Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-14

The mild weather of the past few days
has put many persons to work preparing
their ga dens for the coming season.
Mr.. n. l.. Mcleod, the lumber man
from Pounding Mill, was in town yester'
day and paid our office a pleasant call
A big line of trunks. valises and grips at
Harrison &, Gillespie Bros. All new and
prices TO suit. Ia = W.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros. have some
thing to say in their ad. this week that
will prove interesting to the very thin
men and very fat men.
There will he a Congregational meeting
next Sunday at the Presbyterian church
after Sunday school, Members are ear
nestly requested to be present.
Mrs. A. ]. May was reported seriously
i'll last week, but her condition is now
greatly improved, and her friends are
hopeful that she is ont Of danger.
We are glad to announce that Rev. Geo.
Buston, whose health has been very bad
recently, is much improved and his friends
hope to see him out again.shortly.
Mrs. T. w. Ratliff is building a large
stable on the rear of the Dod1 lot which
she recently purchased. The stable will
be used as a feed stable in connection with
her hotel.
The second quarterly meeting for the
year will be held at North Tazewell Station
on next Saturday and Sunday. The meet
ing will be presided over by Rev.-T. +.
Handy, presiding elder.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros. will have in
few days full line of ladies silk waists
from $500 to $500; also ladies' dress
skirts from $3.50 to $500. Don't buy till
you see their line. 3 l42w.
Mr.. John d. Alexander has moved his
residence from the Lyons property to the
residence he recently purchased on West
Main Street. Mr.. l. G. Chapman will
move into the Lyons property.
A meeting of the Confederate Pension
Board for Tazewell county, will be held
on the 1st of April See the notice of Hon.
A. St. Clair, chairman, which is published
in another column of the REPUBLICAN.
Considerable damage was done at Cedar
Bluff on last Sunday by the heavy wind
storm. Part of the roof of Blue Sulphur
Inn was blown off, also part of the roof
of the Cedar Bluff Wooden Mills.
Raven Red Ash Coal, $2.75.
Thacker and Alma Nut, 2.75.
Russell Creek Lump, 2 90.
80 cents extra for delivery. Remem'
Der your coal is weighed free from
slack. TAzEwELL SUPPLY 20.
There will be a mass-meeting of the Re-
pubicans of Tazewell county in the court
house on next Tuesday, and it is expected
that the meeting will be large one, as a
candidate for the constitutional conven-
ton is to be nominated.
Next Tuesday the regular March term
of the county court will begin. As there
was no term of the court in February
there will, no doubt, be large crowd in
attendance, and there will be considerable
work for the court to do.
j.. Alexander returned from New
York on Monday, and is already opening
up his new stock, which, he informs us,
will far surpass in volume and beauty any
he has ever shown and invites the public
to see what he is showing.
On Monday intelligence was received IN
town that Mr.. w. o. Barns was very i'll at
his home in the Cove. DR.. w. l. Painter
was telephoned and went Immediately to
the Cove He has returned to Tazewell
and reports Mr.. Barns much better.
On next Sunday night Rev. j. S. French
will begin a protracted meeting in the
Methodist church at Tazewell. He will
be assisted by Revs. R. A. Kelly, of Bran
well, w. Va, and w. c. Garden, pre-
siding elder of the Big Stone Gap District.
Don't fail to come in and look through
our garden seed when in town court.day.
We have the largest and best selected
stock that has ever been brought to Taze-
well BUsToN & Sons.
Mr. D. P Valley, of the Yellow Poplar
Lumber Company, with offices at Raven,
Va, was in town Monday. On Monday
night he had part of the Chapter Degrees
conferred upon him by OKeefe Royal
Arch Chapter, and will take the Royal
Arch degree next Tuesday night. Mr..
Valley is an exceedingly nice gentleman,
making fine impression on those who
met him while here.
There has been a contention about the
width of the alley from the Jail to the
Presbyterian church, some parties con-
tending that the fences of the lots on the
southside of the alley have been ex-
tended out so as to take in large part Of
the alley. On Monday afternoon the mat
ter was brought before the town council,
and the council refused to make the prop
erty holders move their fences and build
ings back, as there could be no map or
record produced which showed the depths
of the lots or width of the alley.
Lieutenant Robert Mccall, Of the 18th
u. S. Infantry, who had been with bis
regiment in Porto Rico ever since its &C.
cupation by our troops, was brought to
Fortress Monroe and placed in hospital.
He had become broken down in health.
His father, Mr.. Jesse NJ. Mccall, of Ora
ham, went to Fortress Monroe last week,
and writes that his son is improving In
health. AS soon as his condition will per-
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