Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-25
Burke'S Garden

Burke Garden, November 23.-
Last week, Messrs.. r. M. Lawson
and j. r. Meek received 43 tons of
coal from the Zenith mines. The coal
was unloaded at Burke's Garden
switch and hauling continued from
Monday morning. until Saturday night.
Among the Thanksgiving shoppers
who have gone from B. G. to Taze-
well within the past few days were,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Lawson, Mrs.
j. Robert Meek and Master Trubie
Meek, Mr.. j. M. Hoge, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. b. Meek, Misses Jessie Long and
Rosa Fox, Mr.. l.. d. Snapp and Miss
Lucille Snapp. Mr.. George H. Moss,
Rev. +. L. Ritchie and Mr.. +. M.
Moss
Miss Garnet Lawson left Tuesday
for tour of the Northern cities and
a protracted visit to friends in Mon
treal, Canada. Miss Lawson is one of
the Gardens most charming young
ladies and we are sorry to lose her
even for few weeks.
Mr. j. r.. Meek and little son, Rob
ert, left this morning for Hollins,
Va, where they will spend Thanks
giving with Miss Dora Meta Meek.
who is attending school at Hollins In
stitute. After brief visit to his
daughter, Mr.. Meek will join a party
of friends and attend the National
Stock Show at Chicago.
Revs. Hicks and Ritchie will hold
Thanksgiving services at Central
church tomorrow at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Crockett Kits reached his home
here on last Sunday, after having
spent some months in Texas.
Mr.. Rufus Thompson is putting a
new roof on his barn.
Aunt Anne Gose is suffering from
an acute attack of rheumatism. Aunt
Ann is one Of the few kind, old col
ored friends who are left to remind
us of the good old times now fifty
years agone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. Moss have
returned from a trip to Baltimore.
Mr.. John Rhudy has been right
sick for sometime.
There is talk of an Aeroplane fac
tory being established at Roanoke in
the near future.
Two of Russell county's most pop
ular young people, Mr.. Giles Dicken-
son and Miss Rebecca Browning, were
united in marriage on the seventeenth
of November. Their friends in this
county extend congratulations.
1t is thought that the cost Of cable
grams sent by the general public will
very soon be reduced from 25c per
word to twelve and half cents per
word.
In Denver Park, Colo, on Novem-
Der the seventeenth, Aviator Ralph
Jonstone met death in the presence of
large crowd of spectators. One wing
of his machine gave way and the man
who had won and held the worlds al
titude record, who had scared 9,714
feet at Belmont Park, on this fatal
day dropped 500 feet to his doom.
The Honorable Henry Stuart may
have missed entering Congress by {
small majority, however, his measur,
of success in this race will doubtless
prove to be a stepping stone to thu
Governorship.
Three hundred students from tn,
Virginia Polytechnic institute accept
ed the invitation of Governor Mann t.
act as escort of honor TO Presiden
Taft on his visit this week to Rich
mond. Fifty men from each of tn
|, six companies volunteered to max
the trip. The company was in charg
of Commandant Daniels, u. S. A..
staff officers and the college band
Accommodation for the cadets i
Richmond was provided in the Blue
Armory. The trip to Richmond wa
made on the "cadet special an
I from Richmond the company went I
8 Norfolk, where the v. p. /. footba
2 team played a match game wit
:. North Carolina on Thanksgiving.