The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-28
SALEM NEWS.
Special Correspondence to The Times. f.
A. Lovelock. Reporter.

Special Correspondence to The Times. f.
A. Lovelock. Reporter.
The following is the program of the
Children's Day exercises att the M. E
Church South this evening at O'Clock:
Anthem. 20, Praise the Lord, oil Yo
Nations" Prayer. Responsive SER
vice by the school. Infant class, march
ing song. Speech, "Our Arsenals. "
Infant class, song, HE Loves Me. "
Speech, "Our Training Schools" Song
by the school, Labor On" Recitation,
"Sunehine and Dust" Song by the
school, "He is Able to Deliver" Reel
tstion. Collection and offertory. An
them, 1.-THE Earth is the Lord g and the
Fullness Thereof" Doxology and
benediction.
= At recent meeting Of the board OF
supervisors Of Roa oke county an order
was entered recommending to the county
court an appropriation of $3.50 to be ex-
pended in Catawba district in the im-
provemens Of the main road leading
from Salem to the Craig line, and in
Cave Spring district similar amount
leading from Roanoke to Bent Noun
tain.
~. Mira. D @. Shanks and Mrs. w. M.
Graybill left yesterday to visit relsr
tives in Blaoksburg and Chrissisnsburg.
At the Baptist Church to-day Rev. G.
j. HOLIDAY, OF the Baptist Orphanage,
will preach In the morning and Rev. P.
f. Terrell, Of Dallas, Texas, at night.
A small cooking stove, which has been
used, Ia wanted by some charitable
ladies for the use of destitute family.
Anyone having stove of this kind to
dispose Of will please notify billiard &
Persinger.
Dan Preston has an idea Of entering
the veterinary profession.
At the Lutheran Church at o'clock
tonight Rev. A. T. Graybill D. D., of
Lenares, Mexico, will address the pub
lie missionary meeting to be held in
connection with the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society.
Henry Shaver, OF the auditors office
Norfolk and Western railroad, formerly
of the county clerks office, Is quite sick
at his fathers, near Cave Spring.
Rev. j.; R. Bridges being in North
Carolina, his pulpit in the Presbyterian
Church here this morning will be oocu-
pied ny Rev. A. ]. Bowers, of Newberry
College, 8. G..
Robert Oakley and T. W. Golf returned
yesterday from Bessemer, Botetourt
county. where they spent the week with
q number Of other Salemites fishing in
James river. Forty fish wore caught
Friday and the luck has been excellent.
All were reported in good health and
may be expected home next Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Miss Louise Shipman, OF Salem, Miss
Evans, OF Roanoke, and the Misses
Read, Of Vinton, are visiting Mrs.
in buckingham county.
On account OF the non-arrival of the
Z. a @. Juniors, from Roanoke, the
match game OF baseball which should
have been played here between them
and the Salem Juniors was postponed.
Mrs. A. 81. Tardy returned yesterday
rom visit to her sister in st. Louis.
In Justice Campers court yesterday
Alex. Mason, colored, was fined s5 and
costs for throwing rock at fowl be-
longing to another colored man. The
fowl was trespassinR in Mason's oats
and his rock broke the birds leg. His
counsel took an appeal.
County Superintendent Stearnes has
given notice that uniform examinations
for public school certificates in Roanoke
county will be held in Salem as follows:
For white teachers, Tuesday, August C.
and Wednesday, August T. ct public
school building, No. /. For colored
teachers, Thursday, August s. and Fri.
day. August 0, at public school building,
No. A. Opening hour, o. m.
The-many friends OF Everette Strouse
In Roanoke and Salem will regret TO
learn that he is very Ill with Bright's
disease.
J. K. G. Brown, Jr., will, on Monday,
move his goods to the Allen block,
where he will remain while his new
store Is being built The old building
Is to be moved back.
There Ia considerable talk in quiet
way here regarding the little founding
left last Sunday morning at Jennie
Beavers, on Water street, and the gen.
axal raxnAt "a ths -