The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-20
THE TELEPHONE
IN THE COUNTRY.
Farmers Of East Tennessee Find il Of
Inestimable Value.
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEHIND.
Rev. II. G. Tucker. of Brazil, on n Nis'
TO Friends in Tcnnessee-An Elopc-
ment From Bcdioid CITY
To Bristol
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEHIND.

pprsTOr, VA. March i9--Special.-
w. ill., last Two years the towns ana
villages OF hast tennessee nave neaIy
ali 1een connected by a system OF te't-
,,boue ines Ihc result has Tea 10 great
H. f,ctEate business OF every RHO, anu
thc accommodations could now hdrdiy
be dispensed aiih. The citizens IN gen
efal lncmuinc the farmers ana meI-
chants. nave aioCd in buld-ng these tot0-
uhone lines. IN this way many OF inc
substantial farmers have the advantabe
OF immediate communication WIN the
IONS al a moment n0uce. thus being en-
ob,ed 10 take advantage Of the freshest
u,arket reports The convenience also
saves mucn time, In That the running OF
brands IS largely dispensed win.
While East Tennessee has made slch
and strds along this line. II seems
singular that Southwest Virginia mas as
..rt dono nothing toward securing similar
odvantages Of this kind. and It's Inc Is
only an extension OF the system IN rem
,essee Abingdon was formerly connect
"a with Bristol but that line is no longer
in use. owing 20 some petty disagreement
A telephone system, connecting wise
scoft Dickinson, Russell, Washington.
- ord Wvthe counties with BRISTOL
,,orld be- Of incstimablc value TO all
leases The time that IS lost without
tetepbone convenience cannot be appre-
ciated until such a system Is adopted
Men now come from some OF the BACK
counties To Bristol. lOOs'ng from two 10
,bree DAVIS time. 10 accOmpl sh what
should REQUIRE only a few minutes. East
Tennessee would not again be without
telephone conveniences under any con-
sideration. .,- a..
post A Of the Travellers Protective AS
eociafion was organized here this week
with a membership Of about twenty
Joel II. Huntsman was made pres oenl
and y. ID. Bachman. Jr was elected
secretary. a dozen or more members
from the Knoxville post VIII transfer
their membership 70 the Bristol post.
making this one Of the most important
posts in this territory.
The forthcoming new bonds 10 be issued
by this town 10 he extent OF SoWO
Will be placed on the market IN a snort
time These bonds will bear interest al
Inc rate OF s Der cent. Mayor " nston
ftates that a New York firm have offered
10 take the entire issue at par. The
Mayor thinks that the town Will be able
10 dispose OF its bonds at premium.
Rev. H. c. Tucker. a prominent Ameri-
can missionary 10 Brazil. 10 company
with his wife arrived In Fast Tennessee
this week. where he Is spending n vacation
among old friends. Mr. tucker is SON
in-law OF BISHOP CRANBERRY. He speaks
most cncouragiugly Of the mission work
in Brazil One OF the most hopeful fca-
lures. he eays. is the public school sys-
TEN introduced by American missionaries
This system promises 10 revolut.onize
thought among the masses. It's good ef-
fects have already been felt in many
quarters.
Oden Fizer. popular young man Of
Bedford CITY. Va. and Miss hea Johnson
81 beautiful young lady Of Rocky Mount
cloped 10 Bristol. and were married by
Parson Burroughs at midnight Of We'd
nesday. The young lady had been visit
ing a relative al Bedford City. and In this
way met Sir. Fizer. \ match was prompt
" arranged for. and hen Mss Johnson's
dime 20 return home came. instead Of
going TO Rocky Mount she came to Bris-
tol with her lover.