The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30
. Methods s, ms cad Of Improving.
Old .Church, Build New One.
o loss . Ac kS0N 3 LlND.
Municipal Pc Iitics Warm in Bristol e Nom:--
nations TO Be- Made BY Primary Que
Of Cuban Postal Prisoners
a Tennesseean.

fsnociaIz Dispatch 10 The Times

BRISTOL, VA, March 29.-At a meet
ing held this week the y Mcthodists 81 OF
Stat c-Street Church decided to. add to- the
church Improvement fund, and instead
of remodelling the church. as was origi-
nally proposed, erect1 a handsome new
5editice at q; cost OF about $2Ss, 600 The
plans made by HoffmeisLcrs & Doriot,, for
remodelling the building, will therefore
be changed and plans for a very fine
modern church substituted by the same
architects. The Building Committee has
now at its disposal about $4,000, and
will proceed with the erection OF he
new building iii a short time.
The handsome new church undertaken
by the Presbyterians of West Bristol a
few months ago is nearing completion:
1t is a brick vcncered building, and will
have cost when completed about So,
BRISTOL POLITICS. Il
Within the last few days municipal
politics here has taken quite a lively
turn. Many candidates are announcing
for the different city Offices The Demo-
cratic nominations will probably be made
through a primary election. Among the
candidates for. Mayor is Captain w. L..
3 but a. pioneer of the city. and not ac-
customed to dabbling in modern politi-
cal methods Treasurer j. w. Owen
Jr., who has held that office for two
terms in succession, is going TO have a
lively fight to secure the nomination
again, as there are two other popular
men who have announced for that Of
fee namely, Mr.. S. NJ. Campbell and
AIR. Franz Winston.
j UDGE JACKSON BLIND
Judge Ross Jackson and s. family
OF Gate City, came to Bristol this
wee u,a and :. from here Judge Jack
ceive treatment. Judge Jackson, it will
be remembered, who formerly presided
over the court of Scott county. was
lnAtead Of improving, his condition has
grown worse, and heEis now totally blind.
It was a sad sight to those who knew
Judge jackson. in the days of his manly
dependent upon friends to help him to
the train on which he left here for Knox
vile. He said that his brother had given
HIM some tencoura cement by sending for
MN to come to Knoxville to take a spe-
cial treatment. Judge Jackson is now
probably.not older than forty years.
LIEUTENANT OF RATHBONE.
fined and sentenced to ten years in pris-
on at Havana this week for completely
in the Cuban postal scandal, along with
Rathbone and Neeley. is; an East Ten
nessecan, having resided at Jonesborc
until about eight years ago. when he
went to Washington to securca position in
one Of the departments. He is a. monl-
Der of a prominent East Tennessee fam
lily, his father being Il retired army of
ficer. Reeves is now perhaps not more
than thirty-eight wears of age. At home
he was q popular young man, and he has
many friends in East Tennessee. who are
surprised at the severity Of the punish
=ment inflicted upon him.
Mr.. Charles Spence. a popular hotel
keeper IT Rural Retreat Va. was found
of this week. He was in his usual
health and not complaining when he re-
tired on Tuesday night. aJlis death is
supposed to have been caused by heart
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