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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
CITY FATHERS DON 7OUPEES AND
BALD PATES ARE THINGS OF THE PAST

and hairless dome are getting to be a
tradition.
All blame or praise according to the
viewpoint is laid on Joseph Mesmer,
who became a toupee convert on his re-
cent tour of Europe. He started the
fashion by bringing back the real
Partisan hirsute article, Drawing rail-
1ery and even scorn. Happily for him
"joshing'' has ceased and the idea has
taken a firm hold.
Mesmer became accustomed to his
new headgcar after weeks of wear on
the continent, and when he reached
Los Angeles, disguised and younger
looking, he had acquired that air of
abandon which is the chief ambition
of all newly wigged. Only his friends
noted the change and In time they
frankly admitted a toupee was not
such a bad thing after ALL
Mayor Harper, however, needed all
his moral courage to wear the toupee,
which reached Los Angeles coinci-
IDENTIFY with Mesmer. There was 10
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harbor would be by dredging, which is
state work. He declared that what was
needed was a 'boosting committee"-one
willing to work He would assist in this
work. He mentioned the upper bay at
Newport as being in a certain peculiar
condition since the city of Newport
wished to incorporate a thin strip of land
all around the bay into its city limits
for what reason he could not make out.
But he declared 1t as his intention, If
given fair treatment by the city of New
port, to assist them in improving their
harbor
Capt. Amos A. Fries was represented by
his assistant, Mr.. Easton, who stated
during the course of his remarks that he
was the working, not the talking repre-
sentative of the government. The posi-
bilities of the harbor were all that could
be desired. he felt; while the water inside
could be deepened still more by little
dredging. The land alongshore could be
reclaimed and the water at the harbor's
mouth deepened by jotties.
Capt. Kelley of Newport told of the
practical side of harbor Improvement,
the present conditions of the harbor and
also spoke of the past history of New
port bay.
Toastmaster Lewis then thanked the
audience and the gathering adjourned,
the committee and Los Angeles delegates
returning to this city on the special cars
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LADIES'

and children's diseases care
fully diagnosed. slzillfully
treated and promptly cured
by the expert and reliable
specialist,
DIR. @. 8. MERRILL
FREE consultation. Rooms
s-4-s, 2Os5k South Broadway.
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FORMER POLICE SERGEANT
DIES AT FAMILY HOME

Edward E. Cox, formerly a sergeant
of the Los Angeles police force and a
pensioned officer, died yesterday at his
home, 14O4 South Vermont avenue. He
was 70 years of age at the time of his
death and was well known. He Is sur
vived by one son, Harvey Fl. Cox, of
this city.
The funeral viii be held Monday at 2
o'clock from the chapel of Orr g. Ed
words. Rev. Robert Mcintyre Will Of
ficiate. The interment will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
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broadsides that ready tongues could
fash
And lol Sedate, philosophical Nathan
Cole following the illustrious examples.
The mayors cabinet was not prepared
for the surprise last week when Cole,
too appeared sans badness and stray
gly sparse hair.
Surely the germ had taken hold in
the mayors family.
With three Democrats to start the
fashion all turn naturally to the city
council to keep the good work going.
The baldest of the city fathers is Pop"
Blanchard, Republican, and at this mo-
ment strong pressure is bearing on the
astute Ninth ward diplomat to come in
under the toupee.
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pEsPoNDENT coR6LER
TRIES TO END LIFE

Louis Berkowitz, Russian cobbler,
whose home and shop are at 922 Temple
street, was placed in the detention ward
at the receiving hospital last night for
safe keeping.
Berkowitz, who is said to be an excel
lent workman, made four attempts yes
terday to take his life by inhaling gas.
In each instance he was intercepted
The last time he was discovered by H.
Pruske, a neighbor, who found him with
the doors and windows of his shop closed
and the gas turned on full.
Berkowitz was dragged into the open
air and revived. 1t is said that he was
respondent because he was unable to earn
enough money to bring his wife and chill
dren from Russia where they now are.
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Joe Mesmer Leader in New Fashion,
with Mayor a Close Second.
"Pop" Blanchard Ex-
pected to Join

City hall officials are becoming
toupeed.
The toupee-or wig If you like Amer
icanisms better--now surmounts the
heads of Mayor A. C. Harper, Police
Commissioner Nathan Cole and Joseph
Mesmer, member of the mayors ad-
visory cabinet.
Councilman Blanchard of the Ninth
ward is the next candidate whose bald
ness puts him in the also" class. He
is reported to be the next convert.
The day of badness is past at the
city's big building. The shiny pate
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aid than San Pedro, where the water
frontage is largely owned by private con-
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Government viii Aid

frontage is largely owned by private con-
Germs.
Government VIII Aid
Nov, what do you expect of us? Mr..
Lewis told me you expected us to build
a port for you. That is not in the juris-
diction of the state of California-to
build jetties into the bay. That belongs
to the federal government. But If we
can aid in getting the government to
build them we are at your service If,
then, you want wharves we will build
them and also rails on which to bring
freight to them.
when the two oceans are welded
through the efforts of the government
then will the activities of the world cen
ter on this coast. This committee Is here
to ascertain what we can do 20 aid this
port in then acquiring its share of the
prosperity which will come to 1t. Your
wealth and prosperity comes from the
orange groves and wealth of the orange
country. That is the same wealth that
will build the twelve-story buildings in
Los Angeles which thus, although having
a nearer port than Newport will have to
participate in this project of yours"
The chairman then repeated the caution
he gave San Pedro, that there must be
no rivalry between the southern ports
but united action; that they must ask
for plenty of money to be spent not in
day but for years to come, the money
to be appropriated as the needs of the
various harbors required. He then con-
Guided:
1--WE expect to accomplish something
next year, at least to make a beginning
l again repeat my pleasant impressions
of this port and promise you that what
men can do we of the committee will do
to aid you"
Toastmaster Lewis then announced that
Senator Edward l. Wolf of the committee
had been compelled to return after reach
ing Balboa, but had left word with Sem
ator Anderson that he had been greatly
surprised at the extent Of the Newport
harbor and promised that anything he
could do in reason to aid in its devel-
opment he would do.
Eugene Rubino of Huntington Beach
next spoke, saying that he felt sure the
federal government would be willing to
assist in building UP this harbor of New
port. SO superior TO all others on the
southern coast.
James Irvine of Santa Ana. wNo also
owns a great deal of land around New
port declared the way Of improving the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
At the Pawnbroker,s BAN

Miss sparklestein-Dot yos a very striking
costume Afisder LoanitskL Vot character do
you representa-
Mr.. Loanitski-Dls suit vos little idea Of
my own. 1 representa- Ready Money.-Puck.
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lodging the charge that Mesmer him
self bought and brought the toupee for
his honor. The real art, however,
came in inducing the mayor to don the
wig.
The bunch which attends all commits
sion meetings in the mayors suite we'll
remember how the mayor for the first
time took his seat at the head of the
big black commissioners table look
ing as disinterested as a martyr on the
gibbet. Who could forget the ex-
change of surprised glances, the in
voluntary laugh, the look Of inquiring
wonderment and then the wit gurglins
from all corners?
But there was the toupee all right
and the mayor was prepared for all the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
WOIf Stake Items.

Wolf Stake, Aug. Especial: Rev.
A. p. Marett closed very successful
meeting here last Sunday, August Q.
twelve having Joined the church.
They were baptized at Flat Rock the
same day. There seemed to be a
great out-pouring of the spirit and
much needed good was done.
Miss Lena Peehuff, OF West Union,
spent last week with her cousin, Miss
Cora Browning.
Mrs. Emmett Deal. of Walhalla,
spent last Sunday with her father.
j. Fl. Hopkins, who has been quite
feeble this spring and summer. 1t
VIII be remembered that Mr.. Hon
kins was stricken with paralysis
about three months ago, but despite
his S6 years he is still able to walk
around, and we hope for his ulti-
mate recovery.
Mrs. II. r. Owens, Of the Ebenezer
section, and her niecee, Misses Lille
and Ines McAllister, o, Birmingham.
Ala, spent a few days at the home
of Mrs. Geo. M. White last week.
ri. E. Neal and family left Monday
morning for few days outing at
Table Rock, in Pickens county.
W. G. Owens is building a very
commodious dwelling for Alex. Lang
ford Y E
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
A. Ii. Gonzales Dead.

Columbia, August IA. B. Con
zales died this morning at 8 O'Clock
at the residence of his brother, w. e.
Gonzales, editor of the Columbia
State.
Mr. Gonzales had been in Ill health
for years, and for the last few
months his condition has been serI-
Gus, but his death was not expected
when 1t occurred, as he had been
feeling better for several days. He
was taken iii, however, this morning
about 8 o'clock and soon after be-
came unconscious. He did not re-
gain consciousness.
Mr.. Gonzales was native Of Col
Teton county and spent his life on
the family plantation in that county,
near Adams Run He was 48 years
old and had never married. He is
survived by his two brothers, A. e.
and w. e. Gonzales, of this city, and
one sister, Miss Harriet r. e. Con
zales. His father was the celebrated
Gen. Ambrosio Jose Gonzales, a ma
tive Of Montanzas, Cuba, who, with
Narcisco Lopez, began the struggle
for Cuban independence in 184S.
Gen. Gonzales was the first Cuban
wounded in the war of 1850 and was
exiled under sentence of death. In
1856 he married Miss Harriet Rut-
ledge Elliott, daughter of the Hon.
William Elliott, Of Beaufort. Gen.
Gonzales served in the Confederate
army on the staff of Gen. Beaure-
gard, for whom A. b. Gonzales was
named.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Diarrhoea Cured.

my father has for years been
troubled with diarrhoea, and tried
every means possible to effect cure,
without avail" writes John H. Zir-
kle, Of Philippi, w. Va. "He saw
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy advertised in the
Philippi Republican and decided to
try 1t. The result is one bottle cured
him and he has not suffered with the
disease for eighteen months. Before
taking this remedy he was a constant
sufferer. He is now sound and we'll,
and although sixty years old, can do
as much work as a young man" Sold
by J. w. Bell, Walhalla, and w. J.
Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Death of Mrs. T. f. Grant.

Departed this life on Sunday, July
26, 1908, at the residence of her ia
ther, James Bates, Mrs. Tecoa Fran
els Grant, wife of Samuel Grant, Jr.,
who resides In the Tokeena section
OF Oconee county. Mrs. Grant had
been unwell for some time and was
visiting at the home of her father
and mother near Mount Tabor
church. in Anderson county, with the
hope that d change would prove ben
eficial, but, on the contrary, she grew
suddenly worse the day preceding her
death, and Notwithstanding she had
the untiring ministrations of three
able physicians, and every attention
that parental love could suggest, she
passed away as above noted. She
leaves behind her two bright and in
teresting little boys, who are thus
deprived. early in life, OF the loving
care and ministratiol of a mother.
She was a consistent member Of the
Cross Roads Baptist church, having
been converted in early life and bap-
tiZed into the fellowship Of the Town
Vile Baptist church. She was buried
In the cemetery of the Baptist church
at Townville on Monday, July 81,
the, funeral services being conducted
by Rev. III. b. Fant. She possessed a
tender, kind and loving disposition
and was much beloved by large cir
Gle of relatives and friends. This
was manifested by the large con-
course that attended her funeral and
burial. We close this brief tribute
with the following lines of the poet,
which we deem peculiarly appropri-
ate:
"Sister, thou vast mild and lovely,
Gentle as the summer breeze,
Pleasant as the air of evening
When 1t floats among the trees.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber-
Peaceful In the grave so low;
Thou no more wilt join our number;
Thou no more our songs shalt
know.
"Yet again we hope to meet thee
When the day Of life is fled;
Then In heaven with joy to greet thee
Where no funeral tear Is she'd"
HI. B. f.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Items from Reeder's Ford.

Reeder's Ford, Aug. 3.--Special:
The health Of this community is very
good at this writing.
Mrs. Andrew Heron Is visiting her
father, Bud Moore.
Mrs. Clarence Owen left Saturday
morning for her mothers, near Dem
yer, s. G..
Miss Matte Marett and sister, Of
Columbia, are visiting at The home
OF their cousin, Mrs. Matte Allen.
The death Of Mrs. Fannie Grant
was quite q shock to the community
To theNbereaved husband and par
ents we extend our sympathy.
Eunice Moore has returned home
from Anderson, after spending seve-
raj days with her sisters, Mesdames
Grant and Heron.
Mrs. Handy Marett is very sick at
this writing, but we hope for her
speedy recovery. o. II.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
BIG RALLY AT PENDLEroN
On the f4th Of August---The g Red
Shirts y Once More.

The 14th of August will be q red
letter day for farmers and s.Red
Shirt Day" for all who wore a. red
shirt during the memorable HAMPTON
campaign OF 1875. .s.55, 50 4 ~,
All members OF the old Farmers
Society of Pendleton are requested to
be present at roll call OF the cath an
niyersary meeting, which will take
place In Farmers Hall, according to
constitution, promptly at 10 a. M,
Friday, August IA. At this meeting
there VIII be on hand limited num-
Der OF the new history of the society
for sale at 81 each. %, :
The distinguished gentlemen who
have been named to address the Far
mels' Society will commence speak
Ing at 1 a. m. and close at i D. Nm., !,
at which time one hour will be givon
for lunch.
Promptly at 2 p. m. the sound of
booming cannon and music by the
band will be the signal for forming
the Hampton Red Shirts" in line
for parade, and every man who wore
Hampton red shirt during the cam
paign OF 1875 from far or near, has q
cordial invitation to crawl into any
sort of red shirt and join in this,
the hrst reunion and parade OF the
VI Iue BTduu DE1SaQ0S OF
Hampton Red Shirts, who did such
noble work in wrestling our proud
State from under the heels Of her
enemies and delivering her over again
into the hands Of her own people in
1875, some 81 to 80 years ago.
Immediately after the parade of
the Red Shirt Brigade and donkey
artillery, around the public square,
the orators named by the Red Shirts,
or their alternates, will address the
people. So,
All candidates and their friends
Will be welcomed to this the cath
anniversary of the Pendleton Farm
ers' Society and reunion of the sur
vivors Of the RED Shirts,' and all
mothers, wives and daughters who
take pride in the deeds Of yalor Of
that loyal patriotic red army of 1876
are invited to come to the meeting
with well filled baskets, prepared to
entertain the comrades and friends
OF those they love.
The 14th of August will be
homecoming day, where old friends
and comrades OF years will meet in
Misunderstanding again and enjoy re-
newed inspirations of patriotic zeal
overflowing as In the days of their
youth.
- ANY other information will be
given by Mayor s. l.. Eskew or the
committee of arrangements, H. p.
Sitton, S. M. McCrary, J. A. Shank
lin, Fl. G. Summers, M. M. Hunter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved.

Edward e. Henry, with the United
States Express Co., Chicago, writes:
Our General Superintendent, Mr.
Quick, handed me bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy some time ago to
check an attack Of the old chronic
diarrhoea. l have used 1t since that
time and cured many on our trains
who have been sick. am an old
soldier who served with Rutherford
b. Hayes and William Mckinley four
years in the 23d Ohio Regiment, and
have no ailment except chronic diar-
rhoea, which this remedy stops at
once For sale by J. w. Bell, Wal
halla: w. J. Lnney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Why James Lee Got Well.

Everybody in GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
knows Mrs. Mary Lee, Rural Route 8.
She writes: "My husband, James
Lee, firmly believes he owes his life
to the use OF DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. His lungs were so severely af-
fected that consumption seemed in
evitable, when q friend recommended
New Discovery. We tried 1t and it's
use has restored him to perfect
health. DR.. Kings New Discovery
Is the king of throat and lung rene
dies. For coughs and colds 1t has
no equal. The first dose gives re-
lief. Try it. Sold under guarantee
by all druggists. SOC and 81. Trial
bottle free x
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Sales by the ld aster.

Last Monday, Augusl Sd, w. o.
White, Master, sold the following
tracts Of land at the Walhalla Court
House,:
62 acres, adjoining lands OF Henry
Sitton, Nathaniel Wilson and others;
sold to G. r. ID. Burns for 1926.
176 acres, adjoining lands Of VIM.
Barker, Mrs. Rebecca Smith and 9TH
ers; sold to ]. B. s. Dendy for 1915.
116 acres, adjoining lands of w.
M. Barker, w. w. Hunnicutt, r. T.
Jaynes, j. w. Todd and others; sold
to J. B. s. Dendy for 500.
All OF the above land is situated
In Keowee township.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Rally at Richland.

A Farmers Union educational
rally will be held at Richland August
goth, instead of at Bounty Land on
August 18th, as announced in last
weeks Courier. Addresses will be
delivered by speakers from a dist
ance. The public is invited to at
tend. All farmers are especially
urged to be present The program
will be announced later.
BY order of j. B. Harris.
Pres. Oconee County Union.
All papers In this county will
please take notice and publish.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
souTHERN's FLYER wREoKED.
New York-New Orleans Limited De-
railed--E. w. Hiott Hurt,

Charlotte, N. c., Aug. 2.-Trafflc
on the Charlotte-Atlanta division of
the Southern Railway is completely
blocked tonight by the wreck Of train
No. 38, the New Orleans-New York
limited, north-bound, which came to
grief one mile south of Bessemer
City at $40 O'Clock tonight. The
tender and one postal car jumped
the track and fell down thirty-foot
embankment, and one postal car, the
club car, the diner and the front
trucks of one sleeper left the rails,
but did not turn over. The locomo-
tive remained on the track. Five
postal clerks were more or less seri-
ously injured. They are e. w. Hiott,
Thomas McRae, G. l.. Dean, T. H.
Bowlin, of Atlanta, and G. B. White,
Of Gainesville, Ga. No passengers
were hurt nor were the engineer and
fireman injured. The cause Of the
wreck Is unkonwn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Excellent Health Advice.

Mrs. NJ. M. Dawson, Of No. $40
Clifford avenue, San Jose, Cal, says:
"The worth Of Electric Bitters as a
general family remedy for headache,
biliousness and torpor of the liver
and bowels is 80 pronounced that |
am prompted to say word in its
favor for the benefit Of those seeking
relief from such affiiction',. There Is
more health for the dige ytive organs
in bottle Of Electric D.tters than in
any other remedy I k low Of" Sold
under guarantee at all druggists. soc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
ANNUAL MOUNTAIN EXCURSION.
Will Be Run August 14-Railroads
Offer Very Low Rates.

The News and Courier Of August
1st announces the nearing of the an
nual excursion to, the mountains,
from which announcement we take
the following:
The annual mountain excursions of
the Southern Railway and the Allan
tic Coast Line have been announced
to be run on August IA.
The Southern Railway will set
aside for its special mountain excur-
sion train the best Of its equipment
as regards engines and coaches. The
cars used will be Of the high back
Pullman seat style, and care will be
used to see that everyone travels
comfortably. The mountain special
will leave Charleston at 7.3O a. IN,
and fast schedule will be MAIN
tanned. The train will run through
to Asheville, N. c., and there will
also be through coaches to Walballa
and Greenville.
Yesterday in speaking of the COM
ing excursion Mr.. Lusk, division pas
senger agent of the Southern, said
that 1t was thought that this years
excursion would be one Of the larg-
est In many years. The mountains
are very popular not only on account
of their climate, but also because Of
the many amusements to be had and
the large number Of friends from
elsewhere, who are annually met in
the mountains and nowhere else.
Mr.. Lusk will himself see to the
arrangements for the comfort of the
passengers, and representative of
the railway will accompany et III
train.
The following cheap and enticing
rates are offered to these points, and
4. ruI 4.
on application to the passenger office,
No 217 Meeting street.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Date Changed for Meeting.

At the request OF many of the
candidates the time of the cam
paign meeting at Salem has been
changed, and will be held on Thurs
day, August 20, instead of Saturday,
the 22d. ]. w. Shelor.
County Chairman.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
I OR SAL :

y LOTS ss,,,, ~. esyp, 81 LANDS I
Lots Of Lots. Lots OF Lands.
Town lots with lots OF land. Farm
lands with lots of lots, cut in lots to
suit lots of buyers, and ALLOTTED on
small payments.
yACANT.OTs.
3uy and build while lumber. and
labor are cheap. You can't waltz
Want q house now? can please you.
Five rooms to ten rooms, 81. 900 to
$1,000. Some of the best houses In
town. BUY NOW. Il.
FARMS.
have nineteen for sale. Near In
or far out; ten acres or nine hun
dred acres; ten dollars or one hun
dred dollars per acre. "Catch 'em
with the goods on 'em!" Proof posi-
tive.
Come and let us ride and trade.
Respectfully,
NJ. 8. STRIBs.ING
32 Seneca, SO. Ca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-05
Forest Association Elects President.

Washington, July 30.-The board
OF directors and vice presidents of
the Appalachian National Forest AS
sociation at meeting held here to-
day, unanimously elected D.A. Tomp-
kins, OF Charlotte, N. c., as presi-
dent. Mr.. Tompkins Is connected
with the cotton mill industry of the
South as we'll as with some of the
most influential daily papers OF North
Carolina. His election and accent
ance Of the position are said to signify
renewed efforts on the part of the
Southern people to make great ma
tional forests of the Appalachian and
White mountains. Headquarters
have been established in this city to
carry on the campaign with energy.