Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-02-16
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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CITIZEN.

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Circuit court for Tazewell county be-
gins here on next Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Peery is reported quite
sick at her home on Tazewell Avenue.
Sam NJ. Lambert, of Canebrake. W.
Va, was a business visitor here on
Monday.
Rev. S. o. Hall will preach in the
Presbyterian church at Graham next
Sunday morning and evening
Mrs. Eliza Witten and family have
moved into their handsome new home.
which has just been completed on Me-
chanic Avenue.
}. q. Gillespie announces himself a
candidate for Commissioner of the Rev.
enue in Clear Fork District in this issue
of the Republican.
w. G. HARRISON, accompanied by
Mrs. HARRISON, is III New York this
week purchasing the spring q sum-
mer stock of goods for The Big Store ."
Miss Frances Woods, of Roanoke, ar
rived here Saturday 10 enter on her
duties as stenographer in the office of
Henry & Graham, the well known at
torneys.
Mr.. John Wiley Marsh, of Richmond,
Va, and Miss Gene Smith, of South
Boston, Va, were united in marriage
yesterday afternoon at the Presbyterian
Manse, Rev. S. o. Hall officiating.
Policeman Mosby. of Pocahontas,
brought Roy Thomas, colored, to Taze-
well yesterday and lodged him in jail.
Thomas is charged with taking $50 90
from the person of white man at that
place.
James P. Whitman, of Horsepen
Cove, was the guest of his daughter,
Mrs. Bette Copenhaver, here on Tues
day. He is a strong advocate of the
good roads proposition and is very san
gulne of its success.
There will be q stated conclave of
Clinch Valley Commandery, No. 20, K.
T., on next Monday, February 10th, at
7:9O p. m. All Sir Knights are requested
to be present as there will probably be
work in the several degrees.
Mrs. w. G. O'Brien entertained her
Sunday school class from 3 to o'clock
on last Tuesday afternoon with Val
entine party. The little folks enjoyed
themselves playing games of different
kinds after which delicious refreshments
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Doak returned
Monday from an extended stay at Hot
Springs, Arkansas. MIR. Doak, who
was suffering greatly with rheumatism
when he left Tazewel returns feeling
very much rejuvenated and entirely
free of rheumatic pains.
Tazewell Lodge No 62, Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons, sent big dele
cation to Richmond Monday night to at
tend the meetings of the Grand Lodge
now IN session in that city. Those who
went were: John S. Bottimore. W. G.
OBrien, J. Ed Peery, H. w. Pobst, C.
I. Peery. c. T. Patton, C. A Thomp-
son, Milton Thompson, Joseph Cregar.
j. H. Lewis, T. A. Repass, C. H. Peery,
Il. Claude PObst, T. K Steele, c. B.
Linkous, E. c. Mcfarland and ].
Barret. Accompanying the body of
Masons we're: H. B. Greever, ]. G.
Hawkins, j. s. Pendleton and R. H.
Matthews.
In the circuit court of Mcdowell coun-
ty, W. Va, on Tuesday, Judge 1. C.
Herndon overruled a motion made by
counsel for defendant in the case of AL
len P. Kinder's administrator VS.. the
Richards Construction Company, and
entered judgment on the verdict for
$40, 900 which was rendered at the May
term, 1910, of said court. Young Kin
der, son of George w. Kinder, of Thomp-
son Valley, this county, was killed while
in the employ of said company in May,
1909. The first trial of the case result
ed in a verdict of $1,000 against the
company, which was set aside, and on
second trial the jury doubled the amount.
j. Powell Royal, of this place, and
Strother, Taylor & Taylor represented
Kinder in the suit, while Stokes & Sale
appeared for the defendant company.