Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
IN RUSSELL COUNTY
Enthusiastic Meeting Held at
Finncy Last Saturday
and Sunday.


moned to ri ney Saturday by Chief
w. C.. Grigsby to tell what he knew
about Sunday School organization
work, etc. He went and had fine
time. heard a number of fine address,
es and sermons. The Baptist people
have what they call "The Fifth Sun
day Meetin, at which various sub
jects are discussed and a large
amount of good things eaten. This
OCCASION was no exception so far as
the speaking and eating was concern
ed, but disappointing as to the num-
ber of people attending. The Baptist
people have way sometimes of ap-
pointing a "meetin' -, and even
promising to attend and then fail to
show up, and some of them played
this same game this time. The unfa-
vorable weather may have been re-
sponsible for these disappearing guns.
However, stme of them were there.
DIR. Mabie, of Bluefield, was there.
Rev. Mr.. Hash, Rev. Mr.. Hildreth,
the pastor; Rev. Mr., Terry, veter-
an in the work, made up the minister
ial force. There were enthusiastic
young laymen present, upon whom the
burden of the work must rest. DR..
Maybe greatly pleased his hearers by
his clear cut attractive speeches and
addresses. He is scholarly and "con-
servative," yet aggressive and bold
and deservedly popular. The pastor.
Mr.. Hildreth is recently from Texas.
A preacher who leaves Virginia for
Texas is sometimes justly suspicion
ed, but one coming from Texas to Vir-
ginia shows good sense and that he is
"sound in the faith. 'Mr. Hash, be-
sides preaching all Der Buchanan
county and the region ri'nh aout. is
also doing good work in connection
with school the Baptist people are
establishing in that future to be
great country. Terry, afflicted will
imperfect sight and hearing, which
would cool and dampen the ardoT of Q
less courageous man, is making him
self felt in church and Sunday school
work. His address on Sunday morning
on the Sunday school teacher and his
mission, was, perhaps. one of the
most comprehensive, clear cut and
up-to-date speeches ever made in that
section, or any other section. He lays
no claim to either learning or oratory
but his soul and heart burn with an
earnest desire and unquenchable zeal.
The young laymen, w. c. Grigbsy,
Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the Association, is strong
young man, prosperous merchant,
at Castlewood, and Jealous Sunday
School superintendent. Johnson, a
successful young farmer, whose in
dustrious wife has Thousand or so
fine chickens, the young Comb, boys,
Charles and Eb, successful farmers,
were all there, and are always there
when there is any thing doing. Upon
these young fellows, and other young
er ones coming on the church and the
county affairs of the future will rest.
The neighborhood is full good peo-
pie. The names of Johnson, Combs,
Couch, Wallace, HARRISON, Jessee,
and Lockhart are all familiar, and,
as rule, they are progressive, go
ahead folks. DR.. Lockhart, the popu-
air physician of Honaker, was there,
and filled his place on the program
with good speech. 1t is always re-
freshing and encouraging to find a
busy physician or lawyer on a pro-
gram of a Sunday school or other
church assemblage, and such is seen
far too infrequently for the good of
the country. l had my temporary
home, also one of the "kids," with
Mr.. j. B. Couch, a prosperous young
merchant of the town, whose good
wife, Miss Lula Thompson, was
partially educated at college in this
town Some years ago. We had a royal
good time as everybody does who is
so fortunate as to fall into the hands
of these hospitable folks.
Finney, we'll. the little town has
"swunk up, instead of growing
these late years. For three years in
succession the floods rushed down the
numerous gulches surrounding the
town and swelled Johnson's creek to,
river proportions, and two stores, tn,
school house, two dwelling houses
were destroyed, clearing the southside
of the railroad of buildings except
the depot, and Baptist church of
course, and these buildings have not
been replaced. The high peaks-the
highest and sharpest in the South
west, stand close together, formin,
very deep gorges and gulches and
when the floods come the water rush.
ses down these peaks into the gulche.
and there is something doing below
But Finney lives, and being par