The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-29
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

Interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.
The following are the delegates at
tending the annual convention OF Sec
tion Of the Phi Gamma Delta F'rster-
nifty: Z. Spotswood, w. L. Spotswood.
r. II. Watkins, and G. d. Johnson, OF
Hampton. Sidney; j. B. Ransom and j.
G. Bullitt, Of Washington and Lee;
John Etchison, and j. Ernest Long,
Sawyer, of Chapel Hill; II. B. Pratt, OF
Blacksburg, formerly of Hampden.
Sydney, and William Cameron, OF the
University of Virginia. Yesterday
morning these young gentlemen. with
some ten or dozen members OF the
local chapter, Beta Deuteron, trans.
acted routine business in the parlors of
Hotel Salem, after which they were
driven around town in carriages. Dur
ing the evening reception was held,
after which followed the banquet ten
dered by the local chapter to the visit
ing delegates and their lady friends,
Hotel Salem. Judge James Dupuy, of
Roanoke, acted as toastmaster and the
following speeches were made: The
Ladies-in Their Presence" by j. NJ.
Williams, of Huff. Andrews & Thomas,
Roanoke; "Deltaism in the South" by
cambridge Spottswood, of Hameden-
Sydney; "Phi Delta Theta" by c.. H.
Little, of Roanoke College; alpha,
Tau Omega" by II. E. King, of Roam
oke College; "Our Fraternity" by j. B.
Ransom, of Washington and Lee; "Auf
Weiderschen," by Instructor G. B. Can
naday, of Roanoke College. Varilla's
band played choice selections during
the evening, and after the banquet
entertainment.
1t begins to look now as though the
saloon keepers are going to succumb to
| tents and stealing away. One of them
has distributed bills through the town
stating that he wishes to close out at
cost, and it is pretty safe to say that
attsr Saturday night all liquor sold in
Salem during the next two years will be
by "blind tigers and ''moonshiners.
1t was stated yesterday that the law
could not interfere with drug store
selling liquor by prescription, but the
license is 80 high and Roanoke Is 80
convenient that it is hardly probable
any Salem drug store will handle spirit
frumenti.
The condition Of Frederick johnson
late yesterday afternoon was 80 critical
that the reporter was informed that he
was barely alive. His great age. being
81 in June, Is such that when he was
first taken Ill some weeks ago few of his
friends thought he would ever recover,
and so all Of his sons and daughters,
except one in Texas, have been near his
bedside in anticipation of the end.
Mr.. johnson served as clerk OF Roanoke
county and circuit courts for twenty
one years, and has been an encyclopedia
as to the history Of men and events in
Virginia for the past 100 years, and has
penned much that was of interest re-
garding the past in this section.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Nina Julia Worden to Horatio Putnum
Allen, of Fulton, N. Y, to take place
at p. m. Wednesday, May 10. at the
residence of her father, E. M. Worden,
on Union street.
Rev. j. r. Bridges has returned from
q visit to Fincastle.
Henry Shanklin, of Norton, Va, is
visiting j. A. Francis in West Salem.
The lands OF the Central Land Com
pany are being ploughed for corn
crop.
Rev. j. M. Harlowe and Messrs.
Thomas. w. R. Whitescarver, Lee and
Frank Whitescarver attended the
ministers and laymen's meeting at
Cave Spring yesterday.
William Francis is building a large
addition to his house in Salem.
At the Salem Steam Tannery Moore &
Strickler are erecting another bark shed
40x160. This m axes the fifth shed with
a total capacity for sheltering 5000
tons of bark. The exhibits of betting
leather for the Worlds Fair were
shipped from here last week.
The annual spring concert at Hollins
will take place one night next week.
Superintendent HOLIDAY desires it
known that the subscription to the
monthly publication, the Baptist Or.
phanage News, is only 25 cents year,
and as it is the handiwork of the or.
phans he hopes all who take an interest
in the orphanage will send in their quar-
tiers.
"Give me dress off Of each. 1 have
looked Roanoke over and can find moth.
ing equal to your goods in quality and
price, said Roanoke lady to salesman
at the College avenue dry goods store
last evening
Married at the Jail.
A sacrifice on the altar of Hvmen