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K.iir tonight .*nd Sunday. little 'i.trv :n r.itunv Moderate. k mi.!-. r.?.r?h and nortf VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH ClTlf, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER W. 1921. SIX" PAGES. NO. 248. I *Great Throngs Looked For Sunday At The Tabernacle Wc-k-K lid Delegation* from C lilies* Where I lam-ltam*ay IVleetiiifiti Have Been Held Arriving and Tliou* and* he Here from Oiitl) inp Seetion With the crowds at the Ham-1 Ramsay tabernacle k rowing every' service this week, throngs that will tax to the uttermost or over flow the tabernacle auditorium up erpetled to attend the Sunday ser vices at the blK pine temple to morrow. Week-end delegations from Henderson and other cities whi r?' the Ham-Ramsay party have con ducted evangelistic campaigns have already begun to arrive^ sev eral persona from Henderson b? ? Ing In the urudlence last night and rising at Mr. Ham's invitation, to teatlfy as to the results of the meeting in their city. Besides the delegations from a j distance, out of town churches ?ft a d communities have sent In no ? tice of their plans i?i attend ope ^or both of the Sunday hervlns and the total attendance from out 'of the city scorns certain to run to more than half the ?-eating ca pacity of the auditorium. In fact an out of town crowd that would alone All the tabeinacle would not surprise many who ure attending tho meeting. Mr. Ramsay took occasion last night to explain that the dully collection now being taken Is to defray the local expenses of the campaign, including labor and lumber fur the tabernacle, the salaries of Mr. Ham's helpers, ho' lei hill*. advurtiaing^and *>t4nT In cldental expenses. The evangel ist. Mr. Ramsay explained'. g<ts| nothing out of the offerings now being taken except his hotel hill and railroad expenses. A com plete statement of the receipts and disbursements of the cam paign. Mr. Ramsay said, will be left with the local committee and published in the local press at the conclusion of the meeting. A feature of last night'? mull* cal program was an effective duet. "Satisfied." at the conclusion of Mr. Ham's message on "What" Is a Christian?" The serjnon was earnest and searching throughout and at Its close hundreds of hands were lifted In response to the . evangellrt's Invitation thai (hove .rho were troubled at heart as to the question of their salvation or Otherwlae burdened and who de alred to ho remembered in tho ^closing prayers would so signify Br?mar, nighl'l lertnon was as follows: What la a Christian? We have been studying togeth er aome of the famous backsliders of the Bible, but before we go further in that line of study. I want us to stop and see Just what a Christian really la In order that we may more intelligently under stand the position and nature of the back-slider. Our use of the word Christian haa been very careless. We have been accus tomed to call everybody who was not a pagan a Christian, but to night we want to see who this Hi bi? considers a Christian. We will get our definition from the Bible Instead of the dictionary and (he popular conceptions of man. The word Christian occurs three times In the New Testament. The first time it occurs In Acts 11:26: "The Disciples were called Christians flrst at Antloch." Here Is was used by an outsider In ex planation of the attitude of this sect toward Ood. The aecond time . It was used was in Acts 26:28 and 1 was used by Agrlppa as an ex- ( presslon of contempt for this sect. Here we see the attitude of the world toward the Christian. The third time we And the expression used Is In I. Peter 4:16: "Hut if n man suffer ss a Christian, let him not be ashamed." Here we see set forth the attitude of Ihe Christian toward the world. In the first place we gee how the Christians kot their nam". They did not call themselves Christians but referred to them ^?Ives as "believers." "those of flne wsy" and similar phrases. The ^ksme Christian was first applied Vr them by their enemies and was a term of derision and scorn and was suggested, as we shall see, by the conduct of these people. Irt the second place the term Is used in contempt and is quoted again by an outsider. In the third plsce the term Is used by the apostle Peter In urg ing faithfulness upon the believ ers. The ChrUtlan at Antlmh Ood st flrst worked through the church at Jerusalem but after s short while this church became corrupted by ths philosophies and teachings of the Pharlseen and Sadducees and got out of tonch with Ood to such an extent that He could no longer use It to carry out His plan So many of the faithful went over to Antloch and began s revival which laated for a year and resulted In the founding of the church st Antloch and for a lona while we And that Ood ttaed this churth as the center of Christian work. When the be lievers flrst csme to Antloch they attrscted great attention by their distinct contrast to anything the pie there had ever seen before. M The apostlee stltred up great efepftem? nt by their ?? schln ? ind ae wss customary for them they ha<f a great revival. The spns ( ties alwaye had eomethln?, either | SHENANDOAH IS DELAYED AGAIN (It* Tin Awlllni rifni Tacoma. Wash. Oct. IS.?Th?* Shenandoah sent a message to her mooring mast at Camp Lewis Just before nine o'clock that she would bo unable to moor without vulyitiK helium and would not tle'up until four o'clock this af ternoon. DAESCHNER MAY BE AMBASSADOR ? - '**? r nnr If.: <>cl- 18 -Krnilo |?ae*eh MHrlll,,*Ton,rtr?""''? In Krench miimai rircloM and union t: th.? chancelleries nf Pari. ?s ,h? be?, i ruined diplomat In the French "wd Jul "r"b"b,? lm.. J J"""or?n'l ?? French The news Is not yet Official and no a pp., mine,,, has he, ., made it uouT.l ?' r h"nSl" ral" would tin good ni-WH to him if proved to bo trui* but that his ported appointment w.ih slenn.-.l from today? paper?. ' a r. viva t or a Hot. In,t they wer-. dnlnt a|| They had a militant. aci;re,?|v,. religion, not om, or u,t*- m,;.. |,,_ Th.Tr'^e, 1t"n,"r<"n>?li,K aort. ' 'Wilns Mood oat la dl,. net contra,, ?,.u J ? .<"? "'I'fV;; ^ :'r_V"; ?" any particular ?1,?, ?a?,eni ? where they " ,?so ?">? mVT.n"^?- ?""'-'?.i mn preached Vih'^?;',^" " faith and r sensation. a v?, ,,*eu T>?* Momlliy that i .'",r "mr,k,"d ?"""'?'ion ?. that the preaching of the?? ?pua Ilea aiwayj croated a moral if whTle the nlT"* ="""ent." Willie the other? of the dav were was cuatomrtry for r.o.noi ,.reAti S"uo^mTu^iifr' Z'nhv"""^ 5 Phn" ?'HP'rZT ? d "iornl Mvos and their teach ton. Tlf" f""" m"r"' """II To?- ?transe to **,. (hey !r^I CI p^c:'c,l morality, but their preaching seemed to naturally product it. They did no,"" on put ann hoi" ?n W"*-11? a I? r ?on hilt aeemed to he concerned rather with the position ?1,1 son and hi? relationship to a per -on. Jeatia Chrl,t. I,,,',' ,he , . lit. alwav, followed apparently r"n?e,|,ience. This religion wan distinctly ? Ihvava ref ^herU?. iere tL""!"r'f,rrl"? I" the new rroa fe Th ?'d "nrt a.to? >' ""V " bran<l new ere a ion a n. w horn people You dldn t have to ask them if the* MvoT^hrlr0 fh,', ",W *VCt ?"'r w2,i,h.^rvm""'n ,h"r Their topic of conversation alan ?ar. peculiar They weren't tM? ???>?? Ihh. movement or that movement ,hi. oraanlaition oj rraT?"'":u '"''H'1 *?>k arlvea They didn't have Church., Home you think that the onl) w.-y to have ? rliutch I, I- ."'T, " "lannmcont and linpoa 'of ? m'u " ,h"' *?" ?? Kill ? ope would have ushered in the tnlHenium ion* ?go f,,, ibey |,a,l th< moat heantlfiil ?nd coativ known. world haaeVir ni.lii't (lave 1'lne t'hnrrhea I. cNk?- u"'" "'-"'p'"? <?ldni have menk'rr',.""r " ,nr?<" and wealthy men herahl" |? were Ti"" ,hHr niinihera wto. They never counted niim r#>fprrpd to Yet cotton. lh" l,:""" pcrae. ?V'*'1 "f over r.n.000 /Eii.T, .. h0 *"v" Hf? for Thrlat iM" ,"'r*"n J"?ua Th? v. "r,nirKl whom their Ihoughta teemed to center. That ?"V, :-''" Jb" lopir of their con-. In m! ,h"r "?m-red tn .1 . *ro"P" ?n the atrect. or, In their hornea or when they ?ath-l T?r 'OK'ther to worahip, their Wava ?h '""'""?tlon waa ?1 Waya the aame anil It waan'i meCn,"Th.?r * drlv' "r * "?"e Ohrii't H |H7?"n one je,? ^nri?t to whom th?y aonoarorf i?. har?'?I.r,l"ilT Vou didn't ?>"?? <?"r w..r'i Ohrlatlan., Th.y never lo," . rj''"'-'' ,n "y and mil cnuldn'i sar-ifSMaS: ,rJr/'w.rr ?o'X2'"th.^Mui'lind j W ALSH TELLS OF THE SLUSH FUND irvurrtcht. I?l w ti,# Adraar.) ChlenRo, Oct. 18.?The Senat?? Investigating committee was told by Prank J*. Walsh, counsel for Senator LuFollette, Independent" prCsidental candidate, that "leads", had been developed indicating that the Republican "slush" fund of $10.000.000 or $12.000.000 Ih to he raised for use in this'cam paign. ii vmi do finally answer, you do It in an apologetic sort of way as If you were ashamed of it. You are lik" h?woman trat hr Olctahnirni once when I asked her If she was a Christian and she replied: "I got baptized once, hut It didn't take." ' I went to her husband and asked him if he was a Christian and when ho said he was not 1 said: "Is your wife a Christian?" "I don't know, ask her. Here she is." I turned and asked her ?he question and Hhe drawled out in ti half-heartened s'ort of way: "\Vh>, yes." "Your husband doesn't seem to know It," I said, to which she re | plied: "He don't? Well. It Just must have slipped his mind. I was con verted It years ago." A Counterfeit ('hrtatianil y That Isn't Christianity. We don't see much Christianity today. It Is buried under the rubbish of the philosophy and theories of 2. 000 years. We have left our first love, the love of the espousal, that love you husbands had for your wives before you married. Don't you remember how atten . Ilvr. ynu ?urn??When you went to call you always carried some candy or flowers, when she got In a car you always had to assist her and when you walked down the ; street you couldn't get a knife j blade between your shoulders. That was before you left your first love. Hut now look a', you: "Old woman, are you going to krejr me waiting all day? Hurry up. or I'll leave you to stay at home." You have left your first love. You need to go back- to your courting days again. Now. I see | some of you wives nudging your husbands. That's all right, make him come across. No. these early Christians had n't left their first love. They were In love with Christ and like h bride and groom they couldn't he!p showing It. I was on the train one Christ mas returning from a meeting out in Oklahoma and was the only passenger on the car except a young couple. Finally I struck up a conversation with them and , said: "You are bride and groom, are n't you?" "How did you know?" she asked. "Pshaw." I auid, "that's easy. You cant iielp showing it You are too attentive to each other to have been married very long " Christians l^vr Flrwt lx?\e That's the trouble with too many of us today. We have left our first love and we are rold and j Indifferent. You talk to the lover about his sweetheart and he will listen to you all night and you rnn talk to the Christian about Christ and he will never get tired Finally the folks at Antioch no ticed this peculiarity of these dls clples and whenever they would see a little group standing talking about Jesus Christ, they would point them out In derision and say "Oh, there are some of those old Christ?t?ans.'' Now what, is a Christian? One who Is so desperately In love with Christ that his conver sation, his conduct, his llfo, I.is fruits all bear Indisputable testi mony to this lovs In such s way that no one can hslp but see that love. Ar? you a Chrlstlsn? "I hops so," you reply, half apologetically. Thst Isn't the Chrlstlsn. "Oh, but I sm so ashamed of myself," you argue. Yes, all Chrlstlsns sre sshsmed of themselves, hut they afe like ?he young man once who tried to K??t up and give testimony, hut he couldn't say a word and finally hrid to take his sest completely overcome Some one said to him: "You ought to he sshsmed of yourself to make such s disgrace ful failure ss thst." At that he sprang to his feel and ssld: "Yes. I am sshsmed of mveelf, hut I am not ashnmed of. my Christ " And jet when one ssks you If Sunday s Religious Program !)::!(> A. XI.?Sunday School m rtu~various clnirchesTts usual. 11 :t?0 A.M.?Preaching by the Pastors in the various churches as usuul. Mr. Ramsay will j preach to the colored people of the city at this hour at Mt. Lebanon Church. :i I*. M.?Mass meeting at the tabernacle for every body. Sormqji subject: "The Present Day Offensive of the Anti-Christ." IV -?^ -??- weribed ua a*- 4Host -shu tting mid. iMost? timely memy Mr. Ham will deliver and as one in which he brings out some re remarkable facts concerning present day -l world conditioim. : 1*. M.?Mr. Ham's Ctmous sermon-lecture "The Trial and Ex^nition of Jesus Christ from a l.egal Viewpoint." SaiJ to be a most n ijiatkable presentation of tbe_f;xU eon-_ cerning this ftimous event. Mr. Ham was trained in the law prior to his entry upon the ministry and is Will fitted to 'discuss this subject. The Bar Association of the City and County is invited to attend this service in a body. NO SEHVICKS MONDAY. REST IVAY you are h Christian you will |?r*?l? ably reply: "I'm trying to be." I If some on.' aska you if you arc married. ilo you r.-ply in any such uu> * X7T I in n wliy Jon t you do ax tuuch for rliri.il aH you do your wife. < lii-lst Tln-lr All No. tliiMu Christians didn't hav?< to be asked. Thpy ahowcd It. They walk ?-d every day a? If they were conscious of iti? presence of t li in Christ Whom they wor shipped. livi'iy thought aiol act, intellectual, einot tonal ami voli tional was centered around thin person and their greatest ambi tion wa:> to pleasi HJm. 1 was in Kast Northlleld. Mac ; sachusettn. attending, a lllble con ference once and I noticed u vmini; ; lady whom I knew to he one of 1 the best Christian character? In jb?r horn? town In Tenneaaeo wh re I had previously held n imiHtllnc. She wan crylnn a* .though her heart would break. I Inaid: "Miss (^ora, what ia the ! trouble?" "Oh, Mr. Hani/" ?he said, "a lfitlv tiikt?;<ikud?me if?l- WrtH M Christian. Dn you suppose I huve | n't been true to my I/ord? N?? one baa ever had to a*k uio that be fore." I assured her that the Rood wo | man had Just merely been im pressed by the message and want jod to do something for Christ and j took the flrat opportunity to Apeak [She had, ?mt MverthfleN that In nocent jrottix P,r| dUtrened because it had been necessary for any one to aak her if she was Chrlntlan. She was aahamed ami afraid ahe had not been true to ! bar Lord. That In the Christian spirit. Who has the right to the name Christian" Those Whose Uvea, whose con duct. whose conversation, whose dally walk ban purchased It for them. Only those are entitled to I be name. In the second place, we find the word used under still different circumstances, this time by wlclt ed old Agrlppa as a term of con tempt. C)l?l Agrlpim's Contempt The apostle Paul had been preaching In Jerusalem and had Incurred the anger of the Haddu cees so that they bad had him ar re*ted and spirited away to the coast. In a few day*, lawyers came over to where he was i m prisoned and demanded that he b< carried back to Jerusalem for tri al. Hut Paul knew the law and bin rights under the law as n fc man citizen and he refused to to Jerusalem, but insisted that li' be tried In a Roman court. H> had Just seen Jesus Christ aub jetted to a mock trial in Jerussi ; lem und put to death and he knew the high state of prejudice which existed there which would prevent his getting a fair trial, so he in slsted on a change of venue. Paul knew these Pharisees and Ruddu cees and knew that they wouldn't take the Hiblc as an authority fot they had substituted the Talmud and the Cahalla for their scrip ture*. Just as they have todav. The Jew won't accept the old Bi ble. He too ha* substituted the Talmud for the old scripture*. Don't think you are under any ob ligation to regard the Jew's rellx Ion Just because he 1* Ood's chos en people. If any Jew will accept the Old Testament as true. I wtll < Ol'l!T CONTINUES yi IIM' Two Muhnilsnlon.-*, in which Carl Johnson and Willie Jones, Weeks vdle negroes. were the defendants. ?.iiiKl it utfd 111.' docket ITT?polUM' court Saturday moinlnK. Each let off Willi runts for exceed-, in* the hpe??l limit at intersect ing higliirti.vM. 'I he arrexts were made by County Traffic Officer Anderson. ( M AItKKT New York. Oct. IS. -Spot cot-j 'oil rioted ciulet. Middling 23.70. an advance of 2f? points. Futures, dosing hid: Oct. 2:1.36. Dec. 22.70, Jan. 22.so. Miirch 23.16, May' 23.40. July 23.10. prove to him beyond a shadow of , doubt that Jesua Christ in lil? Messiah, but they won't do It. *1.1ke th?* old Sadducera. they hav?* substituted for th?- Millie some thing else. Paul knew this would put him at n disadvantage In Je rusalem, so he insisted that he be tried in the Komun provide*?, Hh i ~wnK~dur to he tiled hi'fun* Pest us, j but about that tiin?* Agrippa came , to visit Pest us and brought with i him that voluptuous, sinful worn- I | an, Bernlco. Agrippa was a mls ! orable old dlletaute. an immoral, I sou Mobs reprobate, even then llv-J Ing In unholy relationship with, his brother's wife, but as he was l a Hd/icw lawyer. Pest us decided I to get his help on the knotty; nrohtfin of what to do with Paul. So Kestus agreed to sit on th" case. The Trial Before Agrlppn Now let us get the picture. If I were an artist, r would like to paint that immortal scene. There sat. Festus, the pagnn governor and by hit? side the wicked. llcin tlous Agrippa with' his wicked companion. Ilernlce. Around in the court room were the worldly, godless. pa umi courtesans. And now enters I'aul. the little prison er of Jesus, bin hands In chains and on either side a (Ionian sol dier. They take their place before the unsympathetic judges and au dience. The charges are read and then Paul, small of stature, con temptible to look upon. Ills body scarred anil bruised by his perse cutions. his weak, watery eyes adding to his insignificant appear ance, steps forth to make what Is commonly callefl his defense. Hut it Is not his defense. Paul scarce ly mentions himself, hut oh. that matchless, wonderful defense of the nam?' <>f the Lord Jeaua. He began to tell of his conversion to Christ and Willi indisputable evi dence and faultier logic he sets forth the arguments In defense of his Lord. As he speaks, every body in the court room began to feel the great drawing power of, this gigantic soul. Agrippa soon saw that Paul was trying to con vert him and finally Insulted and affronted at the nudarlty of this apostle, h" bursts forth In con temptuous wrath: "Why Paul, with a little persuasion, you would fain try to mak'? a Chris tian out of me." That is the lit eral meaning of th'- text. And listen to Pstil's reply: "I would to Ood thst not thou I only, but all thst hear m" wore as I I am save th*?se bonds." Wanted Convert Agrl,?|>ft Paul didn't want to persecute them. He didn't Want to see them Continued on page 4 BIRTHDAY NATION YORKTOWN TODAY '#? Aw?toM PrfMi Yorktowft, Va., Oct. 18.?Pk ture*que Yorktown. whi>r#? tli? Revolution'? battles end?d nn>l lx>rd Cornwall^ surrendered hi* sword lo Oeorg? Waahlngton, to d?r celebrated the real birthday of the nation. Thousand* marched through lift atreeta. little (hanged by time. In a pageant of devotion, and HtatMmcn. generala, hlatorlnna. ?nd ednrafnra an well a* military and diplomati'- ropreaenttltca of Prance paid their tribute. YELLOW CABS FOR BESTCITY New Type Taxi Service in Old Hum?- Town if Plan* Yoiui? BufineKH Men Go Through (o Sueeetwt. Yellow cab wrvlw for Eliza beth City, which is said to bo an other word for dependable and tellable taxi service ut a reason able charge. in in prospect and Yellow Cabs will probably be seen _OIl Hm-aliveta of HI t/.a bet It CUv , within the next two weeks. Two taylcabs made by the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company of Chi cago were purchased lhl? wwk, and If tlnse are fouiul to operate as successfully as?they?have . in other similar cities others will be brought here In the near future. The Yellow Cab Company came ' into existence when the taxlcab as a means of transportation had hunk into disrepute by reason of . the hiKh-prices ?for li^ ( service and the low character of their drivers, who were in many instances emissaries of t hi* under ; world. A group of Chicago busi ness men became obsessed with the ldt*n that the taxlcab could be brought back into popular favor by the use of a car hullt especlal j ly for this traffic coupled with '-reasonable rates, competent ami reliable drivers, and hocked by a responsible orgaiUzutToin wiieii ifttf cosily experiment the Yel low Cab Company had realized Its fullest hopes in Chicago, fab on-_ orators In other, cities began to ask for this vehicle. Having learned the lesson of making . these cars pay a? well as that of manufacturing them, the Yellow. Cab Company undertook to do more than merely sell their cabs, i "\Y<t will also make available to i our- us<*rs Wie results of our accu mulated experience and the well tested principles of operation which have made us successful." I hey ?aid. The Yellow Cab Company has hud an eye on Elizabeth City for some time, but its policy of get ting an organized responsibility back of Yellow Cab service to In sure competent and reliable driv ers us well as high class service at reasonable rates was an effec-, t Ive bar to precipitate action. They have waited to get back of Yellow Cab service In Elizabeth City men whose names woul^l ! stand for financial responsibility and business integrity. There fore Investigation preceded nego tiation. The TellOW Cab Company some months ago. after making preliminary inquiries by mall. sent a repiesuutatlve Ihto to look" over the situation ut first hand. The men who will as the final result of these Investigations and ? negotiations undertake (o give Elizabeth Cft* Yellow Cab service are: T. T. Nelson, Miles Clark. Ij. C. Haum, Jr.. and Howard Kramer. YOUNG MOTHER IS ACQUITTED TODAY Philadelphia. Oct. 18.?Violet Dlckerson. 19 years old mother, was acqulted today of the charge , of murder In the hold up and killing of Louis Hlrsch. an aged storekeeper, last November. The girl was accused Jointly with Charles Oefflnger, aged 31. of shooting Hlrsch. Oefflnger was given a separate trial and convicted of first degree murder carrying the death penalty. He and the girl accuaed each other of having fired the fatal shot. WOMEN DENOUNCE VETERANS BUREAU iVr 1*1? AltneUlM ?*?*??? Washington. Oct. 1R.?Denun ciation of the United States Vet erans Itureau for Its "policy of supplying cheap shoddy flags for Veterans coffins of Veterans of the World War was revealed to day. At a recent meeting of the New York ?tale fed'rat ion of woman's (Tubs Mrs Lillian Hire produced a flag which she declared to he made of Inferior materials and to ; be minus a row of eight stars. She declared the flag was one of 300,- . 000 contracted for by the bureau. CHINESE FIGHTING IS MORE VIOLENT <n? -n* or-??? Peking. Oct 18.--Fighting at fthanknlkan between the Invad ing Manchurlsn forces of General Chang Tso Lin and the resisting armies of the Peking government Is *?> increasingly violent and in tense thst the outcome msy d*elde the control of the Chinese govern ment. according to observers re turning today rrom the Chlftllan Manchurlsn front. Both sides are throwing their b?Sl fighting units Into the battle for Important strsteglc lines ap proachlng Rhanhalkwan. norme? I OUT ON WAY To (HIMiKKX'H HUM K While Mrs. W Hen Ooodwln and Mrs Anna I*ewls were taking clothes to children at the Chil dren's Home Saturday morning one of the suitcases was lost. It was s yellow suitcase containing boys' clothes and 'Mr*, l^ewls will appreciate It's being returned to the chamber of Commerce r'lmnl. i The Advance office, or to Rev O. I F llill Opening Of New Inlet Will Mean Much To State Work i>l llir Ki-llrrir- I iiimiii?????? I- l)r>tinr<l In Mean Mnrli ftluri* 1 11 ?ib Oy>trr and 1 lain H?*?I* and Shad (invis. lirlit'f of itirnt S. Drum* Kalulgk. Oct. 1&. New Inlet, considered om> uf the must impor tant RoiiKraiitilrul ussolx along the coast of North Carolina, which ' waH~fiH-Ml In Py n:trrnwlTii? j- wrjiV two years. ha* Just lieeii roap?ued after the urcoinpllulr.ug ??f many difficult engineering f- \f v umi t the general MipcrviS.oH aU?l t ?i (directIon of lireut S. I ?rane. ~9 While the inlet wan rrit|M*tiJl by the VIhIiitIo? Coiniiil^iiin aru! It? main purpose Is to :?rr?is?| oys ter and clam he.ts ati'l sli.nl c.tv'.M, it i? naid t hal lu cr'ii.i A 1,1 i. Ins than hofur?' will rc!iirit t ? t In state a ureal deal more than w:.s ever expect oil and niurfy lint- * t j.? ?amount expended In its reopen Mi... Ill 1922 -New In lei. whirh had been gradually narrowing for a number of yearn. was definitely closcd. With the shutting up of .moth* r of the few outlet ! to the sea through the wand bar.* which ? n _ClOSQ the Xorlh <:.r?lln. of ureal sounds, not only, were val uable clam mid oyMler bedi? en the commercial fisheries uf fpp." Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds and their numerous 'em uaries were deprived ?f ono of the two entry ?points from?the *ea-^arhrrtT?tiTri long been rated as far the more Important. On the morning of October 7. 1924. New Inlet was reopened, an the result of months of work and the conquering ??f many difficul ties attending an engineering feat, 'considered unique in (he bistort of the state and one which Jn full of scientific. historical and com mercial interesi. Credit for the achievement be longs to the Fisheries Com mis sion, whleh acted upon many pe tition? from the region affected; to Governor Morrison, who In sisted 4o the General Assembly of 1922 upon the importance of maintaining tho inlets In the In terest of the fishing Industry; und, to the wisdom of that General As sembly which appropriated *100, 000 for the work which waa sue ccssfully carried out uccording to mu 11 i iig engineer, and nv dlrec ? or of the North Carolina Econo mic and Geological Survey. Owing to tho history of the In lets on the sandy coust of J4orth Carolina having been one of In stability and erratic change. niifh; doubt was expressed as to the wis dom of the undert_akln?. A sim ilar undertaking had f.ii'.-l sn.-ii" time before. Characteristics of the Inlets prevented precise articulation. it was said, and the engineers baaed tholr plana on a review of *he far tors common to all the Inlets. All obtainable records of the ni id Lo cation of New Inlet and the ihr? .? other Inlets nee rest It. ?-aid \|r Drane. wero compiled. largely from photographic copies of origi nal surveys; some of them so years old. Statements of local ob servers were carefully weighed and compared. It appeared 1? the engineers that the position oc cupied by the lulet In 1876 (about a mile and a half north of where II closed) was of the best promise for the reopening. The slue or channel in Vatpllco Sound from the old Inlet, it w.m explained, followed a winding and Indirect courn? from deep stmI't almost four miles from the Ikm- h. eastward and northeastward be tween high shoal?, until it pni? tically ended about a mile and a half westward from the beach. The work to be done. It was point ed out, watt to druUgu u channel fl) feet wide and ft feel deep to float the dredge to the he;.ell cut. and there to begin the cutting of the 225 foot wide canal, almost a half a tulle in length from gn?ltd to ocean. This channel required Ip the making practically all of three months. April, May and June, before the egnal'ctit could lie begun. The twelve Inch ? hvdraitll d red ne, n floating machine I ft" feet long deposited the material It sucked up through a pontoon supported pipe line at a distance of 600 feet to one side of the channel. Careful observation showed that none of this returned to the cut. When the .anal through the beach was reached, the materini wrs formed liMo a ridge paralleling the cansl on the northward side 'I he cansl tnalu talneri a depth of six feet at low water until It neared thu sea 'beach, when the ls?t 200 feet were cut to nine feet deep On Tuesday morning t tober 7 last. th" dredging advanced through its protective embank ment whleh encircled the frant of the work Jast above high water mark, and cut rapidly n narrow into the ?lop!ng bench At 11.15 the firs' wave of the rising sen tide broke over Into tha-caqal. Others rapidly followed and at noon the dredge was withdrawn. Soon a steady flow of sea water over the narrow ridge loto the l)\\ IS CONCLUDES \ I SIT TO CHICAGO < hlcngv. o.i is John W. Da* .?i.' 8,ii|imI h"n 'fp- I rainpalgn visit trt Chicago yerterdny with thro ? ypeorho*. Ho spoke to Bo homianrf. ami Jcw?, stressed. "tn~ helt-'f ttt TPltlfloUH liberty a58[ t? i? nidi's a mi intnliw! Wood.? ? ??\v Wilson fur champions* *he cause of h?-If determination In be lmlf of the smaller nation*. lower of tint I'amlico Sound hi the canal luul ?*ti| a ?tnali horse _*luu* whloh eonatawtty lar^oil mi all shies. finally com* plotruti iiik away the sand harrier. Later soundings in the canal Indicated that the deepened area had served its purpose thor oughly and that the entire inward-id" of the harrier had Indued in ii. leaving; the canal six nut i ?.* in depth.??The 1 "i" ' ??UiploLml ?.Iio gorge and tuu ?lays after its first hreaali ? I showed manufactory la* ?ilen? nun nf continued widening fn spite of unfavorable condition ot .i heavy northeasterly wind and I i' rough sea. A novel feature of the engln t iiiJT'wvirk. Which involved tli? iiv? of i mil rot? d red ft es to be ni'.k as Jetties to hold and de flect -ii^ard i ho Huud drift of ih ytroiii* southward shore car ?|l' of the prevailing winter ti?':?, failed of complete success ?*' 'he i m Min al. the engineers - a ".verted, huilt in war time, were brought fur a more fraction Of 1 h"ir cost. heavy anchors and ?ham* wero prepared for them, and the cooporution of the <Nsvy. the I*, s ('oust Uuard and Uio I ? S Weather 11 ureau necured. 'I In y were towed from Norfolk j and were in position to be drawn j into place by powerful windlasses, when a strong nmtheaxt wind was reported from Cape Hsstfr m and arrived before the work saSft J bo accomplished They begsa ?e drag anchor and finally cam# . hore 300 yard? to the south o| the nlaro planned for them. ? ?According <??? those in charge i"i amount within seversl timss ? heir value would have paid the cost of getting thein off, so they wore dytinmlted to help usafa their sanding up in place, wttfc the result of Jetty on tbs so a til lint end of the north shors. bet Hill of distant benefit. A tim ber pllluji structure 200 feet ? h?n<. already built on the north shore to connect with the bar?** holds the hoarh on the north ? 14?. andjJhe completion of the project will lie reached when three sim ilar "spur dykes" of piles sre finished. i j In the project of reopening New inlet, nays Mr. Drune. the object was not the promotion of navlga ''on and commerce hut aid of the ftahiim Industry The Inlets whirh open through the nsrrow sand harrier reefs between tbs Hounds and the Ocean are aaid to he eflHcnl In I to fixherlea In two t|h- * forest In? ways First, the Inflow of sea water during a rising tide is necesnafy to produce ths na Un it v in the waters of the sous# rood fill for oyster, clam and ss ? allop culture and for seversl va rieties .,{ valuable fish. Second, ? h?? outflow during the ebb tide carries Ncaward n current of rel ntivelv fresh water constantly pouring into the sounds from the rivers of the Interior. It ia this fresh water which attrscts snd turns inland the valuable migra tory f*h, notably herring aad shnrt decrease In ih- number of which has of late yeora caused much concern The neat great chad migration being in February, the New Inlet Is expected to prove of early distinct value. The only previous effort to op en a Honed Inlet haa to do with I he historic passage through which ftsleiah'R colonists made ????try In their ships' boat to r ok?' island. iloanoke clo-od in I 71?T? at the preaeat of N a k s Head. In 1820 the Carolina Hoard of Public secured an Investigation snd re port from Hamilton Fulton, ea VSngliah engineer of distinct!?*, who made full and complete plags for the reopening of the Inlet to f -rve the commerce of the rich Al Iiemarlti section and the planta tions on the Itoanoke and Chowaa rivers beyond. There were othsr reports and Investigations, nota bly one bv Lieut. D. IV Wood bury. U. ft. A . who submlttsd a plan estlm*'' 1 cost S&OO.ttf ^ i nd who began operations snd eoa- i tinned on a Congressional appro* 1 priatlon of tr.n.ooo until lilt. j when he was succeeded by Llea tetiant W. H C. Whiting Tfca latter recommended that ths pro- i jeet be abandoned This officer af terwards i.e. .?me General Whit- . ij In* one of the most brilliant eg* < glpeer officers of the Confederate arinv. wn . built Fort Fisher snd received h la mortal wound In Its bombardment.