The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-10-10
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL F.V NTS OF THE
Day BRIEFLY TOLD.
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered by
The Sentiners Represent atives-
Social and General News
Whist is Going on Here.

Social and General News
What is Going on Here.
The chestnut crop in the noun
tains is one Of the greatest ever
known.
Prof All Merritt of Trinity Col
lege, will preach at Centenary church
next Sunday.
w. G. Crawford is all smiles. The
arrival of a fine son at his house is the
cause of it ALL"
Madam Rumor has it that mar
rage will be celebrated in Salem on
the 9th of November.
Miss Leila Sheek, of Clemmons-
vile. is in the city, the guest of her
cousin, Mrs. John Jeffreys.
Mrs Swift and three children, of
Waynesville. are visiting her sister,
Mrs. j. r. Justice, in Salem.
"A new post-office has been opened
at Williams, Yadkin county, with
Wiley ]. Poindexter as postmaster.
The day of the watermelon is
about over this season. The festive
darkey mourneth and will not be com
forted.
The State Normal and Industrial
School opened with $50 young ladies.
This number promises to be largely
increased.
-Rey. S. F. Conrad has been re-
elected to serve the Baptist church.
at Fork Church, Davie county, as
pastor, for another year.
Rev. T. Fl. Pegram exhibits a
four pound Eastern Yam sweet pOta-
toe which was grown in his garden
The yield this year. he says, is fine.
The State Printers are sending
out he Public School laws To the va
rious counties. 1t required thirty
thousand copies of the laws to meet
the demand.
Mountain apples are beginning to
roll in from the "big hill country"
THE SENTINEL noticed one wagon
here Monday, drawn by two oxen.
The owners said they were 20 miles
from home.
While engaged in putting down
the gas pipes at the State Normal
about + O'Clock Monday afternoon.
Mr. David Scott was painfully if not
fatally injured by the explosion CT dy-
Mantle.
The Southern Railway has begun
the work of hallastiug the division of
the North Carolina road between
Greensboro and Selma. The laying
of the 80 pounds to the yard heavy
rails will not begin until next Janu-
airy.
Stewart Bros will move their
State printing department. about
Nuy. 1st, FROM the Starbuck block to
their own building on West Fourth
street. They will occupy the entire
building and the work Of preparation
for the transfer is now going on.
Alexander Williams. who left
here p wears ago, retu' ned last Thurs
day night. His son, ''Tink" Williams,
refused to recognize the Old man, who
left for parts unknown. The family
thought that the old man was dead
He said he had been in West Virginia
Mrs Hauser. aged 50 years, died
at her home on West street. Salem. at
6 O'Clock D. n. October 2nd The
deceased had been sick several months.
The funeral services We're held at the
house at 3 O'Clock p, III Oct. 3rd, after
which the remains were laid to rest 10
the MoIavian graveyard.
This cooler weather will make
people want to start fires, and we
would drop the hint that much care
should be used in this particular
The long hot spell and drought has
made everything as dry a. finder. and
after being in disuse so long chimneys
may have become very foul and dan
gerOus.
The congregation of United
Brethren filed an Injunction and stop
ped the sale of the It ServatlOn proper
ty which was advertised by Tax Col
Hammer to be sold Saturday for
taxes due the city of Winston. The
courts will now be asked to decide
whether or not the property is liable
for taxation.
There will be another eclipse OF
the moon on the night of October Il
1t will be the first to be so generally
visible since 1888, 1t will begin al
$50 O'Clock and from that time on the
shadow of the earth will gradually
steal across the face of the moon un
til 11:O6 O'Clock, when the eclipse will
become total.
Capt. Hawkins came In fir m
Wilkes Monday evening witt
one hundred aud fifty passen-
gers crowded in two coaches He said
11S of these were "billed" for the Fed.
eral Court, at Greensboro. A MAORI
ty of these were defendants AND
witnesses from Wilkes and adjoining
counties. There were several moon
sinners" in the large party.
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE.
Coming and Going of Friends and