Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-06
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

sons.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a. m.
Try a glass of Jersey Cream, at
Jackson's.
Rev. S. o. Hall will preach at Con-
cord next Sunday at $50 p. m.
Mrs. l. C. Dodd, of Graham, and sis
ter, Mrs. Barbara DeVault. of Johnson
City, Tenn, are the guests of relatives
and friends here this week.
Mrs. A. G. Russell and children, who
had been on visit of several months to
Mrs Russell's parents, DR.. and Mrs. R.
B. Gillespie. in Denver, Colorado, have
returned to their home at this place,
and report very enjoyable trip.
Messrs. J. w. Showers, d. ]. Chris
tian, E. C. Mcfarland, IBL. Shuttle
barger, NJ. T. Christian and DR.. ]. R.
Hicks, all from the Clear Fork neigh
borhood, were in town Monday night
to attend meeting of the Masonic
Lodge.
Major I. P. Bowen and Hon. A. st.
Clair left on Monday for Appomattox,
Va, to look over the ground made his
toric more than forty years ago when
the great Lee surrendered his sword to
Grant, and attend a reunion Of the old
Confederates.
The terrific rain and wind storm of
Friday evening tore away a portion of
the tin roofing on Mr.. R. C. Chapman's
store, causing considerable rain to beat
through and doing damage to the stock
of goods therein to the amount of sever
al hundred dollars.
We call attention to the advertise
ment Of the Avenue Hotel and Cafe,
Blueheld, W. Va d. b. Mastin is pro-
prietor and guests are insured first class
treatment in every respect. Tazewell
people will do well to patronize this
hotel when in Bfuefield.
DIR. c. A. Thompson, S. S. F. Har-
man, ]. Powell Royal, VIM. c. Pendle-
ton, r. o. Crockett, II. P. Britain, H.
G. Mccall, w. L. Moore and a number
OF other Masons from this place attend
ed the funeral and burial Of Mr.. S. T.
Lite at Graham on yesterday.
A marriage license was issued on last
Monday to Mr.. Harvey Hairless and
Miss Cosby Farley, both of near
Springville, this county, and the happy
event was celebrated on the following
day at the home of the bride in the
presence of a number of friends.
Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins, wife of Geo.
Hawkins, died on last Friday at the
home of her son, Mr.. T. S. Hawkins,
near Liberty Hill in this county. The
funeral and burial took place on Sunday
afternoon, and the services were con-
Quoted by w. M. Patty. She was a
good Christian woman, much beloved by
her relatives and friends.
Mr.. T. E. Baker, senior member of
the well known contracting firm of Ba-
ker & Wells, of Graham, and Mrs. Lena
, Whitesell were in Tazewell on Monday,
and after procuring the necessary pa
pers from the circuit clerks office, hied
themselves to the home of Rev. G. C.
Rector, who pronounced the ceremony
} that made them man and wife. They
}, will have the well wishes of large cir.
, Gle of friends.
, On last Thursday Mr.. Frank Medley
died at his home near Glenwood church
in Thompson Valley, after few DAYS
sickness from pneumonia. He was 8
? good citizen, and his death is deeply re.
GREETED by his friends and neighbors
! The deceased is survived by his wife
and six or eight children. Funeral ser.
vices were conducted by Rev. ]. R.
Pickett and the burial took place al
? Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Miss Bessie Blair Bailey and Mr.. R
P. Kent, of Bluefield, W. Va, came tt
J Tazewell on Tuesday and after procuring
license went to the home of Rev. ]. N.
, Hartman, of the Christian church, who
pronounced the ceremony making then
man and wife. They were accompanied
? to this place by Miss Alice Hare, also Of
Bluefield, a particular friend of tbs
J bride. The happy trio returned to Blue
held on the late train the evening of tn,
wedding, and on the following day Mr.
I and Mrs. Kent left for Birmingham
Ala, where they will in the future re
, side.
DR.. ]. Henry Thompson has resigned
his position as assistant surgeon for the
Pocahontas Consolidated Galleries Com.
pany, at Boissevain, to accept the
: more lucrative one of chief surgeon fol-
3 the Big Vein Pocahontas Coal Company
formerly the Browning Mines. Henry
as we all know him, is Californian
Z son of Mrs. Narcissa Thompson, who
! now lives in jacksonville, Cal He grad.
uated only last year from the Richmond
College of Medicine, and to thus early
hr IL. l.