Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-04
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Miss Mae Hawkins left Wednesday
for visit to friends at Lynchburg, Va.
MIR. and Mrs. Il. l.. Steele are visiting
MIR. Steele's parents at North Tazewell.
The j. f. Hurt Insurance Agency
sounds a warning to the public. Read 1t.
Mrs. Salle f. Lanier, of Statesville, N.
c., is visiting Mrs. Sabra Young at this
place.
Last Monday was the first day since the
storm on the 22nd nit. that no rain fell at
Tazewell.
Chapman calls special attention this
week to bis Oxford Ties for men, women
and children.
Capt. and Mrs. X. I. Bowen, of Blue
field, spent Sunday in Tazewel, visiting
the Captains parents.
The crop of wild strawberries was prac-
tically destroyed by the frequent rains
during the month of June.
This is going to be jelly year, so you
had better read and heed what Pobst has
to say about Jelly Glasses.
Judge S. G. Graham went to Wythevile
on Sunday afternoon to argue case in the
Court of Appeals on Monday.
Last Sunday being the Fifth Sunday in
the month Rev. j. S. French preached
both morning and night at Tazewell.
A great many lambs are being shipped
from this place and other points in the
county, and they are unusually fine this
year.
Miss Della West, of Baltimore, arrived
at Tazewel Sunday, and will spend the
Summer here as the guest Of her friend,
Miss Hattie Hartman.
Rev. A. S. Thorn, pastor of Grace Meth
odist church, at Buefeld, has been elected
Principal of the Concord State Normal
School at Athens, w. Va.
Mr.. w. B. f. White has sent out invita-
tons to receI ton to be given at Central
Hotel this evening in honor Of Mr. and
and Mrs. Barnes Gillespie.
Some of the residents of Thompson VAL
ley assert and believe that at the recent
food the water not only came from the
clouds but also burst from the ground.
Miss Cunie Wilson, of Graham, Va,
has accepted the position of stenogrspher
and typewriter in the office of the j. f.
Hurt Insurance Agency, and has entered
upon the work.
The reception given by Mrs. VIC. Har'
risson, in honor of Mrs. Barnes Gillespie,
on last Friday afternoon was pronounced
by the many ladies who attended tia very
elegant affair.
The roads between this point and Lib
erty Hill have been repaired sufficiently for
wagons and other vehicles to pass over
them, but the wagons can not be loaded
to any reasonable extent.
WANTED-A position as governess by a
woman of several years successful expert
ence. Primary work specially. Refer.
ence exchanged. Address, wv. A.,
care Tazewell Republican.
A stone eleven feet long, nine feet wide
and three feet thick was washed by the
recent flood from the side Of Chnch
Mountain to creek BOTTOM field Of Mr..
JOHN A. Neal in Poor Valley.
DR.. Geo. Ben Johnston while at Taze-
well last week performed two very del
icate and successful operations, having
been called here for that especial purpose.
The patients are both doing well.
We are showing the biggest variety of
Young mems suits ever shown by us.
Bought direct from the factory in New
York. Stylish and up-tO-date suits OF
newest shades and patterns.
Hartman & Bottimore.
Next Saturday ana Sunday the third
quarterly meeting for the conference year
will be held at Main Street Methodist
church. There will be services on Satur-
day night, and Sunday morning and night.
Rev. T. r. Handy, presiding elder, Will
conduct the meeting.
The little six. year.old son of Paris Van
Dyke, who was so severely injured by
the disaster that occurred to the Van
Dyke family, on the 22nd ult., died ca
last Friday from his injuries. From the
beginning the attending physicians had
very little hope for bis recovery.
Though the weather was very unpro-
pitious, O good crowd attended Sparks
shows on last Thursday. The tent was
filed WITH people who were well pleased
with the show. though the acting was
seriously interfered with by a heavy rain
which fell while the show was in progress.
There was great demand for the "Re-
publican" of last week, because Of the full
account it had of the work Of the flood in
Tazewell county. Every extra copy we
could find was soon taken up, and we
could have disposed of many hundreds Of
copies if we had been able to supply them.
Mr.. A. NJ Black, our photographer,
made some excellent views of things
and points of interest at Cedar Bluff and
on Elkhorn, on orders from the Phiadel-
phia Press. That paper used the views for
making newspaper cuts toillustrate articles
about the floods in the Clinch and Elk
horn Valleys.
Mr.. ]. T. Barns, who owns and lives
at the old Robert Barns place just below
Liberty Hill, was heavy sufferer by the