The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
bySentinel Representatives.
and General News.


One day last week Mr.. j. NJ. Dea
ton, OF Stokes county, sold on thu
Winston market 449 pounds Of tobacco
for the round sum of 1928 p.
Governor Carr has appointed w
z. Bell, of Greensboro, member o.
the State Board of Health vice DR.. III
T. Bahnson, of Salem, resigned.
During 1893 there were II, 119 mar
rage licenses issued in this State
This shows falling off as compared
with 1892, when there were Ii, $50 is
sued.
The funeral of Miss Carrie Balm
son Saturday afternoon was attended
by large cOncourse of sympathizing
friends. The service was an i'm
pressive one.
The Davidson Dispatch has been
purchased by Mr.. w NJ Sheriff., who
owned and edited it for several years
prior to Mr.. t. B. EldrIdge's recent
management.
Rev. w. A. Brame died at Trihi-
ty, Randolph county, on the 10th inst.
The dece ased was the father of Messrs.
Peter and L. A. Brame and Mrs. E. P.
Albea, of this city.
-Shuford's majority over Hender-
son in the Seventh district was 2,247.
-Linney beat Bower, in the Eighth dis
trict, 3,476. Pearson beat Crawford,
in the Ninth district POI.
Rev. l.. L Albright was reelected
Secretary of the North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Conference for
the ensuing year. Mrs. Albright was
chosen organist during Conference.
The newly elected county officer 8
are now busily engaged trying TO get
up their bonds. The bonds run as fol-
lows: Clerk Of Court, SIC, 1000; Sheriff,
SlOO,OOO; Register OF Deeds, 5000;
Treasurer, 100000.
Ned Harris has been pulling the
throttle between Winston-Salem and
Greensboro for fifteen years and has
never met with a serious accident. He
has hauled nearly every woman and
child in the two towns.
james Weir was up before Esquire
Bessent Saturday afternoon on the
charge of breaking In a house at
''Ra at" His language to the mag
istraG1 }as such that he was sent to
Jail for contempt of court. Weir sue
ceeded in giving bail and was released.
Davis School won the victory Sat-
urday afternoon in the football con-
test with the Oak Ridge team. 1t
was an interesting game. The score
was to 0. The Oak Ridge boys re-
turned home that night. Some of the
players looked somewhat fatigued but
plucky.
Winston is to lose another good
citizen, in the person OF Mr.. r. Ii.
Leonard. He has decided to go in
business at Mt. Airy for himself. He
has purchased the stock OF jewelry,
etc, owned by Mr.. John PullIam, de-
ceased. brother or our town sman, ii.
B. Pdliiam.
Considerable spiritual interest
was manifested Sunday in the clos
the Y. NJ. G. A. About dfty boys
were out and the 4 o'clock mems
meeting was very large one. There
have been fifteen professed CONVEX
sions, and all will likely join the
church of their choice.
MIR. William Robbins and family
left last week for Raleigh, which
place they expect to make their home
in the future. Mr.. James Robbins
will leave with his family the first of
the year. They go there TO look after
the extensive business interests OF
their sister, Mrs. Holloman, widow of
the late w. III. HOllOman.
Commodore" Shut is said to be
considering the advisability of going
to Raleigh and playing the peanut
vender" act during the session of the
Legislature. He has been advised
that the Republicans and Populists
have so much faith in economy that
they will live on peanuts and other
cheap diet while they make reform
laws for the people.
Two full grown baby-wakers, or
some other kind Of explosives, went
off last night. Alderman Rich eX-
presses the opinion that the first one
was exploded either in honor of his
election or to warn him of danger in
case the Board did not rescind the Or
der passed at the last meeting forbid