Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-01-17
Pounding Mill Items

James osborne returned the
first of the week from keystone
where he had been visiting his
son, w. w. Osborne and family.
IVA Steele, Rosalie Early anc
John Gillespie attended the play
The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" at Bluefield last night,
returning today on no IL. Miss
EARLY returned to her home at
Abingdon. They all enjoyed the
play. very much.
Miss Margaret Williams re-
turned Sunday from Newport
News, where she has been with
4, her SICK brother, DIR. George
Williams, for several weeks. She
reports him much better; she
went to Richlands Sunday after
noon to resume her duties as
principle of the High School
there.
| James Neele resumed his
duties today as r. F. D. Carrier
with G. R. Thomas assistant.
Little Lena Altizer is improv-
ing, though unable yet to sit up.
She has been very ill, suffered
with a severe headache, spasms
and vomiting. She vomited a
worm, after which the Drs. gave
her santinine and calomel, she
got better at once, vomi ting,
headache and spasms stopped.
Her father, j. L. Altizer has had
a light attack of typhoid for the
past three weeks but is-now able
to be at the store again part of
the time. The rest of the sic k
here are better.
r. A. Gillespie, Witten's Mills,
who had charge of Steele-Hurt
and Co. 8 store last night and
today, went to Raven on no IL
this afternoon.
G. McLain, foreman of the
Boxley and Co. big quarry, re-
turned yesterday with several
colored men on free transporta-
tion, two escaped however at
Bluefield, it is said. He brought
back a man cook for the board
ing house, he is small man
weighing about 250 or 275, re-
minding one of the picture in
the V. p. l. calender of the
rats" in the rat parade. Several
other colored men came last
week and occopy the part of the
town on the southeast known as
Blacksburg.
Drs. Johnson, Sr., of Tazewell;
Williams and Smith have had
lively practice her the past two
weeks. DR.. Williams has the
practice for both the Ringstaff
and Boxley and Co. quarries.
Rev. Ed Smith of the M. E.
South preached at the Union
church here Sunday night.
The w. G. T. u. will meet at
Union church Friday night,
next. The Secretary, Mrs. w. B.
Steele has been appointed by her
successor, Mrs. w. B. Harris,
the Treasurer, to make out the
program and lead the meeting.
Every one is invited, come and
enjoy the songs, reading, etc.
No collections.
Miss Lettie Ringstaff was on
the sick list last week.
Engineers French, Derrick,
Cadle and Glenn We're here today
looking after the Boxley and
JCo.'s stone quarry. They all
took in the play at Bluefeld.
Mrs. Davis, of Richlands, was
here the past week to see her
daughter, Mrs Doughten and
family. She is still grieving over
the loss of her only son, age 10,
who died last Sept. of tuburcu-
losis. She and husband bought
nice property, near the station
at Richlands and moved there
for the purpose of sending their
son to the High School. Her
daughters little 2 LIZ year old
daughter returned home with
| her.
"Uncle jim" Cousins, the
colored plasterer, of Tazewell,
thinks he can complete his job
of plastering, ETC., on the new
school building today. Of course
. its coed job, for we have seer
a good deal of his work at this
place, which was all first class
Mrs. David Gable was called
to Richlands last week, on ac
count of the sickness of her
mother, who has pneumonia.
The friends of Mrs. Nancy
Davis will be delighted to hea
her recovery from a recent spell
of lagrippe.
| Mesdames James Brewster ant
r. nj. Sparks went to Maxwell