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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30

Bicyclists, owing to the kindness of
council. may continue to ride OF the
sidewalks for a little while longer
without danger Of being pulled"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30

YOU can say goodbye to cOnstipa-
ton with clear conscience if YOU use
Chamberlain's Tablets. Many have
been permanently cured by the,r use
For sale by al dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30

The Civic League library is indebted
to Mrs. Frank Spann for a handsome
set of Kiplings works.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30
Increased Banking Facilities.

Ten years ago Sumter had but two
banks with capital Of $15O,OOO. Now
she has five banks and one trust COM
pany with a total capital Of $670,O00
and total resources Of almost $1,000
900. During the year the Bank OF
Sumter has increased it's capital from
$4,000 to $4,000. The City National
Bank from $4,000 to $15O,OOO and
the Sumter Trust Company from
$4,000 to $4,000. or a total Increase
for the year Of $275,OOO. Our banks
realize the demands that are soon to
be made upon them because of the
rapid development Of this section and
city and they are preparing for the
increased demands that are surely
coming.
Postal Receipts.
Increased postal receipts have al
ways been taken as evidence Of
c'ty's growth. In the last ten years
the postal receipts at Sumter have
Increased from s1O,2O3 to S3O.396 or
an increase of 200 per cent for that
period.
Membership.
This Chamber is in very prosper
Gus condition. One year ago We start
ed with an individual membership roll
of 267 members. Tonight the rolls
show q total membership Of 337, 1902
new members having been added dur
ing the recent campaign. A few
have fallen out or left the city The
thanks Of the Chamber is due the
captains and lieutenants who worked
so faithfully in the membership cam
paign just closed.
Looking Forward.
1t has never been our policy to
make predictions without some good
solid foundations upon which to
make them The man, however, who
can not be optimistic in the face of
the facts and who can see no bright
something stronger than facts.
Baslng my estimate upon solid
! facts, upon contracts that have been
closed or upon expenditures that
have already been arranged for Sum-
ter will have received in cash for
improvements buildings. railroads.
etc, before the end Of next year, over
one-half million dollars. The Sea-
board will alone eXpend within the
county between $4,000 To $50. 600
! To this sum may be added. $50. 900
for the City National Bank building.
$1,000 for the new hotel including
the cost of the lot. $4,000 upon the
gas plant. $4,000 for the new Mctho-
dist church, $4,000 for the Bank of
Sumter building and at least $500. 900
may be safely estimated for misccl-
laucous business buildings and resi-
d"uccs. Before the year 1912 shall
have closed the City Of Sumter is
! certain To hc heard from i'm no un-
certain voice.
can not close this report without
/ c"ngratulating the people Of Sumter
ana the mcbors of this Chamber upon
] one accomplishment during the wear
| That Is sure to mean much for her
future progress. With shame we have
| had TO endure the constant knocks
and complaints that have been made
by the travelling public ana visitor.
Before another year shall pass it now
seems certain that Sumter will com
| plete a hotel of which we can be
proud.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30
Postal Receipts.

Increased postal receipts have al
ways been taken as evidence Of a
c'ty's growth. I'm the last ten years
the postal receipts at Sumter have
Increased from s1O.2O3 to s3O.396 or
an increase of 200 per cent for that
period.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30
Conventions.

During the year Sumter was repre-
sVnted by n delegate at the great nat
ional advertising convention at Bos-
ton with which organization she Is
affiliated through the local Ad Club.
She was also represented at the All
South Conference which plans To in
augurate n campaign TO advertise the
special advantages 90 the South. and
at tho convention OF the Southern
Commercial Secretaries held at Mem
phls. Also at tho convention Of the
American Association of Commercial
Executives held at louisville. Sum
ter further assisted In tho organixa-
ton Of n state Drainage Association
through the delegate who attended
the initio! meeting In Charleston.
Your secretary has co-operoted In
every possible way with the slstcr or
ganizotlons I'm tho various cities II
the stat" ~ aiding and maintaining
cordial relations and mutual exchange
81 favors Plans arc now under way
% form a strong state Board OF Trade
by means OF which n systematic ad-
vertislng campaign of tho state rs n
whole may he undertaken.
Rural Relations.
City and county are lnter-depend-
ent. During the year this Chamber
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30

~ IS Interesting to note at this
time the amount Of building opera
uons ana city Improvements that have
hccn undertaken aud completed dur
INK the year For the building Of
stores "ilices. warehouses and en-
lorgcmcnt Of plants. $4,000 FOR
churches. and Y. NJ. G. \. 100000
For residences. ranging i'm price
from $500 To $4,000. $4,000. For
street Improvements. $4,000. For
Increased freight yards. $4,000, or
a total Of almost 100000 Certainly
a splendid building record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30

fore any inquiry could intelllgently be
answered. IL would surprise many Of
you N you could read the various let
teis that are received by the Cham
Der of Commerce requesting informa-
tion as to sumter. In nine cases out
OF ten the first questions asked re-
fer to living conditions. All this data
hal first to be procured and filed for
res d. reference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30
Rural Relations.

City and county are inter depend
ent During the year this Chamber
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-07-03
500 Reward S1OO

The readers of this paper Will be
Pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages. and
mat is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity Catarrh being
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
Stroying the foundation of the distase,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
proDrietorS have so much faith In its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo.
Ohio
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-07-03
Insect Bite Cost Leg.

A Boston man lost his leg from the
bite of an insect two years before. To
avert such calamities from stings and
bites OF Insects use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve promptly to kill tho poison and
prevent inflammation, swelling and
pain. Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles.
eczema, cuts bruises Only 25 cents
at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto
Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-07-03
FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO- EAT

II you eat you need "Digestit." 1t
aids Digestion, prevents distress after
eating, stops gas formation, relieves
indigestion instantly and cures dis
pepsia. Browns Digestit is a little
tablet easy to swallow and absolutely
harmless. 1t has relieved thousands.
Sold on positive guarantee Your
money back IL you want it--50c.
Ask az 9. z. poeeY's
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
REVOLUTIONARY SONS.

At the annual meeting of the Ha-
waiian Society, Sons of the American
Revolution, held in Cooke hall, Y. NJ.
c. A., last night, the following officers
were elected: President, Robert J.
Pratt; vice-president, Perley L.
Horne; secretary, Ira d. p Garfield;
treasurer, Charles H. Dickey; regis
trar, Howard c. Mohr; board of mana
gers Frank c. Atherton, John Walter
Jones, Clarence II. Cooke,
c. IL. Dickey presided at the meet
ing, with f. b. McStocker acting as
secretary. Reports evidenced the
prosperous condition of the society,
which now has an enrolment of one
hundred and five members. Reso,u-
tions upon the death of Compatriot
John Low were adopted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18

other islands. The steamer Mauna
Kea will leave at 10 a. m July for
Hilo, where there will be a splendid lit
erary and athletic program presented
for the people, Judge Whitney having
accepted the invitation of the com
mittee to deliver the grafton. Per
sons who go on the Hilo excursion
will have the privilege of returning
by the steamer arriving in Honolulu
Saturday the 9th, or Tuesday the 9th.
The fare for the round trip will be
twenty dollars.
Maui will have its usual card of
literary and sporting events for In
dependence Day and the company has
fixed a special rate of eight dollars
for the round trip. The Claudine
will take the eXcursionists, leaving
here at p. m. July 3, and returning
early Sunday morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
WHERE IGNORANCE is BLISS.

However wise and good they may
be small boys are very often apt to
be nuisances especially when they
write about things before they find
out the facts.
To read an account in the morning
paper anent the ohia blocks on the
Richards street wharf it would appear
that an awful botch had been made
of the job. AS a matter of fact the
blocking has been done in a very sat
isfactury manner and is giving every
satisfaction.
There is a thirty-foot section at the
end of the dock which has to be filled
in again.
This was news to no one except the
youthful scribe for the section was
put down purely as an experiment.
AS matter of fact there are four
different experiments, each strip os
blocks being laid with a different mix
ture
The section was watched very care
fully and when the right mixture had
been found and had stood the most
severe tests the main section Of the
wharf was laid, Where ignorance
is bliss, however, it is foolish to be
wise unless you know the facts
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
HACKFELD COMPANY

Association articles seeking incor-
poration for the personal estate of
]. F. Hackfeld were filed in the trea-
surer's office yesterday afternoon by
Mr.. Hackfeld, George Rodiek, w.
Pfotenhauer, f. Klamp, and II.
Schultze, as incorporators.
Mr.. Hackfeld holds 1896 shares of
the 5000 while his associates hold
one share each, the total at a par val
ue of 800 a share making the fully
subscribed capital stock 100000. The
limit of extension is 100000.
The officers of the company are
four, of whom Mr. Hackfeld is pres
ident, they also forming the board
of directors. The other officers are
George Rodiek, vice president and
treasurer, and f. Klamp, secretary.
The stock turned over to the asso-
citation by it's chief incorporation rep.
rosenting the value of his 1896
shares are given as follows 1880
common shares of II, Hackfeld & Co..
valued at $4G3,OOO; 45 shares of lii
hue Plantation, valued at $500 236
shares of Union Feed Company, val
ued at $4,000; 80 shares of Hollis
ter Drug Co., valued at $500; 40
shares of Kona Tobacco Company,
valued at $34OO; shares of Hea-
lani Yacht and Boat Club, valued at
500; 20 shares of Oahu Country
Club, valued at $40O
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
The Star Spangled Banner.

We will receive by the Honoulan
tomorrow a shipment of fresh Califor-
mia fruits and vegetables and "Puri-
tan" creamery butter. Henry May &
Co., Ltd Telephone 1911
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
SPORTDRIFT

Next Sunday afternoon 1t Makiki
the Starights formerly Ocean Views
win p ay a game of baseball with the
Young Cobbs. The lineup Of the Star
lights was published in the issues Of
May rs, June ?, 5, 7, -, and "A,
The annual exhibition of gymnasium
work will be given by the Palama
Settlement girls in the gymnasium
on Thursday evening.
Makiki, pa; Young Cobbs, >.
The charter roll of the Mid-Pacihc
Motorcycle Club closes June %.
Hilo race entries close on Satur-
day.
Honolulu Cracker Co.. 6; c, Y, A., 3.
Kapiolani Park, June %, Beauties
mot Rarry's) VS.. Young Hawaiis
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
WHITE WON
FINAL MATCH

The Y. NJ. c. A. students bowling
tournament closed last night.
II. White won the contest, defeat
ing Melim, S12 to 70S in the final
game
The score:
Melim ...124 1876 1873 1874 1O6-7OS
White ....155 1855 175 10 l57-8l2
In the semifnals Saturday, the
scores were:
Rose list ia 1876 11S 176 $50
II. White In 1S2 17S 1871 2O5 917
Me,im o.. -. 1870 1853 1877 40 1l9 S33
w. Hitchcock 14O 1876 154 1S4 143 7S7
There will now be lull in Y. NJ G.
A. bowling until September.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
FLYNN LOSES
TOMMY RYAN

LOS ANGELES, June IS. - Ryan,
who has been training Flynn for the
latter's fight with Lii Arthur John
son, the champion, July fourth, last
night telegraphed Las Vegas that he
is going to quit his job. He says
that Flynn is a sure loser.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT.

The Hawaiian band will give a pub
lie concert this evening at Thomas
square at 1880 o'clock
March-The Girl in the Train Fan
Overture-Titus ............ Mozart
Intermezzo-Fr Frivolous Cupid Losey
Selection-The Rose of Shiras ....
......... .,.,.,,,...,,. Gutenberg
Vocal-Hawaiian Songs Ar. by Berger
Selection Spring Maid &c.. Rainhardt
Waltz-The Golden Shower. ......
'.,.,,..,. ,...,'''.'.. NaluJeulel
Finale-The Alexander Ragtime
..,..,,..... .,.,..,........ Berlin
The Star Spangled Banner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18

For the best made rubber stamps
90 to Wall, Nichols Co.. Ltd. They
make them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS.

The InterIsland Company has de-
Cidcd to send out two excursions for
the celebration of the Fourth on the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27

Thompson, Halcyon. Lurline. Reuce,
Charmer, California, Sonoma, Balboa
and a host of others, consisting of
schooners. barks, brigantines and full.
rugged ships.
Most of the vessels have been
stripped of their boats and gear. but
many of them have been kept up in
a half interested manner. 1t was be-
lieved that the days of the windjam-
mer were past and the whole fleet
could have been bought for song. 4
Now even the worst Of the old hulks
is being hauled out and patched up to
make a voyage or two. and some of
them will be unable to pass the in
spectors. The freight situation has
brought the windjammers to the fore
( once more and they are as much in
demand as they were before steam
ships became general.-Vancouvel
Sun.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27

Asked by Attorney Ashford about
the Hukiaa Opiipau lands, government
tracts for which thirty-fOur homestead
applications have been made, Hind
said these were absolutely untitled for
demonstrating because they could not
be handled without irrigation. They
would be all right if the hOmesteader
could get water. however
The kOhala ditch is virtually own
ed by five big plantations, Of which
the Hawi is one. Hind said his mill
takes the cane of about half a dozen
small growers, who have 80 to $50
acres each, and that he pays 81 ton
for ii when sugar is cents pound
in New York He said he thought an
American homesteader in the Kohala
district would require about 20 acres
Of cane land to make a living, in case
he could get irrigation and the year
was good, If the farmer had to de-
pend on average year, though, he should
let the proposition alone.
George Watts Ideas.
George, Watt said that the Kohala
Sugar Company has about 3O00 acres
of cane land, some waste land and the
Awini forest land, containing about
1000 acres. He thought an American
homesteader would need so to $50
acres to make a decent living. His
place pays a dividend Of about s per
cent. on the capitalization, in addition
to $4,000 to $4,000 in annual repairs
and improvements.
He handles cane lands on contract,
furnishing seed, land, paying taxes,
and the grower to plant, cultivate and
harvest, delivering to the fumes. For
that he pays the growers $435 per
ton. All his contracts are verbal, he
asserted.
Sousa and Wilson are among the
homestead applicants for the Hukiaa
Oliipau lands. Both admitted they ex-
pect to make their living principally
by working at their present jobs on
the plantations for the next few years.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27
Divorce court
MAKES A NOISE
LIKE RENO, NEV.

Honolulu Will become 4 second
Reno if the divorce grist keeps up &c
the mark shown in tOdayS court files.
Maria Vierra is seeking radiance
of Peter VierSa for deSertiOn
Sumo kuwahara is suing for di-
Norce from Itsuki kuwahara, who has
gone home to Japan. She accuses
Linn OF drinking and gambling, and
says that before he went away she
had TO support him from her earn
ings.
Jane kalaniWela kalama complains
that. though her husband, Samuel
kaaumCana Kaiama, is making wages
CT 81 a day as a carpenter. he fails 10
support her and she wishes to be quit
of him.
Tome Matsuda was welded to To-
mOshinO MatSuda at the quarantine
station, but he became jealous of her,
she says, and under that influence
treated her with shameful cruelty,
hence she seeks deliverance from the
matrimonial bonds
Amoe Hawai- petitions for divorce
from Joseph Hawai- on account of his
alleged drunkenness and cruelty.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27
ONCE MORE THE
WINDJAMMER

With bumper crop of barley esti-
mated at $4,000 tons, California
grain men stand to lose immense
sums owing TO the lack of tonnage
for handling the crops. The utmost
carrying capacity of all vessels III
sight is between 10000 and $4,000
tons. The ships of England and
other nations, which formerly had
ample space for the grain, "have all
their tonnage taken months ahead
and most of them are engaged else
where at such high rates that they
are not considering Pacific Coast
shipments.
The situation in California is {
sample of what pertains to the whole
Coast, including British Columbia
and the scarcity of tonnage will be
felt more acutely toward the end of
the year, it is claimed.
Old sailing ships which had been
towed to the Oakland estuary as OBJ,
solete in view of the, growth of ship
ments by steamers q few years ago
are being overhauledj and patched up
to handle the grain in the absence OF
steamer tonnage. The estuary fol
the past six years has become land
mark because of the immense fleet OF
sailing ships which had been moored
there to rot. i~ES,
Among the boats are the Ferris S.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27
$4,000 HILO
EXTENSION SOLD
Landslide of OIaa Stock at
Low PriCe-DeCI;neS in
MCBryde

TOday's stock and bond sheet is
featured by sales Of HilO Extension
skies aggregating $l3U.0U0. the largest
block being S50.noO and the smallest
$4,000 in six deals. Another potable
phase is a small landslide OF Olaa
stock at the lately reduced figure Of
6 flat, 40 shares being sold in six
unequal blocks. McBryde registers
the large total of 430 shares with fluC-
tuating prices 100 in recess I'M
changed at and 80 dropped an eighth
on the board, followed by another
eighth decline to ) - for three blocks
of 100 each
Onomea was unchanged at %. % in
recess for 10 shares. but fell quar-
ter on the board for 30 shares Brew
cry shows a gain of three-eighths in
sales of A., 10 and % between boards.
Hilo Railroad common declined an
eighth to 8.75 in recess for l23 and -
shares. Pineapple maintained "A for
10 and 20 shares. Waialua held its
own at 120 for 10 and shares re-
ported. Hawaiian Commercial felh off
a quarter to 43 for 10 shares on the
board. Eva is down a three-Quarter
point for trifles of and ; shares.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27

hands of the Honokaa mill. testified
that there were peculiar variations in
the returns the various small growers
got for their crops The Secretary IL
nally suggested that the mill check
the misunderstanding by permitting
the mill chemist TO give the growers
the results OF his tests, and that they
be allowed TO see their cane weighed
as il reached the mill or the cars.
The following morning Mr.. Fisher
and his party visited the highland
where they found that the cane grown
vas just about what Morrison had
said II was very excellent grassland
no more.
See Waipio Valley.
On the same morning the party
journeyed from HOnOkaa down to the
mouth Of Waipio Valley. dismount-
ing from their motor cars and walk
ing down to point of vantage, where
they gazed on the beautiful scene de-
picted nearly 5000 feet below, the
green farm lands stretching out to
within a few hundred feet of the blue
ocean. Then back to Honokaa and
out over the dusty stretch of road to
Waimea, where the Secretary and
Mrs. Fisher, Governor Frear, Mr.. and
Mrs Mott-Smith, Private Secretary
Meyer and Attorneys Olson and Hem
enway were given quarters at the A..
w. Carter home: the Delegate, Attor-
ney Ashford and the newspaper rep
resentatlves stopping at the Waimea
Hotel
After lunch the members of the
party visited various parts of the Par
ker Ranch, inspected the blooded live
stock and witnessed some "broncho
busting" by the cowboys of some nags
that are to be sold to the army. Sec
rotary Fisher, instead of joining this
expedition, went down alone to the
swimming pool constructed last year
for the now Mrs. Thelma Parker
Smart, and took a plunge. In the
evening, in honor of the distinguished
visitors, the young people held dance
at the courthouse, where Mr.. Fishers
secretary, a young man from Ohio
and Washington. ID. c., got his first
glimpse of the hula-hula dance.
Talks at KohaIa Club.
At the Kohala Club this afternoon
Mr.. Fisher talked with Manager John
Hind of the Hawi Mill and Plantation
Company; William Wilson, a luna on
the Hawi' plantation; James Sousa,
storekeeper for the Kohala Sugar Co,
and w. p Bluett, superintendent Of
the Kohala Ditch Co.
One of the features of this hearing
was Manager Kinds statement that,
while no cane can be raised Inc the
district without irrigation, the Kohala
ditch can not supply, at present, suf-
ficient water to permit his plantation
to produce to full capacity.
The Hawi plantation, a family af
fair capitalized at 100000, but re-
turning an annual dividend of about
$4,000 to $4,000, could use about
10000 gallons of water daily, Hind
said. 1t is getting at present about
100000 daily and gets an average
of only 100000 gallons per day. If
he got the full amount of 100000
gallons, he said, he would have none
to spare for homesteaders. ~.