The Socialist Antidote (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE SOCIAL IS
T ANTIDOTE JuiV> 1916
The Socialist Antidote
lndepo«d«rt
iHMUcd Monthly by ,
THE UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
Granite, Oklahoma
7777 EDITOR
.. Hobart, Okla.
... Hollis, Okla.
Anadarko, Okla.
Oklahoma City.
LOGAN STONE
G. C. PARHAM
L. S. ABERNETHY
J. L. MONTGOMERY ....
A. W. NUNNERY, M. I).
Maftajtintr Editor and Bus. Mgr. RAY NUNNERY
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TI IS ISSUE of The Antidote has the honor of
presenting to its readers some valuable ad-
tions to its editorial force, in Mr. G. C. Par-
ham, erstwhile socialist debater of Hobart, Okla.
Mr." Parham is too well known in the Southwest
to need any boost. He has successfully met the
larger calibre socialist gunR in many Southwest-
ern towns. He will furnish The Antidote each
issue with valuable articles touching vitally upon
the antisocialist compaign which i8 growing so
rapidly.
In presenting Rev. L. S. Abernethy of Hollis,
we nave added one of the ablest and most ag-
gressive defender of the Bibl* the Stouthwest
boosts of. His choice of labor is in defending
the Scriptures. His speciality is the "Kumrid"
Moguel Stanly Clark. He has just finished a
series with thiH prominent socialist. His articles
i future issues of The Antidote should be in
every Christian or un-Christian home.
SOCIALISM AND THE CHURCH
By G. C. Parham
SOCIALISM was founded by Robert Owen, an
avowed infidel, in 1817 and advocated by
him in his discussion with Mr. A. Campbell
in Cincinnatti, Ohio in 1829.—Americanized
Britanica Vol. 9, page 5472, Campbell and Owen
Debates, pages 1(5-17.
Socialism as advocated by Mr. Owen was op-
posed to the church and the Christian religion
and socialism, down the stream of time, has ever
been ready to denounce the church and the Chris-
tian religion as a farce. Mrs. Kate O'Hare says
that Christianity is an old dead theology in
"The Church and Social Problem." page 83.
We find also that R. R. La Mate says in "So-
cialism, Positive and Negative" page 89 that
"Socialism involves the atrophy of religion, the
me tumor phosis of the family and the suicide ^ of
the State". But we continue our investigation
of the best socialist books that the movement has
ever produced and our next witness shall be Mr.
Bebel in "Women Under Socialism." He says:
"The Religious organizations will gradually dis-
appear and the Church with them." Mr. Walling
says in "The Larger Aspects of Socialism." that
"Socialism and modern science must finally lead
to a state of society where there will be no room
whatever for religion in any form. Our next
witness shall be Mr. Nietzsche in "Human, All
too Human." He says: "Christianity will con-
sequently go down." Every unbiased reader can
plainly see beyond a reasonable doubt that so-
cialism means the destruction of the church and
the Christian religion. We find in the "Indus-
trial Democrat." September 24th. 1910. which *s
a socialist paper, that "If socialism does not
eventually do away with the home, the family,
the marriage relation and the Christian religion
as we now have them, then we hope the P^P
will «ide-track socialism and send It direct u>
hell without change of cars." And in conclusion
we will place Mr. Blatchford on the witness ®tan?,
and hear his testimony in "God and my neighbor
in which he says: "Let the Holy have their
Heaven, I am a man and an infidel, and this «
my apology. Besides, geotlemen, Christianity is
not true." Socialism in its teachings says that
Christianity is not true, but inasmuch as the
church teaches Christianity is true then socialism
brands the church of God as a liar. Jesus Christ
is head of the church, which is His body, but
inasmuch as the body is governed by the head
(Christ) then Christ directs the church to ad-
vocate a doctrine that is a farce, according to
socialism.
A VOTE FOR BENSON
By Logan S(one
BENSON, the socialist nominee for President
(if he is a true socialist) stands flat footed
for confiscation, anarchy, treason and re-
bellion and against nationl preparedness.
Benson cannot be a true socialist unless he en-
dorses the doctrinc of socialism, which be it known
teaches confiscation of land, and other property,
anarchy, treason, disloyalty and rebellion as
well as infidelity, atheism, Darwinism and free-
love. Mr. Benson cannot show that socialists do
not teach each and all of these things and that the
party is not publishing and selling books of this
character as "good socialist literature."
A vote for Benson is a vote for anarchy and
treason and against national preparedness. ®en"
son is a contributor to the Appeal to Reason, and
encourages its anarchial principles, and that of
the party it represents. Why should the Ameri-
can people support such a man as this for
president?
Benson is opposed to the Monroe doctrine and
if he should be made president of the United
States, and carry out the principles of the party
he belongs to he would seek to abolish the Mon-
roe doctrine which would give the Rations of
Europe and Asia the privlege to obtain a hold in
South America and to establish military posts and
naval bases in that part of the western continent.
Thus endangering the safety of the United States
and laying our shores liable to instant attack
from any nation. Benson is an internationalist
and would oppose the stars and stripes and
American patriotism in the interest of interna-
tionalism. If he would not do these things, he
would not carry out the principles of his party-
A vote for Benson is a vote for the abolition of
the private ownership of the farm, and the "col-
ledtive ownership of all land," it is a vote for the
"co-operative commonwealth" in which the labor-
ing. man would receive the "social value of labor'
or "the same pay for he same time" thus giving
the man who produced least in a day more than
he produced, and the man who produced most in a
day less than he produced. A vote to pull down
every man that is up, and keep every man that
is down from ever rising; a vote to reduce every
thrifty farmer and business man to a public
wage-slave and forever destroy his incentive to
accumulate property, or a means ot support for
old age. This is the sum and substance of the
socialist doctrine and what socialist seeks to
accomplish. Do you want this sort of a system?
If you do vote for Benon.
THE WAR OBSESSION
MANY SERIOUS observers of world affairs
believe that a dangerous world-wide psy-
chological condition is being created by
the war in Europe. War is too rapidly becoming
a fixed and normal condition; men and women
are becoming too easily adapted to that condition.
The people of the warring powers, not alone
the soldie , but the stay-at-homes, are accept-
ing death on the firing line as inevitable and as
good a way as any to die. The prayers for peace
have been superseded by a grim determination on
both sides to fight to a finish; to continue the war
as a permanent business of the nation. In the
meantime crops are being raised almost normal-
ly, business is being conducted as usual, and even
sorial functions are being resumed.
The attitude of Europe is reflected over here.
While still persistently declaring our principles of
peace, war. in our heart or hearts, does not ap-
pear nearly so horrible to us as it did two or
three years ago. Are we not being insidiously
but surely inoculated with the war germ?
We may be forced into war, no matter how we
struggle against it, but as a decent Christian
people let us not accept it as other than a hor-
rible catastrophe. Without this country to lead
in persistent rfforts for peace a complaisant
mental attitude toward war may soon become
chronic all over the world; it is almost so in
Europe now.
THE ANTIDOTE FIGHT GETTING HOTTER
SOCIALIST papers continue to clip articles ap-
pearing in The Antidote, but think they are
clear when they fail to give the publications
name and address. This is the best compliment
possible for The Antidote. They know they can-
not meet The Antidote's arguments, answer its
indictments against socialism, and think it good
judgment to keep it out of the hands of the weak-
kneed "kumrids." Very good, so far as it goes.
But The Antidote will not stay "shut." It is
working its way into hundreds of new homes
every day. The Antidote numbers its friends by
the hundreds in every county. It is rapidly being
extended to every section, not by itself, but by
the aid of The Antidote club of workers. It will
do socialists no good to take The Antidote out
and burry it, whenever they run across a copy.
Another will bob up and stafre them in the face.
The Antidote will soon be one year old. It has
more subscribers than any periodical in existence
the same length of time. It has no paid
solicitors nor other means of extending circula-
tion, other than the host of friends who are join-
ing with us in this great work. Every month
the revenue increases, every month _we put this
into the procuring of driginal artic|es &f un-
challenged merits. "This is The Antidote's policy.
We have access to a $10,000 printing plant, and
are fully able to make The Antidote the paper it
should be. Each issue is better than the first.
Over 3,000 extra copies of the June issue were
printed and these were exhausted before fifteen
days. That's The Antidote's pace. The more
we increase the better will the fight be. Won't
you join us and have a part in this good work?
KETCHUM, a red card member of the socialist
local of Mangum, Okla., handed The Anti-
dote editor a letter for publication in The
Antidoate and asked if we would publish it. We
was told that we would print it if it was decent,
and not wholly abuse. It proved to be so un-
reasonable, ridiculious and abusive that it is unfit
to publish in the columns of The Antidote. The
Appeal to Reason, the Rip-Saw or the Melting
Pot might publish it but no decent paper will.
Ketchum charges a number of the deceased
presidents of the old political parties with crime.
Abuses the preachers and charges some bf them
with crime, and says they once run free-love joints
and as usual brands those who are connected with
The Antidote as liars, and proceeds with a triad
of slander, abuse, etc. In the name of decency
we had to blue pencil this part of his article for
The Antidote does not furnish this class of
matter to its readers, but we will publish part of
it and our reply to the same. We do not believe
in slandering the dead who cannot defend them-
selves against all false charges.
SOCIALIST REMEDY
THE AVERAGE socialist "cure-all" is some-
what like the young woman's education. A
young woman just out of boarding school
got married, after the usual visiting around set-
tled down to housekeeping. She went out to the
kitchen where "Biddy" the cook, was preparing
to get dinner, and said, what are we to have for
dinner? Biddy replied, "there is a chicken I
have dressed." But where are the others we
bought, said she? "Och, they are out in the lot
with the feathers on," she answered.
Then said she, you may serve them that way,
the Romans used to serve "pea-cocks" with the
feathers on, it would be so ni>e—
"If you want to help said Biddy, you might be
paring the potatoes."
Splendid, she answered as she began to lay
them two and two, matching sizes.
"Och," said Biddy, "you can wash the celery may
be." Oh yes certainly she answered. I'll take it
up to the bath room, I have some of the lovliest
French Toilet Soap, it will take all the spots out
of it, I am sure—and Biddy could stand it no
longer and exclaimed, say mum what lunatic
asylum was ye eddicated at, I'll be after takein a
few lessons meself if we be going to work to-
gether.
ATTENTION DEBATORS: We are constant-
ly receiving calls over the Southwest for some
one to meet socialists in debate. The Antidote
has among its friends many who are willing and
able to go upon the platform and expose rotten-
ness of socialism, but many of these we do not
have on file their complete address. If you are
in this work, write us. giving such information as
you wish and we will be only too glad to refer
inquiries of this nature to your address. Com-
munities wishing the services of anti-socialist
orators are invited to communicate with The
Antidote. Our services in helping you are al
ways gladly given.
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Stone, Logan. The Socialist Antidote (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1916, newspaper, July 15, 1916; Granite, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281095/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.