The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-29
HOME AND NEIGHBORHOCD JEWS


A license was issued Saturday
for the marriage of James Rice and
Sallle Carter.
There is now an attendance of
about three hundred at the colored
graded school.
Our neighbor, Greensboro, is
having some experience these days
with burglars.
The shipment of manufactured
tobacco last week amounted to
232. 5S1A pounds.
Several of our tobacco manu-
facturers are running day and night
now in their prize departments.
Mr.. Zebulon Pritchett passed
away Sunday at the ripe old age OF
81 years, at his home near Green's
boro.
Stokes court closed Saturday
afternoon. The lawyers who attend
ed from Winston report no import
ant cases tried.
Eight members of the Indiana
cxcursionists who have been spending
several weeks in this section left last
night for their homes.
The tobacco breaks are rather
light these days. The reason assigned
is that there has not been any season
for handling leaf since it was cured.
Revenue officers from Greensbo-
70 are reported to have gone up in
the mountains yesterday with a
view of capturing moonshiners.
Rev. S. F. Conrad in making his
annual report on his mission field to
the State Board of Missions reports
II conversions and SO additions by
baptism.
Colonel Baily, a respected old
gentleman, was found on a fence
near his home. one mile from Walnut
Cove, dead. Heart trouble, again, it
is thought.
Everything is busy, hustling
about Winston-Salem these days.
Wagons from the "big hill country"
are rolling in loaded with apples,
chestnuts, etc.
The Orphans Friend of last
week says: Lucinda Combs has
gone to live with Miss Mary Lewis,
of Salem. May hers be a home of
peace and happiness.
The new residence which Editor
Harmon is having erected south of
Salem will be a handsome structure
when completed. The contractors
have it enclosed now.
Bishop Galloway will preside at
the annual conference of Western
North Carolina, in which Winston is
included. 1t will be held at Asheville,
beginning November 11th.
One by one, Winston young peo-
pile are marrying. The advent of fall
and the coming winter will be the oc-
casion of many other like celebra-
tions, it is learned.
-Messrs. P. H. Hanes & Co., are
making arrangements for the cree
ton of another handsome block of
store rooms to be located on the
corner of Fourth and Old Town
streets.
The roof is being put on the new
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on Fourth Street. The building,
which will be six stories high, when
completed, is one of the largest houses
of the kind in Winston-Salem.
Mr.. W. B. G Goodwin, Of Portsmouth,
Va, who has rented the corner store
room in the new bank building for
wholesale grocery business, is al
l.,
open for business about November
LIST.
1T is learned that the site for the
new Hospital building has been de-
cided upon. The one referred to is
on ShallowfOrd street, West Wins
ton. The plans for the building,
which is to be handsome structure,
are being drawn.
The street railway beyond Wach
ovia Brook, on the lands of the Wins
ton-SaIem Land and Improvement
Company, continues to do good
business, much better than it was
thought they would do for while at
least.
Contractor Brown is now taking
advantage Of the fine weather by
pushing the brick work on the mar
ket house building. He hopes to
have the walls completed by the
first of next year if the weather is
favorable.
The meeting continues at the M.
P. Church with undated interest,
DR.. Ferree preached two powerful
sermons Sunday. Last night there
were several professions of faith.
About twenty conversions have been
made since the meeting has been in
progress.
Quite a number of new dwellings
are now nearing completion in Wins
tom Salem, and each one will have
an occupant just as soon as finished.
But all of them will like a great deal
Of being enough for those who are
in need of a house. A hundred more
are needed.
The sermon at Centenary church
Sunday morning by Rev. JAS. Will
son, of Charleston, S. c., is spoken OF
as both an able and interesting effort
by those who heard it. Mr.. Wilson
has reached a ripe old age, being
eighty odd. His son, Rev. James
Wilson, Jr., was at one time pastor
of the church here.
Mr.. William Newsom, of Rural
Hall, who was in Winston Tuesday,
says that he has q Panama hat at
home which he purchased forty
years ago from Mr.. Pfohl in Salem.
He also has q fur hat which he