Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-08

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church Sunday morning and night by the
rastor. Everybody is invited to attend.
Mrs. S. e. Graham, who has been very
i'll, is now greatly improved and her friends
believe shs is on the road to rapid re-
covery.
There is no town in Virginia the size
of Tazewell that has as many handsome
stores and accomplished merchants. This
is conceded by all strangers who visit
our town.
A big line of Ladies Shirt Waists and
Wrappers. The latest styles and prettlest
patterns in town just arrived at Harrison
& Gillespie Bros. Don't fail to see them.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Britain are now
in town the guests of Mr.. Brittain's
mother. We regret to hear that Mr.
Britain is not in good health.
I'D. Alexander announces that his new
stock of Spring goods is now arriving, and
suggests that purchasers make an early in
spection of bis goods, giving good reason
for the suggestion.
Our Pictures, Medallions, Frames, ETC.,
are not "daubs of paint" but copyrighted
works of art and were selected With care.
"Best of everything" in this line at
BoYER's.
Mr.. N. L. Mcleod has bought the in.
terest of his former partner, T. Monger'
in the lumber business of Monger &
Mcleod, at Pounding Mill, Va.
R.C. Chapman makes some "shop'
talk to our readers this week about the
elegance of bis stock of goods, and enumer-
ates some of the lines he is showing.
DR.. ]. r. Gildersleeve, of this place, has
been re.appointed by Governor Tyler a
member of the board of visitors for the
Southwestern Hospital at Marion.
Mr.. ]. T. Hopkins has bought the inter.
est Of Messrs. w. T. Thompson and S. o.
Thompson in the concern of Thompson,
Hopkins & Co., and be will run the bust
ness in bis own name at the same stand.
Mr.. Hopkins has nice stock of goods,
Mr.. s. V. Kelly, county surveyor, has
completed fine map of the Shelley lands
in the head of Poor Valley. Commission
ers, appointed by the circuit court, have
partitioned the lands among the several
heirs, six in number, and the map shows
the location and boundaries of the six
parcels.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros are receiv-
ing large and well selected stock of Dry
Goods. Everything new, fresh and sty-
lsh, give them call before making your
Spring purchases.
Mrs. S. ]. Thompson has been very
i'll at the hone of her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. r. T. Bowen, at Maiden Spring;
and at one time her friends were serious
ly alarmed about her condition. We are
glad to announce that there has been a
change in her condition, and that her
physicians now pronounce her out of
danger.
Too much stock-During the next 10
DAYS we will sell Heinz's celebrated Pick
les, Sauces, Dressings, Mustards, etc., at
absolute cost. Best of everything in
Heinz goods at BoYER's.
MIR. ]. P. Hartman came up from Nor
wood, w. Va, on Tuesday, and returned
to that place on yesterday. "Tige" is in
the employ of the Norfolk and Western,
and has been discharging his duties 80 well
that he received considerable raise in his
salary few days ago.
Mr.. w. G. Harrison, of the finn of
Harrison & Gillespie Bros, who had been
in the Eastern markets buying Spring
and Summer stock of goods, got back to
Tazewell last Saturday. He says he has
purchased a stock that suits this market.
Mrs. Baldwin, wife of Rev. D. o. Bald.
win, died at Elizabethton, Tenn, on
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock. The de.
ceased was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Burns, of Lebanon, Va. She
was at one time pupil at Tazewell High
School, andrwas we'll known to many of
the people here. She was an estimable
lady, and had been a member of the
Methodist Church for twenty years.
Do you want dress for the Spring sea-
son? Go to Harrison & Gillespie Bros.
Their line is very complete, comprising
all the latest novelties in French Dress ia.
brics as we'll as all the staple black goods.
They have a great many patterns, 30 that
no one else will have dress like you.
A great deal of Western corn is now
being brought to Tazewell by the car
load. Even farmers, men with hundreds
and some with thousands of acres Of
land, are buying Western corn. This is
serious matter, and the farmers of the
county are responsible for it. Thousands
of dollars will be taken from the county,
because the land owners are so unwise as
not to produce enough corn for home
consumption. 1t is to be hoped that the
farmers of Tasewell will do better this
year, that is, increase the acreage of corn
in the county and raise enough to sup
,,lxy tho homa market