Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-03-30

g.. TX i e ndous,y
~. 7etSl;,g wealthy China
- <ITz man aud O. Kan
.tfG aka o m q II.
$50 eac Ii with n
dowry of $780,
Ct
h. atv.ly wonderful story and en-
}artiieiel even in tie world
'or no cause other than q
C.. s... ceaseless longing for re.
" native country the father
s4s# his wife anlfamily and his
and lives in. s~eclusion in
a liz Sandwich Island wife
a~3nlAcent style in the sulnp-
t = lea ne which he built in Homo
- his numerous daughters are
{ f. vellest society the islands
al Gre plainly enough deter
a luon marriage alliances with
Of the white men who coma
T.. y.
= = tilings from Honolulu give
C - & report that another
lu .r If Wing All Fons is to marty
city = young American resi-
itl5 prospective brides mother
j. Ads the dowry Of $500, 900 in
n ed estate AMI securities ready
III I, marriage day.
sane the bride will be Miss
Il Ah Fong, and her choic, is
- gpoA Howard g. Morton, n
n .spaper editor who has lived
~ 1ta4oilln Tor several years. He is
s'l.arlt relative Of ex-Secresary Of
I ttita Sterling G. Morton, Of
\. ani II first cousin Oh his
~ ,lle q Mrs. Andrew C%arnegie.
'Ia el student at Cornell! Univer-
'ty and later at Stanford University.
?. ''" Alto, Cal. lie inherited a
sa,.l5itunc when he was twenty-five,
a.i "'landoning reportorial work in
- francisco, sailed on q Journey
ar.tHl tie world. He never got any
- ti:tn Honolulu. There, be-
infatuated with tho climate
@t la9 easy lie under the tropics,
Up l"elt"l T. remain always. He
'}s Hi. took IN 3 loca! newspaper, in
vested II sugar company stock, and
s. "a ioga with Miss Jessie All Fong.
iHe marriage, it is said. Will take
l,leo shortly.
Sto1y Of The All rung Girls.
Tie Ah Fons written Along since
f4H family became leaders OF faahion
III EIpna'alu] group Of thirteen girls
t,yeiy Interesting from several points
oit., Everybody who has been in
l%I.euJ, II, matter for how brief a
~ ~ tie last decade has heard
y. about the All Eong family, and
i ias borne the brunt of hospita-
ertaiumclt Of all visiting naval
' ~ The harb0r OF Honolulu.
IN the sixties a young Cinnamon
ltaa y ~ Al Fons settled in Hon
't. lie was an unusually %intelii-
f''' ."i GeniA! CGinana2, anl with q
h''3a rdpitAl be soon built up a pros
business in Chinese pottery,
ana bric-o b"ac. He learned the
aa ,t1 0hl English tongues readily,
u} .ore anyone knew it he was the
it H merchant III Honolulu. He
s. = money freely and was we'll
i6fi ~ whites and blacks III the
G'aai OIL town. lie married ayouug
H II uncertain Portuguese and Kan
ancestry, but with q dash Of Eng
i... t.ual somewhere back in her con
'is t 1od1Frcc. She was an attrac-
is .or@ctlc and ambitious person
'-'- land Of languor amlsiesta, and
At couple rrospered. All
.1,ystoi in SUGAR eau pIanta-
t4 IN the oil times. when
statlou stock paid thirty and
10y cent. dividends g year he
s.,r N,ry rich. In ten years All Fong
''.lNl1a year TO it annually. Mr..
l" .'s As 2 careful, prudent bust
All, Gui while his business as
- IS were content to browse and
IS need OF the morrow he was
:' chances - buy plantation
.8,' ttH from the ~improyident who
FL tM Hawaii.
>we!lest Home in Honolulu.
.lne the Al Fong family nun.
stNgnt"en-the parent, two
ni thirte1n girls. People wht
~" ''v4eIt Honolulu ten aud tiftre1
>av that it WAS memorable
~ nDAiiug along any OF tGe
aG.!i> III Honolulu Papa IL
Ns2 his white duck sui. auo
enc dangling down his back,
the horses that drew his CON
,1Iv circle. The girls Away
~ elaborate gowns OF maroons,
and scarlet reds, and The
w tefriuIii>h feminine lowell