The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-08-08
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL t:vF!NTs o., 81, &:
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Rits Of Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel fseprssentatises-Sn
and General News.

reservoir completed Ey OctoDer-
C. r. Cuthren was sworn in by
Mayor Gray Saturday as special police
man.
Only IS reserved seat tickets will
be sold for each car on the Masonic eX-
cursion to Mocksville.
West Winston Sunday school has
decided upon an excursion to walker
town on Tuesday of next week.
r. J. Tesh, of Salem, caught in
his fish basket Monday morning an
eel measuring % inches in length.
The mortuary reports show that
there were IS deaths in Winston dur
ing july whites and - colOrcd.
Winston shipped l ,OSS, O95 pounds
of manufactured tobacco during july.
The stamp sales aggr egated 800, 2S5. a.
Henry f. Vogler, the jewelers. re-
ceiving congratulations over the ar
rival at his home, of a fine daughter
Register of Deeds Miller issued
% marriage licenses during the month
of July-13 to white couples and to
colored.
The new water fountains, recent
ly put up by WinstOn's City Fathers,
are proving a great convenience, to
the country people especially.
There were eight deaths in Salem
during July-seVen whites and one
colored. Only two births-son and
ddughter-werer reported. These were
white.
Miss Carrie H0skins, OF this city,
has gained and been duly awarded
the scholarship for this county in the
Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro.
1t is not likely that our people
will again have the opportunity to
take in as grand an excursion as the
one to Gettysburg on the 9th. Are
you going?
Preparations are being made for
the erection of handsome residence
for Mr.. j. w. Griffith on West Fifth
street, next to the residence of Mr.. l..
A. Vaughn.
1.-THE Junior Twelve" promises to
be valuable auxiliary to the Ladies'
Hospital Association. We are glad to
see the young people taking interest
in this laudable work.
Mrs. Fl. p. Watson died at her
home in Lexington Saturday evening.
Mrs. Watson was the wife of Mr.. III.
p. Watson, the former deputy collec-
The Agricultural Department
will issue 10000 copies of it's August
Bulletin, containing statistics regard
ing cotton and wooden mills, etc.
Messrs. Stewart Bros. will do the
printing.
Rev. W. S. Bowman, d. D., who
took part in the dedicatory exercises
of Winston's new Lutheran church,
Marks Lutheran church at Charlotte,
to take effect September 1st.
-Ex-Sheriff John Martin, popular
and well-knOWn citizen of Stokes
county, died several days ago at an
advanced age. He served his county
as sheriff for several years and leaves
many relatives and friends to mourn
his death.
1t is predicted that many thou
sands OF bushels Of apples will rot on
the ground in this section of North
Carolina this fall. This leads the Dan
bury Reporter to remark that many
people will have to pay some North
ern firm the "hard cash. for the vine
gar they use.
The r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany has secured 600 feet of space for
big exhibit at the Atlanta EXPOSE
tion. DIR. ]. A. Blum has been en-
gagged to arrange the exhibit, which
promises to be both novel and at
tractive. 1t is learned that no ex-
hibit will be made by the Tobacco
Board of Trade.
Eddie, the seven-year-old sen of
William Harris, living near the Win
stOn reservoir. fell out of tree, near
the railroad, Monday evening and sus-
tanned injuries which, no doubt, will
prove fatal. His left arm is broken
and shoulder badly crushed. The boy,
it is said, was hunting birds nest
when the sad accident occurred.
by reference to official notice in
this weeks issue of the WESTERN
SENTINEL it will be seen that DIR. e.
f. Strickland, Secretary of the
Forsyth County Board of Health, ear
nestly reccOmmeds to the people of
the county the Importance of vaccina-
tiOn on account of the danger of small
pOX from the infected district in Vir-
ginia.
The protracted services, which
have been in progress at the Opera
House, for more than a month, con-
Quoted by Evangelist Wright, were
brought to a close Sunday night. at
which service there were four acces-
sions to the Christian church. The
Evangelist, with Mr.. and Mrs. Fill
more, will leave in few days for
Asheville.
George p. Lowe. uperintendent
of the construction work, and George
III. Beall, who is to be manager Of the
plant here, strung the first wire, South
OF the courthouse square, Tart week,
for the new Interstate Telephone
line. Mr. Beall says this wire will be
used also for the trunk line which
will certainly be built from here to
Wilmington.
The MoraYians hope to have the
Home church, the interior of which is
being greatly improved in appearance,
ready for services by next Sunday.
Reuben Rink" extends an invitation
to his friends in Winston and Salem,
who feel interested in art, to visit the
church on Saturday afternoon, Aug.
10th, and view the new freScoed CELL
ing of the church.
1t is said that Charlotte has
city ordinance requiring people who
have baby carriages on the streets to
go single file prohibiting nurses from
forming in battalion or by platoon and
recklessly charging down the streets
forcing pedestrians from the side
walks. A cynical old bachelor hay-
ing discarded this says that much
needed ordinance of this character
would be of benefit to Winston and
If the City Fathers would pass it the
action would be endorsed by many
sufferers.
Talking Much Cheaper.