Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

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{ & + has very
4 4 + i 4 e 7 ps in Taze
Il Zen greatly
+ ppointed for
+ ! K 4 Constitutional
y + ( : I ! s se. They are:
i : + + + E ~ ohm H. Lewis
+ z i { h and her daugh-
( K +. Il . 4: who had been
s friends at Marion,
4 h + q 4 got back to Taze-
Il 4 & 4 s + 9ton, Of Richmond,
F. Ewens, of Balti'
s 81 lere in our town the
i i They are prominent
+ {, heir respective cities.
& e, formerly publisher of
( H publican but now publish
q 4 evllle Herald, arrived at
( unday last and remained
+ e Monday afternoon. He is
+ Z fine success at Martinsville.
N. Bowen, who was called to
81 ty last Monday by the death
s Z E = .n.law, Mrs. S. r. Crockett,
tB her home at Maiden Spring
s II ay afternoon. She was ac-
(. 4. "a to her home by DIR. Nick
of Wythe county.
Francis Kelly, of the Cove, was IN
8 s. tonday on a shopping expedition
As accompanied by her two pretty
3 a daughters, Misses Lena and Mary.
s had been visiting Hon. James r.
Zen, Mrs. Kelly's father, at his resi-.
+ ce three miles east of town.
+ rhe Tazewell baseball club has receive d
i . challenge from BRISTOL to play three
'ames of ball on the latter's grounds.
81 bur BOYS have been playing some fine
games and if they 90 to Bristol they will,
no doubt, give the Bristol boys all they
S. are looking for from team gotten up at
such a small place.
~ Robert Foy, the negro who was to have
p been hung at Wise, Virginia, on last
Friday for killing Dayton Miller, at Toms
Creek, on the 10Th of last December, was
IN respited until the Doth of this month.
W. Governor Montague telegraphed Judge
w. Bruce, Foy's counsel, that he had granted
tie the respite.
d. Mr.. ]. w. Vernon, of Nashville, Tenn,
"a arrived at Tazewell last Friday, and re-
~ NAMED in the county until yesterday
e visiting relatives and friends. Mr.. Vernon
e is one of the Tazewell boys who has gone
oil to a distant place and met with business
n success. He is a good friend OF the
~ ~ "REpUBLIcAN," and we are always glad
Mt to see him.
~ The Graham iron furnace, on account OF
I'd an accident which occurred Tuesday night
he of last week, bad to shut down for repairs.
20 The accident is what is called slip. Mr..
& Walter Graham, general manager, had bis
,ir feet painfully burned with hot cinders at
er the time of the explosion. Repairs have
20 been pushed rapidly and work will be
L. resumed at the furnace in few days.
a Coored baseball team went from this
n' place to Marion past week and played the
colored team at that place. The game
was a fine one and was won by the
K Marion team by score of 10 to r. At
one time it looked like the Tazewell team
would easily wiz, but the Marion boys
changed their pitcher on the fourth inning
and the Tazewel men could not hit his
balls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Hopkins and
Mrs. Walter S. Harkins, of Prestonsburg
Ky, are visiting relatives and friends in
Tazewell. Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Har-
kins are daughters of Jos. Nj. Davidson,
decd, and near relatives of Mrs. A. ].
Nav. Mr.. Harkins is distinguished law
10 yer at Prestonsburg. Mr. Hopkins was
born and raised at Tazewell and is the
ne brother of Mr.. 0. E. Hopkins and Mrs.
~ Oscar Thompson and Mrs. Jno. w. Crock
EFT of our county. He is lawyer by
profession and is the nominee of the
Id Democratic party in his district for Con-