The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-30
SALEM NEWS

b. F. Ammen is confined by sickness
to his home on Elm street.
Henry Price, wife and two daughters
Salem.
great many bass and other fine fish
are stlll being caught in the river by orr
enterprising fishermen
party of ladies went out to the conn.
ty poorhouse at the foot of MICA fee,s
Knob yesterday afternoon.to hold reli-
gious services.
Miss Mary Gookin, of Bristol, who for
several weeks has been the guest of
Misses Margaret and Sallie Johnston. on
west Main street, returned home yester
day.
John w. Carter, of Martinsville, a
trustee of Roanoke College, came over to
Salem Tuesday, bringing his two little
boys to pay visit to their grandmother.
Mrs. a. w. Smead
w. j. Watson, who several weeks AGO
had portions of three fingers cut off bv -
large knife, has almost entirely recovered
and Will not lose the use of the portions
of his fingers remaining
Since the return of VIM. NJ. Mont
gomery to Salem the PRESBYTERIAN Chris
tan Endeavor has been reorganized. and
P1i'S through Mr. MOntgOmery'S
efforts is doing much better work than
before.
!. q. Wertz, J. ID. Whitescarver and
y. hartman, of Salem, were in attend
ance Tuesday on the sale of William I,
Burton's property in the Catawba Valley.
NJ. f. Huff was the auctioneer and ms
usual ratified the property off in mas
sterly manner
w. o. Critz left Salem yesterday for
his Old home in Stuart, Patrick county.
lie expects to return to-day bringing with
him his wife and two children. who have
been visiting i'll Stuart for about week
While Mr. Critz is gone Hugh Carter
takes his place in the store
Yesterday afternoon as Mr.. Bowers
and wife, living some distance west of
Salem, were driving down the hill on
Main street just below J. r. c. Browns
dry goods store, one wheel of the buggy
suddenly broke down. Mr.. Bowers
jumped cut quickly and the horse was
prevented from running away, none he
ing hurt Later lin the evening Mr..
Bowers secured another vehicle in which
to drive home.
One day last week while Hugh White
was driving down the Boulevard near the
Lutheran Orphanage, his horse became
frightened and ran away. Mr.. White
ATTEMPTED to stop the horse but was I'M
successful and the buggy was several
times dragged across the electric car
track, finally breaking one wheel and
throwing Mr. White out. His leg Just
below the knee was severely cut and he
had to be taken to DR.. Killian for medi-
cal attention.
Last Thursday night number of
prominent Salem gentlemen met and or
gained the Virginia Association for the
promotion of Bible Holiness. The fol.
lowing temporary officers We're elected:
President, c.. b. Strouse, Salem, Va;
vice president, j. NJ. Gambill, Roanoke,
Va. secretary and treasurer, j. NJ
Oakley, Jr., Salem, Va. The executive
committee consists of Rev Rumsey
Smithson, Rev. II. II. Kennedy, Rev. T.
u. hewitt, Rev. j. y. Hartman. Rev F.,
W. Leslie, Rev. Kyle Gilbert, Rev
John y. Taylor, Rev. ID. A. Glenn Lay
NJ. b. Wood, b. 4. Jones, J. r. c.
Brown, Jr., f. II. Marshall, l.. NJ Lee
The new association. the moving spirits
of which are also members of the Lay
mems Union, have invited DIR. Canadine,
the celebrated st. Louis evangelist, to
conduct revival services in Salem from
September % to October ). Dr. Cana
dine has accepted the invitation and "a
committee has been appointed to secure
large tabernacle in which to hold the
meetings.