The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
HOME AND NEIGaB0RH00D NEWS.


Every man has much to be
thankful for today.
You drop your advertisement in
THE SENTINEL. We do the rest.
The Methodist Protestant con
ference will convene in Winston De
cember 10th.
Miss Anna Williamson left last
week to spend the winter visiting
friends and relatives in Arkansas.
Why not have q good clock in
the house? Read the second page Of
this paper and learn how to get it.
Mr.. O. n. Richardson, of High
Point, was united in marriage last
week to Miss Mary Peasants, of
Asheville.
If you haven't read the new ad-
vertisement of the w. /. Franklin
Co. in these columns, you want to do
it right now
Mr.. Edward Gillian, of the Reds
Vile Review, was in Winston last
week, and gave The SENTINEL the
pleasure of IL call.
Gov. Fowle has offered Il reward
of 5000 for the capture Of Ira Shore,
who murdered j. p. Joiner in Yad-
kin county Il few days ago.
DO you need clock? Ifso you
can get one by IL few minutes work.
Read our offer headed What Time
is It?" on the second page
Any bright boy ought to be able
to get two new subscribers to The
SENTINEL any day, and if he does
that, then he gets Il good clock for
his trouble.
Tobacco seems to have flooded
all our neighbOr towns as well as
Winston last week. Reports say that
the warehouses at Mt. Airy, Madison
and High Point all had big breaks.
The new metal front buildings of
Mr.. r. R. Crawford and MesSrs.
Vaughn & Pepper, on 4th street, are
near completion. They are among
the handsomest in the city.
Mr.. A. +. Arnold, one of Wins
toms popular jewelers., has offered a
handsome gold wa tch to that pupil of
the Graded School who makes the
highest average in scholarship for
this session.
MIR. R. J. Reynolds is public
benefactor for tearing away the old
uOtel, WHICH, has ~ ioiS
marred Liberty street. 1t is said that
Mr. Reynolds intends placinga hand
some block of stores on this proper
ty.
Mr.. J. Frank Jones, son of the
late Dr. T. Nj. Jones, of Greensboro,
is dead at Vanderbilt University.
This is a sad blow. He was bright,
promising and good, and his death
will be sad news to the many friends
he had won in all parts of the State.
Miss Lille 3. Biting, daughter
of Col and Mrs J. A. Biting, was
married Tuesday evening at about
eight o clock to Mr.. J. Turner Parrish.
The ceremony was performed at the
Presbyterian parsonage, Rev. +. Z.
Davis officiating.
One of the new departures in Win
ston is the ornamental style of build
ing adopted by Messrs. Edmunds &
Gilmer and Coleman Bros. in the
erection of their neh factories. These
buildings are handsome ornaments
to the town and show that our to-
bacco men are no longer satisfied to
erect big piles of dull, uncomely
brick.
MI. l. ~ L cttIfO.,S, vi tiit
son News, was in Winston Monday.
He said to The SENTINEL that pas
senger trains will be running on the
Roanoke & Southern to Stoneville
this week. He said, further, that it
is the general opinion that Mr.. F. H.
Fries and his ASSOCIATES will soon be-
gin the erection of Il cotton factory
at Mayo Falls.
Two days after the recent cleo
ton, from reports from every county
in the district, THE SENTINEL esti-
mated that Congressman Williams's
majority would be ,949. After hav-
ing received the official returns from
every county, Capt. Williams an
nounces that his majority is $40.
The SENTINEL's estimate came with
in 9 of being correct. 1t was pretty
close.
DR. VIM. III. Bobbitt of the North
Carolina conference, died in Fayette-
vile Saturday afternoon, aged 65
years. His earliest ministry was on
the Wilkes circuit, from which he rose
to fill some of the most important
stations in the Methodist conference.
He was q good man and his death
will be sad news to many friends all
over the State.
Miss Matte E. Winkler was mar
ried to Mr.. Will C.. Crist in the Mo-
ravian church of Salem last Thurs
day night. Rev. E. Rondthaler official
ting. The attendants were Mr.. B.
Pfohl and Miss Claude Winkler, and
Mr.. l.. Beckerdite and Miss Carrie
Crist. The newly welded pair are
among the best known and most
popular of Salem's young people, land
The SENTINEL trusts that they may
realize every happiness.
Those of our citizens who usually
escape the heated term by fleeing to
the cool breezes OF Blowing Rock, will
be interested in the following item
clipped from the Lenoir Topic: 'sMr.
Hugh Gwyn has been for several
months at Blowing Rock, superin-
tending the work of 25 carpenters in
building the Green Park hotel,
structure of 60 rooms, which will
have all the modern improvements
of water works, electric bells. etc, be-
ing heated by furnace and having
splendid bath rooms. Everything
about it will be first-class and it viii
be elegantly furnished. The house is
now covered and weather-boarded"
There was quite breeze down on
the corner of Church and Fourth
streets Saturday afternoon. Joe
Brim q negro restaurant ,keeDar pOf,