The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-27
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News items Gath
cred Around Salem.

Comparatively few teachers for the
school of methods arrived on Sunday,
but yesterday they poured in ON every
train, and at o'clock at night there
were considerably over two hundred in
town, though, as five hundred are ex.
pected. it will be several days before all
get here. At shutdown about one hun.
dred had enrolled with Secretary Jen-
kins, whose office is located in a room
over the chapel, whore he hopes to see
every teacher in town to day. The
reception committee did their work
systematica ally. so that everything
worked we'll. and the visitors had no
trouble in getting to their boarding
houses or in receiving their baggage. It
is quite likely that the visitors will
receive many kindly little attentions
from the young men, and If a preference
is expressed for those from one locality
more than another, it is probably that
the young ladies from LyDchburg will
be the tavorites though this is only
surmised from listening to the converse
tion Of the boys. One thing is certain,
all the visitors arc favorably impre ssed
with the picturesque scenery around
Salem and the delightful cool and shady
grounds around the college.
R. II. Norman died at o'clock this
afternoon and will be buried to morrow
by the masons at Christiansburg.
This afternoon, between and q
o'clock, in the library of Roanoke Col
lege the faculty Of the college will give
reception to the teachers who are at
tending the school of methods.
a large number of young folks from
West Salem will have picnic on Nc.
Aiee's Knob TO day if the weather is
pleasant.
Many of the merchants are taking eX-
ira pains with their show windo wS this
week SO as TO attract the custom Of the
visitors, but one firm in addition adver.
tise by hand bills that they have "hand
some and obliging clerks" Some folks
think the lazy teachers will be the best
judges Of that.
@THosE wlo attend tie school Of
methods will find full report of each
days proceedings in THE ROANOKE
TIMES, which is delivered every morn.
ing in all parts of salem by carrier
boys. Subscriptions by the week or
month can be paid to Frank a. Love.
lock, Salem agent and correspondent.
William Robertson and c l.. Palmer
of the Arlington Wheelmen's Club, of
at Hotel Lucerne and left at Gao Mon
day morning on their wheels for Hagers-
town, which they expected to reach in
twenty four hours.
A marriage license was issued in the
county clerks Office Yesterday to Clifton
Kessler and Delar II. Stanley, of this
county.
Judge j. H Alsizer, banker and
arr ~ Mar, pbio Tayo, q, c.o-5
ing the summer with his family at
Hotel Belmont.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
G McConkey died last Saturday night
after short illness and was Inferred
Monday morning in East Hill Cemetery
The publishers state that Prof
Pointers English literature will be is
sued in November. 1t has already been
adopted in several schools in advance Of
it's appearance.
DR.. letter leaves to-day for three
weeks visit to friends in Hagerstown.
One Of the passenger trains Sunday
night killed COW near the Salem
freight station.
The eighteen months old daughter OF
Prof. Luther Sheppe died on Saturday
at the residence OF her parents on Vir.
ginia avenue and was buried SUNDAY at
L .st Hill Cemetery.
Prof. PoindeXter Taylor, of Bedford
City, spent Sunday with his father, Rev.
!. b. Taylor
Hon. Marshall Mccormick and Hon.
Ii. l.. ID Lewis, OF Clarke county, are
registered at Hotel Luceme.
Conductor L. C. Glass requests those
IN attendance upon the summer school
of methods to have their mail addressed
in care OF the summer school, postotfice
drawer 346, Salem, Va.
Visitors to the summer school of
methods are invited to call to. day at tt g
College avenue dry goods store, where
each will he presented with fan, an
indispensable article these warm day "a
In accordance with a public call of
Capt. Nj. M. Rogers, chairman, the
Democratic executive committee OF
Roanoke county met yesterday in Salem
and issued call for a convention of the
Democrats OF Roanoke county to assem-
bic at Salem July 18th, court day, at 1
p m, for the purpose of selecting for the
county fifteen delegates and fifteen
alternates, to represent the county in
the gubernatorial convention, called to
meet in Richmond on the 18th of
August.