The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-11-16
TWIN-CITY TOPICS.
Little Items Picked up by The Senti
neFs an-About-Town


| Ind.
Mr.. ]. r. Osborne, of Bethania,
has some ears of corn that measure
IL inches; he calls it Democratic
corn
Mrs. Addie Spaugh, wife of Aman-
ual Spaugh Of this county, died Sun
| day at her home near the Davidson
line.
The Times says that Bishop Rond-
thaler will preach in the Presbyterian
church at Mocksyille on Tuesday even
| ing Nov. Dist.
H. T. Noser, one of The SENTI-
NEL's best friends at Bethania, called
today and renewed his subscription to
the WESTERN SENTINEL.
Bishop Rondthaler, of the Mora
Wan church, and Pastor Turrentine,
of Centenary church, will exchange
pulpits next Sunday morning.
"A turnip raised on Jack Moseley's
place weighs )! pounds and is D
inches in circumference. 1t was left
at DR.. Thompson's drug store.
Many of Winston's tobacco manu-
| facturers have closed operations for
! this year. Several others, however,
are still running on full time.
Mr.. G. E. Stanton, of RandIeman
| and Miss Emma Crawford, of High
Point, were united in marriage in
| the latter place November 9th.
No news has been received from
| Mr.. George Hobbs. 1t is believed by
many that he has gone off to grow up
with the wild and woody west"
The Presbyterian church is MAX
ing ample provision for the church
poor. Pastor Caldwell believes that
every church should care for its own
poor.
Rev. Mr.. Baldwin, formerly of
this city, but now of Yadkin county,
has taken charge of the Baptist
church at Bear Creek, near hester
postoffice.
DIR. L. L. Sapp and Miss Annie
Fetter were married in kernerSville
last week. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. A. H. Stubs, of
Greensboro.
superintendent Handy, of the
Winston-Salem division of the n. &
w. road, now occupies Mr.. G. W.
Maslin's handsome residence on
Cherry street.
r. S. McClamrock is preparing to
open a skating rink in the Abbott &
Jones warehouse on Main street. The
rink will be opened as soon as the
skates arrive.
Capt. Gilmer's old residence, now
being used in connection with Hotel
Quincy, is being reprinted. The no.
tel building will be renovated before
Mr.. Jones takes charge the first of
January.
In the North Carolina exhibit at
the Worlds Fair was some fine leaf
tobacco grown by Messrs j n Law
renee, W Ii Flinchen and r w George,
of Stokes comfy, and A j Wall, of
Forsyth.
Miss Mallie Graves, of Mt. Airy,
who was member of WinstOn-Sa-
LENS last Worlds Fair party, met
with the misfortune during the trip
of getting her purse and railroad
ticket stolen.
"A G Vogler s. Son have the con-
tract for furnishing the new banking
house of the WachOvia Loan & Trust
Co., on Main street. The furnishings
will be of very high grade. upholstered
in light marOne leather.
Robert L. DoughtOn, a1brother of
the Lieutenant-Goyernor, is "hust-
Ter" when it comes to handling fine
on his way to Durham and Raleigh.
He had car load for each place.
The fire alarm about o'clock
Saturday evening was OccaSsiOned by
the explosion of a lamp at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Peter Waller. Both com
panieS were quick to respond but
happily their services were not needed.
Rev. d. w. Herring, Baptist
oiSc yxyl,n ic in
ston, having preached here several
times, has returned to China to renew
his labors. He was accompanied by
Reys. Frank Royal and Z. L. Bla
lock.
Two more fire insurance compa-
MES have settled their indebtedness
on Hotel ZinZendOrf-the Merchants,
of Newark, n. j., for s., 500; Mechan-
les and Traders, of New Orleans, for
ST, 800. The total amount now paid
is So, 900.
ID D Schouler has gone north 1t
is thought here that he will purchase
MANN yth fall stock of goods. Mr..
Schouler has Il large circle of friends
and customers who will be pleased to
see this genial Racket Prince again
established as before.
The Stokes county jury failed to
down Sandy Stevenson but Superin-
tendent Blair did. As soon as the
Professor discovered who Sandy was
he gave the accused murderer notice
that he could not longer attend the
West Winston School.
j. w. Hanes returned from Wash
| ingtOn Saturday afternoon. He says
| that the western tobacco men favor
an increase of the present tax and had
| it not been for the southern manufac-
| turers a resolution would have been
adopted asking Congress to raise the
| tax.
The Washington correspondent of
| the Danville Star says there is a
| strong combination in Winston, and
| it may get recruits from elsewhere to
| defeat Kope Elias for the permanent
( appointment of Collector of Internal
| Revenue for Western North Carolina
| DISTRICT
| The many friends of Mr. F. NJ.
pleased to learn that he win take
| charge of the Office of Collector of In
ternal revenue for the Fourth district
| next week. He is now making up his
bond. He will devote several days 10
the selection Of clerks and deputies.
There are 90 cases on the criminal
and 121 on the civil dockets to be
tried at the next term of Forsy til
portant cases to come up, perhaps
will be the suit of the Beldin Iron
Bridge Co. VS.. the Commissioners OF
Wilkes county. 1t was removed here
| from Wilkes.
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