Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-01-22
Local News

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DIR. J. r. Gross, the big doctor of
Maxwell, was here on Wednesday on
business.
Mrs. f. p. Edwards, who has been
ill with pneumonia for sometime is
reported better.
John w. McClintock, of the Jewell
| Ridge Coal Corporations clerical staff
at Jewell, spent last Sunday at his
home here.
Mr.. Grover Mcclure, who has been
employed at Excelsior, w. Va, for
turn to his home here III the next
few weeks.
Mrs. c. T. st. Clair and her friend,
Mrs. Henry Becker, of Bluefield, were
visitors to Tazewell Tuesday, having
come to attend the reception at Hon.
A. st. Clair's.
Read the striking big advertise
ment of NJ. j. Hawkins, in this issue.
He had also a large number of pos
tiers made, which he is scattering
all over the county.
The prettiest line of wall paper seen
this seen year is being shown by j.
Frank Alexander. Prices very low.
Frank Hopkins, of the N. & W.,
stationed in West Virginia, was at
home for short visit last week.
The people of Daleville, Botetourt
county, held Sunday School con-
vention last week, which judging from
the program, was an interesting and
profitable occasion. Any kind of n
convention held in Botetourt is inter-
esting.
Our information at this writing,
is to the effect that the new hotel will
be built, that the necessary amount
of stock has been subscribed. Mr.. w.
p. Payne cannot be found this morn
ing in order to verify this statement,
and we give it from what seems to
be an authentic source.
They are making big to do over
that White House baby born to Mr..
and Mrs. Sayre, the Presidents
daughter All right, but we can tell
! you of Il number of mothers in Taze-
we'll who wouldn't give their baby
for dozen white house babies.
II. S. Bowen has been in Richmond
recently and learned while there that
the state tax question is one of the
most difficult of questions. Of course.
Those who have been studying the
| ntln for H.,
ed the public of this from the start.
News reached Tazewell that Miss
Alice, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Carson, is in the Johnston Willis
sanitorium in Richmond for treat
ment of some nervous disorder. This
bright, young girl has many admir-
ers in TaZewell, who hope for her
speedy recovery.
John D., one of the big Foxes, of
Burke's Garden, was here on Wednes-
day and called at the office. He said
his neighborhood used to be called
"Foxtown," on account of the large
number of Foxes living there. Not
now, however, neary all of them are
gone; Pity, too, for they were good
people.
w. l. Boone, for a number of wears
a citizen of this town and editor of the
Tazewell Republican, is dead. His
death occurred one day last week, at
Thrifton, near Washington City. His
wife and five children survive. The
family are we'll remembered here.
where they had many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Claude Pobst and
son, Jack. returned home from Rad
for last Monday, where they had
spent the holidays.
Come to the Womans' Exchange
over W.T.. Witten's store and get your
Sunday dinner. Open Saturday at 3
p. m. Also hot chocolate, tea, sand
wiches and waters.
DR.. johnson and wife, who was
formerly Miss Jean May, of this town.
who have been in the Philippines for
the past two years, have returned TO
the United States and are now the
guest of DR.. Johnson's relatives at
Radford. The doctor has been as
signed to post in New Mexico.
to which place he will go as soon as
his furlough is completed.
Rev. Bittle Spracher, former we'll
knoWn citizen OF Graham, died at
Chattanooga, Tenn, Thursday night of
smallpox, and on account of the dis
ease being contagious his body could |
not be brought home for burial and
was inferred in Tennessee. Deceased
was son of Eratus Spracher, and |
was born in Burke's Garden. He was
minister of the Lutheran church.
The Bluefeld Telegraph says that
the N. & w. station at Graham was
broken into on last Monday night and |
gallon of whiskey stolen, and on the |
same night Hoyt Warren's barber
shop was robbed of number of |
razors, supposed by the same thief. |
Either and each of these articles are
dangerous weapons. but fellow load |
ed with both at the same time is a |
dangerous animal to be at large.
Our. young friend, Raleigh Comp
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