The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-09-15

ufactOry: the latter was q profitable
business in those days. we won
der with what surprise the old ia
theirs would look on our gas and cleo
trio lights, accustomed as they were
to the feeble light of the tallow dip,
but then they have been basking
meanwhile in the uncreated glory of
the New Jerusalem, and electric
lights might not possibly be such a
surprise to them as they would have
been when they walked amid earth
born mists and vapors.
Mr.. Burkhardt and Mr.. Peterson
had, in their younger days, gone as
missionaries to the Cherokee Indians
in the upper part of Georgia. After
the old Brewery came a stretch of
cornfield, until you reached the Lev
ering house on the hill, where later
Mr.. Levin Brietz lived, and his son
Albert after him at the present time.
On the north side of Old Shallow
ford street, stood number of shops.
Mr. Emanuel Shober had a law office;
| a German, Hulthine by name, had a
shoe shop till he moved back of the
church and put up cigar factory
which later became the Bagge house.
| On the corner where Spaugh's grocery
store now is, stood the fourth house
erected in Salem, and later occupied
| by various persons as Emanuel Sho-
| h. L.
| DOuthit'S establishment was used by
| a number of shop-keepers; Phillip
Laughenour had taylor shop, James
Fisher a candy shop, etc.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Br2Sing, a very old
| couple from Bethabara, lived in the
next house. Then VIM. Boner had a
store, which later was carried on by
| Thomas Boner and L. n. Clinard.
They were followed by J. L. Fulker-
| 10 hu 10
| postoffice was likewise kept here for a
time till removed to the Hunter
| block.
The Schroeters lived next; their
only daughter was Mrs. ThOS. PfOhl
When Mr.. Schroeder died, Benjamin
Warner, from Pennsylvania, moved
| there and made cigars. His two sons
Rev. Samuel and Prof. NASSAU War
ner are well known. The house now
first known as the yLevering hourse
then as Mr.. KreuSer's, and lastly, j
L F'ulkerSOn's.
Henry Leinbach, shoemaker, the
father of the present Leinbacks, livec
in the house now owned by his young
est son, Henry.
The house on the site of that of DR.
A. Butner was used nas GA Widow.
House till 1916; then it was torn down
The new houses was used as brancI
of the Bank of Cape Fear, /. G. Lash
cashier, till after the late war, wher
our whole banking system was place(
on different footing and the WachO
via Bank removed to Winston.
The next house, on the site of Fries
store, was the third house built il
Salem. The lower floor was occupied
by the minister's family, while the
second floor was the prayer hall of the
congregation until the Congregation
House was ready for use. Mr.. Mein
ung resided there for some time. HI
: had charge of the Land Office, was
surveyor and Justice of the Peace
His sons were William, an eminen
scholar but peculiar, as men of f'geniu
usually are, then Henry, Edwin ant
Alexander, with two daughters, Mrs
A. Shaffner and Lisetta, teacher o
the Academy, who died in 1855 MI
Fries later purchased the house, ant
it has been used as store ever since
The old Fries house, the second bull
in Salem, and still in existence, stOot
next door. Mr.. Fries had a grocer
store for years; he also owned a mum
Der of slaves, who mostly lived on
large farm, around where the Dayi
School and Zinzendorf Hotel no,
stand. Or this farm lay the celebrat
ed "dachStein" (roofstone), where th
first brethren under Frederick Wi
liam de Marshall were sheltered i
; 1865, when they selected the site @
Salem. and until they could build
house. This huge granite boulde
cropped up out of the ground, and o
! the east side was at least 10 or II fee
high, while on the west side the ovel
I, | hanging rock formed a sort of cave,
secure shelter, where they lodged an
; kept their belongings. This ston
l was as important as relic of the pas
as the famous Plymouth Rock was t
the early New England settlers, bU
it was blasted into fragments by o.
/ der of f. Belo to build the daw whic
s now furnishes tile power for the VIII
e ston Water Works. This rock lay
a what is now West Winston, near til
n residence of Mr.. Vernon Long. I'll
e spot ought to be marked by son
memorial stone or tablet.
q TO BE CONTINUED.