The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
bySentinel Representatives.
and General News.

Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
bySentinel Representatives.
and General News.
The first Fall month.
-Chinquapins are ripe
The new tobacco year opens octo-
Der first.
A license was issued Friday for
the ma rriage of Miss Dora M lorna
DIV and James NJ. Hester, both of
Salem.
1t is reported that the Republi-
cans and POpulists, of Forsyth, will
hold their County Conventions on the
same day.
"A Cabarrus man, who was in the
city Saturday said that there were only
seven or eight white Republicans 10
his county.
III Salem last month there were
five deathS-four white and one color
ed The births were all white, three
boys and one girl.
-Workmen are making the necessa-
ry excavation for The NiSSen factory
to be erected near the American 10
bacco Company's large leaf house.
Tip" Halrston, colored, of
Bellows Creek township, is the hrst
citizen OF this county to pay taxes 1or
1891. Tip is sixty-seven years old.
Many sportsmen are oiling up
their guns preparatory for squlrrel
hunting. The little cunning animals
are reported to be numerous in the
fore sts.
Mack Smith, an employee on Dr:
BlhnSon'S farm had his hand cut OH
hTy. " A.
chine, while he was prep tFing leed
for the stock.
Two MornOns who have been
openly at work in Guilford county
have been waited on by large num-
Der of the best citizens and escorted
out of the county.
There were 10 marriage licenses =
I white and II colOred-issued during
August in Forsyth. This is one
license less than was issued during
the month of July.
Rev, T. f. Gibson, of the Forsyth
circuit, reports successful revival al
Union Church There were eight con-
versions and that number of aces
sions to the church.
-Messrs. Rondthaler, Pfohl, WooS-
ley. Crouch and Shore will leave short
10 for the Moravian Theological Semi
nary at Bethlehem. Pa, to prepare
themselves for the ministry
Ernest Stockton, after taking
course in a business college at Lynch
burg, Va, has accepted position at
the n. & w. depot. He will succeed
J. X. Pfohl as clerk in Agent kearns'
office.
The total number of births,
white and colored, in Winston during
August was Is. Six of these were
white and nine colored. The births
for July were far in excess of this
month.
w. A Walker expects to leave next
month for the State of Washington to
look after some business interests.
He will probably stop over and spend
a few days with friends at Knob Nos
ter, Mo.
County Superintendent Butner
will examine public school teachers,
at his office i'll the courthouse, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 18th, 14th and 18th. Saturday
for colored applicants only.
-Winston's death record for Aug
uSt was five whites and nine colOred,
a total of fourteen. The deaths for
July were four in excess of this num-
Der. The colored death rate contin-
ues almost double the white rate.
County Register Fl. E. Keehln has
returned from sojurn of several
weeks at Red Sulphur Springs, West
Virginia. He says his health is much
improved. A cold rain caused him to
return earlier than he had intended.
News reaches here that "Pat"
Winston has returned to the Republi-
cans. He joined the Populists few
weeks ago, but he is reported as say
ing that lie could not stand them.
Pat lives in the State of Washing
ton.
1t appears that THE SENTINEL's
information about Virgil E. Wilson
attending the recent Populist Judi
cial and Congressional Conventions at
WilkeSbOrO was an error. Mr.. Wilson
claims that he did not go to the con-
ventiOnS.
The people about Oak Summit
school-hOuse desire to build church.
They will give an ice cream supper at
that place Saturday afternoon and
night, August 18th, to raise funds for
that purpose. They request all who
will to attend and aid in the good
work.
Invitations have been issued an
nouncing the marriage of Miss Mar
guerite Birchie Kirk. sister of Mrs.
W. T. Brown, of Winston, to Mr..
Robert S. NiSsen, son of Mr.. George
e. Nissen, of Wa1ghtown. The event
will be solemniZed at the First Pres
byterian church, at 4 o'clock p. NJ,
Sept. 18th.
There is an old saying that for ev-
cry fog in August there will he snow
during the following winter. If this
be true there will be eight SHOWS next
winter. A careful observer says there
were fogs on August 1st. End, Sth,
18th, 18th, 10th, Both and 31st. Those
on the Ist, Sth and 18th were heavy,
that on the 18th very heavy, and the
others light.
PERSONALS.
Mrs. Thomas ID. Meadows has re-
turned from visit to relatives at