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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, l?99.
RESTRICTED SUFFRAGE.
There is an evident purpose on the part
of the Democracy in several more of the
Soutbern States to follow the example of
lxwisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
in the adoption of methods to restrict or j
repress suffrage. In Alabama and North
Carolina such a purpose is announced, and
the only reason for delay is that the most
effective and certain means can be adopted.
There is an insincerity about the move?
ment that is reprehensible. A shallow
pretense is made that the object of the use I
of constitutional measures to deprive a,
Urge class of citizens of the exercise of
suffrage, is to elevate and purify the suf?
frage in those States. To the careful ob?
server it is manifest that the sole purpose
of the advocates of restricted suffrage is to
perpetuate the power the political ma?
chines that now control the states in ques?
tion. Not only is it intended to deprive
the Republicans of the South of all repre?
sentation in State governments and the
Congress of the United States, but its de?
sign is to place all such power in the hands
of a few, a preferred class, a ring. If there
should be any doubt in the mind of any
intelligent man as to the truth of this as?
sertion we ask them to study the results
of the so-called restrictive methods that
have been employed in Louisiana, Missis?
sippi and South Carolina. In those statt s
the plans were claimed to be adopted to
get rid of the ignorant and vicious vote.
If that end las been attained, as shown
by the results, ignorance and vice must
have been rampant in those states; for
there has been a reduction of about four
fifths in the votes polled in them. To il?
lustrate this we give the vote that wts
cast in those three states in ISTti and the
vote that was cast in 189S. The follow ing
in the vote for 1870:
States Rep. Dem. Totals.
Louisiana.75,315 70,508 145,828
Mississippi.52,705 112,143 1?4.S4.S
South Carolina 92,081 91,540 183,292
Totals.220,101 274,191 494,292.
It has been estimated that in the
tweniy-two years that have elapsed since
1870 that the population in those States
has increased 1,750,000, which is equiva?
lent to a voting population of about 350,
000. This would give in Louisiana, Mis
sissippi and South Carolina about 650,000
males of voting age. To show how the
poll of votes has fallen off since the new
constitutions were adopted we give a table
of the vote on November 8th, 189S :
States Kep. Dem. Totals.
Louisiana. 5007 27,(i2i) :;:;,2!)?
Mississippi. 3573 23.S04 27,.'!77
South Carolina 2823 28,970 31,793
Totals.12,003 80,403 92,400
This shows that only about one-eighth of
tie voting population, under the new
order of affairs, is permitted or induced to
vote in Louisiana, Mississippi and South
Carolina. This looks much more like re?
pressed than restricted snflrage and is a
very serious menace to representative gov?
ernment. It does not matter whether the
voters are debarred from voting or are
rendered too indifferent to go to the polls
and vote, the evil none the less follows.
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OBSTRUCTIONISTS.
The Democrats in Congress are trying
to defeat the treaty with Spain. They are
the same men who precipitated the war
and then failed to give proper aid to the
Administration in carrying on the war.
Refusing to back the Administration in its
policy, they wanted to dictate how the
war should be managed. After it had
been successfully prosecuted they, for par
tizan ends, began to criticise the way in
which the war was conducted. Now they
seek to obstruct and defeat the treaty with
Spain for the purpose of embarrassing Mr.
McKinley and crippling the Republican
party. Every movement the Democratic
party, through its leaders in Congress,
has made in connection with the Ameri?
can-Spanish war-has been ill advised, and
in many instances unpatriotic.
If the Democrats should succeed in de?
feating the treaty, the men who vote to
assist such a thing will deserve the con?
demnation of all good citizens. Even Mr.
Bryan has advised against such a course.
Will his followers in Congress give his ad?
vice proper consideration, or will they
vote for a continuance of the war? A vote
against the treaty will mean one against
peace. There can be no question that the
country desires peace and it is equally as
certain that the Philippine question can
be settled as well after the treaty of peace
is ratified as before its acceptance. There
are other reasons why there should be a
speedy settlement of our troubles with
Spain. The business interests of the coun
trv demand it, and the volunteers in the
army are anxious to be discharged and to
return to their homes. In the face of such
a strong sentiment in favor of the treaty.it
is remarkable that so many Senators
should be indifferent to the wishes of their
constituents and reckless of the good of
the country.
OPPOSITION TO ADMINISTRATION.
As the large majority of the people of
Virginia were opposed to the late Span?
ish war and arc opposed to the ratification
of the Spanish treaty, it is gratifying to
them that their two representatives in the
United States Senate agree with them in
respect of that tieaty and will do all they
can to prevent its ratification.?The Alex?
andria Gasette.
Ti ne. The people of Virginia, we be?
lieve, are overwhelmingly opposed to the
unconditional ratification of the treaty.?
Richmond Dispatch.
It is also stultifying to these two Demo?
cratic Senators from Virginia when it is
known that they were, especially the
senior Senator, howling advocates of the
war with Spain,.though "the large major?
ity of the people of Virginia were opposed
to it." Then the Administration was op
P tsed to war, if it could be honorably
avoided. Of course the Senators from
Virginia had to oppose the Administra?
tion. Now the people of Virginia are for
a ratification of the treaty, only the Dem?
ocratic machine and a few of its followers
opposing it. Again the Democratic Sena?
tors who represent this State are misrepre?
senting their people and opposing the
treaty, because they must antagonize the
Administration. This is modern Demo?
cratic politics?to first find out what the
Republican party is for, and then oppose
it.
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Tin: Democratic Senators are wasting a
great deal of breath, and time that should
be occupied in looking after the welfare of
the country, in discussing the expansion
question. But the Democratic party is so
Quixotic that its representatives in Con?
gress are always hunting dangers that do
not exist and raising issues that have no
foundation.
It was very proper in President Mc?
Kinley to order a court-martial for Com?
missary General Eagan. The conduct of
General Miles toward the Commissary De?
partment may have been improper, but
the conduct of General Eagan before the
War Investigation Committee was too
coarse and vulgar to be tolerated.
Tins country is in much greater danger
on account of the Socialism that Mr. Bryan
is preaching than the Imperialism he is
denouncing. The one ism is now pres^
ent and was an important issue in 1S9G.
The other ism is a myth with which Mr.
Bryan is trying to frighten the people.
Senator Bacon's Anti-expansion Speech
shows that he is a statesman of "the
whole hog or none" order.?Richmond
Times.
The speech indicates rather that the hog
was killed in the wrong time of the moon,
and, therefore, the bacon is disposed to
shrink instead of expand.
The? call it the "New Democracy," the
"Reformed Democracy,*' the "Jeflerso
man Democracy," the "Free Silver Dem?
ocracy," and the "Anti-Imperialist Dem?
ocracy." In 1900 it will be the "Disap?
pointed Democracy."
Alabama and North Carolina are now
devising means to disfranchise the negro
vote. It is thought they will tadopt con?
stitutional measures similar to those of
Louisiana.
We heard a man say a few days ago he
was opposed to annexingthe'Thilippians."
So are we.
Sentiment in New England.
Philadelphia Press.]
Senatorial elections in two New Eng?
land States, Wednesday, gave conclusive
proof of the popularity of the expansion
policy in that neighborhood and in the
Republican party.
In Maine Senator Hale was re-elected,
but on account of his attitude on the Phil?
ippine question he was cut by a large
number of the Republicans. The Repub?
lican strength on joint ballot in the pres?
ent Maine Legislature is 157, but Mr. Hale
received only 111 votes, or 40 short of the
total. A few of the latter number did not
attend the session, but the most of those
not voting were in their seats and refused
to answer to their names, contenting them?
selves by making a silent protest against
Hale's re-electiou. And some of the Re?
publicans who voted for him declared that
they did so only because he was the regu?
lar Republican candidate.
A different scene was witnessed in Mas?
sachusetts. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
has been one of the most outspoken advo?
cates of the expansion policy. His atti?
tude on the question has been known
from the beginning to every man and
woman in Massachusetts. He came be?
fore the Legislature of that State for re?
election on the same day Senator Hale
went before the Maine Legislature. The
Republican strength in the two houses of
the Massachusetts Legislature is 198 and
Senator Lodge received 190 of this number,
or only eight votes short of the total, not
an unusual number of absences in an elec?
tion where there was no real contest.
One solitary Republican member refused
to vote for Mr. Lodge, and he doubtless
measures pretty accurately the size of the
anti-expansion sentiment in Massachu?
setts.
If a poll were taken in Maine and Mas?
sachusetts on the expansion question
Maine would give an emphatic indorse?
ment to Senator lx>dge. As such a poll
is not practicable these Senatorial elections
can be taken as a fair gauge of popular
sentiment on the subject of expansion.
Wanted.
For fi'teen years I have followed the
occupation of sawyer at steam saw mills,
and have worked for Adams Bros., eleven
and a half years. I am now unengaged
and would like to secure employment as a
sawyer at some mill. I refer to Adams
Brothers as to my qualifications.
H. Spriugs,
Abingdou, Va.
S. W. VIRGINIA
LOGAL ITEMS.
WHAT HAS RECENTLY TRANSPIKKD
IN THE COUNTIES OF THIS
SECTION.
Judge W. H. Boiling and Mr. W. 13.
Kegley of Wytheville have formed a part?
nership for the practice of law.
Miss Elisabeth Avers, a venerable aunt
of ex-Attorney Geneia Rufus A.Avers,died
in Wythe county on Monday of last week.
On Tuesday night, the 24th inst.: the
Third Annual Poultry Show at Bristol was
opened. It will close tomorrow, the L'7th
inst.
Mis. Peggy Wampler died at her home
near Rural Retreat, in Wythe county, one
day last week at the advanced age of j
ninety seven years.
On Monday of last week a log rolled
over Mrs. Burton in Buchanan county
injuring her so severely that she is not
expected to recover.
The Hoard of Supervisors of Russell
county has issued county bonds to the
amount of $15,000. The money will be
used to pay for building bridges and im?
proving the county roads.
Mrs. Charity Williams died at l>ebanon,
Ya., at seventy three years of age. She
had been a member of the Methodist
church fur sixty three years, having united
with that church when she was ten years
old.
A man by the name of Hankla made
his escape from the jail of Smyth county,
at Marion, on Wednesday of last week.
He was confined for some petty offence,
and had only four or five days more to
serve.
The Wytheville Enterprise announces
that Messrs. Waller S. Poage and John C.
and Kobert W. Blair have formed a law
partnership to be styled Blair, Poage and
Blair. The Messrs. Blair are sons of the
late Capt. F. S. Blair, the eldest, Mr. John
C. Blair, having been his fathers law part?
ner for several years.
The Board of Directors of the South,
western Hospital tit Marion, Ya., recently
cut down the allowance to the pastors of
the different churches in that town
for preaching at the asylum and other ser?
vices rendered. The cut was from $75.<;0
per year, each, to $37.50. An indignant
writer in the Marion News of the 20th inst.
j scores the hospital authorities pretty se?
verely. The writer gives some very dam?
aging statistical information as to the man?
agement of the institution. He says:
'Altogether the expenses for food, cloth?
ing, medicine, whiskey, etc., was $18,630.
00, while for salaries, wages, expenses of
Board and Executive Committee, the sum
of $17,057.53 was spent.'" The writer then
says. "A careful scrutiny of these figures
is well calculated to provoke the inquiry,
whether the Hospital is run for the hem lit
of the patients, or the patients rum for the
benefit of the Hospital."
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
All Fair Men Admit the Caution, Wis?
dom and Prudence of His
Course.
Chicago ''Tribune" (Rcp.)l
When any Republican defends the
President some Democrats call him a
time-server, a ilatterer ivho hopes to be
rewarded. In pleasing contrast to all this
abuse is the statement concerning the
President made by Senator Gray in bis
remarks at Wilmington day before yester?
day. As a result of his intimate knowl?
edge of the man he says#:?
I belong to a different political party,
but 1 should be false to my sense of jus?
tice and to that pride which I feel as an
American if I did not declare my confi?
dence in the patriotism and purity of pur?
pose of William McKinley. He is r.o
usurper of power, no stranger to Ameri?
can institutions, but one of the American
people, called to his high office by their
suffrages, and it would be strange indeed
if he did not share to the fuilest extent in
the love of our Constitution and the prin?
ciples that underlie it.
This is handsomely said. It is true.
When the dust and smoke of the present
conflict over the Philippines have cleared
away and that question has ceased to be
"in politics" nearly all men will admit
cheerfully the caution, wisdom and pru?
dence displayed by the President in deal?
ing with the issues arising out of the war
with Spain. He has moved too slowly to
please some at the time. He has moved
too rapidly to please those who did not
want him to move at all. The final ver.
diet will be that he advanced thoughtfully
and judiciously, keeping even pace with
the wishes of the people, waiting only to
learn their will,and then executing it when
he found out what it was.
Puny.
Children f
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SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr. Beveridge, the new Senator from
Indiana, is a self-made man, and is: known
among his friends us "the second Gar
field "
Bishop Potter, of New York, has the
reputation among reporters as being the
hardest man to interview in the Episcopal
Church.
Kussel 1 Sage was a warm supporter of
Zachary Taylor, and recently said that his
ideal American politician was Henry
Clay.
Queen Victoria, always an ardent ad?
mirer of Lewis Carroll, has accepted a
handsomely hound copy of the new bio?
graphy of the author of " Alice in Won?
derland."
William M. Chase, the successful artist,
was at one time so poor as to be able to
eat only bread anil cheese. "Even my
canvas and colors," he says, were supplied
by my fellow students."
Senator liawley was a classmate at
Hamilton College of Charles Dudley
Warner, with whom he was afterward
associated on the Hartford ."Courant"
to their early experience upon which both
men atribute their success in life.
Ambassador Choate, while in the Har?
vard Law School in 1853, was one of three
men appointed to debate against three
others, when his colleagues both fell ill.
Mr. Choate took the debate in hand alone
and won it. Oddly enough, the subject
was "The success of the war of 1812."
While in Porto Rico General Miles
needed an extra orderly, nnd a "green"
volunteer from the West was appointed.
When the General called him he replied,
"Well, Miles, what is it ?" The stab" ex?
pected a storm. Instead, the General
smiled and answered, "Don't call me
Miles. Call me 'Nels.' Miles is so for?
mal." But the lesson was learned.
Of the late Professor Henry Drummond,
his friend < i. A. Smith says: "You met
him everywhere, a graceful, well-dressed
gentleman, tall and lithe. He was keen
after a hundred interests. He fished,
skated and.shot as few can. He played
cricket and would go any distance to see a
lire or a foot bail match. He had a new
story, puzzle or joke every time he met
you."
A naval otliter who was, years ago, a
wardroom officer with Admiral Sampson,
says: He first displayed a moral courage
which always impressed me by not being
afraid to say Iii? prayers before turning in
of nights. At first he was alone in this,
but his example soon taught us all to fol?
low him. On the other hand, he never
makes his religious convictions offensive to
his shipmates.''
There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to?
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease, ami prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable. Sci?
ence has proven catarrh to be a constitu?
tional disease, and, therefore,' requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu?
tional cure on the market. It is taken in?
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi?
monials. Address,
F. J. Chunky & Co., Toledo, 0.
8ST"Sold by Druggists, 75c.
npO the clerk of the county court of
Tazewell county, in the State of
Virginia:
I, the undersigned J. E. Glenn hereby
file with you this my application as pro?
vided by statute to purchase one tract of
land containing 39.39-100 acres, more or
less, situated in said county, and being the
same land sold by the Treasurer of the
said county, on the 17th day of December
1895 for delinquent taxes due thereon for
the year of 1894, by and in the name of
Guy Harrisson, and bought at said sale by
the Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia
for said State and county, the said land
being assessed on the Commissioner's
book of the said county for the year 1897,
in the name of A. T. and C. E: Harman.
And I hereby agree, as provided for by
law, to pay the amount for which said
real-estate was sold as aforesaid, together
with such additional sums as may or would
have accrued for taxes and levies with all
interest as provided by law, had said real
estate not been so gold and purchased by
the Commonwealth.
Given undei my hand this the 1 day of
September 189S. J. E. Queen.
VIRGINIA: Tazewell county to-wit:
I, T. E George, clerk of the county
court of said county, do hereby certify
that the foregoing application for the pur?
chase of real-estate by J. E. Glenn is a
true copy of an application on tile in my
office.
Given under my hand this the 5th day
January 1899.
T. E. Geohge, Clerk.
VIRGINIA: In the clerks office of
county court of Tazewell county, Virginia,
on the 5th day of January 1899, an affida?
vit having been made and filed in the
above application that the defendant Guy
Harrisson is a nonresident of the State of
Virginia, therefore the said Guy Harrisson
is required to appear within four months
after due publication of the said applica?
tion and do what may be necessary to pro?
tect his interests in said application.
And it is ordered that a copy of the said
application be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the Tazewell Ke
pi'blican a weekly newspaper, published
in Tazewell county Virginia, and that a
copy be posted at the front door of the
Courthouse of the said county on the
first day of the next term of the county
court.
A Copy: Teste:
T.E. Geokge, Clerk.
1-5-99
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Clerk of Circuit Court.
To the citizens of Tazewell county:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election to the olbce of clerk of the
circuit court of Tazewell county. J am
profoundly grateful to the people fur their
past friendship and respectfully solicit tin ir
Biipporl again, at the election which takes
place on tiic fourth Thursday in May,
1800. Very respectfully,
II. Han k 11 akm a n.
We are requested to announce James R
Witten as a candidate for Clerk of the Cir?
cuit Court of Tazewell Comity. Election
on fourth Thursday in May. 1899.
For Commissioner of Revenue.
To the citizens of Tazewell county:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue fur Jeder
Bonyille District. Klection fourth Thurs?
day in May, 1899. Respect fully,
T. 11. GlLLESl'IE.
CI wish to announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Jeder
eonville District and respectfully solicit the
support of the citizens. Respectfully,
C. MrrcusiA.
To the citizens of Tazewell Comity:
1 take tins method of announcing my?
self a candidate for re-election to the place
of Commissioner of Revenue for Clear
Fork District, and I respectfully solicit
your support. Respectfully,
(t. A. Sink.
To the voters of Tazewell county :
1 take this means of announcing mysell
a candidate for Commissioner of Revenue
for Clear Fork District and ask the voters
of the county to give me their support at
'.he election next May.
Respectfully,
A. D. HaMHRICK.
To the voters of Tazewell county :
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Maiden
Spring District, Tazewell county, Va., and
ask your support.
Respectfully,
S*. 11. Laird.
To the voters of Tazewell county :
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Maiden
Spring District, Tazewell county, Va., and
request the support of the voters of the
county at the election next May.
Respectfully,
W. D. Moixoy.
For Commonwealth's Attorney.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Commonwealth's Attorney
for Tazewell county. Klection fourth
Thursday in May.
Barnes Giiaesite.
For Supervisor.
To the voter.- of Maiden Spring District:
At the solicitation of many friends I
announce myself a candidate for Supervi?
sor of Maiden Spring District and respect
rally ask the support of the voters at the
election next May.
Very truly,
*R. B. McGbaw.
To the Voters of Clear Folk District:
At the request of many friends I have
decided to withdraw as a candidate for
Commissioner of Revenue and become a
candidate for Supervisor of Clear Fork
District. 1 hereby announce myself a can?
didate for Supervisor of that District and
ask the support of the voters at the
approaching election.
Respectfully,
M. F. Xeel.
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE ENTER
ed at the August term, 1898, of the
Circuit Court of Tazewell County, in the
chancery cause of Wm. L. Moore, admin?
istrator, vs. E. L. Whitley, the undersigned
commissioner will pell at public auction to
the highest bidder at the front door of the
courthouse of Tazewell Countv on FEB?
RUARY 21, 1899,that behur the first day
of the February term, 1899, of Countv
Court for said county, two certain tracts
of land situate in Ilorsepen Cove, Tazewell
County, Virginia, supposed to contain
ninety acres, being the property of E. L.
Whitley. Said property will he sold on a
credit of six, twelve and eighteen months.
TERMS OF SALF: Cash sufficient to
pay costs of suit and expenses of sale,
balance on a credit of six, twelve and
eighteen months, purchaser will be re
quired to give bonds for deferred pay?
ments with good personal security, hearing
interest from date of sale.
GEO. W. Sr. CLAIR,
Special Commissioner.
Bond has been triven as required by the
?bove decree and law.
iL Rank Harman,
Clerk.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Three members of the Metropolitan
Pars: police force, of. Boston, are taking
lessons in horsemanship. When they
shall have become expert they will he as?
signed to duty on the new speedway,
where the services of good horsemen are
needed to guard against accidents and to
stop runaways.
The Toronto Courts are about to be
called upon to decide whether a man may
legally perform his own wedding ceremony.
The case in point isthat of Rev. J. W.
Pfohler, who on October 12, IssGS. mar?
ried himself to Lois Markle. This is the
first ti me that a man has performed the
rite for himself in Canada, and both
Pfohler and his wife now want the validity
of their marriage established. It would
have been much cheaper for the divine to
have enlisted tiic services of another
clergyman in the first place.
The veterans who followed General Joe
Wheeler during the civil war are talking of
forming a permanent organization ro be
known as "Wheeler's Cavalry Society."
It is proposed to confine the membership
to those who were in 'active cavalry ser?
vice in some company, regiment or battal?
ion composing a part of the General's
command, and to have no honorary mem?
bers save the four daughters of "Fighting
Joe." The ide?is said to be not so much
to make the organization exclusive as to
make it genuine.
rpo th,> Clerk i.f the County Court of
-?- Tazewell County, Stsite of Virginia:
I, tin: undersigned*, J. L Hay ton, here*
by HI* with you this, my application, as
provided by statute, to purchase four cer?
tain lots or parcels of land situated in (he
town of Itichlands in the said county des?
ignated, and known as lots 2, 3, 4 and 5,
section two (2)j Plan A on a plat with a
certificate by the Clinch Valley Coal and
Iron Company liled in the Clerk's Office of
the county court of Paid county in deed
book No. 20, page 3, etc., and being the
Baine lot* or parcels of land sold by the
Treasurer of said county on the 17th day
of December; 1895, for delinquent taxes
due for the year JSH4 for by and in the
iiumc "i Tliomas C Harris, and bouixht ::t
said sale by the Auditor of Public Ac?
counts of Virginia, for s:iid State and
County. Said lots or parcels of land be
big assessed and now upon the Commis?
sioner's hooks of sai.l county for the year
1898 as follows: hots No. "J and ?, in the
name of Thomas 0. I Ian is, and lot No. ?>,
in the name of W. P. Boggese, and lot No.
t, nol on the Commissioner's books for the
year 1898, but should In- in the name; <
Thomas C. Harris, upon which Christopher
Wetherly holds a deed of trust. On lots
No. 2,3 and ?, with Ueo. W. St. Clair as
Trustee.
And 1 hereby agree to pay the amount
for which the sale to the Commonwealth
was made, together with such additional
sums as would have accrued from taxes,
levies and interest, if such lots or pan els
of land had nol been so pun-based by the
Commonwealth, with interest on the
amount for which said sale was made at
the rate of six (6) per rentuiu per annum
from the day of sale, and oil the addition?
al sums from the \~>\\\ day of December in
th? year in which the same would have
accrued by law.
This, the Sth day of December, 1898.
J. L. HAYTON.
Virginia: In the Clerk's Office of Taze
well County Court:
I, T. E. George, Clerk of the County
Court of Tazeweh Countv, in the State of
Virginia, do hereby certify that the fore?
going is a true copy of an application on
file in my office aforesaid.
Given under my band this,the lUth day
of January, IS'.'!?.
T. E. GEORGE, Clerk.
Virginia: In the Clerk's < Mice of Taze
well County Court, January I Oth, 1899:
An affidavit having been made and filed
hi the above application that the defend?
ant, Thos. C. Harris, one of the parties
named in the abave application, is a non?
resident of the State of Virginia, there?
fore the said Thomas C. Harris, Geo. W.
St. Clair, trustee, Christopher Wetherly
and VV. P. Boggess, are required to appear
within four months after due publication
of the said application and do what may
application. And it is ordered that a copy
be necessary to protect their interest in said
of the said application be published once
a week for four successive weeks in Tin-:
Tazkwkll Republican, a weekly news?
paper, published in Tazewell County,-Ya..
and that a copy be posted at the front
door of the courthouse of the said county
on the first day of the next term of the
i lounty Court.
A copv?teste.
T. E. GEORGE, Clerk.
rPo the clerk of the county court of Taze
?*? well county, in the Stufe of Virginia:
I, the undersigned J. Jv (denn, hereby
file with you this my application as pro?
vided by statute to purchase one trajt of
land containing 275 acres, more or less,
situated in said county, on Mud Fork, and
being the same land sold by the Treasurer
of said county, on the 29lh day of Decem?
ber, 1S!H, for delinquent taxes due there?
on for the year of 1890, by and in the
name of Samuel Davis and bought at said
sale by the Auditor of Public Accounts of
Virginia for said State and County, the
said land beim: assessed on the Commis?
sioner's book of the said county for the
year 1897, in the name of the said Samuel
Davis and VV. T. DeVault is trustee in
deed of trust to secure the Uoiston Na?
tional Building and Loan Association, of
Bristol, Tenn. And I hereby agree, as
provided by law, to pay the amount for
which said real-estate was sob! as aforesaid
together with such additional sums as may
or would have accrued (or taxes and levies
with all interest as provided by law, had
said real estate not been so sold and pur?
chased by the Commonwealth.
Given under mv hand this the ">th day
of September, 1898. J. E. Glenn. "
Virginia, Tazewell County, to-wit:
I, T. E. George, clerk of said county,
do hereby certify that the foregoing ap?
plication for the purchase of real-estate by
J. K. Glenn is a true copy of an applica?
tion on file in my office.
Given under mv hand this the 3rd day
of January 1S!?!). "
T. E. George, Clerk.
VIRGINIA: In the clerk's office of
county court of Tazewell county, Virginia,
on the 5th day of January 18'.?'.) an affida?
vit having been made and liled in the
above application that the defendants, M.
T. Devault ami the Holston National
Building and Loan Association, of Bristol,
Tenn.,are non-residents of the said State of
Virginia, therefore the said M. T. Devault
and the Holston Building and Loan Asso?
ciation are required to appear within four
months after due publication of the said
application and do what may be necessary
to protect their interests in said applica?
tion. And it is ordered that a copy of the
said application be published once a week
for four successive weeks in the Take
well Republican, a weekly newspaper,
published in Tazewell county Virginia,
and that a copy be posted at the frontdoor
of the courthouse of said county on the
first day of the next term ot the county
court.
A copv: Teste:
T. E George, Clerk.
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