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CAPE coo NOVELIST.
Joseph T.. Lincoln. Creator of "Cnp'n
Eri.' "n Old Salts Son..

Joseph T.. Lincoln. Creator of "Cnp'n
Eri.' .n Old Salts Son.
1t was L roundabout way by which
Joseph &. Lincoln. author of Part
ncrs of the Tide" just published. got
into fiction writing. After completing
his education in the schools of Boston
Mr.. Lincoln entered Il banking house.
intending to rise to eminence in the
world Of finance. But he found it hard
to develop any enthusiasm owe keep
ing books and footing up long columns
of figures, and. having some natural
talent for drawing. he determined to
study art. He entered the class of a
vel known illustrator and for some
time made pictures and enjoyed him
self. 1t was not work to pursue this
vocation, but money was slow in COM
ing. In company with another student
he rented Il small studio in Boston,
where he made Il great many drawings
and sold M now and then. 1t was a
trip into Bohemia which he counts one
OF the p~leasantcst experiences OF his
life. In order to help pay studio rent
Lincoln occasionally wrote a verse or
humorous sketch and illustrated it and
sent it to Il publisher. Finding that
these contributions We're more market
able than the dra wings alone. lie began
to give them more serious attention.
Then he was offered the position Of
associate editor of the Bulletin. the
official publication of the League Of
American Wheelmcn. and his humor-
u contributions to this journal were
widely quoted and brought him to the
attention of magazine editors.
Two years ago Mr.. Lincoln deter
mined to write IL novel. and the reso-
luton took form in 'Cap'n Fri" which
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q member of Il brokerage firm and
about the same time married Miss Ida
NJ. Barry of Baltimore, daughter OF
his former employer. The first big
transaction in which he figured was
the formation of the Richmond TIE
minal company. by which the southern
railroad ines We're brought into close
working arrangements His genius
for organization and consolidation of
capital began to attract notice when
in $ he associated himself with the
late William {. Whitney and brought
about the consolidation of numerous
small traction lines in New York city
into one system. known as the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company.
After that achievement he gradually
extended his operations until he
brought gas and electric lighting coln-
panicS in New York under his control
as well as traction lines. He crossed
the Hudson river into New Jersey and.
with his associates and allies, accom-
plished the consolidation of the street
railway lines of Jersey City and vi
CHILLY uIlutI llle uiIIlt VI tNe ollSOIl-
dated Traction company. Public serv-
ice corporations in Staten Island, \. Y,
and along the New Jersey coast also
fell under his sway. He was the pro
moter and builder Of the Union ele-
waited road of Chicago and developed
the present system of electric railways
and lighting plants in Milwaukee. Con
soliIation has been his watchword,
and his operations have touched vari-
GUS branches Of industry and finance.
He brought together and organized in
tercstS representing assets OF $1,000
600, 600 behind the Bank Of Commerce
Of New York. IS the vice president Of
the Morton Trust company and organ
izer and financial master Of the Con
solidated Tobacco company. He is a
director and important stakeholder in
several western railway lines.
In personal appearance Mr.. Ryan is
tall. broad Shouldered and good look
ing. has colrtly manners and an en-
gazing smile. William &. Whitney
used to describe him as the most
adroit. suave and noiseless man. he
ever met. One Of his diversions is
raising HOlstein cattle. and he has
kennels containing some Of the finest
dogs in the world. Mr.. Ryan was a
leading figure at the last Democratic
national convention, and it was due
in part to bis influence that his friend.
Henry Gassaway Davis Of West Vir-
ginia, was nominated for vice presi.
dent
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AASot TEA ~ .VIo LIZ H.
vetted for gailantry and received the
congressional medal of honor for bray
cry on the field of action at Cold IIar-
Dor.
After the civil war General Gillespie
went to New Orleans with General
Sheridan as his chief engineer and took
q prominent part in the civil and mill
tary work of reconstruction of the gulf
states and also in the restoration Of
the republic of Mexico ut the time of
the Macmillan episode. Since that
early period of his career his nane
has been Identified with some of the
most important engineering improve
ments carried out by the federal gov
eminent. In 1892 he completed the
project for the improvement of the
lower bay in New York harbor from
the NarrOws to the sea and in 1894 flu
ishel the construction of the first gun
lift battery and the first mortar bat
terry designed in this country. He
served in the Spanish war. was a mcm
Der of the court of inquiry which con-
sidcred the charges as to the furnish
ing of unfit rations to the troops, and
in 1900 was Il member Of the board Of
officers which visited Porto Rico to set
apart from the late crown lands those
needed for military and naval purposes
by the United States.
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and began his railroad career in 1877
as II member Of the engineering corps
of the Pennsylvania road.
StuyveSant Fish gets 100000 as pres
ident of the Illinois Central. He Is q
SOL of the late Hamilton Fish. secre-
tary Of state under President Grant,
was born in 1851 and educated at Co.
lumbia university. His wife is a lead
er in the -Four Hundred. The family
have several homes. one of them Il
villa at Newport and another Il New
York residence which reproduces the
famous Doges palace of Venice.
james J. Hill receives Il salary Of
$4,000 rs president of the Great
Northern railroad. He was born in
q log cabin in Canada in 1887 and has
been IL great factor in the develop
mcnt of the northwest.
Charles. $. Mellen. president OF the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
road. receives $4,000. He is the rail
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President Roosevelt. Some of them
have large incomes from other sources
in addition to their stipulated salaries
from corporations. Besides these are
the men whose incomes from their
business or investments mount into
the hundreds of thousands or even mil
lions. John II. Rockefeller, president
Of the Standard Oil company. receives
a salary of $4,000. but his total i'll
come is said to be more than Il hum
dred times that suln. The corporations
which pay the largest salaries to head
officials are the leading railroads. The
leading life insurance companies, the
big trusts. the transportation syndi-
Gates and the biggest OF the banks.
Tho income Of corporation lawyers
varies Il great deal from ear to year.
The largest single fee ever paid 4 law
Yer for conducting Il single case is be-
lieved to have been received by Viii
liam Nelson Cromwell for his work in
connection with the Panama canal.
He is said to have been paid a fee of
$2.O00,GUn for his work In that conncc-
ton. James Il. Dill is said to have re-
ceive,l Il fee of $1,000. 900 for settling
the suit between Andrew Carnegie and
H. {. Prick. w. ID. Guthrie is under
stood to have received $1,000. 900 for
breaking the will of the late Henry
Bradley Plant. These are believed to
be the largest single fees ever paid to
lawyers in this country.
The salaries paid to the president.
vice president and second vice pres
ident Of the Equitable Life Assurance
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Poor BOWSer
Gels Excited
Meets With Series Ct Mishaps and
Tries to Hold Mrs. B.
Responsible.
INQUIRIES FOR hi COOK
Raises Rumpus When He Hears She
Is Out, but His Mother-in-law
Squelches Him.
copyright. 1905. by r. B. McClure.1

copyright. 1905. by r. b. McClure.l
w YHEN Mr.. Bowser left the
w down three or four steps Of
the stairs and a soulless
MAI laughed at hiin. When he got out
on the street Il Ecwsboy ran against
linn and disturbed his equilibrium.
When he took the street car Il woma
grabbed him by the coat tails to draw
herself Zip the step. and when he swore
about it she said he was Il baldhead
and no %gcntlcman. The conductor
worked off il nickc! quarter on him in
his change. and Il cross eyed man want.
ell t. touch him on TIE chin for luck.
Therefore when he got home he was
ready to noii Mrs. EoWscr responsible
for everything that had happened. OF
course S,.' was 10 blame for it-Oi
course. Would any SAn of a gun Of !;
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MAYOR GENERAL GILLESPIE,
services 0f the. Gallant officer Who
Has Gene ON Retired List.


Has Gone ON Retired List.
Major General George l.. Gillespie,
WHO Went on the retired list of the ar
my on June IL. has seen forty-eight
years of service in behalf of his
Try. At the time of his retirement he
was assistant chief of staff. and he N
joys Il reputation as IAN officer and 4
gentlenIan.' which is the goal of Il mil
ltary mans ambition. Major General
Gillespie WAS born in Kingston, Tenn.
III l>4l and graduated from West
l'oint in lSt;2. He lost no time in get.
ting into active service in the Union
army. He went to the front with Il
commission as second lieutenant Of en-
gineers and was in charge Of a compa-
NY at the battle of Antietam. After
that battle he was busy building and
guarding pontoon bridges. building
military roads. making "Reminiscences
IN front Of the enemy and conducting
siege operations. He was twice bre-
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Immediately won friends and has pass
ed through many editions. His sue
cess led him to devote himself with
greater zeal to a second book. Part
ners of the Tide" shows the same love
for the salt water that the author
evinced in 'Cap'n Fri" He comes
naturally by this trait, for he was
born in 1870 in Brewster. Mass, a
typical Cape Cod town. the home OF
many retired sea captains, and his ia
ther was a ship captain. who died at
sen the same year that saw the birth
Of the author Of 'Cap'n Fri" His
mothers ancestors followed the sea,
so that all Of the authors early asso.
Citations had to do with that element.
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HE MADE HIMSELF A CUP OF COFFEE.
cross eyed man have dared to put a
finger ON his chin for luck ut poker
but for Mrs. Bowser?
Mr.. Bowser slammed the gate open.
He did it to let Mrs. Bowser under.
stand that he vas boss of that rancl,
and that things had got to stand arount
for him. lie banged the front doOl
open. He did it that she might know
he had arrived and have goose flesh
over it. He expected to see her in the
hall and to shout Woman at her
and demand why in Halifax the gas in
the back parlor was not lighted, but
she wasn't there. The cat wasn't there.
The cook was not in the kitchen.
Now. by the seven horns OF the sew
en- brindlel bulls, but this is too much
too much." exclaimed Mr.. Bowser as
he went climbing upstairs.
There was nor to come. however.
He found Mrs. Bowser in bed with q
headache, while the cat was chasing a
rubber ball around OH the floor as if
domestic troubles We're not Of the
slightest account.
II heard you come ill.," family an
nouncrd Mrs. Rowscr from the bed.
'Oh. you did. ell: You heard me
come in, and You jumped into bed"
Il have had n raging headache all
day"
SERVES You right. Any woman who
will eat pickles and smoked herrings
and then walk out in the back yard in
her bare feet must expect to have
headaches. Where in Texas is that rcd
headed cook of Ours:'
II let her 90 home for the day. She
said she'd surely he back by 1 o'clock.
Hasn't she come YETI
"Of course she hasn't ON and of
course she won't show UP till mid
night. Were you idiot enough to take
her word:"
IL thought she'd come"
Eyes. you thought and thought, and
this is tine result of it. by John. vas
there eve such Il conducted house as
this! l have now got to puttcr around
for two hours to get myself Il bite ia
eat"
II tried to get up Il few minutes ago,
but couldn't do it," explained Mrs.
BowS"y.
"Of ours you couldn't. You are
probably in for Il run of fever. You
may have smallpox or the plague be-
fore you get through with it. That
would be just our luck. You wait till
the cook shows up, and I'll make her
think a house fell on her. I'll be up
again after | get something to eat"
why don't you 60 to a restaurant
for this oncc:'
and ask for strychnine? Didn't l come
within IN ace Of dying once after get
ting Il bite to eat in Il one horse res
taurant:'
but l thought it was too many
beans that allied YOU
"Too many nothings! If you think
you wont die before | get back I'll
now % down and poke about the kitch-
en-, and il that Internal yaller eyed cat
follows me III be the death of him."
Mir. Rowscr went down and poked.
lie made himself Il cup Of coffee and
ate some bread and butter and cold
meat. and though the cat looked into
the Kitchen once or twice he dared not
venture into the open. "Dinncr" was
made ready and finished in half an
hour. and then Nr. Rowser was ready
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Ao"I Il
world Whirl, were baked before the
beginning of the Christian era. one
of them was ,lncartl"d ut l'olnueii and
Is about 1000 years old. 1t is circular
In form and still bears on one Of it
sections the name of the baker. The
other loaf is Of triangular shape ana
is supposed to have been made over
1900 years ago, or about 2JUU Il. {. II
was found among the debris Of the
royal temple at Dei-el- Rahri on til"
Nile and was exhibited in London be
fore the Society Of Arts. The loaves
60 to show that baking was a fine art
even in those PARKWAY days. 1t ro-
mains for the a~rchaeologists to discover
whether the bakers Of those times
kneaded their dough and cut crackers.
biscuits and cookies by machinery ana
whethe: there were Hour trusts and
bakers unions then.
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road Ean whose common sense words
on the subject Of capital and labor
were quote! by President Roosevelt
in Il message to congress. He is fifty
years old AMI began his railroad ca
reer at eighteen in Il humble clerk
Shi,;.
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An

MOther-Th" professor says he can
make Il concert singer out OF Grayce.
What do you think of the idea?
Fathcr-Splendid. She wouldn't sing
In the parlor any more then. would
she?-Detroit Free Press.
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"Cllarley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
TOrkins. II hope you are not going in
to politics."
what made you think of that!"
II heard you talking in your sleep
about standing pat Washington
Star.
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VERY STALE BREAD.
Some Recently Discovered That u
Old Enough For Dyspeptics.

People who are troubled with dyS-
persia and who eat stale bread instead
OF fresh a now get bread stale
enough to suit the most eXacting taste.
Two loaves have recently been exca-
vateu from buried cities Of the ancient
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-19
Some Hired Men
With Big Salaries
They Get More Money Than President
Roosevelt - Noted Railroad Presi.
dents ard Life Insurance
Officials Who Are
Well Paid,

salaries
paid to their
head men by
the big corpo-
ratiOnS of this cOun.
try make the salary
paid to the chief
executive Of the
American republic
look small. There
are several hundred
men III the United
States who draw
larger salaries than
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Naughty Thing.

"What ito you think Of Miss Star
Gsh:' asked the lobster.
mot SO very much" answered the
oyster. II proposed to her last night.
and she called me Il lobster"
"And when l proposed to her she
shut me up like an Oyster."-Chicago
Tribune.
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Hardly!

Hardly!
Fargonn-I asked your daughter to
marry me, and she just laughed at me.
Mr.. Rillyuus-Well, did you want her
% 60 into Mysteries 7-Woman's Home
Companion
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THAT the name of Thomas Fortune
Ryan is Ii to c~onjure with was
amply proved in connection with
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-24
SID0k ITEMS.

Cotton still continues to roll in. Our
buyers are paying top prices,
The saw mill men are accommodating
quite a large pile Of lumber in the rail-
road yards.
The Rev. II. G. Moorhead has moved
into his new home.
The handsome new cottage being
erected for our clever railroad agent is
beginning to assume shape. Mr.. Nives
hopes to eat Christmas dinner in his
new home.
Fishing is good in the adjacent lakes.
Mr.. Farmer has been catching some niee
strings.
Price & Brown have moved into their
new store room. They will bye and bye
have one OF the handsomest stores in
the country.
The new bank Is growing. See their
statement in this weeks paper.
Cashier Thayer spent a few hours in
town on Monday.
Our old friend Won Werdt is quito i'll
with Pneumonia. We hope under
the skillful treatment Of Dr.. Oltenburg
be viii soon recover.
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SCHLATER ITEMS.

Mr.. W. X. Randall had business in
town on Saturday.
Mrs. Adams attended the B. Y. P, t,
at Greenwood last week.
Mr.. j. r. Bew was in town on Monday
last.
Regular services we're held in the
Baptist church last Sunday, morning
and night. Rev. Mr.. McIlraney official.
ed.
Large crowd In town on last Saturday
and our merchants had quite a nice
trade.
Messrs. Jesse Quinn and Garrard Bar.
rett will open a new drug store in the
Jones block. They expect to be ready
for business by Dec, LIST.
A movement Is on foot to have our
town Incorporated. This is just and
proper and ought to have been done
some time ago.
Mr.. Ben Bacon has returned from
Pickens. He reports things in pretty
good shape in the hills,
Capt. Taylor Of Webb visited our
town this week on business.
Messrs. B. L. Jones and W. S. Brown
visited Culver on Friday. They report
a pleasant ride and nice time,
The large new store for Gould Bros.
is nearing completion. They expect to
move in before the Holiday rush sets 10.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-24
Drug Department

Hair Tones, Q]ninine, CaIomeI, Salts,
Sulphur, CapPeras, Red and Black Pepper,
Mace, Cloves, Spice, Pure Cream Tartar,
Patent Medicines, Chill TONES, Sweet Spirits
Nitre, Parlgoric, Turpentine, Castor Oil,
Extracts Lemon, vanilla and Strawberry,
Condition Powders, Sa~rsaparillas, Water
Bottles, Perfume, Pears, White Rose,
Glycerine and Cashmere Bouquet Soaps,
0lntments, Salves, Pills, Liver Medicines,
Dry and Liquid Poisons, Corn aud Bunion
Plasters, Mucilage, Glue, Inks, Pens and
Pencils.
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Millinery Department

This Department has made
a wonderful increase this
season. Miss Moseley has
everything new and stylish.
Nothing like Johnson and
Baird styles.
F. R. Austin Dry Goods Go.
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Mississippi industrial Exposition at
Jackson, MISS, Nov. "a to Dec. Z.

The Y. u M. v. n. r. Co. will sell
round trip tickets for the above occas-
ION on Nov. I'D to Dec. I'd, good to re-
turn until Dec. 3D., at one fare plus 25c.
W. ii. MNsTAINE, Ticket Agt.
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ONLY % CENTS,

Here IS another item that certainly ought to make our Especially" sales
run up for this week. A SO coil Folding Spring, medium tempered wire,
each spiral tied so that it cannot slip A remarkably good value at our
price, which is for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, % Cts.
Every seventh customer on this item is entitled to two tickets to anv
show that may be coming here during next week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-24
uREENWOOD FURNITURE COMPANY

m nv uouo' .hat the buyers at our store this week have left well
sa"sna ~, i ,n 10 oMy mi objectionable feature and that is we have not
been able to deliver the goods fast enough. WV
/" : Ano "s is exceedingly annoying to our trade and we "a assure
tne mem . ia = u no PISS s. to us. We have put on another wagon and eve
Mln "' au'h'ona hlp IL seems almost impossible to deliver the goods az
as'a VIC "ouo le U W are going to provide for a larger business eve
we are now doing, and this being true we must have more business
and Tor the coming week we will offer seine special ducenon g. a,
buyers. "n
Mr. ~. III. Barrentine is entitled to two tickets to Rob;,su ...
masmucha IS ne was the 18th purchaser of the reed rockers at oc The
really gave him the privilege of either these or "The Clansmann INIT 40 un
were TO- ousy TO check the sale while he was in we missed him and VIZ
take TINS method OF asking him to call at our place and W e will adjust the
matter with him. "F"' "e
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-24
General Department

Pine Tar Stove Polish, Coffee Mills,
Collar Pads, Wash Boards, Sifters, Stove
Pans, Bread Bowls, Big Lot Tinware, Wash
Bowls and Pitchers, Fiber and Galvanized
Iron Slop Buckets, Large Iron Spoons and
Forks, EnameIed Ware Of Coffee Pots. Dish
and Wash Pans, Dat Meal Bowls, Pudding
aud Pie Pans, Lanterns, b and II. Lamps,
Brass Glass Night Lamps, Dishes, Knives
and Forks, Pitchers, Berry and Sugar Bowls
and nice Imported Salad and Cabaret Bowls.
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cypress Lumber for all purposes.
6chuh-M Miller Lumber Co..
Bsfcfkif, MINI.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-07
IONA.

Iona, S. c., June 2.-We have had
one week of dry weather so we re-
port victory won between us and
the grass. It was hard fight. Crops
of all kinds have improved greatly in
the last week.
Oats cutting has begun, and the
yield is very good which is good
thing to the farmer. I am with your
Camden correspondent in reference
to the negro farmers. We have some
here that don't always make the rent
but still they can move to the next
farm and rent again and the mer-
chant will continue to furnish him. If
the land owners would not rent to
such negroes labor would not be so
scarce. We have been told that it was
hard work to work negroes. We ad-
nit that, but it Will bes harder when
the negroes work US which he will do
if we go on as we are.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-07

SATURDAY and Sunoay in Camden.
Mrs. S. s. Rnsme, and son. return.
ed to Summerton on Friday after g
pleasant stay with relatives here.
Mrs. Mark Reynolds and Mrs.
Vaoghan. Of Sumter. were the guests
of Mrs. " " Anderson on FRIDAY.
Messrs. Rapsome and Richard Rich
ardsou, Of Clarendon srent lew days
as the guests of Mrs. W. R. FLUID last
week.
Miss Rosa Price, Of Marion, is visit
iny Miss Bette Frierson.
Miss Aune ii. Barnweli spent Sun
day at home.
Miss Bessie Murray is visiting friends
at Leesvil]le. S. c.
Mr.. z. R. Murray, of Sumter, spent
a few days here last week.
Miss Imo Cunningham, of Bishop
Vile, who has hben teaching the Nor
ris School," will leave for Eer bone
tomorrow Afternoon. S'The Claremont
scbool'' and the "Stateburg H}gh
school, have also closed, so once more
the young people are free from the
duties cf the school-room
Farmers are no longer complaining
Of the Gather conditions, aud are nc"
trying to nake up for lost time causeo
by the ince. SAINT rains Of the pas,
month.