Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
PARADISE OF The PACIFIC
Wonderful Country is The Sandwich
Islands.
RICH SOIL and DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE
No Poisonous Insects or Reptiles in
the Jungles-Sugar and Pineapple
the Principal Products-PeopIe De.
voted LarueiY to Pleasure.

Hawaii, Territory OF the United
| States, ard most important strategi-
caly Of the lands OF the Pacific, is not
alone Interesting because of its mill
| tary and naval value to Uncle Sam, -
says q bulletin from Washington, D.
c.. headquarters Of the National leo.
grarhic Society.
at is in many ways literally an is
lard paradise. Scarcely anywhere
else in the world may one roam
through tropical jungles with never
a thought of poisonous insects or
snakes Such creatures do not exist
in these fair islands. Even poison Ivy
and similar plants are unknown.
And though in the edge of the tropics,
Hawaii has a cooler temperature by
ten degrees than any other land in
the same ATTITUDES. Moreover, one
may change his climate at will by a
journey of a few miles; for the north
eastern half of each island, swept by
the trade winds, is rainy and heavily
wooded, while just over the noun
tain ridge is a drierA warmer region
Islands Proteees of Boston.
an n way, the United States may
we'll thank Boston and its daring
traders and missionaries of the early
lays for the fact thai Hawaii now
flies the Stars and Stripes rather than
the Tri-color or the British Union
Jack. A Spanish navigator first dis
covered the islands in 1555 but his
country laid no claim ito them and
they were practically forgotten. The
British Captain Cook visited the
Hawaiian group in 177S and named
them the Sandwich Islands. Still tile
islands wer epractically unknown. Then
following the close CT the American
Revolution, American ships began to
sail the seven seas in growing num-
bers, and in 1889 the first ship flying
the Stars and Stripes.-from Boston
visited the Hawaians. 1t was the
first of many from the same port, car
ryiny traders, whalers and adVen-
turers; and soon the natives had
learned of the republic on the con-
! tinent TO the east, and came to con-
slider United States and Boston
! Synonymous.
"The Boston traders found each OF
| the islands under a separate king,
with two rival rulers on Hawaii, the
largest of the islands. One Of the lat
ter obtained fire arms and arrrlunl-
ton from the traders and got their as
si&ance in building a navy With
this American help he became the
NaDolcon of the Pacific conquered
the other islands, and rs kamehameha
+ ruled over the consolidated king
dom.
When Honolulu was Gayer Than Bar
barry Coast
"The Americans found the Hawaiian
trade good thing. They sold the
king end his mobiles everything from
clothes and jewelry to billiard tables
and steam yachts, and in return cart
ed away shiploads of valuable sandal
wood. Strong liquor was not forgot
tor among the imports, ana in Homo
lulu among the naturally light hearted
natives the American sailors contrl-
butcd to the creation of q gay PACT
fic resort, a sort of forerunner of San
Francisco's Barbary Coast OF later
decades. Dcserters from American
shins. in the delightful haven OF a
barbarOus paradise, helped to heighten
the fame or the infamy of the Homo
| lulu of those days. The situation be-
came such that in 1920 President Mon
roe sert an agent to reside in Homo
lulu and look after American interests
in regard to commerce and seamen.
"a shipload of missionaries, also
from Boston. arrived in the island In
1920 much to the disgust of the trad
ars as we'll as those who had deserted
The sea TO tread Hawaii'S primrose
path. The complaint of the traders
was that the missionaries taught the
natives the value of things and SO
made trading Improbable. American
ways and teachings at their best made
4 great impression on the more
thoughtful Hawaiians and when they
reshaped their government they made
the Ten Commandments the basis of
their laws.
Once Seized by British.
More and more Americans visited
and settled in the islands and the
i Hawaiians looked upon America as
their best fricEd among the nations
When pioneers from the United States
were pushing west toward California
lust before the Mexican War which
added that state to the Union, Brit
ish naval commander in the Pacific
realizing the strategic importance OF
the Hawaiian group, seized the is
lands. but his country promptly dis
avowed his act After some Difficult
tips with France over the islands In
the 'fortics the United States declared
a sort of Monroe Doctrine toward
them. AS carly as 1851 the islanG
government. fearing trouble with other
nations. Professionally ceded the is
lands to the United States. But the
ccssion was not accepted and num-
, erOuS efforts to become Il part OF the