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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-13
The following are tho assessments for
candidates for the various Offices:

For the convenience Of candidates /
hereby authorize g. Il. ID. Burns, at Wal
halla, to receive the pledges of candi-
dates for the various county offices and
to accept tho amount of assessments.
nj. s. Stribling,
Chairman County EX. Com.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-13
Campaign Meeting at Newry.

There will be county campaign meet
ing in Ncwry Hall, at Newry Cotton
Mills, on Thursday night, August 4th,
at s o'clock. All are cordially invited to
attend. NJ. S. Stribling,
Chairman County Ex. Com.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-13
0conee County Singing Convention.

The Oconce County Singing Conven-
tion will be held with Cearmont church
tho first Sunday in August and Saturday
before. All singers are invited to be
present J:F. Morton, President
Norton Cox, Secretary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-13
Meteorological Matters.

The following is the record of tom
perature and rainfall as recorded at the
U. S. Station, at j. D. Isbelps, near Wal
halla, for week ending July 8, as recorded
by Miss Laura T. Isbell, observer:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-13

Leroy II. Youmans, of Columbia, will
preside over the speoiol term of Conrt to
be held at Greenwood beginning August
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
Franks OF Maui Judge.

One of Judge Kalua's latest freaks
at the recent term of his Court ad.
journed last week, was the imprison.
ment of jurymen for contempt. in
being late He took no excuses, and
In the height of his aggravation, he
sent the juror to prison instead, where
he might cogitate and brood over his
grievous and contemptuous conduct in
being later than the Court itself. And
had 1t not beer, for someone who open.
ed the law right under the Judges nos.
trils, he might still be lingering in jail
today, for-who knows? The juror
was Immediately sent for after being
over an hour in CELL and was told to
go hence and sin no more, but must
return the next day to do duty on be-
half of his country. And he went
forth smiling and happy. AS there is
no law to warrant the Judge in this
behavior towards juror, we think the
Judge exceeded his authority and he
should at once be made to know his
duty in such case. Instead of fine,
he gave the juror Imprisonment, an
uncalled for infilction OF an unknown
punishment A rumor is being heard
that the juror may yet file damage
suit against the Judge for unjust i'm
prisonment, for he was indeed impris
oned for an hour or more, and then
he'll be made to pay for his crankiness
and quick temper.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

Despite the opinions so freely offer.
ed, especially by the large business in
terests of Honolulu, that 1t was within
the power and the province of the
Governor to become a practical legis.
lative monopolst, his own sounder
judgment has prevailed. This shows
his determination to keep within the
intent of the Organic Act, as well as
our Territorial laws, when any. crisis
may arise in our affairs. For this the
people OF Hawaii have cause for graf.
itude, because it is an experience to
which they have been unaccustomed
under the absolute rule of the Provi.
sional Government and of the admins.
tratiou of Mr.. Dole. That it is appre.
ciated by the Hawaiians we are well
aware. 1t has inspired their conf
dence in Mr.. Carter, whom they re
gard as friend and not as ruler. 1t
has brought them close to him in sen
timent and it will be the fault of the
Governor himself if that feeling is not
intensified.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
Hawaiian Against fhemselnS

In the last Territorial grand jury
who signed the report against the
use of the dual languages in our Leg
islature, five were Hawaiians who were
gotten over to sign their death knell.
These were John A. Baker, the Ha-
waiian-Chinese llnguist; Archie S
Robertson, Douglas Kaona, defeated
Home Rule candidate for Representa-
tive at the last general campaign,
Henry Hiki and Solomon Nihop; in all,
thIee full-blooded natives and two part
Hawaiians. Only one Of the lot speaks
English better than he does Hawaiian,
and tn other four are not welE-up in
their knowledge Of the language of tho
interloper, but these took upon them
selves the task of downing their moth
er tongue. What nincompoops these
fellows are. Hawaiians should mark
them well ap$ not forget them too
easy. One and all of them should be
ielegated to Limbo. And in the pres
ent grand jury Baker is again one of
thsm. Mark him well, for he's am up
start to turn down his own language,
and has no command of the foreign
tongue Watch i'm; it's worth the
trouble. u
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
IlcsntiNs TO Travel.

We wish to butt in again and say
that If the merchants and people of Ho-
nolulu wish to encourage tourist travel
as far as the Islands by reducing
steamship fares, the power is fully
in their hands. The merchants could
charter one or two or even three swift
passenger and freight steamers to ply
regularly between here and San Fran
CISCO something like the Alameda is
now doing. Having complete control
Of their own freight at both ends, the
profits from the steamers would be as
sured in advance. The passenger sched-
ule could then be set as low as de-
sired-$25 II need be-and the voyages
w NhS ioAahNS dNNNhNuobSh w INV
frills OF excursion Journeys. 1t is
childish to imagine that the undertake
ing would be too great to handle. Local
business men contend with larger
problems every year, and as this enter
prise is one in which there is all to
gain and nothing to lose (save by mere
accidenD it would seem that there
should be little hesitancy in tackling
it, In place of the community being
at, the mercy of the steamship com
panies, which are crushing out tourist
travel by keeping fares up, it has the
situation completely in its own hands.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

careful scrutiny of his propositions
and will welcome any other methods
that will reach the same results. For
months the Executive has studied this
financial problem earnestly. He has
given it his thought by day and by
night and is, probably. in a better po'
sition to judge of the effect of the
governmental reconstruction, as he
outlines 1t, than the representatives
of the people are likely to be after
their more brief deliberations. But,
Notwithstanding this, he invites criti-
cism and amendment by those who
alone have the right to adjust our
finances and he rightly places the task
where 1t belongs
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

Governor Carter has applied his Of
flcial pruning knife with fearless
hand, with the one object in view Of
keeping our outgo within our income.
Apparently he has disregarded appeals
for clemency from all sources, know.
ing full well, as a business man, that
there can be no real welfare and pros
perity as long as debt hoyers over our
Territorial homes. He is determined
to restore solvency and sound credit
as far as lies in his power and has
clearly set forth to the representa-
tives of the people manner whereby
expenditures can be decreased with
out impairing the efficiency of our gov.
ernment, and the activity of the sher
III may be lessened.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

Hus.r.d a. the Pos omoe at Honolulu
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

With the mutual good understanding
that now exists between the Execu
tive and Legislative branches of this
Administration, the work of retrench-
ment should be entered upon with har
mony and completed with alacrIty and
wisdom. We believe it will be.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 6. 1904.
TaE GOVERNORS MESSAGE

. With the ring of earnestness and sin.
cerity Governor Carter summons the
Legislature into special session for
the laudablc and necessary purpose of
adjusting Tie finances of the Terri
tory. 1t is unfortunate that this
should be necessary but it is better
to remedy Our ,roubles at once than to
allow them to grow worse through de-
lay.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
WORD TO LEe1sLAToRs.
Governor Makes His Wishes Known
To Law Makers.

Governor Carter's message to the
Legislature this morning was lengthy
document, Much of it is taken up in
explaining the necessity of special
session for the purposes Of retrench-
ment, and opinions as to the safest and
best schemes Of retrenchment The
Governor regrets that his plan of re-
ducing taxation cannot be put into eff
fect, he having found that conditions
are entirely different from what he sup
posed upon taking Office in November
last. After calling attention in detail
10 the situation, he adds that the quick,
easy and certain way OF meeting the
crisis Is by increasing taxation. He
believes however. that that plan
should not be followed, but that every
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

There is no suggestion, however,
from rIr. Carter that his plan Of re.
trenchment is the only feasible one
or that it must be carried out as a
whole. On the contrary, he invites a
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06

unnecessary expense snouiu pe Oub N"'
and the total of expenditures reduced
to figure in the neighborhood or be-
low the total of estimated receipts.
The Governor finds cause for crit
icizing the present method of accounts,
he finding that the same Is not divided
mines Of the different classes of the
public service nor in accordance with
the division by districts, He suggests
that a scheme of tabulating the expend-
lures for different public institutions
be devised, and that an equitable divi-
sion OF receipts be made between the
districts, after a plan somewhat talk
ing the place of the provision relating
thereto in the County Act
In long table the Governor shows
that the estimated receipts for the fiscal
period ending with July 1 next will be
81, 1862, ,372.4S and, ON his plan, the dis
bursements $2,O57, ,lO7. In the run of
present expenses, however, as planned
by the Legislature in regular session,
there would be deficit of S65S,000, and
his scheme, If carried out, would show
saving of s1O5, ,2O2.4S, to be applied
on this amount.
In summarizing the Governor urges
that no expenditure beyond the reve-
nues be legalized and that all appro-
priation bills of the last session be re-
pealed. Appropriations must be kept
below the income A more equitable
distribution of appropriations is recon-
mended, and il is urged that the gen
eral revenues be relieved of the charges
for Honolulu garbage and sewer sys-
TENS. Economy and publicity of af-
fairs is recommended. The Governor
submits the draft of revenue acts for
consideration, and also states that he
viii have another message on the sub
ject Of expenditures.
Prisoners are now being used to clear
Kapiolani Park and Waikiki natives
employed in carting away earth. This
is makeshift for hte Orientals for
merly employed Is it because the Leg
islature is called into special session
and is only means to blind the leg
islators? We are on to this game of
the Park Commission and it will not
work
Charley Williams from Honokaa fell
outside of his caste in the House this
forenoon. Johnny Wise was too wise
for him, being like snake in winning
out against both his opponents. Both
are Hawaii boys. There was no need
OF importing one TO oppose another
anyway.
There is hardly a doubt but that the
Governor is right in his contention
that the salaries of Government ply
sicians should be cut out altogether in
many cases and shaved in probably all.
A majority of the doctors that draw
stipends from the public treasury are
at best plantation physicians, engaged
in the treatment Of plantation employ
eos, Their outside practice amounts to
little, and what they do have is usual
ly paid for. Taken as a whole the sub
sidtzed physician gets more out of the
proposition than anybody else and is
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
THOS. L1NDS.A x
Manufacturing IOEoIGE

Call and inspect tie beautiful and
useful display OF goods for pres-
opts or for peraonal use aud adorn-
mont,
Love Building, $50 Fort Street.,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-06
raysble Invariably in Advance.

v. .. TESLA, Proprietor anal Fab
Usher.
sa..,alar in Honolulu.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03

Some one induced Jimmy to go to
Sunday school. 1t was the first time
he had been there. He was i'll at ease
at first and cast anxious glances at
the door. Once he suggested to his
nearest neighbor that they make a
sneak"
The teacher observed that Jimmy
needed attention, and she did the best
she could to win his good will. In
the simplest of language she told
the story of the creation of the world.
Her narration was so plain and her
manner so earnest that the street
Arab could not help but be impressed,
although he tried to appear indiffer-
ent.
Had she stopped there all might
have been we'll, but she thought she
would make sure Of her conquest by
addressing herself to Jimmy direct.
do you understand. James?" she
inquired.
"She's talking to you," said Jimmy's
companion, nudging him when he
noticed that Jimmy didn't recognize
the strange name of James.
"Huh?" said Jimmy inquiringly of
The teacher.
"Do you understand the lesson"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03
Chinese First to Print

The technique of Japanese engrav'
ing and printing is thus described:
The picture, drawn for the engravel
on thin, transparent paper of partic'
ular kind, is pasted face downward
upon a block of wood, usually cherry.
and the superfluous thickness of paper
is removed by process of scrapm9
until the design is clearly visible
The borders of the outline are then
incised-very lightly in the more deli
cate parts-with kind of knife and
the interspaces between the lines OF
the drawing are finally excavated by
means of tools of various shapes.
The ink is then applied with a brush
and the printing is effected by hand
pressure, assisted by a kind of pa&
to which procedure may be attributeq
much of the beauty of the result. Cen
tain graduations Of tone and eve4
polychromatic effects may be pros
duced from single block by suitable
application of ink or color upon the
wood, and on carefully examining
these prints it is often apparent that
a great deal of artistic feeling has
been exercised in the execution of the
picture after the designer ande engrav.
er had finished their portion Of the
work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03

Centuries before sthe art preserva-
tive" was known in Europe the Chi
nese had practiced printing and had
produced illustrations by engraved
blocks. From the Chinese the jap
anese learned to print, and engrav-
1ngs dating from the thirteenth cen
fury have been found.
typography was first employed in
the service of religion for reproducing
texts and images of the Buddha. This
was followed by the production of pub
licationsi such as romances and novels,
in which the illustrations we're about
on a par with those in old-time chat
books. There were followed by sin
gle-sheet prints and by that large
class of productions which emanated
from the theater as advertisements.
Chroma-xylography originated in
Japan at the commencement of the
eighteenth century with single sheets
printed from three blocks, black, pale
green or blue, and pale pink. A fourth
block was added in 1920, and two 9th
ers were added about forty years later.
The art was brought to perfection
between 1865 and 1885 in the single
sheet pictures, *'Tori Kyonaga,' "Su-
zuki Haruhobu" and "Katsugawa Shun'
sho." e..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03
TonbS of Ancient Egypt

with large number of little wooden
models representing river and sail
ing boats, a granary, a group Of per-
sons baking, a man brewing, a man
leading an OK, a girl carrying brace
Of birds in her hands and a basket on
her head. Notwithstanding the ex-
IRENE age-believed to be four thou
sand years-of these curious relics,
they were found to be in remarkable
state of preservation, the oarsmen in
the galleys leaning upon their oars
and the paint still bright and clean.
The ceremonies attending the inter-
ment of a woman were slightly dis
similar, the departed lady being pro-
vided with a basket of toilet requi-
sites.
These curious little models were
buried in accordance with the ancient
Egyptian religious rites, in order to
provide the departed one, with the
necessaries for future life. One high
ly interesting discovery was made in
the course of these excavations-an
exact counterpart of the modern weav-
ing reed as used in the mills at Wigan,
England, the only difference being
that the ancient Egyptians of 23O0
B. G. used cane teeth instead of steel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03

Guiana there lies a territory known
as Ccunani, after the principal town
there. The frontiers here had never
been definitely deliminated, but, as
the country was comparatively bare
and savage and of little commercial
value, the question was left in abey-
ance, and the district became known
as the contested Territory and for
long while, indeed, was the happy
hiding ground of the convicts escap-
ing from the penal settlement OF
French Guiana.
In 1895, however, gold was discov-
cred and rush took place, bringing
the country into prominence, and it
was under these circumstances that
the French and Brazilian govern
ments signed a protocol to refer the
question of frontier to the arbitration
OF Switzerland. A decision rendered
at Berne in December, 1900, gave the
country to Brazil, and Immediately
the government of Rio de Janeiro an
nexed it to the district of Para and
put it's administration into due force.
Since that time law and order have
been definitely established there, and
the country enjoys participation in
the constitution of the Republic of
Brazil.
"As for the person who styles him.
self president Of the Free State Of
Counani'' Git is still the Brazilian le-
cation secretary who is speaking), che
is simply an adventurer. He certainly
has been to the place, coming from
no one knows where, and but for his
timely withdrawal would have been
arrested, not for anything SO grandilo-
Cuent as high treason or the like, but
on a police court charge of theft.
"He escaped to Paris, where he has
got together band of men like him
self, gems sans aveu,' Of no avow-
sble profession, and is now simply
irving to get moAey from the foolish
or worse.
ooh, no, he does not trouble us; we
take no notice Of him; all we have
done is to beg the Paris police, in the
interest of common honesty, to keep
an eye upon him and his gang"
Another illusion gone, another cas-
tie in Spain crumbled to dust and
ashes in Counani. Nothing remains,
not even Port Tarascon of the immor'
tai Tartarin.-Paris correspondence
New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03
Got Even With Widow

woman without a bathing suit in her
luggage-well, knew then I had the
widows range and could rout her
horse, foot and dragons. She went
Off to the sheltered cove, where the
bathhouse is, and as soon as I was
sure she was in the water hunted up
the man and asked if he didn't want
to go and see the widow swim. OF
course he did, and he said he'd won
dered all along why she didn't go in
bathing.
1--WE went down and sat right smack
in front of the bathhouse. The widow
was out in the water padding around
and when she saw me the look she
gave me made ice form all over the
eel-grass. She tried to get us to go
back to the hotel and get her comb
that she'd forgotten, but told her she
could use the one had in the bath
house. She tried-well, she tried
every way she could think of to get
us to go away, but I was bound I'd sit
there until that widow came out of
the water, and I sat as if I'd been
l.ailed down. l knew she couldn't
stay in the water forever, because the
tide goes out there and you'd have to
be clam to hide when that happens.
She stuck it out till you could hear
her teeth chattering half block off
and then she came in.
1--WE made way for her to enter the
rathhouse, and as soon as the man
got one good look at henry bathing
suit was a little short for her-I knew
tie widow was a has-been. Stunning
looking she was in full dress, but in
a bathing suit she was simply para
lying. If a mosquito had lit on one
Of her knees he'd have to use the long
distance phone to let his wife on the
other knee know what had become OF
him. She was the bowleggedest
widow in nine ates."-Washington
Post.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03

is the result of my representatives. in
vestigation:
An outlying Paris suburb, shabby
genteel-with the genteel left out; a
declassed and sordid district, skirting
the unlovely railway line; "a mean
street, untidy, cramped, unclean; a
squalid tenement, bare, cheap, jerry;
a sloven concierge in. dark and stag
nant loge; dirty, unswept stairs, five
flights to climb; then a common, I'M
pretentious blue tin label, laughab1e
to tears, and you have arrived at the
official residence of the president of
the republic of Counani.
A knock-since a bell is absent
and the door is opened by a fine
breezy figure of man, a conquisita-
dor fulfilling the functions of usher.
Tall, broad-shouldered, upright as a
dart; fearless, evidently, but looking
most sheepishly ashamed of his pres
ent circumstances Yes, he will take
YOUR name, and inquire. Muttered
question and answer may be heard in
an inner room, and then the word is
given to enter So you shuttle through
a narrow dark passage, another door
is held open for you, and the president
and his council of state are disclosed
to your astonished gaze ~ =
= A small ordinary, living room, char
acteristic OF the usual cheap fiat; a
floor uncarpeted, newspaper cuttings
hanging from the walls for ornament;
chairs, no two alike, on each side OF
you, on them seated most extraor-
dinarily nondescript set OF men, in
every attitude of wasting time;
against the further wall by the soil
tary window, studioysly ,closed, two
common writing tables, back to back.
plenteously bestrewn with exhausted
cigarette flags; an atmosphere OF to-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03
Eor6ot Name of His Intended.

"Lemme see." reflected George San
ders, colored, as he stood before Dep
uty Walter Ratcliffe's desk in the
county clerks Office at the court house
yesterday, a perfect picture of per-
plexity. LET me see, what is de
name of dat gal I'm goin' ter marry?'
+, AS the bystanders laughed and
made suggestions, Sanders, who had
come to the court house for a mar.
rage license and forgotten the name
of his fiancee scratched his head and
made an explanations:
II am plumb excited. 1 amt used
to all this TODD of gettin' married, and
I've just forgot that gals first name
as clean as a whistle"
The witness that Sanders had
brought with him was not acquainted
with the girls first name, having
known her only as miss Johnson"
and could not help out. Finally, San.
ders got his bride-elect over the tele.
phone, and this is what he said:
:" Say, honey, what is yo' front
name"
What the reply was cannot be
stated, but Sanders fastened to ex.
plain: .'You see, honey, I'm so plumb
excited that I've done forgot it, and ]
can't get de license" s.-~
She told him and he turned away
from the instrument exclaiming: "O1
course, l oughter have remembered it.
Matte Johnson, boss. Louisville
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