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CliMTVa 1 VOL. LV. TAZEWELL, Read Our Ads. For the Fads. To Assist Christmas If you're, undecided as to what to buy for Christinas gifts for brother, sister, mother, father or Iriends, the following list will help you to solve the problem and make purchasing easy.

YVe've a great showing of these articles, all of which will make suitable and useful pres? ents. Note the little prices. For Mother, Far Collarette Wife Or Fur Set, 1.35 to 5.98 Daughter Chnt elameltuK, 75 to 1.50 MoquetU' L.25 to 2.75 Silk or silver hnedle 2 25 to Piano or velvet, Ibimiisk Bat. 4.75 to 10.0*0 One Dozen lied .98 to Pair ilienille 0.48 Chenille or Damask Table Cover, .40 to 1 .25 Pair Kid 1.75 i'nii Si Mittens, to Blaek S.Ik 1.75. Silk Waist-, bs lo B.98 hreiuli Flannel WhihI.

1.75 to 1.25 tiilk rettieoai or colors, 2.08 1.90 Dn-Ksiim .75 to Capa 2 to 15.00 Tailor 1 to lil.t'O PIlild'sTwopieee 1'iir Sis. 1 25 tro '8 Fune.v While i ibbon, to .98 Bureau .10 to IV98 i.inen 1 48 Art in Linen, to Hand Pinnt'il So'u Pillows, 1.96 2.2". Holiday in N' Pieet-s. .25 to 1.75 or .25 to 85 Pair Hoise Slippci w. 40 1.75 Pair Slipp'-rs, to 1 75 IM to S9, Jersey 81 to 1.25 Sterling Hiver Maiiieiin- pfa'CSS St.

Cliain Brneeli 1.25 The N.tlm-sole Bracelet-n fad. .75 to .98 Cut Lin? i Pillow Sliains Starfs to niatel, .10 to 1.25 Father, Pair Patent Brother Pomps, 1.75 Or SOT! Leather Covered I'mbrel la. ot Fii-hion's Fails in Ntikwear, .25 1.71 Pair l'uf? .25 to To Saar Pin. .25 to.76 Pair Kill to 1.25 iialf Buk to .98 Box ol Lion 2.25 tr or wool, .00 to 1.25 Lull Pnisi-Shirt ProttOtor, 1.25 Pair Siispiiuiers. .25 to .48 Suit ol liiierwear, 1.48 to leather for Little Men, 1.25 Collars fo' papa'a," Hi Gum Itoot-i 1 to 8.98 R.

CHAPMAN A TOUGH CHARACTER. li. M. Ballwin and O. O.

Qale Oaptur. a Desperado. A week or moro ago a sensational at Lebanon, in ciutiLy. H. M.

Baldwin.who a government officer, and C. Ca of llaldwin's detective agency, in the court? 1 at Lebanon. Fletcher was wanted foi illicit distilling and is re ported to be otie of the gang who ahot Retentive Felts last spring Fletcher his the reputation of being a dc8peratecharacter and in the wilds his own icu ity where every hiding place and and every path is known to him, he Is a to run np on. The detectives got on the track of him tnd heard that be would attend court at the Cooke murder trial, which out of killing of a relative of Fetchcr's and he was a witness in the tase. The deectives nabbed him (ourt and he took the srrist calmly though the knew that he off his own territory and that accounted for it It is said that Fletcher had oftet made the boast that no living man could put the nip? pers on hi in his own county.

Fletcher was jailcdand th? supposi? tion is that the charge of "moan? shining" was to holA hira and that later a more serious charge would be be preferred, something relating to a murder that was perpetrated in Rus? sell Times. Broken Lear. News reaches ua that Loyd Me Leod, son of Mr. W. C.

BfcLecd, who formerly lived in Tazewell had his leg severely broken a lew days Jkry run ovar by a mining oar, at (Joeburo where bis father now lives. Itafl sLrajv mi christs birthday. THE DATE DEFINITELY SETTLED BV POPE JULIUS. Enrly It riot luna. Inrorpornlcit I'aian uatoan? In Its ala-l.

-m Oritiln of thr of the 1-eatiVMl. Cniluiui and Is soniethlug akin to I sadness lu the fact that In iJ tracing tin- origin of many of our church festivals we nml It In pa celebrations antedating Christian era, writes M. E. Muuioe In the York Home Journal. There In nothing certain even about the birth? day of Christ.

Some assert that December was In the rainy when no shepherds could lui "watching their flocks by night." Oth? ers claim that It was in the tlry scnsoii, when shepherds were on duty ami night. In the controversy over the date, extending from to May, Tope Julius PJSI-SBS) had an Invostiga tlou made by St. Cyril and was sntis that the of December was cor? rect. It was so in tlu? Ko man church, and before the end the fourth century the dictum was univer? sally accepted. This acceptance was made be? cause the til that of gi.

festival of the winter solstice, the sat? urnalia, which was celebrated In all parts of the world from Dec. IT? Jan. At that season houses, temples and shrines wore profusely with' evergreens, holly, laurel and sometimes Ivy. No mistletoe was used in the dec? orations on account of the Druldlcal superstitions regarding Its peculiar and dangerous power. One of these super? stitious, however, has become the her? itage of all ages: Thoae who klu under the tu lut loto? bough Together will walk to the altar.

The early Christians as many pagan customs as possible with celebrations and festivals as a of expediency, and In the Ro? man saturnalia, with Its Its Yule log. Its candles and ladea trees and gifts, there was maca that even ttxlay forms part of our moiiial. During the saturnalia all restraint was ami the stemming of vraa nearly Impossible that il is not hard to realize the tin? hrlvtians In out the of this festival before It becadM our fist I val of hrlstinas. so cull? the Christ mass, which was on Dec. Our Christmas carol was I A CHRISTMAS KVK CUSTOM IN HOIXAKD.

originally a hymn to "Saturn, for one of the principal reataras Of the suturnalia was the sinking of hymns praise to the goils Saturn and IiaeehUB, and the composiirs of odes in their honor were richly rewarded. Even the family banquet, so dear to our hearts. Is a relic of the bacchanalian era. Various were the early superstitions in different countries, the most ourlous being In Scandinavia. Iu the German Alps It was held that on Christmas eve "cattle fell on their knees in adoring worship," being given the power of speech during that one night, but woe to the who overheard or listen? ed to their converse, for the reaper Death would surely find him, let him hide as he would, before seven jjuys were passed.

Maidens thought to find the key which would unlock the door to their future life, and especially among the peasantry of Poland was full reliance placed upon the result of these mystic rites. Among Christmas eve customs one in Holland is of exceeding Interest. In all the towns and villages at The midnight hour the men in varied costumes meet in the principal squares chanting the "Clorla In Excelsis." Proud is the man selected by vote to be the "star bear? er." A large star in which are several lighted cardies all shining as one is mounted on one end of a long pole. This star is symbo'lcal of the star that guided the three kings to Bethlehem, and the effect of Its light in the dark and winding streets at the bead of the long procession of men slowly march? ing to the music of the "Oloria In Ei eelsls" sung in chorus is deeply Im? pressive. A sumptuous supper is serv? ed after the are ended, and thus Christmas day begins.

Christmas eve everywhere was tho beginning of Christmas joys. In Ger? many the old customs sUli prevail to a great extent. The Christmas tree, with Its gifts, followed by a grand supper, has long held Its own on Christmas eve, Chrlrtmas day being spent in pay? ing and receiving visits and talking over the extent of Santa Claus' atten? tions. Merry krtatnuaa. Old brought aporta airain.

'twu Chriatmaa broached Twaa Chrlattnaa toltf tha merrlaat Chriatmaa gambol ait would poor iud'i heart Uurcugi? halt the year. UNDER THE MISTLETOE. BOERS Capture 120 Eritish Near Zastrm. Aliwal North, Caie Colony, Dec. party of Btrbant's Horse, consisting mainly of -uw recruits, en gaged a superior force Bao 1- neat Zastrou, Orange Mate, losing four killed, sixteen wobodcd and 120 taken prisoners.

is close to the bord? i Cape Colony and about forty nidos northeast ol Aliwal North. War Office open all lor tbe First Time in Month'. London, Dec. (Moaday)- L30 a the first time in many months the War Office remained open throughout a Sunday because of the public iety to les the latest news. Lord Kitchner is reported to have sent a fresh and urgent request to tbe Government to send out every available mounted man.

With Gen. De Wet agaiu escaped through the British cordon in the neighborhood of Thabanchu, the se rious affairs at Vryheld and Zastro? and the Magallesburg disaster con ftouting the Hi-tisb people Ibey maj well begin to ask as they do, Lord Robeits is allowed to rooit home. The Colonial Office announces iti deciMon to enlist five thousand men instead of the one thousand previous ly be rec-uited in Grea Britain for Gen. Baden-Powell's con stabulary, which shows that recruit ing in South Africa is less active thai had been anticipated. EUI For Gen.

Loa OftVnd Today. Washington, D. 0. Dec. 17tb Daniel today introduced a bill authorizing the President to se? lect from the list of volunteer officers officers, v.

it bout regard rank or and appoint them Brigadier Gen? raisin Ibe United States si'my. This bill is another ciTort to secure the appointment of FiUluigh Lee as a Brigadier General, as the Presi has a1 eady bignifi.d his inten? tion to thus honor the Virginiau in I case the measure The Dan I bill is independent of tbe regular army measure. The most effective little liver pills made are DeWitt's Little Eariy Risers. They never gripe. Jno.

K. Jackson. SHIP SUBSIDIES CASE GONE. Bill Will Withdrawn and Hanna Surivndera. Dae.

15th Senator lliona has practically alian loned bis fifhi of the ship sub si-iy bill. Tho fiicuds of the ineas uie today acknowledge Mint at i-r. i lain. It is Bitted tliat Um bill all go Um eoiniintteo aod tint DO vot oil its linal will It? taken this session. This information is official and was to The llioliinoiul News COC lispt iident by Seuutor who MJI ihat he today talked on tho with sevoral Sen itors.

Monument Lewis at Salem. Washington, Dec l.r>th.?The com oittoc on Library to-day inado a a orable report on tho Otej bill pro If for the erection of a monu oent to the memory of Geueral knlrew Lewis, a Virginia bero of lie American Revolution. The shaft will bo placed at or near Salem, 7a Death of Mrs. Davidson. We failed to note, at the time, the of Mis.

Daniei Davidson, which occurred a week or more ago, at her home south of town, near Mr. T. Peery'a. Mrs. Davidison loaves si? children and a husband.

She bad been a mcmbor of the Meth? odist church for many years, and was a woman. She was about I 57 years old, and had iu poor I health for several years. Rev. Mr. Rogers Bettor.

Kev. Mr. Huff returned on Monday from Castlewood, from a visit to Kev. Mr. Rogers, the Presbyterian minis tor ofthat community, who has been ill with typhoid fever, The minister is better.

Bro. Ruff says that he preached onco while be was Rone, but didn preach a very good sermon. To Oure a Ohild of Stuttering. Ihe chili that stutters must be gently, patiently and persistently corrected, stopped when he begins to made to fill the with sir by a deep inhalation, and I then to pronounce the difficult syl? lables until he can do so easily and smoothly, if this course is pursued undeviatingly cure is cember Ladies' Home WALKER-RHEA C0NTE8T. Aill'liiVtR Oharsring Brib-iy "Will Usod.

tkiogtoo, Dee be 'iKcr oonteet, Um fortune von tordny taring aoiiot of his in the matter, promises to be tin? most Mnaaiiooal case of its Ki'i I hi for? in I on hav I Walker at the preeeal Judge lUion lias lt-ct vcd mini atlhlav it IRMA tho Ninth Virginia 1 stating tint doriog tin? last oampaiga Walker on Bepubiieati mtttee with having been ami that they were thus induced to bring in an uofavotaldo n-port to him. hil intention of filing tbf09 affidavits in the now cont. Horn? tor the Holidays S. em? Sam Graham, son? of S. C.

Graham, students of Hampden Sidney College, ami Tan tops Academy, respectively, Aehby Henry, son of Maj. R. R. Henry, who is teaching in Birmingham, Ala and his youngest er, MissAylott, who has been at school there, neat home for tho holidays. Misses Magqie May and Maggie Gille8pio, of Randolph Macon Wom? an's College, Lynchburg, and Miss Glotte Harm an, Institute, at Bristol, aro expected home today or tomorrow.

Norfolk Oysters are We have always thought and heard that Norfolk oysters were the best in the world; however, net being satisfied with our own opinion alone we wrote to one of the best authori? ties on oysters in the Stutv, tellii him where we were buying our stock. We quote from bis letter in reply: "The oysters you havo been getting aro above the averago of any you could possibly get anywhere." We do not ask you to rely on our judgment, but on some one who We will have a full supply 1 of these celebrated owters during 1 the holidays. They wi 1 cost jou no I more than otbrrs, urs trily, Bus-ton Sons. No Paper Next Weak. There will be un issue of the News next week.

1 he hoys will take a weH earned and mu? needed rest RACKETS IN THE SCHOOLS The Old Boy Among the School Boys. CHRISTMAS IN THEIR BONES Collt-gi-, Thompson Valley High Dominion Have Trouhli-s of Their Own. All of a sudden, as if by oonoort of movement, probably due to tho near approach of Christmas, some of the of the county aro haviug Ut? ile trouble? ol their owu. Wo give tlie leported tous by reliable pu lies. Coi.LKOK.

Last Friday night there was quite a little rumpus at this usually tpnei school. The boys got on a little "cnlatlnimp." and their fun-making developed into huge proportions? and resulto i seriously than was by jubilant students. Thin is nliat limy did: Thoy first removed 1 go number of the seats from the and carried them Hourly a ol a from the tho house of tho President ami put I in in down hin front yard, l'bey then pony that was m-arby, mull? his feet by putting paate on hhn so Unit be nonM not be ard us he a'k? and led. him into o.uj.Lx-1 niig, when? ho was loan i morning. All this was ipiictly (hat nothing i uowti ol it uutil next 1 in of the author aiuN em be bettor imagiuod than described.

Than followed Faculty meetings, and investigation as to how wero the partios guilty of such il breach of The result was that th? boys bad the pleas uro of the seats removed, and Hcveral of the leaders iu the move? ment, to the number of about ten, wore positively identified and con lesaod judgomont promptly, and throw themselves on tho mercy of tho court. A written apology was de? manded by the Faculty with promis es of good behavior in tho futuro, which was wisely and promptly given, and hero the incident closed. Howe vor, two students, who were charged, at hist, with being princi? pals in the affair, but afterwards found out not to be, and promptly and publicly exonerated by tho Faculty, refused to apologize to the Faculty for certain sulphurous and i nil amatory remarks made and notes written, were for be? ing in the racket or having anythiug to do with it, but for the reason above stated. Everything lovely now, and tho College is moving on, aa utual, and the pony still grazes on the campus. THOMPSON VALLEY IIIOU SCHOOL.

Tbe stockholders of the Thompson Valley High ata recent meet? ing, accepted the resignation the Principal, Uev Mr.Gordon, he sell? ing his mteiest to Prof. W. Archie Thompson, the First Assistant, who was elected Principal, and tbe school moves right on. The trouble was due to'differences of opinion as io the fi? nancial management of the school. Kev.

and Mrs. Ooidon will remain in Tazewell for some time. OLO DOMINION COLLEGE. News reaches ns of some trouble in this school. Our informant says that two students were dismissed, or about to be dismissed for some breach of College rules, and the entire body of students rose up and declared that if the two boys were sent away they would all go.

At last accounts the strike was still on. Wc, the undersigned, students of Tazewcll College, hereby acknowl? edge that we were guilty of placing in the chapel of ssid College on Fri day night, 14th, December, 1900. a horse and removed certain benches from tho said chapel which A. and J. R.

McNeil were accused of by Showalter, and we hereby ex? onerate the above named from bar? ing or taking any part in the offence named. Signed this 18th, December. 1900. H. W.

McCall, Ben T. Daily, W. H. Woods, B. B.

BftOADWATER, D. P.Phauk. J. S. WlIlTK, Will J.

D. Bond, 1 W. E. Gillksi'Ik. VIRGINIA LOSES A If the Repot of the Oommlttae oa Genaue ia Adoptad.

Washington, Dae. House Committee on Census, by a voto of 7 to 6, to report the Hopkins reappoiutment bill, leaving tbe total membership of the House at .357, at present, and re arranging a num? ber of State dologationa The bill will not be taken up nntill after the holiday reoaos. Under the bill the following States will lose one Representative each: Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, South Carolina. Ohio and Virginia. The following will gain one each Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia: The new apportionment will make I no difference in the political com? plexion of tho House aa at preseut constituted.

Tha Republicans will gain five and lose five, sud the Democrats will gain three and lose three. The basis of representation will be one Repre sontative for each 208.808 inhabi? tants. COAL MINERS STRIKE AGAIN. 2,300 Men Stop Work and More Coming Out Bvery Day. Wllkesbarre, Dec.

Four tcou hundred misers employed by Kingston Coal Company struck this morning because the company refused to acoedo to the de maorie the men. The strikers demanded the discharge of Foreman 'I'hotnas Mor gan, a new topping rule requiring six inches instead of nine; and theprivl lege of having their oh check master. Four cutleries of the company are idle and it is expected other collieries in the vicinity will follow in a short time. Shomaklu, Pa, Dec. hundred men and boys employed by the Natalie collieries, owned by the Shatnokin Coal struck this morning because outelde laborers were not paid the ten per cent, ad vanco promised at the settlement of tho big strike.

The colliery la Idle. Pooahontaa. Pocahontas is preparing to make Christmas one of the moat brilliant since its foundation. Money seems to be no object. Mr.

Breedlovo, the elcctrioian, baa made a grand display with electricity in tho front windows of the S. W. Va. Imp. atoro.

The display of Christmas gocds to the hearts of the old and yoang la beyond description The Block Company, which com? menced business in 1882, occupy two atores on St. Clair Street anl stories above, filled from bottom to top with staple goods of every description, and Christmas goods sufficient to furnish Pocahontas and Elkhorn. J. L. Babor, who commenced busi? ness in 1886, baa been one of the most successful business men in Pocahontas.

His store is filled with one of the best selected stocks of goods iu Southwest Virginia, compris iug eycry article desired by the moat fastidious. Santa Clause has visited him and left one of the best selec? tions of Christmas suppliea ever exhibited in Pocahontas. In fact, all our merchants have spend id stocka and find trade. Dr. Landon, formerly of TazeweU, is doing a good business in drugs.

His counters and extra counters in center and sides of store are filled with everything desirable for Christ? by the hundred and babies by the cart load. His store is filled every day with the small fry. Niwdlab. To Our At the closing of the year, we wish to fthank our correspondents who hare stuck to us during the pant year, and helped us to make oar paper. Probably nothing that hi printed in a country newspapei is read with as neb interest by the masses as the letters from the differ? ent communities represented.

We thank you, one and all. and hope you will continue with as during 1901. We shall do our beet to make the paper bettor, in every way. next year. We hope each of you will gire ni a letter for oar first number in January.

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