Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-13
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

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Agency has to say about "Plain sailing on
the sea of business"
II. w. Pobst wants you to teet the pur
chasing power of your money at his store
See what he says.
The F. d. Kits Insurance Agency asks
Al interesting question about the bee and
the grasshopper.
Rev. S. o. Hall returned from Wythe-
vile this morning He will fill his pull.
pit on next Sunday at II a. m.
Mr.. Joseph A. Gillespie, who has been
sick for some time with the typhoid fever
at his brothers. home on Clinch River,
is now somewhat improved, and his
friends have strong hopes for bis recovery.
The furnace of the Graham Iron Works
has been shut down for the purpose Of
refining. 1t will be out of blast for about
sixty days. All the hands that have been
employed will be kept and will assist in
the work of repairing
Louisa Horton a highly respected
colored woman died at her home between
lown and the station. She had been an
Invalid for about seven years, and was
iifty-six years old at the time Of her death.
The funeral was on Sunday about IL
o'clock at the cemetery, and the fun.
eral was largely attended by friends and
relatives of the deceased.
There will be Republican convention
held at Cedar Bluff on Saturday, the 22nd
inst, to nominate a candidate for the
House of Delegates as the representative
of Tazewel and Buchanan counties. Ii
is expected that there will be full delega.
tons from both counties. The conven.
ton will be held in the hall of the High
School.
The work Of preparation for building a
granalithic pavement from the corner at
the east end of Main Street to the Baptist
church has been commenced. Messrs.
Kincer & Vermillion are now engaged in
building a retaining wall from the corner
near the Baptist church to a point OPP
pOsite T. B. Warren's. For the present
pedestrians will use the middle of the read
for a sidewalk.
On last Saturday afternoon the Bram-
we'll and Tazewel baseball teams played
n game of ball OF the latter's grounds and
it resulted in victory of 10 to in Bran.
well g favor. At the beginning the game
was very interesting, but Joe Burkholder
If our first team went in the game with
Bramwel and although Kits made him
lay down his stick twice he knocked 8
Dagger bringing in two runs. Kits did
nice work in the box for Tazewell, and
had he had proper support our boys
would have won the game.
There is a case of smallpox on Indian
Geek short distance of north Cedar Bluff,
in this county, the afflicted party being
Mitchell Hartman. On last Sunday T. f..
Georgia member of the Board of Health,
and james Ed. Peery, member of the
Board of Supervisors, went to the scene,
and after very careful examination of
the patient and situation pronounce it a
bad case ofsmallpox. The proper quaran-
tine regulations were put in operation to
prevent a spread of the disease.
We are informed by a gentleman who
recently came to town from Pounding
Mill that is stated in that neighborhood
that new kind of spy glass or telescope
has recently been invented for examining
smallpox patients at a distance. The
glass used is an ordinary 10 window
glass and the idea which suggested its use,
If properly applied, it is. confidently be-
ieved will enable persons OH the earth to
zee the inhabitants Of Mars, and, perhaps |
70 talk with the imam in the moon"
On last Sunday afternoon two men were
atally injured by train near Keystone,
W. Va. They were walking on a bridge
between Keystone and Burke, where the
rain struck them. 1t was reported that the
men we're George Kits and his son James,
of Burkes Garden, in this coun-
y. The men were terribly mangled and
we're taken to Keystone, where George
Kits died about O'Clock Sunday morn
ng. 1t was understood that the young
nan was so badly injured that he could
lot possibly recover. If the men were
ieorge and James Kits they did live in
3urkes Garden until little over year
go, where they worked for Messrs.J Joseph
and Frank Moss and perhaps for other
lrmers there.
We publish in another column a clip
ing from the Lebanon News, which gives
letter from Mr.. John Venclll, acknowl'
dying the receipt of 100000 in full
ayment of the policy held by VIM. F.
-encil in the South Atlantic Life Insur-
nee Company. Mr.. Vencill, it will be
died recently at Tazewell,
aving come here from Russell county for
ledical treatment. While in health, our
ustling towsmen X. A. Hartman and j. {
!. Hawkins, had induced the deceased to I
Ike out policy in the South Atlantic
life Insurance Company for which they {
re agents. The promptness with which
le policy was paid after the death ofthe Z
ssured speaks well for the Company and
also feather in the cap Of Hartman &
Tonlr;ro Tho comDanv which DAYS