The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-14
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

on the chain gang for being engaged in
q cutting scrape on Bent Mountain last
Christmas, managed to escape yester-
day from the gang, which is working
on the old road between Salem and
Roanoke. This is the second prisoner
to escape while at work.
Secretary McCommon, of the Salem
Impro vement Company, says that since
the first Of the month the company has
cancelled ITO shares and received SI,7OO
under the resolution recently adopted,
by which shares we're taken at par
value If accompanied by an equal sum
in cash in payment for lots. The
shares are now quoted at IS and are
rising in value.
HOTEL SALEM, Salem, Va, new and
elegant, possessing every requisite for
the comfort and convenience of it's
guests, will remain open through the
winter. Families declining housekeep.
ing or parties desiring board with
rooms, or board alone, will be offered
more favorable terms than elsewhere
obtainable on application to George w.
Kittelle, proprietor. tt
The numerous poultry fanciers in
Salem are considering the advisability
OF holding q poultry, pigeon and pet
stock show in Salem this winter, and
will shortly hold a meeting to discuss
the matter fully. II they resolve to
have show fanciers in Roanoke city
and county, Lynchburg city, Craig,
Botetourt and Montgomery counties
will be invited to cooperate, the object
being to push the industry of poultry
raising in all it's branches and to illus
trate the Matching and rearing of early
brodders by artificial means.
| BUTTERICK's patterns for December
just received at the College Avenue
Dry Goods Store. Call and get
fashion sheet.
J.J. Scott, of the Loan and Trust
Bank, who has been at his homo in
Catawba the past week, has returned to
Salem
Miss Roberta Martin, of Pulaski, is
visiting friends in town.
Him Lee yesterday sent aloft
Chinese kite seventy-ive feet long, and,
as it floated gracefully skywards, one
could not distinguish which was the
kite and which the tail condition
somewhat resembling the Popuist party
in this county.
marriage license was issued in the
county clerks Office yesterday to James
I. Miller o. Preble county, Ohio and
Eliza A. Wrigttman, of Roanoke county
County Clerk Griffin also refused
license TO a smartlY dressed pair of
young colored folks, strangers in this
part, on account of the girl not being
able to prove that she was 81. 1t
seemed something like runaway
match, If such thing happens amongst
the "brethren in black"
Rev. j. M. Mccarthy, the missionary
from China, who last week spoke in the
Presbyterian Church, will at o'clock
this afternoon, in the Lutheran Church
address the ladies upon the "Women of
China" and at night will deliver free
lecture upon China in the same church.
1t is hoped that good audience will
| greet him on each occasion.
Prof. Stearnes yesterday informed
HE TIMES man that Miss Eleanor STRAIT
ton, OF Roanoke, former teacher in the
county, was one of the two ladies who
passed successful examination and
had won the State professional certif
cate. He also stated that the Roanoke
County Teachers Association will meet
J at Vinton on December and will dis
cuss the course Of study adopted by the
county. The Colored Teachers Associ-
alton, OF Roanoke city and county, will
meet next Saturday at Vinton and will
consider course of reading for teachers
DR.. Taylor has received an invitation
to lecture at the Florida cbautauuua
this winter at De Funiak Springs, where
he lectured quite successfully last win
ter.
The anniversary of the birthday of
Martin Luther was tittingly celebrated
last Sunday at the Lutheran Church by
the Young Peoples Missionary Society.
The Gh oruses were especially beautiful,
and the Carper brothers. with cornet
and trombone accompaniment, added
greatly to the sweetness of the music.
A number Of recitations, illustrating
incidents in the life of Luther, were
delivered. Prof. Painter addressed the
congregation, briefly touching mainly
upon the work Of the Lutheran Orphan
age between Roanoke and Salem, for
whose benefit a collection was taken up.
The two solos by Misses Maggie Frautz
and Mary Killlan were rendered with
much expression and pathos, and evil
IDENTIFY were greatly appreciat ed
eek" Shipman, of Bedford City spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Charles Williams was put in Jail
Saturday for being drunk and using
obscene language. After staying there
until Monday morning he was brought
before Major Younger, who fined him
SIS and costs.
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