The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-07
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

There will he regular services to day ut
all of the Salem churches
On Friday night ut the residence Of
drs. James Persinger, on Main street, II
social club was formed for the mutual
benefit and pleasure of its members.
Names for the organization will he pre-
scented at next meeting. The following
We're presents Messrs. Bear, Ayers. Fer
guson, st. John, Wiley, Tinslcy and I.o.
gan. The ladies were the Misses Wiley,
Ferguson, Campbell, Chapman, Logan
and Ayers.
All of Friday night and part Of Satur.
day the rain Eel in torrents, melting the
snow and swelling the streams and river
into seethinS lioods. Masons creek yes
terday morning was past fording and the
Cat;twba mail carricr had to return Roa-
noke river is higher than it has been for
many years AID NIL of the. lowlands
around Salem are covered with water
from an inch to two feet deep.
Miss Anderson. OF Bristol, Is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Thonas, on Pennsylvania
avenue.
L. IL. Cooper, OF Cooper, W. VA. ar
rived Friday night aad is stoppin" ut the
honN of Judge Barnitz on College ave
nue.
/ TIE funeral services of the late +. c.
| Bond will he conducted by DR. Taylor ut
the Baptist Church today At p. m.
Mrs. G. d. DENT is sick at her home on
Pennsylvania avent,e.
! Rev. w. G.. Greever, Of the class of
1892. Roanoke College. now stationed at
| f3ineiie!d, w. Va, stopped over in Salem
| Thursday and Friday TO visit friends.
| The meeting of the board OF supervisors
T1hich was to have taken place yesterday
| tailed to materialize for lack of IL quo
| rum. 1t was postponed until the first
saturday i'll next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson Lee cntcrtain-
ed some of their friends Friday night at
, their home OF Broad street, in honor of
!, the Misses Somerviilc Briggs and Holt
day. The Sigma Chi.traternity of Roam
! okc College were in attendance Refresh
| meDtS were served and the evening most
| pleasantly spent.
Aunt Isabel tlir centcnarian of West
! Salem, who las been very sick with the
grippe, Is improving. As She is 100 years
old it was feared thNt she would die but
she still retains her lease on life
Miss Eva Crawford, who has been on il
visit to her fathers family for two weeks,
left yesterday for her home ut Crmort,
Augusta county.
A delightful party was given on Thurs
day night by W heeler Hurt and his sister.
,Jemimah, to their young friends, ut the
iospitablc home of W. G.. Hurt in West
| Salem. The evening was pleasantly
! spent in playing games, and music emily.
ened the passing hours. Those present
were the Messrs Route, Zirkle, Moo
/ NAV. Anderson, j. Hatcher, Reed and
| Webb. and the Misses Zirkle, Hatcher
! Moland, Route and Webb.
Some of the young society people met
/ ut the home Of Mrs. Agnes Holland OH
| Friday night and enjoyed themselves trip
! ping the light fantastic. Those partici.
( pating were Messrs. Clarence Fox, James
/ Bear, John HATCHER. Howard Holland,
Ernest Shipman. Harry Reed and Frank
| Wiley. The ladies were the Misses Nina
and Ellie Holland, Myrta and Sue Pres
ton and Inez Shipman.
Nick Parsons left last night for Nor
folk. where he goes to work at hissstrade
Frncis Hurt colored lunatic who has
been confined for some time past in the
county Jail, was taken yesterday 10 the
asylum ut Petersburg.
NJ. +. Hun shipped on Yesterday lot
of green apples to New, Orleans and Or
landa Florida.
The VIM. III. Tinsley property situated
on Main steret, in West Salem, was yes.
tel day sold to satisfy claim owned by
the National Exchange Bank, of Roam
oke. The house was bought by Miss Bet
tie VI. Johnston and the price paid was
81 100. Two other lots were sold, the
one east Of the Tinsley residence brought
500 and was purchased by the Iron Belt