Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-05
Weeks News of Pounding Mill.

Pounding Mill, Feb. 3-Misses Mary
Brown and Garnett Pharr, teachers
here, attended the teachers associa-
ton at Tazewell last Friday and Sat
urday.
Mr.. j. II. Williamson and Mr.. Craig
attended the Masonic Lodge at Taze-
we'll Saturday night.
MIR. John b. Gillespie, travelling
salesman, was interviewing the mer-
chants here Tuesday, and was the
guest of his brother, WIG. Gillespie
for dinner.
Mrs. w. b. Steele spent Friday night
and Saturday visiting her mother,
Mrs. Jane A. Mcclure at Cedar Bluff.
Rev. r. E. Greear, the Methodist
minister at Cedar Bluff, preached an
excellent sermon here Sunday last,
and was the guest of Mrs. Rebekah
Williams to dinner.
Rev. G. w. Doyle, of Boston, visit
ed friends here Monday and Tuesday.
He was on his way to Wise courthouse
to hold protracted meeting. Will
hold several meetings before his re-
turn to Boston. Preached in Blue
field Sunday and Sunday night. His
old friends here were glad to see him
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c.. Shamblin have
had a very sick baby of pneumonia,
the past week, but is better. DR..
Zimmerman is the attending physic-
ian.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion Nc
Guire and two handsome little boys,
have moved into the bungalow up the
canyon, ION Claypool Branch.) They
have been married over eight years
and have never kept house by them
selves before. The old home on the
hill is lonely without them. A num-
ber of relatives and friends gave
them a pounding.
Mr.. George Steele, of the firm of
q. w. Steele & Company, of War,
w. Va, spent last night in the city
with relatives on his way to TaZe-
well. He will soon move on his fine
farm recently purchased from the
heirs of the late George Henkle. at
Bandy, while his brother, c. W., will
run the store at War.
VIM. G. Gillespie spent Saturday
night and Sunday visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gillespie at Wit
tens Mills. (Bill may have said he
went home, but he didn't; he stopped
at Tazewell for the Masonic Lodge
meeting Saturday night.-Merg.)
DR.. u. w. Zimmerman has bought
a fine Metz, two seated auto from
DR.. r. B. Gillespie, of Tazewell.
Mr.. William johnson, of Bland,
was here visiting his children Tues
day. He is still nursing the hand
from which he lost three, (or part
of three), fingers at saw mill.
We unintenionally neglected to men,
tion the splendid sermon Oh the 4th
Sunday night, delivered by Rev. T.
II. Campbell, the Baptist minister, of
Tazewell, who filled Rev. w. S. Bull
lard's appointment. He was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Christian to
supper and Mr.. and Mrs. II. X. Gill
lespie to dinner.
Mrs. G. w. Brewster and little
daughter visited his mother at En-
glish Friday and Saturday.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet next Sunday just af-
ter the Sunday School. All members
are urged to be present. Others are
invited.
The farmers here are having some
time with their lambs, but pretty
good luck.
The following is a clipping from
the January "Dixie Miller" publish
ed at Atlanta, Ca:
"Ten thousand barrels of flour were
shipped to Norfolk from Louisville
KY, on January 18th, to be trans
ported abroad for the work of relief
in Belgium. The order was PLACED
with Louisville millers by the Rock
efeller foundation. Another ordel
for like quantity will be shipped i,
a few days to French millers."
This will help some.
Mrs. j. T. Altizer and children
Gladys and Lena, attended the "Pas
sion Play" at Richlands Friday night
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