The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
SALEM News
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

Blanton Barnett, of Catawba, Is In
town attending court.
S. j. Griffin, a prominent attorney of
bedford City, was in Salem yesterday.
The Rev. Mr.. Moser, of Zion Luther
an Church, near Salem, was in the CITY
yesterday.
l.: M. Lee, of this place, who has been
visiting his old home near Petersburg,
returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Kidd, of Danville, Va, and Mr..
and Mrs. Williams, of Eggleston Springs,
are stopping with Mrs. J. B. Camden, on
Market street.
DR.. Richard Isbester and wife, of Chat.
tanooga, who have been summeriug at
Capt @. G. Tompkins', left for their
home yesterday.
j. NJ Harlowe, who has beeen visiting
his old friendss here for the past two
months, returned yesterday to his home
in Covington, Tenn.
Mrs. VIM. M. Nelson, who has been
stopping temporarily with Mrs. F. H.
Chalmers, left last night, accompanied by
her children, for Warrenton.
81. M. Roach, of Columbus; E. X.
Barksdale, of Portsmouth; j. w. Adams
and Dave Hymes, of Bedford City, were
| ,
Miss Ellen Page, of Abingdon, Va, has
accepted the position as clerk in w. H.
Browns store, made vacant by the mar
riage of Miss Mary Georgiana Anderson.
| G. l.. Phillips, the mattress man, has
purchased the building on Alabama
street, formerly owned by Walter Boon,
and will use the same for mattress fac
tory.
FLETCHER Clements arrived in Salem
yesterday, after an extended trip through
Bedford and Pittsylvania counties. He
reports both counties solid for Bryan and
Sewall.
j. Cloyd Byars and wife, OF Bristol,
Tenn, are stopping at the Duval House
Mr.. Byars is son of our townsman
Col. j. M. Byars, and has been married
but few days.
Houses for rent are in great demand al
this time in Salem. Every available
house has been rented, and the demand'i.
greater than the supply. Salem, in spit
of the hard times, is moving forward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Beall, of Carlisle
Pa, who have been the guests of thei
aunt, Mrs. D. G.. Armstrong, leave 70
their home to-day. They have been trav
cling through Virginia by private con
veyance.
( <hboou TOW yGSGSEudY AFTERNOON TIL
small frame house built by Robert Bin
ford, on the Monteiro tract, and occupie,
by NJ. M. Butler, burned to the ground
The alarm was turned in too late to saw
the property.
|. The colored Odd Fellows lodge No. l.,
$40, have purchased the building on Ala
bama street, formerly owned by the NJ,
tional Mutual Building and Loan Asso
citation. The price pa;d was $400.
will be fitted up and used as hall.
Now that the trees in the COURTEOUS,
yard have been cut down. we sugges
that our progressive city council NOV,
the town clock to the cupalo on the court
house building. Where the clock is a
present the poor thing hasn't the face t.
show itself.
On Wednesday Sallie Coins swore out 6
| warrant against Robert Brown for un
lawful trespass. Constable Carter ar
rested Brown, and he was brought befor,
Justice Camper, who, after hearing thu
testimony, dismissed the case with cost,
on the defendant
The Sentinel's new steam engine hoe
Deen placed and is at work. It has heei
Tested and works like charm. 1t move,
Inc large cylinder press as we'll as all o.
cne JoD presses, and will enable the en-
tefprislng Sentinel to do their increas
ing 1ofS with business and despatch.
Mr.. Moomaw, who lives about fifteer
miles from Springfield, H., arrived il
Salem yesterday to visit his brother, 81
E. Moomaw. He reports the rural dis
tricts Of his State as solid for BRYAN ant
Sewali, and says that in Is locality there Is
Bryan club of 1000 members, composed
Of negroes.
Yesterday was the first day of the DC
tober term Of the circuit court Thu
work was OF routine character, the ma
jority of the motions being deferred until
tomorrow. The event of the day wa
Judge VIM. Gordon Robertson's splendid
grafton on the political situation. j. e
Young, of Roanoke and R. S. Stearnes
of Salem, qualified as attorneys.
Judge William Gordon Robertson mad
one OF the ablest and most profound DO
litical speeches here yesterday that wa
ever made In Salem, or anywhere. Hi
audience was circuit court one, ant
hence small and select which listened t,
him with patient and unabated interest
His arguments were telling and convinc
ing, and much good was done. Many O.
his utterances were loudly cheered, an,
at the close .of his speech his friend
pressed upon him TO congratulate hin
upon his mastery and brilliant effort.
We are now in our new Quarters
Everything new and inviting. Call in +,