The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-03-11
CONCERNING JUsTICEs.

/. In civil case, a Just1ceot the
Peace has no authority to associate
with himself in the trial thereof,
another Justice. And where his
record shows such association of
another Justice and his participa-
lions in the trial, the trial is null
lily and the judgment absolutely
void.
9. A Justice has only such juris-
diction as is conferred by statute,
and when he once lawfully takes
jurisdiction of cause of action, he
can only divest himself of it in
some one of the ways pointed out
in the law. He cannot share his
jurisdiction or responsibility by
calling on another Justice.
3. Such thing as change of
venue is not known before a JUS
tice's court.
4. A Justice advertises as n col
lector and TINS secures collections,
and is in the habit of charging com
missions on such collections, is
incompetent even to render judg-
ment in such cases where there is
no defense.-P arkersburg Sentinel.
We propose putting at times
some questions to our prominent
men touching important matters
of the day and first coming across
j. b. Menager, we asked him what
he thought about war with Spain.
He replied, 1--WE will not have any
fight with Spain and we don't
want war with any country. The
sword is but hideous flash in the
darkness right is an eternal ray !"
He is opposed to anything that
looks like a pretext to increase our
standing army. He says "that there
may be grave fears in certain cir
Giles that an army will be needed
to repress future internal out
breaks, but such fears are really
groundless. They are entertained
principally by those who have
boarded away their millions or who
are predisposed to anarchy. The
American people are ballot-box
speaking people and will use that
fundamentally in place of the
Sword" to fright all wrongs, fin
ancial or commercial. The times
and exigencies of affairs will make,
mould and produce the man to ac-
complish whatever is needed in
that respect, just as Lincoln came
to save the Union"
Fhe Pittsburg Times correspon-
dents account of the Baku, Russia
oil region, to which he was sent by
that paper for special information,
is interesting. Imagine ditch
four feet wide, two deep and run
ming all the while like mill race
and you have his description fthe
product of 10000 barrel an hour
we'll and how the oil is managed so
that it can be saved. The oil is
not of as good quality as the Amer
lean average but in quantity it
overlies everything on this side the
water, Sistersville and all the rest.
The Baku region as developed is
small in size-two or three miles
long by about half that in width
and the oil is found in deposit of
sand and gravel with no regular
rock strata, and the depth of the
sand has never yet been ascertain
ed.
There is a rush of emigration
from the West to the South, which
is said to resemble the days of 40
on the great plains. The crowds
of emigrants come largely from
Nebraska and South Dakota, and
are pointing towards Georgin. The
new movement has been in prog
ress since the great drouth of 1894
when the corn crop of Nebraska
fell from 2OO,OOO,OOO to 12,OOO,OOO
bushels, and when train load of
corn was sent from Atlanta, Ga, to
Lincoln, Neb. The corn crop of
Georgia jumped from 435,OOO,OOO
bushels in 1893 to 483,OOO,OOO in
1894, and to 6O7OOO,OOO in 1895.
Add to such facts as these the
salubrity of the Southern climate
compared with that of the North
west and you have some of the
reasons underlying this movement.
A Large Timber Tract.
H. &. Davis & Bro, have sold to
the j. l.. Rumbarger Lumber Co,