Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-02-22

ccnnneO 10 her home for a week with
severe attack of quinsy. is able to be
out.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Mcconnell. of
Princeton, W. Va, spent Sunday here
with the lattsr's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. I Heldreth.
Senator J. Powell Rovall came up
from Richmond Sunday and remained
until Wednesday looking after some
business affairs.
Mrs. Jennie Lewis. her daughter.
Mary, granddaughter, Martha
Thompson, are all confined to their
home with bad colds.
The regular meeting of the Music
Club scheduled for last Saturday. was
postponed until next Saturday, when
they will meet with Mrs. Barnes Gil
lespie.
The severe wind storm of Tuesday
night did considerable damage in our
little city. Telephone md electric light
wires were twisted and blown down and
several small buildings overturned.
G. w. Doak and Sam B. Thompson
are in Hartford county, MARYLAND. this
week-the former looking after his
farm which he recently purchased there
and the latter is looking over some prop
critics with a view to buying.
Rev. c. R Brown has returned from
Abingdon and Emory, where ne had
been TO visit his daughter, Miss Mary.
an son, Robert. who are students. the
former in Martha Washington and the
latter IN Emory and Henry College.
TIE Woman's Club met in the High
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Mrs. 5. Nj. b. Coulling read an interest,"
ing sketch Of Victor HugO's Ninety
Three, and n full discussion of this
work followed by the members present.
J E Morton, cashier of the First
Nauoua. Sank of Graham, suffered q
painful accident Sunday as a result Of
stepping on an old board and running a
rusty nail into his foot. The wound
was cauterized and disinfected and it is
believed will not prove serious.
Joseph W. Kessler. Of Shamokin. Pa
and F. S. Wise, of Bangor, Pa, are
registered at the Jacksonville this
week. These gentlemen own a big
boundary of timber in Beartown section
OF the county. and are here for the pur-
pose Of looking their property with a
view TO developing same.
A quite wedding, attended by ONLY
few friends Of the family, occurred on
yesterday at the home of James Cousins
ano wife on Mechanics avenue. when
their daughter, Lethis, and Thomas w.
Fleming, of Cleveland, Ohio. were
united in marriage They will reside in
Cleveland, where the groom is engaged
IN the practice of law.
The fight which has been waged for
some time by the people on the Virginia
side of Bristol for the Establishment of
q postoffice there, has csused the post
office department at Washington to
future all mail leaving the Office, now
on the Tennessee side, will be marked
Bristol, Tenn. Va" 1t is thought
this ruling will settle the fight, for the
time being at least.
d. Tucker Brown, who has been in
charge of the locating of the new mac
adam roaos in this county, left last
Thursday for Hendersonville, S. c.. to
enter business for himself. He will
have charge of some work for one of
the largest contractors in South Caro-
lima Mr.. Brown has made an enviable
record for himself with the State High
way Commission, and the many friends
he made while here wish him success in
his new venture.
a serious fire on Main street was mar
row ly averted on last Friday by the Cd
perfume visit of A. g. Kiser to the read
ing rooms in the Masonic Temple. The
janitOr had built a fire in the reading
room, and after he had left the stove
pipe fell down, and the flames were
reaching almost to the ceiling when dis
- hvr Il h.. A. AZ w
A. Bodell, of Bluefield, happened into the
room 1t was a narrow escape. and
measures have been taken to prevent a |
of the danger.
The dance given by the younger So
ciety Set Of Tazewell in Greever's hall |
on Friday night of last week was a |
most enjoyable affair. A number of |
married couples who Just dropped i'm
to watch the youngsters were caught in
the whirl of the dance, and remained |
throughout the evening. to the delight
IF those giving the dance. The crowd
dancing number about eighty, and all,
both old and young, united in declaring
It the most enjoyable social event of the
season.
Judges W. J. Henson and Robert C.
Jackson, of Roanoke, have been en-
ragged to defend Joshua Raines. the
wealthy Roanoke county farmer, who
'ecently shot and killed Mics Eva Cham
lers, school tea"her. near Salem, Va.
Judge Henson and Judge jackson are
veil known to our people, both having
erved Tazewell county for years in the
Of circuit judge; and the en-
raging Of such eminent legal talent in
licates that strenuous effort is to be
made to save Raines from the electric
HAIR.
DR.. ]. C. King, of Marion, and DR.. H.
: DeJarnette, of Princeton, w. Va. Il
re here today for the purpose of in
uiriDg into the sanity of William John
on, colored, who is now confined in the
Ounty jail here on a charge of having
murdered an Italian near Cedar Bluff
he latter part of December last. For
everal weeks past the prisoner has ex-
ibited traces of insanity, and the OBJ
ervation of his acts and examination
nto his msntal condition is for the pur-
ose of determining whether he should
e tried for murder or adjudged insane
nd sent to the asylum.