The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-03-05
HOME AND HEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Issued In FOrSytn during reDruary.
Tho busy housewife is trying
her hand in gardening between
showers.
MIR. j. w. + ries, of Salem, ha.
been reelected one of the trusteeslo1
the State University.
Winston shipped 800, 544b lbs. Of
manufactured tobacco during the
month which closes to-day. :.
The Twin City Bottling Works
located near the R. & D. freight. de
pot, has commenced business.
The brick layers are looking for
ward to big years work. 1t seems
that they will not be disappointed.
The internal revenue collections
for the month of February, at the
Winston Office, foot up $40, 232.66
The new postofice Joliet recent
~ established on the Wilkesboro
road, was formallyopened up Sat
urday.
The Richmond Tobacco Journal
says: "W. A. Anderson, Of South
Boston, will engage in. the ware
house business at Winston"
Mr.. E. n. Jennings, we learn,
has secured lucrative government
position at Washington, and has al
ready entered upon the duties of this
position. .
March 10th is, the day for the op-
eninr of the Alliance tobacco ware
house in this city. The house has
been undergoing the necessary re-
pairs for several days.
Several of our contractors have
adopted the ten hour system of Ia
Dor. They begin work at z a. M,
close at IL for dinner; begin again at
one and close again at 6 p. m.
Dwellings and business houses
are still in demand in Winston. Can
not our monied men come to the
rescue and help supply these wants 4
We need them, gentlemen, bad.
- Winston and Salem's Land and
Improvement Companies are plan
ming to make things hum when
gentle spring" comes. They mean
business and propose to be heard
from.
-Onr young friend, Frank J. Lip
fert, has gone into the tobacco man
ufaetaring business. He is associa-'
ted with Mr.. C. Hamlen and sou. The
style Of the new firm is Hamlen,
Liipfert & Co.
Mr.. Lee Fleming, agent at Roar
ing River, on the Wifkesboro Road,
4 - b 10 II
Greenwood, daughter of Sheriff
Greenwood, of Wilkes county, Rev.
Mr.. Eudaily officiating.
AS will be noted elsewhere, W
publish the Diary of Gen. George
Washington on his trip to Salem in
1901. The room in which the Gen
eral slept on the night Of his visit
here is in the old Butner Hotel.
-Messrs. Breen & Feely, the con-
tractors ON the Roanoke and South
ern Railway, have given up their
contract near Martinsville and the
work has been given to W.. E.
Waugh & Co. and Pedigo & Mar
shall.
-Orinoco warehouse seems to be
etors, Messrs. Watt and Webb, are
both clever and enterprising gentle
men, and they are growing popular
with the farmers of the Piedmont
section.
Did you ever think how much
money is spent in Winston during a
year for leaf tobacco The amount,
is enormous, so much SO that many
are heard to ask where does it all
come from, and where does all the
tobacco go tot
The Madison News says: "Mr.
Thos. D.. Meador left for1 Winston
Monday morning. where he takes a
position as assistant auctioneer. at
Browns warehouse. Mr.. Meador
will. I'll his new position with ability
and satisfaction to his employees.
Among the changesin our town
charter, which has been presented
to the Legislature for adoption, will
be to change Winston's name to the
s'City of Winston" A change of
the name of t.town commissioner,
to s.Board of Alderman" will also be
made.
This is q fns. town. said 4
visitor. to the local man yesterday
evening. eyes, and it is full of life
and yim,n we answered. t'You are
right, it is the lIveliest looking town
I've struck in the State. Everybody
about here seems to know nothing
but business-and they are attend
ing to it, too" q
Mr.. D. G. Warner. who has been
in the employ Of ,Messrs. Miller Bross
for some time, died st 3o'clock Thurs
day morning of pneumonia. The de-
ceased WAS q younr man and highly
esteemed by all of his fellow work
men. He leaves a young wife and
one small child to mourn his death.
A couple stepped into the Register
Of Deeds Office this morning and
asked for sthe necessary papers to
make them man and wife. The girl
said they had run, away. 1t Was be-
isyed that they had intended to get
Squire Beckerdite to tie the knot,
but were too timid to be Joined be-
fore the crowd. Their names are
John Henry Smith, of Abbotts Creek
township and Mary Sapp, Of Salem
township.
Miss Mary Pfohl, Of Columbus,
I 9s., who gradnsted At the HAlem Ee-
sale College two years ago, and
Who Is we'll known in the Twin City,.
writes to the last issue Of the "Acad-
.ouy,t that she u engaged in rather y
'1GU held for girls, having acceptedal
49, >-sxI<-s-< ,Sxl =