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The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
ASS-CONSCIOUSNE

Read any of the capitalist pa
pers and you will be sure to find
them railing against the idea of
"class-consciousness" among the
workers. They say that to en-
courage class-consciousness is to
encourage divisions and dissen-
tions among the people, who
otherwise might all be ONE
people and live in harmony.
Fiddlesticks!
Also rats!
Likewise bulls foot!
| wonder if you don't know
that the rich bosses and exploi-
ters are also class-conscious =?
You can bet your bottom dollar
that they never lose sight of the
fact that they themselves are
the. upper class the ruling
and exploiting class. But they
don't want the poor workers to
find out that THEY (the work
ers) belong to the clover class
the ruled and exploited class.
Because they know that when a
worker finds out that he is being
pu1posely held down and syste-
matically skinned by an upper
class right then he is going to
start something on his own &C
count.
Just as long as the money
bosses are able to maintain their
proud position as an upper
class" just so long will the slav.
ing masses be FORCED into {
Clover Glass;"
Don't fool yourself into think.
ing that any man WANTS to be
on the bottom with all the
worlds weight piled on top Of
him. But when he IS there anC
has to stay there and suffer fo1
years, say he is a mighty bis
fool if he don't find it out ant
begin to kick.
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
INVESTIGATE

I hope you will at least give
me credit for being honest. [
hope you will not say that [ am
printing this paper just to make
a sensation, and that | do not
believe the things | write. The
fact is. | Do believe them, else |
would not write them. And
more than that, | have good
REASONS for believing them.
Now if you are as honest as [
am, you will not condemn until
you investigate. It is not treat
ing me fair to denounce OF con-
denim my position until you have
devoted as much honest effort to
proving me WRONG as | have
to proving myself RIGHT.
If often happens that a man
will spend long weary years in
study and investigation about
something, and just as soon as
he announces his stand, some lit
tie upstart who has never given
five minutes study to the subject
will bob up and say the man is
wrong. That is Almighty fool
ish thing for anybody to do,
and only a fool would do it. So
if you think the things | say in
this paper are all wrong, little
honest investigation might be an
eye-opener for you.
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
PREACHERS PLEASE
ANSWER

Once in awhile the plute pub
lications allow a good thing to
slip in. ] just happened to be
looking back over my April copy
of The American Magazine, and
I found the following which I
had marked in an article by
Bruce Barton:
"Whenever l see faction of
folks who seem to me most in
need of criticism, most wrong in
their ideas and influence, I can
not forget what sorry appear
| ance that crowd must have pre-
sented who followed Jesus of
Nazereth along the shores Of
Galilee. When I find all the
good men on one side of any
question, I am reminded that all
! the leading citizens were on the
side that sent Socrates to death
and that stoned Stephen in the
market-place."
/ Read that again, and think
about it. There is a great les
son in it. We are too much in
clined to think that the popular
thing is the right thing, and that
the unpopular thing is always
bad and dangerous. Why, sakes
alive, man, when you come right
down to the facts it is more Of
, ten just the other way. You
may study the history of every
reform movement that has ever
been in the world and you vii
find that all the big leaders of so
ciety, church and state Were
against them.
| have been advertising for al
orthodox preacher who is will
ing to say that he would have
joined with Jesus and his LITTLE
} bunch of ragged fishermen if h
, had been living at that time, bu
I haven't found him yet. Th
7 preachers can primp up thei
! long faces and talk mighty su
! gary about Jesus now, since H
! and His cause have gained recog
{ milton in the world, but hoy
= many of them would have bee
t willing to face the disgrace o
! being one of His early disciples
= That's what want to know.
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
He DIDN'T CARE MUCH
But He Would a Leetle Bit
Rather His Best Friend
Would Stay Away.

| reckon human beings can be
the most inconsistent critters in
all Gods creation. And of all,
inconsistent people in the world,
| think the adherents of ortho-
doX churchanity take the cake.
A few weeks ago | heard a
Baptist preacher, in the course
of sermon, make the astound-
ing statement that he almost
wished sometimes that Jesus
would come now."
Do you get that? There is a
man who has been pretending to
preach the gospel of Jesus
Christ for many years, and who
processes to love Jesus better
than anything else in the whole
universe. He gets up and tells
his congregation that Jesus is
his best friend, and he just hops
up and down telling how much
he loves that dear friend and
how happy he is going to be in
heaven with Jesus some time in
the future. To hear him cavort-
ing about it in his orthodox way,
one would think that the pros
| pect of living with Jesus was so
alluring that he would want to
begin it just the very first min
ute possible.
. And then to hear him say: Il
/ ALMOST wish SOMETIMES
that Jesus would come now" It
fairly knocked me backwards. I
couldn't help wondering whether
his love for Jesus was as deep
and sincere as he pretended, else
why did he have to put such
limitations on his wish for Je-
sus to come? He never did
quite wish it at any time, but
SOMETIMES he ALMOST
wished it. Don't you reckon Je-
sus is pleased with such ardent
love and longing as that?
Suppose that preacher should
be suddenly called away from
home to be gone several months.
At the end of three OF four
months his wife writes him that
she ALMOST wishes SOME
! TIMES that he would come
home. How would that sound
Why, he would be tempted te
take it as an insult, and he
would reason that if that was al
the bad she wanted him, he
would just about as soon not gi
at all.
Now, looky here! | amt NJ
; preacher, and | don't often ge'
} up and make a public show o:
= myself telling how much I low
; Jesus, and all that sort of gush
But I don't have to stop at say
; ing that I ALMOST wish SOME
TIMES that Jesus would com
: now. l can say from an homes
: heart that I ALTOGETHEI
= wish it ALI THE TIME. Their
is no other event that / am S
: eager and anxious for, and tn
t sooner He comes the better
1 will suit me. This old world i
: not going to be fit to live in an
= more until He does come, and
+ don't see any reason why
! should want it put off for sir
gle day.
e But for a preacher of the gos
e pei to almost wish sometime
that Jesus would come"-tha
? was what got me. After analyl
n ing it carefully; the meaning
get is that he would just a leetl
bit rather Jesus would sta
p away.
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01

w AA~S Wv y va 11iSSt11> Cl1C1A,
when you speak of the mans ter
rible PUNISHMENT? You refer
to his being cut off from life
taken away from his family and
friends, and deprived of all the
things that we like to live for.
Now here! In the name of all
that is reasonable, can't you see
that the mans PUNISHMENT
is not the PAIN OF DYING, but
the FACT OF BEING DEAD?
And can't you see that the PUN
1SHMENT will last as long as he
STAYS DEAD?
Don't you know how hard
man will fight for his life? Don't
you know that a condemned
criminal will move heaven and
earth, as the saying is, to get his
death sentence changed to life
Imprisonment? He would ra-
ther live a very unhappy life
than die an easy death. Why?
Simply because it is natural for
us to love life in spite of it's hard
conditions, and it is natural for
us to look upon death as the
worst thing that can happen to
us.
And yet when the Bible plain
ly says that the wages of sin is
DEATH, you super-Solomons of
orthodoxy begin to stutter and
slobber and swear that the
Bible told a ie-that a little
thing like DEATH wouldn't be
any punishment hardly. You
think God ought to 60 back to
the days of the Inquisition and
study their methods and learn
how to torment people good and
proper.
I said just now that it is ma
tural for us to regard DEATH
as the worst thing that can hap
pen to us. And in the natural
course of events it is. But there
is such a thing as deliberate
brutal TORTURE being worse
than death. You show me a man
who delights in torturing any
living creature just for the fun
of seeing it suffer, and | will tell
! the world that he is a cruel and
heartless beast. All civilized
governments seek for the most
i merciful and painless way of ex-
ecuting a criminal. Any me-
thod of execution that causes the
victim to suffer unnecessarily
has long ago been abandoned
Whenever this rule is violated
don't you know how all civiliza-
tion resents it? It was violated
on all sides during the Great
War. People were tortured just
for the brutal delight Of seeing
them suffer. And don't you
know how bitter we have all felt
against Germany and Turkey for
their cruelty in torturing and
tormenting the victims that fell
into their hands? And don't
you know what stink has been
raised because some of our own
army officers turned brutes and
tortured the soldiers? Can't you
see that the whole sentiment OF
civilization is against the idea OF
torture and torment?
And yet you dare to stand ur
and tell me that the Good God OF
all the universe is more cruel anC
brutal than even 4 Hun or {
Turk? Dare you tell me that
God will carry on a business
!, FOREVER that our earthly gov.
elnments will not permit for {
single day if they can help. it
: Don't you realize that you art
: making God q worse brute thai
old Nero ever was? It is won
| der to me that God permits mel
to live and SANDER His hol.
= name like that.
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
BACK TO THE OLD NAME
After Resting for Two Years,
"The FOOl-Killer" Goes On
Duty Again.

name of "The Fool-Killer." In
August, 1917. the name was
changed to Good News"
For several years previous |
had been gradually getting my
eyes open to certain Religious
Truths that | thought needed
emphasizing along with the Po-
litical Truths that | was trying
to hand out. And it seemed to
me at that time that maybe the
name "Good News" would fit the
religious truths better than
"The Fool-Killer." Also it was
impossible just then, on account
of the war conditions, to be as
outspoken about things in gener-
al as | had previously been. Be
ing a loyal citizen of the United
States, | had no desire to violate
the regulations which we're ne
cessary during the war.
So | changed the name and
toned down just a little, and be-
gan to air my views along reli-
gious lines more than | had been
doing. Having long ago discov-
cred that the old political parties
had sold cut to the devil, | was
then beginning to see that the
old orthodox churches had done
the same thing. I awoke to the
fact that Church and State
were in the same boat and both
headed for the rapids and total
destruction. | saw the folly of
trying to be true to my honest
convictions and at the same
time "stand in with the old
gangs who were running things
in society, Church and State.
1 first had to choose between
honesty and popularity in poll
tics, and | chose honesty. Then
came the day when | must make
the same choice in religion, and
again I chose honesty. Having
got my eyes open to the TRUTH
l positively could not go or
winking at the blasphemous lies
the church taught.
This was not a sudden awak
ening that came to me. 1t hac
been coming over me very grad
ually for several years. In fact
the light is so bright that | pro
badly could not have stood it al
at once. / think nearly all peo
Pile who get the TRUE LIGHT
on the Bible. get it like | did
gradually-a little at a time.
And when | saw that ther
was something so much bette
than what the orthodo,
churches had to Offer, it looke'
like good news to me. And /
really IS good neWs-the bes
news that was ever announced i
this old world.
But I have had an awful tim
trying to get some people to Sc
it. l have had to deal with S
many blind, ignorant and hide
bound fools that | have some
times thought | ought to hav
kept the old name. If a Foo
Killer is needed anywhere in tn
world it certainly is needed t
thin out the religious fools.
"Good News" has been might
popular among the intelligen
thinking people VINO alfead
have their eyes open. And
have had many assurances ths
it has helped to open the eye
of a good many. But VIII;
Good News has done in that lir
The Fool-Killer could probab
have done just as well-or be
ter.
If could get people to loo
far enough ahead and see tt
times that are coming, the
would all admit that it WI
good news. But so many of tt
blind ones are now insisting tn
man in his own power, throu&
the league of nations, is goi1
to bring in the good time al
hand it to us on a silver platte
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01

The money that Germany
spent in building submarines
was her sinking fund.
The fool-killer., 1919-08-01

SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single Subs, 40 cents a year
In Clubs of Four or More, 25c
Cash in Advance
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-21
INFANT PRODUCES
BEING DISCOVERED
in ENGLAND DAILY
fRv Aasocfated Preas.\

London, July 21.-Infant prodigies
are being discovered in England al
most daily. Some connect this with
the psychology of war. One Of the
youthful marvels is Pamela Bianco, a
thirteen-year-old girl artist, whose
drawings were given the place Of
honor in an exhibition at one of the
principal London galleries. Critics
dealt with them quite seriously, and
said that the work was suggestive OF
Botticelliand some of the other old
masters Pamela Is an Italian girl
who was born in England, and never
had taken any drawing lessons.
Ronnie Routledge, four years old,
little more than baby, whose par
ents know nothing of music, has en-
jcyed six months Of tuition Oh the
violin. At the Crimby College OF
Violinists recently he outranked for
ty-three competitors, most Of them
in the twenties and scored 119 points
in a possible 100. Professor Dantor
describes him as miracle.
Little Bobbie Day, aged seven, Of
Brighton, son of motor mechanic
has wonderful powers of clairvoy
ance, according to the Weekly Dis
patch. Blindfolded he described
number of articles. These included
treasury note (giving it's color
numbers, and writing on the back
the color and texture of a piece o
fabric he had never seen, the ccrrec
answer to a complicated sum IN men
tai arithmetic and figures writer
down at random.
After FIVE minutes test he com
planned Of feeling icy cold. Il jus
see little pictures, and I just say
them" is Boobies explanation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-21
COTTON GROWING POSI-
BILITIES OF BRITISH EMPIRE
(By Associated Press.)

London, July 21.-A member Of
Parliament asked the government
representatives the other day what
steps, if any, had been taken "to pre-
vent the exploitation Of the Lancha-
shire spinners by the cotton export
corporations now being formed in
the United States with the objects Of
controlling the raw cotton exports to
Great Britain
The Parliamentary secretary to the
British Board Of Trade replied that
corporations in the United States
were outside the jurisdiction Of the
British government but that the gov
! eminent was fully alive to the i'm
portance OF extending the cotton
growing areas Within the British EN-
pire. He added that the Cotton
Growing committee appointed in
1917 was making Systematic survey
OF the cotton-growing possibilities
within the empire.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-21
A avICTORY. BABY
fBy Associated Press.)

Paris, July 21.--Little Catherine
yictoire Boudian has achieved re-
nown BY being the first baby born in
Rheims since the armistice. The
American Red Cross has taken .
lively interest in "the" Rheims baby.
whose godmother is Miss Catherine
Riddle Porter of Philadelphia.
Thanks to material comforts supplied
without stint by her American
friends, the victory" baby Is thirty
ing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-21
BETROTHAL OF CROWN PRINCE
HIRCHITO is ANNOUNCED
(By Associated Press.)

Toxic, July 81 announcement has
been made of the betrothal Of Crown
Prince Hirchito with Princess Maya
ko the eldest daughter of Prince and
Princess Kuni. Princess Nagako is
sixteen years old and a student at
the Peers School. 1t is expected that
the imperial wedding will not take
place before several years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
- ARE YOU GIVING YOUR
SlaN M: MINISTER A CHANCE TO FLY

Ministers rule do not They cannot. Between
the ages of as and 65, statistics show many of them
supplement their regular work in the ministry by
peddling BOOKS writing Insurance. selling real estate
in order to enough to live When old age over
takes them they too often found in the plight of one
minister of 83 who is weaving in order to keep from
starving; another who has been in the ministry for
55 years. and is struggling support his sick wife with
the help of the relief board
No class of has contributed more to this
nation S greatness than her ministers.
BY their force of character and their disinterested
SERVICE they have set spiritual standard for men OF
all classes they have given high ideals to young
and woen they have helped to check lawlessness and
give balance to power.
In difficult periods of the nations growth they have
thrown their influence the side of honor and right
eousness.
The country must not sacrifice it's ministers Just
draws into it's ranks the most generous of nations
youthso the ministry by its very hardships and difficult
ties, has always attracted of brilliant atainmens
and unusual capacity for devotion
AS nation cannot afford to waste these men.
The handicap must be taken off the ministers They must
be allowed to their gifts and their devotion to the
fullest leaders of progress the great days that
to come
The Christian Herald is leading in the movement to
to give him his chance to fly"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

is me Average munster TOO hQnd1C1pped 6y the
economic struggle to use his best
b0SyerS and capacities?
DLUCK, energy determination the imagination to
conceive splendid enterprise ability to carry
it through
1t was the possession of these qualities by young
preacher Belvn Maynard who answered his country's
call to that turned the eyes of whole nation to him
in admiring wonder as he steered on his
oceanic flight.
Maynard was only of thousands of young
who go into the ministry with the desire to express
positive, achieving quaities-to do big things lead men,
play constructive part in the life of the nation
How far giving them the chance to realize
this ambition?
How many of them have to bury their finest aspira-
tons when they enter the bitter economic grind of
minister's life?
The electricians plasterers and carpenters who work
the building of churches paid from $40 to $50
week. The average who breaches from the pulpit
is lucky if he receives half that sum.
$1,00O,oOO,O00 invested in church property by the
Protestant church members of America And yet the
majority of ministers receive less than the minimum
which socologists say will support family decently
Surely, as Billy Sunday says Something is radically
wrong when prizefghter in IS minutes
more than country parson in IS years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
TASTING, FIRST
 GOVERNOR 0F
 INDIA, ON TRIAL
Discussion of Difficulties of Which Ended in Seven
 Year Trial.

The question of India, "the pearl of the British Empire, is today as serious as the Irish question. The great unrest has seized India. Next to the premiership, the coveted office in the grant Of the Crown is the Vice royalty of India. On August 22, ISIS. Warren Hastings, India's first gov ernor-geneIal, died. His life, trial, disgrace, are a mosaic of many colors, set in a sharp angle of history. His brilliant but mud-streaked career has been made familiar to the world by the pen of MacCauley.
 Was Warren Hastings guilty? or was he the scapegoat of the sins of the East India Company? He was born in the middle of tIse great eighteenth century. When he was Of the point of entering the University, kinsman who was a director in the East India company, determined to send his ward to India, to seek his fortune as writer in Bengal. The affairs of the celebrated East India Company were at a low ebb when Hastings reached Calcutta. Employed first in silk factory it was the 0ac- cident of suffering and imprisonment that led to Hastings first step up that ladder on which he saw the Star of India rise upon his future career. Transferred to the capital of Mur- shidabad, the young ruler, Suraj-ud- dowlah, in revenge for a fancied wrong, resolved to drive the English
 out of Bengal and made Hastings a
 prisoner. Upon his release he made
 such good use of his position at Mur-
 shidabad that he opened negotiations with the English fugitives at Falta
 He was already learning the wiles of
 Oriental diplomacy. His abilities drew
 upon him the attention of the great
 tribe. He was instrumental in the re-
 covery of Calcutta to the Crown.
 Lord Olive, the president of the
 powerful East India Company, ap-
 pointed Hastings member of Council An, what, graft was going on tmidst the commanders of troops and the | members of Council." Did Warren Hastings avail himself of the "oppor- tunity'? It may never be known With Hastings mounting ambition came mounting prosperity. From one step of distinction to another, h!s abilities carried him. But there seem ed to turk a taint about his rise to power, his enormous abilities in gov crnment and of quick action. Or. was he shielding the corruption of the
 East India Company? He was at last l made governor-general with a mag nifcent salary. In spite of all India's finances began to ebb, and they kept on ebbing. And now there arose whis- perings and threats, and Warren Hastings was summoned to England His trial, on the charges of malad- | ministration, corruption, and secret l iveness, began at the House of Lords | in 17SS. The trial continued for seven years, leaving Hastings totally i'm i poverishcd. Burke, Sheridan, Fox,
 were among the advocates for the | Commons.