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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1879
Page
2
The Sentinel announces a change in price, noting $1.50 yearly rate for advance payments while non prepaid copies remain $2.00. The policy applies uniformly and will not be varied in any instance.
The piece argues that the 1880 campaign will center on ballots against bayonets, contrasting Republican insistence on federal supervision at polls with Democratic calls for free, peaceful elections. It warns that enabling federal force would erode civil liberty, and predicts a fierce Ohio contest between Foster and Ewing, with national implications for Grant Sherman and possible presidential bids. It notes Davis lectures, the Thorne troupe in Nashville, and mint outputs in Philadelphia.
A Danbury correspondent writes from June 4 1879 describing visits to Madison Leaksville and Wentworth. He urges harmony between railroad and river interests, praises Piedmont Springs management, and comments on local journalism and civic plans while musing on future marriages and regional prosperity. He notes farmers reports on corn wheat and tobacco and mentions a Forsyth County Sunday School Convention planned for Winston with Rev W W Alben as president.
The closing exercises of Watersville Academy drew a large audience despite rain. Rev P H Fogner of Winston preached an acclaimed annual sermon. Prof R Trawick and faculty were praised for teaching and training. Col J C Buxton delivered the literary address June 3. The next term starts July 1. An Eye Witness Kernersville June 7 1879.
The article notes a Democratic plan in Congress to approve usual army funding with a clause preventing money for transporting arming or subsisting troops to polling places. It also includes a Legislative Bill to bar deputy marshals or supervisors from lands without specific appropriation and to require explicit funding for any object. Congress may adjourn by the 15th.
In a letter from Larry Dorson of the N C Deax Sentinel, the town reacts to a reported manganese find. He notes social turmoil, a boxing incident at night, and rumors of wealth tied to a possible mineral strike. He mocks pretenders and jokes about an assay by a supposed Philadelphia expert as residents debate the new mineral tale.
A fragment from the 1878 North Carolina Sunday School Convention minutes notes Greensboro selected for a future convention and urges Forsyth County to elect delegates. It outlines a plan for a Winston meeting before mid July to form a county convention to elect state delegates. The rest advertises farming tools at Allen's corner and warns of fading families.
In Winston N C on May 20 Elizabeth Castel Brows died in her sixth year of life history notes detail education at Sav School home in Gyewell Wyse and long residence near early training grounds survived by four children two sons and two daughters all members of local churches. Her faith in Jesus Christ described with devotion and covenant faithfulness highlighted by family care and parish ties. Her mind remained clear to the end and her passing marked by Christian peace and hopeful testament to faith.
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