Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-06-24
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a. N.
Mr. and Mrs. E V. SPOTS returned
on Sunday last from a visit to friends in
Arkansas.
Judge t. L. Henritze. of Middlesbo.
rough, KY, was a visitor to Tazewell
on yesterday.
Deputy Marshal George Harrison at
tended the opening of Federal court in
Roanoke the first of the week.
Rev. C. W. Kelly has returned to
Tazewell sfter q two weeks visit to
chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn.
Attorneys E. C. Marshall and Marvin
). Taylor, of the WEIGH, W. Va. bar
were transacting business here on yes-
terday.
Mr.. o. M. Nelson and daughter. Miss
Margaret, of Bramwel, w. Va, were
registered at the Jacksonville on yes-
terday.
Mr.. Charles t. Kilgore, a prominent
young attorney of Wise, Va, was at
Tazewell on professional business on
Monday.
Mr.. J. B. F. Gillespie, the coal man.
is giving you prices on Raven Red Ash
and other Goals in this issue of the Re-
publican.
The Tazewell baseball team was de-
teated by the Richards team in a game
played at the latter place on Tuesday.
by score of to-.
Mrs. A. j. May and Miss Doll Nav
left on Tuesday for Fortress Monroe.
Va, where they will visit DR.. and Mrs.
I. H. johnson for several weeks.
Mr.. L. L. Copenhaver, who has been
pursuing his studies in dentistry in Rich
mond for the past nine months, is at
his home here to spend his vacation.
Mr. h. W. Shields, of BramweI. w
Va, general manager for the Flat Ton
Land Association, was transacting bust
ness here on Friday and Saturday last.
Miriam, the bright little eighteen
months-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
ID L. Miles, of Burkes Garden, died on
Monday morning after an illness of only
a short while, and was buried on Tues
day afternoon at o'clock.
DR.. and Mrs. Wade Ii. St. Clair. of
Bluefield, were at Tazewen on SUNDAY
and Monday, having been called here bv
the serious illness of Mrs. C. T. St.
Clair. The condition of Mrs. St. Clair
is very much improved, we are glad to
say.
Rev. G. S. McCleary, who was in
charge of the Christian church at this
place as pastor last year, but who has
been student at Harvard University
since September last, is again at Taze-
well, and will preach regularly at the
Christian church during the summer.
Cards have been sent out announcing
the approaching marriage of M. Char
les Wesley Freeman, of Bramwell. w.
Va, to Miss Martha Frances Wheeler.
Of Lynchburg, Va. The event will be
celebrated at the home of the brides
mother in Lynchburg at o'clock on the
afternoon of June 30th.
DR.. W. R. Williams. of Richlands
and his two children, James Peery and
Mary Evaline, are in Richmond for q
stay OF several days. DR.. Williams will
sail for Europe on July 18th to take a
postgraduate course in surgery. He
will study at both Edinburg and Berlin
and will be abroad for several months.
Mrs. Edward R. Stuart died at her
home in Bluefeld on last Sunday after
noon, the victim of consumption. The
deceased was aged about thirty years.
and was daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Ratliff, of Richlands, this
county. She is survived by her husband
and three small children. The remains.
accompanied by number of relatives
and friends, were on Monday taken to
Richards and laid to rest in the old
home cemetery.
| A picnic was given near Wittens Mills
ON last Saturday by the good people of
that community, and a splendid time is
reported by those who attended from
town. The baseball game between
Tazewell and Springville was the feat
ure of the afternoon, and resulted In a
victory for the Tazewell boys by a score
of 6 to 2.
Mr.. A. B. Munsey, of Plainview,
Texas, was at Tazewell last Friday and
Saturday, visiting his daughter, Mrs.
o. A. Bennett. Mr.. Munsey is native
Of Lee county, Va, and resided there
until 1904, when he moved to Texas.
He was private in the 5Oth Virginia
Regiment of the Confederate army and
when eighteen years old lost his left
arm at the battle of the Wilderness.
The people of Lee county held him in