Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-13
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Mrs G. w. O'Keeffe, of williamson.
w. Va, Is at Tazewell this week as the
guest of Mrs. Mary O'Keeffe and fam
lily and other relatives and friends.
Are you going to use Alabastine? All
colors, at Jackson's.
Mr.. ard Mrs. K. E. Fields. who ac-
companied the remains of little Susie
Spangler to Tazewell, will visit rela-
tlves IN this and Wise county for sever
al weeks before returning to their Tex
as home.
Bishop B. d. Tucker, of the Diocese
of Southern Virginia, will visit Stras
Memorial church on tomorrow (Friday)
night, May 14th, at O'Clock. All are
cordially invited.
Chas. w. Sydnor, Rector.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs En-
NETT Dillow died at the home of its na-
rents in Thompson Valley on Yesterday.
The little one was taken i'll on Tuesday
with what was pronounced diptheria.
and died within twenty-four hours after
being taken i'll.
The Tazewell baseball team journeyed
all the way to Graham and back on last
Saturday only to receive a second de-
feat at the hands of the Graham agpre-
CATION, the game going eleven innings
and the score being z to 8. The Taze-
well team, tho defeated, put I'D an ex-
cellent article of ball, and not until the
last man had been retired in the elev
enth were the Grahamites sure of VIC
tory.
The many warm friends at this place
OF Jake Boyd, the well known baseball
player, will be glad to learn that he has
signed Roanoke contract and that in
the future he will appear on the dia-
mond In Highland uniform. Though
already loyal partizans of the Roanoke
team, the mere fact that Boyd is now
with that aggregation, will make our
people pull the harder for the success of
that team.
1t Is very probable that Rev. S. w.
Moore, until recently pastor of the Pres
byterian churches at Graham and Poca-
hontas but now at Williamson. w. Va
Will be called to fill the vacancy in Cen
tral Presbyterian church, Bristol, caused
by the resignation of Rev. w. H. T.
Squires- Rev. Moore preached in Cen
tral church on last Sunday, and his hear
ers were favorably impressed with him
as man and preacher.
The nineteenth annual session of the
Southwestern Royal Arch School Of
Masons will be held at the Iron Lithia
Springs, Iiptop, Va, this year. The
schooi VIII open on Monday, July 18th,
and continue until the 26th of july. A
large attendance of Royal Arch Masons
is looked for, and the management of
the springs are making preparations to
entertain them in elegant style but at
reasonable cost to those who attend.
In decision handed down on vester-
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harrisburg, Judge Fulton Keglev held
Section 23A of the Byrd liquor law to be
Unconstitutional, for the same reason as
assigned Dy Judge HARRISON in a SINH
lar case at Harrissonburg recently. The
case was that of the Commonwealth We.
Shannon, and went I'D on appeal from
the Justices court. This decision is of
far reaching effect and will 20 to the
Supreme Court at once for its decision.
DR.. c. T. st. Clair left on Tuesday
morning for johnson City, Tenn. We
are informed that DIR. st. Clair has been
offered and has accepted the position of
chief surgeon for the Carolina, CIinch-
field and Ohio railroad, and that it is his
intentions to leave Tazewell in a short
time. While our people will regret ex-
ceedingly to lose DR.. St. Clair and fam
lily from our midst, all will, neverthe-
less. be glad to know of his good fort
une IN thus securing such a responsible
as well as lucrative position.
Mr.. Left C. Neal, who lives on the
farm of Mr.. W. F. Hartman, about four
miles northeast of Tazewell, had the
misfortune to lose his home and entire
household goods by fire about noon on
last Sunday. The fire originated from
a defective kitchen fiue, and had made
considerable Roadway before being dis
covered, and though Mr. Neel and 9th
ers did all IN their power to check the
flames, they soon extended to the main
part of the building and enveloped If In
flames, and within few minutes it had
burned to the ground. This unfortu-
nate occurrence is a severe blow to Mr..
Neal, and all our people sincerely regret
TO learn of his misfortune.
During row between two colored
men on Main Street in Pocahontas on
last Saturday afternoon. one of the
negroes, Tom Sanders by name. drew a
pistol and fired at his adversary. The
bullet missed the negro at whom it was
tired, and struck Mrs. Floyd Black. who
was standing near the door in the store
OF the Rexal Drug Company, causing 8
serious but not necessarily fatal wou5d
The bullet struck Mrs. Black in the
shoulder and DETECTED slightly, and il
was only by the narrowest margin that
she escaped fatal injury if not instant
death: The negro was immediately
PLACED under arrest, and is now confined
IN the county Jail at~this place awaiting
indictment. The latest intelligence
from Pocahontas is to the effect that
Mrs. Black is doing nicely with every-
thing favoring her speed recovery. Her
numerous friends at Tazewell were very
anxious about her condition for several
days, and all will be glad to learn that
her chances of rapid recovery are SO
favorable.
Capt. Thomas Peery, well known tn
large number of the people in Taze-
well county, died suddenly at his home
In Culpeper county, Va, on last Sat
1rday from stroke of appoplexv.
Captain Peery was a native of Tazewell
county, having been born and reared to
manhood in Burkes Garden; and was for
many years q commanding fioure in tba