Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-14
HENRY CoUATY PROTESTS.
Court Matters The Late. Lyn chi"s
and Cfttxens' Protest

lOurt Mn1teRs-Ine Isose. Ayu Sh"s
and Cftiseps' Protest
Against Coupons.
tcoyy,spondeuce ofthe Richmond Dispatch
MARTINsvILLE, May 10, 1886.
The May term of the County Court
is now in session. In consequence OF
the busy season, but few Of the sove-
reigns we're upon the green to-day.
Railroad gossip was all the talk. 1t is
thought this county will undoubtedly
vote the subscription. The grand jury
found . true bill of murder against
Price NOR at Axton short time ago.
The lynchipg case is undergoing q
thorough investigation. The Court will
spare neither time nor money in try
ing to ferret the matter out. The judge
charged the jury specially on this point,
and said he would hold the court open
till June il need be.
About noon to-day mass-meeting
was held in the Town Hall, and learn
the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas the Governor Of this Com
monwealth, in pursuance of joint
resolution of the last General Assem-
bly,, has issued a proclamation to the
people Of Virginia urging and request
Ing them to express their views in re-
gard to the efforts now being made by
the public creditors to force coupons
into the Treasury in payment Of taxes,
endangeripg thereby not only the exist
encs Of our State government, but also
our common-school system:
/. Resolred, That we, the people of
Henry county, in mass-meeting assem-
bled, regard tho situation as one of
serious peril. Yet we are confident
that the wisdom, loyalty, and patriot
ism Of our citizens will prove equal to
the grsediness and rspacity of the cou-
pon.holders.
2. That we will pay our taxes due
the State Of Virginia in money, and not
in coupons, and that we will not
tolerate their use by others for the pay
ment Of taxes.
8. That the greater portion Of our
people being compelled to pay taxes in
money, dollar for dollar, it is unjust,
unfair, unpatriotic, and injurious to the
public welfare for a certain class to pay
taxes in deprecated coupons, thereby
escaping their equal share Of the pub
lie burden and tending to embarrass the
State Government 10 its efforts to dis
pose finally of tho State debt.
4. That in our commercial relation;
and dealings with persons and firms
from abroad, who, manifesting no sym
PATTY for our situation, and for pur
poses Of self-aggraudizement, have pait
their liceuse.tax in coupons, to the de
triment Of the State, the annoyance o
her officials, and injury Of home mer
chants. we will remember that to oul
friends belongs our patronage and II
our enemies our reproach.
5. That we will stand by our Cover
nor and the General Assembly Of Vir.
ginis in every effort to settle the debt
question upon the basis of the Riddle.
berger bill, to which both political
parties stand pledged.
0. That copies Of these resolutions
be furnished the Henry NeUs, Martins
VILE Herald, and Richmond Dispatch
with the request that they be published
The remains of Mrs. S. A. School
field were brought up from Danvill'
yesterday on q special train and in
TERED In the old family burying
ground, near Mount Bethel, this county
She was seysnty-eight years old, an,
hers was q most exemplary life. 4
more perfect Christian character wa
never known A large concourse G
friends followed her remains to thei
last resting place. CoLFAX.