Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-13
Local News

Mr.. Ed Goodman continues very
ill at his home in Burkes Garden.
Nye Britts was in Lynchburg first
of the week to attend United States
court.
Good secopd hand one-horse wagon
for sale cheap. Apply to Thomas
Hankins, Tazewell, Va.
Miss Bessie Lefrel, of Shawvers
Mills, was in town Wednesday the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Graf NJ. Null
lin.
Hon. C. S. Pendleton, Republican
chairman of the Ninth district com
mittee, was here on last Friday from
his home in Scott county.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Page, of Blue
field, were here first of the week the
guests of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. +. Kelly.
Hon. Barnes Gillespie and Hon. T.
j. Muncy were in Lynchburg first of
the week attending United States
court. They returned to Tazewell on
Wednesday.
Mr.. w. p. Payne and son, Charles,
of Bandy, were in the city this week.
Mr.. Payne stated he lost two hun
dred out of five hundred lambs dur
ing the recent cold spell.
Saul Miller and Capt. A. w. Lam
don, of Pocahontas, attending the
convention here on Tuesday, were
callers at this office on that day.
LOST--A five dollar bill was lost
on the street between Jeff Wards
store and the pOstOfIicc Tuesday by
young lady. She will appreciate il
if finder will return the money to this
Office and receive reward.
George w. Oney, who spent the
winter in Hot Springs, Ark, left
there on yesterday for his home in
Tazcwcll. He is delighted with
Hot Springs as a winter resort.
The regular meeting of the Order
of the Eastern Star will be held in
the Masonic hall tonight. officers for
the ensuing year will be elected to-
night, and full attendance of the
members is requested.
Both of the city's drug stores are
getting ready for the Spring and sum.
mer soda water trade. Milk shali-
ers, driven by either direct or alter
mating current, have been installed in
each store
Miss Ella Bowen went to Roanoke
Wednesday evening to be present at
the funeral and burial of her cousin,
Mr.. st. Clair Stuart, which took
place in that city on Thursday.
Sidney Colling was here from Welch
Sunday to spend the day with his
parents, Judge and Mrs. S. NJ. b.
Coulling.
Magistrate j. w. Blankenship and
Constable l.. ID. Boyd, of Raven.
were visitors to the city on Wednes-
day. Each of the gentlemen report
the coal business looking up in their
section.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Higginbotham
moved to their beautiful new home
on the south side of town first of the
week. The home is said to be one
of the handsomest and most convent
ent in the county. Mr.. and Mrs. ii.
Claude Pobst will move into the res
idence vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Hig-
ginbotham.
Mr.. A. z. Litz sold to Hon. w. p.
Payne, of Bandy, on Tuesday eight
and one-half acres of land on the
Surface farm west of town. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Payne paid $3.50
per acre for the land, and that he will
build fine residence on the site the
coming summer.
Chapman II. Peery, of Indian,
was here on Tuesday attending the
convention. He doubts Hon. w. b.
! Payne's claim of "riding the best
I saddle horse in Southwest Virginia.
He says his neighbor, David X. Bea-
vers has Il good gray horse.
The pleasing intelligence reaches
town that Miss Mabel Williams,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C. Will
liams, of North Tazewell, who re-
Gently entered Martha Washington
College, at Abingdon, is greatly i'm
proving in health, and is enjoying
the experience of attending boarding
school.
DR.. o. j. HUH, the government in
spector for the Tazewell Packing
Company, has been enrolled among
! the large list of subscribers to this
paper at North Tazewell. The doctor
thinks the Tazewell Packing Com
pany has a bright future, and that
1t will soon have to enlarge its plant
to meet the demands of its growing
business.
The suit of Mrs Louella Gillespie
against the Norfolk and Western Rail
way, mention of which has been
made in the News on several occa-
slons, came to a close in the Federal
court in Roanoke on last Saturday
night, the jury awarding Mrs. Gil
lespie damages in the sum of $4,000.
A number of new subscribers and
renewals of old subscriptions have
been received at this Office this week,
taking advantage of the old rate of
Sl.0O per year. Remember, after
May 1st all new subscriptions will
be 81 80 per year. Renewals after
May lst will be at the new rate from
the date of next expiration of sub
scription.