Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-06-01
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS

city yesterday.
Mrs. C; R. Brown is quite i'll at her
home on Church street.
Miss Jessie Graham returned to her
home In Norton Tuesday.
Robert K. Hawkins is spending the
week with friends in Charleston, West
Virginia.
Mrs. I. A. Repass, jr., and children
are visiting the formers parents at
Paint Lick.
Mrs. P. ID. Johnston and Miss Virgin
ia Darlington leave today for a visit to
Lexington, Va
Mrs. Matte Spots was called to Elk
horn. w. Va, on Monday by the illness
of Harry Franklin.
Attorney General S. w. Williams. of
Richmond, was looking after legal bust
ness here on yesterday.
Judge w. ]. Henson, OF Roanoke. ar
rived yesterday to attend the present
session of the circuit court.
Mrs. Firm A. Weaver, of Beech Fork.
W. Va, is visiting her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Hankins, this week.
LOST-On Monday. Nav 22nd. one
pair of gold pinch eyeglasses. Finder
will please return same to this office.
Preaching in the Lutheran church
next Sunday morning at IL o'clock and
IN the evening at S:15. You are well
come.
Jamsie Sinkford will return this
morning from Washington, d. c., where
he has been student at Howard Uni
versitY.
2. st. Julien Wilson, State Highway
Commissioner, of Richmond. was here
Monday en- route from Wise county to
his home.
Mrs. +. B. Quincy, of Pocahontas. is
visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs. G.
W: Patton, and other relatives here
this week.
Mrs. ii. Clay Jones, of WythevilIe.
arrived at Tazewell Monday, and will
spend the summer here with her son.
Kent G. Jones.
John R. Gildersleeve returned Tues-
day from the lower end of Paint Lick.
where he had been for two weeks on
professional business.
Don't forget to attend the play ''Mr.
BOP, at the High School chapel on Sat-
urday night. The proceeds are to helm
pay for the High School laboratory.
Don't fail to bring well laden baskets
on next Saturday and do your part to
PROVIDE an ample repast for the few
SURVIVORS OF the thin brave line of
gray"
Miss Mary Peery, of Bluefield. and
Miss Mabel Muncy, of Pearisburg, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Muncy
curing the commencement exercises at
the High School.
Misses Ethel Steger and Lillian Wat
terson, of the High School faculty, have
returned to their homes since closing of
the school on Tuesday, the former to
Pulaski and the latter to Lafayette.
The long drought was broken yester-
day by most welcome rain. 1t has
been nearly six weeks since there has
been any rain here, and the crops and
cattle have suffered much in conse-
quence.
Hon. A. p. Gillespie last week DUR
chased from b. w. Stras a seven and
one-half acre tract of land lying in the
rear of the latter's residence, the con
sheraton being at the rate of $733. 90
per acre, so tits said.
Mrs. Fred r. Steele and little daueh-
ter, Elizabeth, and Miss Margaret Steele
will arrive from Battle Creek, Mich, on
Saturday. They write that they are
much improved by their stay at the San
itarium in Battle Greek.
Miss Pearl Vail, the popular teacher
OF the flrst and second grades at the
hlgh School here, is very i'll at the
home on Mr.. j. d. HARRISON. Her
many friends, however, will be glad to
learn that her condition is slightly i'm
proved.
DIR. isaac Pierce received telegram
from his brother, DR.. David Pierce. of
hosehlll, on Tuesday announcing the
serious illness of the latter's wife, and
requesting his presence. DR.. Pierce
left on the afternoon train to be with
his brother.
The Hawkins Pharmacy has installed
guarantee iceless soda fountain that
represents the very latest in that line.
1t is. besides being a beauty. entirelv
sanitary in all its furnishings, and there
at all times can be found the latest in
soft drinks, served by obliging attend
ants.
Miss Orpha Ried, who has been with
the Tazewel Millinery Company the
past season, left yesterday for Rich
mond for short visit to relatives be-.
fore going to her home in Elizabeth
City, N. c. Miss Ried made MANY
warm friends while here, who will be
delighted to know that she will return
to Tazewell again next season.
Archie Young, formerly assistant
postmaster here and later railway mail
clerk, writes from Albion, Neb., that
he Is playing the cornet in the band with
CampbelPs circus, an aggregation whose
territory is entirely west of the Missis-
sippl: Tim seems pleased with his new
position, and claims always to have the
price of dope" and ''the makins.''
John Thomas Blackwell. colored. a
typical son of the "Old South before
the war;" passed through here afoot on
Tuesday en- route to Winchester, Va.