The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-07-27
AN OLD NEWSPAPERS.

Weekly Cleaner. On the fly leaves
of the book are the names of Mr..
Hollands grandfather John F.
Holland) and his father F. W. Hol- I
land). There is also on one of the
fly leaves the following statement:
"This book was kept by Hon. T. j.
Wilson, OF Winston, N. c for over
fifty years and returned to me July
10, 80. John w. Holland
The Cleaner was published weekly |
at one dollar per year in advance.
It's title was ''The Weekly Cleaner"
and the line under the title read: |
Printed by H. S. Noble, Salem,
Stokes Co., North Carolina. John |
c. Blum, Proprietor" It's first issue |
bears date Tuesday, January 6,
1929 The paper had three columns
to the page, each column nearly
three inches wide. It's length was
thirteen inches or half the length of
THE SENTINEL's weekly edition.
On its first page were selections.
One from McEwen's essays was upon
1.-The superior and distinguishing
advantages of the Christian in this
life;;" another from the Washington
(Ohio) Republican contained an ac-
count of an imposter who declared
he was Jesus Christ and who tried to
prove his divinity. by showing the
prints of his nails on the, different
members of his body; he was expert
in quoting scripture and had twenty
proselytes to fall at his feet. The
third selection was from "Guesses at
Truth by Two Brothers, London,
| 1928. From the selection this quo
tation appears: The mind is like a
trunk. il well packed, it holds almost
every thing; if i'll packed, next to
nothing" and this; II love to gaze
on breaking wave. 1t is the only
thing in nature which is most beauti-
full in the moment of it's dissolution"
Other selections were entitled: Sim
plicity of Manner (Addison); about
On the second page was a report
of the Board of Agriculture which
met at Raleigh, December 80, 1923.
| Charles Fisher was President; James
| Mebane Vice President, and 10 Gales
| Secretary. Prof. Mitchell's Geologi-
cal Report was ordered printed; Geo.
| ". Jeffreys, of Caswell, was ''com-
missioned to purchase a number of
Merino Sheep for the use of the
several Agricultural Societies of our
| State;" he was also to get some vine
roots and a supply of silk-worm
eggs.
An item from Raleigh contains
synopsis OF report by a select joint
committee, appointed according to
Coy. Iredell's message, to report on
| the banks. Other items related to
silk, sugar, the post office, etc. A
published notice from an Ohio paper
was written by Walter Crouch who
said his case-hardened wife had again
fed from his just authority and pro
lection. He concludes his notice as
follows: This is the tenth time she
! has run away-nine times have l
| taken her in again, and if she ever
takes me in again, I'll be -.
Chillicothe, Ohio, Noy. Is, 1928"
Among the legislative news was
noted the passage of bill erecting
the county of Macon out of lands
Lately acquired from the Cherokee
Indians. Mr. Fisher, of Salisbury,
introduced bill to consolidate the
| several banks of the State and estab-
| lish the "Bank of the State of North
| Carolina" to be founded on the funds
of the State. There was evidently
some hard times then. ''Shall We
| sit here with folded arms and see
ruin sweep over the land?" wa s on
o, his. questions.
| Mr.. Fisher submitted resolution
requesting the Governor to address
| letter to the President of the
United States asking that he order
some typographical engineers to
make a survey with view OF ascer-
tanning the best line for a railroad
from Fayetteville to some point on the
Yadkin above the Narrows, and from
| the Yadkin to the Catawba, so as to
connect the valleys of the Catawba
and Yadkin with the Cape Fear.
Here is a very peculiar item:
Married, in Bristol, Master Daniel
Mason, aged eighteen, to Mrs.
Neoma Small, aged forty-five, more
or less, after long and sentimental
courtsl.ip of just no time at all y
The Cleaner had the Fayetteville
and the Charleston market reports;
also a list of letters in the Salem
post Office, signed by Il. Shober, P.
NJ. The only advertisement was OF
trust sale by virtue of deed ex-
ecuted to John C. Blum by Michael
Hanes of Rowan county. The prop
erty to be sold was some $50 acres
of land on the Yadkin river and his
interest in othsr lands togethe.- with
Twelve Negroes, men, women and
children, ali very likely horses,
cattle. hogs, &c., &c.
On the last page were two poetical
selections; descriptive article on