The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-04-09
home AND NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.


There. are twenty-nine inmates
in the county poor house.
Calvary Chapel Sunday School
has an enrolment of IT'S members.
The internal revenue collections
for the month of March footed up
$37, 919.16.
-Messrs. Crews Bros, of Walker
town, are arranging for the erection
of large tobacco factory.
Mr.. P. D. Williamson, Of Terre
Haute, Ind, is visiting Mr.. I. F.
Williamson, on Fifth street.
Twenty six marriage licenses
were issued in Forsyth during the
month of March. Six have been is
sued thus far in April.
Mr.. J. W. Fries and family, who
are now in Europe, are expected
home the last of Nay or first Of
June. They are now in Paris.
Mr.. James 4. Byerly, native of
FORSYTH, and well known in Winston
and Salem, has been appointed as
sistant Postmaster at Madison.
The Greensboroipapers' speak in
com plimentary terms of Rev. Ira
Erwin, who is assisting in series of
protracted meetings in Greensboro.
All of the machinery for Mr.. D.
b. Kings ice plant has arrived, and
the workmen are expected here on
the 18th inst, to place it In position.
-Messrs. Leak, Beall & DeVane
are having an engine and boiler put
in their factory preparatory for run
ming their tobacco works by steam
this year.
They are grinding some fine
wheat at the Wachovia Flonrlng
ing Mills which was raised and ship
ped here from far. off Washington
Territory. ~
The sstoot'' of the iron horse is
beginning to sound familiar to the
people living within its sound along
the Mocksville branch railroad, as
far as the Yadkin River.
j. A Vance Esq, is having his
dwelling moved back to the rear end
of his lot, fronting on Bellows Greek
street, preparatory to the erection
of. a handsome residence.
Peaches have been greatly dam
aged by the recent cold "snap." A
gentleman from Clemmonsville in
forms US that the peach crop is
thought to be all killed out THERE r.
Mr.. J. NJ. Crunpler has the con
tract for painting Mt. Airy's big ho-
tel which is now nearing completion.
Mr.. Frank Nading and other paint
ers are now at work on the big struc
ture. I'll
-Track-laying continues briskly
on the Mocxsville branch road. 1t
will be completed to Muddy creek by
Saturday, and the contractor is fig
uring on reaching the Yadkin River
next week -
-Messrs. Gorrell 6 higgins,
new leaf tobacco firm, made their
first shipment of the weed across the
Atlantic Ocean to-day. This firm is
composed of two progressive young
men who are bound to succeed.
Clerk Of the Court Stafford has
received a list of the newly appoint
ed Magistrates for Forsyth, made by
the last Legislature, but owing to
mixture of names he proposes to
send the list back to Raleigh for
correction.
Bishops Van Week, of Ohio,
lowering and Bachman, of Penn
sylvania, are expected to arrive in
Salem this week to assist in the ex-
ercises of ordaining DIR. Edward
Rondthaler Bishop next Sunday, the
18th inst.
- The average length of the days
of this week is IL hours and A min
ates. This makes them fifteen min
utes longer than those of last week
and gives three hours and one min
ute more day light than during
Christmas week. Il.
Poles for the telephone system
has been suggested that it would add
to the appearance If the Telephone
and Electric Light Companies would
each paint their poles for about ten
feet above the ground. a.5-
~ DIR. Edward Ronthaler, who will
be, ordained Bishop of this Province
next Sunday, will retain the pastor
ate of the Home Church. His cleo
ton to the Office of Bishop, We learn,
will not remove him from his useful
field of routine church work.
/. Principal Clewell informs us
that preliminary arrangements are
being made for the commencement
exercises of Salem Female College
which will begin May 29th and close
June 3rd 1t promises to the most
Interesting commencement ever at
: tempted by the college.
Messrs. J. L. Valentine, DIR. W. j.
Conrad and J .-L.Tyler were.ordained
Is Deaeons of the First Baptist
Church Sunday night. ReYs. n. A.
Brown andiM. Baldwin formed the
Presbyt terry IN their ordination. The
eatire service was devoted to the
above exercises.
4nraLsB oltons Of Riehnond, las
sopened q tailoring establishment be.
tween Liberty and Elm streets. Mr.
Bolton comes to Winston with twenty
years experience, and is clever gen
tlema4, and The SENTINEL believes
that he viii reap the degree of sue.
sess he deserves.
= Petitions are being circulated an6
freely signed among the citizens oil
Winston and Salem with a view Of
inviting Evangelist Fife to conduit a
Union meeting here some time in the
near future. The SENTINEL endors
es theseffort ,bsihG made, and trust,
that 4EjFife Will sccept the invita-
ton.