Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-03-14

TO move into it next week. Stuart &
Watts. Real Estate Agents. negoti-
/ ated this SALE
! G. &. Nickel has sold the Nickells
Mills property on Second Creek. Mon
roe county, to Messrs. w. Gordon and
! Lyle l.. Lee Of Ronceverte. who Will
| took possession March 10th.
Handley Skaggs, who had been in
! the u. S. service IT months, first at
Camp Lee and then at Buffalo, n. Y.
was mustered out at Camp Lee last
week and is now at his fathers home
near Lewisburg.
Buren, G. Spencer went to Clifton
Forge Tuesday morning and brought
his wife home. Mrs. Spencer three
weeks ago underwent a very serious
operation. but stood it we'll and 1t is
Hoped viii! make n speedy recovery.
Miss Lenora McCorkle, Of Char
lesion, is here to spend while with
her Uncle and Aunt Mr.. and Mrs.
II. w. Comstock.
Mrs. Ada de Vebre of Wolf Creek.
left recently for Petersburg, Va,
where she will visit her son North.
who represents the Atlantic Coast
Realty Co. En- route home she will
stop off for few days with friends
at Richmond and Charlottesville, Va.
A Renick Clingman, now Of Mill
Point, brother Of c. B. Clingman, OF
our town, went over to Charlotts-
burg, Tuesday to see DR.. Hedges
about one OF his eyes, injured ut O
mill in Pocahontas county, in a seri-
Gus accident to him about three years
ago.
A card was received here yesterday
from VIM. A. Jackson, of 971 Casual
ing that he arrived ut New York
On the transport Mt. Vernon, on
March 11th, and would be sent to
Camp Merritt, N. j., where it is pre-
sumed he will receive his discharge.
Among f1fty-two nurses arriving
from overseas was Miss Goldie Leach,
daughte.. Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson
Leach, mouth OF Second Creek. who
was cited for heroism at the front
by General Pershing. Near the fight
ing fToat she was caught in an air
reid, and her bravery and pluck won
her the merited citation.
Mrs. p. S. Sullivan has returned
home after spending three weeks
with her son John A. Sullivan, who
has been sick in the Base Hospital
at Camp Merritt, N. j., since his ar
rival from France in January, suffer-
ing from the effects OF being gassed.
and rheumatism. While there Mrs
S. visited friends in New York City.
Corporal II. K Myles, son of B. H.
Myles, Of Clifftop, Fayette county, af-
ter seventeen months of service at
Camp Lee, Va, is at home, having
been honorably discharged. Rick, as
he is familiary called, is looking we'll
and has no complaint to make Of the
service or treatment he received at
Uncle Sans hands.
Judge and Mrs. Jas. II. Miller re-
turned to their home ,at Hinton last
Thursday night after stay Of two
months at Daytona, Florida. during
which the Judges health was much
improved. They witnessed at Day
tona the great automobile tests
week or SO ago when DePalma broke
nearly all the world records. in one
his car making 146 miles an hour.
Sergeant Ambrose. G.. Rucker, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Rucker, OF
Keytsville, Mo-, while at Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Md, where he had
teen stlticned since last September
in saving another man from being
crushed, was himself injured and is
Low in Walter Reed General Hos
pital. where two weeks ago. he was
! operated On for double hernia. He
stood the operation well and is i'm
! proving rapidly.