Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-21
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,

DIR. A. L. Tynes, of Fishersville, Va, is
on visit to bis parents, Capt. and Mrs.
A. j. Tynes.
See the advertisement of the Board of
Supervisors asking bids for purchase of
county bonds.
Wytheville Female Seminary, which is
in charge of Mrs. Thomas Dew, has an
advertisement in another column. 1t is
an excellent school.
Mr.. r. A. King, of Philadelphia, is in
Tazewel, stopping at the Central Hotel.
He was we'll known in Tazewell about
twenty years ago and is very companion.
able gentleman.
Mr. w. II. Tomney, representing the
Roanoke Times, is in Tazewell, looking
after the interests of that excellent news.
paper. The Times is rapidly growing in
favor in Southwest Virginia.
Our attention has been called to the
unsightly condition Of the old cemetery
at the east end of town. 1t needs clearing
up very badly A large portion of the
cemetery Is overgrown with weeds and
briars.
We have received letter from that ex-
cellent gentleman, Colonel William G. w.
Iaeger,I that he expects to spend large
portion of his time in Gloucester county,
Virginia, where he has purchased large
estate. We trust he will spend some of his
time, at least, at Tazewell, where he is
held in very great esteem.
We fully expected to give an official
score of the baseball game played here
Saturday between our home team and
6ramwell, but the score card was lost and
we are unable to gve'only the score which
was three to one in Bramwell's favor. If
the score card can be secured we will pub
lish full account in our next issue.
We received a letter Monday from a
valued subscriber at Abingdon, Virginia,
enclosing the names of two gentlemen who
wish to have their names put upon our
subscription books. The gentleman says
in this letter: eve like your paper" We
appreciate the compliment and hope TO
make the REPUBLICAN more popular with
each issue.
The protracted meeting which had been
in progress for nearly two weeks at Pisgah,
three miles west of town, was brought to
a close on last Friday night. 1t had been
long time since revival had been held
at Pispah. We learn that this was very
successful one. both in the way of new
converts and retaining of old lukewarm
members of the church.
Judge Roderick Randum Butler died
Monday night at his home in Mountain
City, Tennessee. He was born in Wythe
county, Virginia, in 1927. and was reared
to young manhood in that county. Like
Andrew Johnson, he began life as a tailor.
but became LAWYER and was admitted to
the bar in 1854. He afterwards entered
political life, and to the day of his death
was prominent in the politics Of Tennessee.
Mr.. T. NJ. Hawkins, agent for ]. L.
Caldwell, the well known granite and
marble dealer of Jackson, Ohio. has been
awarded the contract TO erect fine gram
lite monument at the grave of the late
John G. Watts. This monument will be
nine fleet high, weighs five thousand
pounds, and for beauty of design and
finish will be unsurpassed by anything of
the kind in the country.
con Monday morning Mr.. G. L.
McClintock received a telegram announ.
cling that the infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward MAYS had died at Blueield
on Sunday evening at 8o'clock. The
child was seven months old, was the
granddaughter of Mr.. McClintock. and
the cause of its death was whooping cough.
The remains of the little one were taken to
Pisgah on Monday afternoon for burial.
Mr.. Samuel Peak, of Burke Garden.
who for the past year or more has beeI
engaged in the walnut lumber 'busineE
in West Virginia, called at our Office 20
see how he stood on the subscription
books He has been a subscriber fof the
past two years for three copies OF the
REPUBLICAN, and made his account gquare
of all Ut them. If we had few hundred
friends like Mr. Peak the circulation of
our paper would be greatly ENLARGED.
Rev. S. o. Hall, who had bee assisting
bis brother, Rev. W. A. Hall, In conduct
ing meeting in Crockett's Cove, Wythe
county, Virginia, got back to Tazewell on
Tuesday. The meeting lasted eight days,
with two services each day, We are glad
to learn that the meeting was a very sue.
cessful one, resulting in additions, by pro-
fessions, to the church | of ten persons.
They were all taken into full membership
of the Presbyterian church on last Sunday
morning.
William Wickhan, white, and Miles
Hamilton, colored, members of the United
Mine Workers, WHO are charged with vic.
latiDg an Injunction issued by Judge Nc
Dowel on Jung 18th, restraining them
from trespassi9k on the property of the
Pocahontas Galleries Company, have been
taken to the Lynchburg Jail for safe keep
ing. They Mere confined in the Jail at
Pearisburgy Virginia, but a man named
Regency, who had been arrested and con-
fined alorg with them, made his escape
from the Jail at harrisburg.
Mr.. II. S. Bowen, of Witten's Mills
neigh Horhoo1 hoe hrouObf 70 o,,r on3oo