Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-06-01
The Exercises at the Church.

Nv at kllt k4uuEtil.
One of the largest, if not tho very
largest, crowds of all tho Sunday
school district conventions met at tho
church on Sunday morning and in
| tcrcSting services were held. Mr.. j.
| N. Khudy iS President of this distric5
convention and he made I'm interest
lnE talk, and there was good sing
ing, and other short talks, believe,
ahd adjournment was had for din
ncr, and while dinner was in progress
the squadron arrived in good time
and IN good shape for II hearty din.
icr- five hungry men, drove in and
were given Il hearty welcome and us
Inc Al dinncr as ! ever suw spread
AZ one O'Clock the meeting was call
cd TO order by Mir Rhudy, who intro
duced MIR, Rcpass. "'loni" made IL
nice Hcnsiblc speech. Some said il
was the best speech they ever heard
hnl make. Another suid "a aplcn-
uld feature OF his speech was its
length, tabout 10 minutes)
Rev Mr.. BaIIcntinc was introduced
and spoke interestingly and proGta-
" on "Thc Aims OF the Sunday
school He said Sunday Schools.
ike individuals, should have an aim,
a standard 20 work up to. He spoke a
Tor about 80 minutes, and held thA
attention OF the large audience. M We
5n'lrntinc ~ issa>yl --mra JNiisaissiptk&
where no mas boJ0 actively cngagy9Nt'
IN work IN tllnt state. lie is Il goEsR
speaker, genial and aIlablc gentle
man, and VIII be Il valuable addition
20 the sunday School forces of the
county.
The writer Of these few lines made
II few REMARKS on Tho Mon and The
sunday School, the Sunday Schools
need of such help and work MS only
men can furnish. and tho mems need
ct lhc sunday School. Tho schools
need the mon badly, and the men need
me schools more, and by special re-
quest spoke OF the call OF The nation
Tor men and the registration to take
place on the 5th.
Mr.. Forbes, the Secretary. closed
the discussion with II plain business
statement Of ;hc Worl. of the county
,. y. association. A collection was
taken and one Of the most pleasant
meetings The squadron has ever held,
adjourned.
Tho TanTcraviIc People.
a more hospitablc crowd of Vir-
Glnia people can no where be found.
'''N hNN liiNil IllDullLtkl1l DGODle,
VINO live on the slopes and i'm the val
lcy3 Of l'rccslonc and Little Valley.
ana lhcy are Industrious and intclli-
gent a finer looking crowd OF Young
people and healthier children an d
strong men, can nowhere be found
IMAM was To be seen on the grounds aC
TnnncrSvillc last Sunday.
some ono estimated the pcoDlc MI
800. The church building was Dnck-
ed, and ut least twice as MANY out
side who could not get in the church
and after all the people had dinner.
enough was left over TO feed as MANY
morc,-line food, well served, large.
Juicy hams, fat chickens, bc-dcviled
eggs, if that is the right name, pickles
and the inevitable stack Of Dies-but
no use TO try to describe that spread.
want OF space and time this week
prevents Il detailed account of the
pleasant trip, of The ride over the
me roads, as far as to w. j. Giles
pes home, at the foot Of Clinch
mountain and thence over tho his
toric turnpike" up and over the
mountain, across Tumbling crcck,-
thence over Flat Top into tho Free
stone Vallcy-such roads, worse roads
II am sure no car was ever driven
Forbes pointed out his first school
house and his first Sunday school.
which he attended both in Thomp-
son Valley. Rcpass pointed out the
house in which he taught his first
school, in Little Valley. Neither can
! mention, as | would like to do, the
good friends met each one by name.
MANY OF Them are subscribers to this
paper and a number of others will be
hereafter. These "fecblo remarksn
must close right here. ]. A. L.
SNAKES IN BURKES GARDEN.