The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-09-05
AROUND THE TWIN-CfTY,
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS oF TSH
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
eits or Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives,
and General News.

by Sentinel Representatives-soc
and General News.
The first fall month.
Days and nights are almost equal.
The colored graded school opens
on Monday, the 10Th inst.
There were 10 deaths in Winston
during the month of August, being
whites and IA colored.
Eighteen marriage licenses were
issued in Forsyth during July-three
to white and fifteen to colored
couples.
The tobacco curing season has
commenced in earnest this week. FOd-
der pulling also pushes the farmer at
this time.
The Greensboro Baptist church
has extended call to Rev. Livingston
Johnson, of Lumberton. 1t is thought
he will accept.
The city is almost overun with
small white caterpillars. They are
everywhere and in greater numbers
than ever before known.
There were only two deaths in
Salem during August-both white.
There were eight births-three males
and five females-all white.
Are you going to the Atlanta Ex-
position? Passenger rates over the
Southern Railway are given on an
other of page The SENTINEL.
There are few finer specimens of
horse flesh in Winston-Salem than the
-year-old animal owned by Eugene
Vaughn. 1t came from Wytheville,
Va.
Rev. T. HI. Pegram has just closed
a successful meeting at Linwood,
Davidson county. He reports Is con-
versions and s acceSSionS TIC the
church.
Rev. r. B. Hine, of Mt. Airy, will
run an excursion from that place to
Winston about Sept. 18th, for the
benefit of parties desiring to hear
Sam Jones.
The Medical Board of Guilford has
elected DR.. w. j. Richardson county
physician aud superintendent of
health, vice DR.. A. r. Wilson, the
former officer.
&C. L. johnson, of Clemmonsville,
has bought the one third interest of
E. S. Ketner in the firm of Ketner,
Crater & Co, and will be pleased to
see his friends. +
Rev. Sam Jones will be assisted in
his meeting here by Rev. Mr.. Stuart
and Prof. E. o. Excel. The latter
will have charge of the music. They
will stop at the Phoenix.
There will be no change in the
business of the late B. +. Hanes. The
tobacco factory will be operated under
the management of Mr.. Phillip HaneS,
brother of the deceased.
John Taylor received a watermel-
on from Ronda last week which
weighed So pounds. John intimated
that it was for the tooth of his best
girl He did not say whether he ex-
pected to sample any of it or not.
The Superintendent of the con-
struction work says that he will COM
plete his part of the contract on
Thursday and that the telephones for
the Interstate plant are expected to
arrive the latter part Of the week.
Rev. Mr.. Kurfees, of Louisville, KY,
accompanied by his wife and mother
in-law, passed through the city last
week on their return home from
visit to relatives and friends in Davie
county. Mr.. Kurfees is pastor of the
Christian church in Louisville.
"A petition is being circulated
among the merchants for the closing
of all stores at D. m. during Septem-
Der, in order that the clerks and
proprietors can attend the Sam
Jones meeting. A few of the mer-
chants. it is learned, refused to sign
the petition.
Henry Vogler, of the firm of w.
T. Vogler 81 Son, jewelers., went North
last week to purchase goods for the
holiday trade. He will make his pur-
chasers direct from the manufacture
ers and says he will have one of the
most attractive line of goods ever
brought to Winston.
The last issue Of the VOLUNTEER
Fireman." published by Messrs. Stone
& Reid, at Greensboro, contains a
splendid picture of Salem's popular
fireman and commissioner, Mr.. Frank
III. Vogler, who is also second vice
president of the North Carolina State
Firemens' Association.
Mayor Gray has appointed J. B.
Vaughn, w. III. Clarke, f. @. Brown,
T. Fl. Miller and D. S. Reid as dele
gates from the city of Winston to the
South and West Grain and Trade
on October 23d, oath and 25th, during
the Atlanta Exposition.
Mr.. r. J. Reynolds, who is some
WudU VI IL DIS well DIS IL UOOdCCO
manufacturer, raised ON fourteen acres
of land 7754 bushels of oats by meas
ure. These oats weighed AZ pounds
to the bushel, legal weight. They
were winter oats and were badly
thinned out by the FROST.
p. H. Hanes has sold his fine pair
of claybank horses-Zeb Vance and
Wade Hampton-to Capt. Mebane's
fire company, Of Columbia, S. G. The
animals were shipped Monday.
Mr.. Hanes and his family were great
ly attached to ''Zeb" and "Wade" and
they regretted very much to part with
them.
Quite a severe rain and thunder
storm passed over this section Satur-
day evening Mr.. Edward Rothrock
was severely shocked while sitting in
his porch in East Winston. He was
knocked senseless for holt an hour.
just before he was struck he saw a
ball of fire rolling off the top of a
small building near by.
Several Mormon Elders spent one
night in Winston last week. They
stopped at the HaneS House and left
next morning, going South. They
were large, portly looking men and
wore heavy winter clothes. The citi-
Zens Of Forsyth should keep sharp
watch on these men and guard against
the doctrines they teach.
-Piney and Bob James, brothers. oil
Stokes county, were tried before
United States Commissioner Bessent