The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-06-11
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A great deal of stone is being
shipped to the Yadkin River for the
new Yadkin iron bridge.
The Winston Fire Company is
arranging to run an excursion &c
MartinsviIle the latter part OF June.
Conductor Stagg, of the Winston
Salem branch road, is spending {
few days with his parents at Burllng
ton.
We very much regret to learn
that the recent wet weather has ma.
terially damaged the wheat crop in
this section.
Hands are now at work on the
extension OF the street car line
through the Land Company's prop
erty South of Salem.
Real estate is changing hands in
Winston-Salem at a pretty rapid rate
these days. One land company sold
seventeen lots last week.
Professor Ludlow sent several
surveyors to Madison Tuesday to
commence work on. the Piedmont
Development companies property.
Rev. W. A. Bunch, president of
the n. C. ii. P. Conference, will
preach at the NJ. p. Church here
next Sunday, morning and night.
Leaf tobacco continues to roll in
to the Winston marked, notwith-
standing the farmers say that at
least five-sixths Of last years crop
has been sold.
Geo. Glib and family have gone
to Newark. New Jersey, to visit rela-
tives. Mr. Glib expects to return in
about IL month, while his family will
probably spend the summer in that
State.
Joseph A. Reed, of Waughtown,
sold q pile of tobacco ut the Orinoco
WarehouseThursday morning which
brought two hundred dollars per
hundred. j. B. Sheppard was the
purchaser.
The Record says the street rail
way grant is acceptable to the
Greensboro Street Railway Co., and
work must begin in six months, and
the job must be completed III eigh
teen months.
II. A.. Lyon, who was connected
with the kernersville News, as editor
ami proprietor. Il few years ago,
spent Monday in the city. He is
now travelling for a shoe house in
Massachusetts.
,-h,,.e1,r, .,,.,,c4 cal :. 4lo 10
named for the annual Masonic pie
mic to be held at Mocksville The
programme will be announced in a
few days. This occasion is one in
which many Winston-Salem people
are always interested in.
The largest swarm of bees the
reporter ever looked upon settled on
the body of an oak tree in East Win
ston about II O'Clock Tuesday AS
to where they came from is unknown,
but Mr.. Edward Rothrock was the
successful man to hive them.
We are informed by the manager
of the Telephone Company that the
material and force requisite to put
ting up the remaining phones sub
scribed are here and will begin work
Immediately. Other parties wishing
phones would do well to notify the
manager ut once.
"A newly married couple from
East Bend, Yadkin county, passed
through Winston Monday en- route
for the State capital. The contract
ing parties were James Craven and
Bessie Steele. They were accom-
panied by Miss Matte johnson and
several other young people from
Yadkin.
We learn that an electrical
storm did considerable damage in
Davie county last week. The Bap-
fist Church at Jerusalem was struck
by lightning, from which the build
ing caught fire and was totally de-
stroyed before the blaze could be ex-
tinguished.
Mr.. 7. L. Farrow, manager of the
prize department in the r. J. Rey-
nolds Tobacco Company's factory,
had the honor at2:20 O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon to lay the first brick on
the company's proposed mammoth
factory building which will front on
Chestnut and Depot streets.
"A colored man, the name OF
whom we did not learn, was covered
mp Monday morning by large bank
of dirt caving at the..site of the new
leaf factory being erected for Messrs
Brown Bros. on Fourth street. Fort
unately for the darkey he was ex
cavated by his fellow workmen be-
fore much damage was done.
Rev. w c. Norman, J. B. Vaughn
and JAS. S. Gray, a committee from
the Centenary church, one day
last week selected a lot ION the cor
ner of Fourth street and Woodland
Avenue, on the property Of Winston
Development Company, East Win
ston, on which to build a Methods
church. This will make the thirC
church of this denomination in Win
ston.
The excursionists arrived from
Raleigh few minutes after twelv,
O'Clock Tuesday. They were met a
the depot by the committee from tn,
First Baptist Church with eigh
street cars AID transferred to tn
Reservation, where tables wer
arranged for general picnicing pur
poses. There were eleven coache
and the crowd was estimated at 65
people.
The following are the newly-elect
ed officers of the Alumnm Association
of the Salem Female College: Pres
dent, Miss Maria Vogler; Vice Presi
dents, Mrs. j. H. Clewell, Mrs. G. W
Hinshaw, Mrs. ]. B. Miner, Mrs. j.