The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-14
CAUGHT ON TIE FLY.

w HhI 1hc Mln ABOUT Town LAS Been
Saying and Doing During the Past Week.
Everybody has been talking about gar.
nishecing and being Earnisheed. The
question before the people is n big one
and one. THAT is hard TO handle. AS one
gentleman who is well acquainted said:
There are two sides to the question, and
while the Norfolk ami Western Company
do not want to he hard on those that
will pay, if they have n chance, they don't
want to have anybody in their employ
who will not pay their debts. He sug.
2cstcd an investigation committee whose
duty would he to report on every case
that comes up separately and seemed to
think this about the only correct solution
to the problem.
Everybody is predicting prosperity
with the incoming of spring. Any nice
day when it is possible to work out doors,
people are stirring, forces at work are in
creased and a feeling of better times COM
ing is i'll the atmosphere.
The good work done by Policemen Rig.
ney and Griffin in ferreting out the man
who stole Mr.. Daner's effects from the
Southern Hotel, and their successful
Efforts in locating most all of the stolen
goods. demonstrates the fact that it is
not necessary to go of of our police force
to find good detectives and that few cit
les can boast of Il better set Of policemen
or more efficient service.
A travelling man from Pttsburg, Pa.
who has been stopping for the past week
ut the st. james, which by the way, is
becoming one of the most popular as we'll
rs best pntronzed hotels ia the city. said
Roanoke should be proud of herself
/ There are better prospects ahead of her in
the way of permanent improvements and
she mas II more enterprisng and progress.
sive set of business men than any town
he had.vlsited. and II special communicating
feature is the fact that every person YOU
meet, even the bootblacks on the street 8
have good word TO say for Roanoke.
Several industries for Roanoke are
promised in the near future; among them
is the broom, factory as mentined in The
Times few days ago. DR.. Scherrr, the
genial emigrant agent of the Norfolk and
western railway, speaks very confidently
OF this enterprise and hopes to he able to
locate it during che coming spring.
Political questions don't take up much
OF the time OF the imam about town"
When they come UP to be voted upon he
and does not stand on the corner for a
week before hand trying to con vert every
body to his way Of thinking. The pres
ence Oh the streets of Cyclone jim Mar.
snail few days ago set some of the
tongues a"wagging as to the probability
advlsability, etc, of Mr.. Marshall having
u place on the State ticket Mr.. Mar
snail mas many friends here who would
90 their best for him in the event of his
being on the ticket.
The young dcbutan te, Miss Marie Storm.
feltz, who made her first appearance ut
the recital at Virginia College Friday
evening, Is receiving some very.favorablc
comments. Her singing was good.
large number of our people saw the
proJectoscope at the Academy during
the past week and the management feel
giatetul at the liberal patronage accorded
them. This should be pointer to Man
ager Beckner and show him that a good
show AT popular prices will always re.
ceive liberal patronage
The bill for $4,000 presented to the
Council ut the last meeting for services
rendered by law firm of this city sug.
gcsted to us to look over the records of
NC" nav iHS pccu presented ana palu Tor
similar services. The only one we note,
which is the largest fee ever paid by the
city, was on February 1, 1893, to Il. w.
Miller for going to New York and con-
sult:ng with Judge Dillon in respect to
the legality of certain unsold city bends,
S24l.50. The amount paid Judge Dillon.
who is considered one of the ablest law
yers in the United States, for giving
opinion and writing ordinance III relation
TO unsold street and sewer bonds, was
three hundred and fifty dollars.
w. h. Andrews e. Co, 2l0 Salem
avenue, have EXCLUSIVE CONTROL.