The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. 122, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1913 Page: 3 of 4
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enclosed ly cents to
Petitions und 1 win
by Os^wnlwr, 1 know
'6 in the right direction
„ be t*aj to get 200,000 sign-
ers for w H** got to hire a change.
Youfs till freedom comes,
Mrs. & R. Jones.
. , .
McCullough Co., Oct. 25, lliu.
E. O. Meiteen, . .
Halletfcmlle, Texas.
Dear Si* and Friend:—
Please find enclosed 5 ccnts in
stamps for which plowe send mo at
once one blank Land Petition to Mr. W,
B. Wallace, Doole, Texas.
hurry to got bus '
organise Beater
He Is aU «. K.
Please list Mr. J. Kenny, Brady, Tex.,
as a petition circulator. Yinj sent me
one, alao The Bebel, and I circulated
one and Mr. Kinney tho other.
Beepeetfully,
Chas. O. Cowan
1 THEY ARE ALL A8KINO NOW.
Burke, Texas, October 2, ltlS.
—, u„. *• Maitwn,
*&&&?££sB^SKSJSr
the movement. *P|. * write Information concern-
Yours truly, **§ Bentera' Union and Land Petitions.
J- M Bur,<,n- FH*d
HB KNOWS NOW.
| Fam Co., Tex., Oct. 24, 1913.
E. O. Meitxen,
Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
Some of
w
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mm
fer'
3gS
'ind stamp enclosed for reply.
Yours truly,
Fred A. Wrigbt.
HE'S IN TIME.
Potter Co.. Tex., Oct. 4, 1913.
ie Meitien:—
Enclosed 25 cents in stamps for
petitions. Sorrv we did not
—T. !u o "Wgubui'L. yir-rtttxtotm to fW-Uad.-trillions. Sorry we did not
got in the Renter s Union, but we don't "end sooner, but will try to make up
know how to organize. Please send m« I for lost time.
- -- O'gnnize. Please send m«
full instructions on how to organise hi
one*.
Yours for freedom,
A.L.Mathews.
' A LIVE SOCIALIST.
Wake, Tex, Oet. la, ism.
Mr. E. O. Meitzen,
Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Comrade:— H
Fnd enclosed 25 cents for which send I
for lost time.
Yours for a hou
for all,
W. H. Paul.
HB OET8 THE BYLAWS.
Newlin, Tex., Oct. 20, 1913.
E. O Meitxea,
Hallettsville, tens.
Dear Sir:—
I saw your | iece in the News.l want to
get ia touch with the movement you
have on foot. I am a renter and have
«mm tewnou to Mr. w.i *i a enclosed 555 cents for which send I IT IT I , V Y .C jf
oole, Tex^s. He U in a me the amount in the constitution of 1^/ X * ? / *
baay,hs alao wants to the Renter's Union asd one co?y of\he J10" °'% V"** rpnte" of
Iter'a Union at hi, home. Land Petition. Uk« * know some h.ng about
# : I I dkrfa Kw.latvs nf f na tininn bIua I wnilM
Respectfully,
„ something
the by-laws of the union, also I would
\* n u I Hke to have the petition circulated in
14m *e u • 7* , thia part of the country. 1 think a
Sec. of Socialist Local 1H«1 m„vs |ike this will beat anything that
. we could do to help the renters of this
Throckmorton Co., Tex. Oct. 25, 1913.1 country. We have got to do something
'fBim
Cedar Park, Tex., Oct. 25, l i;t.
Dear .Bebel:— ^
E. O. Meitzen,
, Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
I hereby send you remittance for
tteb* se ,■■■! ...
j * „ I Local Padgitt, Young county, Texas.
This u 22 names I have sent you, 1J piease forward a charter and some con
a 70 yoara eld and can t get out | stitutiou* and some more lit*
— " *; , —r r ~~ | "titutions and some more literature.
much but I catch them paaaiug the road. Hoping to aM you at the Waco con
There are plenty of th«m here thu,t vention, I remain,
would sign it if there waa some one -
ilate it that-could get out
TEXAS STATE FAIR .
Id aiga i
here to cirevl
and work.
Yours for Socialism,
E. C. Henry.
Yours respectfully,
J. W. Hutherlen.
THE MAJORITY 8ION.
PAT TOUR POLL TAX.
Si veils Bend, Tex., Oct. 19, 1913.
Mr. T. _ j Rebel cards, which I received some
Dear oSSlS?— time ago and have sold. Please send
EndSed7bd 10 centa for whichmott "d 1 win eU them " ,oon
^ m. W. L«d Petiton*. WiU d. tU
and do it soon.
| I hope to hear from you soon as 1 am
interested in this mstter.
Yours truly,
8. R. Hodges.
, ^
WILL CARRY PRECINCT NEXT
TIME.
Mitchel Co., Tex., Oct. 25, 1913.
T. A. Hickey,
Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
Pind enclosed 7 sub cards for which
send to addresses on cards The HebeL
This is the first work that I ever done
for the Socialist party so you see
Throckmorton, Co., Tex., Oct. 28, 1913.
The Rebel:—
Please find enclosed a money order i i"" t • v.._
to the amount of -2.50 to pay for 10 that I made a good start one hour,
n . . . , . . , , I Th*-mnn«v will be sent to vou b> Com-
I can fpt the renters on paying their
pell UJb We can t vote unless we do.
Th« Doaks have disfranchised us.
S?'; ours for Socialism,
' J. P. Dillard.
WE DO.
Jasper Co., Tex., Oct. , 1 13.
Editor lie Bebel:—
Pleaae nod Be a Petition on land
matters*. Yob will understand what II
We are circulating the Land Petition
here, h^ve got about 135 signatures to
The-money will be sent to you by Com
rade Will-Hood in a few days.
I like the tune The Rebel sings and
I think every msn ought to taks The
Rebel.
We will carry this precinct in the
nere, n^ve got aDOUt lao signatures 101 ' - • —.; •,, . ,
Some landlords have signed it
some tenants refused to sign it.
A. L. Turner.
and
W%nt, ij«a« get many aigners in this! Denr Sirr—
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
Lamar Co.K Tex., Oet. 25,
E. O. Meitien,
Hallettsville, Texas.
1913.
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Yours truly,
W. H. Williams.
,
McDnniel-Bedgers Co.
Oeaeral Merchandise.
Hudsonvilie, Texas, Oct. 25, 1913.
Mr. T. A. Hickey,
HftUettevilW, Texas.
Dent Sir:—
Enclosed please find ten cents in
stamps lar which pieMe end me two
Land Petitions.
Yours truly,
D. E. Rodger*.
FROM THE "FREE STATE. *
Vaa i6andt Co., Tex., Oct. 23, lH<i.
L. U. ivieiizeu,
HaUettsnille, Texas.
Dear comrade:—
Please una enclosed o ceuts in sumps
for which send me a -i.aua Poiiaon
oooiuei, <w x want to Oelp * * 1 u
mis part of the wootls. ihero are lots
of poor Ireaters in this part or tae lte«
state, borne of them cuu 't get a stiaca
t j sty in.
Yours f* free land,
J, C. boeKUian.
speaker to come and make some
speeches between now and election dHy.
I will try to do some more work for
The Rebel in a few days. Would like
to have one of the Land Petitions. I
think I could find time to do some good
work for the greatest revolution Texaa
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BURDENS UPON BURDEN®.
Nugent, Tex., Oct. 25, 191S.
E. 0. Meitzen,
Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Sir:— - , . " . .
Am sending you stamps for booklets
—Renter's Petition on laad. We want
to own homesteads but do away with
land speculation and all other kinds of
graft. The several short years in sue
cession have about -broke us financial
ly, yet interest and compound interest
by frequent renewals don't «bate.
Heavy burdens on the drouth stricken
,farmer, they don't lift them even with
the tip of the finger. Even some
, , churches of Abilene are debtors to loan
— d read y?ut I eompsnies and are boosting their relig-
paper, it might give themanew line ^ ^ & eredit bMii, while their Bible
of reasoning. As to myself, I own 48') I tbem noyre no msn anything nd
acres of 1100 land, which 1 rent, while borrower is servant to the lneder."
I live in town and take, half. It's a"
Enclosed find 5 cents for which
please send me one Land Petition as I
wan to hustle some for Socialism. I
have n home of my own but I want to
help all I can for the good of others.
I am <W years old but hope to live to
see America free from the landlords.
Yours first, last and always,
J. W. Reasoner.
—!W— ■ -Aw
IT XB "UlfJUST.y
Dawson, Minn., Oct. .19, IP™-
Editor The Rebel:—
Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
I am sending you a list of subscrib
era. I wish all renters .could read yout
mighty unjust system and it makes one
hostile to see the indifference of the
very ones who are hit the hardest.
Success to your Land Petition.
Fraternally,
Evan Taylor.
THE PETITION IB BOOMING.
Pharr, Tex, Oct. 25, 1014
E. 0. Meitzen,
Hallettsville, Texas. ^
Dear Comrade:— nose of organizing our small body, so
Th« Land Petition ia booming here. [f wii? 8end us some instructions
. ivik.il/Jftkr 111! vat I J _ 1 - wa will irv in do
Round Timber, Tex., Oct. 17, 1913
E. 0. Meitien,
Hallettsville, Texas.
Dear Comrade:—
There is a small bunch of us here
that would like to form a local of K.
U. of A. We don't feel able to have
an organizer come here JOT Pnr"
Perhaps that is tru, we think it is.
I bear or see In The Rebel several
petitions have come to Jones county, but
I hear of none in this part, I send -•>
cents on the other petition. I want to
send what I can on this. Let us make
it unanimous, is possible for vital re
suits.
Yours truly.
J, J. Newton.
OURRIE AT HAMLIN.
Hamlin, Te*., Oct. M, 1913.
Mr. T. A. Hiekey,
Dear Comrade:—
I'm writing this for publication
*> e ■ ix you win — -—'® .',?".<nKtV>'}n Comrade John A. Currie spoke to "
have Ma numes on in/ ivwkiet, h«v | to orgm#ize ourselves we will try to do or<)W4 ;n Hamlin Saturday an^
iree other comrade* it work and I ain —1 n~~A "*
1 ■
three other comrades &t work
nllti
day
cue signs it and say* it is right. t*> j minion signatures
took out about December 1st, they will I j anl(
b0 there. . I Yours in the fight,
«e other comrades tt work and I am I — ftnuday the 11th mand 12th. Good at
1 ia Ue rally, getting more every Hoping you success in organizing^ 1,^.^ ^ order prevailed. Sun
r. It's a grand mbve, nearly every nenter's Union and may you pet a . M ftt R 0'clock be spoke to i>
i signs U. and say* it is right. ^} million signatures to your Land rotl oontrregation in Bethel school
■ Ttij
Youis trul^',
O. «*. AUbright,
at.r. yitn BYE AND BYE.
D. T. Gleghorn.
STOP THE FRAUD.
I Throckmorton Co., Tex., Oc. 10, U'13
E. 0 .Meitzen,
large congregation in Betbid _school
building, 5 miles northwest of HamMn
Sent* were sll filled by tbe time set
for the speaking and manr stood at tV
doors and windows to bear ^
nipssn?e. The crowd was eager to he-
nnd listened to the speech with w
interest. The speaker showed whn
♦he people had been voting for an-
Gary, Tex., Oct 23, 1913. ^ ^
Dear Rebel:— , • " , I " " Hallettsville, Texas. * ITT/Tvir«lionld vote for. He provwl
Hick^ t; eef^aly ntoiW ^«^rk You wiH find stamps enc!o^lto,w a roner<lirBtioT1 that Socialism
The Aobel andTt|xe Renters Union I Meb leaw. send me OM Uid 1 , «♦ eentrarv to the tevWnps ^ fhtls*
1 am a rent<«-nnd * bomeleHS wanderer a Renter's Union in | not contr. r „
wLwl liMFVUA • . Man/1 AT I llwU. * _ • t .. -1 — C l,i«4
1 am a renter-and Vbomeless wand®rer I a Renter'a Vnion in I not ron,r^^^
myself: 1 feel and realize the need ot POUntv that I have beard of l>«t Tie ren ft11
a home for myself and could not be {g fl0in<1 nlimes that I can get ihat o*ove is «r pT<kaphe(1 fr0Tr, i„ thr
brute enough to want more tbau U j,now 0f and I want to help all I can. he onlv op„
fellow brother should hive, so go afte I ^on ,t 0WB nny iand anywhere an<l pulin on. After t*<-
'em, shoot it into them from all quar ^ ^ oW for thig ,„0ve to do mc >n the la ^ Mm0 ^^me forwnH
ters until you make n red of every one I ucJl but there are others that is j speaking , lA ^
°f them, L u . I young that is giving ev
Luqk to The Rebel, to th® I fourth year
movement and to nil humanity, is I. , ntj(
^ Texas State Fnir, which ban
junt cKwhI a very suceewful fif-
da.v meeting here in Dallaa,
it to nn advanced thinker one of
t«e U-st illustrations of Capital-
Win Gone to Seed I ever aaw, and,
in order that your readers may en-
joy csoiih' of the things taught us
by this huge centralization of
graft and greed, I am moved to
write out the following orpl
tio*( f real conditions for the
belt
1st. The Fair Association was
organized as a booming organiza-
tion of real estate owners and big
bwinesH in Dallas aoVne twenty-
eight years ago. Each year every
big and little business man in Dal-
laa has been grafted for all he
would stand for, and has been
taught that he could get "hisV'
back from the suckers who attend
the fair annually. Old Pair com-
panies have eloscd out thousands
invested in the earlier stock com-
panies which owned the business;
but now, about 200 big business
bankers and business men own nil
thia stoek. get all its profits and
practically VUn the city of Dallas
for weeks in the interest of the
Fair Association. They pull the
string and the mayor and all city
employees parade, counter-parade
and then parade again, all during
the ffiir, and of course the city
pays the salaries and expenses of
it all while all its employes work
for the fair.
__ 2nd. About half a million paid
admissions, or from $200,000 to
$250,000 are paid by the suckers
who are fleeced each year, for the
mere privilege of getting into the
traten. Then comes the renl skin-
uing, for every single thing to eat,
ddnk, ride, see, feel or dream
about is in there, olf holding out
gwedv hands and crying "lelah,
«ee!" Prices on everything are
doubled and quadrupled and the
profits to these vendors of amuse-
ils are enormous. But the 200
busitiess men who own the fair
j own these privileges and they
^j them to these fakir* in such a
way that most of the graft goes to
"fern who own and the poor fakirs
_J(re little or nothing left for
thatnselves, even after they have
•tinned the suckers to a finish.
3rd. One of the meanest grafts
in the " that on Restaurant
Row, where all who feed the peo-
ple are forced to run their eating
housea. Here the privileges go to
the highest bidders, as do all other
privileges. Here Holton runs his
food up to four times its value in
an effort to make money for him-
self; but poor Holton gets the
worst of it, because each church
denomination is allowed to run
dining rooms in opposition on the
>lea that the profits will go to
missions or some* other sacred
cause. The half million suckers
who pay admissions are then ap
x'ftled to through their holiest
emotions and all are robbed whole-
sale and retail under the cover or
mask of religion. Yes the 200 big
msineas brutes get most of this
ijfraft and they do not hesitate to
use their own beloved denomina-
;iona as part of the machinery of
this greed and thus debauch the
name of Jheir religion for greedy
gain. ^:.,s
4th. Pallas is building a new
union depot on the banks of the
Trinily river, near the Commerce
street bridge. In doing this the
entire system of city terminals
must be* changed. This ™lls for
all the territory known as Frog-
town, where the red light district
is located, to be used for railroad
yards. Instead of having this pro-
perty condemned and paid for. as
all other property is, big business
—which owni the Dallas churches
root and branch—pulled the
strings and put all the jumping
jack preachers to howling againat
the poor women. The result was
a great inorsl uprising against the
social eml and thia forced the
county and city authorities to is-
sue injunctions and run the wo-
men out of Frogtown. Thua We
see big business using ita churches
and ita aacred religion to aid in
robbing the poor denizens of hell's
half-acre of all they have on earth.
Here the owners of thirty city
blocks are being robbed of half
the value of their lota because of
a religious crusade against the one
thousand tenants of these lots and
these tenants are being robbed of
practically all they have through
such methods.
Such is capitalism and such is
religion. The workers produce all
wealth and it should be theirs, but
by and through a system of unjust
laws, the scheming favored few
are always robbing the producers
out of about four-fifths of all they
produce, through such outrageous
schemes as thoaci exposed abovo
The great exposures of these
schemes being made in the Rebel
each week are doing the biggest
and best work for Socialism in
Texas and this one feature of your
paper must ever endear it to the
hearts of all lovers of human
rights and life over the bloody
greed of property rights and spe-
cial privileges.
Yours forever.
James B. Qoode.
Wmm
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Address: Dept. F. 1548 .
Beware of Cheap Imitationt.
OLD AQE PENSIONS.
If interested write J. S. Lehman
Humboldt, Kaa. 4tn9p
Mm, When ii Chiean Com
ni Sw fir Tntsntn.
the Dr. Lerenx
Electric Body Bat-
tery is the greatest
self euro for week-
debility the
hse ever
Me drugs,
no met-
*• . ,
meals of any sort,
; just eease all iissi-
1 patten sad this in-
vention will do the
work. It sends a
stream of vital life late your m
organs and bleed daring the tfefto
<r
desire.
Yours very truly,
& 0. Cleveland.
\\rz entitled to " 'or taking^
I let's to stop sueh * fraud being 1 i
Ueed in our Lo,e ^8^^
HB WILL TBY AGAIN.
Conroe, Tex., Oct. 26, 191&
l>ear Bebel:— ' .
Pleaeef find enclosed 25 cents for
Und Petition booklets. 1 have
names on my book. I will pay *or
more books and plaee ' them
hands of men thet will help me
I went to do ali i can to free the land.
time, I nnve
Bell Co., Tex., Oct. 19, 1913.
Mr. E. 0. Meitzen,
Hallettsville. Texas.
Dear Sir and Comrade:—
Some three or more weeks ago I or
tin
*°r 1 dered (throuf^The Bebel) a Und Peti Bub cards. Tke litUe ol
u H tim sent to J.. T. Lagron^ tJl|, Wing subje. t in Bain*
> 55 Boute 3. I notiee«TMi "^"f the Ij«ndWHBous «re ffor*
A land. I • . . 1!-A ik.1 navl UTAMb. frill4 h<* I .« ihn naAV>til llAVU WtVltcd
Bftins Co..TeiuOcVL 10V1
NINE OUT or TEW SIGN.
T. A. Hiekey,
Hallettsville, Texas.
Pear Comrade:— . ,
Find enclosed one dollar fcr The
Bebel for 40 weeks. One to 0.0.0™
ham and one to Joe Tanner, both a<l
^eountv
xery ari:
3 I noiiceu nil 'F" -I ■ the li^na rnwwwu" —-—J
iMtd !n the list the next bu he j the people kavo wnnted all the
pet in nil my time, I hn«l JJJ* J m. . «-* ian. «hat I . v_. v.^ ^ -.it The Bebel and
to"work for my living. I made^a flesh
inn mo .inn
vesterday Oct. l^ih •hat I time, but had to wait f
! had never* received the petili«n. -
'o^ The Bebel and
rU.Vf A. to advmoe the goods, but
1 just cant
to work fef my uving. I lamM'm *—TI h- had never receiveu "■« I K. u. or — „
with nv attempt to organise a Benter sI J? hjm one at once as he is von Cau bet your wluskew that the
Union, but will try it again. WUl have I . , to -et in the fight. And 1 common people" are ?ettintc *i c
.i>««*><*■■ ^5. vou... *.tvMM .„t ,(■!« pt.
run across 10 or 18 a taw w^i* - — «
18
we will get ^[jS'ether^fclk-w . "
Tours until the U «I J
B. H. Hubbard.
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sight all the time. ^
' Pratt mally.
W. R.
TieWs.
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THERE ABE EXCEPTIONS. .
Ovalo, Tex, Oct. 28, 1913.
Editor The Bebel:—
I feel like 1 wish to speak a word of
sound sense and judgment. I noticed
in last week's Rebel, you or some ons
else, I do not know his name for it did
not appear In print, aayiog vote the
tieket, does not make a Socialist now
a days. The only Socialists worth
■peaking of, the only man worth while
is he who carries a red card ia his
pocket and works inside of the organi-
zation. This statement is liable to
wound some good Socialist. This
statement is very much uncalled for.
I am a Soetallst ia principle and vote
the'ticket straight and I carry no red
card down in bott legs either.
We polled at Ovalo, Texas last elec
tion 17 votes and only 2 red cards
voted. Now I think 15 not worth while
votes was as god as two reds. I have
more subs for The Bebel and Appeal
and spent more money In this neck of
the woods than one doen of the red
card "friends. So I am one who wants
all the "not worth while" votes to
free the down trodden white slaves
from the damnable system of bossism.
Will say to my red card comrades if
one half of you will dig down deep
into your pockets and loosen up your
hide we will swell Tho Hebel list to
100,000 in three months. What do vou
eayf Let u( hear from you.
Yop*sub getter,
0. W. Preslar.
ure asleep. It toe
weak back, nsi ieinasss, stsmish, liver
and kidney disorder*, vaiieoeele and
stops losses. Dr. Lsreas* Dry Cell
Horage Battery is a high grade bat-
tery, requiring ne charging with vine-
gar or acids, is .'.00 per eeet easier ap-
plied, gives 40® per oent greater serv-
ice, and is sold at a lew pnee without
added cost for fsacy books.
Full particulars ani faetory prices
by mail FREE: sealed.
B. T. Lorenr Electrle Works, M41
Lincoln Ave., Chicago, ID.
Ladies 11000 Reward) I positively
guarantee my Never Pulling Monthly
Remedy. Safely relieves longest, meet
obstinate, abnormal cases la 3 te 8 days
without harm, pain or laterfereuee with,
your work. Mall I1J10, Double strennthi
12.00. RookM FPt'E. Write today I>r._
Southlnpton Bern. Co, 1115 Mais fit..
Kansas Ctty, Mo.
■m
—$2.50 to You—
To get thb sped si rute ym
subscribe lor a share ot stock I
stock in ear
at a dollar a asoetk for M ,, _
(or particulars, hook list, satalog asd
•rder blank. If you have Manas'1""*"
or part of th ^ —
of our other
40% dieoount
orders. Tes
lng Socialist
inertmm.
her books. StosfhsMsn est a
int sb all eer boekK IM entes
roo eaa amke good wsfw eeB-
1st boohs. Write today.
THE LAND PETITION.
Tuberculosis
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(NOTB—Send aU peUUona to B. O. Meitaen. Secretary Treasam, Beev
srs Union, HaUsttsvUls, Texas, wte wl'J transmit them ia balk te Oerernet
Colquitt.
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To 0. B. Colquitt, Govmnok or Texas \
We, the undertigned cititent of Texat, hereby join with the
Ken ten Union of America in a petition to you to call a rpecial
teuton of the legi$Laturt who thoU be requeeted by yon to tub
mil to a vote of the people an amendment to the State Conetitu
tion, providing for a tax equal to the f*H rental value <m all {
lands held for tpeoulation etctpting homteHmi'rmm'WtHa**
only—all to the end that me and occupancy shall become the tot*
title to land in Texat.
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Texas has 157,000,000 acres of Isnd; 27,000,000 aerss are improved.
Out of the balance there are over one hundred million acres suitable foe
cultivation—all held up by speculators, and the people are suffering
from the scarcity of prooaets, «*nd high coot of living.
So we have four.fifths ol he State locked up in the heeds of tbs
speculators while tenantry has .nereased lffl per eent is the last twenty
yesrs. ^ , i
The State Chamber of Commerce haa published that only two and a
half per eent of the landa in the Panhandle are In productive use. It is
overrun with land speculators—made worth much lees to the homes.-.
srs than when overrun by the buffaloee — or even by the hostile Indian..
East, 8ouih and Weat Texaa are in as deplorable a poeitioa \
as the Panhandle.
Thia aituation can only be grappled with and Texas turned
looee for home bufldera by such a constitutional amendment.
Instead a state of rebellioua tenanta we should hare a atate
of patriotic home ownera.
Realizing thia to be true we reapectfuUy sak you to heed oar !
petition and aet
vHere follow tlM Bwnea. Bookleta with Uoag card
eovar containing thia petition with nfed apaeea for 600 rigu
and with the petHion Aaariy printed can ba aacuwd from thia of-
gotowoA for mora
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Hickey, T. A. The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. 122, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1913, newspaper, November 8, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth394675/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.