The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-10-17
! AROUND THE TWlN-CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL tVrNrS OF THE
Day BRIEFLY TOLD.
Bits of Facts and Gossip G altered by
The Sentinefs Represent atives-
Social and General News
What is Going on Here.

SOCIAL ana General NEWS
What is Going on Here.
The Twin City Hospital will open
next Friday with appropriate ex-
ercises.
There were thirteen accessions to
Burkhead church at the morning ser
vice last Sunday.
New corn is selling at 35 and 40
cents per bushel. In some of the
Western States it is only 125 cents,
"A whiskey drummer was ia Wins
ton Monday He said he failed to
sell ''drap'' Of spirits to the dealers
here.
-Jailer Ziglar has - boarders. Joe
McClain is the only white prisoner.
His wife had him put in to keep the
peace.
Edward Strupe, of Clemmonsville,
boarded the train here Monday
for a visit TO relatives in Indiana and
Illinois.
james Cook went to Lexington
last Monday to organize d Lodge of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics.
Deputy Collector Alspaugh has
sold 2 500 gallons of whiSkey. seized
from blockaders. to Senator Tillman's
South Carolina Dispensary.
Evangelist Fife and his assistants
will stop at the Phoenix during the
meeting which they will conduct in
Winston. beginning October 3Oth.
Mr.. Claywell Jones, who lives near
Rockford, has pig which has tive
distinct ears. Four Of them are on
the right side of the head, and one on
the left side.
Many farmers are sowing wheat,
notwithstanding the drought. Mr..
L. |. Hine, large and successful
farmer, says he has about co mpleted
sowing his crop
The crop of aeorns and nnts is one
of the heaviest ever seen. This is by
most pc )ple regarded DIS indicative of
a cold winter. Last year there were
hardly any acorns.
The annual conference of the
Northern Methodist Episcopal
church has opened in Greensboro.
Bishop MaIlIlieu, of Buffalo, n. is
presiding. The session will continue
one week.
Miss X Katharine w. Evans, former
instructor IN vocal music at the Salem
Academy, but now Of New York, Will
an eX officer of the German army, now
residing in New York.
The postcffice at Rockford has at
last been reopened. A correspondent
writes: If We can now get the line
from Winston, via East Bend, as
heretofore, and the DObson mail again
direct, we VIII be o. *.
"A Winston man who has been
lnt n Orleans V
presses the opinion that people do not
live to ripe age in that city. He
says that he only saw one grave haired
man during his stay there.
The Street Railway Company has
dispensed with conductors on the
cars The moturman is the only man
in charge. A box has been placed in
each car for passengers to drop a
nickle (their fare in the slot.
Mr. n. NJ. Vaughn becomes cit
izen of Winston again. He has moved
his family here from Walnut Cove.
They occupy one of Mr. Cicero Uses
houses on Liberty street. Mr.. Vaughn
is keeping books for Mr.. Frank G.
Brown.
Presiding Elder Wood will hold
his last quarterly meetings in DAVE
county. as follows: Pennington cir
cult, November-9th and 10th; Mocks-
Vile circuit, November 10th and nth;
Mocksville station, November 18th
and 18th.
Mr.. "Boss" Bailey was found dead
in bed at his home, near Fries facto-
ry, Saturday morning. He was sub
ject to heart trouble which caused his
death. Deceased leaves wife and
several children. He was buried in
Liberty graveyard yesterday.
Presiding Elder Wood went to
Mocksville Monday to fill one of his
appointments. He preached at Mid
way, Davidson county, Sunday. lie
says the crowd was one of the largest
ever seen there. A protracted meet
ing is in PROCESS at the church there.
AT the meeting of the Graded
School Board Saturday afternoon an
order was passed to have telephone
placed in each one of the school build
ings. Another order was adopted to
have the sidewalk in front Of the
West End School lot paved with brick
Both orders will be executed at once.
On Wednesday and Thursday,
October 23rd and oath, the Southern
Railway will operate speciel trains,
between Greensboro and Raleigh, for
the accommodation of visitors to the
arrive Raleigh, 10 a. m. Returning.
leave Raleigh, $50 p. m, arrive
Greensboro, $50
Mr.. J. K Reynolds, proprietor OF
the Blue Ridge Inn, Mt. Airy, passed
through Greensboro Saturday with
the remains of DR.. b. G. Cole, the late
principal of Mt Try High School He
was carried t, Hickory for burial,
where he was once connected with
Clarem0nt College. He had been mar
ried only two months.
A negro named Hoskins, in the
employ of W. B Ellis s. Co., became
obstreporous Saturday evening and
talked rather impuient to one of the
bosses in the factory HoskinS was
knocked down with stick and given
to understand that he was fOoling
with the wrong man. The negro
threw a rock at the boss, but he miss
ed his mark.
THE SENTINEL is informed that
Bowman Gray, who has occupied the
position of teller at the Wachovia
National Bank for the past four
years, with unusual ability for so
young man and to the entire salts
faction of the banks officials and its
customers, will resign his place about
the 1St of November and will accept a
position with the r. j. Reynolds To-
bacco Company.
SUNDAY NIGHTS FIRE.
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