The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-01
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times, F
a. Lovelock. Reporter.

Special Oorrepondence to The Times. F.
"A. Lovelock. Reporter.
Amongst the recent acquisitions to
the poultry fraternity is Prof. D. L.
Stearnes, who is making speciality OF
American Dominiques.
The young people OF High street in
tended to give May party At Creston
this evening, but in consequence Of the
weather it has been postponed.
Rev. IT. s. Brown expects to leave to.
day with his family for Allegheny City,
Pa, where he has accepted call to q
Lutheran church there.
J.Luther Frantz, Of Salem, is one of
the two who will represent the senior
class of the Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg at it's coming
commencement.
The Oriental Order of Humility is in
full blast and only:.lass Saturday several
students were given the royal bumper
degree.
The tickets for the cent return trip
from Main street to the Bank Of Salem
on the electric car will be on sale from
to-day at the Office Of Agent Hickman.
Professor Painter has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the address, before
the literary societies at the Synodical
Seminary, Rogersville, Tenn, June 4.
Rev. Q. T. Kuder, who is sonsin-law
of Captain Ferguson, graduate of Roa.
noke College and Lutheran minister
at Rajahmundry, has recently sent to
the college hymn and service book
which he has compiled and translated
into the Telagu language.
Several parties from the county re-
port q regular knock down and drag out
fight at Mason's Cove schoolhouse Mon
day, in which one of the contestants
had his teeth knocked out. Sad to
relate 1t Is said that several of the
belligerents were recent converts at
borhood and were to have been baptized
shortly. 1t is also said that woman
was at the bottom of the fuss.
Poultry breeders will be interested to
learn that owing to conflict of dates
with the Boston association the dates
for the great poultry exhibition at
Washington, D. c., have been changed
from January 9-14 to January 80 and 81
and February l and 8, 1896. George O.
Brown, OF Baltimore, who judged the
Roanoke show, is president of the asso-
citation. The Richmond, Va, Poultry
Association has made application to be
allowed to join in body and will be
admitted as members OF the Maryland
and District OF Columb ia association, 80
the Baltimore Sun says. It will be in
order now for the Roanoke Valley Poul-
try Association to consider whether or
not 1t should apply for membership.
Possibly, as 1t is the strongest organi.
cation of its kind in Virginia, it will be
content to remain outside.
Nearly 5000 copies of Prof. Painters
History of Education" were sold in 1894,
whilst, since the first edition In 1886,
about $4,000 volumes have been sold.
The professor is inclined to be quite
modest regarding his own productions
(though there is not man in the State
who has more right to be proud of what
he has accomplished). and it was only
after asking number of questions that
the correspondent learnt that the pro-
fessor's last work, "Introduction to
English Literature" published the first
Of last December. Ia now in it's second
edition, being In use in large number
Of colleges and intermediate schools,
and having met with even better re-
ception than the History of Educa.-
tion." At the request OF his publishers,
the professor la now preparing His
tory OF American Literature" The pro-
gressive Japanese thought 40 much of
enc Of his works that they "pirated" il,
and published a whole edition in their
language. Roanoke College is fortunate
ia having such talented man as one OF
its faculty.