Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-06-09
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.


and will preach at Stras Memorial church
at o'clock p. m. DR.. Logan is one of the
most popular preachers in the State, and
it is hoped good congregation will be out
to hear him.
AT BoYERs-
Granulated Sugar, &c.
Arbuckles Coffee, l2c.
Best rice, st.
Four balls Lye or Potash for 25c.
Set (6) Tea-cups and Saucers, 25c.
Plates, Zoe.
On last Saturday and Sunday quarterly
meeting was held in Main Street Method
st church. On Sunday morning Rev. w
NJ. Morrell, presiding elder, preached
very able sermon to large and deeply in
terested congregation. His subject was
Character and Destiny"
There is no better clothing on the mar
ket than that shown by us. We guarantee
the yalue-Strouse & Bros. issue an insur
ance policy on every sui, they make, IN
surfing the make, fit, wear and color. Yol
take no rick. Sole agents,
Hartman & Bottimore.
Twenty.seven hundred and seventy
eight men in Tazewel county have paid
their poll taxes and are qualified voters fol
the next election, if they have been regis
tered. OF the number, 274S are white
persons and 100 are colored, There are
not as many as 1870 colored persons regis
tered voters in the county.
A telegram came to Tazewell annonnc
ing that Mr.. Biss Greeyer was killed Thu
morning at Williamson. w. Va, by
railroad train. No particulars were giver
as to the accident. His uncle, Mr.. j. A
Greever, left on the 1:30 train to care fol
the body. The deceased was about 81
years old, and son of Rev. Jos. Gresver
The great increase in our shoe trade
must have some good reason back OF It,
Can YOU guess il? We have always piyer
the best possible sh, e at given price
email profit on each pair, but we sell more
shoes. Are you getting the benefit OF fhls
policy? If not, why not?
Harman & Bottimore.
Mr.. A. Crockett Brown, well known
live stock dealer, died at his home il
Wythevile, Va, on the morning of the
9TH inst. He was we'll known and highly
respected in Tazewell county, having
bought and shipped great deal of live
stock from here. He was fOrty-nine years
old and leaves a wife and five sons.
Tazewel] Supply Company
is offering % cents cash for
good grade Of unwashed wool
delivered at Tazewell. This
price is subject to immediate
acceptance and the market
change.
The Dominion Fire Insurance Corpora
ton, of Tazewell, Va, has secured for its
underwater Mr.. r. L. Campbell, who is
recognized as one of the best underwriters
in the country. He was formerly of Hart
ford, Conn, and is at present the repre-
sentative of the National Insurance Com
pany OF that place at Richmond, Va. The
Dominion will begin operations about the
10Th inst.
On next Sunday morning at IL O'Clock
Mr.. l.. A. Coulter, State Secretary OF Vir-
GINA tor the Y Nj. G. A., will DELIVER a
special address to the children at the Chris
tan church in Tazewell. ALI the children
of the town and surrounding community
should attend. The children, no doubt,
will be glad to be at the meeting and their
parents should encourage and assist them
TO be there.
We have received an account of the
mass meeting Of the Republicans of Dick
enson county held on the 4th inst; but
it arrived too late for publication, as our
forms were already filled. The meeting
passed resolutions endorsing the admins
tration Of President Roosevelt and in
structing the delegates from the county to
the Tazewell convention to vote for the
nomination of Col. Slemp for Congress.
Nearly all the counties in the district have
instructed for Col. Slemp, and the conven-
ton will be practically solid for him.
On Tuesday morning, at an early hour,
a man by the name of Edward Davis was
found lying dead on the platform at
the railway station at Cedar Bluff, in this
county. He had been employed by some
contractors in the Cedar Bluff neighbor-
hood, and bad spent the day previous to
his death at Richards, where he is said to
have been on a spree. 1t is reported that
he was involved in a difficulty with some
young men and was badly bruised and
beaten. An inquest was held over bis re-
mains and the verdict was, that his death
was from some unknown cause.