The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-02-22
kORN KRIB KLUB HEARS
SANDY McNUBBIN
nY M. q. surnrRLANp.

forgotten. Farmers have finished piow
INK and most OF them have their corn
planted A. cotton seed N about 1000
per cent higher Ia price than u wac
"a FEW yrnrH ago, fear If late iroai win
deter many from early planting The
high cost OF living il net 40 Ncrlourly
felt here ns IN towns and Villages. Miih
butter and eggs ARE plentiful ana fire
wood IN free Ever, man with lam
iiy has or could have q garden with an
abundance OF vegetables Nearly rv"ry
Mex lean family slaughtered one or
more lat hogs, consequently have
supply OF lard ana bacon. There IN
some sickness la the ncishborhood bat
not OF q very serious nature.
Lee x. Wright, son OF Mr and Mira
NJ A. Wright. Sr had bad attach Of
fu but N nov much better
Augustus Bluutzcr. son OF W ID.
Hunter ~ In the hospital In san An
tonic from AN ntiack az pneumonia.
Some cnTly political birds are tryiug
90 wake ~ the voting worms. hui the
worm ls not ready 90 wake up. What
the county state and country needs Us
not pnrfy politics but capable and hon
est men Men intoroHted Ia the present
and future welfare OF the people. nos
men hunting soft job and "a iai sal
arV
sandy McNuhbn says be- knows he
o. an idiot bat there is no necessity
FOR your nof-readcr 10 make him np-
pc1r worse that nature really Intended
him 10 hc. Last sunday he made the
following address 10 the Norn krlb
club
Gentlemen. In the chaste. refined
and classic language OF the immortal
Cicero These here be tough times
Most OF the people are mad and getting
madden. All want an exHci and equal
share OF the good things OF this life and
each one demands Tint his exact and
equal share shall Do the lions share.
Everyone wants Go divide with the man
that has more than himself Tho man
who had nothing IL generously per-
nitted to keep whni he has. None am
noy him with Imperative demands FOR
lust share OF his debt poverty, dis
tross or disease.
10 enhance the value OF their pros
poct,vc inheritance the iiiustriunF
leaders of this great scheme helicv" All
poverty ought To be- destroyed before
the division rs made with this laud
able end in view homes and an the
comforts and conveniences 81 home
life farms. factories. ulines. railroads,
treasures Of art buildings Of nrchitcc-
tunl beauty and historic interest are
being enthuslnsticaliy devastated orl
completely destroyed. Fields remain
untitled and agricultural pursuits are
destruction ON an that civilized ana cn
llghtencd men have heretofore desired
priced and appreciated. II appears an
lf enlightenment mercy. truth ana JUS
tice were 10 be cngulfcd. effaced and
buried by hnrharism, injustice, cruelty
and hate. The two forces OF light aud
darkness are engaged IN a deadly htrug
gle for supremacy and many anticipate
defeat for the forces OF light aud truth.
But light and truth Will never he de
fcutcd Enlightenment aud ciyilizu-
ton VIII not perish Since mans first
appearance GA The earth he hna made
long. long journey Down the long.
long corridors of time. he has often
faltcrcd. bat never turned back HIS
stops have ever been upward and ou-
ward. Excelsior has ever been aud
forever VIII be the Device on his uun-
nor II ~ true man can and uttcn
does for time mar the beauty aud
utility oi nature, but nature rctaiiates
hy destroying that generation OF the
human race. Men forget the ino1oratlc
law. THAT reaction ~ equal 10 action
hut opposite In effect
There " not now. never has been, aud
no probability that there over VIII hf,
equality la health. wealth strength,
beauty ot Intelligence amongst the
children of mcn. Why this inequality
nNlstH is mystery We can neither
understand nor explain. Neither can We
tell wis evil exists along Win good
ness suffering aad SORROW with JOY
aud gladncsa 'The ail aspiring heart
uf man is uttle too weak 20 inthum
the plan" But 81 there was no evil
how could Nc distinguish goodness H.
There were no better things We would
Do unable 90 conceive or imagine the
meaning of sweetness.
You are ali anxious 10 know what ont
l .Ia. AZ Ia
cAl leaders are doing TO comhat the
evils that threaten the world flfesc
talented men. these intellectual giants.
| who are paid 90 do onr thinking. have
lost their thinking apparatus Had
they been deprived OF the power of
speech u heavy load would have been
| lifted from "A patient but long SUFFERING
I people.
The trouble with mont great and
would hc great men Is that they ave
too long Alexander, Hannibal MafN
| Antony, nOmpcN ana Napoleon tar
nished their reputation by living t0o
long, Had Bcucdict Arnold died ON the
| battlefield OF Saratoga. and Aaron sur
before his duel with Hamilton. the>
would have been recognized hy histor
ians az able. honest and patriotic men
| Had Jim Reed been born dumb or fOlu
ed his little hands M everlasting slcel
hefore he cOnid talk, be wouid neNcl
have been recognized aa blatant StN
and ram STAN idiot.
our ancient And irrepressiblc friend
Brother Wyllihni J. Bryan Is sim VIII
us lie stlll has plenty Of wind but y
a little weak Ia the knees. Some Of ~
old friends Say he walks 20 strhlNh
that he leans a little 10 one side. Can,
d.datea for the presidency arc AZ mum
erous as flgns on a stray pup Few o
the candidates. expect 20 be struck b.
lightning. But they have ar lnsatlAhl'
craving for notOrictN An me. 'nh
SECURITY and fame. the glory and HI
nothing Of name" Not one man IN
hundred million win be rem Hmhered 10
a hundred years. However n they ar
not struck by lightning a. Viii be
badge of distinction Tor the children
aand grandchildren TO say PA cam
worry near being ciectcii president An
n tho front door 81 the White hous
does not open 10 receive them there
q chance OF getting a hand oui from ~
Kitchen.
rezas n abort o. building CLIMBER bu
poiltie3l timber SCENE 20 be rlsniiit
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