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Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-20
CRACKERJACK IS
INVITING CAMP
BONANZA GOLD STRIKE is THE
LATEST REPORT
Noted Expert for Charles M. Schwab,
the Steel King, Will Inspect
Table Mountain Copper
Properties

The Crackerjack Gold Mining COM
pany, a Los Angeles concern princi-
pally and the first corporation to en-
gage in the development of the Crack
erjack mining district, San Bernardino
county, is In luck again, for it has just
made another fine gold strike in the
course of the very extensive develop
ment work it has under way. An
18-inch vein carrying ore shot full of
free gold has been encountered. No
assay of the ore had been made at the
time of the report, but it is apparent
that the rock will yield very handsome
figures. The company's main shaft is
in solid ledge matter, with the wall
on neither side in sight. The tunnel is
in over 300 feet and is very close to a
great ledge that is expected to be pro-
ductive of big results.
1t is understood that Malcolm Nc
Donald, expert for Charles M. Schwab,
Is due to arrive in Crackerjack within
a few days. He comes for the purpose
of making an inspection of certain
Table mountain copper properties with
a view to purchasing. OF course, If
Schwab gets into the district the effect
will be exceedingly stimulating. Wher-
ever the steel magnate has operated 1t
has been on a large scale, while the
fact of his becoming interested in a
section amounts to an expert 1ndorSe-
ment of that section, for all Of his in
vestments are made on exalted expert
advice.
To Incorporate Blue Bucket
Operations on an extensive scale viii
soon be commenced on the Blue Bucket
property, east of Crackerjack. A com
pany for this purpose is now being in
corporated in Goldfield, New. and rep
resentatives are expected in Cracker
jack daily. This property. with the
Rams Horn, was recently purchased
by a syndicate of Goldf1eld, Pittsbure
and Portland, Ore, men from Moore
and Tomlinson for $50 900.
Two shafts are to be started imme-
diately on the Blue Bucket, one In the
center of the claim on the ledge, and
the other farther west. The tunnel,
which is now in eighty feet. is to be
continued, gasoline hoists will be in
stalled as soon as needed and it is the
intention of the company to thorough
ly develop it's property. F. M. Myrick,
an experienced operator, is now on the
ground arranging preliminary details.
The Blue Bucket company will employ
three shifts on both tunnel and shafts,
which means quite an addition to the
paw roll of Crackerjack.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-20
F. A. MCDONALD.
VALUES TO $4,000

GOLDFIELD, New, May
1o.-To Mrs. F. A. Mcdonald:
Strike is a great deal better
than first reported; strike is
from thirty-hve to ninety feet
in different strata; run from
$40 to $4,000. Back in few
days. F. A. MCDONALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-20

II you want to go east. c. Haydock,
Agent Illinois Central r. r.. 11S w. sixth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
J PROHIBITION NOTES
e :
HEADoUARTERs-RooM T1IEsEN BUILDING.
eQaQaQ2Q2es4


negroes. ca On account of the i'm
mense amount of public work in this
county for the past few years, a large
number of negroes have come to this
county from all over the South, which
are known as the floating population.
The great majority of these floating ne
groes are the very lowest class. and
great many of them are constantly
in trouble. I3l Financially, this
county has never had greater pros
perity, which has come alike to both
white and black The increase OF
crime has been no greater in the four
years succeeding the drying of the
county than it was in the four years
preceding the voting OF the county
dry.
1t is with the highest sense OF pride
that We submit the following unso-
lcited statement signed by all but
three of Marianna's business men
Two of these are dry" and would
have added their signatures had they
seen the statement. The original
statement with its autograph sigma
lures may be seen by applying at the
Prohibition League headquarters,
room SOL, Thiesen building.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
WANTS NO EXTENSION
SUCH AS WAS GRANTED

Editor PENSACOLA Journal:
/ hope every taxpayer in the city
will read carefully the extension
granted the p. G.. A and P & N. rail-
roads | voted against this measure
because / believed it to be against
the city's interests, to put it through
believed the city has been wronged
and since I see it in print, / am more
convinced than ever that the extern
sion should never have been granted
in its present shape. The readers of
The Journal will find it On page 6 of
the Sunday Journal, Sept. %, 1907.
J. ANDREWS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
MOlllel'S
!: :: =: !: Friend
VOX POPULI

| try. He is now one of your strong
est workers for whiskey.
Now in regard to blind tigers, and
there being more whiskey drank in a
dry county or city than in a wet, al
low me to say am now In my twelfth
year as United States commissioner
and up to this date, have tried nine
hundred and ninety-seven (997) Grim
inal cases; about half Of them were
for making rum, or selling liquor
Ten years ago, with the open bar
rooms at Mariana, Sneads and
Greenwood l have tried as-high as
four whiskey cases in one day.
And when the election was pending
in Jackson county it was used as an
argument by the 'wets" that would
have a fat time trying blind tigers.
The fact is that from the very day
that Jackson county voted dry l have
had less and less of both distillery and
selling liquor cases, and from care
full examination of my present docket
book, beginning with Feb. IS, 1905,
up to this date I have tried and con-
victed for making rum II Gases in
1965-nine cases in 1906 and six cases
so far in 1907.
TUT SclllIS WIluOuL llCSuSS there
was six convictions in 1905, six in
1906 and not one so far this year,
1907. So that so far as the records of
my Office go, they show a most won
derful decrease not only of blind
tigers but equally great in the max.
ing of rum,
1 am greatly interested in immigra-
ton and west Florida in particular,
and 1 can say with all possible en-
phasis, that prohibition by city, -coun-
ty and state and by all the southern
states, will put our great Southland
In the lead In the United States, and
the world, in one of the greatest re-
forms OF this wonderful age.
with malice to none and charity
to all let us go on to do the right as
God shall enable us to see the right.
JOHN TH0S. PORTER
Grand Ridge, Sept. II, 1907.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR ANY OFFICE

Editor Pensacola journal:
/ do not intend to contradict all the
false reports l hear in regard to my
self. / have neither the time to waste
or the inclination TO discuss same.
But since the rumor has been so
industriously circulated and the car
toon of Sunday published by the
Liquor Dealers Association, which an
nounces me as candidate for sheriff.
/ feel that in justice to myself and
the Prohibition League that. l most
emphatically deny that I am candi-
date for sheriff or any other Office.
Respectfully,
n. C. MCMILLAN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
WILL ANYBODY
DISPUTE THIS /?
Criminal Cases More Than Double
Under Prohibition Rule.

'In the county judges court of Jack.
son county, Florida, (Marianna) dur
ing the four years preceding the sue
cess of the prohibition movement,
there were docketed 425 CRIMINAL
CASES.
''In the same court during the four
years under Prohibition ending Au-
gust II, 1907, there were. docketed 864
criminal cases. This shows conclu-
sively that Prohibition increases
crime instead of reducing it."
In answer to the first figures let
us state this fact: That every year
for four years before prohibition Jack
son county asked the legislature for
permission to transfer from her gen.
eral fund to the fine and forfeiture
fund sum sufficient to meet the de-
felt in the circuit court expenses.
Under prohibition it has not proven
necessary to do this and the unex-
pended balance in Jackson eounty's
fine and forfeiture fund today is
about $1,000 These are matters of
record and can be virified by anyone
who cares to investigate.
Both the second and third are an
swered by the fact that the county
has increased greatly in population.
Replying to the fourth quotation
let us remark that one of these mur.
der cases was change of venue from
our own county and That's this case
was VIGOROUSLY a whiskey case. We
refer to the William Fletcher Williams
case for the murder of Edward Dams
by.
Now for the fifth, the headed article.
the one implying challenge. Yes,
the prohibitionists dispute it. We do
not dispute the figures but We do dis
pute the conclusion-"that prohibition
increases crime
Our answer is best made by reprint.
ing the third paragraph from the let
ter OF Mr.. 8. A. Daffn, which appeared
in The Journal OF Sept 18th. Here It
is:
There has been a constant increase
in crime for the past eight wears.
This can be accounted for on the fol
lowing grounds: f1) Jackson county
is IN the black belt of the state. She
has a population OF more than II Geo
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

An industrial edition of the Colum-
bus. Ga, Ledger Issued last Sunday,
Is the equal, geographically and other
wise. of any edition of the kind we
have seen this year. A perusal of its
pages gives one desire to see this
progressive Georgia city, whose pub
lie improvements and the civic pride
OF its people gives it high rank
among the leading cities OF the south.
The industrial edition reflects great
credit upon the proprietors and stan
of this excellent newspaper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
Prohibition Law Applies to
Club Rooms and Saloons Alike

There has been less talk during the present An
t-Saloon campaign about how much Liquor the club
rooms will sell when the county goes Dry.
1t is nothing but talk, and one believes it.
When Escamba county votes to Prohibit the sale of
Intoxicating Liquors within it's borders will then be
unlawful for anyoneindividual corporation, social
club-to sell drop of ntoxicating Liquor
There now four five, possibly more,
clubs in Pensacola in which Liquor is sold. Under Pro
hibon will be unlawful sell Liquor in those clubs
to do so In a Saloon.
That is the law and that law applies everyone alike
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
JUDGE PORTER SAYS C. u.
is NO KIN OF HIS

Editor Pensacola Journal:
One of your late correspondents
asks Who is this c. u. Porter" Lest
any of your kind readers should con-
found the name with that of the
writer hasten to say he is not any
of the Grand Ridge Porters.
I have enjoyed wonderful health
without a dram of any kind of liquor
for over Geyentyone years have
been an active worker in the cause
of temperance for over fifty years.
| have lived, and zlabored, in five of
the best states, east, west and south:
and in all that time, and in all those
places, I haye never seen. or known
OF, man, women or child injured by
temperance.
More, have never seen a town, a
county or a state, injured by voting
out and keeping out the saloon. I
have seen prohibition failure some
times because of party politics, where
the whiskey vote held the balance of
power and is baseIy used to keep open
the Joints nor reopen the saloons.
Prohibition does not necessarily in
jure the saloon keeper. If he is driven
out of one city he can, and does, go to
another, and moves his outfit as
easily as any other property, or if he
is DESTROYS of a better business, he
can find others in other places, who
will buy his stock at as small sac
rifice as if engaged in farming or
merchandising in place that failed
to pay. And this statement is proved
in the experience OF man who was
voted out of Jackson county when 1t
went dry. He made a desperate wall
because the law, and the city fathers,
would not let him hold on few weeks
to close out his stock, and then went
to Pensacola, and became a much
larger dealer, and vowed on leaving
that "he would ship into Jackson
county more whiskey than if he had
been allowed to stay" and if he has
not, 1t is not because he failed to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
SOCIALISTS NOT IN
FAVOR OF SALOONS.
Pensacola, Fla, Sept. %, '07.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 90, OF.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
/ see that the compilers of the saloon
wet" talk, quotes a socialist, and con-
strues the quotation as proving that
socialists are in favor of saloons,
which he knows is not so. Socialists
are not in favor of any kind Of capital
ism. They do not agree with the Pro
hibitionists as to the way to get rid
of the saloon, but one of them In the
United States, at least, would vote to
Danish the saloon.
Socialists vote for public ownership
of water works and other things under
capitaiistic governments, but think it
will do so little good they do not
spend much time In talking about such
things.
Here is where the saloon comes in,
In the socialist idea-war. destructive
storms, floods, fires, earthquakes, so
looms and anything else that destroys
the things that man makes under cap
italism, make good times. Neverthe-
less socialists neither pray nor vote
to do away with the system that
makes the above statement in regard
to destruction, true.
Socialists are opposed to all things
that takes mans labor and his brains
and give him nothing in return.
GEO r. SMITH.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
THE GREAT WAVE
OF PROHIBITION
Sales More Than Doubled.

A representative of wholesale
house in jacksonville says: Within
the past year the amount of my sales
in the various stores of Fort Pierce,
which is in dry county, has more
than doubled, and can notice the in
creased happiness and contentment
among the people The cause is OBJ
vious to me- Men who used to spend
their weekly and monthly earnings
with the open saloons are now buying
food and clothing for their families
and using the money in other ways
from which they derive benefit j
can't see how any merchant or BUSH
ness man can oppose prohibition when
it will increase his receipts and profits
far more than any advertisement he
could run in all the newspapers and
display in the country This man
talks from experience. He knows
what his bushes was when the open
saloon was in operation in Fort
Pierce and he knows what it is now,
and he talks hard down sense that a
dummy can appreciate when he says
prohibition will hurt no business but
that Of the saloons-Miami Metrop-
oils. -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
The Pensacola baseball fans shou

The Pensacola baseball fans should
take notice of sentiment in other
large Florida cites toward the forma-
ton of state league for winter base
ball. Being about the only state in
the country where baseball the year
round is possible, it seems as if, with
proper management, state league
would be "a good investment in itself.
as well as an added attraction for the
northern tourist.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

A great many people have been
asking for some time as to who Mr..
c. q. Porter is. His eloquent cham
pionship of the open Saloon has stirred
up their curiosity For the benefit of
those who have not located him, The
Journal will say that he is and has
been for some time an employee of
the l.. Bear Company, one of the
largest wholesale Liquor houses in
Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

In last Sundays Journal the Liquor
Dealers Association published some
figures concerning Jackson county, of
which Mariana is the coTnty seat.
The motto of their association seems
to be: sfs
Half a truth, however small, Z
Is better than no truth at all"
The Escambia County Prohibition
League has had its eagle eye on Jack
son county, as well and submits here
with some facts and figures for the
consideration of the fair-minded voter,
which, we think, answer conclusively
the arguments propounded by the
VETS
In box car letters the saloon men
print:
In Jackson County, Fla, at ten
terms of the circuit court previous to
the advent of prohibition, 20 weeks
were consumed. Under prohibition
81 weeks were consumed at eight
terms. The taxpayer pays the freight
There was but one arson case tried
in Jackson county, Fla, during the
four years previous to prohibition. In
the four years under prohibition 8
cases have been tried.
During the four years previous to
prohibition the Jackson County Cir
cult Court tried 1872 cases. Under
four years of prohibition 290 cases
were tried in THIS court.
Sixteen murder cases were tried
in Jackson county, Fla. during the
four years previous to the SUCCESS OF
prohibition. In the past four years,
under prohibition, % murder cases
have been tried.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

Judging from the news columns OF
the Mifligan Herald, that hustline
little town is imbued with a genuine
spirit of progress which is being evil
denced on every hand. Three new
stores and several new residences
constructed within the past few
months are grounds for the prediction
that Milligan will soon become one OF
the best towns along the line of the
P. & A. Railroad.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
lotice to Friends of Prohibition:

The Prohibition League of this
county has been made glad On several
occasions recently by voluntary cash
contributions to its campaign funds
by friends outside of the city, thus
showing an interest in the work that
speaks louder than words.
The league believes that it has
many other friends who would like
to express their appreciation of the
work in like manner if they knew to
whom 10 send their offerings, and to
this end the address of our treasurer
is given in this column.
HARRY L. BROOKS, Treas,
Escambia County Prohibition League,
< 112 S. Palafox St, Pensacola, Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

The Pensacola Journal wants the
Recorder to name the next governor
of Florida-we intimated such in a
recent isue. Not now, Mr.. Journal,
but to please you for the time being,
will say his name begins with the
second letter in the alphabet.-Madi-
son Recorder
Well, what are his initials-Browne,
Burr. Bitch, or Bryan? Let us have
it now.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

J. E. King.
j. E. Cannon,
j. C. Folsom, general merchandise.
A A. Calhoun, Jr-. livery stable.
A A. Calhoun, ST..
F. NJ. Watson.
E. G. Lewis. merchant
j. F. Smith
G. J., Stevens.
G. w. Davis, of Davis Bros.
w, R. Snead, dentist.
r. J. Pittman. merchant.
j IT. Holden, physician.
T.. w. Conley, merchant.
G. Wandeck.
T. W. Hintz
s. A. Dafin. of r. D. Dafin & Co.
Will Stone.
If the Ants are correct in their
statements concerning jackson county
is it not passing strange that these
benefited mortals rejoice to live in
such a cline?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

One of the latest stories going the
round of the press is about wonder
ful Milwaukee airship that viii soon
be launched in an endeavor to make
the city still more famous. OF course
the ship will be in the schooner class.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

The question has been raised in
Ohio as to whether or not a blind
man can hold public office Most OF
the states have long since settled that
question by giving Offices occasionally
70 men that are morally blind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

Today is Florida Day at the James
town Exposition and fine program
has been prepared for those who have
been able to attend from this state.
1t is safe to say that the opportunity
will not be lost to say a good word
for Florida at every opportunity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25
WILL ANYBODY
DISPUTE THIS:


tee, Pensacola, Fla
Dear Sir:
We, the undersigned, citizens and
residents of the town of Mariana, beg
leave to write you in reference to
| the great fight now on hand in your
city in the interest of good govern
ment and the welfare of many happy
homes in your city.
Our county was voted dry in 1903
by vote of nearly two to one in favor
| of the dry election. Since then our
property taxation has increased. in
value, population increased in num-
Der and number of nice residences
and handsome business buildings
have been erected in the city, in fact,
there has been more prosperity since
the dry election in this town than
has been known for "a number of
years. The taxable property of the
town tax books for 1903, the time
when whiskeyt was sold in Mariana,
was $500, 692.97. and for S1907 $685.
$4,000; the criminal cases before the
city court in the year of 1908, when
the town was wet, was. 126, and for
the year of 1907, 76, thus indicating
an increase of the value of the prop
erty and decrease of crime in our
community. Liz
We verify believe that those who
most ardently supported the wet side
of the cause in the election in this
county, would today vigorously sup
port the dry side. In fact a number
of those who contended that If the
town went dry business would be
crippled, frankly concede that their
business has been greatly increased
since the sale of whiskey has been
prohibited in the town.
We verify believe that it will be to
the best interest Of all the people or
Escambia county if it should go dry
and stay dry, and earnestly hope your
worthy cause will succeed:
We are, very respectfully yours,
IT. G. Merritt, City Clerk,
Jefferson d. Stephens, Attorney.
w. B. Farley.
]. A Ormond.
Amos e. Lewis.
C. M. Messer, merchant.
ID. H. Bryan optician.
J. r. Conley, I
L. R. Pettiway.
w, A. Lewis, merchant
E: P. Daniel.
D. C. Davis, Treas. Jackson Co.
M. L. Dekle, chairman City Coun-
Gil, President First National Bank.
w. A. Maxwell
W. K. HarreIl. $
c.. C. Lidden, merchant.
]. D. Turraville. i
]. B. Dickson,
Daniel Milton.
j. G. McCormfc
B. T. Morgan.
w. H Melton, cashier First Ma
tional Bank.
Benz S. Liddon.
IT. l.. Stephens, merchant.
J. L. Behymer. city marshal.
r. M. King.
Thos. E. Walker. mayor.
S. F. Irwin.
+. 8. Pierce, physician and surgeon.
Walter Rawls.
B. F. Alderman, merchant
r. d. Daff1n & Co., merchants.
r.. D. Daffin, real estate dealer.
w. c. Afford, naval stores.
Fl. Folsom.
H. NJ Stephens.
j. G. Williams, merchant.
]. L. Kelly.
Geo Farley, merchant.
Asa Davis.
E. Bryan Erwin, cashier Citizens
State Bank
J. D. Smith, President Citizens
State Bank.
o. C. Moore, publisher The Times
Courier.
Milton Pledger, deputy clerk circuit
court.
W. B. Folsom, Times-Courier.
John M. Calhoun, attorney.
Robt- E. Steed, clerk.
w. H. Watson, attorney.
]. v. White.
H. A. Bowles, tax collector Jackson
county.
w A. McRae, clerk circuit court.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

The indications are that the Escam-
bia county schools viii nave a larger
attendance than ever. this year. They
Will open for the fall term next
Wednesday
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

Notwithstanding the fact that Gov
ernor Conner has three years of his
present term yet to serve, the Ala
bama newspapers and politicians are
already specializing as to his success,
sor in office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

Several counties in Alabama are pre-
pairing to hold prohibition elections
ander the local option law of that
state. 1t appears that the people are
Eery much aroused in the interest or
temperance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

The Jacksonville Tfmes-Union warns
its readers TO be careful about their
laundry. II is limited that the pre-.
washerwoman is becoming the as
copied method of securing a bridal
autfit and the success of she plan has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

And now Missouri adds itself to the
steadily growing Southern prohibition
sentiment, forty-one of its counties
having voted themselves dry. You
can't even show them in Missouri
litter this.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-25

An Indiana newspaper declares that
nothing could induce ex-Goy. Taylor
TO leave Indiana, which causes the
Houston Post to remark that if In
diana should elect a democratic gov
ernor, Bill would doubtless become
one of the swiftest movers in the
country.