The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-06-03
AROUND THE TWIN CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF
THE DAY BRIEFLY TOLD.
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered by
The Sentinel's representative
Social and General News
What is Going on Here.

Social and General News
What is Going on Here.
lam selling my 81 80 flour at So 90.
l. A. Robertson, Manager.
There were IS deaths in Winston
during May 1Swhites and s blacks.
The next term of Forsyth Superior
Court will open on August Pad Judge
Starbuck will preside
Capt Hawkins says the earfi
quake shock lasted Two minutes in
The state of Wilkes
List your taxes if you DO not wish
to pay double taxes. The listers are
ready TO receive your report.
1t is believed by several OF our
citizens that the Mocksviile road will
be extended by the Southern.
1t is learned that about fifteen Of
the boarding pupils will spend their
vacation at tie Salem Academy.
Thirty one Winston-Sa1em bust
ness firms have joined the North Car
Gina Freight Shippers Association.
Mr.. ard Mrs E A Eoert, OF
Salem, will manage the hotel al Roar
ing Gap this season. 1t will open
June 18th.
A few watermelons have been re-
ceived here. AS usual, the first ones
are high. They will be plentiful in d
few week
Winston shipped over one hun
dred thousand pounds Of Inanufactur-
ed tobarco Tuesday. Stamp sales aggre-
gated $7,801 ii
The Salem museum property. com
pris!ng bugs, reptiles, etc, has been
turned over to the care and keeping of
the Salem Boys School.
The Home Morav.an Sunday
school Will picnic al Friedourg on
Friday, June 18th. This will be the
first picnic OF the season.
In Salem there were deaths dur
ing the past month, FIVE OF them be-
ing whites and two colOred There
were FIVE births whites and ! col
ored.
Mrs Grabbs. of Bethania, mother
of Mrs. Christian Reed, of this city,
was stricken with paralysis last Fri
day and is reported to be ina critical
condition.
Chief of Police Spainhour. OF Sa-
lem, says he will give five dollars
toward blood hound. He wants to
catch the fellow who stole his beef
Saturday night.
Winston shipped over one million
pounds Of manufactured tobacco this
month The revenue collections ag-
gregated SIC, 533 81, an increase OF
$40, III 81 over May, 1896.
The promenade concert, given at
the Salem Square SATURDAY evening
by Eagle Hose Co. No. 4, was largely
attended and literally patronized.
The receipts were about 800
The attention of farmers is di
rected to the advertisement OF the
Salem Iron Works, calling notice to
their upright and horizontal engines,
specially adapted to threshing. EasEE
Register of Deeds Miller issued %
marriage licenses during Mayo to
white couples and IL to colored. This
is a small business, but May is gener-
ally a dull month, matrimonially
speaking.
The Public Printers finished ship
ping the tax abstracts to all of the
counties last week. They are now
printing and shipping the tax list
sheets The latter is pretty loud"
document, being 45 inches wide.
Principal Clewell has Is boarding
pupils for the Academy summer
school. He says this is the largest
GLASS VI OOdIuSIS uC ldu
during his administration. Several
town girls will also attend the sum
mer school.
"A citz of Davie county informs
THE SENTINEL that MIR. Asbury Rid
die, living near Halls Ferry, has lost
his mind and will be sent to the Asy-
lum this week. He tried to shoot
himself a few days ago. He has
wife and two children.
Mr.. Edward Anderson lives on
Park avenue. Salem Elrly Sunday
morning somebody visited his hennery
and carried away fifteen OF his chick
ems. Winston has citizen OF the
same name, bat he has no chickens
besides. hes bachelor.
"A citizen of Salem has shotgun
well loaded for chicken thieves. He
has placed il in his hen house and
says the fellow who goes in after his
fowls is almost certain to get filed
with shot. We will not give any
names for fear that we might put
some thief on to the Salem mans
scheme