Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-01-19


reasonable prices.
Miss Marea st. Clair will en-
tertiain the young peoples club at her
home tonight.
George Britts, of Chateroy, w.
Va, is the guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William l.. Britts at North
Tazewell.
DIR. NJ. B. Crockett, in spite of
the slippery roads, has been using his
automobile during the recent zero
weather. The tires have been well
chained, to prevent skidding.
c. A. Mcclure, who has been at
work on Beech Fork with the railroad |
contractors for several months, is at !
home for season.
1t is stated that about thirty thou
sand dollars has been subscribed to |
the new hotel, which the projectors
are still at work on. If the amount is
raised before Spring opens, the work
on the building Will begin this sum-
mer.
Mrs. Elizabeth HARRISON, who was
injured at her home at North Taze
we'll several weeks ago, is said to be
improving nicely, and will soon be
able to be out again
Mr.. Harry Buston, of HARRISON,
Barns and Company's store, who is
seldom ever absent from the store,
has been confined to his home few
days this week by severe cold.
Wade H. Frazier, former agent
of the N. and W., at Graham, has
been made travelling auditor of the
company, and has assumed his new
duties.
The Town Council held an impor-
tant meeting last Friday afternoon.
The condition of the streets, water
works, and other routine business was
discussed, but no definite action tax
en-.
Mrs. Geo. c. Peery, of Wise, who
has been the guest of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. A. p. Gillespie, has
re turned to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ward, of the
Cove, left Wednesday night for Tav-
ares, Fla, having been summoned
there by the serious illness of their
daughter, Miss Irene. The first mes
sage, received on Tuesday, indicated
that the lady was dangerously ill, but
a later message stated that she was
better.
DR.. w. l. Painter was summoned
by wire to Richmond Friday, where
his young son, is in hospital for
treatment. 1t is thought than an
operation will he performed on young
Painter for the relief of trouble incl
dent to n recent operation here for
appendicitis.
Passenger train No. 6, due here at
%, came near meeting with SER
ious accident on the lower Clinch
Valley Sunday night. The pony trucks
of the enigne, which was being DRIVEN
by Bob Shelton, jumped the track,
and ran for some distance on the fro
zen ground. If the ground had been
soft, it is probable that the train,
entire. would have been overturned in
a nearby ditch.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to cut down the salary of
various county officers throughout the
State in proportion to the population
of the counties. If the measure be-
comes law the salaries of the Taze-
well officers will be effected as fol-
los: County Clerk. 81, $50 Treasurer,
50, $50; Sheriff, 81, 100. AS the
commonw ealth's attorneys salary is
not reduced, the presumption is that
the patron of the bill was once, or is
now, Commonwealth Attorney of
Virginia.
Rev. and Mrs. George Buston have
returned from their visit to their
daughter, Mrs. Cammack, at Green
castle. Ind, much improved in health.
Brother Buston is not "giddy head
w oiHNS hIo ISIuLH. Tie luIIlkS MS
trip was of much benefit to him and
also the same for Mrs. Buston.
Mrs. j. A. Leslie has been quite i'll
for ten days, and is still confined to
her bed. In the beginning it was
feared she had pneumonia, but the
symptoms of this dreaded malady
have all disappeared, and she is now
recovering slowly, though still very
weak.
Messrs. j. S. and A. P. Gillespie,
proprietors of the Big Store, announce
that they will have an epxert tailor
at their store, representing Schloss
Brothers, of Baltimore on the 25th.
26th and 9th. and invite all who
want good fitting clothes to call and
be measured.