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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-09
LOCAL lACONlCS.
The Faro to New Orleans.

The president Of York County
Southern Cotton association has just
received wire information from State
Secretary Weston that all delegates to
the New Orleans Growers convention
are to be taken there and back for one
full fare plus 25 cents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-09

President Southern Cotton Association
Washington special of January 6, to

- Washington special of January 6, to
Columbia State: The claim Of the SOL
dierS of South Carolina who served In
the war with Spain will. 1t Is announc-
ed, soon be paid. The work of collect
ing this money from the government
has been conducted by w. Boyd Evans
as special attorney appointed by Gov
Hayward, and Messrs. Calhoun & SiZer
of Washington. The attorneys have
just finished the work of collecting the
required data for the accounting OFF,
GERS of the treasury and the claim Is
now described as being safe. awaiting
the general process of settlement.
This means that it may be some time
yet before the money Is placed In the
hands of Gov. Hayward for distribu-
ton, but it is we'll on the way. The to-
tai amount claimed Is $119,145.6S, Of
which $14970.92 is for the First regi-
ment; $17,1S7.6S for the Second regi-
ment; $2,344.52 for the heavy artillery;
$S,S7522 for naval militia and $75,767.32
for rejecting men, staff officers, cloth
ing and camp equipage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-09
Special Railroad Levies.

The special railroad tax levies for
the payment Of interest on the bonds
issued in aid Of the Three Cs railroad
will be as follows next year: York
mills: Catawba 2 mills; Ebenezer l
mill. The York levy has been reduced
half a cent as compared with last
year and the Catawba levy a quarter
Of cent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-09
Tax Collections,

The collections Of Treasurer Neely
up to December 81, 1905 amounted to
$95,559.0S, or S5.7 per cent Of the whole
book, which Is $l11,4S5,89, The tota!
number Of receipts issued was 6,325 out
of a total Of about 10000. Last years
tax book was the largest in the history
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
NEW SUBURBAN ROADS.

A large gang of road workers are at
present at work extending Male street.
of the College Hills tract through the
Highland Park tract, the idea being to
have this new road connect ultimately
with the road proposed in Expert Rob
insOu's report connecting Manoa Val
icy with MoiliiIi. Another road for this
tract is also planned, being an exten-
sion of Metcalf street through Captain
<idwelTs land, provided satisfactory
arrangements can be made. This ex-
tension will connect with Parker ave-
nue. of the College Hills tract. This
new division of building lands being
opened up by these roads is the largest
piece of new property on the market.
adjoining HonOluIu's choicest valley.
and the lots so far offered for sale are
finding ready purchasers,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
ROCK ISLAND EXPANSION.
HEARST TO CALIFORNIA.

ticed in Cuba, until 1t was used to
bring on the Spanish war. Blount's
verdict is interesting, for one thing, be-
cause of his earlier role as Para
mount" Blount in Hawaii. and his in
fiuence which led Mr.. Cleveland to haul
down our flag there [This is a mis-
take. j. II. Blount is a son of the late
Col. Blount.-Ed. Adv.l Much as his
plea coincides with the desire of the
millions here eager to see the Philippine
chapter ended, it will not match in
weight that of such a man as w H.
Taft. The recent experience in cuba.
also, has increased very greatly the
doubt in all Americans minds as to
the nearness of the time when the
Filipinos will really reach capacity for
rnment.-Exchange
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
CHAMBER Of commerce.
AND BAND RELIEF

The trustees of the Chamber of Com
merce met yesterday morning and dis
cussed the Hawaiian bands troubles as
we'll as the unexpended balance of the
fund contributed last April for the re-
lief of sufferers in San Francisco
through the earthquake, with reference
to its proposed use for bringing the
bandsmen back home. The result Oh
he discussion was the passing of a
motion empowering the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Giffard, in
conjunction with the chairman of the
advisory committee, to cable to the
proper relief authorities in San Fran
cisco asking whether they would object
to the withdrawal Of a sufficient
amount from the relief fund of $4,000 TO
bring the band here.
The discussion brought out many in
teresting matters in connection with
the band. it's status to the Territorial
government, its connection with the
Federal government as part Of the
ocal militia, the responsibility of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
THE WOES OF COSTA.

Frank Costa had tale of woe to re-
late last night. He had just been bail
ed out of the police cells. where he had
been placed. according to his own ac-
count, on d grievous misunderstanding.
Costa had been jumped by a gang
whose political predictions he had no
difficulty in determining as Republi'
can He was thumped and had the
evidence on his face to prove it. Es~
Gaping from his assailants, he tele>
phoned for the patrol wagon, but when
that public vehicle arrived the officers
in charge bundled him into it and hur-
ried him to the lookup. Hence his
INDIGNATION
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

Board of County Supervisors, and.
above ALL the lack of any guarantee on
the part of Mr.. Cohen to return the
band safely to the islands.
Present at the meeting We're Presi-
dent w NJ. Giffard, J. r. Gait. W. y.
Bowen, F. NJ Swanzy. E. E Paxton,
George w. smith and L. Tenney Peck.
Mr.. Giffard stated the object of the
meeting and read the resolution of the
Promotion Committee asking that
something be done to bring the band
home
Mr.. Peck said there seemed to be a
lnisconception in the minds of the
members of the Promotion Committee
and others as to the fund known as
the Governors Relief Fund for San
Francisco. 1t was intended to be used
for people suffering in San Francisco
consequent upon the earthquake. Tht
relief fund was placed in the hands or
a committee as trustees. Trustees for
Wnom? Not for the donors. but for the
sufferers in san Francisco. The situa-
ton has not arisen when the commit
tee can be called upon to act as trus-
teas for the donors. There was never
any reference to NEEDY Hawaiians"
except in so far as it applied to some
instructions TO Mr Morgan. who dis
tri9utei much of the fund in San Fran
cisco.
Mr.. Peck stated that he did not be-
lieve n dollar OF the balance could be
diverted for any other purpose as long
as the san Francisco relief committee
(Continped on Page Eleven.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
PROMOTION ROOMS
TO Be VACATED

The Promotion Committee will have
bar and billiard service of the Alex
ander Young Hotel viii then be in
stalled in the fine large room which the
committee occupies. There viii be no
entrance TO the bar room from the
street, the only open route being
through the hotel corridor. II is not
known where the promotion headquar-
tcrs will go. but it might be able to
get the fine Steiner premises on Hotel
street across the way.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
Would Not Look Well to Withdraw Aid From
San Francisco Which May Be Badly
Needed---Merchants Act.

wish to express myself regard agitation going
garding
phases generally realized
large phases which induce sober second thought
the matte
Friday feeling good many
this for the
band had been made to the committee for $1,000 for local charitable purposes
regarding the need Of
relief from the
but found that these suggestions had been based on mpp
hension
possession
expend purpose
given representative Francisco
be
action being the coming
winter be than
Up until that time the committee had beer
paying has long since
beenad this organization has been distanded
organization that the Chamber of Commerce addressing
further need of money Unless the
wOded that the people who receive will know that it ar
ffawar IN her gS p , % 70 - fth d Of one San Franiscans
seriptions So :
.Jnd those circumstances that reply
knowing been distributing small
relief right along At the meeting on M ltldas days some & % @ % h ] % T %
and want learned during his visit
that that the hospitals are verworkea % @ anu ] h is n tho a
The question % a @ w was mot discussed in the meeting the committee being
lion ~ the inom that they simply
of the fund that it naked trust
purpose of the concerned the committee
neither in favor of nora against a committee
..There is one phase situation which would be well " consider
attitude which this community IS likely TO place ace @ @ H.
trophe published world generosity in the amount OF the sub
because of feeling sympathy
back what we had gwen 70 Nn
Of Indians in our sif - 1; 4,
committee but if the subscribers TINS fund
authority to these
valid that because olher ie
over balances expended ooishy that tins one o '. -
oana;no made But however "e may Be-
anything else "h 'he oheS "l
disburs among the
Sa
I am a
perfectly +ho fund Honolulu is not
broke our own suneiei' " ' ~ AO
bauak
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

In answer to a cabled inquiry to
Denver regarding the illness of the
Rev. Dr.. Sylvester, reported in a Den
yer paper of recent date and published
in the Advertiser, P. c. Jones last night
received reassuring reply to the effect
that DR.. Sylvester's illness had not been
serious and that he would sail for Ho-
nolulu or the S. S. Korea, leaving San
Francisco On the goth inst
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

Bring back Kapelmeister Berger,
For are heard around the town
Sounds of grief and lamentation
That his baton of renown
Waves for empty tep.cent benches
In some frozen ten-cent town.
Bring back all the busted band-boys,
Bring back, Joseph Cohen too,
Give the former hero medals,
Put the latter in the Zoo
He's a wonder; can you beat him
From this place to Timbuctoo?
Emma Square and that of Thomas.
Likewise island of Makee,
Till the bandboys back you summo
Naught will know of rythmic glee;
For their harmony we're hungry
For their matchless melody.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
REV, DR., SYLVESTER BETTER
AND WILL COME On KOREA

The Albany Evening Journal of Oc-
tober 81 says:
The Rev. J. Walter Sylvester, for
merly pastor of the Second Presby-
terian church, but now of Honolulu,
has been honored by the University of
Denver with the degree of Doctor of
Divinity. DR.. Sylvester was graduated
from this University ten years ago. He
has been spending his vacation at
Denver, but will shortly return to Ho'
r1,>iuiu."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

Christian Church, corner Alakea and
King streets. Services this day: Jun
ior c. f. a. m; Senior c. f, $50
D. m; Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing. II a. m. The Timidly Heroic in
Mans Glorification of God" and 7:3o
D. m. queries and answers-G Shall
a Christian Go to Law to Collect
Debts?" (2) Journalism VS.. The Real
Values in Religion" You are cordially
invited to any and all services. G. d.
Edwards, pastor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.

]. H Blount. formerly judge in a
court of the first instance in the Phil
fppines. is now delivering addresses de-
claring that the Ftlipinos are demand
ing independence more than ever. ana
that they desire to have the Americans
leave the country. He adds that the
RECOMMENDATION" going on there diff
fers little from that Gen. Weyler prac-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
BRING Back BERGER.
Rv TT M Ayres
By H. M. Ayres.

Much we miss those moonlight concerts
Underneath the greenwood tree,
Miss the waltz and merry medley,
Stately march and symphony;
And the sweet-voiced native maidens
Singing ''I.ei Poni Moi
Then again we miss the lovers
On the benches al the back,
And the sound like pistols popping,
AS fiirtatious lips "kersmack"-
Oscillation bees will flourish
When Herr Berger wanders back.
Bring back every frosted f1uter
To our palm-gfrt island shore,
Then shall poi and plenteous Palm
Tree
Conjure melody galore,
And the air be filed with music
Evermore and evermOre.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
|Of DONATIONS IN THE
CRATER Of VESUv|US
FOLLOWED BY QUAKES
Sargent Coming Here at Presidents Request
Germanys Polish Question--Stanford
Wins Over Berkeley at Football.
ASSOCIATED Press Cablegrams.)

NAPLES November r1.-Heavy crater OF
Mount Vesuvius have been followed earthquake shocks
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
SARGENT SENT HERE
BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, November 11.-Inmgration Commissioner
Sargent leaves Tuesday supervise landing
of Portuguese go by direction of Pre
dent Roosevelt who
ment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
FREE TRADE WITH CANADA ,

CHICAGO November III Hill president Northern
Pacific made address before las
evening in which he advocated free with
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

SECRETARY TAFT INSPECTS.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kas, November 11.-Secretary
Taft is inspecting the military post here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

PATRIOTIC YOUNG POLES.
BERLIN November 11-Fifty thousand Polish children hav
authorities
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11

SUUNk-YoS ] k9t Cen.
tri'usas. 3 Si625e, Per
Ton. $40 32S. SSAnaiysis
beets. IS. s i'd, Per
Ton 5000.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
BATTLES IS INDICTED


HeHterday afternoon the grand
lary returned fts indictment.
against J II Battles each aneginE q
the serious offensn of criminal as
zauil The prosecuting witness IL
Ida Dufton. niece of Battles wife
She resides Wtth her parents near
Midlothian and II said 70 be- under
fifteen years OF age Battles has a
family and owns = farm q few miles
from Waxahachie
He vas arrested three or four
weeks ago and placed in jail The
complaint on which h. WAS taken In
custody was filed in the justice court
lat Midlothian Battles waived a pre-,
iiminary hearing and his bond was
fixed at $4,000, which he failed to
give
Another indictment was returned
yesterday afternoon against viola
tor Of the local option law
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
UPLAND TRIUMPH COTTON.
Results of Experiments Made With
Seed From Government

G. G. Harpoid, one OF the most
progressive farmers in the Milford
country and a member Of the Farm
ers' Cooperative Cotton Demonstra-
tiou Work of Houston Texas. re-
ceiVed from the department of ag
riculture last spring a variety OF
cotton seed known as the Upland
Triumph which he planted in the
following way: On one acre he
planted the seeds in rows six and one
half feet apart, on the other acre he
planted the seed in the customary
way Mr. Harpold yesterday took to
the Rounds Gin Company 3,065
pounds of seed cotton, and it gin
ned out 1.004 pounds of lint I mis-
cotton was picked under unfavorable
weather conditions. From the acre
of cotton in which the rows were six
and one-half feet apart there was
gathered III pounds of cotton, from
the acre where the rows were three
and one-quarter feet apart he pick
ed only 500 pounds, showing the
wider rows 27T pounds more than
the narrow. Mr.. Harpold will later
in the season send in to the depart
ment of agriculture a complete re-
port of his experiments,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
PLOT WAS DISCOVERED
RsSNan Officers Arrest Han sHd Woman
IN lR S Palace iac.os"re.

st Petersburg. Sept % a we'll
laid plot against the Emp and
with the chance of suoces IN its
side WAS uncovered ycst"fh by the
arrest OF two armed terr rists.
man and woman IN the quarters
OF one Of the palace servants within
The Enclosure of the Alexandra Pal
ace, pcterhof His Majesty's scclud-
ID and closely guarded summer resi-
dence The servants son and an
other lackey named Klepnikoff who
were concerned in smuggling the ter
rorists through the guards arranging
their hiding place. were arrested for
being implicated in the plot
Emperor Nicholas had been expect
ed 10 return to Peterhof this week
and 1t is presumed that the terrorists
Intended to lay in wait and shoot
him while he was playing with his
children in the grounds.
The ramificatious of the conspir-
acy in which arrests have been re-
ported almost daily since Sep Is.
when a lackey and several other per
sons were arrested are extensive and
may possibly have influenced two or
more subdivisions. one directed at
the Emperor and the other against
Grand Duke Nicholai.
A campaign of arrests and domi-
cliary visitations was inaugurated
in st Petersburg yesterday. 1t is
NOT connected with thp pptnrhof rlof
but is an outcome of the recent ar
rival here of a group of Polish So
cialists
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29

Prof William N Golden and bro
Their of oYilla were thrown from a
buggy on the public square thls
morning and each sustained = nun.
her Of painful bruises They came
10 town in a buggy drawn by mule
aud %hen the business part Of the
eity ~as reached she animal ran
away IN making turn At one cor
uer of the court house plaza the
buggy careeued slightly and the
young men were pitched ont Prof
Golden was hurt on one arm and
leg and his brother received a few
scratches on one arm
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29

fom kippur, the day OF atoncment
and 70 gts hess according to the
Jewish cafe ldar began at suudown
last evening and will end at sund1yn
this evening
Yom kippur is the most important
day in the Jewish calendar II is
not only the day OF atonement. but
II is the day of forgiveness as we'll.
Every Jew who has any grievance
against his fellow man is supposed
to cleanse his heart Of all malice and
renew all ties of friendship on this
day.
The day Is being observed in
Naxahachie by the closing of bust
ness houses conducted by Jews
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
Tppk No FRANKS.
In Incident Recalled in senator Gui-
hcr~on's Earlier Career.


The views Of Senator Culberson
upon the question OF corporate influ-
ence have been made public. not by a
statement but by the public recita-
ton Of an incident that occurred
many years ago. II WAS recounted
by a high official In the employ of
an express company doing business
In Texas
Before Senator Culbersou was
elected 10 the office OF attorney gen
eral for Texas he was the legal rep
resentative of the express company.
TO which his advocates are stif asso-
ciated Immediately upon his install
.lation into office his employment with
the corporation was severed,
In spite OF this fact the usual
couftesies We're extended The man
ager for the express company issued
his regular and yearly allotment of
franks The privilege of using
the express accommodations of the
company free of cost was offered to
the man now acting as senior sena-
tor from Texas
4 few days later the frank was re-
turned. Accompanying was a letter
of unmistakable import Mr. Culber-
son. when he assumed the position of
public official. severed all other
associations. He could not even ac-
cept the courtesies of the company
by which he had been so long en-
ployed
The letter was answered. 1t was
explained that the frank meant moth
| ing more than a compliment, but
| still it was refused AS representa-
tive OF the people Mr. Culberson de-
sired to keep clear his vision and
maintain his position without pre-
judiee- Houston Chronicle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
ALMOST tkTlRt BUSINESS SECTION OF
Aasllt RUINED bY WIND
AND WATER.
PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY
Every Hotel in the City aad All LARGE
BHaaeSs Houses Badly Dam
aged. hany People
Injured.

Mobile. Ala. Sept 20 Words
cannot fully describe the storm. Dur
ing the hours between p. IN. Thurs
day and noon Friday trees fell and
roofs crashed in by hundreds
Through the streets. carried by
the terrific wind. were hurled thous-
ands of pieces of slate and tin roof
ing. cornices, shingles and. In fact.
all kinds of debris.
The railroads have started wreck
ers out TO clean up and repair tracks.
Many people were seriously injured
and cut by the flying slate and tin,
The offices of the Western Union
Telegraph company were six feet un-
der water The batteries were flood
ed with water and It Is not known
how soon they will be in shape to
resume.
The Postal telegraph office, while
not quite so low lying, also suffer-
ed severely
The New Cawthorn hotel, just
completed. and the Bienville hotel
are damaged to the extent of 1000
each
The Windsor hotel is damaged 50,
900, the St. Andrews $4,000 and the
Southern $4,000.
The Southern Supply company es-
Inmates its loss at 800, goo.
Besides these, many other whole
sale houses in the city were badly
damaged
The Merchants bank, the First
National bank and the Lienkauff
Banking Company establishments
We're inundated.
| AT this time 1t is impossible to es-
| innate or to describe the loss. There
is no way to arrive at an estimate
Confusion reigns
Hundreds of bales of cotton float
ed through the main streets ant
many were carried out to sea. Cot
ton not lost in this way was dam
aged by being soaked with muddy
| water.
At Fort Morgan the wind had a
| much higher velocity than at Mobile.
! Towns along the Mobile and Bay
| Shore railroad suffered immensely,
| owing to their exposed condition.
| No word from coast towns along the
Louisville and Nashville has reached
the city There is no doubt that many
lives have been lost.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
Valuable JeweIry Lost.

The Frisco and the Houston and
Texas Central officials are endeavor-
ing to locate a pocketbook containing
diamond rings and other jewelry
which was lost by Mrs. Mollie Boyd
on train near Denison. Mrs. Boyd
changed from the Houston and Texas
Central to the Frisco at Denison and
is not sure where the valuables were
lost The pocketbook contained a
solitaire diamond ring, a cluster OF
seven diamonds, a lady's gold watch,
two solid gold rings and other jew
elry. The owner has Offered a re
ward of $100 for the return of the
Jewels
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29
Two Accidents Narrowly ty.rted.

tn" wagons ~ two farmers who
we're driving iu opposite directions
came near being eaughf by the south
bound Katy this morning at the
South Rogers street crossing The
farmer coming toward town crossed
he track ahead of the train and the
hind wheels of his wagon hares
missed being struck by the engine
The other farmer rcigned his seam
back for the train 10 pass but so
close were the horses 10 the track
that their heads were brushed by
the coaches
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-29

A public reception will be held in
the new dormitory at Trinity Univer-
sity on Monday evening, October l.,
from to 10 o'clock. There will be
music and refreshments and the en-
tire building will be thrown open for
the inspection of visitors. The street
car service will be arranged for the
convenience of our citizens and the
faculty most cordially invite all who
are interested in the university to
attend the initial social function of
the year.