Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-02-20

best beloved women, have not been
at all well recently, and are no better
at this writing.
DIR. c. w. Greever has been limp
ing around for several days, as the
result of having sevely wrenched his
back in attempting to move a seven
hundred pound roll of linoleum at the
court house the other day.
William Greever, clerk in the store
of j. A. Greever, is in New York re-
ceiving treatment for an afflicted
eye.
Sergeant Thompson turned the
hose loose on the snow covered side
walks and streets on Wednesday and
soon had them clean. He can give
New York pointers on street clean
ing any day
At the recent meeting of the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge of Virginia, in
Richmond, Mr.. T. Fl. Davis, of Rich
lands was chosen district deputy
grand master-a deserving compli-
ment, and a position which he is
eminently fitted to fill.
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends who
befrlended us so cheerfully in our
recent sad bereavement-the death
of our husband and father. We can
never forget your tender ministra-
tions and sympathy.
Mrs. G. b. Fuller and Sons.
Swift's Red Steer Fertilizer will
be sold by us again this season. We
expect more demand than ever be-
fore, from the fact that it has given
good reuslts to the farmers who
have been using il. Look for the
name and brand on the bag. They
mean sOmthing.
Tazewell Supply Company.
The second quarterly meeting for
Tazewell and Burkes Garden circuit
viii be held at Pleasant Hill next
Saturday and Sunday, 21st and 22nd
OF February. AS the question of the
disposition of the parsonage in Burkes
Garden will come up this is an i'm
portant meeting. First service Sat
urday at / a. m. by Brother Hurley.
w. w. Hicks, Pastor.
A big land deal was consumated in
Russell county last week when j. b.
Adams sold his entire farm to Mason
Bros. and w. A. Fugate. The consid
Grafton was $31 900. This is one of
the finest farms in Russell county
Mr.. Adams is now living at Wood
lawn, N. c.
The joint educational conference of
the Sixth and Ninth districts meets
at East Radford state normal school
the 18th. President Eggleston of V.
+. L., Ex-Governor Tyler, DR.. J. p.
Mcconnell and other prominent ed
ucators are scheduled for addresses.
besides large number of leading
educators of the state. Mr.. ]. p.
Whit, of East Radford will be glad
to furnish detailed information.
The editor of this paper has been
down with his back"-the lumbapo
or lumbacko, rather. Miss Nancye
Leslie, fussing around among the
chickens at the barn, stepped on a
nail, which put her out of the fight.
In addition to these troubles and the
big snow, Mrs. Leslie is still awav
from home. Troubles, great and
small, never come singly. However.
the big machine in the office con-
tlnued in business, and the paper
came out on time.
Rural carriers, j. P. Barrett and
Frazier Mathews, have been greatly
handicapped in the delivery of mail
along their routes the past week.
wednesday was the first day since
the storm that Mr.. Barrett has been
able to cover his entire route. Other
carriers in the county have been
similarly handicapped. The Burkes
Garden carrier was snow bound for
several days. Burkes Garden was en-
tirely cut off from the outside world
until Wednesday.
United States Attorney Barnes Gil
lespie and Assistant Attorney T. ].
Muncy are in Roanoke this week at
tending Federal court. One of the
big cases to come up on the civil
docket at this term, is that of Mrs.
Loueila Gillespie against the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company. Mrs
Gillespie sues for 100000 for the
death of her husband, Engineer Fra
zier Gillespie, who was killed in n
wreck near Cleveland, Va, some |
thing like year ago. She is rep
resented in the suit by Hon. VIM. II.
Werth and Craovo. Il