Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-03-22
TOWN AND COUNTY news.

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Mr. C. w. Jones was confined all last
week with the grip, but is now going about
again.
Have YOU tried Heinz's delicious Sweet
Pickle at BoYER's? 1t will make you
forget your troubles.
Mr.. Ii. w. Pobst went east last FRIDAY.
We don't know how far he went, but he Is
back home and in excellent humor.
On last Friday night a fine son was
BON unto Mr. and Mrs jeff Ward. The
mother and child are doing well.
Mrs. J. p. Cameron, of Graham, who
was very i'll last week with pneumonia,
is reported to be greatly improved.
Jno. f. jackson sells the paint that
wears twice as long as lead and oil-Devoe
lead and zinc, ground by machinery.
Mr. j. c. Wilcox, of Keystone, w. Va,
was in town Monday and had his name
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Rev. John Laird, of the Methodist
Church, who has been engaged in evange'
llstic work on Elkhorn is i'll town today,
visiting his brother Mr.. James R.7baird.
Mr.. n. l.. Mcleod, who is in the lum'
Der business at Pounding Mill as the
successor of Monger & Mcleod, was in
town Monday, and paid a business call
to our office.
The snow that began to fall last Thurs
day proved to be the deepest of the season.
Ifthe greater portion that fell had not
melted, it would have reached a depth OF
nearly two feet.
Say, girls, have you seen the latest
''fads" in Papetr1e Stationary etc at
BoYER's? It's the Sweetest thing OF
the season and will bring most any fell
low down to the point.
In another column we publish the Opin-
ion of Rev. Sam Jones of the Tazewell pee
pie and our climate. His estimate of our
people is high one, but he thinks the
climate "leettle" severe.
Col. J. S. Browning, of Pocahontas,
was present at meeting on Monday
night of the Republican faction in Lynch
burg Of which Robert Cox is chairman,
and addresscG the meeting
The citizens of those parts Of the town
where the supply of water is inadequate
for putting out fires should see that the
next town council il favorable to extend
ing the water mains of proper size to all
unprotected quarters
700 bushels of sheled corn for sale.
TAZEwELL SUPPLY COMPANY,
North TazeWeil, Va.
MIR. John Pack, Commissioner of the
Revenue, for Maiden Spring District,
was in town Tuesday, and informed US
he was getting ready to do his work OF
assessing property and licenses for bust
ness men in bis district.
There were several former Democrats,
substantial men, who participated III the
meeting of the Tazewell Republicans last
Tuesday, and who announce that the
prosperous condition Of the country has
caused them to change Their views.
Rev. w. II. Greever had an appoint
ment to preach to the Lutheran congre-
CATION in the Episcopal church last
Friday night, but could not attend on
account of the quarantine which Taze-
well has established against Bluefed.
A gentleman, who is a commercial
traveller, and who visited our town for
the first time this week. says that Taze-
well has by far the handsomest stores, in
all lines, of any town Of its size that he
has ever visited, many of them being If
character that would do credit to
city.
Mr.. P. II. Williams, Superintendent of
county schools, informs us that the State
Superintendent of Public Education has
notified him that the examinations for
public school teachers will be held earlier
this year, and that these examinations IN
Tazewell county are likely to begin about
the second or third week in June.
Mr.. James F. Hurt left last Monday for
Embreville, Tennessee, for the purpose of
adjusting the loss by fire which was done
to part of the furnace property at that
place last week. The loss was reported to
be about 100000. The furnace belongs to
the Carter Syndicate and portion of the
insurance was placed by the j. f. Hurt
Insurance Agency at this place.
We regret to hear that Mr.. David b.
Cireever, one of the oldest citizens of
Tazewell county, perhaps the oldest, is
very sick at his home in Burke's Garden.
He was ninety two years old the 1st of
January, 1900, and up to this sickness
has been very active, attending to feed
ing his stock and performing other duties.
Last week he rode on horseback to a
store four miles from his home and back
to his home. On this trip his sickness
came on, and he fell from his horse sew
eral times.
There is little darkey at North Taze-
well, who lives in that part of the town
called Blacksburg, that is too smart for the
detectives. Some OF the small colortd
boys of that vicinity have been in the
habit of getting on coal cars when they
draw up at the station; and when they
are shifting at point above the bridge
east of the station the boys throw off as
much coal as they can, afterwards gather