Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-02-06
Attorney Barnes Gillespie Is In
Philadelphia on legal business.

Any kind, any size, any color,
can be printed in this office, at rea-
sonable rates.
There will be preaching in the |
Sunday at IL and ut 3 p. m. by
Burkes Garden Baptist church
the pastor, Rev. r. II. Campbell.
Our townsman, Mr.. T.. X. Burk.
has the tell-tale smile. It's boy,
and everybody happy.
It's "Grandpap" now when YOU
greet Mr.. Tom Heldreth. His
daughter, Mrs. Mcconnell. has
presented the household with n fine
baby.
Hon. C. S. Pendleton, district
chairman of the republican party
in the Ninth, was here yesterday
from his home in Scott county.
Robert Litz, the nine months old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Vandyke.
died yesterday afternoon of whoop-
ing cough. The mother of the dead
child is very i'll, and not expected
to live.
IL. Bowen Greever, of Bluefield, was
in the city this week, and had one
of the late model Hudson Six cylin-
der automobiles. 1t is reported that
Mr.. Greever has several prospects in
The town and county.
A representative from the govern
ment war department has been att
Maxwell this week buying timber
Tor repairs to be made at the Brook
Ign, N. Y, navy yards. Several
cars of suitable timber were bought
and shipped.
Colonel James E. Jones. general
manager, and j. C. Turley, assist
ant general manager, of the Poca-
hontas Consolidated Galleries Com
pany, were here from Switchback.
w. Va, on Tuesday.
This Office received the COPY
for II page booklet on Monday
morning. The copy was handed
the machine operator at 10 O'Clock
On Tuesday at p. m. the book
had been printed and bound with
nice cover and was in the post Of
Ice TO go right out by parcels post
How was that for quick work?
We can do likewise for you. Try
us.
An important good roads meeting is
to be held in Richmond February 10th
and 1lth in the auditorium of Muir
phys hotel. addresses will be de-
livered on "A number of subjects per-
tanning 10 road building. Mr.. L. S.
tinney, of Lebanon, and Represen-
tative Chalkly, OF Big Stone Gan.
are on the program for addresses.
Railroads and hotels will give re-
duced rates.
Mrs. Ella Sparks, sister of Rev.
j. N. Hartman, of this place, died
at her home in Baptist Valley on
the 21st instant. On last Saturday
her husband, Mr.. Hugh Sparks.
died at his home in Baptist Valley
after only few hours illness. The
death of Mrs. Sparks has been men
toned by our Pounding Mill CORE
spondent. Mr.. Sparks was a gallant
Confederate soldier, being quarter
master in the famous Sixteenth Vir-
ginia Cavalry. He was buried Mon
day morning in the Hawkins GENE
terry in the Valley.
A desperate attempt to gain their
liberty was planned by several pris-
oner confined in the county Jail
here last week, and had not Jailer
, RULER beentipped off, the plan. in
: all probability, would have been sue.
! ccssfully executed. Walter Bowman
| white, and John Borden, colored
mad procured and concealed about
their cells several pieces of heavy
IRON bars, with which they purposec
striking down the jailer at the
| hrst opportunity, liberating thu
other prisoners, and then making
their escape. But, as stated above
their plans miscarried through a
tip given the jailer, and the mer
are now in irons and will be giyer
no opportunity in the future to es.
cape.
Roy Cline, age 16, grandson OF
Mr.. L. l.. Francis, of Cavett's
Greek, with whom he lived, was
stabbed to death last Monday after
noon while returning from school
by Charlie Hartman, age 10, son of
MI. Feel Harman. The tragedy oc-
Cured about O'Clock, while the
boys, with number of others, were
| returning from school.
Young Hartman was admitted to
bail by Magistrate John Gillespie
IN The sum of $4,000 for his an
pearance at preliminary hearing
to be held here on next Tuesday
The details of the unfortunate and
sad affair will develop at the hear
ing Tuesday.
Rev. j. Tyler Frazier and his
son, Charles, a member of the
mercantile firm of Elicit G. Frazier
at Pocahontas, paid this office a
very pleasant call recently. The
latter is said to be the handsom-
est member of the family, and the
most prosperous. The father,
having taken unto himself q new
wife some time ago, is renewing
his youth as the years fly swiftly
BY. He is so many years young.
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