Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-09-08
VIM. H. STEWART, ED. AND PROP.
EValgelists Get Touch Of Rome
A Specimen Of The ToIeratIon TO be Ex-
pected When Rome Rules.

pected When Rome Rules.
The business men who are nom.
bers of the Chicago Evangelistio
Association have just received a
pretty fair taste Of what might
be expected by Protestantism if
Rome should succeed in her de.
termination to make America Ro-
man Catholic.
The Association has been doing
earnest and highly gratifying work
far the better ment of humanity
ever since their organization, and
in pursuing their work raised a
sent at the corner of 81st aud
Prince ton streets, Chicago, about
two weeks ago.
The evangelist, Rev. Robert g..
Moore, with a handful of zsalops
Christian workers procee ded TO
hold meetIngs, but from the start
Ghey met the worst kind Of opposi
ION The neighborhood is large.
y Roman Catholic. aud when the
ews WIS circulated that "tht
portestants are oomiug." the un-
ierhanded agents of popery inject
I'd the unwar1anted cry that the
meetings were being backed up by
the The Menace and must be stop.
ped by all means. Thus was bit.
terpess engend=red at the start.
The above statement and the
call TO "do away with them," was
made on the steps of St. Nary's
R oman Catholic Church on. Sun.
day morning, and it bore early
fruit. For four nights the meet.
ing was stoned. Rock fell in all
directions and tbs tent was perfor.
ated in several places. A stone
hurled at the minister struck Mrs.
Caroline Wilcox of SO41 Marine
Ave-, fracturing her arm. The
caretaker was severely bruised and
had to be taken away for medical
treatment. Not less than ten per.
sons we're hurt by the stones hurl.
I'd into the tent.
The police were called for but
failed to answer. After several
fruitless efforts for profession, q
call was made by influential per.
sons at the city hall and officials
higher up Immediately took a
part in it. Four uniformed po-
licemen and three detectives were
detailed at the tent and 13 arrests
had been made previous to the
Goth, and four more scheduled for
that day.
Chicago can pat herself on the
back over her election of q mayor.
His being in Office doubtless ae.
counts for the action obtained
"higher up"
On being interviewed Rev.
Moore expressed satisfaction over
the outlook, saying he believed
the police had the matter we'll in
hand at this time. A guard OF
seven policeman has been estab.
lished indefinitely.
Rev. Moore in speaking of the
erro neous report that The Menace
was back of the movement, said
he wished to brand that statement It
az a lie, not because he was asha %
ed of that paper but that he was
speaking undr the auspices of the
Association and NOS connected
with any paper. He declared that
1--WE have met with the most out
rageous treatment and the worst
of it ia that fathers and mothers
are urging their children to com.
NIT violence toward us"
DR.. Moore stated he had evi
denoe that the people are saying
"That is a Catholic neighborhood
and we want none of the Protes.
tant gospel" Thus the world il
given some idea of what the Unit.
cd States would enjoy in the way
of religious liberty II Rome ruled
the whole roost.
All the arrests made are of mem.
bers of st. Mary;s Roman Oatho-
lie. Church. The trial on Friday
resulted IN nine being out on pro-
baton. Que of the criminals
failed to appear claiming typhoid
fever. A friend appeared for one
of the arrests, a man 35 years old
offering to furnish an entirely new