Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-02-15
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS

Graham.
Miss Pearl Vail spent the weekend
at Richlands as the guest of Mrs. W.B.
F. White.
Mrs. A. G. Russell and children will
leave today for a visit to friends in
Roanoke.
M. L. Peery, of North Tazewell. is
confined to his home with an attack of
pneumonia.
Hon. l.. P. Summers, of Abingdon.
attended the Republican mass-meeting
here on Tuesday.
Miss Nancye Hawkins returned Sat
urday from visiting friends at Wilcoe
and Welch, W. Va.
DR.. William P. Hall. of Norton. is
the guest here this week of DR.. and
Mrs. John E. Jackson.
Mrs. A. E Banks, who has been quite
i'll for several weeks at her home here.
is very much improved.
J. P. Harr an left Monday for Jewell,
where he has accepted a position with
the Jewell Ridge Coal Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Gillespie, of Ora
ham, left Saturday for Rugby. n. D..
where they will make their home.
Miss Marie Walker, of Burkes Gar
den, who is attending the High School
at this place, is i'll with pneumonia.
Captain Henry Taylor, a we'll known
and popular citizen of Big Stone Gap.
was a business visitor here first of the
week
We have a full and complete line of
wall paper, which we can sell at from
1Oc. to 30c. per double roll
w. T. Witten & Co.
J. A. Greever and daughter, Miss
Tressie, returned Sunday from Graham.
where they had been to visit Mrs. r. L.
Gillespie
c. c. Long, of Big Stone Gap, was
here Tuesday to attend the opening of
bids for the construction of the new
macadam roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Copenhaver and
little son, of johnson City, Tenn, who
have been visiting friends and relatives
here, left yesterday for their home.
Call and see our large line of queens
ware, which our cash buying and selling
system enables US to sell at astonish
ingly low prices.
w. T. Witten & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ireson, of North
Tazewell, were called to Abingdon on
Monday by the sad intelligence of the
death of Mrs. Ireson's father. MIR.
Charles Smith
Graf Litz, who has been making his
nome IN the State of Washington for
the past four or five years, was here
Monday en- route to Adria to visit his
brother, Joe Litz.
P. st. Julien Wilson, State Highway
Commissioner, of Richmond, is here
this week watching the proceedings for
the building of the new macadam high
ways in this county.
FOR SALE-Cook strain White Orn-
lngtons and single comb Brown Leg
horns, and eggs for Matching in season.
2-l5-w1O. Slemn' Va
The Presbyterians and Baptists will
have joins service Sunday, meeting in
the Presbyterian church. Rev. T. H.
Campbell, pastor of the Baptist church.
will preach at both IL a. m. and $50
p. m.
At the regular fortnightIy meeting of
the W. c. T. U. held on last Tuesday.
1t was resolved to resume the Demorest
Medal Contests in this county as a
means of instilling into the minds of the
coming generation the principles of
w. c. Allen, oflMountain City, Tenn,
was here Tuesday to attend the opening
Of bids for the new roads. Mr.. Allen is
the representative of the J. S. Case
Company, of Racine, Wis, and in par
-icular charge of their automobile
branch in this section. He is naturally
interested In good roads.
Jesse W. Easley, of Pocahontas. has :
been chosen assistant superintendent of
the Consolidated Galleries Company of
hat place, and will have charge of the
entire outside workings of this immense
operation. Mr.. Easley is a nephew of
Mrs. Mary O'Keeffe of this place, and
lis untiriDg energy and ability makes
him deserving of the promotion which
lie has just received.
Jim Ed Asbury was arrested last Sat
lrday night, charged with breaking into
he store of j. A. and J. P. NeeI. at
8enbow, in Thompson Valley. He was
Inspected from an overshoe dropped in
is flight from the store, and search
disclosed some of the stolen
GODS in his home. On being arraigned
efore Squire Patton, of this place, on
ionday, he plead guilty and was bound
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