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HalletttviUe, Te&u.)
ENCAMPMENTS.
State SejTflanrJ • (By d Brew$r )
■e. Texas.) 1
: To say that industrial peace
SSSWa r '^^'waisaaiBag
Waxahachie, Ellis county Send.. """ * jff,8* 1(™
yfiuher 7, 8 and 9, 1 Whenawr fodustaal w r wageajwbo concern
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t Because Europe §0 flame *rith
war, and because capitalist civ-
ilization is being reduced to the
to wuH
uif the working ma* ha* a cow*
tijr, why it it that we have I
nuaty foreigner* in America! The
foreigner it here because he feels
that be cannot subsist in fte Man-
industrial W r wages | wuo uoxicern lOettHWlTe* more Amorioa tn * {r. nn'k. ,^ .1.
Co., fep.12^3 STSirSilSt Of enlightenment witlf special vigor
14, 15 and 16. * Uh K.^ w ^ the r0?* °TT ** P«W«w d( or its equiva- doubled enthusiasm P
sirr® ™ i'" ****lIfK2 .flr&d!5 .*5 -«££*** M
barbaric elements if'oansistaof, —
those fall, to the lot of thrf tkxMkS o try whe* he was bott, iowoll as
he might in this country. More-
over he counts on going b*ek to
the old eotrofory, when he beefcmes
wealthy, but not till then, in otter
.3Ki,u w m TT °[}h hb?£ War toh®4 improved production^ No ftre presented"itaelT such"a" duty
I)e Kalb, Bowie county, Sept. vinShat* thk is toT liTeitW fmS** ^ myw befow ^^d to be du-
21, 26 and 29. J?.■}?*■?, .I4? ^thwr quaMty or ^ttantfty of charged. . '
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tM TFtL ***** htW and [paction. , Afi ^ capitalism could bos*
Governor's Special. |!?L ' know your husband s But it is the quintesence of irouy 0f jg turning to ashes In the fire
Comrades B. R, /eiteen and W.K •"* who i jOmdy1 that make^or mars cmpiro
8. Noble, candidate for governor! ' yT,Uttle cfllid °'1 aw in I doing the best that his light and world powers ate not only *«
and lieutenant governor will fill J •fwPrLi j*I? «;reum tances admit of, and wealth of eitioi and the harvest
the following dates, making three } 0tt^ ? °| meth- J who is obliged to soil much of of country, but, more ftun that,
speeches each d%y: _ . fSL£S3fe $5. JS5. SJlfe Jess than an avalanche of haman flesh and
ft of human souls.
- be the death rattle
exploitation and op-
~,-,j. Wt.iiMMd k
sei t. 13; KasUand Co.
is fferce prospering is because his cnops' mortal wound.
And as it happen with capital-
ism in peace, still more so does i
happen in wars, that the
mcnt, Sept. 14. 16 and 16: Wea-h"ough when -0"caIIed normal con- are not large enough or their qual-
therford, Sept 17 • Rockwall 1"*"®°* ex^t- Then the constant ity is not high enough.
Sept. 18 j W^fie, Sept. 19- Allen I ftPPro^chtng trouble That there may be, here or
Sept. 30; Princeton, Sept. 21,'{£**? ^^rken' homes, there, an instance where-for of the people, the workers, pay
lionham, Sep# 22; Paris, &pt. v? > °f ? breye are the some exceptional reaaon—a farm- the price wth their blood and
-•'!; Annona encampment, Sept. °{ ^daatrial wldiers who er raises some particularly large, their lives. And not only does
9j 25 DoJt alb u ^ rhAlv fm** tnna end /fanttnfnm I amoImw asimi -a " S - • -"" ~w
ment, Sept. 27, 28 and ^
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Orayton County.
Following are the Socialist nom
•uit'fli for Grayson county :mmm
W iSVII i ilI'MIvll v. QcUli I ':j xt. 'Mi • ; w W9~f aj w vH'lj %aW9
26 and 28} DeKalb encamp- T 4?®lr. f<^r *°l™ ttnd darters high quality crop and is mitably the dance of death blister the
. «« — - -r ^ Iall that w dear to young ambition rewarded for it may be true!hopes of those who snatch at the
| on the alter of greed and become | enough. These instances are al- institution* of capitalism as weip-
ODA ' AMti n.UU .L1.l a. Ml 1. x n .
a money earning machine for the ways blazoned aloft. But there1 one with which'to light Soeial-
caP,^i^te- I are thousands upon thousands,' iam; it likewse scorches the pur-
The working class mothers of I of thousands, hundreds of thou- ; poses oi the vslaat army of the
our nation can ihardly conceive sands, who are raising large crops coming eommonwealth ol labor.
For representative. J.'M. Mar-1°£ what,.itJw<mld mft*f ^ feel eure and crops of unquestionable value; Amerka ia yet free of the fire,
tin; h* county clerk, A. P. Hen- fu a i m*7^u^eai (for practically no actual net re- and to ths Socialist party of this
j for county surveyor C. F. I t'lcra8e.^Ye8 ^ j,T1^le8\ turns at aJI for their labor. What country comes the responsibility
Duncan; for County sheriff G B l u ft dread about tbemt I of holding! aloft the red flag that
.Wateiw; for county ta™us^sor"Iil®?However, it is not a mateer of i«, the remaining, hope of human
R 'i'
.1. L. Morris; for county tax col- r. jv mT u Iin8lance8 "W exceptions, it is a kind.
lector, P. M. UcOonnel for counJ '1 'j ^ey . ave, mat^r ot average returns and j All the toil, the travail and the
ty treasurer - "W S MilN ■ for floundered, hoped and of simple justice. The laborer is sacrifice of the Socialists on this
bounty attorney' 0 A Kelsev PvTl' long without results worthy of his hire. The producer ^ide of the water heietofos* will
for pnblic Weigher J P Chrialer ' u ^ ^ve m08t ^ ?P®" entitled by right to the full be but child's- play indeed if it
I 'for -commissioner nrect No 1 n' I. the women who have value of his contribution to the! has not made us the men j and
-/ C. Kerr; for ^commissioner 'nrect'I , industonal battles so Ham of produced wealth. Farmers women to accept the present re-
m ft, B. flpOlift; for justice oflfe^^^JL fSIdo °ot ^ thia; ,PlaJn' °rdinary "Ponsibility and acquit ourselves
the nnsnri nraet. 1 f!i.«. 1 fl H" I anotaer battle before yorf and common sense indicates that in- well.
Petet' ftr justice of the neaoe li^ {t,the 006 u V8' 1 creaging the quantity of improv- And happy are we met with
proet. 2, Clasl 2, P. A. Rollins i S 1°^. of.^eir Producte the ^eek in, September we have aei
for ww a# the neace nrect 6 I ror 111181 not to get it for them. Suppose aside for special, propaganda*. We
L. OlliUa; for constable, precinotf.^^f ^5 Lrfit there ^ °f,th®- C0Unt^ haV6 4 UP°n *
No 1 R L Acree- for constable g , ^d keep it there. Strive should be uniformly mcreased time had. we, and: not capitalist
nnintf Hn i. L. Bowline • for con-rever ^nn8 a^?ut. time when next year and for each year there- fates, plunged the world into
stable, prist. No. 8, J. T.Vatson; ^rJ®rk^ ^Vth^v^ll hJ™ S*1* ^ treWe the P?**n[ Crop,' darkne?? Ughl might
for county chairman, 0. W.P,r^ ^ aDJT ^at the real -tune aU the brighter..
Simraa. world and its re- farmer who really raises wheat,, We have worked patiently in
«ouwes. ^ I not the mere land owner or the the trades unions to tium the rank
Hard?man Cniintv I . v ome,n mu^ leaf® }°. U8e a'' fellowB who farm the farmers, and file away from, the parties
The following Socialist ticket talents. Use all their Weap-1 would he any better offt He cer- which betrayed them.. Year by
nominated for Hardeman 10,if. ,to !!?ng a e condition tainly would not be.—The Pub- year more union card* have found
nominated for Hardeman| wll,rtV, .A <^\xk J company with, the ned cards of the
Socialist party. One by one out-
was nonunauja ior wU1 mean 80 much to them
c«unty{ County judge, P. P- and theira. Responsibility cannot
BimJ, ommty Ceal Bibk, k, tWll ^ yM (lo
♦ ' «' u j ^' llMfeS |your duty beforethings are right-
J' ^°.war ' tax collector, ^ The power of control of the
sJ' w ' ooun^y treasurer,L0r]d's industries must be wrested
G. W. Naron; commissioner, pre. from the hands of the few idlers
No. 1, J. R'dley Jones; ooinmls-1 aiuj piV(,u t0 those who use them,
sioner ,pre. No. 2, 0. 0. Durham;US a human being a woman is re-
commiseioner, pre. No. 3, B. T. sponsible for her share in the
Trout; oomnusBouer pre. No. 4,Lfghting of industrial ills.
J. J. Campell ; justice or the In 0Ur lnidst to^ay we have an
peace, pre. X, Uncle Jack Elliot; I industrial conflict. Do you not
justice of the peace, pre. No. 2,hraagjne tjje w}vea 0f the striking
J. A. Bro^; juaboe of the peace,Ltreet car men of Pittaburg md
re\?> P^Hindnwn; justieeI viointiy are not/toncerned as to
of the peace, pre. 4, J. M, Vu-outoome of-the union's ac-
liard j constable, pre. X, Marlon tioiw ?
Potts; unstable, pr«. 2, J. B. Rq-J, Do,,'ijou know that these same
gan; constable, pre. 3, L. V.1
THE LAST OR EAT WAR.
worn officers, smeared with the
stick of fossilized policies have
i been passed up, and their places
it looks as though the war now taken b? vigoroua minded men
raging will lie the last great war in'facm« the front of Progress. We
Europe. ' must enlarge our. efforts until the
The nations have been tired of whole world trades uniott re-
armaments. The people have menl. m lme to the rilin«
wanted Democratic inrtitutions.
words, when he gets wealth
enough to elevate himself above
the working man class he wffl
then have a country to which he
may go.
When the law of a community
ia so made as to pntost the in-
.tenets of a portion of the citizens
therein, but the same law becomes
a restraint on the right to liberty
and security of the remaining por
tion of the eitizens then the latter
portion lose their identity as hav-
ing a mutual inerest in (he com-
munity, their mutual relation is
gone. These facts will applp to a
nation of people as welL This is
the condition of the working man
in every nation on earth today,
we working men have lest our
identity through the loss of the
materia! interests, we have also
lost our mutual relation through
the same source, material inter-
ests being the standard by which
mutual relation—in these days—
: s proportioned.
It is, according to the present
fcw. the duty of the working man
o obey and not the duty of the
aw enforcer to protect the work-
ing man with the law. So if we
arc without the- protection of the
aw, except as we obey certain dis-
criminating laws, and we own no
and, steamboats, houses or factor-
ies in what sense can you construe
that we have a country! It is
true that in Texas we have the
'right to vote, that is if we have
paid the masters for the right and
lave obeyed certain restraining
laws.
la it Mt a fact that if you were
offered a job in South Africa with
transportation and had the assur-
e of a big wage that you would
be in Soa£h Africa just as soon
a possible* To be sure you would
and as far u a country is con-
cerned yon would not have any
except South, Africa, but if you
were to acquire wealth there then
it would be "America, my coun-
ry, 'tis of thee."
It is a material qualification as
to whether or not we have a coun-
ry, if we have materials, such as
and, railroads, factories, etc,',
hen we have a country, that is we
lave identity through these ma-
terials by law, if we own' materials
135,;
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erect looking toward# the
That hope k in the breasts
m 8l!dns of workers in the
world today and best of aU fe
intfae breasts «f millions that we
were never aWe to reach with
our Socialist methods of science
until the w«r guns "flashed
through Eawpe and the alwhips
dropped their death Ming mis-
sies from the skier That hope
wffl be tracaplkntod into action
wfien the last shot la* been fired
in this war, when speaking it
wilt my to tile war lhrdf, "You
have been tried' and found want-
ing' your syit&m Has been
pl Mi in the scuies and
tem h« been placed in the scales
and'found rotten, you infers have
proved' detrimental to all thaf
tends Vir progress; we Know you
now as tita destroyer# of humanity
and if 'it flakes another war* we- are
prepared' to wage H* t6" tUe end
that war fords, money lorflfr, land-
lord* ecclesiastical $rds, all' you
eroyp of HaTpies that'have ftwt-
ened yonmfve, uporr the Breast
of the race most be wiped out for
your presence m a menace to the
well being of Democratic civiliza-
tion. v *
So this war whose" clouds <*f
smoke covers the earth today, will
ift after a wiMv. Then we Social-
ists can see the light of a better
day and while looking towards
hat dawn we wU not d6ff' our
lats to look upon the graves in
which lie the czar, the kaiser, the
king, the pontiff; the clerical'and1
he plutocrat. 7 •
God speed the <hy ig the prayer
of The Rebel. y
is inevitable in most cases. If: he
refuses, in this section alone there
are hundreds-of farmers who1'are
tied up hand and feet and who-
'lave good crops but they wilj!get
absolutely nothing for them if
they have to s«B or sacrifice
heir cotton now to satisfy their
creditors. They arc not selling it
!or there is no maaket, bht they
are merely giving i# to those cred-
itors who allow them such a price
as they see fit to give them (which
is not much.) If Governor 061
quilt can be persuaded to have
hat law suspended' for a given
They have desired peace in order
to improve their conditions.
But the international situation
was such that ahnaments were
piled on armaments and the
strength of the nations went in
preparing for war.
Now that
revolution.
We have brought method and
purpose to the student and the
teacher in. the university of
learning. More than enough of
this good work remains to be
done before the old superstitions
are covered by the law of knowl-
ime as you suggest he will have
the grtaitude of'the biggest class
we are permanently settled, not i farmers in Texas- and I d^n't
only lialionaly but locally and t'ae| u "ul: w^at he could in the fii
ocal law as well as the national i f'm> whatever he asks for at
aw is protective of our material j e hands of this small farmers awl
interests above everything else, itpnants-
stroke
wuButuie, pre. o, a. y ■ i iA„0i *1,. „„;nn rtfi iw" the war has broken td^' , . .
Sparks; consto^le pre. 4, Lee Mc- which their husbands are memb<>r r0rtl1 the isaue ^ decided by . e have put in many
Qinnis; publT weigher, pre. Nos. \^J^^tofiS K 8WOrd' ^ by bombs, woman a
1 and 4, Wilbur Jones; public Lu: imttift w:tu tv„m ra^her than ry aeroPlane8 hy battlesships. advance. More whole-heartedly
weigher, pre. 3, 0. T. Newton. When it is over, the victorious "tUl mu8t shoulder the effo^
h.,.h.n^. w.r.f,™. nn«.ltijtioM ^ to cany,-that movement to the
It does not seem possible for ,in^ta of m trwdam
Literature Bargains.
"War tfhat Por" by Geo.
R.
this battle with them rather than
have their husbands sacrifice prin-
ciple and self-respect T
These woihen will economise |
i. - «a i and eontriveto keep their little
T?Xer' [homes on as little as possible, thus
. T ' 11 ^ "d H0T iwrftrniing their part in the indl
to Get It, Ameringer a 8^'I trial battle now on between the
little pamphlet: a 10c booklet. street ear workers and the street
they ere eold, at 5o atrawbt. company.
of poatpaid. When the industrial battle now
T ?0 r??Pwm,7' Nr°. r,?hT.' w is won the wives will deserve
Trading, by W.lham Llebkneebt, , cre<1it ,or ti,p psrt ,h„v wi[,
k'PT8- ,A T^Ul f*"""51" tako in the eonfliot.
why Socialist# should not swerve
from the straight and narrow j Talking about the legislature
Pa7^- eao^ °I_^ for 20 cts. i)0ing niade up of tin horn law-
r ,rfttTiJ8 at ^an,t' yers The Rebel would like to
■John M. Work, 160 pages. A clear I quietlv disturb their peace ot
cuuoise refutation of the objetion8 mind*by asying this: "That the
togocialiam . 10 eenta eath, 3 for wl,oI(, kit an/calKXM3,c of fKm
Platform Teat Book, former I ^a,ins m0u^.,0
price 25c, now 20c, postpaid.
"Socialism Made Easy." by
James Connolly, 61 pages. A sim-
ple easily understood expanation
of what Socialism stands for. 10
icta., each, 3 for 20 cts.
Men and Mules, Bees and But-
terflies, and other Ries books at
10c each, 3 for 25 cents.
know that they are being card in-
dexed, catalogued and generally
recorded for the information of
the masses in the not far distant
future.
H. Grady Milner, Walters, Okla.
II. .T. Rrice, Woodsboro.
W. L. Thurman, Sulphur, Okla
Danger Ahead," bv Debs an il R Ge0: J- Nicholson, Farmers
- ah c««;0i I Branch, Texas.
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ill
Ohas. Edward Russell. All Social
ist shotted -read this 5c bapkiet
now going at 3c a copy.
T. A. Hickey, State Sec.
HsHettsville, Texas.
* • •
t>ist of Available Speakers.
W. T. Plowers, Tolbert. Texas.
Dr. J. A. Presley, Alvord, Tex
G. A. Lambreth, Ira, Texas.
J. A. Preela^d Reese, Texas.
X W. Briee, Jr., Cameron. Tex.
Wm. Curd, Bardwell, Texas.
mm. Pyburn, Birome, Texas.
0. G. Clopton, McDade, (Tex.
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We have printed a^ood' *ftppiy
f cards 11x14 inches, (tivinc the
oictures of our nominees for rov-
jrnor and lieutenant, governor
vith suitable wording. Just the
thing for posting up or puttinu; in
^liow windowl Will send these
"ards postpaid! at following prices:
2 to 10 cards at 4 cents each.
10 to 25 cards at 3 cents each.
■Over 25 cards at 2 cents each.
Address all orders to
,T. A. Hickey, State Sec.
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Germany to escape "being con-; sXr^ and «•«"
qUem] roads, in shop and school, we must
With France. Russia, Great 8P?*d ,the .«Poken wopd-, ,T^
Britain, Belgium, against her, her P°*te *
defeat seems inevitable. !"ntd ^eb®f Socialism tints
The colonies are sending their 4™e tod- . „ J M
thousands to assist the capitalist ,.,VVh«r® w® ^ °'f 0ur
exploiters of Great Britain to OV-!h^tur^ ^ the thousand, we
erthrow the rule of the German !nu8t m\keu,t f1"1009". ever^
war lords. e Hnd hovel the P"nted word
The hundreds of thousands of
of Socialism must reach until the
nation has thrown off the slav-
Riwsians, Belgians, French, Serv- , . , - ,
ians in the United States and the ,er-v ot for ,he f™«l m>of
colonies will cross the seas to join .
J 1 Socialists must appear m the
next congress to sound the de-
Though we may go to Europe, the
aw continues to protect qur in-
lerests and the dividends continue
come in, but not so with the
working man, when he goes to Eu-
rope he takes all his interests (La-
bor power) with him and as a
matter of course, his interests are
at the mercy of the law8 of a for-
eign power.
So, as has been said, it is impos-
sible to have protective ljsibor law
So long aia~ we must have law pro-
ective of private material inter-
ests. We must have law protec-
tive of private material interests
so long as we have public material
privately owned, therfore w*
would naturally conclude that to
establish to the working man a
country we must abolish the pri-
vate ownership of the public used
materials which can only be ac-
complished through the adoption
of SOCIALISM by the working
class. ,
Ed Burke.
the armies against Germany.
tlJf'nitedStrte^d^riTwm °^'da_ p«k r,J« wy.down the TBS IttlTZBN &BSOLVTIQ.&
not he able to get baek to tbe.r Pr?Ti.'°,\o( w" «lat
eoiintries to partfeipate in thowar. J*
the measures that will case the lot
of the masses wh0 do the nation's
work and bring them the vic-
tories of peace and plenty.
Against the war funds of the
French and British war vessels
will blockade the coasts.
When Germany is conquered,
her battleship yards and her war
implement plante will either ke|Mpiwjrt nati we are to led
dismantled, or forced to produce , 'u.,;., _ ' 1 *
only products for peaceful indus
try,
a Socialist peace -fund.
We are to huild up the circula-
She will be like tho Socialists of, Au lbi, can do Rnd wju d
France, dnymed. Her ruler, will if we m trm t0 th(, ca wfcfch
no be able to arm the workers for |wve, d(,dicated
i^n S^^W... A ®,rope-is * deep in darknessi
The menace of militarism will ;Amwic, mml u ht the way for
be removed and the desire of the huraanitv •
common people for better livinsj ThU ; ^ ^ and ^ for So_
conditions will spnnp to the front (,ialism fop thc
men and women
as the chief issue. - V
of the Socialist party.
Let us respond.
• •
The rulers will not be able to
sidetrack the demands hy war
scares. r A bunch of preachers wirhout
Swiajism will receive a trcmen-'^ ^ ,awyer8 without -etou
! have declared that Socialism
j would break up the home. Cast
your eyes across the ocean. That's
* all
Ions boom with the war over.
War is hell. Hell is war.
I
Interesting Correspondence.
Air. 'E. 0. Meitzen,
Halletysville, Texas.
)ear .Sir:— ,
On looking through the pages
of the Houston Daily Post under
ate of August 24,1 find your
etter to Governor Colquitt and
!or which I thank you. Were there
more good men like you the
Renter Farmer" would have a
far better opportunity to show
what he has in him but as things
o«'c "*Plie luOTirv Sharks" have all
the advantage and the tenant must
perforce sell at the time his cot-
ton or corn is ready for market
whether he does so at a loss or not.
He is obliged to rely on these men
to obtain money to raise a crop
and ft makes no difference to them
what the conditions are when the
crop is gathered. He deritands
that y?ra Sell and pay him for mon-
ey loaned, for the raising and
working of said crop. If it hap-
pens as is the case now foreclosure
i' f.i ■ •' {*'$..:)?/1, . ■■
I.
Ypurs truly,
George K. F6st(^r„
WENDELL PHILLIPS IN ]£T0.
as,
• fi #We affirm I
fundamental principal that labor,
the creator, of wealth,.is entitled to
all it creates.
"Affirming thia^ we avow, our-
selves willing to aocept the-final
results offthe operation o£ a prin-
ciple a® radicalsuch- as the- over-
throw of)'the whole profit-making
system, the extinction of' monop-
olies, the abolition of privileged
classes, universal! education and
fraternity, pepfoat freedom- of ex-
change, and beat and' grandest of
all ,the final! obliteration of that
foul stigma,, upon outr so-called
civilizatiftni tia poverty of the
masses;
i We declare war with the wage-
system, which demoralizes alike
the hirer and the hired, cheats.
l>oth, enslaves the working man;
work with the present system of
finance, which robs labor, gorges
capital, makes the rich richer and
the poor pWer and turns a repub-
lic ihto an aristocracy of capi-
tal/' J ] K
«' • aBy man ^
what vah e I place upon this
movement -of humanity to pro-
tect itself; it is the grandest and
mofit comprehensive movement of
the age.
'It is a shame to our civilzation'
for our social system to provide
and expect that any man at 4even-
ty years of age shall be lord of
mr ny thousands of dollars, while
hundreds of other men, who have
made as good use of their talents
and opportunities, lean upon char-
ity for their daily bread.
"The best minds and hear
the land shold give themseh
the work of changing this gross \
injustice; this appalling iniquity.
I feel $nre that the readiest
wav to turn publio thought and
effort into this channel, is for the
workingman to organise a politi-
cal party,*'. r
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Hickey, T. A. The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [4], No. 164, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1914, newspaper, September 5, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth394906/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.