The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-05
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
by Sentinel Tseprese utatives-Soc
and General News.

iJtS utES DSS N on y lily IL III clttb
Close August Both.
Governor Carr has appointed J. +,
Harris notary public.
Mr.. d. 5. Reids handsome ne"
residence or the South Side is neafing
completion
Eggs are retailing 10 Winston at
IJ cents ger duZeLi ii Salisbury they
are selling fol s. cents,
Mr.. L. l. Hine. Of Old Town. says
Ttiat all Of the children being born in
his township are Democrats
The Greensboro Record endorses
heartily the new laws adopted by
NinstOn's Graded School Commission
erS.
Prof } r Brewer of the Salem
Boys School, was married on tue eve
ming Of the 26Jh IT, Miss Della Bust,
near Concord.
Only thirteen births were report
ed in Winston during June No rec
ord ot births vas kept ia Salem, but
VIII be this month.
REV. NJ II. Ncstal will commence
series If meetings at the VI. h.
Church at Rural Hall on the fifth
Sunday in July
The law about the closing of al
side and back doors. taking dOWu
screens, etc, to all baT-rOOms, viii g.
into effect July 1s6.
r. "A Sunday School Conference will
= be held at Antioch NJ. E. church near
Rurai Hall. on Saturday, July DIST,
beginning at 10 a. IL.
-Threshing machines are in opera
ton throughout the county. The
wheat and Oat crops are reported
short; in every section.
TIE courts will have to decide the
question whether or not the Morayidn
church is responsible for State ani
county taxes on their property and
funds.
The annual meeting of the Bap
fist Orphanage will take place at
Thomasville on the 18th. Several
Baptists from this section Will proba-
bly, attend.
County Superintendent Butner
will be in Winston On the 18th, 18th
and 18th to examine public school
teachers. Saturday for coioreG april
cantS only.
1t is understood that BRO. John
Reynolds wants to be Solicitor of this
Judicial district. NJ. L. Mott and Il.
]. Duia, of WilkesbOrO, are also said
TO be in the race.
DR.. ". a. Lash and family have
moved from Greensboro back TO their
home at Walnut Cove. They will
leave in a few weeks for an extended
visit to California
-Early risers-those who get up,
say. by ! o'clock-can see Venus glow |
ing III the east like an electric lamp, !
until it is swallowed up il the increas- |
ing light OF tie sun.
North Carolina erected the first |
public observatory iii theCnited States |
at her | University in 1924. This is not |
generally known, especially away from ;
home, bat il IS true. !
Rev. L y. Crawford, Of Trinity |
College. brother Of capt. r. +. Craw- |
ford, Of this city has been rendered |
a position il another school at sal !
airy Of 81 800 per year.
Andrew STROUD. of Davie county, |
died recently at the age Of ninety |
years He leaves six SONS and one
daughter, sixty 2ranG-cbtldreE and /
one hundred ANA tweaty gredt-grand-
children.
All Of the time tables, advertise
ments, etc, ot The Z. * y, railroad |
are being changed TO tile Southern |
Railway COMPANY. All of tue cars |
are to De painted 4 different color, IL |
IS stated
The c. T. s. Y. Y. receivership !
case has again been postponed at the |
request OF Receiver Gill It was to |
have been heard il Greensboro July |
Bird. No date has been fixed for the |
case now.
The tower has been placed on the |
new Presbyterian church at Elkin and /
the contractor thinks the building !
ha tiTic hoI in low Pow |
c. w. Robinson, Of this city, is pastor |
of the church.
Our neighbor town, High Point, |
had small strike last week. The |
bOttOmerS ia one of the chair fact0- !
ries there quit work on account of d |
small reduction Of their wages. They |
are still out.
-Messrs Charles and John Rey-
nolds are said to be canyassing the |
county for the purpose as they call it,
of organizing a Republican baseball
team that can defeat Winston-Salem's
Democratic club.
Walter Murphy. of Salisbury. an
nounces himself candidate, subject
to Democratic convention, for the |
State Senate, in the 30th district com
posed of the counties of Forsyth,
Davidson and Rowan.
trace NJ. r. Sunday School has
elected the following delegates to the
District Conference at Lexington,
which convenes on Wednesday, July
25th: w. H Leonard, w. w. Farrow.
Misses Bertha Lloyd and Addie York.
Mr.. Geo, W. Sparger, of Mt.
Airy, who was here last week, says
that a telephone line is to be built at |
once between his town and Dobson, |
the ''capital" of the county. The Mt. |
Airy-Dobson Telephone Co. will con-
struct it.
Maj. R. E. Duncan, of Spartan
burg, S. c., brother of Bishop Dun |
can. of the Methodist Episcopal |
church, South will deliver the an
,nual address at the Masonic |
picnic, to be held at Mocksyille |
August 9th.
During June licenses were issued |
for the marriage of Ii white and Is |
colored couples. The record for May |
was 10 white and cOlored, an increase |
of white and II colored couples. The |
total number of licenses issued in
June, 1898, was 10, against 81 for June |
of '94.
Mr.. J. n. Peddicord, after linger- |
ing illness. died at his home on Liber- |
ty street about 1;30 p. M, last Friday, |
at the age of about 35 years. The de- |
ceased was married one year ago last |
night. He leaves young widow and |
a large circle of relatives and friends |
to mourn his death.
raporfa Sf.oyy |