The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-18
THE ROANOKE TIMES. FRIDAY. DECEMBER Is. 1so6
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

On Wednesday evening last H.. w.
otultz, special revenue agent, and John
4. Bowles brought before United States
Commissioner +. n, McCaulcy, james Il.
jackson, charged with conducting I'M
Illicit distillery in the northwestern part
OF Franklin county, Va, who, being una
bic to give bond for his appearance ut a
preliminary trial, was remanded to Jail.
On yesterday. his bondsmen having ar.
rived, the prisoner was brought before
the commissioner, who granted him bail,
conditioned for his appearance mt the pre-
lmnary hearing, to be had on Tuesday
next.
The revival services, which have been
so ably conducted for the past--ten days
ut the Baptist Church by Dr. Taylor and
the Rev. j. Il. Shipman, of Roanoke and
which have been productive of so much
good, will probably come to Il close Fri
day night.
Arthur Adkins, of the Government
printing Office at Washington, is at home
on Il visit to his family.
Probably the largest number of hogs
ever Killed in this section have been
slaughtered i'll and around Salem during
the past week. 1t is calculated that ut
least l00,0O pounds of pork have been nut
up by our people. A large number of the
weighing nearly 300 pounds net
Mrs. Taylor, of Roanoke IL sister of
Mrs. w. II. Tinslcy, spent yesterday at
the nome OF the latter.
Miss Holiday, sister of Mrs. LENDER
son Lee, is on IL visit to her Sister ut her
home or Broad street.
Miss Lucy Wiley of Clifton Forge. Va,
II cousin OF the Misses Wiley, of this
place, visited the home of the latter for IL
few days, while on her way to Johnson
City, Tenn, where she has gone on il Visit
TO hcr aunt.
Mrs. DR.. VIM. Armstron.; left Wedncs
day for Lexington, where She went to
visit relatives and friends
l.. ". Oyerstrcet, the Main street mer-
chant left Yesterday for l.ynchburr,
where he went on business.
The Young men across the river have
inaugurltcd Il very pleasant series of
prayer meetings, the first Of which was
held on last Wednesday night mt the Dis
cipIes Church They will be permanently
continued On next "Wednesday night
the leader will be Jasper Glover; sub
! icct,. "Obe!ience.
d. b. Strouse, John NJ. Oakley. .Jr. and
Edward Marshall, of the lMymrn's Union,
nave just returned from Alleghany
| Springs. whore they have been holding Il
| ten days revival G. A. Calhoun zen
crously allowed his ball room to be used
| for the series, and II great work was
| done. There were cighty-liyc DR. ninety
slnctiicntions, and Il large number of
| conversions.
Miss Nellie McBrydc, daughter of the
| Rev. DR. McBrydc, OF Lexington, is visit.
ing the family of DIR. !. B..Tay0r on
Broad street.
Alfred Pcel, after a trip through the
| North, has retained to Salem.
The ''up-to.datc'' camnon cracker,
while it was intended to enliven and
make gay festive occasions, is IL most
dangerous playthng. The Roanoke City
| Council very wisely decided that these
| dynamite bombs should not be exploded
on the streets. Everyone of these
crackers has printed on il II caution that
the cracker must not be lighted while in
| the hand, nor touched after it had been
| lighted. On last Christmas several per.
sons were badly wounded by the careless
throwing OF these squibs on the Streets
! There is little or no danger in the sky
rocket and Roman candle, but the modern
| dynamite cracker, rs long as your arm,
| to life. While there is mo serious objec-
| ton to theiT being exploded on back
streets or vacant lots, they should by no
means be allowed to ..bc thrown on the
main thoroughfare of the town, terrorz-
| ing crowds, and possibly manning some
uniOrtunates for life.