Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-03-23
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS

MISS Stdite LIZ, OF Graharn. Is visit
ing friends here this week.
Mrs. P. d. Johnston is in Pocahon,as
this week visiting Doctor and Mrs. Hal
/ Ter.
Miss Mary Turk returned Sunday
from a sho visit to friends in Wythe-
vile.
J. E. Morton, cashier of the Bank of
Graham, was here on business on last
FIR day.
There will be preaching at the Pres
byterian church next Sunday morning
at IL o'clock.
Miss Gertrude Rucker. of Lynchburg,
has accepted position with NJ. J. Han
kins in The Store That Satisfies"
Mrs. Maltey Peery, who has been
quite Ill at her home on Tazewell Ave
nue. for several weeks, is reported much
better.
Honor Roll. Fifth Grade. Tazewell
High School, March l7th-Vara Jones,
Gladys Scott, Mamie Vsndyke and Flo
Use Buston.
Mrs. c. J. Moss returned Saturday
from Burkes Garden where she had
been for the past two weeks visiting
relatives and friends.
S Angrist. of the American Tailors.
made successful business trips to Eng
lish, w. Va, and Dante, Va, last week
in the interest of his firm.
Miss Lillian Watterson, of Ellston,
arrived ere on Monday to take the DO
sition in the High School made vacant
by he resignation of Miss Greever.
George w. Moss. of Burkes Garden.
is in New York and Baltimore this week
sounding the commission merchants on
market prospects for the coming sea
son.
Frazier Sayers and Miss Pearl Bel
cher, of Unaka, were married at the
home of the groom's father. Charles
Sayers, at 2 O'Clock on yesterday after
nom by Rev. S. o. Hall
A letter from Miss Georgia Crockett.
who with her mother recently removed
t. Middlesboro, Ky, says that they are
much pleased with their new home.
Miss George has large class in fictil
and crematic art in Middlesboro.
The Wise County News. a new paper
edited by w. H. Eads, formerly of the
Wise News, has made its appearance at
Norton. This gives Norton two papers,
the News and the Norton Free Press.
started there about five years ago.
Mrs. C. R. Brown left Saturday for
Philadelphia to be at the bedside of her
brother, Thomas H. Cooper, of Salem.
Va, who is very i'll at a hospital in the
City of Brotherly Love, and, reports
say, with but little chance of his re-
covery.
j. R Gildersleeve, jr, returned yes
terday from Poor Valley where he has
been for two weeks engaged in divid-
ing the land of e late A. P. French.
Mr. Gildersleeve reports that Poor Val
ley will vote unanimously in favor of
the bond Issue.
w. w. Sayer, an attendant from the
Western State Hospital. at Marion.
came to Tazewell Tuesday and returned
vest erday, taking with him Nick Lioi.
a demented Italian from Pocahontas.
who has been confined in the county Jail
here for time.
Wise county is making preparation
to form baseball league, as has been
the custom for several years. They
have good material, and a series of in
teresting games are in store for the
fans in that county. Too bad Tazewell
does not emulate them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar N. WILEY. of
Bland, who had been visiting the family
of VIM. l.. Britts at North Tazewell
and other relatives in the county for
several days, have returned to their
home. Mr.. Wiley is a candidate for
the Republican nomination in his county
and will quite likely be the party's NOM
inee.
DR.. A. L. Tynes, of Staunton. and
Attorney Buford Tynes, of Hunting
ton, w. Va, arrived here on last Sat-
urday on account of the illness of their
father, Capt. A. ]. Tynes. DR.. Tynes
returned home on Monday and Buford
on Tuesday. Captain Tynes, his manv
friends will be glad to know, is much
improved
Mrs. Virginia D. Neel died at her
home at Hickman Sunday morning aft
er lingering illness. The deceased
was fOrty-nine years of age, and had
been widow since the death of her
husband four years ago. She is sur
vived by five children. The funeral
services were held at the home on Mon
day afternoon and were conducted by
Rev. A. B. Hunter, of the Methodist
church. Interment was in Maple Hill