Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-25
Sidewalk Letter.
BRISTOL, April 25, 1915.

bhlSIOLi april 70, 1915,
To The Editor Of the NeaOs:
] have been solicited to resume these
| letter writings from the sidewalks OF
| our town. So here goes until business
or fatigue shall prohibit these indul.
genCes.
Fret not your selves friends. This
Is Leap year, and ii is written that
frost shall not kill the fruit on such
occasions. We need fruit with which
TO cool down the Centennial fever.
Apples there are plenty, some few
kinds are killed-all except few late
blooms. l note the fact that the
Dominic, Vandivere, and Red June,
are easily killed. The Hubbardstown
Nonesuch, the Caleb, the Northern
Spy and the Rawls Jennett, are the
sIrest, and they are very fine varieties.
Early Richmond Cherries are in great
abundance. Peaches will be scarce.
and the curculio will require most of
them for his own use. Dwarf Pears
Will have about half crop.
Our country friends are discouraged
about tobacco, because the price is low.
This should not be. 1t cannot stay
low, and is the only cash crop we eau
have. 1t has made a city of Danville,
and city means good country.
Some of our citizens are leaving
Mr.. J. w, Reese, one of our most
energetic business men, left with his
family, last Sunday evening for Cali
fOrnia, there to remain. His residence
is for sale orient, He believes in i'm
migration, bring on your man to fill
his place and buy his house. DR.. Hoff-
man has sold his farm, but not to an i'm
migrant. Mr.. Davis of Smyth County
is the man, and they say he is worth O
dozen foreigners. The DR.. in the mean
time has moved to town.
Our brethren, the Methodist, are
determined to build new church on
their Main Street lot near the bridge.
They are now consulting on the plan.
Mr.. " N. Smith is to take the old one
at $1,000. And the new one is to be
about 40 by 80, with gothic style, or
nearly so.
Our brethren Of the new Presby-
terrain church are already hauling stone
for the foundation of their new framed
church to be built on the corner, OPP
posite Emmanuel church. 1t is to be
80 by As, with vestibule and recess
chanCel.
President Sullins has mounted his
College with a good sized bell
Elder b. G.. Manard is in town, and
we met him on the sidewalk yester-
day. A week ago he was baptizing In
the James, the number being twenty
six. He is very popular and very sue
cessful in Lynchburg.
These particular days, are no cxcep-
ton with thieves, who still break
through and steal. Finding that Will
liams 6 Keebler's wall can be picked
and had been, they proceeded to pay
their respects to 1t again last Wednes-
day evening. The enterprise was q
success. How much they got / have
not heard. Perhaps they were trying
to advertise the house, for w. d X.
keep the best stock of Provisions and
luxuries in town.
Jno. e. Burrow has awakened the
natives with his fine stock of pictures,
and in May he will more than double
it. Then you can bring in your silver
currency.
The sacred lark, !" in the West End
has been removed, remodeIled and
made altogether lovely. Thanks to
Frank Allen. 1t was very paradise
OF lovely and loving people,
Mayor Barker is being urged to run
for the Legislature. They are after
him ia numbers and no mistake about
1t. From every important section Of
the country he has been waited on by
delegations asking him to run. He
has not made up bis decision, but l
think lie is TEN pied, and If he yield,
he is apt 10 beat the field. Col. Odell
and Col. Gregg are both in the fields
and also Ar. Richards. We are going
to have race Ia Sullivan. Wont it
be pice2
a3G.