Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-07-24
S. W. VIRGINIA
LOCAL ITEMS
WHAT HAS RECENTLY TRANSFERRED
IN THE COUNTIES OF THIS
SECTION.

The Pulaski News. Review has again
changed hands. Smith Brothers have
sold it to Mr.. Charles A. Meyers.
The six gentlemen appointed by the
Constitutional Convention to act as regis
trars for the city of Radford have declined
to act. They are: General q. g. Whar-
ton, Capt, HughC. Preston, and Messrs.
Charles Ross, Fields Baldwin, J. r. Noel
and J. Rosenfeld. -Four Of these, Gener-
al Wharton and Messrs. Baldwin, Noel and
Bosenfeld, declare lheYlwould not accept
the position for any consideration.
Rev. Charles r. Moses, minister and
teacher of high attachments, died at Bris-
tol, on the Goth inst of typhoid fever,
aged 80. He was a native of Montgomery
county, Virginia, and was educated at
Richmond College and Liepsic, Germany.
He ID survived by his wife, who was a
Mise Jackson, of Big Sandy, eastern Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Moses had been connected
With Southwest Virginia Institute, in Bris.
tol, Va, as a member of the faculty and
as financial agent, and in hs capacity did
acceptable work. His remains were inter-
red at Bristol OIL Monday afternoon.
On last Sunday night there was large
fire at Norton, Va. The three-story build
ing on the corner of Eighth street and
park avenue, owned by p. Fl. Rorer, of
Roanoke, and occupied by several fami-
lies, was enyeloped in flames. The house
had evidently been set on fire in the Sec
ond story, about the top Of the first flight
of stairs, cutting of all escape by way of
the stairs to the occupants of the third
story. Martha Burton, Jane Hill and Lula
her S.year.old daughter, were in the third
story. James Keen, who lived on the op.
posite side of the street, was the first to
arrive, and attempted tC catch Lula as
she was thrown from the third-story WIN
dow, but failed to touch her as she came
down. The girls collarbone was broken
and she was bruised, but was on the street
Wednesday. Jane Hill next swung from
the window, and Keen caught her on his
shoulders and she was uninjured, and next
came Martha Burton, but her feet struck
Keen on the shoulders and she turned
on to the walk and her spine
is injured. Those that occupied the Sec
end story made their escape by a back
stairway. Jim Keen did what no other
man in Norton would have done, and de-
serves praise for his daring act. The fire
soon burned through into the adjoining
building, owned by j. c. Brown, of Big
Stone Gap, and occupied by John Turner
and family, and the lower story by the
new South Brewing and Ice Company, of
as storage room for ice.
Mr. Turner lost nearly everything he had
except two trunks, and i'll saving them he
was cut of and had to jump from the sec
ond-story window. The hose cart arrived
in. few minutes after the alarm was given
but the houses were too far gone TO save
them, but they had no trouble in saving
the nearby buildings, thus demonstrating
the fact that the waterwoiks are ample
with fully organized fire company to
save any building in the city if discovered
to be on fire in time. Several thousand
pounds of the ice went through the fire
and came out cool as a cucumber. We
are unable to learn whether there was any
insurance on the buildings or not.