The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-04
A LITERARY
PROGRAM.
MakaWao Society Meets
at Hamakuapoko.
--LATEST NEWS FROM MAUI
Death of. c. Long, Chief Bookkeeper
at kiheI Plantation
Other Notes.
Especial Correspondence

WA1LUKU, Maui Feb. "A large
number of Maui people attended the
meeting of the Makawao Literary socie-
ty held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
w. S. Nicoll of Hamakuapoko, February
l. The following program was ably rem
dered and gave much pleasure to the au-
dience:
Piano Solo, Mrs. H. A. Baldwin.
Vocal Solo, MIR. S. R. DowdIe
Vocal Duet, Mesdames Nicon and
Baldwin.
A farce in one act entitled Never Say
Die" The characters of the drama
were:
Mrs. Simon Greyiock. Mrs. w. E. Beck
with.
Patty, Mrs. s. e. Taylor.
Alice Chase. Miss Ethel Smith.
Simon Greylock, Mr.. w. Q. Aiken
John Bounce, Mr.. j. ]. Hair.
Ralph Cheney, Mr.. W. E. Beckwith.
The little play was an exceedingly hui
morous one, the Never Say Die of the
title referring to dyeing of the whiskers
lof Simon Greylock.''
DEATH OF j. c. LONG.
j. C. Long died yesterday at Kihei of
pneumonia after a short illness. Mr.
Long was born in New Bedford, Mass,
about forty-eight years ago. He was an
old kamaaina of Hawaii nei, having re-
Rod of time he resided at Kilauea, Ka-
uai. where he was bookkeeper of the
] plantation and deputy sheriff. After
wards he was deputy sheriff of Wailuku
a lawyer in Makawao, bookkeeper of
EaIeakala ranch and at the time of his
death bookkeeper of Kihei plantation.
i"Chester'' Long. as he was called by his
friends, was a man CT ability, genial, So
iciable and popular. The funeral will
take place this afternoon at the English
Church, Waikiki, Rev. William Ault Of
ficiating.
| special train will be run from Pais
by the Kahului Railroad Company.
GENERAL NOTES.
The longshoremen strike" at Kahulu
lis about over. Some of the laborers came
back yesterday and today there's a
large company of the old men at work
unloading the vessels in the harbor.
Saturday evening a reception was Civ
en- Rev. William Ault and bride at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Mar.
shall of Waikiki. The parlors were
beautifully decorated with palms an6
ferns, and the verandas made gay witt
Japanese lanterns.
A large number of Waikiki and Spreck
Ielsville people presented congratulation
and wishes for future happiness.
Miss Clara Lowrie, who is attending
school at Irving Institute, San Francis
ico, has been very i'll with pneumonia. s.
tserious was her illness that her mother
Mrs W. J. Lowrie of Spreckelsville, ha
Isailed to San Francisco to be with he
daughter.
BY the last mail from the Coast de
cided improvement has been reported.
Mrs. Fanny Stockbridge is the CUES
of Miss Turner of Waikiki.
It is stated that Miss Hart of Mauna
olu Seminary will soon accept the posi-
ton of vice principal of the Punahol
Preparatory School.
Whooping cough is epidemic anon,
the school children of Ulupalakua.
The Maui Sugar Company Of Huel
has ordered a mill to be landed on thei
sugar estate within five months.
| One of the methods in use on Maka
WAC plantation for solving the presen
labor problem is piece work; so mucl
lis paid per ton for loading cars and S
much for packing the cane from tn
field to the cars. This plan works vel
for the Japs get higher wages and ar
pleased and the plantation gets a larg
amount of work done.
! The cattle drive at Kahikinui is abeu
ended
There was a large coating of snow o
Haleakala during January 31st. Durin
the Goth a thunder and lightning storr
occurred in East Maui.