Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-07-10
LADY PREACHER At
POUNDING MILL
Holds Protracted Meeting, at
Which Are Many Conversions.
The 9TH Celebrated.

Founding Mill, July 7.-"Thc Clio
rious Fourth" passed here without
any fuss or fights SO far as can be
learned. The picnic was !. grand sue
. cess. in spite of the rain that foil
gust Mt the close OF dinner. A very
large crowd was present all along the
line from Princeton to pcnl,own
There were two excellent addresses
by Rev. Mamie Belle Osborne. and
Mrs. Mary O'Kccifc. Mrs. O'Keolre
said in part that Southwest Virrinin
perhaps cxcellod in hospitality and
i'ne stock of all kinds and she hoped
they'd excel in numbers in casting
their votes in Sept. for Statewide
Prohibition. Those who missed these
most excellent addresses missed II big
treat. An abundance Of dinner was
left over and carried back home: hun
dreds OF pounds of beef, ham, and
chicken were cooked and taken to the
grounds. All kinds of good things to
eat were there. Many from n distance
brought baskets filled 10 the ton with
good things. The ice cream and lem
onade sold amounted to S35.7O ex-
penses $l6.60 leaving an amount for
the w. c. Il. u. of $l9.lO. There was
nothing to eat inferior, but of the best.
The people here and others elsewhere
hope to have another picnic here next
year on July 4th.
The following arc some of the Wis
itors here from Il distance: Mr.. and
Mrs. Hoke, Princeton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Shannon Faulkner, Springvillc; ]. B.
Gillespie, Witten's Mills; Mr.. and Mrs
Robert lrcson and little daughter,
North Tazewcll; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Grecar, Gillespie; Mrs. Charles GRAY
beal, Miss Elsie Graybeal, Miss Vir-
ginia Maxwell, Rev. Edward Smith
Mrs. Jones, Will Tom Daley. from
Maxwell; Mrs. j. Marion Mcclure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Mcclure and chill
dren, of Cedar Bluff; Mrs. Draper and
children, and Mrs. Authenwreith. of
Richlands; Mr.. Arthur Greenr. Rev.
A. N. Conner, and others, of Iona-
ker; Mrs. Eliza Lester, and dauph-
ters, Misses Wyrene and Madgc. of
Tazewcll; Buford Alder and Miss Ma
bel Bourne, of Bondtown; Mrs. John
son, of Pisgah; Will ices Sparks. of
Dante.
Mrs. Mamie B. OSBORNE preached
here Sunday at II o'clock, and in the
afternoon returned to Honaker. where
she preached in the street ut 7 O'Clock
to about 500 people. The peopl. came
IN wagons, hacks, buggies and auto
mobiles. The meeting at the church
that night lasted until IL o'clock in
spite of the fact that it was dismissed
three times. During her part of the
two weeks meeting between twenty
five and thirty conversions are re-
ported, besides large number of
back-sliders, renewed their covenant
with God. All the ministers of tb,
town were present the last night.
Thre were six additions TO the Ban
tist church, four to the Methodist
and two TO the M. T.. South. She spoke
of the kind people in glowing terms
of praise for their hospitality. She,
held the meeting for Rev. a. N. Con-
ner, the pastor of the NJ. f. church.
Mr.. James Osborne, father-in-law of
Mrs. Osborne, attended the meetings
on Sunday night at IIonaker, and
said he neeVr saw anything like it
such an interest-and on Monday ac-
companied Mrs. Osborne to her home
IN Princeton for visit.
Several from here attended the
meeting of the Church of God at In
dian on last Sunday. The preacher is
Rev. r. N. Reedy, of Trinidad, Brit
ish West Indies. He and his wife
and children came over to attend the
big assembly of the church of God AT
Ind, on June 18th to q.
This is his second trip to this coun-
try. His sermons are good and his