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i ... i 1 . mkt mmm An Ait rT ttt t a nr"cc 1 - 2 ISSUED BI-WEEKLY. & $ SINGLE SUBSCRIPTIONS ' S 3a CENTS A YEAR. X t - 5 fl'-i"X"I'4"g"Il 1 -I'll lC'g ?-&-t i, K- 4 Xearly Subscription In Clubs of Fire, 75 cents. VOL. XV. MORAVIAN FALLS, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1909 -no. 2a GIVE UP THE PHILIPPINES." The fool-killer having neglected his work, we are confronted once more with a new slogan from 'j the rmncratic camp. "Give Up I the Tjiinipoines." Don't that smack of PhiliPDines. uoni max sinacK. 01 as much demagogy as anything you hove heard from Democratic head quarters in many a long day? Is it .iv wonder the Democratic party i has run cut of , soap? Is it any wonder that the once proud party of Jeffer son, one of the patron saints of j ex pansion, should now be reduced to the humiliating spectacle of a collar button and a wart? Is it any wonder tlii.:t the party under whose adminis tration the great Southwest became a part of this country, be now com pletely, confused and disorganized, when it goes back on the very poli cies that gave it a lease on life! and declare for a "give up" policy? Lord u.ve mercy on such a set. What in the name of common sense does De mocracy want to GIVE up the Phil ippines" for? Did we come into ; pos session of these islands- at such a small cost as to justify our giving them away? Why didn't they declare that we should give up New Mexico or Alaska? Or why . not say Texas? It looked to a sensible man like Bry an rode the Philippine hobby to death. He couldn't enthuse the people on this subject worth a cent. - It will be remembered that he was the instiga tor of the "give up" doctrine after he had used his influence at the Paris treaty to bring the Philippines into our possession. Now, there is just one reason for the Democrats digging: uo this old mummy and parading it before the eyes of the people once -more The party is out of an issue. It has ridden every home hobby to death and has to go half around the world to find something to talk about. O course, if the Democrats are expect ing to come into power soon, then w don't much blame them for wantin to "give up" the Philippines, for thei miserable incapacity to even goveri themselves makes it a sure thing tha , they would never be able to managii the Philippines. A party that! can'; do anything but split into hostil camps and war ana wrangle ove what it wants to do certainly! is i no fit condition to tackle ten millio of semi-enlightened orientals, i The Philippines may be a bad bar gain on our hands, but one thing is certain, it would be an act of cbwarcL- ice without a parallel in the histor; r of the world for the United States t) give them up rcompletely turn then over to the mercy of the greedy ns -tions of the earth. Uncle Sam giving up the Philippines would be just about as silly and cowardly a caper as for a farmer to give up his! potato patch to the buss or his corn field to the pesky crows. It would be about the same as a father "giving up? his children to some orphan asylum qn the ground that they wore out their clothes and got dirty and cost him more than they were worth, j "Give up" is a coward of the first j water. He never did anything to-advance the cause of humanity. "Give up" has no dwelling place in a prosperous country. He dwells in bat caves and swamps and subsists on the carcas ses ot the dead. He has moss . ten feet long on his back. He has winn galls on his legs, cockle burs in liis tail and water on his brain and his only companion seems to be the re- crganizers of the Democratic party BID YOU KNOW That all odd fellows do not belohg to a lodge? - i That a widow who wouldn't flirt is unknown? i That many girls would rather die than be an old maid? That you can't meet a . girl who will refuse an ice cream? ! That a faint heart is considered an ep.sy mark for the modern, girl? - . I That even a blind man can fnd trouble without much difficulty? ! That we sometimes write love letters we wish we had never j posted? That the girl who cannot sing nd Will sing ought to be muzzled? I That nothing costs more than :he things we try to get for nothing? j That it's only the pre&ty; worsen at a show who will remove their hats? That courtshin is a vessel in which few single ladies object to embark? That smiles . cost less than elec ric lights and - they make the home brighter? That it's, easier -for some! men to make love than it is to make a living? That woman nearer weeps more bitterly than when, she weeps spite? ' ' I for That when, a man angles for a iJieuy gin ne uaits ms uuuxi. flattery? ! r alse- That truth ia better than fals hood, but false teeth are better than no teeth at all? v ; - f That about the !: second time meet a woman, she begins to tell her troubles? . ! you you i up That a woman enjoys ripping something useful to make something ornamental? - j That no matter what' a girl's po- litical creed may be, - she always wants protection? That no matter: how good! a church rnan may be, there is not one million who would not get the ia a deal if he could? ; j - .... i i v n ra" TALK ABOUT IGNORANCE! It is customary when speaking of the superlative of ignorance to refer to the dense intellectual darkness of f benighted Africa. But that is going oo far away from home. If you de sire to hit the bed rock of ignorance; if you would fetch your intellectual sounding rod plunk up against a hu man pumice stone; if you really wish to meet a creature answering to the jname of man who evidently never flleardthat the world Is round or that Christ was crucified, then all you need to do is to bounce a back-woods Illinois Democrat. We are in receipt of a letter from a subscriber, in that state who says he had a Democratic neighbor to grave ly intorm him the other day that William McKinley was a life-long Democrat until just before he ran for the Presidency; that he became in volved in debt to Mark Hanna to the amount of some $80,000 and that Hanna told Mr. McKinley to turn Re- publican and run for the Presidency and if elected he could nay him back. Now, talk about your benighted Africa! Talk" about sending mis- sionaries to teach heathens the story Christ. Taiir nhnnt Hniatrv nr ir. -sm. 'Wlvi.A.W.A.A t4.li.lX Lllli A. , I I i I . 1 I 1 A I I I I I 111 I norahce and superstition and can- nabalism in a foreign land, and right uere in enngnteneu America ana in an enlightened state, we find a mem- Tnere are no life-insurance feat her of a great political party, a party ures connected with it. You merely J"1 uuf8La ' auu snoura aooui oeing the party of culture and enlighten- ment yes, find a Democrat who to know no more about the ?7LS1ilt the ffreni08t men of the world than a wooden Indian at a cigar store. It is a wonder that this Democratic voter didn't go on and explain that Abranam Lincoln was a Democrat up to a few years before he was elected, that his father was a large slave- owner and that Abe developed his resources as a joker and a wit while acting as auctioneer of picaninnies on his father's plantation, and finally seeing, that slavery was doomed, in duced his father to sell his niggers and join the Abolition party. William McKinley a Democrat and a Free Trader! Upon wnat books has this Illinois Democrat been feed- me mat he has irrown so wise and smart? We thought every Democrat in Illinois knew that William McKin- ley was elected to Congress as a Re- i-in'KH"riTi in Vict -iron t- orM thnt hp grew stronger and stronger in Re- V,lior, na bo arlvnnopri in years. James G. Blaine, in his "Twenty Years in Congress," wrote thus of McKinley: William McKin- ley entered from the Canton, district. tie enusieu m ,au ymu.- icfiimciit when only 18 years old, and won the ices. The interests of his constitu ents and his own bent of mind led him to the study of industrial ques- tions, and he was soon recognized in the House as one of the most thor- ouch statisticians, and one of the ablest defenders of the doctrine or Protection." It was in 1877 when McKinley was first elected to Congress and the Dlnrv. rA Xv"ti i o-Vl f follct HQ h Q W S SOOT1 t-'T k ' o f 3nhi;at de- fenders of the doctrine of Protection." Now in as much as ine leiiow Jacket' likes to preserve freaks and curiosities we would respectfully in- vite our Illinois subscriber to con- trive some way to get a lock of hair from his Democratic neighbor and mail it to us and w JjiUte up sS& S IIS I P.or ielule? '?? Vd SUDSCriue 1UI tins iia-yi. xwx j v.-. and that he prayerfully and carefully read the same till the moss of ignor- ance and selfishness completely slips from his back and neaa ana every nth fir nart of his anatomy where the J--SlSSf-n,! age some Twar to gei a T ticket to Chtcago and go there and ride on the electric cars, go up on tne tower at Montgomery & Ward's, visit the Union Stock Yards, Libby& Co?, take a ride on the under-ground railroad and lastly ero out to the lake front land proceed to take a first-class bath get rigllt uuwu iii oumui"o t taKeS gl ciH. Ditia&o ui ui ua clxiu water and soak till the barnacles of some money to run The Yellow Jack ignorance slip off and then go back et You help scare up the "chink" and home realizing that this country is a w will endeavor to furnish the great thundering big place and that cnat. there is really no room in it for such l scabs as presume to think that Wil- if you receive a copy of The Yellow liam McKinley was a Democrat and jacket it is an invitation to subscribe. nvnerf Republican in order to pay yQu will get more fun and derive bi? debts easily. May the Good lord pity such a poor fool. m of fanaticism well illustrated at I the Confer- ence of the Southwest Missouri Meth- odist Church,- held at Kansas City, last Monday: The committee on me- rnnn'oia QnTiTTiftted a. report suggest- in 2 that a law be passed prohibiting the use of to Dacca Dy anjr prosywvc mKai the Conference unless "he i tQnro tn discontinue the. habit. The report -was adopted by a, stand- rm cnacf T,Tnnm. fiTaf tine -irrire. : xuua 1.1. favo. - tobacco, then coffee and tea and r: vnnwa what! Er. meu -uu.o w.. i'- 1 ' Here's Oar Greed: "We will speak out; we will be heard, Though all earth's systems crack; We will not bate a single word Nor take a letter back. "We speak the truth and what care we For hissing and for scorn, While some faint gleanings we can see Of freedom's coming morn? "Let liars fear, let cowards shrink, Let traitors turn away; Whatever we have dared to think That dared we also say." This is The Yellow Jacket, the only thing of its kind published on earth. Its temperature is 200 in the shade. It preaches Republican gospel so straight that every issue brings many old moss-back Democrats to the mourner's bench in a trot. It "gits 'em goin' and cominV It retails to Democrats. Republi- cans and Socialists at SO cents a year and circulates over all the United States, If you don't like it you don't have t0 take .it. If you do like it you are hereby invited to subscribe to-day. m - 1 &e Yellow Jacket has passed tne teeth-cutting stage.- It is now over ?3 years , old and SettmS older every pay your 30 cents and take it whether you like it or not Then wiU take i n!)V fnr.. a 2L 0ftn0 wo treat all our subscribers this way. even the States. President of the United The Yellow Jacket don't crawl be- hind a tree to talk. It don't bust its crupper holding back to first see what somebody else is going to say It has no "ax" to grind. Everybody in the United States ought to take The Yellow Jacket. All Republicans ought to take it be- cause it is helping to fight their no- litical battles. Juvery usaiocrat should take it to keep track of the rascality and devil- ment of hia party. -m m C1 Z cause H pumis UUt lue uuijr vajr iu political salvation Every howling Socialist should take u ,011C0 u will oint nnt to him tho absurdity of hig Wud-eyed, wind- broken womper-jawed, stringy-tailed, seedticky aiabolical dreamy delu- And everybody else ought to take "it because each issue will be chuck full ail(j sloshing over with Originality, Fuil( sarcasm and Logical Reasoning, AVhen you read this copy pass it along to your neighbor, if you love one another; and if you don't make a bulff anyway, and try it. The politics of The Yellow Jacket in the ffiture, as in the past, will be ncyuuau. , , "t no man and shall reserve the right to be as independent as a hog on ice on all matters that come up for public consideration. be maki The Yellow Jacket yQulte rip-sn0rting" EK&K?S i Srn'' to cribbed and well then ... , try to warm up to our subject and give you some of the pure stuph stuph with the stinger in it. Tell all yoar neigiiuuia auuui u xuu. 6ct cm in line for the fun. Ell Tucker will continue to be a correspondent. Some of h s letters will be worth the price of the paper d. And cant afford to taose ..L tterg from the Devil' and "Demo- prayers' which will be a spe- 1","-' nf rra VoiinTO Toni-Dt - TZm m more information for30 cents than in any other way youcould spend it. If you can use a few sample copies drop us a card. ThQ more y. J.'s you circulate the mQre votes you make for the G. O. P. . Now. we want- to ask you to send us a 30-cent subscription to this pa- i per. senu up . - f j m ' We want to also ask you to send along a list of your neighbors .whom I Vi?TiTr mifrht SUbSCrlbe. 1 yua - - This is asking a good deal or you, I j't ft? Well, ask something or us. low . This Republicans, Democrats, So cialists, White Men, Black Men and Indians-- The Club Price of TJhe Yellow jack et is Now Reduced to 15 Cents a Year in Clubs of Five or More. , i Renewals received the same as New Subscribers.- "o stamps taken. " This offer stands till Christmas. Improved machinery, and the advan tages of a growing subscription list enable us to make this low price. Now we want to see, not some, but every blessed subscriber to this paper, waltz up a club of five anyway and do it now. We want a million on our list and we want 'em bad. You know it will be no trouble to get up five subs for 75 cents. Try it. Begin to-day. Clean up your neigh-, borhood.' Go into the highways and hedges, and don't forget those deluded Democrats. Round 'em up. Remember the. rates 75 cents for a club of 5. So. let 'em roll. Altogether for a Million. . WHENCE CAME YOUI Mr. Socialist, did you ever stop in your wanderings and study five min utes about where the modern mast ers of Socialism got their idea for a Socialistic form of government? Did you ever try to learn where Robert Owen borrowed the idea which in- duced him to declare: "In the new Moral World the irrational names of husband, wife, parent, child, will be heard no more. Children will un doubtedly be the property of the whole community?" We'll tell you. His mind was running back to Greece, if it ever got away from Greece, and became absorbed in the history of Sparta. His ideals of a new Moral World came nearer fitting the social ethics-of Sparta than any country on earth or in any time in the annals of history. The moment a Spartian was born the state began to take cognizance of him. The infant was carried . before the elders who decided on his fate. At the age of seven boys were removed from the homes of their parents and placed in the public training houses, where they began to undergo the series of toils that were to make up their lives. Certainly it was in Sparta that hus band, wife, parent and child were ir rational names. Everybody fared alike in Sparta. When a young Spar tian left the training school he was drafted off into a public mess which formed a part of Spartian life. Mes ses were composed of fifteen men each. These messes were held in public and consisted of fixed rations. Xo citizen under the age of sixty was allowed to take his meals at home. Each member was responsible for sending in his share of food month by month. And everybody got plenty of "black broth." And Spartian girls received similar training. They got Socialism in their blocd. While they were not taken from their mothers they were formed into classes by the state and set to compete in running, wrestling and other gymnastics. Tho they stripped stark naked for their running contests, their sports were freely witnessed - by the men. And naturally this sort of training bred a race of buxom, coarse-minded vira goes. "And that calls to mind the New York Socialist who only a jear or so ago was arranging for the es tablishment of a colony of Socialists in Mexico and a part of the. program was to consist in the members going naked. " We don't care one continental darn for the statements of the Socialist agitators as to the purity of purpose in the movement as now organized. They may meah well. They may be sincere in contending that Socialists are as dear lovers of the home as any people, and we have no doubt many of them are, but it is the ultimate result of the movement that should alarm every thinking man. Social ism is the return to the animal herd, and as Dixon says it takes the temper out of the steel fiber of character. It makes a man flabby. It is the ear mark of racial degeneracy. The man of letters who is poisoned by it never writes another line worth reading, the philanthropist bitten by it, from just a plain fool, develops into a mad man. Honesty, sincerity, purity or zeal amount to nothing when yoked up with impossibility. The Crusaders were honest, the Mill erites who a few decades ago prepared for the end of the world, were sincere, the Christian Scientists are well-meaning, in their doctrine, but what does it all amount toi - .... ... . . , . , ; . All k o SOMETHIXG WROXG, BdYS. . The Yellow Jacket has mildly; hint ed all along that there is something wrong up the creek when Democratic papers begin to intimate that laws enacted by Democrats are corrupt or ineffective. Republicans may de nounce Democratic laws as much as they please and the Democrats .answer the charges by saying that it's all because the Reps are out and the Dems are in. But when the "ins" begin to yell "corruption" you may rest assured that iiere is something rotten in Denmark. When an "in" yells "graft" or "fraud" you had bet ter look out. We . are led to make these remarks by way of prelude to a little speil we find in the "Ncw3 and Courier" of Charleston, S. C The N. & C. is a dyed-in-the-wool Democratic paper and of course will be accepted by most Democrats as good Democratic authority. The ar ticle in question was in reference to the enforcement of the Democratic prohibition laws of Oklahoma. It bears out the contention of the Yellow Jacket that prohibition Is a cross eyed farce; that the Democrats who enacted the law know it is a farce and that they are knowingly uphold ing a farce. Says the News and Courier: "Oklahoma is a "dry", state. Sapul pa is a town in Oklahoma. During the nine and a half months ending the first of last July the 'Frisco rail road shipped to the twenty-six men holding Federal licenses in Sapulpa, in their own names, 187 barrels, 1,674 cases and 217 boxes of . whiskey; 57. boxes, 603 cases and 243 barrels of "liquor," not otherwise classified; and 2,376 casks or 23 carload3 of beer. It has been figured out by The Kansas City Monthly Journal, that at the prices obtaining in Sapulpa "this would have given the sellers a net profit of $33,423 on the whiskey, $14, 994 on the liquor, and $47JS20 on the beer." It was claimed that the prose cuting attorney of the county "had been negligent of his duty and a mo tion was made to have him removed from office. We do not know what became of him. In support of his ar gument that prohibition was violated in Sapulpa the lawyer who appeared against the prosecuting attorney pall ed as a witness the keeper of one of Lthe resorts in Sapulpa, who admitted that he had sold at his place $100,0CD worth of "wet" goods since Oklahoma became a prohibition state, and that he usually had from three to six hun dred customers a day. This is inter esting but we do not see that it proves anything except that prohibi tion does not prohibit, and that a well regulated traffic would be better than free whiskey." An exchange says: "Here is & little pointer which might well be tried by farmers. Set a post in your hog lot and every hog will rub against -it. This gives the cue for a cheap and effective louse killer. "Wrap the post tightly from the ground up with quarter inch rope saturated with ker osene. The kerosene will kill lice and the hogs keep on scratching against the post." A man who was demonstrating to a ' crowd that there was no such thing as hydrophobia was the first to climb up. a lamp post when a cTr11 vplTnw dof came runninsr down j the street? . .; .t
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