Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-03-09
WHICH,
is BETTER?

Mary took pound of ointment OF
spikenard, very costly, and anointed
the feet of Jesus, when Judas, the
thief, who held the bag with the mon
ey said, "Why was not this ointment
sold and given to the poor" Then
Jesus said to the thief, 1.-THE poor you
have with you always This is Just
as applicable to thieves today as then.
AS long as we have thieves to rob the
producers we will have poor. The
thief then held the money bag and the
only difference now, we have pluraliz-
ed the holders of the money bags and
made more poor ask strongly in
point here, does this harmonize with
the will of a God of love? Does 1t
barmonize with, "Inasmuch as you
did il not unto one of the least OF
these We did it not unto me. Does 1T
harmonize with that prayer you have
been opening and closing your Sabbath
school with, 'Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be DONE" If so, go on .vo-
ting the republican and democratic
tickets, for we would be better Off
/ without you and don't want your
help.
We have task and a powerful one
to perform and it also requires honest,
earnest, class conscious workers.
A hunter when he wants to capture
monkey. takes an old, dried cocoa
nut hull, puts hole in it, takes rice
and goes to tree in which monkeys
are. Then he stands in plain view,
eats some of the ice, puts more into
the cocoanut hull, puts it down and
walks away, secretes himself to watch,
Down the monkeys rush to the hull
and the first to it, puts in his hand
and grabs it full. When his hand is
clutched on the rice be cant pull 1T
out. He won't turn it loose for fear
another monkey will get it. He can t
climb with the hull on his hand, and
SO the hunter catches him. Under the
present system you elect man to
make laws for us, and the captains
understanding the game throw down
the hull to him. He, like the monkey
is greedy, puts in his hand and gets
it SO full that he can't take it outs and
the bosses of the system catch him,
put the strings on him, and soon he is
working for them instead of the peo-
; pie.
Here is definition of Socialism
which | ask you to read then hunt
mn your book and find its definition.
Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia $50
cialism is a moral reform; it is the
vices Of MANKIND and the miseries re-
sulting from these vices, to which So
cialism wishes to put an end, and II
seeks its means not in new religious
issue, but in new Social Organiza'
. ton. Encyclopedia Britannica says
"Ethics of Socialism and the ethics OF
Christianity are identical Taft OIL
Socialism: NIf the abuses of monopoly
and discrimination cannot be restored
if the concentration of power, made
possible by such abuses, continues anc
increases Socialism will triumph
and the institution of private propert,
will perish. We Socialists bellevt
capitalism will be wiped from the fac
of the earth and the rights OF private
! property will be established for the
first time in the history of the civillz
ed world.
Socialism is a workingman' move
! ment, and is as large as the world. l
+ is the largest party in principle AM
: numbers the world ever saw. We hav
} the ripest scholars, deepest thinkers
. and some of the rich men of ever.
. country with u.s., The only way t.
} meet them in argument is to put then
| in jail, but Warren said, 'You ma.
: jail men, but principle never, : and s
D Warren was pardoned by Taft withou
/ asking, and Socialism goes march1n
7 on.
Now, Mr.. Reader, if you believe Il
4 Justice between man and man, If you
t name is on some church roll, and yo'
1 are anxious how you may learn
live and act christian life, | bee