The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-07
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progress at High Point.
The Mt Airy district conference
began at Walnut Cove yesterday.
The telegraph Office has been re-
moved to the Montague building.
Prof E. W. Lineback is in Bethle-
hem Pa, where his wife is quite i'll.
Rev Ira Erwin is off on Il vaca-
ton visiting his relatives in Cleve-
land county.
The Piedmont warehouse is to be
enlarged by adding twenty feet more
of fioOr-rOOm.
During the week ending last Sun
day at 10 p. m. 2,675 people rode on
the street cars.
Rev. and Mrs. c. l.. Rights, of
kernersville are visiting their son in
Indian Territory.
The Burkhead NJ E. Sunday
school will picnic at Marvin's Chap
ell next Thursday.
Misses Rebecca Schenck and Lucy
Bevans of Greensboro spent Satur-
day in Winston-Salem.
DR.. j. NJ Hodges, of La Grange
is among the latest additions to
Winston's population.
Mr.. Sam H. Taylor becomes
shipping clerk at the R. & d. depot,
vice J. L. Morton, resigned
Mr. H. L. Higgins is going into the
leaf tobacco business for himself
We wish him the geatest success.
Mrs. Pfohl, Mrs Carmichael and
party of Salem lassies are off on
trip, by wagon, to the mountains.
A valuable mill property is offer
ell for sale in THE SENTINEL this
week See our advertising columns.
The family of Mr. p NJ. Wilson
have arrived and will occupy the
house recently built by Mr.. ". B.
Glenn.
Our city commissioners are fgur-
ing with the Salem authorities for
the purpose of building a sewerage
system.
The contract for the new brick
building for the First National bank
has been let. 1t will be four stories
high.
The city commissioners met to-
day and decided to keep all dogs in
the pound only six hours before kill
ing them.
Salem Academy, the best institu
ton of it's kind in the South, inserts
an advertisement in this issue. Send
for catalogue.
The Commissioners of Winston
have granted IA leave of absence to
policeman o. r. Mallard until the
2Sth of this month.
The hospital is in need of funds,
and the people of Winston-Salem
should supply it. There's no nobler
charity in our land.
Mr. J. G.. Bessent slipped and
sprained his arm at Greensboro, re-
turning from the encampment, and
now wears it in a sling.
-Baity, of the Bee Hive, has pur-
chased the stock of Taylor, Norman
& Co., and is selling it at cost. His
new ad. will appear next week.
Mr. and Mrs. J T. Darlington, of
Leaksville, are in the city attending
the bedside of Mr.. W. NJ Darlington,
who has been seriously i'll for several
days.
After next Monday the r. & d.
Railroad will put on two trains a day
between Greensboro and WilkesborO
and 1T is said that both will be run
during daylight.
Mr. r. L. Cox tells us that the crops
along Muddy creek were terribly
damaged by the heavy rains last
Sunday. The crops on the bottoms
were almost ruined.
Eighteen thousand, nine hundred
and ninety one dollars and fifty-six
cents was the amount of tax on to-
bacco taken in at the Winston office
last week Over &c., was collec-
ed during July.
Sheriff Dalton, of Stokes, tells
THE SENTINEL's traveller that crops
in his county are five times better in
quantity and quality than he has
ever known them. Corn and tobac-
co are excellent.
The Thirty-fifth session of Dali
ton Institute opens Sept. /, 1890.
Prof. w. A. Flynt, A. NJ, who first
opened the school, is now principal.
than any term for the past seventeen
years.
Capt. S. E. Allen has gone north
to buy new stock of hardware He
will occupy the new building which is
soon to be erected on Liberty street.
He has been paid all his insurance
money and will soon be in ship-shape
again.
Messrs. V. E. Turner, of Wilkes and
j. S. Bell, of Elkin, were here yester-
day on their way to the district con-
ference at Walnut Cove. They tell
us that arrangements are being made
to put through mail on their route
within a few days.
Mr.. w. F. Shaffner has bought
an interest in the iron works of j. A.
Vance. He graduated at the Uni
versity last june Hereafter the
style of the firm will be Vance &
Shaffner. The new firm has THE
SENTINEL's entire confidence and its
best wishes.
w. W. Barber Esq, of Wilkesbo-
TO, was in Winston Monday, on his
way to Stokes court. Nearly every
voter in this district will know him
personally before election day and
then the majority will vote for him.
He's such a fine lawyer and agreeable
gentleman that they can't help it,
even il they want to.
Do you feel dull and tired? If so
90 to the Smith Drug Co. and get a
bottle of Our Own" Sarsaparilla.
That old liver can be set going