Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-15
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS

P"bst receives fresh Candies every 10
3ays
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a. m.
Preaching in the tent next Sunday at
4p. m. Sunday school at 4:45 p. m.
Rev. d. T. Miles, of Burkes Garden.
was visitor to Tazewell on Tuesday.
Mr.. H. A. Routh, Jr.. a prominent
young attorney of Lebanon, Va, was a
professional visitor to Tazewell on YES
terdsy.
Misses Mabel Coen and Matte Sue
Stevens, two charming young ladies' of
Graham, are the guests of Mrs. w. J.
Mitchell this week.
Add to the pleasures of home by buy
ing an Edison Photograph. You can
get two or four minute machine very
reasonable at Pobst's. He has over 200
records to select from. Call and see
the machine.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Ed Mcclure. Mrs. T.
A. Mcclure, Mrs. E. F. Walker, Mrs.
II. J. Tate. Cecil, Kyle and Robert re
Guire and Earl Walker, of Cedar Bluff,
were at Tazewell yesterday on a shop
ping tour.
On Tuesday morning five export
steers, the property of MIR. S. ]. Thomp-
son we're killed by lightning on his farm
at Liberty Hill, nine miles west of
Tazewell About a month ago Mr..
Thompson had three fine exports killed
by lightning on his farm in Barns Cove.
There were two deaths among the
children in upper Thompson Valley last
week, caused by whooping cough.
which is epidemic in that community.
A two-year-Old child of Mr. Everett
Bowling was one of the victims and an
eleven months old child of Mr.. H. G.P.
Mcneil was the other.
We have received copies of the pro-
ceedlngs of the mass meetings of Re-
publlcans held in Lee and Wise counties
but they came after our columns had
been filled, and, therefore. cannot be
published in this issue of the Republican.
We regret this, and hope in the future
such proceedings will be sent us more
promptly.
The Republicans of Wise county in a
mass meeting held at Wise on the 18th
instant elected delegates to the legis-
latlve convention to nominate a candi-
date to represent Wise and Dickinson
counties in the next House of Delegates
and instructed them to vote as a unit
for the nomination of John L. I,itz
This means that Mr.. Litz, who is a
Tazewell man and an excellent gentle
man, will be the next representative
from Wise and Dickinson counties.
Mr.. w. S. Crockett, of Bluefeld. w.
Va, was at Tazewell on Monday and
made application to the town council for
license to operate an automobile in
and about town for the purpose of hand
ling passengers coming to or leaving
Iazeweil, going to or from the fair
grounds or elsewhere about the town
The council was willing to grant the
privilege and thought $500 reasonable
tax; but Mr.. Crockett considered that
sum little excessive. and declined to
take out the license at that price Just at
this time.
A negro named H. Cook was arrested
at Gary, w. Va, on last Saturday bv
Detective A. C. Huffard and brought to
this place and lodged in jail on a charge
OF horse stealing. 1t seems that some
time ago Cook sold a horse to another
colored man named Harris, who lives on
Mud Fork, in this county, and that
shortly thereafter he borrowed the
horse from Harris to take a trip to a
nearby point. Failing to return with
the animal, Harris instituted search for
Cook and the horse, and succeeded in
locating them at Gary and in having
Cook arrested. He is being held for
the August grand jury.
Tom Lemon, the negro who shot and
killed Policeman Edward Wyatt at
WEIGH, w. Va, one night last week.
was captured in the mountains near
VIVIAN Yards on last Saturday and is
now behind the bars of the Mcdowell
county jail. Although alone when shot
and mortally wounded, Wyatt remained
conscious long enough after assistance
reached him to give an idea as to who
MS slayer was. Acting on this infor-
nation search was instituted for Lemon
with the result that he was captured as
stated above. Lemon is considered a
very dangerous character, having done
time IN the Oklahoma penitentary and
served numerous jail sentences in vari-