Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-05-25

JnOny StauDley, howard Heines,
VIM. and Frederick Eberle, Gus
Weiskettle, Alex Schoppert and
Charles Schoppert, William Gerling,
and some others, have been discharg.
ed from the B. & o. r. r. Machine
Shops. The unfortunates are not
confined to any political party, or
class of workmen. During the sum-
mer season freight traffic is light,
Ia order TO reduce expenses, it has
been customary every spring for the
company to make some discharges
and TO lessen the hours Of labor. 1t
is now feared that more discharges
will follow and that the men will be
put on eight hours time.-Statesman.
We would like to know what
freight-traffic has to with the dis
charge Of mechanics in the shops
We are informed the new insurance
of the company has been the prime
motive for these discharges.
Think and Reflect.
1t behooves those who spend greater
portion Of their salary in wearing ap-
parel, household goods, etc, to study how
and where they can buy to the best Of
advantage. Cheap, trashy goods, are
dear at half price, in fact, they are dear
at any price, for not only do you get
nothing for your money but your time
and labor are likewise lost. During the
past sixteen years, we have worked hard
to build up trade upon solid founda-
tion and in so doing, have kept nothing
but the best quality of goods, and our
motto from the beginning, has been one
price to all. We have always done
large business, but last year our sales
were far ahead Of any previous year and
80 far this year, we are considerably
ahead of last.
We do not buy worthless goods, sim.
ply because they sound cheap, neither
do we use bats or clap trap advertise
ments, to get people to our store and
charge them more than the regular
price for goods they do not know the
value of. Our business is established
upon higher principles of right and JUS
tice. That class of trade which must
be humbugged in order to sell, we do
not want. They can go elsewhere, our
time is occupied in selling good goods
at reasonable profits. Look through
our stock and see how clean it is of any
common, trashy goods, and yet every
one knows that we do more business
than any two dry goods stores in town,
this is open to the eyes of the public and
speaks louder than words.
The standard of our stock is higher
than ever and our prices never suited
our trade better. Every one, young or
old, rich or poor, will receive the same
polite attention at our counters. One
price to all, which is the lowest in Mar
tinsburg, or any of the larger Cities
Our store is full of fresh goods for sum.
mer wear, including many new novel.
ties in dress goods trimmings.
EMMERT u FIERY.
"U. S. Grant Pitzer was in Wash
ton, d. c., last week. We suppose
like Jake Kemple he went down to
blow the dust off his papers on file
at the State Department. "-States-
man.
1t keeps us busy blowing the dust
off the StateSman's locals, that the
people may get the truth. We have
not been in Washington for three
weeks. When there on former oc-
casion we had the extreme pleasure
of assisting in blowing the dust off
one of the Statesman editors papers
and blowing a good Republican into
the mail service. We surmise that
kind of blowing didn't agree with
Billie boy.
AooIDENTs.-On Saturday last as
Mr.. Val Wilson, of Gerardstown, was
returning home from Martlnsburg,
his horse was frightened at bicycle
which passed him, and started to
run. In the struggle to keep him
from running, the animal commenc
ed kicking, and, striking Mr.. Will
sons left arm, broke both bones be-
low the elbow. The bones were bad
ly shattered Mr.. Wilson was taken
into the house of Mr.. Robert Burk-
hart, near which the accident occur
red, and medical assistance render
ed. The injury, though not serious,
is quite painful.
On Sunday Mr.. Kinsey Creque was
taking his family to Winchester over
the same road, and when he had got
ten as far as the hill this side of
Snodgras' Spring, his horse became
frightened by bicycle. The animal
began plunging, and, as the wheel
man swept rapidly past the animals
head, it SHE'D to one side up the EN-.
bankment and upset the wagon. Mr.
Creque's son Kinsey was caught I'M
der the wagon and had his left ankle
dislocated the wagon was complet-
ly wrecked, and another had to be
sent for before they could come