Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-04-08
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Do not fail to hear Miss Wheeler
April 10th.
) Aladdin kerosene oil is the best-at
Boyer's.
Miss Wheeler at the Christian church
April 18th, p. m.
Boyer will have cut flowers Friday
and Saturday.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a. m.
Landreth's garden seeds and onion
sets-al~ays fresh at BOyer's.
Preaching in the Christian church on
next Sunday at p. m.
Remember the date. April 10th. Do
not fail to hear Miss Wheeler.
Rev. S. o. Hall will preach at Con-
cord next Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
Unusual bargains in sheets. towels
rugs, druggets, lace curtains, quilts.
etc, at BOyer's.
Clyde V. Hawkins has returned to
Tazewell after a months visit to Roam
oke, Bedford City and other points in
the State
Mr.. E. L. Greever is in Pikeville, XIV,
this week, where he is engaged in the
trial of an important case as attorney
for the Ritter Lumber Company.
Remember Keen Kutter" knives
SCISSORS, cutlery and everything of this
famous brand-are guaranteed. Return
II not as represented. Boyer & Co. are
agents.
Mr.. H. S. Surface, who had been
right sick at his home in Pocahontas for
the past three weeks, is reported very
much improved. His mother, Mrs. G.
K. Surface, who had been with him in
his illness, has returned to her home at
this place.
Colonel and Mrs. ]. S. Browning are
now living on their splendid farm in
Aobs Valley, known as the Charlie
Black farm. 1t is stated they will live
on their farm during the summer, but
will spend their winters in Florida and
other Southern States.
LADIES
Are you ready for Spring house-clean-
ing! 1t so, call at The Big Store. We
want TO show you our line of Lace and
Swiss Curtains and Curtain Goods; also
FLOOR Mattlngs, Rugs and Druggetts.
Lace Curtains from $1OO to S. 90 3
PAIR; Druggetts from 81. 80 to S25. 90.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
, Last night there was fire at Blacks
burg, the colored village just east Of
North Tazewell The dwelling hous,
E of Charles Harris and its contents wer,
destroyed, and the house of Charlie.
Boyle nearby was also destroyed. Tn,
= hre occurred about ten o'clock.
H. Claude Pobst returned Tuesda,
I. from six weeks business trip to Buch
ansn county looking the perfection o
good health. When questioned as t.
B.. his opinion of that county and its peopl
he unhesitatingly replied that "Buch
anan was all right, and her people tn
!. best on earth"
J. Polk Miller and his "Old South Quar-
tette were listened to by packed audi
ence in the High School chapel on las
e Saturday night. Many, who had hear
n Mr.. Miller on previous occasions, pro
t, nounced Saturday nights performanc
It the best of the kind they had ever lis
I tened to.
Y Miss Jessie O'Keeffe, who went I
Norfolk to witness the homecoming O
the world-girdling battleship feet, an
= who since then had been visiting rela
tives and friends at Richmond and othe
points in the State, returned to he
home here on last Friday, and reports
most enjoyable trip.
: Lieutenant Harry A. Stuart, of tn
United States Navy, is visiting his De
O rents, Judge and Mrs. ]. H. Stuart, a
o this place. Peach" as he is familiarl
known to the people of TazeweIl, wa
r always one of the most popular boys
the town, and he has received many
u hearty hand-shake from hundreds of aG
II miring friends who are delighted to ono
agair welcome him home.
= From the manner in which Sammi
u Peery, as pitcher for Roanoke College
handled the strong V. P. 1. baseball az
u gregation on last Friday, it would seer
that he is going to be the blight partic
nlar star on that team this year. Dur
ing the eight innings in which he toe
the pitchers slab he allowed but fou
!. hits, which, added to a base or two O
balls and two errors by the men benin
him, Melted the Blacksburg boys tire
, runs. Besides holding his opponent
to four hits he struck out eight men
and contributed to his teams victory b
some timely stick work.
The Pocahontas correspondent of tn
Lynchburg News says: The Big Veil
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