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LEFT EILLSBOBO 18 HILTON HEAD Russia, and there received his early edu- cation, coming in 1886 with his parents to New York, where in 1893 he gradu- ated from the New York University Law School. Already in 1888 he had joined the Socialist party, and soon forged to the front, going as delegate to conven- tions, and showing much ability. He was national committeeman from New York in 1902-1906 and became member <rf the National Executive Committee in 1907. Socialist candidate for mayor of NEWELL D. HILLIS New York in 1917. In 1920 he figured , prominently in the Socialist convention that gave the presidential nomination to Eugene V. Debs. His works include: "History of Socialism in the United States"; "Socialism in Theory and Prac- tice"; "Socialism Summed Up"; "Social- ism, Promise or Menace" (series of de- bates with the Rev. John Augustin Ryan) ; etc. HILLSBORO, a city of Texas, the county seat of Hill co., on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the St. Louis South- western, and the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroads. It is in an important agricultural region and has an extensive trade in cotton and live stock. The in- dustries include a cotton mill, flour and planing mills, and hay press works, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,115; (1920) 6,952. HILLSDALE, a city and county-seat of Hillsdale co., Mich.; on the Michigan Southern and Lake Shore railroad; 60 miles W. of Toledo. It is the seat of Hillsdale College, and is the manufactur- ing and trade center of the county. It has mills, screen factories and aluminum works, daily and weekly newspapers, parks, and handsome public buildings, electric lights, National banks. Pop. (1910) 5,001; (1920) 5,476. HILLSDALE COLLEGE, a coeduca- tional institution in Hillsdale, Mich.; founded in 1855 under the auspices of the Free Baptist Church. Reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instruct- ors, 18; students, 344; president, Joseph W. Mauck. HILMI PASHA, HUSSEIN, a Turk- ish official. He held the position of Gov- ernor-General of Adana and of Yemen, and was then appointed inspector-gen- eral of the Macedonian vilayets. Under the "Young Turk" movement he became in 1908 Minister of the Interior, Grand Vizier in 1909, and Minister of Interior in 1913. He served for a time as Am- bassador to Austria and later as inspec- tor-general of the Syrian vilayets. He was in opposition to the Germanophile sympathies of his colleagues and in gen- eral favored British interests wherever possible. HILO, a town in the Hawaiian Is- lands, on Hilo Bay, on the eastern coast of the island of Hawaii. In size and importance it is the second city on the islands. It has a court house, a custom- house, a library, and other public build- ings. Its protected harbor has excel- lent facilities for shipping. There are many American residents. Pop. (1910) 6,745; (1920) 10,431. HILPRECHT (hil'precM), HERMAN VOLBA.TH, an American educator; born in Germany, July 28, 1859; was gradu- ated at the Ducal Gymnasium, Bern- burg, (Germany, in 1880; also studied at the University of Leipsic in 1880-1885; became professor of Assyrian and Com- parative Semitic Philology at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1886. He is a leading authority in cuneiform paleogra- phy, having made exten-^sive explorations in Asia Minor, Syria, and Babylonia. Has published works in archaeology, his- tory, philology. "Oldest Version of the Babylonian Deluge, Story" (1910). HILTON HEAD, an island off the S. E. coast of Beaufort district, S. C; at the mouth of Broad river. During the Civil War a strong fortification was erected here by the Confederates, called Fort Walker, armed with 20 guns, and garrisoned by a force of 620 men. This