The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-17
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETEK, REPORTER.

4 NioteiLSS utS Iuilliy Istrc
Justice j. II. Camper, who has been
confined to his homo on account of sick
ness, is able to be az his Office again.
Miss Jennie Barnitz, who has been Wis
iting her married sister, at Coopers, w
Va, returned to her home yesterday.
Mrs. Smith, of RLcky Mount, and Miss
| Starkey, of Roanoke county, are on a.
i visit TO Mr.. Austin, on East Main street.
DIR. Oscar Wiley, whose kind face has
been missed from the streets for several
days past. on account of sickness, is able
| to be out again.
| Mrs. l.. NJ. Lee, who has been visiting
| friends and relatives, near Waverly, in
! Eastern Virginia, returned to her home
| yesterday evening.
DR.. Baker, the celebrated occulist of
| Lynchburg, who has been occupying the
office of DR.. j. p. Killian, returned I'd the
Hill City yesterday.
| Miss Jessie Morgan, of this place. Is in
receipt of a splendid rattlesnake skin six
| feet long, a present from her friend Mr..
| Burson, of Seffner, Florida.
Messrs. Franklin, Payne and Witter.
travelling statesmen, were in Salem yester-
day representing their business firmsIand
registered at the Duval House.
Jno. Penn and brother, of our towns
man of that name, who has been living in
Bluefeld, stopped in Salem a short while
on his way to Eastern Virginia.
Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald and Miss Il osa
Humphreys, who have been visiting Mrs.
Lamb, on Union street. returned yester-
day to their homes in Rockbridge county.
Miss Margie Logan left yesterday eten-
ing for Roanoke, where she goes to stend
Saturday and Sunday with her friend,
Miss Amelia Lauterdale, at the Virginia
College.
Miss Mamie Henderson, accompanied
by her sisters, for twenty-five years a
missionary to Brazil, has been Oh visit
to her friend and schoolmate, Mrs. d! G.
Armstrong.
Johnston e Days delivery wagon,
which was wrecked in the recent storm
by the cave-in of shed ut the Salem steam
tannery, is out again, brilliant in n new
coat of paint
Capt. w. w. Brand, who has been in
Richmond attending meeting of the
State agricultural board, of which he is a
member, was in Salem yesterday on his
way home to Catawba.
The suicide spoken of in yesterdays
Times, which occurred many years ago in
the courthouse yard, was that of Mr.
Luke Stevens, and not Luther Stearnes,
as stated by this correspondent.
Judge Samuel w. Williams of Wythe-
vile, who is opposing james A. Walker
for Congress, in the Ninth Congressional
district, passed through Salem yesterday
en- route home from New Castle
S. NJ. MARTIN has moved his stock of
goods to the large and commodious store
formerly occupied by Duncan e. Cump-
ston. He has just returned from the
northern markets with an enormous
stock. Everybody can be suited. Call
at once.
Charles Preston, while riding his wheel
home yesterday evening, ran against Il
rope stretched across Main street at Ed.
Armstrong; residence. 1t was getting
dark and the red danger lamps had gone
out. He was we'll shaken up from his
fall, but was not seriously hurt.
The new steam boiler purchased from
the Heine Safety Boiler Company, OF St.
Louis, which will be used to operate the
water works and electric light plant has
arrived and is being put in place by City
Engineer Major l.. Chandler. 1t is 1876
horse power engine, and is the finest and
most substantial one ever brought to this
section.
n pleasant social was given on Thurs
day night by Miss Katie Evans ut her
home, Bellevue, in honor of Miss Mary
Haw, of Richmond. The young ladies in
attendance We're the Misses Lucy and
jamie Johnston, Mollie, Elsie and
Sadie Logan and Miss Nora Shanks. The
gentlemen were the Messrs. Stuart, Haw-
kins, Mayo, Deyerle, Jeter, Johnston,
William Armstrong, Altizer, Jno. l.. and
Geo. Logan. Miss Evans is delightful
hostess and the evening was spent in
dancing, games and music.
The third day of the session of the
teachers institute was marked with good
discussions and many pleasant incidents.
The first question was Glow much his
| tory work should lie done by correlation
and how much by direct teaching" Able
papers were read by G. E. Kirkwood and
| Misses Annie Walker and Salie Spessard.
Next very interesting informal dis
cussion took place, upon what explana-
tions should be given in teaching subtrac-
J ton. After dinner Miss Anna D. Dudlow
/ appeared before the institute and made
an appeal to the teachers in behalf of hui
name work, especially the formation OF
bands of mercy. Afterwards, on motion
of Mr.. Kirkwood, resolutions were
| adopted thanking the superintendent fol
| the work Of the institute and the people
of Salem for the hospitality to the teach
ers. The institute closed with very able
and lucid discussion by Prof. Miller, OF
tie metric system, in which he said that