Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-06

daughter, of Grafton, were visitors to
town on yesterday.
Special attention is called to the
advertisements of fine horses in this
issue. Read them.
William Nicholson, SUPERINTENDENT
of the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
who has been i'll at hospital in Blue
field for several weeks, has recovered
sufficiently to return to his home at
Jewell.
A. z. Litz and Joea Mcclure, who
have been spending several weeks in
Florida, have returned to Tazewell.
The residence of Charles Poe, at
Sayersville, was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night. The origin of the fire
is unknown. Mr.. Poe had $11OO in
curance on the building and contents.
A dwelling belonging to Mrs. Myr-
tie Davis at Swords Creek, was burn
ed yesterday. The origin of the fire
or amount of loss is not known here.
Craig Nelson, the expert accoun-
tant of Graham, has been here this
week arranging system of book
keeping for the Tazewell Packing Co.
If you ever expect to need and buy
piano you cannot afford to ignore
the offer made by the Stieff Piano
Company in this paper. Real it
again.
-Four pairs of high laced boots were
stolen from the N. & w. station at
Pocahontas Sunday night. 1t is sale
that the officers have clue t. the
perpetrators of the crime.
Mrs. Rebecca Clayton, of Thomp-
son Valley, is in Richmond taking
treatment in one of the hospitals in
that city.
James Payne anil Estelle Payne,
Of Boissevain, were brought to jail
here yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Thompson to serve three months
sentence imposed on them ly Magis-
trate George Gillespie
Mr.. w. l. Lee came over from
Princeton Wednesday to spend sew
eral days with his family here. He
is enthusiastic over the good roads
prospects in Mercer, and says that
the 100000 recently voted there
FOR macadam purposes is but drop
IN Tie bucket compared with what the
county will probably spend on good
roads once the work is started.
Judge Fulton Kegley last Saturday
appointed G. w. Ooak member of
the electoral board for Tazewell coun-
ty in place of j. w. Whitley, whose
term had expired. Mr.. Doak is said
to have had the endorsement of the
entire county committee for the no
sition.
The meeting at the Baptist church
last Sunday morning was interesting,
Notwithstanding the weather was the
worst imaginable. Mr.. j. NJ. Newton,
of Pocahontas, made an interest
ing address on the work of the Lay
mems Movemnt and foreign missions.
Rev. DIR. Billiard also made an inter
eSting talk. The music was good and
the occasion one of profit to those
present.
! Mr.. w. II. Werth, who isone of
the attorneys for Mrs. Louella Gil
lespie in hr suit against the Norfolk
and Western Railway, which is now
being heard in the Federal court at
Roanoke, has been confined to a hos
pital in that city several days with
an abcessed ear. He is out now, how
ever, and trial of the case has been
resumed, and is expected to go to the
jury today.
MIR. James w. Bailey, Ct Poca-
hontas, store manager for the Poca-
hontas Consolidated CJllicrles Com
pany, was here on Wednesday to
qualify as administrator o. the cs-
tate of his brother-in-law, Mr.. Henry
=. Shufiiebarger, who died at his
home i'll Graham Saturday after a
short illness. The deceased was one
of the best known and most popular
passenger engineers in the service
of the Norfolk and Western.
Commencing with next weeks pa
per the Clinch Valley News will
open Parsons Column, to be
used exclusively by the pastors of
the town, to speak their minds, and
say just what they please to say
we want to make the paper helpful
in the general uplift. Each minister
will have space for about 200 words
Typewriter copy, if possible, but if
with pen, writing must be very plain
y written-not jumbled on lines close
together, and on only one side of the
sheet. Church notices or announce
ments must be made elsewhere in the
paper. Now let the ministers GO
in and speak to an enlarged congre-
cation. All the pastors of the town
are welcomed to the Parsons Col.
umn." Communications must reach
To- H.,