Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26

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the REPUBLICAN subscription list.
The Republican district convention will
be held at Wise, Va, on next Wednes'
day, the LIST prox. A large delegation
from Tazewell county will attend, and it
is reported the convention will be attend
ed by more visitors than ever went to
similar convention in this district.
The ladies of the Meth odist church will
serve ice cream and cake in the yard of
Mrs. 1. G. Dodd each Tuesday evening
for several weeks, beginning next Tues
day night, the 2lst inst. The public is in
vited to attend and the refreshments
served will be of the choicest kinds.
On last Saturday afternoon there was
tremendously hard rain on the head of
Clear Fork. The creek was more swollen
than it has been for years, and the mill
dam at Shaver Mills was swept out.
Many fences were washed away and
fields were greatly injured by the wash
ing Of gullies.
in. Hartman has just returned from
Giles and Craig counties, where he has
been in the interest of Tazewell College.
He says the prospects are good for the
best session in the history of the college.
We are really glad that this school has
been placed on firm financial basis, and
that the coming session ia to be the beat
in it's history. Tazewell should be made
an educational center and We rejoice to
see this long needed step in that direction.
Yesterday morning, little after mid.
night, the dwelling house of Mr.. R. F.
Moss, in Burke's Garden, was destroyed
by fire. We hear that the fire originated
from defective kitchen flue, and that
most of the household effects on the first
floor of the building were saved. The
house was an old one, and there was no
insurance upon it.
The county court has been sitting this
week. On Monday the case of the Com.
monwealth vs. VIM. G. Simmons was
commenced and on Wednesday concluded
by verdict of acquittsl. The charge was
house burning. The court is now engaged
in trying the case of the Commonwealth
va. Richard Davis and Mag Black. 1t is
an appeal case from the police justice of
Pocahontas.
The trial of the case of the Common
wealth VS.. ]. w. Farmer, which was in
progress when we went to press last Thurs.
day, was concluded last Saturday by the
acquittal OF the accused. This case was
tried three times, stlthe two first trials there
were hung juries. The charge was forgery
and the accused was an old and ignorant
man. The prosecuting and defending
attorneys, no doubt, we're glad to have the
case finally determined.
Miss Fannie Tynes and Mr.. Lacy Tynes
left for the city of Roanoke last week to
visit friends, and then went to Augusta
county, Va, to attend the marriage of
their brother, DR.. A. L. Tynes, to Miss
Margaret Finley, daughter of Rev. G. W.
Finley, D. D., pastor of Thinking Spring
Church, near Staunton. The wedding
took place on yesterday, the 25th inst. We
are informed that DIR. Tynes and bride
took the train at once for the home of his
parents, Major and Mrs. A. J. Tynes, at
Tazewell, but will make stop at Noun.
tain Lake and arrive here next week.
Mr.. ]. F. Hurt, who has just returned
from New York, is now the representa-
tive for the Southern States of the we'll
known insurance firm of johnson & Zig.
gins, of New York, who are the largest
insurance brokers in the world. They
have Offices in San Francisco, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Liv.
erpool and London. The connection Mr.. |
Hurt has formed with this firm will en-
able him to handle any line of insurance,
without reference to size, in the South.
His facilities for placing large lines of in.
surance are not equaled by any agency
in the South.
The REPUBLICAN JOB OFFICE is now
printing for the ]. F. Hurt Insurance
Agency the schedule for the line of insur-
ance recently placed by that agency upon
the property of the Virginia Iron, Coal
and Coke Company. This is the largest
schedule ever printed In Virginia or in the
South, or placed by a single agency. 1t
embraces over six thousand items, and the
amount of insurance written on the risk
will approximate six million dollars. the
securing of such risk is great credit to
the enterprise and capacity of the ]. F.
Hurt Agency, and We regard it as great
credit to the REPUBLICAN Office to be able
to print the schedule in such manner as
to attract the favorable notice of insurance
men throughout the country.
We publish in another column local
which gives notice that an effort is being
made by the Tazewell Woman's Club to
have series of lectures here the coming
season. 1t is the purpose Of the promoters
of the scheme is secure the services of
gentlemen who have made great reputa-
tons on the lecture platform. The move
is most commendabls one, land if success
fully carried out will be of great service to
the community az we'll as entertaining to
those who become subscribers. There are
many persons in the town and surrounding !
country who would be highly pleased to
hear General Gordon and Bob Taylor, and {
we take IL for granted that the three hun. |