The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-18
ST ATE NEWS.
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

James billiard, Of Bristol, is visiting
his father, the doctor.
The Roanoke county Protective As
ISOLATION held it's regular meetin at
Hollins yesterday.
mrs. w. L Welcker, of Knoxville,
Tenn, is at Watts billiards. visiting her
invalid sister, Mrs. 8. G Oakley.
Mrs. G. S. Bullard, Of Snowville, is
visiting her sisters, Mrs. B. L. Ammen
and Mrs. j. b. Karnes, in West Salem.
In the absence Of the pastor, Rev. f.
V. N. Painter will conduct services at
the Presbyterian Church this morning.
Bishop Randolph is expected in Salem
he will administer the rite of confirma-
ton.
The Salem Carriage Company yester-
day received orders for delivery wagons
TO go to Columbus, Ca, and Washing
ton, D. G.
For the office of town sergeant ]. B.
Frier, the present incumbent, has a
rival in Councilman Shut, who has an
noanced himself as a candidate for the
Office.
Colonel Breckenridge, the gray headed
Congressional Lothario, is we'll remem-
bered by Salem people, for he delivered
the commencement address of Roanoke
College in the town hall here. June
1890
1t ia not generally known that the
recent Legislature abolished the June
term OF the Roanoke county court, so
that there are now only three terms,
each commencing as follows: January
i, April l and October l.
Rev. DR.. Taylor having returned from
Florida and the South, will fill his
pulpit in the Baptist Church this morn
ing as usual. AT night the regular
monthly meeting of the Tyree Mis-
sionary Society will be held and the
subject of Estate missions" will be
discussed.
The Norfolk Cycle Club at it's meet
ing last week, resolved TO make the trip
on wheels from Salem to Gettysburg,
They will come here by train and will
then go down the valley via Lexington
and Staun ton over the pike. The dis
lance is about 800 lilies, and they ex-
pect to mako fifty miles day, cove ring
1t inside week. The date for the
start has not yet been fixed.
The Baptist Orphanage News, a mod
est little publication printed and edited
by the orphans under the guidance of
superintendent HOLIDAY, is just year
old, In that time it has not only paid
for its outfit and for stock of paper
nearly year ahead, but has turned
over to w. .Whitescarver, the orphan
age treasurer, Sl6l.6s. 1t has about
thousand subscribers and will shortly
be enlarged.
In the Ciceronian Literary Society of
Roanoke College yesterday the question
for debate was, Resolved, That the
Judges Of the United States Supreme
Court Should be Elected by the Popular
Vote" The debaters in the Demostho-
MAN Society discussed the question,
Resolved, That the Republican Party is
Responsible for the Present Financial
Stringency." 1t will be noted with
pleasure by the friends of Roanoke
College that in nearly all its debates
live topics are discussed, and that all
abstract dry-as dust questions are rele-
gated to the dim past or to the hayseed
orators of the Wayback Debating So.
ciety. 1t is the aim at Roanoke College
to thoroughly fit student for the
battle of life, and. when one chances
over list OF the alum nj and notes their
success in the world, he can but ack-
nowledge that they are doing honor to
their alma mater.