Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-30
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

The young ladies of Tazewell' High
School will give an entertainment in the
chapel tomorrow evening.
Mr.. Jno. p. Cameron and Miss 0teia
X. Patterson were married yesterday at
Graham, Va. We extend our congratula-
tions.
Strength and vigorcome of good food,
duly digested. Force a readY-to.se serve
wheat and barley food, adds no burden,
but sustains, nourshes, invigorates"
The Ratlif Comedy Co. will be at the
town hall on next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. There are ten men,
bers of the company, and they have a fine
brass band.
Mr.. K. Bowen Watts was married yes
terday at the residence of bis uncle, S. f.
Watts, in Wythe county. The bride was
Miss Redd, sister of Mrs. S. F. Watts.
We wish the newly welded couple happy
and prosperous life.
On Monday afternoon a negro man,
who was beating bis way on west bound
freight train, fell between the cars at
point about three miles east Of Tiptop, and
had both legs cut off, one above and the
other below the knee. His name was
Williams. He WAS taken to Blue6eld, but
died shortly after reaching there.
The Tazewell Steam Granite and Marble
Co. has just cold Mrs. j. ]. Sperry, a
wealthy lady, the largest and finest dark
Quincy Granite monument ever erected IN
Southwest Virginia. 1t weighs $1,000 lbs
and goes 10 Roanoke, Va. This company
has sold forty.fve hundred dollars worth
of work since the lst of January, good
record for any granite and marble house
in The State
-four readers will look at the advertise.
ment Of The Tazewell Supply Company,
they will find that valuable opportunity
is furnished to secure furniture and house
furnishing goods at cut prices. The
Messrs. Peery have determined to enlarge
their already very large business, and to
do so find it necessary to increase their
storage room. They now carry the larg
est stock of furniture in this section, and
when they get additional room you may
look out for something to happen.
There was an alarm of fire given on Tues
day just after the dinner hour. MIR. o. !
q. Emshwiller was working in one Of the
compartments of the cold storage which |
Spots Bros. are ererting in the rear part |
of their store. The compartment is in the
back part, and very dark, so he had to Use
a lamp. lie accidentally turned over The
lamp, it broke by the fall and fame was
Immediately kindled. Mr.. Emshwiller
ran out to give the alarm, but Mr.. E. V.
SPOTS, who was nearby, remembered that
with the door shut the compartment was
air.tight, and ran and shut the door. This,
of course, put the blaze out; and the fire
boys who bad responded promptly to the
alarm found no necessity for using the
hose when they got there. There was no
damage done, and Mr.. EmshwiIler resum.
ed bis work, but took the precaution to
use old fashioned candles instead of the
dangerous kerosine lamp.
In our notice of the death of Miss
Blanche Lewis, published last week, there
vas a sentence which some persons have
misnterpreted. We stated that her par.
ents had not been informed of the serious
character of her illness until they received
the sad news of her death. Some persons,
we are informed, have construed this to
mean that the management of Stonewall
Jackson Institute had been derelict in not
informing the parents as to the true con- :
lltion of their daughter. We desire to
tate that we had no such intention. Be.
ides, the principal and teachers of the In
titute, whom we hold in the highest
sleem, did not know that the young lady
vas dangerously sick until her death came.
even the physician attending her saw no
dangerous symptoms. The death was so
secular and sudden that they were as
luch startled as were the friends and re-
ltives. The kindest care and attention
'ere given Miss Lewis by the management
nd teachers of the Institute, and such in
'rmation furnished the parents as the case
9emed to warrant.