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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
To Tap Wise Coal Fields.

Capitalists are becoming interested in
the proposed electric line connecting
the agricultural districts of Lee county.
Va, with the Wise county coal fields.
The main line will be twenty-eight
miles in length, between Jonesville and
Big Stone Gap, with branch lines touch.
ing Norton, Dorchester, Blackwood.
Imboden, Appalachia and StoneCa. in
Wise county, and Keokee, Yokum Sta
ton Hickory Flats and Mulberry Gap,
in Lee county.
The coal fields of Southwest Virginia
are fast becoming a veritable beehive
OF industry, and the concensus of opin-
ion is that with this new acquisition not
less than 500, 900 people will inhabit the
rich territory to be covered, many acres
OF which are not now under cultivation
and have been allowed to grow up in
briars for lack of people to consume
what could easily be produced.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
PLAN MANY IMPROVEMENTS.

Roanoke, Va, July 17.-President I.
T. johnson, of the Norfolk and West
ern, accompanied by N. d. Maher. gen
eral manager, c. S. Churchill, chief en-
gineer, and w. H. Lewis, superipten-
dent of motive power, returned here to-
day from an inspection of the road west
of Roanoke.
I'VE are pushing the double tracking
from the coal fields to Columbus " said
Mr.. Maher, 'just as rapidly as circum-
stances will admit.
BY the end of the present wear wa
expect to have the system double track
ed west, all except thirty-eight miles
and by the end of next year there will
be double track from Bluefeld to Col
umbus. We are double tracking also in
the Dismal Swamp region, in the Nor
folk district, but outside of this the
main work in this direction is being done
west. Twelve miles of double track
west Of WEIGH was opened TODAY to
traffic"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22

VlkGlNlA-In the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of the county of Russell
on the 9th day of July. 1909.
John Thomas Alexander, Price AIa>,,r
ger, May I1gnor, Sarah Mabe, Maggie
nmlocheIl, Dora Grace, Katie Taylor,
J marina Mitchell and Mamie b.
Mitchell, Complainants,
against
WIN. Alexander, Mary Alexander. Cora
Reedy, Jennie Bowman, Melvin Rec
ddy, Geo; Reedy, ]. H. Reedy, MYRTLE
keedy, Mable Reedy, Fannie Metcaif
Anms Metcalf and Charles Metcslf'
The object of this suit is to partition
the lands of which Daniel Alexander
dled seized, among the parties entitled
thereto, and to assign dover to me
WIDOW of the said Daniel Alexander
SAID land containing about l2O acres snd
lying In Russell county on the NH
side of Clinch Mountain.
And an affidavit having been made
ana MED that the defendants. Cora
6eedy, Jennie Bowman, Melvin Reedv
George Reedy, John Henry Reedy'
Myrtle Reedy, Mabel Reedy. Fannie
Metcalf, Annis Metcalf and Charles
metcalf, are not residents of the States
OF virginia, 1t is ordered that thew do
appear here within fifteen DAVIS sfter
due publication hereof, and do what
may be necessary to protect their inter
est in this suit.
A copy-Teste:
1. R. GRAY, D. C.
i'ou'n q Nouth' p. q. jy15t4
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
GlOudbuTSt al GOuIWOOd,

A destructive cloudourst at Coulwood.
In Russell county, is reported to have
occurred on last Friday night.
Thousands of dollars worth of prom
erty and crops were destroyed. Fl. B.
Compton's general store was washed
away, and his goods were scattered
down the course of Clinch River for a
distance of five or six miles. The build
ing was complete wreck.
Compton owns large farm adjacent
TO his store, and his crops were laid
waste by the fioood. His fields of grow
ing cofn we're wiped off the ground and
ms other crops were blotted out. Sew
eral hundred feet of railroad track was
washed away, and the traffic on the d.
vision was greatly demoralized. No
lives were lost.
After the first fierce burst of the
storm the rain fell in torrents for three
hours. Three years ago there was a
cloudburst in the same locality, and on
this occasion Mr.. Compton, as in the
present instance, was one of the heayj-
est losers. His store was flooded and
the building floated, but railroad Sec
ton crew which came to the rescue,
with the aid of ropes succeeded in an
choring the house until the flood SUBJ
sided.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
What A Stranger Had 10 Say,

On last Tuesday morning stranger.
who had sojourned in our town for the
night. walked into the dining room of
one of our hotels and sat down at a table
where another stranger was taking his
breakfast Stranger number one re-
marked to the other stranger:
well. got up early this morning.
and have just returned from a ramble
over the glorious hills about this town:
and l have come to the conclusion that
l would rather be a COW or horse and
live in Tazewell than to be man aud
live elsewhere.
VI course this was an exaggerated
tribute to our magnificent mountain
scenery; to our verdant hills that fur
nish abundant supplies of the most lus-
clous bluegrass that kline or equine ever
grazed upon; to our fertile valleys that
yield so abundsntly of grains and fruits:
and to our clear, ripping streams that
course down the mountain hollows and
join the historic Clinch.
1t is frequently remarked by resi-
dents and natives of other places that
the people of this county are too much
struck on Tazewell-that they think it
is the best country in the world. Is it
strange that the people here should
think so well of their county, when
strangers speak in such glowing terms
of its beauty and fertility?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
The Automobile Controversy.

We refrained last week from saving
anything about the automobile agitation
that had just begun to excite the com
munity; and but for the imputation cast
upon certain members of the town coun-
eli by the report published in the Clinch
Valley News of last week, and sent out
in press reports from here, we would
not think the controversy now going on
of sufficient Importance to say what we
shall say.
That any of the honorable gentlemen
on the town council who happen to be
stockholders in the Electric Light and
Power Company would oppose the intro
duction OF an automobile as g common
carrier solely because they had an in
terest in the car line, is a Islander that
needs no refutatlon IN the community
where they live. To think that they
would be so influenced is about as rea-
sonable and just as to think that those
who are now the advocates of the auto
mobile are influenced by a selfish and
vicious hostility to the street car line.
Certainly no citizen of the town will be
willing to admit that he is moved by
such hostility. There would be no lust
cause for him having such a feeling.
The electric line is owned by our own
citizens. They placed large amount
never received anything In the way of
profits that has not been spent in the
Improvement of the line. The construc-
ton and operation of the electric car
line have added greatly in many ways to
the comfort and prosperity of the com
munlty. There IS no other town in the
world the size of Tazewell that has such
a line. Therefore, the people of the
town ought not only to be proud of it
but ought to do everything in their
power to sustain and perpetuate it.
Those who are property holders in Taze-
well are especially interested in its
maintenance and prosperity.
We say this from no feeling of I'M
Kindness to the gentlemen who own and
operate the automobile.
Besides, there may be serious objec-
tons TO having an automobile operating
as a common carrier on our streets. One
objection urged is that the streets are
too narrow. This is very reasonable.
Another objection urged is that the
town has recently been spending large
sums in making modern roadways, and
that automobiles are considered more
destructive and injurious to such road
ways than any vehicle that has ever
been used on the public highways.
These and other matters we are IN
formed were the reasons that influenced
the town council in placing the license
tax on automobiles to be used as com
mon carriers at such high price as to
seem prohibitive. The Mayor Of the
town has vetoed the ordinances passed
by the council because he considered
the license tax excessive. We take it
for granted that he WAS as honest in
his views az were the members of the
town council. Who will say nay2
Let the controversy cease to agitats
the people, and let the law settle it.
The council will pass the ordinance over
the Mayors veto, and then, perhaps,
the matter may be carried to the courts.
IL 1t Is we are satisfied the council will
be sustained by the courts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
HOLD CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON,

Richmond, Va, July 2O.-From q
source that is undisputed and strongly
inclined to the candidacy of Harry St.
George Tucker, the following telegram
was received from Washington this
morning, and later given out to mem
bers Of the press:
"A conference between representa-
tives of the State Liquor Dealers As.
ISOLATION of Virginia and several power.
full Democratic leaders was held in
Washington last week. The utmost
secrecy surrounded the conference.
1T is learned from a source which ia
usually well-informed and most accurate
that the object of the conference was to
give to the liquor people still more en-
phatic assurance that should Judge
Mann be nominated and elected to the
Governorship there should be no fur
Their legislation attempted regulating or
prohibiting the sale of liquor.
And it is further stated such as
surances were renewed with all proper
earnestness and solemnity.
The conference is understood to have
been held last Thursday. John A. Les
ner, State Senator from Norfolk county
and president of the State Liquor Deal
ers' Association, and Joseph T. Law
less, OF Norfolk, were in Washington
and saw several of the Virginia mem
bers, though they did not call on Repre-
sentative Maynard, of the Norfolk dis
trlct, who is for Mr.. Tucker in the GU
bernatorial CONTEST
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Lowney's Candy-iust received
JacksOn's.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday at IL a m.
Preaching in the Christian church
next Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
Preaching at Mays Chapel next Sun
day at $3.50 p M, by Rev. S. o. Hall
Preaching in the tent next Sunday at
4 p. m. by Rev. G. S. &cClsry. Sunday
school at 4:45 p. m.
kodakers should get busy now and
work for the prize at the fair this Fall.
See the advertisement.
Miss Lillian Parker, of Baltimore. is
the guest of her friend. Miss Tot Nc
Call, at Tazewell this week.
Miss Mary Miller, of Christiansburg.
Va, Is at Tszewell this week the guest
of her cousins. the Misses Stuart.
Children's Day service at Pisgah next
Sunday. both morning and afternoon.
Dinner will be served on the ground.
The COCA COLA at our fountain is
the genuine article, and is not doctored.
Jackson's Drug Store.
Mrs. Dudley Cowles, of Boston, Mas
sachusetts, is at Tazewen this week as
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. A. G. Rus
sell.
Preaching in the North Tazewell
church next Sunday at IL a. m. and in
the Main Street Methodist church at
s p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Kyle Montague, Sr..
OF Christiansburg, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Kyle Montague, Jr., at Taze-
well for few days.
Mrs. R P. Holland and Mrs. Geo. B.
Cromer, of Newberry, S. c., arrived at
Tazewell on Tuesday to pay a visit to
their sister, Mrs. VIM. C. Pendletou.
Miss Lois Montague, of Christians
burg, Va, is the guest this week of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Kyle Montague. Jr.. at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Har
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Pendleton are
at the Iron Lithia Springs, at Tiptop.
this week where Fred is attending the
annual meeting of the Southwest Vir-
ginia Royal Arch School of Masons.
The camping party, with Mrs. W. G.
Harrison as chaperone, which had been
tenting down the Clinch for the past
two weeks, returned to Tazewell on
Tuesday afternoon aud those that we
have heard speak of it report a splendid
time.
DR.. and Mrs. J. J. McKanna, Jr.. of
Bluefeld, were visitors to Tazewell on
Tuesday-the Doctor coming here on
professional business and Mrs. McKan-
ma accompanying him. Both were de-
lighted with the town and scenery sur
rounding it.
LOST-On Monday, the 18th inst, a
ladies small double case gold watch.
Il. A. H" engraved on case. Small
gold chain with small onyx (black)
cross attached. Finder will be lber-
ally remarked if returned to Mrs. w
b. Walker or Major r. R. Henry.
Rev. J. H. Alexander, of Atlanta.
Ga, is visiting at Tazewell this week.
the guest of his brother, Capt. John ID.
Alexander. Reverend Mr.. Alexander
drove the entire distance from Atlanta
to Tazewell in q buggy, and says the
trip was very enjoyable as we'll as bene.
fetal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
TOM S. DURR STRICKEN
WITH PARALYSIS OF TONGUE

Union Springs, May i0.-(Special)7-
About nine o'clock this morning Tom
s. Durr suffered a stroke of paralysis
which completely paralyzed his tongue
and up to this time there has been
no change In his condition.
Mr.. Durr was at his place Of bust.
ness and IN conversation with a friend
when he felt a peculiar sensation
about the head and neck He immedi-
atefy turned without finishing the
conversation and started for his>home.
which is only about two Blocks away.
When be reached home he had lost
his power of speech
Mr.. Durr Is a prominent citizen of
this place, is senior member of the
large hardware firm of Duff and
Crossiey and an active member of the
Methodist church
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11

ele.sss FOR home nafsslonn and e2s.ess
for foreisn missions. The women Of
Alabama raised u. ooo more to each OF
the funds than ever before.
The missionary fund. as raised BY
the Baptists OF the entire South. lie
$742,4ss. or szss.4se for home mis-
sions. and s4ss.oo6 for foreign mis-
sions
Each delegate represents $3.50 rails
ed for mission purposes.
Among the features of the conven-
ton viii be the Jubilee meeting OF
the southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary, Of Louisville. The seminary
win celebrate its semi-centenniai. and
II - thought that It's alumni, Baptist
ministers from throughout the South
win be present. A great banquet will
be served.
Or. c. A.. stakeley and Rev. J I. n
Bush. of Montgomery. are members Oh
the board of trustees Of the SEMINARY
Another special train win ieavs
Montgomery May II to carry several
local cotton oil men. who viii attend
the convention of Cotton Seed Crush.
ers. which 10 to meet in Memphis.
A party leaving MONTGOMERY last
night were delegates to the Alabama
Bankers Association Convention
which Is held at Mobile today ana to.
morrow. Those leaving were: l.. B
Farley. president New Farley National
Bank; ]. X. jackson. cashier Ex-
change National; H. r. Bartlett, as.
sistant cashier First National Bank.
A fourth convention party win \ be
that OF the local order Of knights
Templars, who leave today for Anda.
lusia, to attend the State convention
Among the members OF the Montgom
cry lodge leaving are g. A. Beau
champ. Guy T. Smith. Glenn G.. Liby
Robert s . league.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
BOYS ARE ENCAMPED
sTARExEss CADETS SPEND NIGHT IN
AUTAUGA COUNTY.
Campnres Burn and Regular Outposts
Were Thrown Out-Wul Reach
Prnttyfllc Somefime Thls
+ Morning

a Washington's Ferry. tBy Telephone.)
--Starke's University School Cadets are
encamped here tonight ON the Autau-
ga side OF the river. The camp fires
are burning and the boys are making
merry with song and stories Of their
fathers. who spent years under like
conditions not for pleasure. but for
the love Of their country and their low
ed ones. Regular outposts have been
thrown out and the sentinels can be
heard calling the hour OF the night.
Darkness had fallen when the ca
diets reached this, their destination Of
the first day. The party had been held
up, because Of an accident to their
wagon train, the automobile which was
preceding the wagons had n slight mis-
hap, and blocked the road for some
time. The tents were quickly pitched.
once the boys arrived. and the cook
soon had something which satisfied the
monstrous appetites which had been
developed on the tramp. q
Dinner was had at New Hope. where
the boys astonfshed the natives with
drill maneuvers.
/. number of Prattviile boys walked
to the scene of the first nights camp
and greeted the cadets in most en-
thusiasfic manner. 1t IL expected that
the camp will be pitched at Prattville
by 10 or IL o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
NEGRO BOY HELD FOR
BURGLARIZING LAUNDRY

Charley Moses. IL years old, was
bound over to the grand jury In the
SUM OF 5000, by Recorder Baber yester-
day. after pleading guilty to the charge
of burglary and grand larceny.
Charley Moses, who IL the son of
Michael Moses. and lives at II South
McDonough Street, had looted the
money till of the Empire Laundry, next
to his house, upon several occasions.
according to his own confession. Sum
day night he was caught in the act By
C. M. Hicks, an employee Of the En-
pire Laundry. who watched. Five dol
lars in small change was placed In the
drawer. each coin marked by a cross
The boy was seen to go to the till. open
1t by the combination. and take the
money. He was taken into custody by
the policemen. who came Immediately,
as Mr.. Hicks telephoned.
Moses pleaded guilty when arraigncd
before the Recorder. His bond was
furnished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
SEEK CONVENTION
COMH1ERCrAL CLUB AFTER SOUTH
ERN COTTON OIL CRUsHERs.
AZ Directors Meeting Tonight Plans
VIII BE Discussed Toward Bring-
ing Big Gathering Here

M&6t nG8fs
At q meeting of the directors of the
Commercial Club, to be held this even-
ing there VIII probably be launched o
movement to secure for Montgomery
the 1910 annual convention OF the In
terstate Association of Southern Cotton
Oil Crushers, which claims. In all. some
5000 to 5000 members.
1t win be decided whether or not
Secretary Weever will be sent to Mem
pills to the convention of the asocia-
ton. which Is to be held this month,
to urge. personally, that the associa-
tion meet IN Montgomery in 1910.
It Is known that some Alabama city
win be selected, and Montgomery
claims for the recognition win be pre-
scented. The state crushers win meet
In this city next year.
At the meeting tonight s. ]. Cassells.
local cotton seed oil man. will be
with the directors and plans for Coz
operation on the part of the local men
of the cotton seed oil business with
the Commercial Club will be effected.
The proposed Guarantee Fund prop
osition, which has excited agreeable
comment In Montgomery, will be up for
final settlement as to details, in all
probability. and for arrangement that
it may be submitted to the club as .
whole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
TWO NEGROES SHOT
MAN ATTEMPTS wOAAN.s LIFE.
THEN HIS OWN.
erased by Liquor. Joseph Thomas
shoots Linsie Brown Through
the Lung and Himself In
the Neck.

Crazed by liquor. Joseph Thomas. q
negro, shot Lizzie Brown, q negro wo-
man. through the right lung yesterday
afternoon. and then turned the smok-
ing revolver upon himself. sending
bullet through his neck. missing the
juguiar vein by bare one-thirty-second
of an inch.
The shooting occurred at the. house
of the woman's father, on Baihbridge
Street, near Swayne's School. when. as
the woman said, she refused to give
the man. who was plainly drunk. one
of her rings to wear. Then II was that
he shot. 4.
to police headquarters. where physi-
clans were called in, and later taken
to St. Margaret's Hospital. Neither
will die. from present Indications
though both experienced narrow es,
capes. The bullets In Both Instances
lodged in the bodies and win be probed
for later.
Thomas, wound proved puzzle 70
the physicians. Hardly more than a
deep fiesh wound. he remained uneon-
scious for hours, from no ascertainable
cause, unless It was the whiskey, which
nerved him for the shooting.
The case stands as one OF the few
of the. polfcemen's experience where
negro attempted suicide after shooting
person. Thel look TO the drunken
ness for the explanation of the un-
usual action on the part Of Thomas.
The man and woman were barely
acquainted. according to the woman.
who was conscious. and who talked
easily, In spite of the wound In her
lung. He came upon the porch Of her
fathers house, she said. and began TO
talk to her. He was plainly drunk.
and staggered. according to her state
ment
When he asked her for the rings she
wore, she refused. saying that they
were not hers. Then she said. he shot.
and as she staggered from the porch
into the house. shot himself and feli.
witnesses procured later by the po-
lice corroborated her statement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
JUDGE THOMAS ovERRULEs
MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIALS

Judge w. n. Thomas OF the Civil
Division OF the City Court Of Mont
gomery yesterday overruled two mo-
fions for new trials. The first motion
was that made by the plaintiff In the
case of Mrs. I4avinia CryselI VS. the
Western Railroad of Alabama. In
this case the trial resulted In q jury
verdict for the defendant. 1t appear
ed at the trial that Mrs. Cryseli had
been carried past her station for q
distance Of two miles. and was there
fore forced to walk back. She claimed
that she was subject to great nervous
strain. as she was taking a small child
through the dark country roads.
In the SECOND case Judge Thomas
oyerruied a motion on the part Of
the defendant in the case of Ellen I.
Barry Vs. the West Virginia Land
Company. In this case jury rem
dered a verdict of s2.2S6.36 against
the Land Company. The amount sued
for was $1,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
TOLEAVE FOR
LOUISVILLE
Baptists 10 Take Special
Train.
ALABAMA TO SEND 500
New Record Has Been Made for
Missions.
Amons the Features. of the conven-
tiess WIN be the Jubilee
Ms.tass Of the Theological
seminsry.

with . score or more Montgomerians
ABOARD, the special train of thS Louis
Vile and Nashville will leave the
city this afternoon at GAS o'clock
bound for Louisville, and for the
Doukhern Baptist Convention. The
convention will open Thursday. May
Is, to continue for one week
The delegates from Montgomery
are: Mrs. B. p. crum, Mrs Haiti
n,sr, Mrs. Tatum, Mrs. Bennett. Miss
Mary >Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs Robert
Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Crump-
ton, J. H. Bush. y. W. oHara, ". J.
Elliott, 8. A. cowan and c. A Stake
ley.
II 10 probable that others. from
Montgomery win attend besides the
regularly appointed delegates.
Alabama win send probably 500 in
ali, 20 attend the convention at Louis
VILE, which Is to be probably the
greatest gathering OF It's kind for
years.
Alabama sends. to augment to mis-
sionary fund OF the Southern Associa-
tion, more money than ever before,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11

Headed by Major Dick. Starke's Uni-
iversity Cadets marched through the
streets of Montgomery to the tap OF
the drum. yesterday. morning. In an
ticipation Of the departure OF the boys
many people were on the streets al
though the departure was scheduled for
$40. and everywhere there was round
Of applause for the battalion.
= The little fellows In their marching
suits made big hit as they piodded
along In the trail Of the larger boys,
and the perfect step and drill precision
which Is bound 20 assert itself In the
after lives Of the cadets brought to
them the plaudfts of the spectators.
Marching at route step. fully equip
ped with rifle and blanket roll, accom-
panied by "a baggage train OF three
double wagons In full army regulation
style. the I boys made "a picturesque
sight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-11
NEGRO FACES TRIAL
FOR A BRUTAL CRIME

Gadsden. May 1O.-(SpeciaI Bob
Poe. negro. was placed on trial IN
the City Court here today charged with
the murder of w. H. Hawkins, an
aged white man, on Christmas evening
last.
The murder was peculiarly brutal.
the victim being struck from behind
with a sledRe hammer. He was on his
way home at the time with toys for
his grandchildren. The murderer re-
ceived only about 80 cents from his VIC
tim.
The evidence against Poe is alto.
gether circumstantial. but the State
claims to have a strong case.