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CALL UP Established 1845. SCHOOL CLOSES, PiVEjGRADUATES Debates, Recitations, Essays, Music and Awarding of Diplomas, Medals, Etc. The closing exercises of the High School took place Tuesday night. Miss May's Expression Clnss and the graduating class had the right of way. 'flee were speeches, recita? tions, music, delivery of medals, di? plomas, etc., and the usual exer? cises, (and heat) common to such oc? casions. The exercises were closed by the announcement of promotions, dis? tinctions, etc., by Prof. Carson, in? terjected with appropriate remarks, most of which were not heard by three fourths of the audience, the same being true of the speeches and readings, as a rule. The program as rendered was as follows: Invocation,?Rev. C. R. Brown. Piano Solo?Miss Ellen Scott. Readings: "Mice at Play," Miss Cora Britto. "To Mary In Heaven," and "They Never Quarreled, " Kate Hall. "The Vagabonds," Janie Whitley. "How Miss Edith Helps Things Along," Edgar Hurt. "Sam's Letter/' and "1 Ain't Goin' To Cry No More," Marie Mc Nulty. Scene From the School of Scandal, Miss Nannie liell Whitley as "Lady Teazle," and Miss Stella Munsey as "Sir Peter" Piano Solo?Miss Margaret St. i Clair. GRADUATING CLASS EXERCISES. Essay? Florence Nightingale, by Mary Brown. Essay?Woman's Place in the Gov? ernment, by Ollie Hurt. Essay?Royal Musicians, by Esther Johnson. Oration?Thought, by Earle Ken drick. Oration?The Red Cross, by Jospeh Leslie. Piano Solo?Nancye McBride. Awarding of Diplomas, Medals, Distinctions, Scholarships. Announcement, Benediction. Prof. Carson stated at the close, that the session had been pleasant and profitable all the way through. There had been no trouble or friction between teachers, or between teach? ers and pupils during the year, and both pupils, teachers and patrons had cause for gratitude, and every reason for encouragement. There was a very large c owd pres? ent, but. no one seemed to be wearied by the long program. Those who took part were the recipients of handsome boquets of flowers, and other appro? priate gifts. Special medals and honors were won and awarded, as follows: For highest grade in first year latin, a gold medal, Anita Gillespie. In Fifth Grade, scholarship and at? tendance medals, Mamie Vandyke, Eloisc Buston, Wm. Bottimore. Each of these pupils graded about 99, and neither had missed a day nor been tardy. Scholarships were won by the fol? lowing students ""attaining highest grades in all their studies: Earle Kendrick, to University of Virginia; Joseph A. Leslie, Jr., to Washington and Lee University; Esther Johnson, to Elizabeth College, N. C., Evelyn McCall, 1st year Tazewell High School, Chloe Carson, 2nd year Taze? well High School, May Brown, 3rd year Tazewell High School. In Miss Mays Expression Class, medal was won by Katie Hall. Every pupil who appeared on the stage knew his work. There was not n single hesitation or need nt any time, of a word or look from the prompter, if there was one around. The remark was made, "they are on to their jobs." The patrons nnd teachers felt a pardonable pride in the pupils and their performance. The medals were delivered by J. Powell Royall and C. R. Brown, in their usual happy styles. The stage was beautifully and profusely deco? rated for the occasion. All that was lacking to make everything just right, was a few more cool strong breeezs.There was" hot air"a plenty. Monday's program. Monday night was given over to the exorcises of the Jcffersonian Literary Society. The program consisted of a debate, music and orations. The following is the program: Address of welcome, by the Presi? dent of the Society, Morrisson Werth. Duet, La Balndine, Mary Preston, ' Marea St. Clair. i&r Essay, Ellen Scott. Reading, Margaret St. Clair. Solo, Spring.Son, Ollie Hurt. Oration, Earle Kendrick. Debate, Resolved, That Virginia Should Provide Facilities For the Higher Education of Women. Affirmative?Minnie Harman, Ed? ward Jackson; Negative ? Louise Speer, Sam D. May. The result of the debate wes de ir ed in favor of the negative. Reading-?Elizabeth Hall. Piano Sold, Chloe Carson. Pounding Mill Pounding Mill May 31.?Mrs. Sparks will give her Tempcranco lec? ture on Friday at 1 oc'lock instead of 11. Misses Lois Hurt and "Chunk" Gillespie spent Ia8t night visiting Miss Uva Steele, and Sunday at In dinn. Mrs. R. K. Gillcspio spent Thurs? day nt Tazewell. Mrs. R. M. Sparks has returned from her visit to Whitewood. Mr3. J. Marion McGuire, Cedar Hluff, spent Friday night with her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Steele. Mrs. Tom England returned yester duy to Bandy where she has a posi? tion in a commissary. -Mr. F. M. Hurt was here Monday and repo- \s as getting on well with the new store of Gillespie and Steele. Mrs. W. P. Cecil and Mrs. Tom Steele, Indian, visited Mrs. John Azbury, Saturday. Mr. J. P. Wilson was here Monday nnd Tuesday from Virginia City. He is off on 15 days vacation to Eastern Virginia. Mrs. Morgan Wynn and son,Glenn, Burke's Garden, were visitors at W. B. Steele's Monday night. She is now visiting her sister, Mrs. John Wynn in Baptist Valley. Mrs. Wynn is the daughter of the late Rev John Chrismond, the noted Methodist minister of his day, nnd her mother was that good woman Elizabeth Shannon, and she possesses the good qualities'of both. Messrs. Robert Wililams and John Lovell went to Bluefield yesterday to see the air ships. J T. Altizer, the R. F. D. carrier was mad at himself yeserday because he forgot it was a legal holiday, but too late to go to Bluefield to the aviation meet. Mr Leonard Spratt was a visitor here Tuesday. The following persons are some who attended the decoration of graves Sunday, near Bandy, by Odd Fellows: Misses Lettic and Jennie Lovell, Cora I. Christian, Cora Brcwster, Mamie! Duncan, Alice Mulkcy, Neva Altizer, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Altizer, Mrs. W , B. Steele, Miss Uva Steele, R. M. Sparks, John Gillespie, Charles and Henry Robinett, Mr. nnd Mrs. Wm. Caldwell,George Brcwster and others. Miss Lettie RingstnfT is not so well this week. i Miss Alyse Mulkcy spent Saturday 1 nnd Sunday at Honakcr with parents Mr and Mrs Wm Mulkey. i Mr. Wm. Cook who was right sick yesterday morning is able to resume duties. Mrs. H W. Christian was sick sev- ' eral days last week with neuralgia. The weather is so dry that every one most is disheartened. Garden , truck is only coming up ns it is wa- , tered. Lots of corn has to be replant- , ed. An Enjoyable at Home Mr. C. H. Peery, North Tazewell, stopped the plows on yesterday, and celebrated his 60th birthday, gather? ing around him on the occasion a company of congenial friends, viz; Clerk S. M. and Mrs. Graham, Dr. A. T. and Mrs. Graham, of Russell, W. B. and Mrs. Morton, Union, W. Va., C. P Greever and wife, Graham, J. F.i Gillespie and wife, Wittens Mills, Sheriff and his brother, K. D. R. Harman. All of these people?we mean the men, not the women?are about the same age as Mr. Peery, and several of them "a leetle the rise." A good dinner and a good time gen? erally was had, of course. Distressing Accident. The distressing intelligence reached here on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Vance, from Mrs W. B. Stone, of Bristol, stating that O. J. Vance had been killed near Cripple Creek in Wythe county. A telegram from Bris? tol to the Roanoke Times on yester? day, states that Vance, who travels in a hack for Faucette-Peavler Shoe Co., of Bristol, was in the habit of carrying a rifle to shoot game, and seeing a snake on the road side got out to shoot it, when in some manner the gun was accidentally discharged into his body, killing him almost in? stantly. Ollie J. Vance married Miss Bessie Suthers here last February, and has made Tazewell his home, his j wife remaining here with her par? ents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Suthers. Mr. Vance was ^a very successful salesir.an and stood high with his house. He was brother to Mrs. Riley I Stone, of Bristol, and Attorney S. M. Vance and Mra. F. B. Anderson, of Sanford, Fla. Mrs. Vance left here Wednesday evening to be present at the burial, which will - take place in Bristol. Great sympathy is expressed here for the young wife and her fam By. Raven Register Red Men and Odd Fellows had a fine time the 28?Decoration Day. We had a fine growing lain, but an awful storm. IR. L. Crawford has a big smile on this morning?he had a big boy at hiB house. Only three boys out of thirteen. TAZEWELL, BIG EXPLOSION, TWOARE KILLED Body of Unknown Italian is Torn to Hundreds of Piec? es by Premature Blast. By tlio premature explosion of dy? namite and powder, two men were blown to atoms on Tuesday on the construction work at Cedar Bluff. The name of one of the victims was John McCanche, an American, of Tennes? see. The name of the other man, an Italian, could not be ascertained. It seems that the men were loading a rock, and had just about finished. Foreman Grigsby, of Rinchnrt and Dennis, contractors, had just passed by, telling the men how much ex? plosive to use, and had gotten only a short distance away when the explo? sion occurred. It is said that UO sticks of dynamite and a lot of pow? der exploded. The bodies of the men ( were blown to fragments. Big Saving Judgu Martin Williams, of Giles, und his brother, Attorney-General, Samuel \V. Williams, of Richmond, were here on Wednesday as counsel in an injunction suit against W. B. , Honaker, involving lands in Bland j jounty. Attorney-General Williams as a ' member of the State Board of Educa? tion, introduced the resolution obol- ' ishing the office of State school exam- 1 iners, which passed the Board recent? ly. By this act the State will save 1 ibout .$20,000 per year. The primary schools and school teachers of the 1 State, would be materially helped ilnng by the addition of this much money to their support. The office of ' State examiners, or inspectors, as Lhey were known, was useless^from |1 the start, and the discontinuance uf 'be office, thinks Judge Williams, j ,vill be heartily approved by the peo- ' rile of the State. Judge Martin Williams has repre? sented his district in the Legislature I' for years, and has been re-nominatcd j1 :>y his people, and is certain of elec- ' tion. He is the author of the Whar- I ton Insurance law, which seeks to 1 prevent combination of insurance :ompnnics in the State for the fixing )f rates. The bill passed the House twice but was defeated in the Sen ite. Judge Williams says that his mi pose is to do what he can to have ' this law enacted at the next session if the General Assembly, and nlso to iress with all his might, a bill, now ' in course of preparation, looking to ' die prevention of vote buying and frauds generally in elections, in ' which efforts he will have the hearty mpport of the people, not only of his ' listrict, but of the entire state. Will Receive New Applicants For Catawba Sanatorium Richmond, June 1. ? Persons wish? ing to be admitted to the State Sana- , torium for incipient tuberculosis are jrged by the State Health Depart? ment to make early application. The Health Commissioner, who has super? vision of the Sanatorium, expresses lis opinion that there will soon be vacancies in the isntitutinn and calls attention to the fact that in an insti? tution of such large size, patients are i :ontinually coming and going. "No | suitable case," says Dr. Williams, | "will have to wait long for admission j to Catawba, and those who have not j appiled because they know the insti? tution is full are losing an opportuni- | ty for early treatment and probable i cure. i Could'nt Hear Them A large part?the principal part of ; the pleasure and profit of tbo High School entertainment last Tuesday night many people present didn't get because they could not hear what was said. This is the case, more or less, in all such public meetings, but. for much of it there is absolutely no ex- ' cuse whatsoever. In a hall tho size of,1 this chapel, there is no good reason why any speech, spoken or read, [ should not be heard by any one, in. any part of the room, who is not| afflicted with deafness. It is no ex-1 aggeration to say, that not three- j fourths or even one half, of the peo- j pie present Tuesday evening could hear the speeches and essays deliver? ed. Why? Two reasons: One, the acoustic properties of the hall are bad. The deep stage with its heavy curtain hanging part of the way I down, the speakers standing back | from the front of the stage, the sound of their voices rising quickly, (as all sounds do, particularly in a heated room) was caught in the top of the stage, and in that pesky cur? tain, which no one had the fore? thought to raise out of the way as far as possible, and held there, and was only faintly heard in the main auditorium. It mattered not that the I boys and girls had good, nice speeches1 and good, strong voices, their efforts were not appreciated as they would have been, for the reason given? they could hot be heard. Another reason, the boys and girls VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JUNE du not make an effort to be heard, as they might do. They do not aeem to appreciate the size of the room, and that a natural, conversational tone is not sufficiently full nnd strong to be heard. Mr. Bryan, Mr. Roosevelt, and all great speakers, with strong voices, find it necessary to make an I effort to raise the pitch or increase the volume, in order to be heard. In most cases the teachers and trainers arc to blame, if any one is, for this defect. The young spenkers and rend? ers do not know?are not supposed to know, just how loud to apeak, and with what animation and life, nnd such important details as these must be looked after by the teachers. The writer of this article does not mean to find fault, or criticise in any cen? sorious spirit, the boys and girls or their teachers, but only to call atten? tion to what everybody felt last Mon? day and Tuesday nights, was a ser? ious hindrance to the largest profit to be gotten from these entertainments, It is a pity?it is almost a shame, for a boy or girl to put weeks of hard work on a speech or essay, and then deliver the same to people who can't hear it. It wns made to be heard, and however great it may be, is use? less unless it can bo henrd by the peoplo. Take heed how ye speak, is pretty good scripture, as well as, "tako heed how ye hear." Shawvers Mill. Shawvera Mills, May 30. ? We ire having dry, hot weather. Corn srops will be short. Bov. W. K. Neel preached an ex? cellent sermon at Kinscr Chapel Sun lay. Mr. Eagle is getting along nicely with his singing school at Fair View. Rev. Balten preached Suturdny light and Sunday at Chestnut Grove. Mr. Nickles, agent lor the Cedur Ululf Woolen Co., is gathering up wool in this neighborhood. Mr. W. D. Toggle spent Sunday light with John Kinser returning lionie Monday. Mrs. Minnie I.effcl is still very ill. Miss Rose Summers, of Blucstone, is visiting on Clear Fork. Mrs. Alice Shnwver has two of her uranddaughters with her, Virginia and Pauline Peery, from Burke'a Harden. Misses Bessie nnd Dott Jones were shopping in Tazewell Monday. Cool Enough For Me When the sun shines hot on the weedy garden plot, And cornfields burn like molten sand, rhere is always found a nice cool spot, Anil that's around the baseball stand. Die weeds arc rank, and its too hot on tho bank, i'lio breeze has even left the wood and land, l'liere is one ideal placo where every? thing is right Close up around the baseball stand. The fish won't bite,and it's too blam? ed hot to write, I'lm* ads and locals plenty are at hand, We post a notice on the door,"Won't be in 'till night," Anil skiddoo to the baseball stand Her Work Appreciated (Communicated.) Miss Coulling's work as an oduca-] tor has always been appreciated Southwest Virginia; but her pupils both of the present and past, realiz? ing her unusual worth, have felt an irresistable impulse to express their love and appreciation in some tangi? ble form. As we all know, Miss| ('nulling has done more for the edu? cation of this section of the state | than any other person, thereby be? coming its best citizen; nnd it seem? ed very fitting that on last Monday I afternoon a small company of those | who had acted as agents in the move? ment, should meet Miss Coulling in the Beading Boom and quietly inform I her that her vacation was to be spent | in rest and recreation at Chatauqua. The tribute from grateful hearts | was hidden in n bunch of lovely flow? ers, to make glad her heart while she ] is yet with us. That education best which prepares one to live best, and not only what is taught, but I what the teacher is must be taken into account. Perhaps Miss Coulling's earlier pupils, who are now bearing] the heat and burden of the day, ap? preciate most what her faithfulness | to duty, high standards of character, and generous giving of herself to I whatever was worth while, have] meant as formative influences in their own lives. No greater thing can be I said of any teacher than that she | lived what she taught. Long may Miss Coulling be spared I to bless this community, as a teacher, and in every other department of life | where mental attainment and real 1 worth of character count for any? thing. Will Spend Summer Here. Dr. Margaret Bowen, of R'chmond, Va., will spend the months of July and August in Tazewell, and will treat in the town of Tazewell during Ibe time, Place of office announced tater, I 2, 1911 LARGE CROWDS BMFLIGHTS Bluefield's "Aviation Meet" Was All in Air?The Bird Men Couldn't Fly. The aviation meet in Minefield \vnn n great success. Groat crowds from nil quarters Reeked into the city to see tho wonderful machines und wit? ness the performances, which were truly wonderful. Specially wonderful and heautiful was the performance of Old Reliable, the machine that mis? took a bank of dirt for atmosphere in Bristol. Notwithstanding it wns a lit? tle patched up it actually ran along on the ground, in the Bluofield meet. Not being entirely satisfied with the affair, for some people are mighty hard to please, tho Blucficld promo? ters called off tho show, cancelled the contract in tho middle of the week, pronounced the wholo affair a failure, and of course refunded nil the gate money, railroad faro, hotel bills and othct expenses of tho great crowd in nttendenco. Tho next move, It is reportetl, will bo to get the Wright lirothrcs, Curtis and Zeppelin to come over , and failing in this some boy will be engaged to fly a few kites. From thoro the party will pro? ceed to Bristol. Benbow Benbow,Virginia, May 31,1911.? Quarterly meeting was held at this pdace Saturday and Sunday. Every one seemed to have enjoyed it very much. Dinner was served on tho grounds. Mr. King was assisted by Rev. Mr. Ilix who gave us a good sermon. Mr. and Mrs. Will Corel! of Poor Valley, attended the meeting nnd ipcnt Sunday night with the hitter's lister Mrs. Dr. Lynch. Mr. Hayncs Buchanan is slowly recovering from bis illness. Mr. Buchanan loves to talk and have his friends visit him. Quite a number of Iiis friends took dinner at his home the third Sunday, among whom were Rev. Mr Carson nnd his nephew, Mr. Sam Thompson, of Tazewell. The weather is fearfully dry and hot. Farmers are somewhat scared of their crops and grass, but will trust in a higher power. Mrs. U S. Crabtrco is having a beautiful ten room house erected. The carpenters have taken advantage | j uf the pretty weather and have got? ten it under gootl headway. Messrs. Charles Buchanan nnd Clyde Thompson attended commence? ment at Jackson Institute, Abingdon, md Misses Mav Lynch nnd Carcnc Buchanan who attended tho Institute tho past year returned with them. M'sBes Susie Crabtrce and Grace Hindi a nan will return this week from Kurmvilla school, where they have ipent a most delightful and profitable /ear. Mrs John Buchnnnn's parents, Mr. j t and Mrs. Hubble, of Smyth county, ? pent last week with her. Mrs. | j Mary Buchanan nccompanicd them mime where she expects to spend | \ sometime visiting friends and rela? tives. Ed Thompson stnrted some days ago for Missouri where ho expects to upend several months Prof. Painter nnd family left Inst week for their home near Roanoke. Mr. Painter taught us two very suc? cessful schools. Newton Buchanan's children have been quite sick for the past week but are improving some now By the help of tho Ladies Aid So? ciety, our good people have newly painted their church Wo hope the next improvement will be on the public roads Billy Walk, who had his leg brtk en in Graham two months go is still unable to be brought home Burke's Garden Burke's Garden, May 31.?Cards! are out to a wedding of interest]) which will take place in Washington, D. C. on June the seventh. Miss Ethel Meek attended com? mencement at Stonewall Jackson In? stitute, Abingdon, Va. Mrs. T. C. Bowen with her son and] daughter, is spending a few days at | Lovely View and incidentally enjoy? ing the pleasant breeze. Mrs. Morgan Wynn is visiting Mr. John Wynn's family in Baptist Val? ley. Mr. Jim Litz spent a couple of ] days last week in this community so? liciting help for the. Litz orphanage I which is situated near Blueflled. Mr. John D. Alexander, of Taze? well,Sealer of Weights and Measures, was in the Garden Monday and Tues? day. Mr. Albert Suiter of Bland, and his friend, Mr. Grear, from Philndel [ phia, were here for a day or two the I first of this week. Miss Pansy Meek is spending a| I while with friends at Tazewell and | i accompanied by her father attending] I the aviation meet at Bluefield. Mrs. A. S. Greevdr ie convalescent' I ?fter an attack of measles ontracied Our line of implements is th judgment can procure. It c reapers, rakes, mowers, tedder Superior riding and walking rows etc. Our binder twine is He sure and see our line Cot Star Milling C whilo visiting homofolkH sovoral weeks ago. Master Trubie Meek attended Taze? well High School commencement Monday night and paid Masters Gra? ham and Henry Preston a < isit. Miss Maude Mess is at homo after in absence of some mouths. Mrs. W. Jetf Huge and children, jf Hland, are in the Garden with rel? atives and friends. Beautiful Tribute to a Worthy Teacher One of the most beautiful, unique uul timely incident! of the closing of the schools, occurred on Monday af? ternoon, in the High School Beading Room. Miss l,ou Coulling was re luested to meet a number of her friends and pupils there, when she was presented with a large, handsome l>oquet of llowcrs, in which was hid iO'l a handsome gift, a token of re {ard nnd appreciation from her pupils >f this session and of other sessions, iccompaniud by a request that she ipend the summer vacation in rest md recreation. Miss Coulling was leeply touched by this unexpected ixprossion of regard and appreciation This action of her class and of mom tors of previous classes taught here, '.as beautiful, a credit and hon hoy did themselves. Miss Coulling ins taught in this town for years, juicily und unassuming, always nt icr posi and always measuring up. {he bus gone on, thinking, perhaps inly of her duty, nnd the work she oves, concluding, no doubt, (if the bought entered her mind at all),that lomo dny, sooner or later, when she ay in her casket, friends would bring icr flowers und tokens of their love md regards for the elforts sho had nade through the years, to discharge icr dutcs, but, behold I hero comes ho flowers, and here goes the news taper notice and testimonial, while ihe still lives, to sou and hour and ippreciato. Ante-mortom flowers beat lost mortem flowers nwny yonder. If ve only could get in the habit of hnnging the post mortem into ante* nortem, how much happier the world vould be! And how much more useful ve nil would he, too, if our friends ind those for whom and to whom we ;ive our very life, would give some ixpression before we pnss beyond the loint of recognition ! Congrntulations, nont heartily, to Miss Coulling, and o nil the favored few who do not iced to "die to win." Tho men nnd vomen of today whom she taught .in he Vest .er day, the men and women >f the future whom she is teaching n the Today, are her monument? 10t marble or bronze or dumb mnuso eum, and these huve spoken in living voids, and n loving, beautiful deed. Narrow Escape A tragedy of Wednesday nfter inon'n storm is reported here, to the iffect that Pruzicr Matthews, who vas leading two mules along the road n Thompson Valley, was caught in .he storm, and one of the mules was tilled dead by lightning, and his, (Matthews) shoes torn from his feet, mi. he himself, was unhurt. This is ibout the first instance reported where any clement whatsoever has gotten the better of a mule. Mat? thews is lucky in having the light ling to etrike him instead of the mule kicking him. If that mule had gotten a whack at him he would have ither things knocked off besides his dioes. However, he should be thank? ful for his lucky escape. Singular it is and a pity, too, that you never tear of lightning striking a dog. TALKED WITH COL. MOSBY Geo. W. Doak returned last Satur lay from his recreation trip feeling much benefitted. While away he took in Roanoke, Washington, Baltimore and other places of interest, among them being Corbett, just twenty miles out from Baltimore, where Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Spotts live. Doak re-1 ports Ed getting on nicely in the | feed and grain business, and Mrs. Spotts happy and contented keeping house. "My Lord" Spotts, "Big Will," had not yet reached Corbett and it was suggested that he must have "walked through" and would reach home later. The Spotts' are missed here, and it is not much of a venture to say that they miss Taze? well, too, during these hot days. Mr. Doak had the pleasure of his life in meeting Col. John S. Mosby, the distinguished Confederate soldier, in a Washington hotel, and enjoyed a long conversation with him, hearing from his own lips many stirring in? cidents of the war. Upon the whole Mr. Doak bad a great time. Phone No. 31 For Any Kind of Piinting $1 per Year. _? ?LEMENTS ' e best that money and good onsists ot Deehring Binders, s, sweep rakes. ; cultivators, peg tooth har the best manufactured, tit Day. .ompany, Inc. -.-,-_j LAMBERT'S SLAYER GETS THREE YEARS Indian Creek Negro, Who Narrowly Escaped Lynch? ing?Two Mistrials. Tho trial of John Honry Morgan, tho negro who ki 1 lot] Grovor Lambert on Indian Crook, several wcekn ago, Iuih hern in pi ogress harts for tho pnst two days. Tho ease in attracting a groat deal of interest, bccatiBO of the wide connection of the dead man. Tho State in assisted in the prosecu? tion hy Chapman nnd Gillosple. As- j Blatant U. S. District. Attorney Mun sey, was designated hy tl..... i^fii to defend Morgan. The first witness in the enso Wed? nesday was Frank Payne, who was present when the tragedy occurred. Mr. Payne stated that Morgan was standing beside a tree when ho shot Lambert, und that ho far as he knew Lambert did not lire bis pistol at all. When he renched Lambert after the shooting, Lambert's pistol was lying tin his breast, and had never been IIred so lar aa witness knew. Wil? liam Pundy, a witness for the State, testified that he was near Lambert when the shot that killed him was fired, and that Lambort shot after ho had received tho bullet wound, and that it looked to him like Lambort shot straight in tho uir, or fired as ho foil. Tho witnoss testified that Morgan was about twenty feet from Lambert, when he fired. The trial will probably be conclud? ed today. Tho trial of Hejsniino Lester, for shooting Luther Lowo in the Covo several weeks ago, was concluded on Saturday, but after frequent at? tempts the jury in the case was un tble to reach a verdict. It is stated that tho jury stood nine for convic? tion and three for acquittal. Another mistrial was the outcome if tho caso of W. IL Burnett for killing Thomas Harman nonr Poca liontns. Tho jury was unable to iigrec, nnd were discharged. It in dated that the jury was about evenly livided. John Henry Morgan, tho negro sharged with tho murder on Indian 2reok of Grovor Lambort, wua found milty by n jury yesterday afternoon tnd given three years in tho peniten? tiary. The short term given Morgan huh a surpriso to some,but tho people generally approve tho verdict. A Garden of Hden Mr. Samuel G. Johnson, of tho well known firm of Footo nnd John ton, buggy manufacturers at Wythe ville, spent several days in tho com? munity recently, much to tho delight if his many friends, whose name is Legion in this section. The editor of this pnper is under special obliga? tions to Mr. Johnson for rare'flowers seeds and shrubs, etc., received re? cently. Mr. Johnson, has, it is said, a veritable little Garden of Eden at his home, (except the Eve,)filled with all sorts and varieties of shrubs and (lowers, in which ho takes great do light, and ho is not at all selfish about them, and gives nway a great many all over the country. In behalf of Mr. Johnson's other grateful friends, us well, we thank him. Tip Top Locals Tip Top, June 1.?The wedding bells are rusty here, but think they will stand the test again right soon. The stork has again paid a visit to this neighborhood, and has left a big boy and girl at Mr. Pete Snells. The Misses Baker, of Richmond, are visiting at Mrs. R. P. Harman's, and will return to their home next week. Miss Ethel Harman will visit Roanoke this week, and from there to Lyncbhurg to visit her brother. C. H. Dudley, of Bluefield, here this week on business. S. H. Wingo made a flying trip to Pittsburg Saturday. NOT SO SMALL We now represent the Home Insur? ance Company, of New York, which has admitted assets of over $5 000 and over sixteen million surpl to policy holders. This is but one our many largo companies, but sho you the kind of protection we off? F. Wi Pcndieton, Inf. Agency