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FOUNDED a. D. 1867^—VOL. CL.—No. 758 \\ WILMINGTON, N. C. Weather Mostly Cloudy Monday Tuesday, and MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1923 Democrats Sgg Big Victory If Coolidge is Pat Forward By Republican Convention < 0. p. is Worried Because New York May Get Next Meet _ of Opposition this WOULD HELP DEMOCRATIC CAUSE Republicans May Mix Up. Dope, However, and Decide to Nominate Westerner Tty H. E. C. BRYANT WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—The "Too muctl Xf.'.v Kngland" cry has opened up |n ti,P lfpfi, and President Coolidge is ping to have a fight for the republi can nomination. The insurgents have Heir bearings now, and their one aim in political strife is to dislodge Jthe n?v: and silent president. Governor pinchnt. of Pennsylvania, is one of the progressive group that would oust the rid guard from the high places. He is ar. -easterner but has the western par tisan spirit. He was a prominent bull moose in 101?. and stuck to the faith. H’S nomination by the republicans was ! great surprise to outsiders, and now [he old-timers of the Penrose style are looking askance at him. Senator ‘Jo seph M. Pixon, of Montana, a native of Xorth Carolina, and an insurgent at j,;srt ar.d from experience, has already nominated Mr. Pinchot. He belongs- to the pinchot school of thinkers'. .5 has been stated before Hiram. Johnson is champing the bit to get in ihe race but played himself out of po rtion. His friends believe that he will get in anyway, and try his hand. There Is r.o doubt that the intimates of for mer Governor Lowden, of Illinois, are urging him to sally forth. Once the andidates begin to appear it will be easier for the hold-backs to get in. Opposition is Tickled Democrats are delighted with the situation. Tiie only fear they have is 1 that Mr. Coolidge will be thrust aside i at the last moment and a westerner of I |. n ’.- pe be put in his place. They have concluded that it will .. be| sasv to defeat Mr. Coolidge. The New. fir,gland slogan gives them a decided] advantage The western republican of la, present day likes not the New Eng land candidate. ' ! p.epubiicnn leader sare very much concerned over the report^ that New y,-,rk is to be selected by th& Democrats for their c nvention. They fear “that; mould hurt their cause tn'fJtat Very 'im portant state next year. The McAdoo democrats are not boosting New Y<?rk with much enthusiasm for; their aspir euT s vt popular with powerful party men there. With Cleveland and St. Unis ut of the contest for the con -,cation i: looks as if New York would vein ■ si',-. Those behind the fight for •: -A?- are not friends of any par • now n the field. Pinchot Stirs I7p Things. U - - cobbing up. The prohil i'. .uestion brought forward Governor Pinchot at Citizens’ con ference s certain to cause trouble. Many leading prohibitionists were sat isfied to let it stand as it was but that is impossible now, for Mr. Pinchot -as precip’tated a row inside the G. O.! V !.’!-» a h-onm sage fife that sort of thing spreads quickly. . avals • are going to pre£s hard on the ‘‘rubber-tariff." They see signs of an upheaval against the high protectionists. One full year’s experience of the Fordney-McCummber tariff," the demo -ratic national committee said today, has so persuaded farmers and wkge r.orkers of its responsibility for the high cost of living and the low prices of agricultural products that Demo crats believe on these grounds con :umers will demand of the next repub ican congress a general downward re vis:-. n of rates. In this effort to lighten the burden of taxes- the demo crats will take a leading part. Tariff Raises Rumpus "kinco the enactment of the Fordney McCumber law several big interests which benefit from some of it-s prohib tory rates have been convicted of prac tices in restraint of trade. Among these are certain manufacturers of san itary pottery, protected by duties av-1 traging 40 per cent, and concerns man ■tfacturing terra cotta, protected by •Ju des averaging 65 per cent. Information j -: the way in which these beneficiaries of excessive duties have used their -protection’ to create monopolies and fix prices has spread among farmers 'vho are big users of .tiles and other -Av products." This shows the drift of the organized democratic mind. The democrats are delighted to see the wet and dry con troversy in the opposition party.. Thirteen Negroes.. ,J Escape From Jail Kinston Prison Wjalls are Bored Through in Delivery KINSTON, Oct. 21.—-Cutting’ a ho1® through a brick wall with a Pick ana -tting themselves down from the sec* r,n^ floor by tying blankets together, ■ 13 n^gro prisoners escaped from the l-°noir county jail here today. None the prisoners had been apprehended j n lfi o’clock tonight. The authorities I arf) using bloodhounds in an effort, *o track the men. , Most of the prisoners wer$ .uhaer. hain gang sentences and were' to have : sc*n sent to the roads tomorrow. Mrs. Overman’s Body Comes to Salisbury _t— WASHINGTON, Oct.T 21—Mr*. Harry/1 r- Overman who died here last night 'v‘n be huried in Salisbury tomorrow wternoon. The funerafl party left Washington tonight. Mrs. Overman » Miss Jean Mellett of Fayetteville lr Overman is brother of Senator l1'orman and i3 government employee. Robbers and Fire t Nearly Ruin City QUITMAN, Ga., Oct. 21_Fire that brote out In three different parts ®* Quitman at Ii40 o’clock this morning and believed to have been ,a plot to destroy this city, caused more than $100,000 loss. Flue companies that made a fast run here from Valdosta, 20 miles "way, and heroic work on the part of local .fire fighters, saved the city. Robberies that have been reports ed during the afternon and night from all parts of the city, appear to confirm the theory here that rob bery caused the fires. Several attempts were made to open safes In offices and business houses, It was reported. SCOTTISH NOBILITY WILL BE ENTERTAINED • AT WILMINGTON SOON Laird of Lochiel and Lady! Hermione Will be Guests of \ James H. Sprunt RALEIGH, Oct. 21.—Lochiel and 1 Lady Hermione, of Scotland, whet have i been In Raleigh for fair weeK as the 1 guests of Governor Morrison and Colonel and Mrs. feennehan Cameron, left today, accompanied by Colonel and Mrs. Cameron, for an gutomobile tour of the state. Governor Morrison will join the party in Greensboro. The governor attended the -governor’s con ference with President Cpolidge yes- ; terday and left Washington for i Greensboro last night. •. ,'r 1 The Scottish chieftain, and his lady will be taken to "Asheville and Char lotte during this week, a day or two probably being spent in each place From Charlotte they will go. to Wll jnington,^where they will be guests j of iJAmes Hr Sprunt;FoilovJlitff Hhe* tour* of the state and the "visit to Mr. ' Sprunt, Lochiel and Lady Hermione will-go to New York, where they will! sail for'Scotland. WILSON’S ARGUMENTS ON LEAGUE ARE SET OUT IN CURRENT BOOK Work Comes Off Princeton Uni* versity Press Endorsed by Former President ' PRINCETON, N. J. Oct/ 21 (By As sociated Press)—Woodrow Wilson’s argumsnts for the league of nations as explained by him in public ad dresses and in white house conferences haVa been compiled and set down in compact form by Hamilton Foley in a I book which will be issued by the Ppinceton University press tomorrow. ’The work has been approved by the fofmer Presidident who in a letter to Mr. Poley gives it his endorsement with’ the hope that ‘it will be of ser vice to, all who wish to understand the league of nations and the vital issues which arise'out of the attitude of the United; States toward the league.” ■ Mr.' Foley, in a large measure, has chosen those excerpts from the war time president’s utterances that are in tended to (answer Criticisms, directed at ‘the league. ‘!Woodrow Wilson’s Case for the Leaugue of Nations” is the titlie. . ^'Every word in this book,” Mr. Foley points out in the foreword,” is Mr. Wilson’s own wor^J and all are here used in explanation of' that detail c/T the subject In which he used them.” From stenographic minutes of a con ference with .Senators in the white house in August 1919 and from the of- i ficial record of 37 addresses' to the j public, Mr. Foley has extracted senr tences and paragraphs, and put them together «o that ..virtually every ar gument Mr. Wilson advanced on any particular point, has found its way in to the book under thehe'ading of the subject und^f discussion. . TWO SENATE PROBES HERALD APPROACHING CONGRESSIONAL MEETj Tea Pot Dome Oil Reserve and ' Veterans Bureau \yill Come Under Inquiry WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Inquiries ■by two senate committees are set doWn for tomorrow, in advance of the as- ! semhling of1 the- new. "congress. Oth'ers will get under way Soon, and as a ! number of the leaders and many of" the rank and file of the membership 1 are gathering in Washington the capl-, tal again will be the scene of com- I parative , activity after eight months f of congressional vacation. ! One. of the investigations starting 1 tomorrow will be that into veterans’ bureau by a select committee compos ed of Senators Reed, republican, Penn sylvania chairman.; Eddie, republican, Nevada and Walsh,’ democrat, Massa chusetts. The other will be conducted by the senate public lands committee, Senator Smoot republican, Utah, chair man, into the leasing of the naval oil reserve in Wyoming, known as “Tea Pot Dome.” , Major General John F. O.Ryan, of New York, will conduct the inquiry into the veterans’ bureau and will call as the first witness Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines retired director of the bureau. . General O’Ryan and a staff of assis tants have been engaged all summer with a private inquiry for the collec tion of fact's and data, which will be submitted to the committee. Members of the committee have been making some investigations on their account with particular reference to hospital facilities for sick and wound ed former service men. Senator Oddia has visited the government hospitals in Oregon, California,- Arizona and other western states, i Much of the interest in the Tea Pot Dome inquiry centers on the reporta of the geologists who surveyed the oil reserve to determine whether there had been drainage of the field by Wells sunk in nearby territory. Reports made to the navy and in terior. departments by geologists In dicated that the reserve was not nearly so rich In oil as had been as sumed at the^ time of the leasing. ir •WALLACE ■! G GENERAL FOR FARMERS AnnounMment is Given Out of Vast Agricultural Scope in Investigation WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.,—A. world survey of agriculture Is being made at the direction of Secretary' Wallace it was announced today lo keep Ameri can farmers' Informed as> to foreign competitive conditions ancf to indicate what opportunities exist abroad for the sale of American farm1 products. The information obtained by ' the In vestigators, it is believed, will enable farmers intelligently, to anticipate vital changes in world agriculture, in stead of being forced to carry on their operations in the dark; . ■ , Some studies already have- been com pleted and others are being made. In addition, the department of agricul ture is extending and improving its foreign crop and market reporting service. Its commissioners -in- Lon don and Berlin now are-investigating domand for agricultural products and assisting in development of the Euro pean market. Arrangements have been been made for exteri$ive co-pperation with the consular service of the state department in developing "a - supple mentary reporting system.' A number of other projects designed to better agricultural conditions are underway. On© i's to.assemble statis tics of supply andj demand and make it easy to deterlnirie their significance as indicators of .price'conditions. Such forecasts, officials believe, will enable farmers to increase or limitytheir out put well in advance of price changes on which they now have to rely for guidance. A special investigation is in progress into the handling and re porting of shipments of Canadian wheat to - and - through thg United States and of corresponding moments | of Canadian through "Canada, the ob ject of \yhich is' to clear up confusion in the Statistics of - exports and im ports as'published by the-two coun tries. Statistics chafing with , important items in banking Industry, -^foreign and . donwstic cdjnmerce and general prices, th be usfd in measuring the demand/lfor agrifulturtfi products, are being gathered and 'jfiU_ be Kept up to date for future n A LESSON IN FIRE PREVENTION jgq ' = ' " 4: 850 AtKS BBftHEO ' $400010 C8ECIUT HI5H£RlW«f*WHaS HIGHER TAXES Tut Utsf tttl Vui SUHtlS *» ZtXifiXXK*xz : *#c *«* «*a»J& mi m fc?$& AM YOU TtiESAMi CAMtESS CIT12E8 OR *10, YOU PREVENT THE BESTROCTIOH Of TIMBER VALUES AMD SCENERY PREVENT FOREST FIRES . THEY DESTROY Here’s a’ sermon in fire prevention far better than any fire marshal or fire chief could preach. This sign, erected by the U. S. Forestry Service in t'he Kaniksu National Forest in Idaho, shows the havoc one careless camper unwittingly wrought, it. ought to be a good reminder to others. Miss Laura Carlisle ‘ Dies in Monroe Hotel (Special to the Star). MAXTON,' Oct, 21—News reached her.e today of the death of Miss Laura Carlisle, sister of C. I. Carlisle of this place at the’ Joffre Hotel in Monroe, recently • Mibs Carlisle hgd been con nected with the Waverly Hotel in Lumberton, but at the time of her death she was employed at the Joffrfe. No particulars could be learned. Her body will be brought to Maxton Mon day and will be interred at Salem church near Clio, S. C. KILLED IN ATJfO ACCIDENT NORFOLK, Va„ Oct. 21.—Tannic Smith, a Lenoir county youth, was fa tally injured today when an automo bile he was driving plunged oyer an embankment; according to a report re ceived here from Kinston, N. C, The young man/died shortly after reaching a Kinston' hospital. A companion as caped with slight injuries. First Revolt in German Republic Comes in Rhineland, Rphr Section ■ATX DA CHAPEL.IE, Prussia,. Oct. 21 (By Associated Press)—A Rhjndland republic was proclaimed Here .today. Rhinelanders occupied , the. public buildings at 4 o’clock this morning without opositi’on from the security ^They purpose immediately to begin an extension of their'Control through-) out th0 ’RftTfifift j Th6 city was. calm, presenting Its us ual Sunday appearance. The public buildings occupied by thd. separatists displayed the colors- of the Rhineland reoublic_green, white and .red. Two proclamation were, placarded. The first ^“Tha*the people -of the Rhineland: "The hour of liberty has struck. Ber lin has plunged us in distress and mis iy . jfe come to our own assistance, j ■ ^We-proclaim today/a Rh 11 eland re ijublie; Free and independent, "we wish to live 'in peace and friendship with neighbors and to work in an ef fective manner with them for the re construction of .Europe. • ‘ "Workenp, averjr. man to liia .post “Immediate care will be taken to as sure peace, work and bread. * “(Signed) "THE PROVISIONAL ’ GOVERNMENT. "Leo Deckers and Dr. Cfuthardt” The second proclamation read as fol lows: ■ , - "The Rhineland republic is 'an ac complished fact. Any resistance" will be crushed pitilessly. Pljlagers. .and disturbers of public order will be .punn ished with the severest'of penalties. “We shall apply all our care to (he questions of/food Supply; and ' work,, and- will preserve order and peace.” ■ V This proclamation was .signed in the same way as the first. ,, No other separatist attempt has yet been; reported from the ether portions’ of the occupied territory, it is reported hene that Duesseldorf is tranquil. , ’ The government at Berlin made 110 comment on • the. situation except' to say'that the matter was local and'pro bably due to the influence of French and Belgaln sympathizers. * ’ r:.u 1*. i *JiAAu ’ '< it,*i& ■ GRIM RECOMMENDS NEW LEGISLATION TO CHECK GRIME Points of Law'Also Should Be cleared Up, He Reports to Daugherty / k WASHINGTON, Oct.' 21.—Legislation to tighten the •' government’s ‘ hands against criminals and clearing up dis pute(i points of- law, .was recommend ed by Assistant'.Attorney General Criia, in charge cf the department of Jus-, tice's criminal division, in a report to Attorney General Daugherty,: made public today. ’ Although, tlie law punishes any one who assaults a federal officer while, serving process, Mr. Crim pointed out that the federal statutes provide no punishment' if the .officer is . murdered under such circumstances. This situe atlon, he' said, should "he corrected by congress. . * ■ ' Sending threatening letters, through the mail, unless it is in a fraud scheme or for extortion," is another act, « Mr. Crim' said, for which there is no pen alty. • ■ ' v ■ ' • ' I Another gap in the >law, Mr.:- Crim said, relates to the conspiracy statutes. These provide' for punishment Of col-, lusion against the United States, bu£ he'said, they- also should, make it a crime for a single individual to de fraud or attempt- to! defraud the United States ih any. fnanner. or for. any purpose. ‘ .— * . Several amendments to the bank-, ruptcy law, including a 'provision against concealment of assets from creditors by ‘bankrupts, also were recommended by Mr. Crim.. ', ' , • ,■ \ . ■ ' THREE KILLED' IN CRASH ‘ DETROIt/ Oct. - 21.—Three persons werri killed arid two injured,-not seri ously, early today when the automo bile' in which they' were riding went' off a highway.near Bell River, Ont.,' into a twelve-foot .'.ravine;, where it. overturned., „■ * \ . . 'The glare of ;a’headlight on 'an on-, coining: automobile is ."believed,.to have caused 3 Clarence Moeller, who' was driving the automobile, ■ to lose control, of it. ' > ■ .: f MRS. VANDERBILT MAY RETIRE FROM STATE FAIR OFFICE North Carolina’s Woman Presi dent Has Played Successful Part in Its History % Star-News Bureau, , j. 312 Tucker Bldg. (By Brock Barkley) RALEIGH, Oct. 21.—Having succeed ed in three years in developing the State fate- into a state display that is really representative of North Caro lina’s growth and progress, Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt may retire from the presi dency when the agricultural society holds its annual meeting late:- in the year. \s For the first time in the 62 years of its history, the fair this week drew an attendance aggregating 100,000, while financially it came through, in better condition than in any previous vear. It ,was conducted on a higher plane, with greater attention centered on the features really representative of vhe state; and it has set forth under a pol icy that promises much greater things for the future. This remarkable . development is credited to Mrs. Vanderbilt and her program which the fair management has carried through diligently during the three years of her administration. The lady president proclaimed high hopes and ambitions for the fair when she first took charge and most of them have been attained. It was declared today by members of the society that Mrs. Vanderbilt will be retained in the presidency if she will accept, a fourth term. Opinion, however, was that she wishes now to retire. ’The society will meet .toward the end of the year and at that time new officers 'will be chosen and the busi ness ef the' fair just closing wound up. The proposal to remove the location to another section of Raleigh, advocated for some time by a good many mem bers of the society, may also be re vived at the annual meeting. In connection with reports of the likllhood of Mrs. Vanderbilt retiring from the presdency, the names of W. N. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, vice presidentTof the R. J. Raynolds Tobacco company, and Dr. J. Vance McGougan, of 'Fayetteville, have been mentioned as possible successors. Mr. Reynolds has -been a strong sup porter of the State fair and also of county and community fairs. He, is particularly interested in the phases of state development that are repre sented in the fairs. He is also a rac ing enthusiast and .J^resideat of the grand circuit. - 'Cumberland •ctfiin'ty In' the-state sen ate," is a niember of the agricultural society arid lists keen interested in the fair for many years. It would not bo surprizing, should Mrs. Vanderbilt decline re-election, for the presidency to be offered to either Mr. Reynolds or Dr. McGougan. ENGLISH STATESMAN VISITS BIRTHPLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Special Train is Furnished Lloyd George for Trip to Shrine * ■ of Ideal • LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Oct. 21 (By the Associated Press)—The birth place of Abraham' Lincoln at , Hodgenville in Western Kentucky, was visited today by David Lloyd George, the former British pfemier. Evidencing the great set interest in the log. cabin in which Lincoln is said to have been born, and all landmarks on the old farm, which ■ is'now a national park, the distin guished visitor trudged about the place' and asked a running fire of questions concerning the early life of the' man who ih his ideal. Mr. Lloyd George last week visited the tomb of the martyred President at Springfield) 111., and eagerly arranged to visit the birthplace during his week end stay here as the guest of Judge Robert W. Bingham, publisher of the Louisville Times and Courier Journal. Although-at first ’ intending to ,go by automobile, the former premier made the sixty mile run on a special train furnished by Judge Bingham., EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH TOKIO, Oct. 21 (By .Associated Press)—Mare than 500 Koreans re siding in Japan were victims of vigi lantes, reservists and others in the days immediately following the earth quake that destroyed Toldo ^nd Yo kphama, according to reports 'publish ed here. These reports previously have not been pubty&hed because of the cen sors here. Sabbath Assembly Hears Strong Appeal for, Grace By Noted Gypsy Preacher The Star Urges All. To Hear Gypsy Smith Th«v meeting* condurted |>y Gypsy Smith, Jr„ at .the Wilmington taber nacle, are doing great good. Op portunity ought to be given every person In 'this city and surround ing country to hear thls^ great evangelist whose vital message* are delivered In so simple and prac tical a manner that they carry con viction and inspiration In every sentence. If there are^ any among the Star’s subscribers within the Immediate vicinity of. Wilmington who. are financially unable to at tend the meetings, if they will send their names and addresses to the manager of the Star, a way will be provided for them . to come. ' No evangelist who has ever been in this city has made so deep an im pression upon the community, v_ •__;___-_!_I GOVERNORS DEPART FROM MEET; PLEDGED TO ENFORCE STATUTES State Conferences Will be Next Move to Bring About Bet ter Functioning WASHINGTON,- Oct. 21.—Formula tion of prohibition enforcement pro grams by the various states will come i as, the next step in the campaign of tile federal government to make the dry laws more effective. Governors of two-thirds of the states of the union, who attended the conference here With President Cool idge yesterday on enforcement of the immigration, narcotic and prohibition laws, left for their homes today,, pledged to call tWo kinds of confer-, ences. One will include municipal,, county and state officials, while the other will embrace'the'prosecuting at^ torney* the. varlouq pountie* of^each, State. • ’ , * The proposal for the conference was adopted, by the governors along with other plans providing for co-ordina tion of all federal, state, county and ! municipal enforcement forces, and for j cooperation of the federal authorities i In the formulation of the state en forcement programs. In-line with thes'e proposals, the federal prohibition unit will be directed by the president to lend all assistance In promoting the conferences. None of the governors before leav ing Washingtpn would say when they would call the state conferences. Some expressed the view that such meetings would be efficacious in obtaining bet ter enforcement, while others were I douhtful. John Gause Goes On Tri&l Today Negro Faces Fight for. Life for Assault BAKERSVILLE, Oct. 21—John Guase negro convict, who is alleged to have.: criminally attacked a sixty year old white woman near Spruce Pine about three weeks ago was brought here to day under guard from the state pri son in Raleigh. Gause was immediate ly placed in the. Mitchell county jail and a detachment of state militia un der command of Major Robinson is on duty guarding the jail. The negro will go on trial for his life tomorrow. ,. CHORES ON GARGLE ' ’ MIANI, Fla., Oct. 21—Harry A. Burnes, real estate dealer of this city, choked to death in his home here to night while gargling his throat. Oxy gen was rushed to the house and ad ministered in • a vain atempt to save his life. GERMANS TO SUBMIT NOTE PARIS, Oct. 21.—The German 'gov ernment tomorrow’ will _ transmit a, note to the reparation commission. , It is understood the .note will deaf with propositions of a general nature and not with the'coal situation. Coast Line and Seaboard Employes Get Increases Through Boardys Act CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—The ' United States- railroad labor board today made public a decision awarding Increases of one to two cents an hour to clerks, station forces, dock, warehouse and platform freight handlers and similar employes of 65 (farriers. ' An unusual provision of the decision that the "sum of increases granted to the employes in each section shall be distributed by joint, action of the rep resentatives of the carriers and of the employes in such a manner as to bring about just And equitable rates for the employes in each of the-various sec tions' for which increases are pro : The opinion 'prefacing; this and other provisions^ foupd. that 29 car riers and. employes of s.the class in volved had negotiated agreements in creasing pay for some of the groups, but that there was no uniformity in the agreements. ; \ , The decision follows close upon an other. denying. ah'. increase tof. signal men. The present decision reads: , ••In the case <^f the signal men, their ' ’ .. , . — K-:'* | present rates of pay and the very fa vorable treatment they had received in previous wage orders and adjustments made it seem inequitable. to award them an increase of wages under the. state of proof before the aboard. In the case of the clerical employes' proper, it is undilubtedlv true that 'their present wages and the previous wage a,ward and orders affecting them through a long period of years do not show that they have ever received treatment which could be termed pref erential.” ; • • The employes 'affected by the pres ,qnt decision,, were represented by .'the. Brothrhood. of Kailway and Steamship ClerkS, Fre'ight, Handlers, Express and Station Employes, by the Brotherhood of Railway station Employes- and by the- International Longshoremen’s as soclation. - . . . - ' The carriers affected include the Atlantic Coast- Line,..Richmond, Fred ericksburg and Pptomac, Seaboard Air Line and the Southern' Railway Company, and subsidiary railroads. t- - ' <''■> 7 ' - Third Week of Campaign is Be- , gun With Story Based on Samuel, COLLECTIONS ARE SOME $1,800 SHORT Special Prayer for Business Girls Will Be Held Today at Y. W. C. A. . »--— * , >7 “Listen Wilmington; suppose GOd called a halt in Heaven tonight ahd were to come to this tabernacle and' stand before you for the purpose of 7.7, writing your history in letters of flam ing fire beforfe' your eyes, how long would you remain in this great audi torium?" These words were swung out with mighty force by the Rev. Gypsy Smith last evening during his. sermon which marked the ' beginning of the third week of the campaign in Wilmington. - It was clearly evident- the Gypsy keenly felt the attitude of reticence to his invitatibns as shown by his audi ence from night, to night as he appeal ed to them to come forward g.nd accept. Christ Jesus as their personal Savior. , The Rev. J. B. Gribble, rector of the j? Church of the Good Shepherd offered.^- 7; the opening prayer. ' 7 New Plan Launched. The Rev. J. E. Purcell announced that beginning with today at 1:10 p. m.. arrangements had been made to hold a special prayer meeting for the busi- - ness, girls at the Y. W. C. A., over Pol vogt’s store and that the evangelist himself would start them off in the work. He stated that to date JB.tsi had' heen contributed towards the incidental fund of tfie campaign, leaving a bal- ‘ anoe of, approximately ?l,,800.utt; yet to be collected. While the ushers wen through the , audience for the evening offering, Mrs. Mable Hendricks rendered another ■beautiful piano solo., The evangelist chose for h's evening theme the story of the meeting between Samuel and Saul. The Lord sent Sam- ~ uel for the purpose 'of annointing Saul and to make him king over Israel. - Text is From Samuel Mr. Smith read the story’ which is found in the 15th chapter of the first: >7 hook of gamuel, and took for his test these words: “Behold; to obey , is S2cr!f ; years the Amaiekites had a in the. side Of Israel. No f the crops of the Israelites were ready for harvesting than the, Amaiekites would sweep down upon them and their crops, kill-their young men and take their ‘ young ;womet to be concubines, and God told His servapt Samuel that it was time for such7 tp stop and he then told Samuel, <’Go and tell kind v Saul to gather his army together and go against those people and - utterly destroy them. Kill every man, woman ' and child; every infant and suckling and their animals. “In other words,” said Mr. Smith,' “wipe the whole tribe out. '‘The whole story, hinges on that tomm^nd. The Bible tells us nothing about the plan of attack only that Is rael was victorious. I can conceive of nothing more displeasing than tjje Heavenly Rather pleading with a re; bellious people." ■ 7’ 7 - tlian ,-td great thbrn jcJoner than He Telia or struggle f-: The"speaker reconciled the case of Samu'el- where he cried all night and f wrestled with God on account of the rebellious spirit exemplified by the people with that of the position of the 1 preachers of today. ■He declared "the ministers of the : Gospel are just as honest workmen and labor just as 1 hard as other workmen, ,, regardless of their vocation in life. and. the thing that ties our hands la,, that we don’t have the co-operation of 1 churofi members. It is a•'sad condition for a preacher to be sitting In his study laboring hard and .the faoes of Bis ; members haunting him: " 5 “Sour preacher covets you for God . and he will’drop oh his knees and ask God to consecrate his mind and spirit ' that he may-.do his duty.” Lashes the Hypocrites * The evangelist scored the hypocrite . who Wears a “religious face.”, He de scribed the church member who is In-.: terested more in bridge parties, poli tics and business than in church duties. : He said that he had seen the "religious faces” in Wilmington. V' “We may change the order of -o; things all over the universe,” the Gyp- f( sy said, “but there is one thing that is ' ; v certain; be sure.your sins will find you : out.”:' ~ ' . m The evangelist pictured Saul when t he was confronted with the . facts ; \ of his sinful ways and when cornered where he could not move ope way or the other, said “my 'people did It,. I • >; [didn’t.” The speaker spoke about the. tbjn , 'o excuses offered by many people When called upon to take their stand fob God. He said that they were not ex cuses. One. did,' however, come- hearer -i being an excuse than any he had ever. ; heard offered before when a young ,fel- ' r low came to him in Pittsburgh and ad- ’ mitted that “he was not big enough.” ' /V . On the Question of Friends. He said that he had been asked the t question whether or not folks had to give up their friends when taking their stand for God; “You wpn’t have to give ■ up those friends—-they will give'you up,.” he declared. ; . C y The speaker admitted that there were »; • hypocrites jn the church and also made it plain that hypocrites oould likewise he found in -the hanking business among the masons, on^he streets and _ among.'frleiids'generally. • '■‘You. don’t give up alT of these’ Simply because you | know there ape hypocrite* among, these r.y different elements Jo you," he asked, v At least one.'person had,coma td him in Wilmington and stated, that his in-! vltatlons were too hard for him to ao- 11 cept, fie safij. ’■ ■„ > ■ i‘ v Mr. Smith said, that he thanked the"" person for that high' compliment for tt A •! showed he was swinging out the invl tatlon as.-Gbd ’had ordered it . S 4 ' Need of'Sound Religion. ' “Will you pardon me if I say,” said . (Continued on Page Two). . ^
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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