Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-01-05

visited Col. I. g. Witten's family on
Tuesday.
See Harrison & Gillespie Bros. special
sale ad. on first page.
Mr.. ]. Randolph Henry, of New York,
is at Tazewell visiting his parents, MAJOR
and Mrs. r. K. Henry.
A great many bargains at the Big Store
for the next 80 days.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros.
The Graham iron furnace is now being
put in repair and will go in blast again
within the next ninety days.
Jump for our bargains quick-think
later.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Mr.. V. L. Sexton will move his family
from Pocahontas to Tazewell the last Of
this week.
Get ahead of others. Have the best
Yourself. Note our special sale.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros,
About all the boys and girls who came
home from college to spend the holidays
have returned to their respective schools.
Note our special sale and profit thereby.
Harrison & Gillespie Bros.
The reason for cur special sale and "Dig
CUT in lprices R logical and sensible.
To carry stock over means dead capital
and hampers the new goods.
Harrison & Gillespie Broe.
Miss Reba Browning, one of the most
attractive young ladies of Pocahontas, was
the guest Of Miss Maggie May the first of
the week.
Mrs. Rosa Ann Steele, colored, OF
Thompson's Valley, died last Friday and
was buried on Sunday. She was a de-
voted Christian and was highly esteemed
by both white and colored.
Three gold brooches disappeared from
our store on Friday evening or Saturday
morning before Christmas. We will pay
$40 for the return of the brooches.
J. B. Boyer & Co.
Mr.. James H. Kelly, who has for sew
eral years been in business at Sioux City,
Iowa. arrived at Tszewell yesterday to
pay a visit to bis parents, Rev. and Mrs.
w. Kelly, who reside five miles east of
town.
The many friends Of that good woman,
Mrs. Eliza Witten, will be glad to hear
that she is greatly improved in health,
and is now convalescent. Just before
Christmas she was very i'll and her friends
were very much disturbed by her con-
dition.
On Friday evening or Saturday MORN
ing before Christmas three gold brooches
we're. lost from our store. We think the
brooches were packed by mistake in the
package of some customer, We will pay
$40 for the return of the brooches.
j. B. Boyer & Co.
The different churches in town are OBJ
serving this week az week of prayer, and
services each night are being held at the
church. At these services
one Of the pastors of the churches
breaches. Good crowds have attended
these meetings.
The Board of Supervisors of Tazewell
county met on last Monday and made
their eemi-annual settlement with the
county treasurer, and transacted good
deal of other business. The Board ad-
iourned to meet again on the first Monday
in February.
A new county jail is badly needed. The
present Jail is too email, is in an unsani-
tary condition and the front wall of the
building has to be propped to keep it from
falling. The county authorities should
take immediate steps to build jail this
year.
On last Monday the first shipment of
coal was made from the recently develop
ed mines of Gen. K. A. Ayers near Rich
ends, in this county. We understand
hat Gen. Ayers has made large contracts
Tor his coal and that the products of his
mines are of very fine quality, especially |
'or steam purposes.
The merchsnte.of Tazewell all did a
successful business in 1904, and they have
,very reason to expect to do as well or
better in 1905. There are no more en-.
erprisiug and successful merchants to be
ound anywhere than are at Tazewell.
They are thoroughly up-to date and their
torres are in most respects equal to those
# large cities.
We understand that Mr.. s. d. May has
one to New York to close the sale Of one,
# the largest sales Of coal lands ever made
n this section. 1t embraces about fifty
thousand acses and is located In Tasewell
sussell and Buchanan counties. Several
( our Tazewell citizens have large interests
q the land, among them Messrs. Geo.
v. Gillespie and 5. D. May. The selling
rice Is nearly million dollars,