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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
Thanksgiving Service

This is community praise service
all should meet together to give
thanks unto God. 1t will be held in
the Christian church, Thanksgiving
morning, November oath, at 10 80.
Rev. Mr.. Hail will preach the SER
mon.
There will be special music for
this occasion, which is in charge of
the Music Club and the choirs of the
different churches. The following is
the order of service:
Prelude.
Doxology.
Invocation.
Hymn-"Give Thanks and Sing Unto
the Lord, our God"
Responses.
Anthem Will Feed My Flock. {"
Scripture.
Prayer.
Offertory.
Anthem-''Sing Anew a Gladstone
Strain.
Sermon.
Hymn-America.
Benediction.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
The Public School Teacher and
the Sunday School

GAS looked upon that body of
fine men and women here at the meet
ing of the Teachers County Associa-
ticn, said visitor, 81 just wonder
ed if all took part in the Sunday
Schools of the communities where
they live? What power they would
be!'' 1t is trying to teach all the
week and Sunday, too, perhaps, to
many teachers, but not to the wise,
.consecrated Christian, who wants to
make the most of life's opportunities.
Trained teachers are the great need
of the Sunday Schools now. Fortu-
nate, indeed, is the church and com.
munity which has the benefit and helI
of these trained teachers.
The Sunday School army now mum
bers ABOUT % million people. Ar,
you one of them?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
Sad Death of Young Girl

Mary Holmes Pearce, the bright
young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T.. V.
Spots, died at st. Paul's Episcopal
School, in Beaufort, NC, last Satur-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the 18th
year of her age. The remains reached
Tazewell on Tuesday morning. and af-
ter brief services i'm the Episcopal
church, were inferred i'm jefferson
vile Cemetery. Her mother. Mrs.
Spots, was with her at the time of
her death.
Mary Holmes had about recovered
from an attack of diphtheria which
she had in September. Following the
diphtheria she suffered stroke Of
paralysis of the lower limbs, from
which she seemed TO be recovering.
Her mother, who reached Beaufort ON
Thursday to pay her daughter n Wis
it, found her in the best y spirits.
and apparently getting on well, no
much 80, that she went out driving on
Friday. During the drive she com
planned of n pain in her back. Satur-
day morning Mrs. SPOTS was uneasy
and called physician, who after an
examination, found the paralysis was
gradually but surely moving upward.
through the body. At 4 o'clock that
afternoon she passed away. The lit
tie body was prepared for burial
and with il the heart broken
mother and father returned "a
their home here. We say "she
will be missed but only her
mother, and her step father, who low
cd her rs he would his very own,
know the full import Of that expires.
sion.
She was "A bright, cheerful, afTec-
tionate child. She was popular here
with her girl friends, and in Tn,
school i'm Beaufort, where she haC
been n pupil for two months, she haC
won the praise and esteem Of teachers
and students, and is said to have
been entirely happy and contentec
three. The stricken family have IN,
deepest sympathy of the entire com.
munity. Great, white chrysanthemumi
are banked high upon the mound be.
meath which the body Of Mary Holmes
sleeps.
They, like the little body, viii
mingle with the earth from which
they sprang. Out of frozen earth
and underneath the SHOWS Of winter
the flowers will bloom again in tn,
springtime of resurrection.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
Chief Justice and Presidents
Cabin net

Mr.. Editor, Please publish in
your next issue the name Of the pres
ent Chief Justice of the United
States, and all the Presidents Cabi-
net members. o.
Since the death a few weeks ago
of Chief Justice Fuller, the President
has not appointed Chief Justice in
his place, but will probably appoint
Associate Justice Hughes. The MEM
bers of the Presidents Cabinet are
Secretary of State-Philander c..
Knox, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury Frank
lin MacVeigh, of Illinois.
Secretary of War-Jacob M. Dick
son, Of Tennessee.
Attorney General - George w.
Wickersham, of New York.
Postmaster General - Frank II.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Navy-George
Won L. Meyer, of Massachusetts,.
Secretary of The Interior-RicharC
A. Ballinger, of Washington.
Secretary of Agriculture-James
Wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel, of Missouri.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
The Lion GroWIs

The following statement by Theo-
dore Roosevelt, his first comment
since the recent elections, will ap-
pear in the forthcoming issue of the
magazine with which he is connected:
ION every hand, personally and by
correspondence have been asked to
make a statement regarding the cleo
tion. So far as am concerned have
nothing whatever to add to or take
away from the declaration of the
principles which have made in the
Ossawatomie' speech and elsewhere,
east and west during the past three
months. The fight for progressive,
popular government has merely begun
and will certainly go on to a trium-
phant conclusion in spite of initial
checks and irrespective of the person
al success or failure of individusl
leagues.
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Burke's Garden

Burke's Garden, November 16.-
Mr.. Steve Boiling killed hawk
few days ago, which measured So
inches. The hawk had been very an
noying and had demolished number
of young chickens and turkeys. Mr..
Boiling is receiving due praise for
his good craftsmanship.
Rev. II. E. Bailey visited his fam
lily in Giles county last week and in
cidentally cast his vote for Stuart.
Mr.. E. L. Greever and sister,
Miss Ida, drove over from Tazewell
and spent Sunday with homefolks.
Miss Mamie Rose Moss has gone
to Washington, d. c., where she
will spend sometime with friends.
Miss Jessie Long has as her guest
her cousin, Miss Rosa Fox, of Pleas.
ant Hill, Smyth county.
Miss Nickel has been slightly in
disposed as result of not being ac
customed to our pinching Burke!
Garden air.
MIR. and Mrs. r. M Lawson ar
spending a few days in Wytheville
Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Gose an
children are expected home iron
their visit to relatives in Smythe an
Washington counties on next Satur
day.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Peery al
spending while with Mr.. and Mr..
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Pounding Mill

Pounding Mill, Nov. 15.-Mr
Raymond Ellis, Norton, spent Satur-
day afternoon with his sister in law,
Mrs. r. M. Sparks, on his way to
his lumber camps in KY.
Misses Norine McGraw, Irene En-
bry and little sister, Katherine, who
spent Thursday of last week with
Miss Iva Steele on their way from
Graham to the formers home al
Steelsburg, are returning this p. m.
to Graham High School.
Mrs. Nellie Ascue, Cedar Bluff,
attended the protracted meeting here
Sunday.
Rev. Pangle of the ME-. S. churcl
accompanied by Mr.. Ernest Ireson
Maxwell, preached his first sermon a
the Union church here Sunday at l.
O'Clock. The congregation enjoyed hi
sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Long, Misse
Crabtree and Carrie Dye, Mr.. vii
Hoops and others came down iron
Maxwell Sunday and attended tn
protracted meeting at the Church o
God.
Mrs. Nancye Davis who was righ
sick at her bungalow home last wee
is better. She was attended by he
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
.TAzEWELL COAL TO
A BIG CORPORATION
Empire Coal Land Corpora
ton Has Probably Been
Acquired by u. S. Steel.

The report reaches Tazewell that
the deal pending for sometime be-
tween John A. Esser and the United
States Steel Co, is about to be con-
summated, and that within a few
days the announcement will be made
officially that the Empire Coal Land
Corporation has passed into the hands
of the gigantic corporation.
Mr.. Esser passed through Tazewell
on Tuesday on his way to New York,
presumably TO close the deal.
The Bluefeld Telegraph. of We'd
nesday, had the following with refer
ence TO the deal:
Mr.. Esser left last night night for
New York, where he will confer with
the steel corporation regarding the
sale of the property which is necessa-
ny for that company to properly de-
velop the Farraday Coal & Coke prop
erty, consisting of $1,000 acres and
owned by II. c. Frick.
The deal, if carried through, and
there is expert reason to believe it
will be, will carry with it hundreds
of thousands of dollars. The Empire
property contains an excellent coking
seam, which the steel company has
wanted for sometime. During the
past year a large sum of money has
been spent on the property in devel-
oping and building of coke ovens.
The property was purchased from
General Rufus A. Ayres by the pres
ent owners.
The Farraday Coal and Coke prop
critics, which adjoins it, is rich in
timber as well as coal. Although
many very flattering offers have been
made to Mr.. Frick for the timber on
the property, or a part of it, he has
steadfastly refused TO sell and now
the Cedar Bluff cutoff will develop
the property making the timber val
liable enough TO more than pay for
the original investment and many
others which the steel company has
in this region.
Who knows but that near Rich
lands there will spring up in the near
future another Gary, with its thou
sands of employees who will be needed
to operate the large holdings of the
steel company?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
A Sunday School Column

Hereafter column of this paper
will be devoted each week TO the Sun
day School cause Of the county. Con-
tributions to this column are solicit
ed, and will be welcomed. They must
be short and to the point. Lengthy
communications cannot be handled.
The editor hopes, by this means, to
keep the work of the county associa-
tion before the people, and the work
ers in touch with each other. We
shall be glad to have the Sunday
School people send us news from
their schools. Write this matter on a
separate sheet from general news.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
Home Mission Society

A most enjoyable District Institute
of the Womans Home Mission Society
convened at the Methodist church,
Tazewell, Nov. 1O-11, 1910. A num-
Der of delegates and visitors were
present. 1t was a great pleasure to
the district to greet our Conference
President, Mrs. Alice Chapman, and
tion of the meeting. Her grace and
thorough knowledge added much to
the meetings success. Mrs. j. c. st.
Clair, our new District Secretary,
was helpful in many ways to the
meeting.
The rolls of delegates and visitors
were taken and various committees
appointed and the different reports of
our work were called for and respond
ed to by the delegates, and were as a
partment of our work. We had some
most excellent papers read and dis
cussed in our meeting. One that de
serves special mention is "The Piv-
otal Point-An Interesting Monthly
Meeting" by Mrs. d. S. Hearn. A
motion was adopted by the society
that this paper be put in leaflet form
and distributed to the different socie-
ties of Holston Conference with the
compliments of the Tazewell District
Institute.
DIR. Hearn, of Elk Garden, was
with Us for few sessions of our In
stitute and by his deep spirituality
and sincerity added much to the
pleasure of our meetings.
Mrs. P. L. Cobb, of Bramwell, w.
Va, gave us several Bible readings
; To say that they were both beautiful
and inspiring is the very least we car
say about them, to hear her once Gre
ates desire to hear her often.
Mrs. A. N. Jackson, our Confer
ence 3rd Vice President, gave an in.
teresting talk on "Our Membership
Campaign-What 1t Means" that
was full of startling facts that made
US feel that "the field was indeet
broad and the laborers few Sh,
enueated herSelI very mucn TO tn
children when she organized them in
to Brigade.
We were glad to have among u
several visitors from the Presby
terian, Episcopal and Christian socie
ties of Tazewell.
We feel greatly benefited by hav
4. ing entertained these good women
! our town, and as they leave US, W
a feel that we have renewed energ
; and zeal to press forward in thi
great Home Mission Work
: MRS. j. r. KING, Rec. Set
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Cove Creek

Cove Creek, Nov. IA, Rev. Mr..
Gose will preach at Nebo next Sunday
at IL O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Nash were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Neel
Saturday and Sunday.
S. w. Good and A. F. Suiter at
tended the Odd Fellows Lodge at
Shawvers Mill last Saturday night.
Miss Ollie Martin was the guest of
Miss Dott Gregory Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Gregory
and little daughter, Ruth, spent last
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Walker.
Mrs. A. F. Suiter spent Saturday
night with Mrs. S. w. Good.
Miss Annie Brown of Burke's Gar
den is visiting relatives here this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Steele were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Good last Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Love was the guest OF
Mrs. l.. Suiter one day last week.
Mrv. j. B. Gregory took a mic,
drove of cattle to Bluefield this week
Mrs. Geneva Steel and son, Mar
win, were shopping at Rocky Gap one
day last week.
Mr.. Edd Wagner was the guest o
friends here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Gregory have re
turned from visiting relatives i
Giles county.
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Prices of Food Take a Tumble

In reference to the announcement
made the first of the week by the
large packing houses that there was a
big decrease in the prices of meats,
j. Ogden Armour, head of the big
packing house declared that the de-
scent would be gradual and warned
the public from accepting too hastily
the belief that drop from the high
est to the lowest prices was due.
Generally speaking" said Mr..
Armour, "prices are lower and be-
lieve that they are working towards
a still lower lever. The present sieua-
tion is the result of the enormous
corn crop and previous high prices
that stimulated everybody to raise
live stock.
"The public is getting the benefit
of the present conditions and should
get further benefit as the increased
supply OF live stock reaches the mar
ket.
He said that the recent higf
prices of meats and packing house
products has been due to condition.
that developed from scarcity and {
high price of corn, which is the basi.
of the supply of live stock.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
Thanksgiving Services In Burke's S
Garden

All citizens and visitors in Burke 8
Garden are invited to gather in Cen
tral Church at eleven am. on Thanks
giving Day to engage in suitable SER
vices for this occasion. 1t is most
commendable and proper custom for
all the citizens of our Republic to
thus acknowledge our gratitude to our
Heavenly Father, and especially is
it privilege to all earnest Chris
tians to gather TO worship and praise
Him. Let all come.
We will, as is customary, gather
all desried contributions Of cash and
furnishings or provisions for the
children of the Orphan Home.
E. l.. RITCHIE.
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ephew. DR.. W. R. Williams, Rich


lands.
DR.. Robert Graham, Sinking Wa
ters, was called here this morning to
see the youngest child of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. c. Shamblin. The child is 3
years old and has pneumonia.
Mrs. Rebekah Williams residence
caught on fire on Saturday of last
week, from terra Gotta pipe and but
for the timely aid of neighbors would
have been destroyed. A small por-
tion of the roof of the dining room
and kitchen was burned.
The protyacted meeting which be-
gun over two weeks ago, and which
is being conducted by Revs. French
Wilson, II. McCraw, G.. r. Thomas
and Il. w. Pruett will perhaps close
tonight. The sermons have been very
interesting and instructive. Three
services were held Sunday.
Miss Cora Wilson and guest, Miss
Marguerite Mcneil, of Ferryville, N.
c., went to Richlands this p. m.
Mrs. (. IS Hall visited her sister,
Mrs. II. W. Christian the last of the
week, on her way from Dante to
Gary w. Va, where she will join her
son, Mr.. James l.. Dawson, who has
a position in store, and where they
will reside in the future.
Miss Pearl Vail, farewell, spent
severai days recently with her couisn,
Mrs. +. X. Gillespie.
Miss Minnie Oney, Williamson, w.
Va. is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Charles Christian.
Mrs. Taze Smith and three child
ren, Castlewood, are visiting her un-
Gle, Nr John Robinett and other rela-
tives here this week.
Mrs. John ASbury had as her guest
last week, her sister, Mrs. Julia
Sanders, Graham.
Mrs. petts returned yesterday from
visiting relatives at Coeburn.
Mrs. Tom Ringstaff and baby visit
ed her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Griffith, at Richlands recently:
Miss Myrtle Johnson returned Mon
day from Bluefeld where she has
been nursing her sister in law, Mrs.
Will Johnosn, who has had pneu-
monia.
Mr.. Charles Gillespie, Raven,
spent Friday night with his brother
John here. on his way to visit his
brother Will, at Knob.
Miss Pearl Mcclure, teacher, made
her usual trip home Friday returning
Sunday.
/ Miss Grace Williams, spent from
Friday to Monday with her sister al
Steelsburg.
News reached us today, of the
elopement of Messrs. Russell Asene
and Ben Steele and the Misses Brown,
daughters of Mrs. Ocie Witt, all OF
Paint Lick. The girls were attending
school at Richlands and eloped tc
: Bristol. They are granddaughter OF
the late Patton j. Brown, of Rich.
lands.
Mr.. Luther Goss, Big Greek, at.
tended meeting here last week anC
visited old friends.
Miss Addie Harris was home a few
days last of the week from Graham
High School on account of that insti
tuition having closed on account o.
diphthcria.
Mr.. Frank Wilson, agent and oper
ator for the N and w. is home on ;
vacation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18
MANY CHANGES IN
THE COUNTY FAIR
Board of Directors For Com
ing Year-May Have a
Midsummer Meeting.

AT meeting of the Stockholders
of The Tazewell Fair Association.
held on last Saturday, the following
new officers were elected:
Prssident-Dr. r. p. Copenhaver.
Secretary and Treasurer - IL.
Claude Pobst, reelected
Vice Presidents-George Shafer.
| w. A. Scott. Prof. Ewing Lawson,
DIR. John f.. Jackson.
Board of directors-Dr. J.E. Jack
son. c. j. Moss, j. A. Leslie, C. II.
Peery, John ii. Thompson, w. G..
o 'Brien. w. A. Scott, w. T.. Payne,
w. j. Gillespie, II. S. Bowen, A. j.
May, A. S. Greever. f. r. Steele.
o. b. Barns. Geo. Shafer, II. p.
Copenhaver. E. l.. Greever, IL. G.
Mccall and John b. Hurt.
The following Executive Commit
tee was elected:
DR.. r. =. Copenhaver, II. c.
Pobst, j. a. Leslie. Fred r. Steele.
w. G. O'Brien, w. j. Gillespie, L.
l.. Greever, w. A. Scott, A. J.
May. John f.. Jackosn.
Superintendents and Officers for
the different departments were elect
ed as follows:
Chief Marshall-John G.. O'Keefre:
Chief of Police-Wm. Bandy; Sheep.
Cattle and Hogs-W. G.. O'Brien;
Agricultural Department.. A. Les
lie; Exhibition horses-Dr. r. b.
IGillespie; Grounds and Buildings
c. j. Moss; Fancy Work Department
Miss Margaret Howell.
There were number Of recon-
mendatons made and changes sug-
gested for the next meeting Of the
Fair. and the Executive Committee
will consider same, and, no doubt,
adopt and put number of them into
execution. a valuable suggestion was
that the judges for the different de-
partments be selected by the Execu-
tive Committee, and that profession
ais and experts be secured. The Su-
perintendents of the departments have
experienced great difficulty heretofore
in securing suitable judges. This diff
Guilty will be obviated hereafter.
A change will be made in the mat
ter Of entry fees. Instead of a
straight ten per cent, n fee of five
per cent will be fixed as an entry
fee, and five per cent on money won.
This will be more satisfactory, il is
thought.
The Executive Committee will take
up and consider the proposition TO
have Fourth of July Races, etc,
and also the introduction OF number
Of novelty races for the Fair in Sep
tember.
The Superintendent Of the Agricul-
tural Department will extend and en-
large the list Of exibit, particularly
in the Domestic Department, to in
clude many kinds of preserves, canned
goods, cooking, etc. Miss Howell's s
department will also be enlarged.
The official meetings Of the Fair
Association followed a very pleasant,
informal Smoker, >" held on Friday
evening in the office of DR.. Copenha-
YER. There were quite n number
present, and number of valuable
suggestions were made. If the en-
, thusiasm manifest at these meetings
crystalizes and works out a new and
greater Fair may be confidently ex-
pected next year. The people gener-
ally are becoming more and more
interested, and determined to have a
better county representation than has
! been seen in the Fair heretofore.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18

James 4. Peery.
Yesterday was Turkey day-Mr.
Steve Peery drove nine hunrded of
the fat fine birds away to market.
Poor, dear old Santa Clause. al
ready cartooinsts have him travelling
about in an aeroplanel
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tanning. of
Bland county. have moved into the
property belonging to Mrs. Tanning s
father, Mr.. Luther Peery, at this
place.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18

The new telephone directory Of The
Bluefeld Telephone Company closes
November 80, 1910. All parties de-
string telephones installed, or con-
template making changes where num-
Der or address is concerned, and who
desire to be listed correctly~will kind
ly notify C. G. Hiltxheimer, local
manager before that date.
BLUEFIELD TELEPHONE CO.,
BY W. P. Hawley. Manager
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Interesting Lecture Tonight

Rev. John M. Grove, of Pulaski,
Va, will deliver his lecture "The
Tell Tale Tick of Time" in the North
Tazewell Methodist church tonight
at z 80. The lecture is to be given
under the auspices of the Womans
Home Mission Society. Mr.. Grove is
o lecturer of wide reputation through
aut the South and West and skilfully
mingles philosophy and wit in his
public utterances. The proceeds OF
are to be used for the improvement
of the church, Mr.. Grove generously
donating the lecture for the purpose.
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Spot Cash Prices

Gold Medal Flour per barrel, $500
Standard granulated sugar,
per barrel, / dc.
Standard rganulated sugar
in 100 pound lots, So. %
In 20 pound lots, 1.40I
Western bacon, per pound. 13c.
Aladdin coal oil, per gallon, 10c
Best Sisal fodder twine, so
lb bales, z 1-2c
In less quantities, 8 1-2c
Best grade of wheat mid
lings, per ton, $2S.
Pure Wheat Bran, per ton, 26.O0
Wire nails, base, per keg, 2.25
Cross head hay wire, per
bundle, 1.55
V crimp galvanized iron
roofing, per square, 3.S5
V crimp painted iron roofing
per square, 2.50
2 ply Red Seal roofing, per
| square, 1.15
3 ply Red Seal roofing per
square, 1.65
2 ply Rubberoid roofing, per
square, 2.5O
Eye Steel Range, nickle trim
mings, worth $25. our price
$1S. 80.
Sheet Iron Wood Heaters, $1.85,
So. so, $3.85, $3.50 $500.
We buy stoves and ranges in car
lots and can sell them for less price
than those who buy in small quanti-
ties.
All kinds of heating and cooking
stoves. Just unloaded a car of Lool
& Lincoln wagons in all sizes.
Pure Linseed oil, per gallon, 81. IL
| Standard Ready mixed
paints, per galln. LII
: All wool blankets, per pair, 4.5t
: 5O-pound lard cans, 35
Good Burke's Garden hay,
{ per ton, $19. 90
: The Tazewell Supply Co.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18

1t is duty you owe your friends
to have your photograph made for
them. Get one of the new styles
made at Blacks Studio.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-18

Have you seen the 1911 Portrait
Calendars at Blacks Studio?