Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-01-07

Mrs. A. d. Anderson, Cambridge,
ILL.,, spent the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Medley, on Mud
fork. She had with her her little
son Lawrence. Her brother James
and sister, Miss Jennie Medley, of
Pocahontas, were also among the
number OF the reunion, on Mud Fork.
Mrs. Anderson, who was Miss Medley
before her marriage, left Tazewell for
the west some years ago, and has been
home sick ever since.
Mecsrs. L. L. Greever and Barns
Gillespie, of this town, who have been
retained by the coal operators of
West Virginia to oppose the N. G.
WIS proposed increase of 15 per cent
on western coal shipments, have been
in Washington this week, appearing
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Attorney and Mrs. j. N. Hartman,
IJr., of Welch, were here for few
days visit to relatives during the hol-
idays.
Sidney Baxter Coulling, son of
Judge and Mrs. S. M. B. Coulling, of
this city, who is student at Wash
ington & Lee; in the law department,
has resumed his studies. Young Mr..
Coulling enjoys the distinction of
being the leader of his class, and is
considered an extraordinary student
by Daddy" Burks, the distinguished
law professor of Washington and Lee.
Miss Zarila Crockett, of Princeton,
w. Va, and Miss Mae Gibson, of
Lebanon, have been in Tazewell dur
ing the holidays, the guests of Miss
Aileen Crockett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. A. Crockett, who live west
t of town. The visiting young ladies
J. had delightful time during the hol-
idays.
Misses Wyrene and Madge Leister
entertained at several course din
ner Wednesday, of last week in honor
of Miss Elizabeth Ward, who is spend
ing the holidays with homefolks. Those
n present were: Misses Elizabeth
l Ward, Mary Thompson Georgia
;. Thompson and Lucille Thompson.
t On the 25th of December, 1915, at
: the Tazcwell Circuit Methodist par
e sonage, Rev. w. C. Thompson united
r in marriage Fred C. Courtney and
) Miss Ella May Bourne.
, Miss Gladys Smith, and Lyle Day
q is, of Coeburn, have been visiting
Il Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Thompson during
the holidays.
! The special services of the Wo-
G mans Missionary Society of the Chris
:. tan church, postponed from last
d month, will be held at the usual hour
of service Sunday morning. Besides
a general invitation, we renew the
especial one to the ladies of the
!. Missionary societies Of the other de-
nominations of our town.
w. S. BULLARD, Pastor.
Mrs. Purley, wife of A. P. Pur-
!. ley, of the Honaller Lumber Company
]. who has been in the Matte Williams
!. hospital at Richards for surgical OPP
! eratiohs is reported as having passed
|. the danger point, and will be ready in
/. a short time to return to her home at
Putnam.
Miss Alice Jones and her brother,
I. Mr. Thomas Jones, of Radford, were
!. the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Claude
/. Pobst during the holidays.
Attorney A. S. Higginbotham, of
/: this city, has been in Knoxville, Tenn,
!. this week, where he appeared before
4 the Tennessee Supreme Court in the
!. case of Mary M. McCarty and others
against the Carolina Lumber Co.,
!. which has been in the courts for a
|. year or two. The suit has to do with
/ the State line between North Carolina
I and Tennessee. The Carolina Lumber
/. Company own several thousand acres
!. of timber land in North Carolina.
{ Miss Peirce, of Richmond, men,
!. Der of the High School faculty, has
]. been detained at her home in Rich
]. mond on account of the death of her
!. brother, Norman Peirce, which oc-
!. CURED the first of the week of penu-
|. monia. Miss PIERCE expects to re-
! turn to Tazewell and resume her po-