The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.
l would rather be Il humbug
And beat my way through life
Than to be a ''goldbug."

w. ". CriIH, 1hc MILL street grocer, is
sick at his home on Broad street.
Miss Edna Fox, of Waynesboro, is Wis.
iting her uncle, DR.. L. 4. Fox, on High
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Y. Allemong left
yesterday for visit to friends in Rock
bridge county.
f.. NJ. Wordcn and wife, who have been
visiting in New York State, returned
home yesterday.
W. II. Lemon, of Botetourt county, n
brother of Mis-. j. p. Saul, is visiting his
sisters OH the Boulevard.
At Radford on Friday evening the Roa-
noke College football team were defeated
by the st. Adams by II score of IS to 0.
Miss Lizzie ;cDass, who has been visit
ing friends in Salem and Roanoke, left
Thursday for her home in Allentown, Pa.
II. L. Renick, cousin of j. w. Hanna,
from Falling Springs, w. Va, is stopping
here for few days on his way home from
New York city.
DIR. II. II. Haas gave private matinee
musicale on Saturday afternoon at Mrs.
~. Shipman's on Broad street, for the en-
tertanment and mutual benefit of his
vocal and instrumental class in music.
Mrs. Chas. Folger, formerly of Salem,
and sister of Mrs. John Palmer. who
has been spending the summer in Massa-
chusetts, is on II visit to her brother be-
fore returning to her home in Wytheville
Alonzo HORNE, who went on his wheel
few days ago to Middletown Valley,
Md, returned to Salem yesterday at mid
day. He started from Hagerstown Thurs
day morning and made sixty miles in the
last half day S run.
"Workingmen, stop and think. Free
silver means more money, which will
bring rising prices; rising prices make
good business; good business makes
plenty of work; plenty of work makes
good wages and good wages makes good
citizens
The ides of November have come. The
ghost of Thomas Jefferson has appeared
to Mckinley like that of Caesar to King
Richard. The star of the money power
is on the wanc; their fortunes are declin.
ing; birds of ill omen perch above their
banners. Tuesday will be Philippi to
those who would enslave the workingmen
of America in golden meshes and mark
their pathway with the tears and blood
and sweat OF the toiling masses.
y certain gentleman here who manages
an industry and who is banker, has, we
learn been telling his employees that if
Mckinley is elected he cannot promise
them work. In other words that the fac
tory will be closed down. The factory re-
ferred to has been In the hands of Il re-
ceiver for two years and Judge Blair has
already threatened to close it, Surely the
goldbug Mc1<inleyites are in sore straits
anu talk rs though an increase of the peo-
pies money would ruin their little facto-
ries and banks.
On Friday night an informal dance was
given by Mr.. Geo. Logan, Jr., at his IA
theirs elegant home in West Salem. to
number of his young friends. Terpsichore
presided i'll her most charming manner
and refreshments were served. Among
the happy participants were the Misses
Emily and Lily Taliaferro, Misses Mollie,
Elsie and Sadie Logan, Misses jamie and
Lucy johnson, Miss Mary White, Miss
Katie Evans, and Misses Matte and RAJ
chael Henderson. The young men were
Messrs. j. d. Crowell Il. G.. and NJ. Alti-
ger, j. ID. Hawkins, J. C. Purnell, C. p.
Mayo. II. p. Sturdivant, Ben Tinsley, F..
White, VIM Evans, L. &. Deyerle, L.
Jones, and VIM. Armstrong.
1t will not be amiss to-day tosquote II
few lines from Il sermon delivered on Sep
TENDER y in working mans church at
Lynn, Mass. "To,day Shakespeare has
been revised andShylock il the hero of the
play. Fortia's plea for mercy is called
revolutionary, and Bassanio is branded
as repudiator. There is hardly trust
or syndicate that has inaugurated this
campaign of threats and ridicule and oh.
ject lessons, that dare open its own bust
ness career to the public. This law break
ing, aggressive spirits of monopoly have
found perfect embodiment in the person
M "a
Mckinley and above the Republican par
ty, the American Bluebeard, who Stays
his workers instead OF his wives The
skeletons of the seamen's union the
miners union, and the street car mems
union hang bleeding in his closet How
can we trust such Il man with the respon-
sibilities and authority of office? Give
Hanna four years Of power and he will
paint the White House black. He will
utterly destroy every vestige of trades
unionism, for he will have tile army, the
navy and the Treasury ut his command.
lie will discover that it is cheaper to aboi-
ish manhood suffrage than to buy votes;
and this November may be the last chance
that moncyless men ever may have to re-.
coid their vote for President. Many Re-
publican workingmen are thoughtlessly
going to the ballot box Just rs nm OK goes
to the barbecuc-gaily decorated in honor
of his own death"
AT THE CHURCHES.
At the Baptist, services in the forenoon
by DIR. Taylor and ut night preaching by
the Rev. j. h. Brown At the Presbyte-
ran; morning and night services by the
pastor, Rev. Mr. Campbell At the Epis-
copal, morning and evening services by
the rector, Rev. t. f. Hubbard At the
Lutheran, morning service by DR.. +. V.
\. Painter;..at night, preaching by DR.. l..
\. Fox. At the Methodist, regular SER
vices by the pastor, Rev. II. II Kenneday.