The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-20

TO Mr.. VIM. J. Hester in the Protest
ant church Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Sim White sold his property
on Main street this week tor SIS, 900
The purchasers were Mr.. L. c. Hum
phrey and his associates.
The Walnut Cove Graphic has
changed hands again, Mr.. c. Il. Gent
ry gracefully retiring to give place
to Mayor J. W. Gentry.
Bro. Pepper, of the Danburt
Reporter, was in Winston this week
hnstling for ads. and remembered to
look in on The SENTINEL.
1t is known of all men that Wins
ton is bound to have a bigger hotel
downtown Some of our local CAPT
talists are planning to build it,
Capt. c. Buford, Col. r. l.. Craw-
ford and Mai. E. H. Wilson have
gone over into the mountains OF
Virginia to shoot deer and SIGH.
A branch Office of the Dunn mer-
camille agency is to be established in
| Winston. An agent was here last
week and made all arrangements
! Miss Willie Brown, of Mocksville.
was married in that place yesterday
to Mr.. w. H. lie Grand, of Richmond
ceunty, Rev. p. H. Dalton officiating.
The internal revenue collections
at the Winston office last week
amounted to $12,O93.6S. The col
lections on Monday and Tuesday of
this week aggregated SO, 73O.60.
buckingham county seems to be
ahead on Anticipated folks of the fem
j hn
meratoF in Wentworth found an old
woman who was 1O4 years old.
The Daily Record succeeds the
| Daily Patriot in Greensboro, and Mr..
T. G. Millikin, late of the Randolph
Herald, succeeds Messrs. Keogh &
Boyd as editor Of the North State.
Mr.. E. A. Griffith was examining
u small rifle last Sunday morning
and the thing went off and shot a
small round hole through his foot,
very close to where the toes join the
foot.
pr. ]. NJ. Hodges, of La Grange,
is one of the newer additions to Win
ston's citizenship. He has bought Il
lot on Spring street in the West End
and has let the contract for Il hand
some reSlUe11ce-
The Davie Times says that a bull
let was found in heart-pine shingle
which came from Rowan county. 1t
is supposed that it was shot there
about 100 years ago, when the tree
was a sapling.
The State warrants for pensions
are to be sent out to the Registers of
Deeds in all the counties on Nov.
both. All cold vets entitled to
pension can get it from the Register
after that day.
A. T. Page Esq, who owns the
town of Blues Crossing, Moore Co,
and who built and operates the rail
road to that place, was in the city
this week, prospecting. He is a gen
tleman of large wealth and superb
energy and we hope he will decide to
locate here.
Col. A. C. Davis has been working
earnestly ever since his school COM
menced putting uniforms on his boys
and putting them through the man
ual of arms. He now has them suffi
GENTLY prepared to give a public dress
parade in the city and he proposes
doing SO tomorrow or Saturday.
Capt. j. S. Lockhart. proprietor
of the Banner Warehouse at Dur
ham, was on our market Tuesday.
And SO was Mr. Thos. Mason, editor
of the Western Tobacco Journal
Both gentlemen expressed their sur
prise and admiration at the way
Winston's tobacco. business has
grown.
Maj. Sam'l. H. Smith, of the
Smith Drug Co., did the exceedingly
handsome thing last week in present
ing a durable oil-cloth school book
satchel to every pupil in the Graded
school. 1t took about 500 to go
around and every little shaver is now
a walking advertisement for this pop
ular drug house.
The people ought to extend a
liberal patronage to the concert of
the Boston Symphony Orchestral
Club which will be given here on Dec.
18th. This is the finest travelling
musical organization in the U. S. and
it's concerts are a treat.-For one,
THE SENTINEL feels under obligation
to Prof. Markgraff for securing this
exceptionally good entertainment for
the city.
Mr.. J. w. Shore, of Yadkin, paid
his annual compliments to The SEN
TINEL this week and gave us some
additional facts concerning the kill
ing of Joyner Sunday before last He
says that Shore (who is no relative
of his and Joyner had not been on
friendly terms for some time. At
Shores distillery they each lost a
knife, exactly alike. One Of the knives
was found and each claimed it. Hot
words led to blows and Shore struck
Joyner on the head with IL piece of
plank. As soon as the doctor said
that Joyner could not live, Shore
jumped into his road-cart and fed
He left considerable Indebtedness be-
hind him, among the creditors being
Messrs. F. & H. Fries, of this city to
whom he owed a considerable amount.
His property is all mortgaged, so
that his creditors, stand but little
chance of recovering.
A Word to Our Subscribers.
Throughout this year The SENTI-
MEL has not asked it's subscribers for
money. 1t has waited patiently and
cheerfully and every, week tried to
give them paper which would be
welcome visitor to their lfiresides
Some of our friends have calledin and
settled, while others have not. To
those who have not, we wish to say,
kindly but frankly that we need the
money and want you to pay us as
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