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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-05-23
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF yALUA
BILE LAND.

NDER and by virtue of decree of
- the Circuit Court of Greenbrier
county, entered at the November
term, 1894, in the chancery cause of
OF Mary nj. Brown, adm 'triX, plaintiff
against f. &. Browns heirs ct al, |
Will offer for sale, at public auction, to
the highest and best bidder, in front of
the Lewisburg Hotel, in Lewisburg,
w. Va, on
Tuesday, the 25th daV of June, 1895,
at II m, the following real estate:
list, An undivided half interest in a
tract OF timber and coal land situate
on Little Sewell mountain and extend
ing down the side next to Meadow river.
containing sos acres The other half
being owned by John A. Preston, ESQ.
This tract is very valuable for it's timber
and coal, and is in the immediate sec
ton where the most tlattcring prospects
for oil in found in the county.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash in hand sufficient to pay costs
and expenses Of sale, and for the resi-
due bonds with approved security will
be required, payable in 9, IL and Is
months, with interest from date of
sale.
j. NJ. MCWHORTER,
Special Commissioner.
certify that bond with approved Sc
curity has been given 10y the above
special commissioner, rs required by
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-05-23

ROBERT TYLER JONES, the only
male child ever born in the White
House, is dead.
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FRIDAY night, President Clcve-
land, Secretary Morton and Revenue
Commissioner Miller, ran up to
Farmwell, six miles from ieesburg.
The next morning they went to
Leesburg where they met Mr.. Henry
Harrison and were taken 10y him for
days fishing in his trout "pre-
serve" The party returned to
Washington that night with seventy
trout.
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THE Atlanta (Ga.) Journal says :
Judge Crisp has declared in favor
of a larger use of silver, but not tor
unlimited silver coinage. Judge
Crisp, as we understand him, is not
a silver m0nometallist. He does not
want any silver dollars except such
as are good as gold.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-05-23

SILVER Judging
from the answers sent in to the Ka-
nawha Gazette in reply to the qucs.
tions sent out by that paper with a
view to ascertaining the sentiment
in this State in reference to the free
coinage Of silver, we would con-
clude that a large majority of the
people favor the free and unlimited
coinage of the white metal at "A
ratio Of l6 to and without regard
to the action Of other countries. So
far as we have noticed answers sent
In from this county, Judge Snyder,
Maj. Harris and Capt. Tyree oppose
free coinage, whilst Ex-senator Ar
buckle, Labor Commissioner Syden.
stricken and Mr.. Smoot favor it.
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THERE is NO argument in behalf
Of an honest tariff and free raw ma
terials as effective or convincing as
the facts published from day to day
in our news columns. Wheat, cot
ton, iron, beef and labor are selling
in the markets at advanced prices,
Notwithstanding the heavy cut in
tariff duties which Mckinley said
would ruin us. There is no reply to
professional protectiOnists so crush
ing as the simple tale Of the mark
cts from day to day and the smoke
and din Of industry Register.
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THE libel suit of Hon. John r..
Massey against the Norfolk Pilot for
$4,000 damages, was called in Nor
folk Monday. Alfred p. Thorn,
Jno. 5. Medley and Richard Wake,
of Norfolk, are the counsel for the
plaintiff, and John $. Wise, of New
York, Richard +. Byrd, Of Win.
chester, and Sam'l w. Small and
Judge j. +. Heath, Of Norfolk, for
the defendant. The counsel for the
defendant fought for postpone.
ment and the judge continued it to
June 9th.
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| certify that bond with approved Sc
curity has been given 10y the above
special commissioner, rs required by
law.
JONATHAN MAYS,
May 23-4w. Clerk.
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GERMANY AND SILNER.--The
following is the latest we have from
Germany on the great question now
agitating we'll nigh the whole civil
lied world:
The Bundesrath is now con3id-
ering the resolution calling upon the
German Government to take the mi
tiative in conference for the inter-
national use Of both gold and silver,
which was passed by the upper
house of the Prussian Diet yester-
day. 1t is expected that the Bun
desrath will coincide with the mo-
ton, and will ask France and
America, or either of them, to ioin
call for conference within n
month. Next week the Reichstag
Will also pass similar resolution
The bimetallists have already re-
ceiVed 2O6 signatures in the Reich
stag, which will give them an abso-
lutte majority in that body.
Again: Count Won Mirbach said
on Thursday last:
'The entire agricultural interest,
those engaged in industries dealing
with the silver countries, and the
whole of the Centrists, are bimetal-
lists. Our principal opponents are
the Disconto Gesellschaft and Herr
Koch, the director of the Reichs.
bank. Germany expects EngIand's
support. Our leading statesmen will
not proceed without England, who
will, therefore, have the deciding
vote in the matter.D
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FREE SILVER IN ILLINOIS,-Sec-
rotary of State Hinrichsen, chair
man of the Democratic State com
mitee, said recently that 20 counties
in Illinois have so far held conven-
tions and without exception they
have declared for free silver at a ra.
ito Of Is to |. "These 20 counties"
said Mr.. Hiurichsen, have 1863 of
the l,076 delegates in the State con-
vention, so that the gold men stand
a very poor show of making any
fight at all in the convention. Only
one county committee has so far re-
fused to call a convention. lam ex.
pecting that the State convention
will declare for free silver without a
dissenting vote.
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IH0S. II. DENNIS.
Editor.
THURSDAY. MAY 23RD, 1898
Unconstitutional and Void.

AS the result OF the rc-argumcnt
and reconsideration Of the income
tax cases, the Supreme Court of the
United States, on Monday last, all
the Justices being present, by vote
of > to 1, held the income tax law to
be unconstitutional and void in toto.
Against the law were Chief Justice
Fuller, Judges Field, Gray, Brewer
and Shiras. For the law were
Judges Harlan, White, Brown and
Jackson. Chief Justice Fuller read
the decision for the Court, while
Judges Harlan, Jackson and Brown
each read dissenting opinions. The
conclusions Of tho Court are as fol-
lows:
list, I'VE adhere to the opinion,
already announced, that taxes on
real estate, being indisputably di-
rect taxes, taxes on rents or income
OF real estate are equally direct
taXeS.n
Znd, - We are OF the opinion that
taxes on personal property or on in
come of personal property are like
wise direct taxes"
3rd, 1.-THE tax imposed by Sec
tlOnS ~ to 81 inclusive of the Tariff
Act of 1891, SO far as it falls on the
income of real estate and on personal
property, being direct tax within
the meaning Of the constitution, is
unconstitutional and void, because il
Is not appOrtioned according to rep
rcscntatiOn, and all those sections
constituting one entire scheme of
taxation, are necessarily invalid"
The DEGREES heretofore entered
were vacated, the DEGREES below
reversed, and the cases remanded
with instructions to grant the reliei
prayed.
Sections - to 81 of the Tariff
Act of 1894, referred to in the con
clusions of the Court in its opinion
are all of that part of the Act re-
lating to the Income Tax, so tina,
the entire Income Tax law is de
clared void specifically.
The decision will cause a large de
ficit in the revenues Of the gov
eminent, which it is thought b,
some will necessitate another issue O
bonds and possibly an extra session
Of Congress.
AS much as we deplore this decis
ion (and we think it will cause grea
dissatisfaction throughout the coun
try we prefer to see the whole law
declared unconstitutional and voic
rather than have it left in the mu
tilated condition in which tn,
first decision LETT it. We now favor
constitutional amendment givin.
Congress the power to levy tax OF
incomes.
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fORTY-SIN milliOnaireS have died
in Chicago within the last ten years,
leaving in all sol 400, 900, or a trifle
less than $4,000, 600 each. This was
all very widely distributed, there
being very few of the heirs who
were worth million from their
share of the property. OF the
whole, $4,000, 900 was given to char.
liable and educational institutions.
IN a compilation Of what certain
offices are worth the Charleston Ga.
zette estimates the Office of Secretary
of State to bring Sl3, 200 per annum
Auditor of State, 5000; Clerk of
kanawha county, $4,000; Clerk of
Circuit and Criminal court, Kama
"ha county, 5000; Sheriff Kama
wha county, $4,000 and so on.
DIR. u. b. GREEN, Of Whythc-
vile, went to the Pasteur Institute,
New York, last week for treatment.
He was sitting In his Office writing
when pet cat which had suddenly
gone mad, leaped into his face,
scratched and bit him, and falling to
the floor died in convulsion.
IN the Albemarle county court a
certificate has been granted James
q. Blaine, Jr., to enable him To an
ply for license to practice law. He
is DOW student at the University
of Virginia.
THE President has appointed w. g.
Rice, Of New York, and John 3.
Harlow, of st. Louis, Civil Service
Commissioners in place of Messrs.
Roosevelt and Lyman, resigned.
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OrrCn0rjrr JNNrprNAcu(

Tn" ddtc primtcd oppo~,t, yotu name
on g""r paper denotes the time to ichtch
Vonr Subscription hu> Deem pdid
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
~ GREENBRIER COUNTY, S.: AT
rules held in the Clerk s Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, OF
the first Monday in the month of
May, 1895.
James Skeen, Complainant,
vs..
John II. Scott ct al, Defendants.
II, Cb0ocor,
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WEST VIRGINIA FOURTH.-The
Geological Survey has issued a report
on the production of coal in 1894,
compiled by Statistician T.. w.
Parker. The total production was
40, N53,0N5 short tons of 1000
pounds, valued at SlS6, l,6OI. a de.
crease for the year of l,499, $50
short tons, or more than 6 per cent
and Il decrease of So, 29I,O92 in
value. y decline in prices is shown
III almost every state, the general
average for all Goals declining from
Sill to Sl.O9 Il ton during the year.
In Pennsylvania the product of an
thracitc decreased almost 1000, 900
tons. The output by short tons and
value by States gives Illinois H.
llS,576; value, Sl5,2S2,l1l; In
diana, 3,i25,9i6, value, S3,29S, 90
Kentucky, 3,lll,192, value, S2,749,-
932; Maryland, 3,5Ol, 1913, value,
$685. 20; Ohio, II 1909, 500, value,
S9,SiI,723 Pennsylvania, bitumi-
nous, 1892, 1853, value, 500, AS, 500
Tennessee, 2,lS0, $40, value, S2,l10,.
lHl; Virginia, I,252,l5G, value,
S972, i6i; West Virginia, IL, co., :.
737, value, SS,6S9, O5S; Pennsylva.
mia, anthracite, 5l,92I,l2I, value
SIS, iSS, 063.
ASSIGNMENT OF \ WE'LL KNOW y
STOCK BREEDER.--Last week, Mr.
Hugh a. 5. Hamilton, the wei
known stock breeder near Fishers
vile, in this county, recorded an as
signment at the county clerks office
1t followed similar assignment.
made by his brothers, Messrs. II. III
and j. II. Hamilton, some two
weeks ago. The list of preferred
creditors covers six classes first
taxes and costs; second, lien on tn,
farm conveyed S2,793.7S; third
Mrs. Grace Hamilton, 81 500, in lieu
Of dover; fourth, children of frs
wife, 1000; fifth, debts aggregat
ing 81 ,S9l so; sixth, residue of al
debts. Mr.. Hamilton is perhaps a
widely known in Virginia as an,
stock breeder in it, and his stock ha
taken premiums at Virginia, Yves
Virginia and Pennsylvania fairs
He has shown energy and persever
ance, and in his failure will hav
the sympathy of his many friends
Stanton indicator, I'm.
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| certify that the above named
Special commissioner has given bond
as required by law.
JONATHAN MAYS,
May 23-4w. Clerk
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INSECURE.

A bald-headed man has no sense of
security; he's lost his loeks.-Riehmond
Dispatch.
She-Have you ever loved another ?
He--Yes; of course. Did you think I'd
practice on nice girl like you?-Life.
Her Father-Td like to know Of some
way in which l could pay that young
rascal out
Herself (dutifully)-I4et me marry
him. STANDARD.
Nay" said the young edftress, cold
ly, to her penniless lover, TASK me not
to break every tradition of my chosen
Icalling-I cannot return your love, for
it Is unaccompanied by stamps. Life.
Elderly Conference.-The is a remark
ably good photo of my son. Very like
him, indeed! Has he paid you for it?
Photographer-No, sir. Elderly Gentle
man-Ah, very like him, indeed. Tit
Bits.
Bootblack-Dis yere business is
mighty hard on me eyes.
Customer-On your eyes?
Bootblack-Yes; yer see I puts such a
dazZlin shine on de shoes it hurts EN-,
Chicago Record
Teacher-Tommy, what do you under.
stand the author to mean when he saws
that riches and poverty are merely rel
alive? TOMMY guess he means that
some has rich relatives and some has
roor es.-Indianapolis Journal.
"Mamma?" "Well?" "You licked ms
last week for whaling Jimmie Watts
and papa licked me yesterday cause
Johnny Phelps walloped me-" "Well?"
I'm wondering what'll happen some
time when it's draw" Chicago Rec.
ord
New Boarder (passing his tea back)--
Will you please put a little more waite,
in my cup, Mrs. Starvem?
Landlady (beamingly)-Too strung fol-
you, Mr.. Smith?
New Boarder--Not exactly; but wher
drink water I don't like too much
adulterat ton.
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springs and fountains. and every shep-
herd was familiar with the sight OF
white feet glancing," as they skipped
upon the messy floor. The spontaneous
period in dancing probably ceased when
the use of shoes became general-shoes
and long dresses. But 1t has had a late
modern revival in skirt-dancing,
though, as this is now taught as an ele-
giant accomplishment to young ladies in
boarding schools, it perhaps impinges
on Mr.. Herbert Spencer's category of
laudatory or devotional and spectacular
dances. Still, Mr.. Hamo Thornycroft
has chosen TO represent the "Joy of
Life" In this years academy by beau
tiful lady dancing alone--and In shoes,
as well as skirts. Those who have for
gotten, or who never knew, what the
pleasure and the form of spontaneous
dancing should be, should look at the
statue and learn. There is such spring
and elasticity In the foot cased in Its
satin" shoe, that 1t seems as If the fig-
ure could never keep it's place, but must
perforce leap lightly from the mantle
floor and alight again to assume the
same ecstatic poise. Observe that all
the spontaneous dancing of the ancient
world was done by girls.-London Spec
tator.
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ROMAN cATnoLICs rRoUBLED.


The edict of the pope forbidding men,
bers of the Roman Catholic Church In
this country to continue in the secret
mutual benefit orders is making a large
disturbance. 1t appears that there are
not less than 100000 Catholics that
carry endowments or insurance on
their lives through the secret orders
already condemned. or others that are
pretty sure to fall under the ban in the
near future. The majority of these
men are no longer young, and their ad-
mission into any Of the old-line insur-
ance companies would be an impossi-
bility. Many of them have been carry
ing their insurance through their re-
spective societies for decades, and the
face value of the policy Is about all
they have to leave to their widows or
families when they are called away.
Under the edict of the church, however,
they are called upon either to forfeit
allegiance to their faith, which INVOLVES
a refusal of the last sacraments or ex-
treme JUNCTION in their dying moments,
or to forfeit their insurance, with the
knowledge that after their death want
and privation will be the lot of those
they leave behind them.
Some of those who are deeply inter
| ested in this matter think that perhaps
the holy father issued his edict without
| a full understanding of its import
| Western Roman Catholics are prepar-
Ing to call a national conference Of
those Of their religious faith who may
be members of any one of the secret
benefit fraternities that were placed
under the ban, with the view Of taking
steps toward securing reconsideration
of the edict and of putting in concise
| shape a statement of the great injustice
that will be done if the prescription is
| to be enforced as vigorously as the ac-
ton of many prelates in the United
| States would indicate.
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The steamer City of Paducah came in
from the Tennessee river one day last
week with a partial cargo of peanuts
The crop is little below the average
this season, and the shipments are
therefore, lighter than usual. Capt
Kirkpatrick Of the Paducah has much
to say of peanuts He thinks that ST.
Louis must be pretty fond of them,
since each boat of the line usually
brings from 5000 to 5000 bags on every
trip throughout the season.
Peanuts are very hardy members of
the potato family They actually thrive
better in poor soil than in rich They
grow deep in the ground, burying them
selves near the roots of the parent
stem. Their uses are many and i'm
portant. There is the peanut soup,
with which Prussia feeds her army,
There is rich oil made from the pea
nut. There are the husks of the nuts
which are just the thing for fattening
hogs. And there is the dried foliage,
which is a sort of hay, and which so
interests live stock that cows are per-
fectly willing to break through ten
rail fences in order to reach it. The
effect of the peanut hay on the COW is
something like the charm that catnip
has for grimalkins. Down in the far
south the old darkies enjoy nothing so
much as a mess Of pounded peanuts
and molasses, which they call a ''fry."
Long ago peanuts were not appreci
ated. The forests were rich with them,
but only the black people watched the
harvest. The first boat to carry a.
load of them was the old Mingo, named
after a famous Indian chief. When the
Mingo reached the Louisville wharf
there was great rejoicing over the fifty
or sixty bags that she unloaded. Ev-
erybody wanted to buy them, and so
the upshot of the affair was that NJ
| W. o. Britts of Britts' Landing, who
was the starter of peanut shipping,
kept himself busy from that time on.
He made an enormous fortune in this
way, and when Bishop and Speer first
started the peanut traffic in st. Louis
they had their hands full. Peanuts
vanished as soon as they were ordered,
and the boats carried enormous loads
of them
Tennessee is the great peanut state
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COMMUNTCATIONS.
Kill the Egg. !.


To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND eorpIpp.
An observing person will notice
around very many trees, horse posts.
fences. etc, quantities of yellow eggs
about the size of kernels of rice. These
are the eggs of the elm pest and should
be destroyed by boiling water. kero-
sene or Paris green and water. Scrap-
ing and washing the trunks of the
trees will do some good A great deal
can also be accomplished If every per-
son in New Haven will be a committee
of one to kill the yellow-eggs. 1t has
been the fortune of the writer to spend
parts of several summers where the
pests have been at work and many
trees as large and fine as those in this
city are dead or dying. Scraping and
putting bands around the trunks has
been tried. One set of trees was so
treated and the bands taken off and
shaken into a fire several times a day
till the quantity of worms and eggs
destroyed was measured by the busheI.
but with unsatisfactory results. Sprav-
ing the trees has been tried, but the
difficulties are so very great that it is
not certain whether or not 1t is a sue
cess. The work that can be done this
fall is to make every effort to kill the
eggs and get ready for spraying the
leaves in the spring. To spray the trees
thoroughly will be an enormous ex-
pense. The public do not yet realize
what a. calamity threatens this city.
Already in New Jersey, along the Hud-
son river and in several villages in this
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of the many that devote large tracts of
land to the industry, Kentucky and
the Carolinas come next, and other
states are fostering this feature OF ag-
rlcultural development, Perhaps the
largest peanut plantation belongs to
Mr.. Tom Britts, grandson of the old
Mr.. w. o. Britts, who, as they say
started the traffic TO the north. Britts'
Landing in Tennessee is always q scene
of action. Blacks hurry about with the
brown sacks on their shoulders, and
farmers come to the wharf with their
crops of peanuts. which they sell for 65
or 10 cents bushel.-St. Louis Repub-
liz
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their interest in the costume. At the
top there is a deep yoke of white ba-
tiste with lace insertion and lace ros-
cites, the centre portion extending to
the waist front and back. At the neck
it Is finished with turned down collar
edged with narrow lace, and the sleeves
are set in at the extreme edge of the
shoulders adding to the apparent width.
Bands of wash silk galoon ornament the
bodice as well as the cuffs. and give the
narrow belt around the waist.
At the left side of the picture there
is a dress of corn colored pique made
princess with the gedets at the side
continuing up the front in boxpleats,
The back is fitted, but the plastron in
front shows the stylish fitness, Belt
and standing collar are of brown satin
ribbon, the sleeves have very wide and
full cuffs gathered at cuffs and arm
holes, and the only other trimming Of
the simple gown is wide collar of
embroidery or lace.
Plaid ties are worn with all sorts Of
collar shirt-waists, and as there are
plaids and plaids, any woman's choice
may be as bright as she pleases, but
the combination Of colors must not eff
feet one like a big smash of kitchen
china. FLORETTE.
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