The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-08-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. Hal NJ. Worth has been chosen
to succeed the late Mr.. T. C.. Worth
| as Treasurer and General Manager
of the Worth Manufacturing Com
pany at Cent? al Falls and at Worth
ville.
Mr.. E. L. C.. Ward, a native of
Northampton county, and at one
time editor of the Albemarle En-
quirer, published at Murfreesboro,
this State, has recently assumed edi
torial charge of the Bridgeport GA
News.
Among the distinguished visitors
who are in North Carolina at present
is Mayor Shakespeare, ofNew Orleans
and his accomplished daughter. Miss
Nita, who are spending some time at
the Mountain Park Hotel, at Hot
Springs, N. c.
The Virginia Colored Farmers AL
lance met in Richmond Saturday.
Sixteen counties were represented.
The only white man present was R.
NJ. Humphrey, of Texas, general SUI
perintendent of the Colored National
Alliance, who was made chairman of
the meeting.
The Southern Pacific steamer Ed
orado, Captain Byrne, is ashore on
Great Bahama banks, two miles
south of Great Isaac shoals. The
vessel and cargo will become a total
wreck without assistance. There are
no passengers on board.
Chauncey NJ. Depew is in Athens en-
joying himself in seeing the sights.
He says it is all stuff about Demos
themes having practiced after-dinner
oratory with his mouth full Of classic
pebbles. 1t was an ill fitting set of
store teeth that the old man rehears-
ed with.
The west is having a pretty warm
time of it. Chicago reports the hot
test of the season, with the thermome-
ter at 100. At Pittsburg the maxi
mum temperature was 93. In st.
Louis 90 degrees were recorded, with
a number of prostrations. Kansas
City claims 100.
A tobacco drummer who has trav-
elled all over the country says that
Maine uses more tobacco per capita
than any other State in the Union.
Tobacco dealers drum the State hard
er than any other, large firms keep
ing one and sometimes two men con-
tinually in Maine, while one man
will look out for the trade in several
other States.
The mysterious abduction in New
York of George Smith, an attractive
young man. by several unknown wo-
men, is one of the sensations of the
day After this no man can feel safe.
The women may swoop down unex-
pectly, chloroform him, bundle him
into Il carriage and take him off to
some secure place, where he will be a
their mercy.-Greensboro Record.
The Newbsrne Journal tells of how
an Onslow assessor of property ''got
away" with farmer who complain
ed Of the increase in the valuation of
his farm from $4,000 to $4,000. The
farmer insisted that his farm was not
worth the amount. The assessor
proposed to purchase it at the valua-
ton. Agreed to. Later the farmer
flew the track and had to pay 500
for the fun of it.
An autograph letter of Abraham
Lincoln to friend is said to contain
tuO AOAAoWAuS OO AOU WOTIys Eau
three square meals day. Say your
prayers. Think of your wife. Be
courteous to your creditors. Keep
your digestion good. Steer clear Of
bllliousness. Exercise. Go slow and
go easy Maybe there are other
things that your especial case re-
quires to make you happy, but, my
friend, these, l reckon, will give you
a good lift"
Fanny Davenport now wishes she
had not been so ready to say that
two actors, Williams and Letto,
"were not gentlemen" for the suit
which they instituted has already
cost her $4,000, and there is a prob
ability that she will have to go to
st. Paul and show cause why she
should not drop a few more thou
sands. If she had only been content
to think "they were not gentlemen
she'd have had a much more pleas
ant and placid summer.