Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-06
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

went to Russell the first of the week on a
business trip.
Mr.. j. S. Ashworth, Commemorative
Attorney of Bristol, Va, was in town
Tuesday attending circuit court.
Prime your garden with pure animal
bone meal, to be had at SPOTS Brothers;
Tickle it well with the hoe, and 1t VIII
laugh with harvest of vegetables.
April has started in with rush of bad
weather. The first four days of the month
were of the winter mould, having no marks
offspring.
MIR. E. H. Witten, deputy U. S. Mar
shal, from Grundy, Va. has been in the
town and county several days visiting
friends.
We have sent statements to number
OF our subscribers who have failed to re-
spond. We will be forced to place the ac-
counts with collection agency.
Ladies Oxfords from so cents to $l.9S
at ]. B. Hankins & Co.'S. Racket store.
The case of P. P. Dillon VS., Norfolk &
Western Railway Company, which has
been pending in the circuit court a long
time, is fixed for trial next Monday.
The buds of fruit trees have not begun
to swell in this section. Without the fruit
is killed by frosts in May we will have an
abundant fruit crop this year.
Seed in bulk or by the packet at SPOTS
Bros.
Miss Nellie Peery, who has been sick
for some weeks at the home Of Miss Mag.
Lltz, is convalescing as rapidly as the
nature of her trouble will permit.
Mr.. c. c. Long is preparing to build a
residence on his lot recently purchased OF
MIR. Geo. w. st. Clair, on Mechanics Ave-
nue., lust east of the Presbyterian manse.
Thousands of dollars in losses paid to
the citizens of Southwest Virginia by the
J. F. Hurt Insurance Agency and an IN
creased business each year, are sutilclent
evidence of fair dealing and prompt set
dement's.
Easter hats and costumes were not
much in evidence last Sunday. Ii the
ladies had made any provisions in that
line the cold atmosphere made them dis
appear.
We are informed that the Methodists at
North Tazewell have purchased the Luth-
eran church building at that place. 1t Is
understood that the Lutherans will erect
church building at this place.
A full line of ladies' Brilliantine dress
skirts, from IS cents to $l.6S, at the
Racket Store of ]. B. Hankins q Co.
The bright, beautiful sunshine yester-
dav was received with delight. The dis
agreeable weather that prevailed most
of the time for the past sixty days had
made sunshine and warmth luxury.
The Tazewell Millinery Company In Its
advertisement this week talks to the ladies
about beautiful "Leghorn" hats. An in
teresting subject, and so beautiful that
the ladies cannot fail to be attracted.
While SPOTS Bros. seeds grow, theil
growth can be accelerated by the use O.
pure bone meal, which they also have.
Among the lawyers from other points
who are attending circuit court we notice
Judge John H. Fulton, of Wytheville; j
W. Hicks, of Graham; G. ]. Holbrook, o
Bluefeld; and j. S. Ashworth, of Bristol
If YOU want the incest Wedding Invita-
tons, send your orders to the REPUBLIccAS
lob Office. We have type specially selec
ed for such work, and the handsomest anc
most fashionable designs in paper anc
envelopes.
We control the sale of mems line of ST.
John, Kirkham Shoe Co. at this place
and have just received our Spring assort'
ment, latest styles and colors-Tan vesting
ton--Tan square toe-Englsh walking
Observation-Disclosures Grain-Cor'
dovan, ETC., etc. We intend tosell 1.-THE
best goods for the least money.
HARMAN & BoTTIMoRE.
There has been real butter famine at
Tazewell for the past two weeks. There
is practically no butter for sale in our
stores, except creamery from the West
and that is not much rehshed by the con-
sumers in our town.
Last Friday night the house of Mr.. Alex.
Altizer, in Crockett's Cove, about IL miles
from town, was burned. Mr.. Altizer lost
all his furniture, household goods and
family supplies, except portion of the
furniture in one room.
First door west of Surface hotel, up
stairs, in Pobst Building, you will lind the
Tazewell Insurance Agency office. Come
up and see us. Respectfully,
V. L. SEXTON & ]. n. HARTMAN.
Miss Eva Tynes left yesterday morning
! on the west bound train for Auburn, Neb,,
for an extended visit to her sister, Mrs.
Peery. Capt. and Mrs. Tynes are still in
Nebraska, where they went some months
ago to visit their daughter.
Ladies percale shirt waists for 81 cents
at T. B. Hankins & Co.
Miss TruIa Hicks, daughter of DR., ]. F.
Hicks,w for some years resided at Taze-
well, was married, at the home of her
father in Bristol, Tenn, on last Tuesday
evening, to DR.. Will Read, OF that city.
Honest rates md your money paid you
promptly, if your property burns, Is the
hast record of the j. f. Hurt Insurance
Agency.