Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-14

ment and entertainment The movies!
Great are the movies! Now, i'm every
city, when you get tired and your
shoes seem to have gotten too small,
and your feet burn and that evcrlast-
burns, you long for good seat. The
parks too far away, you drop into a
picture show, hand the pretty girl at
the entrance nickel, walk right in,
take Il good, easy chair, and rest
for two hours if you wish to stay
that long, and while you rest watch
the wonderful films fit and fly. Why,
the seat is worth the money, without
the show am weak Tor strong) on
the picture shows, or almost any
other kind of a show. They say | am
"too much so" for man of my age,
but | deny in toto that | am"an old
man," and | don't want to hear any
body say so. When / reach the point
along the highway when shows and
entertainments and the society of
young folks is rcpusivc, then Ill be
"an old man." but am not there yet,
and that milcpost is not i'm sight. The
picture shows are great in Roanoke,
and the crowds that attend them,
day and night, is astonishing. Who
wouldn't pay five cents for an hours
rest in nice, quiet, cool place, with
entertainment and music thrown in
for good measured
! met Tazcwcll people, of course
They are everywhcre-important fac
tors in the life Of nearly every city
in the Union. | ran square against
Joe Stras, who is one OF the best and
most useful men in the social, reli-
gious and financial life of the city,
and Judge Stuart, who is always
glad to see even an humble citizen of
Tazewcll. He pressed me to 90 home
with him for supper and | did, and
greatly enjoyed the supper as well
as the social feature. Mrs. Stuart is
looking fne-in splendid health. Miss
Cecil, II am not certain tina | have
the right name, for ! could never tell
one from anothcrD one of the twin
daughters, was hostess while her
mother rested. The other twin is
away up in Maine, teaching music.
Miss Lucy is visiting in Lewisburg,
the old home of Judge Stuart. "Peach"
Harry, the son of the sea, is away
on duty. His young wife | met. She
is Il beautiful, black-cyed young wo-
man of evident worth of character.
and other members of Judge Stuart's
"househoid"-about ten in number,
for he keeps boarders.
Judge Stuart has quit all his bad
habits, if "bad" they were, even to
smoking, and he has been elected IL
member of the city council, believe.
Charles, the baby, is Il fine looking,
clean boy, nearly as large as his
pap, and works downtown in Il nice
store. So, you sees Tazewell folks are
making good in The Magic City.
Before | close this gossip" | must
make brief mention of Mill Mountain
and The Incline.
AS everybody knows-or nearly
everybody-there has recently been
built on top of Mill Mountain, 900
feet above the city, a fine hotel. 1t
was here that the Chamber of Com
mcrce gave the Watermelon banquet
to the members of the Farmers In
stitute, and II pleasant, delightful,
occasion it proved to be. The hotel
is reached by an incline, averaging
about a 55 degree grade. One por-
ton of the road is nearly straight
up and down." as one man put it,
but the ascent and descent is easily
and comfortably made in n comfort
able car, operated by powerful ma
chinery on top of the mountain. SIEVE
raj of the more timid declined to
take the risk, but those who did 20
had no reason to regret it. The
grounds are nicely laid out and light
ed. The view from the mountain and
the l00-foot tower, is splendid, in
deed. The city, where 10000 people
live, with its thousands of electric
lights spread out away below YOU.