The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-03
SAL E NJ
EDWARD JETER, REpoRrER.

It was,reported.here yesterday by a gen
tleman from the Cave Spring neighbor-
hood that the condition OF Miss Matte
| Starkey, whose illness was mentioned in
Sunday mornings Times, was not i'm
proved. 1t is very sad case and al
though. she has. had the best medical at
tention she Is not expected to recover.
| DR.. Hastings and wife. of Springfield,
Mass, who have been STOPPING at Mrs. J.
p. Saul's on the Boulevard, left yesterday
morning Oh their tandem wheel for Knox
vile, Tenn.
Mrs. l.. r. Holland left Saturday night
for Richmond, where she went to attend
the funeral OF. her sister, who recently. died
in that city.
Lieutenant 7. d. Griffin, of the navy,
and wife, stopped over in Salem SUNDAY ,
en- route to the Roanoke Red Sulphur
Springs, where they will 'summer.
Miss Louise Shipman, eeof Broad street,
has been elected TO the position of assist
ant teacher in the graded school at Rad
ford. This is high compliment to the
| genius of this.young teacher, who will
doubtless fill the position with ability.
Col. r. H. Logan and H. E. Blair left
yesterday to attend the Virginia Bar AS
ISOLATION, which convenes at Hot Springs.
Mrs. Blair and her daughter, Miss
Ellen, left yesterday to spend a month at
Salt Peter Cave,in Botetourt county.
Evangelist J. w. ..Hypes has gone to
conduct revival meeting at Glade
Springs, Va.
Mrs. Margaret Conrad, of Virginia ave-
nue., who has been quite sick since last
Thursday,is reported as being no better.
Mrs. w. S. Agner, of West Salem, who
has been desperately sick at her home for
two weeks, is reported as being no better.
Four physicians were at her bedside Sun
day and it is earnestly hoped by her
friends that she may soon be restored to
health,
Captain Slemp, OF the V. NJ. I, who has
been on visit to the family of Maj w.
w. Ballard, returned home yesterday
morning.
Rev. G. G. Wright, CT Mort ok chaplain
of the U. 6. n. steamship Franklin, has
engaged rooms for himself and family for
the summer at Hotel Salem.
w. Lee Brand, Salcm's new postmas-
ter, is remodelling and rearranging the
room in the billiard G. Persinger block.
which has been used for several years past
as Salem's postoffice. 1t will be some
what enlarged, papered and reprinted.
At the annual business meeting We'd
nesday evening. Of the First Baptist Sun
day school (colored) Professor Jno. II.
Duckwilder was elected ..as superintenh-
ent for the coming year. i;.ie
DIR. w. R. Renalds left Sunday night
to attend meeting of the State Dental
Society at Old Point. Comfort. He will
be gone about n week and before return
ing will visit his family, who are visiting
in the Northern neck.
Mrs. l.. w. Overstreet and two children
are visiting Mr.. James Garland nd fam
lily in Roanoke city.
j. Edgar Walters, of Washington, is on
visit to his parents Mt their West Salem
home.
James n. Preston, of Concord, Ala, is
on visit to the family of his father.in-
law, S.. NJ. White, Esq.
The rock work in front of the Holland.
Ballard and kasey properties in West Sa-
lem has been completed by the town. 1t
is Il handsome piece of work and was ex.
ecuted by j. A. Moore. Mr.. Moore now
has the contract to build stone wall oe-
tween the proper ties of Major Ballard
and Mrs. Luther Holland.
IA marriage license was issued yester-
day from the clerk s Office to John Pettus
1drbee, formerly OF the Christian & Bar
bee drug firm of Roanoke city, -and Miss
Bessie Cooke, IL daughter of Dr.. Charles L.
Cooke and wife, of Holins Institute. A
license was also issued to James Ferdi-