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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
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shortage existed in the accounts OF
oN.Sccrctary of state, VIM. f.. Chill
ton.
Recently eight or ten of the prOmi.
nCut men of Charleston, desiring &c
know the truth of the matter, al,
dressed public letter to the Ka.
uawha Gazette asking that journal to
make itself the medium Of inquiry
10 the end that an investigation
might be made and the facts fully
stated for the information of the
people.
Accordingly an investigation has
been made from which it appears
that there i a shortage in Mr.. Chil-
tons accounts, the exact amount of
which ii seems to he difficult to de-
tCrminC. Neither the present Sec
rotary Of State nor the State Aud
itor can more than approximate the
amount Of the shortage. 1t is vari-
Ously estimated at from $4,000 TO
$4,000, and the prevailing opinion
is that il will come nearer TO the lat
ter than to the former sum.
From a report Of the investigation
published in the gazette, we gather
the facts as far as they have been
made public. There appears to be
three uncIosCd accounts, all open to
speculation and conjecture. The
first Of these i what is known as the
book account arising from sales of
the Code, Acts Of the Legislature,
Supreme Court Reports, &C., of
which the Secretary Of State is the
custodian, il being part of his duty
under the law to sell these books at
stipulated price and 10 make re-
turn Of the proceeds from time TO
time TO the Auditor. In January,
1893, MIR. Chiffon reported 50, 1912
to the Auditor, which seems TO be
the last report made by him during
his continuance in Office.
The next account arises from the
tax on seals, a tax of ono dollar be-
ing imposed by law for every inn
preston of the great seal Of the State
attached to any instrument. Mr..
CbiI,,r ro,,,,r,oI =, -, r.o,,, ,hi.
tov IN I.,i,ru,r,. 1so, rro,,, ,.,ioh
time nothing has been reported or
accounted for from this source.
Tho most ipnort,nt or ,ho 40.
counts which ,ho Secretary is re.
uuirod IN Loor ord tho ono fran,
which tbr largest rcvrnue Is drrived
orisr. ont of ,ho tox IN cbor,or.
Under This hrad thr foIIowiny nav.
mruts are entered. Novomhor Il
1896. =. Ouu. Drccmhor 1soG Soon
December lSoG So5o. Januarv :
1897. $40 coo. Jonuarvo 1897 ST ooo. |
january q. 1897, SI.5OO: later date.
$500; March 3, 1897, Sl,GS0.
These uovmcnts comnIo,ed q hal
ancc ON cornorotion faxes dine ou
June 30 1896 According I'm the
sworn statement of Secretary Chill
ton there was balance due ON cor
poratiOn taNcs on December 81. 1896.
Of -, $3.50. There was no report and
no return made from that date until
his retirement from office.
The law requires the Secretary To
make semi-annual reports of the
money collected by him on this ac
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4 LII persons knowing themselves in
"a dchtCd to the estate OF the late An
thouy NJ. Fulwidcr, arc requested to
come forward al uECc and settle mp. rs
II" longer indulgence will TIE given
III claims not settled hN Nov. LIST,
1897. will hc put into the hands 90 m
officer for collection.
Il. +. FlLWiDTR.
Oct. Nv. Administrator.
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!. WILLIAMS,
Commissioners.

Bond with approved security has
been gwen, as required by the decree
IN the above named cause, by the said
Commissioner.
JONATHAN MAYS,
Oct. l4-lw. Clerk
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
- GREENBRIER COUNTY, sS.: AT
rules held IN the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, on
the first Monday in the month of Octo-
Der, 1897.
The state of West Virginia, Complain
amt,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
IN CHANCERY


The object of this suit is to subject
to sale for the benefit Of the School Fund
tract or parcel of land, situated in
Williamsburg district, in Greenbrier
county, containing some Ten Thousand
Acres, forfeited in the name of the said
alter Wood for the non-payment of
TAX thereon for the year 1893, being the
same land or part thereof conveyed
to said Walter Wood, trustee, by Ed
ward Wood, of the city of Philadelphia,
by deed dated on the the 2Sth dav of
May, 1885, and recorded in said county,
III deed book As, at page 26 and it APP
pcaring, 10y affidavit filed, that the de-
PENDANTS, Walter Wood, Richard Wood
and Geo. Wood, are non.residents of
this State, it is ordered that they do APP.
pear here within one month after the
date of the first publication of this Or
der, and do what is necessary to protect
their interest i'm this suit.
Teste:
JONATHAN MAYS,
j. w. Arbuckle, sol. Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
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III. A. Wallace and others, Defendants
IN CHANCERY.

The object of this suit is to enable
said trustee to settle the affairs of w .
Wallace, deceased, under the direction
of Court Of equity, TO ascertain what
debts were owing by w. Wallace, and
to whom and the amounts thereof at
the time of the assignment, and TO as
certain what debts are properly claimed
under said trust and it appearing, by
affidavit filed, that the defendant, l.. l..
Lewis, is IA nonresident of the state of
West Virginia, and that the personal
representative of Waller Il. Staples, de.
ceased, is unknown, it is ordered that
they do appear here at the next Rule day
after the date of the first publication
OF this order, and do what is necessary
to protect their interests in this suit.
Teste:
JONATHAN MAYS,
l.. j. Williams, SOL Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
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Catherine Lipps, Complainant,
VS..
Eliza Barker and others, Defendants.

IN CHANCERY.
The object of this SUIT is to make
partition if practicable, and if not. sell
three tracts of land in Irish Corner
district, in Greenbrier county, one tract
of two acres, one tract OF 3 acres and
so poles and the other of 20 acres, all
three adjoining and owned by Eliza
Barker. Annie II. Erwin, Catherine
LippS and Elizabeth Truslow az tenants
III common and it appearing, by afiida-
WIT filed, that the defendant, Elizabeth
TruSlow, is Il nonresident of this State,
it is ordered that she do appear here
within one month after the date of the
first publication of this order, and do
what is necessary tOprOtect her interest
in this suit.
Teste
JONATHAN MAYS,
G.. u g., sol. Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

Whether il j. judiciOus to Hhau.
don half the money III the world l.
the supreme question. The d"mon"-
! tiZatiOn of silver, begun in 1873 with
little or no thought in Eurup" and
America, has been potent and in
| CrUasing factor i'm the disastrous dc.
preston of the last twenty years, not
uniform, but with ups and downs,
each level being lower than the last.
Gold has appreciated in purchasing
power more than three per cent.
year, demOraliZing the producing
| classes with paralysis Of trade
through falling prices, and causing
cruel unemployment of labor and re.
ductIOn Of wage fund. The dCStruc.
ton Of silver money already in pro.
cess will, if completed, have doubled
the demand for gold, its price and its
purchasing power, while all other
prices will have suffered an enormous
decrease, with the burden OF debts
vast share Of the worlds wealth
transferred from debtors TO creditors
by the malignant magic OF an appre-
ciatiug standard of value"
THE Democratic gold bugs Of Mas
sachusetts have nominated DIR. VIM.
Everett for Governor. They say
they cannot vote with the Demo
cratic party whose remedies, they
declare, are revolutionary and inn
moral, that they cannot vote with |
the Republican party whose policy is !
ruinous, and that they cannot remain /
silent. They, therefore, nominate a |
unequivocally for the maintenance |
hcgold standard. They also declare |
for retirement Of the grecnbacks |
and silver certificates and the SUBJ
stitution Of bank paper. In word |
they stand squarely with the RCpub-
lican party on the money question,
and yet they cannot vote with that
party.
W. WV ''''''" ,"'
ton of the Republican party of Nir-
h'''" WIZ '''i "' ',H i. '''", y" '"'
-, us
State ticket For Governor, =. ii.
~ W. ''''"''
~ W. "'"H
a.
0' >'''''"."' us
proceeding WIS III opposition 10 inc
rnittoo which had Jr,rrmiurd not ,r
put ticket in the field. Col. Lamb
declined the Chairu,.ushir of tho
State Commi,tco nr his f,r,ion and
Col. w. T.. Wickhau, w,s,nrnint,d
-.....-
GREATER New York has four can
ildat"S In the field for the office of
K"ht y. Van Wick, the
lammany candidate; Henry George,
the sing'r-taN advocate, who is the
nominee OF three or four different
factions OF the Democratic party and
VINO claims u represent the National
Democracy in the great metropolis;
49,
C;,i.o., I-,i, 49,, ~. 49,. =,
r. ,,,o ,,oa.
WIZ IN ,,,,. .,..1,
,,,,o, j., ,,o eo,, 49,, 20 ,.,.:
.n,o, go, ,u, .
diet the resuit
----...--
IL eiee'io' heid on 'uheSdaE'
INC ''h ihs'.' III randolph county, to
"ecioe 'he question "he'her the
o'u'''y Se"' Shouiu DC removed from
neHeriS I'd fiklhS resulted III We
tory for Beverly, this town having
40 votes more than necessary to keep
the courthouse. a desperate effort
was made by many wealthy and in
fiuentlal people, who have interests in
Eikins and along the West Virginia
Central Railroad, to secure the re-
moVal, but Beverly was shown To
have more than enough friends to
win.
Srxnp S.c.sr, tbe Iihorol
loader has Of tho raouest of tbo
>roop po,o,. f,r,,,o,3 - ,,,, ,,,;,,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
~ GREENBKIER COUNTY. So: At
rules held in the Clerk : Onicc of the
Circuit Court of Grceuhricr county on
the first Monday in the month of Oc-
tOher 1897.
Bowling. SPOTS ~ Go. ct al, Com
plainantS,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

CTATE OF VEST VIRGINIA
- GREENBRIER COUNTY, S.: At,
rules held in the Clerk Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbricr county, on
the first Monday IN the month of
October, 1897.
The State of West Virginia, Complain
ant,
VS..
Edmund Holiday and John {. Knox,
Defendants.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
- GREENBRIER COUNTY, IS: At
rules held III the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, on
the first Monday III the month of Octo-
Der, 1897.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
Ben liurXthal ct al, Defendants.
IN CHANCERN-Amcndcd and sup
Elemental bill

y
Elemental bill.
The object Of this suit is to subject
to sale for the payment of licuS thereon
the real estate and certain mill property
of Ben HurXthal. deceased. and eSpe.
cially for payment of liens of plaintiffs,
as follows SOL IS and costs: Young.
Creighton Il Diggs. Sl5l ~ and costs
Wlng0, Ellct u Crump Shoe Co STA 90
and costs, and ut appearing, by affidavit
filed, that the defendants. Clement W .
Smith, Trustee for karthauS estate. and
the Farmers and Traders Bank Of
knoxville, Tenn, are nOn-rCSidentS of
this State. ii is ordered that they do AZ.
pear here within one month after the
date of the first publication of this or
der and do what is necessary TO protect
their interests in this suit.
TeStc:
JON NATHAN MAYS.
j. :. McWhortcr, Sol. Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
~ GREENBRIER COUNTY, S.: At
rules held in the Clerk S Onice of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, On
the first Monday in the month of
October, 1897.
l.. J. Williams, trustee for w. Wal
lace, Complainant.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
IN CHANCERY .

The object Of this suit is to subject
to sale a certain tract or parcel of land
lying in White Sulphur district, III said
county, containing Thirty two Hun
dred and Ten Acres. for the benefit of
the School Fund, forfeited in the name
of defendants for non-payment of tax
thereon for the year, 1892 and 1t ap-
pearing, by affidavit filed, that the de-
PENDANTS, Edmund Holiday and John
T.. Knox, are non. residents of this State,
1T is ordered that they do appear here
within one month after the date of the
frst publication of this order, and do
what is necessary to protect their inter
est in this suit.
Teste:
JON NATHAN MAYS,
J. w. Arbuckle, sol. Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

Walter Wood, trustee, and in his own
right, Richard Wood and George
Wood, Defendants.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
~ GREENBRIER COUNTY, S.: At
rules held In the Clerk s Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, on
the first Monday in the month of
October, 1897.
VIM A. Osborne Cnmnlainant
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

TIE kanawha gazette gives Chi.
cage hard hit whcn it says that Of
all the bones exhibited in the Luet-
CERT case, now being tried there, the
lawyers never once exhibited the
bones of woman's foot. They were
afraid the experts might claim il as
belonging to a mastOdOn.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
JoSephus Osborne and Joseph Osborne,
Defendants.
IN CHANCERY.

The object of this suit is to obtain "a
partition of certain lot or parcel of
land of which the late Josiah Osborne
died seized and possessed, containing,
tOwit: forty acres, and To have the
same sold If incapable of partition, and
the proceeds thereof paid to plaintiff
and defendants and it appearing, by
affidavit filed that the defendant, JO-
seph Osborne, is u nonresident of this
State, il is is ordered that he do appear
here within one month after the date of
the first publication of this order, and
do what is necessary to protect his in
terest in this suit.
Teste:
JONATHAN MAYS,
j. w. Arbuckle, sol. Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

SENIOR SAGAsTA, the Liberia
leader, has, at the request of the
Queen Regent, formed new cabinet
in Spain to succeed the Azcarraga
ministry which recently resigned
Captaln-GcneraI Weyler will be al
once recalled from Cuba and au.
tOnomy will be offered to the island
The Cubans, we opinc, under the able
leadership Of faithful old Gomez.
will not be disposed, under existing
conditions, to accept anything less
than absolute independence.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

TIE Is. n O. Railroad is having
built ten express cars for the use of
the L. 5. Express Company on the
b. N O. lines. These cars are to he
90 feet in length, of extra strength
and so arranged that they can he
used for the transportation of fine
horses. They will be fitted up with
removable stalls, and when not i'm
use for horses will be placed in regu-
lar service.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
Notice..

Sept. Both, 1897.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14

The State Board Of Agriculture,
at n meeting AT Charleston ON the 9TH,
elected =. ". Atkinson, of Brooke
county, President, and -. NJ. Sulli.
van, Of kanawha, Secretary. The
Board created the new office OF In.
stitutc Director, and elected the
former Secretary, {. G. Brown, To-
fill it. His duty will be to conduct
Farmers Institutes and to assist the
Secretary Of the Board. Atkinson
and Sullivan are both Republicans
and Brown il Il Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-12
WATCH YOUR WHEEL.
The Police Report That Many Bicycles Are
Stolen.

In talking with the police officials Sat-
urday afternoon the subject of stolen
bicycles came up and the writer was
greatly surprised at the number of wheels
which have been reported as having been
stolen in this city since the season began.
The most of the lost wheels were careless
ly left outside the owners houses or even
on the very busiest streets Of the city
and were taken and rode away on
during broad daylight and in the boldest
manner. 1t is like hunting for needle
in a hay stack to find lost bicycle and
the police will tell you that once your
wheel disappears in this manner, it is
next to useless to spend your money in
sending out postal cards advertising its
disappearance. All wheels look alike to
officers who are searching for stolen bicy-
Giles and often by the time the hunt for
the missing wheel begins it is in Boston
and offered for sale at bargain at some
one of the big second hand stores. 1t is
said that there are men in about every
city who make it their business to deal in
stolen bicycles and of course there are
many men who are willing to run the
risk of being caught if they can realize
S25 or more for the trouble with only the
danger of spending year or SO in states
prison confronting them. The stolen
wheel is SO changed in appearance that it
does not look much like the wheel that
the owner has given description of and
those who are hunting for it might walk
about it dozen times and not once dream
that it was the missing bicycle. There
is only one remedy for this and that is to
keep your eye on your wheel and if you
leave it even for moment on the curb be
sure that you have some one to watch ii
or O lock on it.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-12
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES.
pondents of tho Press.
PARIS HILL.


Paris Hill, July 11.-Mr George Stearns
of Atlanta. Ca, spent few days recent.
ly with friends in his native town.
Miss Georgia Perham and Miss May
Lapham Of Augusta, arrived Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Maxim and
child of Montpelier, VT, arrived Friday
at o. A. Maxim's, where they will re-
main for some time.
W. S. Hutchinson of Newton, Mass,
was at S. D. Hutchinson's over the
Fourth
DR.. A. G. Hamlin and Mrs Fred E
Eddy and Miss H. N. Fairbanks of Ban
gor, spent few days here last week..
Mrs. f. E. Shorey and daughter of Cor.
ham, N. H., are visiting at H. E. Ham.
mond's.
A delegation of Norway and South
Paris 0. U. A. NJ, attended service al
the Baptist church, Sunday. The Paris
Hill brass band acted as escort from the
academy to the church and furnished
music. The church was decorated with
flags, many of them of historic interest.
Very many people in Oxford county
will lean with sorrow of the death of the
veteran hotel keeper, Horace Cumming,
which occurred Sunday after an illness
of some length.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-12
Paris Green in the Milk.

Lynn, Mass, July 1o.-The police are
investigating an attempted poisoning OF
Regina J. Newhall, Sc Pendexter street,
the wife of S. Albert Newhall, whom she
married % years ago, and with whom
because of trouble over family money
affairs she had not lived for four years
Paris green was put into milk that had
been left by the milkman, George Prime,
in can in front of her door on the morn.
ing of July 5. She put some in her coffee
and after drinking was taken with severe
pains. Her body began to swell and DR..
Stetson was summoned He administered
emetics and later examined the coffee CUP
and the milk can. He found Paris green
in both, enough to have killed six men.
Mrs. Newell is now recovering, although
still too weak to leave her bed. The
police believe some one attempted her life
and are conducting an investigation.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-12
THE UTILITY OF SPANKING.
Prof. Small Thinks 1t Is Anarchy to Spare
the Rod.
{ Springfield Republican.


Admirable indeed was the courage and
fervor with which Prof. Albion W. Small
of the sociological Department. OF the
University of Chicago spoke in behalf OF
corporal IL punishment at the meetlng OF
the national association OF teachers IN
Milwaukee Wednesday. The corporal pun
ishers are now in minority In educa-
tional circles, and, therefore, If by drop
ping the old methods Of discipline the
public schools are losing anything worth
retaining, it is we'll for such man as
Prof. Small to speak out. That ne feels
strongly on this question appears from
this extract from his address:
There is mistaken policy IN the
operation of some of our schools, how
ever, which is doing what 1T can, and II
is much, to make not patriots, but an
archists. 1t is the policy of practically
leaving to pupils themselves to fix the
standard of their own conduct. That IS
right which they consent to treat as right,
and nothing is positively binding upon
them unless they agree. We are cover
ing it up with fine phrases, shut the fact
is that great many schools have surren-
dered to the Iunwise parents, who have
previously capitulated to their unruly
children. The abolition of corporal pun
ishment in schools is only an incident in
this surrender The policy of which
abolition of corporal punishment is an
accident is virtual treason against SOW
ereign moral law
10 STOP. short of downright compulsion
in dealing with children before they have
developed the habit of effective morality
Is simple anarchisn, says. the professor,
who then adds this vigorous sentence:
"The idea that the child's skin is too
sacred to smart for social offenses, or
that correction and compulsion do him
deeper wrong than his unbridled lawless-
ness infict both on himself and society is
an unsocial creed than which 1 know
none more insidiously immoral"
The question of peral punishment
isn't settled yet, and it won't be right
away so long as men like Prof. Small will
talk so uncompromisingly in it's favor.
It's just as well to keep the question
open, for the youth of the goth century
may need some stringent doses now and
then. There are plenty of signs around
that our boys and girls may be getting
too much "moral suasion'' for their
health"
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-12
AT HIGH HEAD.
How the High School Cadets Entertained
Their Friends.

The soldier boys of the Portland High
school are in camp at High Head at
Harpswen and Saturday they entertained
large party of their friends from Port
land in their usual hospitable manner.
1t was a perfect day and the boat carried
something like $50 from Portland on its
morning trip. A large proportion of these
were young ladies who formed very
Joyous party and whose visit to the camp
was the event of the week to the young
sters who wear the uniform of the cadets.
Very few of the city officials were in the
party, possibly owing to the fact that
nearly all of these gentlemen have had
enough excitement for one week and
were content to spend the Saturday quiet
ly at homo or in picking up the threads
of their neglected business.
The sail down the bay proved most
enjoyable one and the young ladies whiled
away the time in singing songs or in
telling of former camps which they had
visited. 1t was about noon when the
party landed at High Head and as the
steamer drew near the camp the visitors
were saluted by the roar of cannon and
by the cheers of the young soldiers in
blue. Escorted by the battalion which
had turned out in body to act as escort
to the fair visitors and their friends the
party walked to the camp ground and
shortly afterwards We're seated at a de-
liciously prepared clam bake. This was
served in the mess tent and the novelty of
the affair served to sharpen the appetites
of the already half famished visitors.
After dinner the cadets took great plea
sure in showing their guests the camp and
in relating their camp experiences. 1t was
found that all of the youngsters are
burned to a shade resembling chocolate
camarels and are as happy as healthy
young fellows are won't to be under such
circumstances.
After dinner the visitors witnessed a
battalion drill and passed the remainder
of the time until the arrival, of the boat
which was to take them back to Portland
in wandering about the picturesque
camp and in exploring the many beautiful
spots in its vicinity. When the boat bear
ing the visitors away headed.o into the
bay the cannon again belched forth sa-
lutte and the youngsters who are to remain
in camp over Sunday set up a parting
cheer and remained upon the wharf way
ing adieu to their friends on the boat I'M
til she was far out of sight. The cadets
will break camp today.