The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-11-21
ALSOGETSHIT
Hams Dynamite and Saunders Dynamite Lot OF
Dynamite for One Little Town
By w. 0. SAUNDERS

The battle is except for little supiug and bush
wrckig upon the part Of those who don't know that it is over
and from this latest and buldcSt fight long fight
ing Tor right and truth and justice this newspaper energies vic
torou> My clash with the evangelist Ham has resulted in
conclusive victory for this newspaper There isn't any doubt
about that.
u,, as is too often the case. only the innocent suffer.
shall suffer little because have won: Ham suffer be-
he has only SHIFT his base o operations other
State and begin all again ut Elizabeth City has suffered
and going to require lot OF patience and tact and hard
work to undo the harm that has been done In the end Elizabeth
Cyw be blessed and bcaticd by experience that must
call into prominence the best the wiscs and the nohct leader
ship that ii produce
Ham to Elizabeth City to dynamite hell out {" lH-
acth City In the OF events became necessary for me
% dynamite little hell OF Ham, Now that ID" nj
dynamite to turn loose little and inevitable
that things should be blown pieces and lot o people Int
10y the iyng fragments o the uIcava Between the pair o
Ham and myself have blown up lot oi good and lot Z"
bad It's tho task OF those who remain the battle field to
clear away the debris bury the dead patch up the wounded
salvage the good cleaner healthier, WISER
rcndcr Elizabeth City. God helping me. shall d" my pa"
in this work Of reconstruction and there others both III AMI
Of the church, who will do their part Those VINO VI"
hinder are those usdc the church who have seen III ny |
ON Ham only tight against their enemy and those inside the
church who have been falsely led To believe that III! g "
Ham was 4 fight the churches and OH real christianity!
Strenuous Week For Real Christians
The wscSt and best leaders oi religious thought and lie III
hi, town have had week o il Iiail was I" i3Y
closed his revival last Sunday but many thought would mol
l ir him To dccanp and run away from iE' III
which Inc had been wUrScd and discrcdtcd movement was
nauu,,racd to hold Ham ior another week III the nope that
thing, could patched up. Ham agreed To- stay ar "c'N
ii instead o helping matters by staying over Ham N'o
wild and at the tabernacle Sunday morning hc Tcac"d ono I"
the mos, vitupcrutvc and vndictvc sermons {" his career
lie read extracts from my newspaper and, without a' eau
inc, my name accused readers Of this >pal"r u aiding AMI
,lc,tiu,. Tic devil and in imminent danger "l hcIc Ills
yhIc sermon was directed toward Furnishing and he was
yicr, and ruthless in his language That sermon dd l'a
more harm than anything he has preached; broke the morale
M his followers who saw that he had ceased I" even try I" pose
49, man m d and was dcbaSng his pulpit and his sacred post
,,n ,, puni,ll 4 man who had driven him into corner
liam either scscd the reaction his sermon OF some "
-, down on him 50 hard that he compelled I" change W>
tactics Tie had announced another sermon on inc VIZ"
Lri>t" for SUNDAY afternoon and word had been " "W u'
ne was going fire his biggest guns i'n ne d'n' ~" any
,uch thing; he swallowed his wrath swung around Ike I"
in changing wind and when he entered his pm
pit SUNDAY he preached one ct the ncS' 'r""S "
i ric, c preached no, on hate but Oh love I'" same
preacher who had preached hate and iur! anu "
bc morning talked only Of love in the AFTERNOON saying that
the only earthly kingdom ha, could ever endure ""' " "
kinr,hlu founded upon love.
Ono of Hams Converts Grabbed Me-
lc,rl III. sermon Sunday afternoon aud yccd At the
,.itv i the man turning abOut-tacc and Il, MS '"
like nuai,v Of changing color match his environments l
M yr i hi, oratory and his skill in handling his crowds
did no, pcr,au,lc me that had done other than right III damn
m hc thcr sor, Of sermons he breaches. Even while sat
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