The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-02
BUILDING I ACNNG
House in BRISTOL
Frequent Rains Delay Street Work
in the City.
VIRGINIA BApTIsTs TO MEET.
Golr Club Organized and Applies for
ACKNOWLEDGMENT En,arses
aFish ha'chesy-Many
Marriages.
VIRGINIA BAPTIsTs TO MEET.
Especial Dispatch 10 Tho Times

BRISTOL, VA. September l.
Sharies T. Gantiier began this week the
erection OF large brick building for the
S'siiitR1er Packing Company. the struc-
tote VAL be located at Lee and Water
streets, and viii cost about ga, go. MI
Sanihler announces that as soon as ne
can get into the new building, he VIII
ossin business on u much larger scale
shan heretofore. and his place will then
DC market sufficient for all The lat
hogs in this section
frequent rains have delayed the street.
paving work. The force of men at work
on the new sewers has been doubled, and
with few days of pretty weather. the
force will be out Of the way OF the paw
1Dg force.
SCHOOL DAYS.
The schools and colleges OF Bristol will
nearly all open during the first week in
September.
Bristol viii entertain the Virginia Bap-
list Association this fall the annual
meeting Of the Association will be held
in the First Baptist Church Geginnin :
November 10Th. 1t is expected that every
church of that denomination in the State
VIII be represented, and the citizens here,
without regard TO denomination, viii
prepare to entertain the visitors
The Bristol Golf Club recently organiz-
will be Incorporated with a capital stock
OF 5000.
The company has purchased real estate
here, and VIII sell stock TO the amount of
$500 Tor the express purpose of erect
ing a club house.
DERANGED FROM sUN-sTRoKE.
Wm. II. Pepper, the travelling man,
whose home is at Rural Retreat, and who
was reported q week ago as having be-
III
and will, it is believed, entirely recover
II is now stated that his mind was tenn
qeorariiy affected by sur-strobe, sus-
tanned during the hottest days of August.
Mir. Pepper is a popular man and a man
OF real worth, and his hundreds OF friends
IN this section OF Virginia viii be glad
10 know of his Improvement
The Snlith-Briscoe Shoe Company is
sci ing out the stock il now has on hand,
and will move 10 Lynchburg next month.
where il expects to enter the whole
sale business on a larger scale.
The Government tlsn-hatchery at Err
win. East Tennessee. is being enlarged
New buildings and new ponds are being
constructed. The Government has
recently purchased forty acres OF land
there SO that the hatchery site now
comprises fifty acres.
MANY MARRIAGES.
Mr. DAVID McConnell. VINO graduated
from King College last spring, and whose
home is at Clip, this county, was married
on Wednesday of this week to Miss
katherine Hope, a popular young lady
of Kings Mills.
Parson Burroughs united in marriage,
at his Mecca on Tuesday, Mr. @. E. Heck
man and Miss Molre E. Pinkard, Of
Roanoke. The groom is car-builder.
on the same day Rev. j. z. Baird Off
clated at the marriage of Mr.. Ebert
Duncan, a merchant, and Miss Lucy smith,
. both of Swords Creek, Russell county.
The bride IS a pretty young girl. and
was termed by the parson "a rural rose"
The remains of John Hortenstine. son
of Sheriff ]. w. 1Iortenstine, OF this
county, were brought home from Mexico
this week The deceased was % years
of age He died on last Saturday.
Prior to going to Mexico he had been
a soldier in the Philippines
The Democrats of Bristol, Tenn, or
ganized a Bryan and Stevenson club this
week with large membership.