The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-19
AROUND THE TWIN CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF
THE DAY BRIEFLY TOLD.
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered by
The SentinePs Representatives
Social and General News
What is Going on Here.

coffee huiler To Mexico a few days ago.
-Wallace'S circus is to exhibit in
Winston at an early date The adj
veTtiSing car is in Il Janoke.
Deputy Collector Frank Alspaugh
threshtd his crop Or wheat Friday.
has yield aggregated 408 bushels.
"A number Of Winston's cOlored
population attended big Baptist AS
ISOLATION at Dry Hollow, Sunday.
-Messrs. Mock & Conrad, who live
few miles west OF Winston. report
that they have threshed s. 200 bushels
OF wheat this season.
MIR. J.W. Fries, OF Salem, has been
granted a patent on '-prin6ing roll"
1t is d piece or cotton mill machinery
and is Mr.. Fries own invention.
Nearly 100 votes were cast in For
syth county at the recent school lax
election Only 1873 were in favor OF
the extra taxation for the public
schools
Mr.. f E. Shamel, who lives few
miles west of Winston, says consider
able hail fell in his section Monday
night and il did conSideTa BILE damage
To tobacco
Editor Stanford. of the Yddkin
Ripple, VINO is well known here, ndo
got an til e al last. He has been ap-
;
ST 600 d year.
"A negro named Euoch Hairstou
was arrested here Saturday night. lie
is wanted IN Rocking ham county for
larceny. An fficer Is expected To at
rive here tonight for him.
1t is learned that the hail storm
Monday did an immense amount
or damage u the growing crops be-
tween " ainut Cove ana Germauton
Tobacco III sUme eectlUnS IS practical
ly ruined.
Fifteen prisoners, convicted at
the pr, sent ;rm of court, we're Lit
tO!Jhe county 10 IDS Saturday morning.
George DUdson was the only white
man In the crowd. He gets months
Tor fighting.
"A Forsyth farmer was asked about
the school election 10 his township
last week. He replied that it was
lost. Continuing he said Il think
we need better teachers more than We
do extra taxes"
"A union Sunday school picnic was
given Saturday at Red Bank, three
miles this side Of Germanton. The
Sunday schools from Becks, Salem
chapel, Germanton and Providence
were in attendance.
given at KernersVille Friday night. Ii
was pressing success. Rev A d.
ThHier exhibited sJereOptlcon views
and made an Interesting talk on mis-
sion work in Northern Australia.
MIR W NJ Lewis, who was re-
Gently elected State Secretary OF the
Y M. G. A., has decided to accept II
the executive committee of South
Carolina will accept the plan for a
division OF his time between the two
States.
Mr. r B Stone and Miss Lula
Lloyd have been elected to represent
Grace Sunday School at the Winston
District Conference which opens at
KernersyilIe on the Goth inst. Miss
Cora carp and Adle NlcewOnger are
alterndteS.
Rev. j L Viplerman. OF this
city, was ordained by presbytery at
the late session OF the Pilot Mountain
Baptist Association. He Will enter
Wake Forest next session ~ prepare
himself for his work He promises 10
make good preacher.
Oscar Alexander, colored brake
man on the freight train between
Winston aud Wilkes boro, met with
painful accident at Sloan THURSDAY
He was coupling cars when he got his
right arm caught between the bump
ers. Ii was badly mashed.
Mrs Nancy Speas, mother OF Mr.,
T. S Sprinkle, of Salem, died. August
10, of typhoid fever, at her home near
TobaccoYille, aged go years. Deceased
was twice married, her first husband
being Mr.. Frank Sprinkle and her
second Mr.. Jonathan Speas.
The revival meeting at Crews
school thouse which was in prog
ress last week conducted by Pastor
closed Friday night. There were
number of professions, among them
being Deputy Sheriff Masten.
DIR. Kimbrough, who passed
through Winston Saturday with the
stomach of d B. Boyer, the man who
dropped dead in Davie county, re-
turned home Sunday. He could not
get the stomach analyZed at Raleigh
just now SO he carried it back home.
Alderman Vance says they had a
jolly picnic at the last meeting of
Fairview Council J. O. q. A. M.
Two new mem bers were initiated and
ten were given what they call the
..Oriental degree The Waikertown
delegation was there by big major
ity.
Country melons are beginning to
s'glut" the market, Wagons line the
streets these days. The price of
melons range from to 20 cents. Some
farmers are learning how to raise
large melons and often one sees as fine
ones as come from the eastern part of
the State.
"A solid carload of s'Kite" tobacco
left last Thursday over the South
ern for Atlanta, Ga. 1t was shipped
by Brown s. Williamson, one of Win
stou's progressive tobacco firms. to
Tidwell & Pope. The car was tastily
decorated and is bound to attract at
tention all along the route.
Mr.. T. Fl. Kearns, OF Salem, was
sent to the Asylum at Morganton last
week. His mind has been affected
for several days. His insanity, which
it is hoped will only be temporary, is
said to be over religion. He has been
acting strangely since "Dick" Morse
was here with his gospel wagon.
-Supt. N NJ Lawrence, with a
lady assistant and chapter OF or
phans, ten in number, came over from
MocksvilIe Friday morning. They
stopped at Hotel Jones aud re-
NAMED here until Monday, when they
went to: Elkin and Wilkesboro and
then to Greensboro, to give concerts
Register of Deeds Miller does not
think the school tax election
will cost the county over $50 The
registrars only receive three cents q
name for all new registrations-and
these were very light. Judges gel
nothing for their service. The cost i:
in notifying the registrars and judges