Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
wIiL SPEND yACAri0N IN rI.0RI.
ia. AND THEN 60 TO WASH.
lNGTON,
PASTOR IS REMEMBERED
Volunteers 10 Pay New Pastor Trinity
Baptisi Church Himself 10 Other
Members WIll Care for Sick
Minister.
~ Aasociats,l Presa.

~ Aasoeia,si Press.
MARION. ohio. JaD/ 2O.-Qultting
Marion fcr yacatiop'in Florida before
entering the Whit House. President.
Elect Harding lrtlay vacated the resi-.
dcncc IN Mount Vernon Avenue which
was the mvcca of the front porch cam.
paign pilgrimage and closed up the NJ
tie office next door where many of the
nations notables have given their ad.
Vice an concurrent problems.
Leaving at midnight. the train will
pass through Chattanooga late tomor.
row aud reach ~. Augustine, Florida.
SUNDAY. Mr.. Harding expects to make
no rear platform speeches along th,
way. A st. Augustine hotel will be h,s
Florida headquarters. but first IL all
he viii get entirely away from his cares
la two wrecks fishing trip down IA
Eastern Florida shores.
Hts departure really meant seyering
most of the ties that have bound him
Ia This home community and he put IN
the day bidding farewell 10 his nelgi.
bors. He made some personal calls. re.
ceivcd many friends at his office. mada
short farewell talk 20 the pupils of
the city high school and was the hon,
ored guest at meeting of the Elk'S
fraternity. ~ which he In n metub.r
lie will return here before he goes Ia
washington. but only for a stay OF u
few hours
Mr.. Hardings farewell talk was q,
iivercd ai the Harding high school. 70
Gently renamed In his honor, and IN
was introduced 10 the pupils by his sls
ter. Miss Abigail Harding. who In q
teacher there, lie expressed regret thai
"" could NO; stay among his old friend,
to perform the duties ~ his Office an
asked for the moral support Of IN,
people ~ his home community duriHJ
the neat four years z
For thirty years have been lis
fening Ia public sentiment" he a,d
"and every public servant who listens
to the call on the soul III America ,-
sure to get along. firmly believe the
soul of America n right. firmly he.
iieve In the destiny ~ America and I
am going 10 my tasks with full conf
dence."
AZ the Elk's tonight a special grou ,
OF candidates, To be- known In fra.
ternity records M the Harding Class"
was Initiated with n ceremony In which
the President Elect played a leading
role.
The party accompanying Mr.. Harding
south In the smallest with which ne has
Travelled since his nomination for the
Presidency. II consists only of the
President. Elect. his secretary. Harry 81
Daugherty ~ Columbus. two stenogr, 4.
pliers and dozen secret service men
and newspaper correspondents.
Mrs Harding IN o. leave tomorrow or
Saturday for Washington.
a story ~ MIR. liardin's devotion To
one ~ his fellow townsmen came %
light by chance tonight after n had
been kept secret several weeks from
some ~ tho~ most directly concerncd
u involved financial guarantee by thu
President Elect to enable his churc :
Ia continue the salary of pastor who
has been ncapacita,cd since last July.
The minister " Dr Thomas ~. Nj.
Afee ~ the Trinity Baptist Church. ~
which Mr.. Harding In n trustee. ~
McAfee WIS stricken with paralysis
more than sin months ago aud the
strain ~ paying his salary. IN addition
Ia that "f an acting pastor weighed
heavily un the church this wear Mr.
Harding volunteered 10 pay the SALARY
of the new pastor from his own poke,
" that ~ In McAfce we're continued.
The PEI sldcnt Elec, asked that the
arrangement Ice regarded az confidcn
tihl and so well was the request ob.
served that few members ~ the cut.