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The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16
SHIPPING TAKES
new RAP|DITY


With shipments for the first half Of
August aggregation $4,000 the mark
citing situation in the Islands is
brighter than at any time during the
year To equal the largest month Of
the present sigar year only 10000 tons
would have to leave and the indica.
tfoHs are there viii be d considerable
volume in excess Of that month so that
August will snrpass the previous months
Of the sugar year though Il Is likely
to be exceeded from this time forward.
At the same time the apes Of the grind
has been passed and from now on the
sugar in storage can be drawn upon
hd,'redaced by means Of the Bottoms
furnished t4H l5l.t
More Goes East .,t...
u In the new plans which are already
under way and (which are texpediting
the'rdeparture Of sugar from here to
the refineries, n considerable amount
will move TO the Eastern reffners, far
in excessive Of what was expected a
few months ago, even few weeks ago,
The present program calls for the ship.
ping of about $4,000 tons by way of
the canal in addition to the $4,000 tons
that have already left This will give
the Eastern refihers not far from their
usual proportion Of the Hawaiian crop.
Z 1t is now expected that these Eastern
. shipments win have moved away in
/ the course of two to two and a half
months. At the same time comes as.
! surances of more bottoms to carry the
crop to San Francisco and shippers now
| feel some confidence that the raws
will have moved away by November
I l., or soon thereafter, q month to six
| weeks sooner than had been hoped for.
Better Another Year J..
With the ship building program pro
crossing so satisfactorily it is doubtful
II another year will offer any such
serious skipping and storage problems
as had to be met this year and have
been met with such small signs of dis
content. The industry has6 been con.
Gderablyt upset by the delays and re.
turns are many months behind what
they would have been with a normal
supply Of bottoms, II has, also requir,
ed not a little change of methods to
make the shipments in the smaller con,
sienments made necessary by the use
Of boats of smaller capacity.
The shipping board has at last, ap,
pareptly, met the situation and met
1t better than was expected. Another
year methods win be more readily
adapted to new conditions and it is
| probable that before the 1919 shinpinQ
season starts, program that will be
satisfactory to all concerned will have
been arranged.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16
TOBACCO growers TO r
REAP LARGE PROFITS

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, August L
(As'o, ated Press)-Tobaeeo planters
who have held their crops to the pres
ent tin in all probability will get as
much for & az IN" high prices realized
last year when phi, "s made new high
rerord for Drto Rico
Tobacco buvors turing the past ten
days haYe suddenly v realized that the
crop which originally they expected
would be the largest in the history of
the island had suddenly shrunk and
that instead Of being 35,OO0,OOO or 4O,.
100000 pounds it is not now estimated
to exceed 25,00O,0O0 pounds.
Prices have been advancing so that
n good many buyers now figure that
purchases made during the past week
have been on basis which win make
the prices az high if not higher than
last years crop, which averaged In
many instances more than 40 cents a
pound or more,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16
Would-Be Homesteaders Find
Objections To New Contract

Contract for the cultivation of the
other contr trRets for the cultivation Of
lands that were formerly leased but
are now to be opened TO homesteadihg
are soon to be signed. The contracts
are evidently satisfactory to the plan
tatiOns thOagh the lands will cost them
far more than they did under lease
formerly and the Governor has declar
ed the plan the fairest by far that has
ever been proposed to the homestead
er and that his rights will be well pro
tected under the agreement. Still not
all of the hOmesteaders are fully sat
isfed, perhaps it was not to be expect
ed that they would be and objections on
the part of the homesteaders on Kauai
are expressed in the last issue Of the
Garden Island Since these are the ex-
> pressions Of f. NJ. Cheatem, who has
often spoken in the interests Of home
| steading and the HON estead they bear
some weight and are reproduced here
as of interest to the sugar industry.
There Is a slight difference of Opin-
ion between the homesteaders, or that
+ Is some Of them, and the planters, on
several of the sections of the new con-
tract that has just been drawn up by
| the Territorial government, for the
homesteaders and the planters, says the
Garden IslaRd.e l5kThe ghOmesteaders
seem to think that the government
! has made an error in accepting the
modified form of an old Olaa contract
as the basis of this new contract, and
think that several changes should be
made in some Of the clauses therein.
Mr.. E. M. Cheatem, a hOmesteader
! Of the Kappa group has stated the
: causes of this dissention very clearly
for the homesteaders and no doubt but
the planters viii come to some very
} satisfactory agreement with the home
: steaders as they have shown very
decided adaptability in the matter Of
this new contract.
HOmesteaders' View
| The points that are most in the
hmelight, in this controversy are stat
| ed from the hOmesteaders point OF
view by Mr.. Cheatem as follows:
~ have spent considerable time the
past few days, studying and cOmpar,
! ing the form of contract as printed in
I, last Tuesdays Advertiser and purport
! ing to be the form agreed upon be-
tween the attorney general and the
planters representatives,, as. that which
will be offered homesteaders by the
plan tations in the future.
"As a result, can scarcely believe
that the administration has agreed ia
or seriously considered such form
and hope that The Advertiser = in
formation IL incorrect
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16
No Improvement

cit is in its final analysis no better
than the now famous eighty cent con-
tract offered Kapaa homesteaders in
1913 by the Makee Sugar Co., which
was so one sided and inequitable that
it brought indignant protests from all
united Kauai and individuals from all
parts of the Territory and resulted in
activities that finally brought the LIZ
hue plantation into the field as a com
petitor of Makee, both companies then
giving fair contracts. This has result
ed in u complete success and the entire
Kappa proposition and some 100 fam
! lies living amid comfortable surround
ings and raising up their children along
/ liberal American standards. These
contracts have made possible the
homes and farmlike appearance Of the
country, upon which. the HGOyenOr re-
: Gently was pleased to comment.
! - Under the proposed contract, such
results will be impossible, further,
even the great start at Kapaa will go
by the board in II few years, for rs
! fasts as the contracts expire there, it
' ia not reasonable to expect the planta-
! tions to offer any better form of new
contract than that which the govern
ment is asking for the new homestead
ers.
Specifies Defects
''The great defects from the home
steaders point Of view are, a. that he
! has to pay the entire cost of laying
portable track from the main line, or
the erecting of fumes: (2) that he
has deducted percent for trash
when actual tests at the mill show this
to be less than percent in unburned
cane and only about ! percent in
burned cane; (3) that the provision
that should marketing and milling ext
penses be materially increased, the
contract price can be reduced with the
Governors consent, with any provis-
ion that these, prices will be inereas-
ed should the said, costs be reduced,
as is sure to happen when the war
ends; (4) that the price of one dollar
for cane to each cent of the New York
sugar price is based upon by far too
high FucrOse contents, requiring as It
does that eight tons Of cane will make
a ton of sugar-this price should be
based upon a nine for one propositions
(5) that the grower is not to have his
own juice tested for sucrose contents
but must take the average juice Of all
cane milled during the month-the
mill manager could easily shove in his
poorest cane when milling prime cane
from a hOmesteader or q hOmesteader
who has taken every preeantion to
grow normal cane might see his cane
punched in with that of his neighbor
who used the poorest possible meth
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16

obs of growing; (6l the advances O..
't'5 To- cover 26g working days of man
on the crop and IS for the same trre
for a woman, or 81 cents and 81 cents
per day are not sufficient when Labor
costs homesteaders at Kapaa now 81. so
and $l respectively. As any H,!-
vance made by the plantation is a
first lien on the crop, by what mea ns
e0uld u homesteader raise money to
pay his labor; he certainly cannot
take care of more than a limited acre,
age himself. Result: only a man of
considerable means or of an Oriental
standard of living could succeed.
Lien Never Lifted
"Should this form of contract be ad-
opted and the, hOmesteaders who take
lands upon which the plantations have
continued the rattoon cultivation and
already acquired lien, am safe in
saying that this lien could nevtr be
lifted from the proceeds of the crops,
unless sugar goes higher than the pre-
sent highwater mark and stays there
for some years.
"a little figuring by anyone who is
familiar with costs of milling, freight1
and marketing, also present war taxes,
etc, will show that under this form,
with sugar at cents; the mill win
reap a profit every second year from
each acre of homestead cane, normal
crops and sucrose Il refer to the Ka-
paa vicinity of the modest sum of
1920. The homesteaderf Oh, about
$38 will have to do him, or $40 per
year per acre, or three fOurths to the
mill and one fourth to the grower.
Yes, there might be worse things hap
pen. but let . don Z consider them.
"I hope every member Of the Cham
Der of Commerce will get hold of last
Fuesday's Advertiser, study this con
tract and make 1t u point to attend the
Chamber 5 ANIMAL meeting in Lihue,
Thursday, August 18th at 3 p. M. This
is a vital question and should be very
thoroughly gone into and some action
taken"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16

Governor C. J. Mccarthy has ap-
proved the liquor rules and regula t ons
which have been adopted by the rep
resentatives of the liquor boards and
Assistant Attorney General Harry
Irwin, The regulations are to be print
ed in the English and Hawaiian news,
papers as advertisements, and pamph-
let's may be issued also for ready ref,
eTence.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-16
NEW ESTIMATE, IS MADE
V " FOR ACREAGE OF BEETS

WASHINGTON, July 26-The De
Partment Of Agriculture Bureau of
Crop Estimates reports that the total
acreage planted to beets for the 1918
campaign amounts to 689,70O acres, or
17,000 acres less than were planted
In 1917 and 10000 acres less than in
1916. 1t points out, however, in con
neetion with these f2ures, that an alb
normal amount of the acreage planted
was abandoned In the previous two
years, amounting to 95 1ercent in l0l7,
OF approximately 700 a"r and 13
percent in 1916 o" "tr" 10" C7' rea.
The average abandonment for the last
six years, including the two abnormal
wears has h"eH 1n5 nercent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
NOTICE Of BOND ISSUE

Notice is hereby given that the
Board OF Supervisors of Pearl
River county, will at its next
regular meeting to be held on
the first Monday, the 18th day of
October, 1913, issue serial bonds
81 the said county IN the total
sum of $35, 100000, said bonds to
be IN the denomination of 81, 600
90 each, to be mum bered from l
to 35 inclusive, bearing date Sep
tenn Der end, 1913, being paya BILE
to bearer and bearing interest at
the rate Of 6 per cent perannum,
payable semi-annually.
The purpose for which the
above bonds will be issued IS to
take up with the proceeds OF the
sale of the same the outstanding
warrants and other obligations
Of said county in accordance
with the requirements of Chap
ter 200 of the laws of MISSISSIPPI
pl of 1918,
H. X. ROUSE,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Mississippi Gotten Gins
Ordered Stepped Ten Days

Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. IS. -
Beginning Thursday night at
midnight, all cotton gins through
out Mississippi will cease ginning
for a period of ten DAYS, in com
pliance with an order issued
from the Office of p. M. Harding,
federal food administrator for
Mississippi l. tie Tuesday. follow
ING a conference held in this city
which was attended by repre-
sentative farmers, ginners and
cotton seed cruehers from var
ioue sections of the state.
While the order Is one one of
the most drastic ruIlrgs yet ef-
fected by the Mississippi food ad :
minIstration, Mr.. Harding said
1t is necessary to conserve cot
ton seed products and is the only
means Of clearing up a serious
congestion of seed which has ac-
cumulated in warehouses where
1t Is in danger of heating and
sPoning,
Statements from cotton and
cotton seed men at the confer
ence indicate that during the
past four weeks the movement
Of cotton has been the heaviest
on record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Thurs day. Sept 10. 1918
KEE CHEERFU L

When a feIler's on his upPers' and :
fellin kind o'bIue,
And life seems sot a2aiust him, and he
can't see no way thro.
It's mighty glad sensation if some
Teller with a smile,
Sort o slips his arm about you, aAe
just Jollles you while.
Tells you that the suns a.shinin, just
behind some dawg goped cloud
An a ticHIes up your hpmor' tII he
makes you Iaf Out lo"d
Sort o drives away your sadness, witt
his merry hearted guile,
As he slips hls arm about you, an just
jollies yor while.
1t makes the sun shine brighter as yoL
take another start,
It sets a song a "bszzin' IN the region
0 your heart
When some Teller rounds corn-r viii
a bright good mornln' smile
Sort O slips his arm about you, an
just jollies you while.
This worlds a curious planet, every
rose here has its thorns
An wd miss the rainbow's- promise Il
there we're no bitter storms,
But the night will lose its shadows i
some Teller with a smile,
Sort o slips his arm about you an
just jollies you while,
All, my friends, it's worth yer trouble
tho you lose whole days pay
Just to cheer another brother as he
journeys on life's way
An the good Lord O creation smiles
an makes your task worth while,
Slip your arm about your brother an
just jolly him a while
D. H. TALMODY,
"Y" Man at Base Hospital
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19

The President of the Civil Service
Commission recently wired
Need for stenOgrapaers and typists
at Washington grows more acute
daily. Increase effort all possible"
The Government and business con-
Germs are short FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND office assistants. Sal
aries never before heard of are now
being offered
We have PERFECTED and COPY
RIGHTED charts and lesson sheets
that enable us to teach you, at your
home, BY MAIL, in THIRTY LES
SONS, a system of Shorthand used
by about NINETY per cent of the
Government Stenographers, and to
teach you, BY MAIL, in EIGHT
WEEKS, a Bookkeeping Course that
is SUPERIOR 10 any SIX-M0NTHS'
course.
The Government drafted our Civil
Service Bookkeeping Set. Clip, fill
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Don't Gloom The Boys

If you have any regard TO-
for the boys in France, den I
write them gloomy letters. Aeep
the clouds out of your CORES
pondence. and let it breathe only
sunshine and cheer If doubts
assail you, kee, them to your
self, and give the soldier boy 5
letters !, eathing with optimism
and confidence. If family cares
and worries beset you, remem-
Der that his cares are Infinitely
greater than yours, Your bur
den is personal one, while on
his brave shoulders rests the
cares of a nation; indeed of the
world.
Bright letters from home, fra
grant with love and buoyanl
with confidence in our cause and
in the splendid young heroes
who are UNFOLDING it, will do
more to win this war than any
other agency. And gloomy fore
.bodings and wallings will as
surely retard it, if not defeat MS,
Your boy should hear none but
good news from home unless it
is absolutely necessary. Not
that his love and devotion is any
less than of old, rather greater
This be Is proving by his pres
euCe on the battle front. But
his one supreme thought now is
to strike with the utmost of his
power for the safety OF his home
and of the world, and his heart
should know no other care.
Kee;' the glooms at home.
Send the sunshine to the bows.
And send it often.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Plea By NcAdOo

Washington, Sept President
Wilson Tuesday was told by Secre-
tary McAdoo that successful opera
lions of the railroads demands de-
Ierred classification for most rail
road employees and that those actual
ly .aken into army service should be
conserved for military service in
France to lessen the drain on rail
road personnel in this country.
Mir. McAdoo conferred with the
president more than an hour, and
submitted many reports showing
how railway shops and train opera
lions have been hampered recently
by the drafting of necessary employ
ees.
The railroad administration hopes
10 have Provost-MarShal General
Crowder established a rule providing
that The request of railroad execu-
tive for deferred classification of an
SiilJlOSCC olldll dCl dulOllldllCdllS u
prevent immediate drafting of the
employee.
The railroads program for en-
ployment of thousands of women to
replace men taken into the army will
be directed by woman, Miss Pau
line Goldmark, of New York. She
will give special consideration to the
employment of women telegrapherS.
station agents, clerks, crossing
watchers and even track laborers.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19

man who wines for George"
to do the work that even his own
craven conscience tells him he
should do. He is not only not
1 help, but is a dead weight be-
cause he is leaving undonc that
which his government had every
reason to expect Elm to do.
The same holds good in the
civic life of a community. Some
one lays down on the Job, and 1t
goes undone because George
may do it. So the hogs run wild;
the cutters and bitches look like
waste paper baskets; bridges
are down, streets are full of
holes and weeds high enoug h
for strangers to lose themselves
in and nobody to look after it but
George, "
If you are expecting George
to do it, you've got another
think coming, George" is busy
desperately busy, and has
neither the time nor the inclina-
ton to take up the burden others
have so shamelessly cast down.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
LET GEORGE Do IT.

1t is a lamentable fact that
thousands of otherwise good 10y
al citizens Of this country have
never outgrown that boyish in
clination to want George" TO
do it, They have not realized
that o b themselves and
"George' have grown to man 5
stature and assumed man obi
cations.
In fact we. as a people. have
been long accustomed to regard
with competency that familiar
quotation, That which is no
pody's business Is nobody S bust
ness, " until the very thought
has become d part Of our ma
lures.
But we are now beng rudely
aroused to the unpleasant fact
that 'Oe2rge IS busy - TOO
busy 10 assume the ooHgatlons
that we would ShirA' lie mas
also task that is calling for the
best that is in him. In this
emergency there are but two
courses lett TO us-ei'her 10
bravery shoulder our load ana
ma'Ch win the workers. or
Sh'fK the responsibility ana be
reIeSaled TO the rear with the
otner SIacNefS.
ana what d world Oh shame
ana o'SRraCe can DC compressed
'nIo lNdl "oro STACKER win
"na' ConteInP, we nave Always
regarded the Da!Ny Morse rear
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

|, II. H. Parker, trustee, under the
provisions of and by virtue OF the
authority conferred upon me IN a
certain deed of trust executed by }.
s. Wheat and Menia Wheat on Octo-
Der ., 1908, to secure certain lndeDt-
edness TO Pearl River County, State
of Mississippi, which deed of trust
is now of record in book No. a at
page 240 ct. sec. of the records OF
land trust deeds of Pearl River coun-
ty, Mississippi, will, on the 1st Mon
day, the 7ih day of October, 1918,
offer for sale and sell at public auc-
ton for cash, to the highest and best
bidder therefor, at the east front
door Of the Court House in the town
of Poplarville, said county and State,
during legal hours, the following
described land, to-wit; Lot No. 4,
Block No. 3, of Derby'S addition to
the town of Poplarville, according
to plat thereof now on file in the OF
flee of the Chancery Clerk, sad
county and state,
| will convey only such tile as IS
vested in me as trustee.
This the nth day Of September,
1918.
II. II. Parker, Trustee.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Many Biz Assianments.

In q single year, his brother saws
Richard Harding Davis reported thu
coronation at Moscow. the inlllennIa
celebration at Budapest. the Spanish
Cuban war, the Mckinley inaugurs
ton, the Greek-Turkish war and tht
queens jubilee. And the number .o
titles of his books on a fly lear nun
bers exactly %. Also he always had
time for little nonsense now and ther
as when he organized relief expe
dition to rescue John Drew from Har
lem
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
estinu Times.

When everything is dark, that
the time to have faith in the light
look forward steadfastly toward Il
dawn. The worst moments of dom
of darkness in the soul, asserts
writer, can become priceless momer
of testing and Of development, If
man uses them rightly and lear
their lesson.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19

Pulverized limestone continues to he
In favor as a soil sweetener or fertil-
Iger. according to the United States
geological survey. Since the figures
of production were first compiled in
1911 the industry has steadily in
creased. and the output for 1916 of l.
OGG.37G short tons, valued at $1,l46,-
$50. represents Il gain of 512 per cent
in quantity and 400 per cent in value
for the six years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19

"Ouite number of persons have
asked me of late if my niece is going
to marry a certain YOU man." adj
mitted the Old Codger. 81 have been
obliged to tell them that she is and
she isn't. You see. while she is certain
that she is going to marry him, he will
be an uncertain young man until after
it has happened to him"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
THE NEW DRAFT

Pearl River County registered
1859 men last Thursday, the
18th. in the new draft of men
between Is and q and from 81
TO As.
The previous estimate made
by the government was 1858 for
this county, and exactly 1855
registered on the 18th. Four
pames were enrolled later.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Mudholes.

Whatever has been said at one tim
or another about mudholes If has re
manned for Arthur f. Killick (Fatt
Lewis to define one. Says KiIlick
"a mudhole is body of water. irreo
ular in size and shape. that failed /
get from on, side Of the road to III
other. City Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
No Woman Auctioneer.

Although there is no record that a
woman has ever been an auctioneer,
it is on record that in May, 1912, the
mayor of n York, Mr.. Gaynor, an
swered an inquiry addressed to him
by woman by saying that there was
nothing in the law to prevent wom-
an from becoming an auctioneer.
Strange enough, it was a milliner who
made the inquiry.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
To Investiuate Leprosy.

The japanese government is making
a thorough investigation of leprosy
throughout Japan. Complete segrega-
ton of all the lepers on some island off
the coast and the separation of the
children from leprous parents is being
considered by the government.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-09-19
Leaves Baby In Sand

In Africa when a mother gets ~,
of carrying her baby in the leah
bag slung on her back, she DIGS \ Il
in the sand under some shady hn
and leaves the baby in it till She
ready to take him again. So decl,
travellers from that continent
strange peoples and strange customa