Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-05-20
COUNTY NEWS OF
GENERAL INTEREST
NcwSy Items Gathered By
Our Efficient Corps of
Correspondents.
Pounding Mill

lnought. The sun Is warmer today
and people feel again like summer is
coming. 1t is thought that most of
the fruit here is killed.
Logan Ringstaff, who had his
leg broken about fourteen weeks ago,
is still OH crutches.
Robert Petts. who underwent a
serious surgical operation last week
at DR. Williams sonitarium mt Rich
lands, is reported as improving.
Mis- Baldwin aud Mrs. Rees
Ringstaf still remain very ILL.,
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Toby
Sparks and Mr.. and Mrs. J d In.
score Il boucning boy on Sunday
and Monday nights respectively.
Mothers ard children are all doing
well
MI. and Mrs. James e. Mcclure
and Master James Mcclure drove
up from Cedar Bluff Tuesday after
noon and spent short while with
their sister, Mrs. Steele.
Mrs. r. X Gillespie spent today at
J. Saunders Gillespie.
Miss Rebekah Davis is now a
Baptist, the saddle turning Monday
withher, and precipitating her into
Clinch river. She should ride the
only safe way, astride, in the flu
true.
The many friends here OF Mrs ID
b Humphrey are grie"ed TO hear of
her mothers severe illness at her
home at Matewan. She has blood
poison. and her recovery is not ex-
pected.
IL w. Christian, pumper here, is
spending his fifteen days vacation
working on his residence.
John Asbury and son, Will, spent
sometime last week visiting rela-
tiVes at Saltville. The latter has
gone to Bristol.
Mrs Seymour Ringstaff and child
rem spent part Of last week visiting
her parents at Swords Creek.
Misses Jennie and Lettie Lowell,
two of the Cove's prettiest young la
dies, returned last week from few
days visit here with their many
friends.
Miss Margie Lee Harris and sis
ter, Miss Florence, report the time
OF their lives at their aunts, Mrs.
Stinson's, ut Grundy. They, with
their cousin, Miss Annie Lee Stin-
son, rode horseback the biggest part
of the time.
Halle Ratclifr was here Friday TO
see his college mate, II. f. Mitchell
and talk over the good old times re-
Gently spent together ut the Medical
college, Richmond. Mr.. RatclIT
made very high grade and finished
his course in medicine last year. He
left Saturday to practice in Lee
county.
Miss Buford Poindexter spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
her old college chum, Mrs. Charles
Gray beal at Maxwell.
Ms. J II Altizer and Mrs. Henry
Skeen went to RichIands Sunday
afternoon 10 hear Rev n Harman
preach.
Misses India Mcclure and Alice
Mulkey and Master Ed Mcclure re-
turned today from visiting relatives
at Cedar Bluff.
Mrs. Charles Kiser and sister in
law, Miss Hettie, of Cleveland,
spent day recently with friends
at this place.
Trains No. an1 II meet at Gill
lespie about 10 n. IN. now and No.
II passes east first; perhaps we'll
get used to il.
Rev. Bassett, the singing evange-
list, formerly of Baptist Valley, but
now of Raven, preached an excellent
sermon Sunday night from Numbers
-" Don't stray to the right nor to
the left, but keep on the Kings
highway" Ills large congregation
also enjoyed his singing and playi ng
very much. He sang several solos,
his wife accompanied, and she is al
so an accomplished musician, as
well as a singer.
w. b. Steele went to Tazewell
Saturday and to Richlands today.
Mrs. Fields, mother of Mrs. Rees
and Mrs John Ringstaff of our town,
died at her home near Lebanon last
week.
John Gillespie went to Tazewell
Wednesday also to Knob later, to
visit his brother Will and family.
John Hix, the popular travelling
salesman. was shaking hands with
his old friends here Friday.
G. III. Thomas preached at Max
well Sunday to large audience.
Miss Josie Britain and Mrs. Gill
lespie, from Tazewell, brought II T
Brittain's children here one day last
week to spend the day with theil
aunt, Mrs. Hurt.
Mrs. w b Steele spent an enjoya'
bile afternoon with the family o.