Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-06-26
ENJOYS READING
TAzEWELL NEWS
Former Citizen, Now Living in
Missouri, Anxious to Hear
From Virginia Friends.

The following interesting letter was
recently received by Mr.. G. w. Doak,
of this town, from his cousin. Mr..
Rogers, native of this county, but
resident for many years of Mis-
souri,:
Bethany, Mo-, June Is.
Cousin Will and Rose:
After procrastinating long time
| will this Monday morning, while it
is raining, write you "few lines"-
been intending to write you for a long
time, but not telling like writing, kept
putting it off from time to time.
was 81 yesterday alag day. and am
strong for one of that age-more so
than many of my age-and when
reflect and think of the many who
started on life's journey when l did
have fallen by the way, l feel "kin-
der" lonesome-from the reading of
the Clinch Valley News l see that
there are only a few of those remain
ing there. / see Gus Daley, Clint Bar
nes and n few more only that | call
TO mind, and of those who were here
when we came few are left. OF the
Virginians there remain only Gather
inc Brooks, widow of Thos. j Brooks,
myself and Nancy, and Fanny and
Adaline Clayton, Smith and Whit Six,
and Of the members of Miriam Lodge
No ~ \
tiated in Nov. 1864, not one is now
living, which leaves me the oldest
member both in membership and age.
"The friends of my youth, where are
they? Echo answers, Where are
they?'
Nancy will be so in September, and
is also hearty and strong for her age.
We are living alone and both able to
do our Chores" though she is get
ting n little feeble and not so we'll
now rs usual. l sent you few days
ago papers giving the obituary of the
death of Adrian Bryan Garten. He
was the youngest son of our oldest
daughter, Mary. He died of consump-
ton. He was "smart' ''boy-a great
student for one of his age. The same
paper gave you notice of the death of
Vane Smith, Il young man of about
the same age. He is grandson of
Fanny Clayton Smith. Life is strange
-one of these young men wanted to
live, and tried hard to live; the other
did not and went by his own choice.
We are having pretty good sea-
son, though it has been rather dry,
but we have been having good rains
in the last two days. Small grain is
good and corn looks good. Edgar has
about 80 acres of as promising a pros
pect for corn as | ever saw for this
time of year. The fruit crop is and
will be light. | usually have a good
many cherries. but this crop is light
will commence gathering as soon
as it stops raining and dries off. Our
school "boss" here of the Bethany
High School is n very popular young
man. He was born in Tazeweil but
his parents came West when he was
only three years old. He takes great
interest in loking over the G. V. News
as he has learned god deal about
his native land. AS you perhaps saw
IN tne NEWS, ne is q son OF George u.
Dougherty and grandson of John l..
Dougherty, an old settler of Tazewell.
Well, the Clinch Valley News is
the most interesting newspaper get.
Both of us read it and reread it when
it comes, and we look forward to
every Monday, when we get it-have
not got my mail this morning yet.
Our town appears to have "boom"
at present-the only "boom" it ever
had-it has always had a kind of
steady growth. Good residences are
going up-four in my immediate nei-
ghborhood, and the country seems to
be prospering, Notwithstanding the
fact that we have a democratic ad-
ministration. The "auto fever" is high
here and many are investing in au-
tos-more than / think ought to or
can afford them, and may cause some
trouble after while, and from what
can learn it is the same the country
over. But then, some of them can lay
it all to Wilson and his administra-
ton. We are going to have three tic
kets here at the coming election,
which gives us democrats a pretty