Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-08-30
TAZEWELL
TO LEBANON
A Fine Town and a Prosperous
People The New Leb-
anon Association


driver and pleasant, congenial COM
pany, lacks a whole lot of being an
unpleasant trip, particularly IL the
weather is pleasant. Such was the
experience OF this scribe one day last
week. Leaving Tazewell on Tuesday
morning, in company with that
veteran commercial evangelist, :"
John p. Saul, of Salem, we reached
Lebanon about o'clock p. M, not
withstanding several stops, and the
worst roads in the world. The object
OF the trip, primarily, was TO attend
the annual meeting of the New Leb-
anon Baptist Association, which met
last week in the fine little city of the
Biblical name of Lebanon. Mr.. Saul
is an ardent, old-time Baptist, with
successful drummer. But, he never
allows business TO interfere with his
attendance upon a Baptist meeting,
and when he reachesone he unhitches
his team right there, and sails I'm,
and is always gladly welcomed.
The New Lebanon comprises the
territory-Tazewell, Russell, Wise
and Dickinson, and the city of Blue
field-in all, about 80 churches. They
contributed last year about $500. 90.
The Association was not largely at
tended. The BaptIts people do not
attend very numerously 'socia-
shun" held in town.
The Visiting brothers, as well
MS members and delegates, was royal
ly entertained by the people OF Leb-
anon. Like Tazewell, and most of
small towns, no one denomination
"owns il all" i'm Lebanon, and
when "big meetin comes Off every
body is ready TO help and entertain
the sojourner and royal welcome
he receives. So, on this onccasion.
For the time being every body was n
Baptist, or Mt least, ii looked that
way, and beautiful, christian, Vir-
ginia hospitality was lavishly dis
pensed by all denomiantins. Every
portal swung wide, and from each a
hand of invitation was held out TO
the visitor - stranger and friend
alike. If there ever was an occasion
when n fellow wished himself divisi-
BILE into an indefinite number of real
personalities this was one of those oc-
casions. This being an impracticabil-
ity the next wish was that the Bap-
list brethren would "protract the ser
vices from day TO day and from night
TO night as long as the interest justi-
fies, )" and L am sure most OF us
would have been there yet. This
scribe~had his home i'm the best there
was in town, and this is no exaggera-
tion, even though there are scores of
other visitors and guests who claim
the same thing Mr.. A. A. Furgson
had the difficult and responsible task
of placing the visitors and delegates,
and right well he did il. He could
look at fellow, and at glance fit
him exactly-so everybody said. He
paid this writer the high copmliment
of sending him TO the home of Mrs.
III. III. Dickinson, under the guild
ance of Master Guy Finnney, son of
Mr.. E. S. Finney, the well known,
fine lawyer, and as intelligent,
manly and polite little fellow as Vir-
ignia can afford, we feel sure. And,
seriously, one of the pleasant Incl
dents of the entire week and visit,
and one which Il am certain never
shall forget, was the short, brief
walk with this little boy. 1t ism t
always true that little boys are
taught and trained as TO be respectful
and polite to strangers. Back of such
boys, generally, will be found the
right kind of hand that rocked the
cradle and welded the slipper. But
t-some one says, L am giving time
andspace TO this little incident which
should be given to the grown-up's S
and more important things. Not a
bit OF it. The boys and girls are OF
much more importnce than we old
fokls. HenryStuart, e. S. Finney, Judge
Burns, Henry Routh, the Astons,
Aldersons, Meads, Fletch ers, Will
sons and the present race OF success
full and good men will be gone In q
few years, and their sons and daugh-
ters will be at the nelm, and don'i
you forget this, ever. And this is the
apology we offer for paying a well
deserved compliment to my little
friend, Guy Finney. Mrs. Dicken.
son, with her lovely daughters, Misses
Alberta and Kate. and her daughter.
in-law, Mrs. Dickenson, and he
, splendid boys, Giles and Edward, ha,
made model home-an oIdVirignis
home, and dispenses a sweet, chris
tian hospitality which makes th'
heart glad, and the world look Drigh
even on cloudy day. DIR. Jane
Crockett, of Burke's Garden, was
favored guest also, of this hospitabl
home, and am sure will agree will
me, that we had the best home IL
f0wn No mains or axnanSa Soenned (