Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-03-19
WEEKS NEWS OF
POUNDING MILL
Happenings Interestingly Told
by Our CorrespOndent-The
Sick and the Well, the Wise
and the Otherwise.

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. M. Spark.
ON Sunday and on Monday underwent
an operation of the throat and nose
having his tonsils and adnoids re.
moved by DIR. Williams ut Richlands
His mother visited him yesterday nf.
telnoon and reported him doing nice
ly. Ne
Miss RebeGah Williams is reported
rs beng much worse today, as is also
Mr.. John Robinett. Their friends AND
| relatives are very anxious about them
Miss Maude Petts has been quite
sick the past week.
DR.. G. l.. Zimmerman has been on
the sick list the past few DAYS. but is
much bettor. His illness is believed
to have been caused from overwork.
Mrs. Reese Ringstaff is reported as
being no better. She is very i'll.
Miss iva Steele who has had ty-
phoid, came down stairs from her
room for the first time today. Her
desire to. get to the table indicates
that she is recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Rings.air's lit
tile son is recovering from n mild
case of typhoid.
Mr.. +. Myers is reported much bet
ter. The new anti-toXinc for rheu-
ma ism ind wordcra iCr him His
siaier, Eiiss Maggie Myers, OF Ports
mouth, came yesterday u spend some
timo with him.
w. M. Mitchell is reported as not
being as well. 1t is thought thai the
new rheumatism anti tovnc would
benefit him, but he is not aDlc to buy
the medicine, which is expcasWe.
Mrs. Robert Fetts, who gave bir.h
to n fine boy baLy las, Mcc !, il not so
we'll. She is suffering er n IL bcalcd
n:"asS.
Miss Rosa Brown, primary subS;i-
tutc in tho school here, waH AT her
home Mt Cedar Bluff the last Of the
week, and reports her sister, Mias
Mary, who has typhoid, as doing
nicely and hopes to soon be oLt
again.
Mrs. VIM. Johnson, wife of cngi-
necr Johnson, of the N. g. W., came
down from Blucfield Saturday after
noon to see her sister, Mrs. james
Johnson, and incidentally get "A few
eggs, butter, etc. The latter being a
scarce article here MS well as else
where, she returned on No. 6 empty
handed.
Rev. Wiley Yost, of Gap Store,
ment here Sunday night, as the lat
tire was in n protracted meeting near
Mr.. Yost's home. The Rev. Yost's
sermon was pronounced by those who
heard it as one of unusual excellence.
lie was the guest of his cousin, Mrs.
w. B. Steele and family.
Miss Nell George, of Tazowell,
spent Friday afternoon with Miss
IVA Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hunter and lit
tie daughter, Charlotte, spent Monday
night at Tazewcll, and attended the
Masonic banquet.
Mrs. w. b. Steele attended the
Eastern Star banquet at Tazewell on
last Friday night, and took the de-
grees. She was the guest of her
cousin, Mrs. II. A. Reass, Jr., and re-
ported fine time.
Miss Margaret Hurt, returned Sat
urday 'front.' azewcll. Her cousin,
Miss Barbara Britain returned with
her and is spending sometime here
with relatives.
Mrs. Jane A. Mcclure and daught-
er, Miss Pearl, of Cedar Bluff, spent
Sunday visiting their relatives, Mrs.
w. b. Steele and family.
Mr.. Albert Lowe moved his family
on Monday to the Birdine ClaypoOl
place on Claypool Branch. Little
James Mcclure came up from that
place with the wagons and was a
pleasant little visitor to relatives for
n short time.
w. b. Steele, who has been suffer
ing with cold most all winter, sue
cumbed to the inevitable today and
took to his bed and summoned a doc
tor.
The Rev. w. S. Bullard, pastor of
the Tazewell Christian church, has an
appointment here for next Sunday at
IL o'clock. You should hear him.
Thomas Gillespie, of Wittens Mills,
visited his brother, William, here on
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Altizer have
sold their house and lot on Pounding
Mill Branch to Mrs. John Pruett and
will probably move to Cedar Bluff.
Miss Mabel Bourne returned Mon
day afternoon to Bondtown, after
Miss iva Steele.
The following youngsters took a
hay ride to the Old Maids Convention
at Ceuar BluH on last saturday nlRnt
Misses Margaret Hurt, Barbara Brit
tain, Mary B. and Jessie Gillespie,
Lois Hurt, Messrs. George Hurt, Fred
and Harvey George Gillespie. They
report good time, and say the play
was fine. About $4,000 was realized
therefrom.
Miss Velle Burnett is out again af-
ter few days illness with tonsilitis
Mrs. w. G. Gillespie was on the
sick list few days last week.
Rev. Mr.. Hughes, the Episcopal min
lister, has a nappointment here next
Sunday night. Remember the date
Mrs. John Azbury, of Richlands
who was here recently, looking after
her new grandson, as returned.
Mr.. James Neel spent Saturday
night and Sunday with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Neel, near Paint
Lick.
/ Friends and relatives here were sor.
ry to hear of the death of Mr.. Ella:
Witt, an aged Confederate soldier
which occurred at his home in Nc
CURE Valley about two weeks ago