Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Capt. Henry Taylor, of Big Stone
Gap, Va, is at Tazewell today. He is
acting as travelling agent for the Bristol
Evening News.
LADIES!
We have given especial attention to
mouse furnishing this season. Can
snow an unusual line of curtains. rugs.
oruggets, floor mating, also table linen.
napkins and towels.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
At the annual meeting of the Photo
graphers' Association of Virginia and
the Carolinas held last week at Green's
boro, N. c., Mr.. A. M. Black, of Taze-
we'll, Va, was reelected secretary of
the Association. Mr.. Black has been
Milling this position for the past two
years with marked success.
Miss Abbott, who came here to take
charge of the dress-making department
at r. c. Chapman's store, has been
compelled by ill health to return to her
home in Baltimore. Miss Abbott is
very accomplished in her profession, and
1t IS to be regretted that she was COM
PEELED to abandon her work here.
The saddle ring for the fair will be
among the best ever seen here. Fancy
steppers from Russell have already APP
peared on the scene and are daily In
framing along with the home horses.
Otners are coming from various sec
ions and lovers of the saddle horse
Will have their ideals almost realized.
Mr.. E. B. Wade, who has been en-
gagged for the past six months indexing
the county records for Tazewell county,
has about finished his work. AS soon
as the work is completed Mr.. Wade will
leave for New York City where he will
take special course of study at the
New York University.
Carl A. Greever, of this place, and r.
l.. Gillespie, of Graham, Va, have pur-
chased the controlling interest in the
telephone company at the latter place.
and Mr.. Greever, who is an expert
electrician, will move to Graham within
short time to assume the duties of
superintendent of the company.
There will be stated convocation of
O'Keeffe Royal Arch Chapter, No. 90.
on next Monday night, September IA.
The annual election of officers for the
ensuing year will take place at this
meeting, and there will be work in the
several degrees. All Royal Arch Ma
sons are earnestly requested to be pres
ent.
The Graham Graded and High Schools
opened on last Monday with an enroll
ment of between $50 and 300 pupils.
The branch school in West Graham
was also opened Monday, with an en-
rollment of $50. Prof J. A. Liyesay.
who has so ably conducted this school
for a number of years, is again the
principal.
Lou Davis is showing the Burkes
Garden chickens st Radford this week.
he will bring them back In time for the
greatest chicken show ever seen in
Southwest Virginia at the Fair next
week. With the phenomenal advance
made during the last year in the breed
ing Of all kinds of poultry in Tazewell,
we may expect this to become the most
popular home mission field ia the
country.
Invitations have been sent out by Mr..
and Mrs. R, L. Gillispie, of Graham,
Virginia, announcing the approaching
marriage of their daughter, Miss Leo
nora, to Mr.. William Harvey Newberry.
of Widemouth, w. Va. The marriage
will occur on Wednesday evening, the
18th instant, in the Lutheran church at
Graham, and the young couple will
make their home at Widemouth after
October LIST.
A goodly number of Democrats of
this and other voting precincts assem-
Died IN the court house on Friday night
OF last week and organized a Bryan
Kern and Byarns club, the object being
to advance the political interests of the
Democratic candidates in the pending
and to inject new enthusiasm
into the apathetic Democracy of this
community. c. R. Brown was elected
president and Roy S. Thompson secre-
tary Of the club. After the organiza-
ton had been completed, Mr.. VIII.
Werth was called on for a speech, and
was literally applsuded throughout the
torty-five minutes he spoke. Meetings
will be held every Thursday night from
how until the election.