Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-04-28
News Of Buchanan County.


w. L. Ownby, division Superintendent
! Of schools, conducted an examination
for teachers here last week. Thirty
seven were present to take The exami-
nation.
The Presbyterian school here closed
the latter part of last week. Friday
and Saturday nights were devoted 70
closing exercises, held in the courthouse.
which proved highly entertaining
Medals and other prizes were awarded
the worthy students on Saturday NIGHT
Revs. Clark and Arrowood, in charge of
the school, have caused to be erected a
fine brick church and will have a new
school building ready when the next
term of school opens.
Your correspondent wishes to make a
correction of a statement we mazda in
cur Shack Mills letter under date of
April llth. In that letter we stated
that Sheriff Stscy was on the Hurley
side IN the recent Republican wrangle
over the county Craftsmanship. MIR
Stacy informs us that such was not the
case, and asks that We correct the err
ror. He was opposed TO Hurley through
out the entire meeting. Our first infor-
nation came to US over the phone. ard
we gladly make the correction in Justice
to Mr.. Stacy.
Grundy was visited during the mast
week by the following well known ium-
Der and coal men. Among those whom
your correspondent noticed were: Gal
lie Friend, of the Yellow Poplar Lumber
Company; Crockett & Boyd, of the Ho-
maker Lumber Company; S. B. Fulton.
OF the Z. l. Ritter Company; Geo. w.
LItz, of the W. NJ. Ritter COMPANY:
Reals and Owen, of the c. c. and o
Company, and John NJ. and NJ. b. Rat
lf, of the Buchanan Coal Company
The poll tax payers were here also in
abundance to see Treasurer Looney and
making everything ready for Bascom
Slemp and Henry Stuart in November.
The regular April term of Buchanan
county circuit court convened on Tues.
day the 10Th with Judge W. E. Burns
on the bench When court opened there
were present beside the home bar a doz-
en- or more attorneys from adjoining
counties. A grand jury was em6aneIe5
and put to work, returning sixty. two
indictments. large number If which
were for felony. Four persons were ir-
dlcted for participating in the lynchinr
OF Frank Pennington at Hurley durir o
the last Christmas holidays The men
indicted are: Wayne and Lafavette
Justls, Richard Lawson and p. l.. John.
son. johnson is said to be the man who
went into the room where Pennington
was being guarded and told him he had
but few minutes to live He was then
taken from the room, and though shot
through and through with Winchester.
was dragged down a flight of stairs by
the legs, tied to the water pipe connect
ing with the Ritter Lumber Co.'S. mill
and MS body riddled with bullets. His
body was left hanging until after noon
on the following day, when it was taken
down and carried to a nearby hill for
burial. The box that was prepared for
ms body was too short and the end was
knocked out for his feet. With frozen
lclcles of blood hanging to his body he
was laid IN his shallow grave, and be-
fore the dirt was thrown in upon him
number of persons who wero under
the influence of whiskey, drank drink
to his memory. Thus we see how I'M
civilized men can be when they try.
There are number of others implica-
ted in the affair whose names have not
been given to the public. An attempt
was recently made to scare the com
mOnwealth's attorney and prevent an
investigation. A letter was sent him
stating that about twelve feet of rope
was left for the officer who made any
attempt to investigate the affair. No
other business of Importance claiming
the attention of the court it adjourned
on Saturday afternoon.