Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-06-14
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS

BOYER pays cash for country produce.
Rev. w. L. Wayts is holding meeting
in Burke's Garden.
There will be preaching in the Methodist
church next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Ware, of Pocahon-
tas, are visiting Tazewell
We had nice shower of rain yester-
day, the first in this immediate vicinity
for some time.
The contractors, Messrs. Kincer and
Vermillion, have begun work on the
Cavitt's Creek road.
Mrs. F. NJ. Moss, who has been so i'll at
her home in Burke's Garden, is reported
to be greatly improved.
Mr.. Bernard Repass, a theological stu
dent, will preach in the Episcopal church
next Sunday, morning and night.
Pobst advises you to bring your pocket
book with you when you visit his store,
and gives you a satisfactory reason for the
good advice.
Hammocks, Croquet Sets and Tennis
goods at BoYER's.
Wharton O'Keeffe came home last week
from Radford very sick, with what has
since proven to be malarial trouble. de
Is now much better.
Mr.. F. H. Watkins, a son of MIR. w. I.
Watkins, of Tazewell, was awarded the
orators medal in a recent contest at How
ard College, Birmingham, Alabama.
Buston & Sons are now busily occupied
putting in their Ice plant. We hope they
will soon have it completed and be able
to supply us with abundant, cheap ice.
DR.. ]. r. Gildersleeve, who attended
the annual meeting of the American Med
ical Society, which met at Atlantic City
last week, got back to Tazewell on Mon
day.
w. Fl. Kelly & Son, merchants at
Unaka, make change in their adver-
tisement this week, and publish few OF
the many bargains they are offering the
trade.
Mr.. E. P. Moore, Of Holston Valley,
Tenn, who has been here for several
weeks, on account of the illness of his SON.
in.law, Mr.. John Britain, will leave for
his home today.
The further hearing in the case of Mr..
Shields Hartman, which was fixed for to-
day, is likely to be continued, as Jim Bill
has not sufficiently recovered from his
wounds to be present.
The Democrats of Tazewell county will
hold meeting at the court house next
Tuesday to elect delegates to the Congress
ional convention, which will be held at
Pearisburg some time next month.
Mr.. Ashby Henry, who for the past five
months had been at Birmingham, Ala,
got back to Tazewell on Monday. He had
been engaged at Birmingham as one of the
professors in the University School located
at that place.
Cards have been sent out announcing
that the marriage of Miss Katherine Kel-
| ly to Rev. John Ellis Wool will take place
ut the PRESBYTERIAN church, in Tazewell,
on Wednesday afternoon, June 9th, at
half pest two o'clock.
Messrs. r. A. Baldwin and r. S. GILES
pie captured young man last night on
Whitaker ridge in the western part of the
county, and brought him here this morn
ing and lodged him in Jail. He charged
with the betrayal of a young woman under
promise of marriage.
Mrs. Jennie O'Brien, who has been
here about four months visiting her par
ents, Major and Mrs. 7. P. Bowen, will
start this afternoon for her home at
Pueblo, Colorado. She will be accompa-
MED by her sister, Miss Ella Bowen, who
will remain several months in the far
West.
Charles H. Marks, while acting in the
capacity of nurse at the Second Division
Hospital of the Fifth Army Corps at Santi-
ago de Cuba, used a few bottles of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy for diarrhoea and found it to work
like charm. For sale by JNo. E. JACK
SON, Druggist.
There are a number of old Confederate
veterans in Tazewell today. They came
here to present their applications for pen
sions. We are informed that the appro-
priation made by the Legislature is SO
small and the number of applications will
be so great that each veteran will receive
very small sum, perhaps not more than
two and half dollars.