The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-12
AROUND THE TWIN CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF
THE DAY BRIEFLY TOLD.
Bits OF Facts and Gossip Gathered by
The Sentinel's Representatives.
Social and General News
What Is Going on Here.


The white graded schools open on
Monday, September 9th. The colored
school opens two weeks later.
The Stewards of Burkhead church
granted theirspastOr months vaca-
tion, at the meeting ofthe Board last
week.
The first new tobacco was sold at
Piedmont warehouse Saturday. 1t
was raised by Mr.. A. Q Wall, one of
FOrsyth's farmers.
The Waughtown Baptist Sunday
school picniced at WalkertOwn Satur-
day. The school went out in wagons,
carriages and buggies.
Senator Ben Tillman, of South
Carolina, is on the program to address
the old soldiers at the Mocksville Ma
sonic picnic on the 18th inst.
The Winston ball team will take
it's first trip away from home next
Saturday. The boys will play Mar
Linsville on the latter's grounds.
The colored people had what they
term the holiness Dance" on the
South Side Sunday. A 'cake walk"
was also held over their Saturday
night.
The Friedberg Christian En-
deavor Society will hold lawn party
at Friedberg, Saturday evening, Aug
2lst, for the benef fit of the Sunday
School
1t is quite probable that tele-
phone line will be built from Winston
To Bethania Sheriff Kapp is one Of
the parties interested in the proposed
system.
The District Attorney s office fix
lures were removed late Saturday at
ternoon from Glenn & Manly's to Mr.
Holton's Office in the Republican
building.
Mr.. T. A. Wilson, who returned
from Lexington last week, says
the mu. der of Mrs. Springs remains
mystery and there is no clue to the
guilty party.
The County Supervisor examined
five applicants to teach school Satur-
day. All of them were white. He will
have public examination of teachers
next month.
Two farmers traded horses in
Winston last week. One received
dozen roasting ears Ito boot" and he
intimated that he priced his corn
more highly than he did his animal.
1t is stated that the appointment
of A. E Holton, as district attorney
vacates his State Office as supervisor
of elections 1t is reported that II.
L Grant, Of Goldsboro, is to succeed
him.
The street cars were literally pa
tronized by the colored pe Ople Sun
day. They were going and coming
from South Side nearly all day. A
big meeting commenced over there
Sunday.
The County Board of Education
will hold another business session next
Monday. 1t is understood that
the Board has decided to tuild two
new school houses -One at Dosier aid
the other at Bethania.
1t is said that Charlotte Robbins,
an old colored woman, who lives on
the Salem road, this side of High
Point, will soon be a centenarian
She has two grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren.
Mr.. Calvin Hege, a farmer who
lives few miles below Salem, brought
some melons to town last week. In
the lot were twin muskmelons. They
were about of equal size and the two
would weigh about FIVE pounds.
"A license was issued late Mon
day afternoon for the marriage of
James o. league, OF Salem, to Phoebe
Myers, of Townsville. The groom's
age is AZ and the brides SO They
were married in Salem that night.
1t is District Attorney Holton
now. He went down to Greensboro
Thursday afternoon and qualified be-
fore Cle1k TrOgdon. He returned
home Friday morning accompanied by
his assistant Ito be- -Spencer Black
burn.
Mr. G. w. Hinshaw received
letter Tuesday moIniI & ating that a
meeting is to be held at Independence,
Va, in few days to take action in
regard to getting the Stone Mountain
Railroad run through Grayson county,
Virginia.
There are said to be fourteen can
didates in the race for Superintendent
SHUTS place as boss of the county
convict camp One Of the candidates
thinks 500 bushels each of wheat and
corn has been lost in the county by
the IA men sitting around waiting for
a job.
DIR. n. S. Siewers. who has been in
bad health for sometime, leftiTuesday
evening for Baltimore to enter hos
pital. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Siewers. The many friends Of this
soon be restored to his former good
health.
Mr. Jessup, father of Tax Collec-
tor j. NJ. Jessup. after spending few
days in the city, left here about 4
O'Clock Wednesday Aug. 4, for his
home at Westf1eld, Surry county. He
said he expected to walk all the way
and would reach home about daybreak
this morning.
Stamp Clerk Reynolds took charge
of his Office August 4. His pre-
decessor has kindly consented to re-
main in the Office day or two and
give Mr.. Reynolds some points about
running the business. Bob will then
take vacation before accepting an
other position.
Prof. D. B. Smith, of Greensboro,
who has been elected to teach the
seventh grade in the West Winston
graded school, is about q years old. A
letter from Greensboro says che is
competent and it is the prediction of
his friends that he will make his
mark in the world"
The fight over the Winston post
Office is not waxing warm yet The
leading candidates are said to be
Mayor Crutchfield and Col. Phil Ly-
brook, though there are a number of
people who are willing to put up their
money on the invincihle DR.. W. 81.
Wheeler.-Gre Record.
From Rev s. u. Stamey, OF Gull
ford College, who was in the city Sat
urday, Ii was learned sthat his cnngre-
cations on the jamestown Circuit, are
orranOfno tn hIiild a DarsOnaQe near