Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-05

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by freezes during the Winter. and the fly
did great damage few weeks before har'
vest.
Miss Hattie Hartman has gone to Boston
to take special course in music under
one of the leading teachers of that city.
She will return to Tazewell in time to as
sumo the duties of music teacher at Taze-
well College.
Daring the month of June, 1900, the
clerk of the county court of Tazewell
county issued twenty.four marriage
licenses, of which number twenty.one
were for white person: and three for COL
ored rersons.
RATLIFF BROS. have equipped their
livery stable with new vehicles and good
horses. The travelling public can be
promptly served.
Geo. w. Hess and Houston Brown,
who were convicted during the present
term of the county court and sentenced to
confinement in the penitentiary, are still
confined in the county Jail. They will be
taken to Richmond in few days.
On last Friday night the Misses Henry
entertained quite large party of their
friends. Mrs. w. G. Harrison and Miss
Spencer assisted them in receiving. The
refreshments were elegant and the whole
affair one of the most enjoyable Of tie
season.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly, who taught the
last year in Tazewell High School, left
last Friday afternoon for her home at
Germantown, Ohio. Mrs. Kelly has a
large number of friends and admirers in
our town who sincerely wish that size
may return to Tazewell in the Fall.
Mr.. P H. Brooks, who was several years
student at Tazewell College, but for the
past fourteen months at Algoma, w. Va,
filling an important position with lum.
Der company, called to see lis Tuesday.
Mr.. Brooks has gone to Radford, Va,
and will take position on the Radford
Advance.
Mr.. J. S. Poindexter, of the Chatta.
nooga Medicine Company, was visiting
Prof. G. L. Byron the first of the week.
Mr.. Poindexter was member of the
faculty of Tazewell High School in 1898
and 1899 and has many friends in Taze.
well, who always welcome him back to
our town. While here Mr.. Poindexter
had his name entered on the subscription
list of the REPUBLICAN.
The jury was brought back on Monday
with the understanding that the case of
the Commonwealth VS.. Farmer would be
commenced and tried. When court as
sembled the defendants counsel an
nounced that they were not ready for
trial on account of the absence of a wit
ness, and the case was then continued un.
til the next term. The jury was dis
charged for the term.
P. II. Williams, superintendent of
county schools, is now engaged looking
over the examination papers Of those who
came before him last week to be exam
ined for teachers in the public schools.
Mr.. Williams informs us that 30 far as
examined by him the written examins
tons of this year are far above the aver
age, and that the percentage of failures
will be greatly reduced.
The "Jim Grow" car law, parsed by
the last General Assembly of Virginia,
went into operation last Sunday. Under
the provisions of the Act separate cars
for white and coored people have been
provided by all the railroads IN the State.
One result of the law is that hereafter the
railroads will only sell first. class tickets,
the roads claiming that they will not be
able to furnish two frst-class and two
second-class cars on each train. The
law requires the same accommodations to
be provided for each of the races. By
doing away with seaond-class tickets the
railroads expect to increase their reven-
ues from passenger service, and to that
extent the travelling public will suffer.
After hard fought battle, one of the
hardest that has recently been fought in
the county court of Tazewell, the trial of
the case of the Commonwealth vs.. John
Peery, colored, was concluded by the
Jury being unable to agree. The jury
stood six for conviction and six for &C.
quittal Mr.. Barnes Gillespie, Common.
wealth's Attorney, and Col. A. ]. May
conducted the prosecution; and Messrs.
Chapman & Gillespie represented the
defendant. The case was conducted with
much ability both in the examination of
witnesses and the arguments presented
during the trial. Many persons pro-
nounce the arguments before the jury
among the very best ever made in our
courthouse.