Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-06-25


"Get right with God" rings out the
Evangelist in every sermon. There are
some people in this town who need to
get right" with each other, as well.
Yesterdays papers state that Vic
tor Gillespie, son of DR.. r. b. Gil
lespie, of Tazewell, has been promoted
to Captaincy at V. NJ. l. He was also
reelected captain of the baseball
team for another year.
Many of our readers will reoret
the passing of the gentle, genial, anI
gentlemanly physician, DIR. thinner
man. He was man whom to know
was to love and appreciate. May the
sod of the valley rest lightly upon him.
MIR. J. ID. Peery bought a Hudson
this week from Star Motor Co. MIR.
): j.. Thompson, MIR. w. X. Bowen,
MIR. J. ii. Elswick, Mr.. ]. Nj. Wilson,
bought Ford cars this week.
Our mill start next week. If you
want flour in exchange for NEW
| WHEAT come and see us.
STAR MILLING co.
Mrs. NJ. +. Mcclure and her grand
daughter, Miss Reed, Cedar Bluff.
were shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Repass, Cedar Bluff, is the
guest of her son, T. A. Repass, Jr.,
and enjoying the big revival.
Mr.. C. II. Peery, his daughter, Mrs.
Geo. P. Hall, and her daughter, Miss
Kate, left the first of the week for
San Francisco, to attend the big show.
Mcconnell Brothers have finished
the walls of the Chapman, Peery law
building. Contractor Kiser is going
ahead with the woodwork, Kincer and
Vermillion and Captain Cooper are
pushing the street work, and there's
something going on In that part of
the town.
Messrs Erastus Leffel, Walter Left.
ell, Miss Lucille Jones and Miss Jose.
phine DUNCAN, "Forded" up from
Grafton last Sunday afternoon, to
: North Tazewell, to bring Miss Duni
gan to the train. She went for visit
to Cedar Bluff.
Sire the Evangelist's great sermon
5 on Wednesday night, the Anania,
: Club of this town has disbanded. Nov
] let the Sapphira Clubs do likewise.
In the meantime Silas Green's shov
j, paraded the streets and the ban,
+ gave free concert and the shoy
tent was crowded to its full capacity
D and then some. 1t is estimated tina
:. at least 400 Tazewell people, whit
n and colored, were present to see tn
r show.
= Mr.. H. w. Pobst, in keeping wit
!. the progress and modernization O
|. things, is installing in his jewelr
!. store wireless apparatus for get
ting the time from Washington. TIL
Z instrument will record the exact tim
/ at II noon and 10 p. m. DIR. G. N
|. kilby, who has similar plant i
|. Lynchburg, will install the device her
T for Mr.. Pobst. He expects to have
! in operation by Monday.
10
/ Our friend "Ebb" Witten, Grund,
+ Va, now attending the Panama EXPO
I sition, has been greatly inspired b
|. the balmy breezes, etc, which swee
|. through and around the Golden Gate
!. In expressing himself he "drops int
L poetry" Prose has become tame an
/ obsolete with this mountain candi
+ date for the Legislature. You will, O
|. course, read his poem.
Mrs. T. A. Draper, Rev. Mr.. Starkt
|. his son, and Mrs. Draper's mother
/. motored up from Richards on Wed
/. nesday, and spent some time here
I. returning in the afternoon. The re
|. vival meeting conducted by Mr.. Stark
+ at Richards has been very successfu
|. and is still in progress. Some 40 pre-
- fessions were counted at Tuesda
nights service.
Thos. M. RICHTER, President, an
X. M. Smith, director of the Jewe1
Ridge Coal Corporation, have been i
the county several days this week. TIL
first part of the week was spent in in
speeding the company's fine coal opera
ton at Jewell, and on Wednesday tn
gentlemen were taken by Mr.. 81
Clair to different points of interest i
the county. Messrs. Smith and Righte
are from Pennsylvania, and greatl
admired the natural beauty and pic
turesqueness of this section.