Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-05-05

Awnings are going up.
Always read the new ads.
Decoration Day, May Both.
The milk-shaker is now on the go.
Distance lends enchantment to a
creditor
People who have handsome yards
are sodding them.
We should have electric lights
burning every night.
Naturally when girl goes to work
out she hates to stay in.
The street sprinkler did good
work on the streets this week.
Mrs. Emily Randolph is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ii. Doll in this city.
Miss Daisy We'll is visiting her
sister, Mrs. VIM. Kahn, in Charles
Town.
Why not have a Fourth Of July
celebration here this year? Boom
'er up.
Mrs. j. II. Bogart and child have
returned from visit to friend in
Kearneysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Thomp-
son spent several days in Philadel
phia this week.
The man and woman who mind
their own business have good and
steady employment.
Mr.. David Holt, Of this city spent
Sunday last at his parental home
near White Hall, Va
Treasures OF the Orient are brought
right home to our doors by Louis
Brown, the confectioner.
1t is not what you have in your
chest, but what you have in your
heart that makes you rich.
Judge f. Boyd Faulkner held q
special term Of Court i'll Charles
Town the first of the week.
Mr.. TT. G. Berry returned last
week from the city, where he has
been buying his spring stock.
Rev. DR.. F. NJ. Woods visited his
daughter at the Stephenson Semi
nary, Charles Town, last week.
Every singer in a quartet can tell
you three good reasons why the Or
ganization isn't absolutely perfect.
Miss Mary Hammann, we are sor-
ry to state, continues very i'll at her
home, corner Queen and John streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Craley, of
Hagerstown, Md, were the. guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Wild on Sunday
last.
Don't fail to see the "London
Bellies" a burlesque, at the New OPP
era House, one night only, Thurs
day, May 10th.
DR., A. NJ. Cackley, D. D., pastor
of the NJ. E. Church, South, took
eleven members into his church by
letter, on Sunday last.
The men who always say a kind
word for their neighbors and turn a
deaf ear to scandal are not only very
blessed, but very scarce.
The new pipe organ of the First
M. E. Church is nearing completion
and when finished will be the hand
soonest organ in the city.
And now is the time when a man
feels like lying under the shade of
some tree and earn bis bread by the
sweat of his hired mans brow.
Mrs. Burkhart, who has been on
quite an extended visit to her son,
Rev. Hullihen Burkhart, of Weston,
has returned to her home in this
city.
Mr.. VIM. H. Trimble, from White
Hall, Va, passed through this place
last Monday on his way to Davis
City, where he expects for some
time to stay
The City Band is me ti'g with
success in their taking of sub.crip-
tions toward their new uniforms.
They have some important engage
ments to fill this summer.
The Republicans have put a win
ming ticket in the field, and now let
every loyal citizen put his shoulder
to the wheel and let US have good
government for change.
We are told that the commence
ment Of the Berkeley Female Insti-
tute will be of unusual interest this
year, and will be held at the Semi
nary on Thursday evening, June I.
The sweet girl graduate is already
beginning to worry about the COM
mencement outfit and wondering if
she will look we'll on the platform
delivering her carefully prepared es-
say.
The revival services seem to in.
crease in interest at the First M. E.
Church. The pastor, Rev. D. H.
Shields, was assisted on Tuesday
evening by Rev. j. r. Shultz, of
Shepherdstown.
The boys are warned against play
ing ball and throwing stones in the
streets. There is an ordinance pro-
hibiting it, and complaint having
been made, the officers will enforce
it strenuously in the future.
International Bible studies for to-
morrow, Sunday, are from Genesis
so: 1926. Title: "Joseph's Last
Days" Golden text: "The path of
the just is as the shining light, that
shineth more and more unto the per-
feet day."
Attend the Young Peoples Chris
tian Endeavor Prayer Meeting, to.