Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-04-07
POUNDING MILL NEWS.
Items Of Interest 10 Our Readers Here
And Elsewhere.
Pounding Mill, April s. 1911

brother, WILL at Knob.
Mrs. H. w. Christian is suffering this
week from bealed Jaw.
Will Caldwell from the Branch made
his usual visit here Sunday.
Mrs. R. NJ. Sparks visited friends at
Gillespie one day last week.
William Ringstaff, bridgeman, spent
Sunday with his family here.
Miss Dora Griffith visited her sister,
Mrs. Tom Ringstaff, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Altizer and chill
dren spent Saturday in Richlands.
William Asberry has gone to Dante
to accept position with an engineering
corps.
A. ]. Myres, of West Virginia, is
spending few days here with his SOD,
F. Myres.
R. Nj. Sparks and Seymore Ringstaff
attended the Masonic Lodge at Indian
on last Saturday night.
Fred and Ralph Gillespie and Jim Bob
Hurt attended a social at Mr.. Wards at
Wardell one night last week.
Miss C. v. Asberry left yesterday for
Indian, where she will sew in the home
of DR.. w. E. Baylor for some time.
Mrs. Tom Ringstaff spent Saturday
night and Sunday at Richlands with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Griffith.
Mrs. ]. B. Hurt was called to Taze-
we'll yesterday on account of the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. II. P. Brit
tain.
P. II. Williams, of the Cove, was over
last week to see his nephew, C. P. Will
liams, who has been very i'll for several
days.
Mrs. R. X. Gillespie, Mrs. Wharton
O'Keeffe and Miss Burford Poindexter
spent Saturday with friends down the
line.
Mrs. Wharton O'Keeffe, of William
son, W. Va, is spending several days
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. R. K. Gil
lespie.
Rev. ]. H. Gillespie, of Tiptop, de-
livered two excellent sermons in the
Christian church at this place on last
Sunday.
Miss Margurite Williams, who teach
es at Tazewell, paid her usual weekly
visit to homefolks here from Friday to
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Mcclure and
son, Master James, of Cedar Bluff,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. W.
b. Steele.
Mrs. R. K. Gillespie went to Tazewell
on yesterday to see her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Britain, who is right i'll at her
home there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McGraw and chill
dren, of Tazewell, were here Sunday on
their way to Mr.. R. n McGraw's where
they spent the day.
Gus Hoops left last Tuesday for the
State of Washington, which if he likes,
will have his wife and daughter join
him in the near future.
Mr.. Zach Shamblin and sons, Curtis
and Lloyd, are at home for few days
from West Virginia, where they have
been engaged in constructing number
of houses.
Mesdames M. ]. Sturgill, Albert Max
well and Lee Hutchinson, OF Bluefeld,
Mrs. M. ]. Lambert and Mrs. Jack
Burnett, of Raven, attended meeting at
the Church of God here on Sunday.
Rev. Rawlinson, of Bluefeld, preach
ed two fine sermons in the Church of
God here on last Sunday morning and at
night An experience prayer service
was held at 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
Carpenter Langford has completed
work on Mr.. John Asberry's residence,
and it will now be painted by John Gil
lespie, of Tazewell, and when COM
pleted will be a very handsome resi-
dence.
T. W. Heninger, of Ogden, Utah,
who had been right i'll for some time at
the home of ]. Marion Mcclure, at Ce-
dar Bluff, has entirely recovered, and is
now guest at the home of w. B. Steele
at this place.
Relief agent, Bert Patrick, Texan,
now has charge of the station here, Mr..
Humphrey having been transferred to
Cedar Bluff. The latter's family is
still here, as there is no vacant house to
be had at the Bluff at this time.
j. M. Stur.sill, of Jacksonville, Fla,
was here Sunday. John has many warm
friends here who were delighted to zee
him looking so we'll after his recent at
tack of malaria. His brother, H. M.
Sturgill, has charge of his business
while away.
Miss Gussie Christian was last week
awarded the gold medal in Miss Ella
Crabtree's school for punctuality, de-
nnrtrnant and advancement John White