The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-08-09
THE PIEDMONT SECTION.
ITEM or NEWS FROM NEAR BY
COUNTIES.

| crack Of Happenings Gathered
From Various Sections In Piedmont
North Carolina.
4 Reidsville has Belva lockwood club of
ten men.
One man in Stokes county has captured Il
rattle snakes this season.
The next conference for the Greensboro
district will be held at Madison.
The Guilford commissioners refuse to pay
more than % cts. day for the support of
Jail prisoners.
Work commences this week on the par
sonage of the Reformed Church near Pill
grim, Davidson county. -
II is said that the Governor will 20 into
the banking business in Greensboro after
the expiration of his term.
The Salisbury District Conference, held
at Mocksville, Davie county, last week, raj
sed 1925 for the Trinity College endowment
funf.
Near Taylorsville, Calvin Boyle was run
over by the Junebug road and cut in two
| He had just come from bar room and it is
supposed he lay down on the track and went
to sleep.
A Cleveland, Fowle and Morehead Club
was organized at Mt. Airy last week, with
! A. L. Bunker, Esq, president, and S. G.
| Pace secretary.
Mr.. James S. Battle, revenue agent sor
| Virginia, North Carolina, and South Caro-
lima, will at an early day transfer his head
| nuarters tn Raleioh
During the year 1887, and up to April
Both, 1888, there were 81 white and 10 col
ored interments made in the Green Hill
cemetery at Greensboro.
A Clevelnnd ana Fowle Club was organ
lied at Germanton last Saturday with about
| 20 members. VIM. Campbell is President
| and Lee Cumbie Secretary.
The Germanton Times reports Presiding
Elder Cunninggi i'm as saying that che thinks
the Third Party is, the most impudent or
ganization ON top Of the EARTH"
A rumor is afoat to the effect that Bro
Webster, of the Reidsyille Weekly, wants to
go to Congress, and with that end in view
will "bounce the stump" as a candidate.
Matthias Lopp, who lives near the Poor
House IN Davidson county, had his barn,
with two good horses and crop of wheat
burnt by lightning one night last week.
Prof E. z. Men.ienha.ll. assistant teacher
in the Yadkin College High School, was
married on July Goth to Miss G. E. Hammer,
one of Yadkin county's fairest daughters.
The Rockingham Prohibitionists have
put out the following legislative ticket !:
For the Senate, Rev. John Anderson; for
the House, J. W. Pinnix and Capt. T. C.
Evans.
At Oxford it has come to light that Hen
ry O. Adcock and his sister in law poisoned
Adcock's wife Illicit love and arsenic did
the work. The guilty parties have been
jailed.
A man near Trinity College advanced
the money for woman to be divorced with
the understanding that she would marry
him, but she turned around and married
another man.
The Archdale Leader says the Tomlinson
Manufacturing Company is turning out 1l6
pairs of shoes per day. No better goods,
considering the price, can he had than those
made by this company.
During the last few weeks a surfAce ofsix
thousand square feet of iron ore has been
made bare at the Danbury iron mines, and
the beauty of it is, the ore is pronounced of
excellent quality.
Among other things done by the Plaid
Manufacturers Association in session in
Greensboro few days ago was to raise the
price of their manufactured goods quarter
of a cent on the yard.
Married in High Point, Aug End, 'S8,
DIR. H. Clay Pitts to Miss Alice Remfry.
The ceremony was performed in the Episco-
pal Church of that place and was attended
by large concourse of friends and specta-
tors.
Jesse Hendricks and Thomas Shackleford
of Davie county tell the biggest snake yarn
we have heard this season. They report
killing thirty-three snakes at one lick; the
longest measuring thirty-two inches and the
shortest seven inches.
DIR. B. F. Dixon, Superintendent of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum. has written a letter
to Mr.. T. NJ. Bailey, of Davie county, in
which he says: "If nothing prevents will
send class of the orphans to your picn
They are better trained than ever before,
and will give very fine entertainment"
A Cleveland and FoxIe flag was raised at
Summerfeld the other day by the Young
Mems Democratic Club of that place, which
| waves So feet above the level of the ground.
| On one side it bears the name of Cleveland
representing the national ticket and on the
other is Fowle, representing the State tick
| ct.
The Tabernacle Meeting and Local Min
isters' Conference will open at Rutherford
College ON the 18th inst. and embrace two
Sundays. Special rates wrll be given on the
railroads. All information concerning
tents, ETC., can be obtained by writing to
Prof. Berge Abernethy, Rutherford College
N. C.
| Lewi.viIIe Dots.
Mr. EpIToR We had line rains an ih.
morning of the goth, which have great,
improved the crops.
A daughter of Lowell Holder, who live.
near Clemmonsville, died the 30th of July
aged some Is or ID years.
her life from the bite or sting Of some I'm
known insect recently.
Diphtheria has made its appearance il