Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-08
TOWN. AID COUNTY HEWS.

DR.. K. B. Gillespie has received two pa
tents at his saDltarium within the past
few days and will receive another to-
morrow. He operated on patient form
Bland county yesterday, and will perform
another operation tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Kreamer, of Swords
Greek, Va, came up to Tazewell last Mon
day afternoon and remained here until
noon on Tuesday. Mr.. Kreamer came to
attend a meeting of Clinch Valley Com
mandery, X. T., and Mrs. Kreamer to do
some shopping.
Mrs. ]. B. Perce and her little daugh-
ter, Virginia, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
George Surface. the parents of Mrs Peirce.
We are informed that Mr.. Peirce, who has
been for several years engaged in the
mercantile business at Ridgeway, S., c.,
has moved to Knoxville, Tenn.
Messrs. X. T. Higginbotham, w. l..
Moore and A. st. Clair, who attended the
reunion of the Confederate Veterans at
Dallas, Texas, got back to Tazewell on
last Monday. They were delighted with
their trip, and speak in the most glowing
terms of the wonderful resources Of Texas.
James Tabor, well.known citizen,
died on Tuesday morning at his home in
Plum Greek Gap. He had been desper-
ately i'll for about ten days with pneu-
monia and a complication of diseases.
Mr.. Tabor was plain, working man, but
had great many friends and was highly
respected.
Mr.. A. NJ. Black will arrive at Tazewell
in few days and will open up his studio
ready for work on Saturday, May the 10th.
Mr.. Black has spent the two last Summers
at Tazewell, and his work as photogra-
pher has made him fine reputation in
that art in our section. He will be cor
daily welcomed to our town again.
The brick walls of the addition to the
Ratif Hotel are now going up. The
brick that are being used come from the
yards of the Radford Brick Company, at
Tiptop, and are the toughest, best brick
made in the country. When completed,
the building will be handsome one, and
it will be great addition to our town.
Falon, the florist, of Roanc Ike, Va, has
an advertisement in the Republican"
this week about his celebrated roses and
bedding plants. He is go near this sec
ton that plants will reach persons here
IN much better condition than when
ordered from a distance. Send your
orders to him and they will be filed
promp tlY and satisfactorily.
The colored Odd Fellows of Tazewel
had celebration on last Sunday. The
Lodge here turned out and had parade
the length of Main Street. They had
come visitors from lodges at Keystone and
other places IN the coal fields. Rev. z.
P. Brooks, delivered an address in the
colored Methodist church to the mem.
bers of the order. The address was
pronounced an excellent one.
Smith Bros, of Norfolk Va, were at
Tazewel last Saturday, according to
appointment, and purchased in a few
hours car load Of horses. They are
twins, nice gentlemen and fine judges of
horses. Those who had horses to sell
found them ready buyers who lost no
time in jockeying. They left about
thirty five hundred dollars in the county
in exchange for horses We hope they
will come to Tazewell again.
On Tuesday of last week Mrs. G. w.
Sample died at Swords Creek, Va. Mr..
Sample is the leading merchant Of that
place and is well known at Tazewell, being
member Of Clinch Valley Commandery,
K. T. Mrs. Sample was quite young, be-
ing on ly about twenty-five years old. and
her death WAS very sad one. She left
three children, girl five years old, boy
three years old and an infant only few
hours old. We deeply sympathize with
the husband in his sad bereavement.
There were between one hundred and |
fifty and Two hundred horses brought to
town last Saturday to show to the Smith |
Bros, who were here to buy. We were
struck with the fact that most of the
horses were not in good order. They
were not only, in most instances, thin,
but looked like they had been badly at
tended 10. No doubt a great many of
the horses could have been sold if they
had been in good condition. The high
price of grain, no doubt, had something
to do with it, but evidently a good deal
of the trouble was caused by lack of
care.