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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
3
Countywide illness, accidents, and deaths are reported along with civic updates. Highlights include Mrs. Garst's improving health, the death of Capt Henry Felix in Lynchburg, revivals, zinc ore discoveries in Smythe county, and the Norfolk and Western flooding affecting Roanoke shops with 2000 idle workers.
Elaborate preparations mark the July 4 corner stone ceremony for the Salem Baptist Orphanage Administrative Building. The program lists songs, prayers, Masonic participation, addresses by notable speakers, and a post event visit to the buildings. A reception and committees oversee tenting, band, refreshments, and program details with Rev. I. H. Martin arranging proper articles for the cornerstone.
Mrs A H Plecker of Lynchburg visits Miss Sallie Maury. Mrs G Jones Ligon moves to Roanoke. Mrs W B Dillard travels to Bristol and Knoxville for weeks. Miss Virgie Wimmer and Vara Willis head to Nace Botetourt for summer. Dr S M Terrill and family go to Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs for season. Ivan V Vance joins family in Wytheville for weeks. W8 Agner family leaves for Buena Vista to work milling. Maurice Jeter from Baltimore holidays with Salem parents. F H Chalmers returns from Hot Springs improved. Etta H Lee returns to Salem for vacation. Capt A H Peck dies suddenly in Thacker WV. E Bolling Hubard named graduate from VMI. Rev G Dorsey White visits Salem en route to officiate in Christiansburg. Rev Collins Denny to fill Epworth church Norfolk this summer. W A Littrell reports many plastering contracts including Craig college building and homes near Roanoke and in Fincastle. H E Moomaw notes Chattanooga Steel Roofing Co contracts for foreign markets, seeding half a million dollars of iron castings. James Wylie joins as traveling salesman for the same firm.
A Tiars-Bevis- TER representative led Salemites on a two-train trip to Lynchburg with about 1500 participants. Mr L E Lockabill organized the outing while in Lynchburg locals praised the excursion and two parks. M Kirshner of Bon Sack Machine Co announced an imminent improvement to his cigarette machines that would greatly increase capacity and he said he preferred Salem to other places.
The Salem School Board met Monday night electing Prof. J.T. Crabtree principal of the public High School to replace Prof. W.M. Adams who resigned. Miss Fannie Berkeley becomes grammar school principal replacing Margaret Johnston on leave. Miss Nelle Oakey, daughter of W.S. Oakey, elected teacher of Berkeley’s grade. other teachers reelected.
Genuine Turkish Red Wheat offered as pure and free from impurities with high yield on ordinary land. First come, first served. supply limited. Write to Roanoke Grain Brewix Co., Roanoke, Va to engage seed now.
Commissioner W. W. Ballard will sell valuable land in Roanoke county with details in the advertisement. The Richmond Dispatch prints the Virginia Constitutional Convention report and the Dispatch offers proceedings at no cost to the State. Commercial ads urge readers to review Smith & Ferguson hot weather goods and I. W. Brown’s paint ads. W. R. Whitescarver & Bro. announce a household ad change, plus E. Stewart Carter promotes fresh cakes and crackers.
At a Richmond meeting of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities the group resolved to erect a bronze heroic statue of Captain John Smith at Jamestown Virginia. They seek contributions sent to Mrs. Cramers Wasitmaron Coleman chair of the John Smith Memorial Committee in Williamsburg Virginia.
The record notes several events including the Virginia child death from match head ingestion, solstice observations, Germany’s Monroe doctrine gesture, Secretary Hay’s diplomacy steps against Russia, planned Philippine civil government on July 4 with Taft named Governor, Chaffee's report on China looting, Adelbert Hay's death in New Haven, Callies surrender, oaths to U S insurgents, American Locomotive Company control plans, Guam trade fears and aid needs, Alabama lynching liability, Henry Williams stabbing, kidnapping of a Phillipsburg girl twice, and a cough remedy from Vynn Balsam.
A catastrophic flood across the mined valleys of Virginia and West Virginia causes extensive loss of life and property. Reports from Vivian and Keystone describe drowned families, a Hungarian rescue tragedy, and dozens of corpses along the waterways as telegraph lines fail and rescuers scour the hills.
Prof. J. H. Duckwilder of Virginia is slated as orator for a forthcoming Emancipation Celebration by local colored citizens. A mass convention will organize next week to set the program and lead the event planned for September. Last year’s celebration was under the Ki ng of P Lodge with Senator John P. Green as orator. this year Duckwilder is favored.
Mrs. Virgie Gregory of Bent Mountain travels from Salem on the excursion train to Norfolk and sails for Cuba to wed Byron W. Schilling, Sergeant of Troop A, 7th U. S. Cavalry. The widow owns a Gent Mountain farm. Schilling is nephew of J. S. and K. H. Wooaram and a veteran who reenlisted in the Spanish-American War.
A wise-appearing stranger in Roanoke warned of the city’s destruction by fire on July 4. He claimed foreknowledge of Johnstown’s 1889 flood and said his prophecies never fail, sparking fear among locals and prompting questions about Roanoke’s fate.
Intelligence reports that during last Saturday’s flood in the coal fields the house of Hughes Critz formerly of this place, now at Algoma, was washed away with all contents. Critz family barely escaped. Miss Susie Francis, visiting, lost her trunk and clothing except what she wore. For pineapples and other fruit see E Stewart Canter.
Caspin Yates a Red Hill farmer was brought to Salem and examined by Justice Camper and Drs RK M and Oscar Wiley, found insane, and committed to jail pending transfer to an asylum. Evidence shows a coal accident around eleven years ago that left him periodically unmanageable and erratic, with homicidal impulses.
Captain P. H. McCaull of Virginia, recently back from the Philippines, called at the White House with Park Agnew of Alexandria seeking a regular army appointment. An earlier commission was overlooked, and the President is expected to appoint him later with Senator J. W. Daniel backing his candidacy.
A message reports Miss Lailie Bromfield, daughter of Tillman Bromfield, aged fifteen, from the John Petty farm near Hollins, was struck and killed by lightning during a past storm. No further details available. Also includes an advertisement for Perry Davis Pain Killer, noting usage and price.
Charles H. Vines, manager of the American Export and Trading Company and a Roanoke College alum, shot himself in his Broadway apartment after declaring he would blow his brains out. His wife, absent on errands, and a nurse had watched his tense actions before the fatal discharge. The 14 month old son and Vines’s widow leave behind a prominent Roanoke lineage and a lawyer’s career cut short.
Advertising copy touts Pain Killer Perry Davis as the sole cure for summer cramps, cholera morbus, and dysentery. It warns against substitutes and promotes 25c and 50c sizes as essential household medicine.
Mrs W P Hoffman of Bedford City and Mrs F W Whitescarver visited Salem and arranged funds to place a tombstone for Rev Dr Tyree and his wife. The stone was installed with money raised from friends, and sincere thanks are sent to all supporters.
A dealer promotes curtains and home goods at deep cuts from fall lines of large manufacturers. Prices range from 5 cents to 6.50 for many items including curtain poles rugs draperies and linen and bamboo accessories with several items noted as regular higher values.
A local store advertises heavy 10x4 bleach sheets, Sea Island cotton, percales, shirting prints, cretonne drapery, bleached muslin, pillow cases and bolster cases at reduced prices. Items include 9 cent yard percales, 7 cent yard cretonne, 44 cent Sea Island fabric, 12 cent pillow cases, and 25 cent bolster cases.
Undervalued fabrics promoted in the White Goods department with daily deals. Sheer White Lawn at 6 cents per yard, Black Pique at 15 cents, Imperial Long Cloth 12 yards per piece for $1.25, all priced below regular values with wash goods on special display.
Silk department heralds bargains on high quality fabrics for summer wear. Listings include Toshiki waterproof Jap at 75 cents and 42 to 59 cent blacks in various widths, plus 21 to 27 inch lengths and a 1 inch fine Swiss taffeta at $1.00.
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