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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
WHAT SAN Jones THINKS OF TAZE'
WELL.
He Tells About His Visit to our Town and
the Coal Fields.

The Atlanta Journal of the 3rd inst. had
a communication from Rev. Sam Jones,
part of which we give below, and will lie
interesting to our people
Gainesville, GA, |
March 2nd, 1900.
To the Editor of The Journal
Since writing from Knoxville last week
/ have made a tour of Southwest Virginia,
taking in Tazewell, Pocahontas, Roanoke,
etc. spent last Sabbath on the crest OF
the Alleghaneys in Southwest Virginia at
Tazewel court house, the thermometer
four degrees below zero and the wind
blowing gale. 1t seemed to me the cold.
est country have struck in all my rounds.
The snow. capped mountains furnished a
surface like the glaciers Of the northern
ocean for the winds to whirl over Fire
nv day and cover by night did not meet
the demands Of the occasion, and yet, to
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

my astonishment. lectured Saturday
night to house full of people and preach
ed Sunday to a great crowd.
There is nothing like being used to a
thing. Those hardy mountain people care
very little for cold weather That ls
beautiful country, in mountains and val
leys. They grow the finest cattle and some
of the most splendid horses that are raised
on this continent. was astonished at the
culture and the good citizenship of that
mountainous country. They are away
above the average in TazewelI county.
spent Monday at Pocahontas. Here
are the great coal fields Of the Norfolk and
Western Railway COMPANY. With mines
inexhaustible and doube.tracked rail
road, they are hauling it out, 1t looks to
me like, a thousand cars day. This great
coal field, with its veins six and eight and
ten feet thick, furnishing the finest coke
and coal III the world, is above water level
in the mountains, and perhaps it is the
easiest mined coal III America. 1t is the
finest steam coal, and more and more IL is
coming into reQuistion by the ocean
steamers.
This is a live settlement. PocahOntas,
a new city of five or six thousand inhabi-
tants, looks like one house upon the top
of another as they ascend the mountains
which surround It. The saloons there are
doing thriving business. am told thai
a little mining camp of thee hundred,
only few miles from Pocahontas, has
sixteen saloons in full blast. These sa-
looms bring great prosperity, many think;
in fact fellow on the train, talking the
other day, said that the wide'open towns
were the prosperous towns, where saloons
and gambling and other nameless SINS
ourished-there. said he, ls prosperity. l
asked bim did lie drink much. He said
no. | asked him did he gamble. lie
said no. l asked him did he live the life
of libertine lie said ne did not. Then
said to him
"You are not prospering; If these things
bring prosperity you ought to jump in
ankle deep, head fore most"
"No," he said, 81 did not mean that. '
l said to him:
eve are all made out Of the same sort
of dirt, and city Was but multiplied In
divdual, and if it helped town it ought
to help an individual, and he was in his
own light and working against himself if
he did not go in and practice what he
preached"
The average fellow in America is either
honestly or dishonesty Uf the opinion that
the wide open towns are the prosperous
towns, but the truth of the business is the
town, with its manufacturing and mining
industries, is the prosperous town. Pros
pefity is the result of toll, of industry, OF
uprightness, of morality, and these saloons
and gambling helIs feast and fatten upon
the toll of the thousands of labOring men,
in Klondike, in Pocahontas, Va, and in
Atlanta, Ga.
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He Fooled the Surgeons.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, Of
West jefferson, o., after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would die
unless a costly operation WAS perfOrmed;
but he cured himselfw with Buckien's Arnica
Sqlye, the best in the World. Surest Pile
cure on Earth. 25c box, at JOHN b.
JACKsoN's Drug Store.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
SPOTS Bros.
B aAAAAA B b B 3
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

viii the Virginia Democrats make the
convention question party
issue? That depends upon the will and
wishes Of the machine.
Cotton has reached 81 cents a pound,
and the cotton raisers of the South see
mine Of wealth ahead of them. No won
der they are for expansion.
When tie Democratic party had the
power, why didn't it legisla,e against the
trusts, if it was so necessary for the pro-
lection of the people to down the COM
bines
The farm products Of the United States
were worth in 1899 $1,000, ,000, ,00O more
than they we're worth in 1896. That is
the way the triumph of the gold standard
has injured our farmers.
1t is estimated that the gold output in
the United States, including Alaska, for
the year 1909 will amount to one hundred
millions of dollars. The greater part of
1t will be coined and added to our circu.
lating medium.
The Richmond Times is urging that
"brotheIly love continue" with the Vir-
ginia Democrats. Is the Times weakening
III Its hostility TO the Chicago platform aid
the unfair election methods that are dis
graclng our State
The Nebraska Democrats in their plat
form say that the policy of the Republican
party will exterminate Democratic princi-
pies. If modern Democratic principles
can be exterminated, no greater blessing
can be visited upon the country.
Some Democrats object to our definition
of imperialism. We use the one given
by Webster, and know Of no other correct
or standard definition. If the word has
any other meaning We would like to know
it. We know the Democrats are using it
as bugaboo to scare the weak and super.
stitlous.
The only legislation that has ever been
enacted to regulate AMI control trusts has
come from the Republican party. The
Democrats have talked about them much
and legislated nit. The proposed con.
stitutional amendment offered in Con.
gress by Congressman Ray, chairman of
Ways and Means Committee, is a Re-
publican measure. LET'S see now the
Democrats will stand on the proposition.
The Democrats of Virginia are not hav-
Ing very happy time over some of the
legislation of their recently assembled
General Assembly. There was a vast
amount Of sharp tricks played by the
lobbyists that will gradually
be brought to light. There never was
legislature in Virginia that was more
dominated by lobbyists than
this one. 1t was a solidly Democratic
legislature.
The Nebraska Democrats met at Lin
coin in State convention on the 10Th inst.
Mr.. Bryan was there and directed the
framing Of the platform. 1t endorsed the
Cnicago Socialslic, Populistic, Commun-
istic 50. called Democratic platform, and
added some more rotten planks, such as
anti-imperialistIc. anti.militarism, etc. This
Is the platform upon which the "loud
agitator" will 90 before the peo-
pie in the Presidential contest.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
what's Your Face Worth.

Sometimes fortune, but never, if you
have sallow complexion, jaundiced
look, moth patches and blotches on the
skin-al signs Of Liver Trouble. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills give clear skin, rosy
cheeks, rich complexion. Only 25 cents,
at JoHN L. JAcKsoN's Drug Store.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
Varnish Makes Devoe'S VarniSh

Floor Paint cost DC. more quart; makes
it look brighter and wear fully twice as
long as cheaper floor paints. Sold by
John K. Jackson, the druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
w. L. SEXTON. Pres. j. N. HARMAN. Secy and Treas.
1azewei| Insurance Agency.
Fire, Life and Accident Insurance.
TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS:
FIRST: Is Your Life and Property insured?
SECOND: Is Your Insurance Placed with US2
To Both Questions; If not, Why not?

To BothQ Questions not Why not?
kinds of the Best and Strongest Conpa
MES doing Country write the VERY LOWEST rates at
We DO not
Ioft neither claim TO be the Only
that know the Insurance Business but
BEST aud better
great many We will write Insurance that
will indemnify loss the full amount of the face Of the pol
do
Company office that has issued the
history the Insurance World The old PHOENIX Of Lon
has paid Hundred Millions In losses and Is
policy covering Millions Of property the largest policy on
what talking about and the value
of Good Insurance.
p Box West of Cenrsl Hotel Phone 81
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
Question of Time,

London, March 2O.-England waits IN
xeenest anxiety for news of the relief OF
Mafeking, and it is expected every hour
There is little doubt that Colonel Pumer
had engaged the Beers besieging the town
a week ago.
1t Is believed the advance upon Preto'
ria will be from three points. Methuen Is
working slowly northward, and is expect
ed to advance eastward from Vryburg,
when Roberts moves, and Butler, it is be-
lie led, will at the same time make an
effort to break through the Natal passes
and march on to Pretoria. At midnight
George Wyndham, Parliamentary Under
Secretary for War, replying to an inquiry
about Mafeking, smilingly said Il think
it is all right"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
GIVES KRUGER TWO MONTHS.

London, March 20.-Lord Wolseley,
the Commander-in.C Chief of the armies OF
the Empire, says the Daily News, made
this predic,;on many weeks ago "Blo-
emfonttsn will fall on March 10, and Pre-
toria, if the Boer resistance is continued,
on MAY To-"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
CLEAR FORK D1srmcr-srATE CONVENTION
DISTRICT CONVENTION.

MI P,ery, r. A. Crockett, Geo.
Shafer, w. w. Wells, VIM. l.. Burton,
p. P. Dilon, II. L. Bowen, VIM. L..
Mustarl and Nick Carer, delegates.
G, w. Crockett, Win. Goodman, r.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

f. Kidd and DR.. Frank Pyolt, allernates.
JEFFERsONvILLE DISTRICT STATE CoNyEN-
VIM. G. Pendleton, John Peery, John
w. Crockett and w. G. Young, dele
gates.
&. NJ. Graybeal and John D. Dailey,
alternates.
DISTRICT CONVENTION.
c. j. Barns, VIM. c. Pendleton, Shields
Harman, S. c. Peery, VIM. Claytor, John
D. Daley, Alex. Beavers and T. b. War
ren, delegates.
Barnes Gillespie, J. p. Whitman, c..
w. Mathews and Sam Young, alter
mates.
MAIDEN SPRING DIsTRICT-sTATE CoNvEN-
TIoN.
Hon. II. Bowen. VIM. Bandy, w. L..
Moore, n. L. Mcleod, delegates
W. B. Spratt and Alex. Steele, alter
mates.
DISTRICT CONVENTION.
W. b. Spratt, j. 6. Barns, Ii. Bowen,
j. Sanders Gillespie, T. G. Bowen, n. L..
Mcleod, NJ. f. Brown and S. f. Allison,
delegates.
Geo. w, Sparks, T. II. Gillespie, Ezra
Linkous and w. L. Moore, alternates.
A motion was then made and carried
that Col. Joseph Harrison be elected as
a delegate at large to both the Slate and
District Convention.
1t was then moved and adopted that
the delegates to the State and District
Conventions, respectively, or so many
thereof as should attend said conven-
tions, be authorized to cast the whole
vote of Tazewel county in said conven'
tions.
VIM. G. Pendleton then offered the
following resolutions which were unani-
mously adopted
Resolved by the Republicans of
TazewelI county, in mass'meeting as
sembled
lst. That we most cordially endorse
the wise and patriotic administration OF
President William Mckinley, and will
approve of his denomination for the
position he has SO ably and hOnoraby
filled.
2nd. That we earnestly sympathize
with our distinguished fellow-ctizen, and
honestly elected representative in Con-
gress, General James A. Walker, in his
contest for the seat now Illegally and
fraudulently held by w. +. Rhea. And
we further extend to General Walker
our future sympathy and support, should
he again he our chosen leader.
The following resolution was then Of
fered and adopted
"Resolved by the Republicans of
Tazewel county, in mass'meetnS as
sembled, that the delegates from this
county to the district con, ertion to be
held at Bristol, Va, on the 9th of April,
1900, be, and are hereby, instructed to
present the name of and vote for a. Z.
Gillespie as one of the delegates from the
Ninth Congressional District to the
National Republican Convention which
meets at Philadelphia on the 18th of
June, 1900.
In response to calls VIM. G. PendIeton
aud ]. n. Harman made brief speeches
to the meeting. Mr.. Harman explained
why he had resigned from the position
of county chairman, but ,tated that he
was in the ranks Of the Republican par
ty to stay.
Hon. Henry Bowen moved that the
thanks of the Republicans of TazewelI
county be extended to j. n. Harman for
his efficient discharge of the duties Of
county chairman.
On motion the meeting then adj
journed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
THREE ARMIES
TO DEAL THE
DEATH BLOW.
Methuen and Butler to March When
Roberts Does,
MUST RUSH THE NATAL PASSES.

General Who Lost the Battle Of AsgerSfOn-
tein Expected to Lead a Division From
vryburg Direct to Kruger's Capt.
tal-England Believes that If
Mafeking is not Already
Saved, Relief is but
Question of Time.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE,
LAWYERS,
TazeWell, Virginia.

CoURrs:-Tazewel and Russell counties,
Va, Court of Appeals at Wytheville, Va,
and Circuit Court of Mcdowell county, W..
Va. Loans negotiated on personal or rea
estate security. and for this purpose titles
examined and reported upon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
ROBERTS BLOW PLANNED.


London, March 2O.-"Not yet" is the
answer returned late tonight to inquiries
who anxiously clamor for news of Maie-
kings relief. The news, however, is con-
fidently expected, and nearly everyone be-
lieves the town has been relieved.
Since Colonel Pumer broke through the
Boer lines at Ramutsa he has made rapid
progress, and there is little doubt that he
was fighting the Beers outside the town a
week ago.
The Beers on Friday declared that
strong Gordon of their forces was surround
ing the town, and that it would be lmpos-
sible for the British to break through.
METIIUEN MAY co TO PRETORIA.
Methuen's advance to Fourteen Streams,
80 miles north of Kimberley, and his selz'
ure of the bridge there, hardly means that
his intention is to push on 10 Mateklng
His slow progress would not take hlm
there in time. 1t is more likely that he Is
preparing to establish Il base of supplies III
the vicinity of Vryburg, ana then, when
Lord Roberts moves, to lead division In
to the Transvaal, moving toward Pretoria
by the way of Rustenburg, While ROBERTS
presses northward from Bloemfontien
While Roberts will assuredly be stoutly
opposed before and after he crosses the
Vaal River, and especially in the noun
tains so miles south of Pretoria, Methuen
advancing from the westward, would have
a comparatively level country before hin
until withiu few miles of the Boer capital
The supposed strategic intention OF Lore
Roberts, it is believed, would seriously
disconcert the Beers, who seem TO have
made all their preparations to fight out the
war on the Vaal River.
"BOBs" RUNS A RAILROAD.
Lord Roberts captured eight locomotives
aud a large number Of Cars when he enter
ed Bloemioutein, and today he set then
to work. The railroad from Cape Towr
to Bloemfonten is now in the hands o
the British, and trains are running on 1t
carrying supplies to the British army
Hitherto the army that captured CronJt
and occupied Bloemfontein mas been sup
piled bv OK trains, toiling over the welt LOT
miles from Orange River.
At the same time that Lord Roberts
starts north, when Methuen will probably
advance, it is believed that Bnller will b'
directed to rouse his army, which is now
thoroughly rested, and to hurl his whole
force against the passes north and west
Ladysmith, in the hope that he may
break through at Laings Mex or Van Ree
mems and also march to Pretoria. BY tina
time Galacre, Brabant and possibly Glenn
ents will have moved northward and join
ed Lord Roberts, and thus, from three dl
rections, the greatest army England evel
had in the field will be closing upon th'
stronghold of the Transvaal.
The Beers ridicule the idea that BGlle
will ever push his way through the Mex o
Natal and say that every passage is strong
ly defended and formidably entrenched.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

f. Kidd and DR.. Frank Pyolt, alternates.
JEFFERsONvILLE DISTRICT STATE CoNyEN-
TON.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
THE GOLD NINE QUESTION.

Tiils question OF tie destruction OF the
gold mines as pr, dic;ed by Mr.. Montagu
White. is regarded as serious matter
here, and as being not merely possible,
but probable 1t is learned that the
French government has received informa'
ton TO the same effect from another
source, and il considers the descendants OF
the Dntchmen who flooded their own
country in order to repel an indader, quite
capable Of following this historic prece'
dent in the case of foreign.owned gold
mines. The French press has taken up
the matter and points out the enormous
amount of French savings in the Rand
gold fields.
II is stated that if the Beers carry out
their thre 1t it will take at least three years
to reconstruct the surface machinery and
other plants, while immediate destruction
could he wrought by Gynamiiing the
underground workings.
France OWES third of the shares in
the Transvaal mines, and these alarm
list predictions have already had their
effect ON the quotations. Thus, since
Tuesday, Robinson has dropped from
2lO to 200, Feryera 493 4G5, and
Geldenhus from l4S to no.
The tension of feeling between France
and England certainly has undergone
abatement this week, for which the
conciliatory article of the London Times
is largely responsible.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

VIM. G. PendIeton, John Peery, John
w. Crockett and w. G. Young, dele
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
DISTRICT CONVENTION.

q. NJ. Graybeal and John d. Daley,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
CRITICISMS NOT JUSTIFIED.

"In our view,' replied the official,
'1hese criticisms are utterly unjustiied
President Mckinley did even more than
up to the last moment was expected over
here. Only the members of chancel-
eries' who realize the delicate nature
of such step, can appreciate Americas
effort at its proper value. The French
government, willie not prepared to take
the initiative, would in conjunction With
Russia, readily have supported Amer
ica; but the promplitude Of England s
refusal cut the ground from under
them"
The officials informant added that, al
though there appeared to be little llkell'
hood of the intervention in the immediate
future, yet hopes are still entertained that
an offer of good Offices from the power
may eventually prove acceptable.
"At any rate" said he, cit is not un'
likely that it will-be made if foreign inter
ests are involved by the threatened des'
truction Of the Rand mines"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
For Her Tender Of Good Offices In Be-
half Of Peace.
CRITICISM NOT JUSTIFIED.
Complaints of a Part Of the French Press
Held to Be Without Warrant-H
Threats of Destruction of the Gold
Mines are Carried Out Euro
pean Powers May
IufopVnua
Intervene.

Paris. March little United States
has shown selfish Europe an example. "
said responsible official to the repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, when
asked what was the feeling Of the
French government regarding President
McKiuey's offer Of his good offices to
England. "We felt" continued the OF
fetal in question, that our own position
with respect to England, in view of the
present state Of public feeling there,
was too delicate to admit of onr acced-
ing to Mr.. Kruger's appeal; and, as this
reluctance appeared to be shared by
every other power, the action Of the
American government in taking the in
itiative came as an agreeable surprise.
That it did not succeed does not detract
from its merits"
The Associated Press representative
called the inierlOcutOr's attention to the
complaints of portion of the French
press that President Mckinley RETAINED
from backing up his offer, which was
necessary to its success, some papers
having openly stated that his action was
a mere election manoeuver and not in
tended to be successful
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

G. j. Barns, VIM. G. Pendleton, Shields
Harman, S. c. Peery, VIM. Claytor, John
D. Daley, Alex. Beavers and I. b. War
ren, delegates.
Barnes Gillespie, J. p. Whitman, c..
w. Mathews and Sam Young, alter
mates.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

Hon. II. Bowen. VIM. Bandy, w. L..
Moore, n. L. Mcleod, delegates
w. B. Spratt and Alex. Steele, alter
mates.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22

MAIDEN sPRING DIsTMCT-sTATE CoNvEN-
TION.
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Another of the omcers killed.

A negresS opened the door of an adj
Joining FQoTn and told the police to
jump id, sas, Charles had rifles and am
5munition and an impregnable position.
They 5obeyed, thinking to hold Charles
in his quarters until help or daylight
came. officer Lamb was the last to
attempt to reach shelter after the Off
GERS had .emptied their revolvers in
the direction of9the. negro, and Charles
reached out andGdropped him with a
bullet behind thegeaf. Nearly an hour
elapsed before reinforcements came to
and these were placed around the
block to prevent escape. 1t was dis
covered that Charles had already left,
and so far he has not been captured al
though the whole country for miles Is
opa1IGnd eRts
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Queer Test of Education.

In the ancient tower attached to
Westminster abbey and known as the
Kings Jewel House," there is an up
per chamber fitted up as a small his
torical museum. Here is Queen Eliza
beth's standard ell and yard; the old
exchequer TALES, standard weights
and measures of Henry WIS time.
Here also are the six horseshoes and
sixty-one nails which by ancient Gus
tom the sheriffs of London are com
PEELED to count when they are sworn
in. It was considered proof of edu-
cation in Edward LIS reign, when this
custom was introduced, for only a
well-instructed man could count up to
sixty-one. 1t was also ordained that
the sheriff must cut a bundle of sticks.
From time to time efforts have been
made to do away with this custom,
but in vain. The original knife is still
used, but bundle of matches has been
substituted for the bundle Of sticks.
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Just a Nip of Hot Gin

An amusing story is being told in
Lincoln's Inn Of an old woman who APP
peared few days ago before Mr.. Will
liam Barber, @. c., the newly appoint
ed judge of the Derby county court.
An impecunious old man, whom she
had been suing for arrears9of rent Che
had lodged in her humble home, in
formed the judge that he would only
be able to pay off the debt by small
installments.
"What terms are you prepared to
accept?" Mr.. Barber asked.
The old woman was deaf and did
not catch the drift of his honor's Ques-
ton. +aeIe n ~
what will you take?H shouted the
usher standing by her side. r5
A bright smile Illuminated her feat
ures as she replied: ''Well, I've been
in this ERE court many times afofe;
but you," pointing to Mr.. Barber, lis
the first judge that ever asked me
what'll take. A little gin hot, if you
please" HLs {1Lul
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Mob watching for an Opening.

After the shooting thousands Of peo-
pie gathered around the scene, and
lacking a victim or other excitement
proposed vengeance on the property
and negroes in the novels around. The
police promptly quelled the disturbers
and jailed a number of persons, but
the guard had to be increased. A COM
mittee from the respectable colored
element called on Chief Caster, and
offered aid in running down the me-
gro, and as some of them knew the
man by sight their services were ac-
cepted. The excitement has not yet
died out andathe capture of the negro
who is likely hiding in the city, may
start the mob going.