The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [5], No. 248, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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PL •. Ward modestly handed in
nalpa offive Oklahoma dubba
thai h« took on his last raid.
Glen Tan Torst ia another Ot
lahoma Rebel that ia wideawake
and <>n the job all the time. He
aenda a club sgain this week.
T. S. Foster ia marching on the
Bonk stronghold of Palestine. He
cap tared another bunch this week
and ordered more bombs.
J. W. Upton, commander of the
battle of Lexington, Okla., where
the Rebel army captured a bunch
of Donks> sends than in to head-
quartan for safe-keeping and
m&kes preparation for another at-
tack on the army of Dubbs that
are defending the Donk usurers.
J". F. Page rounds in four Na-
varro county Mavericks and
shouts: "Long live The Rebel, to
fire broadside into the ranks of
th,> Donks."
Carl Riddles gives the Rebel
yell in the landlord ridden strong-
hold of Ellis county and lines up
a bunch of erstwhile Donk sup-
porterq, who will now fight for
Land and Liberty.
J. T. J. Culpepper renews and
sends fivs others from Nueces
county, where the battle between
the landhogs and the Rebu '&
grower fiercer each day. If all
the Reba will follow the lead >f
Col. Culpepper, the fight will soon
be won.
J. H. McQuffifc sends in a
bunch off Tyler county sufferers
from Donkitis and asks that they
be treated immediately.
John 0. Schmidt sounds the Rc"
bel yell in Nebraska and Bends in
a club of Wahoo dubbs to be treat-
ed. He says rents in his section are
getting to be something fierce and
that something will have to be
done to relieve the tenants.
,T. H. Jones, a Runnels county
rebel* look part in another skir
mish last week and landed seven
prisoners, who will be fed on the
unleven bread of truth for the
next forty weeks. _ -
p 1". Parker sends a club and
orders eight sub cards to bombard
the dubbs of Jones county with.
This i the kind of preparedness
that sounts. , , , ,
J. W. Monday sends a club ol
five and says that there is a guess
ing match on between the Donks of
Eastland county as to whether
they wiU rule the roost after Nov-
ember or not. The Socialist are noj
guesaing. They are working and
are sonfident of planting the So-
cialist flag on the dome of thft
county eapitol.
Roy Sims a regular Rcb reports
from Eastland again this week and
announces another visit in the
near future. Roy is a rounder
when it comes to getting subs from
the dubbs.
If L Allen, a Comanche county
warrior", went on a hunt last week
and took captive five political sin-
rf w Dowdy sends a batch of
fivofmn Hoptons county who are
seeking after the light and there
will be others ere Dowdy is done
with them. . ,
* W. Walker sends six R"d
say* "give them the only cure for
th* simples." He «ays he has oth-
ers suffering from the Bam
trouble which hewfflaendlater
Among our club o four Rebs this
week are the following: C. G.
Weal A R. Mayer, J. L- Guerry,
W. IT. Atehinson, G.
J. J. |aekson,
B. Martin, H_B^Wells J. •
W H B^^aSelman. H.C.
Rea, R. F. Elliott, T A Goodwm,
A. A. Sherill. J. M. Sbackler
R. H. Austin, a strong Wiewe
in preparedness arms himself with
Rebel bombs and marches on the
. in Jack county.
en
A STRAW.
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This from the Minneapolis New
Times shows the way the wind is
blowing:
* "A debate of unusual inter-
est t* Socialists will occur Sun-
day evening, April 8 at the
Unitarian church, 8th st. and
Marv Place, The debate will be
anent the "Single Tax." C. -J.
Buell, who is a tax expert and
has served as member of the
state legislature, will uphold the
single tax. Allen Broms. a well
known lecturer and ^ debater
wiH oppose it. .
"The subject is of especial
importance no^ that the state
convention of the Socialist par-
ty embodied the principle of
the single/tax in its platform.
A large crowd will undoubtedly
be on hand to hear the argu-
ments for and against the single
WAR WITS MEXICO?
(By Franklin Best.)
We believe that'"Villa's raid"
was simply a premeditated mur-
der plot hatched ja Wall Street
Why should Villa wish interven-
tion by the DnitedStatest Does ho
think we wOuld set him over Mex
ico as ruler t No, the power of
American capitalists induced'him
to make that raid. Read the fol
lowing taken from the St. Louis
Globe Democrat as proof that
Wall Street was wise".
New York. March 19. — A
representative of the Carrania
consulate in New York said to-
night at the Labor Forum that
American capitalist* who desire
United States intervention in
Mexico for their own interests
were behind the raid Villa mad**
on Columbus.
"Furthermore," said the Car
ranza representative, Bernard
Gallant, "the authorities kne.v
- of the intended raid three days
before it took place. It was even
known to a certain news agency,
which sent a special correspond-
ent and a special telegraph op-
erator to Columbus to have them
on the spot when the story
'broke'. This news agency knew
very well that the local tele-
graph operator and newspaper
men would not be able to
handle the stoiy adequately."
Now it is up to us, the workers
of the United States to let Wash
ington, D. C., know we do not
want intervention. Wilson has
flopped over to the munition
makers for fear their power would
prevent his re-election. But if ev
ery man, woman and child who
read The Rebel will write Wilson
and the congressman telling them
to stay out of Mexico they will
stay out.
• • •
Baylor County.
Socialists of Baylor county
meet us May 6th, June 3rd, July
1st at 1 o'clock in the court house
in Seymour, to further nominate
candidates for our ticket for 1916,
and to attend to other matters of
importance, such as demanding
watchers for various votisg boxes.
To consider who shall determine,
declare war and who shall go.
Governor, representative, editor
or publisher, preacher, priest, any
manufacturer furnishing supply
furnish supplies of any kind,
of any kind, doctor, lawyers, mer
chants, bankers, speculators, far-
mers,ranchmen,renters,hired man,
hobo, tramp who shall be first to
go Be there and fail not, or go to
war and hold your peace.
F. S. Sawyers, Chairman
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SOCIETY 'NOTES.
THE PEACE PARTt.
(By Covington IIall)
It is reported that John D.
Rockefeller, jr., is going to volun-
teer for service in Mexico just as
soon as "intervention".is pro-
voked and eqnip and captain the
noble gang of heroes who so glor-
iously distinguished themselves at
.the massacre of Ludlow. It sure
will be a buzzard-fest, all right.
'• • •
It is wirelessed that Jim One
Hundred Percent Ferguson is al-
most wild to head a company of
Texas Tenants into the Promisod
Lahd of Plunder. THEY to do all
the fighting aid hand over to
JIM every tiling but the cahoots.
This it just the thing. However,
it is said that Jim is telling his
prospective patriots that he wiU
sec to it that no Texas bonuses
are taxed on to his Mexican
lands — it will be straight rent,
half and half, the heroes to fur-
nish everything, themselves and
other mules included. Now, "will
ydu dam Socialists keep quiet t''
e e e
An ethergram from the Fatcan
says that the Howly Father is
some "anguished" over the
World War and is thinking of ex-
comunicating all Catholic Chris-
tians who refuse to quit killing
each other and go home. Had ho
done this in the first place ho
might not now be so blamed " an-
guished. " Jesus wept. We don't
blame him. Just look at his Black
Sheep!
• • •
A grapevine telegram from
"Britons Never Shall Be Slaves,"
indicates that said Britons have
another think coming to them
since their (!) great (T) demo-
cratic (t) Government started
out to "Crush Prussian Militar-
ism" but out-doing the said Prus-
sians. That's just itr—Militarism
and Democracy can no more oc-
cupy the same nation, continent
or world at the same time. "Ye
cannot serve both God and Mam-
TO ARMS! TO ARMSI
Come! Let us die for Mammon
and for Kings and Kaiserssky!
Come! Let ns kill the "Greasers
in the Rockefeller way!
Come! Let us die for Despots, as
died the slaves of Rome
For tyrants who have stript us of
native land and home!
cts.*s. SJfJi*'
•Sfcrtt-trs
to the mercy of the mills.
And rush, when Wilson
to collect Czar Morgan s billsl
Come! Be the same old suckers the
Workers ever were,
"Your God C,M,ntrV£H
yout" _ Your wife! — To
vn*h her! Jir
Their markets are in danger,
Th^ Lords of°Dearth and Murder,
ye Workers, need 7%*^
THE LAND LEAGUE.
*• .
Bid vou ever hear tell of the
Land League organized m the
south, first meeting in Texas, and
its glorious aims and purposes.
We would like t0 make in these
columns a desire in the heart and
mind of every reader of The Re,bt l
to secure the constitution of that
organization that is now in its
fifth vear of successful llfc-
There are bourgeois philoso-
phers and statesmen who claim
that industrial wage slaves and
agricultural peons cannot sa\c
himself The experiences nf the
Otis and Hearts crowd within th*
last 18 months of the land revolu-
tion in Mexico should show them
that the peon can save himself
and is doine so now in thi old re-
public. Whv not inquire of K. 'J-
Meitzen. Hallettsville. Tex Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the Ameri-
can Land League. This is not an
advertisement
mom.
ft
It is light-rayed from Berlin
that the Kaiser, too, is getting
sorter jubious about "Me unt
Gott" partnership and is "Pre-
paring" to come to the United
States "after the war," as he
figures that there are even more
"patriots" here than there are in
Germany. We thought so.
CAN YOU.TELL US!
Hudson Maxim, the inventor of
smokeless powder, who with his
brothers has done more than any
other family except the Krupps
to destroy human life through the
perfection of killing machines,
breaks into real poetry as shown
below in appreciation of the wo*-k
of Judge Neil for mother's pen-
sion's in America:
A whir of dust is sweeping by the
hill,
Between the gray dawn and the
huge black mill.
There's a drift of rags and of
■ skinny bones,
With skeleton feet on the ruthless
stones.
What specters ars theps in the
witching light—
This ghostly rearguard of the
night,
Wearily treading the trail of the
dark, .
Arousing the morn before the
lark!
What wights are they, so gaunt
and lean.
With lagging pace and drowsey
mien,
Who under the dim lamp's flick-
ering glow
Wind into the caveronoua mill be-
low !
A sortie of ghouls aloosc from the
tomb,
Or a rabble of wraiths begot of the
gloom! t
No—goblins and ghouls such task
would shirk—
It is only children going to work!
RANQEL AND DIAZ.
Felix Diaz is starting another
revolution in Mexico. It is report-
ed — and not denied, so far as we
know — that piaz has $100,000,-
000 back of him, and that this mo-
ney was furnished in the United
States. If this isn't conspiracy in
America to start a revolution in
Mexico, then what could it be eal
led! In Texas J. M. Rangel is in
prison for life convicted on a
"conspiracy" charge. It was char-
ged that he "conspirtft" to go in
to Mexico and "make trouble", or
something likp that. Raneel ha«l
no money and probablv not many
friends. Biaz has millions, and
evidentlv very powerful friends.
Rangel is in a cell. Di** is free.
At New Madrid Mo., night rid"
«ra have beeu depredating very
much during the past year. The
muzzled press in its news and edi-
torial columns insisted' that the
band was made up of Socialists.
A trap wkvN laid for them and 68
were caught. Upon investigation
it wag found that there was one
Socialist, one Republican and 66
Donks. This proposition might
well be expected because the poor
Donk devils have lost all faith in
their party and can not get any
relief from the landhog crowd.
Not having euough sense to have |
confidence in the Socialist par'y
they adopt anarchist methods.
Considering the great member-
ship of the Socialist party and its
wide ramification into every por-
tion of the United States and its
million votes it is a matter of am-
azement to the Donks that our
party is freer from crime and vio
lence than any other political
party in the United States now
or at any time in its history. If
the Donks want to keep out of
trouble they had better come into
the f'ne spiritual uplifting atmos-
phere of the Socialist party.
THE DEATH OF J ASS AC K-
CRACY.
PINCHOT EXPOSES TRAI-
TORS.
V, t~ ;■
(By Robert W. Smith.)
Upon the political battlefield
A dying jackass lay.
Ilis eye's k«>ii?«1 out and his tail
cut off —
Some horror of the fray.
Nearby with saddened and deject
ed mien,
Listening for the last sad bray,
stood the "peerless one" —
pacifist,
The smooth tongued William Jay.
Beside the dying donkey
Old Doctor Tariff knelt;
With a hopelcsg look upon his
face,
ne for a heart throb felt.
On the other side, not far away,
Long, lanky, lean and tall,
Was the old professor — the jin-
goist—
The saddest of them all.
And to an anxious, waiting hoct,
Went the message flying:
"Off your hats, ye unterrified—
.lassacracy is dying."
And so the Raddcncd trio watched,
And bawled and wailed and cried,
Until a hopeless voice was heard:
"Jassacracy has died."
FROM AN EXILE.
Mr. Carl Brannin, superintend-
ent of the Peaple's Power League,
of Cincinnatti, O., writes under
date of April 11:
My Dear Mr. Hickey:—
It makes me feel like giving the
"rebel yell" to see how the So-
cialists and the Single Taxers in
Texas are lining up together for
a tax on land values which will
make use and occupancy the sole
title to land. I find myself want-
ing to get back in the old state to
help in the fight and maybe I will
before it is finally won."
The Rebel will be glad to wel-
come you with a brass band and
regale you with a spring chicken
inside of six years when we have
won our fight. If you and Dan
Kiefer have any ataroh or other
kind of stiffening to put into the
cottonstring backbone of the donk
Single Taxers it will be heartily
welcomed and we will pay ex-
press or parcel post charges there-
on. Anyhow we arc going to win
in your native state.
There is big internal trouble in
Republican and Democratic
ranks in every state in the Union.
The Socialists are practically free
from all discord except in the
states of Florida and New York
where trouble is on over state ex-
ecutive committees. The two states
that are growing fastest in mem-
bership and influence are Texas
and Oklahoma, where the member-
ship had the wisdom to shear their
state executive committees practi-
cally of all power. When New
York and Florida comrades take
a leaf out of the Texas and Okla
homa book Ihey will find that
these internal rows will be largely
a thing of thejiast.
The larmt building in Chicago
was packed last week by lovers of
peace. Some of the strongest men
in the country spoke. The Chica-
go papers refowd to give the
meeting any assistance and the
biggest daily paper gave it one
third of a column on the inside of
the page. Had it been a war meet-
ing there would have been, scream-
ing headline* and lengthy ) stories
on the front pa?e. The loneer
The Rebel looks into the question
the more profoundly he is con-
vinced that the greatest aid to
the Enemy Within is the muzzled
press. Boycott it out of existence.
The following is from a report
of a great anti-preparedness meet-
ing held in Conton. 0., recently
The most significant address of
the evening, though the least
oratorical, was that given by Am-
os Pinchot. The facts which he
presented were so startling as to
cause even the most hardened cy
nic to gasp. "The Villa raid on
Columbus} New Mexico, was en-
gineered in Wall Street," said
Pinchot. "My friend, Max East-
man, (editor of the ' Masses') was
travelling on the Santa Fe and
one day before the raid took place
was in a little town, 30 miles west
of Columbus. He talked to a U. S.
trooper who was lounging about
the station and asked hitji what
was news. "Oh, Villa just raided
Columbus," Was the trooper's re-
ply. Mind you, this was 24 hours
before the raid took place. East-
man continued and stopped off at
Columbus, where he found that no
raid had taken place yet. Several
hours after Eastman's arrival the
raid took place."
Newspapers Prepared.
"The newspapers," said Pin
hot, "had advance information
as to proposed raid. For, two days
before the raid, many extra news-
paper men were on the scene, in-
stalling special facilities to handle
the news."
Pinchot gave lot of inform;;-
ion as to the tremendous profit
in the sale of war munitions and
tho outrageous way in which the
U. S. government is held up for
prices: one, two, and even three
•h higher than prices charged
to foreign governments.
AMERICAN TENANTS AND
BRITISH TAXES.
We glean the following from
the Chicago Trubune:
What Americans have the
right to object to is that New
York is paying Baron Astor'a
English taxes for him. Baron
Astor did not make all his mon-
ey by his own efforts. His an-
cestors bough real estate and
allowed the energies of New
Yorkers to make it valuable to
them. Americans earned Baron
Astor's money for him and are
earning more for him now. It
is money earned by Americans
which remodeled Hevor castle
and supports his prize cattle.
Baron Astor has no just
claim to an income from the
United States. He does noth-
ing for his country. He is be-
ing paid for the cleverness and
activity of his ancestors and
their associates.
The Rebel would like to inquire
what claim to an income has any
landhog, be he native or foreign.
The Clarka and Fields and the
Swensons and Slaughters and
Kings and Waggoners and Fergu-
sons, what good do they do to the
country. It is all the same to the
man they rob whether they live
in New York, Dallas or Timbuc-
too.
BACK TAXES.
Under the recent law whieh
compels the collector and entity
attorney to clean up al back taxes
as far as 1886 notices are being
mailed out by Collector Stell,
which will be followed up by suits
by County Attorney Crain and it
is believed these old cases will
number as many as two thoussnd.
Probably many people who have
bought land without taking the
pains to look into the matter of
back taxes will have to remove
this cloud from their title.—Cuero
(Tex.) Record.
The above indicates that a great
many poor people will lose their
little homes in that county. Sim-
ilar suits are being started in ev-
ery county in the state, thus fur-
ther swelling the constantly in-
creasing army of tenants. Of
course the little landholder must
pay to the last penny because this
is not his government; but the
speculator pays practically no tax.
Down with landlordism, on with
the battle.
Henry Ford, the Michigan mil-
lionaire motor car builder, has
swept the state of Michigan clean
in the Republican presidential
primary. ThP Republicans in Ne-
braska have him in the lead in
that state. It may be that Ford
will beat both Wilson and Roose-
velt and could easily- do so did all
the states have presidential pri-
maries. • The amazing popularity
-of the man as shown by these
two incidents is positive proof of
where the American people stand
on preparedness. When it is re-
membered that ttye host of the
peace ship is the strongest peace
advocate in America.
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Socialist fruiting
Ccmpany. *
Hallettsville, Tex., April 2«, 1|
Below I publish a statement of
all stock fully paid "P and issued
to this date by the Socialist Print-
ing Company. It will b« seen that,
(not counting stock issued to ori-
ginal incorporators) a total of
about 125 shares has been is-
sued so far. In order to put our
publishing plant in proper fight-
ing trim for the greatest campaign
in the history of the Socialist par-
ty of the South, pay off all indeb-
tedness and have a war fund os
the side, we should sell at leajt
four times that amount before the
first day of July.
Remember that every cent sub-
scribed NOW will lie worth dollars
to the cause latfr. It's the early
subscriptions that count. If yon
have subscribed nothing as yet,
put your name down for any am-
ount between $5 and $500,or more.
If you have stock, take out more.
Show your faith in us and the
work we are doing for Land and
Liberty by the amount you pay in
for stock and at the same time it
will be a safe investment. It w>ll
be the greatest contribution to
the cause of Socialism in the
South you could possibly make.
Here follows the list of names of
those to whom stock has been is-
sued :
Previously Subscribed.
•I M Sanderlin, Atnm'osa ('o. ,.$10.00
0 P YouuKblood, Ellin Co .0S
J K Johnson, H&okt'll Co 10.u#
li D House, Fisher Co 10.0#
P T Peyton, Dallas Co 1Q.0S
I) J Holley, Henderson Co .... I.OS
J A Voth, Harris Co 80. OS
Boeer Sisters, Stonewall Co. .. IS O#
Mrs Marie Doeer, Stonewall Of. 19.OS
Win S|>&nn, La vara Co 10. OS
W Hilton Smith Atascosa Ce... I.OS
J C Aachenbeek, Wharton Ca .. #.0S
J C Wiggins, McCulloeh Co .... I.OS
C F Singleton, Lavaca Co I.OS
H F Key, Oontales Co I.0*
J Magnan Hardin Co ........ I.OS
J C Mow, Cooke Co I.OS
Karl Wolf, Haskell Co 4.0S
n F Ewell, Wharton Co I.H
I) W Sanford, Panola Co 10.OS
Allan T Gar.away, Hopkins 0«. I.H
J L Drink ill, Houston Co I.H
W L Wood and J T Mnlllcaa,
Ellis Co I.oe
O Andrew, Young Co I.H
Gust Hllbert, Comal Co I.H
J T A Page, M. D., Milam Ca.,
I.H
J M Drennau, Sabine Co I 00
C F Nugent, San Augustine Co.. I.SO
A B Morton, Martin Co I.OS
W T Ingram, Eastland Co .... I.H
C K Long, Grimes Co I.H
P H Ramsey, Smith Co I.H
M J Buggies, Ellis Co I.OS
G W Johnson, Collinsworth Ca.. I.H
C Q Poteet, Louisiana I-H
Ernst Locke, Lavaca Co • H
H Henitke, Baatrop Co I.H
N B Key, Gontalea Co I.H
C Havens, Hamiltos Co I.H
A E Anderaon, Mitebel Ca.... H.H
M L Shofner, Angelina Co .... I.H
Thos Murphy, Jsak Co 10.H
J 0 Donowhoo, Mills Co ...... I.H
E N and W R Seward, "William-
son Co f.H
W 0 Seises, Collin Ca M.H
W R Gardener, Van Zsadt Ca .. 10.H
H J Maitsen, Faystte Co ll.H
O O Oorry, IbOvBock Co I-H
J P Roehford, Jefferson Ce .... I-H
J L Herrlngton, Hood Co .... ®.H
Wm Neeee, Galss Co I.H
T F Hughes, Falls Co M.H
E P WraiiUky, Nueces Ce .... I.H
T C Mothef, Coke Co I.H
Later Subscribed
Wm MeEnery, Bexar Co M.H
Wm Neese, Gslns Co M.H
Warreii T Boatwright, New Me*- •..
ico ••<M>
Quite a lot of partial payments for
etock were made heretofore and soma
othere recently. As soon as the full
amounts are paid In stock will be is-
sued and names published.
Fraternally Submitted,
E. O. Melteen, 8ec. Treas.
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APPLICATION FOR STOCK.
Texas Mil
E. O. Meitzen, Sec Treas,
Hallettsville, Tex.
Dear Comrade:—
Find enclosed ♦ ia (part)*
payment for shares
of stock in the SOCIALIST PRINT-
ING COMPANY.
Signed
Address
NOTE — Leave the word (part)
standing if you wish to pay for stoek
in installment. Otherwise wipe It eat.
Under the installment plan roe pay 1|S
down, and one-tenth of the total am-
ount each month thereafter eatil paid.
For instance if you subscribe for s
IS share, yoa pay II Aowa and H
month until paid when the sertifiesta
wiU be forwarded.
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