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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IA.
WILL THEY CORRUPT THE STATE I

The discussion of the report OF the
Committee on Corporations has been
in the main dispassionate. The speech
Of the chairman of the committee was
slngularly 30. But one note has been
struck by Mr.. Hunton, speaking for
the corporations, and by the attorneys
of record who appeared before the
committee at its public hearings, that
NAV well give us pause. 1t is lntl'
mated in manner more or less thinly
yelled that if any real attempt is maze
to control them that they will debauch
the politics of Virginia, that they will
see that corruption creeps into high
places, that they Will produce, a con-
dition of affairs which will make us
wish that the Constitutional Conven-
tion had never been born.
If this is the position those instltu-
tions are going to assume the sooner
the issue is made up the better. we
do not believe that the politics of Vlr-
ginia can be debauched. We DO not
believe that this old State with all her
high traditions is for sale. We do be
lieve that any who try to rule 1t by
corruption and bribery will live to rue
the day that such an ignoble dream OF
evil found lodgment in their minds.
Connected with our corporate enter
prises are many of our best and purest
citizens. Men to whom the very sug-
gestion of such thing is abhorrent,
and it is due to themselves and to the
interests that they represent that they
come forward and say; we have peen
and are law abiding citizens, we nave
O pposed and will oppose the enactment
O t laws which we believe will hurt US,
but every law upon our statute books
while it is written there shall have our
loyal support, and we scorn the sug-
q estion that we might seek its repeal
by corruption. This is the time TO
Speak. God save the Commonwealth
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TRUSTEES SALE of property on tb
enrnnr of uQSf Pouorlu onJ NJ. IT.:

| TRUSTEES SALE of property on the
corner of west Beverly and Madison
streets, StauntOn, Va.-As trustee in deed
of trust executed by Thomas Thornburg
and Mary E. Thornburg his wife, dated
January 10th, 1898, of record in the clerk, :
Office of the court of Hastings for the city
of Staunton in deed book IA, page $685. /
will. at the request of the Beneficiary in
said deed. proceed to sell at public auction
to the highest bidder, in front of the court
house in Staunton, on
Saturday, the 18th day of March, 1902.
at - clock noon, that valuable property
on the corner of west Beverly and Madi-
ison streets, in the city of Stauntor, on
which there is good frame dwelling, sta
BILE, etc. The property has frontage of
SO feet inches on Main street, and runs
back along the east side of Madison street
about LAG feet to CANDLES line.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash in hand suf-
fcient to pay off the principal and interest
on the bond secured by said deed, the
amount due for insurance on the building,
any unpaid taxes and the cost of sale. and
as to the residue on credits Of one and two
years in equal instalments bearing inter-
est. secured by deed of trust on the prop
erty.
E ]. CUSHING,
feb 14-5t Trustee.
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SlOO Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded diseasethat sciencehas been able
to cure in all it's stages, and that is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroyingthe foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprletors have so muchfaith in it's Gu
rative powers, that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. J. CHENEY &CO..
Toledo,O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Death Of Mrs. Houseman.

Died at her home near Staunton, De
cember %, 1901, Mrs. Catherine Vir.
ginia HousemaD, aged go years. She
was the mother of five children, three
sons and two daughters, one son hav
ing preceded her to the grave some years
ago She is survived by her husband.
j. William Houseman and four chill
dreu: Mrs. Jacob F. Coiner, Mrs. Gill
bert 81. Lickliter, Charles w. House
man, of the county, and John w.
Houseman, of Colorado. Mrs. House.
man was daughter Of the late Rev.
Jacob and Sarah Bear, of Maryland,
and a sister of VIM. F. Bear and Mrs.
j. w. Cease, of the county. A devoted
mother and friend, lovely Christian
character, she bore her last illness with
patient cheerfulness, waiting for the
summons of Our Heavenly Father.
Blessed be the dead who die in the
Lord. +.
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Major Barclay Dead.

Major E. Il. Barclay, aged 55 years,
for many years editor and owner of the
Lexington Gazette, and former mem
Der of ths Virginia House of Delegates
from Rockbridge, died at his home in
that place about midnight Saturday
night. His death was due to clot of
blood forming on the brain, the result
of shock from fall on the street ten
days ago. whereby he broke the stub
of his left arm. Major Barclay was a
gallant Confederate soldier and lost an
arm at Monocacy, Maryland. He was
a member OF Lee Jackson Camp Con-
federate Veterans, and of the Lexing-
ton Lodge Knights of Pythias. He is
survived by his wife, who was a Miss
Rowan, of Augusta county, and two
children, DR.. M. R. Barclay and Mrs.
Carl SchoIz, of St. Louis; also by one
brother, A. T. Barclay, and one sister,
Mrs. Hannah Houston, wife of Judge
w. P. Houston, of Lexington.
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most expedient solution OF the Cuban
problem. Speaking OF the matter he
told me that he had no reason for wait
ing until the Cuban. had formed Pc Ter-
full political organizations, the mem
bers of which would expect to derive
their livelihood from politics and
would therefore oppose annexation, be-
fore inviting the island to come into
the United States. Under annexa-
tion, I" said Mr.. Newlands, 1.-THE beet
sugar men believe they would be better
protected than with a reduction of the
tariff, and am inclined to think they
are right The Cubans have admitted
before this Committee (the Ways and
Means) that they now have employed
in the production of sugar all the labor
in the islands and they have tacitly ad
mitted that the extension of the-iudus
try must come from the importation
of cheap Chinese and other~fabor. If
the island was annexed to the United
States our immigration laws would
apply, the rate of wages would be
their sugar would be produced under
conditions 80 similar to our own that
the competition would be by no means
DIS bCtCIC AO uCllOA Vi LILO
Newlands resolution caused a sensa-
tiOn in the House and it was every
where actively discussed. Had it
come from republican source it seems
most likely that it would have been
adopted. Under the circumstances it's
future is most problematical.
Representative Oscar w. Underwood,
of Alabama, expressed himself to your
correspondent, yesterday in no uncer-
tain terms upon the question of our
relations with Cuba. He said that he
was in favor of relations as near free
trade as could be secured. There are
immense markets in Cuba for Ameri-
can products which would more than
make up any possib loss which might
be sustained by the sugar interests.
Every increase in the manufacture of
Cuban sugar will be attended with a
demand for machinery which, under
reciprocity, the United States will sell.
The farmers of the whole country will
be benefit ted by the increased demand
for boots and shoes, and the resultant
higher prices of hides, for instances;
there will be a demand for American
] coal as the small Cuban product is 80
poor as to be hardly a merchantable
product. There are hundred demands
which the United States will supply
which are now supplied by other coun-
tries. The very fact that. under a
former reciprocity treaty, we had a
trade OF $18, 0O0. 900 per annum ought
of itself to be sufficient proof of the ad-
visibility of controlling these markets. y
In reply to a question, MIR. Underwood
said that the present trade with Cuba
had dwindled to small fraction of the
former trade.
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POWER OF THE COMMISSION.

The position taken by the minority
report of the Corporation Commission
seems to us to be untenable. 1t ad-
m1ts, and Mr. Hunton in his argument
distinctly admitted, that the State
had the right to supervise public SER
vice corporations, but contends that
this carries with it no right to control
them. The right TO supervise not
coupled with the right to control is a
broken reed, and we cannot believe
that our convention will invite the
State to lean upon it. That is practi-
cally the extent of the power given by
the present law to the Interstates
Commerce Commission and that Com
mission with all the power of an Act
of Congress behind it has, in report
just made, confessed that it is power
less, and in substance say that uR
less it is given authority to correct the
abuses it has unearthed that it might
as we'll go out of business. With this
staring the minority in the face, with
it spread upon the pages of every
newspaper published in our country
it is gravely asked that we in Virginia
do the same thing. That the State in
the exercise of the admitted right OIL
control establish Board not simply
which may have no power, but which
we know from actual experience car
have none.
Those who do not think there is any
need for commission should read the
debates of Friday and Saturday and
compare the freight rates shown by
Stebbins and Withers to obtain III
States where there are such commits
sions with the present charges made
by the railroads of Virginia, or more
properly speaking, those that were in
effect in Virginia before the Constitu
tional Convention assembled. 1t is in
the nature of a revelation.
Great issues are involved and the,
must be squarely met. Let him who
has no stomach for this fight go home
In the end we trust that the people Of
Virginia will be shown to be the masters
OF the Corporations, but if this is moi
to be then We want it to appear with
equal clearness that the Corporations
are the masters of the people Lei
there be light.
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Annual Y. M. C. A Convention of Va

On account of the above occasion
the Southern Railway will sell from
stations on its lines in Virginia. tickets
to Staunton, Va, and return at one
and one-third first class limited fares
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
February 18th to 22nd, inclusive, final
limit for return February 18th, 1902;
continuous passage in each direction.
For tickets, schedule information, etc,
call on nearest Southern Railway tick
ct agent. feb IA ct
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To Lovers Of Music.

1 will give instruction in vocal and
instrumental music. Less ons from the
black board can be applied to any in
strument. Learn to sing by note. Pu-
pills from the country solicited to at
tend. Studies pursued day or night.
City pupils can arrange hours to suit
leisure from business. Music room
opposite Mark house, Baldwin street.
Respectfully,
C.L WILSON,
jan "a st Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

Attention has been called to the fact
that the Commoper, VIM. j. Bryan's
newspaper, has in some instances been
excl udsd from the mails as third class
m after, on the ground that while be
is mot advertising business he is
"ad vertising theory" This is very
narrow partisan decision. Had his
theory been Republican the idea of
exclusion would never have been heard
of. No newspaper can be sent as third
class matter if that decision stands.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14
" SOCIAL OUTCASTS."

Recently the Atlantic Monthly mas
printed from the pen of Henry LOOMS
Nelson a portrait as it were OF Tneo-
dore Roosevelt, whom Mr.. Nelson pic
lures IN fine style, but does not apothe-
osize as Henry Mcfarland did Mr..
Mex inley in the same magazine few
months ago. Laboring under the con
viction that the courage of Roosevelt
is big thing in its way, bigger indeed
by many sizes than his discretion. or
indeed any other trait in his remark
able character, unless it be his vanity,
self assertiveness and his jaw bone.
For this apparent reason the courage
of Theodore Roosevelt is dwelt upon
and it is found first and most promi-
nently in the work of purifying the
civil service of the nation. Mr.. Nelson
says that the civil service of the coun-
try was so demoralized that the friends
of the merit system had reached
stage of depression that made them al
most desperate of hope. This was worst
in the Southern States of the Union.
The federal Offices there, he says.
''were filled, almost without excep-
ton, with social outcasts," who not
only pocketed their emolument, but
made it a part Of their mission to sell
delegates to Republican national con-
ventions to politicians who came for
their purchase. Republicans alone
were not culpable here. There were
Democratic rings which were interest
ed in keeping these unspeakably cor
rupt Republicans in their offices, aid
ing in their confirmation in the Senate
at Washington, and using them for
their own purposes when election peri
DDS came about"
This will be unpleasant reading to
our social outcast" and ''unspeaka-
bly, corrupt" friends, the Republican
Office holders in the South, but it is in
keeping with sentiment that prevails
in the North, and which has greatly,
we think, influenced the President in
his actions toward them.
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II Mr.. Roosevelt's friends and ad
mirers in the north. and especially
those who write magazine articles
about him, continue to denominate
the Southern Republican office holders
as SOCIAL outcasts' and unexpectedly
corrupt" they may cause Mr.. Roose
welt to exclaim "Save me from my
friends, 1 will take care of my enc
mics"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

Tariff on steel products which are
made in this country and sold abroad
vastly lower than here. must stand
that these infant industries may not
be destroyed. Tariff was originally
designed to protect us against foreign
trade. now it is retained to raise mon
ey to defeat the Democrats.
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( COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, Feb II, 1872
Cootes' Admir-, etc.
Cootes' Heirs, etc.
All persons interested in the above
styled chancery cause-and especially the
creditors of the estate of NJ. E. Cootes.
dec d.. who are requested to come forward
and assert their claims-will Take Notice.
that in pursuance of decree of the Court
of Hastings for the City of Staunton. en-
tered in said cause on the 9th of February.
1902, shall at my office in Stanton, Va F,
On Saturday, March Is, 1902,
proceed to take, state and settle the fol-
lowing accounts
lst. vi the transactions of j. nj. Quarles.
Admir-. of NJ. E. COotes, decd :, with the
estate of his decedent
End. The outstanding Indebtedness of
said estate and the proper distribution of
the funds OF the estate in hand and vet to
bs realized
3rd. OF the validity of the claim men.
toned in the bill as being asserted in the
chancery cause of NeWton's Creds. VS..
Newton'S Admir-. etc., against the estate of
saidM E. Cootes, decd;
4th. OF the proper course to be pursued
by the administrator in respect to the
bonds belonging to the estate and secured
by lien upon the milne Bank'' iron
property
9Th. Of the assets of said estate which
will probable come into the hands of the
administrator for distribution;
9th. Any other matters deemed peril
nent by the undersigned, or required to be
stated by any party in interest, including
statement of liens upon the distributive
shares in the estate of N. E. Cootes, decd.
if there shall be any surplus for distribu-
ton after payment of debts and charges of
administration.
r. E. R. NELSON,
Commissioner in Chancery.
J N. Quarles, n a.
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We print this week, copied from the
Lond on Times, the complete poem by
Rudyard Kipling, entitled 1.-The
Islanders" which has caused 80 much
bitter comment throughout England.
This is the first authentic copy We
have seen-and no doubt will be read
with interest.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

Miss Roosevelt will attend the coro-
nation only as a private person. Could
she do otherwise We warrant she
will be called the Princess Alice by
many English papers before she gets
hack
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

So Gov. Taft has placed the length
of the Philippine war on Mr.. Bryan.
The war with Spain has also been
credited to him. and the Spanish
American treaty, known as the treaty
of Paris, would never have been
adopted had he not urged it. Strange
ia this power of this man who is dead
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

You mossbacks down in Virginia, y
said railroad magnate, "don't know
the first principles of controlling US -
But the ''mossbacks' are apt fellows
when they want to learn
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14
CHARLESTON EXPOSITION
Via Charlottesville, Va and the Southern
Railway,

The train service via charlottesville,
Va, and the Southern Railway to
Charleston, s. c., and the very low
excursion rates rates in effect present
special Inducements for persons to visit
the Exposition. which is now in full
blast. Double daily train service from
Charlottesville, passing through Dan.
Vile, Va, Charlotte. N. c, and Co.
lumbia, s. q. Through sleepers and
dining car service. Ask your nearest
ticket agent for rates and schedule
through Charlottesville and thence
over Southern Railway.
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EN-. Cushing & Co., Auctioneers.
S TOOK S Ale

l will sell on my farm. three miles
North of Staunton, on the Valley Turn
pike, known as the Capt. Lewis Hartman
farm, to the highest bidder, without re.
serve, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1902,
the following desirable stock: 200 head
of choice Ewes with lambs by their side.
80 head of yearling cattle; horses, 10
colts; fresh cows; 35 head Of good hogs;
also 2 binders and other farming nipple
mentS.
TERMS-S10 and under, cash; over that
amount four months credit, negotiable
note satisfact rily endorsed without inter.
est. Sale to commence to 10 o'clock A. M,
For further information, call Phone lO3,
Staunton, Va.
feb IA St r.. T.. HARuAN
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Mr.. Blaxton may not succeed in
passing his bill on corporations, but
he has succeeded in sending creepy
70 sling over the body corporate.
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AGEk rs

AGENTS. Unrivaled book proposition.
HOIiS y New Standard works. All
rapid sellers. Liberal terms Our guar
anteed FOUNTAIN Pen specially. Des-
criptive lists mailed. Cotton, Gilman &
Co. Established 1890, Is Warren ST.. New
York. feb 14-4t
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BY virtue of decree of the circuit court
of Augusta county, entered on the 18th day
of November, 1901, In the cause of Seltzer
and others VS. Blue Ridge Manganese and
missioner appointed for the purpose, pro-
coed on
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

The committee having this matter
in charge will thank our good Confed-
crate friends in all newspaperdom
throughout the. South, to copy this
notice and give it as wide publication
as possible.
Il LNnxnnnn
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sediment or Set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass it or pain in
the back is also
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Sign here) ---------
L certify to the truth OF the above
certificate.
(Sign here, giving company, regi-
ment and rank
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{. A. FoNERDEN
Taken to Richmond for Treatment.

WANTED to rent, with a view to pur-
chasing, a farm with dwelling and
out houses; partly wooded. and suita BILE
for grazing, of one hundred acres or less,
within five miles of Stanton. Address,
FARM.
feb 14-1t* Care Spectator & Vindicator.
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convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
II you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in Soc. and ST. Sizes
You may have a sample bottle of this
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

-FOUR FRESH COWS and two Morgan
Colts, years old. for sale.
JOHN w. TODD, Jr.
feb Z 2t Near StauntOn, Va,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

# YOU think of buying a watch call at
BOLEN'S Jewelry Store, Main st.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-14

ouwelsa Art Pottery-very handsome
- at BOLEN'S, Jewelry Store.
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E. NJ. Cushing & Co., Auctioneers.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA
" BILE MINERAL LAND.