Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. 7. r. Peery are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. HARRISON
in Winter Haven, Florida.
Buford Tynes, of Huntington. W.
Va, is the guest of his parents, Capt.
and Mrs. A. j. Tynes.
Mr.. l.. d. Cole died Saturday at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. John
w. Owens, in Pocahontas. For
number of years he was manager of
the lead mines in Wythe county.
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Garrett Stevens, popular engi-
neer on the Norfolk and Western on
passenger trains and on this
division, was here on yesterday from
his home at Graham.
The attention of our readers is
called to an advertisement in this is
sue Offering for sale splendid mer-
camille business in one of the best
towns in West Virginia. 1t will pay
any prospective buyer to investigate
this offer.
George G. Peery, who went to Bat
tie Creek, Mich, recently to be with
Mrs. Peery, who has been receiving
treatment in hospital there, has
returned to his home in Wise accom-
panied by Mrs. Peery.
The Tannersville correspondent last
week reported that six ground hogs
had been killed and poried in that
section since February set in. Evil
IDENTIFY the hunters did not get the
right pig by the ear. He still seems
to be on the job.
In one chicken yard in this town
there are about fifteen laying hens
and a half dozen fine Indian Runner
ducks, all fed together, same feed,
at same time. The hens have been
laying right along all winter-the
ducks, not an egg. Which goes to
/ show that ducks need different feed
ing and management.
Miss Sallie Britain, who is teach
! ing at Cliffield, states that other dia-
monds, in addition to the one recently
! reported, have been found on the
farm of Mr.. Sanders Gillespie. The
/ theory that the stones were deposit
cd n the Gillespie farm by pigeons,
which used to abound in great num-
bers i'll that locality, is as yet the
only reason advanced by the wise
acres. who try to explain their pres
cnce III this section of country.
DR.. Walter Witten states that his
patient, Boothe, who has been under
treatment in his sanitarium at North
Tazewell, is getting on well, and
will soon be able to walk. Boothe
thinks now that before n fellow in
corporatcs into his creed the old prov
CRIB as Il working basis, "a good run
is better than n bad stand, he should
first have the race course well de-
fined before he starts.
The first thunder storm of the
year passed over the town and COM
munity last Monday afternoon. Thur
der and lightning was accompanied
by heavy rain fall which terminated
III sieet and freezing, and in snow
later in the night. On Tuesday morn
ing the ground was covered with a
heavy Snow. The first thunder of
the year came earlier than usual this
time.
Mary AsDury, woman past mid
die age, was brought to town Monday
by Constable f. p. Rutherford upon
the charge, it is said, of having set
fire to her husbands barn, in which
five cows were housed, two of which
were burned to death. The evidence
at preliminary hearing, was not
deemed sufficient to hold the woman
and she was returned TO her home
Report has it that she at one time
was an inmate of the hospital at Ma
rion.
A social event of interest to the
colored people of Tazewell was cele-
brated at Anawalt, w. Va, on last
Friday, when Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ
Woody were at home to their friends
the occasion being the fifteenth an
nlversary of their marriage. Mrs.
woody is sister to George and VIM
Nash, of this place; and a number of
relatives and friends journeyed over
to Anawalt to be present on the fes-
tive occasion.
A wedding in which Tazewell folks
VIII be interested was celebrated at
The home CT the bride in Lynchburp
in Wednesday the 4th, when Miss
Louise Rector became the bride of
Mr.. c. II. Beasley, one of the Hill
City's most successful and wealthy
business men. The bride, up until
some months back, was saleslady in
Chapman's store here, and by her
kind and gentle disposition made
friends of everyone with whom she
came in contact; and the best wishes
of her host of friends here will be
that her married life may be full of
the richest blessings.
The following is taken from the
Hamilton, Uoudoun Coz Enterprise.
Our "Bill' is showing the boys how
we do it in Tazewell, where heearn-
cd how: "Mr. W. r. Graham last
week sold to Mr.. T. S. Titus what
was said to be the handsomest bunch
of fat cattle in Loudoun county. There
were 36 of them and they were ship
ped in two loads of IS each. One
bunch averaged 1442 pounds h e
other 1912 pounds. Mr.. Graham got
a top price of 1925 for them"
Several more real estate trans
fers are reported in Pocahontas. L.
Kaufman, of Bluefield, has purchased
the w. II. Walters property, where
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