The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-13
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

N,
VIII appear at the Roanoke Academy of
Music next Wednesday night, December
ioth. Salem people would do well to Sc
cure their seats in advance as the sale
promises To he large one. Seats can be
mau ut johnson Il Johnson's drug suore
me electric car. will return after the
show.
y large crowd of people were on our
SUI eets yesterday composed largely of our
Country Cousins Confidence was
everywhere. In fact in most instances it
was the circulating medium. \ short
time ago there was little business and no
confidence. Now there is little business
anu confidence galore, "What fools these
mortalS be-" They nave ''listened with
creuulity TO the whispers of fancy and
loiiowed with cagerness the phantoms of
the hope Confidence in all its seduc-
tive sweetness has come again, but where,
oh, where is the "Spud."
Attorneys james Woods and James
Williams, of Roanoke, We're in the city
Friday night and were entertained by the
fhi Gamma Delta fraternity boys of the
college.
The young men of the college have or
"anizcd Il German club ana will in the
| future give IL dance every Tuesday even
ing in each month at Hotel Salem John
| j, Lloyd was chosen president of the
club
The Bazaar held Friday night in the
| billiard ~ Persinger building. nv the
| Junior auxiliary and the Ladies' Aid Soci-
ETY. Of the Episcopal Church, was IA de-
cided success. The doll show represent
ing in pantomime the marriage of the
Prince and Ciderila was very pretty and
| realistic. The room was lastly decorated
and the tables were presided over by fair
| y 4.
served consisting of sweets and oysters.
The sales OF the Junior Auxiliary
amounted to $40 and those of the Ladies'
Aid Society SD
At meeting of the salem lodge No
100 |. O. O. F., which met ut their hall
on Tuesday night. December s, the fol.
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
lug year: Noble grand, j. G.. Fitzgerald;
vicc-grand, w. j. Watson; recording see
rotary. L. II. Boone; treasurer, j. b.
frier; Chaplain, VIM. NJ Barnitz.
Evangelism j. w. Hypes left yesterday
Tor Galloway, Franklin county, where he
goes to hold protracte meeting
Miss BETTE Williams, of Lynchburg.
arrived here yesterday to visit Mrs. VIM.
Francis in West Salem. The face of "A
| certain Salem doctor is now wreatheu i'm
| smiles.
| -hi9. i"t'ilcTVitlc ana Ncr daughter,
| Miss Amelia, left yesterday afternoon Tor
Roanoke where Mrs. Laudcr,lalc will i'm
future reside, until the close of the scs-
sion of the Virginia College, mt which in
stitution Miss Amelia is attending school
Miss Ida Franklin, of Roanoke, is visit
ing the family of Col. Thomas A. Kasey.
Little Roy Brown, son of Wm Brown
had the misfortune to break his arm on
Friday evening while playing leap frog
on the play ground at the Salem graded
school. The limb was set and the little
fellow is doing very we'll
w. Il. billiard and Councilman r. l..
Campbell are having their houses neatly
reprinted.
The sad intelligence was received here
yesterday that Mrs. Irvine, of Chicago,
nee Miss lila Atkinson, of Richmond,
was dying in Chicago with tumor of the
brain, superindnced by bicycle riding
She is we'll known here, being sister of
Mrs. Jno. Moran, who formerly resided
in West Salem.
Mrs. Parker and children, of Martins
vile, Va, who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. j. h. Harnan, of West salem
have returned TO their home
The habcas corpus case before Judge II
f.. Blair on December 10, ut Salem. Bv
section 1921 of the code, if any Justice
suspect any person of selling liquor, con.
trary TO law, he shall summon such pcr-
son AMI witnesses, and if he find suili-
cient cause he shall direct the common
wealth's attorney to institute prosecu-
ton, and cause the witnesses to he sum
moned before the grand jury. Justice
Miller, i'll Montgomery county, under
that section, summoned Il party and wit
ncSscS befor, him, one of the witnesses
= | rpf 1 n ln ,f ia
ticc. He then committed the witness to
Jail for contempt The witness claimed
that the justice had no jurisdiction, as
the act 1879 Il, page 92l. gave exclusive
original jurisdiction of all mis,lemenuors
To justices of the peace, and as the Justice
could not now send the person to Il grand
, jury, rs required 10y section 1921 the
whole of that section WAS repealed and
the iusticn was without jurisdiction, To
proceed against the suspects, but the
. judge held that the change of forum for
final trial did not repeal the suspect part
o! the law, and that the justice still has
jurisdiction TO enforce the suspect part OF
the law and IN the proper case To summon
the party for trial before IL Justice and
then rccommttcd the prisoner to the GUS
toby of the jailor OF Montgomery county.
At THE CHURCHES.
At the Episcopal Regular mornina
service by Rector H. w. Hubbard. NJ
service ut night as Mr.. Hubbard breaches
at IIollins Institute.
At the Presby OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES services
morning and night. AT the morning ser
vice Mcssrs. William Johnston, Jane:
Johnston and j. ID. McCommon will he
installed rs ,deacons by the pastor, rs
sisted by the elders.
At the MISUNDERSTANDING sermon by
Int nj hn