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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27
How they Lie.

The opponents Of Mr.. Simmons,
Democratic candidate for State Sena.
tor, are industriously circulating the
report that he is opposed to free
schools, and also opposed to submit.
ting the Prohibition Amendment to
u vote Of the people. We are auth
orizedto say that both of these char
ges are utterly false, and are lies got.
ten up for the campaign, in the hope
of injuring Mr.. Simmons. Asto the
first charge, we can truthfully say,
that the free schools has no more
warmer friend and champion than is
Mr. Simmons, and in his bands the
free school interest can be safely en-.
trusted. As to the second charge
He was nominated upon n prohibi.
tion platform, and in accepting the
nomination pledged himself to the
people Of this Senatorial District to
vote for the proposition to submit tc
voters Of this State, a Prohibitory
Amendment to the Constitution Of
the State, and if elected, as he will
be, he will vote for its submission to
the people. The Republicans seeing
no hope Of electipg their candidate
on square, fair, honest canvass, are
circulating these lies in the hope Of
deceiving Democrats into voting fol
Mr.. woodward.
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Heap II On.

All the dirty slang that the Radi.
cal can heap upon the head Of Capt.
Gibson, our standard.bearer for Con-
gress, will not injure him in the
least, as everybody knows that the
Radical is a disreputable lying sheet,
and so utterly filthy in its utterances
that many decent Republicans will
not permit it to come into their
homes. Pile her on old "Sorrel.top"
and when you have completed the
work which your Ring-masters have
allotted to you to do, you will be as.
tonished to see that Mr.. Gibson has
a majority in this comfy Of over 200,
and Of over 5000 in the District.
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UOn,t Hesitate.

No Democrat ought to hesitate
about voting for any Of the nominees
on the Democratic ticket. They are
all good men and worthy your votes
and your influence. Remember that
when Democrat votes for any can.
didate on the Republican ticket, be.
cause Of personal friendship, he is
giving Endorsement to q party that
has never lost an opportunity to de.
nounce, revile and lie about him and
and his party.
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New Voting Precinct.

T Special Session of the County Court
n continued and held for the County OF
Mason atthe Court House thereof, Thurs
day, August "a, 1882, pursuant to notice, for
the transaction OF business therein stated,
the following order was made and entered
OF Record -ssgs:5 t.--
Upon thepetition Of A j. Stephens and fii.
ty.nine others, voters OF Union District.
Said petitioners pray that voting pre-
einct may be appointed and established 81
the Store House Of A. J.stepheps, in said
District, and the same being considered by
the Court, it is ordered that a voting pre-
cinct be and is hereby appointed 1t the
said Store House OF A. ], Stephens in said
District, and to be known as Stephens
Precinct e - - r.
< A Copy from the Record:
TESTE:
Up. h. B. SMITH, Clerk,
By Jos. II. HoILowAY, Deputy.
aug30-4w. ~
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Bar Resolutions,

At Circuit Court commenced and held
for the County OF Mason, at the Court
House thereof, on Monday, September 18th,
| 1882.
Present, Hon. A. F. Guthrie, Judge OF
the eth Judicial Circuit.
At a meeting Of the Bar held at the OF.
fee OF Menager & Hogg, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, Since the last term Of this
Court it hath pleased Him who holds all
our destinies in the hollow OF His hand,
to call before the Bar Of a higher tribunal,
the Hon. James W. Hoge, who for years
occupied with rare distinction the position
OF Judge Of this Court, therefore,
Rfsolred, That we have heard of his
death in the prime OF his manhood and
the midst Of his usefulness with feelings OF
profound sorrow.
I'd. That in his untimely death, this Bar
has lost one who was ever recognized as a
genial companion and sincere friend, and
high toned gentleman.
Sd. That all OF us who have met him in
the forum can testify to his persuasive clio.
quence and cogent argument, and although
his cleaning eye is now glazed in death,
and his voice is hushed forever, while his
causes and clients will vainly wait his com.
ing. we still see him as We last saw him,
"braced Tor the race with his harness upon
him"
4th. That to the bereaved family who
have fully known and enjoyed the lavish
kindness of his generous heart, we can
but tender our sincerest sympathies, feel
ing that no one can rerlile their loss OF
their sorrow.
Which resolutions were presented TO the
Court by John W. English, Esq, and on
his motion, were ordered 10 be spread up.
ON the records OF. the Court; and on mo.
ton OF Hon. W. II. Tomlmson, TIE court
adjourned until tomorrow morning out Of
respect to the memory OF the deceased;
and the newspapers vi Mason, Putnam
and kanawha, were requested to publish
said resolutions and the Clerk was direct,
ed to forward copy OF these proceedings
to the family OF the deceased.
a Copy-Teste;
CHAS. B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
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Maso,. Nominees.
West Virginia Freeman.

West Virginia Freeman.
Prohibition Democrat" adds a note
to his letter inside, saying, the Re.
publican nominees are both prohibi'
ton men.
We take it has reference to the
nominees for the Legislature, for Mr.
Shirley is announced officially
through the Radical as in favor of Ii.
cense conlitiondtty and that Of course
means everything the whisky men
want. If Mr.. Shirley is truly repre-.
scented by the Rodicat he is wholly
unfit to be guardian Of the moral
and financial interests of Mason
county. No man who will favor Ii
cense to sell whisky for purposes Of
drunkenness is safe man in any
community.
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ErsaAL NOTICES.
Trustaa's Sale.

DY virtue OF Trust deed executed to
- me the undersigned Trustee, by'R. j.
Love and wife on the 2lst day of October,
1881, and recorded in Trust Deed Book No
5, page 1913 to secure to John W. Love and
j. B. Love and indemnify them in the
payment Of two notes of 500 each, execu-
ted to ]. Friedman q. Co., upon which they
were security, and the said J. w. Love
and J. B. Love having paid said notes, and
required me to sell the property in said
trust deed conveyed to secure them, will
on the 3Oth day Of September, So,
upon the premises at Flat Rock, in Mason
county, West Virginia, sell the house and
lot in said trust deed described, containing
one acre and situate in Flat Rock, said
county, bounded By the Clarksburg road
and Eight Mile road and landssof John NJ.
Eckard and Francis Dixon; also four notes
executed by Early Jenkins to r. j. Love
or order, three for $500 each and one for
Sl75, dated March 4th, 1850, and payable
with interest, in six, seven, eight and nine
years from date, secured by Trust Deed on
200 acres Of land in Mason county, on the
waters OF Ten Mile Creek, formerly owned
by W. II. Tomlinson. Terms Of sale cash
in hand. e. JOHN A. B0GGESS, .
Sep64w. ea# Trustee.
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w. p. & q. II. II.

Senator Camden is at home this
week, and we had a pleasant talk
with him on Wednesday concerning
the prospects Of the above road. He
is as sangGine as he ever was that
the building Of the road is one Of the
certainlies Of the early future, and be
is Just as sanguine that when built
it viii be a profitable aud successful
road. lie also says that the road is
attracting a good deal Of attention
among the capitalists Of the east, and
those who have examined the maps,
and looked into the engineers re-
ports and been made aware Of the
capacities Of the road express surprise
that it has not long since been con-
structed.
In response to an inquiry as to the
purpose of the present survey from
Parkersburg TO Point Pleasant, he
said the object was to establish the
permanent line, that the unsecured
right Of way might be provided for,
and that basis might be secured up
on which to estimate the cost Of CON-
struction.
The engineer in charge, Major Nc.
Cornell, has been on the road about
two years, and he is competent and
accurate engineer. The fact that
this survey is for the establishment
of the permanent line carries with it
enough to satisfy US that there is now
more prospect Of an early beginning
Of the work Of building the road than
has existed for some time.
There is general feeling that the
road is now assuming a position indi-
eating an early and more pronounced
effort toward its completion.-.Senti-
mel.
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MEaTTnE.

WTHl2REAS, there are vacancies in the
w following Offices in Mason county,
State Of West Virginia, to-wit: One Justic5
oil the Peace aud two Constables ofCooper
District; one Justice olsthe Peace Of Union
District; one Justice OF the Peace Of Ar
buckle District; Two Conslabies Of Lewis
District; one Constable Of Graham District,
and one Justice OF the Peace and two Con.
stables OF Cologne District. The voters OF
said Districts are hereby notified TINT tho
said yacancies-in each 0fsaid offices for tho
unexpircd terms thereof, shall be filed By
the Yotersot said Districts respectively ut
the next general election to be held in this
county, to-wit: On the ed Tuesday In.
October, ESS:s, at the places Of voting
inJsaid Districts, which have been appoint.
ed according to law.
Given UNDER our hands as President and
Commissioners of the County Court Of said
Mason county, this August 10th, 1852.
. J. GAPEHART, President,
GIDEON BROWN.
W. C. GREENLEE,
a4.-ry ~ Commissioners
~ ~-s J ~ TBSTE.
sepe0-tfl ]. P. r. b. SIXTH, Clerk,
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Edison tells a'roporter that he does
not believe a submarine telephone
comes within the region Of possibil,
tiles.
An Omaha editor has been sent to
Jail for shooting at his city editor
This comes Of being poor marks
man,
Thirty ihousadd dollars are desired
for the proposed monument to che
late Benjamin II. Hill at Atlanta,
Ga.
1t has already cost the Government
$4,000 to give Dorsey an opportun
ity of proving himself an innocent
man. ,-.
Mississippi has the proper mode to
stop wife whipping, Five hundred
dollars fine and six months in Jail is
the penalty for each offense.
In order 10 test their sea.golng
qualities, the monitors Passaic and
Wyandotte have been sent out from
Norfolk for trip along the northern
coast.
Among the premiums offered at a
fair in Texas are a pair Of smoothing
irons to the ugliest woman present.
They will be indeed sad irons to the
winner.
Five summer hotels on the New
England coast have been burnt with.
in few weeks, and in most cases
many of the guests were compelled to
flee for their lives,
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Col. Harper.

This great Greenback champion
agreeably entertained an average
audience at the Court House Friday
afternoon and night. He arraigned
both parties for their shortcomings,
but his blows were mostly dealt at
the Democratic party. From his re.
marks we inferred that if his Green.
back party could not succeed TO the
control Of this government, he pre-
ferred that the Republicans (who
had entailed all the bad laws and the
misery complained Of by bis party
remain in power, and go on in their
nefarious legislation for the benefit
Of the rich as against the poor, rather
than that the Democratic party, that
has always been a friend Of the Door
and the oppressed, and party that
would enact laws to relieve the peo-
pie, should come into power.
Why is this so9 Simply because
the Greenback party is an auxiliary
10 the Republican party in Demo.
cratic States. In all places where
the Republicans are in a minority,
they foster and encourage the Green.
backera, and in many instances fuse
with them. While the Colonel made
much complaint about the bad legis-
lation, and drew, apparently, a very
dark picture, he proposed no remedy
for the evils he portrayed.
Taking all in all, the Colonel is a
very pleasant and entertaining
speaker, and his head is we'll stored
with information. In other words
he is q well read man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

Judge LOOMS says we should send
him to Congress because, being in
harmony with the majority in that
body and with the Executive, and
representing a Democratic District,
he could get anything be might ask
for. Wrong again, sir; the next Con.
gress will be Democratic, and you
couldn't get anything. Besides, the
country would be several millions
better off if there hadn't been quite
SO many members Of your political
faith in the last Congregations
Democrat.
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Notica.

A ATa Special Session OF the County
n Court continued and held for the
county OF Mason at the Court House there
OF on Tuesday, August 22d, 1852, amongst
other things the following entry was made;
1t is ordered that the hands required by
law to perform labor on the public roads
in this county be and hereby are allowed
TO commute therefor at by paying to the
Surveyor Of the Road Precinct wherein
said hands are or may be required to per.
form such labor, the sum OF one dollar
pursuant to sec. ~ pages 1926 and 400 Acts
1852, and the Clerk of this Court is hereby
directed to notify each Road Surveyor here.
OF. TESTE: Cd
J.P. R. B. sMITH, Clerk.
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Voters are reminded that the cleo.
ton law has been so amended as to
require them to vote in the District
in which they reside. Heretofore
you could vote anywhere in the
county, but now it is different, you
are confined to your own District,
but can vote at any Precinct in your
District.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

The Radical press are disposed to
allude to the Democratic party as the
party Of free whiskey and free trade.
The facts in the case do not sustain
the charge. The history of the Re,
publican party has ever been to re,
duce the tax on wholesale and retail
liquor dealers, manufacturers and
dealers in tobacco and cigars, bank
deposits and bank checks and in
crease the lax on coffees, leas and the
necessities Of life; in fact everything
the poor man uses. In short, the
policy of the party has been to light.
en- the taxes Of the rich by reducing
The taxes on Injuries and capital,
and increase the taxes Of the poor by
doubling the revenues on pure neees.
sites. In the face of all this the
Radical leaders profess sympathy
and friendship for the laboring mas.
ses-the voters. Such demagogue.
ism won't win.-Garksburg Mers.
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If it were true that the Democrat.
&c party were opposed to submitting
the prohibition amendment to the
voters of this State, we fear that the
Republican ranks in this section,
would soon be very thin and most Of
their leaders bowling Democrats.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

The "Hon. C. ]. Guiteau" said he
was going to "die that the Republi.
can party might live" He ''died''
and now "the Republican party" is
struggling to Give" of the 2 per cent
assessments on the salaries Of Gov.
eminent employees. Some of the Re-
publican leaders still "point with
pride" to the progress of the "grand
old party."-MAthm Enquirer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

That active, energetic and talent.
ed young Democrat, Hon. Chas. E,
Hogg, is billed to speak in every
county in the District, above the
Big Kanawha. He is a good and eff,
fective speaker. 1t will be remem.
bered that Mr.. Hogg was Mr.. Glib.
sons strongest opponent in the late
Democratic Congressional Conven.
ton.
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The Enquirer claims Ohio by 10000
for the Democratic ticket in Octo.
Der, and more than half Of the Con-
gressmen, we hope its claim will
prove true, but some how or other, we
have not much faith in the Enquiir-
er's figuring.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

Senator Miller, of New York, says
"this is an Administration that
thinks about Offices and nothing else"
The Republican brethren in the En-
pire State are not loving each other
much more than they we're during the
Senatorial contest at Albany.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

We have always said that we be-
lieved Mr.. Gibson's majority would
be 5000 in the District. We now
believe it will be fully 1000. The
filthy, personal warfare the Republi-
can papers have made against him
has had an effect opposite to that
which they intended.
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Gel 10 Work.

II is only about two weeksuntil
the election day, and the time for
work is short. As yet there has been
no canvass Of the county BY Demo.
Gratis. II is,time they were at work,
and we advise them to makesrrange-
ments to make good use of the time
left to them. Let Democrats remem.
Der that we have promised two hun
dred majority in this county to Mr..
Gibson and our county ticket, and
we must have it. By prompt and
energetic work we can get it. We
have good ticket all through, and a
very popular one, that can draw votes
from the enemy. Now what We want
is to have the Democrats in every
School District organized, ready for
the great battle TO come off the 10th
Of October next. II we can get out
the full vote Of the party, the county
can safely be claimed by two humid.
red majority for the whole ticket.
Hon. W. L. Wilson, Of Jefferson
county, was nominated by the Dem.
ocrats Of the Second District on the
10th inst, as their candidate for
Congress, by reclamation.
We commend the following to the
colored voters of this county. 1t is
taken from the platform Of the
Wheeling Times, a paper published
by colored men, rr.a#5a li.
"Resolred, That we hereby an.
nounce as a new Monroe doctrine Of
the era Of emancipation that the ne.
gro voter in the United States shall
henceforth not consider himself a
subject for colonization and appro.
priation by any political party, but
that the individual right 10 think,
speak and act for himself be untram.
melled by party claims.
"Resotued, That we commend 10
the negro voters Of the State that
whenever a colored man has been
nominated on the Republican tickle,
and heen heaten whilp tho nfher M ri
Of the ticket was elected, we recon-
mend them to vote independently,
and without regard to party"
You colored voters are always
courted, by the Republican party
when an election rolls around; bu,
that party never shares the offices
with you, and if it does, it will
defeat at the polls the colored man
on their ticket.
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You can rely upon the fact that
West Virginia will send an unbroken
democratic delegation to Congress,
the claim Of the Republicans and
Hubbells 2 per cent. to the contrary.
Their names will be Wilson, Good,
Kenna and Gibson.
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Great Political Evil.

We most heartily endorse this fol-
lowing editorial in the Border Watch
man.
An article which appeared in this
paper some time. ago contained the
following; "The steps from the JOY
of liberty to the curse of tyranny are
but three-irst, to a fight between
sections; second, to a fight between
factions; and third and last, to fight
between persons, where the victor is
always the tyrant."
One Of the greatest evils from
which our State has long suffered is
personal politics. Too often the
principles upon which parties have
been established are lost sight Of and
the contest degenerates into a fgh,
between individuals and their adher.
ants. Men attach themselves to and
battle for personal leader without
reference to his platform Of principles
This strongly indicates the existence
of a depraved moral sentiment among
our people, and is foe to good gov.
eminent. II should be eradicated a,
once and forever. The greatest en-.
envy which the Democratic party Of
West Virginia has to-day is the bick.
erings and jealousies Of individuals
within its ranks, who each have a
personal following ready at all times
to sacrifice the good of the party to
the advancement Of their own petty
chief. If the Democratic party wishes
to retain its supremacy in the State
this thing must stop. Otherwise the
ship Of Democracy will inevitably be
wrecked upon the rock Of personal
politics. 1t would be far better for
the good of the State and for the sake
Of good government that each party
should stand squarely upon its plat.
form and nominate men who will
conscientiously represent the princi-
Piles contained therein. Until then
there can be no healthy public senti,
ment in the State. The remedy
which would most efiectually elimi
nate this baleful feature from West
Virginia politics is the prompt sup
preston by the people at large Of
these personal leaders. Let US hear
more of the principles of parties and
less of the political strength of indi.
viduals.
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The Radical is by-word and re.
proach to the Republicans. Very
few of them will put any confidence
in what it says, and few willacknow-
ledge it as their party organ.
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LOOMS is a great debater, says the
Sentincl. At Roane he was so com.
pletely done by Gibson that he re-
qucsted the people to come back and
listen to him after the Democratic
candidate had gone away.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

A patent has been issued from the
Texas land office to Richard King,
the cattle man, conveying to him a
title to 1876 square leagues, or over
bali million acres of land.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

A prominent Republican told US
last Saturday, that he conceded the
election Of both Howard and Eckard.
He gave his reasons, but we do not
care to give them, as they are not
very complimentary to the Republi.
can candidates for the House of Del.
egates.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

That the Republicans believe in
the corrupt use Of money at elections
is evidenced by the fact that their
candidates for Congress are all rich
men, and carry key to the back
door of Hubbell's assessment bunk
Er.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-27

The war in Egypt is over, The
English proved too much for Aribi
and his undisciplined army.
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Dorsey,s Methods.

The Chicago Times, Independently
in speaking of the Maine election, has
this to say:
"The Republicans have carried the
State of Maine by methods which
leave them little to boast Of. It is al.
most certain that Plaisted was beat.
en- by the corrupt use of Republican
money, which was sent into the State
by the party bosses in very liberal
quantities. The purchase of votes,
according to common report, was open
and shameless. AS high as $40 was
paid in some cases for vote for Ro-
bic, the usual rate being from So to
Sl5. The tactics used were, in short.
the same as those employed by Mr..
Dorsey in Indiana during the cam.
paign of 1880, and if the distinguish.
ed Star Route highwaymen had not
been engaged in Washington, it
would be difficult to believe that he
had not engineered the Maine can.
vass. The party's anxiety about the
purity of the ballot does not seem to
be more than skin deep"