Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26
A VISIT TO THE
OLD HOMESTEAD
Botetourt is "Up-to-Now" In
Everything But Knitting For
the Soldiers-Press Asso-
citation and Suffrage.

citation and Suffrage.
! returned on Wednesday morning
from a short vacation trip to the old
home in Botetourt. On the way took
part in the closing service of the
County S. S. Convention ct Graham
on the 17th., and attended also the
meeting Of the Virginia P:ess Assoc
iation in Roanoke, 18th, and 10th
The rest of the time was spent at
the old home near Ho,lins.
The Press Association was not
largely attended but interesting. Most
of the speeches and addresses were,
naturally, along lines of the war
conditions. A number of 3he leading
Editors of the STATE were present,
and all the speeches were patriotic
and optimistic, and resolutions werc
adopted pledging renewed and con-
tinued support of all war measures.
The enormous amount of free adver-
tising and publicity given all war
measures by the city and county
papers, was spoken of, end the
amount of money saved the govern
ment for advertising, was shown to
be almost unbelicvable-al freely
and heartily given.
Woman Suffrage.
On Friday morning several ladies',
three, to be exact, spoke On the Wo-
man Suffrage question to small
audience.
The addresses were very earnest
and interesting. As to what tho
brethren of the Press thought was
not indicated by any speech or reso-
luton.
During the session interesting re-
ceptions was rendered the members
by the Chamber of Commerce, also
by the citizens of Salem.
The Editor had the pleasure of
number Of former TaZe-
well people. Among them Col Jas.
and Mrs. Browning, Judge Stuart,
Mr.. A. ID. w. Walton, Mrs. Sam. w.
Mrs. DR.. r. B. Gillespie,
and Mrs, Peery, and Mrs. Williams
two splendid young daughters. All
the people inquired of TaZewcll, and
spoke affectionately of their nume-
rous friends here. Mrs. r. r. Henry
is in Roanoke with her son.. Ran
Henry. Her health was reported only
fairly good.
l met at Hotel Roanoke, Mr.. AID.
Witten, native of Tazewcll, son
of the late Jas. r. Witten. He is now
u prosperous manufacturer at Mar
tinsville, in Henry County. He had
not heard of the death Of his aunt,
Mrs. Pauline Kelly and other Taze-
well happenings.
/ suggested that he had best sub
scribe to the paper of the people"
which he PROMPTLY agreed to do.
Roanoke is a great city and last
week an exceedingly hot and busy
city. Along the principal streets, at
intervals there are Thrift
Stamp boothes, presided over by
young ladies. They sell stamps and
war savings certificates right along.
At one of the boothes, corner of Jet-
ferson Street and Campbell Avenue,
one of the young ladies said that
thousand dollars worth of stamps
were sold on Thursday. There seems
to be no slackers hanging around.
slogan, and strictly enforced.
Hollins and the Old Home.
Some twelve miles from Roanoke,
North, is "The Cove" and NV old
home-the "Mecca," where delight
to pay homage once q year. went
over with my friend, Mr.. Ernest RI
ley, in his car, and spent a part OF
four days. On Sunday at Sunday
School in the morning and at preach
ing service in the afternoon, l met all
the old friends and some new folks 1
had not known, and missed others
who have "gone away" since my last
visit. l made "few feeble" remarks
on the war work of the Sunday schools
and Red Cross, Y. M. c. A., etc. Jas.
H. Layman, the esquire" of the
has been for thirty
years, l believe, Superintendent OF
the Sunday School and enjoys the
work as much as his school enjoys
having him. He is prophet with hon
or in his own country. He holds court
in Just any old place most conven-
lent. To say that he "took the bench"
is literally correct in most cases.
His courts are held in school houses,
on the front porches of stores, on the
roadside, with stump for bench
And sometimes he rides long dis
tances to the homes of complainants
and in brotherly way adjusts difh-
culties "out of court" The Judge"
is a popular man. | knew him and
his good wife long before they even
were sweethearts, and they are just
the same now as in those yestel-
years. / am warned by the compost
tor that "time's up" but l will tres
pass to speak little further.
One of the pleasures of my annual
visits is to meet my old friend and
school-mate, DIR. Geo. B. Taylor, the
pastor of the church at Hollins, and
in the Cove. He has been pastor at
Hollins for years. He teaches a class,
too, in Hollins College, which, as
everybody knows, is the leading fe-
male school in the South. The little
church ain the Wildwood" or in any
other place, as to that, is fortunate
indeed, in having such man as pas
tor. Usually little far off country