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JEFFRIES WELL LICKED, JACK JOHNSON WINS HEAVY WFK.1IT CILAMIMONKHII?. old Time Champion Could Not Co-ne Back ami Was No Match For tlu> Big lilack Bruiser. Reno. New, July 4.?John Arthur Johnson, a Texas negro, son of an American slave, tonight Is the first and undisputed heavyweight cham? pion pugilist of the world. James J. Jeffries of California, wln aer of S3 championship fights. the man who never was brought to his kneea before by a blow, tonight pass? ed into history as a broken idol. He met utter defeat at the hands of the black champion In the ISth round. While Jeffries was not actually oounted out. he was saved only from this crowning shame by his friends pleading with Johnson not to hit the fallen man again, and the towel was brought into the ring from his cor? ner. At the end of the 15th round Referee Tex Rlckard raised the Magi arm. and the great I t ffl I filed out glum and silent. JstTrles was dragged to his corner bleeding from no?.e and mouth and a denen eats on the face. He had a black cloeed eye and swollen features and be held his head In his hands daxed Johnson walked out of the ring without a mark on his body except a alight cut on his lip. which was the opening of a wound suffered in train? ing Ring experts agree that it was not even a championship fight. Jeffries had a chance In the second round, perhaps, but after the sixth it was plain that he was weakened and out? classed In every point. After the 11th round it was hopeless. It was the greatest demonstration the ring has ever seen of the failure of a fighter to "come back" after years of retirement. The youth and the science of the black mat. made Jeffr.es look like a green man. The great Jeffries was like a log. Johnson was like a black panther. Jeffries fought by instinct, it seem? ed, showing his gameness and his great fighting heart In every round, hat he was only the shell of his old self. The old power to take a terri? ble beating and bore In until he land? ed the knockout blow was gone. After the third round Johnson treated his opponent almost as a Joke. He smiled and blocked plarfolty. wart I lag ?tf the bear-like rushes of Jeffries with a marvelous science, now tucking a blow un i?-r Ms arm. again plucking It out of the air mm a man 1 ?lope a baseball. Out of the sea ol 1 opinions and arguments that bolster? ed up this fight and made It the talk of the world these plnacles of fact have been caat up. The fight was on the square. Of that there was no doubt after the first round. There was no evidence or hint of the "yellow streak" on the part of Johnson. Johnson proved himself so abso? lutely Jeffries' master that experts euch as W. Corbett. an Australian ?porting and ring expert, declared that Tommy Burns had put up a bet? ter fight against Johnson, and that the black man was only playing with the other man. The end was swift and terrible. It looked as though Johnson had been holding himself under cover all the rest of the time and now that he had measured Jeffries In his weakness he had determined to stop It quickly. Jeffries had lost the power of de? fense. A series of right and left up parcuts ddMpgpgd at wVA host htm staggering to the ropes. He turned and fought back by Instinct, as thought he were dying hard. With the exception of a few fast rounda the fight was tame. Jeffries did not have the power In his punch to hurt Johnson after he had received blow after blow on the Jaw, and his vital power was obblng. Hut even be? fore this stage came. Jeffries could not reach the black man. The blows, almost all of them, landed with the speed taken out of them. It was like hitting a punching bag. Tbe Jeffries crouch was in evidence at times, but during most of the fight Jeffrie* was f.oind standing straight and working with sogsething of his old aggressiveness. The IMh round started with ? clinch after Jeffrbsj had failed t-. land on th?? body. Johnson then tore i. snd before the npeetators were pro? pored for the finish he had mal Jef> fftgf down with lightning b tt and right blows to tbe jaw. Jeffries reel* gd and fell half way through the pagsM on the west side of tb. flag), Thosi near him saw that hi had k I fggsM of his surroundings and lift fsc? - :it the ring sld" were a blur (? hin? Ills tine- had Come, He WS feeling what he had caused others t I*, um .i ly of hi yoatk and tar* Johnson > over to tl no! and dur Ink.' -In fool he was and how he was in for the greatest heating of his life, now ran forward with outstretched arms, crying: "Oh Qod, don't hit him!" Jeff painfully raised himself to his feet. His Jaw had dropped, his eyes were nearly shut and his face was covered with hlood. With trembling legs and yielding arms he tried to put up a defense, but he could not stop a terriffic right smash in the Jaw followed by two left hooks. He went down again. Jeffries' physician and other friends jumped into the ring. "Stop it!" they cried. "Don't put the old fellow out!" Sam Merger, Jeffries' manager, ran along the ring, calling to Hob Arm? strong: "Rring that towel! You know what I mean, don't lot him get hit!" From Johnson's comer his seconds were calling to him to quirt. Then the referee stopped (he timekeeper and It was all over. The soothing liquid! were applied to the fallen champion's bruised face but his heart was somrthing that c ould not be reached. As soon as he regained his senses of persons anc1 of the rapid fire of events that had pushed him Into oblivion, he took his head in his hands and groaned. "I was too old to come back," he said. Corbett and Joe Choynski and Brother Jack united in trying to cheer the defeated man. "It's all Off with you," said Cor? bett, "but you did the best you could." There are no eyes so sharp as the eyes of hatred.?Hillard. HOWARDS MIST 1MT V Berkeley County Man tr he Por *? lie Mwlei ('olur* 'r? h'? v." ' . ? r of his wife more t',ni * - i *ir>? * J;?mes Kl\V'?ris m?'~t piv I penalty In Berkelev unt prcme Court renderln which the Renten e - f \, e:l upon Edwards Is iffirm opinion is by <'hi?M histice is ordered that a new day ' ed by the Berkeley county the execution. NOTICE. r>? -day, the 19th day of July, 1 S? l * Supervisors of Reg ist ratio? ?ill their Books of Registration t'r< m m. to 5 p. m. at Mayesvtlle, S. C the purpose of Registering, r >g and renewing lost certMl tc* T. D. DuBOSE, S. J. WHITE, W. B. DINKINS, ir i BupVi Registration. - w?5t TRUTH NUMBER 60 The great fortunes of this country have been made by those who associate themselves in the s development of a natural resource AMILLION of dollars sounds like an enormous amount of money, yet a million has been made time and again in the producing of oils and judicious investment in com? panies in operation, and in this business sums of money are returned upon invest? ments which it would take centuries of frugality to acquire. Oil stocks are the best invest? ment of the day. Every wise investor will make money. California's greatest industry is in its infancy. California National Crude Oil Company stock is considered the best of in? vestments. Our management is first-class. Our location cannot be beaten. MILLIONS PAID IN THE PAST BILLIONS IN THE FUTURE During the last ten years those oil stocks listed on the California Oil Exchange have paid dividends ag? gregating about $25,000,000. Many of the larger dividend-paying com? panies, however, have never listed their stocks, so that the total of the dividends paid by California oil com? panies in the past would, no doubt, ? -,.(.. tv,w crier.,,,?.,. gum of $50.0^0.000. A few yea?'? ago the I'nion Oli Company of California was organised. It then Wned i .i 111 Mrt pro? perties iu ?*c oli fields ' Ventura county. The beginning was small in? deed. Ten years ago it Is said that a controlling interest In the company sold for $300,000. TODAY THE UN? ION OIL COMPANY HAS ASSETS VALUED AT ONE HUNDRED MIL? LION DOLLARS. Consider the im? mense possibilities of the industry that will permit of such an enor? mous growth In ten years! What other argument need be offered as to the opportunities of the oil Industry in California? And what of the Asso? ciated Oil Company ? Here too, we tlnd an Instance of stupendous growth within a few short years, and today the Associated Oil Company owns as? sets worth many, many millions?no one can tell how much. Stock in the Kern Oil Company originally sold at 25 cents per share. It has since paid dividends of $23.00 per share, and Is now worth several times the original price. From an oil publica? tion we take the iollowing tlgures: $260.00 Invested In stock of the New York Oil Company has since been worth $10.000. $250.00 bought 2500 shares of Lu eile Oil Co. stock. It Is today worth its, tot. $250.00 Invested in Home (?11 Com? pany has since had a value Of $100, 000. $250.00 Invented in Alcalde Oil would since have brought $7 "?,000. o.oti invested in stock of the i'entral Oil Company grew to be worth $45,000. stock which sold only a few months ago in th* Palmer <>il Com? pany at li"> tents per share today is i.rth $1.35 per share, Block that two months ago In the California National crude oil Com? pany s? Id fot II cent, per share is now selling at so cents. Monte CrlatO, Peerless, Caribou, Fi? nal. San Francisco and McKittrlck and many, many others have made tin- original stockholders enormous profits, in facti a large portion of the oil stocks listed In Ihe California OH Rai hange are paying dividends stead? ily. Thus we see what has been accom? plished. Vet it is conceded that con? ditions are better f<>r going Into <'al Ifnrnls "il investments now titan ever before, and while the profits of the pn ? huve Iteen very large, those o( the future will be even greater. Considering all of the above facts, it must be conceded that the condi? tions are remarkable, that the in? vestment opportunities are unpre? cedented, and whether you have one hundred, one thousand, or one hun? dred thousand dollars to invest, CAL? IFORNIA OIL IS THE PLACE TO PUT IT RIHGT NOW. Such remarkable conditions, how? ever, cannot continue. The Standard Oil Company, first to see and appre? ciate the situation, has recently been purchasing enormous tracts of pros? pective oil territory. Much proven ground has also been purchased. They are investing millions of dol? lars today in California oil lands. Other large corporations are doing likewise. French and English syndi? cates are buying heavily of California oil lands. Individual citizens are buying to the limit of their financial ability. In a few years the condi? tions will have changed entirely, but truly the GREATEST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF THIS GENE? RATION WILL BE FOUND IN CAL? IFORNIA OIL DURING THE COM? ING ONE, TWO OR THREE YEARS. To make the most of these oppor? tunities immediate and aggressive vc tio.i Is absolutely necessary. Let us adduce some actual fig? ures as to what can be done. A* the present moment we know of a partic? ular 40-acre block of oil ground which can be purchased for $2,000 per acre. There Is nothing uncertain about this property. It has been proven absolutely that, at a depth of from 1,000 to 1,200 feet, the oil sands will be encountered, which will show a thickness of from 150 to 200 feet, making the wells, when completed, rrcm 1,200 to 1,400 feet deep. That each Of these wells will produce from 100 to 300 barrels of oil per day is VN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY. The wells will cost not more than $ lo.ooo each, and can probably be drilled for $7,000 each. The cost, of forty acres at $2.000 per acre Is $80, 000, To drill twenty wells on this ground, being one well to each two acres, would coat not to exceed $200.? 000, and in all probability would cost not more than $125,000. Taking the highei figures, however, we find u total investment of $280,000. Not one of the wells will produce less than io<) barrels of oil per day, and s<.no- of them win produce 200 or oven 300 barrels ,,er day, possibly more. Taking the smallest figure, only 100 barrels per day as the aver? age, the production for one year would amount to 36,500 barrels for each well. Twenty wells would make the yearly production 730,000 bar? rels. This oil, after counting the cost of production and incidental expen? ses, should net 50 cents per barrel (certainly not less). THE NET IN? COME FROM THE PROPERTY WOUD BE $365,000 PER YEAR, $85,000 MORE EACH YEAR THAN THE TOTAL INVESTMENT. The wells may be depended to do practi? cally as well for ten years as they do the first year. The total income at this rate for ten years would be $3, 650,000, from an investment of only $280,000, and the wells would still have a life of many valuable years, leaving the holding at the end of ten years worth several times the amount of the original investment. The above figures are based upon present prices. It seems absolutely certain that with? in a few years the price of oil will be materially higher, in which event the profits would be proportionately great er. Bear in mind that these figures tell, not "what might be done," but "what actually can be done without possible doubt." Do such profits appeal to you? Perhaps you think these figures are pretty high. Look here! In the north end of the McKittrlck district there are forty-two wells be? longing to five companies which are producing more than 20,000 barrels of oil per month, being an average of approximately 5,000 barrels of oil per well each month, or a production of 00,000 barrels of oil from each well per year. This oil la selling at 60 cents per barrel, giving a gross in? come of $36,000 per well per year. This Is not what "might" or "can" be done, but what ACTUALLY IS BE ING DONE TODAY. We use this one group of wells merely as an illustra? tion. Many similar illustrations might be given. DO SUCH PROFITS APPEAL TO YOU? What, then, is the net result? What Is the situation with reference to Cal? ifornia oil investments today? Merely this: It is possible now to buy AB? SOLUTELY PROVEN OIL PROP? ERTY, about the value of which there can be no doubt, at a price that will permit of the necessary drilling expenditure, and pay a profit of from 50 per cent to 200 per cent per year upon the investment for many, many years to come. An investment which at the end of twelve months begins paying dividends of 50 to 200 per cent per year enhances in value dur? ing that time from 300 per cent to 1,500 per cent. Such records, many of them, have been, are being, and will be made in California oil. DO SUCH PROFITS APPEAL TO YOUf An investigation covering several months' time, during which we have gone into the matter very thorough? ly, has disclosed to us the facts as above set out. If you will take the time to make a similar investigation you will find them out for yourself. We want you to thoroughly consider these facts, and you cannot then fail to appreciate the immense investment opportunities of California oil. It is upon these facts that we base our de? claration that "THE GREATEST IN? VESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF THIS GENERATION ARE FOUND TODAY IN CALIFORNIA OIL." And the best buy in California oil that we know of today is the stock of the California National Crude Oil Company at 80 cents per share. You want it?so buy today. California National Crude Oil Co. SUBSCRIPTION BLANK I. W. HELLMAN ULDG., Los Angeles. Cal. Gentlemen: Enclosed find- - -._Dollars for which ph ase issue me-.Shares of flic Treasury Stock of the above Corporation. Name_ Address_ California National Crude Oil Company I W. HKU.MW BUILDING, I Angeles, (California. m