The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

| "hoio nc mas secured position.
j. Kyle Montague, of Christiansburg,
was circulating in the city yesterday
Judge Henry T. Blair left yesterday
Tor Floyd county, where he goes to hold
| court.
:: Misses Fannie ard Nettie Armstrong
left yesterday for visit to Berryville,
Clark county, Va.
Will Preston, of the Norfolk and West
ern, spent Il part of yesterday with his
mother and sisters.
Popular Brit. Baskerville, of the Uni
ted States railway service, is on II visit to
his wife and children.
j. G. Wells, of the Roanoke Street
Railway Company, still remains quite i'll
ut his home on Craig avenue.
Percy Graybill, of Amsterdam and
viii Simmons, of Daleville, are on u visit
to Mrs. b. &. Logan, in West Salem.
Adrian Riddick, who has been in Salem
for the past few days, left yesterday in
the interest of his insurance company.
ID. b. Strouse will give talk on holi.
ness tonight (Tuesdav) ut the West End
Methodist chapel. Everybody is invited.
~ ID. Pugh left yesterday for his home
in Washington city, after seeing the last
sad rites performed over the body of his
dead wife
Gene Crawford, the Lilliput drummer,
and an all-round prince of good fellows.
after short visit here, left We stcrtl;ty for
New York
Robert Oakley, book keeper for the
Blueiicld Hardware Company, and IL for
mer Salem boy, is ut home on IL visit to
his family
Jno. Parsons, of the L. S. A., who has
been stationed at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, is
on three months furlough, and is visit
ing his father here.
b. Lacy Hoge, of Roanoke. delivered
an address on "Missions'' before the
Tyree Missionary Society of the Baptist
Church Sunday NIGHT.
j. q. Dickerson, banker and large
operator in coal and iron, of Charleston.
| W. Va. was on Il visit Sunday to his
ncice, Mrs l.. NJ. Smead.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. c. Dawes, of Wash
ington State, are on n visit after eight
years OF absence to Mrs. VIM. Holmes.
who Is Il sister OF Mrs. Dawes.
On the 18th a marriage license was is
sued to VIM. Columbus Stevens and Miss
| Callie II. Mills. Mr.. Stevens is from
North Carolina and Miss Mills is of this
county.
The Nelson property on Broad street,
now occupied by ;. NJ. Martin, was sold
on Saturday by Commissioner T. w.
! Goodwin, of Roanoke, and was bought in
I by the Bankers Loan and Investment
Company, of New York, for the sum of
81 600
Yesterday was court day. The crowd
was smaller than usual and but little
business was done on the streets outside
of the auctioneer and the street fakir.
Even Jockey Alley failed to he rs lively
as usual. There are but few lawyers in
attendance and nothing of any interest
transpired ut the courthouse.
| Cons table T. II. Carter arrested yester-
day +. NJ. Pace, cOlored, on Il warrant
sworn ou' for perjury by y. w. Via, be-
! fore Justice A. NJ. Miller. The case was
tried by J. II. Camper. Pace was found
! guilty and sentenced to six months i'm
jail and ordered TO pay fine of so and
costs. The trcspass case of Trent against
Murdoch came up for trial in Squire
| Camper 5 court and was dismissed
j. w. Hanna was on Sunday morning.
at the Presbyterian Church, installed by
the pastor Rev. Mr.. Campbell, elder in
the place of f. c. Burdette, who has re-
| moved To st. Louis Davis Ayres, who
was elected at former meeting of the
J N.''iNii 90 'iii tAtttl. ~ III Iflt NallcHncv
! caused by the moving way of Mr. Cump-
ston. did not accept. as his duties were
! such a to keep him away from Salem
| LARGE portion OF the year.
Little Burks Payne, the 4.year old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. PAYNE
died on Saturay morning at : O'Clock Of
/ blood poison. She was buried in East Hill
Cemetery yesterday afternoon mt $3.50
! O'Clock after appropriate services at the
baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
| IL. ii. kenncday. The infant class of the
BAPTIST Sunday school marched to the
cemetery each with bouquet of flowers
which they deposited on the grave Mr..
and Mrs Payne have the sympathy of
the entire community in their loss
Rev. II. II. Kenncday, of the Methodist
Church, preached on Sunday night a
most clear and powerful sermon from the
parallels of the treasure hid in the field
and the pearl of great pricc-Matt. 10,
41'l0. lie showed most beautifully and
| conclusiyely the treasure found in the
field to be justification, heirshp in the
kingdom of God. And secondly the mer-
chairman as likened to ('"rhe kingdom
| of God is within your and possessinp
the found treasure, and AS seeking and
finding the pearl of great price, which he
| feelingly described, we believe from an
experimental standpoint to he the bless
ing of entire justification. Mr.. Kenncday
is undoubtedly an able man, filed with
the spirit.
The remains of Mrs. a. b. Pugh, of
| Washington city, were buried on Satur-
day afternoon in East Hill Cemetery.
! The funeral sermon was preached mt 3
, O'Clock in the Presbyterian Church. of
which Mrs. pngh WAS a member, BY the
Rev. Mr.. Campbell, assisted by Rev. II.
| IL. kenneday and Il. Il. Hubbard The
! active pal! hcarers Were Me.srs w "