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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01
Work.

The time for talk the time for writing
the time for speaking the time for boast
ing; the time for bantering and bluffing
is over. The time for WORK is here. But
five days remain until the harvest of our la
Dor viii be gathered in. From now until
shutdown on the 9th let the personal can
vass go on. Make arrangements to have
every voter at the polls early in the morn
ing. See that preparations are made to
haul those who cannot walk. Stir up the
laggards; encourage and strengthen the
wavering enthuse those who are with us,
and let every man feel that the fight he is
engaged in is a fight for his home and fire.
side, for his children and for Virginia's
prosperity. And remember that this great
issue-the thraldom OF redemption OF the
State-is to be decided on Tuesday. Re-
member that yoar work is needed, and
make your preparations now to devote one
day to the good Of the State.
5 Just as sure as the sun shines, you who
have: property; you who have children to
educate you who are dependent on your
daily labor for the bread you eat, will re-
greet it for years to come, if you allow
Virginia to pass again into the hands Of
those who ruled and ruined her. Judge
the future by the past. Look at what the
Democratic party has done. Look at your
tax tickets now and your tax tickets three
years ago; look at your schools now, and
what they were observe the general con-
dition of State affairs now in comparison
with what it was three years ago, and
then say if you cannot afford to give a
day, OF two days or three days, to prevent
a return of the expressions from which
you are just escaping.
Men on the farm men in tie work
shop men in all the avocations of honest
toll, work with unceasing fervour until
shutdown on the 9th. A glorious victory
will be your reward, and Virginia's free
dom from the dictation OF rings and
cliques, railroads and brokers win be the
recompense for the labor done.
Stand at the polls and see that every man
has an opportunity to vote, allow no bull
doing, and see that the last vote for
Fulcher and Hamilton is safe in the ballot
box before the sun goes down.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01
An Issue to be Decided.

One of the most important issues to be
decided on Tuesday next, is whether or
not there shall be changei in the chancery
system in Virginia; whether or not laws
cannot be enacted which will expedite set
Elements and lessen costs whether or not
the people shall continue to be ground
down by Court House rings, and whether
or not litigants cannot avoid ruin when
they go into the Courts for justice.
The old, oppressive, English chancery
system, which has been abolished in every
State but Missouri and Virginia, is a mill
stone around the neck of the people and
will continue to weigh them down unless
they rise and with the might of a giant
free themselves from it's cumbrous load.
No people OF the Union have been more
outraged and oppressed by the law than
the people of Virginia. And the reason
is plain. For years and years they have
sent to the legislature majority of
lawyers. As a class, they are no better or
no worse than any other. They have good
points about them, but just as much
human nature as other people. 1t is per-
fectly natural that with majority of one
class in the legislature, the laws should
have been made favorable to that class. If
a majority of farmers were sent as repre-
sentatives to Richmond. then the laws
would be framed in the interests of agri-
culture if a majority of printers were
sent there, then newspapers would have a
better show. Just so it would be with any
other class, and just so it has been with
the lawyers. They have framed the laws
SO that whilst one htigant has hold of the
horns of the cow and the other grasps the
tail, the attorney comes in betIeAss and
draws the milk. After suit has been in
Court year OF two, the question to be de-
cided, generally. is now how much the
plaintiff will get; not how much the de-
| PENDANT swiIl save, but whether or not
the property involved will be sufficient to
pay the costs. The demand of the hour is
for prompt settlements and less costs, but
that demand will never be met as long as
majority of lawyers are entrusted with
the law-making power.
One OF the principal measures to remedy
this evil is the Commissioner of Sales bill
proposed in the last legislature. In an
able article, in another column, MI. Jno.
). Wise discusses this question in all it's
length and breadth. To that article we
direct the attention of our readers. We
ask them to give it careful perusal and
then say whether or not they believe the
interests of the people would be subserved
by its enforcement. If they regard it as a
wise measure, let them do what they can
to secure it's enactment. Let them vote
for Fulcher and Hamilton A vote for
Echols and Opie means continuation of
the present onerous chancery system.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Commissioner an elective officer and not
appointiye. His motion was voted down
because our friends knew it was a mere
ruse, and after his deSertion did not choose
to receive his dictation. | think it wassas
much the right of the people to elect Il
Land Commissioner to sell lands as a sher-
iff to sell personality, and feel sure, more
over, that if we had amended the bill SO as
to elect the Commissioner by the people,
those Bourbons who now imply they would
nave supported it with the amendment
NO would every one have voted against it
me mode OF selection is a minor consid-
justice.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01
Regret,

We understand that in his speech at
Greenville last Monday night, Mr.. Echols
expressed great regret that there was no
representative of the opposite side to meet
him in discussion. Mr.. Echols was ap-
preached Monday morning at his office
and asked if he would divide time with a
Coalition speaker that night. He said he
would divide with either of the opposition
candidates, but that he would not be
willing to grant division of time to any
one else. 1t was explained to him that
both Fulcher and Hamilton were in dis
tant part Of the county and could not get
there. and that it was much desired that
a speaker to represent them should be
present to discuss the issues. He refused
on these terms to discuss, and that is the
reason why no speaker was there to meet
him, and that is the reason he had so much
cause for regret e?
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

THE REPORT II AVING b L E N
CIRCULATED IN CERTAIN SEC
TIONS- OF THE COUNTY THAT
MESSRS. FUECHER AND HAMIL-
TON FAVOR MIXED SCHOOLS, WE
ARE AUTHORIZED BY THOSE GEN
TIL EMEN TO STATE THAT SUCH A
CHARGE is AN INFAMOUS FALSE
HOOD. AND THOSE WHO CIRCU-
LATE IT KNOW 1T TO BE SUCH.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01
The Outlook.

From the best sources Of information
at our command, we are satisfied with the
prospect. From every section of the State
the most encouraging intelligence comes.
Those who have made thorough canvass,
and who are not over sanguine, speak in
tones of confidence. The victory this year
will duplicate if not exceed that of 81.
Both houses of the Legislature will be
anti-Bourbon by good working majorities,
if the friends of the cause do their duty
on Tuesday next. Read the encouraging
yet cautious report from Governor Cam
eron, published in another column. 1t
gives an intelligent and comprehensive
view of the situation in the State. But
there must be no child's play. We can
win, and win by big majority if our men
come squarely up to the work. The enemy
is active, well organized and have plenty
of money, but we have the UOtes, and the
votes are what count. Let us see that ev-
cry vote reaches the ballot box, and then
when the sun shines on the It'll. the very
earth will shake under the loud huzzas of
the freemen of Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Only small proportion of christians and
,church-goers have adequate information
as to the present status of the great cues "a,
tion that is yet to shake the world. Ihey
never go to a temperance lecture, they
never read temperance book, and, OF
course, they never take q temperance pa
per. They are necessarily buried IN the
most profound ignorance as to the great
facts of temperance Temple Star.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01
Look at the Record.

Let those who have children to educate
compare the records of the two parties as
they bear upon the public schools in Au-
gusta county,.
In 1879, under Funder rule, there were
Sc schools in the county, 70 white and IS
colored.; there were 1880 pupils-2, 463
white and 427 colored--the amount eXpend-
ed for educational purposes was SIS, 924.17.
In 1888, under Readjuster rule, the num-
per Of schools in the county was 1S1-150
white and 81 colored the number of pu-
pills was 4,931-3,932 white and 500 col
ored. The amount expended for school
purposes was $24,754.04.
And remember, too, that with all this
improvement in the public schools your
taxes have been lessened 20 per cent, and
the assessment on real and personal prop
erty has been materially reduced.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Let Old Augusta redeem herself next
tuesday. Let hershow to the world that she
mas broken the bonds of Bourbonism, and
steps forward to the front to take the lead
III Vlrglnla's new departure. Let her
prove herself worthy of being the Mother
OF states by showing that those who look
TO her interests and consult her welfare
snail represent her in the halls of the Leg
islature. She has tried the old rings afpl
cilques long enough, let her demand that
the People shall take charge of their own
affairs.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

The people of Virginia want fewer
elections. There is no possible reason
why the number should not be reduced
from two year to one every two years. A
vote for Fulcher and Hamilton will he the
the first step towards this reduction.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Seventeen thousand pledges have been
taken in Sturgeon S Tabernacle, London,
since the Metropolitan Tabernacle Tenn
perance Society was organized one year
ago. Union Signal
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Keep down party that dares not refer
TO the record it made whilst in control of
the State government.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Farmers. if your want you interests at
tended to send farmers to the Legislature.
Vote for Fulcher and Hamilton.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

The President has designated Thursday,
Nov. 10Th, as the day of National Thanks
giving, and recommends it's general OBJ
servance as shch by the people.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Farmers of Augusta, the election of
Fulcher and Hamilton and the triumph OF
the cause they represent will put money
in your pockets. The enforcement Of a
just and equitable tariff of freights by the
railroads will add to the value Of every
bushel of grain you raise. If the freight
from here to Richmond OF Baltimore was
two OF three cents less on a bushel OF
grain it would be Just that much more
added to your capital.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

When Edward Echols was first elected
Commonwealth Attorney, he got almost
the solid negro vote, and that vote gave
him the office Nobody ever thought
of calling him the negro candidate,
or believed that he was the represen-
tative of the black as against the white
race. And yet he was just as much the
negro candidate then as Fulcher and Ham
iltOn are now.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

When the Funders gained control of the
State government before, there was the
nice little sum of 81 ,s16, 900 laid up in the
Treasury. This they squandered and went
in debt as much more, besides what they
owed the bondholders. Now that the, Re
adlusters have paid off the. debt and ac-
cumulated over million and half inthe
banks, Funderism is wild to get one more
cnance at the rich plumber. But the peo-
pie' remembering what has past, will see
that the door of the treasury remains
locked, and their hard earnings secure
against the assaults Of the spoilers. Keep.
payers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

DON'T believe tie lying circulars sent
out by the Funders just before the election.
The whole State will be flooded with them.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

DR.. Collier, late chemist of the aGricul-
tural bureau, says that the United States
will in ten years be exporting sorghum
sugar. 1t is being successfully manufac-
tured all the way from New Jersey to
Utah. The principal eastern factory is at
Rio Grande, New Jersey, where 900 acres
of cane are this season being ground into
1000, 900 pounds of sugar which is pro-
nounced to be an entirely satisfactory arti-
Gle by Professor Silliman, DIR. Ayers, of
Yale College, Prof. Hubbard, of Dart
mouth, General Carman, of the Agricul-
tural bureau and II. w. Wiley, chemist of
the bureau, who recently visited the fac
tory.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01


When Democratic speakers attempt to
influence you by talking about social equal
lty, mixed schools, and everything under
the face of the heavens except the ques-
lions at issue in this campaign, ask these
questions
Is not the State of Virg mia in better
condition to-day than when the Fander
party was thrust from power?
II it were in your power, would YOU
place her back where she was. foalr years
ago? 7s6.
They dare not deny the one or assert the
other. They kaoao that the Readjuster
party has proved a blessing to the State.
They know that the old Funder party left
record which for stupidity, recklessness
and corruption has never been equaled.-
They knoao that they dare not compare the
two administrations, with reference to the
material interests of the State, and there
fore they evade the real issues, and talk
about men instead of measures, tell anec-
dotes, and by such trickery try to lead
their listeners away from the questions
that must be decided in this contest.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

The present system of working county
roads is not only a farce, but is most
glazing instance of taxation without rep
resentation. Those who do the major part
of the work are those who have the least
interest in its being done. AS conse-
quence they have no heart in the work, and
it is not half done. Under system of
contracts the same amount of money that
is now supposed to be expended on the
roads, would keep them in splendid order
and.put money into the pockets Of every
farmer. 1t only requires from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year to keep the Valley Turn
pike in order, from Staunton to Winches-
ter, distance Of ninety-two miles. Not
less than $50, 900, are annually spent on the
roads Of this county, and yet there is
scarcely one of them passable with half
load during wet weather. Before the
Democrats inaugurated the present sys-
TEN, and when the roads were worked on
the township plan, they were always kept
in good condition, and the cost was not
felt by the farmers. Democratic methods
there, as every place else, proved not only
inefficient but oppressive to the poor man,
and placed the roads in the unsightly con-
dition they now are. Farmers Of Angus.
ia, IT you want good roads laborers of
Augusta, if you would strike blow for
your own interests and against the party
which imposed these unjust burdens upon
you vote for Fulcher and Hamilton or
Tuesday next. They will have this injus-
tice remedied. The party to whom you
must look for relief is not the party which
fixed this wrong upon you. Vote not only
to protect your rights but to condemn
those who have sought to infringe them.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

When Funders come to you and talk Of
negro domination and ask you to read
circulars about negro rule, tell them that
you remember that they resorted to pre-
cisely the same tricks last year. Just be-
fore election they stuck up placards declar-
ing that the defeat of Funderism meant
mixed schools. Funderism was defeated
and the falsehood exposed. Instead of the
schools being mixed , they were unmixed.
Negro schools were put under the control
of negro teachers, and the races entirely
separated. Believe nothing they tell you
and nothing they give'you to read.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Work is. what must be done now. The
time for all else is over.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01

Had the prohibition amendment been
have thrown 1928 retail liquor dealers,
800 whole wholesale dealers, 80 rectifying
and 159 brewing establishments, $40 retail
and 1873 wholesale dealers in malt liquors
out of employment. 1t would also pre-
vent the yearly use of A ,073,7 01 bushels of
grain for liquor making purposes and pre-
vent the manufacture of 4S7 ,203 proof gal
Ions of rectifed spirits, and an ocean of
ager beer. The defeat of the amendment
wilipermit all this business, shown to ex-
ist by the report of the internal revenue
commissioner. to go on as heretofore.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-01


Messrs. Echols and Opie promise to do
nothing more than the Readjusters have
done. They say that they acquiesce in the
debt settlement, will not seek to re-estab-
lish the price on the ballot or the whipping
post, and, in short, will not undertake to
undo anything the Readjusters have done.
We don't want wooden men there. We
want men who will do something. Men who
will endeavor to relieve the people OF the
present unjust road law; who will make
the railroads pay their full proportion OF
taxes who will make them discontinue
the ,ruinous discrimination in freight
charges who will make the banks obey the
law: who will adopt measures for the re-
lief of the people who are forced into
court. and who will leglslate for the farm
er and working-man, and not for the rings
and cliques. Voters of Augusta, if you
want to send plain, common-sense, practi-
cal business men to tho Legislature see
that your ballots bear the names of !
Fulcher and Hamilton.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-14
Horse Stealing.

On Monday night of last week a
sorrel horse was taken from the barn
of John Reibold in Washington twp.
The thief and horse were traced to
Elderton, Armstrong, where the theft
was arrested, and the horse, which
had. been delivered there to party
whose name we have not learned, re-
covered. The name Of the thief is
Henry Pfaff alias Robert Gray. He
is young man, and on his way back,
while in charge of the officers, he made
statements to them duplicating G. NJ.
Brown, of Petrolia, who he said, had
hired him to take the horse from Rel
bold's barn and deliver it to the man
in Elderton, also that Brown assisted
him to steal the housekeeping
watch while he was doing so and help
ing him to get away. For stealing
the horse Pfaff got $40 down and was
to get $40 more after delivering him as
per contract and returning to Butler
or Petrolia. Pfaff had a hearing be-
fore Esq Walker and was committed
to Jail, and on the strength of his con-
fession, Brown was arrested, had a
hearing and was held for Court, giY-
ing bail in $1,000
The horse belonging to Campbell
Daubenspeck, which was stolen from a
hitching post in front of Miffiin's store
in North Washington, some days ago,
was found in possession Of Mr.. John
Ball, Of Oakland twp, who had bought
him from young man named Emery.
who lived near North Washington.
Emery was arrested, had hearing be-
fore Esq. Smith, and was committed
to iail
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-14
The Sham and the Real.

Every good thing has its host of imitators;
every genuine article its counterfeits. Bad
manners and wicked habits have theirs also;
but he who shams the bad never boasts of it,
while they who ape the virtues of the good or
simulate the genuine never hesitate to place
the counterfeit before the public in their most
alluring tones. When these people initiate
they always choose pronounced type or pop
ular subject to copy from; and when they
claim to be as good as 'So-and-So" or to sell an
article equal to "So-and-So," the public may
depend upon it that Mr.. $50 and So' and his
article are always the best of the kind. Thus
the sham is always proving the genuine merit
of the thing it copies.
firm of enterprising gentlemen produce
and popularize an article of household use,
such as the Royal Baking Powder, whose con-
venience, usefulness and real merit make
for itself an immense and universal sale. A
hundred imitators arise on every hand, and as
they hold out their sham articles to the public
yelp in chorus, "Buy this; it's Just as good as
the Royal, and much cheaper?" The Royal
Baking Powder is the standard the world over,
and its imitators in their cry that theirs is "as
good as the Royal" are all the time emphasiz-
ing this fact. In their laborious attempts to
show by analysis and otherwise that the "Snow-
ball' brand has as much rising power Gas the
Royal" or that the Resurrection" powder is
as wholesome "as the Royal" or that the
Earthquake" brand is Gas pure as the Royal,
as well as by their contortive twistings OF
chemical certificates ald labored efforts to OBJ
tain recognition from the Government chem
lists and prominent scientists who haye certi.
fed the superiority of Royal over all others,
they all admit the "Royal to be the acme of
perfection, which it is their highest ambition
to initiate. But the difference between the
real and these limitations, whi ch copy only its
general appearance, is as wide as that between
the paste and the true diamond. The shams
all pay homage to the "Royalp
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-14
URIAH MOYER HANGED.
Another one of the KintZler
MurdererS Pays the Penalty.

Uriah Moyer was hanged in the jail
yard at Middleburg, this State, at eight
minutes past eleven last Wednesday
morning for participation in the Kintz-
Ter murder in Snyder county in 1877.
He passee quiet night, sleeping well.
When led out of his cell to the scaffold
he stepped up firmly and exhibited
great nerve. The prisoner gazed calm
" on the crowd of $50 people and
stated that the murder was committed
on Friday evening by him and Emanuel
Ettinger, and that he and his brother
Jonathan and Ettinger robbed and
burned the body and the premises on
Saturday evening He said, too, that
it had been said that his brother Joseph
was also present, but that that was not
so. Prayer was then offered to which
the condemned man made responses
After this the Sheriff pinioned his arms
and ankles and the rope was adjusted,
the white cap was placed over his head
and the drop fell. He died without a
struggle in about seven minutes.
THE CRIME and THE MURDERERs.
Uriah Meyer was one of party of
four :uen and two women who were
present at or participated in the murder
of old John Kintzler and his wife, on
the night of December 1th, 1877, near
Troxelville, Snyder county, Pa. Rob
berry was the object of the crime, and
the money obtained was divided among
the murderers. The four men were
convicted on the evidence of Mary
Hartley, the sweetheart of Emanuel
Ettinger, one Of the murderers. Et-
finger died in Jail while awaiting ex-
ecution. Jonathan Meyer, whose wife
was with the party when the murder
was committed, was executed March
oath, 1882. To-day Uriah Meyer paid
the penalty, so that only Israel Erb,
who is sixty-fve years old, remains to
be dealt with Uriah Meyer, just exc
cuted, was a man of forty-four, and OF
prepossessing appearance. He spoke
only the Pennsylvania Dutch. He
leaves family in Michigan.