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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

"Hooulu Lshui"-"Increase the
Nation" was the favorite motto Of
the Alii.. Prince David is the
patron OF the kapiolani Maternity
Home and to him wa dedicate the
following newspaper clipping:
The Poster Lloyd states that
Mrs. Arangvei, the wlfe Of Greek
priest of Deligrad, 10 Servis, was de-
liv4red OF six babies, three boys aud
three girls All are normal aud
healthy. + ght.en months ago h-
same lady gave birth to triplets-a
totsi OF uiue children in eighteen
mouths"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18
Insane Asylum received cousidera
Gle mentioning in the report,

We priut the full report of the
Grand Jury in this issue, and we
certainly extend to the members Of
the Jury hearty congratulstion
for the energy, sagacity, aud faith
full work which resulted in proving
that no bribery has beau attemp ed
in this Legislature aud that the
honorable gentlemen, slauder 'd by
Governor Dole and his organ can
return to their homes without a
stain on their noble characters, aud
a substantial check--on their base
assailants futute defsmatory
charges.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

Shame on the men who have
doubted the houes,y aud integrity
OF the members Of tha Territorial
l. ,g,slature snd haie ihtoan out
iusinuatlons that the man elec. ed
to make laws for tbs couatry could
b. induced to accept bnbss. A
Graud Jury composed "f men
am jug wh IN we fl I'd several VINO
have been membars OF formed Legis-
Iaturss re.l,zeI the ,famy OF
the uufounded charges, knowing
no honur,ols legislator would ever
take or off9r brlbe.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

W. a. Smith, an employees oi the
Tramways Company, died on Sa ur-
dey and was buried ye.terd y after.
noon from K, OF 2. Hall. Deceased
was born in Pennsylvania aud had
res dsd here for msuy years working
as luna on diff rent p'snis.irn, He
leaves q widow aud one dsughter.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18
/, TOPICS UF THE DAY.

Holders Of Waialaa sugar stocks
should keep their shares. The pro.
posed S500,000 hond loan is distioct.
ly ia favor OF the small holders aud
it is safe to predict that the Wal-
alus stocks will soon be quoted q, a
much higher figure than at pres
cut.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18
TUESDAY, JUNE 18. 1901.
THE GSANp jury KEPoRr.

1t is very significant that the oifi-
cial organ does not come out charg-
ing the Grand Jury with "white-
washing" aud shiel1ing the alleged
brioers OF our virtuous legislators.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

Ths writer was called before the
Grand Jurg mora than once and
furn'she / thai body Of pa,rio'ic
citizsns with all tina Information
10 regard to oribing which can be
gathered in newspsperdop. And
yet it was impossible t. trace a
single instance where hribes were
given or taken aud the Grand Jury
frankly admits tha. Governor D lo's
charges against ths Legislature
we're unfounded.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

The Grand Jury was composed
OF the best citizens in this comm
nifty and even the Thurston organ
takes off its hat to them. 1t may
be fact that some OF them 1--WE be.
lieve only 14) havs affiliated with
parties opposed to the goverumsn',
but is that not proof that they
We're h1nest when declaring, after a
careful investigation, that no proof
of bribery on the part of the govern
meut could he substautia'ed7 1t
may be fact thai several members
OF the Jury we're dire. e.tly or ildi-
rsctly Interested in the liquor bust
ness, but did they uot opeuiy come
out and proved that there was no
foundation Tor tha scurfilous tack
(relaling To a Sjo,000) preferred by
Senator II isseIl iu regard TO the
defeat of the D.spensary Act? 1t is
On record that the Dispensary Act
was killed, but the shekeis collected
by the Grand Jurors-we mean the
L qu1r Associstion-wers simply
used, according to evidence, to pay
lawyers fees, in re- constitu EQUALITY
of the D spsnsary Act, aud hack
hlre %
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

These honorable men who served
on the Grand Jury were aware OF
the TACT that our legislators caunot
be brihed. And yet they made a
most detailed and searching investi
cation into every charge which had
reached them. They looked into
the free lunch room business and
thsy learned that country mem bars
of the Legislature wers the guests
of members residing in Honolulu,
JUS. as people from oar city ara the
guests of country psopis whenever
visiting their districts.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

They found that the Officers
Cluo was simply meetio2 place
for weary Legislators and thai ice
water, etc, were obtainab'e there
sometimes with stick in it. Wa
notice that the Grand Jury claims
that the press representatives got
''free booza" at tina club We ara
envious at our contemporaries, he
cause our representative was not
included 10 the ''desd--head"
c,tegory.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

The At t'orney' General, in his vir-
tuou3 Indignation declined TO pre-
cent the evidence in regard to hrib-
ing which he claimed he didn't have,
be ,luse such an action on his pr.
would defsat the ends OF justice
Wa heartily applaud Attorney
General Dole, because we fully be
lsevs that man should never
Givulge anything be doesn't known,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

The INDEPENDENT so cents per
month.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18

Colonel Mszlma was treated with
tbs contempt of silence and the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
TIE Doss-sIMMs CASE.

The Thomas County News has the fol-
lowing to say of the recent arrest OF VIII
Doss. a prominent young attorney of
Thomasville, for the murder of Ira Simms.
The evidence on which the arrest was
based is carefully withheld from the pub
lie. 1t was worked up chiefly by Mr..
F. p Dimaio, Jr., a Pinkerton detective,
who spent several weeks here making
quiet but unconcealed, investigation, and
he says that he has a clear case against
Doss and that the arrest was made on
evidence and not on suspicion. Mr.. Di-
maio did not conceal his presence or his
business here and both were generally
known. If his conclusions prove correct
he will deserve great credit for unravel-
ing this dark and dreadful mystery. The
supposed motive for the crime was jeal-
ousy, arising from Simms' assiduous at
tentions to a beautiful young Lady to
whom Doss is devoted. Simms was re-
turning from a visit to her on the night
he was killed. Mr. Ira Simms, father of
the murdered youth. has been here al
most constantly since that fatal Decem-
Der night devoting the most persistent
attention to discovering the murderer of
his son. To this end he employed Mr.
Dimaio. the detective, and engaged the
legal services of Judge S. A Roddenbery,
Mr.. Roscoe Luke and Mr.. Theo. Titus.
These three attorneys will assist the So
licitor general in the prosecution of the
case. Capt. w. NJ. Hammond and his
son. william and may be other able coun-
sell it is said, will be retained for the
defense.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
Improving Our wild Dewberries.

An esteemed correspondent writes "a
year or two ago 1 noticed that the native
dewberry had been brought into cultiva-
ton in Texas, l believe.
"Why not? 1t is splendid fruit and well
worthy of being cultivated in any we'll
conducted garden. Last summer an old
negro woman brought to my door about
a peck of the most delicious dewberries
that ] had ever seen. All she demanded
for them was cents a quart, which l
very promptly paid and took possession
of them. Hardly any of these berries
were less than an inch in length and many
of them were an inch and a half and some
few about two inches.
l saved a good many of the fruit and
washed out the seeds. These ] sowed in
several places, hoping 10 get some plants
later on.
Il bargained also with the old woman TO
bring me 200 plants in December. In due
time she came with them and | gladly
paid her price of 81 for the lot.
Il have carefully prepared a plot III
my future experiments in cultivating dew
berries. ] don't see how / can do any
thing in the way OF improving the ber-
ries. l only ask that these plants will
produce for me berries equal TO those that
the wild vines produced l do not know
what kind OF berries the Texas expert
mentors began with and what their re-
suits were.
In planting out the berries in my gar
den ! made the rows three feet apart and
set a plant every three feet in the row.
What ! wish TO ask is; Would it be bet.
ter TO treat them like raspberries and
stake them. or shall let them lie on she
ground as they do In their wilo late In
the latter case 1t would be harder to cul-
tivate them. Has any one in your state
cultivated the dewoerry? ] think / will
stake half Owo rows) and let two other
rows lie on the ground, unless some one
who has experience will advise me what
to DO"
We have not seen dewberries cultivated
and cannot advise our correspondent
which method TO adopt. II is well for
him to do as he suggests. Later n he
nnds that stalking 10 better, he can easily
stake the rest. No doubt the vines will
require very close pruning, At least every
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21

1t should be the object of every farm
and to improve his soil, says Home and
Farm. This is not very hard to do on
level land, but on hillside land it requires
close attention Many farmers are very
careless in improving the soil, often the
rows are run with entirely too much fall
and without good bitches at the proper
places. Often these fields are continuous
ly planted in cotton. With this system
Of farming it is impossible TO maintain the
fertility of the soil. and even when fer
tilizers are used they will eventually wash
away.
The farmers soil is his bank, and usu-
ally is the only bank he can draw from.
and If more is washed away and drawn
from the soil by the growth of crops
than is applied, the result in the end will
be a failure
Many farmers are careless in allowing
large trees to grow in their fence corners
and near their fences. This cuts off the
total yield, as the roots of the trees run
in the fields nearly as far as the trees
are high and draw their share of the
fertility from the soil, and in dry weather
the moisture needed by the crop is ex-
hausted. The first step of Improvement
must be made by stopping the washing
by running the rows properly with good
bitches at the proper places. The next
step is by rotation of crops. Planting cot
ton in each field every third year, with
peas to follow the corn and oats, thus
giving the soil growth Of peas two years
in three. With this rotation and with
manures made in abundance and a ju-
dicious use of fertilizers the soil will i'm
prove.
The continuous planting of cotton on
the same land has done more to impover-
ish all classes of lands in the South than
any other cause. not because cotton is
such an exhaustive crop. but because of
the clean and late cultivation that the
cotton must have to make a good crop.
This leaves nothing to prevent the soil
from washing during the winter BY
this continuous clean cultivation the soil
will gradually wash away, hence the i'm
portance of rotation
complete system of rotation is not as
easily practiced on large farms as On
small ones because more cotton must be
made to pay the hands or cover the in
debtedness Of renters II would be much
better to reduce the number of hands in
order to rotate the crop which can be
done as il requires less labor to make
oats. corn and other food crops than it
does to make cotton. If this rotation was
practiced by all, cotton would continue
10 bring good prices. but although all
will not do this, 1t will greatly benefit
every one who does by improving his soil
and by making the farm self-sustaining
Lewiston. La. W. B. F. Lewis.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21

of the University of Edinburgh. Capt
Inglis himself was man of education and
culture. He could speak seven different
languages and was well versed in the
Latin and Greek classical literature. He
was a retired British army officer on half
pay. He first served as first lieutenant
of the Royal Marines and consequently
as captain In the same corps. His first ac-
tive service was under Garibaldi in Italy;
afterwards he served in the British navy
in China and Japan, where he was twice
wounded, once by a sabre cut across the
head and again in the leg with a bullet
wound. He was retired on half pay dur
ing the Gladstone administration. He
came to Florida about sixteen years ago,
and after living in this country for a num-
Der of years, he went to the Gulf Coast,
in Wakulla county, where he lived until
this fall. The immediate cause of his
death was catarrh of the stomach.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21

The farmers of Florida lose every year
many thousands of dollars by their ne
glect to apply lime, especially In those
sections of the state where there is none
in the soil naturally. Lime is a very i'm
portant constituent of all crops, especially
grain crops which constitute the chief
food of man and his domestic animals
Without lime there can be no formation
of the bony system which sustains the
body. Lime enters in a greater proper
ton than any other mineral, not except
ing potash, into all fruits, vegetables anu
grains. 1t is often the case that an or
ange grove. after remaining comparative
ly unfruited for years, has responded I'M
mediately to an application of lime
though, Of course, potash and phosphate
should be applied. Lime will make An
astonishing growth in young fruit trees
planted in raw Sod receiving no other APP
plication whatever. But this will ony
last a year or two; a complete fertilizer
should be applied the second year.-EX.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
Ex-Gov. BLOxHAM,s WAY.

Florida Journal: William D. Bloxham
can now write an X before his name. He
has made the best governor that Florida
has ever had by all odds, and he will be
remembered as the only man who thus
far served the State twice in that capac-
ity. Urbane, polished and dignitied, Mr.
Bloxham is a fine specimen of the South
ern gentleman of the good old school, and
one, moreover who is gifted with an elo-
quence peculiarly his own. Those who
enjoyed the governors acquaintance VIII
not fail to recall one of his peculiarities
and one which doubtless contributed much
to his popularity. He never forgot face
or the man that went with 1t. He may
have met you but once. and that may
have been, let us say, two years ago, but
encounter him on the streets of ITALIA
hassee of Jacksonville, or Tampa-it
mattered not where-and that cordial
greeting, properly labeled and addressed
was certain to ring out. The instructive
power of memorizing names, and faces is
a great gift-especialy for a politician,
and that is what. in the best sense VIII
liam ID. Bloxham has always been.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
SOUTH CARDINALS EPIDEMIC.

Smallpox in South Carolina is spread
ing with great rapidity. The situation
is serious and unless the disease Is soon
gotten under control there will not be
a section in the state free from its raw
ages Up to several months ago the dis
ease was confined almost altogether to
the middle and upper portions Of the
state, but during the past few months
a large number Of cases have developed
on the coast, and a regular epidemic pre-
walls on the islands along the coast. The
disease, it is said, extends from the
coast of Georgia and that hundreds of
the colored people who inhabit the sea
islands along the coast are afflicted with
the disease. Gov. McSweeny and the
State Board of Health are doing every
thing possible 20 stamp out the disease
and have met with success in the up
country counties. On the coast, however,
they have not been able to do much to-
wards retarding the spread of the dis
case. The negroes are careless, and
know little of personal cleanliness, which
encourages the disease. They move about
from island 90 island spreading small
pox wherever they go. Gov. McSweeny
has taken the matter up with Gov. Cand-
Ter. with the view of arranging some
means by which the disease can be
bounded at an island along the coast of
Georgia and South Carolina.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
SOUTH CAROLINA.

At Winnsboro Tuesday evening the
occupied by the family Of Mr.. John
Smith, was set on fire. but the flames
we're extinguished before much damage
could be done. Mr.. Ulysses Smith had in
Vited Mr.. Palmer Stewart to spend the
night, and just about o'clock the two
young men found on the back porch a
bundle of lightwood and ball of cotton,
saturated with kerosene. Suspec ting
something, Immediately after supper they
hid themselves behind some bushes in
the yard They had not long to wait, for
soon sparks were seen Under the house,
and a light in one of the rooms. They
rushed in, gave the alarm and put out
the fire. which had eaten its way be-
tween the walls and into a closet. The
guilty party has not yet been captured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
sYLvANIA DEMORALIZED.

Sylvania Telephone: Never before has
Sylvania been so badly demorahzed as
she has this week, on account of the con-
tagious disease which is in our midst, be
Il whatever it may. 1t is, without doubt,
the most serious blow that has ever struck
the town, in various ways. The people
are alarmed for heir health, and many
of them have gone away; and since Mon
day business has been absolutely stag
nant. Never before in her history has
the county site been so completely de-
serted. AS to the fact that there is a
contagious disease here, there can be no
dispute. There have been six cases in
the town thus far, all of them of a sim
liar nature. Our local physicians have
differed as to what II is, some pronounc-
sng 1t chicken pox and others smallpox.
DR.. Martin, of Savannah. who was up
here Tuesday night, gave 1t as his opin-
ion that 1t was smallpox, but our citi-
zens are still divided in their belief. Near
ly every one in town has been vaccin-
ated within the past few days, and If 1t
is indeed smallpox, our people will be
protected by the best safeguard that is
known against 1t. AS stated before, it Is
of a very mid type at its worst, and has
not assumed a dangerous form.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
SYRUP MAKING IN THE RIGHT WAY

Orlando Sentinel Reporter: George T..
Macy is running off the last of the cane
crop at his mill on South street. The
methods employed by Mr.. Macy in grind
ing cane and manufacturing syrup are
largely of his own invention. and the re-
suits have proven so satisfactory that
Mr.. Macy contemplates putting in for
next seasons business a greatly enlarged
and improved plant. Furthermore, it is
not improbable that he will in time have
in operation a full sugar marufactory,
refinery and all. The production of cane
in this locality has increased enormously
since Mr.. Macy began operations. Last
year the amount of syrup manufactured
was small this year it will be about 5000
gallons, and MIR. Macy estimates next
years output at 5000 gallons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21

while poisonous, it does not have the
caustic or burning effect If a drop of it
gets on the skin. The amount recon-
mended by the experiment stations for
formalin is to use a half pint in fifteen
gallons of water and soak the seed two
hours. 1t could be used much stronger
than that without injuring the germi-
nation of the seed, even a pint having
been used in five gallons of water but
the weaker solution seemed to be quite
as effective. We certainly think one who
has to use seed from a lot which had
many scrubby potatoes, or to plant an old
field where potatoes had often been
grown. could not afford to take the risk
of using the seed without treating it.
Probably any good druggist could supply
the formalin at short notice if he does
not keep it on hand, and as treatment
with it will almost entirely prevent the
smut in small grains, every farmer should
have it and use it,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
A COUNTRY sERENADE.

Glasscock Banner: The young men in
the neighborhood of Beall Springs, de-
cided to serenade Mr.. Jesse Thompson,
who married recently one night this week
Mr. Thompson had "smelt mice" and
prepared his premises for anything but
cordial reception for the young men, He
placed bamboo briars all around his house
at about the proper height to strike the
young men in their faces as they prone
t1aded around They were good grit, how
ever and entertained him for about three
quarters of an hour, beating plow noes
etc. Finally, Mr. Thompson told them
there was such thing as getting enough
of a good thing and directed them to his
ward gate, which they followed. Next
morning several of the boys had scratched
faces.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
BLEW OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

Greers, S. c., was shocked and grieved
Thursday by one Of the most horrible
suicides that has ever occurred in this
part of the world. Mr.. e. p. Wyatt, one
of the most respected citizens, blew the
top of his head off with a shotgun. His
mother saw him go into a stable just
at Il o'clock carrying the gun, but it did
not occur to her that he had any inten-
ton of taking his life. In a few minutes
after he entered the stable the report
of the gun was heard. and persons who
went at once to the stable to see what
had happened found Mr.. Wyatt with the
whole back part of his head blown off
lying on the ground, his brains scattered
in all directions. Death was, of course,
instantaneous. Mr.. Wyatt was about 50
years old and unmarried lie was a man
IN comfortable circumstances. Two or
three years ago he suffered an attack
of paralysis, and since that time has
been in poor health, and at times very
respondent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
The FARM AND The GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

Cultivating the Dewberry The
Value of a Garden-The Best Breed
of POuItFy-The Farmers Soil His
Bank-Green Done for Poultry.
Agriculture is the foundation of civ
ilization, the basis of all other industrial
pursuits; its advancement having more
powerful influence on the prosperity and
social elevation of a people than any
other of the worlds industries. Were 1t
not for this time-honored vocation me-
chanics, manufactures and commerce
would have nothing to supply the mate
rial upon which to depend and mankind
be devoid of the resources of physical
life. In its aim and scope. the amount
and variety of its productions it stands
supreme among mans material interests,
underlying and unfolding all others. -
Charles l. Flint.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21

TWO years. We fear that the rows are
too close together. 1t would have been
better to have had the rows five feet, any
how four feet, apart.
We are quite sure our correspondent has
done a very good thing in bringing such
fine berries into cultivation, and we hope
he will succeed in his experiment and
later acquaint US with the results.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
LOST LAND. THEN LOST MIND.

James Perdue, young man that for
mer!y lived near Wrens, in Jefferson
county accumulated a few hundred dol
lars and invested it in real estate IN
Laurens county. A dispute arose over the
title to his land, which was followed by
a law euit end Perdue lost his land. I'M
mediately his mind began to give away
and resulted in his becoming insane. lie
was carried to the state sanitarium at
Milledgeville, the combined EFFORTS OF sew
eral men being required to control him in
changing cars at Tennille.