Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-10-15

seems to be regarded as of secondary
Importance. "Go to see the train
first, Srnday School afterwards"
seems to be the motto. The trouble
is, i'm many places, that the Sunday
School work lies al. too lightly on
the hearts and minds of the people
everywhere. Some day, it is hoped,
we will all wake up to the Importance
of the work.
Prof. Gollehon and myself spoke at
Pounding Mill in the morning, and ut
Cedar Bluff in the afternoon. Mr..
Hartman was ut Richards in the
morning and at Pounding Mill in the
afternoon. And so we "stormed the
forts" all along the line, reaching
home on No. &, after hard, pleas
ant days work.
Two Schools at Pounding Mill.
There are two Sunday Schools at
Pounding Mill-one meeting in the
morning an one in the afternoon. Mr..
Sparks is Superintendent of one and
Mrs. w. b. Steele Superintendent of
the other. Both schools are doing
good work. We had fairly good au-
dience and spoke-Mr. Gollehon on
the Importance of an educated citi-
zenship in church and state, and |
made "few feeble remarks" on one of
the supreme needs just now, viz: to
enlist the help, cooperation and in
fluencc of the men in Sunday School
work. An effort will be made ut once
to organize mems Bible Class at
Pounding Mill. If the strong, intelli-
gent business men of the county could
see their way clear and their duty, to
throw the great weight of their in
flucnce and needed help to the Sunday
Schools revolution would be pro-
duced in religious circles in this
county.
With such intelligent and progressive
men as w. b. Steele, DR.. Zimmerman,
and others, Pounding Mill senior Bible
class should be heard from.
At Cedar Bluff.
Through the thoughtful kindness of
Mrs. r. X. Gillespie, Prof. Gollehon
and myself were able to reach Cedar
Bluff in the afternoon. She donated
Il horse and buggy for the time, and
we landed in fairly good shape. Our
audience was small, but select. A
number of the workers and others
were present to hear the speeches.
Prof. Gollehon made 4 different and
thought IL better address than at
Pounding Mill. He may have had a
slight touch of "stage fright" at
Pounding Mill, us he spoke first. At
Cedar Bluff | spoke in the lead and
he followed with a me address.
Mr.. w. f. Grinstead is the young
and enthusiastic superintendent. Mr.
/. A. Rcpass, ST., superintendent here
for years. was present. He goes
down the hill towards the setting sun,
calm, serene, and assured. He has
been for many years an earnest church
and Sunday School worker, as have
also his entire family. Hurt, Brown,
Sanders, and other handsome men,
were present, all interested in the
good work.
The Sunday School ut Indian, as it
is now called, is good one, one of
the best in the county, but would be
greatly helped if here, as elsewhere,
the men of the community could some
how be brought in.
The ladies and superintendent Grin
stead, will perhaps make an effort to
curtain the church off into separate
class rooms, so as to have private
room for each class. 1t is an impossi-
bility for Il school with five or six
grades to do the best work, with all
grades meeting and reciting Mt the
same time in a single room. In the
absence of separate rooms curtains
provide Il splendid substitute.
Side Lights.
had my Sunday dinner with Mr..
and Mrs. w. b. Steele. Bob" Ireson,
of North Taaewell. was here and he
helped out wonderfully in the Sunday
School service. Mrs. Mcclure, Mrs.
Steels mother and her pretty daught-
er, Miss Pearl. Bob and myself were
the company for dinner. Mrs. Steele's
handsome young daughter, Miss IVA.
was present. and Served" gracefully
at this hospitabc family board. |
heard somebody say once that this
cornely daughter, rescmbled her faith
cr, The resemblance is little diff
cult to notice when you see them
together. This is not saying, under
stand, that BILLY" is not handsome
man. Other people say that she is the
very image of her mother.
BILLY Steele is the leading mer-
chant and farmer of that section. He
has spread himself out all over the
hills on both sides of the railroad and
the Clinch. He raises big cattle, big
Doohe county corn, and is big man
IN body and heart. Billy can raise
anything, even cain, if he were to try.
but which he never does. His home
seems to be headquarters for all the
preachers, Sunday School speakers. ct
ais, and a royal welcome awaits and
grcets them all. AS to our dinner,
IT. is sufficient to say that it was Gus.
like EN-" No description could do it
justice; We did justice to it, howev-
er, and then some.
Prof. Golehon was guest in the hos
pltable and splendid home of Mr.. and
Mrs. X. X. Gillespie, about mile