The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-07
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times b
a. Lovolock. Reporter.

Special Correspondence TO The Times Il.
a. Lovolock. Reporter.
The regular July meeting of the
board of supervisors OF Roanoke county
took place yesterday at the courthouse.
There were present the following sup
ervisors who have been duly elected
and qualified. viz: W. p. Moomaw. Il.
w. Starkey, George w. Lewis and Will
liam II. Barnett. w. P. Moomaw was
unanimously elected chairman OF the
board, The clerk was directed to issue
warrants for the amounts allowed to
judges, clerks and oonstables of eleo-
tion for services rendered as suoh, re-
spsctively at the May election 1895. A
number of.other accounts were also al
lowed. 1t was ordered that the offics
now occupied by w. w. Ballard, Esq,
be vacated by him 'apd the same Is
turned over" to j. S. Baar, Esq. at.
tarney for the commonwealth elect.
The salaries OF road surveyors for the
year beginning July l, 1895, were fixed
as follows:
Big Lick Districs-Tinker Creek pre-
clnct, $3.50; Vinton, $50; Bonsaoks, $40;
Norwich, SIS.
Cstawba District-John's Shop pre-
cinct, $50; Catawba, $50.
Cave Spring Distriet-Cave Spring pre-
cinct, SIS; Poage's Mill, 500; Bent Noun.
tain, $40; BED Hill, $40.
Salem District-West Salem precinct.
Sl00; South Salem, $500; North Salem,
SIS; Hollins, $40.
The board was then adjourned until
tie fourth Monday in July.
y At the regular quarterly meeting of
the executive committee of the Bap-
list Orphanage held at that institution
Friday, there<were present DR.. Hatcher,
OF Richmond, DR.. Bfough.on, OF Roa-
noke, DR.. Mcconnell, Of Lynchburg, DR..
Cooke. OF Hollins, G. r. Towson, Of Nor
folk, DR.. Taylor, Judge Mofrett, o. l..
Stearnes. w. R. Whitescarver, j. P.
Saul and Rev. S. ] Holiday, of Salem.
"A great deal of routine business was
transacted including the approving OF
plans and reports of she uperintendent.
The committee mapped out the line Of
work for the summer campaign at the
district associations, and passed upon g
circular to be issued to the Baptists Of
Virginia, setting forth the needs Of the
orphanage. Whilst at the Orphanage
the committee sat down to an excellent
dinner mostly the product OF the farm
and garden of the institution. The
health OF the children is good. Every
effort Ia being N ado to have the Schmeltz
cottage and workshops ready for occu-
pnhCy ny ANOVSmp6t no
emit will correspond during the summer
admission, out Of whom will be selec ted
fifty children as soon as the buildings
are ready, which will make ITO then at
the institution.
If Rev. j. D. Arnold and wife, of
Greensboro, N. c., are visiting Professor
&. G. Stearnes.
Watts billiard returned Friday night
from visit to Bristol, where he spent
the Fourth.
Mayor Younger yesterday fined
George cambridge S1.5O for creating a
disturbance at the A. M. E. church.
Owing to the kindness of the Whites
carver brothers in furnishing fire
crackers, the children at the Baptist
orphanage were able to celebrate the
Fourth in great style.
A special car containing o number Of
couples Of Roanoke young folks came
up Friday nighs to Hotel Salem where
several hours were spent in dancing,
after which oil returned homo.
The Salem Baseball Club arrived
homo from Bluefeld on the I'LL o. m
train yesterday. A delegation of en-
thusiasts were at the station and gave
them a rousing welcome. The Blue
field papers all speak very highly OF the
gentlemanly manner in which our boys
conducted themselves, both ON and off
the field, and not one word was said
against them during their stay IN that
city. Maybe he don't play ball, but
Manager Ed. Brand had just as much to
do with the teams success as did the
nine ball tossers. His good Judgment
and timely foreJhought has, more than
once, helped the team out OF o dilemma.
At an adjourned meeting of tho coun-
ell OF the town of Salem, held Friday
night, all being present except Council
man Davis the following business was
transacted:
A. B. Pugh appeared on behalf OF DR..
Strickland, asking for rebate ON water
tax on account OF bursted pipes. which
was granted. Councilman Bowles, as