The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-01
MAU|ANS On
[D)||SSPENSAARY
Opinion is Divided
on Merits of
Bill.
BALLOTS TAKEN
At MEETINGS
John Moore Was a Veteran of the
Confederate Army and was a
Prominent Educator.

| Dispensary Act now before the LegisIa-
cussed in Makawao District Gin Precincts
9 and 100 during the past week. Repub-
lican meetings have been held insHama-
kuapoko NIakawao, Paia and Pauwela
and the sentiment in regard to the pro-
posed measure is divided, Precinct g. Ma
kawao and Kula being against it, and
Precinct 10 almost unanimously in favor
of it. Judging from these meetings. a
large majority of the people seem to
wish for the adoption of the bill.
The truth of the matter is that the bill
is so long and intricate, and so new, that
the average Maui voter does not grasp
it. Those in favor of it approve it be-
cause of its supposed tendency to pro-
mote temperance, and those who oppose
it do SO because they do not understand
| it and believe that if it was adopted
many Objectionable features would soon
! be developed. On Thursday evening
March rs, in Hamakuapoko, about TWEEN
| ty Republicans assembled in the native
church. D. c. Lindsay, presiding. After
reading and discussing the bill, a vote
was taken which stood 16 to in favor
of the Act.
On Friday afternoon, March 30, twenty
Republican and Independent voters as
sembled in the Makawao postoffice Aft
er reading the bill and talking it over
section by section, a ballot was taken
which resulted in a vote against the Act
of 10 to 1. F. w. Hardy presided at this
meeting.
The Hawaiian residents of Pauwela
held meeting on March % for the pur-
pose of considering the pros and cons of
the proposed measure. Their vote stood
II to 3 in favor of dispensaries. w. Q.
Aiken presided.
On the same date fifty Paia people met
in the Paia native church and talked
the dispensary question, D. c. Lind
say presiding. Speeches We're made by
Rev. S. Kapu, Rev. J. Kalino, Messrs.
John Kaluna and David Ali. The vote
was unanimous in favor of the bill, for
tythree voting
John A. Moore, the veteran teacher,
died at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
II. Hayselden of Lahaina on March q.
Mr.. Moore has been sick since Christmas
time His Illness did not seem to be due
to any organic trouble but to general
breaking down of the vital forces. oh
the 2Sth his body was taken to Wailuku,
his old home for many years, where the
funeral was held, the services being con-
Quoted by Rev. VIM. Ault. John A.
Moore was born in Georgia about sixty
nine years ago. He was educated at
military academy and was afterward
admitted to the bar OF that State. He
participated in the Civil War as SOL
der in the Confederate Army.
After the war he emigrated to Calttor-
MIA, where he began teaching school. He
was principal of the Lincoln School OF
San Francisco, and a member of the
State Board. of Examiners of California.
He came to the Islands some twenty-one
years ago, and first taught school at
Iihue. Kauai. Afterwards he was prin-
cipal of the Waikiki School and Lahai-
naluna Seminary. During the term OF
office of Mr. A. 7. Atkinson as Inspector
General of Schools. Mr. Moore was trav
cling normal instructor for several years.
For the greater part of the twenty years
devoted to teaching in Hawaii mel he
had charge of the Wailuku School, from
which position he resigned last Septem-
Der on account of failing health. The
time since then he has spent in Lahaina
at the home of his friends Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayselden. He leaves two daughters,
Mrs Heapey and Mrs. Bishop.
Monday afternoon, March %, twelve
teachers met in the Makawao school
house, the occasion being the monthly
meeting Of the local circle. The follow
ing was the program of exercises:
A lesson from Whittiers "Snowbound,'
by Miss f. NJ. Smith.
THE Death of Victoria" a lesson on
current events, history and geography,
by F. w. Hardy.
Correspondence Between Schools, by
Miss NJ E. Fleming.
MAUI NEWS NOTES.
DR.. and Mrs Whitney of Honolulu are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Beckwith Of
Paia.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Baldwin of Paia
are making brief visit to Honolulu.
They left Maui on the 2Sth.
/ Mrs. B. D. Baldwin of Hamakuapoko
received by letter the sad news of the
death of her sister, Mrs. B. F. Ehlers,
/ in Germany. Mrs. Ehlers is well known
/ in Honolulu, where she and her husband
/ resided for many years.
Shares in the Maui Telephone Company
are selling at $50 each. par value being
/ $40
/ During the week Adam K. Forsyth Of
/ Waiakoa, Kula, opened a light wine and
beer saloon in Makawao.
! Next Thursday evening. April 4 Maui
naolu Seminary girls will give an enter
tainment in Baldwin Hall. Paia. This
event viii take the place of the usual
monthly literary"
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