The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-12
SALEM NEWS

q Miss Dora Burford has returned home
after visit in Eastern Virginia.
Il. j. Ligon and son, Charlie, spent
yesterday at the Baptist Association
Allen johnson, of Nashville. Tenn. ia
In Salem, the guest OF Judge w. Griffin.
"A pleasant musicale was given last
night at the residence of w. II. Ruth
rauff.
Mrs. NJ. Helen Brand and daughter, of
baltimore, are visiting w. Lee Brand on
Union street.
Rev. D. NJ. Holiday, who has been in
Salem on visit to Davis Ayres, returned
yesterday to Blacksburg.
William Chalkley, a fve-year-old boy
from Richmond, was received at the Ban
list Orphanage on Monday.
Mrs. Stanley Tyler, who has been Wis
ting Mrs. J. s Persinger, on Union
street, returned home yesterday.
The Magee brothers leave Salem to. day
for Roanoke, where they will engage i'm
work on the new postoffice building.
Rev j. NJ. Holiday, of Blacksburg,
preached very acceptable sermon in the
presbyterian Church last Sunday night.
Sheriff e. w. Zirkle was at Cave
Spring yesterday, and reports repairs on
tne baptist parsonage there nearly COM
pleted.
w. l.. Crawford has returned to Salem
from visit to Ballahack, and his friends
are AGAIN enjoying the pleasure of his
company.
On September 90 next Maj w. w.
| Ballard will sell as commissioner n num-
Der of lots of the Baltimore and Ohio
Land Company.
The .aIiac, Ala Coo;o... e -, =,
terrain Church held an entertainment in
the Evans building last evening for the
benefit of the church.
II. b. Rockhill's mother. sister and lit-
tie boy recently arrived in Salem for II
| visit TO Mr.. Rockhill at Mrs Carrie Cam
| den's on Alabama street
E3Col. r. II. Logan, as trustee. recently
sold number of lots owned by the Hook
man Land Company. The lots were
bought in by J. p Saul.
Mrs. y. G. Pamplin and two sons and
Capt Tazewell Hubert and wife, all of
Norfolk, have recently arrived mt Mrs. G..
| C. Tompkins' for the summer.
Miss Fannie Taylor, daughter of the
| president of Wake Forest College. and
niece of Rev DIR, Taylor, of Salem, has
| returned home after visit of several
weeks here
Howard Holland, Harry Reed and C.
| L. Hurt will leave Salem this morning ON
their wheels to spend the day at the Bap-
list Association, in session at the Mill
| Greek Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wiley, J. V Yves
ton, Misses Alice and Minnie HOLIDAY and
Miss Edmonia Philips enjoyed a very
pleasant excursion to Twelve O'Clock
| Knob yesterday.
The electric car which runs between
Salem and Roanoke did not make the
3:4O trip yesterday afternoon. The rea-
son reported was that lightning had
struck the power house in Roanoke.
| EiNiss Bessie .Bonsack and Miss Clvde
Helms, who have recently been the
guests of e. Miss Bessie Wiley, on Broad
street, left yesterday evening for the
home OF Miss Bonsack at Bonsacks
The Fort Lewis Sunday school expects
to hold n picnic for the young folks of
the school some time during the next
two weeks. similar picnic was held
last summer and proved great success
| The examination for white teachers
were i'll progress yesterday at the high
school buildingon Academy street, and
| nearly iOO candidates were in attendance
the ladies constituting II large majority
| Pastor c. Armand Miller, after IA short
visit to friends in Salem, leaves to-day
for the home of his parents in Buena
Vista. Mr.. Miller preached at the Luth
eran Church Sunday morning, and at
| night delivered an address before the
Woman's Missionary Society.
NThere will be a leap year german at
the Roanoke Red tonight, and number
OF Salem young ladies have already
offered to escort an equal number Of
young gentlemen over. The query up
| pcrmost in the minds of the young men
just now is WHO pays the eXpensesY''
| Hon. ]. Taylor Ellyson and Professor
| Hunt, of Richmond, arrived in Salem
yesterday morning, and after taking
breakfast with Rev. Geo. j. Holiday, left
| with Mr.. Holiday for the Valley Associa-
ton. Hon. Taylor Ellyson, in addition
to being prominent in Virginia politics.
is also one of the most active and influen-
tial Baptists in the State
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