Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-02-25
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,

$ Preaching in the Presbyterian church
3 next Sunday at IL a. m.
3 Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Mccoy
8 on last Sunday night-a girl
3 Rev. S o. Hall will preach at North
} Tazeweli next Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
5 JOS. S. and jeff Gillespie were trans
3 acting business in Graham Tuesday.
4 Capt. A. ]. Tynes has returned from
Richmond and other points in Eastern
Virginia.
Miss Matte Cooley, Of Bluefield, is
spending few days with relatives at
Tazewell.
Mr.. A. q. Litz, of WEIGH, w. Va,
was trsnsacting business here on last
Saturday.
E. NJ. Beasley, of Coal Creek, Tenn,
was looking after business matters here
on Monday.
Mr.. c. T. Patton is in Middlesboro.
KY, this week visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
John W. Hash.
J. A. Cecil, of Picksway, W. Va, was
at Tszewell as business visitor the
first of the week.
Pat O'Conner and H. G. Mulholland.
of Pocahontas, were attending court
here on Monday as witnesses.
Mrs. T. C. Bowen and little son.
Meek Hoge, are visiting relatives and
, friends in .Burkes Garden this week.
N. D. Mcclure, of St. Paul, Va, and
d. w. Sayers, of Warrington, w. Va,
were attending business here on Mon
day.
R. H. Palmer, R. Kemp Morton and
j. E. Baylor were among those from
Graham who attended court here this
week.
W. o. Barns, of the Cove, T. A. Nc
CURE, of Cedar Bluff, and w. b.
Z Spratt, of Richlands, were attending
court here Monday.
} Mr.. and Mrs. B. W. Stras left the
latter part of last week for Beuna
\ Vista, Stanton, Baltimore and other
points for short visit.
The trial of the State against James
!. Lawson, for the killing of Frank Butt at
Pocahontas on last Thanksgiving Day.
is set for March the LIST.
\ Judge ]. H. Stuart, Mrs. Stuart and
[ Miss Jessie O'Keeffe were at Norfolk on
Monday to witness the homecoming Of
Z the great battleship feet.
Miss Mamie D. Barker, the accom-
2 plished teacher in the public school at
Grafton, visited her home at Salem. Va.
q from Friday of last until Tuesday of
4 this week.
9 Another rural free delivery route. to
: be known as Route No. 2, has been es-
tablished from North Tazewell. An ex-
animation for carrier for the route will
be held on the 3rd of next month.
y Mrs. Rose Wylie and daughter, Miss
Sena Hamilton, who have been the
q guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Britts, at
Q North Tazewell, for the past month, re-
3 turned to their home in Bland, Va, on
Y Tuesday.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Gillespie anG
Mrs. Mary Barns left on last Thursday
for Eustis, Florida, where they will re.
main some weeks enjoying the mild eli.
mate. The visit is made principally fol
the benefit of Mrs. Gillespie, who has
, recently been in delicate health.
, Mr.. Deskins Green has bought from
the heirs of the late Abram Ascue the
farm Of which he died seized. 1t is at
Midway in this county and Mr.. Greer
paid 5000 for the farm. This sale
shows that there is no decline in the
values of real estate in the county but
that values continue to increase.
DR.. ]. M. Sheppard, of Falls Mills
and c. c. Bell, Charles Tabor and Geo.
Bell, of Cooper, were here on Tues ay
as witnesses before the court in the
case of the State against George Orig.
ger for felony, which was continued to
the May term of court owing to the alb
sence OF Edward Bell, who is one of the
principals in the case.
Friday of next week is the time set
for holding the joint debate at this place
between representatives of the Graham
and Tazewell High Schools. Herbert
Carson and Doak Davidson will repre-
\ sent Tazewell, and the subject for de-
bate will be Resolved, That the United
States should adopt President Roose-
velt's Naval Policy"
Farmers from all sections of the
n county report that their cattle have
u been doing splendidly this Winter, and
from present Indications an abundance
OF feed will be left over for next Win
ter. They also report that ewes have
been lambing unusually we'll and that
the lambs have been doing finely. Most
Of the lambs have already been sold at
high figures.