The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
AROUND THE TWIN CITY
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF
THE DAY BRIEFLY TOLD.

Bits of Facts and GOSSIP Uatnereu ny
The SentineI's representative
Social and General News
What is Going on Here.
The old court house bell sounds
familiar.
Sheriff X 4pp has been authorized
by the County Fathers to purchase a
safe for his Office, not u cost over Slou
-Kanufz & Hartley. who viii man
nf4ciure tobacco dJ Yadkin COLLEGE
tn wear. have been buying leaf nn
the Winston market.
The Wachovia Historical So"ietv,
~ Salem. has been presented with =
Grand Memorial Medal. by MIR Henry
A. Halnes, OF New Ioik
DR.. Strickland's term as county
health officer does not expire until
Saptember lSt. DR.. Bynum Will not
take charge until that time.
The work Of putting down brick
sidewalk on the south sIde OF + lILh
street, between Liberty and Trade,
was commenced Tuesday morning.
The next session of the Slater lu-
dustrial School will not open untli
October. Work has already com
-Messrs. Jones and Miller, butch
combined weight of them being over
i've thousand pounds. They were
The fifth annual commencement
of Arnold Academy will be held on
May 10Th and 9th. THE SENTINEL
acknowledges the receipt OF an lnVl-
tatiOn.
The State granted charter to the
"WInston Bar Association" composed
of all the lawyers in the city. 1t Is
the first bar association ever charter
ed in this State.
Cooper & Co IS circus will exhibit
here on May Goth, 2lst, and 22d. John
E. BefTron. the advance agent, was
here Monday making the necessary ar
ragementS for the show.
-MessrS Edgar Vaughn and j. P.
Taylor, who were recently elected
deacons of the First Presbyterian
church, were ordained and installed
at the morning service Sunday
John Gill, the colored man who
has been working at Hotel Davis for
some time-feeding prisoners, etc,
was locked up in all Sunday by one
of the policemen. He was run in"
for drunkenness.
"A car load Of sheep. billed to a
party in Richmond, passed through
the city Saturday evening. They
were shipped by j. R. Reece,. of Ashe
county aud were put on the car at
North WilkesbOro.
"A thief broke into Mr.. W. e
Franklin's pantry one night last week
and carried off two hams, sack OF
f0T1 ,f co. a HOnr
was in a barrel but the thief emptied |
it in sack SO he could carry it away. |
-FortY-four colored people were |
baptized in Belo's pond Sunday. |
Rev. Mr. Rush. pastor of the Metho- |
dist church, otficiated. He also bap |
tiZed thirteen, by sprinkling, at the |
church. His membership is now over |
600.
Prof S. G. Atkins, President of |
the Slater School, has accepted two |
invitations to deliver commencement |
addresses-the first at Clinton lnsti- |
tute, Rock Hill, S ON the 18th inst. |
and the second at Lincoln Institute, |
Kings Mountain, n G, on June LIST
"A few nights ago Mrs G w. Hin
shaw head her chickens making a
noise. Mr.. Hinshaw was away from
home. His son went out in the |
yard and saw negro racing an I
old hen all around the garden The
darkey went eff without getting his
fowl
Two electric light poles, near
Centenary church, f II Tuesday morn
ingbreaking the trolley wire on the
Liberty street car line. No dam
ers, bought five steers Monday, the
age was done. The poles were soon
replaced and the broken wire re
paired.
Mr.. Mat. Styers, who lives near
Old Town, was given surprise last
the occasion being his 2Sth
Dirt hday. Mr. l.. L. Hine, who was in
the city today, says there were 81 peo-
pie in attendance A big dinner was
served and the event proved delight