The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-21
SALEM NEWS

Miss Lena helms, of Hollins. was
visiting In town yesterday.
Rsv. D. Q. Moomaw, OF Roanoke, was
In town on business yesterday.
Chas. H. Cooke, superintendent OF
III } Inns Institute, was In to wn yester-
day.
j. w. Coon. president of the Com
mercisl National Bank Of Roanoke,
WAC in town yesterday.
Attorneys Wright, Cooke, Lunsford
and Williams, Of Roanoke, wore up at
aeneing court yesterday.
Hon. a. s. Trous, president Of the
First National Bank Of Roanoke, was in
H)wn on business yesterday.
A marriage license was issued from
the CLERKS Office yesterday to Charles
The County Tesohers' Association
will meet to-dsy in the new public
school building ao $3.50 p. M, when the
annual election OF of1oers ana other
matters will take place.
G. f. Meyers, Of Stephen City. who
has been visiting his daughter. Mrs. j.
n. AllemoDg, left yesterday for New
York. Mr.. Mayors has been for two
years in Chill. settling up the estate of
his brother. and Ia now at home on q
few months visit with his family. He
expects to return to Santiago. Chilli,
next GUNNER. IL takes Mr.. Mayors
thtrty-two days to make the trip to this
far away land.
George Scott, colored. was arrested
here yesterday, charged with rsping q
colosed girl named Sadie Grays, o q
Elliston. The boy is about 90 years
nl6 and tho nfr1 IN uaara nf ana Tho
negro was brought before Squire Gam
per yesterday, who remanded him to the
Montgomery county authorities for trial,
N Special Constable w. d. Martin
took him on yesterday evening.
The Tyree Missionaryssoclety.
The monthly meeting of the Tyree
Missionary Society was held In the
Baptist Church Sunday night. After
prayer by Judge Moffett the secretary
and treasurer read his report. which
showed that sos had been collected by
the society during the past year. Mrs.
j. w. Board then favored the audience
with q solo, after which President Nc
Intire introduced DR.. e. B.. Pollard. of
the First BsptistiOhurch, Roanoke, who
addressed the society, taking for his
au beet, Missions" Dr.. Pollard is q
forctble speaker n was listened to
with marked attention throughout.
This society ia doing o vast amount OF
good in iuculcating In it's members the
true spirit of missions and in leading
them to roalizs the need of the Gospel
In Other lands.
Court Proceedings.
County court began yesterday, with
Judge Moffett presiding. The follow
ing grand jury were %empanelled: Capt.
w. w. Brand, b. w. Logsn, Won. Burch,
Clay Bushong. Jno. G. Tinnell. JAS.
Walters, L.. H. James, Coleman Smith, |
j.. w. Turner and Jno. 8. Woodruff.
The last will and testament of Mrs.
Anna @. Carat was proved, and Marshall
Cars. qualified as The executo, of the
will, with Nathan Gsrst as security.
Appraisers, Elias Brubaker, g. D Lay
man, Thos. Patterson, Clay and VIM.
Over thirty applications were made
and dockesed for q reduction Of assess
ments.
Samuel Dickinson declared his inten-
tion to become g citizen OF the United
States, and r%enounced his allegiance to
any foreign power, particularly to the
queen OF Great Britain, and took oath to
support che Constitution of the United
States.
r. l.. Campbell qualified as a notary
public.
The grand jury brought in the follow
ing indictments: Against Israel Win.
bush, for misdemeanor; John Williams.
for felony; Henry Philpot, for misde-
meanor; Major Vinson and VIM.
Murphy, for misdemesnor.
The case OF John Williams, for at
tempt at rape, was set for 9 Monday.
Teachers' Institute.
The county teachers of this county as.
sembled in the new school building yes
tarday for the annual institute. No
better evidence Of the professional
spirit that pervades this excellent corps
OF teachers could BIZ asked thai the fact
that out Of ffty-seven teachers in the
county hftv-four were present at the i'm
s itute. They assembled at o o'clock,
and then separating into nine divisions
visited the rooms Of the nine teachers
OF the Salem school and saw conducted
classes In history and geography. Then
they re-assembled in general session
aud discussed primary reading until 1
O'Clock. Papers were read on this sub
ject by Misses Spessard, Niche, John
and Barford and by Messrs. Filler and
Kirkwood. The institute met again at
$50 .. m. and took up the discussion OF
the question, "HoH to Prevent Tardi-
ness This discussion WAS participated
in by Messra. Sewers, Coles and Painter,
and by Misses Near and Moore. The
next subject entered upon WAS How to
Teich Fractions" on which records
were No 3de by Misses Golf and Porter,
aud Messrs. Dosing and Wells. This
subject was still under discussion when
tho meeting adjourned. The institute
will continue to-day and Tomorrow.
8 sssious from 0 to 1, and from 2:3O to 6.
Your correspondent has rarely listened
to such excellent end interesting papers