Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-06
WELL, WELL, WHAT
DO YOU THINK?


one who is born in this land of lib
erty, in the land of the free and tn
home OF the brave, to read tn
many articles in the variou
Catholic papers oil over the Unite,
States, plugging at the Mountain
Advocate. One of them, publishe,
IN New York, dated February 18th
1914, has for its title in large twp,
THE Live Issue" it takes a crack a
the Mountain Advocate under tn,
large head lines "Socialistic aggita
ton given Cold Reception" and after
ranting and raving about them for
sometime, abusing the Socialist, it
sails in in the same article on tn,
Mountain Advocate as follows:
Only few weeks ago the Mouutai,
Advocate, of Barbourville, Kentucky
edited by the County Court Clerk,
OF Knox County, Kentucky, embold.
ened by the example of the Menace
published a disgusting poem on tn,
BLACK Nunnery," with vile attack.
on the Catholic Church and ending
with a characteristic challenge. at
is needless to say such aggitatiou
must produce results, must produce
evil consequences, at least in the
mental attitude of many people,"
Yes, the Advocate, in its issue Of
January 9th, contained some few
things about these bigots, who boas
and gloat that they are educated
yes, they are educated; fixed up Jus
right, before they are turned loos,
upon the poor ignorant people whom
they compel to believe that tn,
Priests can remit sins, and after q
man has died the Priest can pra,
him out OF, or through hell, and b,
this cunn'r- tive, heese the poor W. |
90" ont ~ Whatever the poor dev
has lett hrhiuu tor their support, g.
Tee tor his service in the wav O
praying a man through purgatory |
If this is not true. let Mr.. Priest
Bishop or Pope deny it.
This Live Issue" like all othe,
journals edited by these bigots, can
not and does not quote the truth
even as to who the editors OF tn,
Advocate are. The editor is not tn,
County Court Jerk, but the CLERK
Of the Circuit Court, a true Amer
can, a Mason, a protestant. and hav,
no apologies to offer to anyone for
iame. J.
We are also in receipt Of a pape {
Untitled Kentucky Irish American" {
q which the learned-(?) editor zoe, Z
fter the Advocate in great style, re L
rinting the poem. In splitting fortl t
rs venom, or bottle OF olson, h, t
avs. People e Kentucky and III. /
u'ted states at large have Offer
'mpai hIzed with the great state oi b
'isSouri Tor, unfortunately, bein. n
's home and birth place of the vii, "
"a hdhi Menace, but judging from &C
lie present tactics of the Mountain oil
dvocate, published at Barbourville 1t
entucky, we have a publication. b;
hieh. tor dissemination and ignor, "
ice, religious bigotry and endeav al
ing 10 even out-do the Menace; as
rhree-fourths of the first page in ca
il latest A p. A., issue contains an
( attacks on the Catholic church, to
ing so far as TO insult the sick ca
ON customs of the Catholic faith. fac
eering at the use of the blessed
udle, cruci6x and other necessities up
the administration of the blessed Va
,rament. The Mountain Advo. Hi
e styles itself as an Official organ $
the Republican Party in Knox Ina
unity, and the editor is W. II Nc Wa
aald, who is also the County l
RI Of Knox County" mu
hen in the FIRST paragraph of SUI
columns Of your editorial page. con
Anuary 81. you say that the /