The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-13
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.
The annual meeting of the STOCKHOLM
ers of the Salem Loan and Trust Com
pany will he held this morning for the
purpose of electing II board of directors
and said board will elect II president to
succeed VIM. II. Younger, resigned. The
board will also in all probability elect
some one to assist Cashier Robert i.
Campbell.
AIR. Lee, of New York city, is visiting
Mrs. Major Wilson and Mrs. st. John,
on Union street.
Miss Lula Francis has returned from Il
visit to Miss Ida Watts in Lyncnburg
Miss Beatrice HORNE has gone to visit
her brother, Victor, near Atlanta, Ga.
The annual business meeting of the
Baptist Church will be held tonight
Reports of the pas, year will be consid-
cred
In Squire Camper 5 court Monday even
ing Clarence Foutz was fined $50 and
costs on the charge of lcwd and lascivious
cohabitatiun with Belle Mcguire. \ few
days ago Il similar fine was imposed on
the woman. who was discharged on her
own recognizancc ut the next term of the
county court. Clarence was allowed
thirty days in which to pay his fine.
Yesterday was the opening day of the
poultry show. The weather was cold and
disagreeable the wind blowing the dust
in clouds down Main street. The attend
ancc was consequently small, but 1t is
hoped that to-day and to morrow Il large
crowd will attend The exhibit is Ger.
tainly the finest ever seen in this portion
of the State. The electric car company
have made II - cent round trip fare from
Roanoke and the show will he open day
and night. +. \. Iovelock, well known
rs an expert in these matters, has been
chosen as judge. Don't miss the oppor-
tunity of seeing the exhibit.
!. Kyle Montague was in the city yes
terday on business
Frank billiard, Il former Salem boy,
now of Bristol, Tenn, is visiting his
brother, ". b. Dillar',, on College avenue
Thos. l. Preston, appointed some time
ago by Judge Motfett to index all wills
and Judiciary records in the Roanoke
county clerk S Office, embracing the set
Elements of estates by executors, the
foreclosures by trustees. sale bills, etc,
made the interesting statement to this
reporter that back in the forty'S nineteen
out of every twenty men signed their
wills with Il cross mark, while the few
who could write signed their names in
DulCll. " ilttl II NOltucTIUl Cnnl.Re HIS
taken place in fifty years. Ii is IL rare
thing now TO find boy or girl who can
not read or write, and free schools ut
every cross road in the State have ena-
bled this generation 20 taste the subtle
waters of the Pireian spring of knowl-
edge.
Col. Alexander White, one of the old
est and best known citizens of this sec
ton, is very ill ut his home ut Fort Lewis
with the grippe
At Il meeting yesterday morning neld
by the stockholders of the Farmers Ma
tonal Bank, the former officers were re-
| elected: James Chalmers, president: +.
| ii. Chalmers vice president; w. II. Ruth
| rauir, cashier. The following board of
| directors We're chosen for the ensuing
| year: Frank II. Hartman, j. G. I.anghorne
James Chalmers, w. II. Whitcscarver
| and +. III. Chalmers.
Major Peter !. Otey, the Congressman
of the Sixth VIRGINIA district is Scndinn
ont cards with the view of rscertairing
the feeling in different portions OF the
State concerning the constitutional con-
vention To he voted on 10y the people of
this State in the coming Spring election
There is Il great deal of Ignorance among
our people concerning this question.
That there are radical defects in the pres
cnt Underwood constitution is unqucs-
tionahlc. Money will no; To any extent
seek invest mcnt in Virginia as long us
the present exemption laws-the poor law
exemption being 5000 and that of the
homestead $2,0OO-are allowed to dis
grace the State. Another fault to he
corrected are the loose laws in regard tn
court officers, many Of whom are super.
uouS and the enormous ard unjust
criminal expenses, amounting in one year
TO more than those of Georgia and North
Carolina combined. If these laws were
merely statutory they could lie dealt with
by the legislature, but they are .constitu-
tional cnactmentS and can only be rem
eded by II constitutional convention. 1t
is time TO repeal the exemption laws
passed Just after the war when our peo-
pie were in debt, and which now acts as Il
clog To the wheels of advancement: to
clean out some OF the many superiluous
court officers, fed from the labor of our
over taxed people and cut down the cuor-
nous expenses OF the State \ constitu-
tlonnl convention would also deal with
the question Of an educational qunlif flea.
ton ut the ballot box. IT, is to be hoped
that the press OF the State will take mp
this question and educate the people con-
corning the Importance of the proposed
constitutional convention. Clean ont the
Auscan stables.
We still receive orr cream from the