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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21
nrnued to Randolph.

Mr.. ]. T. Yarbrough and family moved
TO their farm in Randolph county Mon
dav Dawson regrets to lose them as
citizens.
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a Good Thing.

Mr.. NJ. n. Childs, of Brentwood, has
dasber that is working revolution IN
cburping. 1t excels anything of the kind
ever invented Get one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21
Election.

The semi-annual election of officers of
The Athen@um will occur today. A
full attendance of the members is desir-
ed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21

Magnetic Nervine, the great restor-
ative will cause you TO sleep like
child Try it. Sold by Si.le-DaVis Drug
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21

mount Due the School Board.
" weeks ago TIE News stated that
NY council was due the school
ABOUT $500. The finance COM
VI the council and school board
'""saay afternoon to learn the
AUS Of a fais A full investigation
u committees reduced the amount
ae schools to 81, 800.
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watson win Speak.

Tom Watson is advertised to speak II
Cuthbert on the 5th of August.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21
win speak at Leary.

: ], D. NJ Griggs has accepted an in
" deliver an address at a Ma
l =, at Leary on the 23rd
4e selection of an orator for the
10 good one, and itch treat
I'F those who will gather at
VI that occasion.
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LONG LOST.
a STORY STRANGER THAN FICTION

w. +. Chancey Living in Georgia--Lost as
an Infant, Now Restored to
His Parents.
WASHINGTON, N. c., June 19.-Many
people in Georgia will be interested in
knowing that w. P. Chancey, recently
of Buford and now of Gainesville, in
that state, has been fully identified as
the long-lost son of Mr. and Mrs Samuel
Chancey, Of this place.
The boy was lost on October 6, 1865,
being then years old. His disappear
ance remained profound mystery for
twentY-eight years.
AT frs it was thought that he was
playing out behind the garden with his
brother, but it was not so. 1t seems
that they were playing together when
the elder 'otted to meet his uncle, the
little one following, but being TOO small
lost sight Vi them and took the wrong
path and cot lost.
His parents and hundlcd eds Of other
e ger hunters searched the woods for
weeks and weeks, bat 40 traces could be
found of the wanderer.
Several ideas prevailed; some thoughs
he had been burn, in blazing tar kiln,
others supposed that he had been de-
vourcd by villa animals while some said
he must have been stolen by tobacco
peddler, whom they hal seen in The vicin-
iy.
TIE SON 5 STORY.
This latter story is probably the cor
rect one. The boy, now man 30 years
of age, remembers riding on water
He was lett at Roman Catholic insti-
tuition at Savannah, ta, " here he re-
main, d twelve or fourteen years. Get
ting tired Of it, he decamped October q,
1884, and went to Forsyth county, where
he got wing the best way he could, and
afterwards lived IN Buford. He had been
working in Gainesville some time when
an old book agent, hearing his name,
asked if he had any kin in Washington,
n. c. On being told not, he advised him
.Fo 'T1trv 5 ne might be the son they had
lost so many Years ago. rtrr.,-----
November 20 1892. SO he wrote and
sent his photograph.
In due time on the first day of Nay,
1898, he received letter telling him the
st ~ of his disappearance twenty-eight
years before, and as he answered the de-
scription, he determined to make the
trip and left Gainesville May 10th, arry-
ing at Washington on the 10th.
THE JOYFUL REUNION.
Il 5 arrival having been widely herald
ed by his overjoyed relatives, multi
tude of people had assembled and he,
trembling with emotion, was carried to
vehicle and went for the losU boys home.
Upon his arrival his old mother, bent
down with her q years, said she recog-
nized him at once and her faith that she
would one day see her boy again was re-
warded. Equally glad was his poor old
father of 80 summers.
HAD SAVED HIS Toys.
Ms. Chancey, his mother, kept all his
playthings and when making quilts for
her children made his to-, believing that
she would see him some time. He has
four brothers anu two sisters, and host
of cousins, SO many, he says, if they all
woulu give him nickel noath he
would never have to work any more. He
is back at his work now, but will, he
saws. return to his new found home IN
the fall.
Late Arrivals.
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Druggists

Sale-Davis, Druggists, recommend
Johnson's Magnetic Oil, the great family
pain-killeI, internal and external.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21
Seriously Ill.

MRS. NJ. C. Minis is seriously Ill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-06-21

H. Zoo Hart vent up to Butler
'ag On a visit.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26

finest, if not the finest, of all stare
representations, but as the great mas
terpiecc in his own repertoire. In
rivalry with it is, OF course, Bob
Acres, and these two characters. as
Joseph jefferson has presented them.
would have been sufficient to have es-
tablished n lasting fame without any
thing else.
Everything, however, this comedian
has done has been super-excellcnt. Mr..
jefferson is an actor by lneage and by
education. His father and grand
father both of them named Joseph,
were noted dramatic artists.
The subject of this sketch began his
career at the early age of three years,
when he took the part of the child in
"Pizarro, or the Death of Solla'' at a
theater in Washington. Joseph Jeffer-
son was porn u Philadelphia, Febru-
airy 20, 1920. His earlier years, cspe-
cially after the death of his father in
1913, were spent as a strolling player
in various parts of the country. He
went through Texas and at the break
ing out of the Mexican war he followed
the army of the United States into the
land Of the Montezumas. Returning
to the north he acted at and managed
various theatcrs, at one time being in.
partnership with John Ellsler.
Before he was twenty-one he began
to think seriously of settling down in
, life and was married to an actress
' named Lockger. His elder brother
strongly opposed the match, but young
Jefferson was persistent and the we'd
ding took place in church in Phila-
delphia, Barney Williams and his wife
being present Mrs. Jefferson died in
March, 1861, and, in consequence of that
, sad event, Mr. jefferson broke up his
home in New York and started for Cal
Tzfornia, taking with him his eldest
, son. The trip extended to long tour
OF several years duration, embracing
Australia, South America, England
and the continent. The Australian
portion of the trip was particularly
pleasant and profitable. While at the
convict settlement, Van D.man's
Land, now called Tasmania. Mr.. JEFF
ferson played the character of Bob
Briefly in the "Ticlkct -of-Lcayc-M Man,
The actor in his autobiography saws he
can never remember with anything but
the most extreme pleasure the effect he
had upon that audience, made no for
the most part OF convicts. They we're
in perfect sympathy with poor Bob in
all his trials, and afterward when on tho
streets he would chance to meet one
he was always greeted as "onc of
them"
The list OF characters Mr.. Jefferson
has played in his time is a very for
midable one. He played Bob Acres
many times in the early days.an never
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26

E>RUSTRE'S SALE OF HYDE PARK LOT
AS trustee in a deed executed on the 9th day
OF feDruary, 1900, by V. ii. Payne and q w
Hhei1r 10 me, and recorded in the clerks Office of
Tue musings Court, for the city Of Roanoke Va
~ GecG cook No. 30, page 3l9, to secure to the
n oI9ue rare Land Company 81, 90 evidenced by
one LcSolaolc note for S3A, payable In two
months, anu two note, for the sum OF : 81 @ en-
cateu thc 5th day OF February, 1890 payahl- in
ole anu Two years from date, with per cei J. in
teies' from cate and default having been made
"a ahc payment OF the las; mentioned nc Il r =
go anu the interest accrued thereon, and being
VII ON TIE 9TH DAY OF JUNE. is.,3. Al; -
OCLoCh NJ, offer for salc by public aucton In
isoht or the courthouse OF the civ of Roanoke
thh following described real estate: All thnt cor
tam LOT or parcel OF land ard being In the county
VI honnoke, state OF Virginia. bounded and de-
scribed ne follows, to-wit
beginning at n point on the northwest co-r.r
OF shenandoah avenue and Nineteenth street
thence with Shenandt ah avenue north Is degrees
70 minutes west 200 fec, to Twentieth street
Ihencc WIN wentieth street north u degrees II
minutes east 100 f:et to an alley, thence With said
seY south Is degrees Is minutes cast icO Z, ri 10
south :. degrees Is minutes wcs, 80 fc / 10 the
pace OF beginning and known as somh half OF
sec on htci on map Gua sl-ycy OF the HYDE
P.rk Land Company. w
siMs: Cash enough 10 pay expenses of
txcc3iius this trust, including commission of
per Gent TO the trustee and topay the said note
OF SHF, ana accrued interest, and as to the rcsl.
cue upon such terms as the said V. H. PAYNE and
q. W. Shelor shall direct, and III case of fainrc
upon thcr part 10 give suca direction upon
circuit OF six months, the purchaser TO give bond
VIII security Tor the said residue and to execute
a decd OK trust on the land sold 10 secure tn.
same. { {; iErTN rrrs,no 'sN
8 81 ids ''' A'Ns'eN
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26
JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
Character and Work Of America'e
Greatest Comedian.
Early Struggles Succeeded by Unparalleled
Triumphs = Versatility Which Seems
Marvelous-Thc Actors Famous
Roies-His Later Years.
Especial Letter.l

The true delineator of dramatic
characters must learn sooner or later
that strong contrasts arc. the effects
which arouse enthusiasm in IN audi
ence. 1t was to the deep impression
this thought made upon the mind of
Joseph jefferson that the world is
indebted for one of the greatest char
acters ever enacted on the stage; and
although not wholly, but in great
measure, to that same impression is
that famous comedian indebted for the
crown of glory which he so deservedly
wears. Joseph jefferson would with
out doubt have become a great and
famed actor in any case, but his
stumbling, almost accidentally, upon
the character of Rip Van Wrinkle was
certainly powerful auxiliary to the
success he attained.
Joseph Jefferson was nearly thirty
years of age before he secured any pub
lie recognition. This was in 1865 at
Laura Keene's theater in New York
city, as Asa Trcnchard in Tom Taylor's
play of "Our American Cousin" He
made great hit and for the first time in
his stage career enjoyed the pleasure
bic sensation of seeing his audience
moved on the instant from laughter to
tears. 1t gave him sense of power
which his dramatic instincts warned
him to cultivate. In the summer of
1850 the actor went to Il farm in Para
disc valley in Pennsylvania for his va
cation. He was in fever of unrest
because he was not able to find just the
character he wanted. While at this
farm one rainy day, lying in the loft of
the barn, on the hay, he was reading
"Thc Life and Letters of Washington
Irving" Suddenly the remembrance
of the sketch Book" came to him and
from that his mind turned to the quaint
character of Rip Van Wrinkle.
He went to the house and got the
book and began reading the story. The
result was his gathering up such ma
tcrial as he could from three previous
dramatizations and by adding some
ideas and situations of his own. He
produced II play which was both salts
factory and disappointing to the
author 1T was not until some years
later, when in London, that Dion
Boucicault revised the work, making it
the representation as the public
knows it to-day.
Mr.. Jefferson's Rip Van Wrinkle must
always stand, not only as one os the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26
TRUsTEE's SALE OF HYDE PARK LOTS

il AS trustee in deed executed on the 10th
day of January, 1890, by j. A. Finke ana r. II.
McClaugherty to me and recorded in the clerk 8
office OF the county court OF Roanoke county in
deed book w, page G23, to secure 10 the Hyde
Park Land Company the sum or $500, as evi.
dcnced by three certain negotiable notes, dated
the 10Th day of January, $50, and payable in one,
two and three years. with interest from date,
AID default having been made in the payment of
the last mentioned two notes, and the accrued
interest thereon, and being required SO to do by
the holder OF the eaid two notcs, will, on THE
2$rH DAY OF JUNE, 1893, AT IL NJ, offer for
sale by public auction in front of the courthouse
OF the city OF Roanoke the following described
real estate: That certain lot parcel OF land
lying in the county OF Roanoke, State OF Vir-
GINA, and adjoining the city of Roanoke, Va,
and described us follows:
beginning at the southwest corner OF Cen.
ter avenue and Eighteenth street, thence
no IN GS degrees Is minutes west 200 feet to a
point, thence south 81 degrees Is minutes west
100 feet to an alley, thence with said alley south
Us degrees 45 minutes cast 800 feet to the place OF
beginning and known as lots 13 II, II and lC
lection Ia, on the map of the Hyde Park Land
Company
TERMS: Cash enough TO nav expenscs of
executing this trust, including commission OF
per cent. to the trustee, and TO pay the said two
notes OF S2G6CG each and accrued interest and as
TO the residue, il any, upon such terms ms the
said j. a. FIJI Ike al d r. II. McClauehcrty shall
direct, and in case OF failure upon their part TO
give sIch direction, upon n credit of six months
the purchaser 10 give bond with security for the
said residue. and TO execute deed OF trust ON
the lnnd sold to secure The same.
52i ids S. GRIFFIN, Trustee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26

VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
~ Daniel Harvey, dated the 10th OF April, 1881,
and recorded IN the clerk office of the Hastings
book o., page IS, to the undersigned trustee to
secure to the North Side Land Company the pay
payment OF said debt shall, ON THURSDAY.
THE 18th OF MAY, 1873, At ~ O'CLOCK NJ,
In front OF the courthouse in the city OF Roanoke
virginia, proceed to sell at'public aution to the
highest bidder all the property coveted by said
certain parcel of land in thc CITY OF Roanoke
Virginia, known Us lot No. H. section l. as showr
by the map OF the North Side Land Company.
Terms: Cash ms to the past due rotes and
OF executing this trust, 500, payable in onthly
payments OF IS each, with il terest from the 10th
day OF April, 1891, on each payment said paw
ments beginning to fall due on the 10th day OF
June, 1893, and continuing to fall due on the 10th
day OF each onth thereafter for twenty consccu-
tive months. Balance, IL any, payable in one
and two years from day OF sale.
% ids II. S. TROUT, Trustee.
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succeeded in making much Of It until
he did what was considered nothing
less than sacrilege, changing portions of
1.-THE Rivals" over to suit his own.
ideas. The world ut large has long
since passed it's verdict upon the mat
ter. Excellent as was Sheridnn's ORR
ginal play, Jefferson has certainly pro-
duced u version more to the public
taste.
Mr.. jefferson has played and made
great successes in the characters of
Salem Scudder in 'The Octoroon,"
Newman Noggo in Nicholas Nickle-
by" DIR. Ollapod in "Poor Gentle
man," DR.. Pangloss in the "Heir at
Law" and Caleb Plummer in The
Cricket on the Hearth
In character Mr. jefferson is one of
the most genial men in the dramatic
profession. lie was married the second
time on December 90, 1867, to Miss
Sarah Warren, IL relative of William
Warren, the comedian. He has ever
been liberal in the extreme to his breth-
rem in the profession, giving time and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26
TRusTEE's SALE OF VALUABLE REAL

HNRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL,
Il cstatc.-By virtue of deed OF trust dated
the 18th day of January 1902 from Evalyn A. ponc
and a Pope. her husband, to the undersigned.
70 sccurc the payment OF the various debts
therein mentioned, the said A. pope heinz in
arrears more than 500 provided to be paid TO
the undersigned and at the request of n holder
eli moro than majority of the ndcbtcducss in
SAID deed mentioned, which request is In writing
and specifics the time and terms OF sale and he
minimum price for said land ! will ON SATJR.
DA1. TIE 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 1919, AT 10
O'CLOCk NJ, in front OF the promises proceed TO
Sc II at public auction to the highest bidder that
certain parcel OF land lying in the city OF Roam
o6c, Va, and bounded as follows:
beginning at the northwest corner OF Boulc
ward ami street, thence with + street in q
ncrtherly direction 100 feet to alley, thence
win said alley In westerly direction 100 feet to
point, thencc at light ar giles and in southcrly
direction k0 feet to Boulevard, thence with
boulevard In an eastcrly direction % feet to +
streci, the place of beginning, being lots Nos S
Land Company.
rms sale ie, according to tho terms OF said
deed of trust, expressly subject to the two deeds
of trust, one dated the 2Sth day of February
1S9l, 10 secure the Maryland Life Insurance
company the payment of So 500 due the 2Sth
OF February, is 6, interest payable semi.an-
nually; the other dated the list day OF June fS9l.
70 SECURE the same company the payment OF
sSO' due on the 2eth of February, 1876, Interest
payable scmi-annually Interest on both sums
Is g. rN "p " f''i""iS so'n
TERMS: Cash, az to all of the purchase price
over and above the said debts due TO MARYLAND
Lie insurance company ID. ii. MATSUN,
~ tus Trustee.
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by VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST FRO,

by VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
DJ. w. Dowdy, dated the Both day of MAY, ISM.
and recorded In the clerks Office OF the Hastings
90, page ia to the undcrt gncd trustee to secure
10 the North side Land Company the payment of
Sl0p, and dcfanlt having been made in the pay
18TH OF MAY, 1sa3, At 10 O'CLOCK NJ, IN front
OF the courthouse in the city of Roanoke, Va.
to wit: NN1u'
A certain parcel OF land "a the city of Roanoke
va, known as lot No. 30, section s. as shown nv
the map OF the North Side Land Company
TERMS: Cash us to the pact due notes and
interest, amounting to about 1929 and the cost of
executing this trust. $45 payable IN monthly nav
ments OF So each, with interest from the ;syth dny
OF May, 1871, on each payment, said payments be-
ginning TO fall due on the Both day OF NAV 1891
and continuing to fan due the Both day OF each
month thereafter for nine consecutive months
balance, II any, payable in one and two years
from day OF sale. H. s. TROUT Trusfcc
1 % tGe
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money whenever he was called upon
1t was Joseph jefferson who first prof
fered his assistance to the family of
George Holland after the death of that
genial comedian.
1t was Mr.. jefferson who went with
the son of the dead actor at Mrs. Hol-
lands request to the pastor of her
church to ask him to hold the funeral
services in his church. but who refused
upon learning the profession the de-
ceased had followed. 1t was to Joseph
Jefferson this minister of the Gospel
said that though he could not hold the
funeral services of an actor in his
church there was "a little church
around the corner" where the funeral
services could possibly be held. In re-
lating the event Mr.. Jefferson did
not appear TO care about the slight
yes. insult-to himself as member of
the deposed profession, though there is
no doubt he did feel it keenly, but it
cut him to the quick to have his dead
friends son hear such slight put upon
his father. Mr.. jefferson was probably
never so much incenscd in his life as he
was at that unfeeling minister.
Joseph Jefferson is in these DAYS rest
ing upon the laurels he has SO well
earned. He confines himself to two
or three of his favorite characters.
mainly RIP Van Wrinkle" and Bob
Acres" and it is hardly probable he will
ever again essay any new role.
lie is not perhaps too old, for though
he is CD years of age his health and
general physical condition are excel
lent. lie does not spend SO much of
his spare time at his plantation in
Louisiana as formerly. He is inter
ested in politics and is a warm personal
friend of Grover Cleveland. Although
man of much libcrality, he was never
like his father or his grandfather, inn
provident, and is now worth about
S5o0,0O0. The last new venture he en-
tered into was with the late 'Billy''
Florence, when they organized com
binatlon to produce a line of the old
time comedies. The venture was high
~ successful. from both financial and
artistic point of view, and was in oper-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26
TRUSTEES SALES.

10y VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
D Henry W. Howard, dated the 2nd day of
April, $50, and recorded in the clerks Office OF
in deed book So, page 800, to tho undersigned
trustee to secure to the North Side Land Com
pany the payment OF $40, and default having
been made In the payment OF said debt. shall, on
THURSDAY, THE 25TH MAY, 1893, AT IL
O'CLOCK NJ in front of the. courthouse in the
city OF Roane ke. Va, rcceed to sell at public
auction to tt highest bidder all the property
covered by e. deed, to wit:
- certain parcel Of land in the city of Roanoke,
Va, known as lot No. 5, section g. as shown by
the map OF the North Side Land Company.
TERMS: Cash as TO the past due notes and in
tercef. amounting to about S125. and the cost Of
one and Two years from day OF sale.
% tbs II. s. TROUT, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-26
TRUsTRRs sALHs.

being required 60 to. do by the -Senencia
~. lssS, AT 1915 O'CLOCK p. NJ, In mont OF
IN toe In said city eel at public auction
s ua9 bidder all Of that certain parcel of
l0O feet on the north side OF Washington street
aMo running back an even width 1876 feet to an
nitey ana known as lots Nos Z and 8, in section
~ according to the map OF the Lewis addition
to the city OF Roanoke, Va
THhMS: Cash as to sufficient to pay said past
due notes and interest and the cost of execnttine
TINS trust. Balance, IL any. payable In equal in.
staimenis one, two and three years from day OF
notes and secured by deed OF trust upon the
property. r. 3. LUDWIG. Trustee
Tho above property has been sold by Messrs.
Evans ana Wcrtz and Is. g. Cochran and said
notes were assumed by their vendees.