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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22

North Carolina ! In the Superior ourt
Rowan county. I Before j. Frank Mct,,h.
bins, clerk
Lula Harris and husba nd,
Peter Harris
EN-; HoIsbrooks, H c Nc NOTICE.
Mullen and wife, Mary Nc
Mullen, John Holsbrooks
To John Holsbrooks:
You will notice that an action entitled as
above is pending in the superior conf 81
Rowan county for the purpose of sell;no
lands for partition and division in wh;cn
proceeding you are an Interested and pronar
party, and have been made a defendant IN
said proceeding. !"
You will take further notice that Won arc
required to appear before J Frank NcCnb.
bins. clerk superior court for Rowan oonn-
ty. at his office at the court house in 8 i;a-
bury, on the 22nd day of June, 1918, and
answer or demur to the petition and CON-
plaint of the plaintiffs and petitioners in
This action, or the petitioners and rlain;ias
will apply to the court for tn. relief DO
IL handed in said proceeding
This, May 18th, 1918.
j.. FRANK McCUBPINs. C. 8 G..
John H. Reudleman. attorney. 6-22 At
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22

hands of Speaker Murphy. In
the last four days there was
plenty of time to consider these
measures, and on more than
one occasion, the Speaker sug-
eested adjournment as the
House had nothing before it.
1t is assumed that thirty six
States will ratify the National
Prohibition Amendment. This
amendment pro ides the "Con-
e and the several states shall
have concurrent power to en-.
force this article by appropri-
ate legislation" Therefore it
will be up to Congress to pass
legislation that will enforce this
amendment and it is all import
ant that t,u@reSsmAn should be
friends OF the prohibition cause.
Your, very truly,
Il. l.. DAVIS,
Superintendent Anti-Saloon Lea
que
1t will be seen by the above,
after promising to be neutral,
Murphy violated the conf
dence of those who supported
him and did all in his power to
obstruct and killed the efforts
of thoses who want to make pro,
hibition really effective.
Weighed in his own scales no
one need be further deceived
by any statement such a MAJ
may make.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
Senator Simmons is not for Murphy.

Walter Murphv, who js a
candidate for the nomination
for congress in this district,
has been stating that Senator
Simmons il for him, but this
is a mistake, in fact W. do not
know of any prominent off,
cial that is endorsing his cam
didacy, instead, those who
have made statements at all
are against him and deplore
the very ugly campaign he is
conducting, at least such is
the general impression ia and
around Salisbury In REFER
ence to Senator Simmons att
titude the Washington cor.
respondent of the Greensboro
Daily News, under date of
May 18th, says:
Senator Simmons issued a
statement here roday which
shows that he will keep hands
ct in the congressional cams
paigns II North Carolina, The
senator says be will take no
part in the primary contests
for election to the house Of
representatives.
The statement Of Senator
Sirm"na follows r>morS that
the friends Of certain candi-
dates ia North Car0Iina have
been claiming that the senior
senator had aligned himself
In these congressional cons
tests. Senator Simmons men>
tlons no names and Woni,i not
discuss in detail these rumors
The brief staten ant issued
from Ills otfl"e says:
''ln view of certain rumors
that bave come to him with
reference to his attitude to-
ward certain Democratic cans
didates for Congress, Senator
Simmons authorized the state
ment today that he was not
taking part in any of the cons
gressiopal primary contests
in the state"
1t will thus be seen that
this is merely anothrrattemot
by Murphy to deceive the pub
lie by trying to make it apppar
Senator Simmons had enlist
ed under his banner, bnt the
senator has effectively shown
different. This brings Muir
phys camoufage record down
to date Deception seems to
be his long suit.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
TRICKS.

If you want to vote in the pri-
mary June LIST, see that your
name is properly registered. We
are informed that in some parts
Of the county registrars are 60
ing from house to house ano
registering only those who will
vote for Murphy for Congress and
avoiding those who wish to vote
for Mr. DougIlton. This is a typ
zeal Murphy trick and should not
only be nipped in the bud, but
every man who believes in fair
play and a square deal should
see that he IS properly regis
tered and that Mr. Doughton
gets what is coming to him
This is the kind of tricks that is
putting unprinclpaled men in
office and gives us so much bad
government. Lets stop it.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22

The time for candidates to
make announcement of their
intention to seek office came
to a close Saturday night. All
WuO wished to enter the race
are supposed to have done so,
democrats and republicans.
1t will soon be up to people to
determine who shall and who
shall not serve them during
the next two years. This is
d very important matter and
voters ought to carefully
weigh the merits of each can
d!dste with a viGW to select
ing those who will serve all
thu people best. The man
WUO wants to boss, who wants
e. be an autccrat, who will
forget the people as soon as
he i elected should be em~
pbaticalIy turned down.
Those who wish to send off to
get men and women to fill
offices and pass orders against
the aisIles Of a majority or
without the least considera~
ton of the peoples wishes,
should be required to stay
out Of mental positions
Now isthe time for the people
to assert themselves in order
to preserve their rights and
retain their position as free
men aud sovreigns. The can
didate who is not willing to
ascertain and do the will of
the majority is not in harino
ny with our form Of govern
ment and it is a risky bust
ness to put him in a position
of authority. Let it be un>
derstood henceforth that the
voters Of this county are citi
zens, not subjects: rulers not
slaves and. are prepared to
maintain their rights. If we
neglect these important mat
tiers then our rights will grow
less and less year by year and
Instead of a government by J
the people, of the people and
for the people, we will be IN
der the heal Of autocracy as
fully as if we lived in Germa
ny. Be a patriotic voter.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
How Murphy Tricked the Prohibitionist in
the Last LEGISLATURE.

Here is a communication from
+ L Davis, superintendent of
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League, that shows Mr. Muir
phys conduct in the last legis-
lature while speaker of the
house of representatives. It al.
so shows how a professional
politician will talk to get an
Office and how he will act after
getting it:
Office of the Superintendent,
Raleigh, N G, May 81, 1918.
Col T H Vanderford,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
Salisbury, N. c., May %, 1915
CAMOUFLAGE MURPHY TO
BITE THE DUST,

SulIG d uuulDCI Ol Ulc uIOSL
prominent business, professional
and influential men and women
of Salisbury and Rowan county
are now earnestly at work to
see that Walter Murphy, who
aspires to succeed Hon r L
Doughton as representative in
the lower branch Of congress-
from this district, is kept at
home and Mr. Doughton is given
the nomination. Being in per
sonal contact with the people Of
Salisbury, many sections OF the
county, and. having received
communications from various
parts of the district, it appears
that the desire to defeat MI.
Murphy is not only quite gener-
al but earnest and ~insistant. AS
previously stated no one save
Murphy would be the beneti
ciary should he be elected, he is
merely knocking for a tWo-fold
job: he wants, regardless Of his
lack of fitness for the position,
to satisfy a morbid, Unsuitable
and egotistical ambition to oc
cupy a position that will make
it possible for him to get re-
venge, domineer in an autocratic
manner over his fellow citizens
and the public welfare, not that
he might improve conditions,
raise mankind to a higher level,
serve the State Loyalty, advance
it's cause, or even do a mans
part in defending the nation
against it's enemies. He is actu
ated by greed and a desire to
have a good time at the pubIic's
expense. Secondly he wants to
down prohibition and serve the
brewers and distillers, He has
fought prohibition with all the
devil-inspired cunning that he
could command during the past
fifteen years, is still at it and,
Judging by his record, he
expects to continue to do so.
Those who know Murphy under
stand thoroughly hat deception
is his long suit, that he is d
professional politician of small
ability, revengeful and narrow
minded, in short a dangerous
man to put in a position of honor
and trust. No patriotic Ameri-
can would think of putting our
troops under the command
of German officers, it would de
feat our cause, yet that is just
exactly the kind of a deal Muir
ply hopes to hand out to the pro
hibitionists. The distillers are
just now particularly anxious to
get as many Murphys in congress
as possible They need his kind,
for the prohibitionists are now
nearing a glorious harvest and
the efforts Of many years are
about to eliminate in a nation
wide victory, The brewers and
distillers are desperate, their
great offensive is on, and they
will soon gloat over our defeat
if enough Murphy's can be
elected to the next congress
when this matter will be taken
up for consideration. Are we
ready to make the sacrifice?
Or shall we keep Webb, Sim
mons, Doughton and the entire
old loyal guard in command?
We need patriotism in times
of peace as we'll as in times of
war, and, although patriotic so.
cieties have existed in Salisbury
for more than thirty years,
Murphy has never seen fit to
encourage their efforts in any
way. While the Junior Order,
the Patriotic Sons of America,
the labor unions and others
were makinga fight to prevent
our country being filled with
alien enemies, by putting a head
tax and a literacy test on our
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
Salisbury, n. G..

AN' - wv" - > ~ Ni
phr aud nominate for Congress,
r L Doughton.
MI Doughton's record on pre-
hiDition, us Il citizen and as q
member Of CONGRESSES straight.
He has always worked and vot-
ed with the friends of prOhibi-
ton. While Mr. Murphy's
record as a citizen and a member
of the Legislature has shown
that he Was in favor of the
liquor traffic.
A review of his Legislative
record at the General Assembly
Of 1917 is convincing. [ was
told by MI "a D Ward of New
Bern, who helped him to secure
the speakership of the House,
that Mr. Murphy said, as Speak
er of the House, he would be
neutral On proposed temperance
and prohibition legislation. Mr.
Ward also ssa.d to me that he
was surprised at Mr. Murphy's
activity 10 defeat prohibition
after such a promise.
The Omnibus Prohibition bill
that had Othe united support of
ecclesiastical, moral and CIVIC
organizations throughout The
State, was introduced in the
Houseb by Mr. Gardner of Yancey,
January Goth, House Bill No.
S02, and referred to the commit
tee on the Liquor Traffic. The
official printed reports of that
committee carried only twenty,
seven names, but when the com
mittee met for the hearing on
February 9th four others, nj me
ly, Grant of New Hanover, Cox
of Currituck, Parish of Forsyth
and Barnes Eof Johnston, also
appeared on the committee, who
were appointed by Mr. Murphy
after the committee was pub
lished. Three of these-Grant.
Cox and Parish were active in
the committee for the defeat of
the bill, and Mr. Barnes left the
committee before the vote was
taken After the hearing the COM
mlttee went into execu-
tive o Il, but Mr.
M urphy remained. This
committee, appointed by Mr.
Murphy seemed determined to
take immediate action, although
members of the committee op-
posed it on grounds that they
had not read the bill and wanted
more time; and Mr. Bedsly of
Union, the chairman of the COM
mittee, used his influence to de.
lay a vote. After the motion
was made to take the vote, a
member of the committee SIR
I b Holding of Wake, asked that
the motion be withdrawn so that
he might offer an amendment
that he had prepared. This
was refused.
When we recall that this COM
mittee cirried thirty one names,
some appointed after the print
ing of the committees, when
this committee in former Legis-
latures, carried less than eigh-
teen names, Jand when it is
recalled that the four last nam
ed were against the measure.
and that Mr. Murphy, the
Speaker, remained at this hear.
and other hearings of the
committee on the Liquor Traf-
flc, it looks very much like the
committee was packed.
On Feb. 18th Mr. Page intro.
duced in the House, Bill No.
1851. to Create the Office of
Prohibition Commissioner.
The committee considered this
Feb. 23rd. Mr. Murphy was
IN hand at this meeting and had
much to say, after which the
voted to report this
G. L)- 3D.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22

tnOse VINO vote Tor saloons
are to be classified under one
Of the five heads he men,
tions Such an Inference,
is what the public mind &C.
cepts. Now if his intentions
was what his words mean,
then his communication de-
serves the utmost censure,
ard is unworthy of a man
who calls himself a Christian
minister. Still these asser~
tious and those of a similar
character are the most effec>
tive weapons, that the general
run of hydrophobic fanatics
use in their arguments.
There are men in Salisbury,
good men, honest citizens,
men of character and vi,tue,
sober high minded gentle
men, who are opposed TO
prohibition, yet Mr. Atkins
calls these.'men, sots, gam
blers, associates of lIarlnts,
bar keepers or distillers. You
cannot make a man a good
citizen by calling him a thief
and a liar and you cannot
make friends for prohibition
by calling these men sots
and gamblers.
"There are scores Of our
citizens who do their own
thinking and whom no
amount of villification, abuse
land threats emanating from
any source of bigoted fanatic
ism can deter them from u.s.
sing the elective franchise as
their reason dictates. If we
were to reply to the article in
the spirit in which it was
written the probability is
that something bitter would
be said, but as we try in
all things to be temperate
we will dismi it
with this statement. Mr. At
kins has lived here four years
he has broken bread in our
homes he has gone in and
out amongst our people and
if his opinion of the citizens
ship of our town are as he
stated them in The Reason
err " then there will be few
tears shed when he derarts
from our midst in December
next
1t would have been foolish
indeed fer any one to have
claimed that all the oppo>
nents of prohibition were bar
keepers and gamblers" 1t
would have BEEN false, and
if true, there would havr
been no use to attempt to get
recruits from such a source
Mr. Atkins knew this and it
was believed, which is the
basis of all preaching, proper
to show the possible convert
his condition and associates
that he might soc the need
of getting on higher level.
Murphy was opposed to lend
ing a helping hand, but rath
er swung on to their heels
and tried by all the devils
inspired Ingenuity at his
disposal to keep mankind in
the slough Of despond. He
is at that work today and
wants more power that he
may yet drag the whole pop
ulation down to the level h.
considers proper. Shall we
give him the means to do it,,
That's the big question for
the citizens to answer at the
T
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
YEARS FOR WH|SkEY
NURPHY'S RECORD OF DECEIT and DUPLl-
CITY. Is YEARS WILLFULLY WRONG.
How he Twisted and SIandered a Minister,
Obtained the SpeakGTship and Hopes to
Break Into Congress.

Break Into Congress.
During the great campaign
of 1903, when most of the
good people, men and women,
were striving to rid the town,
county and State of the bar
room, the still and the curse
of drunkenness, the prohibits
tionists and christian people
Of the town published a
small sheet known as "The
Reasoner" and the opponents
largely composed ofdistillers,
harFeepers. etc, conducted
= sheet known as "Items,"
the latter, as is commonly
admitted, was under the edi~
torslip and control of Wal
ter Murphy, Among the
articles appearing in The
Reasoner was one by Rev II
l. Atkins, then the beloved
pastor Of the First Methodist
church, in which he classi-
fed some Of those who were
opposing prohibition. In
reading Mr. Atkins article it
is clear that he did not state
that ''all" opponents were in
one OF these classes, but en-
deavOrtd to show the reput~
able citizen who his colleagues
were that he might see that
he was in bad company and
owed it to himself and the
rest Interest of mankind to
come out from among them.
However it didn't matter to
Mr. Murphy what the intent
Of the spastor's article was If
he could but twist and dis
tort it, so as to use it for his
own cause, and by thus twist
ing and distorting the arti~
Gle, and by ignoring the real
substance of it, he proceeds
to lambast and ridicule one
Of the truest of men and one
Of the most earnest and de-
vout servants of the High
God. Read it and see what
Murphy will stoop to.
The following appeared
in Items, Vol. l, No Z, under
date ct October 20, 1903,
Walter Murphy, editor:
''Mr l. Atkins, the pas
tor of the Methodist church
of Salisbury, in an article
appearing in the last issue of
The Intolerant" has this to
say about the men of Sails
bury who are opposed to pros
hibition to the extent of vot>
ing against it, classifying all
such persons under the fol-
lowing heads.
81 The Saloon men and
distillers.
"2 Most unfortunate men
who are heavy drinkers.
80 Almost every sot in
town.
Il. Every harlot in the
city is opposed to prohibition.
IS So far as known all
the gamblers oppose the
movement.
The above is a libel on
men just as good, just as
pure, just as honest, just as
intelligent. just as moral, and
of much more service to this
community, than Mr. Atkins.
It is unfortunate, that a man
clothed in the livery of the
most high, and one whose
mission should be to preach
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22

If you should get a Sam
Pile copy of The Waterman
read il and pass it ON. If
you get more than one
hand them out to your
neighbors and friends.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-05-22
Piles Cured in s TO II DAYS

Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding orProtruding Piles in 6to l4days.
The hrst application gives Ease and Rest. SOC,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-27
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.

GtueI d NO D.
Notice is hereby given to all per
IONS interested that the council of
the city Of Rock Island, Ill. having
ordered the construction Of a six
inch water main on Eighth street,
from Eighteenth 10 Twentieth ave
nues, and the ordinance for the
same being on file in the office of
tne city clerk Of said city. and said
CITY having applied 20 the county
court OF Rock Island county, ILL
no1s, foF an assessment Of the cost
OF said Improvement according TO
II ontsge, said assessment being
payable In seven installments. each
bearing interest at the rate of 5 per
cent per annum, and an assessment
theFefor having been made and re
turned TO said court, the hearing
lhereon will he had on the Sth day
o. october, A .. 1918, at the hour
.! O'Clock a m. or as soon there
1iter as the business of the court
will permit
any person desiring may file OBJ
!ecuons In said court, before said
oay' and may appear on the hear
mg and make their defense.
Dated Rock Island. III, Sept. %.
A. D. 1918.
WILLIAM A. NORRIS,
Vrhcer Appointed TO Make the As
Sessment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-27
TIGERS CONFIDENT
OF WINNING-TEAM
IN MIDYEAR SHAPE

If confidence can win a contest,
sporting or otherwise. then Sun
days game between the Ihdepend-
ents and the Rock Island Tigers
VIII result in disastrous defeat for
the green and white eleven.
The battle Is scheduled for Doug
las park, and will begin promptly
at o'clock. At a conference of
Managers Flanagan and Degen last
night, the Tiger official declared the
Independents certain of defeat Not
content with this gloomy predic-
ton, began went further and stated
that in order to give the Independ-
ents no chance for an alibi, he de-
sired a return game. Flanagan
agreed.
Youth and aggFessiveness will
win for the Tigers, according to De-
gen. The Independents recently
organized and have had little prac-
tice, while the Tigers. due to early
organization and stiff workouts,
are now in mid-season form
Flanagan stated today that Doug
las park is receiving its annua!
oVerhauling, and when the whistle
blows for Sundays game, will be
in great condition. The wire fences
of last year are being put in place,
and the field marked off.
Stiff practice has been melted out
to candidates for this years green
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-27
NEED rs WORKERS
FOR SIBERIA; ARE
TO ENTRAIN SOON

An appeal for rs men 10 take Y.
NJ c. A positions in Siberia has
been received by 0. J. Stirratt, gen.
eral secretary Of the Rock Island
Y.M C. A
FIJI Scott. chairman Of the war
personnel board of the central de-
partment, national war work coun-
Gil. in a telegram to Mr.. Stirratt an
nounces the immediate need of the
men as follows
We have Just received a cable
gram as follows: Now 10000 Czech
are under arms in Siberia Also a
larger number Of Russians and
many allied troops Demands upon
association are tremendous and will
Increase rapidly. Recruit prompt
" rs men for Siberia in addition to
all previous requests
These men need not necessarily
speak the Czech language. of whom
there are a great number in Siberia,
but they need to be strong, broad
minded, hard working and with
sympathetic personalities, which
can meet a difficult situation and
win out Please do everything you
can to secure some men for this
work as soon as possible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-27

and white eleven in anticipation Of
Sundays contest Many old-time
stars are trying out, among them
being Roy Salzman. hero of many
a higl school and independent grid
iron battle. Little" Roy has the
fever once more. and will don the
moleskins in a strenuous eudeayor
to get into condition for play this
season. Should he succeed, he
would prove a valuable addition to
the Independents, strengthening
the line especially with his 200 odd
pounds of avOirdupois.
Practice is slated for tonight,
Coach Dick Lift promising to put
the candidates through stiff work
out Hauser, former Davenport
Athletic club center. will appear
tonight for his initial trial with the
locals.
A tentative lineup for Sundays
game has been selected by Captain
Freeberg. who announces that all
candidates will be given a trial.
The following will represent the
green and white on the Sabbath:
Dempsey, Quinn. Freeberg, ends;
Stewart, Wright, Holland. tackles;
Hufford, Smith, Rogers, Salzman,
guards; Robb, Hauser, Mercer,
center; Kuehl. Fort and Lundeen,
halfbacks; Meersman, fulIback;
Noelke and Hallett, quarterback.
Word has been received that John
silent" Hardy has entered OFF,
GERS training school and will not
be able to appear in the Independ-
end lineup this season.