Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-24
POUNDING MILL NEWS.

Pounding Mill, Aug. 22.-Mrs. Jas.
Neel was recently pleasant visitor
to her husband, the R. T. D. carrier,
and was the guest of MMr. and Mrs.
Henry Robinett.
Quite a number of cattle were
shipped from this place last week by
John Ascue and Brothers, R. X. and
Sanders Gillespie and the Wards.
Miss Mary Hughes and sister, of
Graham, spent the week end with
Mrs. c. M, Hunter. Their father
preached here Sunday night and was
the guest of Mrs. R. X. Gillespie.
Miss Glays Steele, of Kansas city,
Kan, with Miss Mary Brown, of Ce-
dar Bluff, spent from Friday to Sat
urday with her cousin, Mrs. w. B.
Seele and family and this week is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. P M. AL
der at Bondtown. Miss Steele is one
of the best all around girls we know
of, besides teaching at $40 per month
for nine months out of the year, she
is graduate in shorthand and type
writing, voice, plays piano, has tax
en- domestic science and helped to
elect President Wilson. She left home
the last of May, has visited relatives
in Washington, D. c., also Abingdon,
Lexington, Norfolk, Tazewell, Cedar
Bluff, Steelsburg, ussell county, Lu-
ray Caverns, via Lexington and rela-
tives in Greenbrie rcounty, w Va.
Her father, George Steele, passed to
the Great Beyond in March. He was
member of the Southern Methodist
church and one of the leading citizens
of Kansas. He left wife and seven
children, of which Miss Gladys is the
youngest.
About $50 was taken in Saturday
night from the play and ice cream
supper given for the benefit of the
Red Cross. Expenses were about the
amount of SIG. The crowd was so
large that many were disappointed in
being served refreshments. All the
actors did well. They consisted of
Misses Lois Hurt, Mary B. Gillespie,
Messrs. F. o. Gillespie, ]. H. Will
hanson, and Mr.. Morris. Mrs. C. M.
Hunter sang solo, Mally Williams
and Hazel McGhee duet, and each
received encores and responded beau
tifully.
Some of the ladies from this place
expect to attend the county conyen-
ton of the w. C. T. U. at Falls Mills
next Saturday
Mrs. r. K. Gillespie and Mrs. w.
b. Steele attended the Old Folks con-
cert at Tazewell Wednesday night.
Rev. Louis Evans, of Graham, a
gallant old confederate soldier, de-
livere two fine sermons here, and
made an address at he Red Cross
meeting Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Alaizer had as
their guests over Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Pruett. of Pleasant Hill.
Va.
Friends here of Susan Steele, COL,
were sorry to hear of her death, last
Friday afternoon at her sisters at
Wardell. She was domestic a num-
Der of years in the family of the writ
er and leaves little daughter, Es-
telle, 10 years old of age
Mrs. Nancy Davis and daughter,
Miss Rebekah, were visitors to the
city of Richards Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Mamie B. Osborne. husband
and children mtored from Falls Mills
recently, where she held protracted |
meeting, and visited her sister, Mrs. |
ii. w. hristian and husbands faith
er, James Osborne, returning to the
city of Princeton in their nice new
auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Galloway and
their nice family, of Vivian, w. Va,
and Miss Ada Burton, motored from
Grafton aSturday and Spent short
time with their friends, Mrs. w. B.
Steele and daughter Mrs. John B.
Gillespie.
Jams Neel, John B. Gillespie, and
j. II. Williamson, of this place, were
among those temporarily exempted
from army service.
Mrs. II. w. hristian, who has been
quite sick, is much better.
Misses Kate and May Lowe, of
Baptist Valley, attended the ice cream
supper here Saturday night,