The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE KNOX COUNTY
Official Organ of Knox City and Knox Comity.
WE BEACH THE PEOPLE, AND OUll MOTTO IS: "KNOX CITY FIRST, THE WOULD AÍTE11WAHD"
NO 12
VOL. 6.
KNOX CITY, KNOX COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1910.
SOCIALISM AND
NJGGERISM
How Tin "Kimrids" FUI 01
The Neck of the Coea.
As one goes a little into social
ism's methods at vote hunting
his dtsgust deepens at every
fresh discovery. As one contem-
plates that "good time coming,"
of which all socialists talk by
day and dream by night, when
every pond will be filled with
honey and flapjacks will grow on
every sapling, where all - the
faithful who helped on the "rev-
olution" will have an ex-million-
aire to frail the flapjacks into
the honey ponds with a golden
pole all studded with priceless
jewels, and Lords and Dukes to
fish them out and land them on
the silvery bank, while Queens
and Princes serve them on plates
of incalculable value, and the
dear "Kumrids" have nought to
do but eat and sleep and dream;
in that glorious time where will
be Mr. Coon? Why, Mr. Coon
will be dah, too. The Social Rev-
olution" will have ''revolved"
him also, and-he will be amorg
the elect. His black skin will
.have faded to the most loveiy
white, ijiuiv liUtfU and oeauUful;
his kinky black hair will have
changed to a beautiful mahegany
roan, only slightly tending to
curliness; the big white eyes the
flat nose, the protruding lips, all
these will have changed, and in-
stead there will be the handsome
face of'Greek, type and classic
mold; his instinct and out-stink
will have passed forever; from
hn handsome, dignified and
graceful person will emanate a
delicate, pleasing aroma like the
breeze that comes perfume laden
from Araby the blest.
The proof of the pudding is
chewing the beg. And we are
going to give the warm blooded
Southerners who are running
off aftgr this thing called social-
ism a little piece of the bag to
to chew—a little socialistic gos-
pel on the social equality of the
negro. We believe that the ne-
gro has rights that even the white
man should respect. In the
South the negro finds his truest
and best friends. It is here that
white men pav taxes to educate
- the children of the negro; it is
here that white man aid them in
their work of higher education
and in the building of their
churches and school houses; in
fact the negro Owes a debt of
everlasting gratitude to the
southern white man. Nobody
understands the negro except
this same much abused white
man. Nobody , else knows how
to treat him. Northern men
make an absolute failure when-
ever they try to use negro labor
on their plantations in the. South
and soon abonbon all effort to
use it. If the negro is a problem,
he is our problem and nobody
else's problem. We would never
have had a tithe of all this trou-
about the negro 'f it had not
this ignorant outside in-
terference.
The socialists, knowing every-
thing, even those things that
have puzzled the greatest minds
of earth through all the ages,
have analyzed this negro problem
and have discovered a remedy,
which they set forth by resolu-
tion in their National Conven-
tion of 1900, It is needless to
say that this resolution is not
used for propaganda purposes in
the South, except among the ne-
groes. We shall give our read-
ers only the heart of the thing
here. There is a string of 'where-
ases' a yard long before you get
at the real meaning of it. (We
suppose the reason they use so
many "whereases" is berauses
of the large number of donkeys
they keep constantly on hand.)
This resolution begins by
charging'that, "The capitalist
class seeks to foster and increase
color prejudice between the
white workers and the black. It
further charges that, "both the
old political parties and educa-
tional and religious institutions
alike betray the negro in "his
helpless struggle against dis-
franchisement and violence, in
order to receive the economic fa-
vors of the capitalist class." We
shall no!; stop to defend the par-
ties just here, but when the
charge above quoted is brought
against religious and educational
institutions we denounce it as
absolutely and unqualified false.
The idea of these fellows charg-
ing that the very institutions,,
the School and the Church, that
have done more for the uplift of
the negro have betrayed him that
they might "receive the favors
of the capitalist class." There
has been enough devilment put
into the head of negroes already
by brainless fools and consum-
mate scoundrels. Continuing,
the resolution declares: That
the causes which have made him
the victim of social and political
inequality are the effects of the
long exploitation of his labor
power; that all social and race
prejudices spring from the an-
cient economic causes which still
endure," etc., etc. They wound
up the whole lying, slobbering,
whining, nigger-huging, dis-
gusting political abortion with a
proposal of matrimony: "We in-
vite the negro to membership
and fellowship with us."' Well,
did you ever? For sixty years
these fellows have howled them-
selves hoarse over the wrongs of
the "working ela>s," and they
have never been able to do more
than attract momentary attention
from the great vryiss of laboring
men. Now they have started
coon hunting.
The coon has not yet responded
to this pitiful, heart-breaking,
soul-rendering, stomach-lifting,
liver-twisting, bowel-moving,
offer of political matrimony on
ee-co-nom-ick basis. The good
old-fashioned nigger that we all
used to know would say, "Boss,
dat socialism pahty ain't no place
foh a spectable cullud pushon,
hit sho' ain't." Poor "kumrids''
they can't even fool the niggars.
While Southerners as a class
believe in a square deal for the
negro, they do not believe in so-
cial equality for him. In the
South he is not discriminated
against industrially. Every ne-
gro whj wants work can get it.
The sensible negro does not want
social equality, and socialist and
all others who believe in negro
social equality will find that it is
not healthy to advocate that doc-
trine down here. If they think
so, let them try it. —Ford County
News.
Every one is invited to attend
the ledture Saturday night at
the Methodist Church. Those
who have not bought tickets will
have the opportunity to purchase
same at the door. Come and en-
joy yourself.
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The Farmers State Bank, of Knox City
The Guaranty fund Bank
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Seventy Thousand Dollars
subject to the immediate
use of the State Banking-
Board of the state of Texas,
for the payment of claims
due non interest bearing
Depositors in the State
Banks of Texas, making
your money absolutely safe
when deposited with us.
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TAKES PRIDE
IN HIS H0Mr
J. A. Wood, His Yard and Ooi
Productive Soil.
The editor had the honor of
visiting the home of J. A. Wood's
Wednesday afternoon and here
we fouud one of the prettiest and
best kept yards in West Texas.
The condition of this yard not
only proved that Mr. Wood was
more than doing his part toward
beautifying his part of Fourth
Street, bui it is evidence of the
fact that our soil is all, and does
all, that can be expected of any
soil in any climate. Here we
found the most delicate herbs,
which thrive in but few climates,
in good healthly conditions.
Many places such plants thrive
to the extent of possessing ¡1 line
stalk or plant, but the fruit or
blossom never appears or ma-
tures. • We found the state of
affairs qnite different with the
plant - set forth in Mr. Wood's
yard. Full matured blossoms of
the most fragrant odor.: are
there. Not one particular Í'low-
er which one mi"ht say will ur<>w
any place, but all kinds and var-
ieties.
We shall not attempt to s ive
all th<\ diligent planto bul among
them were what is called the
Sweet Shrub, a native plan! of
the creek and river bottom- of
the old states, Ornamental and
Mock Oranges, Tube Roses, four
different kinds of Crape Myrtle,
Violets, Phloxes, Honey Suckle,
forty-four different kinds of Ros
es, and a nice hedge of the Cali-
fornia Privit, which had just been
trimmed, set forth the powers
of nature and within itself is a
most pleasing picture to the eyes
of mankind. * Many other plants
are tobe found there whose blos-
soms triumph over the fac t J hat
the quality of our soil and its pro-
ductive powers are inferior to
none.
A home surrounded and en-
twined with evergreens of so
many kinds as this one, comes
as near being a paradise as pos-
sible and to sit and while away
the leisure moments among the
sweet oders of the blossoms of
nature carries one of the most
pleasing and pleasant effects of
all intoxications.
The News heartily commends
Mr. Wood on the pride displayed
in beautifyiug his home place.
Recently he has laid cement
walks in front of his entire place
which also adds much to the con-
venience and looks of same.
There is no one owning a home
in our city, but could have a yard
like this. The pride is all there
is missing. The News is for a
cleaner and prettiei town. It is
possible without much work or
the expenditure of much money.
Jim Hodges, W. F. Ward, S.
L. Hefner, W. E. Walker, Milo
Thompson, M. W. Browder, all
of Benjamin were in the city this
week attending the Royal Arch
Chapter of the Masons.
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Atterbury, E. B. The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1910, newspaper, April 22, 1910; Knox City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179026/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.