Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-09-14
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

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Methodist church on last Sunday night.
Bert Lilly left yesterday for Bluefeld,
where he will work for The Biuefeld Tele-
graph.
There will be regular services at The
Baptist church next Sunday morning and
night.
There was light frost in Burke's Gar
den last night, but not sufficient to do any
damage.
Miss Pansy Alexander has been sick for
the past few days and unable to attend
school. She is not seriously sick.
Mrs. John w. Spots and child ofStaun.
ton Va, arrived at Tazewel OH Tuesday to
pay a visit to Mr.. ]. G. Spots and other
relatives.
Mr.. ]. D. Alexander advertises his new
stock of fall goods and advises his custom.
ers not to miss the opportunity of making
an early choice.
Circuit court adjourned last Saturday
morning and Judge Jackson left in the af-
ternoon for Wytheville, where he began
he fall term there.
Mrs. Reba Ball continues quite sick,
but this morning is resting quietly. She
will, however, have to undergo surgical
operation in the near future.
The drouth still continues. Fortunate
ly grass was very heavy and abundant
when the dry weather began and cattle
have continued to take on flesh and will
weigh well this season.
Nearly all the farmers are through cut
ting up corn, but they are unable to SOW
wheat because Of the ground being so dry.
We fear there will be small wheat crop
in Tazewell county next year.
Mr.. H. w. Pobst left Tuesday afternoon
for New York TO buy stock Of goods, EN-
bracing all the novelties in his line. We
suppose he will purchase his Christmas
goods while in New York.
Mr.. a. d. w. Walton, who has been en-.
joying brief vacation at Tazewell, re
turned to Roanoke Tuesday to resume lis
duties with the wholesale grocery firm Of
which he is Il member.
Owe need no certificates for the job work
done in the REPUBLICAN office The work
speaks for itself, and so well that We re-
ceive orders constantly, not only from
those who have been our patrons but from
new patrons.
DR.. I. E. Peery, eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist, of Bluefeld, was in Taze.
we'll last Friday and Saturday, at the office
of Drs Crockett 4 ST. Clair. While here
he examined and treated the eyes of a
good many persons.
The corn crop in Tazewel county is re-
ported not to be good one. That which
was planted early in rich ground is said
to be good, but where it was planted late
or in thin soil, there is hardly half crop.
The Sunday School Of the Methodist
church had picnic last Saturday. The
teachers and most of the children attend.
ed. They went 10 the grove at Psgah
and sp ent most of the day there. r. Il
those who attended say they had delight.
full time
The workion the electric plant, which
was somewhat retarded last week by the
non-nriVal of material, has been actively
resumed, and before great while the
dark places in our town will be lighted ur
at night.
The effort which is being made by some
of our Tazewell graziers to improve the
breed of horses in the county is good
move. We notice there is agreat and
growing demand in Europe for American
horses of good breeding.
Rev. J. s. French went to Bramwell on
Monday afternoon for the purpose of look
ing after missionary collections. He got
backIon Wednesday, and succeeded in rails
ing at Bramwell and Simmons $1,000 for
missions. This was excellent work to
have been done in little over day.
Capt. W. Ballard Preston, of the Forty
third Regiment of volunteers, has opened
a recruiting office at Pocahontas. Capt.
Preston commanded company in one Of
the Immune regiments that served in Gu
ba, and a number of the men in his COM
pany in that regiment went from Pocahon-
tas.
Deputy U. S. Marshal r. NJ. Baldwin
and detective T. L. Feltz took Will, Tom,
and Henry Stroud and John Brown and
two sons to Lynchburg on Monday for
trial in the United States District court
upon q charge of completely i'll the kill
ing of George w. Ratliff.
Tazewell has two ice factories aud cold
storage establishments in course of con-
struction, two steam laundries that have
just gone into operation and an electric
light plant that will be at work in few
weeks. What town of its size can equal
this? We ought TO have other industries
A wColen factory would pay and also a
wood working factory-we would auggest
a wagon factory.
Mr.. James NJ. Gregory died at his home
near Shaver Mills, in this county, on last
Friday, from typhoid fever. The deceased
was thirty-one years old and leaves wife