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The leader., 1901-10-23

Lewis Ockerman, Goshen, Ind; "De-
Wits Little Early Risers never bend
me double like other pills, but do their
work thoroughly and make me feel a
boy" Certain, thorough, gentle. C.
Z. Grafton Drug Co.
The leader., 1901-10-23

Trial by jury has been tried for the
first time at Tutuila, Samoa. If the
natives are bright like civilized folk
they may learn to pack 'em by and by.
The leader., 1901-10-23
| |

/ Jest git awful blue sometimes,
An I'd like to change my face.
An everything fur wunst, an take
Some other feller's place
In life and live kinder different
From the way I'm Twin now.
But when i think it over
Wunst er twict, somehow,
guess wouldn't change
If the row is hard to hoe.
Riches is mostly sham, guess,
An fame is mostly show.
l wouldn't leave this home of mine
Fur world plum full Of gold
Why. Mandy's purifier than she wuz.
Since she's CROWN kinder old
] guess I'd rather be myself,
Till hear the trumpet sound
An be Jest plain Bill jenkins
A-diggin' in the ground
Which am. -[Times-Democrat
The leader., 1901-10-23
SATISFIED.


! jest git awful blue sometimes,
Ez blue ez can be,
An wish | wus some other man
An some other man wuZ me.
l wish is rich, er famous,
Er President, er King
| sorter feel like swapin'
Fur almost anything.
Bill jenkins row, kinder think
Is awful hard ter hoe,
An he barely gifts a Twin, but
guess he'll keep on though,
jest keep on piddlin' here
Till he hears the trumpet sound,
An be jest plain Bill jenkins
A -diggn' in the ground
Which | am.
The leader., 1901-10-23
ANNOUNCEMENT

For District No. Z.
We are authorized to announce
SAMPSON +. WEST
as a candidate for Constable of District No. I,
Lincoln County, Miss, at the special election to
be held Nov. 9TH. 1901.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
Pocahontas County Items.

Snow is 32 inches deep on the head
of Williams river.
Wesley Straw, a lumberman at Smith
& Writings camp, had both bones of
his leg broken last week.
The boulevard between Marlinton
and Huntersville is now nearly com
plcted.
Harry Turner, a lumberman in tie
camp of Col. D. OConnell on Beaver
Greek. died very suddenly recently.
Ellis McNeel. son of Daniel McNeel,
had severe fall recently on the ice
and injured his hip so that he cannot
walk.
Norman R. Price, one of the owners
of the PocahOntas Times, had been
quite ill Of minengitis in the Baltimore
Medical Hospital. but is improving.
Hugh F. Dever and Miss Florence
Hively, Marshall L. Isbell and Miss
Bette May Cleek, Abram l.. Mcclure
and Miss Ruth E. Durham, were
among the prominent young people OF
the county, who were married last
week.
Another woman has been shot and
killed in this county. This time it is
Mrs. Young, proprietress of the River
side Hotel at Durbin. The shootin G
was done by one Charles E. Morrey
while eating dinner He was drunk
The shooting was without provoca-
ton, and was most wilfull and de-
liberate murder.
A new schedule has been put on the
Greenbrier Railway. Persons can leave
Ronceverte at $40 a. m, spend three
hours in MarlintOn and return that
evening. G. s. o. officials,
Messrs. Stevens, Axtell, H0tchkiss,
Boughton, Pierce and Hawkins have
just made trip over the road as far
as CaSs.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
BEARING FRUIT.

We are pleased to note that our edi-
tOrial relative to elections by the PEG
pie instead of by the Legislature, is
bearing good fruit. Many persons have
thanked us for bringing this matter
thus sharply before the public, and
especially calling on thepeoplet to study
the question at this very important
moment. We promise to have more
to say on this subject in future, and to
do what lays in our power to educate
the minds of the people on this very
important issue to proper conception
of what elections by the people mean
as contradistinguished from elections
by Legislatures. The Senate of the
United States today would be body
of high minded statesmen and patriots
if they were elected by direct vote,
aud not set of plutocratic jobbers Jay
ing lines by which the peoples money
can be used to advance their personal
interests. The ship subsidy bill is an
example of what the senatorial trust
magnates would do with the treasury
if there were not few men left who
put honor and patriotism above money,
and who still stand in the way of
shameless and unblushing robbery.
There is no safeguard so sure and sta
BILE as the popular elections. Those
who obtain office thus are mindful of
the people, those whose Office comes to
them by appointment or other indirect
mode, are not generally so. Hence
none should be elected by any mode
which places them above their con-
stituents.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
]. HOWARD WAYT.

Many of our readers will read with
and all with sorrow, the an
of the death, after very
brief illness, OF j. Howard Wayt. If
that beautiful utterance of Walter
Scott, attribu! ed to his lovliest heroine,
sin the hour of death it is not what
we have done for ourselves, but wha t
we have done for others, that we think
of most pleasantly be true, as we
firmly believe it is, then the closing
hours of J. Howard Wayt's life were
illumined and cOnsOled by countless
throngs of such memories. To him, a
day in which some needy one was not
succored, some distress was not reliev-
ed: some grief consoled. some despon-
dence cheered, was a day lost, and
few, very few, Of his days were so lost.
Brave, honest, gentle, manly, kind,
faithful and true, his daily life was a
daily benedictiOn to all within the
sphere of bis action and infience; and
it is only in the surprise and shock of
his sudden death that we first fully
realize the beauty and the blessing of
bis life. just as the light is most ap-
preciated and missed when it has gone
out, and the loss of the water is most
deeply felt when the fountain is dried
up.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
CoviRgton Items.

Mr.. e. M. Nettleton spent day in
Staunton the first of the week.
We understand that the family of
Jno. Crowder, near Rich Patch mines,
have smallpox.
Mr.. Allen Gilbert and Miss Matte
Smith, two popular young people of
COvington, were married Wednesday
evening at the parsonage by Rev. L..
L. Lloyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Nettleton return
ed the latter part of last week from a
delightful trip through the South.
They also visited number OF points
in Cuba.
Mr.. VIM. Burruss, head book keeper
in the Covington National Bank and
Miss Rose Biggs, daughter of the late
Mr.. John A. Biggs, OF Covington.
were married Wednesday evening at
Coeburn, Va, the present home of the
bride s mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Burruss
will visit friends a couple of weeks in
different parts Of the State before re-
turning to CovingtOn.-Sentin
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Bryan's Views.

Chairman Southland, of the House
Committee on Coinage. has received
from w. J. Bryan his views of the
pending bills before the House, making
the standard silver dollar redeemable
in gold.
Mr.. Bryan says in part: "There is no
necessity for redemption. The legal
tender law will maintain the parity be-
tween gold coin and silver dollars so
long as both can be used to an unlimit-
ed extent in the payment of public
revenues and private debts.
1.-The measure gives to the financiers
absolute control over the national
debts.
The conversion of standard silver
dollars into subsidiary coin is equiva-
lent to the retirement of silver as
standard money, and is the last act in
the programme instituted some TWEEN
ty-seven years ago and persistently
pursued ever since.
1.-The proposed measure by decreas
ing the money of ultimate redemption
and increasing the volume of promises
to pay money still further enlarges the
proportion between money and its
substitutes. This necessarily adds to
the risk of the business man and les
sens the security of the general pub
lic,''
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EASILY SEEN.

Does it not strike the average mind
that there must be something wrong
with the laws Of country which has
as much sea coast as ours, but shas no
ships. The way to build up our ship
ping is not by subsidies, but by strik-
ing at the disease which has killed the
shipping. Before we had a prohibitory
tariff we had ships by the hundred,
now we have none. Every honest man
who has studied the question of the
decline of our merchant marine knows
the tariff laws killed it. The thing to
do now therefore to restore it, is to
kill the law that killed off the ships.
But no. The tariff robber must still
rob. He subscribes campaign money.
The ship subsidy will leave him where
he is, and at the same time give nice
bonus to the ship owner who also sub
scribes to the campaign fund. 1t is
all plain when you see it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
THE REGISTER MISTAKEN.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Register, of last week re-
plying to the SPECTATOR S editorial of
the week previous, does not undertake
a refutation of the logic of our edito-
rial which argued that the county of
Rockingham ought to stand for MI.
Echols in the coming gubernatorial
contest, but stumbled into that patfall
so often encountered by those who at
tempt to defend their actions by show
ing that others have committed SIM
liar, if not more glazing breach. The
breach attempted to be shown as hav-
ing been committed by us, is that
Augusta deserted Judge Quarles, a
home man, In order to rally round the
standard of Mr.. Flood, who comes
from east of the Blue Ridge, in the
last Congressional campaign. We
have no desire to thresh over this old
straw, but the Register displays such
marked though pardonable Ignorance
of the facts In this case, that we must
set it and ourselve right before the
public. Augusta had not had chance
to express a preference when Judge
Quarles withdrew from the race. No
primaries or conventions had yet been
held. 1t was not Augusta 8 disloyalty
that influenced him to withdraw, but
other counties had elected delegates
and Judge Quarles saw the hopeless
ness of his nomination.
The eastern Virginia counties had
done what we ask Rockingham to do,
stood by their own son, or near neigh
Dor. Other counties, Rockbridge fol
instance, had done the same, either by
choosing one of their own sons or
lending their influence to near neigh
Dor, just what we think Rockingham
ought to do in this case, and this hav-
ing been done made it impossible for
Judge Quarles to be nominated, hence
his withdrawal, which took place pro
badly a month before Augusta chose
delegates. The Register unwittingly,
we know, has misrepresented condi'
tions with regard to that contest, con
ditions which, if they existed as stated
would not leave us in so good posi-
ton to insist On the neighborly treat
ment we ask. We still think it to the
interest of Rockingham to go shoulder
to shoulder with us in this contest
and we hope the good sense of her PEG
pie will so incline her.
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The Legislature is somewhat over
stepping itself with regard to the con-
vention. The concensus of opinion
seems to be that the Legislature can
fix the representation and the date of
meeting, but beyond that it cannot
60. The convention may follow sug-
gestions, but this is prOblematical. 1t
is stated by many that the Legislature
can no more fix the per diem than it
can say what clauses shall go into the
constitution. whether they shall hold
two or one session per day. Whether
they may employ a chaplain and open
their sessions with prayer. Whether
that chaplain shall belong to any par
ticular denomination, Sc, sc. 1t will
be well, therefore, for the Legislature
to attend strictly to its own end of the
business and let the convention do
likewise.
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H0W's I'hisH

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall rs Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Props. Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known FL.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions andfnanciallyable to carry
out any obligations made by their firm,
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testi-
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15

Judge Letcher has granted charter
to the Imperial Manganese and Iron
Company, with headquarters at
Stanton. The capital stock is to be
81, 900, 900. The purpose Of the compa-
ny is TO operate mines and manufact.
ures. The officers are: President.
Joseph W, Rinehart, of Plainfield,
N. j.; vlce-president, James Gwatkin,
OF New York city, and secretary and
treasurer, Henry T. Fay, of Brooklyn.
The mines are near Stuart's draft.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
Roll Of Honor.

Below will be found list of the pu-
pills of the Churchville graded school,
of which Prof. j. G. Voolfolk is prin-
cipal. who have general average of
95 on their studies: Lucie Blair, Effie
Young, Massey Harvey, Dick Slower,
J. Frank Slower, Blair Masincupr,
Grace Huff, Charlie Gordon, Russell
Snyder, Guy Young. Lila Bear, Marie
PlOwden. Reba Plowden, Evelyn Huff,
Minnie Plowden, Blanche Andrew,
Blanche Bagby, Mary Wilson anc Cora
Puffenberger.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15

TRUSTEES SALE OF ABOUT TWO
AND ONE HALF ACRES OF LAND
IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA, about five
and one half miles from Staunton, Va, on
which is situate a comfortable residence,
shop and necessary Outbulldings.
The undersigned, Fitzhugh Elder, in
pursuance of authority of a decree of Dec.
18th, 1900, in cause of Chas. Frazier VS.. Ir.
vine Reeds widow. ct ais, pending in the
circuit court OF Augusta county, Va, and
also in pursuance OF authority vested in
him as Trustee of the Young Mems Build
ing & Loan Association, of StauntOn, Va,
in the deed from Irvine Reed and wife to
Alexander H. Fultz, Trustee, of Jan. 22d,
1896, recorded in the clerk S office of the
county court of Augusta county, Va, In
D. B. 121, page 513, he having been elected
Trustee of said Association in the place of
Alexander H. Fultz, the former Trustee
and the trustee named in the aforesaid
deed and he, the said Elder, succeeding to
the rights of said Fultz, Trustee, in accor-
dance with the provisions of cts 1897 8,
page 91S, relative TO change of Trustees OF
Building e. Loan Associations. will pro-
coed to sell at public auction in front OF
the court house of the city of Staunton,
Va, about the hour of u o'clock NJ, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th, 1901,
Court dav), that certain piece or parcel of
and one-half miles west of the city OF
Staunton, on the Stanton and Churchville
road, near Middle River, together with the
residence, shop and all other buildings
situate thereon, and containing about two
and one-half acres, and being the same
property which was occupied and used by
Irvine Reed for many years before his
death. and also the same property convey
ed by the said Irvine Reed and wife to
Alex, H. Fultz, Trustee, by deed above
set out.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third of the
purchase money In cash and the balance
in three equal installments payable respec
lively in nine, eighteen and twenty seven
months from day of sale, with interest
from that day, for which the purchaser
will be required to execute his bonds with
approved personal security and the title
will be withheld as ultimate security.
FITZHUGH ELDER,
ian 25 st Trustee, &c.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, Jan, 25th, 1891.
NJ. COiner's Executor,
VS..
NJ Corners widow.
All parties interested in the above en-
titled cause now pending in the circuit
court of Augusta county, Take Notice, that
pursuant to a decree of said court ent, red
in said suit December 21st, 1900, | shall at
nv office in Staunton, Va, on
MARCH 4, 1901,
proceed to ascertain and report:
|. The fund in the hands of W. ii. Ian
des, General Receiver, held for the sup
port of Samuel l.. COiner during his life
time.
Who are the heirs at law of Michael
Coiner, deceased. entitled to said fund and
what proportions they are entitled to take.
8. What part of said fund, if any, is
payable to the Western State Hospital for
the support of Samuel L Coiner, deceased.
4. Anv other matter deemed pertinent,
etc. HENRY W. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
W. H. Landes, pa.
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Maj. The American Stock Co. r, ''n s.s.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, Jan. 23d, 1901.
Henry w. Holt, Trustee, etc,
VS..
Mutual Annuity Company, ct. ais.
Weidmann, ct al.
VS..
Same.
All persons interested in the above
styled chancery causes will Take Notice,
that in pursuance OF decree of the Court
of Hastings for the city of StauntOn, en-
tered in said causes on January, 10th,
1901, | shall at my Office in Staunton, Va,
on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS. 1901.
proceed to take, state and settle the fol-
lowing accounts:
1st. What is a reasonable and proper
fee to be allowed and paid out of the fund
in these causes to the attorneys for the
plaintiffs in the said cause of Weidmann.
ct ais. VS.. The Mutual Annuity Company.
End. A proper scheme for the distribu-
ton of the funds IN these causes now or
which may be hereafter realized from
other sources.
3rd. Any other matters deemed peril
nent, etc
R. E. r. NELSON,
Commissioner Chancery.
Patrick & Gordon,
A. G. BraXton, pa
Braxton & Wayt, Jan 20 1t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
OF order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
BuCklen'S Arnica Salve,

BuCkIen'S ArniCa SaIVe.
Has worldwide fame for marvellous
cures, 1t surpases any other salve, lotion
ointment or balm for Cuts, C0rns, Burns
Bolls Sores, Felons, Ulcors letter, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin
Eruptions; Infallible for Piles. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25c at B. F. Hughes,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15

James Nightengale, negro from
Charlottesville, has been sentenced to
life Imprisonment by the court at Hin
ton, w. Va, for the murder of Bette
Taylor, in October last.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15
" IRGINIA, To- within the Clerks Offic
OF the Circuit Court of Augusta cOun
tX The 24Ih q az of January lQnl

VIRGINIA, To with the Clerks Office
Y of the Circuit Court of Augusta coun-
ty, the 29th day of January, 1901.
Caroline Brown, Margaret J 4. Taylor
and William Taylor. her husband, Sal
lie A Humphreys and others, Plaintiffs,
VS..
The heirs at law of Betsy Allen, who
was Betsy Croson, whose names, num-
Der and residences are unknown,
Frank Croson, if living who if Iiv-
ing is non resident of the State of
Virginia, and the heirs at law of Frank
CroSon, If he be dead, whose names,
mum Der and residences are unknown,
and the heirs-at law of Hector Crist,
whose names, number and residences
are unknown, Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to procure the
entry of a decree establishing the validity
of a Partition, IN pals made by Hector
CrOson and Thomas Croson in the lifetime
of both of them of the tract of land con-
tanning AZ acres, which was conveyed by
William Cameron and wifetO said Thomas
Cr0son and Hector CrosOn by deed dated
February 4th, 1889.
And it appearing by'atfidavit filed that
the number, names and residences of the
heirs at law of Betsy Allen, who was Betsy
CrOSun, are unknown; that Frank CrOSon,
if living, is non resident of this State.
and if dead that the names, number and
residences of his heirs at law are unknown
and that the names number and residences
of the heirs at-law of Hector Crist are
unknown.
1t is ordered that the said defenants do
severally appear here within fifteen days
aftel due publication of this order and do
what is necessary to protect their interests
in this suit.
Teste
JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk.
J., J. l.. & r. Bumgardner, pq. 2 At
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kidney tlOuDlc.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their BEGIN.
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures OF the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits E-~k0S
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have =sa ss 81 ssiI5s&
sample bottle by mail Home of swamnRoo.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-15

Buy your drugs from Vaughan &
Crump, The Peoples Druggists, Way.
nesbOrO, Va.
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NOTICE.-l hereby give notice to all par
~ ties who have been keeping sheep on
shares for w. N. Wilson, agent, to report
to me at the Office of James Dore, Johnson
street, Staunton, Va, on Monday, Febru-
airy 25th, court day, to talk over future
arrangements. W. H. HUNTER,
feb Ats Admir-
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OVer=WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
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MONEY TO LEND on improved real es-
W. tate. Office over the Farmers and
Merchants Bank. Entrance on Augusta
Street. JOHN NJ. CARROLL.
jan lift
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Drs. G. A. "a H. SprinkeI,
DENTISTS,
IOS w. MAIN STREET.
Modern methods.
Crown and bridge work

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, Feb. II, 1901.
Jacob Runkle's Administrator,
VS..
David Runkle, ct ais.
. All parties interested in the above
entitled cause now pending in the circuit
court of Augusta county. Take Notice, that
pursuant to decree tbel e entered of date
June LIST, 1899, shall at my Office al Staun-
ton, Va, on
MARCH 16, 1901,
proceed to ascertain and report
LIST, An account showing how the costs
in this cause must be apportiOned.
End. The transactions of Hulst Glenn,
trustee.
nent, etc.
HENRY w. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
feb l54t
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SpectacIes and eye glasses fitted to the
" eye by H. H. BOLEN, JeweIer
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go TO H. II. BULEN'S Jewelry Store
~ for solid silver tableware.
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JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk.
j., J. L. q r. Bumgardner, pa. 21 At