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A Home Newapaper Published in the Intorestfpf .the People and for. Governmental Affairs.
VOL. XIII. NO. 40, FOURTH SERIES SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNEAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 197.
ESTABLISHED' 1832
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A LITTLE INSIGHT TO ROMISH HISTORY.
Bare Suctions of Historical Facts That
Put their Pretensions to Rout
By Giiy Fitch Phelps.
'You refer to the priests and
higher dignitaries of the church?
Percy questioned subduing the
irritation which rose within
him. and moved by a cuxiosit
to get the view of the point of
those. who constituted the very
head of the new movement.
' I do, beginning at the pontiff.
Think not that they will pay a
very close regaril for thetruth.
Already those who have the 'guilt
of many debaucheries among
them, and who have filled the
nunneries and convents with
such scandals that no ton.ue
dare repeat them, have sent out'
whisperings and insinuations.
But Doctor Martinus is with us,
we know his life. These twelve
years he has been as familiir in
this town as the sundial in the
square,5 and as faithful and as
that in every moral trust.'
"But I am told that he mocks
at the-excommunications of the
pope and treats his , bulls with
contempt. That he openly de
clares that the Scriptures and
not the Holy See, are authority
in human conduct, and -.that he
exhibits a ferocious nature
when opposed?" " -
"Which is true where it
should be and false as well.
That he treats with- cor,' empt
the fumings of those bigoted and
imperious imposters who hare in- ,
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vented, themselves a throne -j
me wona lor wnicn tney nav
only.jtheirown desires and c?i
edness for authority, is quite a
tact..- In that I share with Ifim
Should not any one in whose
soul merciless a thing as excom
munication is conceived and said
to be pleasing to God. jbc ht .d up
to ridicule? What harm has
ever come of a. pope's hull except
where he could enforce with fasr
gart "and spear?- Think yo;i Sir
Knight that the lowly and sym
pathetic Master could ever larnch
against those for whom he s ffer
ed such storms of invecave?
Has he not commanded, to bless
and curse not. -
1,4 Yet the Antichrist sits on the
frayed remnants of the throm- of
imperial Rome and forges t-;und
erbolts for every holy 1 ead
whicb dares not think what his
own sunken brow does not indi
cate. From his mouth rush
streams of cursing. He delights
in slaughter and force. Ic his
coffers is the bread money of na
. ;.tipns, and on his head themit e of
infamy. ook, about' his throne
are ' skulls-of millions, ana the
sound of dripping blood 'comes
from the ghastly, heap, it is
true, Sir Knight, that Doctor
Martinus laughs at the bulls
of the pontiff, and who would
not . .
"It is also true that he rurns
from the yammerings of those in
consistents to the Gospel for his
authority Could anythiiy be
more, consistent? Popes have
, Set aside the infallible findings
of other popes; this one coitra
diets that one council declares a
. doctrine to be truth another pro
nounces it error. Some dopes
have been Arians, others have
Opposed it. Some have denied
the incarnation, as did Boniface
VHIj who declared that ' men
were as beasts, and that one
. was as 'much immortal as the
Other.' Did not this pope declare
that the entire story of Christ
was a fable More he contended
that religions were invenU i to
deceive men and that there ere
no sin in any vice which j-u-ided
a pleasure. .Shall we lcolc to
such source for the truth? Oon
sider that around the chair of the
Apdstle has raged an age-long
war fox: power and gain,
that it has been deluged with
blood and propped with bones.
Think of the terrible factions
which have risen up and elected
their own popes and set them
fighting like beasts in the arena,
each declaring his true power
and authority by cursing his op
ponent. Behold the drunkeness
and wonton excess practiced by
many of these heads of the
church. Investiffate their sod
den vices and intrigues with pro
Higate women, who dictated the
election of pontiffs and pronounc
edwho should sit upon the
scarlet beast. Are these the
mouth pieces of God? Is
there no other source of truth
for the soul? If not then we afe
lost in a desert where no foun
tains are and nothing that casts
a shade. I repeat it is true that
Doctor Martinus has rejected the
"mouthings of those profligate
schismatics who have exploited
the church, who are guilty of
eyery conceivable debauchery
and crime and that he has turned
to the pure streams of inspiration
flowing in the. scriptures for his
authority. That he does not lisp
.in his speech is also true, and
his spirit flames with holy in
Jigtiation against the earth
wide degeneraacy brought upon
jt by the example and teachings
of these despoilers of the world
But through it all he is gentle
and lovable.
In spite of himself Percy was
interested. He had watched the
'ace of the man as he spoke and
saw pure indignation fUah in his
glance, it was-evident that he
was conscientious. There was
something feariully wrong some
where. That what he had heard
of the popes was true? Percy
was forced to admit, though the
admission weighed very little a-
gainst the fixed purpose of a
long consent to the church sys
tem so far as he was conscious
just then. He wished to hear
a student talk, so he put a ques
tion :
'Do you charge the same condi
tion and inconsistency on the en
tire church?"
"Not to the same degree. The
debauchery is mainly in the rank
of the clergy and the holy houses.
The convents are dens of shame.
Have they not been proved so by
ecclesiastical investigations?
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The cardinals are, as a class
deep in the most revolting shame
imaginable. Priests are drunk
en and full of avarice. Even com
mon people hurl their crimes in
their faces when they meet them.
'True, the prelates cry out,
and why? because they are feel
ing the world's indignation.
Has it not always been so.
When rulers bowed the knee and
walked barefoot through the
winter to Rome, then the pon
tiff was gracious after his man
ner. But when the heads of
countries have resisted his assum
ptions then the smoke of cursing
and wrath has issued from the
mouth of the dragon. Have not
J a Hundred kings stood up against
the evil sway of the pope's?
Have not the common people
risen like the wavesof the sea,
and breaking on the polluted
chair of these self-appointed, rul
ers of mens souls and liberties,
swept them to prison, exile and
death? For all this there was a
cause adequate to. the act, and
were my noble Doctor Martinus
to live a thousand years he could
not sufficiently rebuke the ava
rice, cupidity, and unholy con
duct ot the popes and their ec
e'esiasticai satellite;. What rob
beries are in their hands! What
wretchedness have their wars
and ambitions and taxations
have brought upon a suffering
world?. Think of the pale taces
of women and their crying cfiild
ren trampled under the iron feet
of the factions of these conscien
celess lovers of power.
JThe youth paused and fixed
his eyes full upon Percy's face
with . a glance so penetrating
and full of indignation that the
knight was held speechles, over
aved. by the flame of manly re
sentment which we saw. The
man who could look like that and
had seen fearful things. Percy
had no desire to interrupt the
conversation and remained quiet
The next instant' he started as
if he dealt a blow at the man's
words:
"Being murderers themselves
the popes and cardinals 'train
those under them to go forth and
kiWl' Still the glance burned
hjs face and the penetrating
keenness of it seemed searching
the knight's brain. It was like
dragging his fearful secret forth
and telling it in the market
place. Percy felt a sickening sense
of guilt, coupled- with a feeling
that some providential intuition
was unmasking his vow. He re
called how the words of Lady
Klare had so fatally paralleled
his plans, and now this man had
seemed moved unconsciously to
thrust him with words that were
like the goaring of a spear. He
felt the hot blood mdunt to his
forehead and his temples began
to beat fearfully. For the firat
time a stnse of condemnation
swept over him Impersonal
enough, to be sure, but sufficient
to make him very ill at ease A
suspicion, taint and" far as a
mountain mist, began to haunt
his mind that it mierht be the
popes were what so many charge
ed them, and that he was caugrht
in an evil net. The suggestion
brought beads of perspiration to
his temples.
After a time the face of the
student relaxed and his usual
kindness of expression returned.
He smiled as if in apology for
his seriousness, assurinc- pprr.v
that it was hard to remain calm
when contemplating the wrongs
inflicted on mankind in the name
of religion.
"You will see," h continued,
that the one who lifts his hand
against this tyrannical power
must bare his breast to the mang-
lings of slander and falsehood.
Take the noble Arnold, of Bres
cia, who stood up in his day and
denounced the blood-letting and
rapine of the popes, did he not
die bv the torture? Did tho
great-souled Savonarola fare any
better? Was he not cast out as a
dog by the wearers of the triple
crown, and tortured with fire and
rack till death? Did not cardi
nals and priest share in the
crime? Did the brave Huss fare
any batter? Was he not bestrav-
ed af the council of Constance,
and his safe conduct disregarded
by the pope who had pledged it?
Did he not, suffer the extremes
of fire? Think not, noble knight
that Doctor Martinus stands
alone in this matter. If you
should so much suggest a fault
in the conduct of a pope he would
forget your years of loyalty and
send you forth under curse and
kick; he would charge the word
to close its doors against you,
and excommunicate all who gave
you either a pillow for your head
or a crust for your mouth, and he
would do this in the name of
righteousness, forgetting that
God sends the rain alike on the
just, and the unjust, and that He
is kind to the unthankful and
the holy." , . '
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iu speak as one with a
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great grievance my man," Percy '
commented, his own' thoughts
f& . . rr
ifo much mixed.tb permit a log-
1 reply.
'I do. My heart has felt
uch. I -have looked on wide
td deep trouble,. I have seen
fictions. in. sore pain. The eyes
fl",. the race are are full of shad
ows. The souls of men are
l&arting under an age-long de
ception. The marks of a fear
4djme,!ash are on their suffering
bricks. They are weighed down
wjth burdens too much for them
if bear' With one hand they
fek to appease the hunger of
beir little one while with the
other they divide with an ava
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rjieous priesthood which has
thither conscience nor character.
They -moan m their night of be
wilderment, but the ecclesiastics
sleep, well sedden in drunken
torpor. They search for rest and
ad it is. taken from them. They
afee like sheep harried of wolves
whose fangs lash their unprotect
e&veins. The virtue of woman
jsjsown in a terrible waste like
piarls under the snouts of swine.
Te hierarchy , is their burden
itfd their blight. Bowed nn-
dkr ages of exploitation thev
ttist carry this intolerable
weight, this snarling sum of in
tolerance and bigotry, which
(fares to assume the control of the
bjrain of the eirth, and to dicr
talc the very emotions and fire-
side relations of mankind, bltght-
lgg like a pestilence every open
ing flower of normal ho e and
ajgiralion. No man darr i study
as$tarlest he fall under their ig
norance for a sorcerer: none shall
slag lest they be 'counted too far
:enovd from-rthe aus ter i ;ies of
i '.ics., km. i
rngiQti. Like a horribl
iwnwitt
slsde the hierarchy has sniother
eSall that is sweet and unman,
crush i rig the greenness ard fresh
ness of youth beneath their pol
luted weight.
'Like vultures swooping to the
c&eass they swarm about every
ifilperfal soul who dares contem
jpfate the. liberties of govern
mnts or religious ideals. There
SIM
miast be no thought, no study,
net' emotion, no growth of mind
rio expansion of mental f -rulties,
rktoemocracy of state, no prayer
w-iiieh has not first, been mouth
ei? by infallibility 'othing
wliich has not been passed upon
by; this ape browed moloc'h, the
priesthood at the, head of which
sj ts the man of sin, his garments
rifled in the blood of earth's
lightest children.
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KM Worth While.
!j.We recently heard of a girl
wio came home from college and
thp first day she canned preaches
under the supervison of her mother
the' second day sbe made her
brother some trowsers and made
tfe sewing machine hum, the
third day she made a loaf of
biread under the direction of her
riiotber and the other days follow
itt was doing different things
in.y the. home that are worth
while. -
?We would not give one such
g&r for- 10,000 of the so-called
expprt trained girls in domestic
science and arts who when she
re.nchcs home lets her mother- can
fruit and do the work while she
with her expert knowledge
lolnnges around, reads sill v books
looks wise and -even too oroud to
bi? seen in the kitchen. Catawba
Counts News.
Gtiat Faith In Chamberlain's Colic and Diar
rhoea Remedy.
4 'Chamberlain's Colic and
Diarrhoea. Remedy . was used by
m father about a year ao-o when
Pe had diarrhoea !t relieved
in immediately anl bv taking j
'tS'ie doss he was a!so!ue!vi
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Allied he has jrreat hnth in i
this remedy.'"" writes Mr w
' f w'llivam
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PEOPLES' AGRICULTURAL-FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Catalogue Just Received Contains Many At
tractive Features and Big Premiums.
Mr. Wm H Stewart,
Editor Watchman,
Salisbury, N 0.
Dear Editor:
We hand you udder a e
rate cover, copy of on i HH7
Gatalogue and premium li
and inv'teyour- personal pe
rusal. Page 15 shows two at
tractive prerriumt. One foi
INDIVIDUAL f am exhibit,
first prize being one hundred
dollars, total premiums for
individual exhibits amount
ing to two hundred and twenty-five
dollar?. We have
read the premium. .-lists of V
number of othnr fairs in th
state and none of them equal
our premium.
Oar premium for Farmers
Union, or othe Organiza
tions, display of AgricnUura
products, a' so listed -on pag
15, is another very aitnetiv-
y r i ' mi
premium, uur nrst prize is
fifty dollars, and in addtior
to this, the American Ballafl
Co., Kuoxville, Tenn, -ill
give a 30 ton car of ground
limestone, which makes thiF
premium worth fully one
hundred and fifty dollars.
aie expecting a lively
ccmest for his premium.
The NorUt 'Carolina De
payment of Agriculture is
cooperating with our fair
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iro n page j; - msr.n Uut'eaiiH'i'ed die thaj:
soma epinnia premiums are
offered, which should bring
out a wonderful exhibit in
this Department. fWe are
featuring the Agricultural
'end of onr fair, as veil will
se3, and believe tiie peop'e of
the county will appreciate
this fact.
Attention is directed 1V
spial Sweepstake? priz-s on
poultry, nn.ei 01 pagA 35.
Thse are premiums especial
ly for Rowan county exhibN
toi s
Our Household Depart
ment is complete in every re
spect and the premiums lib-
i . nr. i i ii i
ments are erjfficient to bring
out a great v.irity of house
hold products.
rreminros onerea on page
41, for Canning 'Club Girl?,
should be encouraging to
those who have entered into
this important industry in
Rowan county . We are ex
pecting dispbys from each of
the nine Clubs in onr county,
and this alone will be worth
thgate fee, if no other part
of the fair is considered...
Depaitineut (r, fiidit-s
Handiwo'k, premises to be
an importrnt feature of the
fair. Our premiums in this
department are attractive
and sufficient to.bring nut a
display of fancy articles.
The Department of E fnca
tion promises to be fuller in
every way, and such a
play as will be put on w
an education within itself
Page 59 describes a special
premium of fifty, dollar fy
I""'";
trra! Products g irden vege- ,
iriu hum i ii lrt mi tt f r ri v. . i
;!',hs, fuits anu liorce in- j
a uH riHP hy ,.oultVy
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t,i v'a.!n or uiih ic '
F5 ' UI Psiic.
v e hav-r.r? a ;i'ed for fi -a
big free acts, fully -'deMjiibed ;
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Four-Feoted Farm TractMlteps Risfit AIon.
In plowing and.eultivating,
a wrli lraiued,j:intelligent
learn of horses (means much
to a fanner. Therefore it ia
not surprising that' many
igriculturisis are slow in ac
opting th tractor, with its
iumsy wheels and grinding
notor, 'for'" sach work. For
lu sd reluctant ru'-alists,
lowever, a uew kind mas
;hine h?s Been inVt?nteIv It
s wheejlH s :ind coms
iir beii'g a four legged
teel hoise as anything ev-,r
Muc'ved outside the realm
of -carloopdom.- The iugen
uusuess of the conlrivance
nHkes it humorous It has
vrt and Ing as well as hips
ai s. an 1 ankles, and is des
jj-ju-i to amhle along as
' 1 ' Y ;s any rrei tea in
vm- D-ji.l a disk. Th
hi-1
difference
in the ar-
Me
M-;ic?inH and
flnrh -and -blood
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I t w . -d ai.d hif d legs,
td .um r ;n oui. i v Mud
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y. in utv 1 on ' ;;ros ?e cies,
rather than ends, of a rec
tangularfraniH. A picture of
this o id ir.Dchine is a.feature
ot th 'Vl.' er P. p lar
$ljS Reward, $100
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P ff ders, ot'this papet- wil
W plnased to learn that Uiere s
science ns boon afcie t67e,uTfti'
in ail n,s stages and thatr is "ca
tarrh. Uai.arrhr being greatly
influenced by constitutional con
ditions requires constitutional
treatment Hall's Catarrh Med
icine is taken internally and acts
thruhe Bk)od on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby
destroying the foundation of the
disease, giving the patient
strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in
flohiir its work The proprietors
have so much faith in the cura
tive power .of Hajlr5s Cafearrh
Medicine tltat they' offer One
Hundred Dollars for airy case
that it fails to Cu.re. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address: F J Chenny& Co.,
T.-ledo, Ohio. Sold by ail Drug
gist, 75c. ,
in this cata'l"gu
and con-
trarteii with the Metropoli
an s iow jf,)"r oui- midway,
w h i is h is c 1 e.a n 1 1 ir rf' u g hout.
vVh positively, wijj.not tolers
r any gamb'ing on our
grounds, or allvwahy show
v Jiich 'allows a .tendency to
wan is i'm mora lily.... . - .
We liave arranged a pro
gram of exciting and amu
ing races for Tuesday, 'ed
uesday and Thursday Fair
week. Wo liare racen in
which the farmers can parti
cipate, mule races and. hrrH
running races, . autornobile
and motorcycle races. Our
last race will be an exciting
Mfay Loading Contest and
Race" which promises to be
a big feature of tire fair.''
Details for handling th
big -crowd anticipated at the
lair, location ot booths, etc,
B now being worked out.
-WjB nronose to have a-. 3vat"m
for nand ling and dispatehng
!pf iMfMru,.a.jo.'tir.. Wneflt of
bnPinw. establish a liurean
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or our exhibitors, and look
after everything in general.
Yon re very truly,
.T. D. Brown
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PEOPLES J UITTLj HR-
A L FAIR ASSOCIATION.
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