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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
CONSIDERS INFINITE GOOD
EXCLUDES REALITY OF EVIL

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2S.-[Edtor
Herald: Abuse of those who differ
with us is not going to enlighten any
one, or correct any misunderstanding.
Rather let us show wherein our own
action seems good to us. If the meth
DDS pursued by certain religionists in
conducting revivals are good no one
opposes them, because no one opposes
good.
The Bible says: 1.-THE servant of God
must not strive; but be gentle unto all
men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness
instructing those that oppose them
Selves
&C. F.'s" zeal exceeds his charity and
carries him beyond his depth. Endeav-
oring to explain the supposltitious asso-
citation of mind and matter, he asserts
that infinite, universal force acts by
means of matter; accordingly force is
dependent on matter for its operation,
therefore is neither universal nor infin-
lite. TO be infinite it must possess in
itself every faculty of operation and ex-
preston and independence.
Power best expresses omnipotence,
and the Bible says there Is no power
apart from God. Force implies the ex-
ercise of coercion, and this indicates
some lack inherent. The planets evolve
opposed to this law, hence coercion is
not needed.
According to &c. F." Oh. Serverenee
obeyed the mandate of what he terms
infinite force. Then why blame the in
dividual?
Our country is less imperfectly typi-
fed by Uncle Sam" than infnity is by
finite form. If God is a personality,
he is an infinite person, for the Bible
he is an infinite person, for the Bible say
says he is "all in ALL" He is spirit, there
fore infinite spirit Hence spirit as evil
has only a fabulous existence. Like
Santa Claus, it is a lie, and lie can
only have the semblance of truth as
long as it is believed, and TIE more we
| know of God the less we know of evil.
Natural science, which is supposed to
take no cognizance of spiritual truth,
is beginning to demonstrate the nom
essentially of matter, in the elimination
of wires in telegraphy; in certain of it's
phases under the X-ray. Further ex-
perimentation will result in further
elimination, and more rapid progress
will be made toward the recognition of
the omnipresence of mind, and termin-
ate in the destruction of belief in mat
ter's substantially r. N.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
SAYS "VoLUNTARIEs" HIDE
THEIR LIGHT UNDER 5UsHEL

POMONA, Nov. 2S.-[Editor Herald:
The ''Voluntaries'' are very fond OF
prophetizing. They can just tell what
the Socialists will do as soon as they
get in power! We have &c. c. H." now
at the front with the same old charge,
viz, shooting and killing to keep the
minority in submission. He also has
the secrets of voluntary cooperation
and keeps it to himself. He cries be-
cause Socialists choose to Ignore his
secrets. They can't help ignoring what
can't be seen, as the "Voluntaries"
have not shone yet, but keep under the
bushel. They tell about books, but not
where to get them.
&c. @. H" says that voluntary CO.
operation could be put into practice
at once without majority to enforce
it on an unwilling minority. But how?
He has given no clew Of how the wage
slave shall attain cooperation. We
know how those in the trusts got their
corporations, but how about the poor?
It surely will be hard on the poor
wage slave when the Socialists will
take a gun and force him to accept full
pay for service instead OF as now, only
one-ffthl CHAS. y. WHITE.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
Gutter Press Is Responsible
For Crime OF Assassination

escape the consequences of its acts.
There were those who considered it far
fetched to hold Hearst and his cartoons
responsible for the death of Mckinley.
Now that like series of cartoons have
driven another added brain to muir
derous attack on another public SER
want, perhaps the conclusion will not
seem so strange.
The gutter press, from the Examiner
down, which has poisoned the minds OF
so many better men, worked only its
natural result when it put murder into
the heart of a bad man with a fancied
grievance, who had already been hired
to commit lesser crimes.
If anything can stir the conscience
of san Francisco this should. Francis
j. Heney has risked, and per-
haps sacrificed, his life for the people
of California and he has been repaid
chiefly with contumely and ridicuie.
He is a great, lovable. heroic. unseJfsh
soul, whom the state ana the natlon
have not honored half enough. May
his life be spared to finish his work
and come to his just reward.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
GREAT NOVELIST

NITIzENS who have been following
the tortuous course of the graft
~ inquiries and prosecutions in San
Francisco are not surprised that Alex
ander S. Latham. more or less i'm
portant witness, has confessed he COM
mitted perjury when he said he accom-
panied Ruef from the Oak street car
barn, where the Doodle was handed
over in a shirt box. to the Western
National bank. This, according to
Latham, was false. We do not know
when Latham found it convenient to
remember he had lied about the doings
of Ruef. The comment that suggests
itself to anyone who gives the matter
thought is, that fellow Of Lathans
fertility of circumstantial and plausible
invention should put himself in COM
nunication with publisher of the best
selling fiction. There are those who
suspect that If any lying has been done
it consists in the belated reputation
and denial of the first statement OF
this witness.
It is little less than miraculous that
a man of the inferior mental callber
OF Latham should have had such a
divine af1atus of invention as the in
spiratfon which moved him to relate
concerning an important part of the
Ruef history a narrative so plausible
and SO perfect In the unities of time,
place, circumstance and action that 1t
would have fooled King Solomon the
Wise.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
DECLARES SYSTEM oPPREssEs
ALIKE WOMEN AND CHILDREN

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.-lEdltor
Herald: [ would like to ask c. +.
since when did the church cease 10
NEEDLE in affairs of state? II TINS is
an honest conclusion on his part, ne IS
certainly not well informed; anu II ne
is open to conviction 1 will be pleaseo
to furnish him with ample PROOF 10
The contrary. If [ mistake not, this
writer some time ago denounced the
acknowledgment of woman, ana from
NV viewpoint did not reach q logical
conclusion any more then than now.
IL he is looking for proof ana VIII m
uuire in a receptive MOOD, ne must I
certainly see the defenseless posltlon ne
occupies. I would ask him why IL Is
that the capitalist press and the church
dignitaries stand as one against the
franchise for women. President Roose-
welt is reported to have said he would
not present to congress such a recon-
mendation though petitions with
million names were sent to MN.
We find with but few noble excep-
lions (until recently that the church
is a part of the system by winch the
masses are exploited.
Because st. Paul said women shoulo
not be heard in public, man ever since
has decreed she may do the drudgery'
but to have a voice in church or state
no. 1t would be unsafe. woman ike
the workingman, must 90 the WoIR
and take what the system sees fit to
offer. See the analogy? Charming Sew
erance, like most workingmen, is justly
suspicious of all the component parts
of the system. / am not chipping IN
to helm Mr. Severance, for 1 believe no
is able to defend his position. The idea
Of a personal God or devil is only, a
crude ancient form to designate the
positive and negative of life, because
OF Ignorance of a better form of ex-
preston; and today is not accepted by
--'o7' go L. ]. POLLARD.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
BEFORE THE RAIN

Clouds are dusky gray and STILL
Natures waiting for the rain;
Birds have ceased their song until
They can feel the sun again.
Trees are waiting, patient too,
flushed and silent as they stand
Till the breeze comes sailing through
Fresh ming all the weary land.
Waters ripping like a song
Where the willows bend above
Gently coaxing 1t along
with tender mother-love.
The long grasses Tilt and sway
To the music's mystic flow
In a dance OF elish play
Mlrrored in the stream below.
Sentinel poplars, straight and tall
Upward turn their shining leaves
And the tree-toads serape and call
In a tune that oddly gFieves
There's a brooding tenderness
That's 30 sweet it starts a pain
Yearning through and through your breaa
Then--here comes the driving rain.
Grace O. BostwicS in EverybodyA
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
DEVILISH INVENTION

A SSASSINATION win be greatly as
~ sisted by the latest invention of
II that enemy of mankind, Hudson
Maxim From a technical magazine we
take the following description of his
most fiendish contribution to the cow
ardly art and despicable science of tax
ing away the life which God gave to
humanity:
'The test demonstrated that the re-
port of service army rifle was so
reduced by the Maxim device as to be
inaudible at a distance of $50 feet from
the person firing. The invention
appears to be entirely practicable, and
it is thought it will work revolution
in warfare. A dangerous fea-
ture of the new weapon is that it
lends itself ADMIRABLY (sic) to the
cowardly assassin. With noiseless
gun it will be possible to shoot down a
man in the street without alarming the
police"
The naivette with which the technical
publicantion acknowledges the exist
ence of dangerous feature which is
also admirable" is almost humorous;
but the S, nject is too serious for smiles.
Here is a despicable creature who, for
the sake of the money he will make
from his devilish ingenuity, invents a
gun which will make assassination
easyI And there are some fools who
are so lost to a sense of propriety that
they are applauding the most wretch
eddy disgusting and depraved human
idea which was ever put into concrete
marketable form and called an "inven-
tion."
Away with such inventionsl
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
IF EVER a man faced death for thu
L.. II

IF EVER a man faced death for the
public good, it is F. ]. Heney. For
Il two years he has stood daily and
hourly in the presence of death. Hired
thugs have haunted him; hired spies
have watched him; hired liars have
slandered him; and now hired muir
derer has shot him.
No soldier ever sacrificed himself
more bravely for the public good, and
no hero ever deserved better of the
public gratitude. A million prayers
should ascend for his early and COM
plete recovery, says the San Francisco
Call.
And there should be no hesitation in
fixing the responsibility definitely ana
positively where it belongs. A miser-
able crank fired the bullet, but the men
who hired that crank once, to perJure
his way to a seat on the former Ruet
Jury and who hired him with other
thugs, in this trial to stand around 20
overawe the forces of justice, cannot
escape responsibility If he exceeded the
letter of his instructions in this crime.
Least of all can the slanderous press
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

French cruiser is in San Pedro har-
Dor. It's officers and men are delighted
with the seaport of Los Angeles, and
believe this city is fortunate in having
within easy access such a magnificent
shelter for shipping. Los Angeles is
indeed fortunate in this respect, and in
all others. In days to come visiting
French cruisers won't find as much
room within Angels gate as the Catinat
found "this trip" There will be other
ships of all nations at mornings or at
anchor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

Emperor William is recovering his
health. If he wishes to keep well, he
should not give those feverish, strenu-
Gus, enthusiastic interviews which need
so much denying after they have done
their deadly work. In our opinion the
kaiser's malady this time might have
been called "interviewltis."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

President-elect Taft is interested in
the work of the national conservation
commission. He realizes one of the big
gest problems which ever confronted a
nation must be solved by America, but
the problem big enough to battle Uncle
Sam has not yet been invented.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-"Th Great Divide"
BELASCO-"The Light Eternal"
MAJES--C-"Just Out of College.
BURBANK-"The Halfbreed."
tIASON-"The Clansman."
GRAND-"The Idols Eye"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOS ANGELES-Vaudevl
PEOPLE's-"Tbe Flaming Arrow"
FIsCHER'S-"An Unwelcome Guest"
EMPIRE-Vaudevill
TNI0UE-"A Scotch Highball."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
Far and Wide
Good Idea

Hereafter bankers viii be bankers,
pure and simple, not would-be ma
poleons of finance" So the law has al
ways contemplated; so a public opin-
ion, no longer blinded by the glare of
quick success and meretricious method,
will insist; so the federal courts have
decreed by successful criminal prose-
cution; so this state has ordered by
statutes which make further chain
banking inpossible.-New York Mail.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
Strain on Cellars

While former Candidate Chain is
engaged in his joyful task of cleaning
out the White House cellar. 1t might
be we'll for him to inspect the founda-
tons and see If they are strong enough
to bear the added strain that will come
upon them after March 4.-Springfiel6
Union.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

The Kangaroos have won the interna-
tional lawn tennis cup, defeating an
American team. The Kangaroos live
under the southern cross. They are
sometimes called australians" but
"Kangaroos" sounds more friendly. We
presume it win soon be shortened to
1.-THE hangs"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

Bids for a large amount of Los An
geles aqueduct work will be opened to-
day by the board Of public works The
progress of aqueduct construction is
commendable, apd Los Angeles has
every reason to be satisfied with the
precautions which were taken to assure
efficiency.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

Cuba will celebrate its approaching
evacuation by the American troops by
borrowing $SO,OOO,OOO. The nerve and
the ability to borrow money on large
scale complete the proof that Cuba is
entitled to independent existence. An
old est blished nation could not be
more business-lilke.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

superintendent Lewis of the Califor-
MIA Children's Home society, who is in
Los Angeles, will plan to perfect dis
trict organization and otherwise i'm
prove the work of the society, which is
one Of the most useful in the state.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
The State Press
Natural Wonder

The war of the west for insurance
funds grows daily. A large proportion
of the Insurance premiums paid by the
west goes into the treasury of eastern
companies, and the west is beginning
to wonder why it is necessary.-San
Diego Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
Useful Study

It would be very instructive to the average
person in this valley to review at this time
the early history Of the United States and
especially that portion OF the history follow
ing the revolutionary war.-Imperial Standard.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
seeinq's Believing


Yes, perhaps we would be able to
properly describe those new gold coins
if we were ever permitted to have a
glimpse of them.-Salt Lake Tribune.
A Big Gun
The Danville Cannon frowns proudly
over the breastworls while the coat
tails of the retreating foe flutter on
the distant horizon.-New York Mail.
81
Forlorn Hope
1t is possible, of course, that Mr.,
Hearst will yet demand a recount
Omaha Bee.
s.
Hoggery
The more of hog man is the more
likely he is to squeal when "stuck. -
Kansas City Times.
s.
CommiseratIon
Condolences to the Grand United Or
der of Also Rans!-Baltimore Sun.
Oh, George HarVeyl
When Eve had so rashly succumbed to the
wiles
OF the serpent, she pouted and grieved;
But when she appeared in the newest fall
There's no doubt she felt slightly re-leaved.
-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
Joe's Veraclty

The Republicans in the house will
now show whether Joe Cannon was
telling the truth when he said that he
was no worse than his party.-Florida
Times Union.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
sky Hlah

1t would be interesting to inquire of
those aeronauts who assembled several
thousand feet if they came within sight
OF the price of eggs.-Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30

The festive season may be said to
have been fairly begun. Don't forget
The Herald's Christmas tree.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
California Cahlnet

Mr.. Taft who knows the Pacific states much
better than Mr.. Roosevelt, viii easily find
abundance of cabinet timber. Riverside Enter
prise.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
The Public Letter Box

TN publication accompanied
for
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-30
CommiseratIon
oh, George HarveyI

Condolences to the Grand United o
der of Also Rans!-Baltimore Sun.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-22
Of. SNYDER MHNTIoNED.
Great Many People Want Him to BE-
come President OF Carolina.

S~partanburg. April, 20, Special, DR..
Henry N. Snyder, president of Wofford
College, is being thought of as presi-
dent of South Carolina University to
succeed Maj. Benjamen Sloan, resigned
The trustees of the university will meet
next week, when the nomination com
mittee will make a report.
1t can not be stated at this time
whether DR.. Snyder would accept the
presidency Of South Carolina Universe
ty or not. He has not expressed him
self on the subject and will not do SO
unless the presidency of the university
is rendered him in a formal manner
DIR. Snyder is one of the best known
educators in the South. He has been
identified with Wofford College for
many years both as a member of the
faculty and as president. He is a high
toned Christian gentleman, and he
Yields a powerful influence for good
among the students of Woford College.
~Greenville News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-22
prof. z. A. Dobson Reelected.

The Board of Trustees of the Lau-
rens Graded schools met Monday after
noon and reelected Prof. r. A. Dobson
superintendent. Mr.. Dobson has been
in Laurens for two years and is firmly
established in the confidence and re-
spect of the school patrons and citizens
here. His work as a teacher is of the
best, his manner of discipline is strong
and unwavering, and his character as a
citizen is of the highest rank. The
trustees expressed their qualification at
the success OF the schools under Mr..
Dobson's administration and compli-
mented him on the work accomplished.
Mr.. Dobson is a graduate of Furmar
university and is ranked among the
best school superintendent in the State.
At the Board meeting Monday Mr.. S.
M. Wilkes was elected a member to fill
the vacancy of Col. j. w. Ferguson,
resigned. Mr.. C.. c.. Featherstone was
elected chairman of the Board, which
position was formerly filled by Col.
Ferguson.
The teachers of the city schools will
be elected at a later meeting.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-22
D~IspnNsARy EARNINGS.
Figures SHOW that the County GrOg Shops
Are Getting OF In Spite of Panic.

Columbia, April 90 (SpeciaD- Dur
ing the quarter ending March 3lst, the
county dispensaries sold $97o, 984. OF
worth of whiskey in "a counties, of
which one has since gone dry. On this
business an average profit of 80 per
cent. was made; the total profit being
1888, GALS This is at the rate of over
one million dollars a year profit.
According to the statement recently
prepared by Comptroller General Jones
the State dispensary during it's 10 years
of business paid into the State treasury
for all purposes, the sum of 81, SIS, LOT. 81
The proportion of profit paid to the
counties and towns varied at different
times, but the total profit of the State
dispensary business, even when there
were dispensaries in al counties, did
not reach one million dollars per year
or IL million dollars in the 13 years that
it was in operation.
According to the report made by Dis
pensary Auditor West to Gov. Ansel
at the close of the fiscal year the total
amount of sales by the county dispen-
saries during the nine and a fraction
months they were operated in 1907 was
{, 1851, 663. 43 on which the net profit de-
clared was 1896, 956. 81. The business
for a full year, or IL months, runs cas-
lily in excess of three million dollars,
which was high water mark for the
State dispensary, while the profit of
the county ~dispensary system for IL
months runs in excess Of one million
dollars, which the State d~ispensary
never did attain, though it's founder
predicted it would. Though there are
now d~ispensaries in only "a counties,
the profit from the county 'dispensary
system Is so much greater than from
the State ~dispensary, and it is all dis
tributed between the county and towns
that as a revenue producer the county
~dispensary is going to prove more pop
ular than the old system, and for that
reason if for no other it is more diff
cult to vote it out than it was to close
the county dispensaries under the So
called Brice act under the State dispen-
sary regime, when prejudice and antag-
onism to the State dispensary had some
thing to do with the large prohibition
vote cast in several of the counties of
the State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-22
Easter Services.

Easter was an ideal fine spring day.
AT the different churches appropriate
services, embracing elaborate and fit
ting musical programmes, were held
Sunday morning with very large con-
grations in attendance. At both the
First Methodist and First Presbyterian
churches the services were conducted
by their respective pastors, Rev. John
ID. Crout and Rev. Chas. F. Rankin.
Owing to the bereavement IN the fam
lily of Rev. William E. Thayer, pastor
of the First Baptist church, his pulpit
was occupied by Rev. O. o. Fletcher of
Furman university. There was no SER
vice at the Episcopal church, the rector,
Rev. Edward Calender, being in New
berry.