Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-23
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL
Daily dispatch Surcau,
In the Sir y 1lIGr IIOtcl.

All IIptSf
Raleigh. Sept. 23-Somc Demo-
ratio rallies in North Carolina dur
~ Ii, present campaign Will likely
ne attended by more people than
Nclc present last Friday evening
hcn JohnStun'S faithful gathered at
!Git'S Lake for their county bar-
crul ana speaking; but your report
! hereby offers TO lay modest
.vagcr that none will create more
,,muinc enthusiasm and no audience
iii be more attentive 10 the speak,
MS.
Also, il might be added. none will
provide better barbecue. Your re-
purtcr WAS present, ate entirely too
much of il, and knows whereof he
speaks.
The Johnston hosts began gather
ing about j o'clock, and thrcc-quar-
ter, of an hour lat@l there were some
thousand persons present, including
Il large contingent Of State officials
from Raleigh.
when il WAS announced that the
crowd would be fed before the
.ncvchmaking. the members of this
latter group to man shook their
:lcHclS and voiced the opinion it WAS
1 very mWiSc move.
"Why. the folks will cat and go on
home. leaving nobody for the talk
mg." they said with one accord.
The local committee quite obvious
| y knew their crowd, however, be-
cause after everybody had stuffed
io the limit, nobody went home. The
few seats were quickly filled and
hundreds stood for more than an
hour while nCXt-GOVcrnOr J. NJ.
Broughton and Congressman Hal
Cooley paid eloquent tribute TO the
| Democratic party, Franklin ID. RooSe-
welt. the state of North Carolina and
each other.
In addition, there were introduce
tons of prominent pcrsOnageS by the
dozens.
The Johnstonians not only cndorS-
cd it, they enjoyed it; which proves
the kind Of Democrats they are.
Practically the entire official fam
| lily Of department heads was present
fo;' - Holt Lake doings: though of
couHsc there were some aoJrnteCS
for one reason OF another.
Outstanding glad handler and back
slappcr was Thad (Thc Peoples
Man) Eure The secretary Of state.
efforts To- sec everybody and shake
hands were 50 extraordinary tina.
State Auditor George Ross Pou wa:
moved 10 remark. after h" and Thut
had stopped for Il few moments al
! the Gabriel Johnston hotel, in Smith
| field:
"Thad went over to shake hands
| with the elevator boy and was very
disappointed when he found they had
an automatic elevator
Auditor Pou, being one Of the
home boys, took a prominent part IN
the exercises, acting us something of
master Of ceremonies to Introduce
the distinguished guests on the
speakers platform.
When c.. Ira Ford, chairman of
the Johnston county Democratic
committee, opened the proceedings,
there were. for while, fears that
he would emulate Colonel Fitzpatrick
who took forty-three minutes to in
trOduce President Woodrow wilson
and left the Chief Executive Two
minutes; but those fears We're I'M
founded.
Unanimous opinion was that Mr..
Ford made one Of the est talks of
the evening.
IF he'd been on the state ticket,
/ they'd have been cheering him yet"
, Was the way one nearer expressed if.
So much space is devoted to the
Johnston county rally, not because of
ITS statewide importance, but because
il IS really typical Of the party gath
rrm"s in all the hundred Tar Heel
+ counties.