The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-04
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

morning.
The following ladies and gentlemen
will have picnic at Twelve O'clock
Knob to-day: John Trout AMI Miss
Bell, Alfred Thomas and Miss McCaus-
land, L. j. Fristoe and Miss Grace Pat
terson, Matthews helms and Miss Chris
tian, j. Ed. Shipman and Miss Jones.
DR.. White addressed the Christian
Endeavor Society at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday on "Helpfulness."
The Salem Banjo and Guitar Club
were out serenading number of the
visiting ladies last night.
Quite number of additional arrivals
were chronicled since Saturday, and
last night the actual enrolment had
run up to 357 and many more yet to be
heard from. The lectures increase in
interest whilst everyone Is commencing
the system OF gymnastics taught by
Miss Harrison, and the remarkable
achievements in primary methods
taught by Miss Arnold. There is but
one opinion regarding the faculty of the
school of methods, they are all thor
oughly "well mp" on their special lines
OF instruction.
r. T. Starke, of Culpeper. who was
f'rmerly here with W. t. Younger 8
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s,tion at G. NJ. Webber's drug store.
The Farmers National Bank, OF Sa-
lem. has declared semi.annual divi-
dend of per cent. The Bank of Salem
has declared semi annual dividend OF
per cent. The Salem Loan and Trust
mpany passed its net earnings for
Miss May Darst, 0. Pulaski, is visit.
ing Mrs. D. T. Martin.
A lawn party will be given in the
court house yard next Thursday night
for the benefit of the Seventh Street
Methodist Chapel,
Miss Matte Garst, stenographer for
the Salem improvement Company, is at
home indisposed.
Miss Antrim Of Charlottesville, is the
guest of Helen Blair.
A mber of the lady teachers board.
ing at Mrs. c X. Bowers will to day
visit Nc Afee's Knob as also will quite
a large party who are to be chaperoned
by Ed Marshall.
Prof. Henry L. Southwick, of the
Emerson school of oratory of Boston,
hall. DR.. Whites lecture on "Charac.
ter" last night was greatly enjoyed by
those who heard il.
Col. R. X. Thompson and Napoleon
Bonaparte Ainsworth, ESQ were in
town on business yesterday,
Allusion has been in these columns to
the fact of the pertinacity of the birds
in building over the arc lights. In one
instance pair Of black martins have
been permitted to hatch the eggs in
ND 80,
ing several young ones.
A new deputy clerk arrived at Judge
Griffin's house early Monday morning,
and the Judge has told it in strictest
confidence to two dozen of his friends
that its the finest boy he ever saw.
Mrs. D. o. Matthews has purchased
the machinery of the Salem steam
laundry, and has moved it to Blacks
burg, where she has a contract at the
college there
Miss Essie Wells has returned from a
prolonged visit TO Radtord.
DE-. Taylor has gone to Lexington,
Ky, where he is to deliver a lecture on
the 5th at the Chautauqua.
The Salem wagon works will not close
down to take their annual inventory as
thev have number of orders for i'm
mediate uelliery.
Clyde, tho two-year-old son of j.
Mcdowell, died yesterday morning at
his fathers residence in West Salem
after short illness. The remains will
be taken to Pee lhontas to day for burial
Sunday night at the First Baptist
Colored Church on Water street, Prof.
Austin E. Apgar, OF the summer school
Of methods faculty, delivered a most
instructive lecture at the request of the
progressive pastor, Rev. b. +. Fox.
The professor had his large ard we'll
executed charts suspended across the
pulpit in full view of the audience and
for an hour and quarter spoke in
plain, ineligible language of the
structure and habits OF the lower form
OF animal life. His explanation of the
minute animals to be found in drop of
water were SO cleverly put that even
the youngest child in the audience
could not fail to understand him. OF
course in the short space of an hour or
SO ne could touch only here and there
in this wonderful lower amin al kingdom.
but in his concluding remarks the pro-
lessor in explaining the bacilli which
cause disease got in some telling hits
on the i'm portance OF pure drinking
water and general cleanliness. There
is little doubt blu: that the professors
lecture on this occasion would result in
more practical good than a sermon and
it was seemingly enjoyed fully as much.
In closing the reporter desires to return
thanks to the courteous pastor, Rev. B.
e. Fox, for special kindness extended
TO him.
To Attend Sunday-school Convention.
At the Sunday. school at Trinity
Methodist Church Sunday morning the
following delegates were elected to at.
tend the Sunday school convention to
be held at Manassas July II: George
w. Fetzer and Miss Willie Gambill,