The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-03-12
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The Moravian church band is
practicing for their Easter Services
"A license was issued Saturday
afternoon for the marriage of Henry
Conrad to Maggie Love.
Mr.. b. E. McIver is erecting 9
handsome dwelling for Mr.. Walter
T. Grimes, near Calvary chapel.
Wood is something heard Of
greatly talked about, but seldom
seen in Winston Salem now a-days.
Presiding Elder Adams will con
duct the Second Quarterly Meeting
at Centenary NJ. E. Church next
Sunday.
Capt. E. s. Blair, of Wilkesbo-
70, has taken a contract to furnish
q number of cross-ties for the Mocks-
vile branch road.
BY an act of the recent Legisla-
ture tax-listers are now required to
collect agricultural statistics and
make reports on them.
Another marriage license was
issued Tuesday, the contracting par
ties being j. 81. Wagner to Maggie
Fiddler, of Brookstown.
-''How are you I" Got the "grip."
"Sane over here" This is the av-
erage question and answer one hears
on the streets every day now.
Mr.. J. Spot Taylor, of Danbury.
has purchased Messrs. Shepherd
and Ford's interest in the livery bu.
siness Of r. M. Macarthur & Co.
The Legislature adjourned Monday.
Parties from Raleigh tell us that
number of the Representatives left
for their homes Saturday and Mon
day.
M. O. Haukins, division engin-
eer of the Richmond and Danville
Company, advertises for hands to
work on the Mocksville extension
Railroad.
Tho News says Luther Bennett
has left Charlotte for Winston, hav-
ing accepted = position IS catcher
for the Winston Base Ball team, for
the coming season.
BY the death of Mr.. William
Meyers, the oldest citizenship of
Salem, if not the county, now falls
on the shoulders of Mr.. George Hege,
who is a native of the place. a
Stokes county has another sue
cessful farmer in tho person of Mr.. l
E. r. Vass. He sold three loads of
tobacco at Farmers warehouse last
week and received check for
BILLS.
Tho Kernersville Y. M. G. A.
has elected Messrs. Henry Stone and
James Kerner delegates to attend
tho State Convention of the Y. NJ.
C. A., which meets at Durham on
tho 10Th inst.
Mr.. o. r. Mallard, who two
years ago was connected with the |
Western Sentinel as soliciting agent,
is again working for the paper. We |
shall appreciate any favors shown
him by our patrons.
Mr.. Cicero Use says that some
one entered his hen housed few
nights ago and lifted" a number Of |
his fine fowls. During the past
week he has lost about forty chick
ems and four turkeys.
Mr.. D. 81. King is in receipt of |
. letter from tho firm with whom he |
has contracted for his Ice plant |
stating that they will have tho ma
chine here and in operation during
the month of April.
The "yaller" dude shoes so pop
ular last summer are now worn by |
most all of our citizens-not as a
matter of choice but as q necessity.
The necessity won't exist when we
have better pavements, more sun
shine and less rain.
Some time ago the census bureau
1T Washington announced Winston
Salem's population to be the second
city in North Carolina. Now it an
nounces the States population by
races as follows: Whites, 1,O49, l9l;
colored, 567, ITO; Indians, 1,O7l; Chi
nese, 15. Total, 1,61S. 947.
Speaker r. A. Doughton passed
here this week on his way
home At Sparta from Raleigh. He
was highly pleased with the cour-
tesiss extended him by tho members
Of the House during the past session
especially so over the gold watch
which they presented him before the
closed.
The first Sunday in April is to be
; big day for our Moravian friends.
This is the date decided upon for the
of DIR. Edward Rold-
thaler, pastor Of the Salem Home
church, to the Office of Bishop of
this Southern province. About four
Bishops from the North are expected
70 be prefent and take part in the
exercises.
"A citizen says that the aground
hog" is wiser than any living mani
not excepting Greedy, the weather
bureau man. The former can fore
east the weather for six weeks-and
knows what he is predicting-while
the latter considers it . wise thing
to tell rs about it for twenty-four
hours in I'D vance.
-1essrs. Wade & Chewing, who 1
are doing some good work on the
Winston Salem Land and Invest
mont Company property just south
II Salem, have taken contract for
he grading Of streets in the new
own of North Wilkesboro. The citi-
Tons OF the above place have in
REV . great deal Of work during the
rear. !,
Reduced rates for round-trip tick
,ts to persons Wishing to attend the
North Caroline State Sunday School
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