The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-08-15
THE TWIN-CITY.

OUR.sENT LOCAL EVENTS or T.s =
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits OF Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives-soc
and General News.
Judge Starbuck is holding Cas-
well court this week.
Frank Harris and family have re-
turned from a visit to lredell county.
Mrs Isaac Bates, of Wilmington,
is visiting Mrs. Robert jenkins, in
Salem.
Country watermelons are begin
ming to come in. The crop this year
is below the average.
The ia king care of the aged and
infirm of Stokes county will be let to
the lowest bidder the first Monday In
September.
-Winston-Salem sent large dele
cation to High Point Sunday. The
crowd there was estimated from 1000
to $4,000 people.
Farmers report the corn and to-
bacco crops looking fine throughout
the Piedmont section Curing season
will be on next month.
The editors are indebted to Mr..
O. +. w. DOub, CT Bethania, for some
luscious pears which grew on tree
more than one hundred years old.
Manager Sutton says that the
Bell Company will donate a telephone
to the Twin-City Hospital Associa-
tion, to be used in the new hospital.
1t is learned that Mr.. Frank Wat
kins, of New York, has purchased of
j. S. Grubbs the two new brick stores,
which are nearing completion on Old
Town street.
-Messrs. Smith s. Wall, general
merchants at Madison, have assigned.
Their liabilities are about s., 500; as
sets not learned. They caught one or
more of Winston's merchants.
The Wachovia Loan and Trust
Company has qualified as guardian for
a considerable estate in another
county, This Company is doing
splendid business in this line.
Wilmington, like Winston-Salem,
is to have competing telephone COM
pany. The Aldermen of that city have
just granted the Interstate fran
chise to establish and operate plant
there.
There will be no preaching at
the First Presbyterian church, during
pastor Caldwell's vacation, except on
the first Sunday in September, when
Mr.. Eugene Gillespie, a student OF
Davidson College, will preach.
Bells on the new engines recently
put on by the Southern are made to
ring without man pulling at the
rope. They are attached to the air
used on the brakes and all that is re-
quired is fer the engineer to open
valve and the bell rings necessarily
until stopped.
Mr.. William Miller, good farmer
and well-known citizen of MOcksville,
received a stroke of paralysis Mon
be serious One entire side is affec
ted. Mr.. Miller is about As years old
and brother-in-law of Mr.. Phillip
Hanes, of Winston.
While in Greensboro a few days
ago, ex-senator Jarvis was asked who
would be the next Democratic candi-
date for Governor. He replied thai
he could not prophesy but that he had
heard the names of Tom Mason, julie
Carr, Lee Overman, Bob Glenn and
Theo. Davidson mentioned.
We are indebted to Major George
SEWERS for some of the finest toma-
toes that we have seen this season.
John ShultZ says that the large
growth of these tomatoes is because
of the fact that the Major was the
best dancer at Sam Stewards wedding.
John, you know, is good authority.
THE SENTINEL is informed to-
that 1929 was taken in from the
dinner and lawn party at Mocksville
Thursday. The managers say they
cleared $500 on the excursion from
Winston to Mocksville. The net
superintendent of the Oxpford Or
phanage.
The Rockingham "Southern In
attendance at the many receptions
recently given in that city by Miss
Johnson, Miss Steel and others, in
honor OF visiting young ladies, among
whom Miss Mamie Wood, of Wins
ton, is in each instance conspicuously
mentioned.
Col. John Staples, of Greensboro.
arrived yesterday and is one of the
counsel for the defense in the Tuttle
murder trial. Is it true that many
citizens have made contributions to
help defend futile. believing that
they were aiding church =? This
matter will no doubt be Investigated,
as it should be.
Charley Beck visited Bethania
Sunday. He left here driving what
he thought was fine stopper, but on
his return home the Texas pony con-
cluded to take rest. After dealing
out all of his persuasive powers,
Charley unhitched and came home
bareback" arriving about II o'clock.
His girl knows nothing of his "trials
and temptations"
An educational convention will
be held at Pinnacle station, Cutler,
N. c., on August oath. Excellent adj
dresses will be delivered on education
by able and well-informed speakers
from different parts of the State.
Rev. John A. Wray, of Winston, will
be one of the speakers. An excellent
dinner will be prepared for all who
attend, by the citizens.
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE.