Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-06-12
POOR VALLEY IS
MOVING FORWARD
Southern Section of County is
Showing Progressiveness and
Hustle in Road Building and
Other Civic Betterment.

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Other Civic Betterment.
According to previous arrangement
L went over the mountains last Sat-
ruday to Poor Valley or Freestone
as the people there like to call it,
to attend Sunday school meeting.
went over on horse back and
right there l "broke the molasses
Jug" l should have gone in my bug
gy, but let that pass. went and we
all had great time. There were at
least 200 people, men, women and
children, all told, Ito say nothing of
the dogs), and more enthusiastic
better behaved crowd never assem-
bled.
made "few occasional remarks"
on the Sunday School idea gener-
ally, and the county work in particu-
lar, and Prof. w. w. Carson, the only
other member Of "the squad" present
spoke intelligently and interestingly
on the general subject, discussing
more particularly the teaching side of
the question. Rev. Mr.. Mort, the
pastor, was present and given charge
OF the entire service, and made an up
to date address, naming some things
that the Sunday school needed it did
not have. The Superintendent, Jno.
A. Neal, and MIR. Shrader, Superin-
tendent of the other school in the val
ley, made short and interesting talks.
The singing, Mrs. DR.. Neal at the or
gan, was specially good, and several
i~r'fations and songs by the little fell
lows, gotten up ior the occasion, were
especially enjoyed. After n cviie..;2..
little hand shaking, and n song,
Shall We Gather at the River?"
the crowd dispersed with the benedic
ton and everybody said: We had
great time"
The Dinner.
Talk about dinners! Well. other
places noted for great spreads have
nothing on "Poor Valley" After 200
people had eaten until they could eat
no more, there was still left enough
for 200 more. Everybody seemed to
try just how well they could do, and
how much they could "fix up" And
all this was done on short notice
dinner, crowd, songs, and all, and the
good people of that section deserve
highest praise for their enthusiasm
and devotion to the Sunday school
work. Below are the names of at
least a few of the good people who
helped to make the day success:
L. b. and Chas. Mitchell, VIM. Ne
cessary, T. B. Asbury, Robert and E.
b. Ellis, Jno. and Reese Turley, w.
L. Corell, A. j. Dillman, Jno. F. Shra-
der, w. E. and P. H. Hit, w. p.
Vanhoozer, Will Goodwin, C. F.Toli
YER, and the family of John A. Neal,
including several families of his sons
and daughters-in-law, and perhaps
others. 1t should be stated, fact
recognized, that the good wives and
daughters of the men named, did most
OF the work, and to them the credit
is due.
Improvement in the Valley.
With the exception of Baptist Val
ley perhaps, no section of the county
shows greater Improvement than does
Poor Valley" New roads have TAX
en- the place of former bitches called
roads, houses painted, fields cleared,
up, fences built and everything is on
the up grade. The churches and Sum-
day schools, farming, better living
and all compare favorably with other
sections of the county. Crops are, of
course, suffering from the protracted
drought, but rain soon will insure n
good corn crop.
Road Improvement
The road across Clinch mountain
is In good shape, very unlike the old
four foot road of years ago. Large
quantities of tan bark and lumber is
being hauled across to this commune
ty, and with small exceptions auto
mobiles can go over easily. In lower
Thompson Valley, in all directions,
roads are being graded and macad-
amized. 1t wont be long until Dan
Lynch, whose nice home and farm
lies under the shadows of the tower
ing Clinch, will have an auto road
from his farm everywhere.
l am indebted to Prof. Carson for
ride in his buggy from Dams to town,
Napoleon leading behind the buggy.
And also Hit and Asbury, who gave
Napoleon ten big ears of yellow corn
and all the hay he could eat, for din
ner.
Ra.r NJ. NJ /,