Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-11-13
POUNDING MILL.

Pounding Mill, Va, Nov. 1O.-Rev.
4. +. Grear, of Maxwell, stu
dent last year of Emory g. Henry
College, the new Methodist preacher,
ilied his appointment here Sunday
night. Owing to the rain storm there
otherwise have been. The people
seem pleased with his sermon. He
was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ii. w.
Christian. -
Mr.. and Mrs. John Azbury sold
their property here to Messrs. George
and Robert Petts and moved TODAY to
Richlands, wheret hey purchased a
new cottage near the station. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Petts, on yesterday.
moved into their new home.
Mr., and Mrs. VIM. Azbury have
moved into II quarry house vacated by
MIR. and Mrs. Jones, who moved to
Tennessee Wednesday,.
Mrs. VIM. Gillespie and children
spent the weekend visiting her sis
.er, Mrs. Samuel Gillespie, at Raven.
Mr.. Gillespie joined her on Sunday.
Mrs. James O'Keefe, of Bluefe!d,
md Mrs. ID. C. Gillespie, spent Sat.
lrday with Mrs. II. X. Gillespie, the
alter will leave soon for South Caro-
INA LOT inc WlntCf.
G. }. Grinstead, of South Carolinn.
Mrs. VIM. Grinstcad and Mrs. Beverly
Wingo, of Indiana, spent Thursday
visiting their friend, Mrs. C. II. Tray
er.
Misses Mary b. and Jessie Gillespie,
of Tnzewell High School, spent the
weekend, as usual, with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. X. Gillespie.
Mrs w R StanIo ,,I d.,,.wL..,,
Miss IVA, We're called to Cedar Bluff
Thursday morning on account of the
sickness and death of her stepfather.
MIR. j. Marion Mcclure, returning
home Sunday. The following are
some from here who attended the
funeral at two o'clock on Saturday at
the Methodist church: Mrs. Rebekah
Williams, Mrs. Nancy Dayis, Mrs.
Pryor, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Nj. Sparks,
w. b. Steele, Miss Iva Steele, Thos.
Steele, r. X. and Il. o. Gillespie. Rev.
and Mrs. G. X. Thomas. Much sym.
pathy from friends here go out to
this berenved family. Truly another
good and useful Christian man has
been called up higher.
Miss Garnett Phnrr, teacher hero.
returned Saturday from West Virgin
in, where she had been called to sec
her sick father, who is better.
Much apprehension was felt on
Thursday concerning W. i. Mcclure,
on. Pounding Mill Branch. He was
taken Mt ten O'Clock with Il very Sc
we're chill, which lasted consider
able time. 1t was feared he was tax.
ing pneumonia, but we are glad 10
say that on yesterday he was reported
as recovering. He is an old Confed-
crate soldier and has been quite
feeble for the past two years.
DIR. w. Il. Williams motored here
from Richlnnds to take his aunts TO
Mr. McGuire's funeral. They took
dinner with DR.. and Mrs. Williams at
their home in Richland, returning for
the funeral. Their friend, Mrs. Pry.
or, accompanied them. .-4-.--s
Mrs. C. Nj. Hunter last week sent
box to Roanoke for the suffering
Belgians. If others had been more
thoughtful they might have done
likewise.
Cards to relatives here have been
received from Mr.. and Mrs. G. G..
Hurt, Mt home, Nov. 13, $3.50 TO 8 D.
m. Twenty-eighth anniversary of
their marriage.
In letter of coincidence to Mrs.
Steele from Miss Bertha Duvall, who
has lately moved TO Roanoke from
Cedar Bluff, states that they are we'll
pleased with their new home. Her
father, both n millwright and miller,
recently built the new cement dam
and overhauled the Cedar Bluff Roller
Mills for the late j. Marion Mcclure,
at cost of over six thousand dollars.
Miss Bertha was one of the banner
Sunday school teachers and temper
ance workers. She also helped get
North Carolina dry.
Mrs. Nancy Davis and daughter,
Miss Rebekah, attended boosters
day" at Tazewell last Wednesday.
Miss Rebckah was interested in dairy.
ing rs well as farming. Her big res
crvoir has been completed.
On Wednesday, OF last week quite
number of women of the town at
tended the sales at Richlands. Among
the number were Mesdames ii. w.
Christian, Charles Robinett, James
Mulkey, Joseph Pruett, S. Il. Sparks,
and j. T. Altizer, and Cora Shamblin,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fox, of Burke's
Garden, Mrs. John Wynn, of Baptist
Valley, and daughter-in-law, Mrs
Stuart Wynn, came over from the
Valley Sunday morning and took the
traIH LOT laIcWell. IneSc excellent
people had attended the funeral Of
their brotherin-law ut Cedar Bluff
the day before.
Misses Sada Mcclure, Kahn and
Huey, two latter High School teach
ers, hiked from Cedar Bluff, country
road, here Sunday, barely in time to
catch No. IL ut 3:32. Miss Pharr and
+. o. Gillespie accompanied them to
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