The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-17
SALEM NEWS
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

Belle Anderson, n worthy colored
woman, wife Of Alex. Anderson, died ut
heI home on Water street on Saturday
morning of pneumonia, and will he bur.
led to-day from the y. NJ. Il. Church.
She was one of the old regime of colored
folks. having formerly been slave of
VIM. Diuguid.
Several days ago flock of wild geese
alighted on the farm of Milton Johns, on
Catawba, and fed unmolested. If the
traditional story concerning these birds
be true, then winter is on the waue, and
were it not for another tradition concern
ing the ground hog, we would say that
glorious spring is not far off.
Rev. b. f. Fox, pastor of the colored
Baptist Church, litter IL severe attack of
grippe, is improving.
+. a. Day, j. Duncan, of the Farmers
National Bank; Evangelist G. b. Strouse
and j. II. c. Brown, .Ir., are all laid up
with the grippe.
Miss Maggie Johnston, popular
teacher of the Salem graded school, has
been quite sick with the grippe.
Mrs. y. +. Kuder, missionary to India,
will, on Monday night, at the Methods t
chapel, deliver IL talk on the subject of
foreign missions before the Erworth
League.
Elder b. T. Ball left yesterday for
Blacksburs, where he goes to held regu-
lar quarterly conference.
Prof j. w Stall, of Blacksburg, spent
Friday evening in Salem, the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Il. Younger.
T.. A. Lovelocll leaves the first of the
week for his new Held of newspaper work
in Lynchburg. He will he city editor of
4 Il Al.
Fridays issue of The Times
Blanton Barnett brought the news Fri.
day pight that Mrs. Ammen Starkey was
seriously i'll ut her home on Catawba.
At the annual meeting of the Sycamore
Camp No. IL, Woodmen of the World,
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year; w. w. Moffett, consul
commander; w r. Whitescarver, advis.
ing lieutenant; l.. NJ. Lee, clerk: II. |.
Preston, banker; w. r. Reynolds. es-
cort; r. w. Wiley, physician; j. f. Ship.
man, Waterman: j. =. Saul, sentry; X.
C.. Stearnes, j. II. Bear and c. -. Dcnit.
managers.
District Deputy l.. f.. Lookabill, of
Roanoke, was in Salem Friday night and
installed the officers of Salem Council
No. 80. J. o. y. NJ.
Intelligence was received here yestcr-
day That IIansbrough Utz, son of the late
Charles utz, living near Fincastlc, was
accidentally shot near that place on Fri.
day ut l o'clock. a special messenger
came over Saturday morning for John l..
Hannah, whose wife is Il relative of the
deceased. Full particulars were not OBJ
tainablc.
The mother of Rev. T.. C. V.Campbell,
of Berkeley Springs, w. Va, is on visit
to her son at the Presbyterian manse
Friday night at 1870 o'clock II thief
broke with Il loud crash one of the large
glass doors of w. o. CritZ's grocery store,
on Main street The noise was heard by
Jacob Bear, who rooms opposite in the
Evans block, also by Messrs. Phillips
| and billiard, who sleep over the store
The thief entered the store, and walking
| to the rear tried to open the back door
presumably to allow some confcderates
| To enter. lie failed, however, as the foot
| steps Of Phillips and billiard on the stair
| WAY made him strike IL lively gait, and
when last seen was running down the al
| ley between the Cakey building and the
| Evans block. To say the least of it, this
was the boldest attempt ut robbery r.ade
| thus far in Salem.