Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-01-07

HAWK EYETEMS.
A Breezy Batch of Gossip From Over
in Old Rockingham.
Speclal Correspsadence Of tie .SeatlneI.

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RoCYY SPRINGS, n. c., Dec 2S.--
Rocky Springs has the rocks but not
the springs, and the oldest persons
around here know nothing as to how
it derived its name. This place is
situated about twenty miles from
Winston, and the same distance from
Greensboro and Reidsville, but most
of our trade goes to Winston, as it
gives better prices generally for to-
bacco.
Not far from here is the once IA
meus section known as Egypt" ly-
ing in the extre me southwest corner
of Rockingham, and drained by the
| Belews Con the Nile) Here was
where a curious reptile-like creature,
| known as still-worm, was so album
dant once that it destroyed nearly all
the corn in that section It's favorite
| drink was corn-meal tea, and its bite
| gave men curious disease known as
tangletoot. They became so hume
rous that Uncle Sam had to exter-
inmate them. He sent down such
men as Huskins, Charley Reynolds
and others, who hunted them out,
drinking great deal of the corn
meal ten and then taking an axe
chopped off the poor worms head,
leaving not one to tell the tale.
Although Rockingham claims this
section, y9t she never bothers it only
when she wants taxes, or some fellow
who wants votes then she puts in
three Democratic votes to one Radi-
cal vote, and to further show the SEN
timent of our people, only one Re
publican paper comes to this office,
and it is published by a fellow named
named Goslin, who, it was said, went
up salt river" shortly after the last
| election.
Sheriff Galloway has made one
round, ant taxes are q little lower
this year than last, despite the predic-
ton of the anti-stock law mon Stock
law was put on this county by the last
Legislature, an9 nothing has caused
such row in old Rockingham for
years. Some stock is running at large
yet, and an effort will be made TO re-
peal the law, which will bring it into
polit cs next election. There will be
candidates in favor Of stock law can
didates against, all Democrats And
then thrre will be the Republicans.
who can't climb the fence, wanting
the negro and all the tiea-btten white
mems votes Yes; there is going to
be warm time III old Rockingham.
1t is reported that John r Web
ster, Of the Dollar DVeekly, will cut a
figure as a candidate next timr Well,
he got beat once by an independent
| (but good Democrat), and Webster
has been wanting to do something for
spite ever since, and as he has changed
so many times, we don't believe either
party wants John hung to their kite.
just recently we hear that the Weekly
had turned to full-b,ooded Republic
can pup, bowling around after jim
Reid and the good old party in gene
ral But doubtless Reid, the good old
party and the stock-law will all sur
vive the Dollar Weekiy.
Railroad matters are much talked
of among us now. The steam-horse
is to snort along the Cape Fear and
Iadkin Valley road near US next sum
mer, they say, and then we will get
our meat, salt, guano, &c, close al
hand.
\ depot is expected near Linville
and several building lots have been
sold and one store-house built. We
expect, in a few years, to see thriving
town spring up, with a new court
house and the seat of new county
situated there
kernersville wanted to make a new
county, but failed. This section vii
demand it as necessity. Here We
people in four counties. Guiltord, For
sythe, Stokes and Rockingham, are
from twenty to thirty miles from theil
county seats. Here, in this part o
this part of the four counties com
bined, are lands, timber and water no
surpassed by any part of the South, anc
with the railroad, we expect capitalist
to find us and help us to build up
More anon. HAwL EYE.