The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-04-02
HOME And NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.


SENTINEL-only five dollars.
The SENEINEL will be sent to a
club Of FIVE for one year for five dol
lars.
H. T. Newland, merchant at
Elkville, Wilkes county, left for
Baltimore Tue lay night to buy his
Mr.. J. 1. Styers has sold a beau
tiful building lot to Policeman N. A.
Lewis, on Spring street, in North
east Winston.
Died, at his home, near White
Roads, Forsyth county, March Goth,
of organic heart disease, Mr.. W. b.
Hilton, aged 81 years.
The Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company is doing some
acceptable work for our business men
by macadamizing road leading to
the freight nepot.
Mr.. S. E. Hough photographed
the large assembly of people on the
Moravian graveyard Sunday morn
ing. The crowd was estimated at
between four and FIVE thousand.
Mr.. B. A. johnson, while out
hunting Monday about FIVE miles
East of Winston, found a six pound
cannon ball in the pine woods. Mr..
johnson brought the ball home with
him.
Paul Chatham, of Elkin, passed
through here yesterday on his return
from a visit to Reidsville. Some of
Paul's friends say that he has an
idea of making Reidsvllle his home.
Ben Terrell, the noted Alliance
speaker, of Texas, addressed fair
sized audience of farmers on the
workings of the order at two o'clock
Saturday afternoon, in the courthouse.
w. 81. Hannah, a young man in
the employ of Messrs. Kester Bros.
is carrying his left hand in sling,
which is the result of getting his
thumb cut off in piece of machi-
merry few days ago.
The average length Of the days
this week is II hours and % minutes.
This will make them Is minutes
longer than those of last week, and
those of Christmas week.
Another change has been made
in the schedule of the passenger
train between here and Greensboro.
The morning train now leaves at 1880
o'clock instead of and returns at
11:3O a. m. instead of 11:45.
Mr.. John T. Shepherd, brother
of our townsman, Mr.. j. w. Shep-
herd, died of pneumonia at his home
in Elkin last Thursday night, aged
40 years. the remains were laid to
rest at Mooresville on Saturday.
The members of the First Bap~
fist Church are considering the cree
ton of a larger house of worhip. The
ladies are interested in the cause
and have already commenced work
to raise funds for that purpose.
Lee McDale and Pat Hairston,
two colored women, got into row
over in Bahnsontown Saturday
night, and the result was that the
former received a painful wound on
the head, from rock thrown by the
latter.
After a brief illness, Mr.. VIM.
Lloyd died in East Winston Sunday
night, aged about rs years. The de-
ceased was the father of Mr.. John
and Harper Lloyd. The remains
were taken to New Garden Tuesday
morning for interme1t.
The Roonoke end Southern Rail
road Company have ordered two
large freight engines, which are ex-
pected to arrive in few days ready
g.
put on between Winston and Mar
tinsville, on April 10Th.
Chicken thieves continue to
make raids. Sunday night they visi-
tod Mr.. Henry Foy in West Winston
and carried off nineteen of his fne
fowls. Mr.. Foy says that he tracked
the guilty parties as far as Belo's
pond by the feathers they tore out
of the fowls.
We were informed to-day that
the Alliance of Forsyth was consid
ering the establishment of large to-
bacco works out on the Nocksville
branch railroad, about seven miles
from Winston. They also talk of
starting other enterprises out there.
"A medical school is to be estab-
lished and run in connection with
Trinity College after its opening in
Durham Among the list of seven
professors to be chosen for this de-
partment we notice the name of DIR.
IF. F. Bahnson, of Salem.
Il. 3. Ripple. q farmer who re-
sides near Enterprise, Davidson Co.,
raised on 8 acres of land this past
year tobacco upon which he realized
$1,747. Mr.. Ripple cultivated twen-
ty-two acres in addition, upon which
he raised all his home supply. His
entire farm expenses did not exceed
$500. -
The marriage Of Mr.. Ira R. Ca
vim, of Elkin, to Miss Lilah w
Smith, was solemized at the home oil
brides parents, in Salem, yesterday
morning, Rev. E. p. Davis officiat
ing. The newly married couple left
on the train. the afternoon for Ell.
kin; where they will make their fu
tyre home.
broad Street Baptist Church
has invited Rev. w. A. Summons, Of
Big Stone Gap, Va, to conduct 8
series of meetings at this church,
commencing next Sunday morning
Mr.. Simmons, who is quite an able
divine. has accepted the invitation
. nd is expected hero to commence
the services at the time above stated
The largest mortgage deed eYeI
recorded in Forsyth county has JUS
been made. The same was given OF
the Winston-Wiikesboro Railroad Il