Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-10-30
ESTABLISHED 1882
OUR X[JE)fllE11DlE DUTY.
No Patriot Can Shiasky
VOTE N0vEmgER 5TH.

VOTE H0vEHgER 5TH.
Ther is service Of nesmabe value that every voter
pern and that every patriot will perform, and that
the service Of going to the polls November and
casting balio r to;e candidates who will do
most to bring this early concuSion and bring the
boys back home. No candidate is qualified for any Office
unless he is loyal to the core unless he is hundred per
cent patriot and hundred cant against Prussan Milf
tarsn1 Il candidate Of ANY arty has since entered
this neutral oatw7An this country and the Ger
Empire, hostile to aio If he has apollo,
gizea for Prusaan arbarsm justified the sinking of the
Lusana, declined to back the soldiers at the front
let loyal ctiz4u vote AGAINST hi and 9l consign
him t. political oblivion Election Day.
Let il 1 ru+Ht! that the only issue before the Ame"i
people il the Of winning the War issue of
crushing German 5Ljli+asm untj il raise its
snaky 1t opens W Hi'devourny mouth exhale its de-
wasting Ereal This is the that will take every
father bl er and re o e soldier t. to the polls is
the which rv~r3 patriot will mark his ticket it
is the issue upon nch every d bloodea loyal hearted
American will east his Ballot \l other issues dead
and buried Ii this year "G an strife patriot will
permit love q party 10 make hi vote against the innter
Est Of his Country
Democrats Republicans an1 members of all other parties
and cr4Hs all 3ting tog er ia France, shoulder to
shoulder heart 10 heart and h45li to hand. They
clne A4 soil Of Flanders with their blood they are dy~
ing side by side. II onr boys forget their politics and
their iHerenca Of opinion and die together there,
shall we d~honor th=ir memory and desrcrate their
marked by refusing to vote together here
the 5th day Of November,
II 1884 o(1ol]atG i}er)a #, against Lincoln for
Presidency and at that time he Civil War still rag
ing MI Lincoln by uttering homey but immortal phrase
decided his fate and also the fate of the election aud
the Nation. He said that the American people had too
much sense swap borSes in middle Of the stream
and he right. The people mt only reelected him
President but they also elect Republican Congress
stand b. him aud pl rt hn and help him to solve the
problems OF the Nation Weart today in the midst OF
war responsibilities horrors aud intricate compca>
ons greater than those Of lie Civil War. The people
have Just much ia 1918 "a they had in 1864 and
hey going to it to the effect On the 5th day
f Nov4ntt history will rep Itself and the voters will
proclaim with voice that viii the aud
herate through h Kai5 s p4aceu Berlin that tn Ameri
people viii off the party Of Woodrow Wilson
IA the middle IF this bios -rei stream Of world wide
The Democratic Party the voters at this Eec
tion County, Sta4 and Congressional Ticket of Of
ability and experience, who for the past two years have
safely handled the affairs Of their resp ct We offices ia
fu and conscientious manner who loyal and true
to the principle for which fight. Shall We in this
hour Of trial surrender certainty for rainty?
Shall take out Of elf :e Of experienced Shall we
weaken home Government at this time Of all othe
when it should be stron2?
What father brother friAn@ OF soldier will decline o
endorse the present Administration?
Who change made at this time in the midst of
world war; in our body polite!
On the 9Th dag Of Novem) let every patriot for the
sake of his oupsyy State AID Nation and FOR the Of
Humanity and ts= fr Of his boy ungrudgingIy support
the plans aud PURPOSES # Woodrow Wilson, man whose
leadership is 10 >ua, IL statHSmaSlp Jelt7roi IN WIS
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and in pat,iot a WasIugDn whose mind is
mirror that reflects e possibilities Of the future as
we'll the promises Of the present and the pros
prophecies Of IT, Commander in Chief OF all
our armies a}.F u9vra tle whom more t3an two
m lion boys l|lwing and whose jndg~
ment is unerng as the maruers compass and whose
p,,, pnr cou@' ant aa the northern star
Prs @ Wilson, with I'll lis duties, went to PIincaon to
vote il prD4ry Sey,no 24LI distance Of nearly
two miles, he will also ave two hundred mites t.
v,t4 il, vsnber II Mr Wilson, the busiest nin the
W 1 as the foremost citi the world travel
two huulro7 !as 70 cast his ballot, every other man
should crrtaj g. to lis precinct aud cast bis vote on
November 5:h