Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-10-15
Democrats Eye November Election
With Plans FOR District Rallies

With dates and places design
ated for Democratic Rallies In
each of the IL Congressional
Districts the campaign Of the
Democratic Party got underway
this week in the hope of return
ing a full Democratic slate to
Congress and electing other
Democratic officials throughout
North Carolina.
Woodrow w. Jones, Chairman
of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, presided at the
official opening of the campaign.
at which time Governor Luther
II. Hodges and other party not
ableS and statewide candidates
were presented. Jones said that
arrangements had been COM
pleted this week with the IL
Congressional Candidates with.
respect to setting the dates for
the Congressional Rallies which
the Democratic Caravan COM.
posed of State Democratic Lead
erS and candidates will attend
The caravan will move about the
State from place to place in.
chartered buses.
Congressman Herbert c. Bon
ner of the lst District will havel
the first rally and he has set
the date for Tuesday, October 7,
at AhqSkie. The rally will be-
held at $50 p NJ. in the after
noon and dinner will be provid-
ed for those assembled. Follow-I
ing the usual custom the pro-
gram will be limited to one hour
for the recognition of local cand-
ldateS and party officials and
with key speeches by Congress-
man Bonner, Governor Luther
II. Hodges, and United States
Senator p. Everett Jordan. and
brief remarks by party officials.
From AhoSkie the caravan
will move into the Bird Con-
greSSional District of Congress
man Graham A. Barden where
the meeting will be held at 3
O'Clock. October 10. in the Court
house At Goldsboro. This will
end the first weeks activities Of
the caravan. r,
The following week the cara.
van will visit with CONGRESSMAN (
Harold D. Cooley on Tuesday
October II, in the Courthouse
at Nashville at 3 o'clock and
vii. move into the 5th District
with Congressman. Ralph Scott !
on wednesday. October Is. 'h
whore the won-'~r VIII =. hold
at 2.2O u.y'.vN in the auG.-sr...r
at N,.lsviiic. The following dav.
October Is. the caravan will
move To Hillsboro in the 9Th
District and Congressman Carl .
1. Durham will announce the a
hour at a later date. The rally q
In the 2nd Congressional Dis p
trlct will be held on Friday. Oc-.a
tooer II, at Snow Hill IN the c
Greene County Courthouse AT
$3.50 P. NJ, 20 be followed bv
dinner in the Armory. n
Thet third week will find the a
Democratic Caravan i'm the eth
District and CONGRESSMAN Alton O
n. Lennon has selected Tuesday. o.
October 81. as the date and
as the place at
D O'Clock p. VI, to be follow ed r
by dinner.
That night the caravan will 81
return to Raleigh rcsuming tray Il
ell the next morning to North .
WilkSbOro. Congressman \. Paul 3,
kitchin has announced Wcdncs- d.
day, October -. as the date for
his rally az North Wlkesboro 4
at p NJ. in the Armorv. din
ner being served at that hour i
with the rally 10 follow The
week will close for the caravan :,
With a rally in CONGRESSMAN n
Hugh Q. AloXandcr's 9th Dis |,
riot on Thursday. October %
It Lenoir. The ally will takel
'Iace in the t..crnoon and the +
lour Will b. announced later. p.
The final COX Of the caravan 3.