Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-09-08
NEW TERRITORY
INVADED SUNDAY
Flying Squadron" Besieges
baptist Valley-Speeches at
Lockhart's Chapel and at
Bandy Schools.

gossip herein, which may be of in
tercst to some folks who are interest
cd in the great Sunday School work
III the county. There were two Ex's
IN tho party-Ex- President C. r.
Brown, and Ex- Secretary J. A. Les
he, and Mr.. +. ii. Forbes, the new
secretary of the County Sunday
School Association.
we Travelled pleasantly in Held
reths llupp. most of the rond being
smooth and fine, except IL gap or two
in Baptist Valley.
AT LoCKIlART'S CHAPEL. AT
| BANDY.
Our destination was Bandy. ON Tho
Cedar Bluff cutoff, where IS locnted
Lockharts Chapel, one of the oldest
places Of worship in the county. How
ever the original church buil,l;ig was
replaced 10y new one when the rail
road was built Up Indian Creek, and
the site changed. The present build
ihg' new one, is just across the
creek, and hct far from where tho
rmcr structure stood. The buildn u
Is roomy and nice, seated with opera
chairs, has II nice pulpit am, plat
torn, and is credit to the ccminu-
nifty.
awe 80 ithlNolN, IoOIl.
The Squadron reached the church
ABOUT i0:3O, and soon thereafter were
ut work, trying it's level best To point
out to the good people present, rs
pest they might, reasons why the
sunday Schools should he fostercd,
ana why the best there is in us nil is
needed in the great work. The peoplr
were charitable and kind enough to
listen, and to say that tho speeches.
were good.
Mr. John a. Vernon is Supcrinten-
dcnt' lie is doing his best with the
help OF II number of good women. and
y surprisingly small number of men.
The men around Lockhnrt's Chanel
seem to think that the Sunday School
work IS not mans job. Mr.. LAWYER
iiarrisSon, brother TO the late George
iinrrisson, who died in this town
some years ago, is teacher for the
ihble class. and renders good service.
.. NJ. Alley, j. a. Payne and num-
her oil representatives of other school,
were present.
we had our dinner with Mr. Vernon
ht ms home, about u mile from tho
church-(l thought it was about 5)--
ana lirsI class one il was, just such
an one rs you expect in the homcof
II prosperous, Tnzeweli county farm
or. Vernon lives hgh--l mean geo
graphically His home is on an elc-
waited plateau, and, like heaven, II
little hard to reach but all rirht inter
you get there. He ndjoins. almost, tho
farm of the late w. =. Payne, and
looks north, south, east and west upon
miles and miles of billowy hills and
towering mountains, glance around
snow That he is pninS-taliinp. sys-
tcmatic farmer. He has fine Berk
shire hogs, and pair of long Legged,
long-earcd, strong mulcs-the only
animals which ! snw, and these last
named ] looked over at safe dis
tance-in front.
!''s chief wealth, earthly, | mcan),
consists in his family of bright b,.ys
and girls. One son is Methodist
minister Rev. w. L. Vernon, now at
Chnttaroi, w. Fn.; one is with John
iccry ut Gary; one daughter, married
Mr.. Snrgeant, and one Mr.. Settle,
and settled in Bristol, (no pun), and
tnree girls and baby boy are still
ut home.
AT Mr.. Vcrnon's we met Mrs. Whit.
The aged sister of the late Boston
Steele, and mother of Mrs. Oscar
Young, of Cucumber, w. Va. She has
also Two sons. Mrs Whit has passed
the line some distance towards the
goal, and calmly waits the boatman's
call. She has, she said, been mem
Der OF the church more than fifty
years and knows i'm whom she has
believed. This being true the rest is
easy.
Afternoon Meeting and the Dogs.
We had a meeting in the afternoon
l, ,I 4
table. After n fine, short address by
Mr. Brown and few Scattering re-
marks" by another member of the
squadron, Mr.. Forbes had his inning,
made good speech of business ma
ture and organized district COM
mittee, embracing the schools of that
entire vicinity.
must mention the singing. Mr..
Vernon has musical gifts, as have also
number of young people and Law
yer Iiarrisson, and they sang songs
of the gospel with impressive force.
Perhaps | ought not to take time
and space but | will to say that the
dogs of Lockhart's chapel are church
goers ard evidently. enjoy company.
Ihey were present in force in the af-
ternoon, and then and there occurred
he only failure of the entire trip.
Vernon left his place in the choir to
pay his respects to tall, lank. hun
CRY looking dog, who seemed to be
part Shepherd, part cur, part wolf and
the other part just plain dog, that
was making himself most too num-
crous and familiar in the sanctuary,
and as Vernon swung number D
shoe, the dog slidded and Vernon
missed him. This was the only "mis-
carriage of justice" of the entire trip,
and one of the very best and we be-
lieve successful, meetings we have
tried to hold
HELDRETH AND HIS HUPP.
From Tazewell to Bandy inside of
and hour and half is going WE'LL
considering that five or six miles Of
the road is the worst ever. But Hell
dreth took us over and brought US
back safe and sound without hitch,
and we all voted both driver and car
first class.
THE FARMS LOOKING FINE.