Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
CHILD DROWNED IN
SIGHT OF MOTHER
Strange and Distressing Ac-
cioent to Hoops Family at
Pounding Mill Friday.


Pounding Mill, April 23.-The lit
tie eighteen months old son of MIR.
and Mrs. John Hoops was drowned
during the early afternoon of last
Friday, in Pounding Mill Branch.
which runs back of their residence.
and was buried Saturday afternoon
at the Floyd Mcclure graveyard. The
mother was ironing and had gone a
short distance for some wood, leaving
the baby and two other small children
in the yard playing, and on her return
asked for the child, and on searching
found him about twenty feet from a
foot crossing, where he was seen
only short time before by some men
IN passing. The plank or scantling
was about three feet above the
water. 1t is thouhgt Eby several that
the child's neck was broken. There
was a projecting rock against which
1T might possibly have fallen.
1t will be remembered, that in
1901, in the "June Flood that
Mr.. Hoops second wife and his two
children were drowned in the same
branch and only short distance be-
low where his last child met it's
death Friday. His baby by his first
wife fell into boiler of boiling
water, and was scalded to death after
his marriage to his second wife. His
son, George was killed in Kentucky
about three years ago while coupling
dlnkey cars in Il lumber camp. His
daughter. Mrs. Mary Crabtree, was
recovering from pneumonia few
years ago and drank too much chicken
broth from which she died. His first
wife had fever and drank too much
juice from dried peaches, which pro-
badly caused her death From the
three unions there have been about
seventeen children, several, as stated
above, have met tragic deaths. Much
sympathy is felt for the bereaved
parents.
PERSONALS.
Mrs. &. w. Oliver, of Lynchurg,
delivered an address to the C. w. Is.
NJ. tonight in the Christian church.
She is the guest of Mrs. IL. w.
Christian.
Miss Matte Trayer, who spent
couple of weeks here visiting her
brother, c. II. Trayer. left on No. 6
Thursday for Xenia. Ohio, where she
holds position. She made number
of friends while here.
The w. C. T. U. met at Mrs. r.
X. Gilespie's on last Thursday
afternoon. The next meeting will be
the third Thursday in May with Mrs.
John Pruett.
Mrs. 7. R. Steele and little daugh-
ter, Sarah Marguerite, who are
spending few days visiting her
uncle. w. b. Steele, will leave to-
morrow for Black ford, where she
will reside
Mrs. Howard Reed still continues
Ill at her home. Her lungs are giving
her trouble.
Mrs. Leonard Harris is some better
at the home of her mother near Paint
Lick.
r. NJ. Sparks is refreshing the
outside of his residence with fresh
coat of paint.
MIR. and Mrs. Tom Ringstaff and
children visited her father, A. II.
Griffith, at Richlands, recently.
The Red Men met here last Satur
day night. Three different lodges
now meet here at the Odd Fellows
hall.
Miss Nora Hankins, of Raven, is
spending some time with Mrs. M. j.
Sturgill.
Mrs. Millard Brown is visiting
friends at Honaker.
Farmers have been much DELAYED
in plowing on account of so much
rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grinstead
are packing to move to the residence
formerly owned and occpuied by the
late Rev. and Mrs. P. j. Lockhart On