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Hoke Smith Addresses Clarke County at Athens Speech
Hon Hoke Smith candidate for Georgia governor spoke to a large Clarke County audience at the skating rink on Clayton street. Farmers, students, and locals attended with supporters escorting him from the depot to the hotel before the speech. Judge George C. Thomas introduced Smith who urged Jeffersonian democracy and drew guarded cheers from a mostly tentative crowd. A medical ad for Kodol followed in the piece.
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