Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-10-06
Preaching in the Lutheran church
ieXt Sunday at eleven O'Clock.

Preaching in the Lutheran church
next Sunday at eleven o'clock
Confederate reunion at Newport
News opens October 18th to 18th.
Round trip tickets at low rates, date
limit 18th to 23rd October.
Rev. MIR. Jayne will not preach in
the Christian church next Sunday, as
heretofore announced.
1t is reported that there is a bumper
crop of chestnuts this fall. They are
selling readily on the streets ut 1.5O
per bushel.
DR.. and Mrs. j. R. Hicks, of Clear
Fork, passed through town Monday
enroute to Chicago and other western
cities on a vacation.
Mrs. He Peery, of Auburn. Neb.,
after spending the summer with her
parents, Major and Mrs. A. j. Tynes
and her Virginia kinsfolk left for the
far western home Tuesday.
Mrs. Rose Ooak, Mrs. Lucy May,
and Miss Jessie O'Keeife, delegates,
leave for Roanoke Tuesday to attend
state convention of the q. d. C..
Miss Eliza Tynes will accompany
them, and also visit at some length
relatives and friends in city and coun-
ty.
Mrs. TT. Turner and two children,
of Cedar Bluff, were here last Satur-
day returning home from visit to
Mrs. Turner 5 former home in Thomp-
son Valley.
Rev. G.. X. Brown, Democratic can
didate for the Senate, left on Tuesday
for Chattanooga. Tenn, to attend the
Holston NJ ethodist Conference. For
the week candidate Brown will hob
mob" with Bishops, Doctors of Divin-
ity, ct ais, and forget politics.
Captain George Shafer, of Tip Top,
was in town Tuesday and called at
the News office. Captain Shaffer, a
great lover of horses. had a fine horse
slightly injured at Galax recently, but
the animal is getting well fast, and
will soon be ready for road work.
II. S. Letter, for the past two years
foreman for Henry S. Bowen at Wit
tens Mills, has resigned and has taken |
n similar position on the farm of |
Mrs. Vicie Sanders at Graham. Mr..
Letter was here Tuesday making ar.
engagements to move to Graham.
Last Sunday night and Monday this
section was visited by the heaviest
rains for years. In some sections in
West Virginia damage was done. The
copious rains were fine on wheat lust
sown. The rain has not, as yet, been
followed by frost, as is usual in this
section. Frost is later this season
than usual.
Mrs. Jennie Barns, since the death
of her husband. C. j. Barns, left
Georgetown, Ky. two weeks ago, and
moved to Lewisburg, w. Va. She
orders the paper changed accordingly
and says: "Kindest regards and love
to all my old friends in Tazewell."
Mr.. C. r. Brown, candidate for the
Senate from this district, is vice pres
ident of the anti-saloon league of this
county, and no doubt will be felt as
to his attitude on the subject. He
states that he will "stand pat" on
all questions coming before the SEN
ate, looking to the entire suppression
of the liquor traffic.
r. M. Russell, county officer, sta
toned on the new road at Cedar Bluff
was here Saturday. Mr. Russell in
forms us that large barn belonging
to Rhinehart and Dennis on Indian
Creek, was partially destroyed by fire
last Friday. The barn contained a
large amount of hay, and several
horses and mules. The horses and
mules were gotten out, and only a
small portion of the hay destroyed.
Rev. T. II. Campbell, of Coeburn.
preached two very acceptable sermons
here last Sunday. In the Baptist
church Sunday morning two people
were received into the fellowship of
the church. MIR. Walter Kiser, son o
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Kiser, was bap-
tiled Sunday night. The Baptist peo-
pie were rendered the use of the bap-
tistry of the Christian church for the
occasion tho nnn in tho RnrAin4