Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-10-15
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The Rockingham Post saws
; Robert L. Steele. Jr, is building
motor boat, in which he il plan,
: ming to make the trip down the
; Pee Dee river to Georgetown, s,
) G. He expects to have it complet.
ed by the first of November and
will leave about that time, taking
week to make the trip. He will
hunt and fish along the way, camp
out nights in a tent which will be
carried in the boat" This will
make a fine trip. The Pee Dee
and the Yadkin are the same,
changing it's name after entering
the South Carolina line to The
Great Pedee. It empties in the
Atlantic at Georgetown.
Federal General Alvarez and
his staff and 1875 federal soldiers
were executed last Wednesdaay in
Torreon, Mexico. under orders of
Gen. Francisco Villa, of the Con-
stitutionalist forcea, according to
information from reliable sources.
With the city of Torreon, the
rebels captured practically ell of
the federals' arms and artillery.
The battle lasted four days, with
heavy losses on both sides.
Last Wednesday, Hope E.
Bonds, son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. G.
Bonds, of Cabarrus County, pick.
ed four hundred and two pounds
OF cotton. Mr.. Bonds was picking
in the Cooks Prolific variety and
picked 402 pounds of the white
staple between sunrise and sunset,
King George and Queen Mary,
who attended q command per.
formsnce at London music hall
a few nights ago. had q narrow
escape from being mobbed by sui.
fragettes. The women, who had
gathered in considerable plumbers,
made lively dash for the royal
carriage on its arrival at the thea.
tre, shouting, "Womsn are being
tortured in prison." They had
almost reached the carriage, when
stopped by the police. The suf-
fragettes managed to escape al
rest.
Provisional President Huerta's
coup Friday night, whereby he rid
himself of Congress and oonsti.
tuted himself dictator of Mexico,
has left the capital in state of
tense expectancy. It was rumored
that three deputies who we're most
active IN precipitsting the clash,
had .disappe ared. Senator Do.
minguez, whose attack on thu pro.
visional president in the senate
started the row, has not come TO
light. Having determined upon
bis conduct he made his will and
bade his family good bye, declar-
ing that he expected to pay for
his effort with his life.
Thomas E. Watson, editor, au.
thor and nominee of the Peopl e's
party for the presidency of the
United States in 1901, will be
tried in the United States District
Court in Augusta, Ca, during the
week beginning October 20 on .
charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails. The charges
against Watson resulted from the
publication of articles in two of
his magazines denounoing the Ro-
man Catholic Church. In one of
these articles he referred to the
Church beliefs as "the most pro-
figate of pagan religion" The
articles we're published in Wat
sons Jeffersonlan of July, 1911
issue, and in Watson's Magazine
of the issues of April and May,
1912. Their caption was "The
Roman Catholic Hierarchy; the
Deadliest Menace to Our Liberties
and Our Civilizatlon." Watson
was entirely right and we expect
to tee him completely vindicated
and the Romish system given one
of the severest dIubbings it has
ever endured. The proceedings of
the trial will become public prop.
erty and the facts brought out
will be'anything but compliments.
ry to the Romish system.
! Since the election of police Of