The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-06
SALEM NEWS.
EDWARD JETER. REPORTER.


Thomas I. Preston, as trustee, sold on
Saturday a block of Development lots.
They brought from So to S25 each. Some
very spirited bidding WAS INDUCED in.
Miss Ella Smith, after PLEASANT visit
TO friends in Giles county, returned yes
terday to Salem
Mrs. Beller and two children, who have
been visiting at Alexander Whites, re-
turned to Roanoke yesterday morning.
fesrerdav was The fourth day of the
circuit court term. Nothing Of special
interest occurred in tho court room, ex.
cept the entering Of q large number of
Judgments.
A. b. Pugh, of Washing ton city, a
former Salem attorney, is attending cir.
cult court.
r. f. Cannaday is on o visit to his
family on Virginia avenue.
Mrs. B. W. Logan left yesterday to
visit her father and mother in Botetourt.
Miss Lily Anderson, of Bristol, after a
pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. G. G..
Thomas, left this morning for her home.
A marriage license was issued Saturday
from the clerks Office TO Caleb Sink and
Miss Mary Elizabeth Muse, both resi-.
dents Of the county.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Holstein Wooden Company took
place yesterday in the office of the SUI
perintendent. "a majority Of the stock
was represented. James Chalmers was
called to the chair. E. w. Worden, sec
rotary and general manager, read his re-
port to January /, 1897, showing the bus.
mess CT the year 1896 to have been pros
porous, so far as the pants factory was
concerned, the looms not having been i'm
operation on account of the low price of
wooden goods. j. M. Edwards, of New
York, was elected president and treasurer
OF the company for the ensuing year.
with II. L. Wilson and'R T. Wilson. Jr..
OF New York, and e. M. Worden and j.
w. L. Allemong, of Salem. as directors.
IL. NJ. Worden was selected secretary and
general manager. E. NJ. Worden re.
ported that on May Is the wooden depart.
ment would be again put in operation
with a large force of hands The com.
pany has but one salaried officer, which
is secretary and general manager, the
salary being $4,000 per annu,n. This
showed we'll for the economical methods
employed by the stockholders.
The board of county supervisors held
their monthly meeting Saturday Mt the
courthouse with the following members
present: w. Z. Moomaw,W w. III. Barnett.
II. NJ. Starkey and Geo. w. Lewis. The
application of the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Company for right to erect lines
on county rond was. turned down, with
the opinion that the board had not power
to grant said application, and they de.
clined to take any action in the matter.
Harvey Deaf WAS unanimously elected
road overseer OF the Big Lick district; w
j. Wood, of the Bonsack district; Eugene
Bush, of the Vinton precinct; David p.
Richardson. of the Ellington shop pre-.
cnct; Hugh Hubbard, OF the Norwich
precinct; Charles Henderson r.of the Ca.
tawba precinct; L. Moore. of the Johns
Shop precinct; Thomas Pickett, of the
Bent Mountain precinct; Ballard P. Mar
tin, of the Poague's Mill precinct; David
Poage, sof the Cave Spring precinct
Janos Graham, Of the Red Hill Precinct;
Jerry Brubaker, of tie Botctourt Springs
precinct; julius Cabiness, of the North
Salem precinct; Fleming Pugh, of the
West. End precinct; n. p. Deuton, of
South Salem precinct; J. B. Nichols,
Glenvar precinct. The county court
having certified to the board its.order en-
tered Mt March term, 1897, in the case of
Z. u. Terry versus the public, establish.
ing alteration as set forth in said order,
certifying the land damages to be S7OO;
cost of opening road, 5000. The board,
considering saidl--order, decided by a
unanimous vote to reject . same and not
appropriate the amount.