The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-03
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.
would rather be n tumble bug
And roll my little ball,
Than be u gold bug

hhV iObo iuDOI VI ltS Gll.
The Misses. Edmondson, of Elliston,
were in the city yesterday.
Mr. Fizer and wife, of Blacksburg, have
been on Il visit to 1.-The family of Daniel
Preston
Mrs. Lamb, who lives on Academy
street, left yesterday for visit to Coving
ton, Va.
Mrs. John Owens, who lives on the
new road to back creek, is lying critically
ill at her home.
Mrs. Eliuson, of Roanoke, was in Salem
yesterday prospecting with IL view of
renting property.
j. Harry Chapman, of the Roanoke Red
Sulphur Springs, has been in Salem for
the past two days.
Miss Agnes Armstrong left yesterday
for Carlisle, Penn. where she went to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bcall.
Miss Lulu Preston, of West Salem, who
has been OH visit to Miss Tinsiey Chap
man, on Catawba, has returned home.
The Phi Gamma Delta boys will now
have their red caps dyed black and wear
II piece of crepe with their colors Such
is life.
Miss Lily Taliaferro, who has been Wis
iting her cousin here for the past week,
returned yesterday to her home in Wash
ington.
Mrs. John Weber and Joseph Weber.
who has been attending the Virginia Col
lege of Pharmacy at Richmond, arrived
in Salem Sunday afternoon.
Salem people, don't forget that the cleo
ton returns will be received all night Mt
the Roanoke Academy of Music tonight
ut the performance of "Faust.r
labor this crown of thorns you shall not
cruelty mankind upon a.cross of gold. -
VIM. Jennings Bryan at Chicago.
eff you do not know the difference be-
tween God and mammon in this struggle
for deliverance from the gold monopoly
of money, pray God this day to enlighten
you.n
c. c. Taylor, clerk at the Wiley Hard
ware Company's store stopped at Ellis
ton Sunday to attend the religious meeting
being conducted by Messrs Strouse, Mar
shall and Oakley.
eff you would do unto others as Won
would have them do unto you, vote to re-
establish n currency that will bring de-
mand for unemployed labor and products
without II Market
A. ID. Adkins, who holds n position in
the Government printing office at Wash.
ington,is ut home on n visit to his family
ana to vote. He says that 16 to is the
true ratio, for if it wasn't it would he
nothing to ate.
Manager Beckner has arranged with
the street Railway Company to run u car
between Roanoke and Salem, the last car
leaving Roanoke about 2:30 in the morn.
ing on the night OF November 3, provided
there are 100 or more people from Salem
Morrison in Faust tonight at the
Roanoke Academy of Music. This is one
of the strongest travelling aggregations
on the road. Election returns between
acts; also after the performance Per-
formance to commence promptly ut
o'clock.
On Saturday night some careless and
reckless person fired pistol on Burwell
, street. The ball struck the brick build
ing of billiard & Persinger and, glancing,
Gre shed through the glass door of the up
per passage in the house occupied bv the
Misses Strine.
Mr. Harry Renick, who has been on n
visit to his cousin, j. w. Hannah, re-
turned to his home in Greenbrier county
yesterday to vote. He Says he doesn't
believe the Lord ever made a man who
could tell how the vote of West Virginia
will go in this election.
Geo. w. Logan, of West Salem, has
been appointed by the proper authorities
to fill the place on the school board made
vacant by the resignation of S. A. Will
son. Mr.. Logan takes Il deep interest in
the schools, is a large property. owner,
and the selection was an admirable one
The people of Salem were much shocked
yesterday to hear that Robert G.. McClel-
land had been fatally hurt by trolley car.
He lived for many years here serving the
town rs councilman, was candidate for
the postoflice in 1884 during Clevelands
first term. 1t has been with expressions
OF sorrow and regret that the news was re
ceived at his cid home.
Some young men or boys on Saturday
night pelted the carriage of j. S. Baer,
Charlton Oakley, Judge Wv. Griffin and
William Brand AS they were returning
from speech making at Cave Spring.
NO harm was done, as they were free sill
yer eggs and contained no yellows. The
boys, however, who threw them must
have contained goodly supply of Cave
Spring family disturbance.
The minstrel troupe which will render
the Bachelors Reception" at the Town
Hall on the night of the 9Th have kindly
consented to give forty seats in the bal
| cony to the orphans of the Baptist and
Lutheran orphanages. This will be a
great treat to the little ones, as well as
serve to keep in order the young rascals
who generally infest the gallery, making
more noise than the yellow kid and his
crowd in McFaddens Flats.
To-day is election day Keep cool If
you have any passions or prejudices lay
them aside. If you are in the habit of
carrying gun, leave it ut home If YOU
see anything like coercion or intimida-
zion, rebuke it fearlessly. If man at
temptS to buy yOur vote knocI, him