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I ITHE CAROLINA WATCHMAN I - . - ,' . 1 - Wm. H. STEWART, Editor and Owner j t I. i i ! Published Every Wednesday At Salisbury, N. C. Subscription Price: "WtXt&uaMM, 1 year .75 lteoeri, 1 year 75 Tba Procreaelra Farmer, 1 year.. 1.00 JLfll tor a year each, only $1.50 Catered aa second-class matter Jan vary Ittk, 1905, at the postoffice at SalisWiy. N. Gv under the act of Con grtss3 Of March Srd, 1879. Salisbury, N.C. May 22, 1918 CAMOUFLAGE MURPHY BITE THE DUST, TO Quite a number of the most prominent business, professional and influential men and women of Salisbury and Rowan county are now earnestly at work to see that Walter Murphy, who aspires to succeed Hpn R L Doughton as representative in the lower branch of congress from this district, is kept at home and Mr Doughton is given the nomination. Being in per sonal contact with the people of Salisbury, many sections of the county, and. having received communications from various parts of the district, it appears that the desire to defeat Mr. Murphy is not only quite gener al but earnest and insistant. As i . i previous :y stated no one save Murphy would be the benefi ciary should he be elected, he is merely knocking for a two-fold job: he wants, regardless of his lack. of fitness for the position to -! satisfy a morbid, insatiable and egotistical ambition to oc cupy a position that will make it possible for him to get re venge, domineer in an autocratic manner over his fellow citizens and the public welfare, not that he might improve conditions, raise mankind to a higher level, serve the State loyally, advance it's cause, or even do a man's part in defending the nation against its enemies. He is actu ated by greed and a desire to have a good time at the public's expense. Secondly ho wants to down prohibition and serve the brewers and distillers. He has fought prohibition with all the devil-inspired cunning that he could command during the past fifteen years, is still at it and, judging by his record, he expects to continue to do so. Those who know Murphy under stand.thoroughly that deception is his long suit, that he is a professional politician of small ability, revengeful and narrow minded, in short a dangerous man to put in a position of honor and trust. No patriotic Ameri can would think of putting our troops under the command of German officers, it would de feat our cause, yet that is just exactly the kind of a deal Mur phy hopes to hand out to the pro hibitionists. The distillers are just now particularly anxious to get as many Murphys in congress ai possible Ttiey need his kind, for the prohibitionists are now nearing a glorious harvest and the efforts of many years are about to culminate in a nation wide victory. The brewers and distillers are desparate, their great offensive is on, and they will soon gloat over our defeat if enough Murphy's can be elected to the next congress when this matter will be taken up for consideration. Are we ready to make the sacrifice? Or shall we keep Webb, Sim mons, Doughton and the entire old. loyal guard in command? We need patriotism in times of peace as well as in times of war, and, although patriotic so cieties have existed in Salisbury for more than thirty years, Murphy has never seen fit to encourage their efforts in any way. While the Junior Order, the Patriotic Sons of America, the labor unions and ' others -were making a fight to prevent our country being filled with alien enemies, by putting a head tax ami a literacy test on our immigrants, where was Murphy the patriot.? What effort has he ever made to guide the ship uway from the rocks and into a sate Harbor.' Absolutely none, nor did he encourage those who were in the fight. In fact, only since patriotism has become popular, has he discovered that he was a patriot, presuma bly to get a job, or save his neck. Spasmodic patriotism is a poor variety and we should not trust those who slip it on for the occasion very far. The time to head off Bolshevikis, the Sinn Feiners, I. W. W.'s and the camouflage Murphys is now, at the primary, Saturday June 1st. We cannot afford to take any risk, and regrets are useless. REGISTRATION TRICKS. If you want to vote in the pri mary June 1st, see that your name is pioperly registered. We are informed that in some paits of the countv registrars are sro- ing from house to house ano registering only those who will vote for Murphy for Congress and avoiding- those who wish to vote for Mr Doughton. This is a typ ical Murphy trick and should not only be nipped in the bud, but every man who believes in fair play and a square deal should see that he is properly regis tered and that Mr Doughton gets what is coming to him This is the kind of tricks that is putiing" unprincipaled men in office and gives us so much bad government. Let's stop it. The time for candidates to make announcement of their intention to seek office came to a close Saturday night. All who wished to enter the race are supposed to have done so, democrats and republicans. It will soon be up to people to determine who shall and who shall not serve them during the next two years. This is a very important matter and voters ought to carefully weigh the merits of each can didf te with a view to select ing thosd who will serve all th people best. The man who wants to boss, who wants to be an autccrat, who will forget the people as soon as he is elected, should be em phatically turned down. Those who wish to send off to get men and women to fill offices and pass orders against the wishes of a majority or without the least considera tion of the people's wishes, should be required to stay out of governmental positions Now is the time for the people to assert themselves in order to preserve their rights and retain their position as free men and sovreigus. The can didate who is not willing to ascertain and do the will of the majority is not in harmo ny with our form of govern ment and it is a risky bus? ness to put him in a position of authority. Let it be un derstood henceforth that the voters of this county are citi zens, not subjects: rulers not slaves and. are prepared to maintain their rights. If we neglect these importaut mat ters then our rights will grow less and less year by year and instead of a government by the people, of the people and for the peopJe, we will be un der the heal of autocracy as fully as if we lived in Germa ny. Be a patriotic voter. If you should get a Sam ple copy of The Watchman read it and pass it on. If you get more than one hand them out to your neighbors and friends. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refuni money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles ip 6o 14 days. The first application gives Ease ana Rest. 50c. FIFTEEN YEARS FOR WHISKEY MURPHY'S RECORD OF DECEIT AND DUPLI CITY. 15 YEARS WILLFULLY WRONG. How he Twisted and Slandered a Minister, Obtained the Speakership Hopes to Break Into Congress. During the great campaign of 1003, when most of the good people, men and women, were striving to rid the town, county and State of the bar room, me still ana tne curse of drunkeness, the prohibi tiouists and christian people f a 1 a ' oi tne town puDiisnea a small sheet known as "The R9asoner7' and the opponents largely composed of distillers, barkeepers, etc, conducted sheet known as "Items," the latter, as is commonly admitted, was under the edi torship and control of Wal ter Murphy, Among the articles appearing in Thel Reasoner was one by Rev H L Atkius, then the beloved pastor of the First Methodist church, in which he classi tied some of those who were opposing prohibition, In reading Mr Atkins' article it is clear that he did not state that 'all" oppouents were in one of these classes, but en deavored to show the reput able citizen who his colleagues were that he might see that he was in bad company and owed it to himself and the rest interest of mankind to come out from among them. However it didn't matter to Mr Murphy what the intent of the pastor's article was if he could but twist and dis tort it, so as to use it for his own cause,-and by thus twist ing and distorting the arti cle, and by ignoring the real. substance of it, he proceeds to lambast and ridicule one of the truest of men 'and one of the most earnest and de vout servants of the High God. Read it and see what Murphy will stoop to. 'I he fallowing appeared in Items, Vol. 1, No 7, under date cf October 20, '1903, Walter Murphy, editor: .turn n t a j i j i "Mr tiL, Attvins, tne pas tor of the Methodist church of Salisbury, in an . article appearing in the last issue of "The Intolerant" has this to say about the men of Salis bury who are opposed to pro hibition to the extent of voN ing against it, classifying all such persons under the fol lowing heads. "1 The Saloon men and distillers. "2 Most unfortunate men who are heavy drinkers. "3 Almost every sot in town. "4. Every harlot in the city is opposed to prohibition. "5 So far as known all the gamblers oppose the movement. "The above is a libel on men justasgood, just as pure, just as honest, just as intelligent, just as moral, and of much more service to this community, than Mr Atkins. It is unfortunate, that a man clothed in the livery of the most high, and one whose mission should be to preach the gospel of love and chari ty should go so far as to for get himself in his enthusiasm for a cause he has espoused, as to call the good citizenship of Salisbury, either bar keep ers, sots or gamblers, be cause they honestly disagree with him as to the merits of prohibition. Mr Atkins makes an assertion, the only inference from which can be drawn, is that those who vote for saloons ate tq Declassified uuder one . 1 am hoping that the de mo ot the five heads he men- ;crats at lhe primary on June tipns Such an inference, islwhat; the public mind ac cepts. Now if his intentions ws what his words mean, tKen his communication de serves the utmost censure, aifd is uuwortny of a man wjao calls himself a Christian minister. Still these asser tions and those of a similar character are the most effec tive weapous,that the general rin of hydrophobic tauaHcs usb in their arguments, Tern are men in Salisbury, gefod men, honest citizens, ITCH Ul UUdiauir, uu i r, sober high minded gentle ran, wno are opposed to prohibition, yet Mr Atkins carls theseLlmen, sotF, gam- blers, associates ot harlots bar keepers or distillers. You cannot make a man a good iWhv Palling him a thief nv.. J - o I and a liar aud you cannot make friends for prohibition bvi calling these men sots aud gamblers. f'There are scores of cif'fzeus who do their thnking and whom our I own no aniount of villification, abuse anl threats eraauatincr from aril source of bigoted fanatic- istf cau dter them from us- 1, sifik the elective franchise as ,,!?. j 4. re wee 10 repiy iu tuti arucie iu thi spirit in which it was written ine proDamiiiy is tht something bitter would be&aid, but as we try in allrthiugs to be temperate we! will dismiss it wifh this statement. Mr At- kins has lived here four years ne nas DroKen nreaa in our hoifies he has gone in and out amongst our people aud if his opiniou of the citizen ship of our town are as he stated them in 4,The Reason er" ft)" then tbsre will be few tears 4 shed when he departs froth our midst in December nexi " lfcwould have beeu foolish r? ; indeed tor any one to have claimed that all the oppo nen$s of prohibition were bar keepers and gamblers." It would have be-n false, anH if tr'ue, there would hav- 1- . A A A A A a 1 Dean, no use iq attempt to get 5 t n v recruits irom sucn a source Mr Atkins knew this and it was iDelieved, which is the basisof all preaching, proper to shfew the possible convert Mb 4inriif'inn aH oaaio f 0 m5i, iu,. LLldll J" UllUI BOG IUO uccu of gejtiug on a higher level. Murphy was opposed to lend ing a helping hand, but rath er swung on to their heels and ried by all the devils inspired lingenuity at his disposal to keep mankind in the slough of despond. He is at j that work today and wants more, power that he may yet drag tbe whole pop ulation down to the level he coneicjers proper. Shall we give him the means to do it? That's the big question for the citizens to answer at the primaries June 1st. How ffluphy Tricked the Prohibitionist in tlie Last Legislature. Her g is a communication from R L Davis, superintendent of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, that shows Mr Mur phy's conduct in the last legis lature while speaker of tbe house of representatives. It al so shows how a professional politician will talk to get an office ajid how he will act after getting it : Office -of the Superintendent, Raleigh, N C, May 21, 1918. Col T U Vanderford, - "t . Salisbury, N.C. lsr will defeat Mr Walter Mur- pny ana nominate 'tor congress, Mr liL Doughton. Mr Doughton 's record on prr hioition, as a citizen and as a member of Congress, is straight. He has always worked and vot ed with the friends of prohibi tion. While Mr Murphy's, record as a citizen and a member of the Legislature has shown that he was in favor of the liquor traffic. A review of bis Legislative record at the General Assembly of 1917 is convincing:. I was told by Mr A D Ward of New Bern, who helped him to secure h k y f . that Mr Murphy said, as Speak- er of the House, he would be neutral on proposed temperance and prohibition legislation. Mr Ward also gsa'.d to me that he was surprised at Mr Murphy's acuv1 10 aeieaT; promotion aiter SUCIJ a promise. mu r ;i !-. 1 ... iUBymuious rronioition pojv that had Qthe United snip port of, ecclesiastica,l, moral and Cfvjf organizations throughout the State, was introduced in the Houseby VIr Gardner of Yancey, January 29th, House Bill No. 802, and referred to the commit- tee on the. Liquor Traffic. The omciai printed reports of that I L 1 J 1 . . . . com uuiaee cameo oniy twenty I 1 L 1 A 1 I sevBU uu : wuen ln? com lUH "Barlns uu reuruwy 9bu lour.owers, 119 me- Cox and Barnes lof Johnstoil als0 appeared on the committee, who were appointed by Mr Murphy after the committee was pub- hshed. Three of these Grant, 1 . I Cox and Parish wre active in fcne committee for the defeat of the bill, and Mr Barnes left the committee before the vote was taken After the hearing the com mittee went into execu- t i v e session, but Mr M u r ph y remained. This committee, appointed by Mr Murphy seemed determined to take immediate action, although members of the conimittee op- posed it on grounds that they had not read the bill and wanted more time; and Mr Beasly of I tt ; 11. i - . union, inecnairman or tne com mittee, used his influence to de lay a vote. After the motion was made to taffe the vote, a member of the committee, r T E Holding of Wake, asked that the motion be withdrawn so that he might offer an amendment I that he had prepared. This was refused. When we recall that this cora- mit-tee cirried thirty one names, some appointed after the print- 1 mS of the committees, when .this committee in former Legis latures, carried less thaa eigh teen names, Jjand when it is recalled that the four last nam ed were against the measure, and that Mr Murphy, the Speaker, remained at this hear ing and other hearings of the committee on the Liquor Traf fic, it looks very much like the committee was packed. On Feb. 15th Mr Page intro duced in the House, Bill No. 1161. to Create the Office of Prohibition Commissioner. The committee considered this on Feb. 23rd. Mr Murphy was on hand at this meeting and had much to say, after which the committee voted to report this bill unfavorably. On March 2nd, the Anti Adver tising bill had passed the. Sen ate and was sent to the House. On March 3rd it received a favorable report from the House r ... , committee an Propositions and Grievances and that day took its place on the House Calender, four days before adjournment it died under the thumb of Speak er Murphy. On March 3rd the committee on the Liquor Traffic icuuiiihu back to the House Senate Bill No 1157, a bill to stop clubs from keeping and storing liquor, &c. This bill alo died at the hands of Speaker Murphy. In the last four days there was plenty of time to consider these measures, and on more than one occasion, the Speaker sug gested adjournment as the House had nothing before it. It is assumed that thirty six Stales will ratify the National Prohibition Amendment. This amendment pro ides the "Con gress and the sever-il states shall have concurrent power to en force this article by appropri- ... a rni t a. ate legislation. rnereiore it will be up to Congress to pass legislation thai, will nforce this amendment and it i all import ant that (j uiifressmen should be friends of the prohibition cause. urs very truly, ft. L. Davis, Superintendent Anti-Saloon Lea gue It will be seen by the above, after pro mi sin a to be neutral, r Murphy violated the conn dence of those who supported him and did all in his power to obstruct and killed the efforts of those who want to make pro hibition really - elrecuve. Weighed in his own scales no one need be further ' decceived by any statement such a man may make. Senator Simmons is not for Murphy. Walter Murphv, who is a candidate for the nomination fur congress in this district. has been stating that Senator Simmons is for him, but this is a mistake, in fact we do not know of any prominent otiv cial that ia endorsing Irs can- didacy, instead, those who have made statements at all are against him and deplore the very ugly campaign he is conducting, at least such is the general impression in and around Salisbury In refer 1 .... ence to senator Simmons1 aN titude the Washington cor- respondent of the Greensboro Daily News, uuder date of May 18th, Fays: Senator Simmons isued statement here Today which shows that he will keep bauds off in the congressional eam paignsiu North Carolina. The senator says h will take no part in the primary contet-ts for election to the house of representatives. The statement cf Senator Si ir m 'Mi follows i" moi that tbe friends of certain candi dates iu North Carolina have been claiming hat the senior seuator had aligned bimsnlf in these congressional con feasts. Senator Simmons mens tious uo names and would not discus in detail thee rumors The brief statement insud from his office says: 'In view of certain rumors that have come to him with reference to his attitude to ward certain Democratic cans didates for Cougr-n.-j, Senator Simmons authorized the state ment today that he was not taking part in any of the con gressional primary contests in the state." It will thus be seen that this is merely anotht-r attempt by Murphy to deceive the pub lie. by tryiug to make it appear Senator Simmo.is had enlist ed under h.s banner, but the senator has effectively shown different. This briugs Mur phy's camouflage record down to date Deception seems to be his long suit. North Carolina ) In lhe Superior onrt Rowan county. Before J. Frank McCub- bins, cltrk Lola Hnrris and husband, "j Peter Harris I Em. Holsbrooks, H C Mc Miillen and wife, Mary Mc Mullen, John Holsbrooks et ai h NOTICE, i I J To John Holsbrooks: You will notice that ' abve is pending in the s.-perior couit ef Kowan county lor th- Mirnose ol flHn lands tot paction and division hi which Pceedinj? you are an interested and proper poiij, au avC oeen nune a defendant said proceed ine. in Yon will take further notice that you are required to appear before J Frank McCub bins. clerk enperior coint for Rowhn coun ty, at his office at the court house in Salis bury, on the 22nd day of June, 1918, and answer or demur to the Detifinn nA 1a - . , C " v t" WUJ Jint At Iho nlumti ff . J r,"u" petitioners, in ihis action, or the petitioners nl .loiifr- will apply to the court for th relief de tLanded in said proceeding This, May 11th, 1918. . J- Fank MoCxjbpins, C. 8 a JohB 1m Reudieman, attorney. &-22 4t
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