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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-20
Grand Lodge A. F.&A. M,

The Grand Lodge of Masons met
last evening pursuant to adjourn
ment of Tuesday night. The follow,
ing officers we're reelected; Grand
Master, DIR. George Baird; Deputy
Grand Master, John W. Arbuckle;
Grand Senior Warden, q. j. Faulk-
neE Grand Junior Warden, John II.
Riley; Grand Treasurer, |, II. Will
liams; Grand Secretary, o, s. Long.
The following were newly appointed
officers: Grand Lecturer, 9. II. Collier;
Grand Chaplain, Rev. c, L, Manches'
ter; Senior Grand Deacon, w, G. Ben
nett; Junior Grand Deacon, w, H. H.
Flick; Grand Marshall, George b.
Thornburg; Grand Pursuyiant. Arth'
ur G. Bailey, Grand Tyler, I. W.
Bliss.
Grand Secretary, o. s. Long, read
the report Of the Committee on Sta
tistics as follows:
Whole number Of working lodges,
76;lodges making returns, "a; lodges
represented, IA; numbers initiated,
1928; passed, 1873; raised, l45; admit
ted, so; Identified 149; expelled, 6;sus'
pended, for unmasonic conduct, TO-
suspended for nonpayment of dues,
1876; reinstated, As; died, 80; rejected
AZ; whole number reported, 3 500; de-
crease since last report, 2.-Saatnrd
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eficial if it can be permanently ac-
complished. This, however, is ex.
tremely doubtful. aud can only be
determined by experiment and the
experiment is a dangerous one. The
fact is, resumption can he ended in a
day and the price of gQld sent up
higher than it has been for five years
IL the banks so will. To illustrate,
there are over 1000 National banks
in the country; Sherman says he has
about s1S0,0O0,0O0 of gold to resume
with, but these banks control two
dollars in greenbacks for every dollar
in gold and silver both, that Sher-
man can possibly muster. Now, say
that on resumption day, the banks
make run on the Treasury with all
the money they can raise for redemp'
tion, individuals holding greenbacks,
Of course, become alarmed and fol.
low suit, and the result will be that
all the gold in the Treasury will be
exhausted in few days and then
gold goes up with a bounce, resump'
tion Is at an end and the persons
who have thus seized the gold have
about doubled their fortunes. There
is no better illustration than this OF
the power Of the banks and the mon
ey power. Sherman is now daily in
consultation with bankers and gold
brokers and no doubt the object Of
these consultations is to try and
make terms with them and thus
avoid a run on the Treasury on the
LIST of January. If run can be
avoided there is reasonable hope
that resumption will be maintained
for n time at least.
The Democratic idea of this whole
business was that while resumption
| is desirable it should not be brought
about by taking up and destroying
greenbacks-and this they prevented
by the passage of the act during the
late session Of Congress which com.
pels Sherman to keep 100000 of
greenbacks outstanding all the time
and they have always thought that
it should not be attempted until the
government was so fortified that no
power could preventit,. Thisis what
they meant BY saying, that resump-
ton should be natural and not forced,
and the whole idea was beautifully
expressed by the ST. Louis platform,
and Mr.. Tilden's letter of acceptance.
Exchange.
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The New Salt Business.
An Important Organization Eff
Gectcd.

The organization of the Ohio and
Kanawha River Salt Company, u
corporation for the purpose of pur-
chasing and selling all the salt man.
ufactured in the two valleys, and
which has been so long desired, was
successfully effected here yesterday.
The new company has leased all the
sheds, drums, railways, &c, of the
furnaces and taken possession of all
the salt now on the yards; all the
furnaces are now under the control
of the new organization, which will
take the salt as manufactured ana
advance 70 cents per barrel for it on
the yards on the 10th Of each month.
The furnaces are to manufacture ex-
clusively for this company, which
undertakes the selling Of the salt.
The members of the company are G.
NJ. Holloway, Lewis Glenn, F. A.
LaidIey and G. Y. Roots, Of Cincin-
natl, and ]. B. Speed of Louisville.
Captain Holloway is President, Mr..
Glenn, Treasurer, and Mr.. George
McQuigg, of this city Secretary.
The furnace companies will be al.
lowed to take one.fourth of the stock.
The regulation of the production,
the fixing of prices, etc, is done by n
Board Of control, consisting of four
gentlemen representing the furnaces,
and four Of the purchasing company,
Those who represent the furnaces are
Messrs. f. ]. Horton, G. w. More.
dock, S. A. NJ. Moore and DR.. j. P.
Hale.
Mr.. H. B. Smith inspects and re-
ceives the salt, and Mr.. Geo. McQuigg
will attend to its shipment and be
the agent here for the sale of salt,
with Office at the late Ohio River
Salt Company's Office, below Butter
nutstreet.
The prices have been fixed atS1.00
for small, and s1.25 for large barrels,
on the yard. The arrangement be.
tween the salt furnaces aud the pur-
chasing company is such that the
former are guaranteed 70 cents per
barrel on the yard, and half the net
profits on all the sales up to s1.00
per barrel; and when the sales are
for more than s1,00 they get all the
net profit above the sl,00. This
seems to be perfectly satisfactory to
the manufacturers, and it secures to
them a living price in cash for their
product and also chance for q fair
profit on its sale. 1t will bring from
seventy.fve to UG? hundred thousand
dollars per month into this vicinity,
which ought to be a great lift to
business, 1t sets on its feet again Hi
important industry, which has been
very much depressed and unprofta-
bic for several years past This new
organization is to continue for three
years and has the best wishes of the
people Of this region for its SUCCESS
POmeroy Telegraph,
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sTATE AFFAIRS.


The Revision and COdIfication
Ofthe Laws should not be MADE
Until Amendments 10 the Con-
stifutiOn are Acted On.
Correspondence OF the Register.
The approaching session Of the
Legislature Of this State will, doubt
less. as has been said by your corre-
spondents, have before it questions
Of importance to the interests and
welfare Of the commonwealth. BE.
fore any action is taken in "the re,
vision and Qualification Of the laws"
that body should first determine
whether or not it will propose amend
ments to the Constitution for ratiti-
cation by the people at the next gen.
eral elections.
If the bill known as the "Judicia'
nv BILL" which came within one vote
Of passing at the last session, -tak;
ing from The county courts civil and
criminal jurisdiction and increasing
the numberAof circuits and circuit
Judges, is to be passed by this Legis-
lature, no action should be taken in
the revisionand codifcation of the
laws until final action shall have
been had upon that question. The
Code Of West Virginia, which did
honor to its codifiers, was in great
measure mutilated and rendered USE
loss nv the constitution of 1872
The revision and codiication of the
statute laws of State is a labor of
no light undertaking. 1t requires
patient, laborious and critical inves.
tigation and examination, and BY
men, too, learned in the law.
The revised code of Virginia Of
1919, the work of Benjamin Walker
Leigh, a man of great learning, gen.
ius and power, was the first real re-
vision and codifcation Of the laars Of
Virginia. That work was we'll per-
formed, and was at the time an orna.
ment to the statute laws Of that old
State. The.Code of Virginia, one Of
the best statute law books ever pub
lished, was the joint production of
two of her best lawyers and most
Observation-Disclosures. John M, Pat
ton and Conway Robinson, Wheth.
err it is bestNto have more than one
mind and one pen employed in the
revision and codification Of our stat
ute laws at the same time, is a deba-
table question. Certain it is that
dozen or o hundred men could not
have done what one man did in the
production of the first volume Of
aStarkie on Evidence"
One big brain, well trimmed and
lit up with knowledge of the law,
will do more and do it better, in a
work of revising and codifying our
statute laws, in six months than five
times the number, who see things
darkly, in six years.
The best books, the best State pa
pers, and the best models of art, are
with rare exceptions, the productions
of u single mind. If however, the
Legislature in its wisdom at its ensu-
ing session should deem it proper to
have the laws of the State revised
and codified by a committee, outside
of its body, it is to be hoped, that it
will select persops. of Recognized fit
ness, and oaS Or office, who will per-
form the work in such manner as
will meet the appreciation of the leg
islature, the bar, and the people Of
the State. y. Y. z.
NOVEMBER 10, 1878.
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ResumDtlOn,

Sherman and the Republican par.
ty in general, takes tho result Of the
recent elections as an endorsement of
their Resumption policy, and it is
now settled that an effort 10 resume
specie payments will be made on the
LIST of January. We was opposed 10
the resumption act from the begin.
ming, but now that the people have
suffered about all they can suffer
from its evil effects, II may be well
that the trial be nude. Now that by
virtue Of the fact that through Dem.
ocratic efforts the silver dollar has
been restored TO It's place In our coin
age and the further contraction and
destruction Of greenbacks has boon
prevented, II may DO that rosump.
tion will, " some extent, prove BEN.
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nearly as many votes 10 that State
as the Democrats. So it is all over
the North, and there is no truth in
the assertion that the North is solid
against the South. The Republican
party at the last elections did
not actually get one-third of the
Statss Of the country.
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LIND FOR NALEy

0OI00 ACRES OF FINE FARMING
Z0UU land in Clcndenin District, Mason
County, II miles from the Ohio River, is
offered for sale in lots to suit purchasers,
or the whole tract viii be sold in n body.
Terms reasonable and easy. For further
information inquire OF GEO. r. HENRY,
Agent, Apple Grove P. o., Mason County,
West Virginia, or OF WIN. r. GUM, At
torney at Law, Point Pleasant, West Vir-
ginia. [iuly 5l-tt
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If the day ever comes when the
Republican party will be trying to
take away suffrage from the negro
and the Democratic party will DO en-.
gagged trying to retain that privilege
to the colored people, it would be re-
garded asone ofthe greatest contradic.
lions in politics, andyetsuch an event
is notimprobablc. Itisawell known
fact that the right of suffrage was
conferred upon the negro to give the
control Of the South to the Republi.
can party. The negro vote has prov.
ed n boomerang to the Republicans
and it has well nigh knocked them
out Of power, The Southern States
will go Democratic in spite ofall they
can do, and the negro vote gives the
Democrats thirty.fvo additional votes
in the electoral college and in the
House of Representatives, If the
Republicans could got rid of these
thirty.five votes they could control
the country and 1t is an open secret
at Washington that their leaders are
seriously discussing tho propriety of
trying to deprive tho negro of tho
right 10 vote,
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John Kelly was beaten as politi.
cal boss Of New York because no was
too vain and piggish TO learn any.
thing, was very abusive Of an oppo'
sitiun, invited nobody to counsel him,
and was, in the nature of things, op.
posed to u reduction Of salaries aud
thinning out Of oIllcials,--"Gdb,'
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In looking over the Republican
papers which give the result Of the
recent elections, they use but two
columns of fguros-Democratic and
Republican-and proclaim the ma.
jority. For instance, they say Penn.
sylvania gives Republican MAORI.
ty Of $4,000; while in fact Hoyt leads
Dill that amount, but the majority
against Hoyt Is $1,000 votes. In
Michigan, Chandler claims q tremen.
dous victory, and says his is the "ban.
per" State, Yet tho truth is, the Re.
publican candidate for Governor beat
hiE Democratic competitor but about
1000 votes moro than at the previous
election, while tho Nationals east
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The Republican managers in the
opening Of the campaign just closed
in thirty States, made this explicit
avowal:
ave must capture the House from
the Democrats or we shall have no
chance of winning the Presidential
battle of 1880, for no party has yet
been able to elect q President that
did not control the House for the term
proceeding the inauguration"
They have not captured the House,
and are therefore defeated in that Of.
fort, but by their own admission DIES.
tined to defeat in 1880. The Demo.
Gratis will have a clean majority both
in the House and the Senate in the
next Congress.
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An abstract of reports made to the
comptroller Of the currency showing
the condition of the National banks
of the United States, at the Gloss Of
business, October LIST, 1878, has been
prepared. The resources of the 2,053
National banks now in existence, is
stated to be s1,767,279, 1921. The
loans amounted to sSSO,521, 542.42-
Specie on hand, sSo,6S7, So6.59; legal
tender notes, s64,42S,6O0; five per
cent, redemption fund, s15, 2o5,5 4l.S2;
individual deposits, s620,236, 1862;
National bank notes outstanding,
1901, SS8,o92; surplus fund, s116,S97,,
7799S,
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If Secretary Sherman keeps on
making stump speeches and insist
ing that the vote Louisiana was hon.
estly counted for Hayes, in the face
of 5000 majority for Tilden, he may
get to believe it himselfin the course
of thirty or forty years. He can do
SO however, only when age enfeebles
the memory sufficiently to make him
forgetful Of his own efforts and knowl,
edge relating to the fraud.
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The republican Senate acquitted
Belknap and Grant and pardoned the
whiskey thieves. Theyareall agreed
that a republican victory in 1880 is
very desirable,
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The Volumes of the Weekly begin with
the first number for January Of each year.
When no time is mentioned, it will be un-
derstood that the subscriber wishes to
commence with the number next after tho
receipt OF his order.
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The Republicans are very much
exercised about the Democratic can
didate for Presidentin 1880, Whocy.
or he is, he will be the winner.
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The subscriptions for the relief Of
the yellow fever sufferers made by
the various cities of the North or by
committees appointed in them.
amounted TO 81, $4,000; The foreign
subscriptions amounted to $4,000
These amounts are exclusive ofsocie.
ty, individual subscriptions.
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wanted to Exchange!

VIZ ANTED-to exchange 81 acres Of land
w withoutimprovements, lying on the
lower side OF Kanawha River, one mile
from Charleston, West Virginia, for u Lot
in the Town OF Point Pleasant. Apply to
nov. 20-lms LEMUEL BATES.
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The Washington Post is authority
for the statement that a conference of
Republican leaders is to be held in
Washington at an early day, to map
out a campaign for Grant and start
the movement in his behalf in a sys-
tematic way. They will probably
commence by getting up CORNER"
in whiskey.
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Harper's Weekly.
1879.
NOT[CES OF TNE press.
1LLUsTRA TED.

The Weekly remains easily ut the head Of
illustrated papers by its fine literary quail.
ty, the beauty OF its type and woodcuts.-
Springfield Republican.
It's pictorial attractions are superb, anil
embrace every variety Of subject and Of
artistic treatlnent-ZiOa's Herald, Boston
The Weekly is q potent agency for tho
dissemination OF correct political principles
and powerful opponent OF shams, frauds,
and false pretonses.-E Evening Erpr",
Rochester.
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The Republican journals say they
hold all the Northern States but In
diana. And yet there are but three
Northern States in which they hada
majority of the votes at the late cleo.
tions.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Mason County, SIS
A T RULES held in the Clerks Office of
II the County Court of Mason County,
on the first Monday in November, 1878.
Rankin N. Hill,

va WV AASb aAohNNS AAAfp'ShipStt ASaOs
Rankin NJ. Hill,
vs..
Adolphus Page and Jennie d. Page, his
wife, and Henry Gwinn and A. L. Gwinn,
his wife. In Chancery.
The object OF the above entitled suit is
to rescind and set aside q deed made and
executed by the said Henry Gwinn and
A. L. 'Gwinn, his wife, to the defendant,
Jennie b. Page, dated the 9TH day OF Au-
gust, 1878, and OF record in the County
Court Clerks office, OF Mason County,
West Virginia, in Deed Book No. 81, pages
202, &C., conveying to her certain tract Of
land therein described, containing about
ten acres, and also TO subject said real es-
tate to the payment of two promisory notes,
one for the sum Of 500 dated the SD day
of April, 1870, and one forthesum Of 500. So
dated the 9TH day Of October, 1870, each
made and executed by the defendant,
Adolphus Page, to the plaintiff.
And II appearing from an affidavit filed
that AdOlphus Page and Jennie B. Page,
his wife, two Of the above named defend.
ants, are non.residents Of the State OF
West Virginia, on motion OF the plaintiff
by Counsel, II is ordered that the said de.
PENDANTS do appear here at Rules to be
held in the said office, on the first Monday
in December next, and do what is necessa.
~ to protect their interests.
a Copy-Teste:
Il. KIAlBERLING, Clerk,
by John u. Timms, Deputy.
W, R. Gum, sol. nov. CIV.
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The republicans retain majority
in but eight States in the Union
"How are the mighty fallenF'
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WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER 20, 1878.

Economy and reform must be the
democratic watchwords in the next
campaign.
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The negroes Of the South must be
very prolific. The Republican or
gans kill off something less than a
million of the "heads of families"
there every year for manifesting a
disposition to vote the Republican
ticket, but just as many come up
smiling to be killed at the next cleo.
ton.
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In view of the fact that after Jan.
uary LIST Sherman enters upon his
resumption scheme, which means the
discontinuance of the issuance Of
gold certificates and the calling in Of
81 and so greonbackS, and likewise
the suspension Of the further print.
ing Of bank.notes Of small denomin.
atoms, an effort will be made in Con.
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The Democrats hold the next Con-
gress in both its branches. 1t is
amusing to note the anxiety Of the
Republican journals to make it ap.
pear that the Greenbackers hold the
balance of power, even for a Presi'
Dental election. That is just what
they wish most heartily.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-20

Prof Kenny is spoken of as the
nOSt County Superintendent of Free
Schools The people could not got a
better man for the Office.
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Totice to Trespassers!

A Ii persons are warned against hunt
"A ing or otherwise trespassing upon my
lands without my consent, Us will rigidly
enforce all who violate this notice.
nov. 20-4w- JOHN S. LEWIS.
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NOTICE!

To TrespasSerS.
NOTICE is hereby given no, to trespass,
IN by hunting, fishing or otherwise ON
the farm OF John S. Roush, commonly
known as the "Segrcst Farm" rs all per-
sons SO doing will be dealt with according
to law. JOHN S. ROUSH.
New Haven, Nov. 6-iw.
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