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We Invite Inspection of Our Subscription List, by Advertisers, and assure them that they will find it he largest of any paper Published in this City. Men OilCo.s Great Semi-Annual Clearance Sale began JANTJAKY 2nd, 1900, and lasts for 60 Days Only! Sacrificed and sold at almost YOUT Own Price, aBwe do not intend to carry any Winter Goods, oyer. To pass us by is to waste money, to buy from us to save it! YOUK MOMY BACK if you are dissatis fied with your purchase. P. S.--I Mucin on Clay Worsteds. ! lIIIG CLOTHE CO., THE RELIABLE CLOTHIERS, TAILORS, AND FURNISHERS. No. 5 S. AUGUSTA ST., Next to Augusta National Bank, Staunton, Va. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of <zW^sr AH Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops \and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Hare Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THS CEWTAUH COMFANY. TT MURRAY HEW YORK CITY. II DO ill IIS IF JOB FK. THE SOUTH SIDE FRUIT CARRIERS AND BASKETS. PETERSBURG, VA. Write for Catalogues and Prices, DRUGS. gring your puture Orders to pjughes Drug Store. \J are sure to fX&t correct and I-Jonest Treatment. everybody Qays so at any rate. Olt-8, PAINTS, Etc. VOL. 79. and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its ir,fancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. 1900 BR. T. T. FAWpOT, ££;£ Modern methods. Pain-savine devices. Office equipped with Cataphoric outfit (for administration of cocain by electricity for painless operation on the teeth. Crown and Bridge work a specialty. All work guaranteed. Office hours 9a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Mutual Phone 407. aaammamatmamamam x i —— '*»igp r made with pure SRANISH UCORICEr 5 Unsurpaiied for cure of C2UGHS*C°IDS &*""» 109 Packages # I Sold everywhere, or tent j Staunton ii§ Spectator . VINDICATOR. 9 IS BIGHT AND JUST. The Commissioner of Valuation Bill Aily Befeiflej. IS DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE. So Declares Ex-Senator Mushbach, of Alexandria—lf Enforced it Will Catch the Tax Dodgers and Reduce Taxes on Real Estate. I Ex-Senator Geo. A. Mushbach, of Alexandria, publishes in the Gazette of that city the following article in de fense of the commissioners of valuation bill. Hear him: So far as the commissioners of valua tion bill is concerned, 1 approve of it most heartily. It is directly in the line of the just policy of compelling the personalty tax dodger to take upon his shoulders his proper proportion of the burden of taxation. If he could be made to do so the rate of tax on houses and lands could be reduced more than 50 per cent. Real estate carries vastly more than its fair share of the burden, because it lies in the full glare of the sun, visible to the naked eye of the assessorand the collec tor, aud cannot be hidden j but incomes, stocks, bonds, and the bulk of personal property lie concealed between the leaves of calf-bound ledgers or in coat pockets and safe-deposit vaults where the vision of the tax-gatherer never penetrates. How many people in the city of Alexandria today make even a pretence of reporting any taxable in come whatever ? Let the books of the commissioner of the revenue answer, or I will if I feel called upon to do it. The answer would dumfound the town because of the ridiculously small num ber who have owned up. The bill is a righteous one,it is a nec essary one, and it is a Democratic one. We all remember (or have we forgot ten ?) the howl that pierced the skies from Democratic throats when the partisan U. S. Supreme Court a few short years ago nullified the income tax law, and we also remember (or have we forgotten f) how that great party when it met in convention in Chicago on July 7th, 1896, adopted the following as a portion of its platform of principles: "Until tbe money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for further changes In our tarffflaws, ex cept such as are necessary to make up the deficit in revenue caused by tbe adverse decision of the Supreme Court on the income tax. But for this deci sion of the Supreme Court there would be no deficit in the revenue under the laws passed by a Democratic Congress in strict pursuance of the uniform de cision of that court for one hundred years, that court having sustained con stitutional objections to its enactment, which have been overruled by the ablest judges who ever sat on that bench. We declare that it is the duty of Con gress to use all the constitutional pow er which remains after that decision, t which may come from its reversal the court as it may hereafter be .stituted, so that the burdens of ation may be equally and impar tially laid, to the end that wealth may bear its due proportion of the expenses of the government." Is it possible that our then advocacy of an income tax was based on no holier or loftier thought then that the chief sufferers UDder what we are now pleased to term its iniquitous proposi tions.would be the rich Republicans of the North, and that our opposition to it is because it catches our prosperous Virginia Democrats ? Perish the ig noble thought. If the principle of taxa tion of secret Incomes in the United States was right in A. D. 1896, when we all voted for it, it is right in Vir ginia in A. D. 1900, and no one can gainsay that statement. The question as to whose ox is gored does not vary the principle. But, it is said, the application of the law is inquisitorial and it is forcible in Its operations and it creates a horde of officeholders. Granted; but why is it that the application of a little of the rack-and-thuinb-screw method of get ting at your taxable incomes and per sonalty and the employment of this horde of officeholders is necessary and unavoidable ? Simply because of the criminal and unpatriotic and unfair to-your-neighbor concealment of and refusal to report the property which yon possess, and which is just as pro perly taxable as is your neighbor's modest little dwelling which, unfortu nately for him, has the quality ot being Try for a novelty the plan of making a fair report of your income and stocks land bonds, etc.; be honest from princi- I pie and not from compulsion, and this horde of inquisitorial office-holders will pass away as flits the shade across I the summer field. They would be as unnecessary as a policeman in heaven. ' Of course this measure is unpopular in certain quarters. Any measure de signed to secure equality, equity and uniformity in the obligation to pay taxes and to bring to book those who have enjoyed immunity in the past, ; must be so. Its kindred measure, the so-called "land-grabber" law, (in the prepara-| | tion of which I am proud to admit I j assisted as one of a sub-committee),■ : met with a storm of opposition from ] i those who for years bad considered not their tax bills because they knew that tbe then existing laws were insufficient to ci :ni>e! them to pay, yet that Uut, despite all assanltb, stands today rec psjnized as a just aiid. JoasocaUia _anatl STAUNTON, VA., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900. increased the revenue of Virginia, without additional taxation, thou sands of dollars annually since its enactment—sl6s,ooo in the fiscal year So also the measure based on the like idea, passed in 1896, appointing examiner* of records to ascertain the amount of personal property under the control of fiduciaries and the courts of the Commonwealth, was declaimed against as a very harsh and Inquisito rial measure, but it remains upon the statute book and it has unearthed and added to the taxable values of tbe State, as asserted by a Senator in de bate in .Richmond the other day, over fifty millions of dollars since its pas sage. These bills made it possible for tbe legislature just ended to increase its appropriations for pensions to dis abled ex-Confederates and for the sup port of its lunatic asylums and schoo't and colleges, etc., all of which "hac? been suffering from lack of funds in tbe past to sustain properly their mer ciful and eleemosynary and education al objects. The passage of this com missioner of valuation bill will enable the State to increase their efficiency hereafter, relieve us of all fear as to our ability to take care of the public debt, drive away the spectre of another readjuster and repudiation period in our history, and possibly allow us to get rid of that miserable list of unjust afiable fixed license taxes on our trades, professions, business, brains, brawn, muscle and industry that now afflict Virginians. So mote it be. Whether or not the hill was passed in the manner pointed out by the Con stitution I shall venture no opinion, as I am not thoroughly familiar with the facts and incidents of the passage. But that has nothing to do with tbe merits or propriety of the proposed tax, and if the law should be held to be invalid because of the manner of its passage, the people should see that the legisla ture elected two years hence is pledg ed tn nnt it thrnnivh rirnnuvlv Mio no-rt ou iv put Hi Luiougu property uic next Death of Captain Patterson. Captain B. G. Patterson, one of the members of the House of Delegates from Rockingham county, died at the Retreat for the Sick in Richmond on Thursday morning of last week. He was taken down with pneumonia two days previous, but his condition was not regarded as serious until during Wednesday night. Miss Willie Pat terson, one of the daughters of the legislator, arrived in Richmond just one hour after her father died, and the body was sent to Harrisonburg that evening. Capt. Patterson was 69 years of age. He was a native of this county, but most of his life was spent at Harrison burg. During tbe war he served on The stffff oTthe gallant "Jeb" Stuart; the celebrated cavalry officer. He was a lawyer of extensive practice, and for several years was the partner of ex- Governor O'Ferrall. He was largely interested in various enterprises, es pecially the Valley Turnpike, of which company he was president. He leaves a widow and nine children. The fune ral took place in Harrisonburg last Saturday and was largely attended. Rev. R. C. Gilmore, of this city, assist ed in conducting the service. Capt. Patterson served in the House a few sessions ago and was sent back last fall. He was a man who did not mix much with his fellow-members and consequently was intimately known to a very few. He was of a re tiring disposition. Those who knew him best say he was a man of many noble qualities of head and heart. This is the fourth death that has oc curred among the law-makeis since the Legislature convened in December. Those who preceded Capt. Patterson to the grave were Senator Charles E. McCorkle, Delegates M. S. Newberne and J. W. Ellis. Delegates Barclay and Waring are now very ill, and fully a score of the senators and delegates left sick beds when they returned to their homes. It is supposed that the poor ventila tion of the Capitol building has had much to do with the numerous cases of sickness and deaths. Ninety-Eight Per Cent. There is a fascination about big pro fits to a business man. But the con servative and cautious trader prefers to have the lesser per cent, ot interest and the larger per cent, of safety in his investments. There is no business man who would not consider it a sound proposition to invest in an enterprise in which absolute loss was impossible and which offered ninety-eight chances in a hundred of a rich profit. The statistics of cures effected by Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery show that ninety eight per cent of cases of 'weak lungs' can be absolutely cured. Almost if not all forms of phys ical weakness may be traced to starva tion. Starvation saps the strength. The body is just as much starved when the stomach oannot extract nutrition from the food it receives as when there is no food. 'Weak lungs,' bronchial affections, obstinate coughs, call for nourishment. Golden Medical Dis covery supplies that nourishment in its most condensed and assimilable form. It makes 'weak lungs' strong, by strengthening the stomach and or gans of digestion which digest and dis tribute the food, and by increasing tbe supply of pure blood. The Scute Board of Fisheries will hold its annual session in Norfolk on the 4th day of April, and the various oys ter inspectors will be elected for a term of two years from May 1; also, the captains of the police steamers and vessels for such term as the board may decide. Btan tin 8 Kinil v w Have Always BougM CBAIGSYILLE DOTS. Fnrtlier Particulars BeprJini tie New Intones There. TOMEMENT IN IADS. The Empire Steel and Iron Com pany Working a Large Force in Their Limestone Quarry—Other Items of Interest. Iraigsville, March 13.—Since my letter from this place a month ago, ked progress has been made at the Cement Works. From the car lows in passing, the change was ' perceptible and when I visited works its recent progress was even b apparent. Every building save Dig ware room is now under roof, latter not having yet raised Its side s. A great deal of brick and car penter wors; has been accomplished, ! and a vast amount of concrete founda tions raised. On these much of the heavy machinery baa already been : mounted, including a 150-horse power engine for the electric dynamo that I will furnish both light and power to the plant. Much additional railway track has been laid, and the commissa ry and company's office buildings are well advanced. All this has been ac complished during the worst month of winter weather we have had. With spring now at hand and open weather, Manager Lewis intends to push the work vigorously to an early comple- RI was much impressed with the and systematic smoothness with the various shifts of men moved in the several departments of ther matter of interest that I laved. to mention in my former letter, and by the way a very considerable industry, is the lime-stone quarries operated here by the Empire Steel and Iron Co. This company owns seven furnaces, two of them in this State, one at Shenandoah, the other at Gosh en. The lime-stone quarried in such large quantities here is shipped to tbe latter furnace, just 13 miles' west of here, where it is used for fluxing pur poses. The quarry lies ju.t east of the town and faces against a high range of h ills. Here the sound of blast and fall ing rocfe is heard throughout the day. A side track from the C. & O. road "r.*.ds in a train of empty cars every day and pulls out a loaded one. Two hun dred and twenty five tons is the daily shipment and its output gives em ployment to a large force of men. Mr. J. W. White, an Ohioan, is in charge of the work and a very courteous and capable man. In the slang parlance of the day, he is called "a hustler," but his men all like him and so do the peo ple in the community. Ciaigsville is about to have a new county road. It is to run from the main road through the new town of Portland to the highlands above the river and from there along the sides of the hill country S} miles to Wallace's mill and tbe Rockbridge line. The route along tbe river as at present is to be abandoned. Surveyor McCutch an has staked off the route and the right of way has been secured. The Supervisors have been petitioned for a sufficient appropriation to improve the entire road from Buffalo Gap to this place and for the building of the new road from here as above described. The new road is a foregone conclusion and it is expected construction work will begin by the first of April. This is a long needed improvement and will, when completed, be of much service to a great many property owners. The Messrs. Dinkle, of Valley Mills, having bought the Lewis Robertson place near feere, moved in last week and will make this their future home. J. W. Webb, who formerly rented the place, has located in Rockbridge, near Bell's Valley. An Odd Fellows lodge was instituted here Friday night with forty members. J. B. Miller is erecting a new stable in the rear of his house. H. H. Bennett was away on busi ness several days:;iast week, in the eastern part of the county. W. H. McCutchan, near Estaline, is, and has been for some time, quite ill. J. D. Youell, an aged gentleman liv ing on the Pond Gap road near here, is ill from a complication of diseases. Knights of Honor Officers. The Grand Lodge ot Virginia, Knights of Honor, which met in Roan oke last week elected the following officers: E. W. Wilson, of Smithfield, grand dictator; Geo. P. Bond, of Ports mouth, vice-grand dictator; J. H. Winston, of Bristol, assistant grand dictator; H. M. Hope, of Richmond, grand chaplain; R. E. Shine, of Rich mond, grand guide; T. D. Bailie, of Staunton, grand reporter; M. ¥. Hud nail, of Richmond, grand treasurer; L J. Hyslop, of Keller, grand guardian; John H. Leslie, of Midlothian, grand sentinel. Grand Trustees, John Max well, of Richmond; Isaac Hirsh, of Fredericksburg, and J. H. Hodges, of Norfolk. Representatives to the Su preme Grand Lodge, Judge R. R. Prentiss and W. J. Hubert. Death of Mr. Berry. The death of Mr. David Berry, one of our oldest citizens, took place near Madrid, Tuesday at 1 o'clock. Mr. Berry was over.Bo years of age. He was a Tnost worthy and highly esteera edcitizen. Tnt funeral and burial. HARRISON FOR THE BOERS. Ex-President's Sympathy Goes Out to | the Imperiled Republics. A special to the New York World from Auburn, Ind., says: "Ex President Harrison has been in terviewed by many public men of In diana in regard to the Boer-British war, and he minces no words in ex pressing his sympathy for the Boers, although he persistently refuses to be publicly quoted, lest his words embar rass the McKinley administration. "Gen. Harrison contends there is no occasion for gratitude on the part of this government toward the British. He thinks the British were guilty of inhuman practices during the Revolu tionary war, and that their attack on this nation iv 1812 had no justification «any international standpoint, their conduct toward the Union ; the civil max was aW renre le. "He sees no occasion for enthusiasm over the friendship of the English dv- j ring the war with Spain, as it was a war against cruelty and clearly for hu manity. There was no reason why the British or any other enlightened na tion should not have been with Amer ica on this proposition. "If the British were suppressing cruelty in South Africa or remedying conditions that interfered with human government, the United States would be justified in lending its sympathy. On the contrary, Gen. Harrison thinks, here is a republic fighting for its home and its own government, a cause as I j ust as the Americans had in their great war of the eighteenth century." General Harrison's position on this, I as well as the Porto Rico tariff bill and I many other public questions has start- f ed a boom for the ex-president that I many result disastrously to the plans I of Mark Hanna and his followers. church was filled to witness the nuptials of Mr. «. Julian Pratt, Jr., and Miss Lillie Bell Swink. The marriage »as Mry pretty and in every way charm affair. The church was tastily decorated for the occasion. A beau tiful bell hung from an arch in front of the pulpit, while in the rear of this was an immense horse shoe, emblem of '•good luck." The ushers were J. L. Barksdale, Ed. Swink, Elliott and Fultz Drake. The bride entered the church by the left aisle, leaning on the arm of her sister, Miss Mary Swink. The groom approached by the right, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Wm. A. Pratt, of Staunton, the couple i meeting in front of the altar where the ceremony was impressively per- [ formed by Rev. Dr. Cocke, assisted by Rev. H. G. Ferguson. Immediately after the ceremony the happy pair left by the 11 o'clock train for a trip east. The young couple are very popular here and have the best wishes of a host of friends.—Waynesboro Herald of last week. 1 Bridgewater Paragraphs. Ed. Hughes returned Wednesday evening from Covington. Lee Hammer went to Basic City on business Wednesday. Col. A. S. Fulton, of Mt. .Meridian, was in town last Friday morning. Henry L. Lang, of Staunton, was in Bridgewater Monday. He has just re turned from a trip to Cuba. H. H. White, having recovered from his sickness, went to Waynesboro and resumed work on Wednesday. Ernest Lambert, of Laurel Hill, Au gusta county, is on a visit here to his sister, Mrs. Joel Thomas. Geo, W. Bricker and wife returned home Wednesday from East Radford, where they have been visiting their sons, Frank and William, for a short time. R. F. Dull, of this place, and E. B. Cootes, of Harrisonburg, went to Staunton Tuesday on business connect ed with their acetylene gas machine and fruit-tree-sprayer patents.—The Herald. Seems Impossible to Realize. < The world is full of weary men and . women who drag along from day to . day, sick, despairing and weak. They* have grown used to being unhappy. < and don't seem to realize that they can « ever be as well and happy as their fel-« lows. But there is help for them. The ■< world's most successful specialist in< curing all forms of nervous and chronic 4 complaints. Dr. Greene, 35 W. 14th * Street. New York City, will give them 4 consultation and advice free, person- < ally or by letter, and will show them 4 how to get well and stay well Dr. 4 Greene is the discoverer of that great- 4 est of all curative medicines, Dr. 4 Greene'3 Nervura blood and nerves remedy: but this wonderful cure tot 4 weak, nervous and run-down people is only one of his many discoveries of 4 health-giving medicines for diseases. He has done great things f0 r 4 the sick. He has curedthe apparently 4 inourable. made the miserable happy, 4 the weak strong. His advice should be 4 sought at once by all who are ailing 4 and weak in nerve, strength or body. 4 If you are run down and discouraged 4 seek Dr. Greene's advice, and you wilH find out how to be well and strong. 4 It is probable an extra session of the Legislature will be held in June to con sider the constitutioual convention, if the people at the polls in May vote that it be held, and some acts by the late Legislature may be repealed. Doctors 7 Say; Bilious and Intermittent Fevers which prevail in miasmatic dis tricts are invariably accompan ied by derangements of the Stomach Liver and Bowels. The Secret of Health. The liver is the great "driving wheel" in the mechanism of man, and when it is out of order, the whole system becomes de ranged and disease is the result lutts Liver Pills A CLEAN MAN. ■Ide cleanliness is less than half :tle. A man may scrub himself a times a day, and still be unclean. Good health means cleanliness not only outside, but in side. It means a clean stomach, clean bowels, clean blood, a clean liver, and new, clean, healthy tissues and fi- i bers in every organ of" the body. The man who is clean in this way will look it and act it. He will work with energy and think clean, clear, healthy thoughts. He will never be troubled with liver, lung, stomach or blood disorders. Dys pepsia and indigestion originate 'in unclean stomachs. Blood diseases are found where there is unclean blood. Consumption and bronchitis mean unclean lungs. Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery prevents these I diseases. It makes a man's linsides clean end healthy. It cleans the digestive or gans, makes pure, clean blood, and clean, healthy flesh. It doesn't make the flabby fat of corpulency, but the firm flesh of health. J 63101 * 8 tone to tae nervous system, and cures nervous exhaustion and prostration. It contains no alcohol to inebriate or create craving for injuri ous stimulants. Mr. John fc Coughenour, of Glen Savaire Somerset Co., Pa., writea: "My appetite \sai unusually poor, and I was as weak P aid n™. ous as though I had been starved for months. My heart kept throbbing continually and I was short of breath Finally I wrote to you for la* vice and you informed me that I had indigestion and a torpid liver. I did not think your diag °GolH™ «s ?h Vr5 Ut J ord s red Six utiles Of l»oldeu Medical Discovery • from you and beean its use. After using three bottles I began tofm" prove slowly and soon went to work, and I have Been working ever since." Constipation is the most unclean un cleanliness. Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pel lets cure it They never gripe. COR RENT.—A neat eight room brick house with additional basement rooms and a separate kitchen connected with house, situated on Frederick street between Augusta St. and Central Aye., notfarfrom the Postofhce and market. It will make a comfortable and centrally located home for a family or any one who wishes to keep boarders. The house has been newly painted, papered and finished inside and out. Apply to T. C. MORTON, Spectator office. To Arrive, Due this Week, I 1,400 BUSHELS SEED AND EATING POTATOES of the best quality which we will sell at the lowest market price for first class stock. Seed—Michigan Rose, Michigan Hebron, Early Ohio, Blis' Triumph and white stock. We still have a small lot of DANISH CABBAGE AND DANVER ONIONS to close out. Send in yonr orders. Hides and Tallow Wanted. J. A. Fauver & Co. 33 & 35 S. Augusta St., Staunton, Va. Mutual Phone 25. Great#Clearing#Sale Stock Taking! Ms, Overcoats, Ulsters anil in- nii Ms! have still many styles to select from. For a few weeks we will sell same at prices that cannot be du-l plicated again. As goods will be much higher next Fall. It will pay you to buy them now for future use, if you do not need them at present. JOS. L. BARTH & CO., WHOLLY & MURPHY PIE AND UNADOXTEBATED LipiiS! Handle all the Different Brands of Au-ustaCoun ty Whiskies from Three to Eight Years Old. ONLY HANDLERS OP D. BEARD WHISKY IN THE CITT OR COUNTY Have also on hand different brands of fine Old Wilson and Monti cello, Pennsylvania Gray, Melvale, and other fine brands. Special at tention given to all orders. Having on hand a large quantity of Whiskies and Wines, we will offer to the trade special inducements. We handle Port and Shsrrv for family use which we will sell at $1.00 p< r ge Bpc ; * Abo Pott ed Beer, Scotch Ale and London Porter. Our $2 a gallon Whiskey you will find para and good . JWo. SjSouth Hew Street, Staunton. Va.U Our readers will find correct Schedules of the three great railroads of the State regularly published Inthlspaper, theC.&O. theN.A W. and the Southern. NO. 11. TWO hundred bushels of Potatoes remove i eighty pounds of "actual" Pot i ash from the soil. One thou , sand pounds of a fertilizer con taining 8% "actual" Potash will supply just the amount needed. If there is a de ficiency of Potash, there will be a falling-off in the crop. We have some valuable books telling about composi tion, use and value of fertilizers for various crops. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Slipper Talk! What is more sensible and practica ble for a Christmas present than a pair of SLIPPERS for a man or wo man ? We have them for both, and in up-to-date Styles and Low Prices. Of course we have Shoes for Ladies, Misses, Children, Men, Boys and Youths. All desirable Christmas goods. CHAS. L. WELLER, Opposite Masonic Temple. T7IHGINIA, To-wlt:-In ;tho Clerk's Office t of the Circuit Court of Auausta coun ty, the 7th day of March, 1800. Daniel A. Landes and Sarah C. Lan- Q, «' _ Plaintiff*, vs. * David 1.. Landes and William H. Lan des, executors of the last will and testa ment of David Landes deceased, and in their own right, and others. Defendants. In Chancery. The object of this salt is to obtain a decree in the Circuit Court of Augusta county, Vir ginia, to sell a tractof 110 acres or land situ ate in said county, belonging to the esufle of David Landes, deceased, and di»ide the pro ceeds thereof among those entitled thereto under the will of said decedent, and to aLttle the accounts of the executors of said dece dent. And it appearing by affidavit filed that tinmet r. Landes is a non-resident of this Sgfe- I *ig o «*g*' that he do appear here wUtdnflftMu days after due publication of this order and do what is necessary to pro tect his interest in this suit. VIRGINIA, To-wit:—At Rules held in the ■ Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, the sth day of March 1900. * ■ry M. Trayer and others, Plaintiffs. !iam Trayer and others, Defendants. In Chancery, object of this suit is to obtain par tition, if practicable, or a sale in lieu of partition, if impracticable, of a tract of land containing thirty acres, more or less, situated near Staunton, in Augusta coun ty, Va., which was conveyed by Josephine Stuart and others to A. B. Ligntner Trus tee, -for tfee use of John M. Trayer and wife and their children, in accordance with the provisions of the will of Jane Trayer deceased. And it appearing by affidavit filed that due diligence has been used on behalf of the plaintiffs to ascertain in what county or corporation defendants Ada Rowe Mat tie Trayer, Herbert Trayer, Thomas Tray er, Howard Traver and Bertie Trayer, reside, without effect, it is ordered that said defendants do severally appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this suit: Teste, JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk. "UV „• *X- Bumgardner, p. q. Previous to NO. 9 S. AUGUSTA ST., STAUNTON, VA. -DEALERS fir