Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-01-02

Mr.. S. d. Scott, ormerly con-
nected with the road work in
the county, is in the city for a
short time.
7. B. Warren, left the first of
the week for Oberlin, Ohio, to
visit his family for few days.
Mrs. w. l. Lee has been ill at
her home here for several days.
Her young daughter has also.
been confined to her bed.
A message states that the
baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Willard is i'll with pneumonia at
its home in Wise county.
Mrs. Am. Willard and daught-
er, Miss Allie, who have been
the guests of relatives at Charles
ton, are eXpe ted home Tuesday.
Thomas Worsham, who has
been the guest of friends in
the city, has returned to Rich
mopd where he has charge of
one Of the leading drug stores
in the capitol city. 80.
R. X. Hawkins left Wednes-
day for Charleston, where he
will spend few days visiting
friends before returning to
Richmond to resume his studies
in the Medical College of Vir-
ginia.
Since the establishment of
the new law firm OF Greever,
Gillespie and Divine, Mr.. Greever
has determined to locate at
WEIGH and attend to the firms
business in that city. Miss Allie
Willard, who has been with the
firm here for several years, will
also go to WEIGH.
Mr.. C. R. Mccoy has bought
the property on Tazewell avenue
adjoining the residence of Mr..
John Moore. which belonged to
Geo. w. Lewis. Mr.. Mccoy has
also purchased eight acres of
land from the North TszewelI
Improvement Co.. which is a
part of the Bailey farm.
The bond issue election in
Mercer county, w. Va, held
last Tuesday, carried by sub
stantial majority. The issue is
for half a million dollars, which
will be used to build a macadam
road through the county and
graded dirt roads leading into
it.
Thomas Fuller, of Crump's
Bottom. was here recently and
sold his farm east of town to w.
F. Hartman for $4,000. 1t is
reported that Mr.. Fuller will
buy farm in Eastern Virginia.
Milton r. Noble, of Spring
vile, Utah, and VIM. Fl. Jami-
son, of Preston, Idaho, elders
of the Mormon church, are in
the county preaching and dis
tributing Mormon literature.
They epXect to be in this section
several months.
A lecture on the Hillsvilie
tragedy, inclu'ing a number OF
pictures of the scenes at Wythe-
vile during the progress of the
trials of the Aliens and others
connected with the shooting ur
of the court in Carroll county,
will be given in the Amuzu
theatre next. Tuesday, January
9Th.
Mr.. Robert Edward Lee and
Miss Annie Howery, of this
county, were married on Christ
mas Eve in Bristol, Rev. H.-M,
Leslie officiating. On the same
day Mr.. Cleveland Leslie and
Miss Eula I 'ii0rence Crowell
were 1faTried by the groom 8
1ather, Rev. H. w. Leslie at his
home in Bristol.
Miss Lena Lawrence, daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. James Law
renee, and Mr.. George Taylor,
of Five Oaks were married at
the BRIDES home the day before
Christmas.
A wedding feast was served
Christmas eve, and a general
good time had.
Mrs. C. w. Matthews died at
her home in Graham Sunday
evening, December 21st, of
Bright's disease. She was So
years of age. Mrs. Matthews
was sister to Joseph Cregar, of
Thompson Valley. Besides her
husband she leaves three sons
and one daughter. The funeral
service was held in the Baptist
church in Graham Tuesday and
burial made in Maple Hill
cemetery.
One of the most serious
tragedies reported for the year
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