Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-07-14
FALLS MILLS ITEMS.
Items Of Interest to Our Readers Briefly
Told by Our Correspondent.
Falls Mills, Va, JULY l3.

Falls Mills, Va, July 13.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ellie Jones on
last Monday, girl.
K. L. Vernon, of Graham, Va, was a
guest at l. Il. Harry's Sunday.
j. b. Harry passed here Sunday 90
ing east, but destination is unknown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bailey. of Gra-
nam, were visiting at ]. A. Tabor's on
last Sunday.
Miss Mabel Suffer, of Pocahontas.
was guest at G. W. Songer's at this
place last week.
Miss Maggie Norten, of BIuefeld.
was visiting her brother-in-law. w. b.
Kirtner, on Sunday last.
Our little village was thronged with
visitors all day Sunday, several nearby
towns were well represented.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Fink and Miss
Annie Dudley, of Graham, were guests
at j. c. Fink's home on Sunday.
Robert Sarver, who is EMPLOYED at
EiKnorn, w. Va, came up to see home
folks the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Gertrude Gibbons and DR.. Wo-
mack, of Cooper, W. Va. were calling
at DR.. j; M. Sheppard's on Saturday Of
last week.
w. w. Cline, stenographer for &
Walton & Company, has returned from
a visit of several days to his home in
Kentucky.
Mr., and Mrs. W. H. Crawford. of
Midway, were visiting the latter's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Buckland, on
last Sunday.
Mrs. A. M. Belcher, of Littlesburg.
w. Va, has been the guest of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Tabor, for
several days.
George Bailey and family, of Blue
field, brought lunch and spent Sunday
at the Norfolk and Western reserve
dam near this place.
A large party of young people from
Blue1eld came down on a picnic excus-
sion Sunday. Miss Efie Lee and sis
ters were among the number.
There will be quarterly meeting at
the Methodist church next Saturday and
sunday. Rev. c. W. Kelly, presiding
eider, Rev. w. W. Hicks, pastor in
charge, and Rev. Isaac Wright will be
present.
A number of young people from Nav
peury, w. Va, chaperoned by Mrs. +.
l.. Peters, arrived here Sunday morning
and spent the day in boating and having
a good time generally. Miss Hattie
Garter of this place Joined the party
here.
The mangled remains of the fourteen
year old son of Charles GRAY. colored-
were found on the railway ward in Blue
field on last Monday morning. and IL ia
supposed the lad was killed by a freight
train. His father has been an employee
OF Major Walton's at this place for sew
eral years.
5. McReynolds, while engaged in his
usual warm weather occupation of ter
rorlzlng little minnows with big nets
and fishing seins, accidently brought to
the surface recently an elk's horn with
three antlers. This is evidently one of
the Oldest relics in Falls Mills. and we
hope he fully appreciates his catch and
has no regre is that it wasn't a sucker.
Mrs; j. B. Taylor returned to her
home here last Saturday after q stav of
several weeks in Corryton, Tenn.
where she was called to the bedside of
her father, j. L. Smith, who died re-
Gently after prolonged lines of tuber-
tulosls. He was a former resident of
chs place and will be fondly remember
ed by the citizens of this community a.
a consistent Christian and devoted and
helpful worker in Sunday school and
prayer services.
Willis Anderson, of Graham, who has
been employed in construction work by
the Norfolk and Western at Flat Top
Yards, received severe burn in a most
unusual manner on last Friday. While
flshing with party of boys in Blue
stone river he was bitten on the finger
by water snake, and after bandaRinp
the hand and thoroughly saturating It
with turpentine, he struck a match, ac-
cldently lgniting. the bandages, and
would doubtless have burned to death
but for the timely aid of his compan-
ions. He was brought to Falls Mills
where bis iniuries u1era draanoS hrz n