Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-11-22
WAR WORK
All SIEELSBURG
Ill. l.. Spratt and the Editor Ad-
dress "CorpOrars Guard" i'm
Behalf of Y. Nj. {. A. Fund.

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the lawyer and all around war work
er, We're ordered" by Chairman C.
II. Brown, to 20 to Midway and Stccls-
burg churches on last Sunday, ana
boost the War Work Fund The rc-
suit Of the dnys work from II none
tary point can be seen by the publicn
tion of list, etc, in another column
Of this paper.
The fine result accomplished WAS
due TO the fine speeches and sliilruI,
prcsis!en; Efforts Of MIR. Sprntt. lie;
ii he recorded here that Spratt is u
forceful, Gear speaker. He takes pains
to prepare his speeches, no, trust.
ing entirely To the "inspration of the
crowd" to give him something to say
MS is too often the case with public
speakers. And ccrtninly it was lucky
that he WAS not dependent upon the
inspiration of the crowd" this time,
for the reason that the crowd wns noe
at Midway. Through somebody's neg
ligence or mistake, notice of this
meeting was not circulated In the
community, only "corporals guard"
were present To be exact. 10 men
md boys and young lndies and 4
child. This was tho crowd, ir did
not miscount. Everyone Of those pre-
sent subscribed to the War Work fund
Not one escaped, which shows how
Spratts speech was received and his
skill as II collector.
AT Stcclshurg.
In The afternoon, through rain and
storm, wc reached Stcclsburg, where
larger crowd was assembled. The
rcs;l;t of this meeting is seen also in
Tie rubishcd list elswhcre in this
paper
John l. Dcllonrd, an intelligent
yoUn& citizen of that community
/ oreucd the meeting, following the
singing Of America" in short,
strong speech. The Editor mndc
"fcW feeble remarks" clearing the
way for Spratt and the collection,
he went ut il 'hammar adm tongs,"|
and delivered the goods. Abunch of
nice. earnest Cedar Bluff people were
present and helped out wonderfully
Among these ! noticed, Chapman
Fl. Pccry, the tall sycamore OF the
Glinch. larry Banc, OF the large mill
ing company Of lligginbothnm and
Bane, and their wives and others
whose names have slipped mo.
Steelsburg.
| Stcc!sburg is the name of the
church. There is no town or village
The ncighborhood school is built on
the same lot. Goods half acre" too,
where sleeps the remains OF many Of
the men and women OF other days
Moses Ferrcll, w. C. Witten, Jno. /.
DeBonrd, a Mr.. Whit, | believe Mrs.
Martin and several other well known
families live in sight, with Geo. Oney
not far off, and Wnrdell within "hol-
lerin'" distance if the wind is right.
Good folks all of them, who can make
a visitor feel welcome.
Az Charles II. Stcel's.
Al Midway in the morning, to go
back II little, we had our dinner with
Mr.. Charles Steele. Charles lives
about mile off the road, in good
weather, about four in bad weather.
Like the old proverb, you know, about
hard to get to heaven but all right
after you get there, so with going
to Steelc's, particularly in car. But
once in his splendid home OF such
hospitality, and such a dinner as was
spread before us, all hardships were
/ forgotten for the time.
Charles II. Steele lives in the ances-
trail home Of his father, the late Shade
Steele. His visible wealth consist
Of bluegrass farm, seven sons ana
four daughters. Two of the boys are
soldiers, one, Edgar is in France, John
is in training camp on this side.
Mrs. Steele, still young and well
preserved, wns Miss Minnie Mcclure,
daughter of the late j. Marion Mcclure
A Word About The Roads.
Before "cutting out" these remarks
q few words must be said about the
roads.
After leaving Steels for our even
ing appointment at SteelsburR, our
troubles began. Rain was falling
fast Just before reaching the main
road we ran into slick steep hill
The Ford bucked, we hacked TO the
bottom, laid a few pieces of plank
for the wheels on the stecpcst part
and finally got cover the top" we.
and muddy. The road from The Rus
sell line to Cedar Bluff, is new road,
and when first built was said to be
one Of The finest pieces of road in the
county. We were surprised to find in
many places, large holes in this road,
filed with water. AT other places the
water was running down each side in
the tracks made by the vehicles, cut.
ting away the roads, washing them
i into Little river and other streams.
\ by next spring much Of this road will
b. about like TaZcwell avenue in this
Town. ! don't want to criticise or
:. "knock" but facts are facts
On our return we hung up the
second time, and after sloshing
around in the mud and rain, we put
on the chains, and had no further
trouble, reaching home at 1880 after
a hard dny but pleasant with all.