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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-15

curely ancnOfed, turns upon me with
self-righteous scorn, misjudges every
part of the record, denies me the COM
mon merit of ordinary sincerity, at
tributes conduct apparently merito-
rious to the basest motives, banishes
me from the company of those who
have tried to do something for hu-
/ manity and leaves it to be inferred
that had it not been for him my
tricks and Vaccinations would
have hurried dear old Georgia to per-
dition.
Yet-listen, my countrymen !-thil
preacher, who claims so much for SER
mons and letters in 1884; this preach
er who holds a young lawyer to ridi-
cule and contempt because he did not
write and speak in 1884, deliberately
refuses to give credit to the young
lawyer who had at least four years
previously talked and written for pro-
hibition in McDuffe county and had
helped in every way to create the very
sentiment to which Warren Candler
addressed himself several years later.
The files of The McDufie Journal
prove this. If those files are missing,
my own scrapbook will supply the
proof.
The Preacher and the Lawyer.
The preacher persistently rails at
the young lawyer, claiming immense
credit to himself for having done easy
work that was in the line of his dHtv
work which thousand other Meth
odlst preachers have done without
claiming any special credit whatever:
yet the record shows that the young
lawyer had already done, several
years earlier, the work which helped
to give McDufie a prohibition law
that was already on the statute book
when Warren Gambler, with heroic
daring, came into the county to preach
IN favor of the lawl
All nobility of purpose was Cand-
ler's--none of it actuated Watson.
The unselfshness and spirit of
consecration were Gambler Swat
son was ever intent upon "grand-
stand plays and political proft-tak-
ing"
This is so because Brother Gambler
virtually says SO himself. And, of
course, what Brother Gambler saws,
goes You hear it?"
Loftily domiciled in bishopric, the
preacher who knew how to "get on
looks superciliously down upon the of
ficeless Watson, and says, with
cruel sneer:
"Youe were not sincere, as l was.
You never risked anything or in
CURED martyrdom, as | did. You es-
poused no unpopular causes ten years
too soon, as | did. You never suf-
fered in loneliness and sadness long
years of unjust isolation and persecu-
ton for opinions sake--as [ did.
Hence you are unclean. Out with
you"
God give us patiencel Let us only
say to the bishop:
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-15

l wrote Tor prohibition, against the
very able Colonel w. D. Tut, and an
other writer, who signed himself
"Junius, and who was supposed to
be Mr. John Stockton, one of the
former editors of The Augusta Chron-
icle.
So you see, bishop, that in my case
you are disposed to be rather too
severe, too uncharitable and too ready
to suspect improper motives. YOU
assall me before making sure of your
facts, and then, when 1 try to put
you right, you refuse to believe me.
Looking back upon these age-worn
articles III my scrap-book, and remem-
bering that I a mere tyro in discus
sion, managed to come out fairly we'll
IN tilt with two veterans like Colo
mel Bill Tutt and Mr.. John Stockton,
| a1n fully as proud of that record, of
about thirty years ago, as you say
you are of your record of 1896
Dr.. Gambler, addressing his fellow
churchmen, says "You owe the pol
iticians nothing. You would have
Won your victory earlier but for some
of their doings.'
Who are these politicians, to
whom the prohibltionists "owe moth
ing? Does the state of Georgia owe
nothing to Seaborn Wright? Moth
ing to Judge W. A. Covington, moth
ing to Dr. l.. G. Hardnanq Nothing
to John Temple Graves? Nothing to
the brilliant young cartoonist and
writer, Gordon Nye? Does Bishop
Gambler know so little Of the people
OF Georgia as to think that at the
wave Of his imperial hand they will
deny credit and honor to those who
have fairly won their spurs? He
mentions Henry Grady-has he words
of praise for none but the dead? Is
flower never to be offered to the liv-
ings Is no smile Of approval, no word
OF recognition and appreciation, ever
to warm the heart and cheer the sotL
of the fighter while he fights?
You would have won your victory
earlier bnt for some of their doings.
Yes, we would have won the victory
eleven years earlier had it not beers
for those good honest prohibitionists
who hOlted the track In 1896.
When the heat moderates in Tex
arkana, Texas, | want DR.. Gambler to
wipe his marble brow real dry, and
tell US why prohibition law, secured
under the leadership OF Seaborr.
Wright in 1896, would not have been
just as good for the "sacred cause
as the prohibition law secured under
the lead of Seaborn Wright in 1907
don't expect the bishop to do this
now, for it's too hot-not in Geor-
gia, but in Texarkana, Tex.
Who Got the Benefit?
Who got the benefit of the bishops
influence in 1896?
Here is his answer:
"The cause of non-partisan and
non-personal prohibition, a cause too
sacred to be prostituted to partisan
L. L. Il L
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
BECOMES INSANE
FROM OvERWORK
Believes Detectives Are Constantly on
His TraiI-OVertaxing Memory
Is Considered to Be
the Cause

M. d. Plowman, an employe who has
worked for some time In the distribut-
ing department at the postoffice, is be-
lieved insane and confined in the city
Jail. His condition is the result, it is
claimed by his friends and fellow en-
Plowman recently became a victim
of an hallucination of persecution by
detectives, owing to the fact that many
sleuths constantly haunt the postoftice
in search of wrongdoers, and he i'm
agined that they were after him Plow-
man two days ago applied to the police
for protection, alleging that numerous
detectives have been prosecuting him,
and after a careful medical eXamina-
ton II was determined by the author
tiles that he suffered by believing HIM
SELF followed night and day by detec-
tives.
Employees at the postoffice aver that
overwork is the cause of Plowman's s
condition, as those who work there are
said to be compelled to grind at the
tedious routine seven days a week, and
rarely are the employees allowed a day
off for months at a time. Several men
i'm Plowman's department are said to
have given way under the strain and
have become mental and physical
wrecks, 1t is alleged. because of hav-
ing to memorize the names OF every
postOttice in the state, even down to
the smallest and most unimportant, so
that they can more quickly distribute
the mail for its various destinations
within the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
A Voice from
The Stomach
A BloOdless Fight Between a Tablet
and a Habit-The Tablet Wins

At the age of %. Clarence had good
digestion. He had gastric juice that
could dissolve doughnuts and turn ap-
pie skins into good blood corpuscles
At the age of "a he began to be pro-
fuse about the waist and lean back
wards. He also began to cultivate sew
eral chns. In his new-found pride he
began to think it his duty to gorge
himself on everything, the good and the
bad, for appetite feeds on appetite-and
every good thing is abused.
His pictures showed that he took on
weight after he put his collar on.
At the age of 26 Clarence married and
went to boarding. On top of all this he
attended oyster suppers and wine din
ners, which reduced the size of his COL
lar from 161a to Is. With still abiding
faith in the strength of his stomach he
gulped his meals, and chewed them
afterwards.
AT the age of 28 Clarence began to
hear an inward voice-a warning from
the stomach. After each meal he would
feel bloated-and belching became a
habit.
He began to be a light eater-and a
heavy thinker. He tried to think out a
cure. for now he would sit down at his
meals absolutely disgusted at the
thought or sight of anything to eat.
He would sit down at his meals with
out the trace of an appetite, just be-
cause it was time to eat
He would often feel a gnawing, un-
satisfied "still hungry" feeling in his
stomach, even after he was through
eating, whether his meal was well
cooked or not.
And he suffered a good many other
things with his stomach that he could
not explain, but that made him grouchy,
miserable, out-o'-sorts and generally
sour on everybody and everything.
Finally he read an account, something
like this, about the truly wonderful re-
suits obtained from Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets in all cases of stomach trouble.
dyspepsia, and so on. He bought a SOC
box at the drug store, and took the
whole box. When he started, he had
little faith-and less appetite. When he
finished he had absolute faith-and
more appetite, and more good cheer.
Things began to taste dlfrerent and
better to him.
Now he has no more dyspepsia, no
more indigestion, no more loss of appe-
lite. brash, irritation, burning sensation,
heartburn, nausea. eructations, bad
memory. or loss of vim and Vigor.
Remember. one ingredient of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets will digest for you
5000 grains of food, just as 1t did for
Clarence.
This relieves your stomach of the
work of digesting until your stomach
can get strong and healthy again. Your
stomach has been oVerworked and
abused. It's tagged out. 1t needs a
rest.
Let Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do the
work of your stomach. You will be sur
prised how fine you'll feel after eating,
and how luseiously good everything VIII
taste to you.
Heed the call of the stomach now!
There's a world of good cheer in one
box of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets-at
any drug store, SOC.
Send us your name and address To-Day
and we viii at once send you by man
a sample package. free. Address +. A.
Stuart Co., 81 Stuart building, Marshall
Mich.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27

A FTER several wild guesses and
~ much preliminary rumor the pa
4 pers were authorized yesterday
to announce the make ip of the Ulrich
stock company, which will open its
summer season at the Grand theater
about April 15. The roster contains
several names we'll known to the
Grand's clientele, and the patrons will
be delighted to welcome these old favor
ties. There are also a number of new
ones in the list who will! make their
first bows to Los Angeles audiences
with the opening bill
OF course, Myrtle Selwin returns as
soubrette and Lule Warrenton as char
acter woman. Lillian Hayward will
also be on hand t. do the villainess
stunts and none does 'em better or can
call forth more thrills. Neva West is
the new leading woman, and out of the
east comes good reports of her.
Joseph DeGrass, not unknown in Los
Angeles, will be the stage director and
will play second leads. Arthur Hill will
do characters and Frank keenan, will
be the new leading man. George Cox
will do male heavies and Frank 1,
Frayne will be gladly welcomed back
in comedy parts; a strong company,
truly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27

trymen and this Crowley agency is
the hardest. Of the nine men who went
to San Diego three are still there
stranded, and one is nearly crazy, as
he is without money or food. Inc
least that could be done is to make
this agency return the fare, the Zee
and the baggage charges"
An interpreter stated that Crowley
sent a man down on the boat with the
nine Italians. He took them to store
there and told them to wait all night,
which they did. On the afternoon OF
the next day they finally scattered,
some returning to Los Angeles and the
rest hustling around for something TO
eat.
Attorney Jones presented a letter,
signed by the water company, saying
the men were needed and that they
had not reported for duty. This was
the defense of the agency-that the
men had failed to connect with the
jobs through their own fault.
Furnish Witnesses
"I am willing to make affidavits in
six cases that men have been turned
loose on the desert without jobs ad-
ded Mr. Eddie. "I can furnish one
witness-a man Of family-who got
this treatment and made his way back
here on purpose to prosecute the crow
leys. He was kicked out of the office
and a policeman who was sent back
with him was also told to get out"
Agent Crowley said that his brother
was a member of contracting firm In
Arizona that had 1000 men on the pay
roll and that he shipped men to these
contractors regularly.
The board voted to revoke the license,
Commissioner Cole alone voting in the
negative. He did not hear the testi-
mony given by a carpenter named
Thompson at last weeks session.
Thompson being excused, as he had to
leave the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
WOMAN IS WORRIED BY
FATHERS DISAPPEARANCE

Mrs. Martha Shattuck. 754 Maple ave-
nue., is greatly exercised over the mys-
terious disappearance of her aged
father, William H. Brown, yesterday,
and from certain circumstances attend
ing his failure to come home fears
that he has met with foul play.
Brown came here recently from At
Gibson, Kas. Following is the descrip-
ton given to officer D. T. Murphy by
Mrs. Shattuck of her missing father:
Sixty-two years old; 5 feet and inches
tall; deaf; iron-gray mustache; lame
in one leg, and his limping from this
is quite noticeable when he walks; he
wore a gray suit, black hat, brown
overcoat and glasses.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
SECURE 700 MEMBERS
OF THOUSAND WANTED

The fred letter day" at the Y. M. C.
A. yesterday, despite the rain and
threatening clouds, succeeded in Sc
curing 700 new members for the asso-
citation at 10 o'clock last night, with
several of. the members to report pro-
gress this morning who were unable
to reach the headquarters last night.
About 100 enthusiastic members
hustled during the day, and probably
this number was doubled at different
parts of the day. A band in street
car went through the streets calling
attention to the campaign, and last
night the Y. M. C. A. cadets paraded
the streets.
Among the new members to help
swell the list to the coveted 1000 was
Mayor Harper and Lee C. Gates, both
of whom evinced much interest in as
sisting the young men to secure the
number.
Last night at the headquarters, 621k
South Broadway, scene of lively en-
thusiasm was presented. The young
men, jubilant over the large number
received into the association, eX-
pressed themselves as highly pleased
at the outcome.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27

graft were disgruntled oil dealers who
could not hold contracts themselves
and who had taken their alleged evil
dence of graft from one newspaper to
another in the city trying to peddle 1t
out for money until at last they
reached the Examiner and it bit and
bit hard.
Day after day thereafter attacks were
made on the supervisors and the road
foremen until the investigation which
ended last night came to head.
Yesterday the examination was re-
sumed and the same old story of moth
ing of interest except regular honest
reports occurred.
At o'clock District Attorney Fred
ericks announced that the eXamina-
ton was completed.
He asked Attorney George Adams
what he though of the investigation
and the attorney replied in way that
did the spectators good.
This investigation has been the most
putrid rot l ever listened to-" said the
attorney Every day 1 have sat here
1 have wasted. There have been two
things proven here.
Calls Examiner Dangerous
zone is that Los Angeles county has
a competent, honest set of men to gov
ern it's business, the other that the
Examiner has branded itself as a dam
ger and menace to the community at
large and fit subject for suppression.
When old Uncle 'Heinie' Lowenthal
found that he could not bully the
supervisors into putting $4,000 of the
county money into the Examiner boule-
ward proposition he made boast that
he would get that subscription for the
road from the supervisors or he would
send them to the penitentiary. That
with the animus of the reporter who
was sent out to investigate who owed
Supervisor Pete Wilson a 81 grocery
bill and wouldn't pay it. furnished the
sole foundation for these malicious
lies printed against the supervisors and
their employees. This investigation has
proven in way that nothing else
could do, that the books of the county
are in better shape than those of most
of the private business houses of Los
Angeles"
There has been no graft discovered
here" said District Attorney Fred
ericks, nothing upon which even a
civil complaint could be based, let
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
Good Bill at the Peoples

AL G. Flournoy, manager of the Peo-
pies, continues to give the crowds
that patronize this theater the very
best in vaudeville at popular prices.
Owing to delayed trains, the bill that
went on yesterday was not new in it's
entirety, yet no improvement could
have been made with new acts for the
hold-overs retained, which included
Armstrong and Holly in a new sketch
entitled "The Old Beau" Emile Chew
riel, the French comique, in his novel
violin speciality; Martynne in new mir
ror dances, and Harry Lorraine, the
popular baritone, made as good as they
did at their first appearance. New acts
introduced were Wayne Christie, the
minstrel man, late of Dockstader's s
minstrels; Kurtis' dog circus and the
new motion pictures. Thursday after
noon there will be a special matinee
when all mothers of so years and over
will be admitted free without tickets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
SUPERVISORS ARE
PROVEN HONEST
EXAMINERS SCREAM FALLS
FLAT
Charges of Graft Are Shown to Be
Malicious Lies, and Books of the
County Are Straight
as a String

With a dull, sickening thud that re-
minded one of the catastrophe Of the
sunken road of Waterloo or of the fate
of the rescue expedition of Dora Ben
mis- or of Hearsts candidacy for the
presidency, the crippled attempt of al
legged investigation of the county super
visors by the morning hysteria plant
came to an end last night when the
supervisors were not only exonerated
by the district attorney, but were high
ly complimented for the condition in
which their affairs had been found.
For six weeks the Examiner has been
ranting in denunciation of the board of
county supervisors, alleging everything
Imaginable and accusing everybody
connected with the supervisors and
their employment of being grafters and
thieves. That continued until Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks called the
bluff and forced an investigation of the
supervisors at an expense of $4,000 to
the county.
Allegations Fall Flat
From day to day the allegations by
the paper that got in wrong went to
pieces before the ordinary cross ex-
animation and not one allegation was
sustained. The first admission came
when it was found that the instigators
of the alleged expose of alleged oil
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
POLICE BOARD
QUICKLY TAKES
AWAY LICENSE
Employment Agency
Permit Revoked
Testimony Of Italians Who Declare
They Were Defrauded by Crowley
Causes Drastic Action by
Commissioners

Mayor Harper's police board sum-
marily revoked the license Of e. H.
Crowey's labor agency, 111h East Sec
ond street. yesterday, after hearing the
testimony of outraged laborers and
others, the Italian consular agent and
of Assistant Prosecutor Guy Eddie, and
the report of the police officials on
fragrant happenings there
The specific case on which the board
took action was one in which interna-
tional complications were threatened.
In this case nine Italians were sent to
San Diego by ship ostensibly to do
government work; the testimony
showed that it was road work for the
Southern California Mountain Water
company.
Prosecutor Eddie testified that in the
year in which he had been in office
there had been about $50 complaints
against the Crowley agency. Com
plants against all other agencies here
had aggregated about thirty.
Kicked Out for Kicking
In nearly all cases the evidence was
of the same nature-that the men had
been deceived and on asking for the re-
turn of their money later had been or
dered out of the office or been kicked
out.
In most or the cases there was no
legal corroborative evidence" said Mr.,
Eddie. "As a rule the men were sent
to Arizona or some remote point. 1t
appeared as though the object was to
get them so far away that they could
not come back to complain.
Prosecution under the false pre-
lenses statute is difficult in these cases
because the employment agents take
pains to permit no witness to be near
when they do business with each ap-
plicant, while invariably several of
their clerks are on hand to testify If
necessary.
Sent to Desert Points
Men have been left on the desert
after good substantial fees have been
collected, with no job and no shelter
near. These stories have been borne
out by repeated telling by other vic
Tins"
Attorney Jones said he was ready to
meet any specific charge against Crow
ley and would suggest that every en-
ployment agency be placed under
heavy bond to obey rules made by the
police board.
Commissioner Woodill suggested that
this would freeze out the smaller agen-
cies. He added that the abuses by
some agencies was the cause of the
whole outfit being put under the police
board.
italian Consul Ben Castruccio testi-
fed:
italian ConsuI's Story
"This is but one of many COM
plants have received from my coun-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27

in the future. He is on his way to
Tonopah in company with Mr.. Secrest
and George A. Clelland, a prominent
young mining engineer who has been
interested in properties in the west
for several years. Backing the cap
tain is deal of British and South AZ
rican capital and it is believed that
some of this will be invested in Ne
vada properties.
Il would want nothing better than
to spend the rest of my life in Los
Angeles. 1t certainly is q Paradise on
earth and l have travelled nearly the
world over. 1 was educated in Paris
and later received a diploma from Ber-
lin and one from Rome 1 started wan
dering when 1 was quite a small boy,
but l think I want to stop here" said
Captain Holland.
Personals
George Bartlett, congressman-elect
from Nevada, arrived at the Alexan-
dria yesterday. The young man is
quite a person in his state, for he is
known there as the silver tongued
orator and he possesses in addition to
his oratorical powers more than the
average amount of good looks. He is
an attorney of prominence and repre-
sents some large interests.
w. G. Cooper, cashier Of the First
National bank of Tonopah and L. A.
Parkhurst, vice president of the same
institution, are at the Alexandria The
bank has just been Incorporated with
some of Nevada's most prominent
young business men at it's head and
Mr.. Cooper came to Los Angeles to
purchase furniture and fixtures.
Brice Turner, superintendent of the
Montgomery -Shoshone mine at Beatty,
New, is at the Alexandria. Mr.. Turner
came to Los Angeles on a business
trip and in the hope of getting some
good weather.
Jack London, noted author and So
cialist, arrived at the Alexandria yes
terday morning with Mrs. London on
their way from Goldfeld to Oakland.
They left last night for the north
Los Angeles people who are guests
at the Arrowhead Hot Springs hotel
are Mr. and Mrs. AL Levy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hauser, F. ]. Steele, T. M. Flower
and j. T. Boyd.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27

alone a criminal one. Nothing has
been proven except that the supervis-
ors are honest, competent men. There
will be no prosecution and there will
be no action. This investigation is
closed"
'I really didn't know how honest
was until heard all those fine senti-
ments,' said Chairman Patterson of
the board, and the meeting adjourned,
while the echoes of the Dora Bennis
fasco became indistinct, while the
lemon-like investigation entered, the
hall of bum steers at the Examiner
Office
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
Saved Her SONS Life

The happiest mother In the little town
of Ava, Mo-. is Mrs. S. Rupee. She
writes; zone year ago my son was down
with such serious lung trouble that our
physician was unable to help him; when,
by our druggists advice l began giving
him Dr. Kings New Discovery and
soon noticed improvement. / kept this
treatment up for a few weeks when he
was perfectly we'll He has worked stead
lily since at carpenter work Or. Kings
New Discovery saved his life" Guaran-
teed best cough and cold remedy by
DEAN DRUG co. zoo and S1O0 Trial
bottle frea
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27
ARTHUR HILL


very funny skit and the company does
well in it. Monollta, the Spanish SOU
brette, has a good ct; Carrolton and
Hodges are clever dancers and change
artists; the De Bell trio do some good
singing stunts, and Al Franks illus
trated ballads make the usual hit. LIE
Cell, electrical dancer, is not up to the
standard Of the rest of the bill.