Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-07
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refused TO cooperate with IammaUN +.
because, as they declared, they
deemed it essential that the Demo- .
cratic party OF greater New York ,
reathrm the Chicago platform, plCdgC I
itself to the policy of municipal
ownership and operation ct fran
Chiscs and To tn" principle OF direct
employment instead of the contract
system. In their platform ,hc
Democratic Alliance declare as fol /
| lows: Tammany and her allies hide
away the national banner of Demo. |
craCy and are ashamed to march un- |
der its folds. The Benedict ArnoldS /
Of last fall who deserted to the |
enemy on the eve Of the battle are
TO he restored to places Of honor and !
friendship; the franchise grahhCrs |
are To retain their clutch ON the city's !
! highways, by Tammany's aid and .
COnniVance. Thus Tammany and /
| her allies separate themselves in
principle and policy from the great
| Democratic party and nation and !,
must be looked upon solely as To-
cal body of uuprinCiplcd spolls hun
ters, unfit to sit in the councils Of
the party whose doctrine they ignore
and whose honor they betray.
SUGAR BEET FACToRY.-T big
beet sugar factory mentioned in the
Gazette yesterday has been incOrpo-
rated, and its charter was issued YES.
terday by Secretary of State DGw-
son. The company is authorized by
the charter to manufacture and sell
sugar, glucose and like products
from beCts or other substances, to
by-products of the factory, etc. The
factory will be located at Anderson.
Five hundred thousand dollars have
been subscribed to the capital stock
and fifty thousand dollars have been
paid in, while the company is au-
thoriZed to increase the capital to
|
ham, Of StauntOn, is the owner of
1895 out Of 5000 shares. - KaQdwha
Gazette.
OVER in Ohio Old Hanna is max ,,
ing most disgusting exhibition of '
himself on the stump. His ego
tiSm and butfouncry are inSuffcrablc, E
and, from his speeches, one is at a !
loss to know whether to classify him
as ASS or knav" or a combination of
both. But Hanna has two barrels 5
AT his command one of his own,
and one contributed 10y the protected =
barOnS he is sworn to serve i'm the :
Senate. With these potent and per !
Suasive factors AT his service, and |
with the administration To aid :.
him, we fear he will be hard To
down.
THE military school held AT
Charleston for the purpose of in. .
structing the officers OF the State
National Guard, closed on the Both.
The school has been one Of great
profit, rs we'll rs pleasure. To the Of =
hcers of the State militia The in I
structors were two officers of the L.
5. Army. At the close OF the school ,
there were many promotions of of.
ticers in the State Guard.
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JUDGE DAVID +. JOHNSTON, of
Blueticld, Mercer county, was at ;
Sharpsburg, Nd, last week assist.
ing General Carman, Of the War 5
Department, in looking over the bat I
tie ground of Antietam and erecting ,,
marks on the battle field, showing (
the different positions occupied by I
General Lees army during the bat :
tie. !
AT the meeting of the Board of =,
Directors of the Home for Incura. l
bles, held in Wheeling last Wednes- .
day, Mrs. Joseph Rutfner, Of Charles I
ton,, was elected President OF the |
board. The honor Was conferred i'm =.
recognition Of the service rendered I
by her in getting through the Legis-
stature the bill establishing the 5
Home. ,
IN race witnessed by at least Co. ,
600 people, Star Pointer. on the Hi !
nois State fairgrounds on the after ,
noon of the LIST inst, not only main.
tanned his reputation as king of pa I
GERS by beating Patchen, but also
lowered the worlds pacing record in {
n race 10y half second, making n !,
mile in 2:0Ot.
y RECENT survey of Marion
county, showing that the territory
embraced j. not large enough To war
rant the establishment of the pro- p,
posed Augusta county, the town of =
Warrington now proposes to make a
strong effort to remove the comfy.
seat from FairmOnt TO the former {
place.
THE Governor, Auditor.
Treasurer, superintendent of Free I
Schools and Attorney General-has :
invested 800, 900 of irreduciblc School ,
I und IN the bonds of the Little Ku. =
hawha Railroad Company. i
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