The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-18
sALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times. f
A. Loyelook. Reporter.

trip to Blue Held.
Mrs. Buchanan, who has been visit
ing Mrs. G. j. Ligon, left yesterday for
her home in Charlottesville.
Misc Grace Whisescarver, OF Grafton,
w. Va, is visiting her uncle, w. r.
Whitescarver, on Market street.
There will BIO a union Sunday~school
picnic on the grounds around Kitten
gers Chapel, near Cave Spring. next
Sunday.
W. H. Engledove and wife, of Lynch
burg, after spending some time with
Mr.. and Ms. G. D. DENT, left yesterday
for their home.
Auctioneer Huff sold yesterday at
auction some personal property at the
late residence of Mrs. Samuel Shartzsr,
near Cave Spring.
Victor McCauley, who has been spend.
ing the summer near Oakland, Md, re-
turned yesterday evening and will enter
Roanoke College to-day.
w. j. Black and wife and Miss Flor
ence McKenney, of Richmond, after
spending some time at Hotel Salem, left
yesterday for Bedford City
DR.. Henry Theodore Hildreth, the
new professor of the department of
ancient languages of Roanoke College,
arrived on Saturday, and Is boarding at
Mrs. Ferguson's.
B. Mcintyre, the physical director st
Roanoke College, has returned, and will
put the boys in training at once. He
has established "diet" table, at which
all the footballists will take their meals.
Mrs. B M. Oton, who has been VISIT
ing Mrs. Davis Ayers. on Main street,
will leave to-day for Bedford Alum
Springs, and will remain about three
weeks. She will return then and or
ganizs class in elocution.
About fifty boys who expect to attend
Roanoke College arrived in Salem yes
terday afternoon on the 4:36 train. 1t
WAS estimated that there are over one
hundred students in Salem yesterday
evening and fully fifty or seventy five
are expected to arrive to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Watson, who
have been staying at Hotel Salem for
the past two months, returned yester-
day to their home in Northampton,
Mass, with the view of making arrsnge-
ments for their return to Salem to make
this their permanent home.
A MAS meeting OF citizens will be
held in the town hall Friday evening
at o'clock for the purpose of discuss
ing local option. The meeting will be
addressed by DR.. l.. G. Broughton, of
Roanoke city. Music will be furnished
by the Salem Silver Cornet Band.
The following gentlemen have brought
their sons to Salem for the purpose Of
entering them in Roanoke Colleges Rev.
James II. Lamb. D. D., of Moorestown,
N. j.; Mr.. F. NJ. Gideon, of Washingto ton,
D. C.; Maj w. G Repass, of Wytbeville;
Mr. Isaac Shuler, of Page county; and
Mr. Sowder, of Floyd county.
Geo. B. Cromer, Esq, of Newberry, S.
c.. arrived in town yesterday and left
to- day in company with Rev. G. w. Hol-
land, d. d. and wife. of Newberry, S.
c., and Rev. R. G. Holland, D. D., of
Charleston, 8. c., for Stanton to attend
the session of the united synod of the
Lutheran Church which convenes there
Tomorrow.
d B. Strouse and wife, returning
from business trip of Some weeks to
Europe, arrived home this morning.
Their stay in Europe included visit to
Bristol, London, Paris and Havre
Owing to the difficulty in getting
steamer accommodations this time OF
the year, when SO many Americans are
coming home. Mr.. and Mrs S.rouse
were necessitated coming from Havre to
Quebec, thence to New York, where
they arrived on Saturday by steamer La
Gsscogne.
gloom was cast over Salem when
the sad intelligence OF tho death of
Miss Mary Gray Chapman was made
known. She WAS the only daughter Of
Mrs. Orlando Is. Chapman, who resides
in West Salem. Miss Chapman was
taken Ill with fever about four weeks
ago, and despite the untiring efforts of
her physiciane to restore her to health
was forced to yield to the unrelenting
hand OF death. She was IL years of
age and member of the Presbyterian
Church. The funeral aervices were
conducted by Rev. J. R. Bridges yes-
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
above-nsmed church and interment
was made in East Hill Cemetery.
The following business was transac ted
in the Roanoke county court Yesterday:
On motion Ut Chas. Ovens the estate Of
Alexander Owens, deceased, was COM
mitted to the sheriff for admins ira ton.
The case Of the commonwealth vs..
lsham Hsiraton for the larceny OF coat
WAS heard beford jury, who returned
verdict OF 'not guilty" The special
grand jury returned the following in
dictments; Commonwealth Va. Paulins
Smith, for selling liquor without
license, true bill" The one VS.. Geo.
Dandradge for the same offenss wss re-
turned not a true bill. The case of
commonwealth va. Perry Hairston,
charged with larceny OF corn, was
heard before jury, who returned q
verdict OF guilty and fixed his fine at SIS.