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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
Health and Refreshment in
PuritaS Distilled
Water
Puritas Is Pure and Sparkling,
Refreshing to the Palate and a
Natural Solvent and Cleanser

Puritas Distilled Water is sparkling
and refreshing, as we'll as pure,
wholesome drinking water.
Many people object to distilled wa
ter. They say it is insipid and fiat"
to the taste This is not true Of
Puritas, for the reason that Puritas
Distilled Water is thoroughly ozonated
If you could visit our plant we could
show you just how this process is
carried out. We invite you to do so.
You will find it very interesting.
The air from which the ozone is Sc
cured is purified three times before
being utilized Then an electric ma
chine passes a current through this
purified air, turning the oxygen in it
into ozone We force this pure ozone
into the distilled water giving it as
much as 1t will take up.
The result is sparkling and refresh
ing water-as pleasant to drink as it
is wholesome and healthful.
The water itself is twice distilled
and thus is absolutely pure. And the
ozone forced into it is pure, as no bac-
terial life can exist in ozone.
Puritas Distilled Water is very care
fully bottled-so carefully that it
reaches you pure and will remain pure,
if the demijohn is carefully corked
when not in use, until the last glassful
Of Puritas has been consumed.
Have a supply of pure water con-
stantly on hand. Puritas is the only
reliably pure water obtainable here
abouts. 1t is inexpensive-five gallons
cost but 40c.
Just telephone us, Exchange 6, either
telephone, and we will see that you are
supplied promptly. Los Angeles Ice &
Cold Storage Co.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
PROBES CHARGES
MADE BY MUSHET
GRAND Jury PLUNGES INTO
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Auditor Mushet Obtains Elsewhere
Information Officially Refused and
Passes Scathing Criticism on
Expenditure of Funds

A temporary lull in the investigation
into the charges of protected wee lil
Los Angeles occurred yesterday at tue
halliday session Of the grand jury, that
body turning its attention TO a new IN
CURRY in connection with the charges
of W. c. Mushet, city audltor' WHO
told the city council several montHS
ago that the educational body was eX-
travagant. -
When the grand jury met at IL
o'clock the entire membership or the
city board was waiting to be called INTO
the secret chamber.
I'VE have requested this inVestlga-
ton" said Joseph Scott preslaeht OF
the board, 'and are ready TO assist III
the inquiry l understand represent
alive of the grand jury has Already
gone over the books
DR.. E. C. Moore, superintendent was
the first person called. When he en-
tered the room H. w. Frank chairman
of the finance committee, was asked TO
await a call, and the other members OF
the board were excused. Or. moore
was before the jury about half an hour'
and the rest of the time until the noon
adjournment was taken UP with an eA-
animation of Mr.. Frank.
The grand jury adjourned at noon
until Friday Hartley Shaw, CHER Dep
uty district attorney, was in charge OIL
the investigation yesterday.
Mushet Again Attacks Board
In a lengthy report to the city council
yesterday City Auditor Mushet AGAIN
criticised the bookkeeping methods CT
the board of education.
In his report he says that although
he was forbidden to see the books OF
the board of education, he found an
other way, viz: by examining the books
of the county superintendent OF schoois
and the county auditor. All recelpts
and expenditures not on the city
books are on those of one or the other
of these county officials, ana, MT.
Mushet says provided a good Dut
roundabout method of checking up.
He especially scores the school board
for diverting money from one fund
where it properly belongs to another
where 1t has no business to be, in the
strict auditing sense.
His report is addressed to the tax
payers of the city as we'll as TO the
council, and he specially scores the use
of the money voted for building new
schools and charging others. This
fund amounted to $250,0OO.
of this amount Mr.. Mushet finds that
the school department has spent $6O'-
614.55, So, POS. As of which was for FUR
niture and fixtures, insurance and sup
plies. Only $S409.10 was spent for the
purpose for which the money was
voted.
He declares the bookkeeper of the
school department protested against
charging the items of expense to the
special fund for building schoolhouses'
as there was money provided for the
expenses, but that he was compelled
IN do it
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
TORREY SCORES
OCCULT CREEDS
WOULD LIKE BONFIRE TO BURN
ALL "ISMS"
Declares Belief in Future Torment
and Says All Who Are Not Con-
verted Will Experience Eter-
nal Punishment

He'll What Sort of Place 1t Is,
and Who's Going There is the topic
DIR. Torrey presented last night, and
despite the prayer meeting services at
all the churches, the usual large crowd
visited the tabernacle.
DR.. Torrey spoke of the various
'isms" and the occults and said he
wished there could be a great bonfire
here in Los Angeles and burn up all
their trash
He selected his text from Luke 1924,
and said in part:
Hell is a place of bodily suffering,
| tormenting memory, remorse and de-
sire. You don't carry much Of this
worlds goods with you, but you carry
ali your appetites.
IF a few of you men and women
should get into heaven it would be hell
for you. There would be nothing there
you care for. Some of you would want
to flee from heaven into hell to get
away from God. You men in sin, you
women in frivolity and fashion-it
would be a hell for you in heaven.
who Is going to hell? All the peo-
pie who reject Jesus Christ. Jesus
says: L am the door; by me if any en-
ter he shall be saved. Jesus is the
door away from hell. To take Jesus
Christ is to show common sense, to
reject him is Neutrality-suspicious.
Speaks of Holy Spirit
1.-THE Holy Spirit" was the topic of
DIR. Torrey yesterday afternoon. He
said in part:
when the Holy Spirit is working it
makes not much difference who is
preaching.
1.-The personality of the Holy Spirit
is plain to me. You may be surprised
at this, but it is the highest impor-
~ IL a-TA
"How many in this large congrega-
tion really worship the Holy Spirit
while singing? It is done theoretically
with no real meaning to it.
THE Holy Spirit knows, feels and
Yields. 1t knows whereof it speaks,
feels in strength and glory and Yields
in the great power of God who gives it.
Did Not Want to Preach
"I did not want to preach at first,
but I had to. / was as timid as a
child in reciting his piece in school. 1
learned my sermons by heart but when
came to preach them, much that
had memorized failed to be spoken.
But when the Holy Spirit settled on
me my timidity disappeared and when
/ started to preach ] felt like jumping
up and shouting hallelujah, but 1 did
not, as 1 never believed in those
things"
The MONDAY business mems meet
ings will be held next week, with the
exception of Monday and Thursday.
Thanksgiving day there will be a union
service of all the Protestant evangelical
churches in the tabernacle at 1920
o'clock, addressed by DR.. Torrey.
There will be the usual afternoon and
evening services that day. The fol-
lowing Friday there will be a special
service at o'clock p. m. for children
between the ages of and q years.
DR. Torrey said last night two or
three women would not be admitted
with one child, but two or three chill
dren with one woman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
GERMAN WARSHIP SENT TO
STOP REVOLT IN CAR0LINES
Natives Of Ponape Declared to Be
Warning Among Themselves.
Many Massacred in
Santos

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. 1S.-News of
a revolt in the Carolines followed by
the dispatch of a German warship from
the China station was brought by the
steamship Moana which arrived this
morning from Australia. The natives
at Ponape were at war among them
selves, hostilities being confined to the
different tribes of natives.
German troops were sent from Mer-
bertshohe to protect the European
residents who had not been interfered
with when the last advices reached
Sydney. An appeal was sent to the
German naval station at Kiao Chau
for three warships,
News also was received of massacre
in the Rock islands belonging to New
Pommern, where for some unexplained
reasons the natives killed thirty or
their women.
1t was the intention of the German
government to send punitive expedi-
ton there as soon as the revolt in the
Carolines was quelled,
News also was brought by the Moana
of a massacre at Santos. in the New
Hebrides, where Peter c. Cried 81
years of age, and his two daughters,
Ada and Elizabeth, We're murdered by
a mob of natives.
Santos had been regarded as a Chris
tan center and settlers were thought
safe. The massacre took place within
a short distance of the mission station,
to which the surviving member of the
family-a boy IA years old-made his
escape.
II. M. S. Prometheus has been sent
to the scene.
News of the tribal wars, in which
thirty of the natives were killed, was
brought by the Moana from Sydney.
The Sisiami natives surprised viii
lage of the Manu- tribe and massacred
thirty of them.
The government force sent to the
scene attacked the Sisiami people, who
retreated into bushes after a short,
sharp fight in which six of the natives
were shot
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
FOUND GUILTY OF FENCING
10000 ACRES U. S. LAND
Former Bank President, Well Known
in Fresno, Accused Also of Many
Frauds Committed Five
Years Ago

FRESNO, Nov. 1S.-S. c. Lillis, for
1ner president of the Lemoore bank and
a wealthy stockman, this morning was
found guilty by jury in the federal
court Of maintaining fence in which
were enclosed 10000 acres of govern
ment land in this county of which at
least $4,000 acres were vacant.
The case lasted a week and was hot
lv contested, the defendant being rep
resented by Attorneys Welsh, Miller
and Sutherland, and the government
by United States District Attorney
LAWYER.
The trial was especially interesting
because of the fact that Attorney Law
Ter sprang a sensation when he intro
duced evidence to prove that Lillis had
nerpetrated wholesale frauds five years
ago by employing fifty men to make
bogus land entries so that Lillis could
acquire control over a vast acreage.
II was testified Lillis had sought to
keen persons from entering upon the
government lands enclosed by his
fence.
The punishment is year in jail and
fine of $1,000 Lillis' attorneys an
nounced they would ask for new
trial. Both the federal and district
courts adjourned today
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
Impersonator Sentenced

KANSAS CITY, Nov 1S.-Harry S
Reardon. alias Arthur Spencer, con-
victed here yesterday of impersonating
a government interpreter, was sentenced
to serve eighteen months in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas
Reardon, who speaks the Chinese Ian
guage, is said to have obtained money
from Cinnamon under threats to have
them deported. He has served terms
for similar offenses in San Quentin and
Folsom, Cal: McNeal Island, Wash
and in the east
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. 1S-News was
brought of the loss with all on board of
the British bark Loeb Lomond off the
Chatham islands, where wreckage and
lifebuoys belonging to the vessel were
found. No trace was found of her
crew. The Chinese junk Whang Ho,
which is on the overdue list quoted at
% per cent, was at Thursday island
when the Moana sailed. having been
picked up by the customs cutter. She
was supposed to have sailed from
Papeete around Cape Horn.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
orders Verdict Of Not Guilty

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-Circuit Judge
a verdict of not guilty in the case of
David E. Harley, an agent for the
Florida East Coast railroad, and three
employment agents of this city, who
We're accused of conspiracy to hold
workmen in peonage and slavery while
the men were building that road. The
iurv returned the verdict as ordered.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19

Arrow brand collars, also E. & w. 500 r
dozen. One price, each, odds and ends.
81 Black Sateen Shirts. full length 2QC
and all sizes ...........-.'...'' 49,"
5000 dozen 35c Silk Bow Ties and String Dr.
Ties. Storage price. ........,.....'...'''A ~
Dr. wright's Health Underwear. Reg 05C
ular So. Our special price ..........''/OS
Three cases of Nightgowns, any kind you
want, linen or fannelette 81 and $3.50 4QC
values Storage price ..............''
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
LOTS KINDLY CALL AND INSPECT OUR STOCK

Pure Leather Suit Cases, Wind-Up Prices
All 24-nch travelling $3.50 values OSC
Japanese for ladies'; light Ct AZ
regular $3.50 value. Our price. VAsfO
you $3.50 $40 cowhde suit with %2 AE
shirt fold Wrecked price. VO'1O
of cowhide with large extension and
double shirt fold through through O5
o SIS values Wrecked price. PT'Io
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
ON FURNISHINGS

Rubber Collars, any style and all sizes, Dc
Csc values. go doz. Storage price. ....T ~
Ladies' Hose, fast colors, Csc and SOC 7c
values. Storage price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
One case of $50 dozen pure silk President
Suspenders; not one pair in the lot 9Sr
worth less than 81. Storage price. .O"S
Tables full of Csc Boys Hose; regular SC
25c value; one price to everybody. .....O~
1000 pairs Baby Shoes, sizes 2 and g. 1OC
soc and 75c values. Storage price. ... ~
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
Great Wnd-Up Final Prices Mems Clothing Which Don't Pay Cost

S7.45-You can buy any suit IN the mousse
which sold for 500; all styles and sizes.
These suits bear the union label; come also
in stouts and Sims. Wrecked 81 Is
S9.65-We have on hand 300 brown suits in
perfect condition, with cuff sleeves and cuff
bottom pants. These suits are hand-fnished
worsteds and are well worth $3.50 so hS
and $25 Wrecked price .......... %/'VO
81 15-Take notice! We have on hand three
cases Of mems suits which are off color, and
odds and ends, which we will sell 81 Is
at a suit OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19

Heavy Canvas Gloves, about eight cases Sc
in all. Storage price. ..'''''''''''''
500 dozen broken lines of silk soc and (lC
75c Nec6ties Storage price. .......... w
Firemen's Black Caps. case after case Rc
all Csc value; fine silk. Storage price. ~
1000 dozen black and brown Hose 1or SC
men; 15c values. Big special storage. ~
One smashed case of 15c red and blue Dc
Bandana Handkerchiefs ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19

$895-Why, think Of SO to $3.50 suits!
There are some in this lot that are 7 or
worth SIS. Our price, all sizes. VO'|"
s565-Two cases of black worsted suits and
about rs blue serge suits; single and double
breasted. No store can sell the same for less
than SIS to $3.50. Our big special SS AZ
wrecked price OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES O'VO
$695-This big sale offers while they last
21O suits that are $35 to $40 values, but only
"a and 80 sizes in this lot. Ga Ok
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-29

! enacted laws seeking to accomplish
the prevention Of all intermediate
trading, and since the Southern
/ States are chiefly devoted to agri-
culture, it would not be surprising
if all the States in this section
should prohibit all trading in farm
products by any intermediate par
ties or processes.
In the Northern States, where
the chief supplies of grain and
breadstuffs are grown, there is and
will be no check on speculative
trading, for the reason partly be-
cause the producers realize that
they have better chances Of profit
/ in an active market, no matter who
does the buying and selling, than
they could possibly expect in a dull
one. In this connection an inter
esting and instructive incident is at
this moment prominently on exhi-
bition.
This is a big speculative move
ment in corn, now in progress in
the Chicago Produce Exchange.
A Spectator in Chicago named
James A. Patton began laying plans
for a corner in corn in April, 1907
thirteen months ago. He began to
buy corn for delivery in May, 1908.
When he began his buying in May
corn the price was down to As sc
a bushel. On Monday, May 70, it
reached 76c a bushel. Without
doubt, the price of corn in the
hands of the farmers is sharing in
this rise just as much as does that
which is held by spectators, and
if there had been no speculative
movement, but, on the contrary,
the corn farmers had waited for the
ordinary legitimate demand from
home or foreign millers, there is an
entire probability that corn would
not have gone above fifty cents a
bushel. But speculation has put it
up, and all who have corn get the
benefit of the big price.
But how about the consumers?
Millions of people in this country
eat corn in the ear and in bread
and hominy. They will have to
pay higher for these necessaries,
and such rise in the price Of corn
cannot be sustained long without
raising the prices of wheat. But
bread is scarcely more necessary
than clothes, and any considerable
rise in the price of cotton would
cause millions of people to realize
the increased cost of clothing.
The wearers of shirts all over the
world may congratulate themselves
that the abolition by law of the
Southern cotton exchanges, and
prohibition of intermediate dealing
in cotton will not have the effect to
make shirts scarcer. The welfare of
the many millions of the eaters of
bread and of the wearers Of shirts
demands some attention at the
hands of the lawmakers, and this
fact should not be lost sight Of, no
matter what is to be done with the
cotton spectators.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-29
The Pensacola Extension.

The extension of the Aberdeen &
Tombigbee Valley railway from Pick
ensville to Pensacola is understood to
be the definite programme of its pro-
jectors, as soon as the line from Ok
olona to Pickensville is completed.
In truth, the listing of rights of way,
surveys, and securing such aid in the
way of donations as have been obtain
ed for that portion of the line already
under contract, will have progressed
to such an extent that construction
work will simply be transferred from
one to the other. There appears to
be little difficulty in financing the
measure for the full extension and it
will be accomplished with as little
delay as the prosecution of such a
mammoth enterprise will admit of.
The Republican leaders Of the
House and Senate have gotten to-
gether and patched up a currency
bill, of portions of the Aldrich and
Vreeland measures recently defeated.
that is thought will be acceptable,
and viii probably pass it before ad-
journment of Congress. 1t passed
the House Wednesday.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-29
Sunday School Conference.

The Sunday School Conference
for Aberdeen District Methodist
church, will be held at Houlka
Chickasaw county, June ,, when
the following program viii be rem
dered
The Scope of the School,, H.
Strain.
The School of Former and Later
Years-Ashley Lewis.
Should Church Houses be Built
with am Eye to Sunday School
Work?-W A. Boon.
The Superintendent and his Staff
What Officers are Needed. Work
of each officer, Good and Bad.
H Ledgard.
Missions in the school-P, W.
Shell
Aids, Maps, Blackboards, Etc,
and How to Use them-F. !. Me
Donnell, J. A. Lowe.
The Adult Bible Glass. The Bar
acca Class-R. A Weaver.
How to Get Teachers. The Sup
ply Glass. The Normal Glass. The
Bible Study Course. H. Ramsey.
Primary Class. NJ May.
What may be Learned from the
Sunday School.-GeOrge Paine,
Thomas Hamilton.
j II MITCHELL. 2 Z.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-29
Speculation in Cotton and Corn.
New Orleans Picayune.l

New Orleans Picayune}
In the speculative trading which
/ is so much denounced by the pro-
ducers Of the principal agricultural
staples Of our country there are two
sorts Of buying and selling that
make up the entire business.
+ One of these is buying for future
delivery 1t often happens that a
+ consumer does not wish to buy up a
stock of material at the present mo-
ment, possibly because he has not
got the money to pay cash down,
or possibly he believes that he can
buy on better terms or at lower
( prices than he could some months
later, and so he finds sellers who
are willing to contract to make de
liveries weeks or months hence at
today prices.
On the other side a seller may
believe that prices are going to be
lower than at present, and he sells
short that is to say. he con-
tracts to deliver commodities which
he does not possess, but which he
believes he will be able to buy at
cheaper rates than those that rule
today, and he therefore takes ad-
vantage of the opportunity to make
sales at present prices Of goods to
be delivered at some later date, be-
cause he believes he can then buy
the products cheaper, and so make
- =
Thus it is that all speculation
there must be both buyers and sell
ers, and many of the sales are made
because there exists in the minds of
both buyers and sellers a belief that
they are going to make a profit on
future possibilities.
If they were only proposing to
buy for immediate use the pur-
chases would be limited to very
moderate quantities, but with the
time element introduced in connec-
ton with the hope and belief that
future profits are in reach on one
side, or that future loss will be
avoided on the other. extensive
buying and selling are carried on
when there is no immediate demand
for the goods, and thus an active
business Is realized when otherwise
there would be no movement in the
market
The bitter foes of all speculative
trading in agricultural commodities
are the producers themselves. They
claim that there ought to be no
buyers of cotton, for instance, ex-
cept the spinners, and there should
be no sellers except the producers.
The same notion is held as to wheat,
corn and other agricultural staples.
and therefore any person not a pro-
ducer found selling cotton and grain
Is committing a crime, and any per-
son not a cotton spinner or a miller
or grinder of grain found buying
such products is depriving the pro-
ducer of his Just rights to make all |
the profit his products viii bring
Therefore the proper way in which |
trade in such products should be /
carried on is that the producers
should be the only sellers, and the
spinners and millers should be the /
only buyers, and any other trading
in these commodities should be for
hidden by law under heavy penal
lies. Some Southern States have
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-05-29
The Precinct Elections.

The Democratic executive commit
tee last Saturday, fixed Saturday,
June 9Th for delegates to be elected
at each voting precinct in the county
10 attend the county convention a
week later, June Is. While the prin-
cipal part of the convention of the
18th is the selection of delegates to
the State convention, and conse-
quently devoid OF the interest that
would be impaired if candidates for
offices were involved, yet it is very
important that the precinct meetings
be well attended and full delegations
named. The sentiment in Mississip-
pi is well crystalized in favor of Mr..
Bryan for the Democratic nomina-
ton for president, and the ball for
hearty instructions for him should be
started rolling at every primary meet
ing and election in the State.