Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-12


Wall street became one waving mass
. Of bunting. The crowd that had gath
cred at noon in front Of the sub-treas-
.ury had been augmented until Wall
Street. from William street to Broad
way, and Broad street from the sub
treasury steps to Beaver street, were
almost impossible. Speech after
speech was delivered from the sub
treasury steps. and every speaker was
cheered with consistent impartiality,
although their identities were never
disclosed to the crowd.
Many soldiers and sailors were
among the speakers and they were re-
ceived with the greatest acclaim. May
or Hyland was another speaker.
Shortly after / o'clock President No
! BILE of the Stock Exchange. announced
that il would close ahead OF time. The
workers drapcd with a silk flag the
war map that has stood on an easel
beside the rostrum for four years. Soon
this was surmounted by a victory
wreath, made of magnolia leaves and
palms.
The Consolidated Exchange got
band and business was suspended.
Curb Had Hand Organ.
The best the curb market could do
was 10 commander Il hurdy- -gurdy
the only patriotic tune of which was
Ia Marseillaise."
BY > o'clock half a dozen bands were
parading the financial district. follow
ed by many professions. Many offices
of various kinds closed for the day. so
that for the entire afternoon rush
hour" conditions ruled down town.
The City Hall became the goal Of
thousands. The victory bell' in its
tower began to toll soon after the first
newspaper extras appeared. 1t con-
tinucd for half an hour, In which time
the police spread the news. and the ST.
rcns and whistles. linked together for
air raid purposes. raised their chorus
throughout the city. The bell in the
Metropolitan tower was rung and the
music spread until not a spire that
contained Il bell was mute.
And as the Changing of the bells
spread so did the paper snowstorm
about the city hall. especially, until the
lawns there were carpetcd with the
scraps of paper.
The war started over scrap of pa
pcr,'" said some one. "and it sure is
ending in storm of them"
Like Storm From the Sky.
The streets were filled with the
whirling clouds. There was one we'll
authenticated instance of the men in
Job printing office who caught the con-
tagion so violently that they threw
from the windows just completed or
der OF stationery. Gargoyles held
strcamers of tape in their jaws. Cor
nices were draped with them. To look
up was to get the impression that the
storm came from the heavens them
selves. not from the windows far be-
low.
Mayor Hylan made two speeches
from the steps of the City Hail. He de-
clarcd a holiday at o'clock. and the
city employees swelled the crowds. The
band of the office of the president of
Manhattan marched and played the
rest Of the afternoon. Scores Of other
bands appeared magically. Boy Scouts
added their buglcs, and girls, no less
than boys. seized pans and buckets and
any piece Of resonant metal that could
be found and pounded joyfully away.
Flags by tens Of thousands appear
ed no less magically than did the
bands. Rattles, carnival caps, cock
ades, rosettcs beyond counting came
from the nawkers' stores on upper
Park Row until the crowds were as
CAV in their aspect as they were in
their mood.
Anti-Booze Regulations Dcfcd.
Soldiers were carried on the shoul-
ders of admiring crowds, and tears and
cheers-besides fears that the news
was too good to be true.
New York was drunk from JOY and
from other causes too. The bars were
crowded. Soldiers who had service
stripes on their arms were kidnapped
from the streets and carried into the
drinking places, stood on the bars and
commanded to tell what they person.
ally had done to bury Germany in the
dust Of humility.
Circumspect commuters determined
to get home early in order to make jol-
lifcation within the precincts OF their
own homes. were lured into brightly
lighted cafes and besought time and
time again to have anozzer." And
many Of said commuters we're sorry
after It was all over that they did not
lannounce soon enough. Gimme ci-
gar this time"
The East Side had a celebration all
its own. \ holiday having been declar-
cd in practically all the industries
where men from that quarter are em-
ployed. thousands trooped home to
take part in the patriotic festivities.
Women Tainted With Joy.
Here and there a mother, whose son
was on the firing line with the Metro
politan Division, was overcome after
the unexpected announcement that the
fighting was over. And the fire engines
and hook and ladders were drawn out
of their houses on the East Side and
each became the centre of n mael-
strom of JOY The schools were "let
out" and the children rushed home
lshrieking their delight
Prayers. in which the crowds joined,
were said in the streets by the inmates
of the Home Of the Daughters OF ia
cob. No. 3O2 East Broadway. Boys and
girls Of the Jewish National Orphan
house grouped themselves before the
entrance Of the building at No. 5S st.
Marks Place and sang THE Star Span
gled Banner" and other patriotic airs.
A small jubilee was started in front
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