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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

1t is easy to imagine conditions under
which men like Rockefeller would be
great social benefactors, would be the
foremost citizens of their day and the
most useful to their race. All that
would be necessary on their part would
be to do as much for the people of the
United States, without whom their
wealth would be impossible, as they
have done for themselves. John D.
>will either rise to the occasion or prove
he is an migrate.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

There is not one word in my letter to
justify the assumption that I would
have crime "smiled upon or ''patted on
the back" But / did, and LIDO, protest
against the imposition of q sentence Of
several years for a trivial offense that
as many weeks or months at most
ought to expiate amply; and did, and
do, assert that such miscarriages OF
justice have been all too common in
our courts for some time past.
Take that case which another cor
respondent mentions, the destitute
old soldier of previous good character.
who was "commiserated" by the
judge yet given fifteen years. Take
that other case, which The Herald
commented upon in an editorial headed
"Leniency," the case of a man who
(since his one previous lapse some years
before) had tried to live honestly, but
failed through his record leaking out
to his employers. You hive certainly
been unfortunate, SO will be ienlenb
said the court. and his 'leniency was
three years. Take the numerous cases
of five years and up for trivial theIts.
1 say such sentences for such offenses
are exorbitant, out of proportion and
contrary to common sense and human
ity. And / find this also, that most
neople agree with me when the ques-
ton is sauarely put to them; but they
are mostly too apathetic to raise the
point for themselves. If Mr.. Smoote
Tor anv one) wishes to take me up, on
the issue strictly, I am all attention,
but keep to the mark, please.
'"' ~ VAL STONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
MODERN BARBARISM

4 n esteemed correspondent referred
II to the published statement that
- James Finlay would be hanged
Friday morning at Folsom for attempt
ing to break prison while serving a life
sentence as the most astounding of all
the astonishing, revolving and unbe-
lievable things he ever read. 1t is only
natural prisoners should try to escape.
Freedom Is the better part of life.
seek freedom why should his life be
taken away from him? Our corre-
spondent may we'll call the incident
astonishing and revolving. 1t is sheer
reversion to barbarism.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

A public hearing is announced by the
board Of government engineers ap-
pointed to fix harbor lines in San Pedro
harbor. 1t will be held between June
10 and June Is. In a matter of such
great importance it is hoped the board
will act promptly, and that action will
be approximately on the lines laid
down by Captain Fries. BY prompt
action on these lines the board will
confer a benefit on the public of Cali
fornia and on the people of the United
States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Passionate Press Work

George Bernard Shaw's experience as
a critic and newspaper man has done
much to make him the hottest press
agent of modern days.
He says his new play is his revenge
on the critics for their gross ingrati-
tude, arrant philistinism, shameless
and intellectual laziness, low taste,
puerile romanticism, stupendous ignor-
ance, susceptibility to cheap sentiment,
insensibility to honor, virtue, intellectu-
al honesty and everything that consti-
tutes strength and dignity in human
character"
That should help some-at the box
office.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

Ways and means of raising money to
sail the San Pedro to Honolulu yacht
race are being discussed. 1t is only
right that ere a race is attempted the
wind should be raised. Approximately
$1,000 will be necessary in order TO
insure this interesting contest. Will
all friends of California, the Pacific
coast and Pacific yachting kindly look
in the latest dictionary for the mean
ing of the forceful expression, PUN
Gle un"?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

Los Angeles city tax roll for the year
amounted to more than $3,000,000. OF
this the sum Of $125,OO0 is still uncol-
lected, but as the city will receive
about $4,000 from the state board of
roads, only about 100000 will be deln-
quent. Note the word "only." It's use
gives another indication of the fact
that Los Angeles is in the front rank
of big cities, land still growing apace."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

Lincoln Roosevelt Republican leaguers
are well satisfied with the results of
their first test of strength with the
S. p. political machine. A spokesman
for the league said every delegate came
away from the convention in a decid-
edly cheerful frame of mind, eager to
enter the next fight.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

press and transpor-
tation lines. print
ing offices and laun-
dries. Inasmuch as
the Japanese are to
be found in such
great numbers in
this American COM
munity, 1t will be
important to know
what sort of impress
sion they have made
upon the people with
whom they have
come to live. For
weeks past these let
ters have been deal
ing with the situa-
tion from a foreign
viewpoint. by telling
what the Americans
have to say who live
among the Japanese
in their own coun-
try. Now the opln-
ion of Americans
who have had ex-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

BY the choice of Sanford for tempo
rary chairman it would appear the
state convention of the Democratic
party is much freer from Southern
Pacific control and a much more truly
representative party convention than
was the late unlamented Republican
convention at Sacramento.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

Good horses are scarce and high
priced in the local market. Prophets
who said the automobile would make
the horse a has-been were rash 1t
does not look as if the horse were a
back number. T;e supply is not equal
to the demand.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

No fees will be charged for grazing
in the Sierra national forest during
1908. While we deprecate the fact that
Uncle Sam has seen fit to apply Social
tst ideas to dumb, driven cattle, we
rejoice to know of place where bipeds
may be sure of their daily grass If the
supply of daily bread is cut off.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
The ubIic Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name and address of
the writer. The Herald gives the widest
latitude TO correspondents. but assumes no
responsibility for their views. Letters
should not exceed 800 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Strong Team

William ]. Bryan and Governor
Johnson travelled on the same train to
Washington. They would make a
mighty good team travelling together
from July to November. Also from
March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1913. Bryan
and Johnson-it sounds well, too.
Bakersfield Californian.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

In one hour you may material
ly Improve your education" as
to many useful subjects by read
ing the ads.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
INDICATED

Contrary to the opinion generally en-
tertained that the vermiform appendix
is as useless for any purpose as the
fifth wheel to a wagon or the crook on
a pigs tail, a noted German physician
advises people to think few times be-
fore consenting to its removal.-Ven-
tura Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
State Press Echoes
Alas |!

This is the year of all years that har-
mony should prevail in Republican
ranks, but 1t is regrettable that such a
state of affairs does not exist within
the party i'm California, particularly
south of the hachapi-Fullerton
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Powerful Invasion

Socialism is said to be invading the
German trade unions, and Germany's
trade unions number about 2,215,000
members, which is % per cent of the
total strength of the labor organiza-
tions of the civilized world. .-Sacramen-
to Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

rapidly pushing into every line Of busi-
ness They have fifty tailoring estab-
lishments, sixty eating houses and res
taurants, forty barber hsops, two banks
and two newspapers. They also have
numerous rooming houses and hotels,
shoe factories bakeries, meat markets.
groceries and general stores. They oN' n
and Operate employment agencies, eX-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Expressive

IT see new word. MOTEL has been
added to the American language"
IT pass. What does 1t mean?"
"It means no telephone. and is used
in eastern directories
'I see. Next they will coin one
'nomun'"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Heroic FIGHT

Heroic Fight
There is no doubt that the Lincoln
Roosevelt league made a heroic fight
and developed amazing strength in
its fight to unhorse the political boss
of California.-Mo News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Heroines and Hair

Attention is called to the assertion
are red-haired. Can this be a result
of the Houston Posts red-headed, dim
pied widow phantasy?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

EATTLE-There are more Jap
anese In Seattle than In any
other city on the mainland OF
the United States, and they
are making their presence felt
in the commercial life Of the
mort n wastorn t1nafron0liq nv
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Make Ii a Hummer

'If the money can be raised they are
going to honor the memory of Poca-
hontas with a monument"
That's easy Let every John Smith
chip in q nickel"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
NSPAR M 81
Nm FRoru A <NI
Y N1DVE WIRE =
What Started the Riot

The Cutup-Secretary Taft went to
Panama to inspect the Gatun dam'
didn't he?
First Villager (suspiciously)-Wel
what of it?
The Cutup preparing to make a
quick getaway)-When he got back to
Washington he found politics was
gatun dam hot there.
81
The Limit
at knew there was a limit and now
they've played It,"
"How's that?'
merry Widow soup bones"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

Tomorrow-The Rebuilding of Seattle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
Women who Oppose Suffrage.

bOSLOn NTlODCs
 One of the speakers In the woman's suffrage convention at Buffalo, N, r., told the story of the appearance of Lady Bountiful" at Legislative hear ing. who came to plead with the com imtttee' mot to burden her with the du- ties of citizenship, but to leave her free to carry on her phllanthropies and charities" Apart from the snobbish- ness of the plea, this woman's state ment was interesting, because she prob ably was performing duties already that required more intelligent and more Ia- borious effort than would have been necessary to support any burden" of the duties of citizenship. Sir Theodore Martin. an old friend of !ueen Victo- ria, and after her death a biographer, published a letter which the Queen wrote to him in 1870. expressing her anxiety "to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'woman's rights with all its attendant horrors. on which her poor. feeble sex is bent" The unprejudIced re@der of sl ch a commu- nication, bearing in mind the ability with which the writer played the mans part that fate had assigned her. would be likely to conclude that the poor feeble sex was hardly exhibiting any "mad, wicked folly in asking for the right of suffrage for women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
When Your Stomach Hurts
 Take A Little Kodol
The pain will then cease the irritation end and your stomach will feel good Kodol stops the pains of indigestion and dyspepsia quickly Because dgests all the food you

Eat what you want of the food you like, and let Kodol help the stomach do its work. You can't get nourishment from your food unless you digest it Take little Kodol now and then. That is the only safe and sure way.
 Kodol has tonic properties that upbuild and help the whole system.
 You do not have to depend on Kodol all the time. You only take it when you need 1t. We want you to try Kodol-at our risk. We want to prove to you just what 1t will do.
 If Kodol fails you get your money back-what more can you ask? What more can we give?
 Our Guarantee
 Go to your druggist today and get dollar bot tie. Then after you have used the entire contents of the bottle if you honestly say. that it has not done you any good, return the bottle to the druggist and he will refund your money without question or delay. We will then pay the druggist for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all druggists know that our guarantee is good. This offer applies to the large bottle only and to but one in fam fly.
 The dollar bottle contains 21z times as much as the fifty cent bottle
 Kodol is prepared at the laboratories of E. c. Dewitt Co. Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
Tuo Rees in . City.

New YOrk EVenins EOSN'
 Two bees were in town today.
 man who had brought potteo chrvsanthemum from his country home to give to a city friend set in the open window of a tall Broadway skyscraper. .Dead sort of place for anything green" he thought to himself as he breathed the lifeless air and gazed out over A dull expanse of barren roofs.
 Tn les sthan half an hour the two bees ahghted on the pink blossoms and began walking around the tutts of petals with an eye to business The Broadway skyscraper Is, miles rom any open country, and the man thought the bees must have come from some swarms which used to live in lott down in the lower Park Place.
 He was just curious enough to ma out about 1t. Rnd so he went 10 the bee man. It happened to be bee girl who was in charge of the loft today. but she said that she probably knew just as many bees as the man. The girl added that the value of lower Manhattan as farm site was growing smaller each year. We haven't had any bees here for several months" she remarked. "There isn't enough for them to feed on nowadays City Hall Park used to be their feeding ground, but the flowers are mostly gone as late as this"
 two bees on the ehrYsanthemum had come from the country to see the sky scrapers. The bee girl said that they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01

Kodol is a pleasant, palatable liquid prepara- ton that helps the stomach do It's work in a natural way and is the only preparation that com pletely digests all the food you eat Being liquid, t starts digestion at once.
 Kodol supplies the same digestive juices that are found in a healthy stomach. This is why 1t will stop the pains of indigestion quickly. This is why it prevents chronic nervous dyspepsia
 Your stomach being weakened probably by overlooking or overwork, is unable to do its work properly, and the natural result is-indgestion, sour stomach gas belching, which will soon result in chronic dyspepsia, unless the stomach is given help.
 That shaky, painful feeling in the stomach is nervous indigestion or dyspepsia It is not only annoying, but dangerous. If left alone. the result is generally gastritis, often that fatal aiicton appendicitis. Appendicitis according to the best medical authorities is directly caused by tndiges- ,tion.
 chances There is no need for you to suffer, be- cause little Kodol now and then will keep the stomach we'll healthy and stTNg. Do not diet or starve yourself That is not cae way to get help. Your body needs the food your appetite calls for you must have plenty of good food to make bona, muscle and rich nfe-giving blood
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
WEEK IN VINEGAR BEND.

Vinegar Bend. Oct. 31.-(Special. ] After most enjoyable visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs Horace Turner of Second Avenue. Mrs Fielder has returned to her home in Mobile.
 Miss Mary Daniels of chicora. Miss, is spending several days with her sis- ter. Mrs. W. H Garday of this place.
 MT. Gill of Memphis and Mir. Car. roll of Montgomery have been look Ing over the gEoVnd in this vicinity as far as LeaksvilIe. tin the interest of Northern capitalists who contem- plate doing business in the vicinity of that town.
 William Wright is again out with a surveying party for the A. and NJ. Work Is being rushed along on the spur near Escatawpa. which will come within a couple of miles of Fruitdale when completed.
 Hamp Taylor. mill foreman for the Vinegar Bend Company. was compelled to quit work early in the week on &C., count of lameness in his left ankle, which has been troubling him for some time
 Mir. and Mrs. William Bentley were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Henry Bentley early in the week. Mir. Bent ley and family come here from Cairo. III.
 Carpenters and decorators are at work on H. s. Turner's house on See- ond Avenue. The interior will present an up-to-date and artistically beauti- full appearance when completed.
 W. H. Palmer of Deer Park visited friends at the Bend early in the week.
 Rev. B S. Vaughn was installed as Chaplain of the local WoodmanS' camp early in the week
 Te. surveying party, was in town during work being done at his camp.
 H. k. Simmons has been confined to the house with an aggravated attack of malaria. He is convalescing.
 Mrs. Mark Lawnford is undergoing treatment for a nervous affection at the Providence Infirmary in Mobile.
 Mrs. J S. Hallenden has accepted position with a Mobile mercantile concern which will necessitate her re- moving to that city permanently.
 Mrs. J. G. Fitzgerald is i'll at her home on First Avenue.
 !. Fl. King will act as mill foreman. during the enforced absence of MAe Taylor.
 MT. Snyder and family will leave the Bend to try farming for a while about five miles out from Chicora. Mr. Snyder will complete all arrangements by Monday.
 w. H. Mckinney has severed his connection with the company's stock ade and left the Bend for South Geor- gia.
 Contractor G. E. Kelly, who is do- ing the construction work at the Bend. will shortly remove his family from Lucedale to the Bend. He will occupy the house vacated by Mir. Snyder's family on Second Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
The Irish Land Actis Still a Fruitful Theme of Pafs liamentary Discord.

that Act would have most disastrous effect, more especially if it followed the lines laid down by the Royal Com mission on Congestion.
 A subject to which the attention of the courts had been continually direct ed was the disturbed state of great portions of the country. There was an increasing number of outrages ir eight counties. as their report showed. and 1t was showed the extreme futifty of the steps taken by the Government to cope with them. They were told that Ireland offered a cheerful pros pect. but those who said so must be very easily satisfied.
 As to Sale of Lands.
 The OConor Don proposed the fol- lowing resolutions, which were car ried unanimouly:
 First-Tnat, in eases where land- lords have sold their estates under the Purchase Acts on the faith of being paid for them in cash within reason- able time, we protest against their being asked to accept any other ar engagement, as 1t either implies that Parliament has entered into contracts which 1t is unable to fulfill. or that the State no longer regards its con- tracts from the hlgh standpoint of na- tional honor which has always att tach ed to the name of the United King dom in financial matters.
 Second-That, if Financial difflcul- ties render it impossible that speedy payment in casn should be provided. 1t becomes the duty of the Government to propose an equivalent.
 Third--That if the final payment of the purchase money cannot be greatly expedited we most strongly urge on the Government that it would be only reasonable that such alterations in the existing procedure should be made as would enable temporary loans at 1-2 per cent to be made by the Govern ment to vendors to pay off mortgages and other charges.
 The report of the Executive Commit tee states that during the first six months of this year there were 41S seventg-five cases of firing into houses and at persons, nine- ty-eight prosecutions with thirteen 25S claims for malicious injuries allowed, and $50,s90 awarded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
MT. Taft's washIpgton Church.

All Souls Church in Washington. of which Mir Taft is a member, was es- tablished in 1891 and has occupied it's present home at Fourteenth and I. Streets, Northwest since 1871 The structure is not imposing, but roomy and comfortable and covered heavily with clinging ivy, and has a restful appearance in the midst of the hustle of the city. From its steeple, in brazen tones, a bell cast by Paul Revere he of the midnight ride" fame-in his New England foundry, as in earlier days 1t sounded the fire alarm.
 The membership roll of the church has contained the names of many we'll konwn persons. John c. Calhoun was an attendant there, so were also Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Justice Merrill. John D. Long and George Bancroft, the historian. Rear Admiral Evans Is now a member, as Is the Rev pr. Edward Everett Hale, who fre- quently occupies the pulpit. Among It's membership are persons who were previously Methodists, Baptists, Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, etc. Dr.. rierce. Tn Unls connection, explained that the church would no more think of inquiring into the religion of an applicant for membership than 1t would busy itself with his political views. The church stood for freedom and the doing of good things in prao- tical manner, he said, It maintains, for example, a visiting nurse. paying all the expenses. being the only church Of any denomination Tn wasningtOn which does this.
 As to the pastor of this church, the Rev. Ulysses s. C. Pierce, he is na- | tive of Providence. R. L, young man who was reared a Baptist. He went to school as a boy in Boston and took a postgraduate course at Harvard He was called to All Souls eight years ago. and since then has become one of the best-known pastors of the city
 Mir. Taft had been in Washington
 very short time when his name was added to the members list of All Souls | Church, and since that time he has | been a regular attendant Mrs Iaf' occasionally accompanies him to %or- 1 ship there, but her own church Is st | Johns Episcopal-'the church of the
 Presidents" opposite Lafayette l square. which Mrs. Roosevelt also ar tends. Mir. Taft is a pretty active member of All Souls, and In February
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01

1906, on the occasion of the centenary of Joseph Priestley. the eminent Uni- tarian chemist. he delivered the ad- dress.
 For the. benefit of the curious 1t may be said that the creed of the Uni tarian church Is summed up in Article II of the constitution which says:
 "The church declares itself to be in utilization with the body of liberal Christians organized as The America n to the following declaration of prin- ciples embodied in the constitution adopted by the National congress os s In 1894: of Jesus Christ. holding in accordance with His teaching that practical re- ligIon is summed up in love to God ana 1ssye n Iman~ -Anu we LHNiIe to our working fellowship any who' while differing from us in belief, are in general in sympathy with our spirit and our practical aims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01

would often fly five miles or more to see such sight.
 Three years ago a swarm from the Park Piece bee mans fastened on the elevated structure at the Park Place station and attracted as. big a crowd as a four alarm fire. The city-bred small boys. having never experienced the poignant distress of a bee sting, amused themselves by capturing indi- vidual buzzers and trying to put them through the paces of educated fleas The bee man, with his mosquito bar headgear and smoke bellows. brushed the swarm into a hat box and took them off under his arm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01

the Spanish American war. the carlist rebellion in Spain. and practically every other national and .interna tional affairs in which arms were resorted to since the days of stamps began has been pictured on postage stamps.
 In the big and growing army of stamp coileetors there are many men and women who make the xatherInr 2 and study of war s lamps a speciality, and they find It mighty interestIna.
 " D. Burroughs,
 325 Law Building. Baltimore, Md.