The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
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.
The Wachovia fl During mills are
running day and night now to keep
up with orders
"A license was issued last we for
the marriage of VIM. p. Strupe, OF
Panther Creek, to Martha f Snow, OF
Salem
There will be lawn party in the
yard at B. L. YaIbrough~, near 90
Town. July 18th. for the bent hb oil
New Hope church.
-Sportsmen all say this is t.
notable year for partridges As early
as May 10th young birus were seen
That is unusually carry.
Somebody put up sign on Mr..
W p. Ormsby's posts flee building, IN
Salem, Friday night, bearing THESE
words: u. 5 Government building "
The Episcopal Sunday School
will picnic at South Side park Friday.
Tue school will go out on the street
cars, leaving the church at o:3o "a IN.
"A movement is on foot TO get up
Y NJ G. A Swimming Club, provld'
a suitable place Can be secured. 1 he
pond at the South Side park might be
nJJed up,
The Superintendent has decided
to raise the Southern passenger oepot
here 40 inches The Southern and
Norfolk & Western might build
union depot. Why not?
The Eptscopdlians have organized
a Sunday school at Union Grow"
chapel, North Winston. 1t meets at
d M each Sabbath Col. Z. Ed
munds is superintendent.
1T is predicted that Alderman
Vance will be clerk to Mr.. Holton,
when the latter is appointed District
Attorney provided, of course, the
civil service does not interfere. Mr..
Vance is now deputy Superior court
clerk.
"A Temperatures speaker named Morse
attracted large crowd In front or
the Municipal building, on Main
rect, Tuesday. He stood in his
thuslastic speech.
1t is suggested that as the Win
ston Aldermen have decided to i'm
prove Liberty street, from Johnson's
corner to the Salem line, the Salem
Commissioners should open the south
end of the street.
1t is reported that the rains dur
ing the past week have done much
damage to crops between Midway and
Lexington. a gentleman who passed
through that section Monday says
he saw very little corn standing.
~, an; 1h-
ed their work and adjourned Tuesday
afternoon. They made several cOrrec-
tions in the tax assessments, etc. The
claims of the Is taX-listers were al
lowed. They received two dollars per
day.
The board of stewards Of Cenoe
nary church at their meeting last
week granted their pastor Dr..
Greasy, d months vacation. The DR..
and his family, will spend the month
of August with his mother, in Vir-
GINA above Mt. Airy. They expect
to leave here on Monday, August Ind.
-Messrs. F. N Day, j. NJ. Martin
and Dr. G j. Watkins have been elect
ed to represent the First Baptist
church at the Pilot Mountain Associa-
tion, to be held at Oak Ridge, Stokes
county, beginning Thursday, July
10Th. Messrs. w. t. Carter, + Il.
Baldwin, and A Heggie are the al
ternates.
"A grand concert assisted by Salem
Orchestra will be given at Bethania
by the local Alumni Association of
Salem Academy, on Friday July 10th,
1897, at 7:45 p III. Admission, 10;
children, 10c. The concert will be
followed by a lawn party from 10 to
II p. N at Mrs. T. j. SGauber's. Re-
freshmentS.
The Asheville Citizen, in report
ing the speeches made Tuesday night
by the deputy collectors and Others
when a gold watch was presented tC
Mr.. Rogers, the retiring collector
says: Stamp Deputy r. S. Galloway
and Deputy Collector Alspaugh de
clared their friendship for "Mr. Cilyi
Service" and hoped he would stay
some time.
Before the Railroad Commission.
Mr.. j. c. Buxton returned from
Raleigh Tuesday. Yesterday ht
appeared before the railroad commits
sion and made a speech against an in
crease of valuation of railroad prop
erty and a reduction in fares. H'
wanted to know whether the people o
North Carolina were prepared Il
the people are not, why should thu
railroads be thus treated ? He ridi
culed ClaIk's college addresses on low
eripg railroad rates, Russell'S writing
of newspaper articles in his easy chat
and then hurrying of to the seashore
Speeches were made by several othe
lawyers, representing the various