could write no
more he dictated loving statement
to the 20 000 disappointed fans in
Burlington who saw his train breeze
thu ough to Greensboro where $4,000
people were waiting for him.
When Governor Smiths train. roll
ed into Norlina, the first North Car
DINA stop, there were 5000 peGLle
waiting for him. The Smith train
was late, but this evil luck minis
tered well to him, for the Democrats
turned the wait into mighty Demo-
cratic rally where one was needed
as imperatively as in Mecklenburg
or New Hanover. But as the train
pulled in the crowd rushed to the
rear Pullman and Governor Smith
emerged, He hung his brown derby
on the side of the sleeper and took
he crowd by both hands. The War
RENTS tugged at him. Great beads
e perspiration broke out as the
populace manhandled him. Il lasted
for ten minutes. The train cut out
for Raleigh but was stopped at Hen
derson where 5000 people met him
at the Vance metropolis.
At Raleigh probably one hundred
thousand people were on hand to see
the governor. At the lass minute it
was decided to arrange for a short
speech at the city auditorium. Gov
ernor Smith was introduced by for
mer Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels, as the next president of the
United States. The governor spoke
for only few minutes. He is con-
serving his strength for the final
drive in the campaign that will end
on November 9Th.
From the auditorium the presiden-
tial party motored to Method, a su-
burb of Raleigh, where the special
train was waiting to carry the pres
idential nominee to Durham, Green's
boro, Charlotte and on to Tennessee.