Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-11-11
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
Cash fer hides at Greever's.

Cash fer hides at Greever's.
The November term of Tszewell cir
cult court will begin on Monday, the
22nd instant.
Felix and L2throp O'Keeffe are here
today, having been called home by the
serious illness of Mrs. John O'Keeffe.
Mr.. and Nrs. W. G. O'Brien, of Tug
River, are spending q few days here
this week with Major T. P. Bowen and
family.
DR.. S. C. Bowen left for New York
this morning, where he will be for a
month or two taking q postgraduate
course in the medical schools of that
city.
FOR SALE-A No. Oliver Type
writer Has been in use bat short time.
As q cd es new. A bargain. For par
ticulsrs inquire at this Office.
w. =. Harman and Judge S. N. B.
Coulling are at Welch today negotiating
the sale Of valuable tract of timber
land near the Tazewell county line to
the William Ritter Lumber Company.
Mrs. G. M. st. Clair, accompanied by
her two little daughters, left on yester-
day for Roanoke and Salem, Va, where
abe will visit her sister, Mrs. Walter L.
Hodges and Mrs. Reba Koontz, nee
Miss Rebs Browning.
| STRAYED-A small brown mare.
about twelve years old. A reward will
be paid for her return to r. r. Henry,
Tazewell, Va, or VIM. Mitchell, Gra-
ham, Va.
Mrs. John G. O'Keeffe remains Sc
riously i'll. On yesterday Drs. Wade
and C. T. St. Clair and S. C. Bowen per-
formed an operation that has greatly
relieved her condition, and it is hoped
that she will now steadily get better
There will be stated conclave of
Clinch Valley Commandery, No. 20, K.
T., on next Monday night, November
18th. All Sir Knights are urged and
requested to be present as there Will
be work in the several degrees. BY
order Of the Eminent Commander.
d. G. ROBINSON, C. G.
The trial of Howard Little, who is
now confined in the Russell county jail
at Lebanon, charged with numbering
Mrs. Elizabeth Justice and George
Meadows and family at Hurley, in Buch-
anan county, recently, is set for hearing
at Grundy on the 10th instant.
On Tuesday Miss Winnie Hurt, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. ]. F. Hurt, was operated
upon for appendicitis at Richlands
She had been suffering with the trouble
for some time and an operation was i'm.
perstive. 1t was performed by Drs
w. R. Williams and S. c. Bowen. The
patient is now getting along splendidly
we are informed.
Messrs. Jos. W. Keller, E. G. Seller
and G. b. Pearson, of Shamokin, Pa.
arrived at Tazewell on yesterday anC
went from here to Bear Town to inspect
their large timber holdings in that sec
ton These gentlemen are connected
with the Shamokin Company, owners OF
immense timber tracts near Bear Town,
and it is believed their visit here at this
time means the opening up of this vast
atorehouse Of wealth at an early date.
At Pocahontas one day last week a
man by the name of Smith, who was
employed as driver in the mines of the
Pocahontas Galleries Company, became
enraged at q mule which he was driving
and dealt it blow with the edge of ar
ak, desperately woundinR the pooI
creature. The act was promptly re-
ported, the criminal arrested and taker
before Judge Owens, who fined hin
500, with twelve months on the chain
gang. This is the limit, yet it is not
sufficient punishment for such an inhu.
man act.
Miss Naude Moss, Of Burkes Garden,
had prominent part on programme
presented on Saturday, Nov. 6, by stu.
dents Of the School of Expression,
Copley Square, Boston, where she il
studying vocal and literary art. A por-
ton Of the programme was devoted tc
dialect sketches. among which Miss
MOSS presented The Photograph" by
Dunbar, in q manner to win commenda-
ton from the large audience. The re-
eital was one of a series which occur
throughout the winter for the purpose
of giving the more advanced pupils ar
opportunity to appear in public, and 6
place on the programme is coveted by
the students as prize.