The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-07-10
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Three Voting Precincts were Made in
=. Winston Other Business


ers met Monday.
Col +. IL. Fries, gen1 manager O
the Roanoke & Southern Railroad
filed an amended report, showing, tine
number of miles of said road opera
ting in the State to be>as follows
T In Forsyth county ! > miles and 500
feet, and in Stokes county 10 miles
and 1860 feet.
The Board had final settlement
with NJ E. league which showed
that balance of 1913. 10 was due him
from the county.
p The matter of Il public road in Old
Town and Bethania townships was
taken up and, after reading a coun-
ter petition and hearing argument
pro and con, it was decided to allow
the road upon the condition that the
petitioners open and put it in first
class order at their own expense.
After allowing number of claims,
the Board adjourned till Tuesday
morning, at which meeting an i'm
portant change was made in the vO-
ting precincts of Winston.
1t was ordered dy the Board that
the town of Winston be divided into
three voting precincts bounded as
follows:
Precinct No. /. to commence in the
center of the Brookstown road where
it crosses the Winston boundary line
of the town, thence running with the
Winston corporation line southwards
it's various courses and distances,
falling on the north boundary line of
Salem and the east boundary line of
Winston to a point in east line di-
rectly on the line Of the center of
Fourth street of Winston. Thence
along the center otfourth street, fall
ing on the center of the Brookstown
road to the place of beginning, with
place of voting at the Court House.
Precinct, No. 2, to commence at
the center of the BroOkstown road
where it crosses the western bOun-
dary line of Winston. Thence along
the center ofthe Brookstown road to
its intersection with Fourth street
Thence along the center of Fourth
street to it's terminus and thence in a
straight line to the eastern boundary
line of Winston. Thence along the
said eastern boundary line to point
directly opposite the center of the
street leading from Seventh street to
the east boundary line of the town
Thence in direct line northwardly
to strike the center of the street lead
ing from the corner OF the Graded
School lot eastwardly. Thence along
said street to Depot street. Thence
following Depot street in the center
to it's intersection with Seventh
street at a colored church. Thence
along Seventh street in it's center to
its present terminus. Thence in a
direct line in the same direction OF
Seventh street to the corporate line,
with voting place at Mayors office.
Precinct No. 3. All that portion
of the town of Winston lying north
of precinct No. 2, with voting place
in the store of w. III. White, on Lib
erty street.
Eight liquor licenses and one cheer"
license were allowed.
The following road supervisors
filed reports, showing the receipts and
disbursements of the road fund in
their respective townships: G. II.
Idol, of Abbotts Creek; C. A. Rey-
nolds, of Broadbay; D. A. Binkley, Of
Lewisville; j. Y. Standifer, of Middle
Fork; f. L. Reed, of Old Town; T. N.
Marshall, of. Salem Chapel; j. G.
Shut, of South Fork; E. c. Dull. Of
Vienna; Il. j. Reynolds, of Winston.
1t was ordered that the clerk noti-
fly E. Burk, former supervisor of
South Fork township, and j. S. Ray,
of Kernersville, and John
F. Flynt, supervisor of Belew' S Creek,
to make an itemized statement of the
receipts and disbursements of the
road fund of their respective town
ships.
stated that the unpaid taxes placed
in his hands for collection are $627.-
"a short of the amount stated on set
Element with NJ E. league, ex-sheriff
1t was ordered that NJ E. league oe
notified to this effect and to appear
at an adjourned meeting of the
Board on the second Monday in July
to correct any error that may APP
pear in said statement, according to
an agreement that was had when
said settlement was made.
1t was ordered that the clerk re-
quest the clerk of the Superior Court
to make out bill of cost for May term
Superior Court, 1890, on the basis of
half fees only, in all insolvent State
cases, also to ask said clerk to pre-
sent revised bill Of cost for any for
mer courts in which he may have en-
tered State cases at full cost since
Judge Clark's last court here.
Ordered that the clerk issue an or
der on the sheriff of the county, I'M
der date of July. the 1st, to pay
National Bank the sum of
81, $50, with interest at per cent.
till paid, for the Winston township
railroad coupons, due on the 1st inst
and paid by said bank The Board
made the following tax levy to meet
interest on Winston township rail-
road bonds: 81 cents on every 500
worth 'ofreal and personal property,
and 81 cents on,th poll; also made
the following tax levy to meet Glenn
townships, part of David
son county's indebtedness. II cents
on the $780, worth of real and per-
sonal property and 81 cents on the
poll.
Several persons were released from
double tax and from tax on proper
ty which had been sold and various
passed upon by the Sher-
if and clerk of the Court.
County Political ( hat
You don't hear much talk about
candidates for the county offices yet,
but now and then a name is mention