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ESTABLISHED 1904. YOL. 9. NO. 29,
LIHUE, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY.
IT'S A RECORD GATHERING
OF
TIE LARGEST
1 1ll HISTORY
MEET
OF
ASSOCIATION
HUNDREDS
A Village of Tents With Streets
Teeming With Bright and
Happy People
The 1912 Association of the
churches of Hawaii is probably the
"largest in the history of the Asso
ciation. So large in fact that it
was found necessary t o employ
two steamers to bring it here, viz:
the Kinau arriving Wednesday
morning and the Claudine arriving
' Thursday morning. The host of
guests were rapidly conveyed by
automobiles and bus to their
quarters within easy reach of the
church grounds. A villiage o f
tents under the trees, and the
school buildings close by. A large
awning-covered lanai with ample
table and seat accommodation
served as dining room where a
tienerous bounty was dispensed
3 times a day none too ample and
"none to often for the hungry
guests. Kitchens at hand supplied
the viands steaming hot with the
appetizing odors thrown in.
The opening meeting a t once
demonstrated the fact, which had
been surmised before that no build
ing in Lihue would adequately
contain the Association.
So after the opening session the
meetings were transferred to the
lawn in front of the church where
large over-arching trees made a
natural cathedral of large propor
tions and great beauty, w i t h
nothing to b e desired i n light
and ventilation. In default of a
stage the short-speaker was set up
on a chair or bench and points of
vantage on the stone wall, were
chosen by such as wanted more
fully to take in the varied scene,
or snap a camera on it.
At night the vestibule and broad
steps of the church, suitably light
ed, formed an excellent stage from
which the speakers and singers
addressed the great audience ranged
on the lawn at their feet while the
massive trees retreating into the
shadows kept guard about them.
Night or clay it formed a most
artistic and picturesque scene an
object lesson in out-door effects
that will not be forgotten.
Lihue Ladies Give Luncheon t o Visiting
Delegates.
One of the most interesting and
enjoyable events of the day was the
lunch served to the white delegates
by the ladies of Lihue under the
trees at the school cottage. The
delegates expressed themselves as
never so well treated in their long
and varied experiences.
From 4 to 5 p. m. every day,
afternoon tea was served at the
same place and the people of Lihue
largely availed themselves of the
opportunity to meet the visiting
members of the convention. These
l proved to be most delightful oc-
casions.
Feeding the Array of Delegates is a Big
Undertaking.
"Feed thu Hock of God's people which
id among you." Iitor V'-'.
For nearly a week. Lihue has
been obeying this command litter
ally. Hundreds of God's people
have gathered round bountiful
tables three times each day. Scores
of bakers, butchers, cooks and
waiters are kept constantly on, the
run preparing the food for this
great mass of people. Back of this
army of servants, stands the key
ni;L i. cunnltMiwr nil tine
lO Uie SUtCCan ill j
food. To Hon. W. II. Rice is to
HllPPy PEOPLE ENJOY THE
HOSPITALITY
be given the entire credit for the
apparent unlimited supply of food.
He is up early, late, here now and
there next and nearly everywhere
at the same Jime. You are sure to
find him at meal times, passing
among the long tables, dropping
a pleasant word here and there,
and seeing that the elder delegates
receive special attention and get
all they wish to eat. With his exe
cutive ability, big heart and
pleasing personality, Mr. Rice is
a person whose absence from the
convention would leave an aching
void.
Secretary Reads Annual Report Which is
Filled With Interesting Facts.
The annual report of the Secre
tary of the Hawaiian Board, Rev.
W. B. Oleson, was interesting and
suggestive as well as very en
couraging. The total membership of the
churches under the Hawaiian,
Board or affiliated with it is 8394
about 5000 of which is Hawaiian,
distributed among 68 churches.
Attention was called to he
growing need for fresh material
for recruits, the ranks of the Ha
waiian ministry being thinnecj by
deatli and other causes.
The Japanese churches show a
membership of nearly 1300 with a
net gain for the year of 154.
Large :a n d'lniportaut Advances,
are being made in this work ..and
many very excellent men are in
the field or in training for it.
A veteran leader in the mission
ary work who has devoted a long
life to it on two continents, Rev.
O. H. Gulick, now retires largely
from the active service and will
devote his attention to the prepar
ation of a History of the mission
ary work on Hawaii.
Four new church buildings are
reported, one, and probably the
most beautiful, being thatatHana
lei now awaiting dedication.
Attention was called t o the
growing need of social settlement
work especially in and about Ho
nolulu whither so large a propor
tion of the population steadily
gravitates a n d comprehensive
plans for meeting the needs of
this work were reported.
The Kohala Seminary for girls
was commended especially as a
most worthy institution badly in
need of aid. It was hoped that
some generous giver might make
it the object of a suitable endow
ment. It is significant of the range
and extent of the work of the Ha
waiian Board that the Treasuer re
ported a n expenditure of over
$87,000 though but $52,000 or so
Was spent in the regular work.
S
The presence of Mr. M . B .
Bairosin Lihue with a Tuberculosis
exhibition, enabled the Association
to secure an illustrated lecture from
him on that importaut subject.
The pictures were thrown onto a
screen on the wall of the church
while the audience sat on the lawn.
The expert interpreter of the
Association explained each scene
as it appeared.
One of the wonders of such a
convention is the size, success and
versatility of the Sunrise Prayer
meetings. W h e n the ordinary
householder is enjoying his last
nap or getting leisurely into his
clothes for the clay the large
church is filling up to overflowing
with an eager, buoyant yet reverent
crowd bent on getting the most
out of the opportunity. N o
prodding is necessary no oft-repeated
assurance "the meeting is
in your hands" It goes like an
auto on a down grade nothing
will stop it but the breakfast bell
which does it with instant effect.
G O
Mr. R. L. Wilcox as chairman,
of the voimniltee of arrangements
deserves much credit for the
smooth way in which things went,
more especially as some of the con
ditions were experimental and
subject t o sudden, change.
It goes without saying that there
was much fine singing during the
convention.
The Boy Scouts came in very,
handy in many ways. ' They won
much favor by virtue of being will'
ing prompt and ready. Incidental
ly the' have' learned a few things
themselves "during the session for
instance, "that shoes don't polish
as easy as they look."
Gratefulrecogliition on the part
of thevisiting white delegates is
extended --'for the delicious daily
lunches to the following ladies:
Mrs. J. M. Lydgate, Mrs. R. L
Wilcox Mrs. C. A. Rice, Mrs!
Hans Isenberg, and Mrs. G. I
Wilcox .
They all, each in. her own way
made delightful hostessess.
. 'he.lIter;i"0" teas were a de
lightful novelty in convention ex
perience. The following ladies ministered
most graciously on these occasions:
Mrs. J. M, Lydgate, Mrs. R. L,
Wilcox, Mrs. J. A. Hogg, and
Mrs. J. H. Moragne. ' I
The church was most tastefully
decorated for the opening exercises'
of the convention by Mrs. R. W.
T. Purvis and her associates.
Her touch gives always the as
surance of artistic finish.
Inter-Island Musical Contest. "
The concert last evening to de
cide the winners of the banner
which anually goes to the C. E.
Class producing the best aggre
gation of singers, was attended by
an immense crowd of appreciative
spectators.
Ihe church being too small to
accomodate the people, the singers
arrayed themselves in an advan
tageous position directly in front
of the entrance t o the foreign
church. Three islands, Hawaii,
Oaliu and Kauai contested for the
banner, and so perfect were the
choruses of sweet voices, that to
say which really excelled, was no
small difficulty.
The Hawaii aggregation vas
given the honor of first appearance
before the footlights, followed bv
Oahu, then came Kauai. At the
end of the contest, Mr. Butler
rendered a beautiful solo, Mrs.
Butler accompanying him on the
piano. JI e later sang with his
o w n accompaniment. In the
meantime the committee u p o u
whom rested the grave respon
sibility of passing judgment on
the results of the contest were
dilligently applying themselves to
their task. After half an hour or
so, a report was made by this
committee which gave the banner
to Hawaii's delegation. Congrat
ulations were showered upon the
visitors who beamed with hap
piness over their successin capt
uring the much coveted prize.
Notice
Dr. F. Putman's address while
absent from Kauai, will be as fol
lows: Dr. F. Putman, Vo Thomas
Cook & Co., London. (Lydgate
Circus.)
Gunnery Sg't John F. Ralph
and Corp. Jas. A. Love of the U.
S. Marine corps, stationed in Ho
nolulu, returned home Saturday
having been here for the last two
weeks preparing tents for the
visiting delegates. The boys got
about quite a bit between reveille,
and retreat and were vcrv favor
ably impressed with Kauai in
general.
A foreign mail arrived this
morning, lauding at Koloa.
HURGH PEOPLE
-BROKEN GIRL
FINDS DEATH IN
Traced to Beactf Where Shoes
And Comb Were Found--Body
Missing
Grieving over a loveless wed
ding arrangement w h i c h her
parents had planned ,aid forced
her to accept, Litfle Miss
Kojima, the belle of Anahola, after
scrawling on a patnetic note to
her parents, left her home, last
Monday night and sought freedom
in the breakers near the Analiola
landing. On discovering her ab
sence, searching parties were
hurriedly formed, one; of which
found her clogs on the beach
where shortly "afterward further
evidence of self destruction was
discovered in the finding, of a
comb which was recognized by a
sister, as having been -worn by
the missing girl.
Big Fourtlfaof-July Celebration
Is Held in Koloa-A Picnic.,
And Excursion
Promptly at 9 A. m. Thursday,
July the Fourth, twenty cars which
were loaned by the Koloa Sugar
Co., were filled to their uttmost
capacity with Sunday Schools.
After a pleasant ride, over the
fields of Koloa plantation, Koloa
beach was reached.
In spite of the efforts of many of
the older ones, a stamped was
made for the water; one fond
father taking away h i s childreus'
bathing suits, only to see h i s
youngsters turn up in the water.
At noon a bugle was blown for
lunch; and for the next hour Dr.
Waterhouse was a busy man and
claims to have mixed and served
two barrels of pink lemonade be
fore the crowd would stop drink
ing. After lunch a number of foot
races and other athletic sports help
ed to pass away the afternoon
Judge Kapahee; who acted as an
nouncer and distributer of prizes,
deserves credit for the way i n
which he kept things humming.
At 3 p. M the locomotive whistle
rounded up a tired but happy
crowd .
C. W. Spitz, agent for the I. I.
S. S. Co., received a wireless late
yesterday asking him to advise the
public that the Kinau will sail from
Nawiliwili Friday afternoon in
stead of Saturday.
..
Former Kauai Boy Is Married
Announcement has been jeceiv
cd of the marriage on June 22ud,
of Norman E. Dole, formerly of
Kapaa and now residing in San
Francisco, Cal., to Miss Dorothy
Wheelock, of Riverside, Cal. Mr,
Dole is at present in the employ of
the Western Sugar Co., of San
Francisco, being assistant Super
intendent of its refinery. He was
graduated from Stanford Univer
sity in 1904, and in 1906 received
the further degree of Chemical En
gineer. Card Of Thanks
The de Bretteville family desires
to thank their many friends for
their expressions of sympathy and
the beautiful floral offerings at
the funeral of their son and brother
Paul.
Honolulu papers, please copy.
HEAR!
BREAKERS
OUR COUNTY DADS IN
THEIR MONTHLY MEET
The regular monthly and busi
ness meeting-of the Board of Su
pervisors of the County df Kauai.
P. H.. was held ut the office of the"
Board in Lihue, on Wednesday,
juiy jru, 1912, at 1Q a. m.
Present Mr. H. D. Wishard.
chairman; Francis Gay, W. D .
McUrvcte, Joe Rodngues, James K
Lota. ,
The minutes o f the two last
meetings were read and the same
as read were approved.
The Board after having examin
ed the several demands presented
to it approved them all and against
the several Appropriations as
follows:
Salary County Rd Supervisor 225.00
Pay of Police:
Specials 174.00
Waimea 240.00
Koloa 140'.00
Lihue , 150.00
Kawaihau 90 00
Hanalei 135.00
929.00
County Jail 479.15
District Courts & Jails:
Waimea . 40.00
Koloa . 10.00
Kawaihau 40.00
Hanalei 5.00
95.00
Expenses of Election 46.05
Hospitals:
Eleele - '50.00
Koloa 50.00
Lihue. 125.00
Waimea . 100.00
325.00
incidentals:
County Attorney 17.25
County Auditor . 31.25
County Clerk v .40.00
r County 'Sheriff - - 75.00-- "
Supervisors 25.25
License Collections 9.00
County Road Supervisor
115.65
333.40
Office Rent 30.00
Repairs Schools etc:
"Koloa 55.69
Special Deposits Schools:
Waimea 30.00
Lihue 6 00
Kawaihau .70
Hanalei 11.28
47.98
Support of Prisoners 224.20
Water Works:
Waimea 72.77
Kalaheo 2,741.50
Koloa 10.00
2,824.27
Road Work:
County Road Machinery 414.84
Waimea District:
Hanapepe Bridge (Rd Tax Spec.
Depo.) 305.00
Oiling Roads (Rd Tax Spec.
Depo.) 800.34
Rd Tax Special Deposit
823.21
1,928.55
Macadamizing (Gen. Fund) 434.72
Koloa District:
Macadamizing (Gen. Fund)
2,481.81
(Rd Tax Spec
Depo) 1.302.80
Oiling Roads 24.00 I
Rds & Bridges 568.23
3,074.04
Lihue District:
Oiling Roads (Rd Tax Spec
Depo) 73.06
Rd Tax Spec Depo 1,001.94
1,075.00
Kawaihau District:
Rd Tax Spec Depo 649.35
Hanalei District:
Roads & Bridges 290.95
Rd Tax Spec Depo 292.00
Total $ 15,076.99
Demand No. 3328 for $24.00
which was charged against the Ac
count for "Macadamizing Koloa '
was ordered changed and charged
to the Account for "Repairs
Schools etc: Koloa."
Demand No. 3379 for $3.00 for
wireless messages a n d charged
against the account for "Road Tax
Special Deposit: Kawaihau" was
disallowed, the same having been
paid heretofore by the Board of
Loan Fund Commission tor Kauai
uei.
Two petitions from Hanalei. be
ing Nos. 716 and 719 respectively,
one for the nppointment of Mr.
Joseph I as Roadluna for the Ha
nalei District and the other for the
appointment of one Mr. R. P .
Pauole. to the same office, were
duly receiyed and referred to Mr.
Lota for report and advise.
Reports No. 718 o n school
buildings etc., from Waimea, Ma
kaweli, Koloa, Huleia and Anaho
la for the month of June, 1912,
were received and placed on file.
Mr. Gay, Finance Committee,
favorably reported on the Financial
Reports Nos. 112, 112a, 112an, and
112b, fortfie month of May, 1912,
and upon his recommendation the
reports were approved.
Financial Reports for June last,
viz:-the Treasure's R 113 Audi
tor's R U3a. Auditor's Trial
Balance etc., R 113aa, and the
Joint Report R 113b were duly
received and referred to the Finance
Committee, forTeport.
Several communications on mat
ters pertaining to this County's
Schools were received and nf thn
Board's own motion they were re
ferred to a committee of three con
sisting of Messrs XfoBrvde . T.ntn
and Rodrigues for investigation
and report at the afternoon session
of the Board.
The report 717 of the Pound-
master for Lihue for the three
months ending with June 30th,
1912, was duly received and re
ferred to the standing committee,
Air. JUota, for report.
At 12:30 P. M a recess was taken
until 2:30 p. m.
- Afternoon Session.
At 2:30 P. m. the Board
resumed its meeting.
The Board examined a few tuor
demands and had them all approved.
inese were the bills for the road
work in the - Waimea r)i.ariot no
already listed above.
Mr. McBryde for the committee
to whom was referred for inves
tigation and rerjort certain com
munications on school matters re
ported as follows:
l For desks for the new Ha
naoene school asked for hv Mr.
Brodie the supervising principal in
ins communication dated the 2nd
inst, the committee recommended
authorizing the proper school
official to purchase the desks asked
for. which recommendation was
accepted and the purchase of the
desks was authorized.
2 As for the desks for the other
schools and asked for by the same
supervising principal in a com
munication also dated the 2nd inst,
the committee also recommended
the authorizing the proper school
official to purchase them and which
recommendation was accepted and
the purchase of the desks was
authorized.
3 On the requests from the
various principals and attached to
a communication also dated the
2nd inst. and from the same super
vising nrinciual. the committrr ad
vised referring them to Mr. J. H.
Moragne. t It e County's Sneeial
School Inspector, with full au
thority to act in the premises.
Mr. Gay moved for the construc
tion of another room for the Wai
mea school and being seconded by
Mr. McBryde was carried.
Upon motion of Mr. Gay second
ed by Mr. McBryde, Mr. J. H.
Moragne was authorized to put in
necessary pipes at the water head
of the Waimea Water Works for
the use of the said Water Works.
The report P 720 of the County
Road Supervisor for the month of
June, 1912, was duly received and
placed on tile.
Mr. McBryde moved for the ap
propriation of the sum of $ 556.70
for the payment of salaries, ex
penses, wages, and labor and for
me maintenance of roads for the
period of six months hecHnninor
with the 1st day of July, 1912. the
same t o be paid out of money
available in the County Treasury,
as follows:
Incidentals:
Supervisors 75.00
Sheriff 800.00
Auditor 500.00
County Clerk 300.00
County Road Supervisor 400.00
Office Rent 240.00
Support of Prisoners 600.00
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