Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-05-04
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
Read Jackson's ad this week.

Be sure and pay your poll taxes Sat-
urday if you want to vote this fall.
R. L. Campbell returned yesterday
from business trip to Wise, Va.
Miss Alice Hopkins, who had been
teaching at Falls Mill, is at home on her
vacation.
John Henry Smith, of Russell county,
spent several days at Tazewell this
week.
]. P. Gose and wife, of Burke's Gar
den, were registered at the Ratliff HoteI
Tuesday.
]. S. Cunningham, of Johnstown Pa,
is at Tazewell this week looking after
business interests.
Send us your job work. We are ex-
perts along this line and execute all or
ders promptly.
Mrs. J. w. Chapman, who has been
seriously ill for the past week, is very
much improved.
Saturday is the last day on which you
can pay your taxes in order to vote in
the election next fall.
Mr.. J. w. st. Clair has been on the
sick list for about ten days, but we are
glad to note he is improving.
Mr.. H. w. Pobst has just finished
painting his storeroom, which is a very
great improvement.
Mr.. E. E. Presley, of Horsepen, Va,
was at Tazewell yesterday and paid our
office pleasant business call.
Mrs. Lucy May and her niece, Miss
Dolly May, returned last Sunday from a
visit to Blacksburg, Radford and Bed
ford City.
If you are interested in Texas land
you should read the advertisement of
Mr.. T. D. Hobart in this issue of the
Republican.
Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Eskridge were
summoned to Jonesbora, Tenn. last Sun
day on account Of the death of Mrs. Es-
kridge's father.
John Alexander has gone to Norton
where he has accepted a position as
stenographer with the Norton Coal
Company,
Schloss Bros. & Co. will have their
representative here on the 10th and 11th
Read HARRISON & Gillespie Bros. adj.
this week.
Mrs. Kate C. Peery, who has been
quite i'll for several weeks, is now able
to go around and attend to her domes-
tic duties.
Carl Greever, who had been a stu
dent at the Virginia Medical College
for the past session, returned to Taze-
we'll Sunday to spend his vacation.
Mrs. Rives Walker, of Bristol, Va,
is at Tazewell, having been called here
by the sickness and death of her uncle,
Mr.. |. E. Chapman.
M. S. Pendleton, secretary of the
Prudential Fire Insurance Co., has re-
turned to Tazewell after an extended
visit to Eastern Virginia.
John H. Sparks old reliable Virginia
Shows will exhibit at Tazewell next
Wednesday. Read their large ad. in
this issue of the Republican.
Misses Mary Bell and Elizabeth Rob
inson, Of draham's Forge, Wythe coun-
ty, Va; are visiting their brother, .Mr.
D. G. Robinson, at his home at Richs
lands,
Next Tuesday is the regular meeting
day of the Tazewell Horse and Mule
Market. Get your horses and mules in
good shape and bring them in on that
day as there will be several buyers here
from distance.
The county jail was sold last Satur-'
day and Mr, NJ, L. Peery was the pur-
chaser at the price of $4,000. But as
the sale was not made in conformity
with all the requirements of the stat
ute it has become necessary to sell the
property again. The sale is advertised
in another column.
The meeting which had been in pro-
gress at the Presbyterian church for the
past two weeks was closed last night.
Rev, D, J. Currie, who has been assist
ing at the meeting, will leave today for
his home at Dublin, Va. The meeting
was well attended and it is hoped will
be of lasting benefit to the community.
On last Sunday morning at about II
O'Clock Reese Lester, a young man
twenty or tWeHty-sAe years ola, was
shot and killed in this county by man
named VIM. Osborne. The tragedy oe-
CURED on the top of Little or Flattop
hseuptain, about one mile west of the
turnpike road that leads from Liberty
Hill in this county TO saltyille; John
Jackson and Deck Lester, the latter .
brother Of the man who was killed, were
near by when che shooting occurred.
There have been conflicting reports
brought here about the affair and we
will not undertake to give q true ae=
count of it. The difficulty was about
a mountain road which had been closed
up with brush by Osborne and which
Lester and his companions had deter
mined to remove. Osborne so far has