The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-05-03
FORSYTH COUNTY TOPICS
DASHES HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.


Miss Maggie Brown, of this city, is Wis
iting relatives in Mocksville.
The frost of last week played havoc
with the fruits and young vegetables in some
localities
The Widows Choir of the Moravian
Church congregation celebrated their annual
festival last Sunday.
The Revenue receipts at the Winston
branch Office for the month of April amour
ted to S34, 273.79.
We return thanks for communication
from Fall Creek, but cannot publish it, be-
cause no name is signed.
A municipal ticket, lead by Mr.. II. X.
Dwire for Mayor, will be in the field next
Monday, so we informed.
Mr.. J. s. Bush, travelling salesman for
Messrs. P H. Hanes & Co, left for long
trip South last Thursday.
"A Calisthenic Entertainment will be
given in the Academy Chapel, Salem, to-
night and to morrow night.
The Baptists of Waughtown are push
ing the work on their new church. They
expect to have it completed by July 1st
The members of the NJ. P. Church are
raising the necessary funds with which to
make some needed repairs upon their churc h
building.
The State Medical Society will hold its
thirty fifth annual meeting at Fayetteville,
Nav the Sth. Several of our NJ DIS. will at
tend the meeting.
The contract for carrying the mail be-
tween Kernersville and Symmetrical for
the next four years has been awarded to E.
Parr, of Stuart, Va.
Miss jamie Reynolds, of Aberdeen,
Miss, will deliver the Valedictory and Miss
Addie Fries, of Salem, the Salutatory at the
Commencement of Salem Academy.
The old paling fence is being torn from
around the Salem Square. 1t is to be repla-
ced by substantial stone fence, work upon
which will be commenced very soon.
Miss Ada Hesmath and Mrs. Sallie
Clauder, both of Bethlehem, Pa, are visit
ing Prof. Ed Lineback, in Salem. Mrs.
Hesmath is daughter of Mr.. Lineback.
II lie eSlSElOI VI TIC opOia 4IOuoC DuiiO-
ing is being beautifed by free use of the
paint brush The work is being done by
Mr.. J.. A. Walker, and his painting always
speaks for ITSELF
The Kernersville Neus says that Mr..
J. L. Jones and family, except Mrs. Jones,
left for Winston, their future home, We'd
neslay. Mrs Jones will remain to complete
her term ofschosl.
Mr.. c. A. Hege has dozen banana
plants in front of his residence, one of which
is ladened with the luscious fruit. Besides
these he has number of other tropical
plants which interest the passer-by.
-Messrs. Fuller & Durham, dry goods
merchants of this city, are succeeding. As
an evidence of this fact, Mr.. Fuller left
Monday night for northern cities to purchase
a second spring stock of goods for the firm
The Greensboro papers state that Mr..
W. II. Chick, of this place, is doing fine
iob of painting for the Messrs. Tate Bros,
at their new drug store on South Elm
street. Will is fne painter, as his work
always attests.
~ CllduSC III Luc duNSItloClnSAL VI liO
Bee Hive Cash Store this week tells our
readers what the firm of w. D. Baity &
Sons are doing. They are energetic and
their business has grown beyond their ex-
pectation.
Nearly every town city in the State
of any preteution has Racket Store. Wins
ton now has one-and a creditable one it is
too. Mr.. D. D. Schouler is the proprietor
of the enterprise and his store will be-found
one door above the Postoffice.
The town wants a stree. sprinkler. 1t
is oh, so dusty. Won't the Commissioners
give us street sprinkler? Do it, gentle
men, and confer summers blessing on
your suffering fellow townsmen Give, oh,
giyeAus a street sprinkler Save us, or we
stife.
The Odd Fellows, of this place. had a
very interesting anniversary meeting Tues
day night. Several invited guests were
there to participate in the exercises. A
number of short speeches were made and
altogether it was a very pleasant evening
for those who were present
Mrs. Mary P. Bynum, widow of the
late DIR. Bynum, met with painful accident
last Saturday by falling from the back door
of her home on Liberty Street The fall
was but short distance, yet a broken thigh
was the result of it. We wish for Mrs. By
mum speedy recovery.
j. B. Rush, colored, will begin the
publication this week of The Colored Citizen,
which will encourage industry, economy,
education, and the more perfect independ-
ence of the colored race. The editor alrea-
dy has a subscription list of over 400, and
he hopes to make the ensk rise both a
success and credit to his people.
Winston is to have another mammoth
tobacco factory. The structure will be brick,
and will be erected by Mr.. S. A. Ogburn,
near the corner of Seventh and Church
streets. The building will be SIKH feet
and three stories high Messrs. Fugle Bros
{ have beer. awarded the contract, and the
bricklaying was commenced yesterday.
The plans and specifca tions for the new
Presbyterian Church are still in the hands
of the contractors, neither one of which have
as yet sent in their bid to the committe The
plans for the new Methodist Church, to be
erected on Liberty Street, is also yet in the
hands of the contractors. Work upon both
buildings will be commenced shortly.
The revival services at the Centenary
Church are still in progress and will con