Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-09-24
CROWLEY SPEAKS.
A MAN OF HIGH CHARACTER
TELLS OF R0MANISM.
4 Priest for q Years Tells the Truth In a
Plain Manner.

A Priest for q Years Tells The Truth In
Plain Manner.
J. J. Crowley, the ex-Catholic
priest who has been lecturing in
Charlotte, anne to Salisbury
Monday morning and delivered
two lectures in this city that night,
the hrst to a mixed audience at
the public school, made up of la
dies for the most part. Here every
seat in the auditorium and every
one in the adjoining rooms, where
the sliding doors had been opened,
was taken and the platform was
full, it being estimated that over
q thousand were present.
At the curt house where the
'peaker was to begin his ad6r IS at
9 O'Clock the building began to fl
up long before that hour aud
when the party arrived from the
school building at 9:25 every
available inch of standing roop,
several hundred chairs which had
been placed and everywhere that
a human being could hang on was
taken and many we're unable to
get in. it being estimated that
there were two thousand people
here.
At the school house Rev. J. l..
Vipperman, of Spencer, intro.
duced the speaker, first calling
upon the audience TO join in sing
ing, "My Country IT'S of Thee,"
after which Rev John W. Moore,
of the First Methodist Church. Of
fered prayer. He thanked God
for all that He has done for US,
for the written record, for every
chapter of the Bible and tina, it
had been preserved intact, and
and that a large portion of our
race had been permitted to read
it and that its teachings had been
instilled in our hearts, for the
open Bible aud the public schools.
He was thankful for the truth
shall make us free. he asked for
blessings upon the speaker of the
evening and help for him to ! ring
us the truth. He remembered the
Salisbury public schools, the su.
perintendent and the teachers and
pupils. At the CLOSE OF this prayer
Rev. Vipperman in choice and
eulogissic language presented Mr..
Crowley, referring to him as a
mighty man of God. Then as the
speaker, striking in appearance
and stalwart in build, with a keen
eye, arose he was greeted with ap.
plauss. He said it was a profound
pleasure to address this people and
said it vas the frat time he had
eyer spoken in = public school
house, and that it Was evident the
pope had very little power down
south when q speaker could make
such an address in a public school
building. It shows true American
citizenship and begged shat we
keep it 80. If you we're dominated
by Catholics here like they are in
the big cities 1 would not be per
mitted to talk in here tonight. As
announced his talk was on tn.
American school and parochlal
school. They say the public
school is a den of iniquity; such
men should be removed from this
country. they are worse than the
dynamiter. Their method is to
bring into disrepute the public
school system, not only among
Catholics, but among Protestante,
and I sm sorry they have succeed.
ed to some extent in this city,
with "Father" Leo at it's head.
fear some people in this city look
at the public school as Rome does
He then asserted that the sisters
and nuns we're unfit to teach tn
youth and could not pass q COM
mon school examination, and
dwelt at some length Oh this score,
He then presented a book enti-
tied, "The Pope, Chief of White
Slavers. High Priest of Intrigue,'
and spoke of it. He referred to
some peple here saying he hse
never been a Catholic priest, bu'
gave names and locations Of
churches served by him in tht
past. He said thousands of dol
lars had been spent in an effor tt