Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-10-20

Rev. so. Hall will preach at May s
Chapel next Sunday afternoon ut 3 30
Preaching in the Presbyterian
church next Sundaymorning.
j. X. Neal, of Asbcrry and G.. O..
Thompson, of Thompson Valley, were
callers at the News Office Saturday.
Captain John ID. Alexander has re-
turned from Atlanta, where he went
with the remains of his brother, Rev.
j. Ii. Alexander, for burial.
Mr.. Haynes Buchanan, of Thomp-
son Valley, was in town yesterday,
and called at the News office. Mr..
buchanan is getting strong again af-
ter much sickness.
w. N. Whitley, of Graham, who
is associated with Mr.. Ed. Witten in
the Tazewel Produce Company, at
North Tazewell, was here on business
last Saturday.
Miss Rhetta Janney, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lawson,
in Burke's Garden, returned to her
home last week in Washington, d. c..
Mrs.L l. Cooper, who has been the
guest of Mrs. X. M. Lawson, in
Burke's Garden. passed through town
last Saturday enroute to her home in
Wythevile.
MIR. A. j. Steele was reported i'll
with toothache at his home near town
last Saturday, but as soon as his son.
Fred r.. reported to him the success
of his race horse in Kentucky the SEN
i"r Steele soon showed up in town to
Verify the report.
Il +. Lawrence has moved his fam
lily from Tazewell to North TazewclI.
IN requests hsi paper changed accoy-
dinghy. He promises To capture MIR.
Barns cane if he "me, t it in the
road. - tle needn't mind the cane has
already been fouud Some people are
always behind time.
+ Il. ami Mrs. Hatcher. Of Cedar
B!Cff. were here ON yesterday. Mrs.
Hatcher is max ny part of the t,r-
ritory travelled by her husband as a
travelling companion, aih in the mean
time taking notes and observations.
OF course Hatcher is on his good be-
havior this trip.
Howard c. Miller. of Norton and
Mrs. Miller. are at North razewel
visiting Mrs. Miller's brother, Mr..
M. ii Kiser. Mr. Miller as for a
long time in the newspaper business
at Norton, but has reformed and re-
Gently bought a large tract of land
near Norton, and will doubtless enter
into farming on an extensive scale.
a meeting of the citizens Interested
in protection from fire is called for
Saturday evening in the Courthouse.
at 3 O'Clock. Mayor Bowen informs
us that membership in IA fire com
pany exempts one from jury duty.
and leaves it optional to said party
whether he shall attend church req
ularly or not
Mr.. w. 0. Whitman, of Loudon
county, is visiting in Tazewell, his
former home. MIR. Whitman and his
family are well pleased with their
new home. They raised $500 bushels
of fine corn this year as well as
large quantity of other farm pro-
ducts.
The Tazewell Amusement Company
moved last Friday to their new quar-
tiers in the Hopkins store building at
the head of Tazewell avenue. The
building has been arranged for show
purposes. and is nicely equipped for
the business. The company has closed
a contract with a Cincinnati book ing
house for vaudeville performances in
connection with the motion pictures
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights of each week. The company
have gone to considerable expense
in making the show room comfortable
ard should receive the support of the
pubic. The performance given last
night was enjoyed by large crowd,
and the house should be filed tonight
and tomorrow night
The editor has been unusually busy
this week on 1.-The Farm" A crib
is being built to hold his corn. His
fourth crop of alfalfa is fine. 1t will
not be cut, but left on the land.
Crimson and sapling clover, sown in
corn at last blowing is looking we'll.
he sold one 2-horse load of pumpkins
kept one load for himself, and gave a
lot to a neighbor. His four fine Jer-
sey heifers re,.looking good, and, take
it altogether, the editor has every
reason to be grateful. Who wouldn't
be a farmer?"