Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-04-30
SALVATION ARMY BANQUEr-A
SHORT VISIT TO THE OLD HOME.

| reached home on yesterday after
short visit to the old home near
liollins, and day or 80 i'm Ronnokc.
The main object of my trip ut this
time was to attend called meeting
Of the state chairmen of the Saliva
tion Army Campaign now on for the
purpose Of raising small maintcn-
ance fund for the work Of the year
1920. Quite II number of men from
different sections of the state, met
ut Hotel Roanoke, at the cnll of State
Chairman w. Mcdonald Lee. There
was banquet given, quite M in
formal affair, but formal enough for
countrymnn, like myself, il not n
littlo too much so. like to know
what am eating when | ent, and
don't want too much ceremony about
it,
However, the occasion was really
enjoyable. After the banquet came
the speeches Mr.. .Ino. II. Randolph,
Roanoke. District Director, presided,
and gave II clean cut program which
hc recommended and introduced MIR.
Lee, who spoke Mt length upon tho
work and needs of the Salvation
Army to maintain their Rescue
Homes and carry on their works of
charity and evangelism.
The large amount given the Army
last year was freely and gladly given,
and the small amount asked for this
year, will no doubt he given will.
equal glndncss and libcrality thi,
Tina.
l shall have more to sny of this
matter in the next issue of this paper.
AZ The Old Home.
On Friday, in company with ono
Of my pals" Chas. Riley, went To
Cove, north of llollin3 Ia old trumpinr
ground of my hoyhood. where ,so,
on Il glnd pilgrimage once year
like the Jews. who went up to Icru-
snlem once II year. To feast and celc
bifitc. found the whooping cough
epidemic in the community. Nearly
every home had one of morc-gcnr.
rnlly morc--cascs. Even. my old friend
and chum "Jim" Lnymnn "'rhr
Mountain Squire" had il. The sun
dny and day school were about broken
up by ii. Besides the danger of cntch-
ing and spreading the disease another
trouble arose from the difficulty of
teaching classes if two or three dozen
children get to Barking" Mt the same
time. just ns well close school when
that happens. And so, only n few
families not infected are keeping
the schools going.
No community that know of
shows greater progress thnn ii seen
here from year to year. The lands
ARE being farmcd and cultivated after
better methods. New homes nrc fill
ing up with new people, new houses
are being projected and old ones
painscd, and everything is moving
up grade.
The unpleasant part of il il, that
the old landmarks are nearly all re-
moved, and scarcely know where
am at, frequently. The old paths and
roads, through the big woods nrc
changed or obliteratcd entirely. Even
the big woods nrc gone. The old lop
church went long ago. The only vcs-
tige remaining is big flat log now
uses as foot log across the little
creek. The old "baptizing hole" over
against the bank, under n tall over
hanging pine, is filled with sand. md
the he'd of the creek changed. The
old solemn, singing pine is gone, too.
Civilization is ruthless and mcrciless.
And too, nearly all the friends of
! Auld Lang Sync have passed in the
pnssin. Since my last visit several
familiar faces were missed, and new
graves were seen in the cemetery.
The old Romans proudly boosted:
"All roads lead to Rome" All paths
lead to the grave. The "straight" and
marrow" paths lead to heaven. The
beloved families of the Cove arc
gathering there. j. a. l..
(To be continued.)
! NEW TRUCK ORDINANCE.