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WEATHER T "T HmUt tatr Tknreday w 4 lair Friday | twtpi trailers shower*. Uf* HMi | VOLUME TWO: NUMBER 184 I Governor Morrison In^ f. - -a i ►* i\ St a t ement Defends l i* , * • ■g;' •» K * ™ataaK___ Position On Deficit jp:’ fi» r\Bi)ra Deficit Is Not in Treasury But in the Tax TSjJf, Collections » ■“ —_ -"i ' Asheville. Aug I—Qovvernor C*m (iw MorrUoa replying to ComutU •loner A. J_ Mar well'* ntatvnt-.it o( last ftaodpAfnight Issued the tol , “I aotedYthc streaming hcad . , U»H as seWral state papers of tbe ■lath that M Is a fixed sad aettlftl fact that there was a deficit of a little awe thsa 15,50©,000 on Decem ber SO. ISIS, la he state revenues the statement ot the special committee appointed by the two bouaa of tb; general assembly Including one prominent Republican Is toUlly Ig v • sored tbe balance sheet made by tbe great auditing company which cost tbe stale about >16,000 la totally >? sored. The whole Better la sum- 1 aasrtly end conclusively against tbe slate. ■ As governor o fall pc pole of North 1 | f Carolina I went to declare to the : pepole o ftbe state that there was i ■at a deficit I ntbe revenues of the I State of North Carolina for the period |. c . . ending December >O. 1922. and to urge the patriotic press even that 1 port of It hoatlle to me and the ad- < „ ministration of which I mn the offi cial head to ascertain the tacts far < themselves and to give the people or 1 the state tbe truth. 1 I R caa be established that North 1 Carolina foiled by >5.000.000 in the ■' , two years ending December 31, 1132, I to levy revenue to myct the appro- j 1 priatlong sad expenses of tbe elate 11 p . tar that period we cannot market any 1 longer at n .price anybody would 1 * ptos the security so ftbls slate. The fad that we have been able to do so 1 slpca the a»gau|t Wgs made upon the I revenues of the state la due to the fact That the great financial tnatttu < Mobs ood trotters pf New York have ’ mmtbod Into the charge, know II • to be (alse nnd yet the securities fin- 1 ” ally go to Investors. And the assault < published here la our state upon the 1 financial policies of tbe “state lytve 1 been broadcasted over the country to the greet hurt of tbe a tote. In the j matter of marketing IU securities , This la not a mater Which the most i DIMES 111 HI FULLER CONFESSION mßEsrm » »■£* Shaken To Ita Very * Fnuadatiotta |f WILL BE MADE PUBLIC IN NEAR FUTURE >r New York, Aug t.—Dtsvlosurea of ■o Startling a nature Hint the tlnan clal aactlou of New York will be shaken to Ita foundation)) will l»« y f Bade when the confession of Ed- ward M. Fuller and W. F. MccOee. bankrupt liurketeere la made public, Carl K. Whitney newly named coun sel so rtbn pair declared today coaccrniM a bucket »bop rlna WttV a surprising bualaeaa railAea 1 . thin were included In tbo confession BU. H Attorney Hayward, ac- M 0 :o Mr. Whitney. JBrchead City Is [ Crowded All Season |.. More head tity lx fail becoming K , the “Atlantic City of the South" Literally thouaanda of people are B* keeping the hotel* crowded and re»- |f' crvetlnn* ere necessary If a ponton gg. egpects to net Aral class accomodu-i (fV,; tin nr ■ . The Atlantic Hotel, the lament am) at Morehaad baa- bad one of V '&■ the heat lu year* haring r. N been opening In the r early aprlng Numerous convention* £.. J he)« held *eaaion* there, among Ihe Bapttkt Seaside A*»cntbly and oth ers eqaall) aa large and Important. \ FORSTER HEAD OF FIREMEN DnrhaM. mL *—* »' Fotater chief of the Hill Fire Depar meat waa elected president o fthe North Carolina State Firemen * Asso t atlM at Hr annual convention here R todav H Other off Ur r* named ware Frank Meaner Durham, vice president J R L Millar. aecreUrytraaaurer. ru i elected. Charlea W. htryon Mqre hood o*7 mtjneet S u «a»k~—.a-*.—! THE GOLDSBORO NEWS V 1 ■ i -■ ll bitter oppoaeat of tbe administra tion caa afford to be partisan or un fair about. “Tbe truth must be aacertolned If cea be easily done It the »r*sa°bf tbe state will ceaae to pay ao much attention to what tbe leading figures la tbe controversy my nod go to the audit and get tbe tads aad give them to the people as their Own statements and not as quotations from the dis putants In controversy Tbe matter can be settled. I appeal to them to tlsansblp bat In love of their state and the truth. What arc tbe facta, “The revenue provided for In the state revenue act of IMI-22 proved to be ample ts meet the appropria tions made for tbe two years aad tbe cxpeaeee against tbe stajk. But it is true tbit pending the collection of tbe taxes for each year the state bad to borrow money or-let Its bilk go unpaid. Tbe borrowing reached Its peak at tbe end of tbe second year to wltf “December 36. 1931 —tbe coet be cause practically all the -quotations are charges against the state for the period ot two years bad been paid at that time and n large part of tbe taxes for tbe year of 1919. had not been collected The amount borrow rowed la calle da ffefidt by Mr. Max well and his foDofieft ..and for this be Is hailed as saviour and here and a friend of the people aad are now about to make him a candidate for governor according to the report from Raleigh. “Deficit In what 1 would like for the press to make clear to the peft ptoT “Why of coarse a deficit In colUc (ton of take* awd not to the raveAea levied during the period. ' Ofi the 31st day of December. 1932. against this borrowed money In the shape of overdrafts on the special account of the atate and in money borrowed In notes qf the stole there were out-„ standing all the taxes due by tbe railroads for both 1921 and 1923 Because tbe railroad* had tied this sum up In tow suits and we could not collect it. LAYMEN’B MEET AT JUNALUSKA ■e , , lake Junaluaka, N. C„ Aug S.— Preparation* have been completed for what la greateat con ference for laymen ever held by tbe Method tat Episcopal I'hurtb. South.' Vhtyh open* here on, Auguat lb'with sessions that ' will ettond through August 15, according to announce ment today by O. L. Moreloek. head of the floard of laty Activities which waa 'oTFMsed at the last genecgl conference of the chnrck. Mr. lock said not le*a than Z.OOO laymen from all parta of the South are ei ported to attend Mr. Moreloek raid through the Hoard of I,ay Activities In It* varlou* unit* of organlatlon from the gen eral board, down through the ronfer i ence. the dletrtct. the local charge and church, the purpone I* to mrouse laymen of the church to luumr bu-r --dena of church affalra. “Some of the high light* of the goodeonference will be found In tbe good fellowship which abound* at junaluaka." nald M r v JJoweioeli The biggest men in the'’ church will h* there and there will be opportunity to hpar and meet a number of the -artist leaders of religious thought In America.'’ There will be an pen forum aach day. led by Sid H Hlun. Secretary of Hfiin, Montgomery. Ale; Judge M. C. .dhllder*. San Antonio; T S South gate. Norfolk and Judge W. Ersklne William*. Fort Worth, The *e**lnns of the conference will be held in the Mission llulldlng with th<- inception of platform ad-, dresses which WlfT Mhc place In the main .auditorium Speaker* on the program .in the urdar of their Aral appeurnnee. an-: DrrErnesl C. Vebb, University of Teia*. Austin; Hlshop W. H Ib-a champ. In charge of work of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. In Europe; Dr. C. M McConnell, «pe 1 rtal.tat In rural mission*. Methodist I Episcopal church. Chicago. SI dH. Bias. Secretary or State for Alaba ma. aad lay leadar of the Alabama conference; Judge John H Clarke, former Aaaoctate Jostle.- of the Su peeme Court of the United States. Youngstown. Ohio; Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder. Prenldent of Wofford Col lace. Spartanburg. S C.; Blabop Ed win D. Housoo. In charge of Metho dist interests to the Mem _ t Coo tinned OB Page Three) I ■ ** 'll GOLDSBORO. N. C\ THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 9, 1923 gideok sin i ' STACY WIDE HI ! dOSIIR SESSION ] Colored Folks Join in Universal Sorrow Over fhc l-au ' President [ WILL MEET IN RALEIGH NEXT YEAR The outstanding feature at the ‘ closing day of the Grand 1-odge Knights of Gideon was the address r ot State Insurance Commissioner. Mr. I Stacey W. Wade. After hearing giow ( Ing report* of tbe State work from , ( District Deputies Deputy Mothers. ( s and classes, tbe deck Wan cleared i and made ready for tbe appearance pf Mr. Wad* whose address Is In de-l toll below. It was received with keen appre-| elation and a unanilnoua vote -of ’ thanks tendered the speaker. Upon suggestion from Mr. Wade' ' the lodge stood silent and with boweifj ' heads, ns a token of respect to the late President Warren G. Harding | Then the reports of the following 1 committees were approved, grievance. 1 education, temperance and Reaolu- ( 1 lions. Tbe committee on place of next | meeting reported Raleigh fikvoAble. ' 1 Supreme officers as a matter of j ( 1 encouragement and appreciation of, past services were donated 9100. The death of 295 members was* | 1 solemnised In an appropriate engol- 1 istlc sfTvlce, led by Dr. W. H. Moore. I ■ I A free will offering of >14.50 was 1 made to the Winston-Salem orphan- 1 ; age. * 1 The lodge upon motion of Sir G. A. Moore, of New Bern voted to send i some befitting expression of symp* I thy to tbe bereaved of tbe late Pres- ' ' ideal. A special vote or thanks was ten- ‘ dared all sources for tbe pleasant stay In Goldsboro. Thanks were also extended to the 1 Goldsboro News and Dally Argus for ( liberal spate given the convention < nod to ft.' J.' Cooke. pedal reporter.l < Meeting adjfiuraod to maakLfa Hal-1 , elgh. N. t\. August. 1934. | < This statement was made by fifacey , I W. Wade. State Insurance Com mis-' < sloner. In the enure* of an address, before tbe Orend 1-pdge of Knights of Gideon ,( Negro) in session here. 1 “If there Is any hope for your peo ple; If they a|« to become a power 1% our civilization; .a factor tn our In- ' (I list rial development; If they are to < receive the greatest benefit from your labors and to cyeale a provlnc ok ° permanent existence, It must b up on* Ihlr, own soil, among their own < people. And by virtue of the concert- I ed effortSni,. make each Individual a liefer tclftken. ( of his coiumuity and slate. ” “No man or woman among yuor people or mine .can ever break away ' from Indigence and servility so long I •a be or she makes no effort to learn •' und apply the rules of health, saril- i Ist lon and thrift, said Mr. Wade i "LowmlndedOess has no plfifcc in So- ) < lety. Religion bj in business, for ‘As , a man llilnkoth In his heart, ao Is'he’ i and life in every sphere nr clime la a continual struggle fur supremacy, a I s Ikurlvlval of the flettoat. regardless i‘ ok racial equalllels or environment "Sixty years of constant struggle 1 have taught the peopl eor both races i that 'No man llveth to himself, nor i by bread alone ’ That period has 1 - been characterised by achievements 1 In your race no less -remrakablej « than In my own. and each added I i your ranks a higher step In the pro-j 1 , greas of both toward a nldeal t ill-1 zensblp I feel that It is especially > fortunate that during this period you , i have been thrown among people un- . I dergolng the same transition and far » In gtbe same problems A people i who have understood w>fir charac r teristics, who have sympathised with • and undertaken to aid In eyery move i ment l(M>klng to your advancement. To Indicate how successful our i combined efforts in Ibis cectlon r have been, contrast your lot with that j, . of tbe foreign element that has Im. - migrated to our northern shores In » a constant stream, not as slaves, but ( ss free men. eligible for American • citizenship Theq. no doubt, were at- j S traded there by the same lure that , now tempts so many of your own • people What has their stay In that , country of wealth and culture done • for them’ YlnH any metropolis of the North, composed of a mixed popula f lion and notwithstanding the great - opportunities whtch are sal e in the** Hint*, you will find the’ for i. rljm born httosed in the stunt dls- I - trlds sweltering In an unbearable t heat or shivering In Inlena* cold. ll*- I. Ing In filth and poverty, with no his- j • tory to he proud of and little hpoc ,* tor a future. Out of such a lietro- j t.! geneous mass has grown crime and - thievery, the gangster and the gun i. men It la a natural condition for! n say section where there Is a lack of I* sympathy, concerted effort and a un-l l* formlty la purpose to build forthe 1 h fture. <'ompare tbevlr progress with r> the wonderful achievements ot ibei .] Jh (« ogttßUed <m Page Three) ■ V ' 4y A * ’ * 9 h MEMOfIIIL TO i. I ‘ PRESIDENT HOE FDIDIV IFTEim Will t all *Citis«nry To Houhc Where Servicmt Will Be HeM RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED IN MEETING At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held at noon Quday, und presided ovev by (be prealdasnt of tbe Chamber. Mr. John H. Ha,wley. the resolutions adopted by the executive committee of tbe Chamber yesterday evening, were ndorsd nnd a commu nity memorial meeting in hooor of the late lamented President Harding called, to be held In the Court House auditorium on Friday arte muon nexU August 10. at 5 o'clock, the bnur of the president's last funeral rites la Marlon. Ohio. It la desired and urged that there be a universal atendancs at this me morial meeting Friday afternoon, that all buslneaa and men and cltlxens In general *Us pend all usual avocations at the appoint «d hour and attand this meeting, tor which the following program haa been arranged. Invocation -Rev. C. V. Brooks, pas tor of Second Baptist church Anthem— America. Hymn—The late Prealdont'a fav orite—“la-ad Kindly I4ght.“ Two Ten Minute >dka; “Harding the President"—fitol. Geo K. Free man. “Harding Tbe Man’—Mr. Ken neth C. Royall. Report of Resoiuttone • ommtttoe. Benediction The resolutions adopted by the ex ecutive committee of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon wyre as follows: w 1 MRf That, wbbfeda. the Mineral of War ren G,. Harding, late President of the United States, will be held at Ohio, on Frida/ tbe loth taatant. nnd whereas, the cltlxens of Use City of Goldsboro, doslre. to show their profound sympathy -to the lampsr able toes thus sustojnod by the na tion. It Is therefore resolved that tbe cltlzehx of Goldsboro bd requested to close tbelr respective places of 'business from 5 to • p m during the funeral service at our lamented Praslddnt. ’f And it- Is .further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be puhllab e din all the papers of.tbe city. As U;> funeral services over the 'Mead president conclude la Ms- on rn luy *4<ng. “Taps" will be flsxh < d by the Associated Prsaa tbrough- Ihe nation, and at that moment our elt)i fire Bell will give the signal. 'Tap*" will be sounded by bugle!--* throughout *1 "* t * >p aolnd •very cl *.en I* naked to\>uii*e wher evo- he or at* be and with bared, an-', bow «l l.eud pay the tribute of a mo meiit'a ra> *e and reflection on the •olimn taep./nt. Tbe D. A. R a asked to observe a period of mourning. The local chapter fhiughUra of the American Revolution, through the Htale Regent. wre^r-K^riag l Hr., of Charlotte, received the folMiw- Ing telegram; “The whole nation ' mourns Presi dent Harding's death Memorial Con tinental Hall closed to public. Flag la .ft half mast Am President-Gen eral. I request the suspension of all social activities of our society until un appropriate time, not earlier than two weeks after tbe President's death. iSignedi Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook - Prealdent-Geuerul. D. A. R." BUSINESS COLLEGE IS IN NEW QUARTERS Moffe liusinesH Mchpol at Wil mington Iff Now Ideated - Modem Building The Motte Husineas tqyllege of Wtl- I 111 Ing ton, N. c\, la now located'ln the* liandHome new liulldlng at the Corner I of Second and Princes* 81 reels, occu I pylng tl;e i-nllre fourlh ««ir of this I bnUdlng. The Molte School Is well known 1 throughout North Carotin* It ha* graduated a number of pupils from Wilson. la-nolr, Wayne and other rountlea In this section and Is rec ognized as one of the best husluev* schools tn the B<*utb | I TROOPS ORDERED OUT IN GEORGIA uilledgrvllle. Ga.. Aug I.- Gov- ' | ernor Clifford Walker of Georgia, to- ! night ordered Sheriff LJ. Terry and hta deputies to guard the Georgia j training s< hnol for Itoya lia ated near here when reports were rewpMaft ihat then- might he g repsSHkm hare late tonight of tbe trouble last night when a band of 25 u a masked men at > temped to setae had whip Tem i Thomas aad Ma Wff* Mfifre gfilfttftt -1 apto at the imUfftnHoiL I Harding Leaves Washington Forever As Bands Softly Play Old Hymn ‘LeadKindlyUght*’ Mi OF BEUS WILL MJLBK CO OF MDK HOME Hhrouded In Mourning Marion AwnJl* lla Dead and B«- iovod Citizen AGED FATHER SITS IN TH$ OIJ) HOME . Marina, Ohio. Aug •.—(•») lie Aka-j luted Press) —Warren •> Hard ■ t la iti hi* laat journey hot .in wl ,il >1 muded in mouralo* await* hla coming. Unlike hla departure and arrival In tbe dialaat peat whan llttla notice waa taken of bia mote uit-nta and all unlike the near pant *he« they were announced with re joicing. tumor row'a arrival will be heralded by the tolling of tbe bella. "hen the nation‘a funeral truln hearing the late prealdent In Ita flag draped coffin croaaea the Marion county line and begina •to travnnte the county where be laid tbe foun dation for a character which made hloi tbe nation a beloved. Marloal bella will begin to peal They will continue to toll at 30 aeconda Inter vale until the body haa been net at rent in the home o hla father. Aa aoon as the body U placed In the Harding home the htmoet priv acy will he maintained there for a few hour*. It will be a eacred hour in that home In Mast City street for 'bare alia the aged father lx>we<l In grief, who for aeven days will have been waiting tbe Uma. conning the *.oura and the minute* wfien he might be with hie son even though there can be no spoken greeting, no relumed smile, no gentle handclasp. After this silent communion the doors will be thrown open from 3 to 10 p. m. and friend* of the dead president will be permitted to pae* by hi* bier. They also will be al lowed to pass again Friday * ■ **» I® I f. m before (be body la removed to tbe cemctnfy lor brief funeral services The nation luivlpg today held fun eral service*. fur'Tts president' In. all *tallines* and honor due hi* exalt**!- imaHlon Marlon Friday will conduct funeral services for Ita moat • dia tlngulHhed cltixen. ADDITIONS . TO THE FACULTY OF the University August f-jjy an nflort ' u mMU' Ihe rorp* of Ipalrur lkja*^ —, mi nil equal fooling with the Increase in the num ber of atudenl* and the general phyalcal expansion bf the university, one full professor, six associate pro fessors. elgtli assistant professors, and about fifteen Or twenty Instruc tor* have recently been added to tbe faculty. Perhap* the uioel Important of these addition* 1* tbe securing of Dr, Thoms* L. Kihler ol the University 'd Washington Seattle. Washington, a* head of the Department of Eco nomic* fir the School of Cdmmtrce l»r |) I) Carroll. J*can of the Sc hool of Commerce. ha* lieen acting aa head of thl* department at tbe same time' he haa lieen carrying on hla other duties Dr. Klbler become* bead of tile department a* a full professor The History Department get* air associate professor. Dr. Chester F Highy of the University of West Vir ginia. Morganton. Went Virginia, and' na aa*tstanl professor. Prof. A. H I Newsome of Ann Arbor. v||< hlgun . Mr. Newsome is-a graduate o? the - ICnlverslly of North Carolina Two! assistant professor*. Dr. Harold H ( Smart ‘of Cornell University and, ! Prof Paul Oreene of Ihe University| of North Carolina and Cornell Unl verslly are added lo Ihe Department ,of Philosophy All (he work In (hi* department has previously been done, by Dr. Hlrace William* Dr Paul Harrison Dike of Roberts College, Constantinople, aa an asso ciate professor, will replace Prof. A. H Patterson In the Physics Depart ment for a year and Prof Albrecht Neeter will replace Prof P H Dag gelt In the Department of Electrical F.ngtncrlug for a year The other three associate professors are Prof Willard K Atkins of ihe University of CJdcago. professor of business Dr A M Jordon of the Un-I Ttrstly of Arkansas, as professor of edseatfcnn*i psychology, and Prof. D A Mai pherson of the Depattment of Nygietie and Uacterlology In the ♦ C iHMIZUed o«l Page Pour) - I M - fljkFi IMhu fc * •m, fW- m w ■"■■••**"»mn*B*m«owwnw Beautiful and Impressive Ceremony Marks Nation’s Last Tribute To Its Dead President / * WASHINGTON. August Bc—(By the Anoocialod PimU ** r ™. H * r ‘ ,i «Ur i«ft Washington tonight for evor. His ikpt eventful moment of power and heavy care wu ended Hla nitv of rest begun. < “ Y euttr-yenr the flooding tide of deotiny boro Mm enotward i * ,nke “P challenge of Inaderntiip Ihe milliono of hlo non try men had thrown to him. Today, that tide ebbod vedMid again under the Netting sun. The Hinging rails bore him lo the quiet town in Ohio whence he came. “ , ( Grim-voiced, dint an l gun* npohe the nation’, farewal «i the funeral train drew out. A legion of armed Mon iteM with riflea and sabres at salute. Qreat folk and snuill in llmir tham nands stood silent and with heads bared In the fading Nnfct M evening, and the dead president waa gone. Hut. behind him lhara In ths halls i of the senate where he moved In hi* 1 happiest hours In the capital or again (her* In the bleak, lonely rooms of (be deserted While Hou#* where' were passed tbe heavy gays and nights or care that brought him to 1 hla untimely death. Uagyred brave 1 memories such aa he would be proud tonight to know fllled men's minds 1 a* ihey though! of him. p There were memories of Harding Ihs prealdent. Memories that dealt 1 with hla devotion to ifuty. bis lovalty lo those who worked with him. hi* I patient, juel. use of his great power, hla high courage In offlee, hla utter I love of country. p But there ware other memories of 1 Harding, the man Harding the kindly, thoughtful, joyous, comrade 1 the friend of all who offered friend- 1 1 Ship worthy Harding of the great haart and modest, simple way*, no pride of place could change, gad i tbeae worn the memories treaauragj closest tonight in ths bgart of Washington waa gone from Washing-' ton. splendidly and flftlogly gone aa! i wont the day that -for_ him brimmed j i With honors as brimmed the cup of I life heavy with- It* ofjreat neae scarce tasted as hla llpe. wbaat; death no ruthlessly struck It aaide.L Done from the place and tbe com-l, rjWe* of hi* greatness Goo* with \ tbn Ibvlog cate of a brave woman to shelter him on hi* laat journey. For In this whole day of pump i snd circumstance that man have, made to aurroUnd the great there waa d»° thing more touching than tba , dauntless courage with which Mrs. , Harding carried tbrough the public OPflogli. As her black gowned flgure paaaed out of the crowded atone etr- , cle where the runeral rite* were held i every glance waa for her—every aym- | pa thy There waa. admiration that , brought the clutch of choked back tubs to-many a throat at the brave. , slmpd* dignity of her carriage that | still could not bide Ihe depth of , her woe" There were eyes turned , misty then thou thsi had sbe<L no 1 , leura before j ( And It was this distant throbbing , of ,(b* drum* that carried word of \ their coming to those watting In tft ■ flower fl|lsit < oh amber beneath ttte | towering dome throbbing that great i grief neerer until at last It gave ' place to tbe softly rising tones of a I great army band that played "l,ea«l Kindly Light.” aa the flait wound i casket was lifted slowly up Ihe long I wide stone step* No sight of the , spectacle on the plaxa waa visible to j I those within th* rotunda. i For |t ran In men's mind that this i brave little woutua had waited long I to he alone with her deed, had ever. ■ because of the greutnesa of hla place < found courage to loan Jiliii here lo 1 the nation whose Ap-rvtrc had de- < mauded 11% life that be might lie reo- ' derwd the > honor* men would do him ' Even *he had crushed back her 1 legra and come thus to pray In pub- 1 , lie over Ihe hlar when her heart 1 < cried out lo lie alone wllh her dead 1 * and so rthe clrceaae of unshed tear* 1 l and the intimate friends of sorrow, ’ Hut II could not lie Deed, the na-! 1 ' lion claimed him as living. II swept 11 J him to hi* high office and there was ' no nisrk of honor denied through the ' lona hour* that the page* of history 1 could recall for his acclaim Me waa carried from Ihe Whited House which lied sheltered hie for -those Inst brief hour* with all Hie military pomp arfd glory that ! ' •load Presidents or such heroes Ms j the unoknown soldier ibay know. Nor In the memory of living man hA* such high honor lieen paid save at Ihe death aa such martyr* of the cause j , of freedom aymboUxi-d and glorlflad In the flag From Ihe dim east room and Ita heavy scented flowers tRe dead pres ident Wae home Into a a day vivid ! with stinahlne The reverent homage , beside the bier of gn honor laden American All of the gteal folks of Washing ton followed niter Among thhin I were the diplomat* who spunk kor« «iji i i ~ 'iVv ii i'i«Yiait*aiaHMlMMkviiiiillly^iliiSi t .. . ,n« -> c.-s n . -4 MEMBER Off •< ASSOCIATED PRESS n. an*,- 1 FIV^ of thn wot os of thefr king*, of, er n men t*. to taatif) that hnmgg'||M * pnthy u> n nation In griaf known no bnrrlvr of aM or land Than also w«r* the great judffn* and Ik* aor rowrul cabinet offkwra, (Bn M |MW ®nd ih* members of tim htuin igma bavk from varied UtOgji 1. (£ sad moment Annin block >J2r block behind stretched UtHRa '“II the Chilian urgaalgntlong "ashlngton out fuJIsmTlC bieo who head the bureoNA end df via lone of the grant I'-linant <) partmenta. Tbe Army and Ngv* Marine rorp* *errtng hlp'hMrwß ing now la ordered llnea. tlmlr tank sleeves wound with mournful MUk. t ooting thn* to Cnpttel Hill the hands ceased for the ellmfl $$ the wide plaxa on (be eaat front wkeM president* take oath. Tw £LjL fl«d drum* took up the jah |*M ' "lumn climbed the JBmPjZ bi. .i-u way. Only U* four grsal fgjlAA AkL tug uorth. east, .M-cw* to that atodh iSkSt'" Hindnw* are arranefdlM^famfl jSt above ai the base of f|e dome MM 'he llghl they save geotly afcnduA A* It poured do we to lllimlnhk •siting In the easier. Flunked kn lie honor guard of U«h MhaMfl .and admirals, the heevy> ttSSt l Sp carried slowly to Its piece a * wreath of bright colors reeling ahWra (he quiet Steeper Then frhm hte Henate ' *Mn .Hh erect alender figure of the,-|m£ rul widow with her etcort of mZ| who served meet Intimately Wfth fi dead chief, to a place neuff the m 3 * of the pier Her fees wed i*Mftat invisible behind the Mack veflehr wore. Rut no man 1 who >wnw carriage could doubt the confphp lip bruughl her (bare or the MMk fm that fllled her heart The fmlpldA' services were striking hi Mr piletty against tbe hnchglWSM ft military and grandgßr ffleiß by the Tonieraf parade, short prayers, the mijrrauatas «AJmm voices joined la the old, oM *o*# of tbe Imrd'e prayer, the. scripturß) rending and the blending vo(Mg as a male aunrtet In the Wm that marked this funeral arMp. where, "load Kindly lAght/’ the hymn best beloved by the dandf-pM#- dent and at the end "Nearer My QM To Thee,” with Ma maaeage of Okfir (lan resignation. Hardly a word of the ‘-T~tTgllgy *poken by Dr. Freeman Anderegn K “ the Bn pi let Church Praaldgnl agd Mrs. Harding alteaded In Wonhtai- . (on or of th* latter plea for dHiqa mercy made hy Dr. ' j chaplain or the houee. -*ITT' through the -chamber. Joylooe eohyo* from the encircling walla cangßt up the voices and made them MadthM*- 'But every word of tbe hymns cuM* clearly and the organ llhn Cktlb 0 rose and fall with wondnatM) npd touching nffecl under the mniidM roof. Tears flowed freely among |k atlll audience aa th* t)Wd chord lingeringly away far. above. Tkß was all adve tbe beoedlctiW It dp a* simply aa M’arran Harding MM*' self would 41a 1 c had It for ha mad* no parade of hi* (mat Vo th«' gMfl ■ean of God. And too. aa h* ■» given himself In Iffe to the 9fnl)M of the iieople of hf* country #k* given now In death for a brim hong that theymighi *ee hint * leaping go peacefully In lhat great dnskel to which lender hands had (onflded m besides the far Golden Gate g week age * S "-ben Mre. Harding had gone ofi with her the great eympatiiy and t*)e*»lua of those who had bvtajp glimpsed bar sorrow the flog «w gently drawn back, the beery rteel of Ihe cover waa sot aside and Udhe who knew him In life saw agnM tfl* face of Warren Harding. If dfns • peaceful face untouched by the ran. ape* of the abort Illness 1 The broad brow was trnnqMl MM save for the slight hollow tklf Ink always brings Be might again N | sleep fay a few short hour* It hard. I) aeomed that thn aMvtt gMttMflflM fled, that the ltd* wo«M mLA % show the kindly thoagMM +*>
The Goldsboro News (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 9, 1923, edition 1
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