Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-08-30
New Lebanon Association
Bluetield Telegram, Aug. %:

Bluetield Telegraph, Aug. %:
The delegates of the First Baptist
aid CAivail Eer,,st Churches, Of
tn =, 10 ihe Few Lerenon Ban
,'st hes?ci' in? mec; a AT the Euch-
fnHn touo'y Mission School. returned
last right.
1nnc Galway Baptist chI'.h was
lie ese";e1 by he "as;p". Rev. ). II.
T"".L in; &c haley. Mrs Sc lgas
and MISS James. adults and
cNi i Ell rep-esen Ell the First Bnp-
, 'ss church. The boys missiora y
society. known as the "Roy al AM
b2ssat -" seut ~ six representa-
a. es. Will am and IA, id Radcliffe
Wi''ie Ha'oy, SydneJ Dea ing, Dewey
tods frd Cl?ieIre ShIfilebai2e'.
The 6 rs missi' ary socie Y, "1he
s. t cams, was repre-. Gu ed by Helen
Mabe. Each OF these Scvie les ie-
20 ed 10 the assoc i'.iior ihroUlh
ihese REQ "esent lives. 6es;ces .tese
Aou'hrrl deleha, 'ons the pastor Rev.
IL. s. Mahie, and JONI o. Lorrey
l" esec ed lie Fl st Bap,iS- CT ircb.
The IA " ON Blu.ie'd. tog. ;.or
with o,her delegates from adJeo-l 1t
cities end the Cinch Valley were
Z; lspo led flom Putnam, Russell
county. over The mountains into
Buchanan county and back pga'n by
the Honaker Lumber CO., in box
car and upon flat car. on which
seals had been built of rough lumber.
The descent of The mountain on the
fertilizer side is so steep that it can
only be made by series os four
swi.chb Icks. The roadbed is literally
carved out of the solid rock of the
mountain side for long distance.
The sceenry is superb and in every
way the trip was thrilling exper-
fence
the people of the southern part of
buchanan county in the vicinity of
Corin;h Baptist chu: ch, located at
Codncil. did their utmost TO make
the visit of the delegates pleasant.
All the good things of the season and
of the country were freely spread be-
fore them. and the delegates did full
justice 20 the provisions.
The meeting was eminertly salts
factory from every point of view. The
good fellowship that always charac-
terzes Baptist associational gfther-
ings, in this meeting reached high
water mark.
Very no feeble increase W rs noted
in the offerings for nome d foreie
missions ard PROVISION made also for
taking care of he work in our own
STATE.
The fact tbet the meeting was held
in the church adjoining our mou, .an
mission school greatly increased the
interest, and the report on edcua, C. ).
read by the pri"' iral, Rev. L. A.
b" iderson, was Tue feature of the
program. At an o.,lay of SO, 900 a
campus of thi' ty-three a, res has been
secured. a large school building, and
boys dormitory cree ed an. a house
built which i'll be used as DORM Y
ASi bii Al SDtIUH OH |
The top OF mountain two miles |
away supplies abundance of pure
water and very considerable fire pro-
tection.
The teachers are Prof. and Mrs. |
Htnde son and Miss Garlitk, all on
eastern VI; 2inia. skilful and scholarly
insiiuc.o who nave won the hears
of the yor "g people of Buchanan
county to a MAJ sal'Is de, rec.
1t isn't all roses dong pioneer
educational wo'k al Buchanan county
IN The winter time. None but ir
constit l.ions protected by The guard
ian angels of heaven and driven by
hearts as'ow with lo,e for the work
could s,a'd it. But on the faces of
these teachers the visitors can detect
nothing but joy and happiness in the
work.