Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-06-23
Pounding Mill

rounding Mill
Pounding Mill, June 21.-R. M.
Sparks returned yesterday from q
short visit to his daughter, Mrs. Nor
man Turner, Ada. w. Va.
Miss E. Pcnrl Mcclure, Cedar
Bluff, spent last night visiting Miss
iva Steele.
Mrs. M j. Sturgil spent yesterday
with Mrs. Blair Young, near Max
well. Mrs. Young has been very sick
for the past few weeks.
Our town is much frightened by
the return of the school boys ana
girls. The boys have all gone to work
We hope the "daddys" will deal
lightly with them for while CIR un-
til they are used to work agian.
r. X Gillespie and Sam Ward have
shipped several cars of nice lambs.
w. B. Steele sold them quite a
number of his.
Mrs. Ollie Hurt spent Wednesday
at Tazewell.
Mrs. G. w. Oliver and Mrs. Bull
lard, wife of the late Rev. f. F.
Bullard, of Lynchburg, gave interest
ing lectures here last week and or
ganized the c. w. B M. and Child
rens Mission Band. They were guests
of Mrs. Fl. w Christian and Mrs.
w. B Steele while here. These excel
lent women have many warm friends
here.
Miss Barbara Hurt went to Taze-
well Monday to see her cousin, Miss
Anita Gillespie who has been quite
sick.
Mr.. Oscar Hoops has sold his prop
erty here to MIR. Trayer, the agent,
and vacated same yesterday. Mr..
Hoops moved on the Branch Temporal
rily, and expects to buy farm soon.
We regret to lose this excellent fami-
ly, but welcome the accommodating
agent and wife.
Mrs. Ollie Hurt will start today to
visit her sister, Mrs. Kelly, in South
Dakota. She will be accompanied by
her brother, d. C. Gillespie and
niece, Miss Barbara Britain. We un-
derstand that they will be gone
about a month.
Mr.. Logan Ringstaif is very i'll
with typhoid, contracted while away
with the N. and w. DIR. j H Smith
is the attending physician. His many
friends hope for speedy recovery.
Miss Margaret Hurt returned Sun
day from three weeks visit to
Bethany, w Va, and points in Ohio.
The protracted meeting conducted
by Rev. Isaac Wright closed Sunday
with handshaking to the young con
verts and the administering of the
Lords Supper. There was very
large crowd present. About Id ac-
cepted Christ; 40 were baptized.
Mrs. VIM. Mukley, Honaker, spent
most of last week here attending the
meeting and visiting friends and rela-
tives. She was guest of her mother,
Mrs. Susan Ringstaff.
Mr.. j. j. Mays, Bristol, spent sew
eral days here with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
b Steele on his way to Bluefeld,
where he will visit his grandson,
Conductor Ed Mays. He is almost 80
years of age and very feeble; was a
Confederate soldier and never got
scratch.
Mrs. Bird Brewster still continues
quite ill at her home here, but is
better.
Mrs. George Brewster went to
Maxwell yesterday to see her sister
who continues very ill.
Among the many visitors here Sun
day were Mrs. Peters from Bluefield;
MIR. and Mrs. Robert M. C.. Grass
and daughter, Miss Margaret; Mr..
and Mrs. Blair Brewster, Baptist
Valley; Mrs. Isaac Wright and grand
children, Bluefield; Mr.. VIM. Neele
and sons, Paint Lick; Mr. and Mrs
VIM. Caldwell, Branch.
The addition to H. W. Christians
residence adds much to its appearance
Mrs. w. 3 F White, Richlands,
was present at the Temperance So
ciety, which convened at Mrs. R X
Gillespie's on Friday afternoon.
Rex Steele is clerking in the store
for Steele, Hurt and company.