The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-01-14

Several new tobacco factorie.
are to go up in Winston this year.
-Messrs. f. and II. Fries pay tn
largest tax of any firm in FORSYTH
county
The school fund for 1892 il
Wilkes county amounts to 81 cent:
per capita.
The shipments Of manufactured
tobacco from Winston last week ag
gregated 22O.147 pounds
Mrs. Martha Seerjst died Thursday
of throat trouble at her home on De
pot street.
1T is automatically stated chat
the movement TO rebuild the BIue
Ridge Inn, in Mount Airy, will be sue
cessfui.
Policeman Lewis drew the hand
some suite Of furniture, DIT the Opera
House Saturday night.
The Davie County Board Of Edu-
cation has placed she school tund or
1892 for that county at SO per
capita.
Miss Lizzie Knight died at Cen
were:buried Thursday at Union Grove
grave yard.
"A number Of insurance adjust
ers are in Mount Airy looking after
their companies and the late disas-
ter by fire.
The biggest hunt reported dur
ing the holidays was in Casweilcoun
ty, so men and boys and 110 dogs
being engaged in it,
News was received here today of
une death Sunday night Of MIR g \.
Reid, a prominent citizen Of Went
th, Rockingham county.
H. J. Whitmore, Of Tarhoro. is
in the city prospecting with view
of engaging in the bakery business
if he can secure a suitable place.
Mrs Robert Murphy died at Wal
nut Cove at ten O'Clock Saturday
morning. The remains were inferred
at Danbury yesterday.
The Peoples National Bank has
declared a semi annual dividend Of
three per cent. This is a creditable
showing for the young bank.
A fine drove OF mountain cattle
arrived i'll the city Friday. One
steer tipped the beam at 1,780 BIS
They We're purchased by Mr.. j. N.
Richard
"A gentleman from the eastern
part of the State is arranging to
open a stock of general merchandise
in the old Vo gler store building in
Salem
Conductor Hawkins, who runs
on the Wilkesboro Extension ard
North Carolina Midland roads, will
move his family from Greensboro to
Engineer Shumate and fireman
Hauser are running over the road
rom MartinsviIle to Roanoke to get
acquainted, fully. with the same be-
;ore regular trains are put on.
There are over thirteen hundred
pupils attending the white and sol
bred graded schools in Winston. In
both towns the number is estima ted
1T over two thousand.
Abraham Keen, col, was tried
before Esquire Pegram Thursday
afternoon and bound over to court
lpon the charge Of embezzling mon
y from one Of our merchants.
The railway mail service between
Greensboro and Rural Hall, via the
(. & D., railroad, has been curtaiIed
o end at Winston, SO says IL report
rom Washington.
The c. F. and Y. Y Railroad will
ut on a mail and passenger train
his week between Greensboro and !
s. c., connecting at the |
after place with the train for Charles |
on, S. C.
The State Commissioner of Ag-
iculture says that already there is
n active demand for fertilizer tax
ags, and that the fertilizer manu-
acturers are preparing for heavy |
FORK this year.
-Messrs Pink. e. Allen and VIM. !
moak have entered into co-part- /
ership to engage in the merchantile !
BUSINESS. They will open in the store /
DOM recently occupied by Mr. D. d. I
Millinery.
MIR. Thos. S. Sprinkle. "a grad |
late of Wake Forest College and az /
erwards the Curator of the gymna- |
ium in that institution, has located /
n the Twin-City to engage in the in t
urance business.
Mr.. John NJ. Dick, of Greensboro, |
las rented from Mr. j " Scott, the |
uniting factory building on Elm
treet, Salem, and will open therein
bout February 1st, a first-class laun /
Try. He has ordered the machinery |
Or same.
-Messrs. C. e. Goodwin and Samuel !.
ADAMS have formed co-partnership |
o conduct a general Mercantile |
Brokerage business. They have rent
d the rooms formerly occupied by /
iessrs. Watson and Buxton as law I
'hces.
The liabilities of Stokes County /
,rior to the 9th day of March 1891, /
7hen the act levying a special tax
7as ratified, amounted to SO, 133. "a. s
he committee appointed by the last
feneral Assembly to ascer tain the in
ebtedhess has just made a state
rent.
"A prize was offered the Guilford
irmer who raised elargest amount
+ corn on an acre. Rev. Albert
'eele won, pro iucing 100 bushels.
ir. Peele q few years ago was IL resi-
ent of Wirston-Salem. His Gany {
lends here will be glad to lear of {
is success.