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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
OFFICE,

n )MMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, March 24th, 1896.
Frank c. Smith, who sues on behalf
of himself and such other lien credi-
tors of the alley Railroad Company
as may come into this suit and con-
tribute to the costs on the usual
VS.:
The Valley Railroad Company, and
VIM + burns & Joshua G. Harvey,
surviving trustees under Il certain
deed of trast executed 5y sal hail-
ROAD Company, of date March LIST,
1882 and of record in the Clerks OF
H,.e of stanton Hastings Court in
Deed Book No. s. page 401... $500. Defendants
All parties interested in the above-styled
cause now pending in the Hustings Court fol
the city of Staunton. Virginia, TAKE NOTICE
that pun suant to q de rec of said court enter
ed in said cause at the March term of said
court, 1896, shall at my office in Staunton
Virginia, on
APRIL 25th, 1885,
proceed to take, state, and report an account
showing
1st-The real estate owned by the said Rail
road Company in tbs State, together with It's
fee simple and annual rental value.
2nd.-The liens binding said real estate, =
their several amounts and respective order OF
priority OF lien.
3rd:-Any other matters deemed pertinent
by me or required to be stated by any party
in interest.
Witness my hand this 24th day of March, 1896
HENRY w. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery for
the Hastings Court of the City
of Staunton, Va.
A. c, Braxtou, p.q,
march rs its
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Stautto1l Spectator.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1.
Mckinley and High Taxes.

William Mckinley, the great apostle
of high tariff, which is only another
name for high taxes, is certainly to be
the next republican nominee for Presi-
dent. The wonder is that man could
be thought of in that connection who,
when be was last in Congress. raised
the price of nearly every domestic arti-
Gle purchased by the farmers and lower
ed everything they had to sell. So dis
gusted were the people with him and
his action that they hurled him and
his party from power in every branch
of the government the very first oppor-
tunity afforded them. In the mean
time, however, millions had gone into
the pockets of the protected manufac-
turers, and this money is now being
spent to restore their pet to place and
power. Mr.. Bayard, when speaking
in England, used a phrase which the
thin skinned, high tariff robbers have
wept over, and ragged over and cursed
him about. That terrible word was
ssviolent." If instead of calling the
Americans violent people, he had
called them dupes, he would have
struck the facts squarely in the face.
When people seek increased taxa
ton; when they praise extravaganza;
when they build wall about them
selves and refuse intercourse with the
world; when they raise food for five
hundred millions, and sixty millions
try to eat it up; when they are robbed
without becoming aware of it; when
they believe that taxation makes a
country richer instead of poorer; when
they argue that limited market is
better than an unlimited one; when
they seek war with everybody; when
they think the United States can whip
the world; then are they dupes of the
first water, and there is no hope for
such nation until it is humbled by
some great lesson. McKin1eyism will
be that lesson, if we are ever cursed
with it again. 1t is unfortunate that
we threw it off so soon after its bane
fell upon us before, because that gave
it another opportunity to raise its
hydra head. When poor toilers went
to the market places to purchase the
necessaries of life, and were told that
the increase in prices was the result
of the Mckinley bill, no orator was
needed to show them how to vote, at
, the next election.
Had McKinleyism remained with uE
little longer and its effects been more
perfectly understood when the people
rose and slew it, it would have been az
the Staying of Goliah, the head would
have been severed from the trunk, anG
the greatest enemy from which oul
people have ever suffered would hays
been forever dead. Now we must xii
it again. 49,
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G00sy. G00sy, Gander.

The Staunton argus, of this week,
informs us that Staunton. on last Mon
day night, had a wild goose on top of
the county courthouse. This is indeed
quite an unusual thing for Staunton,
but to have tame geese-very tame
ones-inside of its courthouse is not at
all an unusual thing.-Sparit Of the
Valley (Harrisonburg.)
We rarely, if ever. have had geese in
our courthouse excepting on one occas-
ion some two years ago when the lively
scene connected with the application
to court for an order for local option
election was enacted. Then q Harri-
sonburg lawyer, employed by the
chase" and the way he flew through a
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C. & ". Railway.

The last rail has been. laid between
Bridgewater and Elkton, and in a
short time trains will be running reg
ularly. Passenger coaches have arriv
ed, and freight cars are on their way
There is good deal of ballasting, and
righting up of track yet to be done,
which always occurs with a new road
and with favorable weather the track
will soon be put in order.
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UNWISE POLICY.
Constitutional Convention.

Some of the Democratic journals of
the State are advocating the propriety
of the Democratic State Convention,
which will meet here in June, pledging
the party in favor of a. constitutional
convention. This, we think, would
be very unwise. 1t woald be wrong
both in principle and in policy
wrong in principle. because it should
not be made party question, and be-
cause the delegates to that convention
will not be chosen for that purpose,
hence there can be no assurance that
they will represent the views of the
people on that question; and wrong in
policy, because. it will not secure the
unity of the Democrats who are di-
vlded on the question, whilst it will
have the effect of consolidating all the
elements opposed to the Democratic
party against the call for the consti-
tutional convention. They will es-
TEEN it party question, supported as
such by the Democrats. and will unite
in opposition to it on that account.
Whilst the opinion is very general
that the constitution should be
amended in some respects, yet there is a
wide difference of opinion as to the
mode by which it should be done.
Many believe that it would be better
to have it done, as the constitution
itself provides, viz: by having the
Legislature, elected with that view,
propose the needed and desired
amendments, then submit those
amendments for approval or rejection
by the succeeding Legislature, and, if
approved, then submitted to the
popular vote, rather than hold State
convention which might tear to pieces
the whole constitution, and probably.
adopt a worse one. None are sufi
GENTLY wise to know, in advance,
what such convention, in these times
of radical views, might do. Those
entertaining this view - though in
favor of judicous OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
vote against a convention. There is
but little probability that the vote will
be in favor of the convention-par
ticularly if the idea prevails that there
is a purpose to restrict suffrage, for
there are but few who will vote to
disfranchise themselves, and those
who are least qualified to vote under
standingly are the most averse to
surrendering the right to vote, and for
these and other reasons, we do not
believe a constitutional convention
will be held. The mode of amend
ment by the Legislature is not only
the cheaper, but the safer mode. The
convention would cost the State a
large sum, probably $150,000, and
might do more harm than good.
The apprehension of the restriction
of suffrage will, we believe, prevent
the calling of a Constitutional Con-
vention, but if it should be called and
suffrage be restricted, that will pre-
vent its ratification by the people, and
the money will be spent, and the time
and trouble lost, and the constitution
will ultimately have to be amended in
such way as may be proposed by thel
Legislature.
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(tADn TO THE TAXPAYERS OF AU-
OAhO GUSTA COUNTY.-On account
OF the prevalence of smallpox in the county
in the early part of last summer and the par
alyZing of business incident thereto | was al
lowed some Indulgence in my settlement of
the taxes last year anG therefore could and
did indulge the taxpayers to the same extent.
some of them not paying their taxes till after
harvest The legislature having passed very
stringent law recently in reference to the set
Elements of the county treasurers, and the
same causes not existing as last year. this In
diligence will not be allowed me again and /,
of course, cannot indulge the tax payers.
have therefore notified my deputies chat they
will be required to collect and settle all taxes
in their hands within the time required by
law and that if they indulge anyone beyond
that time they do so at their-own risk and on
their own responsibility.
Very respectfully,
j. N. MCFARLAND,
april1-1t County Treasurer.
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In the Senate Wednesday Mr.. Gal

In the Senate Wednesday Mr.. Gal
linger, of New Hampshire, proposed
an amendment prohibiting the United
States or any State from giving any
recognition or financial aid to any
church or religious institution.
Secretary Olney Thursday morning
received cablegram from United
States Minister Henry NJ. Smythe at
Port au Prince, Hayti. announcing the
death of President Hippolyte.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has
gone to Constantinople to pay homage
to the Sultan.
The Senate and House conferrees
agreed to recommend the adoption of
the Cuban belligerency resolutions
passed by the Senate.
A new religious movement. called
the American League of the Grand
Army of the Cross, with some features
like the Salvation Army, has been
founded in Greenwich, Conn, by a
New York business man
Many persons in Valparaiso, Chill,
affected by a prediction of a cataclysm
have become panic stricken and are
fleeing to the interior and the noun
tains.
President Cleveland is to be invited
to the annual meeting and banquet OIL
the alumni association of the Universe
ty of Virginia. This will take place al
the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond. on JET
ferson's birthday, April 10.
Tom Washington, colored, was lynch
ed in Essex county at an early houl
Monday of last week for an attempt TIC
criminally assault a little daughter o.
a prominent citizen of that county
This is the first lynching within the
State since O'Ferrall has been Gov
ernor.
Matthew Jones, colored, was convict
ed of murder in the first degree at Pc
tersburg Tuesday of last week. Jonet
suspected his wife of being unfaithful
and shot her three times with a shot
gun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01

VIRGINIA I'm the Clerks Office of the Cir
cult Court OF Augusta county, March 23rd,
1895
VS..
Samuel Dinkle's admir-. ct ais, .... Defendants.
IN chancery and on the petition of S. III. Dag
gy, Hugh Hanna. John w. Beaver, and James
y. Clarke, filed in the above cause at the No
vember term, 1873, of said court.
The object OF this petition is to subject the
unSold lands of samuel Dinkle, decd, to the
payment of the unpaid debts OF samuel Din
kle, decd.
And it appearing Y affidavit flied that dill
gence has been used by on behalf of the
petitioners TO ascertain in what county or cor
poration the defendants. Mrs. Lucy G Stuart
Mrs. Mary c. Htnde1sOns, Mrs. Lucy Cole, and
Mrs. I}ernice Snead. are without effect, it Is
therefore ordered that the said defendants do
Severally appear here within fifteen DAYS af
ter due publication hereof and do what is
necessary to protect their interests in this
suit.
A cOpy-teste,
JOS. b. MCDONALD. Clerk.
j j. L. & r. Bumgardner, p. q.
march 25-4tS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
A Useful Legacy.

The New York Journal says: George
Vanderbilt Is not q visionary socialist
nor a luxurious sybarite. He is a seDsi-
BILE, earnest young man, with an idea
that he can be of service to the people
OF North Carolina during life and after
death leave a legacy to them and to
the world that will make his name
famous. He has $4,000 acres of land in
his estate of Biltmore, near Asheville,
n. G., on which he has established
models for all sorts of Industries and
ayocations which can engage the at
tention or promote the welfare and
wealth of farmer. These are object
lessons IN art, architecture, agriculture.
forestry. viticulture, dairying. road
making and other useful sciences
necessary or helpful to the farmer,
provided with the utmost benevolence
on the best plans of modern science for
the guidance and instruction of those
who need them most.
His theory is that farming will pay.
He does not believe that farming is
Improbable because the land is worn
out, hut because the people are worn
out. He intends to proven fact, he
has proved already-that the land of
North Carolina, even, is all right il
brains are applied to it's cultivation"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
The Campaign Song.

Willis M. Carter, the colored poll
tician of our city, is making some
heavy strides toward the st. Louis
Convention as delegate from the 10th
District of Virginia. One of our re
porters has caught a part of the cam
paign song, now being sung 1T all the
Carter meetings, which runs some
what as follows:
Jump jim Crow-don't you know
nigger's foot, an de fiddle bow, move
EN- fast, and move 'em slow, kin bus
de pianks on de kitchen flo. an raise
SIGH cain, it wake old Miss, and land
Mr.. Carter In Saint Louis.
So move 'em fast, and move 'em
slow, an bus de planks on de kitchen
flo, an blow things up to Jerico, 'cept
white folks let. dat niger go.
CHoRUs-Weel move 'em fas', wee'l
move 'em slow, wee1 bus de planks on
de kitchen flo, wee'l blow things up to
Jerico, less Mr.. Carter git show.
Den, face dis niger, heel and toe,
Nancy Brown an Titus Snow. tn yo'
places,-now once mo-, Sambo here,
an thai Jim Grow. Walk 'em, talk 'em,
let 'em know, dat Willis Carter got to
go.
CHoRUs-Wee'l move 'em fas', wee'l
move 'em slow, weeI bus de pIanks on
de kitchen flo. Weel fix Ne resolution
SO, dat Willis Carter boun' to 90.
Mrs. Annie Mosby, the wife of W. II
Mosby, brother of Col. John s. Mosby,
and for many years postmaster of Bed
ford City, Va, was fatally burned at
her home in that place Monday even
ing of last week, by her clothing catch
ing fire from an open CRATE Death re-
lleved her intense sufferings Tues
day morning. She lay down upon
rug in front of bright fire and fell
asleep, and it is supposed that hot
coal must have fallen from the CRATE
upon her dress. Mrs. Mosby leaves five
children.
The New York Express, in opposing
the admission of Arizonia as o State OF
the Union. tells the truth about the
admission of Nevada, saying: "Tae
only Territory admitted to statehood
during the last thirty-two years with a
smaller population than that of Ari
iona was Nevada. 1t is true that Ne
vada has at the present time only &C. 900
people. But it is necessary TO recall
the fact that Nevada was hurriedly ad-
mitted in 1864 to meet national ext
gency. There was at that time pend
ing the amendment to the Constitu.
ton forever prohibiting slavery in the
United States, and the vote of one more
State was required for its a loption.
Nevada was admitted to furnish that
vote.n
All kinds OF Job work done at this
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
SUMMER Law LECTURES

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Regular course, July to Sept l, 1896. Prac-
ticaI course ON Code of 1887 and subsequent
statutes for Virginia students and practltiOn-
ers. July Is to Aug. Is, 1896. Catalogue sent on
application to
w. NJ. LILLE or r. C. MINOR.
april Its
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
~ Staunton, Va, February 20, 1893.
G. w. Koiners Creditors
VS..
G.. w. Koiner, etc.
All parties interested in the above STYLED
cause now pending in the Circuit Court Cor the
county OF Augusta. TAKE NOTICE, that pursI,
ant to an order of said Court entered Of its
Staunton, Virginia, on o.o III
April 4th. 1896,
proceed TO state and settle accounts showing :.
I-The lands owned by said Geo. w. Koiner;
ana tneir fa1r market and annual rental
of their priority. " VIC oiuei
amy other matters deemed pertinent. etc
All creditors OF said Geo. w. Koiner are here
and prove their debts. pi"eo
HENRY w. HOLT
Patrick 8 Gordon, p, q. '~A
march fits
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01

don that a leading iron firm in Eng
land has made extensive purchases of
Alabama pig iron; and the London
Iron and Coal Trade Review. com
menting on this fact, declares that
England is threatened with an inva
sion Of American pig iron." And still
our iron masters must have Protec-
fiODi
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01

The ORATOR OF THE OCCASION
Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the presl-
dent of the Mississippi Agricultural
College. has accepted the invitation to
deliver the address on the occasion of
laying the corner stone of the Jefferson
Davis monument in Richmond July 2.
The orator is one of the four or five
surviving Confederate Lieutenant-Gen-
erals.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01

NOW Is YOUR TIME TO SUBSCRIBE
FOR THE SPECTATOR, FOR IT IS ONLY
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
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Gan. Rosser's Position.

From a letter of Gen. Thos. l.. Rosser
to the Richmond Dispatch we under
stand that he claims to be Democrat,
and that his position is this
Believing that the Republicans will
be successful in the next Presidential
election his hope is that either Allison
or Morton will be nominated. as thew
are conservative Republicans. That
he does not mention Mckinley, who
will probable be nominated, is signifi-
cant. That he still claims to be demo
GRAFT is shown by the concluding para
graph of his letter. which is as follows:
LET us here in Virginia look to our
home government, and be content, if
we shall be able to hold our State Gov
eminent against our enemies at home.
and thus keep this old Commonwealth
on level keel and true to the faith of
Democracy of our fathers"
The boast of the Republicans that
he is convert to their party is "rather
previous"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
Beware Of O.ntments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is
ten-fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney
81 Co. Testimonials free.
1B Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per
bottle.
THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS. = The
Conferrees of the two houses of Con-
gress finally agreed to report the reso
lutions that we're adopted in the first
instance by the Senate which are as
follows
"Resolved by the Senate (the House
of Representatives concnrring therein).
That in the opinion of Congress, Il con-
dition of public war exists between the
Government of Spain and the govern
ment proclaimed and for some time
maintained by force Of arms by the
people of Cuba, and that the United
States of America should maintain a
strict neutrality between the contend.
ing powers, according to each the
rights of belligerents in the ports and
territory of the United States.
Resolved further, That the friend
ly Offices of the United States should
be offered by the President to the
Spanish Government for the recogni-
ton of the independence of Cuba"
These resolutions are less objection
able than those adopted by the House
in that they omit the clause favoring
Intervention.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
Deeiine in Live Stock.

Decline in Live Stock.
The Louisville Courier.J ournal says
''The statistics of the Agricultural De
partment for 1895 show considerable
decline in the number and value o
several classes of live stock. The pro
tectionists are greatly delighted tt
find that the figures show a decline O.
about 10 per cent. in the number O.
sheep, which they attribute to free
wool.
tits very easy-to fall into errors o.
this sort. But when we examine othel
items we see at once that there is room
for mistake. Thus, while the number
of sheep has declined 10 per cent. in 6
year, their value has declined only 2.s
per cent. This shows that sheep are
worth more per head than they were q
year ago.
"Then when we take the case oil
hogs, which are not affected by the
tariff, we find that they have declined
in number and value both, the de-
crease in value amounting to - pei
cent or nearly 10 per cent. more than
sheep. Horses have increased IN mum
Der, but have declined in value. Mules
declined both in number and value.
ut will! be seen from these compari
sons that sheep have come more nearly
to retaining their value than other
classes of live stock, and that, in fact,
they are the only class of the princi-
pal farm animals whose value per
head increased during the past year.
This ought to silence the protection
lists. hut it will not. They will go on
their efforts to fool the farmer as
heretofore" -.
At Huntington, w. Va, in test
case, Circuit Judge Harvey decided
that the capital employed by building
and loan associations is subject to tax
alton the same as the capital used by
banks.
Thos. A. Edison announces that he
has made portable X-ray apparatus
by which physicians may locate for
eign substances in the flesh.
The Texas Republican convention
broke up in row. The Quincy men
won in the regular convention and the
Mckinley men bolted.
The Spanish troops have captured
an insurgent camp in the province of
Pinar del Rio and secured large
quantity of supplies.
George Henry Boughton, the dis
tinguished American artist, has been
elected to full membership in the Bri-
fish Royal Academy.
A terrible explosion of tire-damp has
taken place in a mine at Brunnerton,
New Zealand. Five persons were kill
ed outright and sixty more are en-
tombed, with no hope of being res
cupd
Pat McCaul of Culp9per, says he is
candidate for delegate at large to the
National Republican convention ire
spectiye and regardless of States.
Rev. e. A Gibbs, member of the
virginia conference, died very sudden
Iv at his residence, in Smithville, Char
Iotte county, on Tuesday of last week,
the suppossd cause of his death being
heart disease.
The uprising of the natives in Meta
beleiand is reported to be more serl-
BUS affair than first supposed, and there
IS danger of the revolt spreading to
other parts of South Africa.
Thomas A. Edison has perfected an
whereby his horoscope can
be put to practical use in hosp itals. re-
7ealing the natare OF fractures OF
limbs or locating foreign substances
Ike bullets IL The body
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01

Tho Philadelphia Record asks this
question:
why is it that preachers who preach
politics are more sour and savage than
the average lay reformer?"
We leave it for psychologists to an
sWer