Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-14
MISSION LECTURE
AT POUNDING MILL
Interesting Talks About Customs Of
Natives of dia---Personal Notes
of Thriving Town.

jockeys at Tazewell today. They
exchanged the faithful old grey
dray horse of Steele-Hurt and
Co., for prancing black which
Arthur returned with. John is
still missing.
John Wharton, the little four
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
K. Gillespie, was so unfortunate
as to be run over by one wheel
of a wagon on last Saturday and
has been suffering intensely, it
was feared that his leg was
fractured.
Mr.. Leonard Spratt formerly
of Richlands, but now of Erwin,
Tenn, was married on last
Wednesday in Charleston, w.
Va, to Miss Ellie Williams of
this town returning on Friday
afternoon They left yesterday
to visit his parents, Mr.. and
M rs. w. B. Spratt at Richlands.
The bride is a popular teacher,
the groom is a fireman on the C.
G. and 0. running out of Erwin.
We understand that they will
make their home in Erwin. We
understood that Mrs. Arthur
Kerr, only sister of the bride,
who lives near Charleston, w.
Va, witnessed the marriage.
Miss Rebekah Davis, her cousin,
of this place, accompanied them
as far as Bluefeld.
Rev. Isaac Wright, of Blue
field, will preach at Christian
church Sunday at II O'Clock.
The c. w. B. M. will meet in
the afternoon.
Mrs. H. w. Christian srent
Wednesday of last week at
Tazewell.
Ralfee Gillespie, of Tazewell
High School, spent the weekend
with parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
K. Gillespie.
The train this morning at six
O'Clock hit two Of w. B. Steele's
fine Jersey cows-one cows leg
was broken, the other cow was
badly bruised, she had to be lift
ed and pulled off the bridge west
of the station, all her legs were
down through the bridge.
A very fine riding horse of
George Hurt killed itself last
week while George attended the
burial of his cousin, j. D. Har-
risson at Tazewell. The horse
reached up and got its head fas-
tened in the barn at r. X. Gill
lespie's, breaking its neck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Ringstaff
and two children visited rel
atives in Richlands Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Alice Mulkey, Graham,
was guest of her aunt, Miss
Lettie Ringstaff Sunday.
The meeting at the Church of
God still continues, with interest
and large congregations, Rev.
Vest, of Elizabethton, Tenn, is
doing the preaching, Rev. Rid
dlle having gotten sick of la
grippe returned to his home at
Johnson City on Monday morn
ing. He preached a most. excel
lent sermon on Sunday night,
although almost too sick to
preach. Rev. Wilson joined Rev.
Rawlinson, of Bluefield, and
Miss Mary V. Hale, of Blacks
burg, on their trip down the
line. Miss Hale gives talk each
night at different points about
her missionary trip to India.
The people were very much in
terested in her talk here, which
held the very large audience for
oyer an hour, not telling half
the story. To say that the people
were delighted as well as in
terested, would be stating fact
.tamely. She was dressed as was
also Rev. Wilson, in India cos
tune. Rev. Wilson paraded the
streets in his costume the after
noon preceding the lecture, thus
exciting interest and causing
many to turn out. His costume
consisted of white pajamas or
breeches, bagged at the knees,
fitted tightly above the ankle,
the shirt also being white and
worn on the outside of the
trousers, minus collar, but
stiff cuffs. His head dress con.
sisted of ten yards of very thir
white material wound around the
head, this large quantity is usec
in order to protect the brain anC
neck from the burning SUM-
otherwise the person would have
sunstroke and soon die. He
wore black seeks and red pumps
sharp at the toe also wore rec