Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-01-17
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Rev. ]. S. French went to Bristol last
Monday.
We will buy your beef hides.
w. L. DRAPER & Co.
We hear that the law firm of May,
May & Smith has been dissolved.
John f. jackson advertises his cele-
brated hair tonic this week. 1t is fine
preparation.
New white corn So cents per bushel in
bag lots.
Tazewell Supply Company.
Mr.. w. T. Witten went to Avondale,
w. Va, last Friday and returned to Taze-
well on Tuesday.
The ]. F. Hurt Insurance Agency
makes "a Fair Offer" to persons who
need insurance.
Look out for the low prices of Millinery
Goods at the store of Mrs. Belle Caudill
next week.
Mr.. IL. w. Straley, jr., attorney and
banker, of Princeton, West Virginia, was
at Tazewel on Tuesday.
Mr.. f. o. Sloan, formerly of the Blue
field Inn, took charge of that popular
hotel again on the 18th inst.
Next Tuesday will be the day for the
commencement of the regular January
term of the county court.
Standard granulateG sugar 81 cents per
pound.
Tazewell Supply Company.
Mr.. J. w. Chapman went to WEIGH last
Monday on professional business, and re'
turned to Tazewell yesterday.
Mrs. Rush Caudil, who has been ill at
Landgraf, w. Va, for a short while, is
reported much better.
Mr.. w. A. Barns, of the Cove, was in
town Tuesday, and says his roller mills
at Maiden Spring are doing finely
Spangle nets, all over laces, gilt brads
and buttons of all sizes, and collars at
prices to suit everybody, at Mrs. Belle
Caudill's.
Mrs. Belle Caudill publishes a card of
thanks in her regular advertising space
this week, to which We call your atten'
ton.
Mr.. George A. Martin, who went to
Norfolk during the holidays to visit his
parents, returned to his home, two miles
east of town, on last Monday.
Russell Creek lump coal $3.50 at bins
and S.. 90 delivered.
Tazewell Supply Company.
Mr.. w. H. Werth went to Richmond
last Saturday to look after several cases in
which be is counsel, pending in the SUI
preme Court of Appeals. He will be alb
sent for ovel a week.
There was big shooting match at Tip
top last Saturday, at which twenty-five
turkeys were shot for. Nearly every
person who shot got turkey, but it cost
them full value, if not more.
Mrs. w. D. Knoll and her little son,
Jerome, on last Saturday went to Avon
dale, w. Va, where they will remsin
several weeks visiting Mr.. Knoll, who is
in the mercantile business at that point.
Mr.. X. D. Brown, who recently sold his
farm on Cavitt's Greek, in this county,
has purchased the farm of Mr.. G. w. Al
derson, in Washington county, Va. The
farm is near Emory and Henry College
and is nicely improved. The purchase
price is $500.
Dr. Homer T. Wilson, who lec,ured at
this place on the 3rd inst, has determined
to locate at Knoxville, Tenn, after next
April. He has purchased an elegant resi-
dence opposite that Of Ex-Governor Bob
Taylor, and will move into it about the
first of April
We have added number of good sub
scrbers to orr list within the past week,
contracted for good amount of advertis-
ing space, and secured number of orders
for our job department. 1t is our inten'
ton to make this the most successful year
T. IL
National Business College, Roanoke,
Va, secured positions last Saturday for
young lady in Bluefeld, young lady in
Roanoke, and young gentleman with a
large wholesale firm i'll Roanoke. A num-
Der of new students entered the business
college on last Monday morning, and
others will be entering all during the
week. The school is the largest In its
history.
The Tazewell telephone lines that have
heretofore been owned and managed by
Mr.. c. G. Long have been formed into
stock company. The stockholders consist
of c. c. Long, Geo. w. st. Clair and B.
w. Stras. The line to Tiptop will be ex'
tended on to Blue6eld, and line will be
built running to Cedar Bluff, on to Rich
lands, and thence to Raven and the mines
of the Coal Creek Coal Company.
The Coal Greek Coal Company, whose
mines are on Coal Creek, near Raven, in
this county has recently had its coal tested
for steam purposes by the Norfolk and
Western. The test was satisfactory in the
highest degree, Mr.. James Carey, foreman
of engineers, pronouncing 1t unsurpassed |
as steam coal. The Coal Company has
also had the coal tested for cokiDg, and it