Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Pounding Mill News.


Sparks.
Miss Maggie Hurt returned Tuesday
from Tazewell, where she had been
visiting relatives.
Hunter Sturgill is in jacksonville,
Florida. assisting his brother at the
Union News stand.
Mr.. James Pack ade fying trip 10
Aenova and Huntington, w. Va, re-
turning Monday on No. s.
Mrs. J. T. Stinson and little daughter.
OF Grundy, are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Williams.
Mr.. Tom Lambert, of Raven, former
ly of this town, is visiting his brother.
William Lambert, here this week.
Mr.. Charles Christians baby, men,
toned in our last letter, died last week.
and was buried at the Lowe graveyard
IN Baptist Valley.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Graham. Miss
iva Steele, Mr.. Rex Steele, Miss Ber-
tha and Mr.. Charlie Robinett spent the
Fourth at Honaker.
Mrs. Lou Ratliff and little grand
daughter, Tazewell, visited at Mr.
julius Williams on their way to confer
ence at Richlands.
Miss Effie Williams and Mrs. Rosa
Hutton, of this place, Misses Stella a d
Maude Steel, Paint Lick, are attending
the Normal at Big Stone Gap.
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Mrs. ]. R. Sparks, who had been
spending some time here with her
daughter, Mrs. Livie johnson, returned
to her home at Raven Sunday.
The following are some who attended
conference at Richlands from here last
Sunday: W. B. Steele, C. P. Williams.
Misses Marguerite and Carrie Williams
and Mrs. ]. C. Stinson.
Mrs. w. B. Steele visited home-folks.
j. Marion McGuire's, at Cedar Bluff.
last week a couple of days prior to Miss
Pearls departure for Emory, where she
is attending the Normal. Miss Bessie
Peery accompanied her.
Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Doyle. Maiden.
Mass, began a meeting last night at
the Church of God, to continue until
Sunday. Rev. Doyle expects to preach
at Wise on Sunday night, the 18th, and
continue for some time.
Mrs. Millard Brown, of Little VALLEY.
is spending some time with her friend,
Mrs. M. |. Sturgill, attending the Heal
ing Spring here. Her health is very
poor. Her daughter, Miss Bessie, is at
tending the Normal at Emory.
Mr.. Patton ]. Brown, one of Rich
lands most successful farmers, spent a
few hours the Fourth with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Steele. He has passed the three
score years and ten, has made fortune
and expects soon to retire from active
business.
Mrs. ]. c. Garden, Kimball, w. Va.
and niece. Miss Ula Garden, Radford.
Va, Mrs. T. A. Repass and children,
Tazewel, Va, and Master Marvin
Alder, Bondtown, spent Thursday and
Friday visiting their relatives, w. B.
Steele and family.
The Glorious Fourth passed QUIETLY
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4 nice crowd Of about fifty picnicers
from Tazewell were here; and in the
afternoon number attended the skat-
ing rink and had loads of fun. There
were as many as forty skating (or try
ing toy at one time.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Osborne and fam
lily, of Athens, w. Va, who have been
visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Osborne, and sister, Mrs. H,
Wade Christian, departed for home on
Tuesday. Mr.. Osborne preached here
Sunday night at the Union church.
Miss Mamie Wynn, of Baptist Valley,
and Mrs. Bessie Palmer Saunders. of
Birmingham, Alabama, spent last night
with the family Of w. B. Steele, on
their way from Norton, where they
with Mrs. c. H. Steele and sons, ANDY
and Edgar, of Paint Lick, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Mcclure, of Cedar Bluff, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. T. Fields, of Indian, and others
had been spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Ratliffe and family.
Mrs. Saunders and two children are
spending several weeks at the home of
Mr.. John Wynn, where she taught
several years ago.
The Fourth here was unusually sad to
most of the residents, because little
Fern Ula, the only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seymour Ringstaff, was buried. Ser
vices were held at the home by Rev. ],
K. Sparks at 8;45 a. m, and burial inn
mediately afterward at the Ringstaff
cemetery. Little Fern died Friday at 8
a. m, aged IL months, having suffered
for some time with bronchitis, and later
with whooping cough. She had, to all
appearances, improved very much, and
her death was unexpected. The heart
broken parents have the sympathy of
the entire community in this their first
bereavement. The father was away
from home which made IL much sadder