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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

FINRUSTEES SALE-HAVING BEEN SUB.
q stituted as trustee In the place OF Walter IL.
saunders IN certain deed OF trust, dated 18th
and l. Ernest. Jas. f. and Walter S. Boone, nart
mers as B0 90 bros and recorded in deed book
court for Roanoke city, Va. to secure d. p. Huff
j. Is. Andrews, f, u. and w. Ii. Thomas, part.
ners as hun, Andrews u Thomas, the sum OF
So,S263S, evidenced by three bonds for 81, 92i -
each, dated 18th day OF June, 1894 payable one
two and three years, respectively, after date and
defanlt having been made In the payment OF Arst
bond and twelve interest coupons each for no. II.
attached TO said bond, and eighteen interest
coupons for S971 each attached to second bond
ana ike number and for like amount ttached to
third bond, and thereby the whole amount be.
came due snd payable, and having been required
win on THURSDAY, APRIL and, issS NJ NJ NJ no no
O'Clock o. m. sell at auction to the highest bidder
In front OF tho Courthouse in Roanoke, Va. the
Inc in the city OF Roanoke:
- lat. Beginning at point on the eouth eide OF
Tazewel street los feet east OF Commer rec street,
thence with Tazewell street cast IS feet 3 inches
10 j, Il. Wertz's lot, thence with said lot south
wardly lSo feet and inches to a point. thence
point thence northwardly 1su feet inches to
beginning.
ID. Beginning at point on the north side OF
Jonn street (or sixth avenue i. wy 200 feet weet
CT Park street, thence in a westerly direction
with said alley In an easterly direction 80 feet
to point on the came, thence in sontherly drec.
lion W rect to the beginning, being lot 90 section
OF the Lewis Addition.
Sd. one-h undivided interest in lot begin
nning az point on John street 100 feet west Of
Park and In westerly direction on John street
on feet to point, thence north % feet to point
thence east gu feet to point, thence south W feet
to the beginning, being lot 81, fection Of the
4th. Beginning on tho east side OF Henry etreet
NO feet south OF Pine, thence with Henry street
south so feet to point, thence east and parallel
With Pine lSsH feet to en- alley. thence with said
alley north 80 feet to point, thence west 1921
feet to tho place OF beginning.
9th. beginning at The northwest corner OF Il
street and Chapman avenue, thence in n westerly
direction parallel with Chapman avenue 80 feet
70 point. thence north parallel with street
1870 1l:l2 feet 10 an alley, thence east with said
alley so feet to street. thence south parallel
with said street 130 lille feet to beginning.
being lot No !. section IS OF tho Rorer
tract to the city of Roanoke For fuller de
scrption OF all said property reference Is made to
TERMS OF SALE: Cash sufficient to pay ex
penses OF eIecuting this trust, including trus.
tees commission OF 5 per cent, unpaid taxes an d
ineuiance, and to discharge the principal OF
S5,S26 80 with legal interest from June 10, 1891
JAS. ID. JOHNSTON, JR
o. III q W NV Substituted Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

TRUSTEES SALE.-ON TIE 18TH DAY OF
< MARCH, fSH, WILL. At - O'CLOCK NJ,
offer for sale, in front OF tho courthouse OF tho
city OF Roanoke. at public auction. the following
described parcel OF land eituated Ia the city OF
Roanoke:
Beginning at point on the south side OF
Shenandoah avenue ITO feet east OF Park street,
thence with said avenue u feet to point. thence
.outh l30 feet to tho Norfolk and Western rail-
road line, thence with said line west POO feet to
point. thence north $50 feet to tho place of be-
Ginning, and known as lots 8, ., 8 and G, In sec.
ion "a" as shown by the man OF the Rogers,
Fairfax and Houston addition to the
ity OF Roanoke. This sale ia made
inder the authority contained in q deed OF
rust from the Traders Invcstment Com
ANY to the undersigned. dated the 9Gth day OF
day. 1922. and recorded in the clerks Office of
he hnstings conrt for the city OF Roanoke in
eed book So, page i75. The amount due under
his deed Ia 5000, with interest thereon from he
irst day of August, 1898.
TERMS OFSALE:-C Cash az to the costs OF sale
swell as tho amount due under this deed OF
rust, and the remainder on c,edlt of ono and
wo years from date OF ealc, which credit pay
vents shall be evidenced by the notes OF tho
'nrchaser, secured by deed OF trnst on the
premises conveyed. lUCIAN II. COOKE,
2l4 I'd. Trustee,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

FNKUSTEE'S SALE BY VIRTUE Of A
Il deed .of truet executed September %, 1899,
ny ID. Z. Gallagher and others, ana recorded in
deed book 81, page 3i7, OF the Roanoke corpora.
In tine place of the trustee named in the said deed.
default having bee n made in tho payment CT the
note occurred thcrennder, and being required 70
DAh OF MARCH, 1885,, vt L. O'Clock III d, in front
OF he courthouse In Roanoke city, seli by public
auction, 10 the highest bidder, the property con-
vcyed In the said deed described as follows:
beginning at point on the northwest corner
o, Commerce and Jefferson streets, fronting
5SO6 feet on latter street to Roanoke street
thence with latter ia feet To Birch street. thence
win latter 81. feet to Commerce street, thence
Win latter 81. feet TO the beginning.
TEn1S-Cash sufficient to pay the costs Of ex
ecnttng this trust and to pay note OF 81 $50 with
interest from September IS 1892, and tho residue
II any, payable one year tom tho day OF sale.
A. L. KING,
s29'tos Substituted Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

TN CIRCUIT COURT FOR ROANOKE CITY.
l. Big Stony Railwsy Co, compliments, We.
Frank Woodman and ala, in chancery, to Frank
Woodman and Robt. Ballard: Take notice, that
ON THE path DAY OF MARCH. 1926. at the
the city OF Roanoke, Virginia, between the hours
of 10 o. m: and p. m. OF that day, we shall pro-
coed to take tho dispositions OF John Sweet and
others, to be read as evidence in our behalf in
certain suit in equity depending in the circuit
conrt for the city OF Roanoke. wherein we are
cause the taking OF the said dcpos!tions be not
commenced, or II commenced, he not concluded
on that day. the taking thereof will he adjourned
from time to time at the = sme place and between
the same hours, until the same shall be com
pleteO.
THE RIG STONY RAILWAY COMPANY.
VINES IL WILLIAMS
HOGR Il HoGE, P'H' 223sir 4 wks
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

by VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
~ trust, dated the 20th day OF January, 1928.
and recorded in the clerks Office OF tho hastings
court for the city OF Roanoke in deed book 50,
page Ida, executed by the Traders Investment
Company to the undersigned trestee, for the pur.
pose OF securing Sara McC, Allen the payment OF
the sum OF one thousand dollars (Si .000.00) pay
able one year from the date of said deed; default
having been made in the payment OF the said cum
therein secured. and having been requested go to
40 Dy the beneficiary, win nnfer Tor sale, on the
APRIL, 1895, the GLOWING described land:
beginning at point on the east eide of Jcrer-
son street $50 feet north OF Robertson street,
thence north degrees IS minutes east IS feet to
apoint, thence sonth SO degrees cast 100 feet 10
point, thence south 9 degrees west % feet to a
point, thence north SO degrees west 100 feet to
JEFFERSON street, the place OF beginning
TERMS OF SALE:-Caeh as to ths costa of
ahle, as we'll as the sum OF one thousand dollars
Sl.0Oo.0C), with interest thereon from the 2gth
day OF January, 1896, and as to the residue. upon
credit to become due in six and twelve months
from the day OF gale. with interest from that
date, which said deferred Payments to be evi.
dcnced by the notes of the purchaser and to BIO
secured by a deed OF trnst npon the premises.
LUCIAN ii. COOKE,
"a I'd Trustee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

worsted tissues more than We ala iH
1890: about four million dollars worth
more Of wooden tissues. nearly two hun
dred thousand dollars worth more other
unwrought steel, nearly half million
dollars worth more of her raw wool.
In short under the administration 81
this nations affairs for the past -four
years, we have acted as did the dog
who with meat in his mouth looked
into the water as he was crossing n
footbridge. Reflected there h. thought
he saw another dog with Il piece "
meat in his mouth. Accordingly tn.
dog made Il grab for the shadow ana
dropped the substance he had held
firmly in his own teeth. The Pupocrat-
ic platform not only declares for a con-
tinuance of that folly but proposes To-
still further reduce wages and on
home market but dehasing the cur
rency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

IN 1895 the commercial value of sill
Yer produced in this country alone was
M',3ll0oO at the place of production.
In 1894 it was $31, 403.531. The Chicago
platform proposes that the mine owner
can take that to the mint and have
every SO cents worth of the mass
stamped 81. How does the old line
Democrat who used to declaim against
bounties feel about helping the silver
trust to get bounty of $50, 900, 900 an
nually?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
The Conditions Prior 10 1873"
On. y. World. Dem.1

Do the free silver advocates really
want restored 1.-THE conditions prior to
1S.3?"
In that year the total coin in the
United States, including bullion in the
treasury. was S25.000.00 The total
money per capita was SlS.5s.
Now the coin in the country. in
Guiding bullion in the treasury, is
Si.225.61s.,92. The money per capita
is S32.S6.
Before 1873 we had coined only a
little over 100000 silver dollars.
Since 1873 we have coined over 800
100000. During 1873 only 100000 were
coined. From Jan. / to June 30 this
year there were coined 7,50O,4l2. or
more than during the entire eighty
one years of the government up to
1873
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The silver trust should hire Lii Hung
Chang, while stopping in the country,
tc tell the American people what free
silver coinage has done for China.
Judged by his past he could be induced
though we suppose he would want his
Inducements in gold. for gold is some
Thing they want and can't get in free
silver China 49,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
Prosperous Country. Good Home Market

Argentina contains vast tracts Of
virgin soil These are being taken up
and sown To wheat. Argentina wen:
to deprecated currency a few years
ago. She told the small farmers and
the wage workers that it would be
great thing for them, The result Is
that the wage worker at night never
knows what the value of dollar Will
be in the morning. II is great coun-
try for the money Spectators. how
ever. Men with money and dislike of
manual labor can buy up paper money
when quoted at its lowest and sell
when ii goes UP ana make money. The
deprecated currency enables the en-
ployer to pay the same number of
dollars per month in paper though not
Thus he is enabled to compete with
India and Russia in the raising Of
wheat but every wage worker in that
country suffers because the purchas-
ing power of his wages is cut in two
II he growls that doesn't help him for
the laws of that country permit tn
employer to import under contract all
the cheapest foreign labor that can be
procured English and German con
suls warn the farmers of their coun-
tries not to emiSrate to Argentina as
they could not earn living wage"
notwithstanding the wonderful re-
sources of Argentina ii is said by those
most familiar with the country that
she has been put back twenty years
by going to deprecated currency. 1t
was easy enough to get there. one
Congress did it, but getting back is
another matter. The country has in
creased her exports because she is
stripping her virgin soil of crops.
planted and harvested by pauper labor
and thereby undersells other wheat
producers. But the country as a whole
is not having solid prosperity. 1T
sends out her life blood in large guam
titles because it does not get adequate
return therefor.
In our country the policy of the Re
publican party has been to increase
our home markets, to increase our con
Stunning power, to keep up wages so
that the wage worker will be greater
consumer This is not the policy of
Argentina. 1t is not the policy of the
free trade Democracy. They passed
the Wilson bill on the theory that we
must look after the markets of the
world" What was the result? We
didn't capture the markets of the
world. Germany closed her markets
to our meats. What did the American
farmer think of that? Well he was
obliged to get rid of his sheep at any
cost because the Wilson tariff left
wool free. Has he made any profit out
of the transaction? The operations of
that Germany Wilson law have demon
Strated that our home market is the
greatest in the world That tariff has
in surrendering good share
of it to foreign producers without re-
ceiving anythinA in return. Today wei
have not as much share in the mar
kets of the world as we had in 1892;
we have cut down the consuming
power of this country vastly And
Notwithstanding our people have not
so much money with which to buy by
millions of dollars as they had in 1890
we bought in 1895 between five and six
million dollars worth of English
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

you could with half that number he.
fore, don mind little thing like tina,
you have got more dollars and that is
what you want. Any Of them Won do
not spend Immediately Will be found
useful in the household as stove lids
ana dinner plates.
west Phillips needs a daily paner
IL was currently reported there the other
day' lst. That a boy had been drowned
III Lufkin pond. I'd That SeIectman
Lew F. Hoyt's buildings had been
burned. 30. That Syiviro Sprague's
arms were broken. The facts appear
L" be that party from +. j. Tooth
akers went to Lufkin pond for a few
hours; Mr.. Hoyt built q fire in his
cook stove and Mr.. Sprague broke one
arm
The BridetOn News goes back To its
fil"s for an account of E.arnum's cir
Gus there quarter Of a century ago
and concludes therefrom that circus
days are not what they used To he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The secretary of agriculture in New
York state is endeavoring to have the
schools observe bird day either in
connection with Arbor day or sepa-
rately. The object in view is to better
instruct the children in ornithology
and to inculCate a love for birds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Bryan says this country by act of
congress can determine the value of
silver and gold throughout the world.
lhen Mr.. Bryan is n miracle worker.
BENG a miracle worker he should
touch Mr.. Sewall with his wand and
transform him from a plutocrat to a
Popocratic fairy. Many have attempt
ed to touch Mr.. Sewall before but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The circular accompanying this pay
mcnt in gold states:
Last week we paid You in silver dol
lars al about the real value of the sill
Yer contained i'll them. You received
twice rs many as You do this week
Your wages. measured by the number
of dollars received. were increased one
hundred per cent. We gave You what
the silver orators say You need-chear
money and plenty of ii. This week We
pay YOU in gold coin We place upon
your brow a crown Of thorns and ask
YOU to wall, up and be crucitied The
nited states treasury is now paying
gold for "recnbackS on demand be
cause the present administration is de
termincd to maintain the gold stand
ard and keep all kinds of United States
money in circulation at an equality
and has thus far been able. with some
difficulty to do So. Do YOU think it is
wise to place the government in the
position where il is obliged to main
tain two coins at an equality. one of
which is worth half of the other? How
long do YOU think ii viii be able to do
so, if the coinage of fifty-cent dollars
becomes unlimited and free to the
whole world? Melt the gold you re-
eeivc today into bullion, if YOU wish.
its value viii not diminish. Carry il
to Europe, to South America. to Aus
tralia, to Asia. to Africa. it will still
be worth just what you took it for.
Wherever or in whatever form YOU re-
ceivc it or pay it the fun value is there.
In which kind of money do you wish
your wages, your savings bank de-
posts. and your life insurance policies
payable? If you or your family or
relatives own the house in which they
live what kind of money do YOU wish
to receive on your fire insurance poll
cies in case of loss by fire? Most of
You know someone. perhaps of Your
own immediate family. who went out
and battled for their country when the
nation was struggling for its life. and
to whom or those dependent on them.
the government is now paying a pen
sion. Which kind of money do you
think they ought to receive? How
about the men who furnished the
money which enabled the government
to carry on the war which saved the
country? In which kind of money
should they be paid? If any of you
believe that the silver party will be
successful and want to make some
money on the plan which they advo-
cate. you can keep this gold until the
good time is coming when the new
plan becomes law. then exchange your
gold for silver bullion, carry it to the
mint, and have it coined without
charge and get twice as many dollars
as you had before. If you find you
cannot buy any more with them than
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Why, if bimetallism is good thing
it? SO goes the Bryanesque refrain
Why, if the millennium is to be a good
to have it? our votes will Just as sure
ly bring it about as they could BIZ
metalliSm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Why shouldn't the Aroostook potato
mine owners have q slice of the pro-
posed bounty? Why not. as has been
suggested. stamp little cakes of starch
one dollar regardless of their value
Don't the free silver men argue in
trinsic value has nothing to do with it ?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

with mighty poor success. If Mr. Bry
an succeeds in touching" him for any
considerable amount the people here
abouts Will conclude the Nebraskan is
indeed a miracle worker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

1T is as easy to justify bounty as
protective tariff. and ii is impossible
to justify either, w. ]. Bryan. And
yet Mr.. Bryan advocates an annual
bounty of thirty millions to the silver
mine owners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

we are prepared to defend our
platform. Bryan at Pittsbure
hlch platform. the one adopted nv
the chicago convention or the one
uhketeo afterwards when the trainers
became scared?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Perhaps Bill Breckenridge wants free
Pollard for - cents on the dollar. He's
one of the free silver regulators of
debts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

This country has borrowed foreign
capital on easy terms, because its credit
was good, and by means of this capital
has surpassed any other country in the
world IN rapdity and solidity of
growth. We had boundless resources.
We did not have boundless capital
But until capital could be applied to
the resources the latter We're unavail-
able. unproductive, untaxable, merely
ornamental. Now it is proposed to
pay those creditors in 53-cent dollars
Is that honorable? Is it decent. even
/; we have reached point where we do
not care to borrow any more capital
from abroad, and where we are willing
to turn tho foreign investors attention
| from American securities to the seen
rites of other lands not yet developed
| and South America and Africa simply
| await the application of that capitalr
BUT we have not arrived at time
when we do not care to borrow. ana
shall not for years to come. hence il
Is not good business Judgment on our
part to repudate our debts. for not
only would it bring dire calamity
on our own people of every avncati0n
| except those who own silver bullion or
are money brokers or Popocratic poll
ticians but it would require, every
American borrower of foreign ol.
home investor to pay exorbitant rates
of interest and would arrest the de
Veiopment of the country more than 4
great war. II seems to us that thesa
are self eNident facts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The Hon. Arthur SeWall brought the
Democratic party in this State round
to his way of thinking. 1t is very
doubtful though. if he can do the sama
with his own ward in Bath
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
For Representatives to Congress.

First District-TIIOMAS B. REED
of Portland.
Second District-NELSON DING
LEY, JR., of Lewiston.
Third District-SETH l.. MILL
KEN of Belfast.
Fourth District-CHARLES A. BOU-
TELLE of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Brunswick thinks she has more gold
Democrats than any other town in the
State. Don't be too sure, neighbor
even the woods are fun of 'em.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

y Portland wheelman was arrested
for riding On the side of the road.
where the officer claimed the line OF
the sidewalk came. but where wheel
men allege there is no sidewalk Bet
ter make the sidewalks passable for
pedestrians before arresting wheelmen
for riding there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Since the passage of the Wilson bill
there has been il decrease in the ex-
port of our food products; also a de
crease in their consumption at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

You don't have to take the Mexican
dollar in this country. You would the
dollar which the Popocrats propose to
MeXicaniZe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

We don't believe Bryan generated
that hot wave. "A large body in
rapid motion might do it. though.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

The desire for a solar eelinsa in this
country hasn't been confined to as
tronomers the past few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Free coinage would not bring pros
perity but would prevent it's return; a
iluctuating currency would not inspire
confidence and confidence is sorely
needed; free silver would not open up
foreign market and would depre-
ciate the consuming capacity of this
country by as much as the working
mans dollar depreciates the election
of Mr.. Bryan would draw capital from
enterprise all over the land and too
much of that sort Of thing has already
happened through the agitation created
by the mine owners in order TO increase
their own wealth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

No other remedy is half as quick in
renewing pain, soreness, Inflammation
or weakness as the famous Hop
fiasters. You'll say so after usinR
Reliable medicine dealers sell flham,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

Bryan's arguments on route amount
when boiled down. to this: bimetall-
ism is a good thing 50 let us have
silver recommendation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
Actual
gold

NO need to suffer with rheumatism,
lumbago. neuralgia. cramps or collie.
Or. Thomas Electric Oil cures all such
troubles, and does it quickly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12

What more apt expression than that
of the seafaring Democrat: Too many
barnacles on the craft they launched
at Chicago?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-12
Real and Nominal Value Of Waves.

This table gives the monetary upit In
which the wages of labor are paid in the
various silver standard countries show
ing the nominal value of the silver coins
III United states gold at the ratio of l6 TO
l and their actual present value. or pur-
ehasihs power, as compared with gold:
Actual
al