Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-11-19
spirit Of Jffftrson.
eharles1own. Jefferson County. West Va
TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 10. 1875.
If Credit is Indispensable, Should it be
Corporate, or National?

1.-THE value of credit. as property. appears
in the pr,ce II sells for A nation by yiuing
dtrny It's credit, loses what Pennsylvania
(when she issued grcenbacks at SIX per cent.
TO her people, which went into her OoR
tres>ury,) sud at SIX percentum, By erect
ing corporations TO munopohZe expei its
specie tn make room for their credit it loses
TIE u g ol this specie worth SIX per cenfum
more And necessity then compels il TO buy
OF these corporations the credif Il ga0e them,
ct che price Of ten twelve per centuu upon
their stouk These items show that credit is
either property machine for transferring
properly, more sffectual than thar made of
Hereditary aud exclusive wl>d ,m Both ma
chimes hsve been iauenfed for this pose.
The hereditary m,ignJfes the defects inci-
dent to human government in its best form,
h,de own greater vices. The credit
medium, IN strict imitation OF this example,
! SEXES upon the errors of paper money, rs re.
| pro-ches aga,ns, national credit, aud hides
under them IT'S own greater aptitude to shrink
from danger. and also it's capacities for COR
rupting governments and pluudering nations.
OF the bad features in the face of paper
money, corporation credit makes two masks.
one to hide its own hideousness The other TO
hide the benc5ffs pf national credit.
! s'[f all the Brnks in the United States
circulate fifty millions OF paper dollars five
millions OF real property will thereby be c"I-
lected (; and it national credit, instead of
| corporntion cref'i had issued the same sum
IN the mode successfully pr"eticed in Penn
sylvania, revenue of five millions would
have been receiur4 instead of being paid
making a difference Of ten millions annually
to the pation. Are these great sums Of
wealth no property? II they are property.
to whom do they belong !? If they belong to
anybody. can they be transferred by Lap
and charters under policy which considers
property as sacred ?" Taylor, page 30S.
l ask the close consideration of the psople
to the above plain statement of the question
between using their oWn credit aud giving
| it over to corporations. to mulct aud tax
them on national credit. their own property.
JNo. A. THOMSON
Summit Point, Ocr 28th, 1878
a WoMAN's LOGIC -'.It is useless to
TAX. medicine snail feel better to morrow.
Besides ! need the n"ncy t" get that lovely
| new hat My old one j. >nch q fright AID
| people will look more a, my bunnct than they
| wall at my face. will wait tilt | feel worse
before spend any money for medicine -
! The new bvunett l. purchased and ftty other
| feminine Hccessuries 10 the form of ribbons,
laces, brooches. etc Meanwhile the lady lace
becomes every day paler aud thinner, aud her
| body weaker. until disease mas gained s" firm
footh"ld in her system, tina, the uost thor
ongh. and oftImes a long and tedious onurse
| OF treatment liz necessary 20 restore her TO
health. Ladies, attend to your health before
| you even think OF apparel. A fresh, blooming
face in plain bonnet is much handsomcr and
| far more attractive to your gentlemen friends.
| than Il pain >w"rn, diseased tare in the most
elaborate and elegant hat your nilliner could
devise. DR. Pirce's FavOri,e Prescription
il everywhere ack nnw lodged TO he the stands
ard remedy for female mplaints and weak
ness 1t is sold nv druggists.
AN INTERESTING and instructive account
Of how good pure milk is ob,ained by the
Paris peors, IN large scae from busi>
ness man who took hold of largo tract OF
worth es> lard. and makes it pay, is given by
a special correspondent in the american
Ayr;c"itmria Tor Nov. This number OF
tn-AyrruHu,,~ c"utsins 63 rngrsviugs of
var,ou- thIuvs, labor saving aud other con-
tr vsnces, for the Farm Garden. Household,
etc. Some SO other articles and itemr,
give large amount ot practical information
u,,:u! t" al classes A tul! descriptive pre-
III un I's' a issued. Those sub-cr hing now
tor 1879, get the Amerirdn .dyricuiturnt
the rest %. this year tree 81 SO year:
Single cnp'es, Is ce"ts Orange Judd Com
psny New York. Publishers
AT THE 1wiN FaONrs hsve JUST re-
ceIvei large stock OF Zephyrs. at Ia cts.
'nwn Fancy Yarns At lU cts Ladies Cluaks
tr"m So so $50 % Carpets and Carpet
LrnIngs. On Ciuths. Rugs. Curtains. Silk
lns"es for Ladies and Gents, Shetland
ShawIs, Fasc,nators, Nubias, Scarfs. Chill
dreu's Sacks, FrInges Gallons aud Buttons TO
match all shades of dress goods Domestic
Paper Fashions; Ladies' Folding Work Table
-cnme and ace it j GOLDSMITH
Now is the time to get bargains q: Dali
garus. He has jus. received very large in
voice of Glass and Queenswsre, at q much
lower price than has ever been offered TO the
people of Charestuwn aud vicinity Also,
Bunt. and Shoes, Men and Boys Wear.
Groceries and Notions in large variety. ALI
g"uds in his iine can tie bought the very
shortest margin his motto Is gnick sales and
short profits Csll'and examine stock aud be
convinced Country Produce taken IN Ex-
change for Goods
Farmer GIImsu fixed gun in his melon
patch. IN Summerset, Iowa. iu such . way
that the person who stirred q certain large,
ripe melon would receive a charge of beans.
He meant to remove the gun in the morning
if no thief was caught In the night, bat
before day light his mother-in Law went out
to get melon, and got the beans. She was
seri"uly wounded, aud refuses TO believe that
Giimon did not set the trap for her.
- 1t IS stated that there are 5000, 900
pupils enrolled IN the public scooIs Of the
United Ststes The average daily attend
soee Is 1, $50, 900. The estimated popula-