The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-06-05
OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS.
WHAT rs GOING ON IN PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA.

Many Matters of Interest that Have Hap
pened Since The Sentinel Last Greeted
Its Readers.
Mr.. Green Montgomery, of Stokes
county, died last week, aged AZ years.
Several tobacco factories in
Leaksville have commenced opera
tions.
The Reidsville Reuie,u has found
the brag hen for laying. She laid 5
eggs in "a hours.
MIR. Jno. Moon, of Jameston, died
last week, aged 78 years. His mother
still survives him being in her 1O0sh
year.
Elders F. J. Stone and A. L.
Moore will preach at Matrimony on
the End Sunday in June and Saturday
preceding.
The young girl Jennie Edwards,
who was charged with strangling her
infant to death at Greensboro, was ac-
quilted last week.
Concord has invited the Western
North Carolina Conference of the NJ.
E. Church, South, to hold its first con.
ference at that place.
The salary of the superintendent
of the graded schools of Greensboro
has been fixed at 1900 per year, re-
duction Of $500 per year.
The committees from the several
towns which want the Roanoke 81
Southern r. r. are at Lexington to-
day in conference with Presidents Fries
and Trout.
High Point as<organized a
Chamber of Commerce with 40 mem
bers. W. A. Ragan is Pres, VIM.
Partridge Vice Pres, and J. E. Cox,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The two children of Mr.. G. B.
Gentry, at Walnut Cove, drank solu-
ton of ball potash few days ago and
it was thought for while the younger
would die. They are both improving.
Mr.. Will Hairston of Va, who
has been spending several days in town,
went to Greensboro Monday to attend
his trial, which was settled by his pay
ing the cost Walnut Covs Graphic.
The Madison Leader says Mr.. IL.
l. Case, of Gases, has bean vine
which came up last fall and being in
protected place it withstood the at
-tacks of Jack Frost during the win
ter.
The six year old child of Mr..
Easly-the musical prodigy-swallow
ell four penny nail some days ago
but up to the latest account had man
ifested no Inconvenience from it.
Greensboro Worknan.
The red legged grasshoppers have
seized the distilery Of J. B. Lanier
at Salisbury. He has bonded it.,
awaiting court This is the largest
distillery in the State, having a ca
pacity of 80 gallons per day.
The Leaksville Warehouse one
day last week. sold load of tobacco
six years old for Mr.. John Hampton,
of Cascade. Mr.. Hampton also has
in his pocket a sample Of his crop
raised fifteen years ago.-Ga=ette.
e. B. Dixon, travelling agent and
collector for the Ashboro Courier, is
much wanted in that town. He rent
ed horse and buggy, and drove to
Maxton where he sold them and skip
ped. The horse and buggy have been
recovered by their owners.
The Literary address at the
Greensboro Female College last Thurs
| day by Rev. Wilbur F. Tillet, D. D.,
af Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tenn, is said by the Patriot to have
been a perfect gem Of oratory, his
subject was The Womanhood of the
South as affected by the war"
The Leaksyille Gazette says Col.
Dillafd has remarkable dog. He
| pays no attention to the ringing of
Baptist Episcopal or Presbyterian
| bells, neither does he ever notice the
High School bell; but at the first tap
of the Methodist church bell he ap-
| pears to imbibe devotional spirit, to
to which he gives expression in deep
and dolorous baying
Mr.. S. L. Leary, architect from
Charlotte, passed through this morn
ing on his way to Durham to look at
the grounds to be occupied by Trinity
college. Mr.. Leary has the contract
for design. He says the main build
ing will cost 100000 at least, and if
the trustees will accept some sugges-
tions he is going to make it will cost
somewhat Greensboro York
man.
The rascal Stiles, who ran away
from Madison last week left his work
men in bad condition. The Leader
says: Lots of them were left without
bread, without money, and without
credit. Stiles was deeply in debt, but
the amount of his Indebtedness is not
definitely known. Besides what he
owed the laborers ON the road, he owed
j. NJ. Vaughn & Son, over $1,000.
MCGEE & Webster, $749 due now and
several hundred dollars due the 20 of
June. Mr.. Stultz, 81 900, A. j. Wall
81, 900, Pratt Bros & Hamlin $50.
OF course the above may not be the
exact figures but then they are not far
| wrong. Monday some of the "Bosses"
and Mr.. 6. w. Martin received some
money from Mr.. Stiles by express
about $500 in all we learn. Work is at
a standstill on the road. The convicts
are not even at work. The men will
doubtless get their money for work
| r3,no IN sthia month hut it Ia dophffnl