The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-21
sAlEM NEWS.
Special correspondence TO Tho Times, II.
A. Lovelock. Reporter.

Special Correspondence to Tho Times. f.
A. Lovolook. Reporter.
b S. Barnett, OF Catawba, spent tho
day in Salem yesterday.
Henderson Lee, Esq, Is in Louisa
county on legal business.
G. r. Wertz. Esq, OF Roam oke, was In
Salem yesterday on business.
Miss Daisy Tompkins has returned
from o months visit to Norfolk.
e. B. Meredith has returned from a
visit to friends (?P?) in Rocky Mount.
L. a. Day has gone for q two weeks
visit to his old home in Damascus, Nd.
Jos. a. Owens, Of Richmond, has re-
turned to Salem and will re enter Roa.
noke College.
DIR. Frank Henderson, OF Blacksburg,
is in Salem visiting his brother, Thos.
Henderson, on Main street.
Geo w. Fleming, OF the firm OF Elem.
ing Bros, OF Lynchburg, and former
Salemite, was in town yesterday.
Arrangements have been made for the
electric car to return to Salem imme-
diately after the play at the Academy
of Music Tonight.
A marriage license WAS issued from
the county clerks office to Walter Wat
son Smoot, of Columbus, Ohio, and Miss
Pipey Lee Murray, of this county.
The date Of Leo Wheat's entertain
ment has been changed from Tuesday
night to Friday night, the eth. This
entertainment will be given for the ben
eft of the X OF P. Lodge.
To morrow night at 7:3O o'clock Rev.
j. r Bridges will preach his farewell
sermon in the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Bridges will leave for his new home,
Columbia, Mo about the middle Of next
week.
Frank G.. Weber, OF the Salem Times
Register, who keeps pretty we'll posted
in regard to politics, ETC., stated to the
correspondent yesterday that he sim
cerely believed that 1.-THE dry ticket at
the coming election will come out
ahead by large majority"
Lee Arthur, Jas. Reynolds, Quin Rob
insoR and John London, for whom war
rants vera issued recently, charging
them with rape upon the 3.year old
daughter of bob" Nowlan, colored,
were discharged by Justice Camper. as
no evidence was brought out to show
that they were the right parties.
The committee appointed by the court
to inspect the Jail sent In their report,
which was to the effect that there are
two colored males, two colored females
and one white male confined in the said
jail, that they found everything in good
condition and that the prisoners were
satisfied with the treatment from the
jailor.
Col. Jas. n. Baker, Of the Second
Virginia Regiment, arrived in Salem
Wednesday and assisted Col. Jo Lane
Stearne in the inspection OF the jeff.
Davis Rifles. Colonel Baker ia &C
companied by his wife and staying with
his sister, Mrs. G. X Bowers, at Hotel
Salem. Colonel and Mrs. Baker will
leave for their home in Woodstock, Va +,
next Monday.
A special meeting of the board of
directors of the Salem Improvement
In the Improvement Company's Office in
the Bank building. D. L. Uncommon,
who WAS appointed director at the
| last meeting Of the board, to fill the
vacancy made by the death Of Capt s..
| e. Simmons, declined to act as such,
and Mr.. Robt. Logan, Country "Bob")
was then elected to fill the vacancy.
In regard TO the purchase of the furnace
no definite terms were decided upon.
The meeting adjourned to an early date
| in October.
a special meeting of the town council
| was held in their room on Calhoun
street Thursday night for the purpose
| OF receiving bids on the proposed en-,
lsrgement and Improvement OF the town
| hall. There were only three bids re-
| ceived Those bidding were M. Hook
man. OF Salem; j. f. Barber & Co., Of
Roanoke and ID. Fischer, Deyerle 4,
Co., of Salem. The committee OF two,
who were appointed by the Masonic
Lodge Of this place, appeared before the
body and asked that they be allowed a
consultation with the town hall inn
| provement committee in regard to what
proportion of the expense they would
have to bear il the addition were made
two stories instead of the proposed one
story annex. This was allowed. The
| bids were not acted upon, as it was
decided to await the outcome of the
| consultation. Council adjourned to
| meet next Thursday night at 1880
O'Clock, when it is expected that the
| contract will be let.
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