The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-07-17
HOME AND NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS.

night.
Prof. NJ. H. Holt and lady, of
Oak Ridge, were in the city last Sat
urday.
There will be an excursion from
Mt. Airy to Wilmington on Septem-
Der 10th.
Our soldier boys will soon begin
to make preparations for the En-
campment, tits said.
Died, at his home in Kernersville,
Sunday evening, Mr.. Nat Kerner,
aged about 60 years.
Miss Josie Bachelor, represent
ing the Orphans Friend, of Oxford,
was in the city this week
-Davie county Democratic con-
vention instructed its delegates to
vote 16 for Henderson and 4 for
LeaZar.
Durham county Democratic con-
ventiOn will meet at the court house
in Durham on the I'd day of August,
at IL o'clock m.
In the game of baseball between
Winston and Greensboro yesterday
evening, the score stood II to 2 in
favor of Winston.
A large number of railroad hands
passed through Winston Monday on
their way to Salisbury to work on
the Yadkin railroad.
Col. F. H. Fries and r. J Rey-
nolds went to Roanoke, Va, to look
after business pertaining to the Roa-
noke & Southern railroad.
There will be an excurion of the
Baptist Sunday school to Pilot
Mountain on the Oath inst. Tickets
will be sold to outside parties at 81.
We are informed by Mr. NJ H.
Dawson that Clavius Petree, son of
Rev. J. E. Petree, of Forsyth county,
was drowned in Alabama on the 18th
inst.
Prof l.. B. Edwards has returned
to the city, and will spend IL few days
here. He has accepted a position
with the Thompson Military School
at Siler City.
Licenses were issued Tuesday for
the marriage of Erastus Everhart to
Lula Latham. of Davidson county,
and Thomas r. Cooper to Mary Law
ence, of Clemmonsville.
Mr.. A. F. Arnold proposes to give
gold-headed cane to the member of
the Winston baseball club making
the greatest number of base hits in
games to be played this month.
Two young men, Joe Smith and
Fount Clifton, captured Il beaver
near Hills Ford, Stokes county, the
other day, which measured 3 feet s
inches in length and weighed SO
pounds.
1t is stated upon good authority
that the capital has been subscribed
for the erection of canning estab-
lishment and ice factory in Winston,
the plant to cost betweed $4,000
and $4,000.
We return thanks to Mr. w. s.
Hay for a very handsome Autograph
of Henry Grady, which advertises
Henry Grady tobacco" 1t is the
best picture of the noted Georgian
that we have seen.
-Jno. Dobson Esq. Of Surry, was
here last Friday. He says the Yad-
kin Valley has ''the prettiesu scenery,
the prettiest women, the honestest
men and the fewest niggers in the
world" It's Gods country.
There was an interesting game
of baseball at Athletic Park Tuesday
evening between the Winston Giants
and the Raleigh Nationals. The
game resulted in an easy victory for
Winston, by score of p to 1.
Rev. Dr. B. F. Dixon, the new
president of Greensboro Female Col
lege, was in Winston Monday night,
in consultation with Grand Master
S. III. Smith relative to the superin-
tendency of the Oxford Orphan Asy-
lum.
-Messrs. III. W. Fries, r. F. Hoke,
w. F. Kornegay and T. M. Holt have
been elected delegates of the N. w.
n C. Railroad for the State, by the
stockholders at Greensboro, in addi-
ton to those appointed by the Gov
ernor.
There will be big Farmers Ali
ance rally at Greensboro on the 22d
and 23d inst. Every arrangement is
being made to insure the farm srs a
grand time Col L. L. Polk and
other distinguished alliancemen will
make addresses.
The Durham Globe says that a
gentleman of that city has watch
that was made of gold dug in Chat
ham co unity, less than than thirty
miles fom there, in 1926. Six
watches were made at that time, and
his is one of them.
-A Sunday school excursion came
up from Greensboro yesterday
There were six coaches, and they
were well filed with jolly crowd
bent on having a good time. The
excursionists enjoyed a sumptuous re-
past at the Reservation.
The. District Conference of the
Greensboro district will convene at
Kefnersville next Tuesday. The fol-
lowing are the delegates chosen by
the Centenary M. E. Church here to
attend: r. r. Crawford, q. T. Bynum,
M. ". Norfieet and E. E. Gray.
Editor Brown, of the Raleigh
Evening Visitor, was in to see us
Tuesday evening. He says he has
had forty years experience as a
printer and newspaper man, and he
remarked as he came into our COM
posing room, "Well, this looks quite
DIR. Wheeler gives as q reason for
desiring to remove thep ostoffice that
~ Solfactory nerves are constantly
Banded by the disagreeable stencil
nanetin& from the ally in the rear
w t)xe hni1ding, and suggests
th>3t the 5nnitary officer inves-