The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-18
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times. F.
a. Lovelook. Reporter.

Special Correspondence to The Times +.
a. Eovelook. Reporter.
Thefollowing appointments have been
m ade by the Salem Laymsn's Union for
to- day: Bend Chapel IL q. M; Wash
ington Heights, IL Am; Hanging Rock
sohoolhouse, p. M. Everybody In
these respective neighhorhoods are cor
daily invited and earnestly requested
10 attend these services.
AZ 0 regular meeting Of the Salem
school board yesterday. Messrs. K. Q.
Stearnes and R. W. Kline were sp.
pointed committee to report az to the
advissbilisy of introducing military dis
cipline among the boys at the public
school for the coming session. Various
accounts were allowed, and It was de-
cided to.open the school positively on
the 9th OF September. '<i''-'
To- morrow is county court day, and
apart from the fact that the Democratic
mass-m Getting to elect delegates to the
convention will be held, much interest
will be felt in the disposition the county
court will make of the application for
liquor license, which 1t ia believed will
be made by residents of Salem, who
claim that the last local option election
was void. The "drys" are now thor
oughly aroused and ready to battle. On
Saturday they were getting signatures
of those who pledged money to obtain
legal assistance for the commonwealth's
attorney to fight the application for
license, or to carry ON the campaign II
an election is ordered. 1t Is reported
that II license is granted, the "drys"/
will have petition ready in short
time asking for an election.
The Fincsstle Herald states that Mr..
Elmo A. Hyde, of Buchanan, and a for
mer student Of Roanoke College, lis
rendering valuable assistance to the Ia
dies in their special edition of the Her.
AID"
Potato bugs IN this immediate section
are not content with having stripped the
potato vines. but are now busy on the
tomato vines, and some have even conn.,
menced on the green tomatoes.
Rev. f. v. N. Painter and DIR. j. D.
Dreher, OF Roanoke College, and Mrs
L. A. Fox, president of the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary Society,
will attend the dedication on the 25th
inst. OF the new Lutheran church at Pu-
laski.
It Is considered IS not unlikely that
during the coming week there will be q
masked ball at Hotel Salem.
w. M. Murray, of Lake Charles. La,
is visiting his relatives in the county.
Two dwelling houses on Market street
have been sold privately this week. viz:
that owned by Ed. Langhorne to Davis
Ayres, and the other, DR.. McWhorter's
to q gentleman from North Carolina.
Mrs. E. a. Holland. who for so many
years kept boarding house for college
students, will resume business next
session.
Quite number of Salem people at
tended the Mabel Paige matinee yester-
day.
j. P. Saul is homo from his travels
for q few days rest
Alfred Il. Peel, of England, Ia regis
tered at Hotel Duval.
The Bluefeld Telegraph Is authority
for the statement that 1.-THE Max Mead
ows and Salem furnaces will 60 into
blast within few days" This may be
true as regards Max Meadows but it is
entirely too good to be true about the
Salem furnace.
The party of young people who went
to Mountain Lake Thursday morning
returned Friday night very much pleased
with all that they had seen.
The brick work OF the Industrial
building at the Baptist orphanage has
been finished.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Tyree Missionary Society will take
placs al the Baptist church tonight.