Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-09
Pickups In Town and County.

Pickups In Town and County.
There will be preaching I'd. W. at
Caldwell every night next weeh. Ser
vices also on Sunday evening, at 4p. m.
S. Lewis Price, of Frankford, will
move his family to Lewisburg, for the
school term, next week. He will oc-
cupy his sisters fine residence on Court
street.
The ladies of the Baptist Church, ut
Asbury, will give an Ice-Cream Festi
val on the 18th inst, commencing at 8
O'Clock p. IN. All are cordially invited
to attend.
The Lewisburg Female Institute and
Lee Military Academy opened up yes
terday with larger attendance than
ever before. We will publish a list of
the pupils in our next issue.
Z. g. Goheen is preparing to burn a
kiln of brick on his lot near town. If
he had burnt them last spring he would
now be strictly in it, as there is a great
demand for them at this time.
iSuShlns aV Il dlINle HeNJ Sunudy
afternoon, at o'clock. The Epworth
League of the Lewisburg NJ. E. Church,
South, will meet next Sunday night
Good program. Public invited.
A Supper will be given by the ladies
and friends of the Nj. +. Church, South,
at Carroll Hill, on Saturday evening,
Sept. 18th, beginning at 5 o'clock
Proceeds for the benefit of the Church.
IL. f. Hansbarger has moyed his hard.
ware store to the Town Hall. II. Il.
Bell will occupy the store-room in the
Buster building, vacated by Mr.. Hans
barger, until some store houses are
erected.
Kesler and Harrah threshed the wheat
crop of Mr.. Harvey Lewis, ST., on
Muddy Creek, this county, recently,
which averaged over 35 bushels per
acre. This takes the cake. Who can
beat it?
Capt. Rob't f. Dennis, who had kept
his bed for several months, has been
riding out this week. Esquire John
Lipps, whose health has been poor for
some time, is able to go about again.
Judge II. A. Holt is improving.
Miss Sallie Hink'e, daughter of Mr..
VIM. Hinkle, died very suddenly of
heart disease, at her home in the Rich
lands, last Sunday, the 5th inst, aged
sbout Is years. The funeral services
were conducted by her pastor, Rey. r.
Fl. Wilson.
Col. A. J. Piercy is having lumber
hauled from his farm Oh Muddy Greek
to Lewisburg to build an addition to his
residence, on the corner of Main and
Lee streets. He will also have it en-
closed with a new fence and otherwise
improved.
The INDEPENDENT desires to pub
lish the number of bushels of wheat
raised in Greenbrier the present year,
and earnestly requests each of the vari-
Gus threshers of the county to send us,
at the close of the season, the amount
his machine has threshed.
One of our townsmen informs us
that he counted 1877 wagons passing
through Lewisburg loaded with fertil-
iZer for the upper end of this county
and POcahontas since last Mon
day morning. This means that there
will be large acreage of wheat sown.
A gentleman, who visited our town
last week, said to us that if some one
would build nice hotel in Lewisburg
there would be hundreds of people come
here to spend the summer that do not
come now. We believe this to be true,
and there is no better opening for a
first-class hotel man than right here.
Lewis S. Price recently sold to Myers
q Housman, of Baltimore, lis fat cat
tie, averaging $50 pounds. Of these
cattle 81 head were shipped Tuesday
and averaged oyer 900 pounds. Con-
sidering the number this is very fine
average, and speaks well for Mr.. Price 3
handling. He got $437t per 100 lbs.
for the lot.
Mrs. Hettie Lutz, wife Of Mr.. j. A.
Lutz, of COvington, Va, died at Ron
ceyerte, where she was visiting, last
Monday, the 9th inst, aged IS years.
She had been in bad health for some
time. Mrs. Lutz was former resident
Of Lewisburg and was the mother in
law of II. z. Fry, of our town. She
was buried at Ronceyerte.
The Bank of Greenbrier has bought
brick in Covington, Va, for the cree.
tion of its large building. About s
teams are now hauling them from Cald.
well depot and placing them on the
grounds. The building will start up
in few days. Maj. J. NJ. Lee, of the
Lee Military Academy, has the plans
and specifications ready, and he is now
| working on the same for the Bank OF
Lewisburg.
THE next National Democratic
Convention must declare for freedom
in its broadcast sense. The horrible
spectacle of government by injunc.
ton in the case Of the striking coal
miners makes it imperative that we
declare for Free Speech, Free Meet
Ing, Free Men, along with Free
Press and Free Coinage. Then le,
us go still further and declare fol
Free Trade. The term Free has q
peculiar euphony to the American
people, Martins6,trg Statesman.
The people are not satisfied with