Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-19

DIR. j. q. Kelly, who has been in
Florida the past winter with several
automobiles, has returned, and is
spending the while in Tazewell.
Mrs. TIE. Gillespie, who has been
on visit to her sister, Mrs. AL
Litz, returned to her home at North
fork the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Gillespie
returned TO Tazewell last Friday from
Florida, as did also Mrs. George
Peery.
Lapsley Carson returned recently
from visit to his brother at Licking
ton, who is a student at Washin gton
and Lee.
Jud Gillespie returned with his
wife last Sunday from Knoxville,
Tenn, last Sunday. Mrs Gillespie
had been in Knoxville taking treat
ment in hospital.
Geo. w. Gillespie, President of the
National Bank, and Mrs. Gillespie,
and H. G. and Mrs. Peery, have re-
turned from Florida, Choking and
feeling fine"
Mr.. j. N. Hartman, jr., has re-
turned to his home here from Wash
ington and Lee, where he has studied
law the past several sessions. He is
inclined to believe now that he has
made all his tickets the past session
and will soon be awarded his degree
of b. l..
Sergeant Thompson has undertaken
the enforcement of the vagrancy law
in TaZewell. One we'll known white
man had the riot act read to him
Tuesday. The man was told that I'M
less he went to work and made some
effort to properly provide for his
family the town would take him in
hand and let him make little rock
out of big ones.
The Sons of Rest, branch of the
Ananias Club, has been in continuous
session for several weeks past, in
their comfortable quarters on the
hotel porch. The subjects of discus
sion embrace wide range, from How
Old is Ann?, to the completion Of the
Panama Canal. and incidentally the
election of the next President, crops,
best Jersey cows, Initiative, Referen-
dun and Recall. etc. etc.
Special prices OH furniture, cotton
and felt mattresses, bed springs,
straw mating, carpets, childs beds,
cooking and heating stoves, steel
ranges. A dollar saved is a dollar
male.
The Tazewell Supply Co.
Preaching in the Tazewell Baptist
church Sunday at IL a. M, and z 80
p. m. 1t is earnestly requested that
all the members and friends of the
church be present as we wish to take
some steps about beginning the repair
work on the church building. 1t is
specially urged that the members of
the "Repair Committee" attend the
morning service.
T. H. CAMPBELL, Pastor.
Mrs. John A. Hall died Monday
morning, at her home near Five Oaks
after several months of declining
health. She leaves husband and
two daughters, and enc grand child.
Funeral and burial took place on
Tuesday at 3 O'Clock Rev. Mr..
Hall conducted the services. There
was large crowd at the burial of
this good woman. She expressed en-
tire readiness for the great change
Last Monday afternoon a hailstorm
followed by rain. occurred in this
section the hardest recalled by the
oldest inhabitants. except, perhaps,
storm that occurred during the war,
recalled by lady here whose name
cannot be given for obvious rea-
sons, as it has been more than 40
years ago. The hail fell here thick
and large for more than Is minutes.
hSiS "hot hO"CHSty hO WiHop anu HO
damage has been reported. The storm
covered comparatively small area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knoll were driving in
Baptist Valley, and report that nei-
Their hail nor rain fell beyond Hubble
Hill, where they were.
Mrs. Beavers, widow of the late
Matthias Beavers, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. C. II. Peery, near
North Tazewell last Saturday in the
18th year of her age. She leaves a
large family of sons, and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. H. Peery, of North
Tazewell. The funeral service was
conducted by her pastor, Rev. E. E.
Wiley, assisted by Rev. CIR. Brown,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Peery. She was a Miss Whitley be-
fore marriage, and was born at the
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