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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15
Texas Next to First
Some School Statistics From the Commissioners
Of Education That Put Texas Right Up
in Front of the Procession.

Dr.. Brown says: This Southern
school campaign is one OF the most
striking educational movements Of
our time, and is making a chapter
of SURPRISING interest in the history
of American civilization"
In this most striking educational
movement OF our time" Texas leads
the entire South except Virginia in
every particular. OF course, this
would inevitably be SO in the mat
ter of income from school lands on
account of our immense public do
main, but 1t is also true in regard
to the increase in the number Of
high schools and in the amounts
raised by local taxation for the sup
port of public schools.
, Old Virginia ranks us in the pro-
portionate increase of local taxa
ton and In the number of new high
schools established. And, in this
connection, it is probably woyth
while to note that old Virginia is
the State that has awakened to the
new spirit of the times and says
it wants more railroads, more double
track. more trains and better trains
rather than reduced fares and re-
duced freight rates.
One of the very best ways to
promote education is through a pol
icy that will operate to expand en-
terprise and create new values to
tax for school purposes.
Given material prosperity, in
creasing values, and new property
created all around, and education
will get its share of the common
plenty.
If Texas had learned this lesson
years ago, the figures quoted would
tell different tale.
The showing is creditable as it
stands, but Texas should easily
show two or three times the in
crease in any other Southern State
! to accord with its size. If Texas
has neglected its opportunities to
have its resources developed and
new values created through a mis-
taken policy of unfriendliness to-
ward capital and enterprise. 1t is
bad for Texas but not too late to
mend.
Even Texas might, without hui
initiation, accept lesson from the
Mother Of Presidents, grand old Viz
ginia, and say--"Give us new rail
roads, more railroads and better
railroads and let us have less nag
ging at those now here"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15
THE MAN THAT WILL NOT PAY.

The present collection laws of the
State of Texas are all in favor OF
the man who will not pay his bills.
The rich deadbeat is a harder GUS
toner to deal with than the poor
man who would pay and cannot.
The rich deadbeat knows that he
can live in luxury even il he does
lose his credit, while the poor man
knows that If he would receive
credit he must pay his bills, and he
has to have credit at times in order
to provide his family with the nee
essaries of life. When the average
wage Garner is earning good wages,
he is usually good pay. The rich
deadbeat just beats his bills either
out of meanness of spirit, or makes
his creditors wait from pure AFRO
gance and contrariness
The laws of Texas cannot touch
him-if he is prepared-and he
knows it. Consequently the merch-
ant who extends Kim credit has to
wait for the money until the in
terest on the amount eats up the
profits OF the account Southwest
Retailer.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15

For the information and possibly
the slight consolation of those who
have been deploring the backward
ness of Texas In educational mat
ters, It can be pointed out that the
State is doing fairly we'll as 1t is in
the matter Of providing educational
facilities. and 1t is reasonable to
hope that this progress will grad
uaily reduce illiteracy without the
drastic expediency of compulsory ed
'ucation which our Legislature recent
ly rejected. The figures here given
are official and presumably correct.
DR.. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Unit
ed State Commissioner of Education
in his annual report for 1908, says
that the high schools in the South
increased from 1861 in 1904 to 1876
in 1907, gain of 1874. Here is the
record:
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15
The New Footman.

A venerable bishop had occasion
to engage new footman, and on
the strength of excellent recommen-
dations accepted the services of a
youth whose sole experience was
that of stable lad. The first duty
which thennew footman was called
upon to pdform~was the accompany
ish of the bishop on series of for
NAL calls e Bring the cards, James, Z"
said the Clergyman, land leave one
at each hfuse, For two hours the
carriage EAyeled from house to
house until the bishops list was
exhausted. This is the last house,
James," he said. Leave two cards
here" "Beggin' yer pardon, sir"
came to reply, but | cant do that.
There's only the ace of spades left"
Smiths Magazine.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15
Great Sports on the Ice
A Dog Race with 100000 in the
Pot.

Seattle, Wash, April 13.-In
the most gruelling race of dog
teams Alaska ever has known,
the plucky malamutes, owned by
AL Berger, carried off first and
second honors in the All-Alaska
sweepstakes for $1,000 today,
and annexed in addition the Su-
ter Gold cup. The race was from
Nome to Candle, a distance of
ALI miles, and much Of it was
run under conditions that put
the animals to a bitter test Of
strength and endurance.
No American Derby ever en-
listed in the United States a
keener popular interest than
this flight of dogs across the
stretch of country between the
starting and finishing points.
The racers were sent away on
their exacting contest last Tues
day. Since that time business
at Nome has been practically at
a standstill.
The focal points for the
townspeople were at the stands
of the bookmakers. At these
thousands of dollars were wag-
cred on the result, the biggest
single bet having been placed on
a Siberian team. A pool of an
even 100000 was put up that
these animals would score vic
tory. One wager of $4,000 was
made that the race would not
be finished within ninety hours,
This bet was lost, the time OF
the winners being eighty-twc
hours and ten minutes.
All Nome watched the start OF
the race. The dogs got away
in a binding snow storm. Their
mometers were registering fiji
teen degrees below zero. A
strong wind swept the snow anC
ice clad hills. The dogs did no
mind, the cold, but the WING
tossed flakes of snow plainly
gave them distress. With all TIN
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15
Hunting for Pes-LeG Mine
Going After Rich Deposit Many Have
Died Trying 10 Find.

Los Angeles, Cal, April -.
Systematic search for the
long lost peg Leg mine has
been undertaken by party of
Pasadena mining men, consist
ing of w. A. Butterworth, j.
Judson Worrell, Verne H. Har-
dy and Alexander E. Graydon,
who have as a partner a promi-
nent banker of that city. The
expedition is accompanied by j.
Hawley Cheeseman, of London,
England, a mining engineer of
long experience in the gold
fields of South Africa.
'Peg Leg" Smith, an adven-
turer with a wooden leg, first
found it in 1887, when he tried
to take a cut off from the main
trail in the nejghborhood of
Warmers Pass. He lost his
way and nearly died of thirst
before finding the trail again.
He picked up several nuggets
while rambling and when he
learned their value he died of
brain fever. Out of the rush
some fifty odd died of thirst,
went crazy or were never heard
of again. Years later a pros
pector happened onto the same
dry placer and SucceSSed in get
ting back from the desert with
some $1,000 worth of gold, but
his privations killed him and he
died with the secret.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15
Stnngi

The lady was making some re-
marks about the kind of clothing
some other ladies at church had on.
The finest garment woman can
wear said her husband, is the
mantle of charity"
Yes, she snapped land it is
about the only dress, Judging by
the fuss they make over the bills,
that some husbands want their wives
to wear. ALondon Titbits.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15

Those men only are criminals to
be punished, who with wicked pur-
pose, fly in the face of society and
break its laws because their own
selfish purposes lead them over the
laws, and over other men on the
way to their qualification.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15

Increase in three years, 324.
The amounts raised by local tax
alton for the support of the public
schools in each State in these years
were:
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15

Totals ......s11.s26,s4S $s,722,615
Increase in three years, $2,904,333
The State appropriations, income
from funds and rent of school lands
in the same years were:
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-04-15

Totals ....s15.242,s25 s11,745.61O
Increase on three years $3,497,315
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16

Sales-Between Boards: $4,000 Cal
Ref. 6s, slOl. Session: 5 Eva
s3O.25; 10 Oahu Sug. Co.. 1872; Haw
c. & s. Co. s33.G2is; 5 Haw. c. & S
Co.. s3362k.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16
HAWAII DELEGATE
TO CONVENTION

Mrs. Meta $. Mack, superintendent
Of the Susanah Wesley Home, leaves
Saturday on the Mongolia for the
mainland, as the Hawaiian delegate to
the annual W0mans Home Missionary
Society of the Methodist church. to
be held in Los Angeles from October
6 to 10. Mrs. Mack will also make an
extensive tour, going as far east as
Minnesota and possibly to Wiscon-
sin. She will meet the convention
delegates at San Francisco and go on
to Los Angeles with the party, pos
sibly stopping of at San Diego TO at
tend a concert. The Susanah Home Is
now In a nourishing condition, owing
to the efficient labors OF Mrs. Mack
and her assistants, and many Japan
csc, Korean and Chinese orphan chill
dren are being intelligently trained
there. Mrs. Mack leaves the manage
ment In good hands while away.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16
NEW TO-DAY

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. FIRST
Circuit. Territory of Hawaii. In
Probate. At Chambers. No. 4122.
In the matter of the Estate of Eliza
beth G. Barwick. deceased. On read
Ing and filing the petition and ac-
counts of Hawaiian Trust Company,
Administrator with VIII Annexed
of the Estate of Elizabeth c. Bar
wick. deceased, wherein petitioner
asks to be allowed $l00.6S, and
charged with s2l7.45. and asks that
the same be examined and approved,
and that a final order be made of
distribution OF the remaining prop
erty to the persons thereto entitled
and discharging petitioner. II Is Or
dered that Monday, the 25th day of
October, A. ID. 1903. at 10 o'clock a.
m, before the Judge presiding at
Chambers Of said Court at his Court
Room In the Judiciary Building, In
and the same hereby is appointed
he time and place for hearing said
Petition and Accounts, and that all
persons interested may then and
there appear and show cause, II any
they have. why the same should not
be granted, and may present evil
dence as to who are entitled to the
said property
7
Dated the 10th day of September
1909. BY THE COURT.
(SeaD NJ. 4. SIMONTON,
Clerk of the Circuit CourI
of the First Circuit.
i416-Sept. l6, 23, 80, Oct, Z.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16
LEAFS Clever
Catch At NUUANU
Felicia Causes Court
Officials To Sit Up
In Surprise

Charged with burglarizing Jap
anesc photograph gallery, owned by
Higaki on Beretania stree, near MI
uanu. Euginio Dlas, II Porto Rican.
appeared In police court this morn
ing. and, waving the preliminary
examination before the district mag
istrate. was committed to the Cir
cult Court. According to Chief
Leaf. DiaZ broke into the photograph
gallery of Higaki on Beretania street
and stole $37 from the complain.
ants room. lie then disappeared
and had been living in Nuuanu Val
ley. when he was located and arrest
ed by Leal.
The case against Il. w. Condor
and h. Kaulana lw). charged with
violating the law of moral deccncy
of the community. was, at the re-
| quest of Judge Humphreys, their
attorney. continued until next We'd
ncsday. They each furnished the
bail of 500.
Felicia, a, well-known Porto Ri
can woman, though small in size,
made such a loud noise In court
when giving her statement that the
court officials and spectators alike
sat back In their seats in surprise.
Felicia appeared in court on tho
charge of yagrancy. Chief Leal adj
mitted on the stand that Felicia had
been married 10 a German who is
not engaged In any steady employ
ment. The other cases were those
Of drunkenness and assault and bat
terry.
Kaimi and Kaimana, charged with
brutally assauting brother Ha-
waiian. pleaded guilty, and at the
request Of Prosecuting Attorne,
Brown. Judge Andrade suspended
their sentence for thirteen months.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16

Royal Hawaiian Garage. Phone
1911. The only garage in town
where you can get the celebrated
Locom6oiles. Around the Island. Ha-
liewa Leilehue trips a speciality,
Automobile repairing speciality.
Special attention given to the max
ing Of gears and all parts Of auto
mobiles. George S. Wells, Manager.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16

JAS. W. PRATT, Auctioneer.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16
NEW TODAY
NOTICE.

!. On Yong, of Wahiawa, Oahu,
have this day sold all my interest in
the laundry business to Ian Lock,
and after this day shall not be re-
sponsible for any clothing delivered
short or any other obligations OF
said laundry business.
Wahaiwa, Oahu, Sept. 9Th, 1909
44l6-lm ON YONG.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16
THE PLAIN TRUTH.

Oh, the mOnoplanes and biplanes
and aeropianes We see,
But with them all the plain ole
earth is good enough for me.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Builetin's Big Michel
Scratch Pad is the biggest five cents
worth Of paper ever offered in hon,'
lulu. Six Of them for quarter.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16

and fine raft for bathers.
Anything new in the sporting line?
Anything good In the liquor line? You
can find 1t ut "The Two Jacks"
If you want good job done on an
auto or carriage take It to Hawaiian
Carriage Mfg. Co.. AIT Queen st.
Down at Dicks every Saturday,
turkey lunch AL tiher rel eshmcnts,
Royal Annex Bar. All are invited.
For the best automobile service, ring
for J. A. Mcleod, seven.seated Thomas
Flyer. Telephone sos. Independent
Auto Stand.
Coat your iron roofs with Arabic"
You will be surprised at its cooling
and preservative properties California
Feed Co.. agents.
Thos. +. McTighe & Co. have one of
the finest assortments Of table wines
and liquors in the city. Call up Phone
40 and get trial order.
ID. Howard Hitchcock will resume
his Saturday mcT'.'lg sketch class on
4, the 18th of this month. studio. corner
Beretania and Miller streets.
Try some of the Vienna Bakery's
p,,,a, ,r,u,, hr,.a and pos,or hoLo,
hoan, wu Ia ae,,vered IA residences
upon telephone order. Call up 1877.
w. NJ. Giffard OF w. q. Irwin & Co.
will return to his duties as manager
n, ,hs aU,,rs or tho comp,py nm Tho
oar NJ ,h,s month Mr. Irwin will Pa.
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,,ny o,a ch,r,ss n Rosa res,ond.
an,s In tho s,,,. Instituted nv ching
Tan Shoo have 6,od n dcuu,r.r and
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. libellee denied in his answer.
Tomorrow evening at Arion hall tn
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to celebrate their victory in the frs
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-16

MEMo-sept. IS, 1ooe.-The Direct.
ors of Hawaiian Agricultural Co. an.
nounce an increase Of the monthly div.
,dend from per cent to per cent.
The Directors of Onomca Sugar Co.
announce an increase of the monthly
dividend from az per cent to 4 per
cent.
Both for the remainder Of the cal
endar year. Next Haw. Ayr. Co. div.
idcnd Sept. 30. Next Onomea dividend
Oct. 5,
Latest sugar quotation 4.t6 cents or
1920 per ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-05
Practice Economy.

The republicans, through their or
gan. seem to be very much frightened
over the fact that the present demo-
cratic city administration is going to
make record for economy They
are afraid that the taxes are not going
to be high enough to make the poor
man sauirm to get hold of enough
to pay what little he has to, for our
city's support. No one but half
baked idiot would censure Mayor
Lamont for pursuing any other course
than that which he has, consider
ing the means he has had on hand.
The tax roll for next year has figured
in the amount for repaving Third,
Scott and Washington streets. Ali
the people of Wausau need do is TO
see that another administration like
the one we have had the past two
years is repeated and the amounts
placed i'm the tax roll for various i'm
provements will be amply sufficient.
To follow the rankings of the daily
republican organ ano carry out its
rainbow-chasing ideas, would mean
bankruptcy to our city. What the
people want is the laws of our city
sensibly administered. Pure water,
good lights, and Improvements that
can be paid for without taxing its
people out of business. The city is
not able to spend millions of dollars
for beautiful parks; beautiful bridges;
beautiful streets; beautifying every
available spot, etc. These things
have got to come slowly, unless few
of our millionaires, go down into their
jeans and furnish the wherewithal
Let us have what is needed, but prac-
tice economy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-05
In Oklahoma.

The committee of the Wisconsin
legislature that is investigating the
workings of the bank deposits guar
antee law in Oklahoma, it appears, ar
rived upon the scene when the law
was being put to severe test. One
uf the principal banks and trust COM
panies of Oklahoma City has been
found insolvent and its affairs had
been taken over by the state bank
commissioner.
1t appears from the dispatches that
the failure excited no apprehensionS
in the community, though Oklahoma
was the worst hit of any of the states
in the panic-the governor having
found it necessary to proclaim long
series of holidays to save the banks
from collapsing.
The depoSitOrS have been paid of
with checks on other banks, which
have taken over the business. The
stockholders of the failed institution
have been assessed, and there is prom
Use that the law will prove adequate
to meet the situation.
1t is an innovation in American
banking to find the depositors cared
for without delay. 1t is done in Can
ada, where the associated banks take
over the business of failed bank and
pay the depositors on demand. But
in the United States all of our legis-
lation-both national and state, with
the exception of the guarantee act of
Oklahoma and Nebraska has been in
the interests of the stockholders of
the banks The depositor has had to
wait for months and years while re-
ceiyers and lawyers and court proceed
ings have eaten up his money.
1t is quite apparent that If there
had been no guarantee law in Okla
homa it would have been swept by a
bank panic following the failure of
its principal banking institution.
That such panic has been avoided
speaks volumes for the law S efficiency.
Milwaukee, News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-05
DOWNING LaFOiIefte.

1t appears from a Washington dis
patch to ST. Louis journal that the
politicians at the national capital are
expressing the opinion that "the bit
terest fight ever witnessed in Wiscon-
sin will be fought next year in an eff
fort to defeat United States Senator
Robert Nj. LaFollette. The Wiscon-
sin senator has made many enemies
among the leading and influential
politicians the country over and the
powerful financial interests are also
arrayed against him. 1t is probable
the administration will take a hand
in the fight because of LaFollette's
opposition TO President Taft on the
tariff"
We can see the "leading and influen-
tial politicians the country over" that
have been agonized by the roll call
united with ''the powerful financial
interests" to down LaFollette. In
the minds eye, we may perceive j.
Pierpont Morgan and Aldrich and
Boise Penrose blowing bugle blast.
But what we can not see is the voters
of Wisconsin rallying to the call.
They have got Uncle Ike that's
enough Milwaukee News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-05

Plougastel is one of the most In.
teresting places in Brittany. for here
the peasants have preserved their
strange customs better than any
where else in the country Several
.'pardons" are held here, the prin-
cipal one on Midsummer Eve. This is
q very picturesque ceremony. accom-
panied by bonfires and other festivi-
ties The chfldren's fete is a charm
ing sight. Little Bretons, clad in
their gay old-world costumes, go out
bird-hunting In the woods on Mid
summer Day. The birds are put into
cages and brought home, to be care
fully kept and tended till ST. Johns
Day comes round again.-wide
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