Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-04-14
TOWN AND COUNTY news.


court will begin on next Tuesday.
Miss Jane Mamie Hoge, of Burkes Gar
den, is visiting relatives in Tazewel.
Spots Bros. offer splendid Sugar Syrup
and Molasses.
Miss Mag Litz has a pretty stock of
Spring Millinery and is fitting it up for her
customers.
Mr.. T. A. Lynch is now assisting Mr. I.
E. George in the work of the county court
clerks Office.
Mr.. Jesse Mccall, of Graham, Va, has
been in town several days visiting his son,
Mr.. H. G. Mccall.
New Orleans open kettle MOlasses at
SPOTS Bros.
Mr.. Henry Ascue, one of the prosperous
farmers of the Paint Lick neighborbood, was
in town yesterday.
Miss Lou Gillespie and Miss Sue Tarter,
of Wittens Mill, were in town the first OF
the week visiting friends.
The new town council has not yet organ
lied although the old council has wound
up the business OF the last year.
SOC. per gallon for fully favored Sugar
Syrup. SPOTS Bros.
1t is almost impossible to get any good
butter in this market. A very Indifferent
quality sells for 20 cents pound.
Mrs. John G. Watts, who had been
visiting relatives in Richmond for several
weeks, got back home one day last week.
Mrs. o. F. Barns and her daughter Miss
Amanda, of the Cove, have been in town
= several days visiting friends and relatives
The frequent frosts and freezes this
month have been unusual, and if any fruit
has escaped destruction it will be marvel.
Rev. l. P. Martin has been selected to
preach the annual sermon to the students
of Tazewell College, and has consented to
do so.
The purchase of a new organ for the
Methodist church is again being agitated.
A new instrument is badly needed at that
church.
Miss Bessie Prince, of Bluefeld, was at
Tozevall Lost Saturday and Sunday as
the guest of her friend Miss Narclss'
Pendleton.
Our line of mems and boys shoes j:
complete Any shape, prices from SIT
to $4.20, quality guaranteed. Our sho(
trade Is constantly growing-a sure evi
dence of honest goods. Hartman q botu
more.
Mr. VIM. H. Kelly has taken his son Mr.
w. w. Kelly into partnership in his bust
ness at Unaka. The new firm Is VIM. ID
Kelly & Son.
The farmers who sowed their oats and
clover seed before the recent freezes arr
afraid they made mistake, and that th'
seed will be lost.
Mrs. S. D. Workman, who has beer
visiting her son, Mr.. E. Z. Workman, fo
several months, left on Monday Afternoon
for her home at Burlington, N. G.
We publish in another column a blant
verse poem on the destruction OF the
Maine. 1t was written by an old Conied
crate veteran, who is eager for war.
We are carrying line Of clothing TIN
season superior in quality to anything eve
before carried by this house. we don,
care how particular your taste may be- w
are sure We can satisfy you. Call and see
Hartman & Bottimore.
We have heard number Of persons sa.
that they would be pleased if the Bluehel'
Orchestra would come to Tazeweu SOM
time in the future anu give a concert.
The peaches are not all killed, and tn
old saying that "when the trees bloom IL
the light of the moon in March we ar
bound to have fruit" may yet be verified
Mr.. Wallace Huford came up from
Roanoke College and Mr.. st. Clair Stuar
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a
Blacksburg, to spend the Easter holiday
at home.
The town council has established rec
and hose house in the small building
Immediately in front of the Presbyterian
church. The new reels and hose will b.
kept there.
Our Spring stock is now open and read!
for inspection. We have line of thu
latest Spring styles in clothing. The bes
and handsomest goods ever shown II
Tazewell. IL is worth your while to lool
them over. Hartman & Bottimore
Chap Mason, colored man, was brought
before U. S. Commissioner ]. r. Witter
on Tuesday upon a charge of retailing
LIQUOR illictily, and was sent on for indict
ment by the U. S. grand jury.
Some of the early gardeners are talking
about digging up their peas and othe
early vegetables, and replanting. The!
seem to think that the early planting vii
not amount to much, on account of injury
by the frosts.
Frequent discussions are heard upon the
streets. in the stores and Offices about the
prospects for war. Some persons criticise
the course of the Administration, but mos
persons, irrespective of politics, approve
the course of President Mckinley.
Messrs. John w. Crockett and j. San
ders Gillespie shipped car, load Of ia
hogs, 200 in number, from this point las
1o- Thou r,narlreted them in Baltimore