Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-09-13
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

The enrolment of pupils at razewell
College now numbers about one hundred
and fifty.
Messrs. ]. w. Chapman and A. P. Gil
lespie are attending circuit court at WEIGH,
West Virginia.
Next Tuesday will be county court day,
and the Republicans will have speaking in
the town hall at Tazewell
Mr.. T. 4. George went to Pearisburg,
Va, last Monday, where he had been sum-
moned as witness in case.
r. c. Chapman's explanation in another
column is interesting, and should be salts
factory to all concerned. Read it.
Rev. w. J. Shelb irne, State Evangelist,
will preach in the Christian church at
this place on next Sunday night.
Miss Eva Tynes who had been for more
than year in Nebraska got back to her
home In Tazewell on Wednesday.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros. tell you
something about "Those New Fall Suits"
they have in stock and how they're TAX
ing"
Stuart Bowen, who had been at Detroit
for the past six weeks, got back to Taze-
well today. He has been greatly improved
by his trip.
A concert will be given in the Metho-
dist church on Friday night of next week.
A well selected programme will be real
dered by home talent.
Mrs. Sue Kendrick left Tuesday after
noon for Utah, Mo-, where she will remain
two weeks and then go with MIR. kendrick
to Pueblo, Colorado, where they will take
up their residence 10 the future.
Mrs. w. G. Harrison, who went last
week to Stauuton with Misses Nanola and
Mamie Gillespie, got back to Tazewell
last Monday. Mrs. Harrison wss very
much pleased with the Mary Baldwin
Seminary.
We are glad to announce that the Wo.
mans Club has certainly secured the SER
vices of General John B. Gordon for a
lecture. He will lecture at Tazewell on
the 18th of October. Ex-Governor Bob
Taylor will lecture here some time in o.
tober.
Messrs. S. B. Robertson and Eli Gore,
of Logan, West Virginia, spent Monday
and Tuesday in Tazewell. They came
here to buy some of the fine saddle horses
for which Tazewell county is noted. They
did buy several very fine saddle animals
and paid large prices for them-reguaar Nc
Kinley prices.
Mr.. S. G. Bowen, son of Mr.. r. I. Bow
en-, of the Cove, left this place on Monday
afternoon for Columbus, Ohio, where he
will become student at the Ohio State
University Mr.. Bowen was accompanied
by his cousin Mr.. N. P Oglesby, of Wythe
county, who has before been student at
the Ohio University.
Mechanics Avenue, from the Christian
church to the branch, is in a very bad
condition. The road is disgrace to any
town, much less a progressive town like
Tazewell. The town authorities ought TO
have it fixed, as it is now in such wretch
ed condition as to make it hazardous to
drive buggy or light vehicle over it.
A number of our young folks left yester-
day for school. Misses Vivien Gillespie
and Grace Crockett went to Elizabeth
College at Charlotte, N. c.; Misses Mag
gle Gillespie and Maggie May to the
Woman's College at Lynchburg; Miss
Olette Hartman to Southwest Institute at
| Bristol; Rob Crockett to Washington
Lee, and Rob Henry to Hampden.Sid-
ney.
MIR. ]. D. Alexander has returned from
the Eastern markets where he purchased
a splendid stock of Fall and Winter goods. |
The stock is now beginning to arrive and
will all be here in a few days. Mr.. Alex |
ander assures us that nothing, in his large
experience as a merchant here, has ever
been shown at Tazewell superior to his |
new stock. This applies to quality, beauty |
and prices.
Rev. J. A. Morehead, President of the |
Lutheran Theological Seminary, at Char.
lesion, S. c., preached to good congre-
CATION in the Episcopal church on Monday |
night. His theme was the Christian Min.
istry and it was quite an interesting dis
course. After the sermon he made brief |
talk, explaining the purposes of the semin-
airy, which has recently been established
by the United Synod of the South, and
asked the support of this congregation in
the work.
Prof. Dodge, Principal of the CONNER
cial Department of Tazewell College, will
organize classes in his department during
the month of October to accommodate
local patronage. He is offering the full
Stenographer's course in Shorthand and
Typewrting for only $4,000, for all stu
dents who will enter before Christmas.
Such courses cost from $4,000 to $500 at
other business institutions. Our citizens
should give Prof. Dodge liberal share of
their patronage and encourage this insti
tuition in every way possible.
Captain Samuel Walton, Of Falls Mill,
was in town Tuesday and was looking fine
ly. He has been extremely busy for the
past two years in his work as a railroad
contractor, and few days ago secured
contract for double tracking the big tunnel
near Bluestone Junction. The Captain
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