The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-03
REVIEW OF YEAR 1894.
THE MEMORABILIA READ By
BISHOP RONDTHALER
At the Moravian Church New Years
Eve-The Watch-MeetiHg was
Largely Attended.

Largely Attended.
people witnessed the death of 1894 and
the birth of 1895.
The matchmaking, at the MOravian
| church, was attended by large num-
Der Of home folks and visitors. The
first service, held at o'clock, was
also largely attended. The custom is
quite ancient, among the Moravians,
the first watch in Salem being held
in the year 1900. 1t has been kept up
every year since that date.
The reading of the Memorabilia is
always the interesting feature of the
| Copies for each year since 1900 are on
| file with other>1hurch records and they
are highly priced.
MEMORABILIA FOR 1894.
THE SENTINEL prints some extracts
from the interesting and well-prepar-
ed Memorabilia read by Bishop Rond-
thaler last night:
1t was on the last evening of the
year 1900 that the Memorabilia were
first read in this building. At that
time John Adams was President of the
United States and our country had
Just emerged from the serious danger
of war with the great NapOlean.
The only States which had thus far
been admitted in to the Union, in adj
ditiOn to the original ID, were Yer
mont, Kentucky and Tennessee. Ohio
IS still a territory in what was con-
sldered the far west. The great
Louisiana purchase had not yet been
made and therefore the Mississippi
river still flowed through foreign ter
ritOry. There was population Of
about five millions and it was regard
ed great sign of progress that there
should be as many as 900 poStotficeS in
the whole country In those same last
days of the year 1900 the government
had been moved to Washington, ID. @.
1t was at that date very distant
city, requiring twice as much time in
order to be reached, as is now needed
to travel from Salem to the Pacific
ocean at San Francisco
The year 1894 has been fraught with
memorable events. The growth of
that destructive view OF human
society which we call anarchism, has
been sadly Indicated by the murder of
Mons. Carnot, the President Of the
French Republic.
The Memorabilia also referred to
the war between Japan and China and
other foreign incidents of Importance.
The Bishop spoke of the political
battles fought during the year. In
speaking of the great strike at Chi
cIgO he said: But the real trouble
lies at the heart of things. Capital
and labor have gone widely apart and
it must be the work of all good and
thoughtful men to bring them to-
gether again."
HOME AFFAIRS.
Our own community Of Winston
Salem has very faithful ly reflected the
conditions of the nation at large IL
has not been year of marked pros
perity, put rather of slow progress to-
ward u sure recovery. The large in
duStrial enterprises of Salem have all
continued work during the year, even
though, in some cases, it was on re-
duced scale.
The same has been true of Winston.
1t has been year of debt-paying and
of saving, the fruits of which will
doubtless appear to greater advantage
in coming years than is apparent now
Our municipal government has kept
up quiet and Il steady efficiency. Of
the 500, 900 which in round figures
have been expended on house, store
and factory, very nearly one-half has
been spent in Salem. We notice the
Ellis, Kerner Bros. and Vance tobac-
CO factories, the large wagon depOSito
ry erected by S. j. Nissen, very
beautiful three story edit1ce on main
street for II A Giersh, on the site Oc
cupied by the first Westinghouse in
Salem.
1t has been pleasant to see the -four
mill built in the place of the one con
sumed by fire last year. The peauti-
full residence of DR.. Siewers at the en-
trance into our noble avenue is ais.
approaching mpletion.
In the SOui hern district the year has
been characterized by steady progress.
1t has been the policy of the B ard
Of Trustees to eXpend the income of
the church for the improvement of its
work, whether in the Home or in the
several branches.
The concluding pages of the Memoir
bilia referred to the special services
conventions, etc, held in the South
ern Province during 1894.
CHURCH AND S. s. STATISTICS.
Total number connected with
church in Salem and immediate
gain of lS9 during the year The Sum
day schools show an enrolment of
3,51I, gain of SIS during the year
The actual number connected with
Salem congregation proper, including
parents and children, is not quite
1900.
Children baptized during the year,
70; adults baptized, IA; confirmed, "a;
received, "a, number of marriages, I;
deaths, %.
The monthly collections in the
Home church for missions and other
Christian work aggregated 1898. 16, an
increase of $26.32 over last year.
A WINSTON-SALEMB BOY.