The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-04-25
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CURRENT E4OO.4I4 EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits OF Eacts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives.
and General News


month.
sweeper or sprinkler.
-Winston's 100000 worth of bonds
were sold at SOL and accrued interest.
The Twin-City Club is beginning
to arrange for its annual June recep-
zion.
Watt Martin is receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS Of his friends. 1t is
bouncing boy.
The Salem band will furnish the
music at the Guilford Battle Ground
celebration July 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Ogburn are
now domiciled in their handsome
home on Cherry street.
Tho white graded schools will
close on May 23rd. The colored school
will close two weeks earlier.
An invitation has been extended
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Of Charlotte,
TO attend the Salem commencement.
Clerk of the Court Wilson has
sworn in 4S of ForSyth's Y new magis-
trates, appoited by the Fusion Legis-
lature.
-Wallace's circus will exhibit here
On May 9th. The tents will be
pitched South of the N. & W. yard, in
Salem.
The Methodists OF Winston are
talking of erecting handsome church
in the West End as early as prac-
ticable.
DIR. w. c. Galloway, formerly OF
this city. is president Of the Epworth
League Of Grace NJ. E. Church, Will
mington.
We are pleased to hear that there
is prospect Of an early resumption OF
the street car service on the South
Side line.
The Winston reservoir is to be
greatly enlarged. That is what the
water committee wants with the
brick which they are advertising for.
A report was received here Satur-
day that Winston negro got into
row at Germanton Easter Monday
and was seriously if not fatally shot.
Salem is having no excitement
over her municipal election, which
takes place one week from next Mon
day. or course two tickets will be In
the field.
Little Berthe, infant child OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Lee, died Sunday
morning on Wachovia street, Salem,
and was buried in the Liberty grave
yard Monday.
Rev. John ; Wray, pastor of
Broad Street Eapo.sa church, will de-
liver the annual address at the com
mencement OF the intercollegiate
School at Ronda, Oh May 29th.
The wheat is very small in size
for so late in the season, but this is
not disadvantage. The stands are
good and the outlook for large har-
vest has not been better for years.
Complaint is being made about
some OF the new gas lamps, recently
put up by the city, not being properly
looked after by the lamp-lighter Some
of them do not burn as they should.
1t has been suggested that the
Hotel Zinzendorf site would be a
lovely location for handsome city
park-besides, it would add materially
TO the property surrounding the
park.
-Winston-Salem, in former years,
advertised herself TO the world by her
celebrations. Why not have big
'blow-out" this year? What say the
business men Of the Twin-City?
lie 1NOTUH w lHSGUu UOJS uClCdlSu
the scrub nine Saturday to the tuneOf
80 to 1. The defeated team will prob
ably reorganize and try again. The
West End boys are organizing win
ming team to play North Winston.
Mr.. c. A. Hege, one of the pro-
prietors of the Salem Iron Works,
and Miss Matte c.. Spaugh were
united in marriage today. The cere-
mony was performed by Bishop Rond-
thaler at the home or the bride, at
Friedberg several miles below Salem.
A man on the witness stand and
at the mercy of a shrewd lawyer is to
be pitied. He may 'cOach" himself
all he pleases and if he is not careful
he will make bad break and say
something he never intended and
generally at the most inopportune
time.
1t is announced that Miss Lena
Nolon, OF the Grace Shannon Com
pany, will make balloon ascension
on Memorial Day, May 10th, from the
top Of the Pilot Mountain, to height
of 5000 feet, and will make para
chute leap from that point TO the
earth.
-Tax-Collector Hammer now has a
double duty to perform. He has been
appointed to collect water rents for
the city. Jerry Respass, the former
collector, is still working for the city.
He is assisting Secretary and Treas
urer Magruder in looking after the
water works and street work.
THE SENTINEL is requested to
state that the solos by Miss Grace
Terry, Mrs. T. S. Sprinkle and Mr.. f.
W. McClement, at the Broad Street
entertainment, last Friday night,
were beautifully rendered and added
much to the enjoyment of the oc-
casion.
"A negro named George Bradshaw
was put In jail Saturday night on the
charge Of stealing a pair of pant.
from E. Robinson. The latter saw
the negro commit the theft. HI
caught hold of Bradshaw and hel(
him until George struck him in thu
eye. The merchant then surrendered
but called for the police, who came il
time to arrest the thief, after shor
race.
EIGHTY YEARS OLD.