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Wist Tiipi teat.
Thomas H. Mason, Business Manager
The best and the safest way to
strengthen the party is to place in
front men who fairly represent Dem
ocratic ideas and who have the con
fidence of the people. We have no
faith in that policy which seeks to
maintain party lines by coercion.
Voters must bo persuaded; they
cannot be driven. They should be
convinced; it is no longer practica
ble to control them by practicing
deception.
If the party does not break the
machines the machines will break
the party.
We want for Senator a man of
whom we may be proud and who
will reflect honor on this State.
Monopoly has an opportunity to
profit by a caucus and a foolish at
tempt is made to persuade the peo
ple that some principle it at stake.
If the caucus stood in the way of
Mr. Camden's re-election the very
persons who are now for it would be
the first to cry it down.
Would newspapers like the Regis
ter be so urgent for Mr. Camden if
he were worth only $5,000 and if
the railroad influence was against
him.
In a contest with Monopoly is Mr. i
Camden more likely to render the j
cause of the people better service J
than such a man as Judge Hay- i
mond?
The newspapers which arc sup
potring Mr. Camden are very silent
about the bill to prohibit the free
pass bribery.
The course of the anti-Standard Oil j
Democrats will be very popular as soon
as the facts become known to the people,
and certain members of the party, now
in Charleston, have prepared and dis
tributed the following circular. It
will be sigued by every Democrat who
comprehends the value of honest gov
ernment:
TO WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS
Charleston, Jan. 28th, 1S87.
Impressed by the dangers which
imperil pure government and the
supremacy and integrity of the
Democratic party by the reprehensi
ble political methods adopted in the
administration of party politics in
this State, twelve of the Demoerrdic
representatives in the Legislature,
now in session, in fidelity to then
convictions of right, and with ceur
age.and devotion to the best inter
ests of the State and of the party,
refused to enter a caucus—the out j
come of which was preordained—
rather than place themselves in a
position where they would be oblig
ed to violate every pledge and prom
ise upon the faith of which they j
were elected. Their action is but
the expression of the sentiment en
tertained by the more thoughtful
and conservative men of the party
and by a large majority, as we be
lieve, of the Democratic voters of
the State, who have long realized,
and are now fully persuaded, that
there must be a change of methods,!
and a steadfast adherence to Demo-1
cratic principles, in order to ensure, !
oeyona uouot, lue continued su
premacy of the party. There is a
widespread feeling and belief that
patronage in this State has been
employed for the purpose of build- !
ing up a body of office-holding man- j
agers whose activity and zeal in the '
primaries outweigh the popular
judgment when left untrammeled. 1
This body of office holders was cou- j
vened when the Legislature met, and !
it is said that nearly all of them j
were present and importunate for '
the election of the candidate of the
combined power of monopoly and
office holders. We do not believe :
that the great body of Democrats
throughout the State are yet pro I
pared to approve the methods which '
have been resorted to to enthrone
. monopoly and to establish an office- !
holding oligarchy, to whose dicta-'
tion they must render obedience and j
passive submission, and which jeop- ,
ardize the integrity of the party j
and are prejudicial to the welfare of :
the great body of the people.
The time of reform in political
methods has therefore arrived, and
the situation in our judgment, de
• mands that the Democracy through- !
out the State should rally to the J
support and give their endorsement
to the action of the twelve true,tried
and courageous Democrats, who, in
fidelity to the people and the party,
have thus so nobly discharged their
duty by throwing themselves into
the breach for the maintenance of
the true principles of Democracy.
Hence, the undersigned take this
method of inviting the attention of
those who arc not present to the'sit
tiation.
(. tiAKUEHTOS,Fttb. 1st.—By c asting
the r votes s*lu£' first for Willey,
no.tt for Burdette and then lor Goff,
the Republicans have proven that
' they are able to act as a unit. It is
perfectly well known here that Mr.
! Camden’s friends have exhausted
j effoit to obtain for him Republican
1 vok*3 and it is equally well known
that as yet no progress has been
made in that direction. Neverthe
! less-his lobby has always appeared
I entirely confident that, they would
' be able to do so presently. It is a
significant fact, and it shows the ex
tent to which our politics are de
bauched, that respectable gentlemen
are frequently heard to say,—’’Cam
den has too much at stake, and he
has too much money, to be defeated.”
' It seems tome that this expectation
! that corrupt means wifi be used is a
, conclusive argument in favor of the
conduct of those who have resisted,
and by their resistance have defeat
ed his re election. The trouble with
the Democratic party is, that it
places before thejpeople men who do
not command public confidence; the
rank and file do not believe that
their professions are sincere. Indeed
the circumstance, that there is this
expectation that the office of Senator
will be purchased with money is con
clusive proof that we should bring to
the front some man whose qualifica
tions for the office are found in his
head and not in his pocket. It is
absolutely impossible to maintain
the lines or to gain recruits unless
this office, the most important of all
offices, is given to a gentleman who
commands the public confidence and
who is looked up to with respeet and
admiration.
Il is blatantly asserted that Mr.
Caiuden was, and is. the choice of
three-fourths of the Democratic
members of the Legislature. This
is uot true. When YanPelt was
nominated the pledge was given that j
he would uot vote for him. Previous ;
to the election Harding, Gorrell, Hi- 1
ner, Yeager, Crockett, Chambers •
and Byrne all said that he was uot j
their choice; Summerville, in his I
speech before the Joint Assembly j
stated, (as I am informed), that, un- |
til th.e caucus, it was nol his inten- j
tion to support Mr. Camden; during*
the canvass it was believed in Wheel- ,
ing that Gleason and Garden were |
opposed to him; neither Shaw or
Itowan could have' been elected had
they advocated Mr. Camden and it
is very certain that Gettinger would
not have been nominated if be had j
expressed himself for Vim. In point j
of fact, their is every reason to be- j
lieve that Mr. Camden was not the ;
choice of at least 24 of the 50 Dem
ocrats in the Legislature. What
then becomes of the blatant assertion j
that he had three-fourths of his par* j
ty? The simple truth is that his j
managers ascertained that he had j
26 and probably 27 votes which j
would be a majority and they also j
ascertained that by raising a great !
clamor for party discipline and par j
ty usage they could coax, weedle or
bulldoze info the caucus eight or |
nine gentlemen who did not favor his j
re-election. Once in the caucus
those who opposed him would be
bound by its result, and the caucus j
was held in order to capture these !
nine votes. j
Mr. Camden was advised that at j
least 12 Democrats would not go
into n caucus, the'^result of which I
was predetermined. It required 46 j
votes to elect, the caucus would en
sure 37 and he expected to obtain 9 [
Republicans. This is the simple
truth and the whole story. Failing
to obtain Republican aid bis friends
endeavored to excite a popular
clamor sufficient to intimidate and
frighten from the path of duty the |
12 true and tried men who now ;
stand as a stone wall between the j
Standard Oil Company and tbeJDe
mocracy of this State. Fortunately
for the future of our party these 12
gentlemen are men of conviction and
they stood firm.
It is not my purpose to critizise :
harshly, much less to misjudge, the
motives which have actuated many
of those who zealously support Mr.
Camden. Some of them are misled
by their friendship for him and oth- j
ers are mistaken as to the policy j
that is best for the party. There is
no word of censure for those who
have voted for him, but I do insist
that the popular judgment is much
better represented by the 12 gentle- !
men who have prevented his elec- i
tion. Attention is called to two j
facts:
1. Immediately after the caucus
several of its members made the
statement that they had voted for ;
Mr. Camden onlv because there was 1
*
no other candidate in nomination.
It is worthy of remark, however,that
other gentlemen were voted for al
iliouglt not {disced.la nomination
. 2. Since the caucus Mr. Camden’s
friends have rested his case upon
the single proposition that being the
nominee of a (-fragmentary) caucus
he is entitled to every Democratic
vote. The moment the caucus ad
journed his election was placed on
the ground that he was its nominee
and thereupon the press, the pha
lanx of Federal office-holders, alUhc
railroad politicians and Mr. Cam
j den’s business partners at once com
! hined together to fill the air w ith a
i loud cry that it was rank treason to
resist its authority. But loud as this
! cry has been, yet no one pretends
! that a caucus is binding upon those
who are not in it. There wore many
persons vitally interested to manu
facture a public opinion in favor of
the supremaej' of the caucus, while
no one was specially concerned to
preach the truth or to inculcate
sound views, and under such cir
cumstances it is not surprising that
many intelligent men, who have not
reflected on the situation and who
arc not acquainted with the facts,
do not at this time, sufficiently ap
preciate the debt of gratitude that
is due to the 12 gentlemen who have
had the manhood to resist the false
doctrine which is now promulgated
in order that monopoly may retain
its ascendenc}r in the Senate.
This contest for Senator has pre
sented a question which it were
well lor the people of this State to
consider thoughtfully. It is this:
the result of the caucus was prede
termined. If these 12 gentlemen
had gone into that caucus they would
have been bound to support its nom
inee. What was their duty? Should
they remain free to give their con
stituent9 the full benefit of their
best judgment in the selection of a
Senator, or should they subordinate
the welfare of the State to the su
premacy of a contrivance which is
the invention of politicians and
which is used to thwartthe popular
judgment? It was their duty to re
main free. They were appointed to
represent the wishes of their con
stituents: acting, not for themselves
but, for the people at home, they had
no right to tie their hands so the}'
must go contrary to the public in
terest. The issue was,
CAUCUS AND CAMDEN Oil NO CAUCUS
AND NO CAMDEN.
If this issue were left to the rank
and the fde it would go against the
politicians by a very large majority.
In my opinion, when it comes to a
question between the supremacy of
the popular will and the supremacy
a caucus, the latter must fall. It is
a significant fact that the politicians
and newspapers that declaim so
loudly about the importance of pre
serving the instruments of party
discipline have never yet, during all
this controversy, said a single word
about maintaining the principles
professed by the party. It is a re
markable fact that although the
newspapers and politicians arc so
boistrous in behalf of the caucus
yet I never meet a citizen of the
uon-ollice seeking class who does
not tell me that he cares nothing
for the caucus or for any other in
strument of party machinery. lie
invariably says,—“give us candi
dates WHO STAND OUT SO WE CAN SEE
THEM AND WHO WILL CARRY OUT IN
GOOD FAITH TnE PRINCIPLES OF DE
MOCRACY AND THERE WILL RE NO NEED
FOR SUCH A CONTRIVANCE AS THE CAU
CUS.”
It lias been evident for more than a
week that Mr. Camden cannot be
re-elected and there has been con
siderable conference between his
friends and the gentlemen whose
sense of their duty to the welfare
of this State prevented them from
going into the caucus. This con
ference culminated to-day in a prop
osition that Mr. Camden should
withdraw from the field and that a
list bo made of some 15 prominent
and well-known democrats cither
one of whom would unite the party
and either one of whom will be j
cheerfully supported by those who
are unable to vote for Mr. Camden.
This is a very fair proposition, and
we arc constrained to believe that it
would be cheerfully accepted were it
not that Mr. Camden’s anxiety to
retain the office is greater than his
concern for the welfare of our party. ,
It remains to be seen whether he
will be able to coerce into obedience
all of the 37 who went into caucus.
Our readers will observe that the J
situation is this: Mr. Camden spar
tizans, say, that he shall be Senator
or else there will be no election; the
12 gentlemen who refuse to support
him are perfectly willing to unite on
any other candidate who is not iden
tified with Monopoly and whose per
sonal interests arc more m harmony
with the common wants of our peo
ple. Mr. Camden's friends occupy
an untenable position.
Charleston, Jan. 31st., ’87.
The following extract, from a let
terto the Intelligencer by its cor
respondent at this place, is worth
reprinting. It so happens that Mr.
Osliorne made to tug the same state
ment that was given to tho_ reporter
of tho Intelligencer and I can also
certify that Senator Price, of Mar
shall, is not likely to depart from
the line of his duty. He informs
me he is confident that although his
course may be misrepresented it will
eventually be understood and his
conduct will be vindicated by results.
THEIR PECULIAR POLICY.
Outsiders are entirely at loss to
account for M r. Camden’s couduct.
Although his lobby is increasing
and new men are constantly coming,
lie has no organization and his strik
I ers grope about in the dark. If a
! member of the Legislature seems to
| be laboring, from two to six local
politicians in his county pnt in
their appearance, but this has be
come so common that it attracts no
attention. The Register's account
of the mass meeting in Moundsville
which was intended to bulldoze Sen
ator Bushrod Price did not cause a
single comment and had no more
effect upon the Senator than the
blowing of tho wind. He says he is
eighty years old and has been a
Democrat all his life. He informed
me that although the strikers in the
pale of monopoly may make a ripple
on the surface, the}’ cannot phase
the solid Democrats in his district.
It is very plain to him, he says,that
all the Camclen men have money
I enough to run about the country
j making demonstrations, whereas the
people opposing him arc quietly at
home attending to their business;
but while they are not excited and
noisy they are nope the less opposed
to the Senator's re election,
ox THE o. r. r.
Col. McLean, of Putnam, is here
and he informs me that although
superhuman efforts have been made
to bulldoze Senator Switzer, his
course i3 fully sustained by the
sturdy veomany in his party and he
is stronger aud more popular to-day
than he ever was. Col McLean tells
me that it is a eomuian remark in
Putnam that his constituents desire
Switzer to act as lie thinks best
regardless of the clamor of Camden’s
strikers.
MK. SPEAKER.
I had a talk this evening with
Mr. John Osborne, a prominent law
yer in Monroe county. lie says that
during his canvass Speaker Rowan
declared that he was opposed to
Camden, and that if he had intima
ted his intention to support him he
could not have been nominated. It
seem3 that Gen. Phil. Snyder ap
pointed Rowan’s son—or some near
relation—to an oliice. Osborne says
that a Camden man could not obtain
100 votes in his county and that
Rowan knows it perfectly well.
With regard to Senator VanPelt Mr.
Osborne says that when his name
was proposed to the convention the
question was asked how he would
vote on the Senatorship and that
VanPelt’s brother-in-law replied that
he was authorized to pledge him to
vote against Camden. There arc
several other gentlemeu here from
Monroe who have been prominent in
all conventions, and without excep
tion they declare that the Green
brier delegates are the only ones
voicing sentiments of that section.
iflllL PULLING AT KEI’IJBUCAKSr
It t» very evident to Jne that Sen
ator Camden’8 friends are making
the greatest effort to obtain Repub
lican votes, and it is also evident
that they are not receiving any en
eouragemcnt. I was informed to
day by a thoroughly posted anti
Camden Democrat, who is person
ally very partial to Governor Wil
son, that there is no contingency in
which lie could be elected as C am
den’s successor. He said it would
ruin his party to vacate the Govern
orship at this juncture, and that he
believed that if Wilson was pushed
to the front the Republicans would
break and go to Camden. It is the
common opinion here that Camden
made a great blunder when he forced
the caucus, for the reason that the
Republicans would violate their en
tire policy should they support a
Democratic nomineo—the more es
pecially when such nominee is load
ed with Standard oil.
The Wellsburg Herald (a Repub
lican paper) speaking to the sug
gestion that Mr. Camden’s friends
expect to obtain for him some Re
publican votes says:
The Republican that goes over to
him now had better secure boodle
enough to take him to Texas or
Canada, for guilty or innocent, he
will never outlive the imputation, if
he lives as long as Methuselah in
West Virginia. Get the cash and
slide.
Hon. D. B. Lucas is a man of rec
ognized ability as a lawyer through
out the State, and is beyond any
question greatly the superior of any
man in that profession in the House
of Delegates; but notwithstanding
this factf the Speaker of the House
of Delegates has thought proper to
place another gentleman at the head
of the Judiciary Committee. We
congratulate the young gentleman
who has been so fortunate as to be
placed at the head of this most im
portant committee in this branch of
the Legislature. However, we can- |
not congratulate the Speaker, for j
there are some rules of propriety
which ought to He observed even by
a politician. Probably the reaeon
why.thesc rules are not obeerved is,
that they are not in the poKtic&l
manual.—Charleston Labor Atleo
I cate.
: By general consent Chew was the
! best man for Chairman of the Fi
i nance Committee, and Speaker
Rowan says “he did not like to give
| Jefferson more than one of the im
portant places.” There was consid
. erablc adverse criticism because
j Lucas was uot made Chairman of
! the Judiciary Committee or of that
j on railroads.
i A WORD FOR EQUAL TAXATION.
! Each citizen should contribute to
j the expense of Government in pro
i portion to his ability. But experi
1 ence shows that the very class best
| able to pay taxes shape legislation
^ so as to escape their share of the
j burden. It is the first duty of
I Government to equalize taxation.
In order to do this, our Constitution
makes a distinction between the
person who owns an item of proper
ty ami the property itself. The tax
is levied on the property and the
person who owns that property is
charged with the payment. If a
diamond is worth one thousand
dollars, the tax on is #2, and who
ever owns the diamond on the ffrst
day of april, (the assessment day),
must pay the $2; and it makes no
difference whether he is rich or poor.
The diamond is taxed and its owner
must pay. A moment’s reflection
will satisfy any one that if each and
every item of property be listed for
taxation, then perfect equality will
: prevail and no one man will pay
more than his share.
Our Constitution has two propo
: si lions:
1. Taxation shall be equal aud
uniform throughout the State.
| This means that property in one
| part of the State shall be taxed the
same as property in another part of
the State.
2 All property real and personal
shall be taxed according to its value.
This means that each and every
: item of property shall be listed by
the assessor. An example will il
i lustrute how the present law lias been
| shaped so as to enable a vast
amount of property to escape taxtion.
It is well known that large enter
: prises are now generally conducted
by means of corporate association
and, while corporations are not cn
; gaged in farming, they prosecute
many of the most lucrative branches
i of business. For example, we have
i saw mill companies, companies en
! gaged in merchandise, in lumbering,
! and in every conceivable occupation.
Probably there are 0,000 of them
doing business in this State. It is
perfectly evident that if horses, cat
tle and machinery are owned by a
corporation they ought to be listed
for taxation precisely as they would
be listed if owned by an individual.
But inasmuch as corporations,
I (through their agents) arc active in
shaping legislation, the law of this
State has been fashioned so as to
discriminate in their favor. The
law requires an individual to enu
merate his property item bv item.
The assessor a3ks a farmer “Ifow
many horses and their value, how
many hogs aud their value,” etc.,
etc.; but the assessor, when he
comes to a corporation, does not re
quire it to enumerate its property;
lie simply asks: “What is the value
of y^ui-fFi’sonal property after de
ducting your debts.”
But the case is worse. An indi
vidual is not permitted to deduct
his debts from his horses, hogs and
other cteible property, yet a corpo
ration may do so. Is it not a mon
strous proposition that if a corpora
tion buys a horse on a credit the
debt may be deducted, and yet when
an individual owes for his horse he
cannot deduct the debt? A bili is
offered to amend section Go, of chap
ter 29 of the Code, relating to the
assessment of property which is
owned by a corporation, and it is
proposed that the personal property
of a corporation shall be listed pre
cisely in the same manner as such
property would be listed if owned
by an individual. But straightway
there is a hue and cry against
changing the law. Unfortunately,
comparatively few members of the
Legislature have taken the trouble
to study this matter and they have
not time to do so while that body is
in session. Ileucc, it is very easy
for those who profit by this unjust
discrimination to confuse the sub
ject by plausible theories which are
utterly unsound. For example, we
hear it said that corporations should
be favored in order to invite foreign :
capital to come here and develop the i
State. A moment’s reflection will!
exploded hU fallacy. Is corpora tel
capital to be favored at the expense
of farming capital? Who pays the
bill when one class is favored?
When one person is favored, his
neighbor must pay the coat We
have had this law for twenty odd
years and nobody can name an in
stance where it contributed to iuvit
ing capital. Other States do not
thus discriminate in favor of corpo
rations. The simple truth is, this
idea that wo can develop the State
by bearing down on one class for
the benefit of another class is all
wrong and is simplya device to per
petuate an unjust law which was
made for the benefit of the very per
sons best able to pay their jusUpro
portion of the expenses of govern
ment. In order that this matter may
be understood we give the law as it
ought to be and then we present the
law as it now is:
THE LAW AS IT OUGHT TO nE.
The assessor shall obtain from
the proper officers or agents of every
incorporated company in his district
(except railroads and foreign insur
ance, telegraph and express compa
nies), an enumeration of all its per
sonal property in precisely the same
manner ns if such property was
owned by an individual. Such com
| pan)' rnaj’ deduct its debts in the
i same manner and to tbe same ex
I tent as is allowed in the case of in
! dividuals.
THE LAW AS IT NOW IS.
The assessor shall ascertain from
| the proper officers or agents of all
j incorporated companies in his dis
tricl (except railroad and foreign in
surance, telegraph and express com
panies )thc actual value of the capital
employed or invested in their busi
ness. The value of the capital shall
i be estimated by taking the average
; value of all the personal property of
the company and deducting from
said aggregate what the company
owes as principal debtor.
It is incomprehensible how any
fair-minded nu*n can hesitate to sup
' port this bill. It would pass with
1 out a dissenting vote were it not
, that a large amount of pioperty in
this State has become accustomed
to escape taxation. If this law were
i submitted to the popular vote no
politician wottld oppose it.
> The fact that the Pennsylvania
! Railroad Company has been con
strained to pay over $1,000,000 of
| its earning for the maintenance of
' its pooling arrangements with other
trunk lines is a proof that the coun
' tervailing advantages to the com
! pany are extremely valuable. Per
haps there could be no stronger
proof that the public interest suffers,
j Whatever it costs the trunk lines to
' maintain rates in actual outlay, and
whatever advantage is derived by
increased earnings, must lie contrib
! uted by those who pay for railroad
service. If the Pennsylvania Raii
i road Company had cut down its
1 rate9 to the extent of $1,000,000, in
: stead of giving $1,000,000 to keep
the peace, it would probably have
| lost no traffic whilst maintaining its
j self-respect as a common carrier
! doing n square business.—l*hila
I delphia Record.
PUBLIC SALE.
I will offer at public sale, on (\e “Sil
ver tipring Farm,” the property of Mrs.
M. ti. Itidnle, two miles son'll of lUpon,
Jefferson county, W. Va., on
Tuesday, March 1st,
1887, the follow ing property;
4 FARM HORSES, 4
A PAIR OF BAY COLTS,
1 Driving Horse, 1 Yearling Colt,'4 Steers,
3 spayed Heifers, 4 Mileli Cows, [two
with Calves bv their sides) 4 Heifers,
(soon to be fresh)1 Yearling,
SEVENTY-FIVE EWES,
I Southdown and 1 Cotswold Buck, 2
Sows, 15 Pigs, 1 Steel Tninible Skein
Wagon, (Howell’s makeil Two-Horse
Wagon, 1 new Spring \\ agon, 1 Horae
! Cart, 1 Water Cart and Barrel, 1 New
; Cutter, 1 Sulky, 1 New Champion Bind
er, 1 Champion Reaper and Mower, I
Bickford & Huffman Wheat Drill, 1
II or so Robe, 1 Whipple Harrow, 1
Square and 1 Corn Harrow, 3 Baraliear
i Plow*, 3 Doable Shovel Plows. 1 Double
: Wheel Plow, 2 Si igle Shovel Plows, 1
Wheat Fan, 2 Wheat Shelvings, 1 Ox
Yoke, 1 Cutting Box. 1 Horse Power
Jack, 2 I»g Chains, 2 Grain Cradles, lot
oi Thribble, Double and Single Trees,
; Crowbar, Pick, Corn Sooup and Farm
' Shovels, 12 Grain Sacks and 1 Machine
Sheet, Work Bench and Iron VIse.An
, vcl, Bellows, Screw Plates, lot of Carp
i enter Tools, Crosscut Saw, Mauls and
i Wedges, Axes, 1 lightning Hay Knife, 1
l Grindstone, lot of Hoes, Forks, etc.; 1
| set of Wheel (iear, 1 set of Front Gear, 4
Housing, But Chains, Breast Chains and
! Spreaders, 1 set of Light Breeching, 4
I Now Collars, S Wagon Bridles, 4 sot of
Plow Gear, 1 set Doable Lines, 1 Double
; Set of Light Harness, (new) 1 Set of Sin
gle Harness, 1 Bqggv Tongue,(now) I
: Double Heater Coal Stove, 4 Wood
i Stoves, 1 Cook Stove, 1 Coal Gil Stove, 1
! Sideboard, I Walnut Table, 1 Kitchen
| Table, 1 Wardrobe, \ Walnut Bureau, 2
Withstands, 1 Flour Chest, Churn. Ice
; Cream Freezer, 1 Large Brass Kettle, 2
I Small Kettles, and other articles too nu
' merous to mention.
TERMS OF SALK.—For all sums of
| $10 and under, Cash; over that sum a
credit of Nine Months will he given on
notes well endorsed, payable at either of
the Charlestown Banks, bearing inter
est from date of sale, no property to be
removed until terms of sale are com
plied with. Sale to commence at 10
o’clock, ▲. x. No postponement.
R. WORM LEY NORRIS.
D. Heflkbower, Auctioneer.
I will offer also at this sale and on the
same terms, the following:
THREE WORK HORSES,
1 Farm Wagon, 3 Plows, 2 Harrows, 1
Single Wheel Champion Reaper, 2
Wheat Drills, 1 Set of Shelving*, 1 Horae
Cart. WM. D. SMITH, Jr.
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FRESH STONE LIUS,
Sold by T. P. LIPPITT
j 1887, all my stock sod farming Uni de
ments, aa follows:
WORK HORSES
SiCm *wo of them good brood marc* in
foal; 2 Colts—two and one year old;
4 Milch Cows,
SIX HEAD OF YOUNQ CATTLK,
4 Brood Sows, 12 Shoats, 2 Two-Horxo
Wagons, ono Brown manufacture No. 3:
1 Pair Hay ladders,
One Wood Binder,
In good order; 1 Champion Mower: 1 Red
Bird Horae Rake. Harness for 4 It oraes,
1 Set of Plough Harness, 1 Saddle, Halt
ers. 1 Four-Horse Une,l MoShorrv Drill,
1 Wheat Fan, 1 Corn Planter, 1 Com
Sbeller, 1 Cutting Box, 1 Sulkv Plough,
good as new; 1 Three-Horse Ilarrmi, i
Corn Harrow, 1 Three-Horse SuiiMi
Plow, 1 Three-Horse Root Ptow. i Wood
,Stock Plow, Double and Si agle Shovel
Plows, Tliribble, Double md Single
Trees, 1 Corn Cover, 1 Sled, 1 Old ltuggv,
1 Log Chain, Forks, Rakes a >1 Shovofs.
1 King Maul, 2 Wedges, 1 Auger and
Axe, lot of Boxes. Barrels and old Iron.
1 Washing Machine, good aa new, Jo nos’
patent; Stone-1 tod and Chicxen Cootm,
Fodder in Stack, which is to be fed on
the farm, and many other things too
numerous to mention. Also
Household and Kitchen Fur
. niture.
TERMS OF 8A LK.—Six months cred
it on all sums over $10, purchaaer giving
negotiable note with approved aecurity,
payable at the Bank of Cbarleatown.
Jefferson county, W. Va., with interest
from date. Sums of $10 and undor Cush.
No property to be removed until term*
of Bale are complied with. Saletoenm
mence at 10 o'clock, a. m
8AMUEL R. WHITMt
Daniel Hkklebowrr, Auction
feb4-3L
PUBLIC SALE!
-OF———
VALUABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY,
Having determined to dtaeontinno
farming I will offer at Fublle Halo to the
highest bidder ou the farm of Mr. D. B.
Lucas, at Keyes Ford, oast side of Shen
andoah River,
Wednesday, March 2,1887.
All my Stock and Purming Implements,
consisting as follows:
3 Head of Work Homs,
Two of them No. 1 Barshear leaders, one
FINE SADDLE and DRIVING HORSE,
Eight Head
Of Cattle.
4 No. 1 Milch Cows, 4
1 half-breed Durham Bull.
15 head of (lne Shoats, 4 Brood Sown,
and Pigs.
22 Head Fine Cotsweld Ewes.
One 3 or 4-horite Western Wagon, good
as new; one 2-horso wagon; 2 sets of
breeching, 2 set* of front gear, 4 collars
4 wagon bridles, plow gear tor 3 horses,
1 buggy, nearly new, single harness (rol
lers and bridle, 13-horso Barshoar plow,
] 2-horso root plow, single and double
shovel plows, single, double and thrlble
trees, forks and chains, 2 log chains. 1
wheat drill, In good order, 4 tons of No.
1 clover hay; 8 bushels No. 1 Saplin clo
ver seed uud many other articles too nu
merous to mention. -
TERM'D OK SALE.—A credit of ten
month* will )»e given on all lumi of 910
and over by purchaser giving note with
approved security, payable and negotia
ble nt the Bank of Charlestown, with in
terest from dute, but if paid at maturity
the interest will be remitted. Under fid,
cash will he rooutred. No proporty to
be removed until terms of sale are com
plied with. 0. A. WATSON.
D. IIEFL1BOWER, Auctioneer.
Parties attending sale will be ferried
free of charge on day of sale. No post
ponement on acconnl of weather.
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Trustee’s Sale
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By virtue of a Deed of Troat executed
by Joseph W. Trussed, boaring date on
tne 21st day of Jah., 1887, end duly re
corded in tne Clerk’s oh)re of the County
Court of Jefferson county, in Deed Book
P, page 519, the undersigned, Trustee,,
will oner at public aale on k
Thursday, February 24, j
1887, at the residence of Jos. W. Trussed
on tho farm of Thomas Sublette, one
and o-half miles south of Cluulestown,
the following personal property:
Six Valuable Work Horses,
two of them brood marcs, one with foal,
4 Milch Cows,
three of them fresh;.1 Durham Boll, 3
Young Calves, Wagon Harness com
plete for four horses, Plow Harnoss fur
six horses. Set of double Harness, 2
Four-Horse Wagons, 1 Cart and Har
ness, 5 Shoats, Bow and Pigs, 1 Cham
pion Mower, 1 Roller, 1 Champion am!
f Bickford A Huffman Drill, Sirring
Wagon, Osburn Self-Biuder,Wheat Fan,
9 Double and 3 Single Shovel Plows, 4
Souaro Harrows, Corn Shelter, Fifth
Chains, Log Chains, Pitch Forks, Dung
Forks, Grain Cradles, Mowing Scythes,
Briar Scythes, Crosscut Saws, Ilonto
Rake, lyt of Hay and Fodder, lot of
Corn, 2 pair Shelvlngs, Grain Sacks,
Grind Stone, Sleigh. Monarch Fruit
Dryer, Rakes, Forks,Hoes, Potatoes and
Vinegar. Corn Knives, Kega, and many
other articles too numerous to mention.
Also some
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FUR
NITURE.
TERMS OF SALE.—All sums of flO
and less Cash, over that amount Seven
Months credit, purchaser giving nego
tiable note with approved security,bear
ing interest from date. ___
FORREST W. BROWN,
Trustee.
Daxiel Heflebowlb, Auctioneer.
This aale is made with ray approval
and consent.
£ JOSEPH W. TRUSSED!.
At same Jfce and place, and on same
terms, I wnroffer at public aale
ONE CARRIAGE A HARNESS
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