The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-02
SALEM NEWS

). NJ. Martin is visiting friends in
Lynchburg.
DIR. Pedigo, of Crocketts Springs, was
in town short while yesterday.
Rev. DR.. l.. G. Broughton and wife. of
Roanoke, were in Salem for short while
yesterday.
Judge Henry f. Blair and family have
returned home after a very pleasant visit
to Saltpetre Cave.
A marriage license was recently issued
from the clerks Office to JAS d. Nc
Guyer and Sallie Ann Amos, both of Roa-
noke county.
w. y. Wrenn, wife and children, who
has been summering at Mrs. G. G. Tomp-
kins', returned Monday night to their
home in Norfolk.
Mrs. Rockhill, of Scranton, Pa. who
is accompanied by her daughter, has been
in Salem on n visit to her son, left last
night for her home.
Henderson Lees friends will be pleased
to know that he is now able to walk
about and will soon be able to be at his
Office and attend to business.
y new organ has been purchased by
the Methodist Church, and for awhile
Kew. kennedy's congregations will be fa.
vored with brand new'' music.
Mrs. Il. r. Brink, Mrs JAS Thorpe and
daughter, Miss Mary Thorpe, after spend
ing the summer mt Mrs. C. c. Tompkins'
on High street, have returned to their
homes in Norfolk.
y very pleasant party was given mt the
home of Geo. w. Logan, in West Salem,
last night. y number of Salem's fairest
bellies were present, and all pronounced
the evening most enjoyable one.
Il \
member of the incoming senior class of
Roanoke College, arrived in Salem last
night. Mr.. Bay has returned to Salem
in order to do some special college work
before the opening of the season.
w. r. Cross, of the Holstein Wooden
Mills, has gone to his old home ut Sun
berry, :. c., for a short vacation. 1t is
repoIt%t among Mr.. Cross friends that
he willFgo by way of Norfolk, and after
that will continue his journey, but not
alone.
Mr.. Weeks, of Louisiana, an old stu
dent of Roanoke College, is in town for
few days. No matter how distant the
old students may live from the old inst.
tuition, there are few of them who do not
return some day to see the old college
they have learned to love.
Arthur Peck, of recent bicycle noto-
riety, appeared before the sergeant yes
terday morning, and after confessing
riding his. bicycle on the sidewalk late
Saturday night. Harry Hire also CON
tributed $3.50 to the town treasury for
the same privilege.
Messrs. Smith and Kirby, of Washing.
ton city, have recently been in Salem,
and after examining the vault in the
clerks office submitted plans for its en-
largemcnt. The plans have met with the
approval of all who have seen them, and
it is thought. that the proposition of the
gentlemen will be accepted and the vault
enlarged accordingly.
w. NJ. Grace, of Georgia. who has been
summering in Salem has returned home.
While here this summer Mr. Grace, who
Is young man, became acquainted with
the faculty OF the college, learned to az
precate the large library of 10000 vol
umes, and in fact was so favorably i'm.
pressed with everything about the insti-
tuition that he has gone home in order to
put his business in such condition as to
allow him to attend old Roanoke next
session.
Mrs. Dosh, of Winchester widow of
DIR. Dosh, once president of Roanoke Col
lege, is i'll town, accompanied by her son,
bowman, and her little daughter, Mary
Mrs. Dosh Is the guest of Miss Fannie
Armstrong on Pennsylvania avenue, and
has received a warm welcome from her
old Sale n friends. After short visit
here Mrs. Dosh will leave for Missis-
sippi, where she will spend the winter.
Her son, Bowman, however, will enter
the boys department of Roanoke Col
lege, and will he left in care of Prof. and
Mrs. w. y. Smith.
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