Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-10
DRIFT OF THE WEST viz
GINA PRESS.
Wants the Moffett Bell Punch.

Wants the Moffett Bell Punch.
Moundsville Reporter.
Virginia has given il a lair trial, and
it works well. The temperance element
saws there is not as much drunkenness
in the State of Virginia under the bell
punch system as there Was before its
adoption, and yet the State, last year,
realized the enormous sum OF five hun
bred thousand dollars from that source
only. We believe that We hazard moth
ing in saving that il our coming Legis-
hture viii adopt the register system
that there will be less liquor drank than
there now is, and that the State can
realize a revenue Of at least two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars annu-
ally from this source alone.
The Purposes:.of Education.
Journal Of Education.
Education, considered purely with
reference 20 the intellectual faculties;
may be briefly defined as the power to
acquire and use acknowledge. The spirit,
however, in which we seek for knowl-
edge, and the methods and objects Of its
application, are frequently, If not
always, the real test Of manhood and
character. Pride in the pursuit OF
knowledge and selfihsness in the Use of
il, may deprive it's possessor Of the love
and esteem of his fellow-men. Educa
ton, therefore, includes the cultivation
| of the heart and disposition, the qnick-
| ening and refining Of the moral senti-
ments OF the soul. 1t il, and must be,
the devclopement OF all the powers OF
| our natures.
A Single Judge for the County Court.
Cor Moyantown Post
We read and hear great deal at this
| time about the County Court as estah-
lished in the State of West Virginia, and
We think there is general discomfort on
the part OF the people. They want n
| County Court composed vi but one
person for trial Of causes, SO that the
business OF the county may be dispatch
al with more rapidity. But the TACT
| that the constitution itself provides that
| the county court rs established may be
| reformed, modified or altered, and an
| other court created 90 conform to the
wishes of the people, seems to have
| been lost sight Of.
\ salary of 500 would procure
very good Judge, and it will be found
that is less than the per dem OF the
President and two Justices estimated
| upon fair average of time. We give
| our plan Tor what il is worth, and hope
somebody may suggest something bet
| ter. ...... ..
What's the Use of Bogus Tickssss
Hairmont Index.
Well! well,l What is this world
coming to! The Wheeling L.ieil.ge,.cer
SAYS that the red shirt riders {.
| the Democrats-of South Carolina
stuffed the ballot boxes Of that State
full OF bogus tickets at the late election.
What in the world did they do that for?
Why didn't they put in good, genuine
| tickets? What good would the bogus
tickets do hut help the Republicans?
We are afraid Ar:hy Campbelrs mind
is wandering that he wants that post
Office too bad,
Unjust Discrimination In Taxss
| Huntington Ad'ertiseL
The tax assessed by the general gov
ernment upon tobacco and whiskey,
while il pretends to be q tax on articles
Of luxury and therefore justifiable, is
nevertheless so tainted with sectional.
ism and fraught with hurthens 10 the
producer a. to justify demand
for its repeal. In the item OF to-
hscco, more than seven eghths of
which is grown south OF Mason
and pixon's line, there seems to have
been studied plan upon the part OF
| the Fast To raise revenue from q source
which would not charge their own sec
! ton but put the burthens elsewhere.
| In the effort to achieve this result tax
which is onerous is put upon the pro-
Queer and its effect is to place him at
great disadvantage in the struggle for
making living. The ratei Is fixed at "a
! cents per pound in the hands OF the
manufacturer and the producer is
prohibited from selling his pro-
ductiou except to this class Of customers
Ii he finds il convenient or necessary to
pay for his labor in raising his crop, the
Law stands sentinel against il, ready 10
impose frightiul and prahibitory penal
ties. He must therefore limit his pro-
duction hy his means TO pay for labor or
to so much as his own hands can com
PASS This is tying the hands OF indus
try with vengeance and rapidly reduo-
ing the land owners in the tobacco grow
lug district 10 state of want. Be-,