The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-31
Sal =, NJ
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.


respecting the difficulties existing in the
First Baptist Church OF this place, Rev.
B f. FrN, the former Pastor of the
church, claims that the publication mis-
represents iacts, ami thus places him be-
fore the public in II false light. He th,re-
fore proposes to give the putlic facts re-
speeding the matter in an article which
Will appear in the next issue of the Sa-
lem Sentinel.
Miss NJ. d. Haze, of Washington, ID.
c., Is visiting in the city the guest of MIR.
and Mrs. Davis Ayres, at their Market
street home
The Malone property, situated on
Maryland. avenue, was sold yesterday un-
der mortgage aud bought bv : q.
Fisher. of I.ynchburg, for 5000.
j. w. e. Allemong and wife left yes
tcrday for visit 10 friends in Harrison
burg.
Regular services will he held TODAY
ut the Episcopal and Presbyterian
Churches. The Rev. j. MLuck. of Uol.
Inns, will occupy the pulpit this II ornipr
at the Baptist and at night the CONQUEST
service of the 3. Y. p. U. will take place
This morning at l | a. m. the Rev. James
l.. Armstrong will preach the initiatory
sermon OF series of revival services. i'm
which he will be assisted by the Rev. s
>. Lam beth, of Bedford City. Mr.. Lam
beth will not arrive in Salem until Mon
day. Dr. Painter, of the college. will
preach this morning in the Lutheran
church in case of II night service or lee
ture it will be announced from the pul
pit at the morning hour.
c. O. Murray, on returning from u hunt
one day last week was asked, what
luck ~ He replied pheusants, s wild
turkeys. 10 squirrels, : bears and one
elephant. This was n very lengthy way
of answering the old question which :,
fisherman in i'll luck would have disposed
of with a,single line.
AS in all things else, William Jennings
Bryan is showing his good sense bv keen
ing out of New York politics, cen If. rs
the Washington Post states, Tammanv
and the followers of George have long
memories. The followers of these demi
gods are not the only people with memo
ries.
wilkes Kyle, well-known Salem man.
principally known by an unfortunate
ailliction of the feet, known to science as
elephantiasls, while discu: sing politics
On the street II few days ago said: "Of
cose Sc gwine to vote for Mars Pat Nc
Cauil, cause he's lunning for poy'per oh
~ 49, '1ShSSo <tDiOpOS 70 The above
Il colored gentleman from Roanoke n few
days ago, insisted on telling IL Salem col
ored man that ID. C.. Moomnw was RIM.
ming for the house of delegates and that
Fat McCaull was running for the leuisla-
ture.
Mrs. 5 D. McCommon and her dsupb.
ter, Gertrude, left Friday for their future
home rear Charleston, W. Va.
Mrs. HORNE left Friday for Chatto-
nooga, Tenn, where she went to purchase
Il farm near that city. where In the future
her husband and son " ill engage in stock
raising.
The laws have been complied with by
the electoral board, registrars, ETC., and
the same voting plaes will bs used in the
different wards and precincts as formerly
With the exception of the new voting pre-
cinct In the western part of the county.
known as Glenvar, where the balIotinp
will be done Mt I. p. Harman's store. "A
Salem is IL very quiet town, a quiet Tues
day is expected with good Indications at
present OF fair weather and an average
vote.
Friday evening coon of the ring.
tailed variety was sighted in the large
aspen nLree in the front yard ut 'sMon-
terey.' His coonship was dispatched
with Il double barrelled gun in the hands
OF Charlton Oakley.
Mrs. Charlotte Harvey, after a pleas
ant visit to friends in Lexington and Bed
lord City, Va, has returned to Salem.
Nat Hartman, the snake tanner and
weather prophet, says that we will have
Il mild winter. The hornets, he saws,
nave bniit their nests this year high up
N the trees, Which is an infallible sign.
AS we have not examined the hog meat
or the goose bone vet, we will have to &C
cept his theory, but when we examine
the marriage register we are somewhat
sceptical
a runaway accident occurred Yesterday
morning back CT L. j. Shipman's store,
winch might have Leen serious, but fer
'uiiateiy was not. The house attached
to the Salem roller mill wagon ran away.
smashing the wager ard throwing. the
young driver, Brown Webber, out against
II fence. The boy was bruised, but not
seriously hurt
The Democratic campaign ciuD of Sa
lem wa, addressed on asst Friday night
in tie courthouse hv Hon. a. y. stables.
Of Roanoke city Nlr Staples remark :
were ti'nely sud 20 the point and were
greatly appreciated by his audience
which was composed of the bone and
sinew Of the Democracy of this section.
lie dwelt with force upon the progress
Virginia has made under Democratic
rule. set at the same time showed TINT
there could be- and was progress without
prosperity, which was CAUSED hy the
present financial system Of the Federal
government that did not give the people
sufficient circulating medium. He
showed by statistics that Virginia in
iooV raised over twice as much wheat,
corn, oats ana ether farm products as she
did in 1870, yrt the products Of 1870 sold
for over nine millions dollars more than
did the products of 1890. In 1890 we bud