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

town visiting his son, Dr. W. l. RAINIER
See the advertisement of Dodge's Bus
ines College Shorthand completed in six
weeks.
Mr.. r. G. Chapman has gone to New
York to buy his Fall and Winter Stock
of goods.
Mrs. George w. Patton, who has been
in ill health for some time, is now greatly
improved.
Sweet Potatoes at Buston's--the first of
the season.
MIR. P. II. Williams, county superintend-
ent of public schools, is confined to his
room by sickness.
Mr.. James f. Hurt has been detained
at his house for more than week
by painful indispostion.
The Rev. d. w. Hollingsworth will
preach in the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday morning and night.
Miss Alice Hopkins, who had been at
Hunters Alum Springs for several weeks,
got back to her home on the Clinch last
week.
Mss Lillian Longley, Of Pulaski, Va,
daughter Of Judge Selden Longley, visited
Mrs. r. A. Kelly at this place last Satur'
day and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeff Ward and their two
children went to Chatham Hill, Virginia,
last Saturday, and will spend week there
visiting Mr.. Wards mother.
Mr.. T. C. Bowen is now at Grundy,
Virginia, engaged in investigating titles for
large boundaries in Buchanan county for
a company that has options on the lands.
There was a very severe electrical storm
in this vicinity Tuesday night, accOmpan-
led by a good rain. From what we can
learn the rain was general throughout the
county.
DR.. John G. Primer, of Mendoza, Va
Deputy Grand Lecturer of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia Masons, is at Tazewell
and is instructing class in the esoterlC
work of masonry.
Mrs. H. +. Peery and her two little
daughters, of Auburn, Nebraska, arrived
at TazewelI last Friday, and will make
protracted visit to Captain and Mrs A. j,
Tynes, parents of Mrs. Peery.
The examination of white teachers fol
the public schools of the county was begun
on Tuesday and will be completed today.
Forty-fve persons, mostly young ladies'
are taking the examination.
Mrs. Harvey Fielding Peery, of Graham
Virginia, is visiting at the home of Mrs
Mag Litz, and is quite sick. She is being
treated by DR.. c. w. Greever. Mr.. Peery
is also in town on account of the sickness
of Mrs. Peery.
As will be seen from a telegram pub
lished in another column. the Republican
District Committee has ordered a conven'
ton to be held at Abingdon, on the Bird
dav of September, to nominate candi'
date for Congress.
Dodge's Business College has a change
in its advertisement on the second page of
this issue. TO which we call the attention
of our readers. The college has been
doing excellent work and has promise Of
a coming successful year.
A protracted meeting is now in prog
ress at Cedar Bluff It is being conducted
nv Rev. Bilderback. who is assisted by
Revs. J. A. TAYLOR and R. A. Kelly. There
have been half dozen or more CONVEX
sions and there are a number of pentents.
Mr. John w. Brown, formerly Of this
county, died at his home on Clear Fork
n Bland county on last Sunday at 4
n. m. His death was very sudden, He
was sitting in a chair talking to some
one and after a'gasp or two expired. The
deceased was about seventy years old.
On last Monday night John Trigg, a
Young colored man, was shot and killed
at Pocahontas. Suspicion pointed to Sue
Holly. colored woman, who was raised
n Tazewell, but who has been living a.
Pocahontas. for several years. The woman
was arrested, but her preliminary trial
will not take place until tomo rrow.
The threshing machine of Patton Bros.
& Company is now engaged in threshing
in the west end of the county and is doing
fine work On Friday of last week it
lhreshed at Mr.. Orville Browns, in the
Cove, and from between l p. NJ. and 8 PM.
threshed three hundred and ninety-eight
and one.half bushels of wheat. That is
pretty good work, and testifes to the excel
lence of the machine.
After a lingering illness, Mr.. Il. G.
Crockett died sat Graham, Virginia, on
yesterday morning, the 9th inst. His re-
mains were buried yesterday afternoon.
Graft" as he was known to his friends,
was a genial and big-hearted man. He was
a gallant soldier in the Confederate army,
and had lived all his life in Tazewell
county. The deceased was brother of
ex.Sherif John w. Crockett, and has a
large and influential relationship in this
county, who will hear of his death with
much regret. He was ffty-six years old.
FOLLOW GOOD EXAMPLES.