The Sayre Headlight, Vol. 13, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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If we don’t get a chance—
That’s your fault!
If we don’t get the bill—,
That’s our fault!
Let’s Both Do Our Part
Western
Lumber Co.
Sayre, Oklahoma.
HUSJNGS Of 1 OLD«.
H. A. Russell, Pres.
J. A. Faris, Vice Pre«.
0. M. Marsh, Cashier.
Sayre, OKIa.
(N. S. Mount*.)
My Dear Gold Brick: In your
latest effusion you again express
surprise at hearing from me ant
feign fear that I will quit. Don
worry: there are yet greater sur-
prises in store for you; I am no
quitter.
Your late effort is a motley col-
lection of sentences ami phrases.
You should he more careful in
your selections. Such gibberish
is calculated to create the im-
pression that you are a graduate
of some Keeley institute, You
use the word “jackpot” with
such ease as to give rise to the
opinion that along with your
other accomplishments you are
familiar with the great American
game of poker.
As I suspected, you can’t tell
for the life of you whether my
platform is democratic, republi-
can or socialistic. I incline to
the opinion that the devotees of
checkers and dominoes will ex-
cuse you from the games until
you can acquire knowledge that
democracy” means something
more than “bawnpd a democrat”
and “I hate a nigger,” hence I
withhold information on that sub-
ject. I, myself, presume that I
came into the world howling and
I know that I will make my exit
lowling, if any of your ilk is in
office drawing a fat salary and
rendering little or no service.
If the "good old democrats,”
whom you say would like to have
me inform them through the
columns of a democratic paper
what party I belong to, will point
.Mareli 8r«l. 1STO.
The SAYRE HEADLIGHT and believing that Socialism of-
fers the remedy for our econo-
- -— ---mic, social and political ills. I
Geo. W. Seifert. Editor. give myself to this young and
__growing and mighty movement.
-- I dedicate and consecrate mvself
WEEKLY.....$1.00 to humanity’s cause.
You cannot stop Niagaras
_ mighty flow; you cannot blot out
the twinkling points of light in
Kntcred October 7, lbOS, at the Post-office ] heaven’s firmament of blue* von
at Sayre, okla., a- second das- mail » armament, ox oiue, >ou
«tter, under Act nt congress of cannot force the pale faced Queen
of Night to draw the veil of
darkness athwart her laughing
countenance; with all the water
from all the seas of a thousand
worlds like ours you could not
put out the fires of yonder proud
King of Day; no more can you
stay the progress of economic
development. Socialism is writ
large in letters of fire over earth
and sky. It would be as easy to
turn the planets backward in
their course as to stay this migh-
ty movement and prevent its fin-
al consummation. Hindered it
has been, retarded it yet may be;
but as surely as the tides of
ocean return, so surely will come
the day when the workers of the
world shall come into their own
and inaugurate the era of Liber-
ty, Equality, Fraternity, Justice,
Brotherhood.”
Geo. G. Hamilton.
Published every Friday uoroingt All 1
eopy, changevof ads, etc.'.must reach this
office not later than Wednesday noon to iu-
sore publication.
JOINED 11SOCIMS.
The Rev. G. G Hamilton of
Clyde, formerly of Crowell, Tex.,
has been converted to the
doctrines of socialism. “The
Rebel” a socialist paper publish-
ed at Hallettsville, Texas, con-
* tains the following extracts from
his letter to the state secretary:—
"As an opposer of Socialism, I
have been honest and sincere, |
but as bitter as Saul of Tarsus, j
I now see my mistake, my utter
folly, but I cannot recall the past. ,
I now see in Socialism the race’s
only hope, the world's only re-
demption. It is the application
of the everlasting principles of
FARM JOURNAL FAVORS SINGLE TAX
out a democratic paper published
in Sayre, one that is not owned tta7»7.0MrfUliSTw
missioner. The county attorney
is paid to advise the board of
commissioners on points of law
and thus far his service has been
very satisfactory. If you had
been as dilligent in acquainting
yourself with the duties of your
office as our county attorney has
been with his you could now get
along without a deputy, just as
he is doing.
You are troubled because the
laws of Oklahoma will not per-
mit you to run for the third term.
Why not get in the race for com-
missioner 1st district. I will be
fair with you. I will agree to
make the race independent of
anv party, thus giving you the
advantage of those democratic
votes which always fall for the
straight ticket, regardless of any
“yaller dawg” appendage. Thus
we could ascertain whose official
record the people of the 1st dis-
trict most heartily endorse, yours
or mine.
In directing your witticisms
and keen thrusts at my official
ife, you and your man Friday,
the Texas-Arkansaw standpat
republican, have acted clearly
within your domain. My public
ife is public property, subject to
inspection and criticism and I
lope I shall not become so con-
ceited that I cannot see my er-
rors when they are spread out
xefore me. But, in your anxiety
:o criticise my official acts, you
inadvertantly assail the integrity
of men who have supported
you in times past, thu3 you un-
wittingly add “ingrate” to your
other accomplishmerfts. You
know full well that T. J. Price
and Mac Beeson served on the
board of town trustees with me;
I
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what )t>u
fan t some
money in t
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AND REAP A
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An Unsafe Savings Bank.
An Uister county farmer made a savings bank of the
summer kitchen stove during the winter, and every spare
one dollar or five dollar bill William got he stuffed into a tin
box which he kept in the oven. When the hot weather fin-
ally came his wife concluded to start up the fire in this stove,
with no suspicion of what might be in the oven. When she
called her husband to breakfast and he discovered the hot
stove he clawed the hot box out of the oven to find that his
money was burned to a crisp.-Edmeston, N. Y., Local.
Bank your money until you get enough together to make some
sound investment, from which you can REAP A RICH HARVEST.
Let OUR Bank be YOUR bank.
First National Bank,
Sayre, Oklahoma.
“The Rural New Yorker,” a
the gospel of Jesus Christ in the farm journal of wide circulation
realm ot econom e», in the rela- ancj jnfluenCo has taken a stand
tions of men with men. To me • t .u n „ ■ c
it has become a veritable pas3ion, ^or of the German plan of
and henceforth it shall be my taxingthe unearned increment”
soul’s chief aim to spread the of land, pointing out the differ-
glorious gospel of social redemp- ence between the farmer who
lion among those who are yet in farms his ]and and the -farmer-
darkness. I shail join a local at . , . , .
the first opportunity. ' 'vLho.b/ mcrfsed value *iven t0
In closing his letter Mr. Ham- t‘ie ^arm ’ by population is per-
ilton sensibly remarks: “Myac- mitted to reap where he has not
tion is a warning to those who do sown. Think that over. Mr.
not wish to become Socialists not Farmer. Oklahoman,
to study the question. The
principal work that led to Mr. ---—-•»---
Hamilton’s conversion was Prof. „ , ,, x.
Rauschenbusch’s "Christianity Mothers Meeting.
and the Social Crisis. At 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
From his letter to J. L. Hicks, a group of “Mothers” met at the
of Abilene, Texas, we extract primary school building and or-
two closing items as follows:- , ganized a ‘ ‘Mothers’ Club. ”
T believe that Socialism is fun- Mrs. J. A. Whitehurst was
damentally right, and I believe ' lt]iit) „ P„n
in the honesty and good sense of elected pres dent and Mrs. Len.
the masses. Socialism is a peo- Kent, Secretary and Treasurer,
pie’s movement, and whatever: The purpose of the organiza-
of evil may have attached itself. tion is to secure co-operation of
to the movement in the past and parents in the interest of the
2[r,'} 5? h“l°" little ones, and to pot on foot
attach itself to the movement
will be by the people eradicated
and eliminated and only the good
will be preserved. Socialism can
only go wrong as the whole peo-
ple go wrong. I had rather trust
ihe masses than the masters.
Knowing that capitalism is
wrong and cannot be defended
on grounds of justice and right,
a
movement to improve the con-
veniences and comforts of the
Primary and lower grade rooms.
About twenty-five mothers en-
rolled.
A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to every mother to te present
at these meetings.
by a cotertie of state and county
officials and conducted in the in
terest of the machine I will glad-
ly publish therein the informa-
tion desired.
You apparently deem it an un-
pardonable sin in my writing for
a republican paper. To me it
appears no greater sin than the
one you are committing-getting
a Texas-Arkansaw standpat re-
publican to write your open let-
ters to me. In point of
distinguishing ’twixt tweedle dee
and tweedle dum you are un-
doubtedly my intellectual superior
Your query: "Why don’t you
get out in the open?” is super-
fluous. The wayfaring man,
though a fool can see that I am
in the open enough to draw the
fire from yonr little scatter gun.
You insist on me showing up
the graft. Well, here goes. The
county is paying you a little over
$160 each and every month. It
is also paying a deputy $75 a
month, who does the work of the
office while you are sitting around
on the bosom of your oants mak-
ing goo goo eyes at gold bricks
and playing checkers, dominces
and sich. Now if that isn’t a
huge graft for the luv av Moike
what iss? This should satisfy
you and put a quietus on your
clapper for a while.
You think I want to skin you.
You are nursing an error. Your
hide is too dad gummed small to
be worth the ammunition. It is
the bigger hides lurking in the
jungiesof the political field that
I am after. I am simply using
you as a decoy to draw them out.
Watch me get ’em. Further-
more, I entertain a nobier ambi-
tion impressing the voters of
Beckham county with the ne-
cessity of carefully considering
capability when selecting men to
serve them. A man may be a
good, genial, sociable fellow,
eminently qualified to discharge
the duties of chambermaid in
livery stable yet in point of edu-
cation and training be totally in-
capacitated to fill a position re-
quiring clerical ability. It fre-
quently happens that voters fall
into the folly of selecting that
kind of man to serve them. To
forewarn the voters of Beckham
county against a repetition of
such folly, is the nobler amlition
heretofore alluded to.
You need net devote yo jr spare
moments looking up the law rela-
tive to the duties of county com-
rants could not have been issued
without their approval; know
that they could not have been is-
sued without the signature of T.
J. Price, chairman of the board;
know that those men are in-
capable of being a party to such
proceedings. If you do not know
that no such warrants were issu-
ed it is willful ignorance upon
your part and if there is an atom
cf manhood wrapped up in your
hide you will offer apologies to
T. J. Price and Mac Beeson at
your earliest opportunity.
In the matter of that automobile
ride you assail the integrity of
the commissioners of the 2nd and
and 3rd districts. They were a
party to it and no warrants could
issue therefore without their
sanction. It was a case wherein
quick action was necessary. The
Armbruster Crossing had been
selected as the location for the
bridge across the North Fork,
south of Carter. Heavy floods
had rendered the location im-
practical, making it necessary to
select another. The contracting
company had begun delivering
material on the ground and the
county would be liable for ex-
pense of reloading and hauling
to another location, which would
have been greatly in excess of
the automobile hire. A repre-
sentative of the contracting
bridge company, who could agree
to tne selection of another loca-
tion, was here and had to leave
on the night train, hence
everything tinged on quick ac-
tion. Each commissioner could
file a legal claim for $3 per diem
and mileage. The county sur-
veyor could file a claim for $5
per diem and mileage. No such
claims have been filed nor will be
filed, hence there is no justifica-
tion for your ’tomach ache and
apologies from you are due to
commissioners Holleman and
Simmonds.
I too had a dream and ’twas an
awful dream. I dreamed you
and I approached the pearly gate
under previous arrangement that
you should slip in under the
shadow of my coat. I rapped on
the gate and St. Peter was open-
ing it when you grew so tickled
over the trick you punched me in
the ribs with your thumb and
gave vent to that gutteral te-he.
Immediately St. Peter slammed
the gate and asked: "Is Gold
Brick Murphy out there?’
answered in the affirmative: • ful sound
‘The Clear Track”
JO SAPEiy
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ONLY COMES to those who have had the
foresight to look ahead and put their money in
=GUR BANK=
Stands in the same relation to your financial affairs
as your doctor does to your family affairs.
YOUR INTERESTS are carefully guarded, ever}'
transaction is strictly confidential. \Ve not only give
you the very best treatment and service that bank-
ing can afford, but PROTECT your money against
loss at all times by the GUARANTY FUND OF OK-
LAHOMA.
“Well, tell him to hike back to | for their coin and will not be
Cockleburr Hollow, Arkansaw. comforted. Parson Hamilton at-
Only men of brains are wanted tributes his change of heart to
in here and enough gray matter careful reading of socialist litera-
can’t be raked and scraped from ture | a warning toParson Elkins;
his cocoa nut to grease the run- quit reading socialist literature
ninggearofa gnat, besides if; lest thou go and do likewise- It
we admitted him we’d have to is barely possible that the
call up all the devils in hell to! machine gang will discover that
guard our gold paved streets.”
More Anon,
A Friend of Gold Brick.
There is much wailing, tearing
of hair and gnashing of teeth
within the wigwam of the dem-
ocratic machine because one G.
Gail Hamilton erstwhile socialist
eradicator and exterminator has
been reported converted to social-
ism. To lose Hamilton doesn’t
worry the machine gang nearly
so much as loss of their coin. To
be milked dry to the tune of $50
per milking and then witness the
milker go over to the camp of the
enemy unnerved the nerviest of
the machine gang, hence from
1 j the big tent there comes a dole-
: I ful sound—the bosses mournimr
the bosses mourning is concerned.
coin spent in effort to clean out
the Augean stables wculd prove
more profitable to the democratic-
organization than spent on social-
ist eradicators and extermina-
tors. Barely possible but not
probable, for well they know that
they, themselves would be the
first compost heaps the man
armed with a pitchfork would
encounter.
The furnace at the court house
was fired up Tuesday for a try
out and we learn the test was
satisfactory, the machinery run-
ning smoothly and nicely. The
top of the dome has been capped
with the ball and the climax has
been reached so far as the height
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