Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-17
NEWS OF POUNDING MILL.
Pertinent Paragraphs Pertaining to
Popular People.


H. G. Gillespie came home from
V. P. 1. at Blacksburg to spend coup.
lie of days with parents, Mr.. and Mrs
r. X. Gillespie. He expects 70 get his
"sheep skin" in June.
A. G. Fowler loaded on Yesterday
twenty-one sticks of timber for the
navy yard in New York. The timber
measured over 2O,5OO feet and aver
aged over forty feet in length. The
timber is for "Unclc Sam," was load
ed at Vandyke and bought from Mrs
Sallie Bandy, wife of the late James
Bandy.
Rex Steele was one of the invited
guests to spend from Saturday to
Monday at DR.. Ritter's at Whitewood
Mrs. George Brewster, who has been
on the sick list the past week, is bet
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Trayer's baby
has been quite sick with measles for
few days.
Mrs. r. M. Sparks left Monday to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Norman Turn
er and her baby girl at Ada, w. Va.
Miss Mary B. Altizer, of Richlands,
Visited her brother, ]. T. Altizer and
camily here Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ryley came here
last week to make their home with
MS son, Alex Riley. Mr.. Riley has
added two nice rooms to his residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley are quite feeble.
Messrs. Fred illespie, j. H. Will
hanson and DR.. Zimmerman were in
vited guests of John O'Keefre at Taze-
we'll Sunday to dinner.
Mrs. Susan Ringstaff and Miss AL
Use Mulkey visited their daughter and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Mulkey and
family in Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mulkey,\ who were
burned out recently, have gone to
housekeeping and are nicely fixed up.
Their neighbors and two societies gave
them bureau drawer of sheets and
about sixty towels and other things.
Mrs. Robert Petts spent Friday
visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles Nc
Guire on the Branch and reports her
mother as being unable to walk from
rheumatism in one of her limbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Johnson's old
est son, has measles as has also "Bug-
gie," son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Hunt
er.
Mrs. w. B. Steele and daughter,
Miss iva, were shopping in Tazewell
Wednesday and Bluefield Friday Miss
Pearl Mcclure, of Cedar Bluff, Mrs.
Steele's sister, accompanied them to
Bluefield.
Mrs. Curtis Shamblin is desper-
ately ill of fever at the home of her
father, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Duncan.
She gave birth to a little daughter on
Thursday night and little hope is en-
tertained for her recovery. Her
many friends and relatives here are
oil L
j. B. Gillespie, of Wittens Mills,
who spent Sunday here with friends,
and who has been suffering from a
severe cough for the past two weeks,
was able to resume his work Monday
as salesman for a large wholesale
drug house at Salem.
pleasant visitor here Saturday and
Sunday on his way to and from a
visit to relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wynn in Baptist Valley.
Mr.. w. &. Gillespie expected to
move his family from Liberty Hill
to this place today, but on account of
the wind and rain was compelled to
defer same until tomorrow.
Mrs. James Conley, of Richlands
visited friends here the last of the
week, returning home Tuesday.
MIRA. F. Pruner, of this place,
was married in Baltimore to Miss
Brown, of Eastern Virginia on We'd
nesday of lastweek and came here this
morning. Miss Brown is the charm
ing sister of Mrs. G. C.McClain,whose
husband is foreman for the Boxley
quarry here, and Mr.. Pryor is shop
foreman. They will reside in the Nc
Claim cottage until Mrs. McClain re-
turns from the home of her parents
She has been away since Christmas
The Hurt twins, Mary and Katie
and Jessie and Ollie Kate Gillespie
spent Saturday and Sunday with Eliz-
abeth Gillespie at Gillespie.
Mrs. ). L. Altizer was shopping in
hlchiands one day last week.
James Neele is at Tazewell today