Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-08-19
TOWN And COUNTY NEWS

Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a. m.
A protracted meeting will be held in
the tent beginning on the 5th Sunday
night in this month.
Rev. E l.. Addington is assisting
Rev. S. T. M. Mcpherson in a revival
at Lebanon this week
Mrs. John w. Hash, of Middlesboro,
KY , is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. T. Patton, this week.
Blacks Studio will be closed from
Aug. 2Sth to September 9th. Have
your work done before that time.
Rev. w. NJ. Patty will preach at
Pleasant Hill next Sunday at IL a. m.
and at White Church at $3.50 p. m.
Miss Lena Angrist. of Brooklyn, N.
Y, arrived at Tazewell on Sunday last
for a visit of several days to her father,
Mr.. B. Angrist, of the American Tail
ors Company.
Col. H. C. T. Richmond, of Ewing,
Lee county, Va, died on last Sunday
afternoon. He was we'll known, and
for many years was prominent in the
affairs of the State.
Rev. w. H. Greever, Of Columbia, S.
c., who had been attending the sessions
of the Southwest Virginia Synod at
Bristol. Va, is now at the home of his
parents in Burkes Garden for short
visit and to recuperate.
The same high-grade work in photo
graphy can be gotten at Blacks Studio
in Tazewell as can be gotten from any
studio in the State. Mr.. Black attends
the Photographers Conventions regu-
larly and keeps in touch with all the
latest and best processes.
The fall term of Tazewell circuit
court will begin on next Tuesday, the
oath instant So far as the criminal
docket is concerned there but few cases
of Importance to be tried, and it is not
likely that the term will be a very
lengthy one.
Mrs A. C. Kiser, of this place, who
is in Bluefield attending her son, Walt
er, who is being treated at the Sanato-
rum in that city, in leaving worship
at the Bland Street ) ethodist church
on Sund ~ night last, fell from the
steps of the church and sustained
badly sprained ankle. She is getting
along nicely, however.
Mr.. W. H. Peck, of San Antonio,
Texas, died at the home of his father,
Mr.. H. N. Peck, at Unaks, four miles
east of Tazewell, on yesterday. Mr..
Peck had not been in the best of health
for some time, and came to Tazewell in
the early summer in the hope of i'm
proving his condition, but to no avail.
His remains will be taken back to his
Texas home for interment.
Right Worshipful Geo w. Wright.
Grand L. cturer of the State of Virgin
ia, arrived at Tazewell on Sunday last
and has been holding daily sessions of
instructing the members of the Craft
in the arts of Masonry. The attend
ance has been large, and the Craft is
being greatly benefited by the school.
ing to which they are being subjected.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert S. Gildersleeve,
of Grafton, this county, have sent out
invitations announcing the approaching
marriage of their daughter, Miss Bessie
Lanneau, to Mr., Gage Young Kelly, of
Bluefeld. w. Va. The marriage will
take place at the home of the brides
parents at Grafton at ! o'clock In the
afternoon of Wednesday, September
1st; and after October the 9Th they will
be "at home" to their friends in Blue
field, w. Va.
Mr.. John Coleman, an aged resident
of Cedar Bluff. was struck by passen-
ger train No. IL on the bridge near the
station at that place on Sunday last,
sustaining broken leg and badly in
jured hip. That he escaped death is
due to Postal Clerk w. S. Sale, who
seeing him attempt to cross the track,
pulled the emergency brake, bringing
the train to stop near the center OF
the bridge, He then ran back, holding
to the cars, and caught Mr.. Coleman in
time to prevent him falling into the
creek, thirty feet below.
Miss Hattie Rasnake, the fifteen
year-old daughter of Mrs. James Ras-
make, of Cedar Bluff, met horrible
death on the railroad bridge near Pound
ing Mill on Last Saturday afternoon.
The young lady who was on her way
from Pounding Mill, where she made
her home, to the home of her mother at
Cedar Bluff, was caught on the brid "a
by west bound passenger train No. IL
and fearfully manGled. The entire
train passed over the body, severing the
head arms and legs. Much sympathy
! Is expressed in the community where
the accident occurred for the mother
and two surviving sisters of the unfOr-
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