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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10
Washington, d. c., Aug. 26, 1896.

Mr.. BRYAN attracted tremendous
crowds in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
last week, and was everywhere re-
ceived by the people with open
hearts. Many believe that he will
get the electoral vote of all Of these
great States. After making two
speeches in Michigan and one or two
to the laborers at Chicago, he re-
turned to his home at Lincoln. He
will give out his letter of acceptance,
probably this week, and will then
start out on another itinerary, speak
ing at Salem, H., on the 18th; at
Henderson, KY, on the afternoon of
the 18th; at Louisville at night on
the same day; at Lexington, on the
10Th; at Asheville, N. c., on the
18th; Richm ond, Va, 18th !; Wash
ington, ID. c., 10th, and Baltimore
on the 2lst. Bryan will also speak
in New York on Sept. %, after which
he will make tour through New
Jersey, Delaware and New England.
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Notice to Lien Holders

To all persons holding liens by judg-
ment or otherwise, on the real es-
tate, or any part thereof, of NJ. G.
Coffman, +. d. Coffman and David
Coffman, jr.:
IN pursuance of an order of the Judge
Of the Circuit Court of Greenbrier
county, made in vacation in a cause
pending in said Court, to subject the
real estate Of the said NJ. G. Coffman,
+. d. Coffman and David Coffman, jr.
to the satisfaction Of the liens thereon,
you are hereby required to present ali
claims held by you and each of you
against the said NJ. G.. Coffmau, F. D.
Coffman and David Coffman, jr., which
are liens on their real estate, or any part
of it, for adjudication to me, at my
office in the town of Lewisburg, on OIL
before the 9Th day of October, 1895.
Given under my hand this 5th day
of September, 1896.
GUY b. MAYS,
Sep. :O-4w. Commissioner.
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The sVysNasE BUSINESS COLLEGE,
STAUNTON, VA

THE 25th session of this College will
Il begin Tuesday, Sept. LIST, 1896, in
it's new home, at No. 2l9, south Fay
cite street, in quiet and retired por-
ton of the city. Prof. J. q. Duns-
more, President Of said College, and
Rev. James Willis, late Principal of
the Staunton Female Seminary, have
arranged for and are occupying the ele-
CANT and commodious Seminary build
ings as a school and home for the stu
dents of the Dunsmore Business Col
lege. No other business College in the
United States will have better facili-
ties and accommodations, giving the
students home in the College,) for
educating young men and women for
the practical and stem responsibilities
of a business career, than will the
DunsmOre Business College. Lowest
rates and best terms for tuition and
board. Separate apartments for lady
pupils. Separate study halls for Theory
Practice, Stenography and Type writ.
ing. Highest testimonials from lead.
ing professional and business men, edu-
Gators, ministers and graduates. For
Catalogue, giving full particulars and
testimonials, address J. G. Dunsmore
F. 1. A., President. or Rev. James Will,
lis, A. NJ, Vice-President.
| July 9-2mos.
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New Advertisements.
EXeCut0rs' Sale Of Personal
Property.

w 4 well sell, at public auction, to
w the highest bidder, on Saturday,
the Goth OF September, 1896, at the
home of the late John 7. Harper, near
White sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
county, West Virginia, the following
property, viz:
Three Horses, Colts, 5 milk Cows.
CALVES, 8 Wagons, 2 spring Wagons.
2Buggies, 2 Moving Machines, PIows,
! corn Sheller, ! Mccormick Self.
binder, GralnDrill, Hay-Rake, set
Harness. 4 Sulky Flows, / Harrow, l
Grader, 800 bushels Wheat, (good quality
and in lots to suit purchasers,) so
bushels OF Rye and other articles too nu-
merOns to mention.
TERMS OF SALE:
All sums of Ten Dollars or less cash,
over Ten Dollars credit of months
will be given, the purchasers giving ne
gOtiable notes with good Endorsement.
j. W. HARPER,
NJ. b. HARPER,
Executors of John Il. Harper, decd.
Sep. 10-3w.
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Palmer and Buckner.

The counterfeit Democrats, in
their self-constituted convention at
indianapolis, last week, nominated
old Senator Palmer, of Illinois, and
Ex-Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Of
Kentucky, to lead their little bolt
ing contingent in the effort to defeat
the election of Mr.. Bryan, for that
this is the purpose of the movement
is as clear as anything can be. These
boilers do not expect to get one cleo
toral vote for their ticket. Indeed,
we doubt much if a man in that con-
Vention expects the ticket to carry a
solitary voting precinct in all the
country; but being opposed to Mr.
Bryan and the bold and unequivocal
stand he and his party nave taken il
favor OF the restoration Of the con
stitutional standard of values i'm thi.
country, they seek by means Of this
bastard ticket to create the impress
sion that the Democratic party j.
greatly divided on the momentou.
custom at issue. The ticket is .
sham and a cheat, and the very mer
who put it up will, in our opinion
vote for Mckinley, for, if we mus
credit these boilers with any degre,
of sincerity, it is fair to presume
that they will not blindly throw
away their votes in November, bu
will place them where they viii
count most against the Democratic
nominee.
We give them credit for honesty
in one particular, however. They
boldly declared for the gold standard
and did not attempt, as the Republi
can party did, to deceive the peopl,
by suggesting the possibility of ar
international agreement to fix {
coinage ratio.
1t is pertinent here to inquire, how
the little contingent of Greenbriel
gold-bugs "a bakers dozen in mum
ber,) and all of whom claim to be
bimetalists, can, after boiling the
bimetalic platform of the Demo
cratic party, consistently stand or
the indianapolis plank which de-
clares unequivocally for gold as the
sole standard of value.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10

THE PURPOSE REVEALED.-In
the following from Chas. S. Fair.
child, who was Secretary of the
Treasury, for while, during Mr..
Cleveland's first administration, we
have the true inwardness of the
movement which eliminated at In
dianapolis, last week, in the nomi-
nation of Palmer and Buckner:
While Major McKinley's letter
is all that could bo reasonably de-
sired by the Democrats, don't see
how we can do anything else than
put third ticket in the Presidential
arena. We have practically COM
mitted ourselves to such a course. -
We want to see the defeat Of the
Chicago ticket, and we shall try to
draw away as many votes as we can
from it. We feel that this defeat
can best be accomplished by a third
ticket. OF course, we will find no
fault with those Of our friends who
cast straight vote for Mckinley"
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M. &. Coffman ct ais.

Among other things it is ordered that
this cause be referred to Guy Is Mays,
one OF the Commissioners of this Court
with instructions to ascertain. state and
report the following matters and &C.
counts, VIZ:
LIST. A settlement of all the real es.
tate Of which the said defendants, OF
either of them, is seized and possessed
and Its location, quantity and probable
value.
End. A statement of all debts against
the defendants which are liens on said
real estate. with their respective
amounts, dignities and priorities.
3rd. Whether the rents and profits OF
said real estate will pay off and dis
charge the said debts that are liens
thereon within five years, or any rea
sonable time, and
4th. Any other matter to be specially
stated, deemed pertinent by said Com
sioner or required by any party.
Parties interested in the above decree
Will take notice that l have fixed on DC
tober 9Th, 1896, as the time, and my of
nee, In Lewisburg, as the place, of tax
ing the several matters of accoun,
therein required.
GUY B. MAYS,
Sept. l0-4w. Commissioner.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10

WHAT HYPOCRISY !--President
M. Z. Ingalls,, of the @. & o. Rail
way, though claiming to be Demo-
crat, is outspoken in his support of
Mckinley, because he fears the
wages of his employees may be re-
duced! See? He is making speeches
to the employees along the line of
his road urging them to support the
gold standard partyI as being best
for them.
And Mr.. Axtell, the Vice Presi-
dent, is fairly crying his eyes out in
dread apprehension of the awful ca
lamities that must befall his en-
ployees should the people get rid of
this blessed gold standard. He tells
them:
" cannot support platform nor
vote for nominees that advocate
measures, which, if adopted, by the
country, will make 1t necessary to
reduce the wages of 5000 employees
of the company am connected with
and to dismiss hundreds of them
If there were no other, this reason
alone would be sufficient"
Does Mr.. Axtell expect any man
of sense to credit him with sincerity
in the great solicitude he thus ex-
presses for the employees of the G.
d o. road? The people understand
quite we'll, Mr.. Axtell, that you
speak for the Vanderbilts whom
you serve, and are apt TO be suspi-
cious when they find such men so
actively at work against what APP
pears to be to their own Interest,"
Corporations are said to have no
souls, yet here is great railroad cor
poration in tears for fear of being
forced to reduce wages. Tell this to
the marines, Mr.. Axtell. We know
from whence you have taken your
cue, and we know, too, that the OK
knoweth its owner and the ass its
masters crib.
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A Hollow Pretense.

Gold bug, so-called Democrats
and Republicans, who oppose an in
come tax and who are working to-
gether in this campaign to defeat
Mr.. Bryan, can see nothing but an.
archy and threatened revolution in
the following calm, just and dispas.
sionate declaration ofthe Democratic
platform:
Until tho money question is set
tied we are opposed to any agitation
! for further changes in our tariff laws
except such as are necessary to meet
the deficit caused by the adverse de-
cision of the Supreme Court on the
income tax. But for this decision
by the Supreme Court there would
be no deficit in the revenue under
the law passed by the Democratic
Congress in strict pursuance of the
Uniform decision OF that court for
nearly one hundred years, that court
having in that decision sustained
constitutional objections TO its enact.
ment which had been previously
! oVerruled by the ableSt Judges who
ever sat on that bench. We declare
that it is the duty of Congress to use
all the constitutional power which
remains after that decision, or which
may come from its reversal by the
court as it may hereafter be consti.
tuted, so that the burdens of taxa
ton may be equally and impartially
laid, to the end that we may all bear
our proportion of the expenses of the
government"
To pretend that this means an
achy and revolution is simply pre-.
posterous.
These very squeamish gentlemen,
who cannot tolerate any criticism of
the Supreme Court, find great fault
with Mr.. Bryan because he objects
to the to 4 decision holding the in
come tax law unconstitutional. Let
them read what the dissenting JUS
tees said of that decision, let them
see how the Court criticised itself,
and let them remember that that de.
ciSion was the result of the flop of
Justice Shiras from one side to the
other of the question, and then pos.
sibly they may be more reasonable
and tolerant:
Justice Harlan said" In my judg-
ment, TO say nothing of former adj
publications of this court, and of the
practice Of the government for a CEN
tury, this decision may we'll excite
the grdreSt apprehension. y
There is no tax, which in it's essence,
Is more just and equitable than an
income tax, which, allowing proper
exemptions, reaches out to every
person who enjoys the protection OF
the law, protecting the largest num-
Der of the American people from the
domination Of aggregated acealth."
Justice Jackson uttered these
words" The practical operation of
the decision is not only to DISREGARD
Me great principles Of equality in tara
ton, but the further principle that in
the imposition of taxes for the bene.
fit of the government the burdens
thereof should he imposed upon
those having the most ability to bear
them"
Justice Brown said" Even the
spectre Of socialism is conjured up to
dissuade Congress from laying taxes
upon the peoplein proportion to their
ability to pay them, and hope this
decision will not prove the first stet
toward the submergence of the lib
critics of the people in solid DIES
potism Of tcedlth."
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N a ak RIED.

On Wednesday, Sept. End, 1896, at
Mill Point, Pocahontas county. Mr..
ANDERSON BARLOW and Miss ELLA
SILVA, daughter of Mr. Rob't Silva.
On Sunday, August 30th, 1896, at the
residence of Mr.. l.. II. Upton. near AL
derson, hy Rev. ii, Mclaughlin, Rey.
Z. A. klNCAID and Miss MINTIE l..
STILL.
On Wednesday, Sept. End, 1896. at the
Presbyterian Church, in Marlinton, Po-
cahontas county, by Rev. Geo. H. Ech-
OILS, Mr.. w. w. TYREE and Miss EDNA
BIRD, daughter of Mr.. Uriah Bridal
! of Focahontas county.
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Ohio University.
ATHENS, OHIO.

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new S4o,OOO building is being erected.
Inc FACULTY numbers twenty fonr
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An elegant dormitory for ladies has
JUST oeen completed. Cost of living
very low. Fall term opens Sept. 1 |:
the Winter term Nov. 80. Send to the
PRESIDENT for free catalogue.
Aug, 6-6w.
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Com mIssiOner,s Notice.
Office of Com r Jas. c. Mcpherson,
Letcisbitr0, Sept. 10th, 1896.

Office of Com r Jas. C. Mcpherson, !
LeioisbltrQ, Sept. 10th, 1896. !
IN pursuance of a decree of the Cir
j cult Court of Greenbrier county
rendered on the 26th day of June, 1895
in the chancery cause of John +. Gar
ing against Indiana Wicker ct ais,
shall, at my office, in the town of Lew
isburg, w. Va on Saturday, the 10th
day OF October, 1896, proceed to take
state and report the following
LIST. The location and quantity of land
owned by the defendant, Indiana
Wicker.
End The amount. dignity and pri,
ority of the several judgments or other
liens binding upon said real estate
showing what payments, If any, have
been made thereon, and the amount still
due and to whom, together with any
other matters specially stated, deemed
pertinent by myself or required by any
party.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of September. 1896.
JAMES &. MCPHERSON,
sep. l0-4w. Commissioner.
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To all persons holding liens by .judg-
ment or otherwise on the real es-
tate, or any part thereof, of In
diana Wicker:
IN pursuance of decree Of the CiE-
Il cult Court of Greenbrier county,
made in cause therein pending, to sub
ject the real estate Of the said Indiana
Wicker to the satisfaction of the liens
thereon, you are hereby required to pre-
sent all claims held by you, and each Of
you, against the said Indiana Wicker,
which are liens OH her real estate, or any
part of it, for adjudication to me, at
my office, in the town of LewIsburg,
w. Va, on or before the 10th day of
October, 1896.
Given under my hand, this 10th day
September, 1895.
JAMES &. MCPHERSON,
Sep. LOW. Commissioner.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10

REPUBLICAN speakers are trying
to deceive the people by exhibiting
Mexican dollar and telling them
that it is worth only so cents. Why
don't they remind the people that
the Mexican dollar is not a legala1O-
der in the United States d? that here
it is nothing but bullion? and why
don't they remind the people that
the Mexican silver dollar will buy as
much in Mexico as our silver dollar
will here? When our law made the
Mexican silver dollar legal tender
here 1t was as good as any dollar
| coined at our mints.
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DIED.

On Saturday, Aug. 22nd. 1896. at his
home in Monroe county, Mr.. b. F.
FLINT, aged 81 years.
On Monday, August 3lst, 1896, at his
home in Union, Monroe county, of
he art disease superinduced by flux. Mr..
GEORGE w. CAvANAUGH, aged SO
years.
On Sunday, August 30th, 1896, at her
home on the Knobs near Union, Mon
roe county, of fux, Mrs. VIRGINIA
HALL, wife of Thomas A. Hall, aged
about 81 years.
On Thursday, Sept. 3rd, 1896, at the
residence OF her husband James Hawk
ms, in Falling Spring district, this
county, Mrs. ANNIE HAWKINS, aged
about 40 years.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10

PoPULIsT NOMINATIONS
was a meager attendance upon the
Populist Congressional, Senatorial
and Judicial conventions at Alder
son on August 9th.
The Congressional Convention
nominated for Congress Hon. f. w.
Wilson, the Democratic nominee.
The Judicial Convention declined
to make nomination.
The Senatorial Convention nomi-
mated MIR. w. s. Stroman, of Mon.
roe county, for State Senator. Mr..
Stroman, we understand, will resign
the nomination for House of Dele.
gates from Monroe county and ac-
cept the State Senatorial nomination.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10

NOTICE.
The defendants named in the above
described suit Of l.. j. Williams ct al.
trustees, VS.. w. III. Overholt ct al. will
take notice that on the 3rd day of Oct
1875, at the home of Judge A. N. Camp.
bell, near Union, ip Monroe county, w.
Va, we will move said A. N. Camp
bell, Judge of the Circuit Court of
Greenbrier county, w. Va, to refer
this cause to one of the ommissioners
OF said Court. with instructions to take,
state and report to Court certain mat
ters necessary to be reported upon.
l.. j. WILLIAMS,
j. T.. PATTERSON,
Sept. 10-4w. Trustees.
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Notice to Creditors.

To the Creditors of C. w. Liuesdy, de-
ceased:
n pursuance Of decree of the Cir
l. cult Court of the county Of Green
orler, made in cause therein pending,
TO subject the real estate of the said
{. w. Livesay to the payment of his
debts, you are required to present your
claims against the estate of the said
g. w. Livesay, for adjudication to
Guy b. Mays. Commissioner, at his
office in the said county, on or before
the 9th day of October, 1895.
Witness: Jonathan Mays, Clerk Of
said Court, this 9th day Of August,
1896.
JONATHAN MAYS,
sept. 3-6w. Clerk.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-10

SILVER NOT REDEEMABLE IN
GoLD.-Some Republican speakers
having said from the stump that sill.
yer dollars are now redeemable in
gold, though they must have known
to the contrary, Senator Faulkner
addressed letter to Secretary Car
Isle asking if the Treasury Dapsrt-
ment ever had demand for the re-
demption of, or, in fact, had ever re-
deemed a silver dollar in gold:
My Dear Sir,-So far as / have
been able to ascertain, neither the
Treasury Department nor any sub
treasury has ever been called upon
to redeem silver dollars in gold, and
no such dollars have been. in fact,
redeemed in gold. At the Sub
Treasury in San Francisco it often
happens that silver dollars are paid
out 10 exchange for gold dollars, and
gold is paid out in exchange for sill.
yer dollars in small amounts; but
this simply occurs in the ordinary
transaction of the business at that
place, and for the purpose of accom-.
modating the public with money of
small denominations when needed,
and for securing for the Sub Treasury
money of small denominations when
needed. 1t is not in any sense of
the term a redemption Of silver dol.
lars in gold, or Of the gold in silver.
The result of all these transac tions
at that Sub-Treasury Is that the gov.
eminent gains much more gold than
1t loses. Very truly yours,
J. G. CARLISLE,
Washington, ID. c., Aug. &c, 1896.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
- GREENBRIER COUNTY, 49,: AT
rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, On
the first Monday in the month of
September. 1896.
LID. Williams ct ais, trustees. plaintiff
vs..
w. H. Overholt ct ais, defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to convene
the creditors of w. II. Oyerholt to
have their conflicting interests adjudi-
Gated by the Court and to obtain the
aid OF the Court in administering the
trust created by deed of assignment
from w. II. OverhOlt to L.. ]. Williams
and j. q. Patterson, trustees, and it APP
pearing, by affidavit filed, that the de-
PENDANTS, the Calvert Building and
Loan Association, the " Clifton Forge
Grocery Company" Wingo, Elicit and
Crump Shoe Co., " Snyder, Harris &
Bassett & Co., the " Deering Harvester
Company" are defendants in the above
styled suit, and are corporations, and
county representing the said corpora
~'~"ef Va WY ohO va upOu WHO'LL
process can be legally served that An
drew Bowling, John M. SPOTS, Isaac
WITT q Chas. A. Holt, composing the
firm of Bowling SPOTS & Co.; that G. b.
Antrim and j. l.. Antrim composing
the hrm Of G.. b. Antrim & Sons that
Abe Bloch and Jacob Bloch, composing
the firm of Abe Bloch & Co. -; that Lyt-
tleton Magruder and Edward B. Ma.
gruder, composing the firm OF J. l..
Magruder Il Co.; that A. +. Temple
man and Z. b. Templeman. composing
the firm OF Templeman Bros. that NJ |.
r. Crawford and e.. T.. Crawford, COM
posing the firm of Crawford Bros; that
Myer A. Nusbaum & Gabriel L. Myers,
composing the firm of Nusbaum & NY
ers, are all non-residents of this State
and that there are other creditors of
w. II. Overholt, who are unknown to
the plaintiffs, and who are made parties
defendants to said cause by the general
description in the plaintiffs bill as
parties unknown" it is ordered that
they do appear here at the next rule day
after the date of the first publication OF
this order, and do what is necessary to
protect their interests in this suit.
Teste:
JONATHAN MAYS,
u. D. williams, sol. Clerk.
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MARK HANNA's instructions to
the Republican and Independent
press "Suppress Bryan's speeches
our people can't stand them. Am
plify the accounts of Democratic
gold-bug meetings; that's in our
line" And every Republican paper
in the Union is acting on these in
structions. Pitts6Iry Post.
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To the Creditors Of VIM. A. Kelly, de-
ceased

To the Creditors Of VIM. A. Kelly, de.
ceased.
N pursuance of decree of the Circuit
Court of Greenbrier county. madein
cause therein pending, to subject the
real estate of the said VIM. a.
Kelly to the payment of his debts, you
are hereby required to present your
claims against the estate Of the said
VIM: A. Kelly for adjudication to Guy
Is. Mays, Commissioner, at his office,
at the Courthouse, In the said county
on or before the 18th day Of October
1896.
Witness: Jonathan Mays, Clerk OF
the said Court, this 9th day Of August,
1895.
JONATHAN MAYS.
Srpt. 3-8w. Clerk.