Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

MIR. L. Sexton is steadily improving
from an attck of typhoid fever.
If you are going to paint use Devoe's.
Guaranteed pure, at Jackson's.
Miss May Hanlkins is now convalescing
from very severe attack of typhoid
fever.
Mrs G. L. Byron, of Pocahontas, was
at Tazewell yesterday visiting friends
and shopping.
Services in the Main Street Metho-
dist Church next Sunday at Il a. m.
and 7:SO p. m.
DIR. Quincy, of Welch, w. Va, at
tended the funeral of DR.. Cooley at
Tazewell on last Monday.
Mr.. NJ. c. McCorlle came up from
Richards on Monday to attend the fun
eral Of Dr. Cooley.
The chicken craze has struck Taze-
well pretty hard. Nearly every home
IN town now has its poultry yard.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at II a. m. A special ser
vice for Young People" at p. m.
Spring is here and it will soon be time
to dip sheep. Remember Great West
ern Dip Is the best and cheapest. Get
1t at Jackson's.
Miss Mary Cooley, who has been
trained nurse at Virginia Hospital, at
Richmond, Va, was called home by the
death of her father.
Messrs. T. a. Gillespie and T. A. Nc
CURE were here from Cedar Bluff on
Monday to attend the funeral of DR..
Cooley.
Rev. w. H. Kelly is steadily conva-
lescing from his recent serious attack
OF pneumonia. He is now able to walk
| about his house.
Have you paid your poll taxes? Has
your neighbor paid his? Look after
this matter at once, if you want to vote
next Fall.
Archie Young has received an appoint
nent as substitute railway mail clerk,
and expects to be assigned to duty in a
few days
Mrs j. N. Hartman, her daughter
Miss Hattie, and Miss Mag Witten who
have been spending the last two months
IN Florida, are expected home in a few
days.
The road to the new cemetery is in a
dreadful condition. Before another
Winter it should be attended to. A
walk of some kind should be made from
the street car line.
Allen T. Buchanan, one of the rural
carriers from this place, went to Roa-
noke on Tuesday to take the civil SER
vice examination held at that place on
yesterday for railway mail clerks.
SPOTS Bros. will retire from the gro
Gerry business on next Tuesday, the 3lst
inst, and j. W. Moss will take charge
of the same, having purchased the bust
ness from the Messrs. SPOTS Bros.
Mr.. H. F. Peery has been appointed
postmaster at North Tazewell in place
of I. X. Hall. Mr.. Peery made his
bond on yesterday and as soon as his
commission arrives he will take charge
of the office.
Mr.. John w. Crockett and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. S. Gillespie, and Mr.. w.
L. Moore left yesterday afternoon for
West Baden, Indiana, where they will
spend some weeks taking the baths and
treatment for their health.
Mr.. L. E. Miller has sold his valuable
property at the southwest end of town
to Mr.. G. R. Surface. The purchase
price was $500. We hear that Mr..
Miller will move with his family to
Bluefeld.
A good many of our subscribers have
have responded nicely to the statements
we have been sending them showing
how their subscription accounts stand.
Many others have failed to respond.
Let US here from you friends.
Mrs. c. W. Spracher, who had spent
the Winter with Mrs. B. F. Lewis, at
Tazewell, left last Tuesday for Chris
tiansburg, Va, where she will spend
two or three weeks before going to
Richmond to join her husband.
MIR. and Mrs. John Barns, who had
been at Hot Springs, Ark, for nearly
two months for the benefit of their
health, got back to their home in Taze-
well on last Friday. The trip was very
beneficial to them, but they are glad to
be at home again.