Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-12-08


another column.
While certain Tazcwcll people are
talking of buying their minister an
automobile, certain other people turn
cd in and bought their preacher one
Mt once. Like the Germans. they did
the thing while the Allies arc
getting ready.
razewcll will be represented in
the Southern Commrcial Congress
hich meets in Norfolk next week by
hose gentlemen: a. c. Kiscr. j. r.
Hcldrcth, ID. Il. Daniels, W. a. Scott,
y. S. Grccvcr. J. NJ. Newton. j. N.
ilarman and possibly others.
w. w. Witten. of Crystal, w. Va,
has been ut his home ut Wittcns
Mills this week on business. 1t was
reported soma time ago that Mr.. Wit
ten was preparing to forsalie the life
of single blcssedncss, but the report
was false and slanderous, for he has
no such ideas.
1t is always safer to deal with
people who advertise \ fake cannot
dare not-advertisc through The
newspapers if he expects to keen
nut of jail. in nincty-ninc cases
out of a hundred you can RELY unon
the regular advertisers 1t doesn't
pay to fake. and the fake knows it.
or soon finds it out
Frank Alexander has been paint
ing and Frightening up things on the
estate of S. J. Thompson in the Cove
the past week. Mr.. Alexander calls
that section of the county the ham
and egg district, and whenever he
gets Il job thcreabouts he makes it
last us long as possible.
Attorney VIM. II. Wcrth returned
from Richmond Tuesday. He argued
in the U. S. Circuit Court of APP
peals the case of Mrs. Sallic C. Re.
pass against the Big Vein Coal Co..
for damages on account of the death
OF her son, who was killed in the
mines several months ago.
The district stewards of the Taze-
well NJ. L. Church. South. will mcctc
in Tazcwell Tuesday, December -.
ut IL Il. m. \ representative from
each pastoral charge in the district
will be present. The purpose of the
meeting is to attend to the financial
interests Of the tnirc territory.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. NJ Black will leave
lust after Christmas for Palm Beach
Ella, where Mr.. Black has u winter
business during the resort season.
The studio in TaZcwcl will be closed
December 18th, in order that Mr..
Back may be able 70 finish the work
he has promised for Christmas.
w. b. Spratt, OF Richards, was
here this week attending court. Mr..
Snratt. and his son. IL. l.. Spratt. of
his town. are mining coal near Rich
lands and getting handsome prices
for every pound they can get out of
me ground. Goal mining just at
this time beats practicing law all
icces.
II: ?. Linkous, the "molasses man"
Of Dry Fork, was here Wednesday
delivering the goods. Henry said,
They are 75c a gallon now, and NAV
so higher under the Democratic nd-
ministration." But. nevertheless
we've go to have "'cm" all the same
What is home without buckwheat
cakes, sorghum and sausage?
The Richmond papers carried the
account of the robbery last week
OF Hon. w. l.. Moore. Of this town.
who was at the capitol attending the
annual meeting of the Teachers AS
Soclation. The Squire was touched by
some light fingered gentry, who no
doubt knew that he had plenty of
money and could afford the loss bet
ter than some others who attended
from this place.
John William, young son of Dr.
and Mrs. r. p. Copenhaver, has lost
a pig. The little pig, about two
months old, had no specially distin-
gushing marks on him but John
William can recognize him if he sees
him. The party who has that pip
had better return him to John Will
liam at once, as pork is high and
he can't afford to lose even a little
pig. Fetch the pig home.
James Davis, young man 90 years
old, died at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Jerry Johnson, in this town last
Sunday morning from appendicitis.
The funeral services were held in the
Methodist church Monday morning,
and interment occurred at his former
home near Maxwell. Some weeks
before his death the deceased ex-
pressed his willingness and desire
to face his Maker, and that all was