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2 AT !0)n 11? fe ' . . 6 PAGES ' S 5 ? ?a rrv ii nil m ii felt THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEM , PE1IRATURE SAME. . R FOUNDED 1876. Ford: Fails T:o Announce 'Any I m :p r-ficrtn - Mr. Ham Discusses the Pitfalls Into Which Christians Are Some times Drawn. ? MUCH IDOLORTY , People Worship Earth ly Idols In Spite of Professed Religion. v. . . A discussion of three . different i classes of converts was delivered by Rev. M. F. Hamr this morning to a congregation ,in '-which' ' the " increase of the number of men attending was : Very noticeable. " . '' .' ' The morning services' , of the ,-revival are attracting special interest and the attendance - is ' Increasing steadily, al-i though the " congregations--" thus ar have not been - very large. The sermon this morning was espec ially interesting and brought .out -many important points with reference to , the duty which . converts to - the church owed to themselves sfnd their God. , - : A- I ; 'i Z '-yp ' '. Taking up the question chosen for a basis of discussion, 'VYllat is a Bible Convert?. The evangelist read the first chapter of First Thessalonians and ca'led attention especially to verses i 2, 9 and 10. He also read II Kings 17: 24-33, and took 33 as a text: "They feared the Lord and "served" their 'own gods after the manner of the nations whom , they carried .. away from thence." In the treatment of his sub ject "preacher said': ''::.': . - ' . "In these Scriptures we have pic tures of . three classes , of converts, namely: the Samaritan, the Jew, and the Christian. The passage from Sec ond Kings shows that for disobedience the Lord had sent the Assyrians upon Israel and they had been carried away and other people had been colonized in- Samaria in, their stead. This was the . common custom: of the Assyrians, in order, that the conquered land might not be subject to subsequent rebellion of the native -people therein. - "After the new colonists had" become established, lions in great . numbers migrated into the land and were kill- ; ing many of the settlers. They con- ' eluded that this was because the god of their new homeland' was offended. They were pagans and believed in many gods. So they sent a petition to the king of Assyria to send back one of , the captive Jewish--priests that he mlghtt teach them "the way of the god of the land,'.' in order that they might, appease bis wrath and be rid of the lions. " ' ' ; . "The Jdnff granted their request and ' sent back a captive priest who set up an altar in Bethel and established there the sacrifices of Jehovah. All of the pagan colonists went and joined the church at Bethel,' but continued to worship their own idols. And this sort of convert Is with us quite numerously now. They fear the Lord, lest His ' lions . get them; but they love and ecrve their old idols. "The word idol comes from the same root as the word idea' and the word ideal. Hence, whatever ' is a man's ideal, that is his god.' You know lots v of people who have joined the church without ever changing their manner of life a particle. They go all the old - gaits they were accustomed to before cards, v-dances, ' theatres, '. Sabbath desecration, and some of them con tinue to cussJ . 7 , :- ' "Money is the Idol of some people . in the church today, political power of ' others, social prominence of others, in dulgence in ' amusement of others. -" They are in the church because they fear the Lord,, but they serve their own idols. They imagine th&t they are fooling other people, but they only fool themselves. They certainly cannot . fool God. ' i' - - "The result is that the churches hftve to resort to pitiful means of set tine their own members to attend worship. 'Go-to-churrh Sundays, for instance. I would hate to have my wjfft- apppipt; special dap to be true "fi n i HI j u y m hi I : - n : .i ,UM -'..' Invites bu amission of y I . . . : "; - ' - . J".' " ..; , , u . - ' : ; -, ? : 1 mmm wmmm .... a MR. HAM INVITES CONCERNING . Nnrf with the view of l , ment nor' with the intention but merely ' for the purpose of giving mtormation to those desiring it; Rev, ' M. F. Ham announced this , morning that in connection with- his sermon on The Bible- Sunday night,1 J he ; would r: be glad to answer i' any inquiries :which . "persons have to ' make in connec tion with the scriptures. .";';v-::. -W:;- - - ' -'There 'are tnany: persons," said Mi. Ham,' "who : are, devout Christians but who are puzzled over cer- i tain passages , of- the Bible There are verses ; which ? they do -not understand. ., There are ' others which may ' seeni to be contrary to the teachings of God. : Hthe ; " persons interested will mail or submit these questions : to me before Sunday night 1 will be glad to answer them. I may not be able to give attention" to all of them' on - Sunday night, but I will try to do so before the . end of the revival here. They , mays sign their names or not just as they, see fij. I will not make use of ,-.the-names in any way.." , Turkish Massacres Are Occurring At Smyrna (By Associated Press). . ' LONDOX, Sept. 15. The ad miral commanding -the British . :.' squadron at Smyrna, has warned - ; the Turkish authorities in the city . that if massacres are continued . tBe Turkish, quarter will he bom- 5 barded, says an Exchange Tele- graph, dispatch from Athens. t An American destroyer, wliicli ' has arrived at a Greek port, re portsSHJie Turks entered the Brit ish consulate at Smjrna and mur- i. : dered an ohal who was asssm- hling the archives, says a Keuth- ; . er dispatch from Athens. Post master Wilkinson also Is said to ; have been murdered, us well as other Englishmen. Sir Henry Lamb, the consul-general,- is believ-. . - ed to have escaped on a warship. From 1,000 to 2.000 Christians had been massacred In Smyrna by Turks before the fire which swept the Armenian and other quarters of the Asia Minor seaport, recent ly evacuated by the Greek army, HIGH POINT PLAYER IS 'HURT IN AFFRAY (By Associated Press). HIGH POINT, Sept. 15. A. W. (Gus) Thompson, catcher of the High Point baseball club is in a local hos pital, suffering with a severe cut across the abdomen as the result of an affray here last night. Physicians say Thompson will be unable to play in the championship series with Durham next week. Up to noon today the po lice have' been unable to learn who was . involved in the trouble with Thompson. - to me, and devote the rest of her time to other men. The church is Christ's bride, and when its members trail off after other things the Bible calls them adulteries and adulteresses, in a spir itual sense, of course. "It is natural for you to love your . Continued on page five). NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, QUESTIONS THE SCRIPTURES starting ai religious argu- of engaging, in any debate, "it is charged- in messages from Athens, received here oday. - Among the Turkish outrages was the . carrying off of many girl-pupils of the American Girls College, it is alleged. . The Greek belier is that the Are was set by (lie Turks to con ceal the traces of their alleged misdeeds.. A considerable share of the pro pt riy los from the fire, the total of which Is estimated In Greek quarters at about $75,000,000 the present exchange rate, fell upon American firms. (By Associated Press). MALTA, Sept. 15. Hundred? of bodies of victims of the Turk ish massacre in Smyrna were ly ing in the streets of the city when the British hospital ship, Maine, left there with more than 400 ref ugees aboard, it is stated by Ren ter's Smyrna correspondent, who arrived here on ilie Maine today. ANNUAL FALL LIST OF PROPERTY PUBLISHED The annual fall sale list of the Ha good Realty Company, which has been awaited -with great eagerness on the part of many local residents, ap pears in today's issue of the Sun Journal. This list of farm and city property is one or the most complete mat ever has been published. One noticeable point concerning it is that the price of real estate is lower now than it was a year' ago. In some instances, property which wa's offered last year at $5000 is of fered, at $3500. Mr. Hagood stated today that the property included in his list represented some of the best values that ever had been offered the public. The list includes both business and residential property in New Bern and vicinity, and also many valuable and desirable farms. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. PRESIDENT i ATTENDS MEETING OF CABINET (By Associated Press) . WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Presi dent' Harding, due to-the steady im provement in .- the condition of Mrs. Harding was able to go today to his office for i the first time within a week. ' . The Friday cabinet session was the President's only -engagement for the day, iis semi-weekly conference with newspaper qorrespondents ' having been' called off to permit him to sient the afternoon neon- Mrs. Hard ing's bedside. ' . Continued -improvement in - Mrs. Harding's condit on was reported : to day by Brigadier General v Sawyer, her physician, who in response to in quiries '"All is well." 5, TO SEND Night Relay Flying Will Cut Time From 58 To 28 Hours, ' Officials State ' NEW YORK, Sept. 15. New York mail, will reach San Francisco carriers in twenty-eight hours this time next year. -. . Col. Paul Henderson, Assistant Post- j master General, made the prediction at a meting of aeronautical executives and representatives ,of the Chamber of Commerce of America in the Au tomobile Club of America, No. 247 West 54,th street, yesterday afternoon. Col. Henderson said speed would be increased by lighting systems for relay stops, making possible "night flying." "The time it takes to relay mail to the coast today is about fifty-eight hours," said the speaker. "There will be a poor future for the service un less, used both day and night. We have plans under way to give the landing at Chicago a daylight pehspectus with a string of lights outlining the field and another light of different color to show the pilots where to land safely. From Chicago to Chevenne, we will have such systems at intervals of 25 miles." Col. Henderson said as soon as the government ; had developed the mail service to a satisfactory point, th ser vice shou!d be taken over by compe tent private ownership. NOTICE' GIVEN F FUNERALS Mr. Chadwick To Be Buried Tomorrow. Funeral of Mr. Disosway on Sunday Following are the funeral announce ments for F. M. Chadwick and R. J. Disosway, who died yesterday: Mr. Chadwick The funeral services of F. M. Cha.d-H wick will be held at 4 o'clock Satur day afternoon from the Centenary Methodist church, Rev. W. V. MeRae officiating. Interment will be in Ced ar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Disosway The funeral services of R. J. Disos way will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock from Christ Episcopal church. In the absence of Dr. Mac Kinnon, Rev. Mr. Lay, of Beaufort, will officiate. Interment will be at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Local Masons will take charge of the services at the grave. LOADED SAFE ON TRUCK AND BLEW IT OPEN HIGH POINT, Sept. 15. A small safe in a gasoline filling station, own ed by D. O. Cecil on the outskirts of this city, was carried away by rob bers last night to a point on the Winston-Salem road five miles from here, broken open an robbed of $155 in cash. Police say the robbers loaded the safe on a truck. No a.rrests have been made. MAIL GDASTTO GDAST INRECORO TIE Change In His Plans uestions IN WALKED TO DEATH MM T HELP Murphy And Thomas Pay the Penalty for Their Attack On the Ketchen Party - FOUR WOMEN WERE IN U CROWD OF SPECTATORS Murphy Made Complete Con fession To His Spiritual Ad . visors Before Dying " - (By Associated Press). ' RALEIGH, Sept. 15. Angus Mur phy and Joseph Thomas, negroes, con victed in Moore county of charges growing out of the attack upon Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ketchin, of Miami. 'a.. near Southern Pines several weeks ago, , were electrocuted .- at the state prison here this morning. Murphy was firjt to toe executed, be ing placed in the electric cnai.. at 10: 30 and pronour.ce.l dead aft-jr three shocks of brief duration had been sent through his bocy. Thomas quick ly ; followed.' Murphy to the death chamber, only two shocks being . re quired to . produce his death. , Murphy this morning made a com plete confession to his spiritual ad viser of his part , ini the attack on the Ketchens. He said that Thomas had bad nothing to do with the actual at tack but that the latter did 'receive part of 4.he jew-sk-y and other valu ables taksn from the couplo. Both negroes walkad caimly from their cells to the death chamber Thomas hesitating an instant at the cells of ' other men in "Death Row," telling them good-bye. Four women were amdng the few spectators permitted to Witness ioth electrocutions. They did not show the slightest emotion while the lives of the men were being snuffed ,t6ut. IT U England Was Saved By U. S. Action In War WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Rud yard Kipling's recent slur on the part played by the United States in the World War prompted this comment from Senator Ashurst in the Senate today: "A British poet said the other day that America had England's gold, but that England had saved her soul. There may be some dispute . as to whether England saved her soul, but no one will deny that Uncle Sain saved England's hide." Baker's View Clear. Cleveland. Sept. 15. "The Ameri can army won the war," said former secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, commenting upon a biograhical sketch published in the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, which disparged his work. Prospects Good The Postoff ice That favorable action will be tak-1 en by the Postoffic Department In the matter of enlarging the postoffice buildi'at New Bern was the report brought back from Washington this morning by Congressman-elect Chas. Li. Abernethy and A. A. Kafer, of this city. "The supervising architect of the department seemed favorably . incliii ed to the project." said Mr. Aber nethy. "and while no definite an nouncement was given out. I believe our rhanes are good for securing the enlargement of the local building. Ollicials in Washington admitted that 5 V t r MAN CONFESSES TO A "FAKE" MURDER (By Associated Press). AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 15. Chief of Police Grubbs today received a telegram from Sheriff R. E. Lew is, of Roberson county, North Car oline, ordering him to . release Frank Summers, age 35, who yes terday confessed to the killing on February 10. 1921. at Marietta, N, C, . of Manning Ford. .-. ; i According to Sheriff Lewis' mes sage there is no record of the mur der and authorities have failed to find anybody by that name i the vicinity in which the alleged crime was committed. . .' -'. . u . Chief Grubbs has wired the At torney General of North Carolina for further instructions. " ' i New York , Central And Penn Sylvania , Enter Into New ' " ' Agreements Today - : ' . . . (By Associated Press) i t NEW YORK, Sept. 15. The en tire "New : YOrk Central , Railroad, sys tem . today signed an agreement with its conductors and trainmen, f cover ing working conditions, . wages ana rules for one year,' beginning Septem ber 30. , , " ,A statement issued by the New York Central said that the direct set tlement would provide for the; imme diate withdrawal of all controversy on matters now pending before the U. S. Labor Board. . i Pittsburgh, Sept. 15. Officials of the T'ennsylvania system issued a brief statement this afternoon, ' stat ing that they were in conference here with representatives of their conduc tors and trainmen. "The conference is with reference to .- the present agreejnt," said the statement. ' ... i . A new machine makes 50.000 cig arettes an hour. Necessity is the moth er of invention..' He added: i "The American people, by their sacrifices and their ideals, sustained the army and ennobled the ; cause. I am deeply interested in gathering the fruits of this victory, as justice and peace for men everywhere, but I have little interest in distribution of indi vidual praise or blame. "Upon a comment purely personal to me, I have nothing to say." British Are Annoyed. London, Sept. 15. The weekly publication of British publishers to day expressed regret over,1 the "Kip ling incident" the Rudyard . Kipling interview in which, it is said, he de clared that "America had lost her soul through war greed."! It is understood f roni unofficial sources that British officialism is an noyed over the affair. For Enlarging Building Here here was no question but that the improvement was needed. I hope that a decision will be reached in the matter before long." Mr. Abernethy and Mr. Kafter also secured an appropriation of $750 for repairing the road in front of the Natiinal Cemetery here. This will be used for temporary repair work. An appropriation of only' $ 12,000 for ''all the. cemetery roads in the country is now available, so Messrs.' Abernethy and Kafer feel that they hae no ground for complaint in view ff the appropriation which they have .se cured. In a year or two it is expected that more funds will be available. NEW AGREEMENT IDE BY SOME OF THE BIG IADS TODAY , PRICE: FIVE CENTS , Element of Uncertainty Has Developed Re garding ' the Peace Program."-TV SOME ROADS SIGN On Many: of V Smaller Roads, Shopmen Are i K Once More; Resuming. Their Jobs;-T , 4:fI,rP,----:--vv; : v.; liM-Wxi. By Associated Press)-- f CHICAGO, Sept. 15. Refusal by a number; of the country's bhjf- gest railway systems to enter -in-: "( tof 1 the Wlarflcld-WUIdrd-JewelL plart .for ending ' the shopmen's h. strike on the basJs of "separate agreements, developed,; ain j ele-": ment of considerable- uncertain-;, ty today over tlw scope- and ef- ; fectiveness of the peace program. . i While some of the larger? sys- i. terns had flatly refused the plan, others, however, notably .-. the: Chicago & Northwestern, and the. r Chicago, Milwaukee -& -St; Paul, ' had virtually completed arrange- , -' ments for restoring strikers at once to their former jobs ; under , J ' terms of the separate settlement . plan.. ' '. .V . . Negotiations were ; in . progress t with several roads in an i effort by shopcrafta officials to effect additional settlements. ! i . ; ' - -. : Strike leaders were ald to be -. addressing cotinunications V to some of the unwilling " roads, -J: -: asking them to reconsider ' their ' rejection. . " ' .. t . No objections will be placed , in the . way of shopmen returning : to work on the railroads, parties to the set tlement plan, B. M. Jewell, leader of the strikers, said today,, in ; denying itatments by Fred W. Rausclu union leader, at Topeka, Kan. Rausch said last night a letter signed by , Mr, , Jewell directed that no man , would return to work until all the roads had signed the agreement. ; ' .v. ,-' - Such a letter might have been sent' out before the settlement- agreement was reached, Mr. Jewell Eaid, !'but it does not apply now." : ,1.' ' HOU5E ADOPTS REPORT ON COAL DISTRIBUTION (By Associated Press) ' -WASHINGTON, Sept,' 15. By. a vote of 228 to 70 the. house v today adopted the conference report'' on the . administration coal distribution, and anti-profiteering bill, . with a provi sion limiting its life to 'one year un less the President, meanwhile, should declare the present emergency to have passed. It now goes to yie sen ate. - - ' STARTED TRIAL Officials of Central Bank and Trust Co. of Raleigh Are In Court Today (Bj Associated Press) RALEIGH, N. C, Sept.; 15. The trial of J. H. Hightower and II. H. Massey, former president and cash ier respectively of the defunct Cen tral Bank & Trust Company of this city, charged with receiving deposits, knowing the bank to be insolvent, was started in Wake Superior court today. ' : Massey and Hightower are also charged with embezzlement In eon- nuntinn with thft f a.H 11 r A. . r--f thp Tuvilr but this case has been continued un til next term of court- , J L OFFERS OF STRIKERS REJECTED I
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