Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1931 Page: 4 of 6
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“Our Country ! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always
be in the right but our country, right or wrong
Stephen Decatur.
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Miss Faye Ingram left Tuesday for
Sherman to attend Kidd--Key College.
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eager to banish all war from the face
f the earth. Ben I Davs, managing
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Grace Smith were married Sunday at their billions.
Labor has realized this. The think-
a quite home
snd stem grapher at P nninger. Helm
& D ' - 1 U< ■■ ' hatt . tiu y had to make, concessions to
nooga Tenn , fot an absence of fifteen im ill s needed his services in
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good and it is ac by hitting on soune
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thers shed in class war. men have
been reaping blood fortunes.
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full wel that it must pay the price
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War will end when mankind be-
comes civilized. Not only Internation-
wi stil bold ood
Its word- akre polite, the chances
re that if Mr Chase has any plans
in run for office in Texas he had
better caneel them at once—Ottumwa
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to convene Nonday, 28th inst, for the in the t-mper of its article, and
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflect n upon the ehnrm ter, standing or reputation of any
Orm. person or co por ation which may appear at any time tn tin- columns of
Mie Messenger wi beg adly rrected upon its being bronght to the attention
enemies have been all. to force their
wil upon lim unresrvedly. in fact,
during emerzencies th. laborer has
found that his lot has been less dif-
ficult because his natural enemies
were busy proseeuting a more im-
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purpose of letting the county farm
for the year 1892.
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grocery establishment in this city, slave territory into the fi.ion. a. early
and Mb Katie A Russell of the as 1812 he had fixed the status of
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and energetic young man. The bride ...
is a beautiful ami popular young lady 1 ational wars men were reaping bloody
Messenger extends • mngratulations fortunes Labor has long realized that
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out 4ur future
Hard werk, sat rifl-e, honesty pri
vation, saving, znanagement and the
prin iples of the Christian religion
are rhe ules for succesa which our
ing element in the labor movement
have known that all wars resuited in
Tavored individuals and classes amass-
ng wealth. This has always been the
case regardless of the causes of war.
whether right or wrong. Labor has
county farm. were united in velock
by Rev. W. M. Leatherwood, at the
residence of the bride's parents on
last Sunday The Messenger wishes
the newly wedded a long and happy
life.
About 1 500,000 acres of Indian
lands were opened to Uncle Sam's
home seekers <n Tuesday of this week,
and about 20,000 settlers rushed in.
but of course many of them did not
succeed in getting homes. The newly
settled territory will hereafter be a
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this week.
Mrs Cal NicCurdy and children of
Fort Worth, wore visiting the family
of W. II. Chambers.
Zack l illard and Shelton Rogers
with only a few relatives and friends
in at endance Mr Heathington is
one of the courteous employees of
McCarter's grocery, and is a worthy
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is just as definite and just as real as
that which is carried on between
nations. The sufering and the cost
in class war is as great, and as real,
as in international war.
No one knows better than the
worker the price of war. He has
paid this price during peacetimes,
perhaps to an even greater extent
than during times of National emer-
gencies in peacetimes his class
of war. It knows the horrors and the
exactions of war. It wants all wars
to cense, class wars as well as Inter-
national w rs. It wants to live lves
filled with service and worthwhile
endeavor to the good of all humanity.
It does not want to be deluded by
the makers of war so that its unthink
ing part will l»e misled into slaughter-
ing other deluded workers. Labor
left Monday to attend the A. & M
College at College Station.
A letter from Guy Donald states
that Lu» Angeles. California, has
numerous former Decaturites as citi-
zens, and they are getting (heir share
of the prosperity of that town.
Miss Jennie Hamoright, book-keeper
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ness and lay the fonndation tor the
greatest uation in the worid todla3
Prosperits bronght with it thf
dreams of short cutts to fame at’1
fort ine America chsed the bubbie
znti It i and now moet of us
are sitting down trying to think
some short cut c- schemt to get back
Texas as an independent nation.
France and England had done like-
wise Admission of the Lone Star
State into the Inion therefore was a
contract between sovereign govern
ments.
From the Texas viewpoint Mr. Chase
not only ignored history, but has
: urt the pride of those who feel that
they carted their own destiny and
led no "force of arms" save their
own to berrin their existence as
an Indep ndent government. While
on prope rty’s rond again.
rather to get back sound
sense
its sleepy eyes and try to make out ........_
why there should be a war, and_ " ill J Editor of the Amalgamated Journal
say earnestly ami indignant. I- is ( Iittsburg), associated with the Amer-
unjust and dishonorable, aud there is icau Federation of Labor, in an edi-
no necessity for it torial specially written for the Sep-
"Then the handful will shout loud- , tember 14th number of international
er A few fait men on the other side i is-armuent Notes, published by the
will arzne and reason against the Nntional Council for Prereution af
war with scech and ren, and“atiwar
first huve a earing i nd be applane.. I:,
6"* it wy last long: those 0*8
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The history of Texas is unique,
romantic and a subject of pride on
the part of residents of the Lone
■. . Naturally .. reply has
come fre m that commonweaith to
Stuart Chase, author of an enlighten-
ing new volume. "Mexico."’
Mr. Chase allowed one sentence of
just nine words to creep into his 300-
page book, but that one little sentence
is giving him plenty of trouble He
wrote, "We took Texas by force of
arms in 1817," The Texas Weekly is
the first to retort.
The paper calls as its witness
against this poisoned abolitionist
traditiin Daniel Webster Five
years previous to 1747 Webster, as
Secretary of State, sent a note to
Mexico on the subject of Texas. In
this he said, Mexico may have chosen
to consider Texas may have been at
all times since 1835 a rebellous pro-
vince; but the world has been obliged
September 26. 1891
Aurora has something like a half
a dozen grocery stores now
There w ill another family grocery
at Garvin in the near future
Col. G. B. Pickett am! Rev J B
Dabney dist ussed the sub-treasury at
Flat Rock schoolhouse on Fridaj
night of last week. We are told that
they each made able speeches, but
Mat Dabney seewed to have the crowd
Miss Boggle Pickett f New South
is visiting her sister, Mrs T J. Me
Murray
Gov Hogg’s sister, Mr H. C Fer-
guson, of Denton, is visiting relatives
here
Miss Opal Kenny left Sunday to at-
tend the Sum Houston Normal at
Huntsville.
It requires about 120 teachers to
supply all the schools of Wise county.
Up to this time there are only about
50 teachers legally qualified to teach
in our public schools, making the
cigarettes ever.
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ttnex, many folks have almot let
[ther heads in seeking some method
by which we can come beck out on
the plane or nornal tiunes Freak
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Mark Twain, in his "Mysterious
Stranger,' wrote of war:
“There has never been a jtst one,
never an honorable one—on the part
of Uh- instigator of the war. I cannot
see .1 million years ahead ane this
rule will never change in so many as
half a dozen instances. The loud
little handful—as usual—will shout for
the war The pulpit will warily and
. autiousty object—as firs’: the great,
lie, .lull hulk of th. nation will rub
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Collins, Dick. Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1931, newspaper, September 24, 1931; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694231/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .