Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-31

L. y. Gillespie, esq, is confined to
his home on Main street by illness.
Chop, beet pulp and flour and meal
at Boyer's.
Mr., William fl. Werth has been in
Charleston, w Va, this week, pre-
senting the famous case of Smith
and Simpson against the brotherhood
oil Locomotive Engineer; in the Su-
preme Court of West Virginia.
White Star sweet potatoes, UNUSUAL.
ly fine quality, at Boyer's.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet Tuesday, the 18th.
with Mrs. Wyatt L. Edwards Mt 2
o'clock. Mrs. w. l.. Billiard will CON
duct the devotional and Mrs. j. r..
Wolfe will have charge of the pro
Gram. All members are requested to
he present.
Attorney II. Claude pobst has been
IN Russell county this week on bust
ness
j. Payne dropped into town ycstcr-
day and stayed for the picture show
last night.
Mrs. Jennie Kits left on Yesterday
Tor Roanoke, stopping over a day or
two Ill Graham cnroutc.
Joe l.tz WAS in town yesterday. He
was asked about his goats and said
/ somebody got his goats sometime
ago.
The Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
of Bluefcld, wants agents and COL
lectors. See their notice in this pa
per.
Mrs. c. w. Bowling, Mrs. Lucy L.
llickenson and Mrs. Robert Porter OF
North TaZewcll, paid tuition charges
IN this Office Wednesday and Mrs.
George Lester and Mrs. Walker. of
North TaZcwell called in on business.
Wednesday was North Tazewcll dav
III this university.
Private Alvah B. Cregar, of the
Seventh Trench mortar battalion, has
arrived from overseas, having receiv-
ed his discharge. He is now at his
home in Thompson Valley.
SALESMAN and collcc-
tors for Tazcwell county, Va. Singer
Sewing Machine Co., is Bland St..
Blueficld, w. Va. ian31ii
Mrs. Mollie b. Martin, one of the
best of the many good women of
Steelsburg, and one of the teachers.
Miss Dickinson, paid this office very
pleasant visit last Saturday after
noon. a g rcat deal of flu has pre-
vailed in that community Mrs. Hen
ry Lester is now very i'll with the
disease.
A bunch from Poor Valley blew in
on us last Saturday afternoon, hail
ing from Tannersville neighborhood.
d; =. Taylor, Ed. &. Barrett, and Jas.
Patrick. All these boys are pros
porous farmers and readers of this
paper. Tannersville did herself proud
last year in the different war drives
and also in the Armenian Relief work
week or so ago.
"A report comes here from Poca-
hontas that the bootlcggers have
broken loose there aEin, notwith-
ing the fact that Ed ADAMS is driving
q team for the convict road force a.
kichlands. 1t is reported that a prom
lent white man of tocahonLas has
been implicated III the bootiegginp
business this time, and Will be an
pretended and brought here for trial.
as long as policeman Rutherford i,
on the job at Poca., the booileggers
had better watch out.
There is no little mourning i'm Ger
tain sections of this county over the
wanton destruction by officers Tyree,
Chapman Osborne anu Raleigh Blank,
enship of one OF the favorlle stills"
Of the county, located on the end of
PANT Lick mountain, and the capture
OF James ii. Johnson, the alleged op-
orator OF the still. At the same time
Johnson was gathered in there was
destroyed ONE So or 40 gallons of
"singlings," just ready to be convert
ed INTO Pure Moutain Ucw," at sew
eral dollars per quart. johnson was
taken to Richards and tried by j.
Is. Mutter, esq, and sent to the grand
jury, being released under $500 bond
Tor his appearance here at the next
term Of court.