Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-05-30
POUNDING MILL NEWS.
Items Gathered by Our Correspondent About
People Down the Clineh.
Pounding Mill. Va, MAY 2s

James Neele spent Sunday with his
parents at Paint Lick.
Mrs. NJ. j. Sturgin spent Sunday
night with friends at Cedar Bluff.
R. K. Gillespie shipped the first car
of lambs of the season from this place
today.
Ars. j. T. Altizer any niece, Miss
Pruett, Of the Cove, spent yesterday at
Tazewell.
w. 3. Harris, of Richmond, Va. is
spending short time with his family at
this place.
Mrs. Lizzie Hoops, Of Tazewell, was
here Sunday visiticg her father, Mr..
John Hoops.
Misses E sic GRAPHICAL and Stella
Crabtree, of Maxwell, visited Miss IVA
Steele here Friday.
Miss Georgia Harris has returned
from Lynchburg. where she has been
attending business college.
Misses Mildred Mcclure and Irene
Birklebaugh, of Cedar Bluff. were here
yesterday visiting Miss IVA Steele
John Hoops, of this place, is the own
er of a fine one year old colt which
weighs 1920 pounds. Who can beat it?
Mr.. ana Mrs. c. II. Griffith have
moved from Raven to this place, and
are occupying rooms in the Sturgill res
idence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ellis, of
Whltewood. spent Sunday night and
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. r. NJ.
Sparks at this place.
Rev. G. w. Doyle, of Boston, Mass.
was here Saturday on his way to Ander-
son, Indiana, and preached an interest
ing sermon while in our midst.
Mrs. Dora Wright and baby. of Ath-
ems, W. Va, are visiting the formers s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Christian,
Gnd other relatives at this place.
Rev. Lindsay Prater, of Bristol, a
prominent minister of the Nj. E. Church,
South, spent Thursday night visiting
his sister, Mrs. G. R. Thomas, at this
place.
Jim Adkins, aged IL years, was taken
to Jail at Tazewcll this morning, and an
effort will be made to send him to the
reform school. If he is, we trust he will
return useful and upright citizen
The grave Mr.. Byrd Brewster at this
place will be decorated on next Sunday
by the local order of Odd Fellows, pre-
ceded by a sermon by Rev. Isaac
Wright, of Bluefeld, at 2p. m.
Mrs. William Shepherd has been des-
perately i'll the past week with measles,
but at this time ia slightly improved.
Her father, Mr.. Joseph Brown, is also
confined to his home with the same all
ment.
Mrs. Lizzie Osborne, of this place,
this afternoon received the sad intelli-
gence of her fathers death at his home
near Indian. Mr. Osborne was of very
venerable age, and victim of dropsy.
He leaves 4 wife and eight children.
Mrs. w. B. Steele was at Tazewel
Saturday to attend the funeral and
burial of her relative, MIR. Frank Be-
lew, VINO was elactrocuted accidentally
last week in Birmingham, Ala, while
working for the Bell Telephone Com
pany.
R. ID. Sparks las returned from New
port News, where he attended the
meeting of the grand lodge of Odd Eel.
lows, and from visiting his daughters,
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Holland, at Ada,
W. Va. The latter accompanied him
home for short visit here.
4 little stir among our people occur
red about $50 this morning when the
corn mill and crusher belonging to
Stsele, Hurt & Company was reported
to be on fire. One of the men who fires
the engine had thrown some hot ashes
against the wall, causing great deal
of smoke and the alarm of fire. The
millhouse was once q church and used
as place of worship by the older in
habitants of this community, and is
quite noted landmark