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Franklin Repository: September 30, 1868 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

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Summary: The paper prints the Republican ticket it is endorsing in the fall elections: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for president; Schuyler Colfax for vice president; Gen. John F. Hartranft of Montgomery for auditor general; Gen. Jacob M. Campbell of Cambria for surveyor general; John Cessna of Bedford for congress; Col. D. Watson Rowe of Franklin for additional law judge; Col. William D. Dixon of Franklin for state senator; Capt. William H. Sheibly of Perry for assembly; Capt. John H. Walker of Franklin for assembly; Lt. Josiah W. Fletcher of Chambersburg for county sherrif; Lt. S. Wilson Hays of Chambersburg for district attorney; Emanuel Kuhn of Chambersburg for surveyor; Capt. Elias K. Lehman of Letterkenny for commissioner; John Bowman of Guilford for director of the poor; Capt. Joseph W. Winger of Montgomery for auditor.

What Will They Do?
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Summary: E. Cowan, ex-United States Senator, is scheduled to speak in Franklin County at a Democratic Mass Meeting. The paper challenges Cowan to explain how he could have regarded reconstruction constitutional in 1864, and then reversing himself and declaring it unconstitutional between 1865 and 1868.

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Summary: The paper warns Republicans not to be taken in by the affability of Democratic candidate Judge Kimmell, and criticizes him for making personal appeals to Republican voters. "For shame, Judge. This is a fight for principle. You denounce the whole policy of the Republican party in unmeasured terms, and don't hesitate to misrepresent it fearfully. How can you with credit to yourself ask Republicans to stultify themselves, to renounce their dearly beloved and dearly bought principles, merely on the ground of personal friendship. Your friendship, if real, should restrain you from asking them to unman themselves in a matter of so much moment."

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Summary: The paper hopes that the soldiers of Franklin County will be "largely represented" at the Grand National Mass Meeting of Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. Railroads are offering special rates for the event.

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Summary: The paper reminds voters that if they have not payed state or county taxes within two years they must be assessed by October 2nd in order to be eligible to vote. The editors urge Republicans to be sure they may help contribute to Republican victory.

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Summary: The paper points out that Gen. Forrest, "the Fort Pillow butcher," spoke at the Democratic Convention in New York. The editors challenge Col. Winger to declare whether "he was on the wrong side when opposed to Forrest or now when with him."

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Summary: The paper tells soldiers that voting the Democratic ticket menas voting for reconstruction "upon the terms proposed by the rebels."

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Summary: The paper makes light of the charge of the Bedford Gazette that John Cessna sat with "nineteen coal black negroes" at the Chicago Convention.

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Summary: The paper urges all Republicans to vote the straight party ticket. "It was the preserver of the nation's honor in the field, and is the supporter of its honesty now. Under its colors only you can rally without shame."

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Summary: The paper reports that Judge Kimmell is canvassing the streets of Chambersburg to personally solicit Republican votes. The editors joke that "if the right of suffrage was extended to Wolffstown, his hat would be doffed to its people, too."

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Summary: The paper points triumphantly to the Republican Party's success in lowering the state debt, charging that Democrats never lowered it "a dollar" when they were in power.

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Summary: The paper charges that electing a Democratic ticket will mean filling Congress with "rebels from the South."

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Summary: The paper charges that a vote for Judge Kimmell is tantamount to an endorsement of Andrew Johnson.

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Summary: The paper warns Republicans to be on the lookout for Democratic fraud and "spurious tickets."

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Summary: The paper urges Republicans to be sure their Republican friends and neighbors vote.

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Summary: The paper asks Republicans to aid aged and infirm Republican voters in getting to the polls.

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Summary: The paper urges the "men of the gallant 126th" to rally to support "your brave associate," Capt. John H. Walker.

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Summary: The paper urges the "soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserves" to work for their "companion" in their "heroic struggles," Gen. William D. Dixon.

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Summary: The paper charges that Horatio Seymour "boasts that he never loaned a dollar to the Government during the war, while many a loyal woman gave not only her husband and son, but invested her little earnings in her country's cause."

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Summary: The paper holds that Republicans cannot afford to split their ticket.

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Summary: The paper asserts that Republicans will bring "peace and security" to the country.

Our Mass Meeting
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Summary: Mr. M'Hose and Mr. Hunter of Berks County have purchased Carrick and Franklin Furnace in Franklin County and plan to begin manufacturing iron. "In two or three months Franklin will be in full blast, with a capacity to turn out superior iron in much greater quantities than ever before. Iron ore of the best quality is said to be convenient in unlimited quantity, as it is indeed in much of our country, and timber is abundant. The iron made from it is represented in the Eastern markets as the best charcoal iron made anywhere in the State. We are glad to see that the real sources of wealth are being, if not rapidly, at least steadily developed, and the time is not far distant when with proper railroad facilities our county will be among the first in the State in this branch of manufacture."
(Names in announcement: M'Hose, Hunter)

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(Column 02)Large and Enthusiastic Meeting at Quincy
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Summary: The paper prints a schedule of Republican meetings and speeches throughout the county.
(Names in announcement: Chambers, Stewart, Capt. George Eyster, M'Cauley, Hays, M'Ilwaine, Stumbaugh, Maj. Calhoun, Capt. Norris, Clarke, Gov. Curtin, M'Clure, Upton, Cook, McGowan)

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Summary: The County Fair opens next week. A large attendance from Franklin and surrounding counties is expected. Entries are free and may be made through secretary Calvin Gilbert.
(Names in announcement: Calvin Gilbert)

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Summary: Col. F. S. Stumbaugh and Lt. S. W. Hays spoke at a Republican rally at Plasterer's School House in Southampton before a crowd of Republicans and Democrats. A delegation of the Grant and Colfax club of Scotland attended.
(Names in announcement: Col. F. S. Stumbaugh, Lt. S. W. Hays)

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Summary: Rev. A. S. Foster temporarily moved his offices from the seminary on Federal Hill to Mrs. Bard's building opposite the Court House for the convenience of his pupils.
(Names in announcement: Rev. A. S. Foster)

Sands, the Prestidigitateur
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Summary: Prof. Sands, the world-renowned "prestidigitateur, ventriloquist, and exposer of all mysterious humbugs" will perform on Repository Hall. Admission os 25 cents, 15 cents for children.

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Summary: The "Republican Invincibles" of the South Ward will meet in their Wigwam on October 3rd. A full turnout is requested.

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Summary: Capt. A. S. Fuller of Fayette County and Adjt. John Stewart addressed the Boys in Blue on the 22nd.

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Summary: The "South Ward Invincibles" request that all those holding the organization's torches return them immediately to the Wigwam.

Married
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Summary: B. R. Stouffer from near Chambersburg and Miss Jessie B. Ferguson of Wisconsin were married at the residence of the bride's parents on September 22nd by the Rev. S. M. Williams.
(Names in announcement: B. R. Stouffer, Jessie B. Ferguson, Rev. S. M. Williams)

Married
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Summary: William Zeigler of Spring Run and Miss Hetty Rhodes of Fannettsburg were married in Fannettsburg on September 15th at the residence of Maj. J. S. Nimmon.
(Names in announcement: William Zeigler, Hetty Rhodes, Maj. J. S. Nimmon)

Married
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Summary: Peter Greenhalgh and Miss Elizabeth Walt, both of Chambersburg, were married on August 27th by the Rev. William George Hawkins.
(Names in announcement: Peter Greenhalgh, Elizabeth Walt, William George Hawkins)

Married
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Summary: Hezekiah Shafer and Miss Eliza A. Snider, both from near St. Thomas, were married in St. Thomas on September 20th by W. T. Graham.
(Names in announcement: Hezekiah Shafer, Eliza A. Snider, W. T. Graham)

Married
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Summary: Peter Warwick and Mrs. Rebecca Parks, both of Franklin, were married in St. Thomas at the residence of Solie Hollar on September 22nd by the Rev. A. Mowers.
(Names in announcement: Peter Warwick, Rebecca Parks, Solie Hollar, Rev. A. Mowers)