Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-12-02
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

lUWh AND COUNTY NEWS.
Mr.. w. B. Carnes, private secretary
of the Hon. C. B. Slemp, was visitor
to Tazewell on Friday and Saturday of
last week.
A big lot of ladies, misses and chill
drens coats and rain coats at The Big
Store.
HARRISON & Gillespie Bros.
Mrs. G. NJ. st. Clair and children.
who had been visiting in Roanoke and
Salem, Va, for the past two weeks,
have returned to their home at this
place.
Mr.. Geo. w. Gillespie. president of
Tazewell National Bank, has been quite
sick at his home since last Saturday.
but his condition is now greatly i'm
proved.
Ladies'
We are still showing a nice lot of Ia.
dies suits, coats and rain coats. If you
haven't secured one yet come early.
Don't wait for Xmas.
Messrs. James G. Litz and Nathan
Marks, of Pocahontas, have been ap-
pointed by Governor Swanson as dele
gates to the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress, which meets in Wash
ington, d. c., December 8 to 10.
We advise parties wanting wheat
bran TO place their orders now. Prices
are going to advance by January LIST.
Send US your orders promptly.
Star Milling Co.
Mr.. Geo. L. Hart, of Roanoke, was
at Tazewell from last Friday until yes
terday. He was here to report the
case of Witt VS.. Norfolk & Western
Railway Co. Mr.. Hart is a very ac-
complished stencgrapher and court re-
porter.
DR.. Robert E. Blankenship, who had
been connected with Jackson's Phar-
macy at this place for about a year, has
accepted position with the Bluefield
Pharmacy, Bluefield, w. Va, and left
on Monday for that place to assume his
duties.
Mrs. Florence Smith, who had been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. L. Will
liams, at this phase for the past month,
left on Friday last for her home at
Glade Spring, accompanied by Mrs. Will
liams, who will remain there until after
the holidays.
A delegation of Mystic Shriners from
Acca Temple, Richmond, Va, will visit
Graham on Saturday, December 11th.
for the purpose of initiating a number
of candidates into the mysteries of the
Shrine, and great time is promised on
that occasion.
Quite little excitement was occa-
stoned at the East end of Main Street
on last Saturday morning when the
street car. in rounding the curve at that
place, collided with the steam roller.
fortunately no one was injured, though
those aboard the car received a small
sized shaking up. Both the front and
rear steps of the car on one side were
torn off while the roller was turned
across the street in such manner as to
require couple hours hard work to
right it again.
Messrs. ]. w. Chapman and A. P.
Gillespie were at Richmond the first of
the week, where they argued in the U.
5. Circuit Court of Appeals the case of
the Powhatan Coal and Coke Co. VS..
The Norfolk e Western Railway. This
is what is known as a rate case, the
Coal and Coke Company having insti-
tuted injunction proceedings to prevent
the Railway Company from advancing
the rates on shipments of coal and coke
to the Lake markets. Messrs. Chap
man & Gillespie are of counsel for the
Powhatan Coal and Coke Company.
John Kosmoe, of Pocahontas, local
secretary of the Hungarian Sick Bene-
mt Society of America, was arrested at
that place day OR two ago on a charge
of having falsified his accounts and
shortage. 1t is alleged that Kosmoe
has been collecting from the members
of the order, pocketing the amounts
paid, then reporting the members delin-
quent. When a benefit was to have
been paid member, the discrepancy
which led to an Investigation and Kos
NOES arrest was revealed. 1t was also
found that he was about $I3O short in
his accounts. He will have hearing
on tomorrow before Judge Owens ar