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Fair Weather.
Today * North Carolina W'eather
Deport: Fair tonight and Saturday.
Not much change In temperature.
Breaks Arm.
Clyde Parish, 14 year-old youth
*ho lives on South I.aFayctte
street, broke hi* arm shortly after
noon today in the business section
When he fell from the bicycle he
was riding, the boy was treated at
the Shelby hospital.
Boy At Cliffside
Killed In Crash
Addle Dobbins, 22-year-old soda
jerker, at the Cliffside drug store,
was fatally injured Wednesday
night when the ear in which he
was riding turned over between
Cliffside and Mooresboro. Dobbins’
father works at Gastonia but his
home was at Caroieen.
The youth. The Star was informed
today, was riding with a man by the
name of Cash, and their ear was
just behind another ear along high
way 120 detour. Due to the dust the
driver did not see the car in front
until lie was almost upon it. When
the brakes were slapped on the ear
turned over. Dobbins lived about
two hours although his back, his
jaw And several ribs were broken.
He was employed in the same drug
store were Julian Hurd. Sheiby na
tive, Is prescription clerk.
Prominent Boiling Springs Man
Dead. Clerk Of Church
Many Years.
Mr. George Elam Scruggs, aged
52 years, one of the best known
and popular citizens of the Boiling
Springs community, died there Wed
nesday afternoon about 2 o'clock
after an illness of several months.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2:30 p. ni. yesterday by his pas
tor. Rev. Jenkins assisted bv Revs.
Goode, Abernathy, and Walker at
the church at Boiling Springs.
Mr. Scruggs was clerk of the
Dolling Springs Baptist, church for
a number of years, and his quiet,
unassuming manner won the ad
miration and respect of all with
whom he came in contact The Jun
ior Order officiated at the grave
with a very beautiful ceremony.
He leaves a wife and five chil
dren Junius, Eula Mae. Ruby, Hor
ace and Earl, together with his
lather ami step-mother. Mr. anti
Mrs. David Scruggs. Surviving also
are one sister Mrs. Cora Earf. and
the following half brothers and sis
ters, Hassom and Jonathan Scruggs.
Mrs, Sallie Blanton, Mrs Geo.
Brooks, Misses Pearl and Etta
Bcruggs. Pall hearers were members
of the Junior Order from Cliffside
headed by Mr. Brackett.
Flower girls nvere. Mrs. Dean
White, Mrs. Rosin a Grigg, Misses
^ Ethel Allison. Madge Green, Lallage
Green. Connie Scruggs, Sallie Green
and Mattie Lee Green.
1
Step-Mother Of Mrs. ,t R. Dover
Dies At Rutherfordton
Horn**.
Mrs. M. C. Toms, widow of J. M.
*10015. died at 4:30 Thursday morn
ing at her home in Rutherfordton.
The deceased was the step-moth
er of Mrs. J. R. Dover, Mrs. M W.
J-Ogan, and Mr. H, l Toms, of
Shelby, all of whom are attending
the funeral services this afternoon
at i o’clock.
Highs Playing in
Gastonia Today;
Close Game Seen
The Shelby Highs are in Gastonia
this afternoon playing their ancient
rivals, the Gastonia Highs
Gastonia sentiment prior to the
game, as expressed by the Gastonia
Gazette, was that the Gaston eleven
would defeat the locals. The Gas
tonia team, it was said, is out for
revenge for the victory Shelby gain
ed over them here last year.
Guy Bridges, star half back, will
not see action today because of his
injured hand, which may also keep
him out of the game here a week
from today with the strong Char
lotte eleven.
In seeking a replacement for
Bridges, Coach Casey Morris seem
ed well pleased with the work of
Alfred Eskridge, reserve back, and
Eskridge may start the contest to
day at Bridges’ berth.
Colored Couples Are
Only October Lovers
So far this month only three
couples have secured marriage li
cense at the court house here and
each of the contracting parties was
colored. They were: Willie J Dula
and Margaret S. Shade; rrrn'*
Davis and Levinia Dean; Marvin
Ehringhaus Pleads
For A Real Man As
America’s Leader
Pica For Smith By Elizabeth City
Man One Of The Best
Speeches Heard Here.
“Some enthusiastic Democrat
started a slogan, ‘Vote for 8mith
and put a Smile in the White House,
and I want to tell you that is one
reason why I am for Governor
Smith,” declared Hon. J. C. B.
Eliringhaus, of Elizabeth City as a
good gathering of Democrats cheer
ed him here last night in the court
house.
“Some day I hope to live to see
a man in the White House who, if
stuck with a pin, would bleed real
he-man blood and not ice water
and statistics.”
The Ehringhaus speech was de
clared by those present to be one
of the most persuasive and one of
the most forceful speeches ever de
livered in Shelby.
Rivalled by A1 Smith himself only
50 miles away Mr. Ehringhaus did
not have an exceptionally large
crowd as scores of Shelby people mo
tored over to Charlotte to see the
Democratic presidential nominee.
However, the fair sized audience
that heard the speaker cheered re
peatedly under the sway of his
charming eloquence.
Wit And Wisdom.
At times he swung from wise ar
gument into wit to clinch his argu
ment presented much as a brilliant
lawyer does a case to his jury.
“Here and there," he said, “you
hear enemies of Gov. Smith whis
pering about that they do not want
him in the White House because he
is not a college graduate and at
times does not talk perfect English;
that he came up from nowhere and
his family is not of blue-bloods.
They reenforce it by bringing in the
name of his good wife, who once
due to poverty did her own house
work. They don't want such peo
ple in the White House. Well, let
them not want them. I wish every
man who wears overalls and brogans
and hqs.AUt-J.'nai'ks of .toil in his
hands, and every woman who wears
calico and does her own work would
vote for Gov. Smith. He'd be elected
with all the wearers of tuxedos and
evening gowns voting for Mr. Her
bert Hoover, the college graduate."
The statement was only a char
acteristic Ehringhaus shot. One of
many thrusts that brought his crowd
tip cheering.
Loyal To Party.
In opening the speaker paid tri
bute.to North Carolina's next gov
ernor, ' your own brilliant son. Max
Gardner.” Then he launched into
a vivid rehearsal of partly loyalty
* For 12 years.” he declared, “l
lived, and the wife and children
I left at home to make these speech
es lived on the bread my office in
the Democratic party gave me I
would be the lowest of ingratc* to
day if I forsook the party that stood
by me when it is faced with a cris
is It isn't much of a friend that
sticks by only whe nthings are easy
but it is a real friend that sticks
by in time of trouble, and I am
proud of the opportunity to show’
my loyalty to my party,”
The whispering campaign against
the Democratic nominee was taken
up part by part and disposed of.
First, prohibition, then the Tam
many charge, then religion, immi
gration and social ranking.
If the brilliant, forceful speech
reached a peak of wise argument it
was during the denunciation of the
religious attack on Smith.
“It seems,” he declared, “if they
never think of bringing up a relig
ious subject except when a Demo
crat is involved. They never said
anything about Taft being a Uni
tarian, a member of a faith that
does not believe the lowly Nazarene
to be the divine Son of God. Taft
was a Republican. They do not say
anything about Smoot in the sen
ate being a Mormon. He, too, is a
Republican. When Coolidge appoint
ed Butler to the court bench they
never mentioned that he was a
Catholic, He, also, was a Repub
lican.” ■;
Farmers Waiting.
For eight years, since 1920, the
Republicans have promised the farm
er this and that, and for eight
years Mr. Hoover “with that super
brain the Republicans talk about”
has been sitting by hearing their
promises. “If he us so wise and has
such a super brain why hasn't he
tipped Mr. Coolidge off as to how
he might help the farmer? Think
that over.”
The speaker continued by chal
lenging the statement that Gov.
Smith had bolted any part of the
Democratic platform. “Read the
Democratic platform and find, if
you can, wherein Gov. Smith in
his speech of acceptance or in that
famous telegram violated one word
of the prohibition plank. He prom
ised law enforcement and that is all
the platform promises.”
In closing the speaker closed to
upon the greatest of all Hoover
myths as his hearers sat literally
spell bound
“They tell you that Herbert
Hoover was good enough for Wood
row Wilson and is good enough for
them. Herbert Hoover did not. know
that he was a Democrat until that
greatest of Democrats, America's
greatest, casualty of the World War,
was no more. When Woodrow Wil
son, the man who made Hoover,
died then Hoover became a Dem
ocrat. I answer that argument with
this, the person who followed
Woodrow Wilson in glory and fame
followed him also to the death bed
when others forsook him. There
she nursed him and stood by him
to the last. Today that best of all
friends is supporting the candidacy
of Alfred E Smith and she is sup
porting him whole-heartedly. 1
prefer, people, to take by Wood
row Wilson bearings more from her
than from Herbert Hoover—I refer,
my friends, to Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son Let's put her husband's party
back into the White House.”
Second Degree At
Temple On Tonight
Cleveland lodge 202 A. F fc A. M.
will meet in called communication
tonight <Friday) for work in the
( second degree.
Film Burning In Local Theatre
Last Night Starts A Stampede
Of Patrons—No One Is Hurt
Unexpected Flare-Up Recalls Two
Shelby Disasters And Door
Rush Starts
With two major disasters in less
than one year Shelby lives on tip
toe and in a state of expectancy
even when it goes to the theatre.
Last night several hundred Shel
by theatre goers, who filled the
Webb theatre to see Lon Chaney in
his remarkable changes, made a
Quicker transformation than Chaney
ever .made when a film in the op
erator’s box suddenly flared into
flame and a stampede was on. The
filled theatre was empty in just a
fewr minutes, and the remarkable
thing was that, after excited nerves
soothed and the flame was extin
guished. not a single person was
found to have been hurt in the1
rush.
However, a few ladies ran out of
their shoes as they left the main
■ exit.
Scramble In Aisles.
Just what happened in the few
minutes of excitement pernaps will
never be known. In the operator’s
room Just behind the colored gal
lery a film caught on fire. As op-1
eratcr's rooms are fircprooi there '
was no immediate danger, but the j
owntioDnl polnporf
colored gallery never paused for a
moment to think. Out over seats and
galiery walls they came in their
headlong dash for the outside. The
rumble and jam overhead brought
to the packed house below mem
ories of the building crash just, a
few weeks back in which six peo
ple met death Then the wild
scramble for the aisles and door
ways began. As the word "fire”
spread the excitement became more
intense and the rush in the aisles
more desperate. Some few used
their heads and clung to their seats
to keep from being trampled In the
wild scramble for the exit signs. On
and on they plunged despite the
pleading voice of Claude Webb,
theatre proprietor, and others who
gathered at the front to inform that
there was no need for a rush. Out
side the fire siren shrieked, fire
bells jangled! The excitement in
creased for a moment then subsid
ed as the last person inside reach
ed outside and the realization
caine that there was no danger ex
cept that of being trampled in the
excitement.
The theatre management issued
"rain checks" to those who failed
to see all of the show. They will
see Lon Chaney again tonight if
2,620 In City
Schools Shelby
158 More Enrolled First Month
This Year Than Last. At
tendance Good.
At the close of the first school
month of the Shelby city
schools 158 more students were
enrolled than at the same time
last year. During the first month
last year 2,462 were enrolled as
compared with 2,620 this year.
The high school leads in total en
rollment with the Morgan school
ranking second.
First month enrollment figures
for this year and last year follow
by schools:
Enroll. Enroll. Av.
School 1927-28 1928-29 At.
High school - - ... 441 486 472
Graham . ... 221 256 231
Marion _ . 279 314 308
Morgan..... 391 432 423
LaFayette. 312 243 218
Jefferson _ ....... 240 316 303
Washington . ..... 191 171 160
Colored sch. . ...... 360 360 310
Zoar. 27 42 35
Totals ... 2462 26202469
«HOt
BOILING SPRINGS
FOR NEXT RALLY
Best Association On Record Mod
erator Suttle Declares.
No Politics.
The Kings Mountain Baptist as
sociation, an organization including
more than 40 Baptist churches in
Cleveland county, will hold its meet
ing next year with the Boiling
Springs church, it was decided at
the closing session of the associa
tion Wednesday at Beaver Dam
church, west of Shelby.
The final day's session was up to
that of the previous day, it was
said, and Rev. John W. Suttle, re
elected moderator, declared that it
was the best association he ever at
tended.
Ignore Politics.
“One thing about it pleasing to
me was that neither presidential
candidate was mentioned during the
entire association although it is elec
tion year,'1 the veteran minister
moderator declared.
Other ministers and church lead
ers in the section agree with Rev.
Mr. Suttle in declaring it to be the
best association they ever attended
and perhaps the best since the first,
annual session 78 years, and all
werp high in their praise of the
entertainment by the fine people
of the Beaver Dam section.
The next meeting of the associa
tion—at Boiling Springs—will be on
Tuesday and Wednesday after the
first Sunday in October of next
year.
Joint Meeting.
The Sandy Run association will
be in session at Mooresboro at the
same time the Kings Mountain
group is meeting at Boiling Springs
and it is planned to have a joint
session of the two Baptist bodies
at the 1 .oiling Springs college audi
torium one night during the asso
ciation dates.
Davis Talks.
At the morning session of the
closing day the principal talk was
made by Dr. J. B. Davis, president
of Boiling Springs college, who used
as his topic "Christian Education."
The speech was considered by those
present, as one of the outstanding
features of the association.
Y oung Sisk Boy
Buried Thursday
Carl Sisk, aged four years and 11
months, son of Mr. Roy Sisk, who
lives just a few miles south of Shel
by, died Wednesday after an illness
of about one week.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at 3:30 at Zoar
church with Rev. J. W. Suttle of
ficiating. Interment was in Sunset.
The little boy's mother died sev
eral years ago, and he is survived
by his father, one sister and five
brothers.
JUDGE WEARING ROBE
MISTAKEN FOR THE POPE
New Bern.—When Judge I. M.
Meekins of Elizabeth City, presid
ing here over a week's term of fed
eral court, appeared in the crowded
halls of the federal building wear
ing his long, flowing black judge’s
robe, he aroused much curiosity and
interest from the large throng of
spectators.
One old countryman from a ru
ral section of Carteret county saw
him suddenly. The old man’s eyes
almost popped out of his head. He
grabbed a friend’s arm and whis
pered excitedly:
"Lord God Almighty, there's the
r''-r»o f»f Pofno ’*
BOB REYNOLDS TO
SPEAK ON TUESDAY
FOB YOUNG VOTERS
Asheville Man Comes Here. Sena
tor Cole B!ease Invited
To Attend Also.
The members ot the young Dem
ocratic voters clubs in Shelby and
over the county are to hear some
headline speakers here in the three
weeks remaining before the election.
A telegram received by A. R. Ben
nett, county organizer, yesterday
from State Chairman O. M. Mull
stated that R. R. (Our Bob) Rey
nolds, brilliant young Asheville
speaker, would address young voters
of Cleveland county at a big rally
to be held in the court house here
next Tuesday night.
Expect Throng.
Reynolds is one cf the most pop
ular young leaders in the state and
at a recent meeting young voters
of this county asked to hear him.
Chairmen of the various clubs
over the county are asked by Mr.
Bennett to note the date and bring
as many members of thei
clubs as is possible. In Shelby this
week committees ol the local club
headed by young mein are putting
on a whirlwind drive for new mem
bers and several hundred additional
Democrats were enrolled Wednes
day and Thursday
For All To Hear.
The Reynolds address will be pri
marily for the young voters but all
Democrats in the county are urged
to hear the man who toured the
world in a flivver, Mrs. R. L. Ry
burn, chairman of the women voters,
. plans to have several hundred of
her club members hear Reynolds.
Cole Biease Likely.
The Mull telegram also stated
that he had invited Senator Cole
Blease, of South Carolina, to ad
dress the young voters of the coun
ty on Tuesday night, Oct. 23. A re
ply from Senator Blease has not
been received as yet, but it is hoped
that he will be able to attend.
At a recent meeting of the young
voters here one of the younger
leaders declared:
' "We want to hear one fire-eater
at least before the election.”
“Who do you want?” he was ask
ed.
“Cole Blease,” was the answer.
And he may come.
STEALING CHARGES
IN COURT GRIND
Judge Mull Has Heavy Court At
Kings Mountain. One Store
Breaking,
County Judge John Mull had a
heavy court grind at Kings Moun
tain Thursday, several stealing
charges being on the docket
Elisha Neely, charged with break
ing and entering the Pasour garage
and store, was hound over to su
perior court under a $300 bond. The
robbery took place in September
but Neely was arrested recently aft
er it was said he sold some pocket
knives. The loot taken from the
store consisted of knives, rings, and
hosiery.
Charlie Miller and his wife, Em
ma. were also bound over to su
perior court under $300 bonds each
on the charge of stealing a carpen
ter's tools.
Bud Smyre, colored, in court for
the second time on a driving drunk
charge was fined $100 and tr.e costs
and ordered not to drive a car again
for six months. He appealed. Bud
was on the way home from a “sanc
tified revival” when arrested.
In another case two colored men
were fined $10 each on the charge
of disturbing religious worship, and
three defendants were fined $10
each on whiskey charges.
Big Rally On For
Hoey Class Sunday
Hope To Have Over 300 Men To
Hear Bible Class Teacher
Sunday.
“He’s even more entertaining as
a Sunday school teacher than he is
as a political speaker and we are
going to have between three and
four hundred men hear him Sun
day morning,” state members of
the attendance committee of Clyde
Hoey's Bible class at Central Me
thodist church.
A special rally day for old mem
bers and new members is to be held
Sunday and a special program will
be given in addition to the usual
Hoey lecture.
Every member of the class is be
ing urged this week to bring in at
least two new men Sunday and a
cordial invitation i* extended every
l man in Shelby and Cleveland coun
Candidate and Granddaughter
This exclusive photo shows Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
nominee for governor of New York, with his little granddaugh
ter, Anna Eleanor Dali, 18 months old, the unusual study being
obtained by a staff photographer upon the return of Mr. Roose
velt to his Hyde Park. N. Y., home.
(International Illustrated News)
Klan Head Fights At
But Scorns K. C, Oath
Duncan Denounces False Oath
Being Circulated Against
Gov. Smith,
Forest City.—In e statement giv
en out here. Dr. Amos C. Duncan,
grand dragon ot the Ku Klux Klan
of North Carolina came to the de
fense- -oUhfi^JCniehts of Columbus
and in no uncertain terms declared
his conviction that a purported
oath, widely circulated as that of
the Catholic order, was spurious.
Dr. Duncan declared that he had
never had a part in its circulation
and added that no North Carolina
klansman would he permitted to aid
in its distribution in the future, if it
is within his power to prevent it.
The grand dragon declared open
warfare on Governor Smith’s presi
dential candidacy, emphasized that
the klan would not be permitted to
engage in unfair methods in its
political fight, and intimated that
the battle on the Democratic nomi
nee would be based cn the gover
nor's legislative record, and his
ideas of social equality, immigra
tion and prohibition rather than
on religious grounds. ,
Dr. Duncan’s statement follows:
“I have been noticing with con
siderable interest the many news
items in the daily press during the
past, several weeks concerning the
spurious fourth degree Knights of
Columbus oath and from editorial
comment in a few of our papers
some people may be led to believi:
that the Ku Klux Klan has spon
sored the distribution and that we
will continue to distribute it during
the present campaign.
“I have studied closely the result
of the investigation of the alleged
oath and sincerely believe it to be
spurious. For that reason I have
never had this alleged oath distri
buted and so far as I know it has
not been distributed by any North
Carolina klansman and I will not
sponsor nor permit it to. be done
to prevent.
“Even though many kiansmen of
North Carolina are opposed to Gov
ernor Smith for president, we de
sire to conduct ourselves as honest,
fair, upright citizens and will have
plenty of literature for distribution
which will contain undisputable
facts, such as his legislative record,
his ideas on social equality, immi
gration and prohibition."
P. L. Buff Dead,
Funeral On Sunday
Mr. Peter L. Buff, well known cit
izen of the up county section died
last Sunday and was buried Sunday
afternoon at Pisgah church, where
he had been a consistent member
for about 50 years.
Mr, Buff was 71 years of age and
death resulted from paralysis.
Five of his sons and a son-in-law
were pall bearers. They were Lee,
Scott, Benny, John and Marvin
Buff and Bynum Crowell. Six of
the eleven surviving children are
daughters. They are: Mrs. Bynum
Crowell. Mrs, A. A. Parker. Mrs.
Sam Duncan, Mrs. C. M. Cook, Mrs.
Cleveland Buff and Miss Bertha
Buff.
Judge Webb Gives
Lecture To Young
Wife In Charlotte
Charlotte.—“Vain desire for fine
clothing and luxuries is the beset
ting sin of the generation," Judge
James Webb, of Shelby, declared in
Mecklenburg superior court ad
dressing Mrs. J. W Blalocx, pretty
matron and mother of three chil
dren who threw herself cn the
mercy of the court after pleading
guilty to a charge of forging checks
at a department store here.
Judge Webb continued the case
until this morning when lie is
scheduled to pass final judgment.
Now that war is outlawed, nations
need armament only to show what
they could do if they hadn't re
-formed.—Windsor Border Cities
Star.
Cotton Estimates Range From
27,066-58,000 Rales In County
Several Pessimistic Estimates And
Two Optimistic Ones On
County Cotton.
._
Estimates cn the Cleveland coun
ty cotton crop as tendered The
Star this week range from 27,000
hales to 58,000 bales—a slight dif
ference of 30.000 oales.
Est invites seem to vary accord
mg to the section they come from;
ir* .fictions vrere the crop outlook
is good many expect to see the
record crop of lest sear equalled or
surpassed, while in other sections a
noticeable increase .s nn'K ’pcted
At the end ot th' rinr re sea
tr-n* The S’t-IT Vill yet- tjvp dollars
cash to the bes* estimate of the
total county cron. All estimates
must be written on a slip’of caper
with the address ot *he on i making
the estimate, and all estimates, must
be in by October 31.
Recent estimates include the
following: J. B. Hoyle, 31,721; Mrs.
John M. Hoyle, 27,637; G. F Brown
ing. 35.490; Mrs. Alice Bridges, 50,
000; Mrs. John Bridges, >8 000: R.
L. Harris, 42,200; Roscoe McWhor
ter, 49,000; T'.vitty Green 45,991;
G. E. Griffin, 46,075; R. J Boat
wright, 38.0N; Sam Eaker, 47,038;
Ambrose McWhorter. 41,300: J. C
Newton, 44|475; A M Hamrick
40,900; A j Newton, 45,217; Let
M-ivhf\v. 4'y,80.
Thousands
See Smith
In State
Cleveland County People Cheer
Democratic Nominee At
Charlotte Thursday.
Several hundred Cleveland
county people were among the
milling thousands who last
night greeted Gov. A1 Smith
during his short stop at Char
lotte. The main thoroughfares
of the Queen City were jammed
with cheering throngs to greet
the first Democratic candidate
to come South in 30 years, and
the guest of honor returned the
greeting with his magnetic smile
and waves of the world's best
known brown derby.
Governor Smith’s Train En Route
Across North Carolina.’ Oct. 11.—
The first Democratic presidential
nominee to invade the “solid south”
in more than 30 years, Governor
Smith today, in two informal ad
dresses at Richmond and Raleigh,
the capitals of Virginia and North
Carolina, told the people of Dixie
that all sections of the country “be
long to the one great big family of
states that make up the greatest
nation in the world.”
Passing through the two southern
states on his second campaign tour
in his fight for the presidency. Gov
ernor Smith found large and en
thusiastic crowds to welcome him at
almost a dozen cities and towns.
He conferred cm his special train
with the Democratic chieftains, of
the two states, including Governor
Byrd of Virginia and McLean ,of
North Carolina, Senator Glass, of
Virginia, and Josephus Daniels of
Raleigh, former secretary of the
navy, and received from them re
ports that indicated a satisfactory
political situation in the section.
Governor Smith delivered his
second informal address of the day
at Raleigh, late today, expressing
his appreciation of his reception by
the people of Dixie.
After more than an hour’s stay,
which included a motor tour of
Raleigh. Governor Smith left the
city on his special train en route to
four other North Carolina cities,
Greensboro, Durham, Salisbury and
Charlotte.
At Greensboro a large crowd turn
ed out to welcome Governor smith.
Flares and torchlights made the
greeting one of an old fashioned
political character.
Tours Greensboro.
The candidate, together with
Governor McLean and O. Max
Gardner, Democratic nominee for
governor of North Carolina, then
were taken for brief automobile
tours of the city.
"Hello, Al!”
Charlotte, Oct. 12.—The most
famous brown derby in all the
world was seen by tumultuous, yell
ing thousands last night as Al
Smith himself waved it in friendly
greeting to perhaps the greatest
crowd that has ever swarmed the
I streets of the Queen City.
| Nobody knows how many folks
: saw the Empire State’s famous son
| and the Democratic party’s nominee
for the greatest honor in the gift of
the American nation. Some esti
mated it at 50,000; ethers declared
there were more and some thought
that figure too large.
But a throng that packed West
Trade street for several blocks In
the vicinity of the Southern sta
tion and surged and trampled and
jostled itself back and forth to
catch a glimpse of “Al.”
Colorful Crowd.
"Hello, Al," shouted the crowd,
and the New York governor, fa
mous among political friends and
foes alike for his magnetic, vote
winning personality, waved back in
a greeting that might have been
jaunty had he not been so tired
from a day's pilgrimage through
cheering friends or merely curious
folks who just wanted to'see what
this fellow' Al Smith really looks
like.
“Hello, Al, we re for you, old man,”
shouted hundreds as the governor
standing up and waving that ever
present brown darby, waved back.
“Whoever said old Not.’; Carolina
was going Republican anyway?”
others chimed in, • We'll see you in
Washington next year.”
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