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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-06-18

THE University authorities are
greatly worked up over the disgrace
full conduct of some unknown stu
dent with thieving practices. An
effort was make to keep all knowl-
edge of his populations from the
public, but they leaked out, and for
the good name of the University and
to keep suspicion from resting on
Innocent parties every effort is be-
ing made to bring the guilty party
to justice. Several days ago fifteen
or twenty volumes Of the Monticola,
the University journal gotten up by
the students, were stolen from Presi.
dent Goodnights office. They sell
at 50 each. This was followed closely
by the THEFT Of five valuable canes
from the Presidents residence. 1t
is said that the whereabouts of the
canes is no secret to the President,
and, thinking that the thieves did
not know their value when taking
them, but did IL more out of spirit
of deviltry" than for gain, the
President is disposed to give them a
chance to quietly return the canes
before school closes and thus save ar
rest and exposure heeling Regis
ter.
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Commissioners Sale.

PURSUANT to a decree of the Cir.
Il cult Court of Greenbrier county.
made at the April term, 1896, in the
suit Of ID. G. Stuart vs. Joanna l.. Tav-
lor ct al :, l will sell, at public auction,
to the highest bidder, in front of the
Lewisburg Hotel, in the town Of lew
jsburg, on
Saturday, the 10th day of June, 1896,
the following real estate, to-wit A
tract OF 81 acres of land situated on
the waters OF Culbertson Creek, in Will
liamsburg district, Greenbrier county.
TERMS OF SALE.
Cash in hand for enough to pay costs
OF suit and expenses Of sale, and the
balance in two equal installments pava.
BILE In and 12 months, with interest
from day of sale, purchaser executing
bonds, with good security for the de.
terred payments.
l.. j. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner.
Bond with approved security, in man.
ner and form according to law, has
been Tiled by said Commissioner.
JONATHAN MAYS.
May 28-4w. Clerk.
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4 Card from Mr.. Holt.

Editor Greenbrier independent
l have been asked several times
recently my position on the money
question, and wish to state through
the columns OF your paper just how
/ stand.
/ am in favor of the remonitiza-
ton of silver, thereby restoring it
to the value it possessed prior to
1873. l also favor the absolute free
coinage of both gold and silver at
the present legal ratio of Is to l, in
dependent Of the action of any for.
eign country.
l wish 10 state further that if |
am nominated in convention for the
office to which aspire, shall make
an aggressive fight, and if elected,
will use my best efforts in the inter-
ests Of my constituents and voice at
all times their sentiments in every
vote cast. Respectfully,
f.. |. Holt.
Acddemy, W. Vd., Jitne l6th.
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For GOLD.-By a considerable
majority the Minnesota Democratic
convention declared for the gold
standard and sent gold men to Chi
cago. They say:
We are unqualifiedly in favor of
the present gold standard of value.
We favor the use of both gold and
silver as money and believe that our
government should coin and keep in
circulating medium as large an
amount of silver as can be employed
without destroying or threatening to
destroy the existing parity Of value
between the unit in gold and the
unit i'm silver.
We are firmly convinced that the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
by our government at the ratio of l6
to without cooperation on the
part nf the other great commercial
nations of the would reduce
this country to a condition Of silver
mon0metaiism, enabling upon us a
financial panic and commercial and
industrial disaster. We are utterly
and irrevocably opposed to the adop-
ton OF any such policy"
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NOTICE..
John w. Booher

VS..
David A. Dwyer, administrator of A.
w. q. Poage, deceased, and Matte f.
Poage, widow.
NOTICE is hereby given to all par
~ ties concerned, that the under
signed was by the County Court of
PendletOn county, State of Kentucky
by order entered on the End day of
March term. 1895, appointed guardian
for John H. Poage, Blanche j. Poage,
Harvey Poage and Mary Poage, infant
children of said a. w. G. Poage, dec d.
and bond with security, approved by
the said County Court as sufficient. hav-
ing been executed, delivered and filed in
the said Court, notice is hereby given
that l shall, on the first day of
the term Of the Circuit Court for Green.
brier county, w. Va, to be held on the
23rd day of June, 1896, file petition
and move the said Court for an order
directing the said Dayid A. Dwyer, Ad.
ministrator of said A. w. G. Poage, de.
ceased, to pay oyer and deliver to me. as
such guardian, such funds as may be In
his hands, due to my said wards, and
also such further sums as may hereafter
come into his hands that may be found
due and payable to the said wards.
JOHN w. BOOMER,
Guardian for H. Poage, Blanche j
Poage, Harvey Poage and Mary
Poage.
Nav 2S-4w
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Editor Greenb,ier Independent:
AS the time is fast approaching for
our elections and the selection OF
electors, etc, let us all remember the
critical state Of our Couutry-the
breaking up Of old parties and form
ing of new ones, or the reforming of
old ones upon new lines.
And let us also remember that our
former defeats have been mainly due
to the trusting of our political inter.
cetS To incompetent and unprincipled
men, and when | say unprincipled,
| do not mean SO in an offensive
sense of the term, but mean want.
ing in political principle. Men who
know nothing or care nothing about
either political economy or political
history. Men, in short, like the
school teacher. who was willing tO
teach that the earth moved, causing
day and night to alternate. Blu,
when one Of the trustees, with q
bright philosophical mind, remark ed
That is not true, for | have seen
the sun moving above the clouds, y
the teacher replied, "That is proof
the sun does move, and since you
are of that way of thinking | will sc
teach" While that is a very accom-.
modating kind of man, yet We
should remember he has been intiu
enced in his judgment by interest
and not by reason. And we should
remember that interests often clash
and such an one may find greater
interest overpowering our smaller
interests, and thus may we AGAR
lose the fruits of our victory through
the perfidy Of our leaders.
If we be silver men, lot us vote
for silver men--old, avowed, origina
silverites, who are such from prin
ciple-in favor of honest money.
But if we are for gold, let us vote
a man honest and true to his convic.
tions, like Grover Cleveland or any
of the appointees of his administers
ton, and we shall not greatly err if
our side shall win or if their side shall
win. Then will the matter be set
tied, and not be see-sawed in the bal
ance Of uncertainty as the tariff has
been by its pretended friends, to the
great detriment Of the interests of
the country and the unsettlement of
its politics.
Let us not, as we have too often
in the past through sympathy, vote
for men for Office simply because
they are fit for nothing else. Sym
pathy is good thing, but it can be
more cheaply and effectively ex-
pressed in charity than in politics.
NJ. A. DUNLAP.
Acddemy, ". Va, jim. Isl.
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Is \ n A w HA DEMOCRATS.-T
Democratic convention of Kanawha
county, held at Charleston last Sat
urday, was large and enthusiastic.
Strong resolutions offered by EN-
Gov. Wilson and favoring free coin
age were passed, i'm which it was de-
clared:
"That we are unalterably opposed
to that financial system formed
here and i'm Eurepe,' which has
stricken down the money of the
tathers-the money OF the Constitu-
tion-and to the great injury Of all
our legitimate Industrial pursuits,
foisted upon the American people a
2O0-cent dollar.
That it is the mission of the Demo
cratic party to restore and secure to
the people Of this country a sound,
safe, just, honorable and constltu-
tional basis of metallic primary
money; and to this end we demand
the free and unlimited coinage of sill.
yer, side by side with gold, without
discrimination in any form what
ever against either, at the ratio of
l6 to ], and no more and this i'm
mediately, and without regard to the
consent, policy or course of any
other government on earth.
That the Presidential ticket should
be composed of men whose past and
present records give ample assurance
of fidelity to the principles here de-
clared."
The Convention instructed for
Gov. Wilson as delegate to Chicago,
and endorsed the administration of
Gov. McCorkle.
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WILLIAM +. HARRITY, Chairman
OF the Democratic National Com
mittee, discussing the financial situa-
ton in the national convention, said
recently: Z" ] believe fairly AMIGA
BILE adjustment of the issue will be
reached. 1t is possible that the free
silver element will have a majority
sufficiently large to control the con-
vention. i am satisfied there will
DO no split. Democrats recognize
the right of the majority to rule, and
are willing to accept the result.
The st. Louis convention will have
the effect of Clarifying the atmos-
phere good deal for us. We can
judge better then what we want to
do.D
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Com missioltcr's Sale
OF VERY
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

DY virtue of DEGREES OF the Circuit
ID Court Of Greenbrier county, rem
dered in six suits in chancery therein
pending, which were heard together, and
| in which Alex. +. Mathews. III. a. Holt,
VIM. NJ. Tyree, Enoch Smith, Wash
! ington Smith and A. McV. Miller, Ie-
| spectively, are plaintiffs, and in all of
which w. Il. Conquest, jr., and others
are defendants, the undersigned Special
Commissioner, appointed by said de-
crees will sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidders, in front of the hotel of
John w. Anderson, in the town of AL
derson, in Monroe county, w. Va, on
Saturday, the 10Th day Of J,ule, 1896,
the following valuable real estate, viz:
That very valuable and fertile farm
situated Immediately below or west of
the town of Anderson, on Greenbrler
River, known as the "Layne Bottom
tract, containing 365 acres, exclusive of
the bed OF the river and of the railroad
right of way through the same. This
tract Of land lies principally in Sum-
mers county, but partly also in Monroe
and Greenbrier and is equal to any farm
in the said counties. 1t will be sold
subject to certain rights given by Il
former owner for mining and removing
brown stone, and also to said railroad
right Of way. This tract will first be
offered in subdivisions and then As n
whole.
Also the undivided three fourths of
the following properties
n tract OF land OF 125 acres, more or
less, on Flat Top Mountain in Monroe
county, formerly owned by +. f. Oar
nall and John s. Darnall. Certain wa
ter rights and privileges granted to w
L. Conquest by the town of Anderson.
Certain privileges and rights of water
granted said Conquest by Jas. Mann
through certain land OF said Mann in
| Monroe county. a tract of so acres
known as the Clay property, in and near
the town Of North Anderson. A tract
of 22f acres near North Anderson and
known as part Of the Fair Grounds
a tract of acres in North Anderson
known as the DR.. Clay lot. A tract of
III acres, more or less, near North Al
derron and known as the w. ID. Dear.
ing land.
After being offered separately all
these properties will be offered rs a
whole and that sale will be adopted
which brings the best price, and when
offered as whole they will be started
at the upset bid of Wyndham Boiling,
w. I. Conquest, jr., and JAS. III Miller
of $4,000.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash sufficient to pay the costs of tn G
suit and the expenses OF the sale, and
as to the balance upon credits Of 6, IL and
Is months, theipurchasers to execute
bonds, with good personal security,
bearing interest from date for said de-
ferred payments. Possession given
purchasers January LIST, 1897.
MASON MATHEWS,
Special Commissioner.
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RETIREs. Jas. II. Huling,
present representative of this dis
trict in Congress, has addressed let
ter to John Cooper, Chairman of the
Republican Congressional Executive
Committee, in which he makes
known the fact that ne will not be a
candidate for reelection, but prefers
to retire that others may have a
chance. Mr.. Huling is a very gen
teel and respectable man, but having
no aptitude for legislation or the du-
ties required of Congressman, has
not been heard Of in the present Con-
gress, and we think he acts wisely in
desiring to turn over the office to
some one else.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

DU RSCANT to decree Of the CIR
i cult Court Of GreeDbrier county
made at the April term, 1895, in the
chancery cause OF r. b. Holt vs.. AMI
Hager et ais, by which the undersigned
was appointed Commissioner in the
room and stead OF Il. +. Dennis who, by a
former decree had been appointed a
to make sale OF the land
in the bill and proceedings mentioned
| will, as such commissioners, on
Saturday, June 10Th, 1896,
at IL O'Clock a. m, IN front of the Lew
isburg Hotel, in the town Of ewisburg,
offer for sale, at public auction, that val
liable farm of so acres, situated about
two miles southeast of Lewisburg, ad-
Joining the lands of Gillespie and others,
and being the same land on which the
defendant, AMI Hager, now resides. -
1t has on it good buildings and very
fine orchard of improved fruit.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash in hand sufficient to pay cost of
suit and expenses of sale, and as to the
residue of purchase MONEY credit of
six months will be given, the purchaser
giving bond with good security, bearing
interest from day Of sale.
THOS. II. DENNIS,
Special Commissioner.
Bond with approved security has
been given, rs required by the decree
in the above named cause, by the said
Special Commissioner.
JONATHAN MAYS,
Nav oS-Iw Clerk
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The State Of West Virginia
VS..

day of May, 1896.
The State of West Virginia
VS..
Robt Kerr s heirs ct ais.
THIS cause came on this the End day
OF May, 1896, to be heard upon the
plaintiffs amended bill, with process
duly executed on all the home defend
ants and the order of publication regu.
larly executed against the heirs of Rob t
Kerr, deceased, the demurrers Of the
defendants, Alex. McVeigh Miller, G..
l.. McClung, Jos. K. McClung, Mar
shall McClung, VIM. Il. McClung. Full.
ton Scudder, Charlotte Tyree, Sarah j.
houdermilk, Z. M. McClung, Henry
Price, M. Erskine Miller, Nelson Rob
inson and John w. Simpson, trustees
Fl. II. Fay. Il. H. Crozler and NJ. Err.
skine Miller, trustees, and Jos. Smith,
in which demurrer the plaintiff Joined
and was argued by counsel.
Upon consideration whereof, and the
Court being OF opinion that said de-
murrers are not we'll taken doth over
rule the same and rule is awarded
| against the defendants to answer plain
tiff s amended bill and on motion of the
defendants, M. Erskine Miller, Nelson
Robinson and John w. Simpson and III
II. Fay, II. II. CroZier and NJ. Erskine
Miller they have leave to file their an
swers in this cause within twenty DAYS
from this date. The seperate answer
OF Alex. McVeigh Miller, filed at Feb.
hnles, 1875, and the separate answers of
the other defendants being flied at the
March Rules and in time, save Geo. M.
Harrah. and the bill is taken for con-
fessed as to him.
therefore, it is adjudged, ordered and
decreed that this cause be referred to
James Wlthrow, a Commis sioner of
THIS Court, who shall take, state and re.
port upon all matters required to be re.
ported upon by the provision of chan.
ter "a of the Acts of the Legislature ot
West Virginia, 1898, and i'm the manner
Teqired by said acts. But before said
Commissioner shall take and state the
accounts here required to be stated and
reported, he shall give notice of the
tlme and place of taking the same. rs
required by section Sth of said chapter
"a, herelnbefore recited and said com
missioner shall return with his report
and as part thereof all the evidence
taken by him in making up his report.
Ana The exception of the plaintiff ma.
per Is. Is. as to the taking of the depo-
sltlons by the defendants are overruled
and the Court doth appoint j. MAYS
guardian adj Item for Morgan II. Jones,
the infant defendant, and thereupOn the
said infant, Morgan II. Jones. by I
Mays, his guardian ad Item filed his an.
swer TO the plaintiffs bill to which the
plaintiff replied generally.
A copy-Teste
j. MAYS, Clerk.
by Guy b. Mays, ID. G..
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For Sale.

4o-Horse-Power Engine, run only a
i short time.
! 10 by 10 Worthington Pump.
NO. U Knowles Pump, such as used
Tor boiler feeder-good as new.
l Laundry Centrifugal Wringer-
good as new.
Set of Winding Stairs; can be used
for 20 feet pitch or less.
36-inch Charcoal Broilers for hotels,
Can be made good with little repair.
Address
&: Is. SMITH, Engineer,
White Sui Springs, w. Va.
June lift.
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Notice.

will lie a special term of tho
u County Court for the county of
GreenDrier on the 23rd day of June
1896 Tor the purpose of auditing claims
against the county and for settling with
the Overseers of the Poor for the VAR.
GUS districts of the county. The sec
0hd day of said term will be devoted In
making said settlements. by order of
Court. G.. n. RJISTER WI
June l1-2w. CLERK
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SALE OF LAND.

d. URSUANT to authority vested in
Il me by decree of the Circuit Court
of Greenbrler county, made on the 9th
day of April, 1895, in a suit in chancery
therein depending wherein II. X. Boice
was plaintiff and j. u. Thompson and
others were defendants, l will as Spe.
cial Commissioner, on
Friday, July 3rd, 1896,
offer for sale, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, in front of Stratton' {
Hotel, in the town of Lewisburg, that
tract of land on the waters Of Spring
creek directed to be sold by said decree
The tract contains 145 acres Of land, is
partly cleared, has house on it and is
considered yaluabls-both as farm and
for timber and coal.
TERMS OF SALE.
Cash sufficient to pay costs of suit and
expenses Of the sale, and as to the resi-
due. on credits Of 6, IL and Is months.
the purchaser to give bond with ap.
proved personal security for the de-
ferred payments.
HENRY GILMER,
Special Commissioner.
l, j. Mays, Clerk of the Circuit Court
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Commissioners Sale Of
Real Estate.

DURSUANT to a decree Of the Cir.
Il cult Court Of Greenbrier county,
entered at the April term, 1896, in the
chancery cause of Ballar McClung vs..
j. ID. Anderson, the undersigned Spe.
cial Commissioner, appointed for the
purpose, will sell, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, in front of the Lew.
isburg Hotel, in the town of Lewisburg,
on
Saturday, the 9th day of June, 1896,
that valuable farm, situated about one
half mile from the town of Williams
burg, conveyed by the plaintiff to the
defendant, containing about $50 acres,
and the same in the bill and proceedings
mentioned, and upon which the defend
ant now resides.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash in hand sufficient to pay costs of
suit and expenses of sale, and the residue
upon a credit g, IL and IS months, the
purchaser executing bonds for the de-
ferred payments, with good security
and the title will be retained as ulti-
mate security.
JOHN A. PRESTON,
Special Commissioners.
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Notice.

A PPLlCANTS for insurance in the
"A Farmers Home Fire Insurance
20. are requested to meet for organiza.
zion, at the office Of II. f. Dennis. in
Lewis6urg, on Saturday, June both.
1896, at 1890 a. m.
MORTON Il CO.,
June INV. General Agents.
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New Advertisements.
NOTICE..

4 LII parties are hereby warned not
N to trespass on my farm in any way
whatever-by riding through, laying
down fences, gathering fruit. hunting,
etc. The law will be inforced against
all offenders.
ROB'T B. WALLACE.
June lS-lW*
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WOOD county has voted, by a large
majority, subscription of Sl75, OOO
for railroad from Parkersburg up
the Little Kanawha to Glenville.
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WE EXCEL IN REPRESENTATIVES.

WE ENCEL IN EXPENDITURE
Representative Wheeler, Of Ala
bama, taking the appropriations
made by the Congress just adjourned
at SOL 1854, $40 and the fact estab-
lished by the census of 1890 that our
State, county, district and municipal
expenditures aggregated that year
1863, 252 1874, arrives at the conclu-
sion that we are spending now in the
United States for government the
enormous sum of 81, 0S5, 237, 454
yearly. This sum exceeds the eXpen-
diture Of any other government in
the world. Russia, which has a
population of over 100, 900, 900 spent
last year but $3.50, OO5, 1896; that Of
France in 1898 spent $500, 1S4, 119 !;
that of the United Kingdom, $780,
500, l05. Perhaps all local expendi-
ture is not included in these figures,
but the expenses Of the German en-
pire may, without doubt, be fairly
compared with those Of our federal
government. The German empire
| spends in lS95-96 but 1927, 240, $40,
against our appropriation Of $5l5,-
9S4, $50. Our expenditure for pen
sions exceeds that of all other gov
ernments several times over.
Mr.. Mckinley stands for higher
tariff, which means, in the view of
his party, a larger revenue, and, of
course, larger expenditure. But al
ready we spend too much. Repre-
sentative Wheeler shows that our to-
tai annual expenses for government
! exceeds the gross value Of our cot
crops all put together. The outlay
is too much for our income. Deficits
are forCible hints. a spendthrift
Congress disregards them and goes
on appropriating more than ever
We are very large and productive
country, but there is a limit to our
capacity to spend without permanent
injury to the taxpayers.
AT the commencement exercises
of Roanoke College, Va, recently
Yang Yu, the Chinese minister, Mr..
Ho Yen Shing, secretary, and Mr..
Nun Yew Chung, attache and inter
prefer Of the legation, clad in their
gorgeous oriental costumes, occupied
conspicuous seats and attracted much
attention.
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Mrs. BETTE BLAGG, a bright,
active old lady of eighty years, liv-
ing at Doe Hill, Highland county,
Va, has never in all her life been
farther than eight miles from home.
The eight trip was to Mcdowell.
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Methodist Parsonage and Lot
for Sale.

THE undersigned Committee will re.
Il ceive bids until July Goth, 1896, for
The District Parsonage property OF tue
M. Il. Church, South, situated In Lewis.
burg, w. Va. Bids will be received on
the house and lot on which 1t STANDS
and on the adjoining lot separately OF
on the entire property. For further IN
formation call Oh
GEO. LAW, Lewisburg, w. va,
A. Il. HUDDLESTUN,
White Sui, Springs, w. va.
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THE vote for Judge of the Crimi-
nal Court of Kanawha at the Repub-
lican primary was as follows For
G. w. Hall, 2,214; for l.. A. Martin,
1885; for G. p. Snyder, l,4S7, and
for Sylvester Chapman, l,452. So
that Mr.. Hall was declared to be the
nominee. For Clerk of the County
Court E. w. Stanton got 3,79S and
Roman Pickens, 1925. So itappears
that the Honorable Changeable p.
Snyder, as the WetZel Democrat calls
him, was repudiated in the house of
his neW-found friends.