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The Washington times., 1905-12-14
Best TOYS for the Least Money

Go-Carts. with reclining back. rubber
ures, rod and parasol. Reg So 90
uiAf $50 value, ror.--.....-.. Z.SO
Gak-finished Rockers. Resu-
lar NC value Reduced for Fri 4 0c
u1S 'o---.--..-- ----------.---,-.-... -
Wicker Rockers. strongly
constructed Regular Sl39 nOc
''iuS ------.-..-- -.--.---.--.--.. = y
Child's Iron Express Wagon: size OF
body 10 by - inches Four ENC
stee! wheels Regular S9c value. OS
Good size GalIOping Horse. with
saddle and bride Regular ( n Oc
SS.So Nalue, tor--..-...---..-... - 4 y
Large size writing Desk. with dou-
bic blackboard lid Regular 81 y n
SI-S> value, IOr........-.....-.- -
Large size Tandem Automobile. with
rubber tires, TWO seats,
chain and sprOckeJ gear. &C 20
Extra value at-----.----.-..... 40
Track Train. making u circle. c0c
Regular SIC value. fOr.-..-....,O OS
Good size Drums. slightly
soiled Sold for SOC each. Re- n
uuced to------------------.-. .-.--.-.... - y
Iron TricycIes: with plush uphols-
tered seat Regular So Sos N o n
value, ............-.........- Z .OS
Dolls Trunks
5se kind. sac.
sse kind. re.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
EUROPEAN CHAMPION
BREAKS RINK RECORD
Albert Cookson, Roller Skater, Is Too
Fast for Americans-Trying
TO Arrange Match.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 14-AIbert
Cookson, the English roller skating
champion. broke the record for one
mile at the Coliseum Rink Monday
night, for ;ilst house.
He did the mile In 2:47 1-5. which is
considered good. inasmuch as thu. floor
requires thirteen laps 10 the mile Cook
son came here hoping to get on a match
with some OF the crack skaters. but
SO FAR his efforts have failed. no one
seeming TO care TO buck UP against the
speedy man. So he has been doing some
speeding for the exercise and 10 keep
iD proper condition. as he is to meet
some sO-called champions in the West
in the near future.
Cookson will leave Philadelphia TO-
morrow, accompanied by Joe Goodman
his manager. while in this country FOR
ST. Louis. whore he IS TO meet some or
the fastest skaters IN a worlds cham
piOnship race.
Tonight at the Coliseum he will try
10 make new record for one two,
and five miles, unless some ambitious
speedy boy" of local fame consents TO
Try conclusions with the Englishman
ON Friday and Saturday evening Eddie
Mcdowell will appear in trick and
fancy skating feats
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
OILS BY GIBSON
DRAW ATTENTION
First Publicly Displayed at
COrcOran.
FAMOUS ARTISTS EXHIBIT
Salon of Illustration at Local Gallery
Includes Work of Best in
Striking Show.

At the art exhibit in the Corcoran
gallery, under the auspices of Golfers
Weekly which opened this morning.
were shown for the first time in this
city. three large portrait canvases done
in oil by Charles Dana Gibson.
The works are merely entitled Studies
In Ofl," and are of two yoang women
hung on either side of a striking por
trait of an old man. There was no indi-
cation of the black and white artist ex
cept his boldness of stroke.
Remingtons.
Paintings of trapper. cowboy. and In
dian life by Frederic Remingt ton occupy
a conspicuous position in the gallery.
They include such well-known views
as THE Stampede" Indians frighten-
ing the pasturing horses of the white
immigrants to their plains: 'The Tn
known Explorers" The Fight for the
Water Hole" and the Gathering OF the
Trappers." Here are snow and night
scenes-"The End of the Day cabin
settlement with horses home from
work in snowy weather, =nd AN Early
Start for Market" a pack train of bur
ros starting under starfit black skies
The decorative covers OF Maxfield Par
rish are shown also covers and posters
by Edward Penfield, and work by How
ard Pyle. to whom so many of the men
and women who exhibit at the show are
beholden for a certain style in their
work
The Nations Makers is exceedingly
popular. Others by Pyle are The
Burning Ship THE Minute Man" and
an Illustration for the story Poisoned
Ice"
A u E@roct vrift, ,,uDtiDg aDd caauac
OF the colored race. life on the farm
and excellent unshaded pen-and-ink
sketches or bueolic characters; Apple
ton Clark, with many illustrations of
open air scenes from novels; Henry
Keuterdahl. with slashing views OF
combat between ironclads and torpe-
do boats and pictures of Russian.
vessels; E w. kemble. with carica-
lures and comic cartoons; William J.
Smedley and Arthur l. Keller, with
characteristic interiors and groups
these and many other favorites of the
illustrated press are themselves copious-
ly Illustrated by their compositions.
For Sherlock Holmes.
The Sherlock Holmes series. by Fred
eric Dorr Steele, include Adventure of
the Priory School," Adventure OF the
Three Students. Adventure OF Abbey
Grange" and the Adventure Of the
Empty House
Admiral Evans on the United States
Ship Maine" by Henry Reuterdahl is
popular at the exhibition. as is also the
series for F. Marion Crawfords book,
For the Blood Is the Life" by Walter
Appleton Clark.
The odd work OF Will Bradley is well
eNemplihed in his Illustration of the
novel. Castle Perilous." Near this
group is found a realistic study by
Frost, Say. Mister. What Time Is 1t
bv Your Watch?" The study represents
two tramps an the act of holding up
city dandy In the country.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
CASHIER HELD FOR THEFT.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 14-Gus-
tsye A Conzman. former cashier OF the
Vigo County National Bank. was ar
raIgned here, charged with having ap-
prOpriated SAP OF the banks money.
81, ,OO0.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14

Extra large size Iron Pedal Wagon
with rubber tires and guar
anteed all steel gearing. s4.5oS2 S0
FaIue- --.-..--------.-.-........ -. ~
Large size Iron Express Wagon:
with four steel wheels and steel gear
ing. Strongly finished. $193 ST 60
value. -..--..------------....- 1. , y
Round Oak Dining Room Tables.
with two drop leaves. Regular O Oc
10 kind. for. or.........-.---........O . o
Large size VeIoclpede, with steel
wheels and steel gearing. Adjustable
seat and handle bars. Reg So 0c
ular 81 9S kind. for..-..-.-.--. Il ,
Chiid's Morris Chair: nicely pol
ished. with upholstered seat
and back rest. Regular $2.2S ST 20
value, Tor. ~
Oak Rockers. with cane seat; extra
well finished. Regular sl6s 10
value, for.
Go-Carts, with reclining back, steel
wheels and steel springs. ST. no
Regular Sl.59 value, for.--..--. i'O
Go-Carts, with reclining back and
front foot brake, rod and
parasol Regular $40 value, s. Z 40
at t----..-------.--------.- SsS
Go-Carts, with four steel wheels.
Regular csc value offered for k0C
friday only at--..-.---.-----...... "
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
Christmas Brightness Is All Over the Store

Christmas Gifts may be selected now
and laid aside until later. upon pay
ment CT 4 small deposit
The Washington times., 1905-12-14

Extra large size Iron Pedal Wagon.
with rubber tires and guar
anteed all steel gearing. S45oS9 S0
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

prosperity, Christianity and
l. liberality of Greenwood were
shown last Sabbath evening when in
a few moments in the Methodist
church, a contribution of 800 an
nually was subscribed for the per-
manent mission in the Land of the
Rising Sum- The good people who
cheerfully gave this money for the
deluded heather did so with the
proper spirit. and without regard to
the glamour or show of the occasion,
as is usually the case in some parts
of the country. None but the One
on High knows whether the japanese
religion or the Christian religion is
the right one, but we all believe that
our teachings are the nearest to God,
and therefore, out of the fullness of
| our hearts we make the contributions,
having the works and preachings of
the Christ told in the wilderness of
strange lands. If we are correct,
and one slant-eyed Jap al be put
on the right road to glory, all the
money that has ever been sent, or
ever will be sent abroad, will have
been we'll expended. However, there
are those who spare not the one who
do as the Good Book commands, and
profess to believe that education Of
the people of Nippon is a most dan
gerous thing; they say that the Jap
has lately demonstrated the fact that
he has no superior as a soldier, and
it is only a matter of a short time
until he will be master of the high
seas, as we'll as the land that sur
rounds them, and accordingly refuse
to give anything to foreign missions.
But, on the other hand, these same
men never tire of scolding the Gov
eminent for it's extravaganza in
building and equipping a great
navy. The word consistency" is
not to be found in their vocabular-
les, and if it we're they would attempt
to prove that it meant something
else.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
Railroads..

Not SO many years ago, in fact
within the memory of middle-aged
citizens of Greenwood, the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad was the only trans
portation line within the confines of
the State of Mississippi.
Transportation facilities are life
blood of commerce, and commerce
is essential to the prosperity of any
people. So long as Mississippi pos
sessed but meagre means of moving
heavy freight, the development OF
the state was naturally slow, and it
is only in recent years that inland
cities remote from waterways have
been possible in this rich common
wealth.
Greenwood's settlement and early
growth was made possible by the
Yazoo River, but it was not until
the Y. & NJ. v. and the Southern
railroads entered this town that the
possibilities for a city were supplied
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

And the more railroads that come
the better are conditions for future
growth.
With the building Of the Panama
Canal as a settled certainty of the
near future, many trunk lines, here
tofore Indifferent in regard to a
Gulf outlet for export freight, have
begun securing traffic arrangements
with established Southern railroads
or have made plans to build con-
Meeting lines to New Orleans, Gulf
| port, Mobile or Penscola.
Railroad building in Mississippi
broke all previous records in 1904,
and the work is going On with even
greater speed in many sections of
the State today.
The Delta is to have its share of
new track. The roads already pro-
jected for this section of the State,
upon which work has already started
or is soon to begin, comprise several
hundred miles of new roadbed.
When complete these lines will form
a network of steel in this part of
Mississippi, and the rapid develop
ment of all wild lands will follow
with the certainty that daylight
follows the rising of the sun.
No less than three extensions are
now scheduled that will directly
benefit Greenwood and more may
develop at any time.
Truly the optimist has a pleasing
task in picturing the future of this
already prosperous and progressive
. city and county.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
Greenwood. Saturday, March 4. 1905
The Council.

The Commonwealth does not
agree with the City Council III its
refusal to call an election to pass on
the paving proposition. But by its
act that body has proven itself quite
diplomatic, and it's silent reason for
thus declining is sound and without
a flaw.
If the Council were supreme in
its action there would have been no
foundation for it to stand upon, and
it should have been forced to resign
its commission, and make room for
others. But the members of the
city administration are men Of ma
ture Judgment, and they knew full
we'll that the people had al appeal
from their decision. They knew
that the paving of Greenwood en-
tailed enormous sums of money and
that many years must come and 60
before the city is relieved Of the bur
den of taxation; they know that there
was much soreness over other recent
municipal purchases, and they did
not propose to assume a responsible
ity that they might never hear the
last Of. The excellent body of men
evidently went upon the maxim that
Self preservation is the first law of
nature and proposed to get into
the storm cellar first. Therefore,
The Commonwealth does not con-
denim them for their seemingly ar
bitrary decision.
But we say again, the City Coun-
Gil of Greenwood is a shrewd one,
an honest one, and will do the right
thing at the right time.
The members know that if the
people are in earnest about paving
the streets they can call an election
by getting the names of tWo-thirds
of the voters on a petition, and also
that if the election is called in this
manne the Council will in no man
ner be responsible for the results
whatever they might be.
Again we say emphatically that
we do not agree with the Council
and are strongly in favor of paving
the streets, and will do all that any
newspaper can do to have the cleo,
ton go that way. But, candor com.
pels us to add that the Council is a
clever body, and will be able to en-.
Joy the paved streets as we'll as any
one, but if there is any future storm
no matter which way it blows, The
present Council will not be in it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
TIL scribe of this department Of

THE scribe of this department of
l. physiology has much quiet
pleasure in studying the features Of
the fair SCI who amble along under
the shadow of his den, and at this
time about has them all properly
charted for further and more serious
navigation. There is one little grey
eyed vixen in particular whom it
would be a pleasure to lasso with a
string of are pearls and draw her
near enough to have a moments talk
with. Judging from a glance at her
strange, restless, though beautiful,
eyes, it is believed that her temper
has been borrowed from a piece of
the finest Damascus steel; no one has
ever seen her feet at rest long enough
to estimate the size of her shoe, but
it is small, symetrical, finely modelled
and all that it should be; her lovely
completion is tinted as is the inside
of perfect pink Ohio river mussle
shell; and from all outward indica-
tons she is a genuine pearl; her hair
seems as if it were kissed into color
by the sun on a day when the clouds
were busy, and her divinely chiseled
chin must have been a gift of the
masters of the days of mythology;
her mouth, pretty but odd to a high
degree; cut straight acros like a
tiny bar of soap with a row Of ru.
bies on the edge; her nose formed
in a fashion between the handsome
Greek and the Algonquin Indian
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

There is no place in the columns of
The Commonwealth for statements
to the effect that ''all the decent
people in the city are in favor of
paving" There are a number of
very fine people, of splendid judg-
ment who are honestly and con-
scientiously opposed to paving the
street; at this time, and we con-
cede them the right and title to their
own opinions in that, as well as all
other matters. However, we propose
to make the best fight that is in us
in favor of paving, and when the
war is over there will be no scars
left that may be attributed to any.
thing this paper may have done il
the premises.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

T is with deep regret that all who
L know Mr.. Otis G. Blow, formerly
business manager of this paper, will
hear that he has returned to his
home at Lynville, Tennessee, where
he will probably remain for some
time in the hope that he may i'm
prove his health. For the past few
months this splendid young fellow
has not been in vigorous health, and
believes that a sojourn at his old
home will benefit. For the past year
MI. Blow had labored hard in his
duties with this paper, and has made
many warm friends in Greenwood,
who will miss his pleasing smile
and gentle talk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
ALON6 THE BYWAYS.
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

DE it known to all the girls in the
- jurisdiction of this bounty
claim that the scribe has hereunto
affixed his seal, and sayeth: That
one great place of moonlight peram-
bulators has been discovered, and at
the pleasure of the said girls, the
perambulations shall begin and
henceforth and forever shall be con-
tlnued, until divorce doth decree
otherwise. Adown the picturesque
1azoo River, West along the grana-
told to its very finish, thence with
the stream in all its meanderings to
a tree where resteth the carrion
crow at nightfall, thence toward the
damp stream forty PAGES to a rustic
retreat, where sleeps a fallen oak;
here in the lovely dell, famed by
the signing breezes from the CUR
Cling water, soothed by the soft
notes of the hooking bird, and 9TH
erwise undisturbed, we shall stop
the while we take an invoice Of all
the happiness of the world! We
have made arrangements for a moon
schedule for some of the nights of
every month; those angels who love
to linger beneath a slight strip of
moon will take heed and file their
acceptances according to the alma
nae, but we cannot afford to furnish
the book; those of the fair ones who
desire to wander around aimlessly
under a real fat moon, will please
check off the nights on a calendar,
which suits them best, and bring
the calendar to this office or mail
same so that you may cause the post
office people all the trouble possible;
other girls whose natures may be
more romantic still, of course, are
entitled to all the moonless nights
for the entire season, and other sea.
sons will be flched from if all goes
we'll. In all free gifts and liberia
donations there must, of course, bt
some limitations, and this PROPOSE
ton is not an exception to the rule
The invitation to stroll at eventide
or later, with the Scribe of Alon&
the Byways is therefore limited t.
girls between the ages of eightee1
and thirty; either blondes or bru
nettes are eligible, but the blondes
must be natural and not artificial
none of them, of either type, mus
wear a shoe above the number thre'
and one-half, and hats wide enough
to crowd a fellow off the walk mus
be left in the garnet; no girl will b.
permitted to pretend to be 50 tire(
that she will have to be carried; i
one should grow extremely wear,
, at the West end of the promenad
she will have to remain there unit
next morning, as it will be remem
bered that carriages do not ventur
upon our horrible streets during
the night. These, with a few othe
simple little laws, are the rule
and regulations of the invitations
but we desire to impress upon on
and all of the fair ones that there i
a rainbow along the Journey some
where.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

but totally otherwise indescribable,
If this dream of womanhood were
for sale to the highest bidder we
should wish to have a front seat at
the auction.
P. S.-The above overdrawn de-
scription is a pen-picture of a Green
wood young lady, as the writer sees
her every day on the streets. To
any who can guess who it best fits
will be entitled to a years subscrip-
ton to The Commonwealth. Send
all guesses to this department and a
truthful reply will follow as soon as
possible.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

On Tuesday afternoon a fellow
came through the city astride of a
broncho quietly followed, in Indian
file, by fifteen beagle hounds. There
we're Just fifteen, and therefore, an
exaggeration of the number is not
necessary. We have no means OF
knowing whether this dog fancier
was equipped for tracking negroes.
foxes Or rabbits, but he had the
goods at his heels, and "a happy
We envy him and wish we owned
that many dogs. A sausage factory
would be able to get a plump bar:
gain at our establishment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

The Columbus Commercial says
that a printing house has agents in
that city busily engaged in solicit
ing funeral notices. This method is
perhaps a trihe out of the ordinary
but that hustling printer knows a
good field for business when he sees
~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Old winter has been bounced from
the lap of spring, and the sweet
young season is smiling like a girl
who believes that she is going to be
married next week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

The King of Spain would no
doubt give something nice if he
could only have a personally con-
Quoted courtship.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

If the city will impose a tax on
dogs and carefully collect it there
will be no difficulty in finding suf-
fcient money to pay for the paving
Of the streets.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

A maiden fair, with midnight hair,
Went tripping down the street;
A man with a stare, and dude-like air
Was covering her retreat;
But thu girl in brown, with saucy frown,
Disdained his bowling low;
For he vas the clown, of the entire town,
And she was the whole big show.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Mississippi is the most prosperous
State in the Union. Greenwood is
the most prosperous city in Mississ-
ippi. The Commonwealth is the
most prosperous newspaper in
Greenwood. And there are good
reasons for all three of the truthful
statements.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

It is said that a Hindu can sup
port a family on fifty cents a week.
Well, that is better than most men
kindu.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Target practice is decreasing the
population Of Yazoo City.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

A girl whose home was in Wesson
Studied one day a hard lesson
But she said, "Ill be durn
If this thing l a learn"
So she went up town with a dress on.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Mississippi is long on cotton and
sunshine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Last Sunday night we lit our Ian
tern and went to the meetin' house
on Panther crick, and seed a sight
that made our blood bile. Ole Dad
feathers ackshully pitched in a dol
lar for the yaller devils in Jaypan
which the deacon named as heathen-
ers. In the fust place Dad owes us
fer nine years readin' and nobody
bleeves hit wuz his money nohow.
An, as fer as them Japs is reckoned,
they don't need no misshunary
wurk, Eff there is any ticker to be
sent to the East the Rooshuns need
hit Their most. - Hardeman CORE
spondence to The Commonwealth.
Since Buffalo Bills" suit against
his wife for divorce has been aired
in the courts that colossal fakir has
lost prestige. The chances are pref
ty strong that there never was any
thing to him but his long hair, any
way. He used to give limitations
of how he killed red men, but the
truth is that William killed more
red .whiskey than anything else.
| Well bet Mrs. Bill is the best man,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Long Distance Telephone No. 33
Yazoo Valley Telephone No. 70
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Subscribers not receiving their paper
promptly will please notify the Office.
Changes in address should be reported
promptly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
DEATH OF DR.. RAVOLD.

DR.. Harriet Jackson Ravold,
daughter of Mrs. Sarah E. Wisner
of Sharon, died November 18TH
and the body was inferred Novem-
Der 2oth in Montrose Cemetery,
Greenville, Illinois. DR.. Ravold
was physician and writer whose
fame extended over many states.
She was an authority on many
subjects and her death is a great
loss to the profession. She was 38
years of age and had been a suffer
er of complicated diseases three
years. She was married June 3,
1896 to DR.. Henry J. Ravold of
St. Joseph, Mo-, and with her hus-
band practiced medicine in that
city. Her husband and mother are
the only surviving near relatives.
She had many warm friends in
Barber county who are panied to
learn of her early death.