The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-06-19
HAM
HOWLS AGAIN
Let Him Howl, Says w. O.
Saunders, Who Is Busy
Frying Bigger Fish


F. Ham, upon w. O. Saunders,
while the preacher was speak
ing in Raleigh last week, as re-
ported by the State Press, has
been commented on very un-
favorably locally, by many
Elizabeth City people, some of
whom were apathetlc to the
Saunders Ham controversy
last fall, when the Prophet was
licked in the row.
at was the most one-sided state
ment I've ever heard Of" said one
Elizabeth City business man, refer
ing to Hams charges in Raleigh,
where he claimed that w. o.
Saunders was the rankest Of in.
fidels, that his paper had been sup
pressed more than once, and that
he had been prosecuted for criminal
libel.
Ham also charged that the liter
ature that has opposed him in this
state was financed from New York,
and that he had documents to prove
it.
w. o. Saunders, editor and pub
Usher of THE INDEPENDENT, is
in New York and unacqua1nted
with the nature of Hams charges
other than that he has attacked
him. Mr.. Saunders forwarded the
following statement to THE IN
DEPENDENT this week.
81 am advised that the lying
evangelist NJ. +. Ham has attacked
me in Raleigh. have not seen MS
latest attack upon me and probably
would consider a reply to Mr.. Ham
unnecessary in any case.
Unless Mr.. Ham makes some ut
terly new and unexpected attack
upon me | shall ignore him. The
case against Ham is closed so far as
| am concerned and it Is a cheal
trick upon his part to try to reoper
the case in North Carolina in the
absence of the chief prosecuting
witness. When l was In Elizabeth
City and Ham in Elizabeth City
called him Il liar to his face. proved
that he was liar and that should
be the end of it.
THE fact that Mr.. Ham at this
late date comes back to North caro-
lima and reopens his attacks upor
Inc can prove but one thing: II
proves stranger than any words Q,
mine that he has not yet recovered
from the very good and deserved
drubbing 1 gave him when he was
shooting his bull i'll Elizabeth City
1t is quite evident that this dandi
fled twentieth century impersona
tion of the Almighty Is still smart
ing from the lacerations of the kick
ing | gave his last fall. If his per
sistent bowling at this late date il
any salve for his wounds, let hin
howl: I would be the last person
in the world to deny dog his
popularity conceded privilege"
The report issued from Raleigh
so aroused one Of the local citizens
by its unfairness, that he was
prompted to wire the News & OBJ
server as follows:
"The attack on w. o. Saunders
by the Prophet NJ. f. Ham, Is of the
usual Ham accuracy. Saunders Ii
no infidel, has never been convicted
of libel, nor has his paper ever beer
suppressed. If Ham is looking fol
n larger expose of his tactics thar
was given him while here, lie cal
get it by continuing his attacks
along with his religious opera-bouf
fe."
That Ham is finding more prof
liable fields in other states is III
dicated by a report in Wednesdays
News & Observer, referring to q
proposed visit to Raleigh and con
tains the following statement:
"The evangelist is said to be
booked for meetings in several ci
ties outside of North Carolina after
he finishes his Smithfield engage
ment, and the meeting in the Ra
leigh auditorium will be in the ma
ture of farewell"