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' wW f Iff PartiYc b JOSEPH C LINCOLN. tl Copyright. 10CI #*??*?*?? (Continued.) rrenty uieu were blrexl altogether, to feed them It wee necessary to mmj large quautltle* of provisions. Captain Tltcomb managed this part of the business, and the bargains be made wtth Caleb Weeks and other store? keepers were wonderful aud In some ejteee not too profitable for the sellers. Ja Mr. Weeks sah! "Ex Tltcomb spout hi'f the foreuoou witb mo today, f ud ?lore he got through ? aikin* he'd tan? gled me up so with tigirers that I don't know whether I sold h! in salt at a cent m pound or com meat at a dollar a barrel I'll have to pnt In the rest ef the day col'latln' and add in* up. ?era to knew whether I've made money or lost It." Boon the work on the Freedom was fee full swing, and the great hull hum like a beehive. Meu were stand? ing*, by the hatches and by the derricks. Men were working by the rail trans? ferring ropes and Ironwork to the Dir. hag Belle. Down In the hold gangs of gaga with fitree sooty bluck except wtiers the sweet streaked them with Batltd channel* were shoveling the coa ksto the big Iron bra keta that the area?Ing derricks lifted aud sw uij. the ekle. The donkey cu rln<:?? end whistled, the chalks rattlet toa after tun of good hard cor I feared from the opening buckets und splashed Into the tumbling waves of fee channel. ? The ceptaln and Bradley, togethf r tor a Moment, sto > l In the l>ows. win the hoary cable ted. taut and rigid from the windlass out to the submerg? ed am bore. The Freodom bad moved effigbtly In the nut few days, and the fnrtJMre were encouraged. "By crimes. Brad." exclaimed Cap? tain lit comb, pointing, with e grin on ?e filmy face, to the stout little Dlr hag Bulla Just then shcotlng off to tho JMtht with a load of Strippings from the freedom, "that's the little critter that its uade It possible for us to l?adD this Job. t don't know what we'd %* done If we hadn't had her. See her #je> will you? Files round like a flee ta e Irylu' pan. don't she? Ton never peg jour money Into anything better the tie else than her. and don't yon let that I'nct slip your metu'ry." Th*. new schooner had proved her Hi twice over. Equipped, as ehe dtb the engine, she performed piirt of a steam launch, a tug and a KUtt She had carried out end led the anchors In the channel: fgVb %>fk her owners and s Tew o? the Ii to end from Orhum every night morning; she was slways ready tlways useful. In fact, ns the cap ssld. they could scarcely bave ed the Job without ber. Br* dley. dirty and bareheaded, look A at Uie little vessel. ?*! ihan't feel easy until we pay off it mortgage." he said "And, an thing, you mustn't forget to see Ohad snd close that Insurance deal. It tawcTios me to think she Is not protect mm a I all." Tiers so. Fact is. I've been so las.ln* busy lately that I'd forglt eat If I hadn't got In the habit of It. I must settle that right off. The eedy thing that's kept It from goln' lb store Is oo account of that imite In the hold. The papers are If. only Obed won't dicker until ?am take that stuff off: his comp'nr wen t Insure against explosives." A little of the dynamite that they been using In blowing up tbe bulk i ulnlng the tar was still stored In Diving Belle's hold. Captain Tit b bad promised to see that it wse 'taken ashore, hat he always forgot It ??etiler would himself bars attended -he the matter, but tbe captain seemed *? hike tbe offer ee a personal re flee Hew on bis own management. It wee the same with the Insurance. Any thin : that the ceptaln undertook to do he tsted to gire up to another. "Don't you want me to attend to that dynamite?" asked the Junior pert "Mo. no. ril tend to It myself. Told fwm I would, didn't IT* Biadler saw that It was time to change the subject. He looked across the oceen to the borieon. The air wee dear end cold and tbe November sun light ley up.m the water wltb e steely eaetilllc gllrter that bad no warmth M It. "Wind to the ssuth'ard," he observ ad. ?? d seems likely to bold that way. If It oaly bolds fair loug enough we'll win out yet ' ? IVbore's that special weather bu? reau of ours?' asked the captain "Ala't had e prophecy for two duys or mote." He utepped t*> tbe hatchway ??HJ. Teleg:" he ghWtlA I'eleg My rfcl, aboy!" A tlhtunt rou e from the hold replied th i I'eleg wa? aboard the Diving Belle. 4 rhst's so." said Captain Titcomb. **?<? be Is. Well, we'll we b in later." When the schooner again ran along ehde t ?o bargt* Mr. My rick wus sum moned end cluinb-.?rod en board. The weather prophet had coal dust in his fjotttrlli. In his mouth and In decora tire smooches on his cheeks. As for his whiskers, tbe red and gray had disappeared: they were now a solid bleck. "l'oKeg." observed the captain, "doe* Sk^esicks know you when you git home nowadays?" "Know me?" repeated the astonished gmner of the dog that was Just like, a leTid %m by A. 1 Barnes L* Co. e I* Ii I buiuun. "Know me! Course he does." "Wei!. I illiln't know. You look so much like a eros< between a darky and a Kickapoo Sagwu peddier in his war paint that I shouldn't think your mother 'd know you, let alone a dog." Mr. Myriek pondered. "Well, you see," he replied slowly, "mother, she's I cen dead for a considerable spell, and Skeezicks"? "Skeezicks ain't. I see. That's the best reason I know of. Say, how about gales? Oot any marked on the calen dar?" The prophet's dreamy gaze wander ed mournfully to the sky. "No." he drawled; "I don't cal'late there'll be a storm for the next week. After that?wanl, 1 don't know. I've been havln' a feel in' that the w eat her'd shift, but p'r'aps 'twou't Still, I'm kind of Heart- kind of Heart of the week after next." Captain Titcorab looked troubled. "Thunder!" he muttered. "I swan 1 hope that ain't so!" Bradley looked at hlra in puzzled surprise. "Now, honest, Cap'n Ez," he ex? claimed, "you aren't worried because that half baked chap sayn?here, Pe leg! Couie back here a minute! Say, how do you get your tips on the weather'.'" Mr. Myrick hesitated nnd looked troubled. "Y\ aal." he replied, "I-I yoti see. 1 don't gin'rully tell that, 'cause folks laugh at rne; but, beln* as you're my bons. I s'ponc I ought to tell you a little. You see, 1 jest sort of feel It in my boues." "Auy particular bones?" "Why, my lalg bones mostly. If a no'theaster's comln'. my right lulg sort of aches, and if It's a sou'eoster it'll fetch me In the left otte. Then there's other'1 - Bradley Interrupted him by a roar of laughter. The prophet looked hurt. "There!" he sighed. "I knew you'd laff." "All right. Peleg; trot along. There. Cap'n Ez, does that satisfy you?" The capto*.n laughed, too, but he shook his head. "I don't kuow," he replied. "Them leg bones of Pelcg's seem to have been pretty good barometers afore now. Well, what is to be will be, as the fellow with dyspepsy said when he tackled the mluce pie. My. this won't do for me or for you either, Brad!" They separated to plunge again into their work. But Bradley's hint about the dynamite still troubled Captain Tltcomb's conscience. When the Dir "Say, how oMout galc$tu Ing Belle came back from her next trip to the beach be hailed Peleg and. calling him to him, said: "Peleg, 1'vo got a Job for you. 1 want you to git out that dynamite We've got In the hold for'ard and take It ashore some'eres." Now, that dynamite was Mr. Myrlck's particular dread. He was more afraid of It than he was of anything else on earth. The captain knew this, and that was why he always selected Peleg to bring up a stick of the stuff when the latter was ueeded. "It's the seared man that's always careful," said the skipper. "Peleg hangs to them sticks like a sucker to a burn door. He won't drop 'em unless his knee J'lnts rattle lo ?so altogether from nervousness." When the weather prophet heard the captain's order the visible parts of bis countenance turned white. "Oh, my soul and iKxly!" he gasped. "You don't want me to tech thorn pesky things, do you. Cap'n Ez? Git someltody else, do!" "No." replied the skipper gravely. "I wouldn't trust nobody else. Tum? ble 'em out!" "Tumble 'em out! Don't talk In that eareless kind of way, Cap'n Ei WhgfU i do with 'tar "Oh, dig I lade and bury' em; put 'em under your hunk in the shanty feed 'e:n to SI.ee/icUs, only i:it 'em old of the schooner some time pretty soon!" ??will-win Randal dor "Yes. yrs! \Yhciic\cr you have the time. Hi. Sam Hammond! What art you setti .' there for? Git l ack to your engine." Mr. Hammond was still with them although his usefulness as a diver was gone owiug to the temporary abandon? ment of the tar venture. Hut because they anticipated returning to this work If the Freedom should be tlouted he was retained at his old wag da and was now runnlm: one of the hoisting en? gines, a labsr with which he was more or less familiar, although he consideroo It beneath him anil ah rked whenever he could. This shirking Irritated Captain Tit comn. 'Consnrn him! he growled. "Let him cither lish or cut bait. o:ie or t'other. If he's too good for th* job. why. then, the job's too good for him If 1 had my way we'd come to a set tlement In Rh > u ha'f a shake." The majority of the men hired by the partners wore Intensely loyal an*> thoroughly optimistic. They knew the Olreamstancei under Which the con? tract had beetl taken and would not consider the possibility of failure for a moment. Hut Hammond w as the head ' ot a little coterie of pessimist!) among whom were Kerry BlmmonS and a l'cw others from Orbum and Lo:i Clark and Ike Bodkin frjm Barnles, These croak? ers sneered at Captain Kara when his back was turne 1 ami pretended to pity Bradley. When the pay envelopes j were distributed they congratulated i themselves loudly and wondered if this time was the last. "Bradley was aware of nil this, be? cause Barney told him. but he would not permit his partner to call Ham- ] mond to account. Pam should not: have the opportunity of telling (Jus that he) was the victim of persecution by an unsuccessful rival?not If Bradley could help It, he shouldn't. Captain Titcomb understood, and so Sam was not re? proved nnd grew more and more In? tolerable. I All day long the Freedom's deck was a whirl of industry. The captain and Bradley were always in the thick of it and were dog tired when (5 o'clock came. Then the cable was tightened and chocked, the watch was set und most of the crews were transferred In relays to the beach to eat supper In the shanty and shout, sinj; und play cards until bedtime. The partners, with Bammbnd, Bearee and a few others, went up to Orluun In he Diving Belle. The old in:1 ids had been very solemn of laic. When Bradley tlrst told them that his arm had secured the biggest wrecking contract ever handled by Or-! ham men th ?y were jubilant. But then came Miss Bustecd, brimming over like g sort of living "extra"?with ex? aggerated reports of village opinion concerning that contract, and the sis? ters begau to worry. Other callers, i whoso views were more weighty than | Melissa's, came also, and now even I Miss Prissy war, uervously anxious. Bradley went to bed early uowadays. On the night following the conversa? tion with Peleg he took his lamp from the shelf soon after supper was cleared away. Captain Titcomb called, but re? mained only a little while. As the young man rose from his chair Mis3 Prissy, who hud been watching him over her glasses while pretending to meud some stockings, dropped the* work In her lap and asked, "Bradley, how are you gettin' on down at the Point?" "Tiptop." was the reply. "Yes, you always say that, but are you galuln' as fast as you ought toV You Uou't think there's auy?any chance of your not beln' able to git thut vessel off, do you? Folks seem to think"? Bradley laughed. "Has Melissa been hen* today?" he interrupted. "No, she hasn't, but Mr. Langworthy has. Oh, Bradley, we hear such dread? ful things! Mr. Langworthy came here almost on purpose to try to git us to coax yon to give It up 'fore it's too late. He says the whole town thinks you can't carry It through. Men that know all about wrecklu' say"? "Who says, the Jeremiah club?" The Jeremiah club was Captain Tlt coiub's WUM for the daily gathering about the stove lu Weeks' store. "No. Indeed! Men like Cap*n Jona dab Wlxon and Mr. W Inga to and lots more. They say that you've mort? gaged your vessel and that If you fail you'll be rulued?absolutely ruined. They lay It all to Cap'n Ezra. Of COUrae Tempy and me stund up for you and the cap'n and preteud we ain't a mite anxious: but, oh, Bradley, if any such awful thing should happen to you, to our boy. 'twould break our hearts!" x Bradley felt n pang of reproach Miss Prissy's eyes were wet, and the tears were running down Miss Tempy's Choekt, He was very grave as he an? swered. "Miss Prissy," he said, "please don't worry. I know how people are talk? ing; but, honestly and truly, I think we shall succeed. If we do, It means everything to us. If we don't?well, whatever happens. If God lets me live, you and Miss Tempy shall never suf? fer. I owe everything lu the world to you. I'll promise you something else too. If we win out now. I'll never take another contract where tue risk is as big as this. Now, good night, an 1. to please me, don't worry any more." As he was leaving the room Miss Tempy said timidly: "Bradley, you don't go to prayer meetln' any more. Prissy and me pray for you every night. I hope you won't let your bus'ness crowd out your religion." Bradley shook his head, answered hurriedly that he was working hard nowadays and was tired and went up to his room. The last time be bad been to prayer meeting (ir.s went with blm. lie had no wish to go there now and perhaps sev her in Sam's company. ^ro ns ciNTi.MTEsvl Raising the Ante. Applying for a divorce, an old Georgia negro said to the .Indue: "lilt only cost me a string er tlsh ter git married, Jedge. but, pleUM Cod, I'd give a whale ter git rid er her." Wanted the Earth. Browne-Did you ever see a man who really wanted the earth? Towne ? Oh. yes. Browne ? Who was he? Towne?A first trip passenger on an ocean liner. FOR COTTON MONOPOLY. Daniel L. Sully, so well known this country over for his dealings on the cotton market, has an article in the Cosmopolitan for April on the forma tion of a cotton trust. He speaks of inr possibilities of Immense fortune to be made by a combination to con? trol the cotton produced lh this conn try as has been done With the iron and <.ii products, rut because of the immense amount of capital such movement would require he d< -pairs of its being done through private means and therefore, proposes that the government enter into this Scheme, This article by Mr. Sully has brought forth the following editorial by the New Orleans Picayune: "These southern Btatei of the greal American Republic enjoy through the peculiarities of soil and climate a vir tual monopoly of the production o! ' the cotton liber, but for various rea? sons, largely lack of capital and or? ganisation, this is one of the monopo? lies that has failed to control the I world's markets, although the staple i is In universal d -maud. , I "Petroleum and steel are in the hands of American combinations that aie able to control the markets of the world, and it would appear that cot? ton could be brought under som.4 such conditions. The steel and oil trusts have not only proved enor? mously profitable to those who contr ?1 them, but, although they are owned by prlyate parties, they cannot be bi ought under the operation of the United States laws against trusts and combinations, and seem to enjoy spe? cial and peemiar privileges, "These conditions have encouraged tho notion that if cotton could I brought under the control of a su fli? ck nt, combination, and be enabled also to secure exemption fvom the ^ Operation of the law s which are en I forced against ordinary prohibited I trusts, it would soon develop into :: fioWer that wbuld control the world'n market and place its managers among 1 that wond- i.nl and almost emipotent I class, the wo: id's richest men." State of Ohio, Citv of Toledo, * GS. Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the rirm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and Stat< aforesaid, and that said firm will pay | the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL? LARS for each and every case of Ca? tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Cataarh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn |0 before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of De? cember, A. D., 1886. A. W. OLEASON, ? Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. , Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. 4-4-lm. You may have both a legal right and a moral right to please yourself but it is not always policy to do so. ?Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe? guard against set ions results from Spring colds, which inflame the lungs and devolp Into pneumonia. Avoid counterfeits by insisting upon having the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar, which contains no harmful drugs. W. VV. Slbert. A fan is used to bt ush away warmth. ?We often wonder how any person can be persuaded into taking any? thing but Foley'? Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung trouble. Do not be fooled into accepting "own make" or other substitutes. The gen? uine contains ho harmful drugs and is ili a yellow package. W, W. Sibert. The best of us have faults. We can find them if we try, and we can oust them if we really want to. ?You should not delay under any circumstances in cases of Kidney and Bladder trouble. You should take something promptly that you know Is reliable, something like DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are unequaled for weak back, backache, inflammation of the bladder, rheu? matic pains, etc. When you ask for l>e\Yitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. l>e sure you get them. They are an? tiseptic. Accept no substitutes; in? sist upon getting the right kind. Sold by all druggists. FLOYD TO SUCCEED POIXIER. Brother ? I &pertanburg Mayor Al? most Certain of Appointment. We ihlngton, Apt ii I.? L. w. C. BlalOCki of Laufens County, and Mi w. Floyd, of Bpartanburg, the lattei an applicant for the postmastershlp at Bpartanburg, reached Washington this morning, and at once went Into conference with Postmaster General HItChCOCk and John G. Capers. CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Meets This Year at Summcrvillc in April. The annual meeting of the State Medical Boell ty. will be held in Pine Forest inn, Bummervllle, April 20, 21 and 22. The entertainment committee, headed by Dr. Carroll of Columbia, has arranged for a rec< ptlon of th. mcdicps at the Pinhurst tea gardens (the only tea gardens in North Am? erica, by the way. to he tendered by the hospitable founder, Dr. Charte? U. gheppard, on the, afternoon of the 22nd. There will iilso be a reception the evening of the 21st at Pine* Forest Inn, one of the finest winter hoste' ries in the .South. A smoker will h? tendered the delegates at the sam ? place on the evening of the 22nd. An effort is to be made at this meeting of the society to organize a county secretaries' association. A meeting for this purpose is called for the nvrning of the 20th. A nuwtber of papers of more or less general interest even to the laymen always mark the meeetings of the society. Words to Frocac the soul. ?"Your son has Consumption. U s case is hopeless." These appalling words were spoken to Go<?. BS. Ble v.us. a leading merchant of Spring? field, x. c., by two expert doctors? one a lung specialist. Then v as i hown the wonderful power of Dr. King's New Discovery. "After three w? ski use," writes Mr. Blevens, "lie was as well as ever. I would not take all the money in the world for what it did for my boy.'* Infallible for Coughs and Colds, its the safest, Mir? es', cure of desperate Dung diseases on earth. 50c. and $1.00 at Libert's Drug Store. GiK'rantee satisfaction. Trial bottle free. Antl?Tuberculosis Literature. Health Officer Keardou has distrib? uted among the schools of the city, white and colored, about one thou? sand prlmmera or first lessons In re? gard to ths beat method! of prevent? ing tuberculosis and the precaution? ary methods to be adopted by con* sumptlves t-? protect otheis against t>> disease. This is a Step towards the teaching of hygiene in the schools. A numrer of placards con? taining short but comprehensive in? structions to the general public on how to avoid tuberculosis have 1 'distributed among the various schools, and in some of the factories, ami have also been posted in and around the passenger stations, city hall and other public places. These placards will be placed in every fac? tory and store in Sumter and around the different public plat es US soon :is the h alth officer has time to get them distributed. *If you have backache and urinary troubles yon should take FoVy's Kid? ney Remedy to strengthen and build up the kidneys so they will act prop? erly, as a serious kidney trouble m?y develop. w. w. sn ert. Every man on the job thinks he knows more than the boss. "I'd Rather Die, Doctor, ?than have my feet cut off." said M. L. Eingham. of Princeville, 111., "but you'll die from gangrene (which had eaten away eight toes) if you don't," said all doctors. Instead?he used Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly cured. Its cures of Eczema. Fever Sores, Boils, Burns and Piles astound the world. 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. Mr. R. B. Bell, who lives two miles east of Laurens, had his barn destroy? ed by fire Sunday. In the barn were six fine mules, two horses, 600 bush? els of corn, several thousand bundles of fodder and a number of hogs. Nothing of the feed stuff, nor one of the animals, was saved, and the barn was burned to its foundations. Up Before the Bar. ?X. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pittsfleld, Vt.. writes: "We have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for years and find them such a good family medicine we wouldn't be without them." For Chills. Constipation, Biliousness or Sick Headache they work wonders, 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. The Rev. w. ER. Hurt, a native of Virginia, and who for about four years previous to January, 1906, was pastor of the Yorkville Baptist Chttrch, and who since resigning the pastorate of that church has charge of several (lunches in York county, recently accepted an Invitation to become pastor of the Baptist churches at k ngstres and st. Stephen's, and expects to enter upon the discharge of hu pastoral duties next Sunday. Swept Over Niagara, ?This terrible calamity otten hap* pens because a careless boatman Ig? nores the river's warnings growing ripples and faster current? natui c's waitings are kind. That dull pain or ache In the bach warns you the kidneys need attention ^( you would escape fatal maladies?Dropsy, Dia? betes or Hright's disease. Take Klec trlc Hitters sl once and see Rackache fly ami all your best feelings return. "After long suffering from weak kid? neys and lame back, one $1.00 bottle Wholly cured me," writes J. R. ltlan k( nsl Ip, of Bslk, Tenn. Only 50c at Sibert's Drug Store. ?DeWitt's Little Early Risem, the best known pills and the best pKU made, are easy to take and net k?'fit? ly and are certain. We sell and rec? ommend them. All druggists. There are 4 2 convicts on the chain gSBg in Spartanburg county There are two gangs in the county, one be? ing at work at Glenn .Springs, the other at Apalache. The gang at Apalache has about 18 men and the Glenn Spring gang has 24 convicts. The gangs have been stationed at these points for some time and are now finishing the road work in these sections. ?Mr. F. O. Fritts. Oneonta, N. Y.. writes; "My little u-irl was greatly benefittod by taking Foley's Orlne Laxative, and 1 think it i:* the btst remedy for constipation end liver trouble. ' Fob y s OrhtO La*:;.the is bist for women and children. u> it is mild, plesaant and effective, and i- S splendid spring medicine, as it clean ses the system and clears ihe com pi'-xion. jv. w. Btbett, Vn s ection on the question of is? suing bonds for tbe Creet'.OO of a high school building at Olanta, in the lover part of Florence county, was held on last Saturday, and the vote was unanimously in favor of the lerue of $5.000 la bonds. The com? missioners of the district will go ahead at once to have the buildings erected, as the bonds have already been placed. ?Children especially like Kennedy's Laxative Ooagh Syrup as it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. It not only heals irritation and allays inilammation, thereby stopping the cough, but it also moves the beweis gently and in that way drives the cold from the system. It contains no opiates. Sold by all druggists. Do not envy those who seem more successful. You don't know the loads they ate carrying. ?People past middle life usually have some kidney or bladder disorder that saps the vitality, which is nat? urally lower in old age. Foley's Kidn* y Remedy corrects urinary troubles, stimulates the kidneys, and restores strength and vigor. It cures uric acid troubles by strengthening the kidneys so they will strain out the uric acid that settles in the mus? cles and joints causing rheumatism. W. W. Sibert. It is noticeable that since President Taft visited Ya'.? the KdrelnDtrettem'S desire to have Lr. 3?iot ?) tJ Eng? land as Ambassador has teen more eager than ever.?Boston Journal. ?During the Spring every one would be benefitted by taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. It furnishes a need? ed tonic to the Kidneys after the ex? tra strain of winter, and It purifies the blood by stimulating the kidneys, and causing them to eliminate the impurities from it. Foley's Kidney Remedy impaits new life and vigor. Pleasant to take. W. W. Sibert. Watch Our "WALK OVER" Window. The Sumter Clothing Company. _V_ 0 Readers, Read Stieffs Ads Every Week YOU will find them not only interesting, but instructive, and if you expect to buy a piano and will be guided by our knowledge gained from sixty-six years' experience, you can secure a piano that will always be good, and buy at the Right Price. Watch For Special Bargains. Write To-Day Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of the \ Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Seifplayer Pianos. SOUTHERN WAREROOMS 5 W. Trade St. CHARLOTTE, :: N. C. C. H. Wilmoth, Manager. (Mention this paper.)