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The Brinkley argus., 1912-09-13
local and Personal

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 rted Kotsford made a business lip to WheatIey Monday.
 Chas. Johnson is spending this v.ek in Heber with his wife.
 Ceo. Eaton spent Sunday in Inttgart.
 H, w. Frenz was a business ,i,ior in Clarendon this week.
 Julius Frepz was 3 business aiter in ksssil this week
 Charley Riner is on the sick It this week.
 Jas. Lassiter made a business Flip to Little Rock Monday.
 Charley Hemenway, of Wheat v, MS a visitor in the city Iu4eday.
 HF. Nance, of Huntsville. Ala, Is in the city the guest of hii nther, Robert Nance. E H. Biaett was over from pn Plant and spent Sunday Mih friends.
 H. A. Mcdonald, of Stuttgart, #xsa visitor in Brinkley Mon- fay, the guest of Dr. Starnes. E Claude Sims left Saturday last ik Kansas City, Kan. where he Sill enter William Jewel College. Marshall L. c. Owen made a @tasiness trip to Pine Bluff Mon- 
 Mrs. W. T. Riner and children are visiting this week in Monroe With relatives and friends. Mss Mamie Schields was on ne sick list several days first of she week.
 Frank Garner, of Marvell, ;Ei 51;aES me guest of Roy McCreight a lew days first of the week. Miss Velma Cook was in nuIter Saturday night and Sun- " visiting relatives.
 Inn Shults, of the J. T. Far
 kn Grocery Co.,. spent Tues- ia Clarendon.
 Afs. Bridget Kelly returned ne Monday from Minneapolis, 'un'' where she has been for
 past several months. .,N lof Rent: "a five room cottage .'..l sa reception (. hall and bath .'setric lights, all uAdern con- rsas rrsa'ences. Apply A Elmo
 sm you saw t In ths Argue.
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notified sauNd and make defense to sad suit be entered directing the sa d sogsshss with ths payment of interest penalty andc allowed w
 my and seal this August h I9l2
 JOHN . By R.. A,Ho D.. c.
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Levee Tax Notice. In Monroe chancery Court.
Board of Directors, White River L.vss Dls,ric,

Board of White River Lsves District } v 1O Delinquent persons having the following dscd land a ~ by chancsy Court of ecouny
  his its lands Ether with the due efromeac ho-wit = @
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INTERNATIONAL SUNNYSC|lO0L
 LESSON

(By E. o. SELLERS, Director of Evening Department. The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.)
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LESSON TEXT-Matt. 11:20-30
 GOLDEN TExT-"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and will give you rest."-Matt. 1:2S.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

ALEXANDER YOUNG - Speaking
of Mr.. Sheahan finding quartz on this
island, isn't the fact that at certain
positions at sea ships cannot get
Kahuku by wireless an indication Of
metallic attraction playing hoOky with
the travelling electric wave?
w. R. HARRINGTON - Woodrow
Wilson in his History of the Ameri-
can People quotes George Washington
as saying, Let us raise a standard to
which the wise and the honest can re-
pair. The event is in the hands of
God" Seems to me that makes a
pretty good text for the men who are
striving for municipal efficiency. We
might also add, if our own people do
not raise the standard and make good
someone else will.
H. P WOOD-The meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, to which our chamber has ap-
pointed Judge Ballou, w. F. Dilling-
ham and f. E. Paxton as delegates,
is likely to be one of the most i'm
portant business conventions ever
held in the United States. 1t will no
doubt take up the tariff and other ma
tional questions of great Importance.
This national chamber is going to be
very strong organization, and the
meeting in January will be the first
one held since it was formed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
INDEPENDENCE OF THE
SOLDIERS.

Editor Honolulu Star-Rulletin,
Sir: i beg that YOU find space in
Your valued publication 10 print this
statement:
am not a soldier. nor have been.
but believe that it is the duty OF
ever real American in these Islands
to take the part OF our soldiers when
attacked by those that are what best
suits to the occasion.
The statements made by one Of our
pedagogues. that the girls were afraid
10 leave the school for fear of being
mistreated at the hands OF our sol
-diers is undoubtedly an untruthful
statement, for am sure that the pO-
lice records do not show that sol
diers were eTer convicted for a crime
against any of the girls OF the IA
mehameha school and no reports have
been made to the commanding officer
at Fort Shafter
To the people of honolulu I'would
like to say. that to man the officers
of the American army are against
such hideouS crime, and will not
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
WIRELESS ADVANCE

The world grows smaller day by day. Last
night announcements were sent out from the
San Francisco office of the Federal Telegraph
company that the PoulScn wireless system had
successfully spanncd the 5000 miles between
Honolulu and Washington, ID. c., the local sta
ton at KaneOhe talking with the big station at
Arlington. It has been but a few weeks since
the Poulsen, system established sure day COM
between Honolulu and San Fran
cisco, and only few months before that, the
same company began its present efficient night
communication.
Wonders in tranSOccan communication are
achieved every day and the average man or
woman knows and thinks little of it. 1t is not
too much to predict that within year there will
be permanent day communication by wireless
between Honolulu and the capital for the in
terchangc of commercial and press messages.
Honolulu is less isolated from the world every
day. Strictly speaking, this city is 2,1O0 miles
from San Francisco, bat for most practical pur-
poses, the Golden Gate City is not as far as the
ocean horizon.
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window SHOW
At BOOkS|HQP||

The Crossroads Bookshop is going
to have grand window displaySthis
week, decorations for it having come
straight from Chicago. Mr.. Banta is
the designer of the show and has been
working on it for several weeks.
Any schedule for Christmas buying
that does not include books reflects
scant intelligence on it's maker. When
books can be had combining elegance
with literary interest, and withaI at
right prices, there is no excuse for
neglect OF holiday buyers in overlook
ing this always appropriate class OF
gifts
John D. McGrew, vice president and
manager of the company, said this
morning: Business is better than
last year. although they say that was
a bumper season. Our big feature is
the illustrated books.
Recent fiction at IS cents and Ev-
erybody's Library are leaders in the
cheaper lines. Then there are the
classics in small attractive binding in
limp leather. and the A. & c. Black s
travel books. issued in London"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
LETTERS ON TIMELY TOPICS

shield a soldier so charged. Army Of
tiCers are as rule from good fam
lies and have been trained in one of
the best schools in the world. and
are admitted 10 the best society.
More girls are ruined through the
criminal Carelessness OF their own
parents and guardians than through
any other cause. If some Of our teach
ers could broaden-out a little and
come out with a lesson to parents on
the care OF young girls they might
help the cause a little. | have seen
young girls that should be at home
lOating about Oriental ice cream par,
Tors and coffee shops for hours. and
when YOU have been through the Ori-
ent and know these people you can
know the risk they take. | would no
more allow child of mine TO lofter
about these damning resorts than
would allow it to loiter about the
tenderlOin-diStrict
Now let our learned gentlemen that
are trying TO make a reputation for
themselves do SO; but not at the eX-
pense the American people or the
soldiers.
Very respectfully,
A REAL AMERICAN.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
PERSONALITIES

CAPT. PARKER, of Kahului. is in
the city.
ROBT. HIND, from Kona, is Wis
ltor to Honolulu.
MRS. RENJES is expected home
from Germany about Christmas.
GUSTAVE BECKER, hotel pro-
prietor at Waiohinu at Kau, is here
on q business visit.
DIR. AND MRS. ROBINSON will
shortly leave for their home in Los
Angeles. They recently returned from
the volcano.
c. H. Brown, of scrap-iron fame,
was taken to the Queens Hospital
yesterday and it is thought he may
have to undergo an operation.
GEORGE P, DENISON, superin-
tendent of the Oahu railway, who for
some time past has been loaned to
the Hilo Railroad Company to direct
it's extension work, is in town
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
EDITOR

munity characteristic makes the voters Of Homo
lulu easily tired Of one set of Officers and quite
ready t" stir up public sentiment. turn ont the
ufficchUhcIS and Install Il new set. One >hud-
drrS to think what would have happened to the
present board of supervisors under recall plan
where twenty-five per cent Of the voters could
bring about Il special election "Off with the
old and OH with the new is the spirit fear.
As Il matter of fact, the recall for ShCrt-term
officers is not always an effective measure even
when the officers are unworthy Suppose Il
commissioner is elected for two years under Mr..
Bryan'S recall plan. The recall petition could
be made effective after Il six months tenure of
office. The recall election and the special cleo
ton to fill the office would consume three or
four months more, and the new commissioner,
to serve This argument, it is true, does not
hold in the case of long-tcrm official but there
seems much doubt as to whether the legislature
will grant a new charter that will give four year
terms to supervisors or commissioners.
The Star-Bulletin believes, as it has stated
once before, when the subject was first
preached that if any recall plan is adopted, the
percentage OF voters necessary to make a recall
petition effective should be SO large as to leave
no doubt that something near & ma
jOrity of the voters feel that an official is too
unworthy to hold office That percentage
should he somewhere around fifty per cent. In
particular, while Honolulu is struggling to rid
her government absolutely of the politician for
there should be no discourage
ment put in the way of men to come forward and
offer their services on Il non-politica basis. An
easy way of getting recall is going to prove a
hard way of getting worthy candidates.
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OF
REFINEMENT

Gay equipages and flashing jewel
ry are less telling evidences of true
refinement than some of the. smaller
things that enter into civilized eX-
istence Stationery for home and per-
sonal use for instance. That Homo
lulu society is keeping we'll up in
the van is evidenced by the fact that
elegant stationery is among the best
selling of holiday goods. This is the
case with the Hawaiian News Com
pany, Ltd John F. Soper, it's vice
president and manager, said this
morning:
Business this year has been bet
ter than ever So far our sales have
exceeded those of a year ago at the
same time. We are having a great
run on the finest stationery, the
George B. Hurd lines in quarter ream
boxes and boxes of paper and envel-
opes together.
"Dennison's colored crepe paper is
also having a big sale. The use OF
the two shades of yellow for the max
ing of leis is becoming quite a fad
amongst the Hawaiians, taking the
place of natural flowers. 1t is easier
to make leis of the paper, besides be-
ing cheaper, and it answers the pur-
pose just as we'll. We supply it to
the women already cut to proper
width. so that they are saved the
trouble of cutting the stock them
selves.
I'VE have the usual line of leather
goods, consisting of ladies hand
bags and purses, gentlemen's card
cases and wallets, etc. The line-a-day
diary, a gift book, is considerably
sought this time of year. My Trip
Abroad for notes of Journeys is an
elegant book that sells on sight.
Here is a line of holiday boxes suit
able for packing presents in, 101 diff
ferent shapes and sizes. both in holly
finish and in plain red with Merry
Christmas across the top. WEI have
three times the quantity that we had
last year and they are going fast"
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One that HAWAII Can I'LL AFFORD To LOSE

News of the promotion of Rcar-adnliral Wal
ter {. CowleS to the command of the Pacific
fleet, and his consequent departure from Homo
lulu, will be received by his many friends here
with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret.
Congratulations are in order over the fact that
Admiral CowleS will be able to fly his flag
afloat, but his going can not 4c other than dis
tinct loss to the important naval construC ton
work that is now in progress on Oahu.
Admiral COwlcs has had supervision over tn"
Pearl IIarbor work almost since its inception.
When he came here nothing but channel drrdg-
ing had been started, and he has seen the new
naval base grow and flourish. He. is in touch
with every detail, and his pronounced adnliniS-
trativr ability has caused tn" navy department
to grant him wide discretionary powers heres
His departure is Il real loss to Hawaii.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
The WHIPPING POST?

When men Of the churches turn to the whip
ping-poSt as a solution for an evil confronting
The community it is time for serious considers
aticn of the subject. Til" ordinary mind rrcoilS
with horror from the idea of laying the lash on
The back of Il human being in order to enforce
The law, bat it. may be that the crime demands
1ht punishment. AT any rate. Honolulu is now
called upon to face the question:
This question is not the question of the feel
ingS Of the man as he is whipped, nor is it pri-
maIiy the permanent effect Of the whipping on
the individual criminal. The thought of using
an instrument of physical pain on the
bare back Of man is hidcous, but so is the
thought of shutting a man away from the free
air and the blessed sunshine and the great balm
of nature; so is the thought of violently wrench
ing life from it's earthly abode and sending the
soul of a trembling wretch to face the tcrrors
Of the unknown. And yet society has borne
these hideOus thoughts because they constitute
q warning "ThOu Shalt Not!' Society has been
willing to hear these thoughts and inflict these
punishments on offenders as example to deter
other possible offenders.
The question of the whippingpost is not the
question of the man who is punished. One hears
talk INDUCED in of degrading the feelings of
the man who is whipped. That kind of talk is
sentimental rot. 1t is mushy and hypocritical
mOralizing. The man who commits one of these
awful crimes has no feelings to degrade. He is
either mentally weak or brute. He is either
degenerate or beast.
The real question of whpping-post is the
question of its moral effect on the community
first, its effect on possible offenders; secondly
its effect on the great majority of clean-minded
and sensitive-minded citizens. Will the estab
lshment of the whipping post brutalize the com
munity? Will it's psychological effect be to
blunt the finer Sensibilities of the mind? And
even if so, will its undoubted power to check
beastly crime outweigh the callousing of, the
public heart?
1t is impossible to say now whether or not
the wAipping-post is wise, for the very reception
of the idea on the part of the community is go
ing to determine its wisdom. But a discussion
of this method of stopping inordinate crimes of
the person will settle the question, and the dis
cussion ought to be free and frank.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
ON0MEA AND PIONEER
CUT THEIR DIVIDENDS

Z. {. Z. @ @ @ g @ @ @ @ @ @ @ g
9 {
8 Onomea is the second sugar I
@ company to cut it's dividend for
(. next year. Nobody thinks it will be
Z. the last The Onomea Sugar I
% Company directors have 1en:de,l
. to reduce the dividend from I
:. forty cents to thirty cents
:: share, beginning on the fifth OF &
&: January.
. The difference is thatNbetween I
(. "a per cent and Is per cent per
:. annum,. or one-half of one per {
. cent per month, on the capital Z
&. stock of $1,500,000. Conditions
Z. make it necessary" said E. Fax 4
:. on Bishop, president of c. Brew Z
<. er & Co., agents of Onomea, yes (
-. terday afternoon. 81 don't think 4
(: anybody can kick at the amount Z
4. of reduction"
j.. In point of fact the cut is less {
/: than was expected along the (
/: street
(: Although not made public here (
<. tofore, Pioneer Mill Co. was the (
. first to reduce it's dividend for {
:: the ensuing year. It's directors I
(. decided about a week ago to (
(. make the dividend 20 cents (
{. month instead of 80 cents. This
. is a reduction from IS per cent q;
> to II per cent per annum on the
g par value of the stock.
Q 9 Q @ 9 @ g o 8 =. 6 o /. @ &
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
THINK over THE RECALL

Professor w. A. Bryan of the College of Ha-
waii advanced some very excellent ideas on the
commission or short.ballOt form of government
in a thoughtful address before the Church Club
the other night, but on one point at least the
Star Bulletin takes very decided issue with him.
That point is the recall.
Under the plan proposed by Mr.. Bryan, a
twenty-five per centum signature of the voters
would make a recall petition effective In other
wprds, twenty-five per cent of the voters could
demand recall election for any elective officer
of the municipal government.
The wisdom of the recall is a little doubtful
here in Honolulu at the beginning of the new
form Of government if it is begun. The great
est difficulty that the city will have to contend
with is to get capable men, responsible men, men
Of known character and proved ability in large
affairs, to come forward as candidates for com
miSSi0ners or supervisors or whatever their title
NAV be under the short ballot SYSTEM There
will be no advancement in civic efficiency if pro-
feSSiOnal politicians to run the city, for pro-
,fessional politicians will wreck Il short ballot
form of government quickly as and even more
thoroughly than they do the ordinary municipal
system.
There is not 4 capable man in Honolulu who
will put himself at the mercy of Il recall move
mrnt that can be made effective by twenty-five
per cent of the voterS,-nOt, certainly, the kind
of caItlllc men that the city needs in it's admin
iStratiOn. One of the weaknesses generally rec
ugnizr4l as Il Honolulu characteristic is that Of
cy;rrdOing public movements in an excess of zeal.
The burning of Il section of the city years ago is
typical of many less obvious and less purely
physical phenomena since then. And this com
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When young widow faces the Just because things
% Tor the second time she apt to his wife
hak at the honor and obey clause that position
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12

The House ways and m, ans committee an
noumcr> action on the sugar tariff for january
l.. This little statement need not worry any
one in Hawaii. The present session of Congress
will merely play littl" tariff politics fer the
benefit Of the next session. Were there any like
ih0od whatever that the present Congress-
WCuld revise any important tariff schedule,
President elect Wilson would have remained
quiet on the question of an extr, session.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
Eggs Cost Youl75c A
Dozen


old kamaanas who have lived in Honolulu for
will remember the box of fresh eggs at Notes This box
eggs from the Bellna ranch. Thirty minutes
the of the city, have few acres left ad
joining the Beina ranch, suitable in for rails
ing Surplus just like in the bank
very small cash will for Of these
lots. If in doubt If skeptica IN regard
chckenrasng business this locality interview
Mr.. Williamson of 9Th Avenue In addition to this
property. have the following residence property:
We property for sale in this district follows:
House and two lots, Paoo .............. $35o0oo
House and two lots. WiIhemina Rise -..... $25oo.oo
House and Io Park Ave-, Kaimuki ......... S26oooo
House and lot Sixth Ave-. Kaimuki ......... $4,000
lots. cor. kamuki and Eighteenth Ave. $14500O
Caudine Ave. lots ........ .......... 10000
Lot on PaIoIo Hillside ......... 5000
1850 Kewao st............ ......... $1,000. 100000
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What good does it do a woman
for a man to be willing to die for
herr" he grumbled.
He might carry a big life insur
ance, YOU know" she hinted
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For Sale

MANoA-Rednce Lot 225oo .......
NUUANU-4ooo0 OF
OCEAN VIsW-Modern Home with all
ANAPUNi ST-Modern
New Bungalow
YOUNG Subsistence 1881
PAWAA-modern ~
AUlO lANE-3Bedroom House
PACIFIC HEIGt1TSChoice Home
COLLEGE STREET, Bedroom House bedroom
OCEAN VIEW-Severa choice Iso
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-27
Curious CONVERSATIONS
(Taken from Exchanges.>

II protect stock against predatory
animals a Wyoming man has patent
I'd a clockWork driven machine which
a s"archlisht and discharges
blank cartridges at regular intervals.
To save the use Of metal fasteners
to hold several papers together a hand
punch has been invented that makes
a tonsue shaped cut in several sheets
at once and folds the < to-
sethcr.
A tablet and foundation designed
Ny John Duncan. y. r. s. A. has been
unveiled by W. E. Blaikle on Edin-
hureh Castle esplanade to mark the
Nltc" where witches used to be burnt.
Miss Mabel Roardman of the Red
Gross is working for the erection of a
building in Washington to commem-
"rat" the services and sacrifices of
the women of the civil war. The pres
ent plan is To- have this building COS,
about $500, 900.
Republican China is to have a com
lllete kindergarten system installed in
the national schools. Miss Mary F.
ledNard. kindergarten supervisor %
the Los Angeles city schools, an
nounced recently that she would head
the Chinese schools.
IT is said the London tax payer is
put to an extra expense Of 100000
annually by reason of the prevalence
of fogs. One gas company alone fur
nlshes a to the value OF $4,000
over and above the normal figure on
a single day OF fog. The
OF traffic is another serious item.
And person past the age of sixteen
Years who wishes to dance at Dodge
City must pay the city 81 a year The
CITY commissioners met not long e
nc passed an ordinance providing
Tor a license fee of 81 from all dane
ers. and further providing that no
person under the g Of 16 can at
tend a dance unless accompanied bv
a parent or guardian.
The country along the sound west
of Greenwich Comm is sufferin.
from an invasion of measuring worms.
ana the commuters have be- after
them these last few mornings with
spray and arsenate of lead and paris
green and torches and other things.
The worms. it was reported, have at
lacked thousands of shade trees, old
caves that look like lingerie. and
the worms are about by the millions.
Bible students may be Interested TO
know that there is still good fishing
IN the Sea of Galilee. DR.. Ernest W.
Quincy Masterman. who has practiced
medicine in Galilee. made a special
study Of the fishes found there and
in a recent book says that he found
forty-three varieties, twice as MANY
as can be found in the British isles.
The fishermen are taxed a fifth Of
the value of the fish caught. the
revenue going partly to the sultan
n partly to a pasta in Damascus.
1t is commended by Professor Boas
OF Columbia hat the skulls Of inn
migrants to this country are changed
IN shape by the second generation.
This idea is now attacked in manw
quarters, one scientist insisting that
under this theory the children would
not inherit even acquired character
istics-they would acquire them
Professor Boas' notion that they
tend toward a single fixed type is
~contradicted by the fact that in
America there is no fixed type among
the native born Of many generations