The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-22
SAL. E. NJ
EDWARD JErER. REPORTER.

The colo7ed graded school opened Mon
day with An enrolment of $50 scholars.
Where in the name OF common sense
do the children all come FRONT The white
graded and high school opened with 475,
and now have 515 pupils, which, added
to the number of colored pupils, makes
total of 765. Besides the large number
of children who attend the public schools
quite number attend private schools
in the town. Salem is certainly blessed
on the score of little folks and could be
pertinently compared to tine "Old woman
who lived in a shoe"
Miss Annie Copeland and Mrs. Frank
Hammond and two children are visiting
at b. w. Logan's
S. HI. Egolph. superintendent of the
large parer mill at Buena Vista, was in
The city Monday on business. He has a
son who is attending Roanoke College.
Mrs. J. p. Saul who has been confined
to hel bed for two weeks, is convalescent.
Next Sunday night at the Presbyterian
Church the Christian Endeavor Society
Will render choice musical programme,
to which the public are cordially invited
to attend.
DR.. j. B. Taylor, Herman Taylor and
Hugh Carter were recently appointed as
delegates to represent the Y. p B. U. at
the Norfolk convention which meets Oc-
tober 5 and 6.
Rev. Geo. Gordon Smead, who has been
spending his vacation here left yesterday
for Louisville and Nashville From the
latter city he will return 20 his charge in
Pine Bluff, Ark
G. D. Malone and wife returned yes
terday from Norfolk. Mr.. Malone had the
misfortune to fall from n building in the
81 ~4sk. cd IL l. -.
ting along very we'll with the wounded
member and will soon be able to return
to his business in the city by the sea.
Misses Beatrice and Lillian HORNE,
who have been summering in Tennessee,
have returned to their home here
A call has been issued by the Roanoke
county Republican committee asking all
Republicans who are in favor of sending
delegates to the State convention, to be
held in Lynchburg on October 5, to meet
at the courthouse in Salem at - m. Sat
urday, September 90, 1897.
Mrs. F. A. Day has returned from an
extended visit to her old home at Damas
Gus, Md.
Miss Mary Low Stearnes has returned
to Eastville Academy, Northampton
county, Va, where she will. be instruct
ress in music during the session of '97
and '0S
Miss Hattie Critz, after a pleasant
visit to the home of w. o. Critz, on
Broad street, has returned to Stuart, Pat.
rick county.
By recent decision of the magnates of
the Roanoke and Salem Electric Railway
Company, the conductors are no longer
allowed to deliver G. o. D. packages in
Salem. How inhuman, how barbarous
this seems 1t makes one involuntarily
turn for solace (if indeed there can be any
solace in the refiection) to the words of
Moore, "Maa's inhumanitv to man has
made countless millions mourn" To cut
people off from their rations, from their
wet groceries, in such sudden manner,
without any warning. is little less than
high treason. The great and good men
who run this line Fought to know, and
probably do know, that when ~ man
wants little "spiritus fermenti'' that
he wants it bad. Although noted law
yer of this place has said that to bring
c. 0. ID. packages (wet groceries) here is
against the law, because the sale is not
consummated until the groceries are de-
livered. AS the boys say in the KlondiKe
that doesn't cut any ice because he
doesn't know good thing when he sees
it. If the company doesn't revoke it's de-
cision, Salem will be just what Roanoke
will be when DIR. Brou9hton gets through
with it-a dry town.