The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-25
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.
l would rather be n June bug,
That sucks the berries sweet,
Than to be Il gold bug
That rObs labor of its ment

ieopl. iIoSuil, WHO nus Deen on IL DuSl-
ness trip to Floyd county, has returned
to Salem.
Mrs. Is. Lacy Hoge and children spent
the day yesterday at the home of Charles
Chapman.
On Friday night u band of strolling
musicians rendered some excellent music.
in the lobby of Hotel Duval
Mrs. James Persinger, after ~ visit of
several months to relatives in Richmond,
returned to Salem yesterday
Evangelist J. w. Hypes left yesterday
for Pierpont, franklin county, where he
goes to hold II religious meeting.
Mrs. Humphreys, of Montgomery
county,is visiting Mrs. Willis the widow
of the late Captain Willis, on White street.
Miss Minnie Obenschain,, who has been
visiting Miss Maud ObenchAin, on White.
street, returned yesterday 90 Blacksburg.
w. 5. Billiard, New River district evan
gelist, will commence II meeting at the
Christian Church, of this place, tonight
at $50 O'Clock Everybody cordially in
vited.
ID. b. Strouse, of the Laymen's Union
invites the public to n religious meeting
to be held this afternoon Mt 3 O'Clock in
the town hall, under the auspices of said
union.
Miss Baumgardner, who has been
spending several days ut the home of her
brother, ]. \. Baumgardner, on the
Boulevard, returned yesterday to Rural
Retreat
who has son attending Roanoke Col.
lege, arrived in Salem yesterday and is
stopping with the Misses Wiley, on Mar
ket street.
Mr.. Price, OF West Salem, while haul
ing rock Friday with his team, met with
severe loss.by one OF his horses. breaking
his leg. Mr.. Price is poor man, and
this loss Will fall quite heavild on him.
Hon. Phil. Lockett, of Roanoke City.
addressed about eighty Republicans au
the town hall on Friday night. The
weather was inclement and the cI ovid
small. After Mr.. Lockett's address Judge
VIM NJ. Barnitz, OF Salem, did little
exhorting. The numerical strength of
the two Republican clubs here, white and
colored, is about GOO.
The registration lists at the various
voting precincts were purged Yesterday.
There was quite II lot of wrangling at
some of the precincts, especially that OF
North Salem. The work will be COM
pleted Monday, and the number of those
stricken from the lists as we'll as the
number of new registrations will be given
i'll Tuesdays letter to The Times.
y few evenings ago while the A. w. |.
L. musical organization were discoursing
sweet music ut Miss Taliaferro's. they
were suddenly interrupted by the eyn,o-
sion of il Kerosene lamp in the residence
of Judge Blair, just across the street.
The lamp was eXtinguished, and no harm
came of it. The organization has post
poned its trip To Ballahack until next
Wednesday.
The following from Maj. Peter j. Otey
to f. q. Weber explains itself per
init me to call your attention 10 the fact
that there are some persons who think
that the Judges of elections, making out
the returns, must certify that Bryan and
Sewall, or other candidates for President
and Vice-President, should be certified as
receiving so many votes. 1t would be
well to inform the public that the cleo
tors are to he certified as receiving the
votes
The statement has been made bv one of
the most intelligent colored men of
Salem that the negroes here will not SUD.
port duNal Radford for Congress. They
do not like the idea of voting for n man
who advocated Jim Grow" cars for the
negroes, and who also advocated return
to the whipping post in Virginia 1t is
generally conceded here by the goldbugs
that Maj. Peter j. Otey Will succeed him
self in Congress. 1t is rather signifi-
cant fact that neither Phil Lockett nor
Judge Barnitz, in their speeches here on
Friday night, advised the club to vote for
Radford. They were told to scratch
everything on the ticket except Mckinley
and Hobart.
The Junior Order of American
Mechanics will, on Tuesday, November
3, election day, give an oyster dinner in
the billiard * Persinger building on Col
lege avenue, lately occupied by S. VI.
Martin. The order is..popular here, being
the same who donated and unfurled the
flag of the Union from the graded school
building. Oysters will also be served in
the evening at the same place, and as the
order is iii debt, it is to be hoped that
that they will be literally patronizch nv
the citizens of the town. The committee
of arrangements consist of J. b Frier
y. II. Whtesell, T.. NJ. Gross Thomas
Harm, w NJ. Barnitz and d. G.. Barnitz
The committee will also appoint com
mittce of ladies, who will bc in attendance
morning and evening.
AT THE CHURCHES.
At the Episcopal, regular service morn
ing and evening by the pastor, Rector f..
T.. HUBBARD
At the Lutheran, morning and evening
services, conducted by l.. y. Fox, of the
college.
At the Presbyterian, morning and
evening services by the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Campbell.
At the Baptist, morning and night SER
vice by Dr. Taylor.
x AT the Methodist morning and evening
services by Rev. III. II. Kenncday.