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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
TO CONSIDER
QUESTION OF
NEW CHARTER FOR CITY
And to Raise Funds Necessary to
Offer Hotel Carnegie to Wash
ington- Tusculum Colleges

On Monday night good sized crowd
of leading business men assembled in
the court house, pursuant to a call is
sued by the Commercial Club for the
purpose of giving the citizens at large
an opportunity TO discuss the PROPOSED
city charter and TO make donations to
a fund to be given as bonus to estab-
lish a college in Johnson City.
Mr. s. G. Williams, chairman of the
Commercial Clubs committee, which
waited on the board of trustees of
Washington and Tusculum Colleges,
which met in Greeneville some three
weeks past, offering to them the Car
negie hotel property, which cost $685.
600, for $36, 900 and to supplement this
offer with subscription of $4,000, as
stated in our last weeks issue of this
paper.
A subscription was taken up in
which fifty per cent was to be paid in
cash, and the balance in equal install.
ments running for five years. Seven
thousand five hundred dollars was sub.
scribed, and Mr.. M. L. Fox assured the
people that he would secure an addi.
tional $500, making total of $4,000
subscribed at the meeting.
A committee was appointed to raise
an additional $1,000 1t is believed
that this can be easily accomplished
as many of, the leading and wealthiel
business men of the city were absent
This amount will be raised at once, sc
the committee can present the PROPOSE
ton and donations in definite shape Il
the board of trustees Of Washington
and Tusculum Colleges at their mex
meeting on Monday, January 10.
The amount subscribed is to stand, st
that if these joint institutions do no
accept our offer, we can make it t.
some other reputable college, the deter
mination being to establish a colleg,
in Johnson City at all hazards.
Short talks on the subject were mad
by j. +. Brading, and f. j. Baxter o
Jonesboro, members Of the board o
trustees of Washington and Tusculun
Colleges. Mr.. Baxter is very much il
favor of the proposition Offered by tn
citizens of Johnson City, and Mr. Brad
ing, together with the committee, will
do all In their power to secure ii.
Among the contributors to this fun'
during the meeting were: Messrs. S. {
Williams, JAS A. Summers, Thad A
Cox, Nj. l. Gump, ii. ID. Gump, M. L
Fox, 5. +. N. Moore, j. +. Brading
and johnson City Traction Co., by S
G. Williams, subject TO ratification b,
the board of directors, all of the abov
subscribing amounts of $500 and ovel
Amounts of less than 500 were sui
scribed by The following; MeSsrS. Gee
r. Woficrd, f. +. Young, Charles |
Hayward, DR.. ]. w. CoZ, G, Il. Al!cr
IL. W. Pardup, j. +. Cectl, George (
Sells, Guy l.. Smith, II. r. Parrot, I
II. Woftord, f.. ID. Houston, j. NJ. Ma
tin, S. A. Byrd, Jr M. Gaunt, r. {
Warren, +, Il. Ellsworth, Amzi Smith
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f. C. Baldwin, |, A. Bittle, Frank
Hart, Ralph Dulaney, S. B. White
and J. Il. Vance.
City Investigation.
President'Jas. A. Summers next took
up the matter of the offer of the city
council to have the Commercial Club
to appoint a committee or secure aud
itors to go over the city's books and
make report as to their status. The
city has been perfectly willing at all
times to have the books examined and
they have been and always will be
open to any person who desires to look
over them.
From communications received from
prominent auditing companies in diff
ferent partsof the country it was found
that it would cost at least 5000 to 81, 900
to have the work done. Mr.. S. G. Will
liams called attention to the fact that
every item of receipts and disburse-
ments were passed on by the finance
committee of the council were approx
ed by them each month regularly, and
that they were subject to inspectfoR-at
all times. He therefore believed il
would be unwise to spend the peoples
money fgf something which he belived
was wholly unnecessary. After some
discussion by several parties, including
Mayor Smith, Recorder +. Il. Ellis.
worth, &. T. Hayward, Geo. c. Sells
and Others, Mr.. Sells offered resolu.
ton, which was adopted, voting conf
dence in our city fathers.
There never has been definite
charge of any kind made rejecting or
the city's management, and unless
something tangible or questionable was
charged, it would be foolish to waste
so much money. The mayor and re
corder were anxious to have it done il
the people would stand for the appro
priatiOn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
BOTH MEN TELL
ABOUT BEING SEEN
.D|SAGREE As. To INTENTION
The Senator and Floater Give II
Detail Their Side of Reported
Effort to Bribe Them.

Senator Sam r. Sells and Represen-
tative George e. Bur5age landed in
the city Saturday morning, not alone
on matters polite, but on business
connected with their respective inter
ests. Be that as it may, Sells and Bur-
bage were here and were much sought
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14

You should read all the advertise
ments that appear in The Comet,
for the Business Men of Johnson
City use its colums to tell the
people where they can buy the
best cheapest. You get on next !!
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
after by their cOterie of friends and the

1
after by their coterie of friends and the
usual reporter.
After long chase and dilligent
search both were found and both made
statements. Not that they had any
thing in particular to say, that had not
already been said, but they said it be-
cause the newsman wanted state
ment-a statement direct and from
first hands. So many statements had
beenmade and in so many different
papers, in so many different ways,
until the people were all balled up.
OF course these two politicians are far
apart. One is senator and the other
representative. One looks down and
the other one tries to, consequently
they are glaring at each other with
bated breath, waiting for the opportu-
nifty to spring again into the limelight.
'Tis Sells and Burbage from the noun
tains who occupy the boards, and only
for their brief trip home will Nashville
resume her normal condition.
They have returned, so there's more
to come There are two sides to all
4 questions, SO there are also two sides to
the bribery charges made by Senator
Sells, while Burbage's is allon one side.
When Burbage was asked how he
got in ii, he said it was because the
same proposition was made to him. As
1 George is an idealist, he saw no harm
in Littleton's proposal-simply busi.
ness proposition. Being business
proposition is what got 4I.ittleton in
the hole.
Says Burbage:
~ do not believe that Littleton made
direct offer of a bribe to Senator Sells.
Iittleton made the same proposition tc
me and when he did sent him &c
Sells and told him to say to him what
he had said to me, viz: That the re-
publicans should demand of the state
wide democrats an honest election law
in return for their support of the prohi
bition bill, and by that means secure 9
law that would perhaps get the repub
licans the state two years henc.
could not and did not interpret the pro
position as bribe or an approach fol
favors, but merely, as ] have stated, 9
purely business proposition.
Sells Side.
Senator Sells side of the story is as
follows:
"NO matter what Burbage says OIL
what Littleton may have said to Bur
bage, neither can change or have any
} effect whatever on my opinion of what
, Littleton said me. believe Littleton
, to be hired emisary of the whisky in
terest, and was sent directly or indi
rectly from Ham Patterson. Wher
: Littleton approached me he got
right down to brass tacks. He did moi
! come out in vague or insinuatine
. way, but said in plain English: THAI
if we (the republicans) who favored
! statewide prohibition would support
the administration in their fight fol
: local option that We could have tn,
principal offices of the state, including
that of comptroller, secretary Of stat
and treasurer and that I could hav,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
.UNAKA CHEMICAL COMPANY
Oeorganized With New Capital Is
Doing Large Business, Gov
ering Large Territory.

The Unaka Chemical Company, for
merly under the management of Mr..
Hightower, has recently reorganized
under new management, with Mr..
Hightower down and out. The pres
ent company is made up of three we'll
known business men, viz: r. G. Sta
Piles, president; NJ. p. Dyer, vice-presi-
dent and manager; R. l. c. Hawley, a
prominent chemist and business man
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
UNIVERSITY CLUB HAD
FAIRBANKS FOR GUEST

In the form of great U the tables
were arranged on the University Club s
open and cool lanai last evening and
around them sat fifty.three members
and friends to do honor to former Vice.
President Charles w. Fairbanks. 1t
was a notable gathering of represen-
tative men of Honolulu including Fed
eral and territorial officials, army, navy
and marine corps men, and many gem
tlemen who are among the most prom
inent in legal and business circles. Mr..
Fairbanks sat at the right of Governor
Frear and at his right was j. p. Cooke
and Ex-Governor Carter. During the
dinner, Governor Frear being toastmas-
ter, there were few brief addresses.
The Governor, in opening the speech
making, called for toast to "The
President" which was responded to
by Mr.. Carter, following which the
Governor gave the toast, "The Guest
of Honor" to which Mr.. Fairbanks
responded amid applause. The distin-
guished speaker referred at some length
to education and paid a great tribute
ito the value and influence of the small
college, quoting a portion of Daniel
Webster's speech referring to Dart
mouth College. AS to local affairs he
referred to Governor Frear's comment
ON the great and big things which Ha-
wall possessed-the biggest extinct vol
cano, the biggest active volcano, the
biggest sugar mills in the world, but
Mr. Fairbanks said that the Governor
was modest in not mentioning all the
big things to be found in Hawaii, the
principal one in his opinion being
the big, generous Hawaiian hospitality
accorded to the stranger in the Islands.
The concluding portion of the enter
tainment was purely Hawaiian in char
acter and was arranged by Mr.. james
Wilder. This included not only the
fine music of Kaai's quintet club, but
the ancient nose-fute playing perform
ed by an aged inmate of the Lunalilo
Home; music on the ukeke, and old
Hawaiian dances by corps Of Hawai-
ian girls who measured the steps to the
accompaniment of gourd' beating.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
OUR TRAVELLING
MILLIONAIRE

S. F. Commercial News, April 3D.
Colonel Samuel Parker, the Hawaiian
sugar king and multi-millionaire, is
now in Los angeles at the Hotel Al
exandria. He left Honolulu, February
9th, going to Washington, where he
met President Taft. He also visited
Cuba, looking over sugar projects. but
did not put through any deals. This
liz his first visit to Los Angeles for
many years, when he was interested
with the Spreckels brothers in the
sugar business.
On Tuesday evening the Colonel en-
tertained Prince Kuhio Kalanianaole,
delegate from Hawaii to Washington,
at dinner at the Alexandria.
Colonel Parker is one of the most
distinguished citizens of Hawaii, hav-
ing been a member of the cabinet of
former Queen Liliuokalani, and a
mobile" which corresponds to the Of
flee of Senator in the United States.
Years ago he lost much of his
wealth in fighting for the protection
Of Hawaiian sugar interests but he
has a habit of winning out in the end
and Is now Independent. In addition
to his sugar interests. he is cattle
and ship magnate, and Is interested in
irrigation projects on the island he
call his home.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
PROPOSED HOME FOR
OLD and NEEDY WHITES

The growing need in this city of an
old peoples home, to serve aged and
INDECENT white folk as the Lunalilo
Home serves old and helpless Hawai-
ians, has attracted the attention of
Bishop Restarick. Rev. Mr.. osborne
and others. For some time past Miss
Yarrow, whose efficiency in good
works Is of common knowledge, has
been looking after q number of these
old people and having much trouble
about placing them. One venerable
lady, OF eccentric ways, has been turn
ed out of several boarding houses
where Miss Yarrow got her a footing;
and as there are likely to be many
such cases, the need of institutional
relief Is plain.
Miss Yarrow has had some CONVEX
sation on the subject with Rector U.s.
borne OF st. Clements church In Ma
kiki. and the latter has offered land
on the church premises for the build
ing OF a suitable home. The money
needed for construction would not be
much. hut a goodly sum ought to be
provided for an endowment. Last
evening Bishop Restarick was seen
about the matter. He stated that
nothing had been done as yet but that
ne was heartily in favor of moving
and believed that the necessary funds
could be raised. II should not be in
favor" he said. "of combining the ad-
vantages of the proposed home to the
aged people of the church Every
needy white person coming within the
rules and scope of the institution
should be eligible to admission"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11

lot. This you should do for your BEN
eft. for the benefit of your wives,
your children and for the benefit OF
the whole archipelago"
Sam Randall, one OF the pupils of
the school. addressed the guests and
presented a copy of the bylaws and
constitution of the school city.
Governor Frear was called upon by
Mr.. Fairbanks for an address, who
said that he would keep his promise
In the usual way by calling on the
Governor after promising not to do so.
The Governor made a short address
and retired. but was called back to
give an account of what is being done
in the way of securing further grounds
for the school, which the Governor
promised over a year ago.
The Governor stated that there are
negotiations pending at the present
time. and said he believed there would
soon be something doing.
The party then went back of the
schoolhouse to look at the land de-
sired as an additional space for the
children's playground.
They then took Fred Lindsay's
green flyer and were whisked away
for Lahaina, which place they visited
before leaving for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
BARK, CAsED IN LAVA,
KEEPS FOR 100 YEARS

Lava from the flow of 1901 at Hua-
lalai, Kona, Hawaii. is on exhibition in
the Promotion Committee rooms, and
some exceedingly interesting specimens
are shown. Several dozen weird-shaped
chunks of the volcanic overflow were
donated by John Mcguire of Kona and
these will be sent to Seattle to be ex.
hibited at the Alaska. Yukon-Paeife Ex-
position. A few of the lava speei-
mems have large, even holes through
them, showing that they once covered
the limbs Of trees. Perhaps the most
wonderful part Of the thing is that Ia
number of these, the bark Of the
trees, after lying for over one hundred
years In lava case, II still intact. IL
Is considerably rOtted, however, and
ciumbles Al hnger'S touch
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
suNKEN ISLANDS.

II is reported that Beggs Rocks. To-
Gated In the outside channel between
Santa Barbara. Cal. and San Nicholas
Islands, have recently sunk Into the
ocean, probably as the result OF al
earthquake. and now constitute a Sc
roIus menace TO navigation.
Captain Keegan OF the schooner ce-
ella Sudden, arriving at San Pedro.
reports that he came near the rocks.
which are charted as showing forty
feet above high tide, and found them
but four feet above the water at al
most low tide. says the Philadelphia
North American.
The photographic Office al San FTan-
cisco has been notified,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
READ ALL THIS
Wou Never Know the Moment When
This Information May Prove
Of Infinite Value.

1t is worth considerable to any cit
izen of Honolulu to know how to be
cured of painful, annoying and itehin Z
piles. Know then that Doan's ONT.
ment is positive remedy for all ,tehi.
ness of the skin, for piles, eczema, etc.
One application relieves and soothes.
Read this testimony of it's merit:
III. Ryall, IL Grosvenor street. South
Yarra, a resident of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, says: 81 was bothered by
itching hemorrhoids, the afflietion be-
ing especially troublesome at night and
during warm weather. Doan's ONT
ment gave me prompt relief and I
therefore recommend it highly"
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills ore
sold by all druggists and storekeepsrr
at so cents per box (six boxes $2.50),
or will be mailed on receipt of price
by the Hollister Drug Co., Honolulu,
wholesale agents for the Hawaiian Is
lands.
Remember the name, Doan's. and
take no substitute.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11

When the hour arrived yesterday
morning for all Japanese plantation
laborers on Honolulu Plantation at
Aiea to go to work, few responded and
the management was almost imme-
diately in receipt of information that
strike was in progress. The strike
involves in the neighborkood of 1900
laborers.
Backed by the two main agitators
of the so-called "Higher Wage Asso-
ciation,' the strike was ordered during
Saturday night and at o'clock yes.
terday morning when the agitators re.
turned to Honolulu after an all night
session, the word was passed along for
the laborers to remain in their quar-
tiers. As far as could be learned from
those who were instrumental in bring.
ing all work on the big estate to an
abrupt and embarrassing termination
their Intentions are not only to tie up
the Honolulu plantation, but another
one also. In short, their plan is to
tie up the plantations on this island
in pairs.
Fred Maxine, one of the instigators
of the present agitation for higher
wages, which was begun by him and
Negoro, and not by the laborers them.
selves, stated yesterday that quartet
of four Japanese came to town from
Aiea Saturday evening on bicycles in
search of him and his friend. Maxine
and Negoro went to Aiea by motor
and attended the meeting of the so
called laborers committee. Maxine
said he was there to advise them in
his capacity as an officer of the Higher
Wage Association, which is behind the
strike movement. He says he coun
selled them to avoid unlawful acts
Asked as to grievances the laborers
had, Maxine replied:
"The laborers want 81 day ant
the mill men went $3.50 per day. TIL,
manager has been notified but the de
mand is being put in the form of I
letter and that win be presented to
morrow. will have translation Of
the letter for the Advertiser. I"
The Nippu Jill, organ of the Higher
Wages agitators issued an extra yester
day morning, the headlines being al
follows:
GENERAL STRIKE AT THE HOMO
LULU PLANTATION.
A Partial Success Claimed by The
Higher Wage Association. Chi
nese Laborers Also Join the Strike
A free translation made from thu
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11

Nippu Is extra gives the following gen
cral information; ga general strike
of the Japanese laborers at the Homo
lulu Plantation at Aiea. Even Chinese
laborers joined hands with the Japa.
nese strikers and things seem rather
serious unless the plantation gives way
TO the strikers demands.
According to the extra of the Nippu
Jiji, practically all the Japanese in
Aiea were gathered at the mill camp
of the plantation at $3.50 Saturday
night to prepare for a general strike.
Four principal men were delegated to
come to Honolulu, there to consult with
and ask the presence of President Ma
kino, Secretary Negoro, Treasurer va
mashiro of the Higher Wage Associa-
ton and of Mr.. Tasaka of the Nippu
Jiji, all of whom left for Aiea at 2
O'Clock Sunday morning
They met several hundred Japanese
gathered there from different camps;
practically everybody was worked up
by the beating of empty kerosene tins
at the arrival Of the officers of the
Higher Wage Association. Messrs. TIA
saka, Negoro and Maxine made
speeches praising the strikers deter
mination and encouraging them to car.
ry out successfully their fight.
After the speeches, representatives
were chosen from each camp, and
| through them formal demand for the
increase of wages will be made this
morning Cheers were given, when the
meeting came to end, for the strikers,
for the Higher Wage Association, and
for the Nippu Jill.
| Yesterday morning, irrigators and
others refused to go to work and it il
expected that all laborers, Japanese
and Chinese, will refuse to 60 to work
this morning.
The Nippu in the extra congratulated
| the Aiea Japanese for starting the ball
to roll, and promised all the help the
strikers may need. The paper may ask
for general subscriptions from the sym
pathizers of their cause.
What the Manager Says.
| Manager Ross stated last evening
that no demands had been made upon
him 30 far but he expected them to-
day. Over the telephone, which was
stood to say that no laborers were at
refer to the irrigators.
A well known Japanese of Waipahu
who was in town yesterday said that
the agitation of the Higher Wage Of
fcials was being spread among the la
borers at Waipahu in the hope that
they would join the strike on Honolulu
plantation, but it is believed this may
be warded off.
"We will show the Advertiser that
we are not the irresponsible people you
| MIN wa arp - said Maxine yaEtprlay
"We have got the people behind us. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
CONSERVATION ENu|sTs
MANY H|lO WOMEN

Hilo Herald-The second meeting of
movement was held at Mrs. John
SCOTS last Friday p. m. After intro
ductory remarks, Mrs. Scott announced
the names Of those on committees as
follows:
Education = Miss Deyo, chairman;
Mrs. Severance. Mrs. Curtis, Mrs.
Terry. Mrs. Balding, Mrs. Campbell.
Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Dranga, DR..
Miss Harriet Hitchcock.
Publicity-Mrs. John Scott, chair
man; Mrs. Furneaux, Mrs. Shipman,
Mrs. Watt, Mrs. Castendyk, Mrs. Carl
Smith, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Medcalf,
Mrs. Quincy, Miss Ivy Richardson,
Miss Frank Potter.
Mrs. Quincy read an interesting pa
per relating to the Importance of the
White and Appalachian Mountain Bill
and its bearing on the general ques-
ton of conservation of national re-
sources. Miss Frank Potter followed
with readings selected from recent adj
dresses to the Legislature by Govern
OF Frear and others, in which the
practical bearing of conservation on
our Territorial conditions was ad-
mirably demonstrated.
Mrs. Castendyk, chairman of the
local improvement committee. read a
report of tentative plans which was
accepted. the committee being given
power to continue its work. Forty-six
ladies have Joined the national organ
ization. which is known as the
Woman's Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
DON'T PUT IT OFF.

Don't allow twentyfour hours to
elapse without Chamberlain s Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in your
home. True, you may not need ii
within that time, but it is better than
any Doctors prescription and worth
twenty times its cost in cases of dar-
rhoea, eramp collie or dysentery, which
are liable TO come on suddenly at this
season Of the year,-For sale by all
dealers, Benson, Smith & Co., agents
gor Hawaii,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11

Hilo Herald.-Miss Lorraine An.
drews, a young lady well known in
Hilo, has chance to distinguish her.
self. For the first time in the history
Of the University OF California, a
coed win speak In the Bonnheim con.
test. This honor has been accorded
Miss Lorraine Andrews, a member OF
tho class of 1919, who viii compete
with three men IN Hearst Hall, on Sat.
urday, for o prize of $50. Mies An
dFews has many friends heTe,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-11
HIGH WAGES CONSP|RATORS
STIR UP A STRIKE AT AIEA

"Tho japanese laborcrs' Plantation
Aea for Negoro myself
Aea in auto We found meeting progress
advisers them They held night
and this morning o'clock Of laborers
the plantation 3 a
backed by the Higher
hands Of committee
what 70 do We have advised them nothing
megal"-Frcd Maxine