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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-07-12
NEW GOODS.

New styles are what the public want. We
are here with our Great Stores to meet and
supply that want at the lowest possible cost to
our patrons.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-07-12
NOVEL : SPRING
DRESSING.
We are Doing Business in the
Age of New Styles on
Dressing and Materials.

Are things of the past in our Great Store
Wherever you see them on our counters youh
find them marked at half TO three fourshs
value.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
Effect of Electricity Upon Crops.

1t has come to pass that a practical,
scientific use of electricity is made in
France to stimulate the growth and in
crease the product of field crops. An
apparatus which has been successfully
used is call the geomagnetizer, and con-
sists of high pole set up in the field
where the potatotoes or other crops are
growing. 1t supports an insulated head
of galvanized iron, which termin ttes III
the air in a sort Of plexus of points and
branches made of copper. This collec-
tor of electricity communicates by wire
with a net work of other wires, which
ramify through the earth around the foot
of the pole, and among the growing
roots. beets, cabbages, potatoes or other
crops. The wires are buried deep enough
to be out of the way in cultivating the
crop. 1t is found by experience that
this apparatus collects the electricity
which always exits in the atmosphere,
and which is made especially manifest
by storms, rain, wind, etc, and transmits
it to the earth and the stratum of air
nearest the earth. The resulting stimu-
lus TO the crop is very marked. In one
test within a superficial area of thirty
two meters, the potato yield, in proper
ton to the yield of adjoining areas not
electrically stimulated, was as 81 to 60;
another report showed sixty-thTee kilo-
grams of potatoes as against thirty-elght
Kilograms growG under ordinary condl-
tions. Other root crops and grapes give
equally good results.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
hanEed my lucky stars Tor so mucn enrov.

thanked my lucky stars Tor So. nucn en- r,,v.
ment
As the shadows grew in the room where
! my hre Hlckered on the hearth, | Law on a
comfortable sofa and smoked. Nv nine
! lulled me to sleep.
suddenly l sat up, awakened by some
thing that sent cold shudder through nv
| veins. My fire was dead on the hearth.
and the pale moonlight that sifted through
the windows showed me the little heap of
gray ashes looking like the face of a corpse
All at once heard clanking sound, as
II a chain were being drawn across the
fioor. 1t was close to the door of nv room,
which | saw swing slowly open My hair
rose. shook myself to make sure l was
not dreaming.
Clankl clanki Into the room walked q
woman. Her hair was very white and her
face haggafd, while her dress was in tat
tiers. saw her plainly in the moonlight.
THANK Godi am free at lastp'
| heard the words, and they came from
the woman's lips. They seemed to start my
blood to flowing once more did not be-
lieve in spirits, and with a sudden impulse
at which have since marveled 1 sprang up
and grasped her by her wrists.
1t was real, living woman. She screamed
and tried to break away, but soothed her.
Il will not harm you, Celia St. Vrain,"
said l. feeling a sudden inspiration.
who are you~ she Questioned "Why
do you call me Celia ST. Vrain? am not
Celia, but Hester.n
thought her deranged by her sufferings,
but she told me wonderful and astound-
ing story, soon convincing me she was in
truth Hester. Aided by devoted negro
slave, Celia had seized her sister and
chained her in a secret room of the house,
the black man welding the iron bonds.
That was shortly before Robert Stanhope
was to return. A grave was dug, and there
was a show Of burial, headstone being
erected with Ceha's name and age upon it.
Then the treacherous sister dyed her hair
and stained her fair skin until she looked
the perfect picture of Hester, whose name
she took. When Robert came, he was de
ceived, and he married the blond instead of
the brunette, never dreaming of the decep-
ton which had been kept up successfully
to the end.
The sufferings of Hester ST. Vrain, i'm
prisoned in that deserted house, can be bet
ter imagined than described. Food and
GI411h WC1C DIONSA4U 1ICl CWICC a WCGh W
the negro who had aided in the infamous
plot, but she aged with amazing rapidity,
and she looked like an old woman on the
night she succeeded in breaking the iron
chain and escaping from her prison cham
Der.
AS we were leaving the house, Celia st.
Vrain rode up in the moonlight. Hester
rushed out and confronted her treacherous
sister, shaking her thin hands in the airun-
til the chains dangling from her wrists
clanked and ratified.
II am freeW she screamed. Free! freeW
The woman on the horse swayed INSTEAD
lily and then recovered herself She did not
speak word, but saw something glitter
in her hand, and leaped forward. Even
as made the spring there was red fash
and a sharp report CeliaSt. Vrain pitched
headlong from the saddle to the ground.
When l lifted her head, she was just
breathing her last.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
corE ODD STORIES.
.-er;NG TALES or ADVENTURE
N ON SEA AND LAND.

INA Blond and Brunette, Who
l'~ .d . Planters sOn-The Death of ce-
W. w., the story of the Haunted House.
- Ghost and the Revelation.
-. 1898 BY American Press Associa-
copy ls"' toni
roars after the war as was trav-
SOIL, yno,Ioh the Cumberland mountains
cling In LIZ, Kentucky l came just at sunset
in eaS'0i-f q picturesque and deserted man
inHe" Zinc down in a fowery nook at
s 20 head ns Of a beautiful but lonely valley.
the .d n[d nv horse and sat In the saddle
! "UR Ring the old ruin, which the vanish
TegaLuaD 9t that moment flooded with deli
ing o rasv light. Plainly at one time it had
cae 10y tL3 home of wealth and luxury.
Oe SSn5 SI my reverie was broken by the
o ua "f a voice, and the head Of an aged
s0lA1 or,naared in the notch amid the tan
negIU y' ~rg Of a once well kept hedge. The
glsl -n, nodded. removing his brimless old
Aa @uov Do sab" he said. "'Pears to me
~. strangah bout heah. Which way 20
g4 SIpr wav fancy leads me, was my re
aAs night is so close at hand, | think
F! will stop over till morning at yonder
IT Tboo1d negrofung up his hands IN horror.
80, bebben's sakes, NASSAU, dom yo' do
.5 ba cried Dat place is haunted! Oar
Nv ~, snooks dart OATS why it ann Left 20
ruin +La
3arkv TO force his way through the hedge,
a a4,rr' which he told me an interestingStory
If the deserted house.
A tbn beginning of the war the beauti-
al mansion was the home of a wealthy but
-aaor+,dc man named Morel St. Vrain. He
~os tbe father Of two beautiful daughters,
,rirs one q blond, the other brunette.
Tba blond was named Celia, the brunette
Tsster But for the difference in their com
1Isyions it would have been almost i'm
possible TO distinguish one from the other.
0np remarkable thing was that both had
dark ewes. and this made Celia rather the
more fascinating of the two, for her eyes
and fair hair and pink white skin contrasted
ina dazzling manner.
Twenty miles away lived Robert Stan
hone. a planters son, a dashing young man,
who paid great deal of attention to the
twins, although it was impossible to say
which one he preferred at first. Both the
Young ladies admired Stanhope, and there
was quiet rivalry between them for his
hyOrs.
The outbreak of the war seemed to bring
the planters son to a decision, for he came
| 10 Hester and asked her to become his wife
when he returned from the army, if he ever
came back. She promised, and he placed
handsome ring on her finger to seal the
pledge
Stanhope volunteered in the Confederate
army, while Morel ST. Vrain, loyal to the
Union, enlisted with the Federals, won
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
A Leader,

Since its first Introduction, Electric
Bitters has gained rapidly in popular ia
vor. and it is clearly in the lead among
pure medicinal tonics and Alternatives
Containing nothing which permits its use
as beverage or intoxicant, it is recog-
nized as the best and purest medicine
for ailments of stomach, liver or kidneys
If will cure sick headache, indigestion,
constipation, and drive malaria from the
system. Satisfaction guaranteed with
each bottle or the money will be refund
ed. Price only SOC. per bottle. Sold by
Sale-Davis Drug co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
Remarkable Bird,
From theRockdale B amer.

From theROckdale b amer
Some two months ago Mr.. III. |. White,
of this county, witnessed a scene not
often obsery Q in this country.
While he was moving pile of straw
from a field some field mice would run
out, and as they went butcher bird
would scoop down and carry them away
to a haw bush. This it did two or three
times.
Seeing that the bird went to the same
quickly, Mr.. White decided to go and see
if he could learn what the strange bird
did with its prey. As he approached
the bush he discovered the mice hang
ing there with their heads pierced
through with thorns. Thele we're also
other mice hanging on the bush, some
half eaten and some that appeared to
have been there SO long that they were
dry.
Judge Joseph Reagan tells us that on
his farm some one and half miles south
of Conyers butcher birds are frequently
seen. He says that a few years ago it
was no uncommon thing to find lizards,
little snakes, mice, etc., hanging on a
certain hawthorn bush on his place.
He says the remarkable bird resembles
a hooking bird, except that it's beak is
stronger and mOreslike hawks.
A shirke or butcher bird, sometimes
catches smaller birds AMI kills them with
one stroke of its powerful bill. AS its
claws are feeble, it impales it's prey on
thOrnS, where it goes to eat them at leis-
ure,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
Thankful for the Truth.

From the Detroit Free Press.
''What are you thinking about?n ask
ed the hotel clerk of the drummer who
sat by the fire in a brown study. ~
"About investing some money have
in real estate replied the drummer
Chow much?"
"All I've got; about 81, 900"
'Where is the real estateY'
Gin a western town. You saw that
man I've been talking to for an hour OF
so and who left here while ago?"
eyes"
"Well, [ met him on a train to-day
and he got me interested in a town in
Oregon called Hesperides. IT'S only
about three years old, he says, but it has
been coming up at a phenomenal rate.
He had maps and stuff here this evening
till you couldn't rest, and he offered me
five acres within half mile of the centre
of the town for 81 ,000."
The clerk devoted a moment to wrest-
ling with thought.
whats the population of the placer"
"He didn't say, but he said it was
twenty-five times greater than it was in
1890, when the first settler came. He
said, too, that the number of houses had
increased 100 per cent. each year for the
three since the first lots were laid out.
CHATS a good showing" said the
clerk, "a fine showing, but did he say
Row many houses there we're put up the
first years.
The drummer looked queer.
"No, he didn't" he replied.
The clerk went around behin1 the
counter and came back with newspa-
per-
There's an article on real estate snaps
in Oregon" he said; "let's look for your
town. Ah," he went on after a moment
"here you are Hesperides, boom town,
one house put up in 1890, two in 81, 93
not yet in. Population in 80, /; in '9l,
10; in '92, 20; estimate for '93, 25.
The clerk looked at the drummer and
smiled
"Well," exclaimed the drummer, with
a sigh of relief, SIN glad he didn't lie
about it, for do SO despise liar"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17

commission and lost his life at Missionary
Ridge. All through the war Stanhope re-
Celyed letters from his promised bride, and
once he visited her on furlough. The two
girls were very lonely in the old house. To
make their situation more unpleasant, they
sometimes quarreled over Stanhope, Celia
accusing her sister of securing the young
mans affections in treacherous manner.
one even refused to see Stanhope when he
VISITED Hester
), "hen the war was over, the young sol
y!er made all haste to reach the beautiful
hume IN the quiet little valley. He found
4 hester mourning the death Of her sister,
Suo she said, had been dead and buried
.no weeks. The little valley was so de
serted that faithful negro had made the
conn l and dug the grave, none of Celia's
O'u OlIne friends being present at the funer-
d and lnterment
as as Hester was left quite alone in the
IOTlu, the marriage was not delayed so
4 I'us a. II otherwise would have been. The
5Jlle II the valley was closed, and the
. .iue was taken to live on the Stanhope
shed in the war
81 :. was not long before there were strange
o oiU'lgs set in circulation concerning the
wa aUalQohed home. 1t was said the place
V ro,- haunted by the ghost of Celia ST.
tb na' .,,I ana the country people as well as
sa vi Soperstitious negroes Stunned the To-
10y Gradually the old house had begun
snow snow signs of decay.
with tiSO 81 Stanhope had not lived happily
q I,n nu MS wife, who had changed from a
on sung vlvacious girl to sad and nerv
Eva, "Unlan, IN whose dark eyes there was
jr ill., look of fear and dread. He took to
dad 5A' and the old negro told me he had
vaIo~ It" weeks before my advent in the
no ra,s5ng heard this story, I was all the
b a rg ,Ie5Germined to spend the night In the
he of u haunted house. Despite the warn
toD ', IN Iae darky, rode up to the old man
bin W. "aVered my horse at the well, turned
aQ5 t -bUo an inclosed lot to feed on the grass
q WIFI Lien carried my saddle into the house.
W. r'Ou l easily obtained entrance.
ser rus t's amazed to find very few of the heav-
sOon ISSt y. had been removed, and
sOd da TIgIleo would spend a comfortable
opb 5sntfuI night. lighted fire on the
RodnOooSSF Ia to take the chill from the room,
assS '. = food from my saddlebaeA ate,
- sa1d Watar from thu rzAll and
Il <.~~&ze 49, -sszzA83A
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17

There is nothing have ever used for
muscular rheumatism that gives me as
much relief as Chamberlain's Pain Balm
does, having been usingit about two
Uesrs-four bottles in alias occasion
yye or' and always keep bottle of it
IN INV home. l believe l know a good
thing when get hold of it, and Pam
RAIN is the best liniment 1 have ever
met with. w. B. Denny, dairyman'
New Lexington, Ohio. so cent bottles
for sale by Farrar & Farrar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
We TELL YOU

nothing new when we state that tpays to engage
in permanent, most healthy and pleasant ousi-
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Such is the business we offer the working class.
We teach them how to make money rapidly, ana
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Every one who takes hold now and works will
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
For Dismission.
County,

GEORGIA-Terrell County,
Ordinary's Office, April 3rd, 1898,
Mrs. S. A. E. Dodwell, executrix
of the will of John Sanders, repre-
sents that she has fully discharged the
duties OF her said trust and prays for
letters of dismission. This is, there's
fore, to notify all persons concerned
to show cause, If any they can, on or
before the first Monday in July uext,
why said executrix should not be dis
charged from said trust.
j. w. ROBERTS,
Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
S25 600 in Premiums.

Offered by Liggett & Myers Tobacco
Co., of st. Louis, Mo. The one guessing
nearest the number of people who will
attend the Worlds Fair gets $1,000, the
second 81 900, etc. Ten Star tobacco
tags entitle you to a guess. Ask your
dealer for particulars or send for circu-
lar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
Hnts and ROnnets.

Remember, before you buy, that you
can save money by patronizlng Mrs: u
L. Mize, where you can get the pretues'
hat in Dawson or elsewhere.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
Notice.

David A. Merritt Libel for Divorce
Terrell Superior
Vs. Court
Lizzie ]. Merritt May term, 1898.
To the Respondent: You are here
by notified to be and appear at the
next term OF Terrell Superior court
on the % day of May next, then and
there to answer to the above libel
for divorce, or in default The court
will proceed as to justice shall apper~
tain. Witness the Hon. j. II. Guer>
sy, Jud , e of the Superior court OF
the Pataula circuit. This 4th day of
March, 1898. w. S. DCzIER,
CLERK Terrell Superb Court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17

Its agricultural department is.the
best in the land.
It's Women's and Children's COL
umns are of unusual domestic interest.
Its special Features cost more mon
ey than is paid by ANY TEN Southern
papers combined for general reading
matter.
It's news columns covers the world.
Bill Arp writes for it.
DIR. Talmadge breaches for it.
Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Re.
mus, Wallace P. Reed and Frank L.
Stanton are regularly employed by it.
A. M, Weir (Sarge Plunkett) has
a weekly letter.
Mark Twain, Robert Louis Steven
son, Rudyard Kipling, Frank Stock
ton, Richard Malcolm johnson, and
the best literary genius Of the world
contribute to its columns.
1t is a Magazine.
and Every Issue is an Educ tor!
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Agents wanted in every locality. Mon
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Send for sample copies.
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17

"EXcept sunday.
Through Pullman Sleepers st. Louis
and Jacksonville, and Palace Sleepers
from Montgomery to Macon via DAVIS on.
B. NJ. WILSON, Ag't.,
Dawson, Ga.
j. C.. HALLE,
Gen. Pass. Ag't., Savannah, Ga.
w F. SHELLMAN,
Traffic Manager, Savannah, GA.
GEO. DOLE WADLEY,
Gen. Supt. Savannah, Ga
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
Brick.

First-class Brick for sale cheap at
Hatcher's Stables.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17

Best refrigerated steak at 10 cents at
j, j. PATTERSON 5.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17

We are expecting a lot o
Refrigerators soon. Wa
until they come. A. ]. Ba
win & Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-17
For Sale.

A quantity of choice Tobac-
co Seed. all at this office.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-15
SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT.
Mrs. w. w. Boxley and Her Youngest Child
Drowned While floating.

CLIFTON FORGE, VA, April l4-Spe-
cial-AIr. W. w. Boxley, Of Louisa
county, Va, with his family consisting
of wife and two sons, Willie, aged seven
and L. j., younger were taking
pleasant boat ride on the Greenbriar river
on the afternoon of Monday, 10th instant
when the boat lodged on rock near
Dorr W. Va. In his efforts to dislodge the
boat. which were successful, ne lost the
only oar in the boat and the small craft
drifted into the rapids and was capsi@ed.
Mr. Boxley succeeded in reaching shore
with the youngest child, J.. Jr but ms
wife and the eldest son were drowned.
Had it not been for the prompt assist
ance rendered by one Of Mr.. BoXleys
foremen. an Italian named Peter Mr..
Roxley and his youngest boy very prob
ably would also have been drowned.
Mrs. Boxley was for some years resi-
dent Of Clifton Forge, where she was
universally esteemed and beloved, ana a
large circle Of friends mourn her loss.
She was thrty-two years old, ana a
daughter of Rev. l.. j. Haley, OF Frederick
Hall, Louisa county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-15
May. sixc June as,hc sco, nr,ces.

Nay SiNc.; June. ssHc. Spot prices:
40. =, SIC; No. ? white. doc; mixed
Western. 37M3Si5c.: white DO. 3aT41c.
Wool dull and firm.
Beef dull and easy: family. Sli O07
TO extra mess, S7.a0nS5O. beef hams
dun and steady, city extra. India mess.
sltNul 80; cut meats nrmer and in
better demand, picked bellies. $1,000;
shoulders. 5000, hams. $1,000 1900. >>d-
dies hrmer and duh short clear, Sl023.
Lard quiet and stronger: Western steam
closed al Sio.to asked city. $500 Re
nned firm and quiet. Continent. $1,000:
;. A.. 5000.
Pork in better demand and firm; old
mess. Slt.t5: new mess. SlS.25' extra
Cotton seed OF firm and quiet; crude.
ale bid. yellow. &c
Petroleum firm and quiet; Washing
ton. In barrels. 500, 10. bulk. $40 ke-
Baltimore. $555. do. bulk. S3.0OG305.
Rosln quiet and easy. strained. com
mon TO good. l.21ig nl.:0.
Tnrpentine fairly active ana nrmer
at 8-Q.i2l.c.
Rice quiet and steady.
Molasses- Foreign nominal: New Or
leans. open kettle. good 10 choice In fair
demand and firm AT 30a3Se.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked. &c;
farmers. iigG5i2c.
Coffoe, options closed steady at 5Q20
points down. April. Slbl5a l535; June.
$l4A50l5.05. August, SlA9Onls spot
Rio more active and steady at the de-
sugar"Raw daiii and firm; fair refining,
3tsc.. hottest centrifugal, 39sc. Refined
firm anr more active; STANDARD A.
iA-1G0aisc: graduated. 15-l6d0Ac.;
Grain freights to Liverpool duh and
weak cotton, steamer 3-"Zd.; grain,
steamer. lid.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-15
BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE. MD. April 14.-Flour
steady and unchanged; receipts. 5,l21
barrels: shipments, l3,29S barrels; sales,
l.425 barrels.
Wheat steady: No. . red spot, T5i2G
T5bsc: April 75i4N 75'>c.: May 15kd76c. (;
June, 7GlsN7Ga.c., July, IGlsdIIc.; steamer
no. , red 1lc. bid; milling wheat, by
sample 1IflT1c., receipts. ST bushels;
stock. 5l6. 542 bushels; sales, l24ODO bush
els.
corn steady; mixed spot. 4S'4d4S%c.;
April iSisc. bid. May. 473sd4I@tc., July
4slNniS$c.; steamer mixed. 4tBc. bid;
white corn by sample. Die; yellow do,
sic. receipts. 1O5Zi bushels; shipments.
6O.5>6 bushels, stock, l12,966 bushels;
sales IS OOO bushels.
oats steady: No. . white Western.
411.N42c. No. > mixed, Western, 3Su@9c.
stock. G779O bushels
Rye duh: No ,, 62H62l &C.; receipts,
LII bushels. stock. 81. So bushels.
Hay steady and unchanged.
Grain freights quiet and UNCHANGED.
Provisions firm. mess pork, $500.
Lard-Renned 12iac.
Butter quiet. creamery. fancy, 3Oc.;
do. fair to choice. 25q2oc.; do, imita-
ton. 2jc.
Eggs steady at 15c.
Coffee dull. RIO carsOes fair, 1Sc; NO.
T. 1Glzc
Others unchanged.
Peanuts unchanged.
Stocks Virginia threes, G9a70l2; North
ern Central stock. 20; Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern 6rsts. 1OIl2; do Sc
Cond incomes. rs; Consolidated Gas bonds,
1884; do. stocks, G3i.Q64.