Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-02-28

The latest report from the bedside
OF Rev w. III. Kelley Is that ne Is I
resting easy, with little OF no hope OF /
his Il cOvery.
William Thaxion, the colored man
OF Pocahoutas, WAS tried Yesterday on
"A charge Of rape, was acquitted
There was no proof against Thaxton
The case against Jacket, who is
charged with smuggling saws and
tool" into the Jail here, will be tried
today.
Judge Graham is expected home to-
morrow or next day Mrs Graham
will prolong her visit 20 friends and
relatives i'm the south.
George L. Slade, the bright young
Cove Creek merchant, was here yes
terday on business.
Rev. NJ. Lloyed preached "a fine ser
mon last Sunday morning i'm Stras
memorial church. The attendance
was not large. but those who attended
were amply repaid. Mr.. Lloyed is not
DOLLY an eloquent and fine preacher but
a NStIll cOHSecIdIeQ man.
Mr. Joshua Pruett is quite sick at
the home OF his daughter, Mrs. John
C. lost. He has been here for some
months, and is in a very bad and
helpless condition. Mrs. Yost deserves
the sympathy and help of her neigh
bors in bearing this heavy burden.
The subject of the lecture which
DIR. Stuart is to deliver here next
Tuesday ut s p. m. has been changed
from "Lopsided Folks" TO '1Is Fun
Divine or Develish. "
Preaching in the Main Street
Methodist church next Saturday at
I'D 30 a. IN. by Rev. G. w. Kelley,
Presiding Elder. He will also preach
i'm the Main Street church Sunday
IN orning and at North TazewelI sun
day night.
Mr.. A. J. igginbotham, the sue
cessiul stock raiser and farmer, has
been appointed a member of the staff
OF the commander of the Brigade.
lie subscribeS for number of papers
and periodicals, and sends his check.
Mr.. Higginbotham knows that to
keep up these days man must read
-converSe with the wiSest and most
successful men if he would know
things.
/. III. isaiah, The PropheD.
Harry, of Falls Mills, was here on
Tuesday on business and thawed out
his No. lO's by our good fire. Isaiah
got rs mad as wte hen because we
miNtook him for Jim, his brother.
We apologized propmtly, and expect |
10 have To do the saE:e thing the next
time Jim comes To town.
Isaiah has one of the hardest Jobs |
OF anybody-he's quarry foreman for
Major Walton.
Talk about wild, stormy, heathen-
iSh weather last Tuesday afternoon
and night topped the climax. IL
winded, stormed, selected, rained and
showed nearly all night. Wednesday
morning the weather put on a quiet,
iemure smile, as though sorry for lis
badness, and promising To be good.
BE not deceived! Garry your umbrel-
la, wear your onVercoat and rubber
shoes. February and March are tickle
and treacherous.
- :. II. Quinley, Esq of Buchanan !
county, and his young grandson. |
Bart Beicher, are here, and paid |
this Office Il peasant call. Squire |
Quinley is a witness in the Tackett |
ease. Mid Tackett was tried be fore
him, and sent to Jail in Grundy, and /
brought here for safe keen |
ing, and escaped 10y saving out of |
the Jail. Dave Tackett, il is charged, |
the saws into the iail bv |
which Mid, his son, WAS enabled TO |
effect his escape, releasing number
of other prisoners.
Revenue officers of Buchanan
county have been goin' some. az
cording To the Sandy Valley News.
They destroyed from Feb. 9th to Feb.
10Th TO- 600 gallons of beer, 200 gallon
d WhISkey and about II stills.
some of this same buchanan booze is
esponsible for the ruin of TazewelI's
new Jail. the escape of IL prisoners
ma all this Tackett trial, cost and
-rouble' Magistrate Quinley says the
whole trouble began by Mid Tackett
getting drunk, and shooting his
'oung friend. SO there you are. Good
peed TO Marshall Mccoy and his
helpers
MT. y. Ward, formerly of Buch-
man and Tazewell, now of Stavelv
Alberta, Canada, has been i'm the
ommu unity Tor sometime. He is
on OF Iacharia Ward, of TazeweH,
md left here in 1900 for the north
vest lie has lived in North Dakota.