Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

]. d. Alexander advertises this week
great reduction in shirt waists.
Mr. j. p. Hartman, of Vivian, w. Va,
was at Tazewell on Tuesday visiting his
parents.
Mrs. A. d. w. Walton, and son Joe are
up from Roanoke visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
B. w. Stras.
Chapman advertises childrens white
dresses and Summer skirts at greatly re-
duced prices.
John +. Jackson calls attention this
week to his large stock of school books
and school supplies.
General Walker will speak at Grundy
next Tuesday. That will be his opening
speech of the campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs, ]. w. Chapman, who had
been visiting relatives in Tennessee, got
back home last Friday.
Miss Patti Landon, of Pocahontas, who
had been visiting Mrs. Frank Kits, re-
turned to Pocahontas last Saturday.
Blair Hawkins left last Sunday for Hunt
er's Pulaski Alum Springs, where he will
spend a month recuperdting his health.
DR.. and Mrs. c. T. St. Clair have sent
out invitations to party to be given at
their residence tonight, to Mr., 6. M. st.
Clair.
Mr.. G. ]. Barns, who is now located at
Pocahontas for the practice of law, came
up yesterday to Tazewell on professional
business.
Mr.. w. B. Henry, who has been filling
position in the Census Department at
Washington for some time, is visiting his
homefolks at Tazewell.
The splendid rains of the past few days
are beginning to have fine effect upon
the grass, and all the hills round about are
once more beautiful and green.
There was a pretty large crowd in town
Tuesday (court day., and there seemed to
be some disappointment at the fact that
there was no political speaking.
Drs. Gillespie & Painter performed an
operation a few days ago for appendicitis
on a patient from Giles county. The
patient is still at the sanitarium and doing
we'll.
The Sunday School of the Christian
church had very successful picnic at Pts
gah last Saturday. Over one hundred
persons attended, mostly scholars and
teachers of the school.
Prof. P. X. Allen, of Cedar Bluff High
School, was in town today, and made 3
pleasant call at our Office. Prof. Allen is
very enthusiastic worker as an educator,
and is very popular at Cedar Bluff.
Mrs. L. p. Summers, of Abingdon, Va,
is visiting Mrs. A. P. Gillespie and other
relatives at this place. Mrs. Summers is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. M. Bar
bee of White Gate, Giles county, Va.
Miss Pearl Duncan, of Center Mills,
Montgomery county, came to Tazewel
last Saturday with Mrs. j. NJ, Coffee and
will remain here during the Fall and
Winter. She will enter as a pupil in the
Business Department of Tazewell College.
The regular Fall term Of the circuit court
of Tazewell county will begin next Mon
day, with Judge Jackson presiding. There
is a very good docket on both the law and
chancery siGe of the court, and the term is
likely to last the usual time, about two
weeks.
Quarterly meeting was held last Satur-
day and Sunday in Mays Chapel, at Wit
tens Mill, with Presiding Elder I. r.
Handy in charge of the meeting. On
Sunday a large crowd attended the meet
ing, and basket dinner was served on
the grounds.
Buston & Sons have gotten their ice
plant in operation. 1t is very complete
plant but small. the capacity being about
sixteen hundred pounds of ice daily. Bus
ton & Sons now have the most complete
establishment, in the grocery and cold
storage line in Virginia.
The Chilhowie Lumber Company is now
engaged in building tramway down Poor
Valley to Saltvlle for the purpose of haul
ing it's lumber from its mills in the head
of the Valley. The Company is now
placing the machinery for one of the finest
saw mills in Virginia, and will soon have
things humming in the Southside of the
county.
Mrs. ]. NJ Coffee, who had been to
Snowville, Va, on visit to her sick sister,
Miss Emma Taylor, returned TO Tazewell
last Saturday. On Monday Mrs. Coffee
received the news that her sister had died
on Sunday. The deceased was in her
twenty first year, and was an excellent
young lady. The cause of her death was
consumption.
DR.. James O'Keeffe, who had been to
Louisville, Kentucky, with a committee to
select Headquarters for the Grand Com
mandery of Virginia at the Triennial Con-
clave in 1901, got back home last week.
lie informs US that the Headquarters of
the Grand Commaudery of Virginia
Knights Templar will be at the Northeast
corner of Chestnut and Fifth streets,
Louisville, KY.
There was preaching in but one church
in our town last Sunday morning, and that
was at the Presbyterian church. On &C.
count of sickness Rev. w. w. Ruff was