The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 11, 1911 Page: 3 of 4
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that is
several
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nomiua-
|1 candidates.
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_ taiy stating
nbers are in good
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Nov/igaa -
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117 Eddy. He will be #out-
1 ae td^beola ¥fte?lhla.
mm* not .definite
, able to say iust how much
he will remain ini^e state.
lowing letter wifc read
to the Renters Con-
landlordism and ad
ded^ to our determinatioa tP kil
the institution that
iu?n ojftjllitcrac.v:
flin, Texas, Oct. 23, 1911.
xwJSvMaxp^ ; ^>sww; 111
Dear Albfrrt: 1 have read Care-
the discussions going on in
press" of the state regard-
the, Renters ljhiap,ahd noted
also your call for a meeting at
Hyp,:,;| •
a careful reading I am
writing to remind you that there
is one very strong point in this
ter that you are overlooking.
ile all you say is true and eveti
more, still it seems to(wie that one
,of the most serious prohleifta the
tenant farmer h$s to solve in
Falls eounty, is the problem of
educating his children. The pres-
ent condition of things ttaake it
Me to get along with-
the Children in the
as long iaa there is a
tyek to scrap. The result
children are not getting ex-
out
idea
that it would bea
the women
Yemeni to ex-
the payment of
It-is
rortftfdisens&ion.
jtion fbr
dtW^^Mmterapteted with
9W8 will speak as
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Nov.' 18 for
way of
en what the state u provTdingTor
w«
PC
y>!m
'
, T,le P ^ hfa heeii one Of fiei
ferent states in the union. In seventeenSi
aghit^t the preafcttt regime fought ,on the
~~J8th statFwere drilled
pared for* a ^ririficf'assa^t on the rampj
state in the union. , ■- t-,.Q.
Prom meajp^" repwte received the- hi
day, Ncvl 1, we learn thajUttf greatest old;
in Ohio and New York, althoughjt looked x
like the Socialist Rebel* had stormed the el
In New YPrk we captured a seat in
for the firat ^ime in its rotten history. Thip.
reactionary as Austin. The lone fighter wig
side the lines of capitalist boodlers is CoB:
from Schenectady. This town ha)B fallen coi
The Rebels laid siege early and after ter
placing enormous charges of intellectual *dj
tro-glycerine( all around the intrenchmenti
donk. After terrific hand to hand fightinr *
veterans and raw recruits, led by General
the city hall and eourt house while heavy
nouneed the breaking into the legislature
away from Schenectady on the Albany inte:
The following press dispatch from- th<
will give our readers some idea of the-fight r*?
Socialists' fiat
Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 7.—For
history of the county the Socialists ha
J- vote, electing a mayor, all but one
view
Jducatiori.
year ihhrc were in Falls
over three hundred,white
ildren within scholastic agfe that
.were not enrolled in any school.
The average daily attendance for
thje year, is less than seventy-five
per cent of the enrollment. The
average length of the school terra
was 123 days, yet the average
child attended school about 60
dttyp. But it is useless for me to
enumerate these facts to you, you
know as well as I whose children
are not getting their birthright,
and lest you forget, I am writing
^o Remind you that if this condi-
tion continues long in Texas, the
tenant faimer and his ehildrin
must Kink tp a level equal with
au^ oon-esponding to "the Peas-
ant" class in iuo "Old Country."
The ${eat problems before us
Mft only 1e voiced out by people
Who are trained tp tbink for them-
Education ia one Of the
jority of the eounty officials, which
council and probably the county board;
ciaiistic,
Rev. Dr. George R. Lunn, pastor
pie's Church and editor of the Citizen,
was elected mayor by a plurality of *
two-thirds the total vote.
Early returns indicated that He:
I|
► OUH HANDS.
jng in eighteen dif-
e states the rebels
Sal hattefield; in the
<>f campaign pre-
|n(ilordi*m in every
leal liiittle.vof Tups-
slnughter occurred
2 a. m. Wednesday
Jat -lacksou, Miss.
^faforKon'a legislaure
|s1m t ure is. nearly a^-
Inow entrenched in-
Ht-rhert E. Merril
telv into our handa.
iting suceeeded in
(Sto *nd exposure ni-
le elephant and the
indomitable Socialist
R. Lunn, captured
in the distance an-
is eighteen jnilea
tjan line.
Kne of the carnage
st time in the
etl a counting
and the m«*
e the common
ipervisoft So-'
e 1'nited Peo-
cialist weekly
or practically
LAW AMD LARD.
DID TATT TELL THE T&fftH?
w.
"i'S «■« ' I! Pmddem T>(t told the tiflth
ley bunkum is neml a d is as od- ... , ■ . ...
orous as its principal • tint the pro ln j?J8 proclamation calling upon^
piffle * i playe/ ou-t as a people to set apart Novemner
political issue tud wonld not de« 30 as a day of thanksgiving and
n, county,
. Sefewtary L.
Ii00 spm
be
/ Co., on
and^^adiwetijae thereaf-
' >n-of Secretary
I Ha*rf|^c*,w ^ M 1
ave «he foUowing letted
! (IwaMa* uAiti At tuim& W? problem, wd I ft® pwwinf
'*-***to*"S:"> « •' «-m-mirn g
'wHBatsssslte
Bell who
Hpppy grat-
iomrades who
j. Blight writes, froifi Watidl.
jtr^vhrf-pf- the
l church, known all over
:te has declared Tor Social-
nd joined our loeal at Eid-
He made hia firct
|h raTifavor ff Socialism^nd
\i an altoffort.^He has of-
his valuable services to help
lite Hamilton county. 1u d
[lecture
progressive ground in the Ml
of education. > « • •
I feel the need of help from the
parents themselves, Mid will
gladly cooperate with you in any
plan th«£ Will help get thaw
«£ildrei£ in i^ie schools.
iEto^iSi not intruded nor
la any way interfered with your
plaoi, and assurin^ofr rtiat,^
ways and everywhere/' I am do-
ing all t can to help the«e Falls
eounty children come into their
Own, I remain, with best wishes,
Your lervtfikt,
A. "W. Eddins.
School Superintendent, Falla Cp;
who )• «t
ie Loe Ang
has promised i
for two or thtee
The
are ad
Irvine is the only due
'is*w>next,y and he Will pttt'#
Sriibtd finish
tiurt' has
tteifear.
lylpr ioc4C with Hooper, Ifil-
on and Nicodemus as W*t
M. MerriJ, So-
tolily, as he car-
r thorough re-
aving plant to
s and a cut in
holders.
iw
eeive'a sickly ptnin in a Vucat^ft
^prayer and praine to Almighty
yo
i
God, then the families of the na-
awamp; that the tariff joke has
rtm its course and the great ov<-r x. .... ., , -
shadowing question that 'will nev- 011 ovor t1®1 "e presides have
er down until it is settled is the they need, ami more too, in
land. In order to get down to a the way ot tood. clothing, sliel-""
elear umlerstamling of this vital teir, fuel, and all the necessaries,
question The Rebel has asked its forts ;ml conveniences capa-
readers to secure the opinions of .. „■, .. , ... ,
eminent lawyers on two vital ble of bwn? produeed^hy Amer-
questions. First: Can use and ioim industry,
occupancy be made the title to . If he told the truth, there are
land! and second: Can land held no little children in the United
for speculative purposea have a 'KtaW in need of warm clothea
eonfiscatorytaxplacedonit.Com- JL. . , . ...
radt1 R. W. Kirkpatrick of Nor- this winter, none m need of shoes,
mangee," Texas, wrote to a friend no e who pver leave the dining
of his. who is a brilliant lawyer, table nnsatisftfed, none who shiver
on the subject. This is the gentle- with cold for want of plenty of
man a reply: heavy lied covers while the bllz-
Centemlle, Texas, Oct. 27, 1911. isards howl throughout the long
Mr. R. W. Kirkpatrick, Norman- wlnter night8 '
<vnA TPTBI f ™ \.
My' Dear Sir and Friend: Re-' AU are «PPli«d abundantly,
plying to your two recent ques-, 8Qd there is no suffering nor fear
tions on limitations; 1st. Can a of suffering, if Taft told the ti^nth
law be passed by the next Texas i What did Taft Say?
leRi lalore placing > conli.oatory p [|e «ai(l : "OUR 1NDCSTBIES
HAWTHRIVED PAR BEYOND
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cialist, will represent thia county in the
ried the city by a pltfrality of about 1,
The platform of Dr. Lunn e«l
forms, chief among which wae a munii
. - 'bust" the so-called paying trust;ehea;
the city pay roll by eliminating useleaa
Dr. Lunn began his career as pastor Of the First Re-
form Church, the oldest and most aristocrat i< in the city.
About three years ago he was compelled j r ^ij?n because
of Jus socialistic preaching*, and then orgJ nb'<t the United
People's congregation. |l ;
Itia well to remember the significance ot this victory when
we realize that Selienectady is the home of tfte largest factory in
America, the General Electric Works, employing 18,00 wage slaves
and ia controlled -by the commander-in-chief of the capitalists forces
—J. Pierpont Morgan of Wall street and the p^wer liehind the throne
of the Men and Religion Forward Movemr
In Rochester file dema;had been cai
some time wi& the rapscallion repe. The
Socialist forces under command of Colonel
holdings be restricted to say 250
acres, as was done under Gov.
Oglethorpe in Georgia?,
I can answer both of theae ques-
tions in one, and that is this: Our
legislature can pass such laws—
but they would both he unconsti-
tutional and void upon contest
which would surclyr follow t|he
enactment of such laws. Neither
our State or national constitu-
tions authorise the enactment- of
such laws. \
Trusting the above will be clear,
OUR DOMESTIC NEEDS."
n a sham battle for
d the field and the
oHes fought a des-
perate engagement. The wires must have been cut because this is
all that reached ua of. the final battfo
>?
jar |
I remain,
Your ffiend,
%iend
'SI
■ .V'
Ryan.
"It is nonsense," says tV Fort
Worth Union Banner,-"to talk ai ^ndslide,
over-production of anything we
IaATEST ELECTION NEWS.
We captured an assembly seat
in Rhode Island. Berger predict*
two million votes in 1912 and
twenty congressmen. Vice mayor
and 20 councilmen elected in Ha-
milton. 0. Socialist councils elect-
ed at Carleton, Wadsworth and
C'onneatut, Ohio. Pottstown, Pa.,
elects three councilmen. Twenty
commissioners in Saginaw, Mich.,
elected. This is the start of the
eat or wear. Why, right here iu
Fort Worth there is a demand
for clothing of the cotton kind,
The editor of the Baird Star
toys: " I would a thowtand time*
that, if filled, would empty evcrj'j rather be poor and live hard, and
shell of1 every store In the pity hav^ tliau have the government
•3
Rochester, N. Y., Nov.
an, WW W-«l««ted by mow th«o
;ty■ ■-
;erton, republic-
■ ^ M*^fl 5 "V
was f*si,
Across the line in the Buckeye state the fighting
fierce and furious frotn sUU tip. Th# B^||l ^Arcetfseized eleven big
^cities and gave no quarter except in Canton, the home of the late
martyred President McKinley. We leai#of 1'
Dallas News as follows:
^4
^ Mar^ed socialistic strength hai devel
points, notably in several of the municipal e
, \ ; where ten eitiea elected Socialist mayors. . H
The New York Call tells us what thefe citie*w«pe that are noW
held a* outposts before the grand united march off .the capital at
Washington, ^hey are Loraine, the grett steel city; St. Mary's,
Martin* Ferry; Fostoria, Kount Vernon, Salem,.fiarberton, Mans-
field, Cuyahoga Fall* and Canton. v||
in Pennsylvania, the fight WAS desperate, particularly in New-
castle where the Socialist rebels routed the enemy with terrific los-
ses. This k the grat stronghold of the United Stat^f Steel Corpora- w
4 tion wherer the eetopue4^ pur IrijJi i^Kto^Colonel McKeever and f.
ty have called a mas* meeting to
be. held at the courthouse In East^
land Saturday, Disc. 11, 10:30 a.
m. The purpose is to elect "a
county secretary and a chairman
and,to:Jay.plan* ior carrying t&ef.
eaunty in 19J2. County Organi-
zer Wt li. Cagle will begin a aer.
eral. week*' campaign November
18, fPr the purjpose of "shaking
iripty buah in the county.** He
write* that even the big landlord*
"walking the itreta*;
the victories from the
'--m-
at various
Of Ohio
Wkithin twenty-four hours," Now,
who can eay that Fprt ^orth lj
mwM wMmm£ *** , x
city ancl , town in the United ipaigtf some yean M€lC |g*in*t
States? '.Yet, our great big old .Tudge Munroe for a governmenf
suppbH me," Maybe koi but
my memory. erve* me right yon
made a mighty strenhotA •as*'
fat president says in his Thanks-
giving proclamation, "Our indus-
tries have thrived far beyond our
domestic needs." <
job at Austin, ahd got it. And
that remind* me—haven't yon got
(some sort of a little old govern-
■ ment jpb npw?
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1
?;*■'? in#
Major McCarthy held ae'pr$0|ieni of war for some time. They were
rescued from confinement; The wires were not J^rn at this point,
ao we read in the Hew York Call: r
K&Mm}
(iker*, they
a
umation
mere theoi
lers, is doing splendid eon
Active work. Theyjare deteW
of able
ive meetings wi1
they arc,etndy-
la and
ave
bat are
[ding up the organization by
id .praeical work- which ii T
systematic distribution of
(his "office has sent o^it o^er
hundred thousand^ pieces of
Mature frei? of charge to those
(rag to distribute but not able
say tot it One result can be
I m the immense gain in the
ty membership which has
bed from about 2000 in Aug-
• to 3900 in October as evi
|ced by the total sum of $195
to the national office for due*
ap& Another result is that the
|ut iirod has a deficit. We are
out Coin cards this week
svfty Scout in the hope of *c-
^ Pover the
"Eastland conn*
i
"scrape"
^llloti'for NatkMial' R'cferen-
lum D have been forwarded to all
local ai 4;* county *«retarie*.
tiling to reocive ballot* or
ugh of them will notify this
ee at Once. Those who believe
letting the state* run tnelr own
• and eettle-4heir-ewn
without dragging the
entire national iorgan&ttlon into
the trouble will VPte/'iNEp" on this
meddling referindum. "
■ Now that you have organized
that local don't stop the work.
The biggest job you have now ia
tok keep it alive. The Way to do it
attend the meetings, make
them interesting, have regular
programs, let everybody say
something, though not too long, a
"piece;" organize "literaries" in
connection, thereby getting the
young folks interested. But above
all be sure to come to every meet-
ing, see that every referendum is
discussed thoroughly and voted
upon. Do all these thing* and
more things that you can think
of and we will have the greatest
.state organisation in the nation.
We-are not far from that even
now; with our haphazard way of
doing thing*. We have now
>d the stage where w« nvn*t
begin ft> do mor* constructive or
New Caatle, P*., Nov. Early returaa Indicate an
overwhelming Socialist victory,1 the Socialist* having s ma-
jority ih^tiiree of the eight ward^ end a pluraU^Mn another v -
which will give complete control of the city run if the re-
. maining wards are loet, ,c,I...
The Socialists haVe fought a straight ^** fight, the
capitalist preas bombarding the party with charges of "free
love,M%narehy and aH the u*ual rank lies. f>-bi addition,
barrela of money were the old party politician*,-
: but notMlig'availed to stem the'irre*i*tible sweep of the Sir
maypy is y^T. Tyler, a hrakemah on
the Pennsylvanis Railroad. TTie ticket is working class
from top to bottom.
Report* of other successful engagements in the East indicate
thiit the rebels advanced until they say the whitpa pf the enemy**
eyei s d gained victories in Auburn, N. Y
.JElkatath. Nttw Janey
for the Socialist* were also fought in Mi**oUri a:
Momia the rebels flushed with tremendous victo:
e *;detetmined attempt to Capture the cap!
art, Conn., and
immense gains
Kansas. In Cal-
in Los Angeles,
lit Sacramento
rhipped early and went over to the )rep*; the rebels
engaged both forces and at sundown it was like the elose of the first
day at Getty*burg. IV - ' , '
Coming SoUth but one great battle was fought. This was in
Mississippi. Not since the siege of Vicksburg was there such collos-
' al carnage. The following despatch by courier and telegraph to the
Houston Post gives some idea of the fighting:
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 7.—-As was accepted at a cer-
tainty before the election, Mississippi voters elected the en-
tire democratic state ticket today. The strength shown by
• the Socialist candidates, however, wa? an extraordinary in-
cident. — . i^r-y , ;
fe;; In the presidential election of 1908 Socialist voters'
polled 978; in 1910, at the congressional election, 1,500.
"Wi |
in op;
if the
maintained, will have in excess of 6,000.
et, which was the only o^positipn to the
nees
Later we learn from thaWews:
^ Jackson, Miaa., Nox.
the claim la made atSoei««ife
led his tick-
c nomi-
wm
morning
aup
haa been elected over the democratic nominee, Theo, G. 4
Bilbo. >1 |
The whole Sonth is ablhze with excitement. The viciona guer-
illa witrfarc carried on by Jno. H, Kirby and similar democratic
commanders « defen6ele*s non-combstants—-women and children
haa aroused all the fighting spirit of the qld &>uth. Other and groat*
er victories than those mentioned abbve will occur with increasing ,
^rtqueney. - , ———4 —1—'■
General Deba, the commander-in-chief of the revolutionary
forces, was seen at the close of the nation wide battles at hia-head-
quarters on (he bsnks of Wabash st Terre Haute, Ihd. Our tearless
commander had fMMertl through the variona battles unscathed. Ask-
ed whst were the prt jtf*fc Of the rebeU and when tha War would
end he sold: f "This is « ifgftt to a finiah. It i* natipp-wide and
world-wide. It is the great derisive fight for human freedom. Iam
overjoyed at the tremendona victories we have ^on in all porta of
the country. We muit without a momeafla delay ptopare for the
great general ehgagement of 1913. We must afeltm no capitol of
the nation where, the enemy: is ent
Oh magnificently, the flying-aqua
wonderful work while the Soouta
ling the wood* in splendid style; the ^Pmoliaiftry is In good con-
dition, the heavy artillery of the Appeal and the cavalry ef the Re-
bel, with the great bodiea of the infancy in the Leader Call and
Socialist with 10,000 other divisions pat aiq hurling intellectual
dyjnsmite into the rank* of the enemy fills ua with hope that the
great battle against
ance Will be sueeefesfu
■Si
'f
| Since the above was written we learn that the following
ditional cities were stormed by the fighting Socialists.
Crookston, Minn.; Reading, Pa.; Eureka, Utah; Murray, Utah;
Manti, Utah; Stockton, Utah; Tintec, Utah.
Many Socialists Ohoatn.
The following cities elected Socialist officials:
Haverhill, Mass., one state legislator. .
Dayton, Ohio, four councilmen.
Toledo, Ohio, one alderman.
Kalamazoo, Mich., one councilman. * < !
Newport, Kentucky, one commissioner.. "
Auburn) N. Y„ one alderman. /
Findley, Ohio, one alderman. %
Akron, Ohio, One alderman, two assessors.
Bridgeport, Corfu., one alderman.
Columbus, Ohio, four aldermen.
Everett, Wash,, three councilmen.
Bulletins.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 8.—The Socialists elccted four councilmen
'by large pluralities and A. C. Eby, Socialist candidate for mayor, is
miming even with Mayor Marshall for secoUd honor*. The election
of the Socialist aldermen was without precedent. They will hold t
the hplanee of jmwer in the eouncil;
Tol^ No*. 8-^Gje^oeiattat ePupcilman waa elected,
the first to be ehoaen in Toledo.
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