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TAZEWELL REPUBLICAN
VOL. 21 TAZEWELL, VA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912 NO. 50
NEW INDUSTRY
FOR CLINCH VALLEY.
Snccwsfil Manufacture of Coke Oven
Bottom Tile Is Regarded as Triumph
For This Section.
The successful manufacture of coke
oven bottom tile is a new branch of the
1 rick industry in this section. This is a
sp?.cial class of material and has not
heretofore been produced in this vicinity.
M my car loads have been shipped in
? vry year from Onio and Kentucky
points and even from Georgia and Ala?
bama.
The brick, or tile, with which a coke
oren is paved are subject to a most
severe treatment. After the coke is
burned, it must be quenched with water
bet ore it is palled from the oven. Some
of the water runs through to the bottom
end the hot tile are subjected to the
quickest sort of cooling. This has a
t endency to shatter the tile. Further
mi; re, the water has a softening effect
on the hot tile, so that the wear of the
coke and of the coke puller's "beaver"
v. il! Boon go through the tile pavement
un>oss it be of a special quality, design?
ed to withstand just this service. It
In not been thought possible, until
recently, to make this class of material
from class available in this district. It
i> therefore regarded as something of a
triumph for this section that this pro
duet has now been produced, success?
ful, in a commercial way, at Rich
lirvis, from materials available in abun?
dant quantities at the plant of
the Richlands Brick Corporation at that
point.
This product was produced at Rich
lands more than a year ago but the fact
was not made public until a thorough
t*3rt of the tile had been made in actua]
service. After the Richlands product
had been in use for several months in
comparison with tile from other states
it was found that the tile not only had
the necessary fire-resisting qualities but
that they were harder and more durable
than those obtained elsewhere. An?
other important point is that these tile
are impervious to water. By refusing
to ubsorb water, they hold heat better
than the ordinary bottom. This is an
advantage to the coke burner, as a cold
bottom is one of the moat prolific causes
of "black-jack" coke.
We have a superb line of DEPEND?
ABLE Dolls and Toys for the children.
Let them come and select something
for "Santa" to bring them.
Adv. J. B. Boyer & Co.
Not Ready to Reorganize,
Republican governors from a dozen
s ta es and party leaders in congress,
with whom they conferred in Washing?
ton Monday, have agreed that no definite
steps toward a reorganization of the
republican party and aida realignment
of its working forces are practicable
within a year. Communications from
prrgressive republicans whom it was
am \red to bring into the party, and the
aputhv among men who have formerly
i b?twn the greatest party activity, have
1-e'??ed to convince the leaders in the
reorganization movement that no con?
certed plans should be taken until late
cext year.
A conference including Governors
Hedley, of Missouri, and Tener, of
Pennsylvania, and preside over by Gov?
ernor Goldsborough, of Maryland,
I.r? nght together the republican ex?
ecutives from states covering the en
? ?r. area where the progressive republi?
can fight was most severe during the
recent campaign. Governor Glasscock,
of West Virginia, was present at the
conference.
Governor Hadley made a personal
statement after the meeting, however,
wirh the explanation that he undertook
to speak only for himself. He declar?
ed that the defection of four million
voters from the republican ranks in 1912
required a careful consideration and urg?
ed that a national convention be called
In;'ore the beginning of the next cam?
paign to redraft party rules, so that no
question could be raised over the "rep?
resentative character" of the national
republican convention.
We are showing an unusually attrac
tivs line of novelties in Silver Mesh Bags,
Vanity Cases, Coin Purses, Watch
Bracelets, Scarf Pins, Brooches, Long
Neck Chains, etc. Get our prices be?
fore buying.
Adv. m J. B. Boyer & Co.
Will Print Tali's Speech to U. D. C.
At the request of Senator Johnston,
of Alabama, the United States Senate
on last Friday agreed to print as a pub?
lic document President Taft's recent
address to the United Daughters of the
nConfederacy, delivered at their annual
convention held in Washington last
month.
Senator Johnston said he regarded the
?sp? ?*ch as embracing such broad states?
manship and noble sentiment that it
should be in every American household.
Dealt) of W. 0. Perry.
W. O. Perry, mayor of Welch, W.
Va., died at bis old home in Culpeper,
Va., on last Saturday after an illness
of come four months.
Mr. Perry had been a resident of
Welch for the past eighteen years, and
was v?wy popular in the home ot hie
adoption. He was m frequent visitor to
I, zswell, mod bad many friends at this
place. He ia survived by hia wic?uw,
who was Miss Nannie T?te, and a two
year old aon.
The fanerai was held in Culpeper on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A dele
?ration of Masons from McDowell Lodge
No. 112, A. F. and A. F., of Welch, of
which the deceased was a member, at?
tended the funeral.
We are expecting: every day another
big shipment of books. All the best
new books among them.
Adv. Jacksons.
Positions il Plenty.
Positions in plenty are waiting for
the young men or young women who
can measure up to requirements.
Throughout the year the Roanoke Nati?
onal Business College receives inquires
for pupils and places graduates in posi?
tions. At times the demand far ex?
ceeds the supply; in fact, the school
has been unable to fill more than fifty
per cent of the applications received
from business men. Such is the confi?
dence the public has in that institution.
Business men know they are getting
just the kind of help tbey need and the
t'est that up-to-date methods in teach?
ing and training can produce This
school is careful to ascertain from the
prospective employer just what he ex?
pects from the pupil. The college is
jtiBt as careful to recommend only such
applicants as it feels confident can live
up to these expectations.
AH its students who become reason?
ably competent can readily secure posi?
tions. The coll??ge makes no charge to
either the employer or applicant for its
services in establishing a mutually sat?
isfactory connection.
The winter session opens January 1st.
Desk room is reserved in the order in
which applications for entrance are re?
ceived. Those contemplating a course
should make arrangements early. Adv.
Boy er <fe Co., have a complete line < f
the celebrated "Keen-Kutter" Brand of
Scissor Sets. Manicure Sets, Razor Sets,
Pocket Knives, Carving Sets. etc.
These goods are sold under a full guar?
antee. Adv.
TAZEWELL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
Interesting Program to be Rendered Friday
And Saturday at Richlands Meeting.
The following interesting pro?
gram has been arranged for the
meeting of the Tazewell County
Teachers' Association, to be held
in the High School building at
Richlands tomorrow and Satur?
day:
FRIDAY.
10:30 Devotional Exercises
10:45 Roll Call
11 :oo Reports of Delegates to
the State Educational
Association
12:00 Noon Recess
1:30 Roll Call
1 ?45 Miscellaneous Business
2:00 Discussion of the follow?
ing subjects:
I. a. The great value of regular
attendance. How to direct
our efforts to secure it.
b. Should attendance count
on grades
II. Benefits derived from
manual training in gram?
mar grades
III. Language work in pri?
mary grades
IV. Securing and maintaining
a Public School Library
Best methods of dealing
with pupils who fail to
malee their grades
VI. Inadequate preparation of
grammer grade pupils for
high school
Discussion to be called
for from chair.
4:00 Adjournment.
SATURDAY.
9:00 Roll Call
9:15 Devotional Exercises
9:30 Miscellaneous Business
9:45 Discussion of the follow?
ing subjects.
I. Value of School Fairs to
a community
II. Method of holding a
School Fair
III. Some personal experi?
ences in holding School
Fairs
IV. What the school should
be to the community
V. Report of committee on
outline for one and two
room schools
12:00 Adjournment.
We don't intend to carry over one
dollar's worth of Dolls and Toys, out
prices are made with this end in view.
You will save money by getting our
prices.
Anlv. J. B. Boyer ? Co.
Bristoi-to-Bluefield,
The Bristol Board of Trade has called
a meeting of all interested in the con?
struction of a highway from Blue?eld,
W. Va., to Bristol, Va -Tenn., to be
held in Bristol on January 24th. A cor?
dial invitation is extended to all inter?
ested in good roads and the growth of
the great southwest enaction of Virginia
to bo prosont. /
asi
POUNDING MILL NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered by Our Corre?
spondent For The Busy Reader.
Pounding Mill, Va., Dec. 10, 1912.
J. T. Altizer made a business trip to
Bluefield Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Beavers spent the
week-end at Maxwell with relatives.
Miss Jessie O'Keeffe, of Tazewell, is
visiting her sister, Mrs R. K. Gilles
pie, here today.
Mrs. Remines and son, of Thompson
Valley, are here this week visiting the
former's uncle, Milton Harris.
Mrs. W. B Harris and Miss Kflie
Williams were the guests Saturday of
Mrs. J. Saunders Gillespie at ClilTield.
W. B. Steele had the misfortune on
Saturday afternoon to get the little fin?
ger of his right hand mashed, which
bothers him greatly.
Mrs. Witt Low, Mrs. Lyde Ireson,
Mrs. Shinault; Messrs. Mose Puckett.
Ben Lockhart and others from Maxwell
were here Sunday attending the revival
aervicM.
W. R. Sparks and Mercer Thomas
wer* among those who took the exami?
nation at Maxwell Saturday for the po?
sition of rural carrier on the route lead?
ing out of Pocahontas.
Mr. Enos Doughten, of Belfast Mills,
spent Monday night with his son, Peery,
at the country home of the late Cyrus
Williams, where the younger Doughten
now lives. Mr. Doughten's friends will
be glad to hear that he has fully re?
covered from his recent severe attack
of pneumonia; and although in bis sev?
enty-second year, this old soldier of the
sixties u wonderfully well preserved.
Rev. W. F. Mannel, of Bristol, who
is conducting a series of meetings in the
Church of God at thi-> place, is preach-,
in? some excellent sermons. He is one
of the old-fashioned expounders of Gos?
pel truths, and so clear and logical in j
what he says that "a way-faring man ?
tl. ugh a fool" need not err in choosing I
for the right. The meetings are being
well attended and much interest mani j
ffsted by all.
Pounding Mill prides itself on the I
fact that there are but few, if any, loaf?
ers within its borders. Everybody are
on the go, and the town is one of the
busiest to be found along the Clinch,
and improving day by day. The large
quarries of the Norfolk and Western
and those owned by individuals, are em?
ploying a number of men and want j
more; while the teamsters here are also
all being kept busy hauling materials to
piares where needed. We used to know
everybody here, but the prosperity of
OUT little town has brought into it many
strangers, and day we see dozens of
fucos we do not know. Those who will j
keep boarders are "full up.' Won't I
someone get busy and build some new '
residences? They are badly needed to
a :comodate our rapidly growing popu?
lation.
The new school building here is rapid- j
ly nearing completion, and is now ready !
to be put under roof. Many of our peo?
ple think the plans of construction
should have been different from what
they are, and that a folding partition
should have been placed between the
two rooms so as to have permitted the
giving of entertainments, etc, by the
students on appropriate occasions. The
school board, though, perhaps are ig?
norant of the fact that the children here
are able to recite and declaim, and thus ?
give enjoyment to their parents, neigh- j
bora and lriends. This change, how- j
ever, can be made yet with but little j
trouble and expense, and it should be I
done. There should also be a belfry j
and bell to summon the students to the !
schoolroom, for it would frequently '
keep many of them from being late.
We have just received a few Import-1
er's sample sets of fine Table Linens, |
Napkins and towels. These are doubt- j
less the finest quality which have ever ,
been offered in this section at retail, I
and we are selling them at a great bar?
gain, quality considered.
Adv. J. B. Boyer & Co.
Items Fron Skeggs.
Skeggs, Va.. Dec. 9, 1912.
Douglas Cook has been very sick at
his home here for the past few days.
Miss Pearl Hale was the guest of j
Tary and Bess Cook on last Saturday ;
night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Matney were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cook
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Meadows visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Brown at Hanger j
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. C ?ok spent Sun?
day night at the borne of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Grimsley and ]
children were the guests of Mr. and i
Mrs. M. L. Hale Sunday.
B. Jay Cook, stenographer for the
Clifton Forge Grocery Company, at
Clifton Forge, Va., is expected home
the loth to spend the holidays with his !
parents.
This is YOU! If you have recently
(? ince our last notice) boutrht from us
any article hearing the KKKN-KU I'TEK
BRAND, which was not first-class and
satisfactory as to quali'.y, BRING IT
BACK TO US AND GET ANOTHER.
We wilt replace it free of charge.
Adv. J. B. Boyer & Co.
A G. Russell, i. P. Royall, O L. F?l?
le? and O. C. Thompson were visitors in
fjrTiuefleld Monday.
RICHLANDS HAS HAD
PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Items 6athered by Our Correspondent About
People Down the Clinch.
Richlands, Vs., Dec. 9, 1912.
With the close of this month Rich
lands will end a most prosperous year.
During the present year the merchants
. have enjoyed a good trade and much
has been done for the general advance?
ment of the best interests of the people
; in general ot the town as well as all
1 business interests.
While the number of new industries
and new stores during the past year
! haye not been a matter of great mc
> ment, yet, every business interest has
; been enlarged and many additions have
! been made to stores and other business
| concerns.
I The Richlands Brick Corporation re
{ ports the best business in the history of
i the company, and at all times keeps a
i full force working in order to fill the in
! creasing orders of the company.
I New sidewalks and street improve
: monts are needed, and these improve
? mints and also a sewer system will be
j decided on during the incoming year;
{ and doubtless some definite action will
I be taken towards making many other
! new municipal improvements.
The private sewer system extending
1 from the Brown building through the
1 property of Dr. Williams and T. D.
Sexton has been completed, and will be
used by Dr. Williams in connection with
his home and hospital and also by Mr.
Sexton for drainage purposes at Hotel
Richlands, of which he is proprietor.
The re-opening of the mines at Sea?
board and Coaldan of the Empire Coal
Corporation on October 1 was a great
benefit to Richlands and vicinity, as
many of the two hundred mine ?jtnploy
es of the company come to Richlands to
do their trading. Mr. Zeigler, general
superintendent of the Empire Corpora?
tion, says he is well pleased with the
work which has been accomplished at
the mines of the company since it was
reopened, and predicts a fine output of
coal and coke during the coming year.
The company has made many improve?
ments at its operations since October,
and is planning to make many more
during the next few months.
The Jewel Ridge Coal Company, which
has mines about seven miles from this
place, reports a good busiress, and there
is no doubt as to that company making
new additions to its operation within
a short time.
The Raven Red Ash and Town Hill
Coal Companies each report a good busi?
ness; and the officials of these compa?
nies predict that next year will 1 e the
best in the history of the operations.
There is considerable talk of the Nor?
folk and Western locating yards at this
place, which, if done, will mean much
for the town. There is plenty of good
ground here suitable for > ard purposes,
and it is said that the land owers will
be very liberal with the railroad com?
pany if it wishes to locate its yards at
this point.
Wm. Hendricks returned Friday from
Pounding Mill.
Leland Scott who had his leg broken
was in town Friday.
G. G. Harris was at Honaker from
Saturday to Monday.
Miss Madge Harris returned from a
visit to Bluefield Sunday.
A. J. Coleman has been feeling a little
indisposed for a day or two.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hendricks, of
Graham, were in town last Friday.
Herbert Young was in town the first
of the week looking after his property.
J. D. Farmer a bridge foreman in the
employ of the N. & W., was here Wed?
nesday.
Mrs. W. B. Sprattand Miss Lovelace,
were visitors at Devon Friday and Sat?
urday.
Misses May and Lena Coleman were
visiting their grandparents at Cedar
Bluff Sunday.
J. D. Mullens, of Honaker, was in
consultation with Dr. Williams Friday
and is being treated by him.
Mrs. J. Walter Kitt, of Bluefield,
spent Thanksgiving with relatives at
this place and returned home Friday.
T. M. Scott has accepted a position
as mine foreman at Tacoma, Va., and
bas gone to that place to begin getting
out the dusky diamonds.
W. H. Kimler and parties were here
last week looking at the baryta mill
property, with a view toward the re?
sumption of the same.
Mrs. W. P. Farmer left Tuesday for
a visit to relatives in Washington county
for a week or so, and "Billy" is threat?
ened strongly with rheumatism.
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Smiths parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. C McCorkle, at Big
Stone Gap, and returned Friday.
Aunt Winey Horton, who has been a
boon companion of the Stork, has re?
turned to Richlands after a sojourn of
about three weeks at Sw..nn Creek.
The applicants for postoffices in the
county will exceed the demecratic ratio
of 16 to 1. While at this place it does
not quite reach th?s limit, we have not
heard from all precincts as yet.
Pictures, and Picture Frmmet at
Boyer's. Adv,
BURKES GARDEN.
Items of Interest Concerning People You
Know aid Hear Talked About.
Burkes Garden, Va., Dec 9, 1912.
George Gose, m student at Roanoke
College, Salem, Va., is at his home here
on account of sickness.
The children here are busy practicing
for the exercises to be held at Central
church on Christmas day. They are an?
ticipating an enjoyable time.
George W. Wynn has disposed of bis
farm at this place, T. R. Boling being
the purchaser. A lifetime home on the
farm is reserved by Mr. Wynn.
George H. Moss, who is engaged in
the live stock commission business in
New York City, is spending several
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.
M. Moss, at this place.
Miss Etta Greever left yesterday for
Richlands, where she will undergo an
operation at the hospital of Dr. W. R.
Williams. Her many friends here hope
for her speedy recovery.
We have a few manufacturers samples
of fine all-wool Blankets and Bed Com?
forts. These make an ideal and Ben
Bible Xmas gifts.
Adv. J. B. Boyer ?6 Co.
W. G. T. U. Column.
The W. C. T. U. givn? sb its every?
day message, prohibition is the best
weapon in all the world with which to
fight the legalized liquor traffic, prohi?
bition state and prohibition national.
The reason why the W. C. T. U. stands
for prohibition is cogently expressed in
the words of Miss Willard: "The pro
hibition of the liquor traffic is pledged
by the natural law of human brother?
hood, by the right of every man and
woman to be all that God m. i.nt to
make of them, and by the right of
every little child to be sheltered from
hixm."
Shall we continue to protect this enM
my o' the ho .ie when abundant sta?
tistics prove i.iat in states that have
prohibitory laws, crime, psuperism and
insanity decrease, while business pros?
perity, morality, health and injuBtry
steadily increase?
True Virginians wish the best possi?
ble conditions for the development of j
the state and her people. That this
may be obtained the Virginia Woman's
Christian Temperance Union appeals to
you to work for the abolition of the en?
tire liquor traffic.
? ? ? * * ?
In Cleveland, O., last fall a real es?
tate dealer, caught in a heavy thunder
shower, stepped into a saloon for shelt?
er, and decided to telephone home that
he would be delayed for dinner. The
wires of the telephone, as a result of
the fierce electrical storm, had been
crossed by power wires that had t-agired
or broken down?but no one knew this
until the real estate man took down the
receiver. The moment he touched it
the saloon-keeper, who was seated at a
desk, heard him gasp, aud saw him slip?
ping to the floor.
Thinking that the man was suddenly
ill, the saloon-keeper ran to him and
grasped him about the waist. He im?
mediately received the same terrible
shock and had only time to call feebly
/or help before he, too, fell unconscious.
His bartender, hurrying to help him,
was likewise caught in the current. A
mechanic, who was in the saloon, and
who was something of an electrician,
guessed what was the matter. Grasp?
ing a broom, he struck the telephone,
knocking it loose from the wall and
freeing the three men. But the broken
wire touched the reccuer and killed him
instantly. The others, while severely
injured, were nursed back to life.
This story was reported by telegraph
all over the lar d, and appeared on the
front page of many metropolitan news?
papers. It concerned the danger of
four men, in a city saloon, from a rare
cause. Yet to those who know the real
dangers of the saloon, in any neighbor?
hood, it appeared insignificant. One
mechanic instantly killed?three men
injured. Except that it happened in a
few minutes, that was not a high re?
cord for a nourishing saloon. A really
thriving saloon has too kill and injure
scores of men and wreck uncounted
families in order to make its profits. It
has to ruin youth and drag gray hairs to
the gutter. Tragedies cluster around
it?tragedies that are not news enough
for the papers to give room to. The
daily, the steady death roll of the sa?
loon?if the papers would only search
out and publish that, public opinion
would soon join temperance opinion in
wiping out this peril of modern life.
Don't put off your Xmas shopping
until the last minute, but come NOW
and take a look at our many suggestions.
Adv. J. B. Boyer & Co.
Honor Roll of Richlands High School.
First Grade?Bessie Huekill, Ella Ba?
ker, Hattie Childress, Louise Duff, Dora
Penland, Carrie Penland, Virginia Neel,
Willie Wilson, Laura Clark Wysor, Dot
Daughton, Henry Childress, Bob Cole
man, Curtis Griffith, Paul Harris, Ed?
ward Hogiston Carl Horton, James
Liddle, Roscoe Nipper, Creed Shelton,
Curtis Sneed, Corse? Trivett.
Second Grade?Arthur Crabtree, Al?
onso Baldwin, Leola Nipper, Myrtle
Kipps, Jennie May Jones, Delphin?
Hagy, Maggie Harless, Harry Lee West
Belle Gilleepi?.
Third Grade - Leslie Shaw, Mary Ball,
Pearl Buskill, Alie? Crabtree. Mattie
? Harris, Mary Harris, Clarence Blank
? enship, Annie Meadows, Mary Shafer,
Otta Buskill.
Fourth Grade?Jesse White, Narcie
Hankins, Mary Williams, Vivian Yost,
Sylvester Patrick.
Fifth Grade?Mary Hickman, Madge
Harria, Pauline Brown, Vicie Blanken
,ship.
Sixth Grade?Ira Helton, Homer
1 Keene, Zeddie Long, Pearl Elswick,
I Mary McKenry Grace Rimmer.
! Seventh Grade?Oscar Elswick, Lexye
Clifton, Virtia Crabtree.
High Srhool?John Boggcrss. John
Repass. Margaret Boggess, Ethel Cald
well. Bertha Combs, Ethel Fisher,
Nellie Fisher, Rachel Hewson, Kate
Lowe.
Our Xmas line is now complete, and
embraces every suitable gift for men,
women and children.
Adv. J. B. Boyer & Co.
Tannersville Personals.
Tannersville, Va., Dec. 9, 1912.
Miller Asbury was a business visitor
to Tazewell Saturday.
W. E. Able was in Thompson Valley
Sunday visiting his daughter, Mrs. Will
| Webb.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hilt were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Den Wimmer
Sunday.
Mrs Mary Hilt and Mrs. Mollie As?
bury were guests of Mrs. Mattie Holmes
Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. W. T. Ratliff spent Sun?
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thom?
as Asbury.
Miss Mollie Crabtree spent the day
Sunday visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Nancy Osbome.
Mrs. J. P. Holmes is among those in
our community reported on the sick list
this week. She is very ill.
Mrs. Cosby Patrick, of Broadford,
was here Sunday to spend the day with
her sister, Mrs. Effie Kirk.
Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick and Mn>.
W. \. Crabtree were the guests of
James Patrick and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Little, of Sa't
ville, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barrett, of
this place, were the guests of Mrs Ma?
tilda Osbome Sunday.
Robert Edmonds and family left on
Thursday last for Big Creek where they
will reside in the future. Mr. Edmonds
recently purchased a farm there.
You will find a choice selection of
pendants and neck chains at Pobst's at
from $2.50 to $42 50; and if you want
something better can have a selection
! on approval in three days time. Adv
The Woman's Club met yesterdsy
afternoon in the library at the High
School. Mrs. Isaac Peirce, who was to
have led the meeting, was unavoidably
absent, and a general discussion was
participated in by those present on the
subject assigned her: "Holland's Strug?
gle With England.''
"Niagara Maid" and "Wayne-Knif
Silk Hose, in Holiday boxes, at THE
BIG STORE.
Adv. J. S. ?6 A. P. Gillespie.
The Methodist church is rapidly as?
suming form under the hands of the
workmen employed thereo*?, and the
graceful front can now be seen. It will
be a handsome structure when com?
pleted and a credit to our city.
A beautiful line of Neckwear, in Holi?
day boxes, at THE BIG STORE.
Adv. J. S. & A. P. Gillespie.
The bazaar given by the Cemetery
Association last week was a complete
success, and the ladies sold out every?
thing they bad. The luncheon and sup
pnm ginn netted them a nice sum towards
keepipg the cemeteries in good condi
ticiia. Especial mention should be made
of the loyal service rendered by the
colored citizens of the town, who assist?
ed in the work this year.
Buy your boy a Mcycle for Xmas, we
have several of the best and and latest
models. Boyer & O?. Adv.
Ruth, the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Jones, was the successful
contestant for the handsome doll given
last week by the ladies in charge of the
cemetery bazaar to the one holding
tickets totaling the greatest amount of
purchases. The doll, which is equally
a:* large as its little owner, was eagerly
sought after by a number of the little
misses of the town, but Ruth was an
easy winner with tickets to her credit
representing purchases aggregating
more than one hundred and fifty dollars.
Ladies' and Misses Suits and Coats at
COST at THE BIG STORE.
Adv. J. S. & A. P. Gillespie.
PLANS SUBMITTED
FOR COURT HOOSI
Architect Tells Supeyisors That ? 25,00
Expended 01 Prese .t Building Wit. Make | '
If Modern in Every Respect.
In anticipation that the troublai over."
section one of the new macad, m roa A
in Clear Fork dist-ict, owing 'other?
not being enough funds avail tbl" *o
complete the sam ?, would be ?red .t
? the meeting of the Board of St-pervis
; ors on Tuesday, a large crowd was ti
j town to attend the meeti'ig. F r some
? reason, however, he question -vas not .
1 brought up, and r mains, for tie pr?s- J?
, ent at least, unse.tled. A larjre dele- '
fgation from G rar am was he--e, and
? while considerable acrimonious discus- l
; sion of the condit ons existing inroad J
building in that c ty was indu:ged in,
nothing was done to relieve tbj situa- -?
tion. M
The morning se .sion was de\ oit d tofl
hearing the report of the engi* eer 's\\mr
Jetfersonville and Maiden Spr ng
tricts, a summary of which will be
found in this issue of the Republican.
No report of the expenditures i Clear
: Fork district was fled; and afts- allow?
ing the usual numtar of claims aJjourn
ment was taken fo dinner.
In the afternoon :he board held a joint
session with Judg ! Kegley an i O m
monwealth's Attorney Harrasn rela?
tive to the propos>d improvint of the
court house. Arc liiect W. C. L w
man, representing the Fall Ri\ ?T Con?
struction, of Louis -?lie, Kv\, pr ser.tcd
plans for the remo leling of the ?rns nt
building that impi ieaed those v ho raw
them as being wot} complote an? wl U-h,
if followed, would give to the c->ULty a
modern and up-to-< ate court ho se at a
nominal cost.
Th?*se plans pr >pose an ad?, i tion of
twenty feet on eac i side of the oresent
building and an ex ension of ten fed to
the rear. This wo ild give amp f> room
fur the county offirars, including .: r< . m
for the county surveyor, who has not
heretofore been pr ?vided for, a: d wait?
ing rooms for witiessts. inc. ?ding a
separate room wit' complete t-ilet for
women who may be summons 1 to at?
tend court.
The cost of thef a improveme'ts, the
architect sai t, wou'.J not exceed 25,000;
and in answer to a i inquiry, sta -d that
he valued the pre ent struclur -, to be
used towards the reproved buil 'ing, at
about $30.000. It would prol abjy baw.
worth more than tiat, for sboul I a new
building be decide? on, tivdemi ish and
remove the old and th?ro buil 1 a new
court house, wot Id tost $75 000 aa
against transform ng the pre? ent one
into an up-to-date and baa Ian rr i buiid.
ing at a cost not to exceed $25,0 0.
There were a fev/ who ?still c imored
for a new building and the b ard de?
cided to adjourn ui til the 20th or fur?
ther consideration and c r.Bulta ion be?
fore definitely deciding what act- m they
would take in the ?natter.
Before adjourning, however, Bfl order
stopping al] road l.uilding in tht county
until spring was issued by the be ard.
Young ladies, yo j can buy youi friend,
(boy friend I meac), a nice tie clasp at
Pobst's. Adv.
Rev. T. H. Can-pbell, pastor of the
Baptist church, vill preach at the
Christian church on next Sunday night.
Our citizens generally are invited to at?
tend the service.
W. S. Bullard, Pastor.
Mrs. J. F. Hurt and daughte a, Miaa
Olli? and little Mijs Lois, anc Master
Jam?? F., jr., we-e shopping n Blue
field Tuesday, ant attended t'.e per?
formance of Freckles at the open t house
there that night.
You can find j ist what you 'ant in
Christmas preset ts at THE BIG
STORE.
Adv. J. S & A. P. Gilh spie,
A conference of the Christian church?
es of Tazewell dintrict, throu;;h their
representatives, will be held at the
Christian church h ire commenci-ig at 11
o'clock on Sat urda,- morning the 14th.
Frank Hopkins, who has be- n quite
ill at the home of bis mother ere for
several weeks hat recovered, and left
Monday for Iaeger, IV. Va., to resume
his work as si,ml engineer ? ithlha
Norfolk and West, rn Railway.
THE BIG STORE keeps a p. er to
look after the h?r* es for their --.untry
friends and want ta<m to feel, >erfecC
ly free, to use him
Adv. J. S & A. P. Gill -sple.
Report of the Progress Made and Money Expended on Re; ds Built in T izewell
County Under the Bend Issue up to November 31, 1912
JEFFERSONVILLE DISTRICT.
S?3C. Name
Miles
Tazewell west 4.86
" east 5.03
Plum Creek 1.8
Wbitley Ridge 1.6
Witten's Mill 3.5
To N. T'well 2.0
Baptist Valley 1.0 ?14 0
NOTE?Cost of equipment included in
deducted when work is resumed again.
Pr Ct Gr'd'ng
Complete
26.0
94.3
47 4
611
13.0
PrCt Macadam Es Cost Ar'l Const
Complete Pr Mile IV Mil?
38 $5,920.80 $ .343.97
78.7 $5,48821 $ ..9U.77
35.3 $9.826.84 $
Grading cost 4<S cents a cu ic ;
Grading cost $ .33 cents a m laj
Grading cost 4 1.4 cents a tu ?3]
Grading cost 5i.l cents a co -ic J^^
the Witten's M.II road. Thi .vift
MAIDEN SPRING DISTRICT.
Sec.
Name Miles
Pr Ct Gr'd'ng
Complete
30.2
93.4
27.0
4 Wardell 7.57
6 Baptist Valley 3 50
4 To Busthead 1.00
NOTE -Coat of plants are not included in above coats of ?xmstructic?. J
Pr Ct Macadam
Complete
19.2
62.6
19.0
