Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-08-11
ABOUT FALLS MILLS
Flourishing Sunday School
And Good People Over
In That Community.

The Sunday School people of Fall:
Mills and vicinity had a regular
"Field Day" last Sunday. About 500
people were present, including visi.
tors, to say nothing of the picnic dog
who is always present on such occa-
sions. Three Sunday schools and sew.
eral Superintendents were present.
The people, mostly young folks, came
from all points of the compass, in
wagons buggies, carriages, on horse
back and afoot, and brought great
baskets, boxes and trunks, filled with
eatables and between eating singing
and speaking there was something
doing all the time.
The schools present or represented
were: Falls Mills, ,I.H. Harry, Supt. :
McMullin's S. S. Bluestone A. p.
Tabor Supt. Everett Tibbs Superin-
endent Hickman School; A. Knight
Superintendent Stony Ridge; Robert
Perdue Superintendent Amy's Chapel
School; j. B. Underwood, Bluefield :;
Geo. w. Liddle, Superintendent Mid
way "A. j. Ely, Superintendent Brush
Fork. The schools reported-Falls
Mills, 125 scholars; Amy's Chapel,
SO pupils; Stony Ridge, rs; About
800 visitors were present. After the
Sunday School had their regular les
son the Secretary of the County Sun
day School Association was introduced
kindly and enthusiastically by Mr.. l.
ii. Harry in good speech. l made
few feeble remarks on "Wbat
the Sunday School Has Done For the
Worlds Betterment, pretty wide
subject for a little man to discuss in
one address on hot, August day, but
| did the best | could touching and
tripping along only over the high
places. 1.-THE people ware kind enough
to listen, and small per centage only
seemed sleepy. After intermisson of
one hour the exercises were resumed.
Rev. Walter Dudley and his wife,
happily for the crowd and the occa-
sion, were present, and Mr.. Dudley
delivered an instructive address on
Teacher Training, and Mrs. Dudley
told us how she built up and held a
class of boys. Each of these addresses
were timely and we'll received. At
night an interesting closing service,
led by Mr.. d. d. Baker, was held
consisting of songs, quotations, n
brief address and this interesting and
remarkable days work closed
AS published in this paper previous
ly, l was invited by the Falls Mills
school to come over and make talk
on the county work in particular, and
the work in general 1t was suggest
ed that the workers in contiguous
schools be also invited, so as to have
as many together as possible. Harry,
the Superintendent at Falls Mills, is
sued general call for all the schools
in hearing to come in, bring their
schools and their lunch, and they
came. i found that we had a much
bigger thing on hands than was ex-
pected. The size of the crowd surpris-
ed everybody. 1t was the largest
crowd have yet seen at Sunday
School meeting in the county, the
Cedar Bluff convention not excepted.
l wished sincerely dozen times for
great speaker. The occasion demand
ed the very best. However, the peo-
pie accepted kindly the best they
could get, and we all did our best.
1t was my first visit to Falls Mills,
and it wont be my last if | live. 1t
was pleasure to meet such teachers
and workers as Harry, Isaiah, the
Prophet, Alex Tabor, Dud Baker, j.
G. Fink, B. w. Jewell, J.B. Taylor,
w. w. Cline, and Jim Dudley, Oh ar
ley Hale and other Tabors, Comptons,
Hales and others-good men and true,
who are devoted to the great work.
Falls Mills gets its name from the
natural dam there across Bluestone,
where the water pours over the pic
turesque rocks. Years ago a mill was
built there, and one is still there,
leased by Harry and Hale, and doing
a good work. Some years ago the N.
and w. bought this property, and
other valuable water power in the
community. In the village I. H. Har-
ry has general store. Tabor and
Dooley and j. w. Songer also have
stores there. Here DR.. Sheppard has
erected beautiful home of concrete
blocks-an elaborate and convenient
home, and credit to the town and
community. Besides dispensing med
icine and healing the sick, DIR. Shep-
ard raises Houdan and Ante-diluvian
chickens, or some such name. be-
lieve "AndaIusian" is the name.
Mrs. Shepard says the name should be
i"delusion, for sbe HASN'T had n