Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-11-20
Local News

Rlr. w. l.. Painter, of Coeburn, was
here this week displaying his line of
shoes.
DIR. j. r. Gross, the big doctor from
Maxwell, was here on yesterday on
business.
Miss Annie Steele, of Pounding
Mill, left last week for Piedmont Bus
mess College.
Mr.. j. II. Beavers, of Cedar Bluff,
was here this week. He has recently
Bandy.
Will Corcll, of Thompson Valley,
was in town Wednesday offering for
sale fine Thanksgiving turkeys at ii
cents per pound
Mr.. w. T. Gillespie, of the National
Bank, spent last Sunday with his
daughter, Miss Meta, at the Woman's
College, in Lynchburg.
Senator j. p. Royal and Mr.. ]. p.
Knoll have been in Bland county this
week on business. Dir. Knoll owns
large boundary of valuable land in
Bland.
Acting postmaster A. b. Buchanan
received handsomely engraved COM
mission from President Wilson this
week, certifying to his appointment
to the office here. ~
Miss jamie Thompson, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Thompson, of
Tazewell, has recently accepted a po-
sition as teacher of music for the
Witten's Mills High School,:
The stockholders of the TaZewell
Fair Association at recent meeting
declared dividend of per cent. It.
was decided to offer purses for racing
next year.
Alex Carico, the fat, jolly travelling
man, who is remembered by many
Tazewell people, having been stu
dent at TaZewell College for a num-
Der of years, was here this week.
Luther, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Vandylte, who went to San An
tonic, Texas, Il month or so ago, has
returned to Tazewell-like San Anton
well enough, but Tazewell better.
The firm of j. S. Pickett G. Co., the !
Thompson Valley merchants, has re-
Gently undergone Il change. Mr.. S. |
w. Young has purchased an interest |
in the firm, the owners of which are |
now j. S. Pickett and Mr.. Young.
Mr.. H. w. Pobst is moving into |
his new store this week. His line of |
Christmas goods has begun to arrive, |
and in few days he will be in bet |
ter shape than ever to take care of |
the business. The building is several |
feet longer than before the fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Steele have
had Il valuable addition made to their |
property on Tazewell avenue, pur-
chase recently from b. +. Lewis. A |
bathroom and other additions and |
changes, have added greatly to the
comfort of the family.
Mr.. P. II. Lawson has put up his
lime-grinding plant in East Taze-
well, on the lot of DR.. Copenhaver,
and will grind the piles of limestone
rock in that section into lime. He |
gets out the stone, grinds the lime |
for $3.50 ton. If you want ground |
limestone see Mr. Lawson.
News from the bedside of Billion
Peck is not encouraging. A surgical |
operation was performed upon him |
several days ago, in the hope of re-
lleving him from some abscess on the |
liver. While the operation is said to
have been quite successful the ex-
pected and hoped for relief has not |
yet resulted. His condition is seri-
Gus.
From private sources it is stated |
that Attorney and Mrs. Geo. c.
Pecry have disposed of their possess
sions in Wise and will return to Taze-
well. This report is evidently COR
rect, considering that both of these
good people were brought up from the
cradle, in TaZewell, and where this is
the case no other place satisfies like !
Tazewell.
Mr.. Ham Barnett is seriously ill at |
his home near Grafton. His trouble |
is an old one-a cancer, and no hope |
is entertained of his recovery. To |
these good old people, Mrs. Barnett |
fell, few weeks ago, and broke her
arm, and has been in the repair shop |
for some time. She will soon be well |
again, barring accidents.
Rev. Mr.. Stockton, of Iron Gate, |
Va, has been preaching for several |
weeks in Thompson Valley and the |
Cove, with view of accepting the |
passionate of the Presbyterian church.
es at those places. 1t is reported that |
he has been invited to the field, and |
that he has the matter under consid- |
Grafton.
Zeb Cosby, colored, convict No. |
1864, a "trusty" at the camp west Of |
Tazewell, made his escape Wednesday
night about 6 O'Clock and 1uas lnSt |