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VOL. VIII.
SUFFERING, AT
CHARLESTON.
Governor Atkinson Forced to Use a Boat
in Going to the Capitol.
KAN&WHA DOCKS HEAYILY DAMAGED
By Immense Rafts Which Were Tern
Loose and Rushed Down the River
Several Barges and an Expensive
Tipple Were Swept Away.
Charleston, W. Va., March 7.?Last
nii?.: "vas one of suffering. Many business
men were compelled to use boats to seek
provisions and fuel. Even the governor
was forced to use a boat in going from the
executive mansion to his office in the
capitol.
The loss to timbermen up the Elk is
heavy. Immense rafts were torn loose
and rushed down the Kanawha river,
heavily damaging the docks, barges and
tipples at the Winifrede coal docks. Sev?
eral barges and an expensive tipple be?
tween East Bank and Belmont were swept
away.
REBELS FIRED ON A GUNBOAT.
One American Killed and Two Wounded
In a Fight Near Guadaloupe.
Manila, March 4.-6: 05 p. m.?The re?
bels in the village of San Jose fired on the
United States gunboat Bennington today,
and the warship shelled that place and
other surburbs of Malabon this afternoon.
The United States transports Senator
and Ohio have arrived here with rein
forceiri#;:t* of troops.
Manila, March 4.?11: 56 a. m.?At
day-light General Wheaton's outposts dis?
covered a large body of rebels attempting
to cross tbe river for the purpose of rein?
forcing the enemy at Guadaloupe and a
gunboat advanced under a heavy fire and
poured shot into the jungle on both sides
of the river and shelled the enemy's posi?
tion at Guadaloupe, effectually but tem?
porarily scattering the rebels. The
enemy's loss was heavy.
Private John T. Oiz, of Battery G, Third
Artillery, was killed. On board the gun?
boat, Privates William Wheeler, Company
L, and Louis Barrien, of Company G,
California Regiment, were wounded.
raises his admiral's flag.
Manila, March 4.?Admiral George
Dewey raised his flag as au admiral on
board the Olympia this morning, and was
saluted by the guns of the forts, of the
foreign warships, the British cruiser Nar?
cissus and the German cruiser Kaiserin
Augusta, and the American ships in port.
The United States cruiser Baltimore ar?
rived here at 4 p. m. to-day with two of
- tfrftWvil members of the Philippine Com?
mission Prof. J. G. Schurmann, President,
of Cornell University, and Prof. Dean C.
Worcester, of tbe University of Michigan.
Some of the wives of officers have been
allowed to land from the United States
transport Morgan City, but they have
been ordered to return on board that
steamer by 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Tho United States cruiser Charleston
has arrived here from Aparri.
Washington, March 4.?Admiral Dewey
to-day cabled Secretary Long as follows:
Manila, March 4.?Please accept for
yourself, the President and Congress and
my countrymen, my heartfelt thanks tor
the great honor which has been conferred
on me.
Dewey.
Washington, March 4.?The War De?
partment has received the following cable?
gram announcing the arrival at Manila of
six companies of reinforcements for the
army in the Philippines:
Manila, March 4.?Adjutant-General,
Washington:
Transport Senator just arrived; troops ia
good health. One casualty, accidental
drowning.
Otis.
The Senator carried Companies A, B, j
C, D. H and K, of the Twenty-second In?
fantry, and sailed from San Francisco on
the 1st of February. The balance of this
regiment will soon arrive at Manila on the
transport Ohio,which followed the Senator.
REBELS DRIVEN BACK.
Grand Charge of Americans at San
Juan Del Monte.
Manila, March 7.?The insurgent forces
at San Juan del Monte, numbering sev?
eral thousands, were today driven from
their position with great lose. Hales' bri?
gade, which held the water works against
the repeated attacks of the rebels, ad?
vanced on San Juan del Monte at 6:30
this morning.
The attack was decided upon in a con?
ference of the regimental brigade com?
manders at day break in order that the
entire rebel force might be encompassed
and driven to retreat in a body. Hales'
lines swept forward in the form of aV,
with the open ends toward Pasig River.
As soon as the lines formed the Wy?
oming regiment closed in, firing rapidly
and effectively. Suddenly Company B
sprang from the line with a cheer, with
an officer at its head and dashed towaids
tbe insurgent's entrenchments. This
action electrified the American lines, and
the entire line swept down upon the Fili?
pinos. After a short fire the Filipinos
leaped from their earthworks and fled,
closely pressed toward the river, the only
direction not cut off. As tbe insurgents
tuviVi.towards the river tbey were met by
a pitiless shelling from the gunboats. The
insurgent loss was very heavy.tbe accurate
fire of the gunboat creating a panic. Pri?
vate Speech, of Nebraska, was the only
one wounded.
REMINISCENCES
Of County Court Officials During and for
I a Short Time Subsequent to the Civil
I War Under Military Rule and at Re
orgonization of State Government.
(communicated).
The spirited contest which is now being
waged between the aspirants for the clerk?
ships and other offices of the county, sug?
gests how rapidly stirring events, con?
nected with these and other official posi?
tions, pass from memory.
Passing back to 1861, when the whole
Southern country was ablaze with the
questions leading up to secession, the
county was represented in that memor?
able Richmond convention by two of her
faithful sons, Judge Samuel L. Graham,
who died only a few years since, and Maj.
William P. Cecil, a lawyer and farmer of
this county, who is now enjoying a ripe
old age at his home on the hanks of New
River, in the county of Giles; and we doubt
if there is a man in the State whose mind
is so richly stored with the great events of
the past half century, and it is, indeed, a
pleasure to hear him talk of men and
measures of byeone times.
During most of the Civil War the office of
circuit and county court clerkships was
filled by James IV. Thompson, one of
Tazewell's most worthy and respected
citizens, the population at that time not
having reached the mark entitling us to
two clerks. During the latter part of the
war J. W. Stowers, with Patton R.
Spracher, who was a very efficient clerk,
filled the office.
When the war closed Virginia became
Military District No. 1 under command of
Major General Canby, who soon began to
fill these positions by appointment as inci?
dent to his office. Before he began his
appointments James W. Thompson was
clerk of the courts, but about the Spring
of 1S69 Rees B. Gillespie was appointed
clerk by General Canby, and continued to
hold the office until the State was re-ad?
mitted into the Union, whereupon Hon.
James P. Kelly, who bad been elected
judge of the county court by the Legisla?
ture, then in session, continued him in the
position until the November election suc?
ceeding, when he was duly elected by the
people, the opposing candidates being B.
B. Greever and J. S. S. Higginbotbam.
At the end of this term the incumbent
found serious opposition in the person of
Dr. James R. Doak, who was widely
known, and a very popular citizen, hav?
ing practiced his profession successfully all
his life in the county of Tazewell, the in?
cumbent securing his position by a ma?
jority of only about eight. In the mean?
time changes had been made in the elec?
tion laws, and it became necessary at the
expiration of about six months to elect
again for the same office, and the same
two candidates were pitted against each
other in an exciting contest, and Dr. Doak
was elected by a majority of about one
hundred and fifty.
For a portion of the time after the war
the office of sheriff was filled by R. B.
Gillespie and John C. Hopkins, respective?
ly, both by appointment of General
Canby, and the office of the attorney for
the Commonwealth was filled by the same
appointing power, by a gentleman who lo?
cated at Wythe, and was appointed for
the counties of Wythe, Bland, Tazewell
and Buchanan.
When Hon. James P. Kelly came to the
bench in the Spring of 1870, the positions
of clerk, sheriff and Commonwealth's at?
torney were filled, respectively, under his
appointment by R. B. Gillecpie, the in?
cumbent, C. A. Fudge and H. C. Alder
son.
Robert G. Crockett was then, in No?
vember, 1870, elected sherirf, and John G.
Watts, attorney for the Commonwealth,
going into office January let, 1871.
The subsequent history of these offices
is of comparatively recent date, and is
remembered by the general reader.
Hon. John H. Fulton was the first circuit
judge on the bench here after the re-ad?
mission of the State, holding his first term
May, 1890, and the writer was deeply im?
pressed with the dignified and imposing
bearing of Col. Hamilton R. Bogle,
deputy sheriff and tipstaff of the court, as
he escorted the judge to the bench.
Judge Fulton held the position of cir?
cuit judge uninterruptedly for a period of
seventeen years, with great satisfaction to
both his profession and the people.
The article is deficient in this: James
W. Thompson and -Williams must
hove filled the clerk's office from 1865 to
May, 1869, when R. B. Gillespie was ap?
pointed, and after the war John W.
Thompson must have filled, the office of
sheriff by election for a while, then R. B.
Gillespie was appointed by Canby for a
while, then Hopkins was appointed by
Canby, and it seems to me that Dave
Lester was appointed by him.
Doubles the Wear.
The wear of Devoe lead aud zinc is
doubled by zinc and grinding.
AN EDITOR'S DUTIES.
His Business Always to Look Out for
the Other Fellow.
A newspaper man has no business to
seek office. It is his busiress to try and
get an office for the other fellow ; to sound
the praise of the candidate and keep quiet
his own feelings ; to whoop her up for his
own man and let his man forget all about
him when he is elected ; to defend his can?
didate against the uniust' attacks of the
opposition and see that whatever favors
his candidate had to bestow goes to the
other fellow.
It is his business to boom the city for all
it is worth, month after month, and then
see $100 worth of printing go out of the
city because 10 cents can be saved in
doing so. It is the business of the news?
papers to give every enterprise a frequent
send off and then catch shoe 1 because he
bad failed to record the fact that some
prominent citizen had his delivery wagon
painted. To subscribe liberally to every
public, and charitable church entertain
ment, advertise them for nothing, pay h?
own way to everything and then be called
prejudiced and mean-spirited because a
column is not devoted to that particulai
affair. Do you wonder that there are sc
many cranks in the newspaper ??Ex?
change.
S. W. VIRGINIA
LOCAL ITEMS,
WHAT HAS RECENTLY TRANSPIRED
IN THE COUNTIES OF THIS
SECTION.
Mr. T. E. Durham dropped dead at Nar?
rows, in Giles county, on last Wednesday
afternoon.
An effort is being made to revive the
Masonic Lodge at Newport, Giles county.
It has been extinct for several years.
Judge Rhea has served notice on Gen?
eral Walker that he will commence to take
depositions today, the 9th inst., in the
Walker-Rbea congressional contest.
The council of the city of Radford has
granted to B. Laughon and D. D. Hull, of
Pulaski, a twenty year franchise for a tele?
phone system at Radford. The system
will be put in operation without delay.
The Bristol News says : "The Novem?
ber election returne show 900 votes cast in
Bristol, Va. A careful investigation of the
list of voters purporting to have voted,
shown by the alleged copy of the poll
books, shows that less than 700 legal votes
were actually cast."
The Mathison Alkali Works, at Saltville,
is now reported to be doing a very pros?
perous business. Recently a bicarbonate
soda plant has been added to the works,
which gives employment to a number of
young women,who do the work of packing
and labelling that article.
Wayman Sutton, who was three times
sentenced to death for killing Peter Har
veil, was once rescued by a mob from the
jail of Wyilie county, tied to the state of
Washington, was captured and brought
back to Wytheviile, whose sentence was
commuted to life imprisonment, and who
was pardoned several years ago, was mar?
ried last week to Miss Osie Kesner, at
Rural Retreat, Va. He had just obtained
a divorce in Wythe county circuit court
from his first wife.
John William Watkine, who was a can?
didate for Congress last year from the
Ninth district, has given a deposition in
which he swears that James A. Stone, of
Bristol, gave him $25, and that C. C.
Stewart, colored, also of Bristol gave him
$25, which he understood was money fur?
nished by Judge Rhea's friends. Stone is
the registrar at Bristol, who refused to let
General Walker see the registration and
poll books. He was a member of the
Democratic District Committee and one
of Rhea's managers.
Radford was visited by a very severe
storm on last Sunday morning about one
o'clock. The long bridge across New
river was considerably damaged. A black?
smith shop, a storehouse, and sheds and
smoke stack of the Radford Manufacturing
Company were blown down. The office
building of this company was badly
twisted, and fences and outhouses blown
down, and tin roofs blown off. The wind
storm was accompanied by thunder and
iightning,and torrents of rain and hail.
Thomas Feld rich, a notion drummer,
while riding along a lonely mountain road,
near Newsome Gap, says he was held up
by a girl bandit, who faced him with two
pistols. Feldrich says her eyes were cov?
ered by a mask, but that she smiled at
him while making him stand and deliver.
He tried to joke her out of the notion of
robbing him, and once attempted to draw
his revolver, but the nervous fingering of
her two pistols told him it was no joke.
He gave her $65, a gold watch, a diamond
stud and a pair ot diamond sleeve buttons.
He hoped to get the drop on her as he
drew away, but she rode her horse be?
hind him a few paces, warning him that if
be looked back it would cost him his life.
The woman escaped.
Old Fashioned Sugar Stirrings.
Mr. E. L. Greever, went to Burke's
Garden last week and attended two old
fashioned sugar stirrings while there.
They were at the home of his uncle, Mr.
Charles Greever. At the first stirring, on
Thursday night, over fifty pounds of beau?
tiful maple sugar were turned out. At the
other, ou Friday night, about thirty-five
pounds were made. Mr. Greever tells us
that his uncle uses a vessel to carry the
sweet water from the camp to the house,
for boiling down, that has been in use for
nearly forty years, each season. It is a
wooden vessel, with staves and hoops,with
two staves extending above the others.
There are holes in these two staves,
through which a pole is run, and two men
carry the vessel containing a considerable
quantity of "sweet water." We mention
this to show how people who have come
don n from a former generation are much
more careful in the preservation of useful
articles used in domestic life than is the
present generation. In the old days such
things were not so easily or cheaply gotten
as they are now.
Weil do we remember ^ the old sugar
camp scenes that we witnessed and parti?
cipated in during our childhood. Then the
young people would gather in to enjoy a
sugar stirring,and none of the splendid bon
bons or other fancy candies that are now
used were known in this section, nor are
they near so delicious to the palate as was
the fresh maple sugar, taken from the
kettle and eaten with a spoon: while warm.
Time-Tried and Fire-Tested
are the companies represented by the J.
F. Hurt Insurance Agency. In the great
Chicago fire, in 1871,where over two thou?
sand acres of solid city were swept away,
or an area of nearly four'square miles, the
companies in this agency paid their losses,
in full, while eighty other companies were
bankrupted. Seven companies in this
agency alone paid ninteen millions of dol?
lars. Thirteen months later the great Bos?
ton fire swept away seven hundred and
eighty brick and stone buildings in
the heart of the city, and these same
seven companies were called on to con?
tribute eight millions more; and again
they paid their losses in full, while some
forty companies that escaped the Chicago
fire were bankrupted by the Boston fire.
Why should you take a policy in a com?
pany that has not been tested, when a
policy in one of these old, reliable compa?
nies will cost you no more?
JEWELL, VA., TH?I
WHEELER'S VIEW OF IT.
What He Wanted to Say In the House.
Washington, March 4.?With reference
to his attempt today to secure recognition
for the purpose of addressing the House,
General Wheeler tonight Baid :
"There was nothing to be done in the
House when I asked unanimous consent
to speak for five minutes. I was not recog
inized, but Mr. Payne was notified to
hiQQve a recess of five minutes. I then
asked that, before the motion was put, I
be permitted to address the House for
three minutes. If the Speaker had sub?
mitted my request I am confident no
member of the House would have object?
ed.
"What 1 intended to say was as follows :
"No one reveres the constitution more
than myself and I could not be induced to
advocate a construction contrary to the
intent of its framers.
"When I received the appointment as a
major general of volunteers last May I was
requested by persons whose desires I
could not disregard not to resign my seat
in Congress. I found that during the pres?
ent Congress thirty-three of its members
had been appointed to offices and none
of them had resigned their seats in Con?
gress. I examined the decisions and pre?
cedents on the subject and found that lur?
ing the 110 years of the existence of our
government hundreds and possibly thou?
sands of members of Congress had accept?
ed office during their terms, and that none
of them holding a temporary office like
mine had ever been unseated.
"I found that the decision of courts, even
including four decisions quoted by Gen?
eral Hendereon in his report, took the
ground that inhibitions found in the con?
stitution with regard to officers referred to
officers of a permanent character and not
of a temporary character. I also found that
the Attorney-General of the United States
had rendered an elaborate opinion on
this subject, in which he took precisely
the same ground as to what was inhibited
by the constitution.
"I was anxious for the matter to be
brought up in the House and fully dis?
cussed, so that the decision would be in
harmony with the Bpirit of the constitu?
tion."
Lead and zinc, ground together in lin?
seed oil, is Devoe; the toughest paint yet
known. It's the altogether that toughens
it.
6. F. Watts and the Birds.
Mr. Kuskin once said that if an angel
visited England her sportsmen would be
out at once with their guns to shoot the
winged visitant. Mr. Watts, R. A., is of
the same opinion. He hates the slaughter
of little birds, that they may be pillaged of
their plumage to make Bond Street gay.
So heis painting, for exhibition in London,
a picture with a purpose. It will represent
an altar on which are heaps of feathers,
and over which bends an angel of compas?
sion, one of Dante's "birds of God."?
London "Academy."
The Altogether.
L R
iSDAY, MARCH 9, 1
STATE NEWS.
Professor W. E. Peters, of the Univer?
sity of Virginia, who has tilled the chair of
Latin at that institution for more than
thirty years, has notified the Board of
visitors that at the expiration of three
years he intends to resign and go to
Europe with his family. He urges as his
successor Professor Thomas Fitzhugh, an
M. A. of the Univereity of Va., and now
professor of Latin in the University of
Texas.
In sections of Spottsylvania county the
people are greatly alarmed about mad
dogs. A number of dogs have shown
symptoms of hydrophobia and ehot guns
are kept in readiness and dogs are killed
who show the first symptoms of the fear
ful disease.
There have been over 20,000 persons
vaccinated in Richmond during the past
thirty days. That city has determined to
protect itself against small-pox. Since
the 31st of last December 645 cases have
existed in the cities of Alexandria and
Norfolk.
Mr. Michael Glennan, vice-president
and general manager of the Virginian
Pilot Publishing Company, at Norfolk,
Va.,died in that city on last Friday night.
He was one of the oldest newspaper men
in the state in the way of service, although
only fifty-five years old at the time of bis
death.
Frightful Accident.
A fearful accident, harrowing in its de?
tails occurred near Wills yesterday, as a
result of which one man was killed out?
right, four hurt so badly that they will die
and a sixth painfully injured.
The cause of the accident was the care?
less handling of dynamite. Probably a
dozen or more disasters of a similar char?
acter were known to the very men who
were killed yesterday, yet the lesson was
not heeded.
It seems that the Section Foreman Pet
tit and five section men were at work a
short distance east of Oakvale and had
built a fire, near which they placed sev?
eral sticks of dynamite to thaw out. The
explosive tell, and, igniting, exploded tbe
others.
The explosion was terrific and the de*
tails are revolting.
The six men were standing close by
and one of them was literally torn to
pieces. His head was found some little
distance from the scene of the lamentable
occurence and presented a truly sicken?
ing eight. Parts of the unfortunate vic?
tim's body have not yet been found. The
others were badly mutilated. It is ru- 1
mored, though the report cannot be veri- ,
tied, that two of the injured men had their
eyes blown out.
The fire was scattered by the explosion
and the clothing of the men became ig?
nited.
One of the men who was the least hurt i
started to Oakvale to summon help for his
comrades. His journey was one of great
hardship. The intense cold told on the
poor fellow in his wounded and bruised 1
condition and his sufferings must have
been fearful.?Bluefield Telegraph, 8 inst.
..THE PAST IS..
VALUABLE
TO US
Only for Comparison and the lessons
its experience may have taught us.
The great present and great future en?
gross all our attention and energies.
The present of this store is the result of
your confidence in our desire and ability to
serve you honestly.
By retaining your confidence and gain?
ing that of others we shall continue to de?
velop into a larger sphere of usefulness.
EASTER FOOTWEAR.
?
It's a good time now to look after your Easter Footwear
before Spring shopping begins in earnest. If you are not
ready to purchase now, come in and look at the new styles of
Ladies Patent Leather, Kid and Dongola, Vesting Top Shoes
and Oxfords.
KID GLOVE SALE.
On next Monday, the 13th, we place on eale 4} dozen Ladies' Kid Gloves,
blacks, tans, browns, reds and blues, all sizes. $1.00 is the value; 50c. is the price at
which tbey will be sold. We sell these gloves for 50c. because they are too old to
keep pace with our youn? Spring stock soon to arrive; but they are good; good as any
dollar glovea we have. Don't forget the day of eale: Next Monday, the 13th.
LINEN AND EMBROIDERY
SILE SALE.
Tuesday, March 14th, we will sell B and A and Behlings' Wash Embroidery
Silks at 30c. dozen. Not less than 6 spools will be sold at this price. The art linens
at the following prices: Duck Splashers and Tray Cloths 12}c. Fringed Doilies, 3
sizes, 83c, 12c. and 25c. 9 and 12 in. Doilies, 8Jc. and 12*c. 18 and 24 in. Center
Pieces at 25c. and 35c. 18x54 Bureau Scarfs, hem stitched, 70c. Sofa Cushions,
assorted colors and patterns, 40 and 45, Laundry bags, 55c.
Remember these prices good only on above dates.
Harrisson & Gillespie
Brothers.
?PUBLICA
IOC
GRITS,
FLAKE
AND
PEARL
The scarcity of Fruits and Vegetables at this season
often puts one to thinking: "Where can
I get something to eat"
Grits, Flake and Pearl Hominy are both healthful
and cheap. To this may be added
BOSTON AND
BAKED BEANS,
CORN, TOMATOES,
PEAS AND
ASPARAGUS.
BUSTON & SONS
Leading Retailers of
Fancy Groceries.
The Best Flou.i~
And tl 10 CheapoHt
Im the Ocalcst>x~eited
"Orange Blossom."
It is pure, straight Flour. Why eat impure flour
when you can get the best so cheap?
Tynes Bros,
The Leading Pianos
Of the World:
Con over,
Schubart and
Kingsbury^ *mjl^
FACTORY PRICES. EASY PAYMENTS.
HAMILTON & JENKINS,s* & *. v,
Catalogues Free.
farmer"? ! ATTENTION!
The time for PLOWING is here. We
have in stock ready for delivery
200 Hillside Plows, wr
in Sizes No. 1, No. 1J, No. 2 and No. 3.
Chill
50 Level Land Plows Styl"
in Sizes corresponding with their
No. 40 and No. 20.
We have also a large stock of repairs for the above Plows. If yonr merchant does not
keep the above, write us direct.
THISTLE PLOW AND FOUNDRY CO.,
GRAHAM, VA.
N.
NO. 10.
We want you to
settle at once, as we
have sold our busi?
ness to L. F. Landon
and we owe money.
We must have the
money you owe us to
settle it with.
All accounts not
settled
In 10 Days
will be placed in the
hands of an attorney
for collection and in?
structed to make
them at once. So
settle at once and
save cost.
The above is per?
sonal and meant for
ALL who owe us.
TAZEWELL
DRUG CO.,
The Pharmaceutical Economist.
F. P. LANDON, Ph. G.
"He fills the Prescriptions."
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
The cotton mills in New England and
the iron mills in Pennsylvania are advanc?
ing the wages of their employes. This is
against the predictions of the free traders
and the free silverites.
About 75 per cent, of the officers in the
volunteer army of the United States are
applicants for positions in the regular
army under the new army bill. They
must be eatisfied with the treatment they
received as volunteers, and have not even
been disgusted with "embalmed" beef.
President McKinley accomplished won?
ders with the late Congress in securing
legislation favorable to his views on many
important questions, with the Senate op?
posed to him politically. This he did
notwithstanding the fact that a strong
policy of obstruction was kept up by the
Democratic leadership in the Senate.
Some of the Democratic papers are rais?
ing a howl about the increase in the ap?
propriations for the army and navy. They
cry out against the increase, well knowing
that it ia the result of our war with Spain
which was, to a great extent, forced by
Democratic leaders upon the country.
They were eager for war, but are now cry?
ing out about the consequences of the war.
The rudeness of speaker Reed in refus?
ing to recognize General Wheeler, when
he asked for unanimous consent to speak
for five minutes just before the final ad?
journment of the House of Representa?
tives, will not commend the speaker very
favorably to gentlemen of either party.
Mr. Reed seemed to be trying to surpass
Mr. Bailey in rudeness to the hero of two
wars. The hostility of both those politi?
cians to the old veteran, no doubt, is oc?
casioned by bis warm friendship for Presi?
dent McKinley and his views on territorial
expansion.
On the 1st of May, 1898, Commodore
Dewey steamed into the bay of Manila and
fought the meet remarkable naval battle
known to history. Oa the 4th of March,
1899, ten months and three days after his
victory, which made him noted throughout
the world, he ran the flag of Admiral to
the top of the mast of the Olympia, which
was his flagship in the battle. He had
remained on the scene of his victoty for
these ten months and three days to pre?
serve for his country the fruits of the vic?
tory, being on constant duty all the while.
Dewey is a remarkable man, and the whole
Manila affair no less remarkable.
Notice.
The partnership heretofore existing be?
tween Wm. C. Pendleton and W. B.
Spratt for conducting the real estate busi?
ness has been dissolved by mutual consent,
Mr. Pendleton on account of press of du?
ties retiring from the business. Mr. Spratt
mUl continue in the real estate business
and will hold the contracts made with the
"Clinch Valley Real Estate Agency."
Respectfully,
Wm. C. Pknolsiom,
W. B. Spratt.
NOTICE.
All watches and clocks left with me for
repair prior to December 3lst, 1897. will
be sold for charges on March 21st, 1899, if
not called for before the last mentioned
date. H. W. Pobet,
Feb. 0 899.?4t. Tuewell, V?.