The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-21
THE RIFLEMEN FAIR.
THE PREPARATIONS GOING sTEADI-
LY FORWARD.

THE PREPARATIONS GOING sTEADI-
LY FORWARD.
Numerous Donations from out Of Town
Business Houses Already Received and
Many More in Transit.
The Military Fair of the Forsyth Rifle
men, to raise funds with which to build an
Armory building and which is set for the
10th of November, promises to attain much
larger proportions than was first anticipated
An interest in the undertaking is being
formulated among our business men and cit
izens, who will no doubt respond literally to
the enterprise when they are approached by
the committee. tt
A circular from which the following is an
extract has been sent out to business houses
North and West having mercantile relations
with Winston-Salem merchants:
The Forsyth RiAemen, military Com
pany of Winston, n. c., organized in 1872
and serving in the war of 1872, in the Mex
lean war and in the war of 1860-65, are de-
sirous Of erecting an Annoy Building in
Winston, N. G., as the present Armory is
inadequate to meet the purposes of the Com
pany, and we earnestly request the aid of
our friends throughout the country in this
enterprise We expect liberal cooperation
on the part of our own citizens who are Ii
rectly Interested in the welfare and pros
perity of our Company and we furthermore
feel assured that there are large number
of persons in other cities friendly to us and
our town, who are ready and willing to send
contributions in money and merchandise to
be used by the Company for the above pur-
pose.
The contributions in response to this cir
cular are coming in briskly and there are
many articles in transit which will swell the
list already received. The contributions
consist of a variety of articles many of which
be sold during the Fair.
The following are the contributions thus
far received:
No. l. S Kind & Co., Manufacturers
and wholesale dealers in Watches & Jew
elry AL Market street. Philadelphia, Pa,
through W. T. Vogler, of this city, 10
Ladies Fine Breast Pins.
No. B F Starr & Co., manufacturers
of Mill supplies North and Centre Sts.,
Baltimore, cash S..
No g. F Leibermuth, dealer in leaf to-
bacco, 1902 Cary street, Richmond, Va,
through V O Thompson & Co., cash $40.
No f. M Kemper & Sons, dealer in
timore, through V o Thompson & Co.,
cash, SO.
No 5. Armstrong Gator & Co., whole
sale dealers in Millinery goods 237 w
BALTIC. street, Baltimore, through Staun-
ton & Merritt, cash So.
No 6. Strouse, Loeb & Co, wholesale
dealer in Boys Clothing No 40 North 3rd
street, Philadelphia. Pa, l childs suit OF
clothing. ~ s@E
No Z. s Sternberger & Co., Shirt Man
ufacturers, No. 232 Market street, Phila-
delphia, through J Jacobs, doz. Gents
fine Shirts. se..
No 8. Payne, steck & Co., wholesale
jewelers., No. Ut Broadway, N. Y,
through Bevan, Lady's Gold Pin.
No. 9. Korn & Holman, Wholesale
Clothiers, No. 622 Broadway, N. Y.
through Jacobs, cash 50.
No 10. M Friedman & Sons, wholesale
clothiers,- S w Cor BALTIC St, Hopkins
Place Baltimore, Nd through j Jacobs
cash SIS.
No11. Chas. n Ditson & Co., Music
Publishers, No S67 Broadway New York
through w B Williamson the. following
music: l vol Musical Favorite; yo
Am Ballard Collections f.; ! vol Minstre
Songs vol English Gems; vol Worlds
Songs l vol College Songs.
No II. William Mann, Manufacturer
of Axes, Lewistown, Pa, through Brown
Rogers & Co., doz. Axes. -
No 13. M Kemper & Sons. dealer il
leaf Tobacco, 116 Lombard street Bal
timore, Md, through V o Thompson
Co., SIS. This is the second contribu
ton from this firm, making total of $25
Many new and attractive features will
characterize the coming Fair and our gooe
people ought to vie with one another il
making it grand success.