The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-12
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered About
Town.

Friday night passed quietly at Roam
oko College, and on Saturday morning
Professor Painter delivered q sensible
and dignificd address to the young men
in which he referred to the disturbances
of tho past and warned his hearers that
order would be maintained even if
there were only fifty students left. The
address had a good effect upon many OF
tho young men, but there was some OK
element towards noon, when o largo
number of the students marched down
to tho depot to see Carwell and kygcr
1.-TWO Of the five who were expelled Fri
day evening) take the train for their
homes. The other three young men
claim they are innocent and will not go
home. The reporter saw Wills, the
janitor, during the afternoon. Wills
says that ne was not in his room when
the explosion took place, and that if he
had been no would undoubtedly have
been killed. The citizens generally
condemn the behavior of the students
in the strongest language, many styling
1T anarchism, whilst the fire company
arc very bitter in their comments, on
account of the burning of the wood and
coal house at the college the other
nothing. Whether the trouble is all
over is unknown, though Professor
Painter expressed himself to the re-
porter yesterday evening as being salts
that matters would now quiet down and
studies would be resumed with their
usual vigor
The coming local option campaign is
going to shake Salem to the very heart
before election day. Those who favor
1T do SO because they believe they are
right morally and because they think
the community will be benefited by it.
Those who are opposed to it may be d.
vided into three classes: First, those
who oppose it from pure cussedness:
second, those who oppose it because
they make their living by the sale OF
liquors, and third, those whose views
are about represented by n we'll to do
farmer who lives near Salem, and who
delivered himself to the reporter about
as follows: my friend, you can't talk
local option to me. l believe that it is
better for the community to have five
we'll conducted legalized barrooms, as
you have now, than to have, as you did
in 1890, thirty blind tigers in tho town
and an illegal barroom in nearly every
fence corner in the district. We coun-
try folks want little toddy when we
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we'll get it in Roanoke, and if we 90 to
Roanoke for our liquor we'll buy our
groceries and dry goods there. or
course If Salem don't want our trade,
we'll and good. And then, again, Mr..
| Reporter, I'm told the barrooms paw
| nearly $4,000 a year taxes into your
town treasury. Will the citizena here
be able to stand additional taxation to
make up for this $4,000 year, espe-
cially when we folks from Hollins and
the Bend are buying our groceries in
| Roanoke, and again." but as the re-
porter never argues he skipped out,
leaving the burly countryman talking
| against local option.
Prof r. c. Stearnes, county superin-
| tendent OF schools, returned Friday
night from two weeks tour, during
which he visited twenty-five schools in
Cave Spring district, six schools in
Catawba, one in Salem district and
three in Big Lick district. Most of
these schools closed on Friday, and
Prof. Stearnes says that he found the
result Of the sessions work very salts
factory.
Next Saturday the second meeting
of the Roanoke County Teachers Asso-
citation will meet at the Salem public
school building and will discuss, GLOW
to Grade County Schools" and "How to
Teach Reading" Thirty or forty
teachers will be present and tho hospi-
tality Of the citizens will be equal to
the occasan.
Miss Ada Walden, who has been
teaching Fort Lewis school, No. S, has
returned home.
Mrs. J. =. Saul spent yesterday in
Christiansburg with friends.
Mrs. Harry Chapman is quite i'll at
Hotel Lucerne.
Officer Johnson has been on tho force
only one week and has made fifty dog
owners step up to the captains desk"
to buy tags.
Nelson Barnett's last little girl is only
one day old
Major Chandler was up the river
shooting Friday and dragged" num-
Der Of snipe and one wild duck of the
''megauser' variety.
Tho clothing and personal effects of
e. s. Taylor, the late delinquent treas
urer OF tho Salem furnace, which was
recently levied on for debt of $40 due
| M. l.. lIaycock, was sold by auction in
front OF tho courthouse yesterday morn
ing. Willard Huff had lots OF fun while
he was crying" the goods, especially
with little cravat box, containing a
card and worked sachet bag, Offering
this as one box with sachet attach
ments. The clothing brought fair
prices and altogether realized $50. 81.
Col. R. Ii. Logan received news from
Wytheville yesterday that Judge Will
Jams, of the Wythe circuit court had
set aside the verdict OF 5000 damages in
m nac Of oh L.