The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-08-22
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by Sentinel RepresentatiFea-soc
and General News.
-Watermelons are plentiful as well
as cheap.
The graded schools open on Sep
TENDER End.
thoroughly renovated and beautifully
decorated.
-Profs. J. J. and d. Fl. Blair are
expected to return from Europe either
this week or next.
A number of brandy distilleries
have commenced operations in For
syth and adjoining counties.
Evangelist Wright and his sing
erS, Prof. and Mrs. Fillmore, began
their meeting in Asheville Sunday.
j. T. Simpson and family have
gone to Gentry, Rockingham county,
to spend few weeks with relatives.
Small sleeves are coming into
fashion again. Women can make
next years dresses out of this years
sleeves.
The infant son of Policeman j. J.
COfer died Saturday evening and Wae'
buried Sunday afternoon. The .oeaI
ceased was only three weeks old. iths
-Rey. S. b. Turrentine is expecting
a letter from Rev. Sam Jones in a few
days, notifying him when the evange-
list can be here to conduct his meet
ing.
Oscar Pratt, the young man who
was kicked by horse and seriously
injured, last week, is improving.
There is some hope now of his re-
covery.
Deputy Collector Alspaugh tells
THE SENTINEL that he has made 80
brandy bonds in his division this
season. He has number of other ap
plications.
Judge Brown Saturday night re-
duced the sentence of Bud Cunning
ham five years. He will now only
serve 10 years in the penitentiary, in
stead CT 20.
1t is announced that Mr.. Louis
NJ. SWink, one of WinSton'S rising
young lawyers, and Miss May Dreher,
of Mount Pleasant, will be married on
September Sd.
Miss Pattie Beck, of Salem, who
is visiting her brother in Indiana,
writes home that she recently went
with a delightful excursion party to
Niagara Falls.
"A lawn party will be given at Be
thania, at Mr.. Il. ]. Stauber's, on Sat
urday evening, Aug. 31st, for the
benefit of the Sunday school. The
public is invited.
Rev. ]. Henry Smith, D. D., pas
tor for nearly thirty-seven years of
the First Presbyterian church in
Greensboro, celebrated his 18th birth
day Tuesday of last week.
Negroes from Winston are emil
grating by every train. Many of them
are leaving for Lynchburg, while
Statesyille and Durham are catching
few.-Greensboro Record.
The Timmonsville, S. c., Enter
prise says: ''Col. G. E. Webb is still
making his experience count in the
tobacco world. No better organizer
could be secured anywhere"
The Greensboro fire department
has appointed committee to make
the necessary arrangements and select
a team to go to the Atlanta EXPOSE
tion. Let Winston send company.
THE SENTINEL is indebted to Mr..
n. w. Craft, of the Cedar Cove Muir
series, for sample of his fine pears. He
says that the fruit crop this year is all
that could be desired, being plentiful
and fine.
MIR. George Pearce, of Brown
Mountain, Stokes county, has in his
possession silver coin 122 years old,
some continental paper almost as old,
one $50 bill dated 1890, one $50 State
bill dated 1777.
Miss Eda NJ. Shouse, only daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Shouse, died
at Vienna Saturday, at the age of Il
years. She was laid to rest at Be-
thania Sunday in the presence Of a
large congration of sorrowing friends.
Mr.. j. r. Osborn, nurseryman, of
Bethany, Davidson county, has pre-
sented THE SENTINEL with sample
of his fine peach crop. The Bordeaux
ClingS is the name of the fruit pre-
sented and they are unusually fine and
large.
Two blockaders, from this State,
were brought down on the WilkeSbO
train Saturday evening. They were
captured in Virginia. 1t is learned
that they jumped their bonds and
went to Virginia with the hope OF es-
Gaping trial.
The blockaders who were brought
here Saturday evening from Wilkes
county, were carried to Abingdon,
Va, Monday where they are wanted
for violating the law more than one
year ago. One of the men was report
ed to be quite sick.
The excursion advertised from
Winston to Gettysburg has been in
definitely postponed. owing to the fact
that not sufficient number of per-
sons agreed to go. All parties who
have paid for reserved seats are re-
quested to call on Mr., p. w. Crutch-
field and get their money.
Rev. G.. w. Holland, pastor of the
First Baptist church, colored, requests
THE SENTINEL to state that his
church has never contributed a cent,
either by festivals or collections, for
Arthur Tuttle, or any one else. He
says that they need all the money they
can secure to complete their new
house of worship.
-Winston's leaf dealers, as we'll a:
the tobacco raisers in this section,
are rejoicing over the announcement
that the two big firms in St. Louis
are going to make cigarettes in oppo.
sition to the American Tobacco Co.
Tobacco men here say that this com
petition to the trust insures an ao-
vance in the price of cutters.
The corner stone for the new
Lutheran church to be erected al
Hopewell, few miles South of Salem
will be laid at $3.50 next Satur-
day afternoon The address viii
be delivered by Bishop Rondthaler, O.
the Moravian church. The corne
stone of the old church at Hopewel
formerly known as Ripple's Church