Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-07-07
TOWN and COUNTY NEWS.

When you want Fruit Jars go to Spots
Bros. for them;
The rainy weather has been interfering
seriously with the haymaking of our farmer
friends.
MIR. ]. B. Hawkins went to Lee county
last week on very important business and
got back to Tazewell on Tuesday;
The most reliable and latest war news
we get is in the Lynehburg News on sale
at Jackson's Drug Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rives Walker, of Bristol,
are in town visiting at Mr.. 1. E. Chap
mans, who is the uncle of Mrs. Walker.
The editors family, that had been on
visit of several weeks to friends and rela-
tives at Marion, got back home on Tues
day.
You can buy quires of good Writing
Paper for l5c at Pobst & Wingo's.
The Republicans of the Ninth Congress
ional District will hold their convention at
Marion next Thursday TO nominate can
didate for Congress.
The clerk of our county court issued
twenty marriage licenses during the month
of June. Ofthe number lG were for white
persons and four for colored.
Lamp Chimneys at cents. Pobst &
Wingo.
Mr.. H. w. Pobst, who had been at Ce-
dar Bluff with his family as guests Of the
Blue Sulphur Inn, is back at home again,
but his family remains at Cedar Bluff.
SPOTS Bros. have large stock of Fruit
Jars, half gallon and quart sizes, which
they will sell at the lowest market prices.
BY request we publish the Essay, which
was read on Tuesday night before the Con-
vocation and congregation that worshiped
at the Episcopal church by Rev. NJ. P
Logan.
Mr.. ]. B. Caudill had his express wagon
very tastefully decorated on the Fourth
with flags. His large umbrella was a
thing of beauty trimmed with "Old
Glory"
Neatest Lamps and lowest prices at
Pobst & Wingo's.
The Republicans of Tazewell county
will hold mass meeting in the court
house on Saturday. 1t will be an off day
but there will be good attendance We
have no doubt.
There will be a match game Of base bal
on the ground near Col. Mays on Satur'
day afternoon at l O'Clock sharp. The
game will be between the Bluefeld team
and the Tazewel boys. A hot game j:
predicted.
g. We will sell for a while Sc piece Tes
Set at 10 per cent. above cost. They are
first class goods. Pobst & Wingo.
Capt. Samuel Walton, of Falls Mill
spent Tuesday and Wednesday in town
He is now executing several contracts witt
the N. & w. Ry. and will make severa
more contracts in few days with tina
company and with others. Capt. Walton
is a most successful road builder and al
WAYS gets contracts when there are any t.
be secured.
MIR. P. w. Pof, vino has been for many
years the leading photographer of Poca
hontas, has taken charge OF the photo
gragh gallery heretofore in charge Of Ship
ley & Catron at this place Mr.. Pof ha
the reputation of being skilled in his bust
ness, and will, no doubt, be literally pat
ronized. He has,moved his family here
Judge Rhea, as decreed by the Martin
machine, was nominated by the Demo
cratic convention, at Pulaski, on Tuesda,,
for Congress. The platform adopted b,
the convention re-affirms allegiance to tn
Chicago platform, denounces government
by injunction, and approves the course
President Mckinley in carrying on tn
present war with Spain.
The protracted services which were con
Quoted during last week by DR.. Strickle
we're concluded on Sunday night. Large
congregations attended each service ano
the sermons Of DR.. Stricken were listened
to with very marked interest. On Sunda!
morning and at night he preached doctrin
al sermons, in which he discussed the es
sential doctrines held by all the protestan
churches and the peculiar doctrines of hi
own church.
Rev. c. c. Randolph, who is here
attending the Episcopal Convocation,is an
old V. NJ. l. boy, and was one of the
gallant band that made the charge at New
Market. He was severely wounded in
that memorable charge. The editor was
one of his college mates, but had not mel
him since they retreated up the James at
the evacuation of Richmond in April
1865. Rev. Randolph was a noble boy
and is now splendid Christian gentle
man. 1t gave us unmeasured pleasure tc
meet him again.