The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-11-16
THE WILSON ENTHUSIASTS
CELEBRATE

. Make the Welkin Ring with
Their Noise The Celebra.
/ ton THURSDAY and Friday
Nights Greatest Enthusi-
asnn Ever Manifested Here
Things Have Assumed a
Normal State Now.
If you like to see people give vent
to their pent up feelings in a good
i natured way you should have been
i 10 High Point early Friday morning
and Friday night.
il A:little after midnight Thursday.
just about the time those left on the
streets here, were getting ready to
celebrate Wilson's victory a crowd
came over from Greensboro, carry
/ ing the good news also, and within
a few minutes something was doing
10 lees than one hour two hundred
citizens had been aroused from their
beds to the streets to join in the
4 merry making. Of course about
every one in High Point was awake
! ahd remained so during the rest of
the night for who could sleep with
SO much noise. Automobiles runn-
ing here and there blowing their
horns, filled with 'lusty-lunged boys
and men, cow bells rim gins, beating
tin pans. blowing all kinds of horns
and screeching things. dragging plow
shares, titf buckets, galvanized wash
tubs, ringing the big school bell,
blowing the huge fire whistle 10
coupaets of three for three solid hours,
turning in the fire alarm and cutt-
ing up jack in general did these
200 men and young men from. two
O'Clock until the break of day. And
above all the din could be heard
"Wilson'--'Wo 'drow, he's our man.
-,Hurrah for wilson and the like.
The racket never ceased until ply
sical exhaustion occurred, Homes
of well known republicans were
visited and draped in mouraine and
excuses made to get them out of
bed The store of Blair Hoskins
was draped and other innocent
pleasantries INDUCED in at the ex
lpeuse Of the republicans. So much
for Friday night 1
Thursday at the noon hour a very
serious" funeral occurred at the
plant of the Southern Car Co. one of
the men acted as minister. others
as pail bearers, the relatives" fol-
lowed with crepe on their arms
the body of Hughes was being Con-
signed to the grtv. while the crowd
chanted a solemn hymn. The
preacher" concluded the services
with 49,.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
Here we lay Hughes body to rust.
But Friday night was the real big
time. The word had gone out that I
the democrats expected to pull off a
big one and when the magic hour of
7:3O arrived hundreds of people were
on hand to take part in the celebra-
ton. The scene of action was at
the South Main street graded school
building and the line of march was
up Main to the vacant lot owned by
the city where the festivities ended,
Four hundred kerosene torches had
been made. requiring a barrel of
waste and $50 gallons of oil and
when they were lighted it looked
like the night raiders were going to
take the town sure enough. Up
town they came carrying these
torches, and shouting al every step.
A large picture of Wilson adorned a
banner and the people went wild.
The coffin containing the remains
of Hughes followed in the wake.
Arriving at the North Main street
lot there was a barrel of tar burn
ing and this with the, four hundred
torches thrown in a heap caused the
flames to leap nearly as high as the
Washington monument. Then the
Hughes casket was consigned to the
flames. Everybody then got happy.
Some-c cut the pigeon wing around
the bon fire, others war dance
that would make the aborigine sit
up and take notice.. The Wilson
banner was carried round and
round and the crowd cheered, the
band played but the noise of the
crowd was greater than any band.
Carter Dalton locked arms with W
P. Ragan while holding the banner
of Wilson with the other and done ,
a cake walk around the glowing fire. ,
One big fat fellow danced until ex-
hausted. Everybody holIored, girls
and boys, women and men. lean, fat
rich and poor. They were there to
do some hero worshippin5 and they
did it. / >Ie