Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-21
HARDING LEAVES MARION FUR Z WEEKS REST
 IN SOU H
President-Elect Sewers Ties Of Home Community In Day
 Filled With Farewells
ASKS MORAL SUPPORT I
Senator Is Accompanied Only By Secretary, Daugherty,
 And Dozen Others

MARION, Ohio. Jan. 20.-Quitting Marion for a vacation m Florida, President-eleCt Harding today vacated the residence which was the mecca of the front porch campaign pilgrim age and closed up the little office next door where many of the nations notables have given their advice on current problems.
 Leaving at midnight. the president elects train will reach St. Augustine Fla. Sunday. Harding expects to make no rear platform speeches. A St Augustine hotel will be his Flor ida headquarters but he will get away rom his cares in two weeks fishing trip along the eastern FlOri- da coast.
 The president-elect's departure real ly meant Severing most of the ties that have bound him to his home community. and he spent the day bid ding farewell to neighbors. He made several personal calls. received many friends and made short farewell talk to high school pupils and was the honor guest al a. meeting of the Elks fraternity. He will return here before he goes to Washington but on- lS for d few hours stay.
 Talks to Students
 Harding'S talk was delivered at the Harding high school, recentyl re-nam- ed in his honor, and he was introduce ed by his sister, Miss Abigail Hard ing. who is a teacher. He asked for the moral support of the people of his home community during the next four years.
 In short time" he said, Il am going to assume great responsibility. It is not to be mine alone, however. because the president is only the in strument through which the popular will is evoked.
 For thirty years l have been list ening to public sentiment and every public servant who listens to the call on the soNl of America is sure to set along l firmly believe the soul Of America is right. I firmly believe in the destiny of America and I am go- ing to my tasks witn full confidence" At the ElkS a special group Of can didates to be known as the Hard ing class" was initiated with a cere- mOny in which the president-elect piayed a leading role.
 senator's Party small
 The party accompanying Harding south is the smallest with which he has travelled since his nomination. IL consists only of the preSident-elect hiss secretary. M. R. Christian Jr.. Harry DausherJy. of Columbus, two stenosrapherS and a dozen secret ser vice men and newspapers cOrreSpon- dents. Mrs Harding is tO go to Florida only after shopping trip in the east
 Although the furniture from the 1 Harding residence was put in StoraSe today the headquarters building next door is to be kept open until shortly before March I, James Sloan. former secret service man. who acted as as SiStant secretary to Harding during the campaign will be in charge. \ story of HardinSS devotion 10 one of his fellow townSmen came to { light tonight after it had been kept ! a secret for several weeks. IL inVolV- | ed a financial guarantee by the preSi- denJ-elect 10 enable his church to continue the salary of pastor who | has been incapacitated since July. The minister is Dr. Thomas II. Me Afee of the Trinity Baptist church. Of which Harding is a trustee. Dr. McAfee was stricken with paralysis more than six months ago and the
 strain of paying his salary in addi- | ton 10 that Of an acting pastor weigh ' ed heavily on the church. The dueS- ' ton came to a painful issue at re cent meeting Of the trustees and | HardinS volunteered to pay the salary ' #.Nf fK~ sT NF. | Afee were continued