Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

day night, April Sth.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a. m
Millinery Opening st L. =. PEDIGO 90.
thursday, Friday and Saturday, this week
M. A. B. McGlothlin, of Skeggs, was
transacting business at Tazewell on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. C. Dodd. of Graham.
are the guests of Mr.. J. w. Chapman
this week.
Berkeley Gillespie, of the V. P.I
Blacksburg, Va, spent several DAYS
with relatives at TsEeweIl this week.
Miss Mary Turk has returned to Taze-
well after having spent several weeks
with homefolks in Washington, d. C.
81 have long known Major Akers. He
has rare gifts as a public entertainer {"
walter P. Brownlow, NJ. c., LIST Dist.
Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Black returned
on tuesday from the Eastern pat of
the State, where they were called nv
the death of Mrs. Blacks father.
Only complete line Of Salts aud Dresses
4 5. PEDIGO & CO.,
Blue6eld, w. Va.
Mrs. A. S. Higginbotham has re-
turned to Tazewell after a visit to her
parents at Castlewood, Va, and friends
IN Johnson City, Tenn, Bristol and
other points.
Il first made the acquaintance of
MAJOR Akers IN Paris. He is simply in
lmitable IN any role which he may as
sumo. Charles Chaille-Long, chief of
staff to Chinese Gordon.
Robert Hawkins, who was summoned
to Richmond about three weeks ago bv
the serious illness of his brother. James
has returned to Tazewell, and reports
the sick brother as improving rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. F. White. of
Richlands, spent Sunday at TazeweIl
with relatives. The former has return
ed home but Mrs. White is still here as
the guest of her sister, Mrs. ]. A.
Greever.
Rev: c. W. Kelley will preach in The
Main Street Methodist church next Sun
day night and also Monday morning at
10 O'Clock. The second quarterly con-
ference will be held at the close of the
Monday morning service.
Following will be the personnel of the
Merchants Coal Company, which has
leased the Browning Mines at Poca-
hontas: John E. Ambrose, general man
ager; A. ID. McFarlan, chief engineer.
w. L. Barbour, paymaster.
Miss Allie Gray Buchanan snent the
weekend with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs A, B. Buchanan, returning To Pc
cahontas on the late train Sunday after
noon to resume her duties as teacher in
the High School at that place.
We will show during the opening this
week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
more imported Pattern Hats than have
ever been on exposition in this section be.
fore. h. =. PEDiGO
Bluefield.
Messrs. Renshaw and Mullins. engi-
neers of the State Highway Commits
SION, are at Tazewell this week viewing
the various roads of the county on which
improvements are to be made this wear
with the aid of the State appropriation
for that purpose.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barns. Rev. and
Mrs. George Buston and Capt. and Mrs.
J: X: Ward, who had been sojourning in
rlorloa Tor the past several months.
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much benefited in health by their STAY
on the peninsula.
Mr.. j. P. Cameron, of Graham. has
sold his interest in the Thistle Foundry
and Machine Company, located at that
place, to the Bank of Graham. 1t is
not known what plans Mr.. Cameron
has for the future, but his many friends
hope he will remain in Graham
The management of the TazeweIl
Steam Laundry changed on March 18th.
j. b. Adams, owner, taking charge:
and Will operate under my management.
VIII run first class laundry and guar
antee good work. Let me have YOUR
work. J.R. Adams
On yesterday afternoon Judge Stuart
received a telegram announcing that
his son, Ensign Harry Stuart, had pass
ed successful examination for promo
ton: and IS now Lieutenant Stuart. of
the U. ). Navy. We congratulate the
Lieutenant, and hope to see him before
many years an Admiral in our great
navy.
Negotiation are said to be under wav
for the establishment of a large and
up-to-date furniture factory at Graham
In the immediate future. The GENTLE
| AACh hISlSSlSu III the concern are SalC
TO be well known business men of the
coalheld, and there seems to be but lit.
tie doubt that the enterprise will be put
through.
| Mr.. H. b. Kits, of Bluefeld. has
leased the newspaper plant of the Poca-
hontas Coalheld Enterprise, at Poca-
hontas, this county, and in the future
the paper will appear as the Pocahontas
Miners Journal. Mr.. Kits is one of
the best known newspaper men in this
section, and we wish him every success
possible in his new venture.
There is considerable talk among the
young men of Graham in regard to the
erection of Y. M. C.. A. building in
that town; and it is generally hoped
by the people of Graham that the mat
ter will not end in talk, but that the
town will soon have a modern and we'll