Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-03-10
TOWN AND COUNTY news.
Gathered in And Around Town By Our
Resident And County
Reporters.

Reporters.
Fancy China-vases, statuettes and other
designs at Pobst q Wiugo's.
A little child of Mr.. Frank Kits, who
lives on Cavatts creek, died on Saturday
night.
Mrs. H. C. Anderson and Mrs. V. L.
Sexton went to Pocahontas on Monday
afternoon to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman
Anderson.
Tubercse and gladeolus bulbs, sweet
peas and all kinds of flower seeds at Dodd
4 Cos,
Mrs. John G. Watts left on Monday
afternoon for Richmond, where she WI /
spend several weeks visiting her mother
and other relatives in that city.
If YOU don't think advertising pays, 90
to the store of Harrison & Gillespie Bros
on bright day and see the numbers who
go there to shop.
If Your bicycle needs repairing, take it
to +. NJ. Lilly.
Mr.. NJ. c. Clark, a prominent merchant
at Honaker and one of the leading Demo-
cratic politicians of Russell county, came
to our town on Monday afternoon and re-
manned until the next day.
Peerv & Haynes, the new firm, are out
in circular announcing that until April
LIST they mean to sell for cash only, all
goods on their shelves and counters at q
profit not to exceed % per cent. on FlRSI
cost mot cost and carriage). They say
they will sell many things at cost and
few mot manv) even BELOW cost. This
sale affords rare chance for their custo-
mers to obtain good goods at very low
prices. They carry a general line-Dry
Goods. Notions, Queensware, Groceries,
Saddles, Harness, Brides, Trunks, Nalises
and invite inspection of goods and prices.
Those talented artists, Mr.. Polk Miller,
Mr.. Oscar P. Sisson and Miss Ester Wal
lace will play an engagement Of one per-
Torrance only. Nobody should miss see
ing them for it is said to be a laugh from
start to finish. two hours and half OF
clean fun.
No attraction of this season will give
more genuine pleasure to the amusement
loving public of Tazewell than the appear
ance here of the Miller Sisson- wallace
Company. They have received most
hattering reception wherever they have
appeared.
Pobst & Wingo have china toilet sets,
dinner sets and everything IN the way of
china, cheaper than it was ever sold IN
Tazewell.
Mr.. Barnes Gillespie was seen walking
on the streets Monday for the first time
in nearly three months. His friends
were delighted to see him cOnvalescent
and going around again. His sickness
was painful and tedious but he kept up his
nerve all the time.
Dodd & Co. have Landreth's and Bur,
PEGS garden and flower seeds, 1resh ana
the best in the market.
Maple sugar is not as good as it was
formerly. Persons who make it now buy
cheap brown sugar and mix with the
maple sugar, giving to consumers a bogus
article at the price that is paid for pure
tree sugar. This is not right. When a
person buys maple sugar they want the
genuine article.
Mr.. A. J. Copenhaver, of the Cove, was
in town Tuesday and was limping around
from bruises received the day before. lie
undertook to run some hogs out of pas
ture while on his horse AS the horse was
running pretty fast he stumbled and threw
his rider over his head, Mr.. Copenhaver
was bruised up some.
The dinner table can be made not only
more comfortable but so much more
beautiful when properly supplied with nice
dishes. Pobst & Wingo, knowing this to
be true, have laid in splendid stock OF
china-ware, glassware and queens ware.
They are going to sell them for cash, ana
that means racket prices.
Mr.. J. H. Irving, U. S. post office in
spector, spent several days in town last
week. He was here attending the trial OF
W. T. Smith, before U. s. Commissioner
J.R. Witten, upon a charge of robbing
the mails. While here Mr. Irving in
spected the Tazewell post Office ana pro
nounced it in frst-class condition.
f. NJ. Lilly is now prepared to do any
kind of bicycle repairing, on short notice.
Sergeant McClintock has had several
hands the past few days at work on the
east end of Main street beating rock and
filing up holes. The town authorities
have required The street railway company
to macadamize in the middle and on the
sides of its tracks on Main street, and rock
is now being broken for that purpose.
The addition of Mr.. j. B. Boyer to the
firm of Dodd & Co. gives this firm man
who has extensive knowledge Of the whole
sale of notions, fancy goods &c, giving
them advantage in the purchase OF these
goods over any firm in the country. Mr..
Bower is now representing one of the larg-
est wholesale houses in Baltimore.
The meetings that were being held in
the Methodist church we're concluded on
Thursday night Of last week. They had
been going on each day for about eighteen
days. While there we're not great num-
Der ofprofessions Of religion during the
meetings, the churches of the town were
greatly benefited by the stirring up Of their
membership.
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