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Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-08-13
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
W. w. Gates,
W.
The Chesapeake * ohio Railroad Company,
IN CIIANCERY.

In pursuance OF an order Of the Circnit Court
Of Cabcll county. made ani cDe. cd at the De-
ceinber Term. lSi3 VIII proceed, as my Office
in Barl,oursyllc in said county, on
Monday, Tie ia Day Of September, 1874,
10 take and state an account between the Chasa-
pcakc AMI ONO Railroad Company aud Kerr
Myers Of work done 10y the plaintiff W. w.
Gates, IN Sections Is aud Is. Western Division
of the chesapeake AMI Oaio Railroad, M n sub
contractor under said Kerr Myers, In order To
ascertain.
I, The amount OF work done 10y the said plain
tin W W. Gates The different classes or kinds
of wa.k; and the amount of each class or kind.
2. The true measurement Of the work; ami
the measurement made 10y the engineers of
the chesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad Company
showing the difference. II any. b'tween the
two estimates anu asceriainlng whether any
mistake las been made or fraud has been prac-
ticed 10y the SAID engineers
g. The value Of tho work donc-ShOwlng the
value of each class or kindly the terms ~ the
contract between Kerr 4 Myers AMI said Chesa-
peake and OHIO Raj Dad Company.
g. What amount OF money has been palh 70
Kerr a Myers for work done 10y IN" said plalntin
and what balance, N any, reiDatns unpaid.
JOHN Is. LAIDLEf,
July soft Special Commissioners.
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CHERIFFS SALE.

ID -
By order OF the Judge Of the rTcnIt Court 81
Kanawha county. made on the Yith day OF July,
1874 and 10 me directed. Will sell for cash, on
Saturday. the 22ud Day of august, 1874,
NJ the Railroad Switch Landing I'm the city Of
Huntington, Cabcll County, W. Va, commencing
al 10 o clock A. NJ. the following property To-
wit: About 1900 bushels Coal. OIe Wharf Boat,
Two Coal Floats. one Flat Boat, One small
I,Oat one skin one Barge No. 81. One Grind
Stone, one Iot IRON Bolts, - Pieces and Coils
Rome one Chain. Seven Pumps, Four Large
Iron Scrcws. one Lot Old Iron Butts, One Pair
Blocks and Tackle, one Pair Grabs. Three lron
Blrs. Two stoves and Fixtures and a lot Of 9TH
or thing too numerous % MENTION levied on ~
the property of the Kanawha aud Ohio Coal
Company, to satisfy claims IN my hands for col
lection.
d. /. SMITH,
Sheriff Cabcll County, w. Va.
Aug g.tds
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-08-13
DOANOKE COLLEGE,
IL SALEM, VIRGINIA.
TWENTY-FIRST SESSION, 1874.
BEGINS SErr. 8, AND Closes JUNE II.

Course OF Study as high as that Of any
College in Virginia.
Literary Societies Of first rank. Exten-
sive Libraries, Reading Room, Cabinet
and Laboratory.
Location unsurpassed in America.
The abundance of the Roanoke Valley
renders the expenses very moderate. For
session Of Ten Months Gncluding Board,
Tuition, Fuel, Lights, Washing &c.,) about
$500.
Students from nineteen States and Ter
ritarics.
Eas" For Catalogues and further infor-
nation, address
REV. ID. +. BITTLE, d. D.,
July 9th Din. President
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
James T. Herndon,
vs..
John NJ. Miller's heirs,
IN CHANCERY.

In pursuance Of an order entered IN this case
hy the Circuit Court of Gabe county, on the nth
day OF June 1914. |, the undersigned commits
slOner. on Thursday, the lst day Of October,
ID ISL. af my Office in the town OF BaTbUursvlC
IN said county, will proceed 10 execute the or
dcrs ami de rees herein before rendered, and will
ascertain and report:
lst, The amour, OF money heretofore received
by The late Commissioned, 4. u. Kline.
20, The amount paid out 10y him as COlnmis-
siOner.
81. The amount uucollected and still due from
the sales OF land in the BIZ and papers NEIL
toned.
4th The amount now due from said Commits
sinner, r. Il. Kline 20 each of the crriitors-iind
Commissioner has leave u report special matter
JOHN Il. LAinLEY,
n J. NcCoNAs Special Commissioner
Solicitor. Aug. l3-4w.
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A SSIGNEE'S SALE.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
ONE DOUBLE CARDING MACHINE,

Tho said machine ia in good running order. II
IL q Six Worker Double Machine, with full set
OF two feet cards, picker &C., complete. IL cost
new, 300.
Terms of sale: One-tbird cash IN hand ; one
| third on credit Of six months, and third
on credit OF nine months Bond AMI good Be-
curity required OF purchaser.
JOHN T. LAIDLEY,
July 30tf. Assignee &c.
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CTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, LOGAN CoUS-
GrY, ss:-At rules held In the Clerks ONCE OF
lnc Circuit Court OF Logan county, on the first
Monday IN the month OF August, 1874.
Thomas II. Duty and Ruth L. Duty, his wife,
Plaintiffs
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Com missiOncr'S Sale
OF
CITY PROPERTY
=. o. Common
vs.
s. s. Coe ct al..
IN CHANCERY.
NY virtue OF a decree OF the Circuit Court oil
nCabeli county, rendered nj the May term
1874, In the abnve entitled cause, SHALL as sps
cial Commissioner, on the
1st Day Of September, 1874,
between the hours Of 10 A. NJ, Il y. NJ, on
THE PREMISES proceed TO sell the following real
estate. viz: Lot No. 10, In Block q on Ynd ave
nue., In Huntington city, on which there are Val
uable improvements, the property OF the ne
PENDANT :. s. COe, on the following terms, 10
wilt: One-third OF the purchase money on the
FIRST day Of the next regular term OF the
Circuit Court for said County; anu the re-
malndcr on a further credit Of six and twelve
months from day OF sale; no CASH required on
the day Of sale, taking from the purchaser bonds
with good security. with interest from date Oh
sale, and retaining the legal title IA additional
security until the purchase money Is fully paid.
W. II. HARVEY,
July 23d-td. Special Commissioner.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-08-13

In pursuance OF a decree OF the Circuit Cont
OF Caben county, rendered herein on the lin
day of June, lSsI i the undersigned tohiihlS-
sloncr on Thursday the Sth day OF October, at
my Office. IN the town OF Barb0ursvlllc, III saii
county will proceed IA ascertain and report,
lst low much money came into the hands or
Thos B. Kline Special Commissioner, upon the
purchase money OF the laIljs in the plaintiffs
bHl mentioned; and what disposition he mas
made thereof.
81 How much. II anything, is due from John
L. Kirby, the purchaser OF said lands, upon MS
purchase.
81, What amount OF debts, II any are duo and
unpaid from The estate of John Malcolm decu
and 10 whom such debts II any are due.
ith. What amount II anything IS due upon inc
sale OF said lands, to the several hers OF Jnlh
Malcolm deceased andwho arc the representa-
uyes of the said heirs therein; aud II any oi thc
purchase money OF the SAID lands shall b. ionn',
huc. the Undersigned COMMISSIONER VIII pr"cee''
To collect the same. Tbs notice 10 DO equNdleH'
10 personal service.
JOHN b. LAIDLEY, d.
r. I NcS'0mas Special commissioner.
Solicitor. Aug. lS-Iw.
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SEPTEMBER, 17h, 1874
REV. W. A. HARRIS, ID. d., President, with MI
able corps nf twenty-thrcc teachers and Office, =.
This is one OF the largest Schools for Young Ia
lies In the South. Modern languages taught
and spoken 10y European Teachers. Music by
seven Professors aud Teachers. THIS - one OF
he healthicst climates in the world. Those VINO
come here with feeble constitutions, cnlils anu
climate diseases are entirely cured.
buildings elegant-Iannedh 10y the pufcst prcth
~. ana commanding the most mGgniilcent r'lral
and mountain scenery, making " one OF tue hios'
delightful college hoines IN the Union.
one hundred aud eleven boarding pup'is altcni
this school. from afteeh Southern States.
From Prot. +. H. Smith, l.. l.. d., Uni-
rcrsity Of Virginia.
The Wesleyan Female Institute deserves the
brilliant success IL enjoys. Having rad daugh
ter under Mr.. Harris care, during the present
session. my observation leads Inc to believe MS
school 10 he one of the best Of Female Semlna-
ries which adorn our State.
FRANCIS II. SMITH.
TERMS FOR THE ENTIRE COLLEGIATE YEAR:
Board and Tuition in the Collegiate Course
S2In Music ami other extras moderate.
For catalogue of siXty-four pages,
Address
REV. w. 4. HARRIS,
July Soft. Stanton, Va.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
MIR PURNELL.

This ambitious young man whom
the Radicals have put forward as a
suitable person for Superintendent OF
Public instruction in North Carolina,
seems TO have made bad start in the
race. In his speech, at Halifax, he
made q statement to the effect that
Swepson was one of the parties con-
cerned in the establishment OF the
Raleigh Crescent, and that he had
been informed it's Manager, Mr..
Hampton, had SO stated. Mr.. Purnell,
when called upon for the name of his
informant, refused to give. it. Colonel
Pool and General Cox who were
present at once pronounced the state
ment to be false. Mr.. Hampton, the
Manager of the Crescent, has also pro-
nounced it to be false.
Commenting upon Mr.. Purnell' S
course, the Crescent well says: "Mr.
Purnell either believed the statements
to be true or he did not. If he made
them not thinking them true, that
goes to his veracity. If he made them
believing them true, that goes 10 his
discernment. If he is SO stupid as not
to have known the falsity of his state
ment, he certainly is too stupid to be
entrusted with the discharge of high
official duties"
1t will be seen, therefore, that Mr..
Purnell has involved himself hopelessly
at the very outset.
We trust Mr.. Purnell will make a
thorough canvass of the State, for the
reason that from the character in
other respects of his speech made at
Halifax, as reported to us upon I'M
doubted authority, no surer proof
could be afforded to all respectable and
intelligent people of his untftness to
fill the position to which he aspires.
Let him canvass, by all means. 1t will
be long ere he hears the last Of that
Halifax speech.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
THE EZRA or GoOD FEELING.

1t is once more positively announced
that the era of good feeling between
the people of the North and the peo-
pie Of the South has at last arrived, or
at any rate soon will do so.
1t is stated that at meeting of the
posts of the Grand Army of the Re
public of New York, held last week, it
| was agreed that there shall be no dis
| tinction between Union and Southern
graves on Decoration Day. Both
! those of Union and Confederate SOL
diers will be decorated OF the latter
there are many in Cypress Hill and
other cemeteries around New York.
And again at Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania, there were kindly words spoken
that it is to be hoped will, in due time,
bear good fruit. The occasion was
the annual reunion of the survivors of
the Ninth corps of the Federal Army
Of the Potomac. We are told that
Federal General Wilcox was intro
duced to the assembly and received
with applause. The report of the pro-
ceedings says:
He addressed his comrades, refer
ring to the services of the corps, dur
ing the war, in Carolina and Virginia,
and in the different localities along the
front, which thrilling scenes he emu
merated. Then he referred to the
more agreeable enjoyment of peace
and goodwill throughout the land. He
suggested that an invitation should be
extended to the late Confederate corps
(Longstreet's) which he had most fire.
quently encountered, to come up next
year, to have patriotic time of it, and
to bury the Ratchet together and for
ever. Applause.
Times have changed very much
since that not very long ago shameful
day at Arlington when Radical parti-
sans refused to allow Southern men
and women to deck the graves of their
fallen kinsmen. The bitterness of fifty
years are passing away. let us hope,
never to return.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
10 OS6
4-,AcO
1859
Merrimon's mai. SAT

Merrimon's maj. SAT
Having thus the power to elect its
nominees, Colonel McKoy and Captain
Norment, the only question is whether
the Conservative party has the will to
do it. This is the sole question pre-
sented to the people for their consid-
Grafton between now and August next.
Do we prefer Radical upon the bench
or do We prefer Colonel MCkoY? Do
we prefer Radical for Solicitor, or do
we prefer Captain NoRMENT?
Our candidates are already in the
field, and they challenge the closest
scrutiny into their qualifications for
the places for which they have been
nominated. Is there Radical in the
District whom the party prefers to
Colonel MCKoY for Judge, or one
whom they prefer to Captain NoRMENT
for Solicitor? That is the question
and the only one. There is no ground
for doubt or dependency as to our
power to elect whomsoever we may
prefer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15

fraudulent voting, and that would-be
fraudulent voters may know the diff
culties they will have to encounter be-
fore accomplishing their criminal pur-
pose.
Formerly, all that a man who desired
to vote fraudently had to do, was to
register and present himself at til
polls, and if challenged, swear himself
through and then disappear. De-
lection was difficult and pun
ishment impossible. Now, if a
voter be challenged, he must
2orore Jy some one kyaoUn to the jadges
that he has resided in the county thirty
days, so that before he votes fraudu-
lently some known person must commit
perjury. The severe penalties attach
ing to the crime of perjury will render
it difficult for fraudulent voters to find
persons known to the judges who will
commit it, for persons known to the
Judges clnnot commit perjury upon
such occasions without having all the
by-standers as witnesses O. the crime.
We have now a hope for falrer
election, as the risk will be entirely too
great to run, especially with NoRMENT
for Solicitor and McKoY for Judge.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
A AMENDED ELE TION LAW
CHALLENGE OF VOTERS.

The election law, as amended by al
act Of the General Assembly at its
last session, provides that all voters
may be challenged on the day of cleo
ton, and further,
That when IL voter is challenged al
the polls, upon demand OF any citizen
of the State it shall be the duty OF the
inspectors Of the election to require
said voter, before being allowed to
vote, to prove by the oath of some
other person, known to the Judges, the
fact of his residence for thirty DAYS
previous thereto in the county in which
he purposes to vote.
We beg leave to call especial atten-
ton to this very important change in
the election law of North Carolina
The object of the change is as appa-
rent as the necessity for it is well
known. Election after election, men have
been imported into counties few DAYS
pflor to the day of voting for the sole
purpose of controlling their action. 1t
wasperfectly well known that many, very
many, fraudulent votes were cast in
this way, but practically there was no
means to stop It SO long as the only
proof required of his right to vote was
the fraudulent voters own oath. The
man voted and disappeared and there
was an end of it.
The evil indeed had grown to such
an extent that it at last became no
longer bearable and last winter the
legislature sought for remedy and
found it i'll the provision above uuoted,
requiring every man who may be
challenged to prove his residence by
some one known to the judges of the
election.
Nor is this any hardship upon au
honest voter who may have recently
come to reside in any county. Is it
possible for any man to live for thirty
days in any precinct, engaged in any
lawful calling, without being able to
prove the fact by some one known to
the judges of the election It is SIM
ply impossible for any of us to live
unto ourselves SO completely for thirty
days IN any one community without the
fact being we'll known to many others
than ourselves.
We call attention to this important
change In the election law thus early
IN order that its provisions may be
thoroughly understood, in order that
honest voters may know what protec-
ton the law has given them against
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
Political GUERRILLA

Colonel NIosby, of Virginia, is once
more coming to the front, and as usual,
fighting en- his own line of battle. At
present he is an independent candidate
for Congress in his district, which is
now represented, and it is said ably
represented by General Hun:on, who
belongs to the regular army of true
Conservatives. The District is strongly
Conservative, and Colonel Mosby's
only hope of an election depends upon
the success of his efforts to divide the
party. With the Radical vote solidly
in his favor and division in the Con-
servative ranks, he hopes to win and
not otherwise.
This is an old dodge with dissatisfied
politicians, too old, indeed, to accom-
plish any results. We learn that our
friends in Virginia intend not only to
hold the Congressional Districts already
IN their Possession, but propose to
conquer few more.
Political gu1rrillas are regarded in
Virginia, as well as in North Carolina.
as the most dangerous political enc
mics fighting under the thinnest of
thin disguises.
The recommendation of our Central
Executive Committee. {" to the men,
bers ct the Democratic Conservative
party, to discourage independent can
didates and all other disorganizers,
and that all support be promptly
withdrawn from every aspirant for
office who shall oppose the regular
nominees of our conventions" fully
the sentiment and determi-
nation of the party in North Carolina.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
OUR JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN.


We believe it is generally conceded
that people can have no deeper IN
terest or one that affects them more
vitality in any election, than the people
of this district have in that for sue
cessor to Judge Russell.
For six years our people have lived
under Radical Judicial rule, and
they have had enough of it and hail
with delight the day of deliverance
that is SO rapidly drawing nigh. And
fortunately all we have to do to place
upon the bench a man in every way
worthy to sit there, is to so to the
polls on the first Thursday in August
next, and cast our votes for the noml-
nee of our party, Colonel A. A. Nc
KOY.
There is no doubt about the ability
of the Conservative party to elect its
candidate, for it has substantial ma
jority that no efforts of the enemy can
overcome unless there be treachery In
our own ranks, and of that there is not
the shadow of shade of evidence. We
are thoroughly united and confident
and strong in our strength. Hereto
fore the case has been otherwise. The
Judicial District, as formed by the Re-
construction Convention in 1868, gave
the Radical party majority. Since
that time the District has been rear
ranged and the counties of Carteret
and Onslow added to it.
AS the District now stands, our
party has clear majority as will APP
pear from the following
VOTE OF THE nth JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN 1872
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15
CAPTAIN NORMENT'S LETTER
OF ACCEPTANCE.
LUMBERToN, N. c., N


Col. John ID. Taylor, President of the
DenaOcratic- Conservative COncea-
ton
DEAR SIR Your letter of the 9TH
instant, informing me of my unani-
nous nomination for the office of So
hcitor of the Fourth Judicial District
by the Democratic-Co Conservative Con
vention which convened in the city of
Wilmington on the 9Th day of Nav.
and requesting my acceptance of the
same, has just beenYreceived.
Thanking you for the complimentary
manner in which you have made known
to me the action of the Convention, per-
NIT me to say that Iacceptthe nomina-
ton, and if elected will endeavor to
discharge the duties of the office i'm
partially and with an eye single to the
best interests of the people of the
Fourth Judicial District.
With great respect,
Yours truly,
w. s. NoRAIENT.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15

A man i'll Ann Arbor, Michigan, who
was anxious to know just how highly
he was priced by his friends, had a
paragraph printed to the effect that he
was dead, and sent marked papers to
them. They did not even como to his
funeral, and his zeal for knowledge is
checked.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-15

The Richmond Dispatch says that
Mr.. Frelinghuysen's Civil Rights biIi
is worse than Summers. "My bretl
rem, learn to know one another, and
you will love one another"
The Van Buren press., 1874-11-03
With Profound RESPECT,
Keep up Family Attachments.

One Of the saddcst things about large
family, who have lived happily together
for years under the old roof-tree, 10 the
scattering to distant homes, which takes
place as they grow up, one BY one, to
years Of maturity. 1t is often the case
that, in the cares and hustle Of business,
letters grow more and more infrequent,
and finally brothers and sisters will en-
tirely lose sight OF each other. These
kindred ties are much too sacred to be
thus lightly severed. 1t takes such q
little while to write letter, aud the ex-
pense is SO trifing. that there can hardly
be an excuse for the neglect
A loving family circle, thus widely
severed, adopted . curious but beautiful
plan for keeping Informed OF each others
welfare. The two most remote, on the
6rst Of each month, write q part Of
page on large sheet, containing the
principal news Of the month, and this 10
forwarded to the family next In order.
Some member OF the household adds
little contribution, and sends il on to the
next, and so on ill the circle 10 complete.
Thus the family circle goes it's rounds
twelve times year, and each one 10 kept
we'll. Uniformed of the joys, sorrows, plans
and pursuits OF the Others. Family gath.
erings are frequent in such households,
and the home attachments never grow
cold
Sons in particular, away from home,
are apt to grow very neglecttul OF letter.
writing. Oh, II they knew how many
heart aches such neglects often cause to
the loving breast that pillowed their tired
heads in childhood, they would not be so
thoughtless. II they knew the JOY that
letter brought, and could see how its
lightcst words were dwslt over and talk.
ed over by the Hresids, they would not
be SO sparing of those messages. Are
not some Of Us sadly In arrears In this
particular F?
The Van Buren press., 1874-11-03
Coming Home to Rcost.

From the following letter It Will DO
seen that one of Hyues' fabrications on
w. W. Wiltshire, as retailed in his speech
here, is coming home to roost. " Kead
for yourself:
OZARK, ARK, Oct. Is, 1874.
Hon. w. w. WILsHiRE--
Sir: am Informed that w. j. Hynes
is circulating report that you offered
me, during the campaign OF 1879 and pri.
or to the election of that year, the sum OF
one hundred dollars, for election pur.
poses-to induce me, rs one OF the board
Of registrars Of Franklin county, to make
the registration Of said county in the in
terest Of the republican party, and Tor
your benefit. / desire now to say that
you made no such propositions to me
to pay me one hundred dollars, or any
other sum of money, for the purposes
aforesaid, or any other purpose; nor do
know of you making such offer to any
otheI member of the board OF registra-
tion. j. w. ORR.
Attest: s b FELKER,
THos. A. CARTER,
W. A. CARTER,
+ ID. TURNER.