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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
Call for Democratic County Con
YentiOn

BY order of the Mason County
Democratic County Executive Com
mittee, there will be held, on June
18th, 1896, at Point Pleasant, II Demo
cratic County Convention, to select
delegates to attend the following Con
ventfons: Convention to be held at
Point Pleasant, June 18th, to choose
delegates to the National Convention
at Chicago, July 9TH; n Congressional
Convention to be held at Parkersburgi
July LIST; n State Convention to be
held at Wheeling, August 18th; n Sen,
atorial Convention not yet called ana
Il judicial Convention not yet called.
Also to elect u new County Executive
Committee. Primary Conventions to
select delegates to attend the County
Convention will be held June 9th,
1896, at o'clock p. III. as follows:
Arbuckle District-Town Hall.
Clendenin District-Fadley School
House.
Cologne District-Y auger's School
House.
Cooper District Flat Rock School
House.
Graham District-New Haven.
Hannah District-Town Hall.
Lewis District-Court House.
Robinson District-Van Matre's
Union District - VOLTS Valley
School House.
Waggener District-Mason.
Each district is requested to send
90 delegates and 20 alternntes to the
County Convention.
BY order of the committee.
p. G. EASTMAN, Chairman,
l.. @. SoMERVILLE, Secretary.
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The following is an extract from
an interview of Hon. John i'll.
Thomas, of Ohio, wealthy manu-
facturer:
Equally false and vicious is the
CRY that the silver dollar, under
free coinage, will only be a sixty
cent dollar. How can it be a sixty
cent dollar if it pays as much as a
gold dollar, and when stamped a
dollar and made legal tender it
will always be worth a dollar and
buy as much as gold. Free coin
age of silver is the salvation of all
people who labor or raise crops for
sale and for all manufactures of
all kinds of goods.
"If money men want gold and
silver bars let them have them, but
the people want none of them, and
the people being in the majority,
should have. their own way. The
people have no use for. bullion.
They want coined dollars, and all
the dollars there are gold and silver
ounces to make them out of.
"The people are willing to accept
all such dollars at the present ratio,
made under the constitution legal
tenders for all debts, public and
private, and when this is done it
will be found that if every available
ounce of both metals is coined into
dollars there will be no surplus
over and above the wants of trade
and prosperity.
"The issue is between the peo-
pie on one side, the producers OF
wealth and prosperity, and the
money interest, os distinguished
from other bushes, on the Other
side. And as the money interest
is not the creator of any wealth, il
should not be permitted to rule in
this matter, especially as it's ruling
is antagonistic to the interests OF
all the people.
"There is no division among the
gold men. They are all for gold
and gold men. There should be
no division among the the sill.
yer men. They should stand
united for silver and for silver men
fully pledged to silverat all stages.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
Caution to Farmers.

Beware ofTinsel Plate Fertilizer Conc
Germs, which shoddy goods are sold by
sleek -tongued agents for fancy prices;
but buy at saving of from $500 to
$1,000 per ton, from the OLD RELI-
ABLE CLEVELAND DRYER CO.,
that cracked the first bone west of the
Allegheny Mountains; so years in bust
ness; Manufacturers OF High Quality
goods are equal and none better" The
freight is only $500 per ton, while on
eastern goods the freight is from $3.50
to $500 per ton. The consumer pays
the tariff Goods are put up in 100.
pound sacks, and IA supply kept on hand
for spring use. For sale by
j. %. YEAGER
apr1.6m Point Pleasant, w. Va.
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RIaine ON silver.

Mr. Blaine, who, next to Lin
coin may properly be regarded as
the most perfect apostle of Re-
publicanism was, in his life time,
a man of the people, ever on the
alert for their rights and interests.
Or, as his friends were accustom-
ed to say, an ideal American,
Discussing the silver-goid ques-
ton in 1878 Mr.. Blaine said:
"On the much vexed and moot
ed question as to bimetallao and
monometallic standard, my own
views are sufficiently indicated in
the remarks / have made. L believe
the struggle now going on in this
country, and in other countries,
for single gold standard would,
if successful, produce widespread
disaster in and throughout the
commercial world. The destruc-
ton of silver as money and estab.
fishing gold as the sole unit of
value must have ruinous effect
on all forms of property except
those Investments which yield a
fixed return in money. Those
would be enormously enhanced in
value and would gain dispropor-
tionate and unfair advantage on
every other species of property.
If, as the most reliable statistics
affirm, there are nearly 81 100000,
600 of coin or bullion in the world,
very equally divided between gold
and silver, it is impossible to
strike silver out of existence as
money without results which will
prove distressing to millions and
utterly disastrous to tens of
thousands. L believe gold and
silver coin to be the money of the
constitution; indeed, the money of
the American people anterior to
the constitution, which the great
organic law recognized, as quite
independent, of its own existence.
No power was conferred on Con-
gress to declare either metal should
not be money. Congress has,
therefore, in my judgment, no
power to demonetize either. If,
therefore, silver has been demone-
tized, / am in favor of remonetiz-
ing it. If it's coinage has been
prohibited, 1 am in favor ordering
it to be resumed"
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CALL
For PopuIist County ConyentIon.

A County Convention of the Popu-
list party of Mason county, w. Va, is
hereby called to meet at the Court
House in the town of Point Pleasant,
in said county, on
Wednesday, May 27tlI, 1906,
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to State and Congressional Conven-
lions. Also for the purpose of nom
mating candidates for the various
county Offices. All persons who are
opposed to the single gold standard
as the basis of our financial system,
and all in favor of both gold and sill
yer, together with the restoration of
the latter to our money. system upon
the ratio of 10 to 1, and to the free and
ally invited to attend this convention
and participate in it's deliberations.
BY order of the County Executive
Committee.
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The Longest River.

1t is now claimed that the Mis-
souri, is the longest river in the
world. ColonelJ. V. Brewer, State
Geographer of Minnesota, de-
clares that he has discovered its
real source, 1921 miles from its
mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. He
states that the longest upper branch
of the Missouri does not flow
through tho lower Red Rock Lake,
in Montana, but comes from hole
in the mountains, volcanic in its
true character, at the Summit of
the Rocky Mountains, west of
Henry's Lake, idaho, and ut n
point bordering the State bound
airy between that State and Mon
tana. Colonel Brewers conclusions
have excited the attention of geo.
graphers and scientists in all parts
of the world.
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Rennhllcnn PrlmnrIob.

NJ w hOhbOlAG
e. III. Armstrong,
M. p. Chambers,
w. ID. Curry,
j. III. Garrison.
SECOND WARD.
j. FL, Norton,
e. w. Craig,
James Franklin,
Chas. Bell,
l.. j. Petty.
THIRD WARD.
f. A. Work,
w. ID. Holmes,
j. b. Smith,
DIR. III. A. Barbee,
Jerry Jones.
LEWIS DIsTRICT.
j. E. Lewis,
j. e. johnson,
Chas. X. Meek,
Chas. Selby,
John Childers.
Congressional j. b. Smith, r.
Fl. Armstrong, John l.. Written
Senatorial. Jas. l.. Barnett, w
H. Howard, John f. Lewis.
judicial. John F. Lewis, Geo
Poffenbarger, p. o. Schools.
State.-Geo. Poffenbarger, DIR
A. r. Barbee, DR.. l.. V. Guthrie
Nominees.-Art Edwards was
nominated for Justice of the Peace
l.. j. Petty and Jas. Monroe, fol
Constables, and John f. Lewis FOL
School Commissioner, for out side
Point Pleasant Independent Dis
trict.
COOPER.
d. n. Howell, Claud Sayre, Dan
Gist, j. II. Rainey, w. A. Rose.
berry, II. McDermitt, John Murray
II. e. Greer, VIM. Pullins, A. II
Ball, john w. Lyons, Israel Cul
Inns, S. NJ. Boston, Geo. w. Board
John II. Greer, Charles Wilson
Israel Dunlap, @. II. Blessing. Ell
j. Greer, John Chatten.
CLENDENIN.
j. Fl. Stewart, G.. e. Morris. j
n. Shepard, p. f. Spencer, Nor.
man Gibson, j. p. Austin, j. r
Sholines, w. Fl. Terry, A. j. Shep.
dard, II. G. Hope, Jas. Terry, Ed
Withen, Frank Henry, ZOO Christy
w. II. Kirk, j. A. Watterson, John
Steele, VIM. Buckle, Lew Bowcot
VIM. Ferguson.
ROBINSON.
j. w. Musgrave, G.. E. w. Fowl
er, Jas. Somerville, r. o. Borgess.
Henry Edwards, Jessie Kearns
Geo. ChiIds, Junius Rifle, VIM
Rice, Samuel Cheesbrew, Jas
Richard, o. V. Yeager, Jas. Chees
brew, VIM. Rodgers, V. B. Som
erville, Harrison Rice, ST., jonah
Richard, John Morris, John Sc
brell, j. r.. Somerville.
COLOGNE.
Philip Click, r. S. Donahue
John Fergut, j. G. Warner, James
Barnett, j. A. Blackburn, Gerome
Brinker, A. S. Redinger, II. II
Hartley, Euclid Crookham, B. A
Armstrong, John Weinebrimer
Andrew Nichol, w. @. Greenlee
VIM. Barnett, d. B. Mathcny, A
w. Rollins, B. X. Bell, H. @. Rair.
den, Bert Thomas.
ARBUCKLE.
VIM. Waugh, @. Bechtle, Lime
Hill, H. G. Williamson, p. f. Hol,
stein, j. B. Meadows, Frank Bow
les, A. MorrowslIlias Hutton, La,
fayette Hayes, Scott Deweese, B
S. Hayes, Dan Gahart, Jr., @. r.
Lewis, NJ. e. Roach, l.. V. Lanear
Benz, Lewis, Robt. Huffman, D.
w. Slayton, A. Livingston.
WAGGENER.
Thos. Mcintosh, Wash. MeeKs
A. j. Sayrc, A. j. Peck, G. w
Rifle, Mike Gibbs, Chris Weise.
Ed. Blaettener, Robt. Henkle, John
Roach, II. Mitchell, Pres Boothe,
A. b. Woodrum, VIM. Parsons,
Frank Lewis, John w. Neale, Earl
Henry, Chas Meeks, Thos. Ryan,
e. Allemong.
HANNAH.
Fred Lewis, e. e. Duffer, @. A.
Vaughn, II. A. Hinkle, Joe. Wall
ace, Thos. Likens, e. e. Jordan, j,
e. Ball, j. A. George, Chas. Hay
man, Philip Blazer, O. Sturgeon,
e. johnson, A. Gebhart, G.. b.
Wise, @. A. Holley, DIR. j. H. Row
n 4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
Tuesday, June 10th, 1896,

Tuesday, June 10th, 1896,
commencing at o'clock p, M, three rec certain
district, in said Mason county, containing
SO acres, more or less, bounded GnI desGrios
OF the entire survey Mt n hickory and white
%m6her survey of SIS acres roodi and 81
poles, patented TO Grant, & willing, now
old ine iOI ISL poles to an nsi in snid line,
corner TO lot No " nnd n , White "Sk "nd H HIs
+. Iii poles to n black snpIing and three
chestnut oak pointers in a line with lot No No;
poles to n dogwood aud two lqrge. White oak
pointers corner to- LOT N3. :, IN sly Lih ii q"
5. 90 ", 2iS poles to the beglnnlmgi the Sni1
lot No. j. OF the said jas. ii; Couch lands as
The same We're surveyed and laid on by ih9s
March, ISL, ii being the same tract or parcel
of land conveyed by John w. English, spec;
Esarmg das ShS $R day OF aH t$
deed is of record in the County Court Clerk, s
9ticf OF 5 s@t9 Mns@ 8 county, III De'u nooN
XmothSr her tract OF land containing 9}3 acres
2 rOods and 81 pcrchcs, situate In said Glen
denim District and %dJoininmg The 2G %M de-
seriBeG as " fol@ws Bog!nnl8g at roeI, set
in the ground II he sly line Of tnS entire nt
With Win the Sly line n. so W. 23O.polcs TO n
S0FmoP TO lot N% aSd WITH WITH line
same \; los p. 235 poles to a stake In a raNime
two white ouks, hickory and gum pointers,
same =. 5O' II. 20 poles 10 II blncK OAK SupllnB
SP 9 9s 6 S9S poes to Ti69 n beg sme
ming, containing 363 acres, 2 roods and 81
pcrchcS, being the same land conveyed by
james II. Couch and wife to j. ~. Wnttcrson
by decd dated the 10th day of May, 1852, ana
recorded in the Clerks Office of the County
Court, in said Mnson County, In Decd BOOK
No. 30, pages lOi, &c.
Also, another tract of 20 acres of land con-
Veyed by Washington Grover TO John a.
WnttcrSOn byr deed bearing date December
18th, 1877, nnu recorded in said Clerks office,
of the County Court of said Mason. county,
described as follows: Beginning ut the $.
WHY corner at II stake in line of ~. j. Wnt-
tcTSOn, known ms the gum corner, thence
with the line OF w. Grover and John Wat
tcrsOn to the CTcmccns corner, thence with
the Crcmccn's line n sufficient distance, that
w. GroVcrnn John Wntterson line to the
a. j.. Wuttcrson 5S5 acre trnct, to make 40
acres, thence to the place of beginning. :
The first two tracts of lnnu herein described
nrc the same that were conveyed by John y.
IIanly ana wife to John a. Wntterson by
Only so much of said real estate VIII be
sold as may be necessary to pay the debt Sc
cured in said trust The face OF the notes are
tor 80 OOOOO with credits thereon, but the
sale will be made for whatever sum may be
due one snid notes with interest at six per
cent, after dcductlng all payments
The tracts of land above described all Joins
thereby making tract OF 1913 acres of land,
and is one of the finest upland FIRMS in Ma
son county, With two good dwelling houses
good barn, and other necessary outbuildings
on It.
RANKIN WILEY. JR.,
NAV l3-Iw, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
BetIUeen Detroit ana CIeCe-
land, PMt-in-BdV ana

ID. & C. Floating Palaces are now
running daily between Detroit and
cleveland, and on May will
commence to run daily between
Cleveland, Put-in-Bay and Toledo.
If YOU are travelling between the
above points, take advantage of IA
water trip and save money.
Spend your vacation on the Great
Lakes Send for illustrated pamph-
LET. Address A. a. SCHANTZ, Ct. p. A.,
Detroit, Mich,
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One Fare Rate.

The following order has been
issued to the Agents of the Ohio
River Railroad, by General Passen-
ger Agent, w. j. Robinson:
"Agents:-You may sell on May
23rd, book tickets, form Exc, to
Point Pleasant and return, at one
fare one. way, for the round trip,
limiting tickets to May oath, ac-
count Of the Republican County
Nominating Convention"
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THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS WORTHY YOUR ATTENTIONi
nRE.sg G00D.S.

season hardly prices have droppOd
is tho loser by it.
Sc, 21c -.
Impo u Serges 36 inches
ali inches wide, I9c, 52c.
= Novel al wool
Silks, Embroderies,
Gloves PurAsols Shirt Waists
keep largest line of shoes and
CHI idreu's wearn prices
SvrwRre Baby uggos Bicycles
Tricycos
WAISTS will DO than this
An immc all sos each
aon to samples
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

The Clorksburg Republican Con
vention whi2h met Tuesday last
declared for "honest money with
the largest possible use of silver
consistent with gold standard"
which reminds us of the answer of
the doubtful maiden who was asked
if anybody was counting her. She
said there was one fellow who was
sorter counting her and sorter not,
but that it was a little more sorter
not than sorter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

Governor Campbell who is the
most pronounced lingo in the
country has permitted himself re-
Gently to be the victim of a news
paper interview in which he said:
"I'm am adherent of the policy
of Washington and the policy OF
Monroe. / don't believe in part
nership arrangements with other
nations entangling foreign ALI,
ance.' / think Washington called
It: / decidedly go with Monroe in
his declaration that no new ac-
ouirement of power or territory on
the part of European nations in
this hemisphere should be permit
ted by the United States. On
that doctrine, and to uphold 1T,
this country should sternly go to
the expenditure of its last dollar,
its last cartridge, it's last gun and
its last man. Men are called
"iingoes" who talk like that. But
when one reflects that Warren and
his men at Bunker Hill were jim
goes, Major Buttrick and his min
ute men at Concord were lingoes,
Washington was lingo, Patrick
Henry was lingo, and every man
who signed the Declaration of In
dependence was a lingo, and that
Monroe and Andrew jackson were
both jingoes, / for my part am
proud and patient under the epithet.
/ prefer rather to be with such men
than those feeblists who, sapped of
virility, Slapped of patriotism, sap
ped oven of natural self-rcspcct,
rush to Europe for models or wait
whiningly on abject knees for for
eign countenance and approval of
American men and things.
1t seems from this that there are
iingoes and iingoes, and also cow
ards. When it comes to bluff and
buster and braggadocio,and threats
to fight, the administration and its
friends are brave beyond the fer
cest pronunciamentos of Sancho
Panza's master. But when the
money question comes up then a
Janus faced condition is exposed,
cowartlice takes the place of cour-
age and the United States must
wait whiningly on abject knee for
foreign countenance and approval
of what it proposes to do. If the
United States is big enough, rich
enough and strong enough to set
its face for war purposes against
all the balance of the world, and
defy creation, why is it not able to
have simple system oe finance
that will benefit our own people
and help our own country? Sure
ly we need not get whiningly on
abiect knees and wait the consider
ate pleasure and orders of foreign
bankers and money changers.
We have Monroe doctrine of
our own that all the country favors
and will fight for. We want a
money system of our own, and if
Europe don't like it they need not
have Sentinel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

The man who imagines the dem
ocratic party of Mason county is
dead, will find lively corpse be-
fore the campaign is over
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
trustees Sale of a Valuable Farm,

T Under and by virtue of the authority
executed teddy by Join (; Wstterson ana Maria
May, 1850, and recorded in the Clerks
ONCE of the County Court of Nilsson Coun-
ty, West Virginia., In Trust Decd Book,
No, ~, pnges $40 and S2l, to secure to @. O.
set forth and default having been made in
the payment OF said notes, and being re-
uuIrcd O to do by the said G. G.. Miller, the
owner and holder of said notes, the under
signed Trustee, will sell at public auction, Mt
the front door of the Court House, of said
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
Ohio Sunday School Association COnven.
tion at Columbus o.

For the above meeting Agents
of the Ohio Central Lines will sell
tickets to Columbus and return at
one fare for the round trip. Tick
cts on sale June LIST and I'd. Limit
for return June 9Th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

A Charleston correspondent of
the Wheeling Register, writing un-
der date of the 10Th inst, speaks
thus of Hon. Rankin Wiley's can
didacy for Congress in this district;
"Hon. Rankin Wiley, of Point
Pleasant, formerly President of the
State Senate, was in Charleston
this week. He is n candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Fourth district,
and his chances for the nomination
are exceedingly good. His only
opponents so far are Walter Pen
dleton, of Calhoun, and Holly G..
armstrong, of jackson. Senator
Wiley says that, Judging from the
way in which matters are shaping
up in the Fourth district, the
Democratic chances for success are
better this year than they have
been for long time. He even be-
lieves that the Democrats will carry
Mason county, Republican
stronghold"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

The many friends of the genial
and gifted Hon. Rankin Wiley
have decided to give him the nom
ination for Congress on the Demo.
cratic ticket in the Fourth District.
He is man of great ability, a
fluent speaker, an upright dignified
gentleman, who has long been an
Tntiring worker for the good of
democracy, and will make strong
candidate. But then come TO
think of it this is not democratic
year, and the Hon. Warren Miller
will be renominated and elected by
an increased majority in the old
urth.--Charleston Telegram, Rep.
Don't you think it for a moment,
dear Telegram. If Mr.. Wiley is
nominated, our friend Warren
Miller will not be Sin it." Mr..
Wiley will redeem the District,
and be elected to congress.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

Senator Teller has publicly an
nounced that he will not support
the nominee of the ST. Louis Con
vention if the platform is strad-
die or for the gold standard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

The Republicans along the Bend
have chartered the steamer NJ. P,
Wells, to bring the delegates and
all others who desire to attend the
Republican Convention, to be held
i'll this place next Saturday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

of the world.
One of the biggest land deals
consummated for some time in
Clay county is said to have just
taken place. A tract of land on
the waters of Laurel nggregating
over sixteen thousand acres and
owned by Charleston gentlemen,
was purchased by Judge Lewis.
The territory is heavily covered
with timber that will be worked
up and general activity will give
that locality prominence. The
Clay Lumber Company have com
pleted their tramway up Porters
creek and are adding more i'm
provements about their extensive
plant.
There is no controversy among
democrats as to the principles of
the party. The party and its prin-
ciples will live forever, as it is the
only party having in view the
greatest good to the greatest num-
Der. If Democratic principles are
carried out, tho condition of our
common country will ever pros
per.
The Wayne News: "The Oldest
man in Wayne county, is Charles
Adkins, of Beech Fork, he being
one hundred years old. Another
very old man is James NJ. Hobbs,
who lives in the same vicinity
He was guard on Johnson's Isle,
during the war, and draws n pen
sion Of twelve dollars per month,
and is ninety-six years old.
Gen. @. c.. Watts seems to be the
coming Weston Democrat.
This would indicate that Judge
Bennett, of Lewis county, will not
be candidate for the democratic
nomination for Governor, which
will give Gen Watts clear field.I
A shameful and disgraceful fight
is being made by the Ringsters
against the nomination of Mr.. A
l.. Borgess., who is candidate for
Circuit Clerk, on the Republican
ticket. But it looks as if he will
win despite the opposition of the
bosses.
The Republicans along the Bend
have chartered the steamer NJ. p.
Wells, to bring the delegates and
all others who desire to attend the
Republican Convention, to be held
in this place next Saturday.
Senator Teller has publicly an
nounced that he will not support
the nominee of the ST. Louis Con
vention if the platform is a strad-
die or for the gold standard.
If you can't do the best, do the
navf fb;,,rr N, it-fba hast I,O,I co,,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

If you can't do the best, do the
next thing TO 1.-THE best you can.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20

The Republican candidates are
doing some. tall hustling among
the delegates.