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ouldn't come at all If 1 did,, Helene

wouldn't come at all if did" Helene
yentured-
II viii prepare the list with you and
was the answer
SO IT .ranspired that on pleasant
Saturday afternoon. Helene and her
the village, about two miles distant, and
delivered the Invitations for the party
on the following Friday evening. On
their return Helene was telling all
And did you leave all the invita-
ticns, as I planned?" asked her mother
We'll, with one exception, said
peo much Of ms pe inv,ss was EiIs
Smith. the blacksmith's daughter. She's
pretty, 1 know, and nice girl. but
none Of my set goes with her. knew
You wouldn't like it. but I thought OF
what my friends would say. She dees
not expect IT. so what's the use of hay-
ing time about it?" And then Helene
ran of 70 her room to fuss with her
ribbons and laces.
Monday forenoon Farmer Rigsby had
to go to the blacksmith's shop to have
his team sshod, and Mrs Rigsby made
trading at the grocery and call at Ellen
Smiths to leave her invitation to the
party.
.And l,ave you pretty dress to wear.
my dear" asked Mrs. Rigsby. for she
felt infested to have Ellen look well
The girl was motheriess; and. while
her father was the village blacksmith.
he was an unprincipled man. much
given to drink and neglect Of his only
daughter. For this she was often
sighted, and some OF the girls openly
ilI-treated her.
Yes Ellen answered. ..Aunt Esther
sent me- a dress-a wool. checked black
and white. and a shirt waist pattern.
have that made, and Mrs. Sheldon, a
dressmaker, is going to do the skirt. 1
am to pay her in plain sewing and
cleaning. I viii take it to her tonight.
Then there is also q beautiful turnover
collar and cuffs, so l think l viii look
very well. And I do so thank Helene
for inviting me. although I know some
will not like it.
Mrs. Rigsby said nothing to Helene
about the matter, trusting to fate that
Ellen would never knew, ana that
little diplomacy might avert a casas-
trophe. The girls were busy getting
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fed and coddled and actually brought
up by hand as 1t were,
The chicken grew into an ungainly
buff-cochin with a bad temper, which
earned him the enmity of all the other
fowls In the hen-yard
Dick called his pet Punch. and since
Punch was a solitary outcast among
the other fowls, Dick made for him d
little coop OF his own, and from the
coop the boy stretched a string leading
to his bedroom window. This, he in
formed Punch In one OF the many long
talks the boy and the rooster used to
have together, was TO serve as a tele-
graph in case he should need help dur
ing the night.
sYou, see, Punch" explained Dick, q
win tie my end of the string to one of
my toes when / go to bed, and IL You
want me during the night you just pull
on your end and / will come out"
Punch stretched his neck. tapped his
wings and said, "Cook-a- -doodIe-doo," In
the most knowing manner.
Dick was always boasting about the
beauty and other good qualities of nis
Punch to Bob Smith. who lived across
the way and owned a fiery little bantam
which he valued beyond all other earth
" possessions.
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'.Poohl" said Bob one day, your
rooster may know more than mine but
mine can lick him!"
Now. though Punch was about four
times as big as Bob's bantam, Dick had
some grave doubts as to his fighting
qualities, because he had been obliged
to rescue the bird many times from the
fierce attacks Of both hens and roosters
who drove him about the yard and gen.
orally showed their contempt for him
as a fighter. SO Dick did not take up
Simself n,itS ay,o a. oa ..r GU. coliitsnreisa
Seeing this, Bob became more than
ever abusive Of Punch and boastful of
the bantams ability to '.iick' him. Fin
ally Dick could stand 1t no longer, and
said in desperation: well, bring over
your old rooster, and you'll see how
Punch will eat him up"
So one day Bob appeared with his
bantam.
Now, I know all about rooster
fights" said Bob. THE way to do is
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figure rose it pointed to the hour on a.
marked dial.
The system which the Greeks followed
or dividing the day into twelve equal
hours" from the rising to the setting
the Greek school boy to be good in
summer and work OF his supernuous
boyishness in winter. because an hours
Imposition IN summer was twenty
minutes longer than in winter.
A description OF the hour glass led to
the exhibition OF a new adaptation of it.
A breakfast egg WAS suspended from
the beam OF L pair OF scales and dipped
into 4 saucepan of boiling water The
sand from an nour glass trickled into
the scale which hung from the other end
of the Beam until the egg was cooked.
Then the weight of the sand lifted the
egg out OF the saH0oQan and rang an
electric bell.
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THE FIGHT THAT WENT WRONG.

Richard entered into the poultry busi-
ness with great deal of enthusiasm.
His father gave him a hen and set
ting of eggs, and told him that all the
chickens hatched should be his.
Richard took such personal and con-
slant interest in the process of hatch
ing that the brooding hen rather re-
sented it a an unwarranted interference
in her domestic affairs Either because
he insisted on handling the eggs too Of
ten to see If they were Matching or for
some other reason, when the hen final
fy came off the nest for good she
brought with her only one solitary
chicken
He was rot much of a chicken either
He was an ungainly bird from his first
appearance, and as he developed in
awkwariness his mother became so dis
gusted that she would not scratch for
him or shelter him under her feathery
body. But Dick was immensely proud
of the solitary little rooster, which he
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
AILPARTIEs ARE PLEASED.
Democrats, Populists and RePubh-
cans Happy Over Result in Chicago.

Democrats, POpulists and Republic
cans Happy over Result in Chicago.
The Washington Star says Tom
Watson puts forth the claim that
Judge DUNES election as mayor OF
Chicago was triumph of old-fash-
toned populism and expresses the hope
that old-fashioned populists every
where will rejoice in it. "Mr. Bryan, y
according to the Star, "claims that it
is a triumph of the new-tashloned
democracy, and hopes to see the fruits
of it appear in our national affairs. y
And a young republican named Patter-
son of Chicago, who supported Judge
Dunno, "sees in the result something
over which republicans may rejoice
Now, what can be the purpose OF the
Star in stirring this thing up, almost
in the threshold of the heated season!
If populists, democrats and republic
cans can all find reasons to rejoice IN
Judge Dunne's electiOn-if all the
parties are happy to have things as
they are-what good can be accom-
plished by agitating mattersCSaVan-
nah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
TO STOP THE BOIL wEEvIh
Meeting of EntOmOlOgists of Southern
States to Be Held in Georgia.
.edgeville.

Meeting of EntOmOlOgists OF Southern
States to Be Held in Georgia.
A meeting OF all the state entomolo-
gists of the southern states will be
held in the Office of State :Entomolo-
gist r. l. Smith of Georgia on May .
at 10 O'Clock for discussing and taking
some action with regard to the need OF
a boil weevil quarantine law. This
meeting has been called at the sug-
oestton of A. w. Morrill, of the United
States bureau of entomology who Will
be here to meet with the southern en-
tomologists. In calling the meeting
he suggests the Importance OF immedi-
ate steps for checking the progress OF
the boil weevil in the cottOn-growlng
states, and in view of the fact that
several legislatures are now in session
and others are soon to meet early
action by the entomologists is impor-
tant so that they may take up the
question with the lawmakers of their
respective states.
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when the person making such contract
to labor desired to withdraw from the
contract and leave the service OF the
person who had paid his fine he has
| been held by force, and in some in
stances it is claimed, as | understand
it, by very harsh and cruel measures,
to continue the labor and service.
| This would be clear violation of this
statute as it has been construed and
upheld by the supreme court of the
! United States.
! "AnOther branch of the same Offense
is to arrest or return, or cause to be
arrested or returned or in any manner
aid in the arrest or return, of any per-
son to such condition of peOnage.
This latter offense, or breach of this
Offense, assumed a previous condition
of peonage of course, and to arrest or
return, or cause to be arrested or re-
turned, or to aid in the arrest or re-
turn of a person to this pre-existing
condition of peOnage is an Offense.
That is, if a person is held in such a
condition of peonage and escapes from
or leaves such a condition and is ar
rested and returned to this condition
of peonage it is an Offense under this
statute; or, perhaps expressing it more
properly, this branch of this offense
of peonage.
This is very important and
very serious matter. Mr.. Foreman
and gentlemen, now that the law is
thoroughly settled, it becomes the duty
of the court and your duty as sworn
grand jurors of this court to enforce
this statute.
IF cases are presented to you by
the United States attorney l ask for
them your very careful and earnest
/ consideration. That you will give
them such consideration I have no
question.
Il call your attention thus carefully
to the matter because you are entitled
to have full Interpretation of this
law so that you may act intelligently
on any bills of indictment which are
presented for your action"
A number of well known citizens of
this immediate section, though none are
in Terrell county, have been arrested
in the last year or two on charges of
peonage, and their cases are yet to be
tried.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
JUDGE NEWMAN'S CHARGE ON PEONAGE
Strong Exposition of the Law by the Federal Judge
of This District Persons Whose Court Fines
Have Been Paid Cannot Be Held.

Judge William T. Newman, who
presides over the federal courts OF
this. the Northern district of Georgia,
delivered a very important and inter-
esting charge on the question of peon-
age to the grand jury when the Athens
division of his court convened few
days ago.
The charge of Judge Newman is es-
pecially important in that it touches
upon the rights of party-or the lack
of rights-who pays the court fine OF
another, and the relations thereafter
existing between the two.
1t is generally understood that Judge
Newman has not been as radical on the
peonage question as have been some
other eminent jurists, and as a conse-
cuence there have not been so many
noisy and eloquent fulminations from
the bench nor so many sensational
trials as have occurred elsewhere.
Judge Newman has awaited decis-
ion, and therefore settlement, of this
question by the higher courts, and
now that the law is thoroughly settled
he will strictly enforce it. His charge
to the grand jury at Athens was
conservative, able and fOrceful one,
and fully and explicitly covered the
entire grounds. After quoting from a
recent decision of the United States
supreme court he said:
From what have read to you this
NAV be gathered: That where a per
son enters the service of another I'M
der contract to labor; or where one
person enters the service of another
under an agreement to work out an
indebtedness, the person so contract
inc to labor or to serve cannot be
held to such service or labor fOrcibly
and against his will. As stated by the
supreme court, the person with whom
such a contract to labor or to serve is
made can bring his action for dam
ages for breach of contract; but the
person contracting to labor or to
serve could not be held by force and
against his will to labor or to serve.
1.-The cases, as I understand it,
which will be presented to you have
for the most part arisen from the fol-
lowing state of facts: The person
charged with this Offense has paid the
fine imposed in some court on the
nerson with whom he contracts, and
has obtained from the latter an agree
ment to work for him a certain length
of time in payment of the amount so
advanced to settle the fine, and then
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
CANDIDATES FOR sCALPING.
Some Real Fun Promised at Next
Summers Wild West Festival

Some Real Fun Promised at Next
Summers Wild West Festival
Two Oklahomans have offered for
Al 600 each to allow themselves to be
scalped at the next summers " llo
West Festival. 1t is planned to have
An old-time Indian war and buffalo
hunt, with simple scalping by old
Indians who still have the knack
acquired in early youth
One candidate inserts the condition
that a competent surgeon shall be en-
ploved to replace his scalp promptly
The other agrees to furnish his own
surgeon, and says that in any event
his hair is so long that he could hide
the bald spot in case the grating pro-
cess should not be successful.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
WHOLE FAMILY IN THE PEN.
Woman and All Her Children Sent to
the State Prison Farm.

An entire family has just been sent
to the state penitentiary from Ogle-
thorpe county for burglary. The fam
lily consists of a mother and two
daughters, Mollie Lewis, 80 years DID,
the mother, and Clara Lewis, Is years
old, and Matte Lewis, l6 years old,
the daughters Returns of the sem
fences were received at the office of the
prison commission Wednesday, and
attracted attention from the fact that
the punishment of an entire family for
the same crime is rather an unusual
incident. The sentences were respect
lively four, three and two years.
AS they are all women they will be
sent to the state prison farm at Mil
ledgeville.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
SPEEDY WORK OF THE COURT.
Thomas Indicted, Tried and Sentenced
to Death Within -Four Hours.

Peter Thomas, the negro who on the
night of April Is killed Marshal John
Manner of Pretoria, IN the western
part of Dougherty county, was on
Wednesday indicted, tried, found
guilty and sentenced to hang. Judge
Spence, in view of the high feeling
against Thomas in the Pretoria neigh
borhood, decided to dispose of the
case without delay. A special grand
Jury was accordingly drawn Wednes-
day morning, and at 10 O'Clock was
organized. 1t returned true bill in
a few minutes, and the case was called
for trial before noon.
At 2 o'clock the trial jury had retir-
ed, and at 2:20 Judge Spence was
passing sentence upon the murderer.
Thomas was sentenced to pay the
death penalty on the End of June.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
THE WILL OF HIRAM WARNER
Hill. AND TERRELL HAVE GONE
TO COURT OVER IT.
Railroad Commissioner Hill and a
Brother Of Governor Terrell
Are Litigating.

An interesting case involving the
construction Of the will of the late
Chief Justice Hiram Warner of the
supreme court has just been argued
in the supreme court. The interesting
feature of the case is that this will was
drawn by Chief Justice Warner while
he was still chief Justice of the supreme
court and it is now before the court
over which he formerly presided for so
many years for construction.
The point involved in the case is
whether Judge Warner left his prop
erty to his daughters in fee simple, or
merely gave them an estate for life,
TO go to their children at their death.
DR., Z. 3. Terrell, whose late wife
was a daughter of Judge Warner,
claims half interest in her estate
valued at 100000, while the executors
claim it should all 60 to his chill
dren.
When Judge Warner, who was on
The supreme bench from the time OF its
creation until 1880, died he left an es-
late worth over 300, 900 to his grand
children. H. Warner Hill of Green
Vile, grand son, was named as exec
utor Of the estate, and the late Mrs.
Terrell sister of Mr.. Hill and grand
daughter of Judge Warner, inherited
share in the big estate.
Miss Hill married DR.. E. B. Terrell,
brother of the governor. She died
some time ago, being survived by her
husband aud one child. Her estate
was worth about $50, 000.
Or. Terrell claimed that she had in
n5nted the property, under the terms
W Judge Warmers will, in fee simple,
and, under the laws of Georgia, claim
ell the right to share in the estate of
MS wife equally with the surviving
child.
Warner Hill, executor of his grand
'atner ) will, however, was of a differ
5n' opinion. He thought that under
ae provision of the will Mrs. Terrell
oIo not inherit fee simple title to the
property, but, instead, only life in
crest. He thought at her death all
VI The property should go to her child
tao not be divided equally between
husband and child.
As executor of the will Mr.. Hill
.a'Fled the case into court, where it
vas Jl1ed before Judge Freeman. The
-Vc-slon was adverse to the executor
ana favorable to DR.. Terrell, where
ep0n Mr.. Hill filed a bill of excep-
ions, taking the case to the supreme
eo-rg, where on Monday argument
vas heard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
GREAT RAILROAD MERGER
BIG SYNDICATE WILL TAKE I'M
A NUMBER OF TRUNK LINES.
Georgia One of a Dozen States That
Will Be Affected BY the
Gigantic Scheme.

The Zimmerman syndicate,
in control of the Great Central lines, is
gradually acquiring, by purchase or
lease, new lines of railway, and when
their gigantic scheme of merger is
completed, they will dominate a sys-
TEN which will be one of the most inn
portant in the world says a Toledo
| Ohio, dispatch.
After the l.. and n. System.
The great central lines now spread
out over Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
The Erie will become a member of the
new group of trunk lines, and the
Louisville and Nashville railway deal
will add Kentucky, Tennessee, GeOr~
gia, Alabama, Florida and Louisiana
to the territory covered. One of the
members of the Zimmerman
syndicate recently informed a Pere-
Marquette man that 1.-THE Erie railway
will eventually be taken over, as Mr..
Morgan desires it. We are now figur-
ing on buying the Louisville and
Nashville railway, and if we do buy
it outright it will become member of
the group by strong traffic deals"
Banker H. B. Hollins was recently
in the south, and it is announced on
good authority that his mission was
to inquire into Louisville and Nash
vile matters.
This great central system is being
built up by the purchase and merger of
old independent lines and by lease of
the same.
Extent of System.
When the general scheme is worked
out the great central system will extend
from Lake Superior to the Gulf of
Mexico and from st. Louis to the At
lantic seaboard. Just how the rail-
ways in the new group will be Operat-
ed is unknow. 1t is said the Louisville
and Nashville will be operated sep
arately, as is the Ann ArbOr-Detroit
Southern combination.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
MINERS DROPPED 1000 FEET.
Rome Broke and Human FrelSh'
Dashed to Death.

A Wilkesbarre, Pa, dispatch says
ton miners fell to their death in the
Covnham shaft of the Delaware and
Hudson Coal Company.
The men were being lowered down
the shaft distance OF LOCO feet wneh
the rome of the cage broke, dashing
tho human freight to the bottom.
crowds of excited people, some OF
whom are relatives OF the VlcIin',
soon gathered around the mouth OF
tho shaft. and the usual heartrendlng
scenes were enacted by women ana
children.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03
COINS A NEW WORD.
Presbyterian Preachers Striking De-
scription of Another Minister.

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scriptiOn of Another Minister.
A Presbyterian preacher of Pitts
burg has coined a new word. Said
he the other day: 'Sissified asses are
no longer to be tolerated in the min
istry." He further objected to preach
ers parting their hair in the middle.
And we are bound to admit that the
combination OF an ass and a sissy in
one person does not make the kind of
man upon whose leading we would
care to risk the welfare of our immor-
tai soul.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03

When ordering goods from your
grocer ask for Supreme -four. Every
sack guaranteed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-03

The Sparta Ishmaelite thinks tna'
= contest between Teddy and a BEAR
the country could afford to De neutral
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-26
TALK OF THE TOWN.


Oyster stews at the Eureka restau-
rant.
Table boarders and roomers wanted
at Hotel Northern.
Negligee shirts, the Monarch, in fall
weights at McWhorter's.
Ladies' and gentIemen's solid gold
watches at +. e. Burr & Co.'S.
Earee.size white and grey blankets,
75c per pair, at Veale & knights.
The Union Restaurant serves meat
dinners from 10 to 2 each day for zoe.
Notice the D. A. Perry Real Estate
Agency's advertisements in the For Sale
column.
Black Crepe Nero, the kind Of black
goods that gives satisfaction, at Veaie
& knights.
The Cleaners will meet with Miss
Kate Mathieson, Wendall Place, Tues
day evening.
Old gold and silver wanted at re-
fners' prices in exchange for goods at
f. L. Burr's.
we are selling best quality stone cut
tiers glasses at zoe. Lenses of white
glass at SC per pair. F. E. Burr.
There will he an apron sale connected
with the Harvest supper at the. Uni
versaIist yestry on Thursday evening,
Sept. rs.
Wanted, maple wood in exchange for
watch, clock or anything in iewelry
store. f. E. Burr, IS North Main Street,
Barre, VT.
Special meeting Of St. Aldemar Com
mandery Tuesday evening at 2 sharp,
on account Of committee meeting at
| S. Work, Red Cross, degree. Joe w.
jackson, =. 9.
With ashes and smokes, with litter and
CRIME,
She waged unceasing strife.
A gas range stands in her kitchen now,
She leads peaceful life.
now have ready an assortment Of
ready to-wear hats in all the newest
styles and colors, for early fall wear.
Prices from 50 cents to $500. Mrs. j.
NJ Bond, SO North Main street.
A regular meeting of Queen Of the
Forest Circle, 357, will be held on Tues
day evening, the 26th. A full attend.
ance is desired, as there will be several
candidates for initiation and other im-
portant business. Refreshments. Mrs.
~. u Mackenzie, Chief.
Now that / am better from rheuma-
tism / will make new work. Sewed or
pegged French kip shoes. Warranted
good fit or no sale. All kinds of fine
work and repairing. Anyone suffering
with rheumatism, would recommend
them to try Mr.. Charlie Stones O'Pep-
per Oil. / have used it and find it the
best remedy / ever tried. 1t can be
had at my shop. Moses Charbonneau,
under Phelps hardware store, Gordon
block, Barre, vt.