Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-11-10

Il 1FE yA4TInBBuge liEgALn.
SATURDAY. NOV. 10th, 1888.
,,,,,sred at the Post Office Mt Martinsburg
" va, as second-ciass Matter.l
LOCAL NEWS.
Mr.. Mckee got very gratifying
majority
Messrs. Butts and Gordon will make
good Assessors.
matrimonial Court yet, and
souire Bartlette will be all right.
Your Honor in Mr.. Bartlette's
Court. will soon be ready for business.
On Justices and School Boards the
Republcans and their Democratic
friends pull well together.
Mr.. Kitchen comes up smiling;-
Rack Creek and Martinsburg send
GOOD men to the Legislature.
Mr.. Mat Mccormick arrived bright
and early Tuesday morning to cast
his ballot in the great election of1SSS. |
Mr.. MeQulken had the flag floating
70 the breeze this week,-red letter |
DAYS in the annals of American Pro-
lection.
What pity for the white hats, gay
sashes and wasted oil in Berkeley
too much extravaganza for these hard |
times.
Mr.. W. C. Darrow, of Lafayette.
Ind, with his home at Martinsburg,
came on here to vote. Such public !
spirit deserves credit.
Falling Waters holds her own
against all odds. You can't keep
Falling Waters down. Represent the
district on the ticket the next time.
Opequon is forgeing ahead. That
district has some good Republican
workers who should be remembered, |
strong candidates for any office.
There was a love-feast in the Court !
House Tuesday night,-old Republi
can cronies cooling together like young
lovers. Well, such victory does not
come every day.
Who carries Berkeley County in his
vest pocket? No man and no party.
Berkeley voters are free men, in free
country, where men and parties must
stand on their merits. AS long as the
Republicans do well and work right
they'll be all right. Every man has
vest pocket of his own, and carries
his sovereignty where he pleases.
Tuesday was a fine day here, and a
big turnout at the polls. Everything
passed of pleasantly in the county,
with the exception of few collisions.
Now accept the verdict of the people
and go to work again with goodwill
for all. That's the way to build up a
great country, glorious civilization,
and nation invincible,-a union in
dissoluble.
PUBLICATION DAY.-Though dated
on Saturday, Friday is really THE
HERALD publication day, in order to
make the mails early enough to give
t,o oil ha
papers before Sunday. Therefore all
notices and advertisements should be
handed in on Thursday. Friday it is
n impossible to set up long articles or
advertisements. Only death notices,
marriages, short locals or notices, can
be inserted Fridays.
The Democrats got out an extra sheet |
of the Statesman at the last minute, |
andrun down the Republican candi- |
dates in black head lines of blacker
accusations. The sheet might have
carried some influence with it had
some big political and ecclesiastical
guns been hired to circulate it togeth- |
er. A few old gossippy women would
have made as good a show and accom-
plished as much as a bulldozing cam
pagn sheet in campaign of intellec-
tuality and in an intelligent commun-
ity
The Martinsburg correspondent of a
low Harrisburg sheet only wants IL
lustrations to rival the Police Gazette.
He should be suppressed some way,
and the public men who tolerate his
association in any way are as much to
blame, for they at least have the
credit of being sane. We believe in
exposing evil but not in jeopardizing
the reputation of innocent men, nor
in invading the privacy of the family,
which is the most sacred enclosure
under the laws and customs of Amer
lea, and causing trouble in happy