The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-05


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Bsfors a battle esn be ~sssd tire nsehinsry of
battle be perfected ard placed IN position, ard
hat 10 Shst Rave been doing FER little better than
three years. That work ls successfully aeeompshso
ard We are ready move on the sntrenehsd forces
tire enemy. bot want 10 with telling erect;
want 10 sonVnes the world o. the justice Of our cause
We want the support Of every mar. woman ard child
whose support 10 worth having; this 10 the battle royal
Of the ages and hold tire destiny % nations In the
heow o. our hand; naturally We do not 70 make
any nistakss ard FOR that want every man
on the Firing Line 10 be counsellor, partner In this
machine.
In the third and last place. N the ownsrshlp Of this
great machine 10 placed In the hands of the and
women who made u, u will be more permanent than
could posslbly be made BY any other method. when
eonesved the idea of founding The Menace there was
net then, and had been, just such paper
the pioneer In the field and established without the
least guarantee Of making dollar out Of a. the
Of local business that guaranteed a living.
and against the advice of frisnds took what con-
sldsrsd the most important step In my life when
launched The Menace, 20 the most needed enterprise
In America al that time. The years that have inter.
vsned have demonstrated the wisdom of my course.
and the greatest desire Of my life al this time 10
The Menace may last after gone, and that u may
take It's place In history the potent, psyehoO.
pleal factor Of lie kind In the age In which existed
should be branded srsftsrs Of diseord for
0an slave drivers and made the objects Of hundreds Of
other epthets equally palatable 10 Roman Catholic
priests and their dupes, willing 10 walk under the
odum and let pOstsrity Judge us by records.
In the past the publishers Of The Menace have been
accused Of everything from petit larceny high trea.
In the future these accusations to fall
upon band Of several thousand Of the trues bravst
and most patriotic business men In this nation,
scattered from Maine 10 California, for In this way
these shafts Of lying, deesitful, intriguing Roman
Catholic will hattsn out against a rock Of hon.
eS,y and Integrity that will ovsrNhslm Rome with
shame and rldlsuls.
For these and other reasons ! am Offering stock In
the organization the United States Publishing
Co.. at the par value OF ten dollars share. The new
company will the real estate, buildings, equipment
nians list and good will Of The Menace, and has this
day started business under the regime II Is
open and above board have nothing to conceal and
Invite Investigation. We also invite the Catholic press
to make issue Of this arrangement and give Us
all the free advertising they like, and there are any
Ptotestants who TO investigate who and what we
are refer them to any all Of the three banks In
Aurora, any business listed In DUns or Brad.
streets, the Graham Paper Co. Of ST. Louis or any
other institution In the United states with whom we
have done business.
The stock In this new company will all be "eon,-
men," there will be JUGGLING" and a new set Of
boake nave been opened which viii remain for the
inspection at any time Of any stoekhoder who wishes
to make examination Of the records.
The present officers and board Of directors Of the
new company are w. p. Phelps, Marvin Brown and
B. NJ. Phelps Of Aurora, No.; D. j. Reynolds, president
Of the American Federation Of Patriotic Voters,
Mlnneapolis, Mlnn, and Rev. Augustus e. Barnett,
pastor Of the Church Of Our Redeemer, Philadelphia
An examination Of the business BY the proper
officials reveals the fact that entitled to issue
thirty thousand shares of stock In the company,
and personally guarantee that when your remittance
for stock reaches will attend to your case per.
sonsy and that your stock certificate Is promptly
mailed
want every man on the Firing Line to share In
ths business first Take ten shares possible but one
share at least; let's close organization here that
Will make all brethren In common cause and make
possible to accomplish work In the future chat will
make what have done In the past look like ehlId's
play.
A Menace prlmer-fsets, figures and other data-has
been compiled and printed for those who wish further
information about the new organization, and will be
furnished request Of any Menace worker who has
not already received one.
Yours for Liberty and Free Institutions.
W. r. PHELPS
Aurora, No., Aug. gath. 1914