The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
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IN /. BRISTOL { !. / {,
Interesting Items Gathered in.
City Of the Southwest.
KING COLLEGE SOCIETY y, q IL
The Philothesmian Literary Society Of
King College 9 Celebrated It's Thirty
sixth Anniversary With a Pub
lie Entertainment.
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sR1STOL, VA, March A.-Mr. and
Mrs. Charles II. Leonard. who were about
3 to leave Bristol for washington Court
house, Ohio, have concluded arrange
ments to remain here, to the delight OF
their friends,
Dr.. and Mrs. p. Wood. who hai re-
sided lii Bristol for several years, left
4 thew will reside with the hope OF tmproy-
Z ing Mrs, w ood's health. DR.. Wood has
Il been offered tho professorship OF. chem
1stry and tox Zoology zlnethe Pacific School
+ OF Osteopatfiy at Los Angeles. "a a. X
Senator J. Cloyd Byars, OF the Virginia
4 Legislature, spent a part Of the week IN
( Bristol on private business. Senator
4 Byars is quite popular with his constit-
uents, who know him as conscientious
n and brilliant young representative.
{ The Philothesmlan Literary Society OF
King College celebrated Its thirty sixth
Z anniversary last night with q public en-
tertainment. The young men participate
ting were s. f. Campbell. Q. IS. Booher,
I i. Il. Lelaney, G. II. Nasengill, X. L.
Orield A. ~. Carmack and Fl, w.
Mr.. N. N Bachman, ST., has been con-
], fined to his room for q week, having Deen
seriously kicked by a horse on his farm
near the city. Mr.. Bnchman, who Is am
4 cx. Confederate. having served IN the
Is Sixty-third ~ Tennessee Regiment, ana
faced the enemy on the bal tlef1eld OF
Chickamauga, was until recently trustee
OF Sullivan county, Tenn, in which ca
pacity he served for four years.
NEW MACHINERY.
35 Mr.. Jamcs "a. Stone has returned from
n Cincinnati, where he purchased engine
h and boiler and quantity Of ne" ma
& chinery. for the Stone-Hullng Lumber mill,
i OF this city. Mr. Stone says that the ca
paclty of his large plant IS 10 pc mate
n rally increased.
Mr.. Hugh Hicks. q well-known mer-
\ chant, who formerly resided here. has
II removed his family to Bristol from, Rural
4 Retreat, Va. 4 55 5tt f.i III.
4 Mr. and Mrs. George #. Hammer, Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Pepper and Mrs. vs. IS.
u Vance. of this city, attended the funeral
4 OF Mrs. Belle Pepper, wife OF Or. Charles
y H. Pepper. at Rural Retreat, Va. on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. George w. Robertson has gone to
u Hot Springs, Ark. with the hope OF Inn
proving his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. r b. Nickels. Of Norris
town. Tenn. visited Bristol relatives this
week.
Fl Mr.. G. E. Nickels and Mr.. Aaron Kirby,
who spent three weeks in New York city,
4 have returned to Bristol. s5siN
bt Mr.. Thomas g. Garner. a former resi-
3 dent Of Bristol who Is now editor and
" publisher OF the West Yirgtnian. at WIZ
4 hanson, w. Va. recently sustained seri-
Gus injuries. which have since resulted In
the loss of one foot. He is now In the
+ hospitaltat Columbus. Ohio, where the in
turcd foot was amputated.
FOR CONGRESS-.
Some OF tho weekly newspa pers In
Southwest Virginia are booming State
Senator Robert r. Bruce, Of Wise county.
for Congress in the Ninth Virginia Dis
trict. since the defeat Of Congressman
Is William f.. Rhea.
Mr.. Walter e. Allen, general freight
& and passenger agent OF the Virginia and
I; Southwestern Railway, attended meet
Ing OF freight men in Atlanta this week.
The Bristol theatre party that witnessed
the Florodora opera at Knoxville this
week was composed OF the following:
z Captain A. Fulkerson, Mrs. Fulkerson.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Shelton, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Thomas, =. x. Bachman and
Miss Mary Martin, Dr. c. W. Fleenor and
Fulton Smith.
Congressman w. p. Brownlow, who was
Mt Johnson City for few days as a
member of the National Soldiers Home
Board, has returned to Washington. The
Congressman will bring his family from
Washington to East Tennessee to spend
the spring and summer.