Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-10
ICE WAGON NOTICE.

Miss Fannie Grosclose and her
mother, Mrs. Mary Grosclose.
and Mrs. Cassell and several of
her children. were welcome
Burke's Garden visitors to Taze-
well last week.
Miss Chloe, daughter of Prof.
and Mrs. w. w. Carson, left on
Tuesday for the State Normal
at Radford, also Miss Ellen
Daley, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Daley, Baptist VAL
ley.
Mr.. w. E. Peery says there is
no doubt about selling sheep and
calves when advertised in the
Clinch Valley News. His fine
Shropshire bucks advertised in
this paper have all been sold.
=! Mr.. Emmett X. Thompson.
Morristown, Tennessee, son of
Mr.. D. A. Thompson, formerly
of Burke's Garden, has been in
the community recently on bust
ness. He, and his father also,
are succeeding finely in Tenn.
A bunch of nice young cattle
was driven through town on
Tuesday going TO the Stuart
farms in Russell county. They
came from Mercer county, West
Virginia and numbered $50
head.
"a May rain in October" is
the way a citizen spoke of the
nice rain Of Wednesday night
and yesterday morning. 1t was
most welcome, as the grass
needed it, and some farmers
wanted to shuck a little corn for
the hogs.
Rev. Walter H. Greever
preached 10 a large congregation
last Sunday moning in the Luth-
ern church here. He left on
Monday for Detroit. This quiet
mild little man has his hands
full of hard work, and he is
making good.
An important meeting of the
cemetery improvement associa-
ton will be held next Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the res
idence of Mrs. A. j. Tynes. A
full attendance of the members
of the society is urged, as i'm
portant business is to be con-
sidered.
Announcements were receiv-
ed here yesterday of the mar
riage of Lieutenant Harry A.
Stuart, U. S. NJ, to Miss Marie
Dorothea Blandin at Glen Arm.
Lieutenant Stuart, son of Judge
and Mrs. j. H. Stuart, of Roa-
noke, formerly of Tazewell.
spent his boyhood days here,
and is well remembered by the
people of Tazewell and the coun-
ty.
Fire destroyed the large eight
cen room residence of r. w.
Shreve at Doran last Tuesday
afternoon about l O'Clock, origi-
mating from an unknown cause.
$4,000 insurance was carried on
the building and contents. About
the same time the home of Will
Grin stead at Cedar Bluff was
burned with no insurance.
BILLY" Mitchell, the well
known Graham travelling man.
called around a day or so ago.
as is his custom, when he comes
to town. He was just in receipt
of a letter from his young BROTH
err, Arthur, who is a soldier in
the philippines. His brother
stated that he had recently met
with DR.. Johnson, son-in-law of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. May, of this
town. He reported him doing
finely. And so, we keep in touch
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Witten, of
Grundy, attended the meeting
of the Virginia Press Associa-
ton at Murphy's Hotel in Rich
mond last week. Mr.. Witten,
who is the Progressive candidate
for the Legislature from Taze-
well and Buchanan counties,
will begin his campaign next
week, and will make an active
fight for the place.
Mrs Mary Catron, wife of ].
c. Catron, aged "a years, died
at her home in Baptist Valley
last Monday. She leaves a fami-
ly of 8 children, three being dead
Mrs. Catron has been a worthy
member of the Methodist church
for more than 80 years.
Funeral and burial took place
on Tuesday, conducted by Rev.
j. H. Bowling.
DIR. j. r. Hicks, "the big doc