Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS

bv the sickness OF Mrs. llller.
Miss Hattie Surface left last Tuesday
for BIuefeld TO visit relatives for few
days.
Mrs. J. A. Tller has been very sick with
rheumatism for several weeks, but Is now
much improved.
The people from all sections of the
county report the roads in the worst con-
ditiCn they have ever known them.
Miss Julia Pendeton left on last Friday
for Petersburg, Va, where she will visit
her friend, Mrs. Charles Leonard.
The +. d. Kits Insurance Agency says;
mot how cheap, but how good?' is the
proper enquiry to make about insurance.
have two boundaries of good blue
grass sod want to rent tor grazing this
season. ). j. Brown,
S6t4 Tiptop, Va.
Miss Aunspaugh, of Cedar Bluff High
school, spent last Saturday and Sunday
at Tazewell as the guest of Miss Alice
Alexander.
MIR. Harvey George Peery has gone to
Hot Springs, Arkansas, for his health.
This is The secord visit he has made to
that. place recently
The Tazewel Supply co. announces that
it will discontinue certain lines of goods,
and will sell out at cut prices all the goods
it now has in those lines.
Judge S. G. Graham, who had been IN
Florida for more than two months, has
gotten back home. and seems greatly
beliftted by his sCjourn IN the South.
Judge Ayers, of Russell county, is sitting
for Judge Stuart at the present term OF
the county court The case of the Com
monwealth VS.. Dillon Ii nov being tried
Mrs. w. l.. Draper has been dangerous
" III for several days; but We are glad TO
hear this morning that she is better. and
that strong hopes are entertained for her
recovery.
Miss Mag Litz is now clerking for Mr..
K. G. Chapman. Miss Mays popularity
and excellent qualifications for the pl &c
will add to the attractions of this already
popular store.
Rev. II. G. Combs, late State Evangelist
of Georgia, and now financial agent of the
Christian Missionary Society, will preach
at the Christian church next Sunday
morning and evening.
Mr.. Will Moore, representing Ryland
& Rankin, is now at Tazewell with a
splendid line of jewelry, silverware, etc.
He has his goods on exhibition at the
store of w. S. Witten & Co.
The Tszewell Millinery Co. has an adj
vertisement in this issue that will lie in
terestiug to the ladies' Miss Eta Hank.
ins, with her usual good taste, has selected
a beautiful spring stock of millinery.
The weather was very cold aud severe
last Tuesday but very good crowd was
in attendance, drawn, no doubt, by the
good roads meeting. There was an III
usually large number of drumlOers in town
that day.
The preachers council of Tazewell has
concluded to begin protracted meeting
on the Goth of April, next month. The
meeting will be held in the Methodist
church and the ministers of all denomina-
tions will participate.
Union prayer meeting was held last
night in tie Methodist church and WIS
conducted by Rev. S. o. Hall of the Pres
byterian church. lie delivered q fine
lecture. The congregation was the largest
we have ever seen here at prayer service.
Mrs. Rathff has moved all her furniture
from that portion of the ole Dodd house
she has been using in connection With her
hotel, and will have the old building torn
down pre- paratOry to erecting on It's site
the handsome three store addition to her
hotel.
The severe winter weather has seriously
interfered with Mr.. w. A. Barns in the
work of rebuilding his roller mills at Mai
den Spring. But he is now gathering
material for the work and with good
weather W i'll soon have the mills ready for
work
Hon. A. p Gillespie spent last Friday
and Saturday at home. He had been to
Welch w. Va. and ran up TO spend a
short while with his family, lie left for
Richmond on Saturday afternoon TO re-
sumo his duties in the Constitutional Con.
vention.
The gentlemen who prepared the bill
which wac submitted to the mass. meeting
on Tuesday have determined to abandon |
the movement, and will not attempt 10 |
have it passed by the Legislature. So
there will be no Improvement to the pub
lie roads this year.
At the citizens meeting held on last |
Saturday the following municipal ticket
was selected: J. Powell Royal, mayor; T.
A. Lynch, recorder; w. r. Witten, J. F.
Hurt, q. T. Patton, w. A. Scott, and G.
X. Brown, councilmen. The election will
take place in April.
Mr.. H. G. Anderson has moved his law
Office to the front room over the Clinch
Valley News office He was forced to do
this on account of the tearing down of the
building in which his office has been locat-
Ell for more than twenty-five years. 1t
was a cross to him to have to move, and
his friends regretted deeply the necessity.
r. G. Chapman appears in bigger form in
our advertising columns this week than
he has ever done. On the front page you
will find he occupies one half that page
with an Easter" advertisement. OF
course the advertisement indicates what
a splendid stock of goods he is showing
this year. The ladies will sail read this
and then will 60 and see
for themselyes.
T. w. Spindle & Co Advertise in this
esue very valuable Wythe county farm
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