The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-29
HISTORIC town
PREPARING FOR
HOOVER SPEECH
Hoover Day in Dixie to Be
One OF Strangest Political
Rallies Of 1928
UNCLE ALT TO PRESIDE
Tennessee City Of 10000 WIN
Entertain $4,000 Visitors on
October 6

Elisabethton, Tenn, Sept. 90
Tucked away in the rolling foothills
Of the Appalachian Mountains, this
historic little East Tennessee town
10 making preparations to entertain
$4,000 visitors on Oct. s when Her.
bert Hoover will come here to make
his only southern address in his
campaign for the presidency.
It's . stupendous task for . town
Of only $4,000 population, but Eliz-
abethton IL meeting the situation.
Committees are on the job; every
unoccupied hall and building has
been engaged for sleeping quar-
ters; cots, blankets and camp equip
ment have been ordered; . tent ho-
tel ID being erected: restaurants,
lunch counters and barbecue stands
are being made ready: 1000 acres
Of parking space has been reserved
and 200 extra policemen engaged.
For historic Elixabethton-which
saw the Kings Mountain boys"
drill with their flintlock muskets in
the Revolutionary War, which knew
Andrew Jackson when he was 4
country lawyer, which saw the death
Of President Andrew johnson - Is
preparing for . gala day. It's on
the fringe Of "the solid SOUTH"
To BE Odd Gathering
"Hoover Day in Dixie" will be
one Of the strangest political meet
ings Of the 1928 presidential cam
paign. Awkward mountaineers in
blue jeans and hickory shirts will
rub elbows with silk hated and
frock coated New Workers, tired
mothers Of freckle-faced little boys
will cit beside elegantly gowned 80
ciety matrons from Knoxville and
other nearby cities.
Arriving, Hoover will be escorted
into the town on . carpet Of roses,
tossed into the highway by thou
sands Of school children from East
Tennessee. A. his auto enters the
city the air will. b. rent with the
noise Of : Shan batfl0 81 NAich
artillery, nachine guns, howitxAra
and airplanes will participate. Ada
ing t. the din, all factory whistles
will be- sounded and rock quarries
for miles around will set of dyna-
mite blasts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover will Be
guests Of honor 1t Z luncheon and
Immediately thereafter they will
take part in . big parade. This
colorful procession, staged BY Elix-
abetAton % IN industrial pageant
and exhibiting the products Of it,
industry, will be led by q tribe Of
Cherokee Indians from North Car.
olina.
Uncle ALI" to Introduce Him
When Hoover speaks to acres Of
upturned faces from . temporary
stand on the side OF Lynn Noun
tain, he will Be introduced BY ex-
Governor Alt Taylor, Tennessee's
only Republican governor (except
for fusion candidate) since: Civil
War days. "Uncle AL" @ he Il
Familiarity known, il famous ali
over East Tennessee % . fox hunt
er and old-time fiddler.
Immediately after his speech Mr..
and Mrs. Hoover will leave Tor
Washington, but that night the
streets Of Elizabethton will be rav
under the Pickering glare Of torch
60. From curb to curb the streets
will sway with dancing mountain
eers, tripping to music supplied by
brass bands, jaxzy orchestras and
old fiddlers.
The shades Of famous men Of the
past probably will look down upon
the scene, for Elixabethton ID rich
in history.
Defied British Rule
It was here that the Watauxa
Association, the first independent
government set up west Of the AL
leghany Mountains in defiance 81
British rule, was founded. Under
the leadership Of John Sewer. Il
drove the Indians to what Is now
Chattanooga and founded the state
Of Tennessee. The town was named
Tor Sewers wife, Elizabeth. 4
It was near here that the lanlv
uiountaineers with their lone flint.
lock rifles put the Britiah troops
e rout in the Battle Of KINGS
Mountain after General Fsr4uson
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