Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-09-08
POUNDING MILL GOSSIP
School Opens With Same Fac
ulty-L. Il. DavOll Dead in
Alabama.

Pounding Mill, Sept 6.-School
opened here Monday, with the same
teachers MS last year, viz: Misses
Grnce and Bessie Sayers, and Edith
Williamson. They board with Mrs.
II. K. Gillespie.
Mrs. II, w. Christian and DAUGHTER.
Miss Gussic, Mrs. Martha Spnrks.
Mrs. Toby Sparks. attended the con
vention Of the Christian ch,:rch nj
Fazcwcll last week
X. X. Gillespie is in Russell county
This week, buying cattle, while hls son
Fred is in Cincinnati with car of fat
cattle.
Mrs. Matte Altizor and children
nre visiting relatives in Richlnnds
Tie ice crcnm supper given by che
w. G. II. u. and others in the t'nion
church Inst Saturday night was a
t;rrat success. S3055 was taken in.
The w. G.. Y. IT, wishes to thank
every one for their support.
MIR. and Mrs. james Mulkcy and
children returned Saturday from n
visit to Mrs. Alice links, in johnson
City.
Misses Mary and Kntie Hurt, Jcs-
sic AMI ollie Kate Gillespie, and lIav-
ld Hurt have gone to Tnzcwell to at
t"nu the High School.
Harry Williams; who hrs been here
from Williamson to see ol friends.
and has been the guest 3f his cousin.
Mrs, lulin Williams, lcf. last night
Tor his home. He will enter lIampdcn-
Sidney college this year. lie is Il nice
shnp, and We predict II bright future.
w. li. Steele. who was very sick lns,
week, is now able to be out ugnin.
Miss Ada PrueLt left Saturday for
iynchburg, where she entered Pied
mont Business College
Mrs. Julia Williams and Mrs. w.
u. Steele went n delegates to the W
q: Il. u. county convention Inst
Thursday, held ut Raven. Quite n
number of delegates were present,
with the county president, Mrs. w. G..
ol:ricn, presiding. Much work was
done and plans perfected for the big
State convention, which meets in
Iazcwcll Sept. 26-29. About $50 dele
ratcs are expected. We trust and be.
lieve every Union will "look sharp"
bout the lunch on each day assigned
hem, ns well rs the other work Oh
hand. Eoch delegate was very en-
thusiasiic over the approaching con-
vehtlon, as well as the convention nL
Raven. Some of the Indies who enter
tanned ut Raven were Mrs. George
Mccall, Mrs. VIM. IIearn, and her
sistcr-in-law, Mrs. llearn, Mrs. .Jo-
Rev. Henry y. Foster, who preach
God, returned TO Coeburn Monday
morning.
Rev. r. +. Grecar, Maxwell, hns an
appointment at the Methodist church
here next Sunday night. All are cor
daily invited.
Mrs. II. b. Steele, of Steelsburg,
was the guest Of Mrs. II. X. Gillespie
Saturday night.
Mrs. c.. II. Traycr was called to
Roanoke Friday on account of the
illness of her sister
Miss Mabel Bourne, of Grafton.
who spent several days with her cou-
sins, Mrs. w. B. Steele and Mrs. j.
B. Gillespie, returned home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Hunter. their
guest, Mrs. Coleman, of Alabam, and
Dr.. Zimmerman, were sight seeing in
Russell county yesterday and in Bur-
kc's Garden Friday.
Mrs. Mary O'Kceffe was down from
""S WI IHi stoy W SCc llcT RTuflu
daughter, Miss Mary b. Gillcspie.
who has had malaria. She is much
better now.
1t was with deepregrct that friends
here and at Cedar Bluff heard of the
death of L. f. Davoll Mt his home in
Fort Payne, Ala, on Aug. 90. He
died of acute Indigestion, being i'll
only few days. He put in the dam
and new machinery of the Cedar
Bluff Roller Mills, owned by the late
j. Marion Mcclure, and his foot
print, as well as that Of Mr.. Nc
Guire, can still be seen on the cement
dam. He was born in Metamoiia, O.,
June ID, 1857, and went tc Ft. Payne
from Roanoke about year ago. He
leaves wife and five children. Fun
eral services were conducted by Rev.
W. r. Draper, of the Methodist
church.