The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-15
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER

r. II. Carper is very sick ut his home
on East Main street.
Jno. H. Camper is confined to his bed
with very severe cold.
Il. a. Roberts, Jr., has returned from
pleasant trip to Richmond
r. C. Stearns and r. W. Kline ad-
dressed the votcrs...at Ballahack last
night.
Maj. w. w. Ballard and Judge Henry
Il. Blair left yesterday to attend court Mt
New Castle.
DIR. ~. II. l.. Russian, the professor of
languages mt Hollins Institute, was i'm
Salem yesterday.
Geo. ID. Urquhart, IL travelling salemau
from Lynchburg, was in the city yester-
day, and registered at Hotel Dnval
Mrs. VIM. Francis left yesterday for II
visit to Pittsylvania county, where she
goes to attend Il reunion of her family.
FOR SALE--Somc choice Haired Ply
mouth Rock chickens. They ;uc hard to
beat. See l.. w. Ovcrstrcct, Salem, Va.
j. p. Lemon, Il brother-inlay of ]. p.
SAUL who is engaged in theinsurancc
business. is on visit here to his sister.
Miss Annie Gambill, of Roanoke city,
was visiting in Salem Tuesday morning.
the guest of her friend, Mis-. C. Il.
Strouse.
Miss Bessie Preston, we'll known and
highly respected young lady of Salem.
has accepted Il position to teach school mt
Rocky Mount.
Richard Dean, who. about ten wears
ago, was in the merchandising business
i'll Salem is here on visit forthe bene-
fit of his health.
Seldom Horner, who left Salm some
time ago to join the navy, has returned.
His eyes being defective he failcdto stand
the physical examination
Elder d. \. Snow and wife. Of Wash
ington, are expected here on Sunday. and
will visit Is. f. Ammen, on Elm street.
He will preach at the Disciples Church
at ) o'clock i'll the afternoon.
w. A. Francis leaves this week for
Lynchburg, where he goes to attend a
civil service examination, with a view of
securing n position in the Government
printing office i'll Washington
Mr.. Agner. who has charge of the cor
poration street force, is doing nice
piece of work on Limestone allev. The
alley has been widened and the southern
end cut down, leveled and graded
John Johns. of Johns Shop, was in
Salem yesterday. Mr.. Johns is the oripi-
nal John Johns after whom Johns Shop
was named. If all of the sixty voters at
Johns Shop were like John Johns that
precinct would carry unanimously for
Bryan and Sewall.
X. W. Kline and VIM. Simpson, who
were booked to speak at Washington
| Heights on Monday night, say that until
that fatal night they were in entire igno-
rance of the immensely of the aforesaid
town. For further particulars, see
Vernon Tompkins.
The registration books for the new
Nest Salem voting precinct at o. =.
Harman store are ready for business.
Everyone between Hansbrough's and the
Montgomery line, not registered, should
attend to this matter ut once, as the 24th
is the last day of registration.
Jack Barnes, OF Pulaski county. who
was indicted at the present term of the
to-day taken before United States Com
missioner r. \. NIcCauley, by Deputy
Marshal Buford, who bailed him in the
penalty of $500, to appear mt the May
term, 1877, of Abingdon court.
The annual county institute is in ses-
sion ut the public school building. A
large number of teachers from the county
are in attendance The methods EN-.
ploycd by the teachers here are studied
with profit by the visiting teachers The
session VIII continue for three DAYS. dur
ing which discussions will be had on sub
Jects of interest to the up to date teacher.
Mrs Francis Pitzer, wife of the late
Bernard Pitzcr, who has had the
pleasure of living many happy years in
Salem, leaves to-day for WASHINGTON. ID.
c., where she will reside in the future
with her son, Rev Alexander pitzer.
Mrs. Pitzer has many friends in Salem.
who will be sorry to see her leave She
expresses the warmest affection for her
many friends and truly regrets that she
must leave their midst
1t would he well for everyone to read
the following notice:
How to vote -~Tuesday, November 3,
lo90-l beg leave to call your attention to
the fact that section s of the Parker bill.
which was passed by the last legislature,
and approved March 4, 1896, changes the
method of voting for electors for Presi-
dent and Vice-P President. The new law
provides that "Qnalifed voters mt said
election shall designate their preference
for any candidate for President and Vice
President by scratching the names of the
other candidates for President and Vice
President | would, therefore, request
that all who intend to vote for Bryan and
Sewall and our candidate for Congress
shall carefully observe the following pro.
visions of the law: How to vote for Pres.
idcnt and Nice-P PRESIDENT. Scratch out
the names OF all the candidates for presi.
dent and Vice president except those of
Bryan and Sewall. . DO not, under any
circumstances scratch the names of any
elector on the ticket, but leave them all
OF every party untouched. This is i'm