Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-23
EDINBURQ ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Humston, of Clarl
county, Va, are here visiting relatives.
Miss Cora Norris, of Brunswick, Md.
is visiting Mrs, Lucy Downey in thi:
place.
MIR. Jacob 2 Rinker, OF Jumbo, Lon
doun county, Va, spent several days with
his daughter and son-in law, Alr. aud
Mrs. Jas. r. Baker, this week.
Mr. s. Z. Wightpan, a well known
Valley cempositor, left here last week to
take a case" On the Stanley Herald. at
STANLEY, Page county, Va. ll- many
friends here wish him all the good luck
imaginable.
The ladies of the Methodist church will
hold a festival in their church yard on
Friday night, June 30th, and Saturday
night, July 1T. All kinds Of nice re-
freshments will be served up by fair and
willing hands, and accompanied with a
smile that will cause you to order another
lot right away. Prices reasonable. and
proceeds for benefit of the parsonage.
Edinburg can boast one of the neatesi
lce-cream saloons in the Valley, and the
cream served has always been pronounced
frst-class, and it is ouly those who are
very fond of ice-cream that can "get
away" with one of the Old-fashIoned
saucers that you get at MaIston's for 10
cents. We hereby publicly thank Mr..
and Mrs Marston for the "set up" to Onr
family of their delicious cream Sunday
night.
We regret to say that the hard times
and inability 70 make collections caused
Mr.. Jas. r. Baker, one of our popular
merchants, TO make an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors. II is now the i'm
perative duty of every one indebted to
him to come forward and pay mp the last
cent, so as to enable him to get on his
feet again and resume business. This is
the cause of almost every failure. Ia an
accommodating spirit the merchant cred
its many of his customers. who in return
for this kindness almost invariably refuse
to pay when called on and thus force him
to the wall.
Score one for Madam RumOr. Your
readers will remember that some months
ago, probably about March lot, we stated
that Madam Rumor said that two young
people of this place would be married
some time in June. At the time the
Young lady became very angry at the
premature publicity thus gwen to the
affair, but at the same time made no at
tempt to deny the truthfulness of tho re-
port. That the Tumor was correct the
following will show Mr. Thomas ~
Hisey, a very popular young man of this
place, now night telegraph operator for
The b d 0. r. r., at Stanton, was
married IN the Christian church, in this
place. on Tuesday, June 20th, by Rev. D.
Il Rhodes, 10 Miss Nellie NJ Marstor,
daughter of Mr.. VIM. L. Marston, also of
this place. The best wishes OF all our
people 90 out to this happy young couple,
with the earnest hope that their married
lie may be as blight and sunny through
ont its entire length as it is in the be
ginning.
We understand that the c,uncil, at their
next meeting, intend 10 reduce the ma
yoI's salary for the ensuing two years to
that which the present mayor has been
paid for each year. This, we think, is a
very poor Effort indeed to practice econ
omy. The salary paid now is only half
of what the mayor should be paid. IL
this is to be done by reason that the
councilmen get no pay, save exemption
from road working. let them vote them
selves a fair allowance for their duties as
but do not cut any off Of the
mayor, who, if he does his duty when
cases are brought before him, mnst stand
more abuse than the y hole council COM
blned, and be certainly ought to receive
some compensation, because there are the
fewest number Of persons who are will
ing to accept an Office nowadays for the
honor there is in il, especially an Office
where, if he does his sworn duty, he Is
sure to make lifetime enemies 10y the
score. OF course the cOnncllmen come in
for a liberal share OF abuse, Ia a general
way, but they are not singled out as a
target Ike the mayor who alone has 20
decide cases and punish wrong dcers.
Gentlemen of the council, please 60 not
90 backward, 20 forward.
We do not believe in carrying one
seasons goods into another. We keep
our stock clean, fresh and seasonable, 10y
ceiling of all surplus stock at the proper
time. The time having arrived for rs to
rednce stock in some lines we offer the
following great bargains. These are new
goods, but having more than we want this
late in the season we make the following
srecpipg reductions for the next 80 DAYS.
These great bargains will be withdrawn in
30 days. So If You wish to avail yourself
of them now is the time Do not delay.
Read carefully the following list, act
wisely, and be happy:
French lawn reduced from 10 10 cts